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HEFEI, China, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On September 2, 2022, the 8th "All Quality Matters" Solar Congress and "All Quality Matters" Award Ceremony organized by TÜV Rheinland Group (TÜV Rheinland), an international independent third-party testing, inspection, and certification organization, was held in Hefei. Nearly 250 experts, scholars, and business representatives from the PV industry attended the event. The series of keynote speeches, strategic signings, release of white paper and new standards enabled them to see the opportunities and challenges in the industry, and provide suggestions for the vigorous development of the industry.
Cao Renxian, Chairman of the China Photovoltaic Industry Association and Chief Executive Officer of Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd., delivered a speech as a representative of PV enterprises. He said, "Under the background of carbon neutrality, accelerating the development of renewable power generation has gradually become a global consensus. Today, China has built the most complete PV industry chain in the world, continues to play a dominant role in the industrial supply pattern, and has become a key force in global energy transformation and supply security. I'd like to take this opportunity to call on enterprises to adopt a long-term view and broader configuration, give full play to the cohesion of the industry and synergy of the supply side, manufacturing side, and client side, deeply participate in efforts to achieve breakthroughs in key technologies, and continuously promote the sustainable development of the PV industry by reducing costs, improving efficiency, and advancing collaborative innovation in the industry chain."
Ding Zuquan, Member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the Anhui Provincial Market Supervision Bureau, said, "As a macroeconomic supervision and management department of the government, the Anhui Provincial Market Supervision Bureau attaches great importance to work related to product quality. We give full play to the main role of enterprises while striving to improve standards, quality, certification and accreditation, and inspection and testing. In recent years, TÜV Rheinland has cooperated with the Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of Anhui Province, playing an important role in jointly assisting enterprises to check product quality and establish brand benchmarks in the industry, providing effective support for Anhui enterprises to enhance product quality, effectively playing a supporting role and making positive contributions to the standardized, orderly, sound, and sustainable development of the PV industry in our province."
Lutz Frankholz, Managing Director of TÜV Rheinland Shanghai and Suzhou, said, "This year marks the 150th anniversary of TÜV Rheinland Group and the 40th anniversary of its PV business. As a leader in the field of PV and energy storage testing and certification, TÜV Rheinland relies on its experience and technological strength to provide one-stop comprehensive services for upstream and downstream enterprises in the industry chain. It is committed to promoting the establishment of a standardized system in the PV and energy storage industry, improving product quality and technology levels and achieving green and sustainable development."
Li Junfeng, Executive Director of the China Energy Research Society and Venture Partner of Sequoia Capital China, said, "The development of low-carbon energy matters for the future of mankind. Carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals are crucial to China's sustainable development and the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. The PV industry is an important part of this, which makes us feel proud and encourages us to make even greater efforts. I hope that our PV industry will scale new heights and go even farther, taking the future of mankind and China's sustainable development as our responsibility, and making more contributions."
In-depth cooperation with Sungrow iCarbon and CQC focusing on digital carbon neutrality
At the event, Sungrow iCarbon Technology Co., Ltd. (Sungrow iCarbon), TÜV Rheinland, and the China Quality Certification Centre (CQC) held a strategic cooperation signing ceremony. Under the strategic background of carbon peak and carbon neutrality, they will utilize the Sungrow iCarbon SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) platform 1.0, and make full use of respective advantages in clean energy technology, testing and certification, carbon management, etc., to pursue collaborative development, conduct in-depth cooperation in fields related to the dual carbon goal, jointly promote the implementation of projects related to digital carbon neutrality certification, and contribute to the realization of the dual carbon goal.
White Paper on Asset Risk Management of China Distributed PV Power Plants 2022 and "BIPV Module Standards" released
In 2021, China's cumulative installed capacity of distributed PV reached 107.5GW nationwide, doubling the figure of last year. As the national, provincial, and municipal governments have successively introduced favorable measures for the development of distributed PV, such as "county-wide rooftop PV promotion" and "building integrated PV," the economic benefits have also increased. In the future, the proportion of distributed PV will continue to rise, becoming the main force of newly installed PV capacity.
Under this background, TÜV Rheinland released the White Paper on Asset Risk Management of China Distributed PV Power Plants 2022, which comprehensively analyzes various potential risks in the four stages of the entire life cycle of distributed PV power plants, introduces risk management of these assets from four aspects, namely planning, formation, operation and maintenance, and decommissioning and recycling, supporting the main stakeholders of PV assets to identify, evaluate, manage, and control key risks, build a sound risk management system, and effectively manage and control asset risks.
At the same time, TÜV Rheinland released the first qualification and type approval certification standards for building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) modules -- 2 PfG 2796/02.22 and 2 PfG CH0029/03.22 -- aiming to provide guidance for the standardized and normal development of the BIPV market. Jointly formulated by TÜV Rheinland experts in the fields of PV and construction, the two standards fully cover the requirements of international and national PV and construction-related standards, and are applicable to the design types and application scenarios of mainstream BIPV modules on the market. Products that pass the testing will receive a TÜV Rheinland certificate and test mark with the keyword "BIPV".
Bringing together outstanding benchmark enterprises, and announcement of "All Quality Matters" Award winners
As one of the highlights of the annual Solar Congress, TÜV Rheinland announced the winners of the "All Quality Matters" Award 2022. After years of efforts, with the purpose of standardizing product quality and establishing quality benchmarks, the award brings together outstanding benchmark enterprises in the PV industry chain. Highly regarded by the industry for its objective and credible evaluation process and authoritative neutral selection mechanism, it has now become a key competitive stage for enterprises in the PV industry creating PV modules, inverters, energy storage systems, components, etc.
This year, the "All Quality Matters" Award set up awards in ten categories under four groups, namely PV components, PV modules, PV electronics, as well as asset service providers of PV power plants. Packaging film and energy storage connectors were added to the award program, in the PV components group. In the PV power plant asset services category, winners were selected from developers, installers, and operators, fully demonstrating TÜV Rheinland's influence and technological strength covering the upstream and downstream enterprises of the industry chain. In the end, 18 enterprises won a variety of awards.
"With 40 years of experience in the field of PV testing and certification, TÜV Rheinland is committed to building an exchange platform for the entire industry" said Li Weichun, Global Vice President of Power Electronics Business Segment and General Manager of Greater China Solar & Commercial Products at TÜV Rheinland. "Over the past 8 years, the 'All Quality Matters' Solar Congress platform has been focusing on brand and quality building, and has always adhered to winning through quality products and leading the high-quality development of the PV industry. In the future, we will continue to focus on quality and safety, and actively promote the sound and sustainable development of the PV industry by virtue of our professional and differentiated technical services."
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Newborn surrendered to Texas store employees after surprise birth
PLANO, Texas (WFAA) - A Texas couple surrendered their hour-old infant to employees at a medical supply store, with the mother telling them she didn’t even know she was pregnant.
After hours of calls and customers, Angela Owens assumed the teenage boy who walked into Hieline Mobility Solutions around 2 p.m. Wednesday was just another customer. But when he said his baby and girlfriend needed help, she ran outside, assuming the child was choking.
“I open the passenger door to see a young girl sitting there with a newborn baby in her lap, wrapped in a towel,” Owens said.
The parents said the baby was just an hour old. The mother said she didn’t even know she was pregnant.
On the phone with 911, Owens helped tie the umbilical cord with a string.
Tabatha Peri was also working at the Plano medical supply store at the time. She grabbed a wheelchair to help, but the mother stayed in the car.
“There was no thought. It was like right place, right time. It was being a mother. We had to do what we had to do. There’s no other option at that point,” Peri and Owens said.
The employees both have three kids, and they could tell the new parents, who appeared to be teenagers, were frightened and in shock. They explained to the couple how to surrender the baby at a Safe Haven location.
But Owens was worried the couple wouldn’t make it to a Safe Haven spot, so she accepted the child herself.
“Did some crying. She was moving. She was trying to suckle on her fist to try to get food,” Owens said.
Police say the baby was taken to the hospital and is in good condition. They are grateful for the employees’ help.
“Absolutely a saving grace at this point,” said Jennifer Chapman, a spokesperson for Plano Police.
Police located the couple and made sure the mother got treatment following the birth. Questions remain on whether they followed Texas’ Safe Haven Law and whether any charges will be filed. The investigation is ongoing.
“I hope they don’t end up in trouble because I feel like they did the right thing. That’s what’s killing me right now,” Peri said.
“I’m proud of them for asking for help. That doesn’t happen all the time,” Owens said.
Texas’ Safe Haven Law, also known as the Baby Moses Law, allows any baby under 60 days old to be taken to any hospital or fire station in the state. The child must be handed to someone, not left outside.
In the past five years, 175 children have been surrendered statewide through the program.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Memorial Day weekend shooting on a Las Vegas-area freeway was an apparent ambush by Hells Angels members on rival Vagos biker gang members returning from a veterans cemetery ride, according to a police report made public Tuesday.
Richard John Devries, who police identified as the Las Vegas Hells Angels chapter president, and club recruits Russell Smith and Stephen Alo were arrested late Sunday, several hours after the shooting on U.S. 95, according to Henderson police reports.
At least six of the seven people taken to hospitals with wounds or injuries following the midday Sunday gunfire were Vagos members or affiliates, the report said. They were riding motorcycles back to Las Vegas after stops at Hoover Dam and the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City.
A person whom police identified as an anonymous witness provided video showing three men wearing Hells Angels attire riding up to the Vagos group — including one who appeared to have an object in his left hand — before shots were fired.
Police said “multiple” spent bullet casings were found strewn for more than a mile (1.6 kilometer) along the freeway.
It was not clear from the police narrative if anyone in the Vagos group fired weapons, or if all the people who were reported injured received gunshot wounds.
Two were hospitalized in critical condition, according to a police statement issued Monday that said a seventh person involved in the shooting arrived at a hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
Police on Tuesday did not provide an update of the conditions of the injured.
Devries, 66; Smith, 46; and Alo, 26, remained jailed on $380,000 bail pending court appearances on multiple attempted murder, conspiracy, battery and weapon charges.
Jail and court records did not immediately reflect court dates or if the men had attorneys who could speak on their behalf. Several attorneys who have represented Hells Angels and Vagos members in criminal cases in Las Vegas in recent years did not immediately respond to messages from The Associated Press.
The freeway remained closed for more five hours during an investigation also involving Las Vegas and Boulder City police and the Nevada Highway Patrol, according to the Henderson police reports.
Police said video obtained Sunday morning at a coffee shop in Boulder City and later from a dashboard camera of a police vehicle on a highway in Boulder City showed Devries, Smith and Alo among “multiple members of the Hells Angels ... prior to the shooting call.”
Cellphone GPS location data put the three men together on U.S. 95 after the shooting, the reports said. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Police-report-describes-Vagos-bikers-ambush-by-17210792.php | 2022-06-01 00:19:18 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Police-report-describes-Vagos-bikers-ambush-by-17210792.php |
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations World Food Program said Friday that it is temporarily suspending food aid to Ethiopia because its supplies are being diverted, an announcement that came a day after the United States Agency for International Development said it was doing the same.
“Food diversion is absolutely unacceptable, and we welcome the government of Ethiopia’s commitment to investigate and hold accountable those responsible,” WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain said. he program’s head office in Rome declined further comment when contacted by The Associated Press.
Some 20 million Ethiopians rely on food aid because of drought and conflict, out of the country’s population of roughly 120 million. Much of the aid comes from USAID and the World Food Program.
The suspensions brought worries that malnutrition could rise in Africa’s second most populous country,
USAID, WFP and the Ethiopian government have not said who is responsible for the food diversion, which the U.S. has described as “widespread and coordinated.”
However, an internal memo prepared by a group of foreign donor representatives and seen by the AP this week pointed at government involvement.
“The scheme appears to be orchestrated by federal and regional government of Ethiopia entities, with military units across the country benefiting from humanitarian assistance,” said the document from the Humanitarian and Resilience Donor Group, which includes bilateral and multilateral partners.
In a joint statement with USAID on Thursday, the Ethiopian foreign ministry spoke of “deeply concerning revelations” and said it was investigating with the U.S. “so that the perpetrators of such diversion are held to account.”
The nationwide food aid suspensions follow USAID and WFP saying last month they had suspended food deliveries to Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region while they investigated reports of food aid theft there. The region is recovering from a two-year conflict.
That suspension by the World Food Program and allegations of aid diversion in Tigray were first reported by the AP. Some 5.4 million of the region’s 6 million people rely on humanitarian help.
Earlier this year, USAID administrator Samantha Power told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that aid theft in Tigray appeared to “involve collusion between parties on both sides” of the conflict, which ended in November.
In its statement Friday, WFP said it was continuing other programs in Ethiopia for children, mothers and drought-hit pastoralists.
“WFP is working closely with its U.N. and humanitarian partners and local stakeholders to reform the way assistance is delivered across Ethiopia and in all high-risk operational contexts where we work,” it said. | https://who13.com/news/international-news/ap-international/u-n-suspends-food-aid-to-ethiopia-over-diversion-of-supplies-a-day-after-u-s-does-the-same/ | 2023-06-09 17:35:03 | 1 | https://who13.com/news/international-news/ap-international/u-n-suspends-food-aid-to-ethiopia-over-diversion-of-supplies-a-day-after-u-s-does-the-same/ |
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Tom Ptak, Texas State University
(THE CONVERSATION) The average American’s everyday interactions with energy sources are limited. They range from turning appliances on or off, to commuting, to paying utility bills.
The connections between those acts and rising global temperatures may seem distant.
However, individuals hold many keys to unlocking solutions to climate change – the biggest challenge our species currently faces – which is perhaps why the fossil fuel industry spent decades misleading and misinforming the public about it.
I’m an assistant professor of geography and environmental studies at Texas State University. My research explores how geography affects the complex relationships between societies, energy and contemporary environmental challenges. I’ve found that the human element is critical for developing creative, effective and sustainable solutions to climate challenges.
There’s a large and growing body of evidence showing that individuals can have a major impact on climate change in a number of ways. Citizen action can compel utilities to increase renewable energy and governments to enact strong climate action laws. When enough individuals make changes that lower daily household energy consumption, huge emissions reductions can result. Consumer demand can compel businesses to pursue climate and environmental sustainability.
These actions combined could bridge the “emissions gap”: the significant difference between the greenhouse gas emissions expected globally and how much they need to drop in the next few decades to avoid catastrophic climate change.
Climate change is outracing government action
People have worked for decades to slow climate change by altering national energy policies. Several states, for example, have renewable portfolio standards for utilities that require them to increase their use of renewable energy.
But 30 years of evidence from international climate talks suggests that even when nations commit on paper to reducing emissions, they seldom achieve those cuts.
The United Nations climate summits are one example. Researchers have found that many countries’ pledges have been developed using flawed data.
People are also increasingly talking about geoengineering solutions for climate change. The idea is that over the coming decades, researchers will find ways to manipulate the environment to absorb more carbon pollution. However, some experts argue that geoengineering could be environmentally catastrophic. Also, there’s significant doubt that technological “draw down” interventions can be perfected and scaled up soon enough to make a difference.
So if government, technology or geoengineering aren’t good answers, what are?
Citizen action
Pledges, goals and targets for shifting from fossil fuels to cleaner energy sources are only as good as the efforts by utilities and governments to reach them. Citizen participation and action have proved effective at compelling decision-makers to act. For example, scholars studying the economic, political and social dynamics that led five U.S. municipalities to adopt 100% renewable energy found that grassroots citizen advocacy was one of the key factors that drove the change.
According to the Sierra Club, through citizen-driven action, over 180 cities, more than 10 counties and eight U.S. states have made commitments to transitioning to 100% renewable energy. Consequently, over 100 million U.S residents already live in a community with a 100% renewable energy target.
Citizens have also been taking collective action at the ballot box. For example, in 2019, after New York City voters elected a more climate conscious City Council, the city enacted an ambitious emissions reduction law, and has since begun to enforce it. Also in 2019, after voters similarly shook up the state legislature, New York state enacted the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. Among the nation’s strongest climate change laws, New York’s measure mandates that the state shift to 100% renewable energy by 2040 and that its emissions from all sources drop 40% by 2040 and 85% by 2050.
Consumer demand
How and where people spend their money can also influence corporate behavior. Companies and utilities are changing their products and production practices as consumers increasingly demand that they produce ecologically sustainable products and lower their carbon footprints. Scholars have documented that consumer boycotts negatively affect the wealth of a corporation’s shareholders – which in turn can create pressure for a firm to change in response.
The Natural Resources Defense Council has reported that thanks to surging consumer awareness and demand, more than 565 companies have publicly pledged to slash their carbon emissions. Some of the world’s biggest brands have responded to this pressure with claims of already being powered by 100% renewable energy, including Google and Apple.
Google put its global economic might behind climate solutions when it announced in 2019 that it would support the growth of renewable energy resources by making solar and wind energy deals worth US$2 billion.
One drawback to consumer demand-driven action is that it’s often unclear how to hold these firms accountable for their promises. Recently, two impact investing experts suggested in Vox that since around 137 million Americans own stock in publicly traded companies, they could use their collective power as shareholders to make sure companies follow through.
Shifting household energy behavior
A substantial body of research shows that small changes to everyday behaviors can significantly reduce energy demand. This may be the biggest way individuals and families can contribute to lowering fossil fuel consumption and reducing carbon emissions.
These steps include weatherization and using energy-efficient appliances, as well as energy efficiency measures such as turning down thermostats, washing laundry with cold water and air-drying it rather than using a dryer.
So is shifting transportation behavior. Using public transportation, car pooling, riding a bicycle or walking can significantly reduce individual and cumulative emissions.
So since most governments aren’t acting quickly enough, and many technology and geoengineering solutions are still unproven or come with high risks, emission reduction goals won’t be achieved without incorporating additional strategies.
The evidence is clear that these strategies should include millions of average people factoring climate change into their everyday activities regarding their communities, purchases and personal energy use.
As the environmentalist Bill McKibben wrote in 2006 about dealing with climate change, “There are no silver bullets, only silver buckshot.”
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here: https://theconversation.com/the-average-persons-daily-choices-can-still-make-a-big-difference-in-fighting-climate-change-and-getting-governments-and-utilities-to-tackle-it-too-170442. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/the-average-person-s-daily-choices-can-still-make-17886132.php | 2023-04-08 15:43:49 | 1 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/the-average-person-s-daily-choices-can-still-make-17886132.php |
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A Riverside city council member said in a lawsuit that the county sheriff defamed her when he said on social media that she had supported defacing the historic courthouse during a July abortion rights protest.
City Council Member Clarissa Cervantes said Sheriff Chad Bianco caused “immense harm” to her reputation by posting false comments connecting her to a protest that she did not participate in, The Press-Enterprise reported Friday.
The lawsuit filed Tuesday in Riverside County Superior Court said Bianco's statements, with “utter lack of supporting evidence,” implied she committed a crime. The remarks led to criticism and threats against her and exposed her to “hatred, contempt, ridicule and shame.”
Bianco had named Cervantes in a Facebook post as the council member that “a lot” of people said was present in support of an abortion rights demonstration, where eight protesters were arrested for vandalism for painting green handprints on the walls and pillars of the nearly 120-year-old courthouse. Damage was estimated at $10,000.
“Our downtown courthouse is a beautiful piece of history and art," Bianco wrote. "When you damage, deface, or destroy property you are no longer a protester, you are nothing more than a common criminal. Shame on the Riverside city councilwoman for supporting the defacing of our courthouse. You are lucky we couldn’t arrest you.”
Cervantes wasn’t arrested because she did not damage the building, a spokesperson for the Sheriff's Department said.
Cervantes, who condemned the violence, said she passed by the protest on her way to a bar and restaurant and only stopped to ask a Riverside police sergeant what was going on.
Bianco has refused demands to apologize. He hadn't seen the lawsuit, but when asked about it Friday he dubbed it "as fictional as most of her social media posts after the event.”
“If she hadn’t been supporting these groups, she wouldn’t have to spend so much time in damage control for showing up at their protest," he said.
The suit seeks an unspecified amount of damages. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Riverside-council-member-sues-sheriff-for-17480347.php | 2022-10-01 20:28:11 | 0 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Riverside-council-member-sues-sheriff-for-17480347.php |
DENVER, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Ovintiv Inc. (NYSE: OVV) (TSX: OVV) today announced plans to hold its 2022 second quarter results conference call at 8:00 a.m. MT, on Thursday August 4, 2022. The Company plans to release its financial and operating results after market close, Wednesday August 3, 2022. In addition to the release, supplemental slides and financial statements will be available on the Company's website, located at www.ovintiv.com.
To participate in the conference call, please dial 888-664-6383 (toll-free in North America) or 416-764-8650 (international) approximately 15 minutes prior to the call.
The live audio webcast of the event, including slides, also will be available on Ovintiv's website, under Investors/Presentations and Events, and will be archived for approximately 90 days.
Further information on Ovintiv Inc. is available at www.ovintiv.com, or by contacting:
Investor contact: (888) 525-0304
investor.relations@ovintiv.com
Media contact: (403) 645-2252
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Texas woman who played a role in internet romance scams that cheated victims out of a total of about $2.6 million was sentenced to over six years in prison on federal fraud and conspiracy charges Wednesday.
Dominique Golden, 31, of Houston, personally collected nearly $1.3 million in cash, checks, money orders and wire transfers from people across the U.S. in 2018 that was deposited into bank accounts opened under the names of fake people and businesses that she controlled, prosecutors in Rhode Island said. She pleaded guilty in September to wire fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
Her sentence will be served concurrently with a nearly 4 1/2-year sentence she began in 2020 in Georgia on an unrelated conspiracy conviction. Her attorney asked that she not serve additional time, saying that she has cooperated with authorities and is remorseful.
Golden’s alleged accomplices contacted victims via online dating sites, Facebook and “Words with Friends," cultivated the relationships and convinced the victims that they needed money, prosecutors said. The victims were in Rhode Island, New York, Arkansas, Colorado, North Carolina, Missouri and Florida.
Golden was aware that other members of the conspiracy contacted the victims for the sole purpose of perpetrating the scam, prosecutors said.
Under her plea agreement that she return the money, Golden will forfeit assets derived from her criminal conduct, including two luxury cars, three handguns, three Rolex watches and a gold chain with a diamond coin pendant, prosecutors said. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/woman-gets-over-6-years-in-prison-for-role-in-17741794.php | 2023-01-25 21:36:05 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/woman-gets-over-6-years-in-prison-for-role-in-17741794.php |
With several traditional eight-man powers leading the way, Class D-2 might be the most competitive class in the state this year.
Defending champion: Kenesaw
An undefeated season powered by all-state quarterback Tyson Denkert led Kenesaw to a state title in 2021, but the Blue Devils will need to rebuild this time around. Nick Kuehn is an experienced running back the team can lean on, and he also returns as the leading tackler on defense. Players with previous varsity experience will step into the starting roles along the offensive and defensive lines, so Kenesaw is expecting to be in the playoff mix again.
Other teams to watch
BDS (8-4, D-2 state semifinals, No. 5 final ranking): A perennial state contender, BDS has made the state semifinals in six of the last eight seasons. A veteran group powered a playoff run last season despite a tough schedule, and the same should be true in 2022.
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Elgin/PJ (8-4, D-2 state semifinals, No. 6): Elgin/PJ put it all together for a semifinal run last year, and all but two starters are back. The Wolfpack offense will be among the best in Class D-2.
Falls City SH (8-2, D-2 state second round, No. 3): Three starters are back for Falls City SH, which has some young talent ready to make names for themselves. The Irish will be in the mix as always.
Howells-Dodge (13-0, D-1 state champion, No. 1): Howells-Dodge could very well win back-to-back state titles in different classes. The Jaguars return all-state selections Aandy Dominguez and Jestin Bayer, and have plenty of rising talent, too.
Lourdes CC (10-1, D-1 state quarterfinals, No. 4): No starters return on offense and only two are back on defense, but Lourdes CC still has plenty of play-making ability. Vance Weninger and Nolan Beccard will lead the offense.
Osceola (9-2, D-2 state quarterfinals, No. 8): After two straight quarterfinal exits, Osceola is seeking more in 2022. All-state selections Isaiah Zelasney and Kale Gustafson are game-wreckers are both sides of the ball.
Sandhills/Thedford (12-1, D-2 state runner-up, No. 2): While the Knights will miss their three all-state selections from last year, the roster is just as talented. Kyle Cox will lead a fast-paced offense that has an experienced and strong offensive line in front of him.
Wynot (6-3, D-2 state first round, unranked): A junior-heavy team has plenty to learn, but also plenty of room to grow in 2022. Dylan Heine, Zach Foxhoven and Colin Wieseler will be able to put up some points on offense.
Key games
A26: Sandhills/Thedford at Burwell, Elgin/PJ at Humphrey SF.
S3: Sandhills/Thedford at Hitchcock County.
S9: Wynot at Howells-Dodge, Humphrey SF at Osceola.
S16: Lourdes CC at BDS.
S23: Falls City SH at BDS.
S30: Anselmo-Merna at Sandhills/Thedford.
O7: Hitchcock County at Dundy Co.-Stratton.
O13: Falls City SH at Lourdes CC.
Players to watch
QB/DB Isaiah Zelasney, Osceola (6-0 | 185 | Sr.): A returning all-state quarterback, Zelasney ran for a whopping 1,817 yards and 37 touchdowns a year ago. It'd take an even bigger year than that, but 5,000 career rushing yards is within the realm of possibility.
LB/OL Keegan Schuler, Hitchcock County (5-11 | 210 | Sr.): A straight-up tackling machine, Schuler is a returning all-state selection at linebacker. He totaled 138 tackles and eight sacks a year ago, marks that would be hard for any other player to achieve.
RB/LB Jack Wemhoff, Elgin/PJ (5-9 | 190 | Sr.): Wemhoff ran for just under 2,000 yards last season as an all-state running back while adding 109 tackles on defense. When he's on the field, he's making big plays.
DL/OL Aandy Dominguez, Howells-Dodge (5-10 | 190 | Sr.): A returning all-state defensive lineman, Dominguez will be a four-year starter for the Jaguars. He has over 200 tackles and 20 sacks to his name already, so another big-time season is on the way.
RB/LB Easton Weber, BDS (5-11 | 200 | Sr.): Weber was as dominant as it gets during BDS' playoff run last year, when he totaled more than 1,000 yards in just four games. He ran for over 2,000 yards for his season total, a mark he'll be looking for again this season.
DL/OL Jackson Kerchal, Dundy Co.-Stratton (6-4 | 210 | Jr.): Kerchal is already a professional at blowing up the line of scrimmage defensively, and it's how he recorded 85 tackles a year ago.
WR/DB Carter Nelson, Ainsworth (6-6 | 205 | Jr.): A stellar track season vaulted Nelson into Power Five recruit status, and he's certainly a game-changer for Ainsworth. He's totaled 500 yards and eight touchdown receptions two seasons in a row.
QB/DB Kyle Cox, Sandhills-Thedford (5-9 | 145 | So.): Cox provided an offensive spark in the D-2 title game that showed how important he'll be to this offense in coming years. He's already a top performer on defense after recording 86 tackles as a freshman.
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SALT LAKE CITY, June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NUVIA Dental Implant Center, a trusted leader in Dental Implants, is thrilled to unveil their highly anticipated resource, "The Ultimate Guide to Full Mouth Dental Implants" This complete guide is designed to empower individuals seeking answers to their dental implant questions.
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JARTUM, Sudán (AP) — Grupo de médicos en Sudán reporta al menos 56 muertos, cerca de 600 heridos en dos días de combates en Sudán.
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BERLIN (AP) — Adidas CEO Kasper Rorsted will step down next year, the sports apparel maker said Monday, and the company has started looking for a successor.
Rorsted, who has been CEO since 2016, and its supervisory board “mutually agreed” that he will hand over during the course of 2023, the Herzogenaurach, Germany-based Adidas said.
“After three challenging years that were marked by the economic consequences of the COVID-19-pandemic and geopolitical tensions, it is now the right time to initiate a CEO transition and pave the way for a restart,” supervisory board chairman Thomas Rabe said in a statement.
He thanked Rorsted for “major achievements” that included strategically repositioning the company, vastly expanding its online sales and doubling sales in North America. Rabe said the firm can now focus on its core brand after divesting TaylorMade, Reebok and CCM Hockey.
Recent years “have been marked by several external factors that disrupted our business significantly” and that it took “huge efforts” to deal with those challenges, Rorsted said.
“This is why enabling a restart in 2023 is the right thing to do — both for the company and me personally,” he added. | https://www.wdtn.com/news/business/ap-business/adidas-ceo-to-step-down-next-year-successor-sought/ | 2022-08-22 17:05:27 | 1 | https://www.wdtn.com/news/business/ap-business/adidas-ceo-to-step-down-next-year-successor-sought/ |
TAMPA, Fla. — Vivian Acker still remembers the time a gunman shot at her car in October.
She was asleep inside, nine weeks pregnant, with her husband and three kids. Vivian would then spend weeks at the hospital recovering with a bullet still lodged in her head.
But a recent visit to the doctor in April had her reliving the trauma. She said she was told her unborn son no longer had a heartbeat and wouldn't make it alive.
It was two days before her C-section was due, she said.
"It felt like as if I was shot in the head, and I was awake," Vivian said. "It feels like it happened to me all over again."
Now, the Acker family is planning to leave Florida for a fresh start through a GoFundMe. They're looking at North Carolina, where the family of Vivian's husband De'Marian lives, as an option.
"Right now, we just feel like we're just trapped in a cycle mentally," De'Marian said.
Vivian said she'd been visiting medical staff twice weekly since her shooting to ensure her baby was still healthy. The injuries put her at high risk pregnancy, she said.
"They did everything they could," Vivian said. "We fought so hard."
Since the shooting, the family said they've been able to temporarily stay at a hotel with support from the community right after the shooting and from De'Marian's job.
The Acker family had only been visiting town for three days when they were reportedly shot at.
Vivian said she came to help her father who had suffered a stroke. Police said while they had family in town, their relatives didn't have room for them.
Tampa Police arrested 21-year-old Christopher Stamat Jr. in October. He felt other people were stalking him in different cars before he shot at the car the family was sleeping in, authorities said.
Stamat Jr. shot at the car 13 times at a parking lot in the area of North Oregon near North Willow avenues. Stamat faces six felony charges, including second-degree attempted murder.
The couple said they no longer have a car, which Vivian said was used for Uber and DoorDash. The impact from her injuries prompted her to take time off work.
Despite the impact the shooting has had on the family, they said they forgive the shooter.
"I never thought in my life, that in my own hometown, I will lose as much as I've lost," Vivian said. "I have to get back out of here because I feel trapped."
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More hospitals and clinics in Mississippi are cutting back or shutting down, leaving few options for people seeking maternity care. E.R. staff are now training to meet that need.
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KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Kingsport City Schools has named a new principal at Dobyns-Bennett High School.
Brian Tate will serve as the school’s permanent principal effective immediately.
Tate had been serving as interim principal since November 2022 when he replaced Chris Hampton, who left the position to become superintendent.
According to the school system, Tate has served as a teacher, team leader, curriculum specialist, adjunct professor, and school administrator. He has been an assistant principal at Dobyns-Bennett for the past 11 years. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/brian-tate-named-principal-at-dobyns-bennett/ | 2023-05-08 21:51:02 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/brian-tate-named-principal-at-dobyns-bennett/ |
First-ever SDOH measures enacted by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
New grant program launches for state and county medical associations to address patients' SDOH
Fellow announced to advance physician-led SDOH programs
BOSTON, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, The Physicians Foundation announced three key advancements as part of its comprehensive recommendations to address social drivers of health (SDOH). Released earlier this year, the Physicians Foundation's Part One of Three: 2022 Survey of America's Physicians emphasized the importance of SDOH and demonstrated the barriers physicians face in their efforts to address them. In fact, while nine in 10 physicians want to address patients' SDOH, six in 10 lack the time and ability to do so. In response to these findings, the Physicians Foundation announces the following milestones that will advance how we pay for and deliver care to improve health:
- The first-ever SDOH measure set, submitted by the Physicians Foundation to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), was adopted to be included in federal payment programs
- A new grant program for medical associations launches to develop state level capacity, resources and data-collection to support physicians in integrating SDOH screenings and SDOH-related resource navigation into their medical practices
- A new fellow, Ryan Lowery, MD, was appointed to advance research on SDOH and their impact on all aspects of the health care environment
"We know that eight in 10 physicians believe that the United States cannot improve health outcomes or reduce health care costs without addressing social drivers of health," said Gary Price, MD, president of The Physicians Foundation. "The Physicians Foundation is committed to continuing our efforts to provide solutions that include strategies and structures for physicians to manage SDOH, ultimately improving patient health outcomes. The advancements being announced today signify great progress in these efforts, and we are excited to see the dedication of others in our health care system to this critical topic as well."
First-Ever SDOH Measures
On August 1, CMS released the final FY23 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule, in which it officially adopted the first-ever SDOH measures. These measures are screening and positive rates of screening for the percent of patients 18 years of age and older for food insecurity, housing instability, transportation problems, utility help needs and interpersonal safety. They will allow hospitals to better serve patients holistically and provide quality physical and mental health care.
This milestone comes as a result of the proposal that the Physicians Foundation submitted to CMS last year on screening rate and screen positive rate measures. These measures align with the Foundation's practical recommendations to address SDOH: Improving America's Health Care System: Recognize the Realities of Patients' Lives and Invest in Addressing Social Drivers of Health.
Medical Association SDOH Grant Program
The Physicians Foundation is launching a new grant program focused on enhancing capacity for medical associations to help physicians with SDOH screening and resource connection. The program will support on-the-ground initiatives that empower physicians to optimize integration of SDOH into their practices in a way that enhances patient health and increases value.
Medical associations stay up-to-date with the physicians and patients in their local communities, offering important insights for SDOH screening and resource navigation implementation – especially when meeting the unique needs of small practices. The intent of this grant program is that information learned can bolster each association's future policy efforts related to the other top strategies identified, including community capacity, administrative burden and creating financial incentives.
To apply for the grant program, register and login to the Physicians Foundation's online application system.
Fellowship Program Announces New Fellow
Ryan Lowery, MD, a board-certified physician specializing in pediatrics, has been selected as The Physicians Foundation's Fellowship Program's new fellow. The Fellowship Program aims to expand leadership skills for physicians to be equipped to address barriers to physician wellbeing, improve practice environments and build understanding of SDOH implications for patients and physicians. Throughout his career thus far, Dr. Lowery has dedicated his work to addressing SDOH and health equity, including working on systems to screen and respond to patient's social health needs in his community.
"The Physicians Foundation is making strides in offering practical solutions to help physicians address social drivers of health," said Robert Seligson, CEO of The Physicians Foundation. "We know the critical impact of social-related health factors in patient care and hope a focus from health care system continues in order to improve health, while reducing health care costs and easing administrative burdens on physicians."
About The Physicians Foundation
The Physicians Foundation is a nonprofit seeking to advance the work of practicing physicians and help them facilitate the delivery of high-quality health care to patients. As the U.S. health care system continues to evolve, The Physicians Foundation is steadfast in strengthening the physician-patient relationship, supporting medical practices' sustainability and helping physicians navigate the changing health care system. The Physicians Foundation pursues its mission through research, education and innovative grant making that improves physician wellbeing, strengthens physician leadership, addresses social drivers of health and lifts physician perspectives. For more information, visit www.physiciansfoundation.org.
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Port Orange buildings damaged during hurricanes being demolished
It's been more than three months since Hurricane Nicole did so much damage to our coastline, washing away the beach, damaging and destroying homes, condominiums and other buildings.
One of the first buildings to go belonged to Beach Safety, and the site is finally being cleared of debris.
Demolition crews are making quick work of tearing down two beach buildings at the Dunlawton Avenue approach in Port Orange.
They housed restrooms and a Beach Safety substation with offices that collapsed during Nicole.
We were there as the buildings were going down.
Nicole finished them, but the damage started 43 days earlier when Ian hit.
"During Ian, it undermined a large portion of-- basically took away the material underneath the foundation of the bathroom and the Beach Safety building," Ben Barlett, the Volusia County Public Works director, said.
The actual lifeguard tower is still on firm ground with the exception of the stairs, so that will remain, but after cutting through the red tape, including permitting and utility work, many were anxious to see the eyesore, a reminder of widespread destruction, gone.
It was a safety concern.
"We want to get the demolition complete so they're not out there as a hazard for people," Bartlett said.
This Dunlawton beach approach itself was damaged during Nicole.
It just reopened a few weeks ago but now it's closed again for removal work, probably for two weeks or so, though the work does seem to be going quickly, so it could be sooner.
The county has plans to replace the buildings, though they may consider trying to move them a little farther west, away from the wave action.
The costs associated with the demolition and rebuilding are FEMA eligible but officials are using general funds for now, counting on reimbursement.
There were numerous other beach assets damaged during the storms, including, of course, multipe vehicle ramps.
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NEW YORK, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Riskified Ltd..
Shareholders who purchased shares of RSKD during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased Riskified Class A ordinary shares in or traceable to the Company's July 2021 initial public offering.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) as Riskified expanded its user base, the quality of Riskified's machine learning platform had deteriorated (rather than improved as represented in documents issued in connection with the July 2021 initial public offering), because of, among other things, inaccuracies in the algorithms associated with onboarding new merchants and entering new geographies and industries; (ii) Riskified had expanded its customer base into industries with relatively high rates of fraud – including partnerships with cryptocurrency and remittance business – in which Riskified had limited experience and that this expansion has negatively impacted the effectiveness of Riskified's machine learning platform; (iii) as a result, Riskified was suffering from materially higher chargebacks and cost of revenue and depressed gross profits and gross profit margins during its third fiscal quarter of 2021; and (iv) thus, the representations in documents issued in connection with the July 2021 initial public offering regarding Riskified's historical financial and operational metrics and purported market opportunities did not accurately reflect the actual business, operations, and financial results and trajectory of Riskified prior to and at the time of the July 2021 initial public offering, and were materially false and misleading, and lacked a factual basis.
DEADLINE: July 1, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/riskified-ltd-loss-submission-form/?id=28866&from=4
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WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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"Talk", an AI-powered omnichannel live chat tool from martech Ortto, will be a "game changer" for businesses, says CEO.
SYDNEY, April 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A new AI-powered, omnichannel engagement tool released today [27 April] promises to revolutionize the way businesses engage and support their customers and completely disrupt the live chat space. The next-generation chat solution, Talk, is the newest addition to the award-winning marketing automation and customer data platform, Ortto. Talk allows businesses to speak to their customers across multiple channels through a single interface, providing the entire business with a complete view of the customer journey in one place.
CEO and co-founder of Ortto, Michael Sharkey, comments:
"More and more businesses are looking to cut costs by consolidating their tech stacks at the moment, but it's crucial that they don't compromise customer experience in the process and risk new or existing relationships.
We built Ortto so that businesses can bring all their data, analytics, and marketing automation into one platform. Talk is the next evolution of this, adding a complete omnichannel engagement solution to Ortto. Talk is designed to feel like you're using your favorite messaging app, and empowers your team to have super-human knowledge of the business with the help of fine-tuned AI, all in one place. I'm confident that there's no other live chat product on the market that can compete with what businesses will be able to achieve with Talk."
Omnichannel marketing campaigns across email, push notifications, and SMS based on rich customer data insights is fundamental to Ortto's award-winning platform. With Talk, businesses will be able to make the conversation two-way across channels from a single chat interface, which is designed to feel like a personal messaging app.
Sharkey continues:
"Everyone talks about omnichannel engagement, but what does that really mean? Most of these interactions are one-way, or with bots that are designed to deflect rather than engage customers in conversation. These conversations usually take place across multiple channels, leaving agents without context and forcing customers to repeat information. We're taking omnichannel engagement to a whole new level by not only making the conversation genuinely two-way, but being able to switch from one channel to another - from live chat to email to SMS back again - from one place."
Talk also lets businesses capitalize on the latest advances in AI and GPT-4 in their conversations, allowing them to train a custom AI model on content from their own websites, technical documentation, support tickets, and previous conversations, providing suggested replies that will get smarter over time.
Sharkey continues:
"The era of AI is going to bring about a profound change in how we communicate with our customers, and dramatically improve the productivity - and brainpower - of our teams. Rather than just talking about AI as being something that's still in the future for businesses, we're delivering it to customers today with a solution that gives agents superhuman powers to answer complex questions about a product's API - even if they have no idea how to code.
"AI isn't a bolt-on generic gimmick - it's technology that has the power to completely transform the way we work and it's here now. We want our customers to be able to take advantage of these advances as soon as possible and see the immediate benefits that come from incorporating AI into their day-to-day work. With Talk, they can do that."
About Ortto
Ortto, the world's first complete marketing automation, AI and analytics platform, empowers marketers to act with confidence and increase their impact on revenue. By combining three powerful tools into one intuitive platform, teams finally benefit from their customer data, messaging, and analytics working together.
Sophisticated yet easy to use, more than 3,000 customers trust Ortto to understand their impact, discover their next marketing opportunity, and continuously iterate to deliver great customer experiences at scale.
Launched in 2015, Ortto's team is located in Australia, Europe and the US. To date, the company has raised $35M in venture funding from backers including Blackbird, Rembrandt and Salesforce Ventures. Learn more at: www.ortto.com
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NEW YORK, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A nationally recognized appellate lawyer moves to Shook, Hardy & Bacon in New York. Michael Rayfield was a partner at an AmLaw20 firm where he represented clients in a variety of appellate and trial matters, primarily in data privacy, product liability and securities lawsuits. Rayfield has worked on more than two dozen trials in all aspects of appellate preservation, including arguing motions and proposed jury instructions. He has filed more than 100 appellate briefs and conducted over a dozen oral arguments in the federal courts of appeal, New York's Appellate Division, and other courts. Law360 named Rayfield a Rising Star in "Cybersecurity & Privacy" for his victories in data privacy and criminal litigation.
"I'm thrilled that Mike has decided to join us. Broadening our appellate capacity is a key part of our growth strategy in New York and throughout the firm because we try dozens of cases every year, and trials generate appeals," said Scott Chesin, an appellate lawyer who leads Shook's New York office. "I've known and worked with Mike for most of his career, and he's one of the brightest and most effective appellate lawyers I've ever worked with. He knows the New York appellate courts better than almost anyone. We're lucky to have him."
"I'm really excited about the move," said Rayfield. "For years, I've worked as co-counsel with Shook in product liability trials and appeals. I've been consistently blown away by the skill and collegiality that Shook litigators bring to their work. I look forward to helping grow the firm's New York presence and appellate practice."
Rayfield devotes a big part of his practice to representing individuals in criminal, immigration and civil rights cases. He has worked with clients convicted of murder, armed robbery, sexual assault, and drug trafficking, and numerous immigrants facing deportation from the United States. Rayfield's victories include a decision by the Second Circuit reversing the conviction of a client convicted of murder for hire, a decision by the South Carolina Court of Appeals vacating a client's conviction for robbery, and four appellate court rulings barring the government from deporting immigrants to Mexico, Honduras and Poland.
During an interview by a leading legal publication about his pro bono work, Rayfield said that he thinks "our criminal justice system is a tragedy" and that he devotes a big part of his practice trying to prevent abuses by that system.
Rayfield earned his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School, where he served as Comments editor on the Law Review. He clerked for Judge Jay S. Bybee of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and Judge Nicholas Garaufis of the Eastern District of New York.
Last year, Shook announced the addition of a New York office to complement its presence in Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. The firm added two science-focused partners, Tom Sheehan and Kimberly Penner, who primarily advocate in matters involving high-stakes product liability litigation in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, among other areas, followed by the addition of seasoned business litigator William Vita. Appellate litigator Scott Chesin leads the New York location. This Northeast expansion follows the opening of new Shook offices in Hartford and St. Louis, allowing the firm to serve its health, science and technology clients from 18 distinct markets.
Founded in 1889, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. has 18 offices in the United States and London, with attorneys and professional staff serving clients in the health, science and technology sectors in areas ranging from product liability defense and business litigation to intellectual property prosecution and litigation, environmental and toxic tort, privacy and data security and regulatory counseling.
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LAWRENCE, Ind. — The mother of the man shot and killed by a Lawrence Police officer Thursday is looking for answers.
The Marion County Coroner’s Office confirmed the victim is 36-year-old Carlos Trotter. The coroner said his cause of death is a gunshot wound.
A viewer sent us a video of the scene. You see police cars surrounding another car off Shadeland Ave. You hear officers with guns drawn yell “Get on the ground,” and “Stop reaching,” before a single gunshot cuts through the air.
Shirley said she found out later that day.
”He’s well mannered so I didn’t understand what happened,” she said.
Lawrence Police Deputy Chief Curtis Bigsbee said an officer spotted a white Nissan driving in Lawrence around 3 p.m. that had been reported stolen out of Indy earlier this month.
The driver, confirmed to be Carlos, pulled over at first but then sped off. He later let two people get out of his car and drove away from police again.
”He continue the chase, he went through the center of our city through Pendleton Pike,” Bigsbee said. Bigsbee said Lawrence PD are still reviewing if the chase complied with department guidelines.
The pursuit ended when the car crashed in the 3100 block of Shadeland Ave.
”The officers came in contact with the driver of the vehicle which at that time a weapon was found at the scene,” Bigsbee said.
Bigsbee would not say what the weapon was.
”A weapon was displayed in which the officers felt threatened at this moment and turned to take immediate action,” Bigsbee said.
Bigsbee would also not say how the weapon was displayed.
”I know he don’t got no gun, I know for sure he don’t go no gun,” Shirley said.
Only one officer fired a single shot. Trotter was taken to Eskenazi Hospital and died later on.
”I’ve been crying all night and all day,” Shirley said. “It’s just over and over and over, I’ve just been crying, can’t do nothing about it.”
Bigsbee said Lawrence Police will no be revealing the officer’s identity but said he is on administrative duties.
All Lawrence Police officers are outfitted with body warn cameras. Bigsbee said he has not seen body cam footage of the shooting but believes there is video.
”There were multiple officers there at the scene so I would assume that there would be officers with multiple body cameras that were there,” he said.
For Shirley Trotter, she is on a mission.
”I am coming for answers. I’m going to get it, I am,” she said.
Carlos would have turned 37 on November 1.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Jalen Wilson remembers every slight. Every criticism. Every chip that’s landed on his shoulder.
You can bet the Kansas forward remembers watching Kansas State fans storm the court after beating the Jayhawks.
So with revenge on their mind, Wilson and his pals jumped on the seventh-ranked Wildcats in the rematch Tuesday night. He finished with 20 points, Kevin McCullar Jr. had 16 points and 13 rebounds, and the No. 8 Jayhawks rolled to a 90-78 victory that also tightened the Big 12 standings at the midway point of conference play.
“It was like a big rub in our face, them storming the court,” Wilson admitted. “I always remember stuff like that.”
Dajuan Harris Jr. added 18 points for the Jayhawks (18-4, 6-3), who built a 12-point halftime lead before coasting to their 17th straight home win over K-State. They also won their second straight after a three-game skid, and made sure to avoid taking back-to-back losses inside Allen Fieldhouse for the first time since the 1988-89 season.
“Hey, their guys are hard to guard. They’ve got a good team,” Kansas coach Bill Self said. “I actually thought we did a good job, for the most part, and our bench was terrific. That was the best our bench has played so far.”
Markquis Nowell scored 23 points and Keyontae Johnson had 22 points and 12 boards to lead the Wildcats (18-4, 6-3), who were trying for their first regular-season sweep of their biggest rival in four decades.
Nae’Qwan Tomlin added 11 points for Kansas State. David N’Guessan had 10.
“They play at a fast pace. You know they play better at home,” Nowell said. “They started early with turnovers. They got out in transition. They got the crowd involved. They had a huge first half and I feel like we dug ourselves a hole.”
In their first meeting on Jan. 17, the Wildcats raced to a big early lead and controlled the game until late in the second half, when the Jayhawks forced overtime — only for Kansas State to win on Johnson’s alley-oop dunk.
It was the Jayhawks who controlled the rematch.
They used a 16-7 run early in the game, built by speeding up the Wildcats and controlling the tempo. At one point, Kansas State coach Jerome Tang picked up a technical foul, and the Jayhawks stretched their lead to 32-19 in a blink.
“I didn’t want to get a technical. I didn’t mind getting a technical, though,” Tang said. “I’ve been in here too many times where I feel like the crowd impacts the referees. And they’re human beings, and this is no knock on them. I just wanted them to know I did not feel like the calls were being even on both ends.”
The Wildcats answered with a run of their own, closing within 37-32. But that’s when Wilson hit back-to-back 3-pointers and Zach Clemence, forced onto the court due to foul trouble among starters, added one of his own.
Kansas eventually led 49-37 at the break. And while the Wildcats briefly got within six in the second half, the outcome never seemed in jeopardy. The Jayhawks stretched their lead to 16 before cruising to the finish.
“I thought we had a bunch of self-inflicted wounds,” Tang said. “Part of it was the environment, part of it was the scheme and how we tried to attack them. We’ll go back and look at it.”
OFFICIATING OOPS
Johnson had to sit with two fouls just 2 1/2 minutes into the game. Only problem? The crew of John Higgins, Kip Kissinger and Marques Pettigrew gave one to the wrong player. By the time they corrected their mistake, the Wildcats’ leading scorer had unnecessarily ridden the bench for several minutes.
SELLOUT … AND THEN SOME
For the first time in more than 15 years, more Kansas students redeemed tickets than there was space available inside Allen Fieldhouse. The overflow had to watch the game on screens in the adjacent Horejsi Family Athletics Center, where the Jayhawks play volleyball games. Those students also got refunds and concessions vouchers.
BIG PICTURE
Kansas State’s three losses in league play have been to ranked teams on the road: TCU, Iowa State and Kansas. And with a more forgiving second half to the Big 12 schedule, the Wildcats remain firmly in the conference title hunt.
Kansas got its mojo back with its win at Kentucky last weekend. This victory over another bunch of Wildcats was crucial because the road doesn’t get any easier for the Jayhawks, who are in the midst of three straight games against ranked teams.
UP NEXT
Kansas State returns home for another top-10 showdown Saturday against No. 10 Texas.
Kansas hits the road for the third time in four games against No. 13 Iowa State on Saturday.
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WFO PENDLETON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, June 14, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
414 AM PDT Tue Jun 14 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...High water flow on small streams and creeks continue this
morning with some showing signs of beginning to recede.
* WHERE...Portions of northeast Oregon and southeast Washington,
including the following counties, in northeast Oregon, Umatilla.
In southeast Washington, Walla Walla.
* WHEN...Until 400 PM PDT Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 408 AM PDT, Minor flooding has been occurring along some
small streams.
- Some additional showers will be possible through this
afternoon.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers blocked two big environmental bills Thursday: One that would have ramped up the state’s emissions targets, and another that would have made oil companies liable for the health problems of people who live close to oil wells.
They are among the hundreds of bills that did not survive the Legislature’s suspense file, a mysterious process where lawmakers decide — with no explanation — which bills will get a chance to become law later this year and which ones should not move forward.
Last year, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law that bans drilling new oil wells within 3,200 feet (975 meters) of sensitive areas like homes and schools. But the law hasn’t taken effect because the oil industry qualified a referendum on the 2024 ballot asking voters to overturn it.
That referendum angered environmental and health advocates. They decided if the oil industry wanted to block that law, then they would try to pass another law to let people who got sick from living too close to wells to sue the oil companies responsible for them. The bill, authored by Sen. Lena Gonzalez, would have required oil companies to pay up to $1 million to people who have cancer or other health problems associated with the well.
“Today, we missed a key opportunity to advance legislation that would hold polluters accountable and prevent further harm to families who are just trying to stay healthy and have a better quality of life,” Gonzalez said in a statement.
The Senate Appropriations Committee stopped the bill from getting a vote by the full Senate, meaning it is not likely to become law this year. Jamie Court, president of the advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, blamed committee chair Sen. Anthony Portantino, a Democrat from Burbank who is also running for Congress.
“A bill like this should get a hearing by the full Senate and not be shoved in a drawer by one politician when we have millions of people living within a half mile of oil wells whose lives and health are at threat every damn day,” Court said.
Portantino’s office did not respond to an email seeking comment about why the bill was held.
Kara Greene, a spokesperson for the Western States Petroleum Association, which opposed the bill, said it would have been unfair to oil and gas companies and done more harm than good.
“The billions of dollars and the fiscal mess that this bill would have caused to the State and local governments from their own liabilities, the fiscal responsibility of inherited wells, and the cost to the court system, would be substantial,” Greene said in a statement.
State Sen. Henry Stern, a Malibu Democrat, introduced another bill this year that would have required the state to reduce its planet-warming emissions to 55% below the 1990 level by the end of 2030. The state has already set out to reduce those emissions by 40% by that same deadline.
“The bill dying was a reflection of the impasse I worry we’re heading towards on climate in California,” Stern said in a statement. “As the world races ahead, we may get stuck debating pathways forward.”
A similar bill introduced last year didn’t make it to the governor’s desk.
California is also aiming to achieve carbon neutrality, meaning the state will remove as many carbon emissions as it releases, by 2045. The state Air Resources Board has approved rules to limit pollution from cars, trucks, lawn mowers and trains.
Bills that were held in the Senate and Assembly appropriations committees are not likely to pass this year, with a June 2 deadline looming for legislation to advance from one chamber.
Other bills that failed included a plan to allow people struggling with suicidal thoughts to voluntarily register themselves on a “do not sell” list for firearms, and a proposal to ban people under 21 years old from using mobile phones, even hands-free, while driving. A bill that would require the Department of Justice to investigate all police’s use-of-force incidents that resulted in the death of civilians also didn’t make it through Thursday, nor did legislation that would have expanded access to mental health treatment for inmates.
Some proposals, including legislation to create a mental health hotline for California State University system students and a bill to stock government bathrooms with free menstrual products, were designated as two-year bills, meaning that they won’t be voted on before January.
Once bills are voted on in the Senate or Assembly, those that passed will move on to the other chamber. The Legislature has until mid-September to pass bills, then Newsom has about a month to reject them or sign them into law.
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Associated Press writers Adam Beam and Trân Nguyễn contributed.
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GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A woman accused in the case of two dead infants found decades ago in South Carolina, including a baby girl who later became known as “Julie Valentine,” has entered an Alford plea to three charges.
Brook Graham entered the plea Thursday to two counts of unlawful conduct of a child and one charge of improperly disposing of remains, news outlets reported. The plea means she maintains her innocence but acknowledges that the state has enough evidence to find her guilty of the charges.
The charges arise from the discovery of remains of a baby boy in woods in 1989 and those of infant girl the next year who came to be known in South Carolina’s Greenville County as Julie Valentine. The county is in the state’s northeast.
The girl’s tiny body was discovered the day before Valentine’s Day in 1990. Authorities say a man picking wildflowers for his wife found a vacuum cleaner box holding a baby with black hair who weighed 6 pounds (2.7 kilograms).
Greenville Police investigators tracked buyers of the vacuum cleaner. They said two names could not be ruled out and that Graham’s was one of them. Yet they could not make a case until former Police Chief Ken Miller ordered DNA testing, which authorities said had determined Graham was the biological mother of both infants.
When tests on the infant girl came back, it was determined the baby was half-Vietnamese and half-European, according to an attorney with the solicitors’ office. That office added that police went back through the file and saw where the defendant and her Vietnamese boyfriend had bought the type of vacuum box the baby was left in.
“Greenville County had also located a baby boy in April 1989 in a trash bag left in a wooded area that was the year prior,” the solicitor’s office said in a statement.
The solicitors’ office said the infant’s father and the woman’s sister never knew Graham was pregnant.
Police announced Graham’s arrest in April 2019.
“The state, under the facts, that we were able to investigate with law enforcement, only allowed us to charge her with unlawful neglect and the desecration of human remains. She had initially been charged with murder, and we dismissed those cases because no medical examiner could prove how the children actual died, and if in fact they were actually living at the time of birth,” Solicitor W. Walter Wilkins said.
Wilkins added that because of the delay in finding the bodies and their state of decomposition, medical experts and technology could not determine whether the children were “alive or not at birth.”
Graham is free on bond until a pre-sentence investigation is completed. A sentencing range was not immediately available.
Her attorney David Braghirol told The Stateon Friday that the full story has not been told but would come out in a pre-sentencing report conducted by a probation officer. He said there is no doubt Graham is the mother, but he added both babies were born dead.
Wilkins called the case very unique one and said of the final charges, “unfortunately this is the best evidence that we have to get justice for these two children that were left abandoned 30 years ago. We’re just glad to have this case moving forward in the right direction and we will be getting ready and getting prepared for sentencing.”
In the years since, Julie Valentine has become a symbol for child abuse prevention in Greenville County, memorialized with a sculpture in a local park and included in the name of an organization that works with abuse survivors.
Julie Valentine is buried in at a cemetery where the headstone reads “Baby Jane Doe” and under that, “Julie Valentine Feb. 1990.”
Terry Christy, one of the original investigators, told The State the woman’s plea does not bring closure for him. He thinks of the little girl often and sometimes goes by her grave when he visits the graves of relatives in the same cemetery. His wife, Julianna, was a victim witness coordinator who had worked years ago seeking to identify the infant girl and for whom Julie Valentine was named. | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-u-s-headlines/mother-of-2-dead-babies-found-decades-ago-enters-alford-plea/ | 2022-05-14 17:40:36 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-u-s-headlines/mother-of-2-dead-babies-found-decades-ago-enters-alford-plea/ |
DEAR AMY: I’m a retired Army officer and since 2008 have deferred all decisions about my finances to my wife, who has an MBA.
For the past five years, she did our taxes and I never even had the chance to review them.
One year we owed $40k, and this year, $16k.
I asked to see our return tonight and suggested that we may want a professional to review the return.
The response was “We don’t need a (expletive) accountant!”
I earn $215k and she earns $150k annually, and I really don’t know where the money goes.
I hope to retire in five years, but feel I need a neutral third-party professional to advise.
Thoughts?
– Not Informed
DEAR NOT INFORMED: You say you are retired from the military, but you are obviously working in another field, now, and looking toward your second retirement. You and your wife are high-earners.
This ignorance is on you. You are sharing your life with someone who has expertise in finance, and yet you have surrendered all of your personal fiscal responsibility to her, when you could have spent these last years learning from her.
Most of us would be happy to turn over the responsibility to file taxes to another competent person, and yet you still have a duty to know and understand where your earnings are going, how they’re being spent, and how well you are set up for your retirement.
Your wife is obviously responding very defensively to your suggestion. This is something of a red flag, but I suggest that before going def-con on this topic, you should ask her to review all of your finances, retirement funds, and tax issues with you.
You should have full access to all joint accounts and those that bear your name, including passwords and the ability to review statements regularly. You should then keep up with these accounts by checking them regularly.
You two should be full partners in your household finances. If your wife refuses to participate in this effort, then you have a serious problem, which a forensic accountant might help you to sort out.
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DEAR AMY: I am a 26-year-old stay-at-home-mom.
I absolutely love it.
My issue is that living in the country (15 minutes from any town) makes it hard for me to make friends.
The only friends I have any more are my husband’s friends.
I haven’t worked in four years now.
I don’t have Facebook or any social media at all.
I love my husband’s friends, but it would also be nice to have my own friends that have kids for my kids to play with.
Almost everywhere I go I have one or both of my kids with me.
That’s only if I go anywhere! When my kids had RSV, I didn’t leave our acreage for a month!
Do you have any tips for me to make my own friends and to find other stay-at-home parents around for friends so that my kids can get to know other children?
– Wanting Some Friends
DEAR WANTING SOME FRIENDS: My first suggestion is that you take your kids to the library! Most public libraries host regular story-times for children, and this is a great way to meet other families with young kids.
While at the library, check out other resources for families in town (the librarian can help). These might include swimming lessons at the YWCA, art classes, and various scheduled playgroups.
It might feel awkward for you to be so intentional about making friends, but in adulthood, this is often the only way to do it. The good news is that you have your children to pave the way. Kids (and dogs) are wonderful social connectors, and parenting children at the same stage of life is a significant commonality.
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DEAR AMY: I found myself in a situation similar to “Stuck,” who was with a widowed man whose daughter would not accept her.
When I was dating the woman who became my wife, her 13-year-old would act up.
His parents were divorced.
I sat down with him and explained that I wasn’t trying to replace his dad, and that I couldn’t. His dad was his dad!
I also explained that there was nothing he could do to drive me away. I was going to stay as long as his mom would have me.
It worked! Forty-six years later she passed away, and he and I are still on good terms.
– Charlie
DEAR CHARLIE: What a perfect response to a hurting adolescent!
Charlie, you’re a keeper.
(You can email Amy Dickinson at askamy@amydickinson.com or send a letter to Ask Amy, P.O. Box 194, Freeville, NY 13068. You can also follow her on Twitter @askingamy or Facebook.)
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Patients trying to lose weight are often counseled to count calories, but new research finds intermittent fasting can be just as effective. (Story aired on All Things Considered on June 26, 2023.)
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TX Norman OK Zone Forecast for Tuesday, June 28, 2022
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Zone Forecast Product for Oklahoma
National Weather Service Norman OK
341 AM CDT Wed Jun 29 2022
TXZ086-292100-
Wichita-
Including the cities of Sheppard AFB and Wichita Falls
341 AM CDT Wed Jun 29 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
Highs in the mid 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs around 100.
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TXZ083-292100-
Hardeman-
Including the city of Quanah
341 AM CDT Wed Jun 29 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
Highs in the upper 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows
in the upper 70s.
.INDEPENDENCE DAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Highs
around 100. Lows in the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ084-292100-
Foard-
Including the city of Crowell
341 AM CDT Wed Jun 29 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
Highs in the upper 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs around 100.
$$
TXZ087-292100-
Knox-
Including the cities of Munday and Knox City
341 AM CDT Wed Jun 29 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
Highs in the upper 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
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thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
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MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Goodness Growth Holdings, Inc. ("Goodness Growth") (CSE: GDNS; OTCQX: GDNSF), announces that it has commenced an action in the Supreme Court of British Columbia against Verano Holdings Corp. ("Verano"), seeking damages after Verano wrongfully terminated the share exchange agreement (the "Arrangement Agreement") between the parties pursuant to which Verano agreed to acquire all of outstanding capital stock of Goodness Growth.
Goodness Growth's notice of civil claim was filed with the British Columbia Supreme Court and was served on Verano today. Goodness Growth is seeking damages for breach of contract, as well as other damages, costs and interest, based on Verano's breach of contract and of its duty of good faith and honest performance.
Goodness Growth's action follows Verano's purported termination of the Arrangement Agreement on October 14, 2022, for which Goodness Growth believes Verano had no factual or legal basis.
Due to uncertainties inherent in litigation, it is not possible for Goodness Growth to predict the timing or final outcome of the legal proceedings against Verano or to determine the amount of damages, if any, that may be awarded.
About Goodness Growth Holdings, Inc.
Goodness Growth Holdings, Inc., is a physician-led, science-focused holding company whose mission is to bring the power of plants to the world. The Company's operations consist primarily of its multi-state cannabis company subsidiary, Vireo Health, Inc., and its science and intellectual property developer, Resurgent Biosciences, Inc. The Company manufactures proprietary, branded cannabis products in environmentally friendly facilities and state-of-the-art cultivation sites and distributes its products through its growing network of Green Goods® and other retail locations and third-party dispensaries. Its team of more than 450 employees is focused on the development of differentiated products, driving scientific innovation of plant-based medicines, and developing meaningful intellectual property. The Company is licensed to grow, process, and/or distribute cannabis in five markets and operates 18 dispensaries across the United States. For more information about Goodness Growth Holdings, please visit www.goodnessgrowth.com.
Contact:
Sam Gibbons
Vice President, Investor Relations
samgibbons@goodnessgrowth.com
(612) 314-8995
Forward-Looking Statement Disclosure
This press release contains "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable United States and Canadian securities legislation (collectively, "forward-looking information"). Forward-looking information contained in this press release may be identified by the use of words such as "should," "may," "continue," "expect," "outlook," "will," "believe," "subject to," "plans," and "pending," or variations of such words and phrases. These statements should not be read as guarantees of future performance or results. Forward-looking information includes both known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of the Company or its subsidiaries to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements or information contained in this press release. Forward-looking information is based upon a number of estimates and assumptions of management, believed but not certain to be reasonable, in light of management's experience and perception of trends, current conditions, and expected developments, as well as other factors relevant in the circumstances, including assumptions in respect of current and future litigation matters and award claims. Although the Company believes that the expectations and assumptions on which such forward-looking information is based are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking information because the Company can give no assurance that they will prove to be correct. Actual results and developments may differ materially from those contemplated by these statements. Forward-looking information is subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking information. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the timing, cost and outcome of the pending litigation with Verano; the recovery of all damages available to Goodness under the Arrangement Agreement; Goodness' ability to hold Verano responsible for its breaches of the Arrangement Agreement and failure to consummate the transactions contemplated thereunder; the impact of the termination of the Arrangement Agreement on Goodness; timing of adult-use legislation in markets where the Company currently operates; current and future market conditions, including the market price of the subordinate voting shares of the Company; risks related to pandemics, including the COVID-19 pandemic; federal, state, local, and foreign government laws, rules, and regulations, including federal and state laws in the United States relating to cannabis operations in the United States and any changes to such laws or the enforcement of such laws; operational, regulatory and other risks; execution of business strategy; management of growth; difficulty to forecast; conflicts of interest; risks inherent in an agricultural business; liquidity and additional financing; labor union relations; the timing of adult-use sales in New York; and the Company's ability to meet the demand for smokable cannabis flower in Minnesota.
The statements in this press release are made as of the date of this release. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements or forward-looking information to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements.
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Shane Graham made two saves as Williamstown secured a 2-1 victory over Highland in Williamstown.
Landon Eaton and John Young scored first half goals for Williamstown (4-8-2). Colin Marsh added an assist.
Dylan Farrell scored the lone goal for Highland (6-8-1) on an assist from Aidan Anderson.
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Wisconsinites will weigh in on a consequential state Supreme Court election on Tuesday in a race that will ultimately determine the partisan tilt of the high court and have significant implications on key issues such as abortion and redistricting.
Voters are heading to the polls to weigh in on four judicial candidates — two liberal candidates and two conservatives — for an open seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Though the court has a 4-3 conservative tilt, the retirement of outgoing conservative Justice Patience Roggensack means that whoever wins the election will determine the partisan lean of the high court.
The top two vote-getters from Tuesday’s primary will proceed to an April 4 general election, meaning two conservative candidates or two liberals could move forward to the final race.
Here’s a look at five things to know about the race ahead of Tuesday’s election:
Two liberals are running against two conservatives
Tuesday’s race will feature two liberal candidates — Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz and Dane County Judge Everett Mitchell — and two conservative candidates — Waukesha County Judge Jennifer Dorow and former state Supreme Court Judge Daniel Kelly.
Protasiewicz has been criticized for expressing her views on issues like abortion and the state’s legislative maps given that the race is nonpartisan and that, if elected, she could be weighing in on those issues if they came before the high court.
Protasiewicz claimed earlier this year during a candidate forum that the state’s maps were “rigged” and said during a campaign ad, “I believe in a woman’s freedom to make her own decision on abortion.”
Following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last year, Mitchell issued a statement saying that “as an ally, I will always use my male privilege to stand with and to stand up for women’s reproductive rights.”
But the race is seen as nonpartisan-in-name-only, as both Dorow, the judge who notably presided over the trial of a man who killed six people following a Waukesha Christmas parade in 2021, and Kelly are endorsed by anti-abortion groups.
Given the nature of the race, the two top vote-getters will proceed to an April 4 runoff, meaning two conservatives or two liberals could ultimately face each other.
Abortion and redistricting could be on the ballot
Among some of the issues that the new state Supreme Court majority could weigh in on are abortion, redistricting and even future election results.
A contested 1849 abortion law, which only allows for exceptions when the life of the mother is at risk, is expected to wind up before the Wisconsin Supreme Court. A lawsuit was filed last year by state Attorney General Josh Kaul (D), who argued that the law was in conflict with another abortion law that offered broader exceptions. The new state Supreme Court majority could be poised to allow for broader exceptions for abortion or offer restrictive access to the medical procedure.
Groups on either side of the abortion issue, including anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin have said they’ll get involved in the race.
There’s also the expectation that the legislative maps could be revisited in a lawsuit should a liberal candidate win the open seat. The National Democratic Redistricting Committee and Republican State Leadership Committee are among some of the groups expected to wade into the judicial race, according to Politico.
Outside groups are pouring money into the race
Millions of dollars are being spent to fill the seat, with much more expected following Tuesday’s race. Ad-tracking firm AdImpact reported as of Feb. 14 alone that $3.4 million had been spent to boost the conservative candidates while a separate $3.5 million had been spent boosting the liberal candidates.
AdImpact noted at the time that among the top three candidates or groups doing the most advertising were the liberal A Better Wisconsin Together at $1.9 million, the conservative Fair Courts America at $1.8 million and Protasiewicz’s campaign at $1.6 million.
The race overall is expected to bring in tens of millions of dollars in spending. One strategist suggested to The Hill last month that the race could draw in $20 million, while The New York Times reported the elections were anticipated to spend more than $30 million.
The race will test turnout in an off-year election
The election has received widespread national attention and will test how issues like abortion, redistricting and democracy impact voter turnout more than three months after the November midterms.
Off-year elections tend to see less voter turnout than during a midterm or presidential election year. But because of the sheer amount of coverage the judicial election has received and how the race comes less than a year after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Tuesday’s primary could see higher-than-normal off-year election turnout.
Some local officials suggest we’re seeing this already. Eau Claire City Clerk Nicholas Koerner told Eau Claire, Wis.-based WEAU that “This election has been busier than we anticipated, busier than a usual February election.”
“We’ve had over 400 in-person absentee voters and over 1,500 people have returned their absentee ballots already,” he told the local broadcast station.
The race could point toward what to expect in 2024
The election is already being viewed as a litmus test of how salient certain issues will be among voters ahead of 2024. One of those issues will be abortion, and whether the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision handed down by the Supreme Court last year still sticks with voters several months after the midterms.
The election results could also reverberate in other statewide races in Wisconsin next year and beyond. Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s (D-Wis.) seat is up in 2024, where the implications of the state Supreme Court race are sure to be brought up during the election.
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One killed in intentionally set fire Tuesday night
Beck Andrew Salgado
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
One person died Tuesday night in a fire near the intersection of Teutonia and Bobolink that police believe was intentionally set.
The Milwaukee Police Department said the fire started at about 9:05 p.m. When the Milwaukee Fire Department responded to the residence firefighters located the victim — a 60-year-old Milwaukee man.
A 62-year-old Milwaukee woman was taken into custody and charges are pending review by the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office.
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HONG KONG, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- China Literature Limited ("China Literature" or "the Company", stock code: 0772), a leading online literature and intellectual property ("IP") incubation platform in China, today announced the unaudited consolidated results for the six months ended June 30, 2022.
Results Highlights(1)
- Total revenues were RMB4,087.2 million (USD609.0 million), compared with RMB4,342.1 million in the first half of 2021.
- On a non-IFRS(2) basis, which is intended to reflect core earnings by excluding certain one-time and/or non-cash items:
- Operating profit increased 8.2% year-over-year to RMB693.8 million (USD103.4 million). Operating margin increased from 14.8% to 17.0%.
- Profit attributable to equity holders of the Company increased 0.2% year-over-year to RMB666.0 million (USD99.2 million). Its margin increased from 15.3% to 16.3%.
- Basic earnings per share were RMB0.66. Diluted earnings per share were RMB0.65. - On an IFRS basis:
- Operating profit was RMB251.2 million (USD37.4 million), compared with RMB1,284.0 million in the first half of 2021. The year-over-year difference was mainly due to a gain of RMB1,076.8 million related to the sale of our stake in a joint venture in the first half of 2021.
- Profit attributable to equity holders of the Company was RMB228.5 million (USD34.1 million), compared with RMB1,082.7 million in the first half of 2021.
- Basic earnings per share were RMB0.23. Diluted earnings per share were RMB0.22.
Mr. Edward Cheng, Chief Executive Officer of China Literature, commented: "During the first half of 2022, the overall macro environment presented many challenges and put pressure on our industry. The volatility of the market forced us to adopt a more forward-thinking and flexible approach, and to explore a healthier and more sustainable growth trajectory. We took initiatives to optimize costs and improve efficiency, and sharpened our focus on key business and long-term objectives. Our operational efficiency improved significantly as a result. Non-IFRS operating profit increased by 8.2% year-over-year to RMB693.8 million, and non-IFRS operating margin increased from 14.8% a year ago to 17.0% in the first half of 2022.
At the same time, we released compelling visual content including drama series A Lifelong Journey (人世间), Life is A Long Quiet River (心居), The Wind Blows from Longxi (风起陇西) and Master of My Own (请叫我总监), the film Too Cool to Kill (这个杀手不太冷静), as well as a number of exciting animated series. Continuous release of high-quality content, particularly blockbusters, reflected the depth of our resources for transforming literary content into video and other formats, supporting our long-term strategy of IP adaptation to visual modes. In addition, as an important part of improving the content ecosystem, we enhanced our copyright protection and anti-piracy efforts, which were widely recognized by our writers.
We believe that the cultural industry in China has great potential. The short-term challenges have not had a deep impact on the general trend and long-term prospects of the industry. Our long-term strategy remains unchanged. We will continue to focus on the incubation, development and operation of good stories that can live forever."
Financial Review(3)
Revenues were RMB4,087.2 million (USD609.0 million), compared with RMB4,342.1 million in the first half of 2021.
Revenues from online business were RMB2,307.0 million (USD343.7 million), compared with RMB2,540.0 million in the first half of 2021. A further breakdown of this category is as follows: i) online business revenues from the Company's self-owned platform products were RMB1,763.1 million (USD262.7 million), compared with RMB1,880.7 million in the prior corresponding period, mainly as a result of a reduction in spending on marketing for user acquisition for our online business as we took initiatives to optimize costs and improve operational efficiency during the first half of 2022; ii) online business revenues from our self-operated channels on Tencent products broadly stabilized at RMB347.5 million (USD51.8 million), compared with RMB353.5 million in the prior corresponding period; iii) and online business revenues from third-party platforms were RMB196.5 million (USD29.3 million), compared with RMB305.8 million in the prior corresponding period, mainly as we suspended collaboration with certain third-party distribution partners during the first half of 2022.
Revenues from IP operations and others were RMB1,780.2 million (USD265.2 million), compared with RMB1,802.2 million in the prior corresponding period, among which i) revenues from IP operations were broadly stable at RMB1,731.3 million (USD258.0 million), compared with RMB1,740.1 million in the first half of 2021, and ii) revenues from the "others" category, consisting mainly of sales of physical books, decreased 21.2% year-over-year to RMB48.9 million (USD7.3 million) in the first half of 2022.
Cost of revenues decreased 5.5% year-over-year to RMB1,940.9 million (USD289.2 million), as a result of i) a decrease in amortization of intangible assets of content copyrights due to the high base effect in the prior corresponding period, ii) a reduction in platform distribution costs for our online businesses, and iii) lower content costs. The decrease in the cost of revenues was partially offset by an increase in production costs of TV, web and animated series and film along with the increase in revenues.
Gross profit decreased 6.2% year-over-year to RMB2,146.3 million (USD319.8 million). Gross margin was 52.5%, compared with 52.7% in the prior corresponding period.
Interest income increased 13.6% year-over-year to RMB68.9 million (USD10.3 million), reflecting higher interest income from bank deposits.
Other losses, net were RMB235.4 million (USD35.1 million), compared with net other gains of RMB901.1 million in the prior corresponding period. The year-over-year difference was mainly due to a gain of RMB1,076.8 million related to the sale of our equity interest in Lazy Audio during the first half of 2021. The other losses in the first half of 2022 consisted mainly of fair value losses of RMB372.9 million (USD55.6 million) resulting from the decreased valuations of our investee companies, partially offset by a fair value gain of RMB112.2 million (USD16.7 million) due to a change in the fair value of consideration liabilities related to the acquisition of New Classics Media.
Selling and marketing expenses decreased 17.6% year-over-year to RMB1,110.5 million (USD165.5 million), mainly as we reduced promotion and advertising expenses for our online business as a part of cost control and efficiency improvement initiatives during the first half of 2022. The decrease was partially offset by greater marketing expenses to promote our films and drama series. As a percentage of revenues, selling and marketing expenses decreased to 27.2% in the first half of 2022 from 31.0% in the first half of 2021.
General and administrative expenses decreased 12.2% year-over-year to RMB557.5 million (USD83.1 million), primarily due to a decrease in research and development expenses. As a percentage of revenues, general and administrative expenses decreased to 13.6% in the first half of 2022 from 14.6% in the first half of 2021.
Net provision for impairment losses on financial assets reflected a provision for doubtful receivables. In the first half of 2022, the provision for doubtful receivables was RMB60.5 million (USD9.0 million) on a net basis, mainly related to TV series and film projects.
Operating profit was RMB251.2 million (USD37.4 million), compared with RMB1,284.0 million in the prior corresponding period. Non-IFRS operating profit increased 8.2% year-over-year to RMB693.8 million (USD103.4 million), reflecting our successful efforts to control operational costs.
Income tax expense was RMB108.2 million (USD16.1 million), compared with RMB284.4 million for the same period of last year.
Profit attributable to equity holders of the Company was RMB228.5 million (USD34.1 million), compared with RMB1,082.7 million in the prior corresponding period. Non-IFRS profit attributable to equity holders of the Company increased 0.2% year-over-year to RMB666.0 million (USD99.2 million).
Key Operating Information
- Average MAUs on our self-owned platform products and self-operated channels increased 13.8% year-over-year from 232.7 million to 264.7 million in the first half of 2022. A further breakdown of MAUs is as follows: i) MAUs on our self-owned platform products increased 4.5% year-over-year from 114.6 million to 119.8 million, mainly driven by our strengths in high-quality content; and ii) MAUs on our self-operated channels on Tencent products increased 22.7% year-over-year from 118.1 million to 144.9 million, mainly due to growth in users for our free-to-read content.
- Average MPUs on our self-owned platform products and self-operated channels decreased 12.9% year-over-year from 9.3 million to 8.1 million in the first half of 2022, mainly as more casual users were attracted to our free-to-read content in the second half of 2021. Average MPUs remained stable as compared to 8.1 million in the second half of 2021.
- Monthly ARPU for our pay-to-read business increased 6.6% year-over-year from RMB36.4 to RMB38.8 in the first half of 2022, reflecting improvements in content operations, community features, and recommendation efficiency. These drove the demand of paying users for high-quality content during the first half of 2022.
- Average DAUs for our free-to-read business were 14 million in June 2022, compared with 13 million in June 2021.
Other Key Information
- EBITDA decreased 4.2% year-over-year from RMB626.9 million to RMB600.6 million (USD89.5 million) in the first half of 2022. Adjusted EBITDA increased 5.1% year-over-year from RMB708.9 million to RMB745.1 million (USD111.0 million) in the first half of 2022.
- As of June 30, 2022, the Company's net cash position was RMB6,555.7 million (USD976.8 million).
- Free cash flow* was RMB548.7 million (USD81.7 million), compared to RMB278.9 million in the first half of 2021.
- New Classics Media, on a standalone basis, recorded RMB966.7 million (USD144.0 million) in revenues and RMB208.5 million (USD31.1 million) in profit attributable to equity holders of the company in the first half of 2022.
Business Highlights
IP Creation
As we have mentioned before, the online literature business is where our quality IP content begins. We focused on fundamentals of our online business in our core pay-to-read business, and continued to strengthen our online literature IP ecosystem. During the first half of 2022, the number, quality and visibility of IP on our online literature platform continued to increase.
On the supply side, our online literature platform added approximately 300,000 writers and 600,000 novels, with an increase in word count of 16 billion Chinese characters. At the same time, we accelerated the development of high-quality content in specific categories by improving our system for incubation and operations. For example, at the beginning of this year, we identified through internal analysis the rising potential of science fiction themes, leading us to organize two science fiction writing contests and a series of activities, incubating about 20,000 science fiction works. A number of well-known writers in other thematic areas have also started to create science fiction. During the first half, a total of 12 Platinum and Phenomenal Writers on our platform started to produce science fiction novels, making science fiction the fastest growing genre on our platform.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of Qidian.com under China Literature. We upgraded the brand of Qidian, and launched a new brand proposition of "every good book is a new starting point" and a brand mission of "good books never end" which are consistent with the Company's mission. With quality as the core, we will focus on the incubation of compelling online literature content and encourage content diversification to create a healthy ecosystem for writers.
While improving the quality and quantity of our literary IPs, we also implemented cost control measures, proactively reduced certain sales and marketing expenses, and shifted our focus from prioritizing short-term revenue growth to optimizing operational efficiency and cost structure. As a result, we gave up a portion of revenues during the current period, but we believe these measures will lay a solid foundation for the healthy development of our long-term business.
In order to protect the rights and interests of writers, we enhanced our efforts to combat piracy issues. We deployed artificial intelligence, encrypted watermarks, piracy detection and risk controls and bans to improve our copyright protection and anti-piracy capabilities, and continued to litigate against piracy sites and IP infringement. Our robust efforts to protect copyright and IP have been recognized by writers, helping to win their trust, and is an important part of the ongoing improvement of our content ecosystem.
Visualization of IP
Currently, IP visualization is the focus of our work. In the first half of 2022, we achieved remarkable results. Continuous release of high-quality content, particularly blockbusters, reflected the strong capabilities of China Literature in re-creating literary stories in visual formats, and supports our strategy of IP visualization.
- In the live action TV and film segment, we maintained a top-tier level of productions and launched several compelling new works in the first half of the year, including:
- The drama series, A Lifelong Journey (人世间). Adapted from the Mao Dun Literature Prize-winning novel by contemporary writer Liang Xiaosheng, this blockbuster series set an 8-year record for CCTV-1 prime time drama series ratings, topped all charts across the internet, and achieved results in both reputation and popularity.
- The drama series, Life is A Long Quiet River (心居). The viewership of this family drama series ranked first among local TV prime time drama series ratings nationwide in the first half of this year, and ranked second in the popularity ranking of iQIYI in the first half of this year, right after A Lifelong Journey (人世间).
- The drama series, The Wind Blows from Longxi (风起陇西). Adapted from the novel by Ma Boyong, this drama series was an innovative exploration of the theme of ancient spycraft, with a score of 8.1 on the Douban platform.
- The drama series, Master of My Own (请叫我总监). This romantic drama series ranked first for local TV prime time drama series ratings nationwide and ranked first in the list of hot drama series on Youku during its broadcast period.
- The film, Too Cool To Kill (这个杀手不太冷静). The film achieved a box office of RMB2.6 billion, ranking second in the 2022 Spring Festival box office.
- In the animation segment, we launched new seasons of Stellar Transformations (星辰变) and Martial Universe (武动乾坤). At present, the series Stellar Transformations (星辰变) and Martial Universe (武动乾坤) have had 4 billion and 3 billion video views respectively, and ranked No.1 in terms of the average video views per episode among newly released animations on Tencent Video at the time of their launch period in the first half of the year. According to data from Guduo, among the top 20 most watched domestic animation works released on Tencent Video in the first half of 2022, 11 were adapted from China Literature's IP.
- In the comics segment, we continued to improve production capacity, accelerate the process of IP visualization, and incubate top IP. Our joint project with Tencent Comics to adapt 300 online literary works into comics in three years is progressing well. Right now, over 170 adapted comic works have been launched on the Tencent Comics platform. Some titles have become blockbusters, such as Dafeng Guardian (大奉打更人), The First Sequence (第一序列) and Start with a Mountain (开局一座山).
- In the games segment, we strengthened our partnerships with quality game production studios. In the first half of this year, popular IPs such as Battle Through the Heavens (斗破苍穹) and The Naming of Night (夜的命名术) were licensed to game developers for adaptation. We expect to see the release of these adapted games in the next few years.
Commercialization of IP
In the first half of 2022, we continued to build a foundation for the business, shortening the conversion time from IP to offline products, expanding the number of IP and product types, and achieving breakthroughs in theme, product style and design. We focused on opportunities in consumer goods, fashion toys and offline retail. We achieved initial success by working together with upstream and downstream partners in the industry. For example, we licensed a single edition of toy sculptures of the theme character "Medusa" from Battle Through the Heavens (斗破苍穹), which sold out immediately after the pre-sale launch with a GMV of RMB5 million. In future, we will develop derivatives adapted from more IP content, such as Joy of Life (庆余年), Lord of the Mysteries (诡秘之主), The King's Avatar (全职高手) and Candle in the Tomb (鬼吹灯), and offer joint promotion for the launch of drama series, film, animation, comics, games and other content.
Overseas Business
We continued to promote cultural exchange and expand our international presence. As of June 30, 2022, WebNovel, our foreign language online reading brand, offered approximately 2,600 works translated from Chinese and approximately 420,000 original content works created locally.
Social Responsibility
China Literature takes account of its social responsibilities by promoting the development of good reading habits through social activities and public welfare projects in order to support the national campaign of "reading for all". During the pandemic outbreak this year, we donated several millions of membership cards to users in pandemic-affected areas including Shanghai, Shenzhen and Suzhou, allowing them to read a large number of works for free. On World Book and Copyright Day this year, we collaborated with the National Library of China, Shanghai Library, People's Literature Publishing House, Posts & Telecom Press and hundreds of other publishing units to promote nationwide reading. Our Qidian Reading App launched the "Nationwide Reading Month" campaign with 217 high-quality paid books available for free reading for the first time.
Outlook
Online literature has begun to show value and possibilities that go beyond print. The realization of such value will depend on our efforts. With online literature as the starting point, China Literature has gradually expanded to various media formats including drama series, film, animation, comics, games and offline merchandise. While meeting the diverse literary, entertainment and cultural needs of people, various works adapted from our original IP amplify the bandwidth of the original narrative and form a mutually reinforcing virtuous cycle. China's IP industry is still at an early stage, and will need sustained investment in IP development and creative talent. By strengthening our own IP resources, we hope to link with industry partners to create IP that spans the whole value chain, in the service of good stories that will live forever.
About China Literature Limited
China Literature is dedicated to building a deep and immersive intellectual property ("IP") universe for the Mandarin-speaking world. It incubates original IPs from its online literature platform, which are subsequently adapted on a range of digital entertainment mediums, including comics, animation, film, TV series, web series and games. The virtual world created by these digital offerings become an inseparable part of a user's daily life. China Literature creates and promotes IPs mainly through QQ Reading and Qidian, its leading online literature platforms, as well as New Classics Media, a renowned film and TV drama series production house in China. China Literature collaborates with Tencent, its shareholder and strategic partner, as well as other third-party partners to distribute and develop IP content and to enhance value of its IP. Many of the Company's online literature works have been successfully adapted into animation, TV series, web series, film and games, including Joy of Life, Candle in the Tomb, Soul Land, The King's Avatar and My Heroic Husband. China Literature's rich and extensive content library as well as its unparalleled capability and resources to adapt IP into various entertainment formats is a significant competitive advantage that lies at the core of its business model. For more information, please visit http://ir.yuewen.com/.
Contact
For investors / analysts:
Maggie Zhou
Tel: +8621 6187 0500 ext. 80605
Email: IR@yuewen.com
For media:
Vivian Wang
Tel: +852 2232 3978
Email: vivian.wang@christensencomms.com
Non-IFRS Financial Measures
To supplement the consolidated financial statements of the Company prepared in accordance with IFRS, certain non-IFRS financial measures, namely non-IFRS operating profit, non-IFRS operating margin, non-IFRS profit for the period, non-IFRS net margin, non-IFRS profit attributable to equity holders of the Company, non-IFRS basic EPS and non-IFRS diluted EPS as additional financial measures, have been presented in this press release for the convenience of readers. These unaudited non-IFRS financial measures should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, measures of the Company's financial performance prepared in accordance with IFRS. These non-IFRS financial measures may be defined differently from similar terms used by other companies. In addition, non-IFRS adjustments include relevant non-IFRS adjustments for the Company's material associates based on available published financials of the relevant material associates, or estimates made by the Company's management based on available information, certain expectations, assumptions and premises.
Our management believes that the presentation of these non-IFRS financial measures, when shown in conjunction with the corresponding IFRS measures, provides useful information to investors and management regarding the financial and business trends relating to the Company's financial condition and results of operations. Our management also believes that the non-IFRS financial measures are useful in evaluating the Company's operating performances. From time to time, there may be other items that the Company may include or exclude in reviewing its financial results.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to the industry and business outlook, forecast business plans and growth strategies of the Company. These forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to the Company and are stated herein on the basis of the outlook at the time of this press release. They are based on certain expectations, assumptions and premises, some of which are subjective or beyond our control. These forward-looking statements may prove to be incorrect and may not be realized in future. Underlying the forward-looking statements is a large number of risks and uncertainties. Further information regarding these risks and uncertainties is included in our other public disclosure documents on our corporate website.
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Which Amazon home decor is best?
One of the most important things a person needs to do when moving into a new space is to decorate it properly. However, there are an infinite amount of ways to do so, and it can quickly leave people feeling overwhelmed. That’s where home decor and design planning can come in. Home decor is the process of making a room or a home feel more comfortable, fitting in the style or theme chosen by the owner. The top choice for home decor is the Gallery Perfect Gallery Wall Kit.
What to know before buying Amazon home decor
What is home decor?
Home decor is short for home decoration or home decorating. Essentially, it refers to the art of making your house or apartment look nice based on your particular aesthetic choices. Several things can go into this process of beautifying your home, including furniture, area rugs, coffee table books and plants. Additionally, home decor can also cover things like paintings and pictures that adorn your walls, as well as your window dressings and curtains that you hang on them. All in all, the sky’s the limit when it comes to decorating your home with home decor.
Types of home decor
As mentioned above, home decor covers a large and broad portion of accessories that you can put into your home. If it was to be broken down into categories, however, home decor could refer to things you put on your floors, such as rugs and furniture; things you put on your walls, such as paintings and mirrors; and finally, other home accessories such as house plants, teapots and vases.
Home design vs. home decor
Home design is usually done in tandem with interior designers or the professionals trained to create aesthetically pleasing homes or apartments, including both indoor and outdoor renovations. On the other hand, interior decorators are usually focused primarily on visual aesthetics and will not spend time focusing on renovations or structural planning.
What to look for in quality Amazon home decor
Aesthetic
How you choose to aesthetically design your house is entirely up to you. Coordinating the types of home decor you want to incorporate into your home can come down to what kind of topics, themes or colors you choose to focus on. Deciding on one of these things first before going and buying several products will also help ensure that your home decor matches and does not eventually clash.
Color
Color is as much a matter of personal style as choosing a topic or theme when deciding what kinds of home decor you want to invest in. Finding a color scheme that you enjoy and then relating it to several decor pieces, whether furniture or other accessories, will bring a room together nicely. Finding complementary or accent colors can also be helpful, providing a nice contrast to some of the more significant pieces of furniture in the room.
Practicality
Not all home decor is purely for show. Some, like art pieces, plants and mirrors, can serve multiple purposes for a room. Many art pieces can act as conversation pieces and coffee table books, providing splashes of color in otherwise uniform-looking rooms. Additionally, adding plants to a room can help you focus more and even help with memory, especially when needing to remember when to water them.
How much you can expect to spend on Amazon home decor
Because of the broad nature of home decor, the prices for quality home accessories will of course vary depending on the type of decor you are interested in purchasing. If you are planning on spicing up your living areas with things to hang like plants, paintings and other wall decor, the prices for these products can range between $15-$50. For more practical and involved home decor pieces like area rugs and mirrors, the costs may vary between $25-$100, depending on the product’s size and construction.
Amazon home decor FAQ
Is there any prep work necessary before buying home decor?
A. It is always wise to plan the layout and aesthetic style you want your room to encapsulate before purchasing products to fill it. To this end, it is recommended to use an online planning tool or even Pinterest to capture and gather ideas of what you want your ideal room to look like.
How do you make home decor into a conversation piece?
A. Certain types of home decor can be art pieces or furniture that make a statement to guests. Some people enjoy focusing entire rooms around a single piece of home decor as the room theme for this very reason.
What is the best Amazon home decor to buy?
Top Amazon home decor
Gallery Perfect Gallery Wall Kit
What you need to know: This nine-piece square frame set by Gallery Perfect is the perfect way to define any wall with your favorite artwork.
What you’ll love: Show your style by placing your favorite pictures or artwork on a gallery wall. They can be hung in a grid-like arrangement and include hanging hardware for each frame for easing hanging. Additionally, this set comes with two sets of contemporary art prints to use if desired.
What you should consider: If you want to use your pictures or art, you must print them separately.
Where to buy: Available at Amazon
Top Amazon home decor for the money
LOCHAS Ultra Soft Indoor Modern Area Rugs
What you need to know: This Lochas area rug is both soft and spacious, making it an excellent option for any family room or living room area.
What you’ll love: It comes in over a dozen distinct colors to match any room style. Additionally, it comes in seven different sizes to make sure it fits perfectly in the room of your choosing.
What you should consider: A few users have mentioned how it is not very thick and can be challenging to clean.
Where to buy: Available at Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: This beautiful decorative ceramic vase set comes in four distinct styles and is a perfect centerpiece for any kind of home.
What you’ll love: This set can be paired in a variety of ways to fit styles ranging from modern farmhouse to elegant and simplistic. They are great to be used for events as well, including weddings and family gatherings.
What you should consider: A few users have reported that the vases are a little too small for certain mantles and tables.
Where to buy: Available at Amazon
Stonebriar Gold Geometric Wall Mirror
What you need to know: This geometric wall mirror by Stonebriar is made with a wire metal frame and antique gold finish to give it an elegant and sleek look.
What you’ll love: It comes in two distinct styles, either antique gold or black. It also measures 30 inches across, making it an elegant mirror for vanity or accent.
What you should consider: A few users have reported that the mirror arrived with a few scratches.
Where to buy: Available at Amazon
Besuerte Rustic Lighted Mason Jars
What you need to know: These rustic lighted mason jars make a lovely and easy to assemble wall decoration, perfect for bedrooms, living rooms and bathrooms.
What you’ll love: They come with realistic-looking yellow hydrangea flowers to provide a more natural look to the lamps. Additionally, they are powered by AA batteries and have a six-hour timer that can run automatically throughout the day.
What you should consider: Batteries are not included with purchase.
Where to buy: Available at Amazon
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CA San Francisco Bay Area Zone Forecast for Sunday, March 12, 2023
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National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
301 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
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CAZ505-140100-
Coastal North Bay...Including Point Reyes National Seashore-
301 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM
PDT WEDNESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows around 50.
South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning. A slight
chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Breezy, showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms
after midnight. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall
after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s. South winds 10 to 20 mph
increasing to southeast 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph
after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Breezy. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
morning. Showers. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall
in the morning. Highs in the upper 50s. South winds 20 to 30 mph
with gusts to around 50 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Showers likely in the evening, then a
chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s. South
winds 20 to 30 mph...becoming west after midnight. Gusts up to
45 mph. Chance of showers 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the
mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain.
Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the upper
50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Point Reyes 49 55 51 56 / 80 30 100 100
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CAZ503-140100-
Sonoma Coastal Range-
301 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM
PDT WEDNESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the upper
40s. South winds around 10 mph.
.MONDAY...A chance of showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms after
midnight. Locally heavy rainfall possible after midnight. Lows
around 50. South winds 10 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph after
midnight.
.TUESDAY...Breezy. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
morning. Showers. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall
in the morning. Highs in the mid 50s. Southeast winds around
30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph...becoming south around 20 mph
with gusts to around 35 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Showers likely in the evening, then a chance of
showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s. South winds around
20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph...becoming northwest after
midnight. Chance of showers 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the
lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain.
Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the upper
50s.
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CAZ502-140100-
Marin Coastal Range-
301 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM
PDT WEDNESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the upper
40s. South winds around 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 50s. South winds 15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Breezy, showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms
after midnight. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall
after midnight. Lows around 50. South winds 20 to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Breezy. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
morning. Showers. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall
in the morning. Highs in the lower 50s. South winds around 30 mph
with gusts to around 55 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Showers likely in the evening, then a
chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s. South
winds around 30 mph...becoming west 20 to 30 mph after midnight.
Gusts up to 45 mph. Chance of showers 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the
lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the
lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain.
Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the mid 50s.
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CAZ506-140100-
North Bay Interior Valleys-
301 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM
PDT WEDNESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the upper
40s to mid 50s. South winds 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Highs in the 50s to
lower 60s. South winds 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Showers likely in the evening, then
showers after midnight. Lows in the 40s to upper 50s. South winds
10 to 20 mph increasing to southeast 20 to 30 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Breezy. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
morning. Showers. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall
in the morning. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s. South winds
20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 55 mph decreasing to 45 mph in the
afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Showers likely in the evening, then a
chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the 30s to upper 40s.
Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph. Chance
of showers 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the
mid 50s to lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s to mid
40s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the
40s.
.FRIDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the 50s to lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain.
Lows in the 40s. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows in the 40s to lower 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the mid 50s
to lower 60s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Santa Rosa 47 59 49 60 / 90 50 100 100
San Rafael 50 58 52 59 / 80 20 100 100
Napa 51 59 53 59 / 90 20 100 100
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CAZ504-140100-
North Bay Interior Mountains-
301 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM
PDT WEDNESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 40s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the
50s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Breezy. A chance of showers in the evening, then
showers after midnight. Lows near 50. South winds 10 to 20 mph
increasing to 20 to 30 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Breezy. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
morning. Showers. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall
in the morning. Highs in the lower to mid 50s. South winds 20 to
30 mph with gusts to around 50 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Showers likely in the evening, then a
chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s.
Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph. Chance
of showers 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the
40s to upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the 50s to lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain.
Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the 40s to upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the 50s to
lower 60s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lake Berryessa 51 58 53 56 / 90 30 100 100
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CAZ006-140100-
San Francisco-
301 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM
PDT WEDNESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Lows in
the lower to mid 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Highs in the
mid 50s to lower 60s. South winds 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers likely in the evening, then showers after
midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 50s. South winds 10 to 20 mph.
Gusts up to 35 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Breezy. Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers likely in the afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall in the morning. Highs in
the upper 50s. South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around
55 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Showers likely in the evening, then a
chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid to upper 40s.
South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph...becoming
west after midnight. Chance of showers 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the
mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of
rain. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows near 50.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the upper
50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
San Francisco 50 60 52 59 / 80 20 100 90
Ocean Beach 50 58 52 59 / 80 20 90 90
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CAZ509-140100-
San Francisco Peninsula Coast-
301 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM
PDT WEDNESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Lows
around 50. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Highs in the
upper 50s. South winds 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Breezy. A chance of showers in the evening, then
showers after midnight. Lows around 50. South winds 10 to 20 mph
increasing to 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph after
midnight.
.TUESDAY...Breezy. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
morning. Showers. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall
in the morning. Highs in the upper 50s. South winds around 30 mph
with gusts to around 50 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Showers likely in the evening, then a
chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. South
winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph...becoming west
around 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph after midnight. Chance
of showers 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the
mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the
mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain.
Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the upper
50s.
$$
CAZ508-140100-
San Francisco Bay Shoreline-
301 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM
PDT WEDNESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Highs in the
mid 60s. South winds 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Breezy. A chance of showers in the evening, then
showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. South winds 10 to
15 mph increasing to southeast 20 to 30 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Breezy. Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers likely in the afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall in the morning. Highs in
the lower 60s. South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around
55 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Showers likely in the evening, then a
chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. South
winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph...becoming west
15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph after midnight. Chance
of showers 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the
upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
40s. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows in
the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs
in the lower 60s. Lows in the upper 40s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
SFO Airport 52 63 54 61 / 80 20 90 90
Oakland 51 62 53 61 / 80 20 90 90
Fremont 51 65 55 61 / 70 20 90 80
Redwood City 51 65 53 62 / 70 20 90 90
Mountain View 52 64 55 61 / 70 20 90 80
$$
CAZ510-140100-
East Bay Interior Valleys-
301 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM
PDT WEDNESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Highs in the
mid 60s. South winds 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...A chance of showers in the evening, then showers
after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. South winds 5 to 15 mph...
becoming southeast 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph after
midnight.
.TUESDAY...Breezy. Showers in the morning, then showers likely in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. South winds 20 to 30 mph
with gusts to around 45 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Showers likely in the evening, then a
chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. South
winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph. Chance of showers
60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the
upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 40.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs
in the lower 60s. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the lower
60s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Concord 51 65 52 62 / 80 20 100 90
Livermore 48 65 52 61 / 70 20 90 80
$$
CAZ513-140100-
Santa Clara Valley...including San Jose-
301 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM
PDT WEDNESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs in the mid 60s. South winds 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...A chance of showers in the evening, then showers
after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 10 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Breezy. Showers in the morning, then showers likely in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. Southeast winds 20 to
30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Showers likely in the evening, then a
chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. South
winds 20 to 30 mph...becoming southwest 15 to 20 mph after
midnight. Chance of showers 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the
upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 40.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows in
the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs
in the lower 60s. Lows in the mid 40s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
San Jose 52 66 55 61 / 60 20 90 80
Morgan Hill 50 63 52 60 / 60 40 90 90
$$
CAZ512-140100-
Santa Cruz Mountains-
301 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM
PDT WEDNESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid to upper 40s. South winds 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning. A
slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s
to mid 50s. South winds 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Breezy. A chance of showers in the evening, then
showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s. South
winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph increasing to
20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 50 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Very windy. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
morning. Showers. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall
in the morning. Locally heavy rainfall possible in the morning.
Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s. South winds 30 to 45 mph with
gusts to around 65 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Very windy. Showers likely in the evening, then
a chance of showers after midnight. Lows around 40. South winds
30 to 45 mph...becoming southwest 20 to 30 mph after midnight.
Chance of showers 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the
40s to mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
30s. Highs in the 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the
lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain.
Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the 40s to
upper 50s.
$$
CAZ515-140100-
East Bay Hills-
301 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM
PDT WEDNESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers.
Lows around 50. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Highs around
60. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers likely in the evening, then showers after
midnight. Lows in the lower 50s. South winds around 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Breezy, showers. Highs in the mid 50s. South winds
20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 50 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Showers likely in the evening, then a
chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s.
Southwest winds around 30 mph with gusts to around 50 mph. Chance
of showers 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the
lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 40.
Highs in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows in the lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain.
Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Rain likely. Lows in the mid 40s.
Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
CAZ514-140100-
Eastern Santa Clara Hills-
301 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM
PDT WEDNESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in
the 40s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the lower 50s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...A chance of showers in the evening, then showers
after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. South winds 15 to 20 mph.
Gusts up to 35 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Breezy, showers. Highs around 50. South winds around
30 mph with gusts to around 50 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Showers likely in the evening, then a
chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s. Southwest
winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 50 mph. Chance of showers
70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow and a slight chance
of rain. Highs in the mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the 30s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows in the mid 30s to
lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Rain likely. Highs around 50.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain.
Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Rain likely. Lows in the lower 40s.
Highs in the upper 40s.
$$
CAZ529-140100-
Northern Monterey Bay-
301 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM
PDT WEDNESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the upper
40s. South winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning. A
slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower
60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...A chance of showers in the evening, then showers
after midnight. Lows around 50. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph...
becoming southeast 10 to 20 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Breezy, showers. Locally heavy rainfall possible in
the morning. Highs in the upper 50s. South winds 20 to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Showers likely in the evening, then a
chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s. South
winds 20 to 30 mph...becoming southwest 10 to 20 mph after
midnight. Chance of showers 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the
upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
30s. Highs around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the
lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain.
Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the upper
50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Santa Cruz 48 59 50 58 / 60 40 100 90
$$
CAZ530-140100-
Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast-
301 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM
PDT WEDNESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows
around 50. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning. A
slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower
60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...A chance of showers in the evening, then showers
after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph increasing to 10 to 20 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Breezy. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
morning. Showers. Locally heavy rainfall possible. Highs around
60. South winds 20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph increasing to
50 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Showers likely in the evening, then a
chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. South
winds 20 to 30 mph...becoming west 15 to 20 mph after midnight.
Chance of showers 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the
mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain.
Lows in the mid 40s. Highs around 60.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Monterey 49 63 52 61 / 40 20 90 90
Big Sur 48 58 50 56 / 40 40 100 100
$$
CAZ528-140100-
Northern Salinas Valley...Hollister Valley...and Carmel Valley-
301 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM
PDT WEDNESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers.
Lows around 50. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph...
becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...A slight chance of showers in the evening, then
showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around
35 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Breezy. Showers in the morning, then showers likely in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. Southeast winds 20 to
30 mph. Gusts up to 50 mph in the morning.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Showers likely in the evening, then a chance of
showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph. Chance of showers
70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the
mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 40.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows in
the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs
around 60. Lows in the mid 40s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Salinas 48 67 53 62 / 40 30 80 80
Carmel Valley 48 65 52 60 / 50 30 90 100
Hollister 50 65 53 60 / 50 20 90 90
$$
CAZ516-140100-
Southern Salinas Valley...Arroyo Seco...and Lake San Antonio-
301 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM
PDT WEDNESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming southeast 10 to 20 mph after
midnight.
.TUESDAY...Breezy. Showers in the morning, then showers likely in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. South winds 20 to 30 mph
with gusts to around 45 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Showers likely in the evening, then a
chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. South
winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph...becoming
southwest 10 to 20 mph after midnight. Chance of showers
70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the
upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
30s. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows in
the lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the lower
60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of
rain. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain.
Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the lower 60s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
King City 48 67 52 60 / 20 20 90 90
$$
CAZ517-140100-
Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest-
301 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM
PDT WEDNESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers.
Lows in the 40s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs in the upper 40s to lower 60s. South winds 5 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Very windy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then showers after midnight. Locally heavy rainfall
possible after midnight. Lows in the 40s to lower 50s. South
winds 10 to 20 mph increasing to 35 to 45 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Very windy. Showers. Locally heavy rainfall possible.
Highs in the mid 40s to upper 50s. South winds 30 to 45 mph with
gusts to around 60 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Very windy. Showers likely in the evening, then
a chance of showers and snow showers after midnight. Lows in the
30s to lower 40s. Southwest winds 30 to 45 mph. Gusts up to
60 mph in the evening. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow. Highs in the upper
30s to mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the 30s.
Highs in the mid 40s to lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow and a slight
chance of rain. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the mid 40s to upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain.
Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Highs in the mid 40s to upper
50s.
$$
CAZ518-140100-
Mountains of San Benito and Interior Monterey County including
Pinnacles National Park-
301 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM
PDT WEDNESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the 40s to lower 50s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s to mid 60s.
Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Breezy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then showers after midnight. Lows in the 40s to lower
50s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph increasing to south 20 to
30 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Very windy. Showers. Highs in the mid 40s to upper
50s. South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 55 mph
increasing to 30 to 45 mph with gusts to around 65 mph in the
afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Very windy. Showers likely in the evening, then
a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s to lower
40s. Southwest winds 30 to 45 mph with gusts to around 70 mph.
Chance of showers 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the
mid 40s to upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the 30s to
lower 40s. Highs in the upper 40s to lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows in the 30s to mid
40s.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs
in the upper 40s to lower 60s. Lows in the 30s to mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the
upper 40s to lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain.
Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Highs in the mid 40s to lower
60s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Pinnacles NP 46 65 50 58 / 40 10 80 90
$$
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WAPATO, Yakima County — The traditional Japanese lantern in the driveway of Inaba Produce Farms offers just a hint of the richly layered history behind this once-humble agricultural operation in Eastern Washington.
Tucked off a dusty desert road on the Yakama Reservation, past fields of spindly hop plants and apple orchards, the farm for nearly a century has been an unlikely bridge between two American communities and a living symbol of their resilience, mutual generosity and hope for the future.
Lon Inaba, 67, was part of the third generation of his family to manage the farm — and the last of the Inabas with a desire to till soil and tend to vines. He was ready to retire and sell the farm that had long been his family’s treasure. Several potentially lucrative options came to mind.
But then Inaba thought of the many acts of kindness that Yakama tribal members had shown his family, starting when his grandfather arrived in Wapato in the early 1900s from Japan in search of a better life.
There was the time when the Washington state Legislature banned people of Japanese ancestry from leasing land in the 1920s. It was a Yakama tribal member who told the family not to worry, that they could farm a portion of his land.
There was the time when the Inabas returned home to Wapato after they were incarcerated in a government camp during World War II. Amid widespread discrimination, another Yakama man carved out a parcel so that the Inaba family could rebuild their farm.
“If it wasn’t for the Indian nation, we would never have been able to be here,” Shiz Inaba, 93, recalled telling Lon Inaba, her son.
The Yakama Nation recently expressed interest in buying the farm — now a 1,600-acre company that supplies top grocery chains — seeing an opportunity to improve the community’s access to healthy produce.
“The level of poverty here has been such that it’s the kind of stuff that people can’t always afford to buy,” said Jonalee Squeochs, who is overseeing a larger agricultural development project for the Yakama Nation.
Inaba calculated that selling to the tribe would mean that his family would likely receive millions of dollars less. But it did not matter. It felt right.
“Different individual tribal members were very kind to our family and to the Japanese community over the years,” Inaba said, growing teary-eyed. “I thought, ‘Hey, this could be a way to repay them.’ ”
By the time Inaba’s grandfather, Shukichi Inaba, arrived in Wapato in 1907, it had already been about half a century since the federal government pressured the Yakama Tribe to cede by treaty more than 10 million acres of their ancestral homelands.
The elder Inaba, together with his brother, took on the arduous task of clearing sagebrush on a plot leased from the Yakama Reservation, where there was more land available than west of the Cascade Range. They soon found success farming hay, potatoes and wheat.
By the 1930s, as many as 1,200 Japanese people, many of them American citizens, had settled nearby, building a thriving community around their Buddhist and Methodist churches and a Japanese language school.
But their success stirred resentment. Many of the Japanese farmers, including the Inabas, saw their lives upended by the 1921 land-lease ban. In later years, vigilantes set fire to haystacks on Japanese farms and threw bombs at and around their homes, according to Gail Nomura, a professor emerita of American ethnic studies at the University of Washington.
The anti-Japanese sentiment peaked after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. In early 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which sent more than 100,000 American citizens and other residents of Japanese ancestry to incarceration camps. Given the label #33120, the Inaba family — at the time Shukichi, his wife, Shigeko, and their seven children — spent more than two years at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp in Wyoming.
The dusty camp was ringed with barbed wire and guarded by armed watchmen. Those with agricultural expertise like Shukichi Inaba were enlisted to work on farms out West to bolster the dwindling wartime labor force, said Tamaki Inaba Matsui, 93, one of the seven siblings. Other family members were recruited into the military; one of the Inaba children helped translate intercepted Japanese documents, while a cousin joined the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a Japanese American unit honored for extraordinary bravery in fighting the Germans.
The Inabas were among the few Japanese American families who returned to Wapato after they were released. They found their farm had been taken over; their new car had fallen into disrepair. Signs reading “No Japs Wanted” dotted the Wapato area.
With the help of several Yakama tribal members and white neighbors, the Inaba family started over.
After several years of negotiations, the tribe last year purchased the farm for about $12 million. Virgil Lewis, then vice chair of the Yakama Nation tribal council, said that the parallel struggles of the Japanese American community and the Yakama Nation had contributed to a sense of historical solidarity.
On a recent autumn afternoon, nearly one year since the sale, banda music blared on the farm as workers from Mexico and Guatemala packed pumpkins into cardboard crates to ship in time for the Halloween season. A Haitian man zipped around on a forklift. Several young members of the Yakama Nation, brought on to learn how to run the farm from the Inabas, flitted between the packing area and the office. All around, the sweet aroma of freshly harvested green peppers filled the air.
In the center of the packing floor sat a stack of boxes emblazoned with a new name: Yakama Nation Farms.
Since acquiring the farm, the tribe has been experimenting with different ways of distributing produce to the community, including through donations and subscription boxes. It is part of the tribe’s broader vision to give people more control of their food supply and nutrition.
There have been hurdles, such as contracts to transfer over and vendors to reassure. Developing farming expertise within the Yakama Nation, whose members generally have more experience in ranching and fishing, has been another challenge.
But both the Yakama and the Inabas are determined to make this project a success. Lon Inaba said he would work for two more years to help with the transition, and was prepared to stay longer if needed.
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The Frank Crowley Courts Building in downtown Dallas was evacuated and closed Friday morning after a bomb threat was reported.
Officials with the Dallas County Sheriff's Office confirmed to NBC 5 there was a bomb threat at the building at about 8:13 a.m.
The building was evacuated and the perimeter secured, officials said, while the building was searched. Riverfront Boulevard and Commerce Street, adjacent to the courthouse, were also closed.
Shortly before noon, about 4 hours after the threat was received, officials gave the all-clear. Officials did not report finding anything threatening during their search and no injuries have been reported.
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The Dallas County DA was expected to provide information about court schedules for those impacted by the temporary closure.
Officials did not say how the threat was received or if it was directed toward any particular part of the 11-story building.
Earlier this year the building was evacuated after someone reported smoke on the 7th floor. The smoke turned out to be from burning food.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kansas City Life Insurance Company recorded net income of $4.5 million or $0.46 per share in the second quarters of both 2023 and 2022. In the first six months of 2023 we recorded net income of $1.2 million or $0.13 per share compared to a net loss of $3.2 million or $0.33 per share in the first six months of 2022.
The results for the second quarter of 2023 reflected higher investment revenues and lower amortization of deferred acquisition costs compared to the second quarter of 2022. Partially offsetting these improvements, insurance revenues declined, primarily from an increase in reinsurance ceded premiums, and policyholder benefits and operating expenses increased.
The improvement in the first six months of 2023 compared to the prior year reflected increases in investment and insurance revenues and lower amortization of deferred acquisition costs. Partially offsetting these, policyholder benefits and operating expenses increased.
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WFO ALBANY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, September 10, 2022
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604 AM EDT Sat Sep 10 2022
...LOCALLY DENSE FOG TO THIS MORNING...
Areas of fog have formed across eastern New York and western New
England this morning especially in the river valleys and low lying
areas. The fog will be locally dense in some locations with
visibilities lowering to a quarter mile or less. The fog should
begin to dissipate between 8 am and 9 am. People traveling this
morning should use caution and remain alert for sharply reduced
visibility. Reduce speed and slow down, use low beam headlights,
and leave plenty of space between you and the car in front of you.
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PARIS (AP) — Fragile half-ton cubes of colored confetti lay on Loewe’s white runway at Paris Fashion Week. Ushers desperately tried to guide guests including Jamie Dornan, Naomi Campbell and Catherine O’Hara around the blocks fearing the decor would disintegrate at the slightest brush. Sometimes, it partially did.
The highly creative show itself by Jonathan Anderson – that used feathers, and satins and velvet — continued the theme of reduction and ephemeral impressions.
Here are some highlights of Friday’s fall-winter 2023-2024 ready-to-wear shows in Paris.
LOEWE IS SUBLIME
For fall, the brand’s lauded Northern Irish designer continued his exploration of pared-down and reductive styles — where a single garment often comprised the entire look.
Loewe described it as “an idea of elementality: one piece, and that’s it, reduced to the bluntest shape possible.”
The touchstone of the Old Master painters, as seen in Anderson’s men’s collection, was felt here again with collapsed leather Renaissance boots and use of satin, silk duchesse, velvet, crystals and feather.
The pastel-rich collection’s feathered pieces were the most original: The plumes were unusually wide and placed across garments like a shell. They came as a downy covering on a buttery white top with some feathers jutting out haphazardly, or on thick texture blue-gray flared pants evoking an anthropomorphic bird.
One pale blue gown appeared to be simply a length of satin draped from the chest from a big gold ball. Elsewhere, the idea of fashion or life itself as ephemeral and ever-moving was conveyed through blurred prints on loose gowns, which sometimes resembled an X-ray.
They were, the house said, “about putting into focus what may seem unclear right now.” It’s clear that Loewe under Anderson’s creative eye has become one of the most anticipated collections in the industry.
COLOR BLOCKING
In perhaps the most original take on color blocking ever seen at Paris Fashion Week, Loewe collaborated with Italian artist Lara Favaretto to create literal blocks of color. Twenty-one confetti cubes standing 90 centimeters (35 inches) high, together weighing some 10 tons, created in deep reds, blues, yellows and greens impressed guests.
O’Hara, who watched the show beside US Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour, exclaimed “Wow look at the blue” as a guest evaded security to pose by one cube — triggering a crumble of confetti flakes.
“I was kind of hoping one would dissolve in the show, as there’s nothing really holding them together,” O’Hara told The Associated Press. “Isn’t that crazy?” O’Hara said Anderson’s designs showed “completely original ideas, fresh, without being new for new sake.”
“They were the most unusual silhouettes and shapes but still were flattering,” she added.
ISSEY MIYAKE’S SQUARE
A fusion of music, dance and theater awaited at the Japanese techno-fabric-loving house.
A live marimba percussion performance opened the show at the Chatelet Theater, one of Paris’ most prestigious stages. The show took the idea of a music score, or a canvas, or a piece of fabric being square – and explored this theme of squareness.
“The collection engages with this rational shape … to develop garments of striking forms,” the house explained. It said its aesthetic was based on “a new iteration” of the unfilled space.
Three-dimensional “canopy” gowns folded down like paper origami. Square motifs were knitted horizontally and vertically — hitting a high on a stretchy green gown with a stretch lozenge shaped front. Creative looks included gowns made with cutting edge technology to shrink woven yarn to a unique texture.
VALLI GETS ECLECTIC
A Balkan and Eastern aesthetic permeated a sparkling, and sometimes eclectic, display from Italian designer Giambattista Valli.
Tight ethnic waistcoats mixed with ruffles, gold buttons, 60s minidresses, florals, floaty tulle, thick tweed, black leather biker boots, shades, gold banded waists and even menswear looks.
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TUPELO — Two Tupelo High School DECA members earned high honors at the organization's annual International Career Development Conference (ICDC) in Orlando, Florida, earlier this week.
DECA members learn about business management, marketing, entrepreneurship, hospitality and tourism, and finance while developing problem-solving, creativity and public speaking skills.
THS has participated in DECA's international conference for 10 consecutive years, but its the first time in more than two decades that Tupelo has been recognized at the international level.
Connor O’Daniel placed top 10 in the professional selling category and Simar Gill placed top 20 in the financial consulting category. The competition consisted of a written test and presentation in each of their chosen categories.
O'Daniel, a junior at THS, joined DECA last year and plans to continue competing through his senior year.
He didn't know exactly what he was getting into when he first signed up, but felt it would help him to choose a career and feel comfortable in a professional setting.
"I'm very glad I joined it and I think it really has prepared me to help speak to people better and more professionally," O'Daniel said.
He thanked Brookes Prince, who has served as DECA advisor at THS for 10 years, for her guidance thus far.
Earning the distinction of a top 10 placement at the international conference unbelievably exciting, O'Daniel said
Gill, a senior at THS, has competed in the financial consulting category since she was a sophomore. Her top 20 placement is the highest honor she's earned at the international conference.
"That's been my goal all three years of DECA, just to get top 20," Gill said. "I was just glad to be able to represent Tupelo."
Approximately 100,000 of DECA's 224,000 high school members take part in the organization's competitive events program each year, allowing them to compete for local, regional and association titles.
Competitions simulate real life business scenarios to test students' academic understanding and skills development.
Top association winners put their talents to the test during the program's final round of competition in Orlando. More than 22,000 students vied for international honors at the ICDC this year.
Students sometimes feel that earning top honors at the conference is out of reach because of the sheer number of competitors there, Prince said.
"They proved that Mississippi can get onstage," she said.
Ten years ago, during her first year as advisor, only one of Prince's students made it to the ICDC. This year, 24 students made it out of 37 total involved in the program.
The honors O'Daniel and Gill earned have set the bar high for upcoming members.
"I am extremely proud of them," Prince said. "I am glad that Simar was able to go out with a bang her senior year and I'm really excited about Connor having another year."
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MESA, Ariz. — An elementary school classroom for gifted students was turned into a private meet and greet with Santa and Mrs. Claus at a Mesa school on Tuesday.
Students from 4th, 5th, and 6th grade at Canyon Rim Elementary School with a sensory processing disorder got to sit on Santa and Mrs. Claus’ lap, get a candy cane and take a picture with them.
It was a special moment for the children who did not have to deal with long lines or loud noises that come with doing this holiday tradition at a mall or another public place that can make the magical experience a challenge, said parent Amy Garcia.
“Our children that do have special needs or that can’t go to a traditional Santa Claus actually miss out on it a lot of times,” Garcia said. “So, with Santa being here, it’s wonderful. It’s so appreciative.”
Santa told the kids he parked his sled on the school’s roof and was taking a break from the Christmas preparations to hear in person the gifts they had on their wish lists.
Some wished for cars, others for candies, and Garcia’s son asked to go to his grandma’s house.
“It’s beautiful that they are creating a community for us when we sometimes feel we aren’t a part of a typical community,” she said. “It gives us hope and lets us have a little of that holiday spirit.”
The magical meeting was on the students’ calendar since the start of the month, said Jeremy Crawford, who had a countdown in his classroom.
“They have been looking forward to this,” Crawford said. “I think [meeting Santa] is better when it’s personal. When it’s in their classroom where they are here every day, and they get a special treat for Santa to come to them, that’s even better.”
While Santa and Mrs. Claus took note of the gift requests, they squeezed in several laughs and pulls on Santa’s beard to verify it was real.
“It’s spreading the love,” Santa Claus said about the visit. “We just love what we do.”
Mrs. Clause said that the whole meaning of Christmas is to give without receiving, and to give a magical moment to all children is sharing the holiday spirit.
“That’s what you feel right here today,” Mrs. Claus said.
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TACOMA, Wash. — A family in Tacoma is asking for help, after their new RV they just bought was stolen just outside of their home on Friday morning.
"It was here one minute, and then gone the next," said Chelsea Johnson.
What was supposed to be the family's home away from home is now just an empty space, filled with questions.
"I looked over and it was a blank space because our RV was just gone, so it's just really sad, I was completely shocked," said Johnson.
She and her husband bought the 2008 Fleetwood Jamboree Sport RV over President’s Day weekend in Oregon. They drove it up and parked it just outside their Tacoma home. But on Friday, just one week having their new motorhome, it was stolen between 5:30 a.m. and 7 a.m.
"I think there were tears from everyone, and then it was the slow realization that all of our things that were in there as well as losing, this big piece that we were looking forward to," said Johnson.
She said they Tacoma Police Department is investigating the missing $40,000 RV, that the Johnson family have saving up to buy for years. But Johnson said the worst part could be the fact they didn't have enough time to finalize the insurance before it was stolen.
"It's a huge thing, and this is something we wanted for our family for many, many years,” said Johnson. “It's been a dream and a life goal, and we keep saying one of these years is going to be the time that we'll be ready to be our purchase of the year.”
Despite the big hole in the Johnson family's heart, she said she's grateful that her family is safe and and they have the community's support.
"People really band together when things like this happen, so I appreciate you taking the time to talk to us too, and hopefully there's as many eyes on the ground as there can be, it's kind of our only hope at this point."
Johnson said if you see the RV to call police right away. She said the case number with Tacoma Police is #2305500520. Johnson also said if you have any tips, you can contact her husband Mike on his Instagram page. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/tacoma-family-stolen-rv/281-8e711995-88eb-4046-b56c-4aedb5545fa0 | 2023-02-26 18:39:59 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/tacoma-family-stolen-rv/281-8e711995-88eb-4046-b56c-4aedb5545fa0 |
SAN ANGELO, Texas — The West Texas Counseling and Guidance organization hosted Dr. Frank Campbell, a suicidologist who has developed and implemented a L.O.S.S. program across the globe.
“I first presented this concept in 1997 when I was president of the American Association of Suicidology,” Dr. Campbell said. “The program now is in at least six different countries. It’s the national model in a lot of countries and in America and it’s in dozens of states.”
The L.O.S.S. program relies on volunteers who have experienced a loss. When the call is made of a suicide, a L.O.S.S. team member shows up to the scene and assists family members with support and telling them of programs available to them for a quicker recovery.
Dr. Campbell says that because of these efforts to quickly get to the aid of the families, they get on the path to recovery sooner. “If they get a response at the time of death they come in within a few weeks. As a result, they get better faster, and they heal quicker,” Dr. Campbell shares.
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Disney Channel actor Orlando Brown pleads not guilty to assault charges
NEW YORK (AP) - Former child star Orlando Brown has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault charges stemming from an alleged altercation in Lima, Ohio.
According to Allen County Sheriff’s Office records, the 35-year-old Brown was taken into custody Thursday morning and held on a $25,000 bond. He was arraigned Friday in Lima Municipal Court and charged with aggravated menacing, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Police told the Times that they had been summoned to a home and witnessed a verbal argument they feared could turn violent.
The Times said an attorney had not yet been assigned to represent Brown.
Brown, best known for the Disney Channel series "That's So Raven," has had numerous legal and other personal troubles, including charges of domestic battery, resisting arrest and drug possession.
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Pfizer will charge $110 to $130 for a dose of its COVID-19 vaccine once the U.S. government stops buying the shots, but the drugmaker says it expects many people will continue receiving it for free.
Pfizer executives said the commercial pricing for adult doses could start early next year, depending on when the government phases out its program of buying and distributing the shots.
The drugmaker said it expects that people with private health insurance or coverage through public programs like Medicare or Medicaid will pay nothing. The Affordable Care Act requires insurers to cover many recommended vaccines without charging any out-of-pocket expenses.
A spokesman said the company also has an income-based assistance program that helps eligible U.S. residents with no insurance to get the shots.
A Pfizer executive said Thursday that the price reflects increased costs for switching to single-dose vials and commercial distribution. The executive, Angela Lukin, said the price was well below the thresholds “for what would be considered a highly effective vaccine.”
Pfizer’s two-shot vaccine debuted in late 2020 and is easily the most common preventive shot that has been used to fight COVID-19 in the U.S.
More than 375 million doses of the original vaccine, which Pfizer developed with the German drugmaker BioNTech, have been distributed in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
That doesn’t count another 12 million doses of an updated booster that was approved earlier this year.
The vaccine brought in $36.78 billion in revenue last year for Pfizer and was the drugmaker’s top-selling product.
Analysts predict that it will rack up another $32 billion this year, according to FactSet. But they also expect sales to fall rapidly after that.
More than 90% of the adult U.S. population has already received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, according to the CDC. But only about half that population has also received a booster dose.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Dozens of scientists from universities and environmental groups are pushing for the removal of the head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, claiming she lacks the educational background required to run the agency despite securing Senate confirmation last year.
The concerns over the credentials of service Director Martha Williams were outlined in a letter from 100 scientists sent Wednesday to President Joe Biden and U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.
Williams is an attorney who majored in philosophy, and her critics claim she does not have the science-based education that federal law says is required for the position. Government attorneys have rejected allegations she’s not credentialed, but they have not disputed her lack of a science degree.
There was no discussion of Williams’ educational qualifications during her Senate confirmation hearing. She was confirmed on a voice vote in February 2022 with bipartisan support.
She worked as an attorney at the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks for more than two decades, then led the state agency for three years before being named principal deputy director at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service following Biden’s election. During the Obama administration, she was a deputy solicitor at the Interior Department for two years.
The call for her resignation or dismissal comes as Biden faces growing pressure from some wildlife advocates who contend the administration has not done enough to protect endangered plants and animals from extinction.
Many of the scientists named in the letter also have been involved in efforts to retain federal protections for threatened grizzly bears in Western states and gray wolves across most of the nation.
Williams came to the Biden administration from Montana, where hunting wolves is legal. She said during her confirmation hearing that the grizzly bear population around Yellowstone National Park has recovered, putting her at odds with wildlife advocates.
The battle over her qualifications has simmered since she was announced as Biden’s pick in late 2021. The Interior Department’s solicitor and inspector general dismissed complaints over the matter, but still pending in federal court is a lawsuit that focuses on the educational requirements outlined by Congress when it overhauled the wildlife agency in 1974.
Federal law says only someone with “scientific education and experience” can be appointed director of the service.
Williams has a bachelor’s in philosophy from the University of Virginia and a law degree from the University of Montana, according to congressional records and the Department of Interior.
The Fish and Wildlife Service did not respond to multiple emails about her qualifications. Interior spokesperson Melissa Schwartz declined to comment on the letter, and the White House did not respond.
Attorneys for the Biden administration said in court filings that the law requires Williams’ education to be considered “cumulatively” with her experience.
“She clearly has the requisite background,” they wrote.
A spokesperson for Montana Sen. Steve Daines said Wednesday that the Republican lawmaker stood by his vote for Williams.
Montana U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, a Democrat, said that since her confirmation, Williams “has brought collaborative, science-based solutions to the tough problems facing our wildlife and public lands.”
Other than resigning or being fired by the president, impeachment is the only mechanism for removing Senate-confirmed civil officers such as Williams, according to Katherine Scott, associate historian in the U.S. Senate Historical Office.
The scientists calling for her ouster say they’re concerned the administration is setting a precedent by sidestepping the scientific education requirement.
They claim Williams is serving in contradiction to the administration’s own policies and ethics rules. They pointed to an assessment done by Biden’s Scientific Integrity Task Force that suggests executive branch positions should be filled by candidates with appropriate credentials and that violations of scientific integrity policies should be taken as seriously as violations of ethics rules.
The scientists include Dave Parsons, who led government efforts to reintroduce the endangered Mexican gray wolf in the Southwest; two board members and a scientist with Silver Spring, Maryland-based Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility; well-known biology professors Paul and Anne Ehrlich at Stanford University; and wolf experts William Ripple and Robert Beschta from Oregon State University.
With the exception of Williams, every director since the agency was overhauled in the 1970s had a scientific education, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.
“I see this appointment as a tipping point, where politics will forever override statutory credentials,” said Parsons, who authored the letter.
In the lawsuit challenging her confirmation, Illinois lawyer Robert Aland claimed decisions made by Williams would be “contaminated” since she was appointed illegally. Wildlife “could suffer the most serious adverse consequences” as a result, he said.
A judge dismissed the case over jurisdictional issues and did not address the dispute over education. Aland has appealed.
Aland previously sued the agency over its attempts to lift protections for grizzly bears in the Yellowstone region of Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. Federal judges restored protections in both instances, but a new proposal to lift protections is under consideration by the Fish and Wildlife Service. The agency is planning a new rule that could lift protections for gray wolves in early 2024.
Some of the scientists in Wednesday’s letter said the decisions on bears and wolves are up to Williams. They said her qualifications could be used as an argument in future litigation over the species.
Williams is not the first to have her qualifications questioned. Under former President Donald Trump, political appointee Greg Sheehan oversaw Fish and Wildlife for more than a year as the agency’s deputy director at a time when no director was in place.
Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke unsuccessfully sought to make Sheehan acting director, but government officials said he did not have the science degree required for the position under federal law. Sheehan stepped down in 2018 and was never formally nominated.
Before Trump nominee Aurelia Skipwith was confirmed for the post in 2019, environmental groups objected in part because she had studied molecular biology and not wildlife specifically. The Center for Biological Diversity called her an “industry shill” because of Skipwith’s past work with the chemical company Monsanto.
Center for Biological Diversity government affairs director Brett Hartl said the group knew about Williams’ lack of a degree, but decided nevertheless to support her.
He said his group believed having “an outside person” serve as director would offer a better opportunity to solve deep cultural issues that have plagued the agency over the years. Hartl agreed that the law requires a science degree but said the Senate has the ultimate authority to decide who’s qualified.
Despite the early support for Williams, Hartl said his group has been disappointed with the Biden administration’s failure to replace a Trump-era rule that weakened protections for many species.
“To me, that’s the stuff she should be evaluated on,” he said. “We’ve been fairly underwhelmed thus far at her tenure.”
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PITTSBURGH, Dec. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create an effective way for ride share companies to spot driving violations and ticket drivers," said an inventor, from S. San Francisco, Calif., "so I invented P I F D TECHNOLOGIES. My design would serve as a strong deterrent against driving aggressively and/or illegally and it would create a new revenue stream for the city or municipality."
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Anonymity can be an actor’s best friend, but this summer several talents are primed to make themselves known in major film roles, whether it’s losing the alien makeup, the protective shield of character work or the comforts of niche small-screen fandoms.
Here are six actors bound to have audiences buzzing this summer at the movies.
GRETA LEE IN “PAST LIVES”
Greta Lee cried through her first reading of Celine Song’s “Past Lives, ” out June 2. The writer-director had written a deeply personal story about childhood friends, and possible soulmates, who reconnect in New York decades later. Nora’s in a relationship but wondering “what if” in this aching romance.
“Telling a love story from that point of view felt so radical to me,” Lee said. “It read so quiet, but I was struck by how cosmic it was too. It’s connective. It’s universal. It’s just about life and how short life is and how do we reconcile this.”
Lee, a stylish chameleon with comedic chops, has always made the most of every scene she’s in, whether it’s cooing “Sweet Birthday Baby” hundreds of times to Natasha Lyonne in “Russian Doll,” frustrating Marni as Soojin in “Girls” or telling the divas of “The Morning Show” the hard truth. But Nora would be something different.
“There is a hiding in plain sight-ness in character work, with costume or the way people talk,” Lee said. “This felt so emotionally X-rated to me, so brutally exposing in a way. It was utterly terrifying.”
XOLO MARIDUEÑA IN “BLUE BEETLE”
Fans of “Cobra Kai” know Xolo Maridueña as Miguel Diaz, but the Los Angeles native is about to get a much bigger platform as the star of the new DC Comics movie “Blue Beetle” (Aug. 18). Maridueña plays Jamie Reyes, one of the highest profile Latino comic book characters.
“As a Mexican American playing a Mexican American, there’s a lot of pride that comes with representing your community in a positive light,” he said. “It was a little nerve wracking trying to encompass a culture in a movie. But we have like 40 Latinos who we get to show their perspectives.”
It’s a year of transition as he awaits the spotlight and says goodbye to “Cobra Kai,” which is in its final season. But even with the higher profile, Maridueña joked that he’s still going to have to clean up for his dog.
POM KLEMENTIEFF IN “GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3” AND “MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE-DEAD RECKONING PART I”
French actor Pom Klementieff has been dreaming about being in a “Mission: Impossible” movie for years. In fact, she would even write the words “Mission: Impossible” in her stunt training schedule.
“I wanted to manifest it,” she said. “I’m crazy like that.”
She also made the smart move of telling her agency, who put her name forward when director Christopher McQuarrie started looking for a new actor with fighting skills.
“I was ready for it,” she said. “I just punched and kicked hard. I was like, ‘let’s go.’”
The specifics of her character are still under wraps, but from trailers and teases it’s clear she gets a chance to go head-to-head with Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt. The film hits theaters on July 12.
But first, she and her fellow “Guardians of the Galaxy” are closing a chapter with “Vol. 3,” out Friday.
Her turn as Mantis may have made her famous in Marvel households, but she’s also loved being able to “hide behind her antenna.”
“Right now, a lot of people don’t actually recognize me, which is an amazing position to be in because I get to work with great people but I also can have just a private life,” she said. “But I know that could change. I have to get ready for that.”
X MAYO IN “THE BLACKENING” AND “PLEASE DON’T DESTROY”
X Mayo has always had big ambitions. For a few years she even landed a gig writing for “The Daily Show.” For some, that would be the pinnacle. But she wanted to do more and it started to seem like the industry was putting her in a box of only being able to write political comedy. She knew she had to move on.
“You can’t tell me I can’t do it all because I have been doing it all,” she said.
“American Auto” helped but this summer she has two big movies: “The Blackening” (June 16), a horror comedy about a group of friends who go to a cabin in the woods and the “SNL” spinoff “Please Don’t Destroy” (Aug. 18).
On the latter, she had the life-changing experience of working with and bonding with Meg Stalter (“Hacks”).
“It was the first time I’d done a movie alongside a woman who was my exact same size. That was so shifting in my spirit and esteem. Meg has no issues with her body. I had so many at the time,” she said. “So many actors are so short and little. With Meg it was not like that. I was free to be physically comedic and she was right there with me.”
JAKE RYAN IN “ASTEROID CITY”
He’s the little Bishop brother who’s mad that Suzy stole his record player in “Moonrise Kingdom.” He’s Llewyn Davis’s skeptical nephew. He’s the pre-teen who had an array of chicken nuggets and dips ready for Kayla in “Eighth Grade.” And this summer, Jake Ryan is front and center of Wes Anderson’s latest, “Asteroid City” (June 16).
Though he’s worked with Anderson many times — on commercials, shorts and even “Isle of Dogs,” which he recorded a voice part for on a lark some four years before the movie came out — he still had to audition for “Asteroid City.” It was not a short process either.
“It wasn’t hard but it wasn’t easy,” Ryan said. “At the end it was very rewarding.”
In the film, set in 1955, he plays Jason Schwartzman’s character’s son Woodrow.
“He’s going through some stuff right now. He’s a very sensitive person and he wants to leave a mark on the world. He wants to leave something for future generations,” Ryan said. “And he longs for a human connection. I respect and totally get that.”
MOLLY GORDON IN “THEATER CAMP”
Molly Gordon grew up in and around the entertainment industry, acting alongside her best friend Ben Platt in productions of “Fiddler on the Roof” and “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” before she’d even turned 6.
She was Triple A in “Booksmart” and Melissa McCarthy’s daughter in “Life of the Party,” but this summer is forging her own path forward as a writer-director-actor in the loving satire “Theater Camp” (July 14).
Gordon plays Rebecca-Diane, who teaches music theory to kids at a crumbling but beloved summer camp in upstate New York. She co-directed with her friend Nick Liebermann and they share writing credits with co-stars Platt and Noah Galvin too.
“I felt so inspired by so many collectives of people that had come up together, like Christopher Guest, The Groundlings, The Lonely Island, who made (stuff) with their friends and wrote specifically for their friends,” Gordon said. “We thought, let’s make something about a world that we know really well and a world that we love and because we love it, we can make a lot of fun of it.”
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Solidarity forever: I hope I caught you before you read your morning New York Times (if you have a subscription lol) because journalists and other New York Times staffers went on a 24-hour site strike last night. Don’t cross the picket line. BREAK YOUR WORDLE STREAK.
If @NYTimesGuild members don't have a deal soon, we’re asking readers to not engage in any @nytimes platforms tomorrow and stand with us on the digital picket line! Read local news. Listen to public radio. Pull out a cookbook. Break your Wordle streak. pic.twitter.com/gzQCL58ir7
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Welcome home: After months of suffering in Russian detention, a one-to-one prisoner exchange will bring WNBA star Brittney Griner back to the United States. Russian officials sentenced Griner to nine years in prison this summer because, as she testified, she accidentally packed cannabis oils in her luggage. Many clocked the sentence as racist because a white woman got off the hook much sooner for smuggling much more weed into the country. Glad she's out of prison. Now free all the people in America who sit in prison for cannabis charges.
Tripledemic: Many people don’t bother with masks anymore (along with several other COVID-19 precautions). But with not one, not two, but three respiratory viruses running amuck, health experts urge all of us to put the masks back on, especially in crowded places like public transit, planes, and stores. If the term “tripledemic” doesn’t put the fear of God in you, I don’t know what will.
Fuck these bigots: Yesterday, some intolerant piece of shit allegedly shot into the Renton Taproom, which will host a Drag Story Hour. Check back in later this morning, Will Casey will have the full story.
Someone fired a round in to the window of The Taproom in Renton WA today around noon. No one was inside so no one was harmed. This is where RWers on fb have threatened to protest a Drag Story Hour. Sign was put up by employees. pic.twitter.com/o6G46gHCRt
— molly’s blank flag (@thoughtcrime9) December 8, 2022
Speaking of Will Casey: Conservative commentator Jason Rantz accused a City employee of “anti-male bias.” Will Casey says Rantz has no evidence.
Seattle climate goals: Yesterday, Mayor Bruce Harrell announced an executive order that directed City Departments to work toward a whole slew of climate goals. To be frank, there’s not much to say. He told the people who work for him to mostly make plans in the next couple of years to eventually do cool stuff. No additional funding to actually do any of the cool stuff.
What kind of cool stuff, Hannah? I’m glad you asked! There are a few highlights in the executive order that caught my eye...
15-minute city: The Mayor ordered a few City departments to “explore expanding 'complete communities,'” which basically means building a 15-minute city where people in every neighborhood can reach the places they need to go every day via “short trips under 3 miles by walking, biking, or taking transit.”
Super block: The Mayor also mentioned super blocks, which could help pedestrianize our neighborhoods. Whenever I hear "super block," I sing Lorde's "Supercut" in my head. I would like to have that experience more often.
Healthy Streets: Additionally, the Mayor ordered the Seattle Department of Transportation to make 20 miles of Healthy Streets permanent, which the last Mayor already called for.
Sports! Lastly, ever the jock, the Mayor said the City needs to “take advantage” of the international spotlight on Seattle in the 2026 FIFA World Cup by showing off our commitment to sustainability.
Rest in peace: Today, the Iranian government announced it executed the first protester in the ongoing women’s and anti-government movement, sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini. His name was Mohsen Shekari. According to Amnesty International, at least 28 people, including three children, could face execution. The Iranian government has already sentenced six protesters to death, adding to at least 458 protesters killed in the streets.
Don’t mess with Bob: Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit against a gun shop in Federal Way, WA after investigators discovered the store illegally sold high-capacity magazines four times. King 5 has the full story.
Idaho quadruple homicide: Weeks after four students were stabbed to death, the Moscow Police Department is asking the public for help tracking down a car seen at the scene of the crime in the early hours of the morning of the killings. The AP has more.
Design review: Here’s some good news. The Land Use Committee of the Seattle City Council will discuss legislation to extend pandemic exemptions for some affordable housing, saving the critical projects from the long, tedious, and almost completely unnecessary process of design review.
Seattle Human Rights Commission update: Earlier this week, the Seattle Human Rights Commission hosted a Human Rights Day celebration at City Hall. According to several attendees, turnout was “embarrassingly low” as about 30 people showed up to an event space that can hold 800. Since the City gave the commission $12,000 to host the celebration, if the commission spent all that money, that prices the event at over $400 per attendee.
That's a lot of money! You’ll remember some members of the commission supported a resolution to give that $12,000 to the mutual aid group, Stop the Sweeps. But that transfer got scratched from the bill because it was a sticking point for many commissioners and probably illegal. Commissioners still want to pass the resolution, which would publicly state the commission's opposition to sweeps and call a meeting with the Mayor and the City Council. They’ll discuss the resolution for the third time next month.
Don’t say gay, say fraud: The author of the “Don’t Say Gay” bill in the Florida legislature is in big trouble. And not just for being homophobic, but for COVID relief tax fraud. Politico has the whole story.
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Orangeburg County Residents Benefit from State's 2021 Rural Broadband Grant Program
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Brightspeed, the nation's fifth-largest incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC), announced the completion of expanded broadband fiber services in Eutawville, South Carolina and surrounding area, bringing faster, more reliable internet service to more than 3,000 doorsteps. Investments from Brightspeed and the company's participation in the South Carolina 2021 Rural Broadband Grant Program helped to meet the growing demand for high-speed internet in the rural Orangeburg County community. The program matches company investments to support broadband expansion to underserved areas.
"South Carolina's broadband grant program is a great example of public and private organizations coming together to help meet the technology needs of citizens, communities and local businesses," said Steve Brewer, director of state regulatory and legislative affairs at Brightspeed. "Eutawville residents can now use our fiber technology to improve everything they do online—distance learning, working, gaming, and streaming."
"Technology moves at a breakneck pace and now the people and businesses of Eutawville will benefit from the latest innovation in broadband connectivity thanks to Brightspeed's infrastructure improvements," said Eutawville Mayor Brandon Weatherford. "We have always been committed to bringing broadband to our community and by partnering with the private sector, access to reliable, high-speed internet is now a reality, ensuring our community can thrive in today's connected world and more fully participate in the digital economy."
This completed project provides the fiber and electronics equipment needed for high-speed connections up to 940 Mbps.
Customers can check availability of Brightspeed service in their area by visiting www.Brightspeed.com.
To support households struggling to pay for internet service, the FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program provides discounts of up to $30 off, and up to $75 off in Tribal areas, for qualifying customers. In addition to the ACP monthly discount of up to $30 provided by the FCC, Brightspeed will also provide an additional monthly discount of up to $30 for ACP qualified customers to create a maximum total savings of up to $60 per month on qualifying plans. If the monthly statement for an ACP qualified customer is less than $60, the total discount will not exceed the statement amount. The additional Brightspeed discount cannot be combined with $75 Tribal household discount. The FCC and Brightspeed ACP discounts are available to customers on a monthly basis so long as they continue to meet the ACP program eligibility requirements. More information on the program and Brightspeed's participation can be found on the Brightspeed website.
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Arizona's Senate seat, among other races, are still undecided. President Biden speaks to the U.N. climate summit in Egypt. A Texas judge strikes down Biden's student loan-forgiveness plan.
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COLLEGE PARK — The No. 2 seed in the upcoming Big Ten Tournament is officially on the Maryland men’s basketball team’s radar.
That’s because all five starters scored double-digit points to propel the Terps to a 75-59 victory over No. 21 Northwestern on senior day Sunday afternoon before an announced 17,950 at Xfinity Center.
The win helped Maryland improve to 16-1 at home, 4-1 in its last five games and 8-2 in its last 10. The program also completed its first undefeated conference record at home at 10-0 since the 2014-15 squad went 9-0 in its debut in the Big Ten. The Terps are the first Big Ten team to go perfect at home in conference play since Purdue in 2018-19.
More importantly, the Terps (20-9, 11-7) moved into a tie with the Wildcats (20-9, 11-7) for second place in the league standings and own the head-to-head tiebreaker. Maryland would clinch the No. 2 seed and a double bye to the Big Ten Tournament’s quarterfinal round on March 10 by defeating Ohio State on Wednesday and Penn State on Sunday — both of which are on the road.
Graduate student point guard Jahmir Young led all scorers with 18 points, including 16 in the first half, and added three rebounds and two assists. Graduate student shooting guard Don Carey scored 13 points on 4 of 7 shooting from 3-point range. The Terps made a season-high 14 3s on 22 attempts (63.6%).
Sophomore power forward Julian Reese, a Baltimore resident and St. Frances graduate, racked up his 17th double-double of the season and 24th of his career with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Senior small forward Donta Scott scored seven of his 11 points in the second half and collected three rebounds and two assists, and senior shooting guard Hakim Hart amassed 10 points, seven assists and five rebounds.
Even those who didn’t get to double digits contributed heavily to the result. Junior shooting guard Ian Martinez, who is usually known for his defensive prowess, came off the bench to score nine points and scoop up three rebounds.
Just as impressive was the Terps’ work on the defensive end of the floor. After a first half in which Northwestern shot 59.3% on 16 of 27 shooting, the defense harassed the Wildcats into 30.4% on 7 of 23 attempts in the second, holding them to 20 points in the final 20 minutes.
Senior point guard Boo Buie, who entered the game ranked fifth in the Big Ten in scoring at 17.6 points per game, was limited to four points on 1 of 9 shooting while compiling eight assists. Redshirt senior shooting guard Chase Audige finished with a team-best 16 points, but scored only two on 1 of 3 shooting in the second half.
The two sides were evenly matched through much of the first half. Maryland’s largest lead in the first 20 minutes was three points, which it reached twice. Northwestern’s biggest lead was five.
A 3-pointer by Hart gave the Terps their first 3-point lead at 9-6 with 16:05 left in the opening frame. The Wildcats responded with Audige outscoring Maryland, 10-9, over a 4:47 span to push Northwestern into the lead at 20-18 with 10:50 remaining.
Three free throws by junior shooting guard Ty Berry after he was fouled by Terps Scott on a 3-point attempt gave the Wildcats their largest advantage at 23-18 with 10:09 left in the first half. That’s when Maryland ran off seven unanswered points in a 1:06 stretch to assume a 25-23 lead.
Both teams then went back and forth over the next seven minutes with Audige’s jumper giving Northwestern a 39-38 lead with 1:34 left in the half. But the Wildcats went scoreless over the final 94 seconds, and Young drained a fadeaway 3-pointer just before the buzzer sounded to send the Terps into the locker room with a 41-39 lead.
This story will be updated.
Maryland at Ohio State
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The new site adds to its capacity in China & US to provide end-to-end process development and global manufacturing services for advanced therapies
HANGZHOU, China, Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Innoforce, a global provider of end-to-end contract development and manufacturing services (CDMO), today announced that it commenced GMP manufacturing at its new site in Hangzhou, China. The new facility is built to offer process development & manufacturing services for the global supply of RNA, plasmid DNA, viral vectors, and cell therapeutics through research, clinical and commercial stages. It will also serve as the corporate headquarters for the company.
The company is investing a total of more than $200 million in its 550,000 square-foot advanced therapies manufacturing base with a full suite of technology platforms. The GMP manufacturing space is designed with separate areas for plasmids production with three 30-liter bioreactors, viral vectors production using 200- and 500-liter bioreactors, and cell therapies in up to 8 suites using leading automated production platforms. RNA capabilities include industry-standard in-vitro transcription processing and optimized lipid-nanoparticle (LNP) formulation. In addition, process development & analytics labs, fill-finish lines, and modern warehousing position the site to meet the diverse needs of clients bringing advanced therapies to market.
"Innoforce is committed to enabling innovative RNA, cell, and gene therapeutics, supported by our new world-class manufacturing and development hub and expertise of our professional colleagues," commented Dr. Yuling Li, Chief Executive Officer of Innoforce. "We're thrilled to open our new site, which is among the largest RNA, cell & gene therapy manufacturing sites in Asia, and one of few in the world to integrate such a comprehensive platform in one base."
Dr. Min Zhu, Senior Vice President of CDMO Operations, said, "Building on existing capabilities, including our outstanding workforce, scale, and modern technology platforms, we are well-positioned to help clients overcome common pain points and bring revolutionary advanced therapies to market. We believe our platform can support clients to reduce cycle times, increase efficiency, and ensure supply reliability that meets international regulators' requirements."
Innoforce's RNA, cell & gene therapy site is strategically established within the company's Bioinnovation Campus at the heart of a rapidly growing biotech innovation corridor in China and is advantageously located near a major international transportation hub and leading universities. The campus is expected to attract other biotherapeutic enterprises, including a biologic drugs manufacturing operation that Innoforce established with a leading international life sciences supplier. In addition, Innoforce will establish its global headquarters and expects to employ over 300 people on-site by the end of 2023.
Innoforce is a partnership-focused biopharmaceutical company established to enable and accelerate the innovation of breakthrough Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products and Biologics. Innoforce offers end-to-end contract development and manufacturing service (CDMO), including GMP manufacturing of RNA, plasmid DNA, viral vectors, and cell therapies. In addition, through a joint venture with a leading international supplier of life sciences products and services, the company provides CDMO services for antibody and protein drugs. Innoforce's capabilities for incubating and developing cell, gene, and advanced biological therapies companies to rapidly and efficiently bring cutting-edge treatments that impact patients' lives worldwide. More information is available at https://www.innoforcepharma.com/
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King Charles III leads Remembrance Sunday to honor veterans
LONDON (AP) — The U.K fell silent for two minutes on Remembrance Sunday as King Charles III led the nation in honoring servicemen and women who lost their lives in past conflicts.
Big Ben chimed 11 times to mark the start of the silence as thousands of veterans, including some who had served during the World War II looked on solemnly under gray London skies.
Their number gets fewer each year – adding poignancy to the appearance of Charles, leading the ceremony for the first time since the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II in September. She had served as a mechanic and truck driver during the last months of World War II, and continued to join the annual commemoration in London well into her 90s.
The veterans, with brightly shined shoes and medals gleaming on their lapels, watched Charles lay a newly designed wreath of poppies at the foot of the Cenotaph, London’s war memorial. Other royals, including the Prince of Wales and the Earl of Wessex, as well as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the leader of the opposition also laid wreaths.
Many thousands thronged the streets of London to watch the occasion and join in the silence, though they applauded when 10,000 veterans later marched past.
Remembrance Sunday is marked every year in the U.K. on the closest Sunday to Armistice Day on Nov. 11 with the wearing of poppies and a national two-minute silence observed at 11 a.m. It marks the moment the guns fell silent in 1918 at the end of World War I.
Officials said this year’s service is dedicated both to fallen soldiers in wars past and to Ukrainians fighting against Russia’s invasion.
“We must never forget those who gave their lives in defense of our values and our great nation,” said Defense Secretary Ben Wallace. “All of us will also be thinking of those brave Ukrainians who are fighting for their very own survival to defend freedom and democracy for all, just as the U.K. and Commonwealth soldiers did in both world wars.”
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — As an ambassador for rats, it’s never easy to win over the public. There’s that hairless tail after all.
But Runa at the San Diego Zoo is doing her best to counter the bad press. She is one of a handful of such so-called ambassadors showing off the virtues of rats at three U.S. zoos. The rats were provided by a Tanzania-based organization that is training African giant pouched rats to combat wildlife trafficking, detect diseases and perform other useful tasks.
At least twice the size of the common brown rats found in cities, African giant pouched rats like Runa are best known for ferreting out landmines and other explosive material on old battlefields in Angola, Mozambique and Cambodia, earning them the nickname “hero-rats.” Efforts are underway to expand the use of their keen sense of smell to finding people trapped in collapsed buildings, detecting diseases in laboratory samples and alerting officials to illegal goods at ports and airports.
Six African rats completed their first trial working in the field in March, spending a month at a port in Tanzania where they were tasked with detecting smuggled goods, including Pangolins. The scaly anteater is coveted by poachers and is among the most trafficked animals in the world. Its meat is considered a delicacy in Vietnam and some parts of China, and its scales are used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Wildlife contraband is concealed among vast numbers of shipping containers that annually leave Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and other African ports.
Runa initially was trained to find landmines, but she often got distracted on the job. She has been excelling, however, as an ambassador, said Cari Inserra, lead wildlife care specialist at the San Diego Zoo.
On a recent day, her trainers hid small vessels of chamomile tea under the dirt in a box. As soon as she was released from her cage, Runa’s tiny nose was abuzz with twitching as she set out to work. Within seconds she had found all the vessels, and was racing over to suck on a syringe filled with a pellet-and-banana smoothie.
“One of the most fun things to see is how she changes the perceptions of people,” Inserra said.
Nicki Boyd, of the San Diego Zoo and Wildlife Alliance, said rats offer an important tool to combat wildlife trafficking, which the zoo wants to highlight since the illegal animal trade “is very destructive to the species that we are actively trying to save and protect in the wild.”
“I do think there is the ability to scale this up,” she said.
But rats still have a ways to go in winning over everyone. Last week, New York Mayor Eric Adams introduced Kathleen Corradi, a former elementary school teacher and anti-rat activist, as his new “rat czar” whose job is to battle potentially millions of rats lurking about the city.
The city’s help-wanted ad for the post stated it was seeking applicants who are “bloodthirsty,” possess “killer instincts” and could commit to the “wholesale slaughter” of rats. At her first news conference in her job, Corradi, standing next to Adams, stated her hatred of rats and vowed to use “science” to rid the city of them.
Rats can spread disease like leptospirosis, which on rare occasions can lead to meningitis and cause the kidneys and liver to fail.
Izzy Szott, a behavioral research scientist at the Tanzania-based organization APOPO, which is training the rats to work for governments, said she was not surprised to hear rats had been named enemy No. 1, but she wants people to know the full picture. Her hope is having ambassador rats at renowned zoos, like San Diego’s, will lead to more understanding and support for rat research.
New York City spokesman Fabien Levy called his city’s rats “dirty, diseased” and a public health risk that the city is intent on ridding itself of using humane techniques where possible. But he added: “Our priority remains our city’s residents, not its rodents.”
Rats in general, Szott said, “actually are quite clean animals,” adding that they groom themselves constantly and often affectionately lick their trainers’ arms after getting a good scratching.
Szott said rats often “get a bad rap,” but that it’s important to “consider our responsibility towards the wildlife around us and that we share the planet with.”
“We need to understand the capabilities that these animals have and see them in a humane way and treat them in a humane way,” she added.
African giant pouched rats have sniffed out more than 150,000 landmines to date, according to her organization. They’ve also helped health clinics in Africa diagnose people with tuberculosis, detecting the bacteria in the sputum samples of 25,000 patients.
At their facility in Morogoro, Tanzania, Szott and the other researchers are also working on training the rats to someday aid in the detection of contaminated soil or help rescuers in finding people trapped under the rubble after earthquakes and explosions. The rats, which can be dispatched into hard-to-reach areas, have been outfitted with tiny vests with a pendant they can pull to send an alert to their handlers when they find a person. So far they have succeeded in alerting their handler when given such a task in a mock disaster setting, Szott said.
And Szott said she believes someday they could be a regular fixture at some ports and airports, offering a cheaper option to drug-and-explosive-sniffing dogs. One of her program’s rats has already shown they can sniff out multiple species, she said, adding that they could be used to stop the trafficking of elephant ivory and rhino horn.
New York City’s common brown rats share the same traits, but their shorter lifespan makes them unlikely candidates for such trainings, Szott said. African rats can live up to a decade whereas small brown rats only live for a few years.
“We think they make great zoo additions,” she said of the African rats, adding that the ambassadors will broaden people’s understanding of “just how smart they are and how we can co-exist with them.” | https://fox59.com/science/ap-science/rat-ambassadors-try-to-counter-bad-press-amid-nycs-rat-war/ | 2023-04-19 09:21:05 | 0 | https://fox59.com/science/ap-science/rat-ambassadors-try-to-counter-bad-press-amid-nycs-rat-war/ |
Grocery employee faces charges after needles found in food in Pa.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — An underage employee of an eastern Pennsylvania supermarket will be charged in connection with sewing needles found in bagged vegetables and Tastykake packages customers returned after buying, police said Thursday.
Pennsylvania State Police are recommending customers check their groceries for tampering if they bought them from a Giant supermarket in suburban Allentown between Thursday, April 13, and Wednesday, April 19, when troopers were alerted.
Troopers did not say what led them to blame an employee of the supermarket in Lower Macungie Township. The suspect is a minor and was not named. Charges were forthcoming, police said.
Police also did not say if anyone reported being injured by one of the sewing needles.
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The newly opened Hotel invites couples to say "I Do" in true New Orleans fashion
NEW ORLEANS, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With modern design and a spirit of celebration, Four Seasons Hotel New Orleans helps guests plan the nuptials of their dreams, elevating Southern wedding traditions such as a second line complete with jazz band and custom parasols. Couples will discover a level of service never-before seen in New Orleans with an attitude that is warm and gracious, but also lively and fun. Allow the Hotel's talented team of wedding experts to deliver an unforgettable, personalized celebration.
"New Orleans is a city known for celebrations, and that certainly rings true at our new Hotel," said Mali Carow, general manager of Four Seasons Hotel New Orleans. "Whether for welcome cocktails at our Garden, second lines on the front drive, or any of the special moments in between, we specialize in delivering exceptionally memorable events."
Four Seasons Hotel New Orleans offers unmatched venues for the special day: indoors and outdoors, street-level and high above skyline. Couples can choose from an array of dynamic wedding venues to perfectly match their vision. At Vue Orleans' 34th floor observation deck, guests have access to the city's only panoramic views of downtown and the Mississippi River, perfect for a high in the sky welcome reception. On the ground level, the Hotel's Garden provides a lush, green space ideal for a ceremony for up to 200 guests or a post-wedding al fresco brunch.
The true showstoppers are the Hotel's ballrooms with chic, modern designs that easily transform and can accommodate up to 500 guests. Both ballrooms feature unobstructed views, sleek lines, and neutral tones, allowing for an elegant canvas to design a variety of reception styles. River Ballroom, true to its name, features floor-to-ceiling windows with sweeping views of the Mississippi River. Celebrants in Plimsoll Ballroom have access to a pre-function space with beautiful built-in marble bars, overhead star-lighting, and wrap-around access to a historic, open-air terrace. The Hotel offers a vibrant backdrop and best-in-class service to bring any dream celebration to life.
At Four Seasons Hotel New Orleans, there are endless possibilities when it comes to celebration styles and refined service. For more information or to plan a celebration, visit fourseasons.com/neworleans/weddings.
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Will Lead Human Capital Management Across the Firm and Support Portfolio Company Executive Teams
SUMMIT, N.J., Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ECP, a leading energy transition-focused investor with a nearly two-decades-long track record of successful investments in the electricity, clean energy, renewable and sustainable solutions sectors, today announced that Kristine Rea has joined the firm as Chief Talent Officer. In this role, she will lead talent and leadership development internally at ECP, while also supporting the leading executive teams ECP partners with across its portfolio.
In the newly created role, Ms. Rea will be responsible for all aspects of talent management, from recruiting and onboarding to professional development, rewards, diversity and inclusion, culture and engagement. In addition to overseeing talent development initiatives for ECP, Ms. Rea will provide support to portfolio company executive teams on establishing and executing successful talent and human capital strategies.
"We are excited to welcome Kristine to the ECP team," said Doug Kimmelman, Senior Partner and Founder at ECP. "Our people and the teams we partner with are the driving forces behind ECP's long-term success. We look forward to leveraging Kristine's expertise to strengthen our talent development efforts, grow our exceptional team and foster an inclusive culture that promotes personal and professional growth for all employees that will better position ECP and further unlock sustainable value across our portfolio."
Ms. Rea brings over two decades of experience specializing in leadership development, leveraging her background in clinical psychology and private practice with executives. Prior to joining ECP, Ms. Rea worked at YSC, part of Accenture, in the private equity leadership strategy practice both in Hong Kong and in New York City. At YSC, Ms. Rea led talent and leadership development for numerous global large-cap and mid-cap private equity firms at both the general partner and portfolio level. Previously, Ms. Rea was Head of Human Capital for a mid-market buyout firm in Hong Kong, leading internal and portfolio talent and leadership development. Earlier in her career she built and ran a private practice, providing executive coaching, team coaching and psychotherapy for leaders and executives for nearly 15 years. She received a B.A. in General Studies and an M.A. in Counselling from Providence College.
"ECP stood out to me for its culture of collaboration, respect and trust," said Ms. Rea. "I couldn't be more excited to join this passionate and talented team, and look forward to building on our already strong foundation with the goal of driving greater levels of growth, performance and connectivity across our firm and portfolio companies."
About ECP
ECP, founded in 2005, is a leading investor across energy transition, electrification and decarbonization infrastructure assets, including power generation, renewables and storage solutions, environmental infrastructure and efficiency & reliability assets facilitating the energy transition. The ECP team, comprised of 68 people with 550 years of collective industry experience, deep expertise and extensive relationships, has consummated more than 60 transactions over the last 10 years, representing more than $45 billion of enterprise value. For more information, visit www.ecpgp.com.
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LIMASSOL, Cyprus, July 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Praxis, a leading payment orchestration software provider, is happy to report on its 14th consecutive month of positive growth in both volumes and transactions processed through its platform. Bootstrapped and profitable, the company has seen a consistent increase in the number of transactions processed via the Praxis system, growing by 10%+ month on month, and almost doubling its numbers in terms of transaction volumes.
"We have been on a growth trajectory for the past 14 months and we are not slowing down. Praxis is well on track to exceed our goal of USD 4 billion in approved transaction volume in 2023. We appreciate our partners, merchants, putting their trust in us and choosing Praxis as their reliable partner in payments and growth", says Amit Klatchko, Praxis Co-Founder and Director.
"Praxis currently has 200+ active clients and supports over 650 brands. We are signing dozens of new deals every month, with the vast chunk of our leads coming from referrals, word of mouth, and positive feedback from their business partners or friends. This is the testament to our professionalism, the dedication of our team and the quality of service we provide", says Klatchko.
Praxis Tech has been rolling out new features in recent months that operate to improve processing efficiency and increase approval rates throughout a range of businesses. Newly released features such as Background Dynamic Currency Conversion (BDCC), Smart Routing, Transaction Decline Recovery with Open Banking and Retry on Insufficient Funds have been proven to increase approval rates for high-volume transaction industries such as investment trading, iGaming, and eCommerce.
The company also aims to cater to new verticals with its recently upgraded Recurring Payments feature, designed to provide for a subscription payments model. Praxis' Recurring Payments offering is complemented by One-Click Payment and Automatic Top-Up functions, with all features powered by Praxis' Merchant Initiated Transactions (MIT) technology
Praxis launched in 2014 with its flagship product - Cashier - which quickly became the household name for this type of payment software. In 2022 Praxis uplifted its brand from Praxis Cashier to Praxis Tech, to reflect its expanded offering of new products - Praxis Direct (API) and Hosted Payment Fields (HPF). Praxis Tech is PCI Certified, providing its clients with the highest standards of data security.
About Praxis
Praxis Tech Ltd is a Payments Technology Software company, helping companies simplify global expansion and optimize their payments infrastructure. They have grown exponentially over the past few years and are a top payments orchestration platform for merchants looking to grow their business, expand into new global markets and integrate with multiple payment solutions. Currently Praxis integrates with 540+ PSPs and 1000+ alternative payment solutions, supporting over 200 currencies. Learn more at: https://praxis.tech/
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Yoo Young Yi’s grandmother gave birth to six children. Her mother birthed two. Yoo doesn’t want any.
“My husband and I like babies so much … but there are things that we’d have to sacrifice if we raised kids,” said Yoo, a 30-year-old Seoul financial company employee. “So it’s become a matter of choice between two things, and we’ve agreed to focus more on ourselves.”
There are many like Yoo in South Korea who have chosen either not to have children or not to marry. Other advanced countries have similar trends, but South Korea’s demographic crisis is much worse.
South Korea’s statistics agency announced in September that the total fertility rate — the average number of babies born to each woman in their reproductive years — was 0.81 last year. That’s the world’s lowest for the third consecutive year.
The population shrank for the first time in 2021, stoking worry that a declining population could severely damage the economy — the world’s 10th largest — because of labor shortages and greater welfare spending as the number of older people increases and the number of taxpayers shrinks.
President Yoon Suk Yeol has ordered policymakers to find more effective steps to deal with the problem. The fertility rate, he said, is plunging even though South Korea spent 280 trillion won ($210 billion) over the past 16 years to try to turn the tide.
Many young South Koreans say that, unlike their parents and grandparents, they don’t feel an obligation to have a family. They cite the uncertainty of a bleak job market, expensive housing, gender and social inequality, low levels of social mobility and the huge expense of raising children in a brutally competitive society. Women also complain of a persistent patriarchal culture that forces them to do much of the childcare while enduring discrimination at work.
“In a nutshell, people think our country isn’t an easy place to live,” said Lee So-Young, a population policy expert at the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs. “They believe their children can’t have better lives than them, and so question why they should bother to have babies.”
Many people who fail to enter good schools and land decent jobs feel they’ve become “dropouts” who “cannot be happy” even if they marry and have kids because South Korea lacks advanced social safety nets, said Choi Yoon Kyung, an expert at the Korea Institute of Child Care and Education. She said South Korea failed to establish such welfare programs during its explosive economic growth in the 1960 to ’80s.
Yoo, the Seoul financial worker, said that until she went to college, she strongly wanted a baby. But she changed her mind when she saw female office colleagues calling their kids from the company toilet to check on them or leaving early when their children were sick. She said her male coworkers didn’t have to do this.
“After seeing this, I realized my concentration at work would be greatly diminished if I had babies,” Yoo said.
Her 34-year-old husband, Jo Jun Hwi, said he doesn’t think having kids is necessary. An interpreter at an information technology company, Jo said he wants to enjoy his life after years of exhaustive job-hunting that made him “feel like I was standing on the edge of a cliff.”
There are no official figures on how many South Koreans have chosen not to marry or have kids. But records from the national statistics agency show there were about 193,000 marriages in South Korea last year, down from a peak of 430,000 in 1996. The agency data also show about 260,600 babies were born in South Korea last year, down from 691,200 in 1996, and a peak of 1 million in 1971. The recent figures were the lowest since the statistics agency began compiling such data in 1970.
Kang Han Byeol, a 33-year-old graphic designer who’s decided to remain single, believes South Korea isn’t a sound place to raise children. She cited frustration with gender inequalities, widespread digital sex crimes targeting women such as spy cams hidden in public restrooms, and a culture that ignores those pushing for social justice.
“I can consider marriage when our society becomes healthier and gives more equal status to both women and men,” Kang said.
Kang’s 26-year-old roommate Ha Hyunji also decided to stay single after her married female friends advised her not to marry because most of the housework and child care falls to them. Ha worries about the huge amount of money she would spend for any future children’s private tutoring to prevent them from falling behind in an education-obsessed nation.
“I can have a fun life without marriage and enjoy my life with my friends,” said Ha, who runs a cocktail bar in Seoul.
Until the mid-1990s, South Korea maintained birth control programs, which were initially launched to slow the country’s post-war population explosion. The nation distributed contraceptive pills and condoms for free at public medical centers and offered exemptions on military reserve training for men if they had a vasectomy.
United Nations figures show a South Korean woman on average gave birth to about four to six children in the 1950s and ’60s, three to four in the 1970s, and less than two in the mid-1980s.
South Korea has been offering a variety of incentives and other support programs for those who give birth to many children. But Choi, the expert, said the fertility rate has been falling too fast to see any tangible effects. During a government task force meeting last month, officials said they would soon formulate comprehensive measures to cope with demographic challenges.
South Korean society still frowns on those who remain childfree or single.
In 2021 when Yoo and Jo posted their decision to live without children on their YouTube channel, “You Young You Young,” some posted messages calling them “selfish” and asking them to pay more taxes. The messages also called Jo “sterile” and accused Yoo of “gaslighting” her husband.
Lee Sung-jai, a 75-year-old Seoul resident, said it’s “the order of nature” for humankind to marry and give birth to children.
“These days, I see some (unmarried) young women walking with dogs in strollers and saying they are their moms. Did they give birth to those dogs? They are really crazy,” he said.
Seo Ji Seong, 38, said that she’s often called a patriot by older people for having many babies, though she didn’t give birth to them for the national interest. She’s expecting a fifth baby in January.
Seo’s family recently moved to a rent-free apartment in the city of Anyang, which was jointly provided by the state-run Korea Land and Housing Corporation and the city for families with at least four children. Seo and her husband, Kim Dong Uk, 33, receive other state support, though it’s still tough economically to raise four kids.
Kim said he enjoys seeing each of his children growing up with different personalities and talents, while Seo feels their kids’ social skills are helped while playing and competing with one another at home.
“They are all so cute. That’s why I’ve kept giving birth to babies even though it’s difficult,” Seo said. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-south-korea-in-demographic-crisis-as-many-stop-having-babies/ | 2022-11-24 20:09:38 | 1 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-south-korea-in-demographic-crisis-as-many-stop-having-babies/ |
Nevada judge almost unseals Ronaldo rape case documents
By KEN RITTER
Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas police report compiled a decade after a woman first made a 2009 rape complaint against international soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo almost became public Tuesday by mistake, before a Nevada judge backtracked and kept it sealed.
Clark County District Court Judge Jasmin Lilly-Spells decided to at least temporarily follow a federal court order shielding from public view the results of the police investigation, a confidentiality agreement with the alleged rape victim and allegedly stolen records of attorney-client discussions between Ronaldo and his lawyers.
“The court is ordering that the temporary seal remain,” Lilly-Spells said, inviting written arguments by Sept. 6 from attorneys for Ronaldo, the woman, Kathryn Mayorga, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper.
Mayorga went to Las Vegas police after the June 2009 encounter, but the criminal investigation was dropped because she neither identified her alleged attacker by name nor said where the incident took place, police and prosecutors said.
Police reopened the rape investigation after Mayorga filed a civil lawsuit against Ronaldo in 2018. But Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson declined to pursue criminal charges, saying too much tie had passed to prove the case to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt.
On Tuesday, the judge rejected a request by Las Vegas police to rule whether the department could be sued by Ronaldo for damages if it released the records. The documents were not made part of the court public record.
As part of that ruling, Lilly-Spells declared that several other pending items were moot — including a temporary order keeping the disputed documents sealed pending a hearing. As arguments stretched into the afternoon, the judge acknowledged and corrected the error.
Yet to be decided is whether the documents should be released under Nevada state public records law, after Mayorga and her lawyers lost a U.S. District Court case challenging the validity of a hush-money confidentiality agreement that paid Mayorga $375,000 in 2010.
The Associated Press generally does not name people who say they are victims of sexual assault. But Mayorga gave consent through her attorneys be named in news reports.
The New York Times began a fight to release the records in federal court, and the Review-Journal took up the battle in state court. Attorney Margaret McLetchie has represented both newspapers.
Ronaldo’s lawyers, led by Peter Christiansen and Kendelee Works, have fought at every turn of a four-year legal battle to prevent the documents from becoming public.
Mayorga’s attorney, Leslie Mark Stovall, has sought to release them, at times attaching them to court filings before Ronaldo’s lawyers took quick legal action to keep them sealed.
U.S. District Judge Jennifer Dorsey in June dismissed Mayorga’s civil lawsuit — which had been moved in 2019 to federal court, where Stovall sought at least $25 million more in damages from Ronaldo, plus attorney fees.
Stovall has appealed Dorsey’s dismissal of the case to the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco.
Mayorga’s lawyers allege that Ronaldo or his associates violated the confidentiality agreement before a German news outlet, Der Spiegel, published an article in April 2017 titled “Cristiano Ronaldo’s Secret” based on documents obtained from what court filings called “whistleblower portal Football Leaks.”
Ronaldo’s lawyers argue the “Football Leaks” documents and the confidentiality agreement are the product of privileged attorney-client discussions and there is no guarantee they are authentic.
They’re also asking Dorsey to order Stovall to pay more than $626,000 in court costs and fees to punish him for what Dorsey — in a scathing commentary — labeled “bad-faith conduct” by a court officer and the improper use of leaked and stolen documents to pursue Mayorga’s case.
“The fact that he wasn’t the original thief adds no element of innocence to his calculated expropriation of documents from a third party without concern for their obviously privileged and confidential nature or the suspicious circumstances surrounding them,” the judge wrote.
Mayorga is a former model and teacher who lives in the Las Vegas area. Her lawsuit said she met Ronaldo at a nightclub and went with him and other people to his hotel suite, where she alleged he assaulted her in a bedroom. She was 25 at the time. He was 24.
Ronaldo’s legal team does not dispute Ronaldo met Mayorga and they had sex in June 2009, but maintains it was consensual.
Ronaldo, now 37, is one of the most highly paid and recognizable sports stars in the world. He plays for the English Premier League club Manchester United and has captained the national team of his home country, Portugal. He played in recent years in Italy for the Turin-based club Juventus. | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/08/30/nevada-judge-almost-unseals-ronaldo-rape-case-documents-3/ | 2022-08-31 04:34:55 | 1 | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/08/30/nevada-judge-almost-unseals-ronaldo-rape-case-documents-3/ |
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stoneweg U.S. LLC ("Stoneweg US"), a real estate investment firm specializing in multifamily acquisitions and developments, announced the acquisition of Old Jennings, in Middleburg, FL which rolls up to the bustling Jacksonville MSA, and represents the Company's third major project in its growing multifamily apartment development pipeline. Stoneweg US will utilize 15 acres to build a 316-unit multifamily apartment community, reserving 7.5 acres on the 22.5-acre site for green space.
"Old Jennings is an exciting addition to our growing development portfolio," said Mark Rios, Director of Development for Stoneweg US. "Jacksonville has steadily seen positive net migration for the last several years and continues to be a popular tourist destination for its rich history and cultural scene so our ability to capitalize on such a strong submarket bodes very well for our proposed construction of Old Jennings."
Old Jennings is conveniently located in the north central area of Clay County with close proximately to major highways, employers, shopping sites and cultural attractions. Following construction, the multifamily apartment community will consist of 1,2, and 3-bedroom units with ample square footage for growing families. Amenities will be first-class and inclusive of an expansive clubhouse with swimming pool, garage and storage availability, a dog park and quality fitness center. Units will be fully equipped with energy efficient appliances and stand-out finishes, and the multifamily community will adhere to the highest sustainability practices with respect to waste reduction, water efficiency and energy usage.
Jacksonville-based, Boldline Design Group, will serve as the lead architect; Almond Engineering has been appointed as the project's civil engineer; and WhiteSpace will serve as the Building Technology Advisors. Stoneweg US will also submit the project for Green Globes Certification in accordance with its commitment to incorporate sustainability best practices throughout each development they build.
"Our goal is to grow an aggressive and robust multifamily development pipeline that incorporates sustainability and community within all stages of the construction," said Sam Palmer, EVP, Asset Management and Development. "Old Jennings checks all the boxes in that regard."
Groundbreaking for Old Jennings is targeted for Q3 of 2022 with an anticipated construction cycle of approximately 24 months.
Stoneweg US is a multifamily real estate investment firm located in the heart of downtown St. Petersburg, FL boasting a portfolio valuation of $1.9 Billion comprised of ~14,000 units. Dedicated to redefining multifamily housing, we invest in and develop communities through sustainable housing solutions and proven value-add strategies to drive healthy investor returns and enhance the resident experience. For more information on Stoneweg US, please visit: www.stoneweg.us.
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TX San Angelo TX Zone Forecast for Wednesday, November 23, 2022
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307 FPUS54 KSJT 240949
ZFPSJT
Zone Forecast Product for Texas
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
349 AM CST Thu Nov 24 2022
TXZ127-242200-
Taylor-
Including the city of Abilene
349 AM CST Thu Nov 24 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs
in the lower 60s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming north
this afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Isolated thunderstorms. Showers, breezy and much
cooler with lows in the upper 30s. North winds 15 to 25 mph with
gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Breezy and much
cooler. Near steady temperature in the lower 40s. North winds
15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Isolated thunderstorms. Showers. Near steady
temperature in the lower 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of
rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
morning, then partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the lower
50s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 30s. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50. Highs
around 70.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ072-242200-
Tom Green-
Including the cities of Carlsbad, San Angelo, and Wall
349 AM CST Thu Nov 24 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 60s. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest this afternoon. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. A chance of
showers in the evening, then showers after midnight. Much cooler
with lows in the upper 30s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts
up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Much cooler. Near
steady temperature in the lower 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. Rain showers,
mainly in the evening. Lows in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of rain
90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Breezy and not as cool with highs in the mid 50s. West
winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 60s.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
30s. Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ140-242200-
Brown-
Including the cities of Brownwood and Indian Creek
349 AM CST Thu Nov 24 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms this morning, then showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming north 10 to 15 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain
90 percent.
.TONIGHT...Showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. Cooler
with lows in the mid 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up
to 30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Much cooler. Near
steady temperature in the upper 40s. Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Lows in the
lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the lower
50s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
mid 30s. Highs in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
30s. Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ054-242200-
Nolan-
Including the city of Sweetwater
349 AM CST Thu Nov 24 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming north 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. A chance of
showers in the evening, then showers after midnight. Breezy,
cooler with lows in the upper 30s. North winds 15 to 25 mph with
gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Breezy and much
cooler. Near steady temperature around 40. North winds 20 to
25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Isolated thunderstorms. Showers. Near steady
temperature in the upper 30s. North winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of
rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs around 50.
West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 30s. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
Highs around 70.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ169-242200-
Kimble-
Including the cities of Cleo, Junction, London, Roosevelt,
Segovia, and Telegraph
349 AM CST Thu Nov 24 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming northwest this afternoon. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then showers with isolated
thunderstorms after midnight. Cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Much cooler with
highs around 50. Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain
90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. Showers,
mainly in the evening. Lows in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Breezy
with highs in the mid 50s. West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up
to 35 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs
in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
Highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50. Highs
in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ154-242200-
McCulloch-
Including the cities of Brady, Fife, Lohn, Rochelle, and Voca
349 AM CST Thu Nov 24 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms this morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely
this afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph this afternoon. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. Cooler
with lows in the lower 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of
rain 80 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Much cooler with
highs in the upper 40s. Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts
up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Isolated thunderstorms. Showers. Lows around 40.
North winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest after midnight.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Breezy with highs in
the mid 50s. West winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 40.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 60s.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
40s. Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ098-242200-
Haskell-
Including the cities of Irby and Haskell
349 AM CST Thu Nov 24 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs around 60. West winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming north 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph this
afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Isolated thunderstorms. Showers, cooler with lows in
the upper 30s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Much cooler. Near
steady temperature around 40. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts
up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Near steady
temperature in the lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning, then
partly sunny with a slight chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs around 50. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
mid 30s. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
Highs around 70.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
30s. Highs around 50.
$$
TXZ099-242200-
Throckmorton-
Including the cities of Throckmorton and Woodson
349 AM CST Thu Nov 24 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs
in the lower 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming north 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Isolated thunderstorms. Showers, cooler with lows in
the lower 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain 80 percent.
.FRIDAY...Isolated thunderstorms. Showers. Much cooler with highs
in the mid 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain 80 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Lows in the
lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning, then
partly sunny with a slight chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 50s. Northwest winds around 10 mph, becoming
west with gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 30s. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
Highs around 70.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
Highs around 50.
$$
TXZ049-242200-
Fisher-
Including the cities of Rotan and Roby
349 AM CST Thu Nov 24 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
this afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. West winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming north this afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Isolated thunderstorms. Showers, cooler with lows in
the upper 30s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Brisk and much
cooler. Near steady temperature around 40. North winds 15 to
25 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Near steady
temperature in the upper 30s. North winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of
rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning, then
partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 50s. West winds
15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 30s. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
Highs around 70.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ113-242200-
Jones-
Including the cities of Stamford, Stith, Anson, Funston, Truby,
Tuxedo, and Hamlin
349 AM CST Thu Nov 24 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs
in the lower 60s. West winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming north this
afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Isolated thunderstorms. Showers, cooler with lows in
the upper 30s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Much cooler. Near
steady temperature around 40. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts
up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Near steady
temperature in the lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning, then
partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 50s. West winds
15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 30s. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50. Highs
in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ114-242200-
Shackelford-
Including the city of Albany
349 AM CST Thu Nov 24 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this
morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely this afternoon.
Highs in the lower 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming north
10 to 15 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Isolated thunderstorms. Showers, cooler with lows in
the lower 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Much cooler with
highs in the mid 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Lows in the
lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning, then
partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 50s. West winds
15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 30s. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ128-242200-
Callahan-
Including the cities of Clyde, Eula, Dudley, Baird,
and Cross Plains
349 AM CST Thu Nov 24 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this
morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely this afternoon.
Highs in the lower 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
north 10 to 15 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Isolated thunderstorms. Showers, cooler with lows in
the lower 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Much cooler with
highs in the mid 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Lows around
40. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of
rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
morning, then partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the lower
50s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 30s. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50. Highs
around 70.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ064-242200-
Sterling-
Including the cities of Broome and Sterling City
349 AM CST Thu Nov 24 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy this morning, then partly sunny with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the
lower 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming north 10 to
15 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. A slight chance of
showers in the evening, then showers after midnight. Breezy,
cooler with lows in the upper 30s. North winds 15 to 25 mph.
Chance of rain 80 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Brisk and much
cooler. Near steady temperature in the upper 30s. North winds
15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. Rain showers,
mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid 30s. North winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, becoming northwest after
midnight. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Not as cool with
highs in the lower 50s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 50s.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the upper
40s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower
70s. Lows in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ065-242200-
Coke-
Including the cities of Robert Lee, Sanco, Silver, Bronte,
and Tennyson
349 AM CST Thu Nov 24 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming north 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. A chance of
showers in the evening, then showers after midnight. Cooler with
lows in the upper 30s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
35 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Breezy and much
cooler. Near steady temperature in the lower 40s. North winds
15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Isolated thunderstorms. Showers. Lows in the
upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Not as cool with
highs in the lower 50s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 50s.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
30s. Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ066-242200-
Runnels-
Including the cities of Ballinger, Benoit, Hatchel, Rowena,
Crews, Winters, and Pumphrey
349 AM CST Thu Nov 24 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs
in the lower 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming north
10 to 15 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Isolated thunderstorms. Showers, breezy, cooler with
lows around 40. North winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain
90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Breezy and much
cooler. Near steady temperature in the lower 40s. North winds
15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Isolated thunderstorms. Showers. Lows in the
upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the lower
50s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs around 60. Lows in
the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
30s. Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ139-242200-
Coleman-
Including the cities of Coleman, Echo, Fisk, Valera, Voss,
and Trickham
349 AM CST Thu Nov 24 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms this morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely
this afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming north 10 to 15 mph this afternoon. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Isolated thunderstorms. Showers, cooler with lows in
the lower 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Breezy and much
cooler. Near steady temperature in the mid 40s. Northeast winds
15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Isolated thunderstorms. Showers. Lows around 40.
North winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the lower
50s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 30s. Highs around 60.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50. Highs
in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
30s. Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ071-242200-
Irion-
Including the cities of Barnhart, Arden, Mertzon, and Sherwood
349 AM CST Thu Nov 24 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy this morning, then becoming mostly sunny. Patchy
fog this morning. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Highs in the lower 60s. Southwest winds around 10 mph, becoming
northwest with gusts up to 25 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. A chance of
showers in the evening, then showers after midnight. Cooler with
lows in the upper 30s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Much cooler. Near
steady temperature in the lower 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. Rain showers,
mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid 30s. North winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Breezy
and not as cool with highs in the mid 50s. West winds 15 to
25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs around 60. Lows in
the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
30s. Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ073-242200-
Concho-
Including the cities of Eden, Live Oak, and Lowake
349 AM CST Thu Nov 24 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds around
10 mph, becoming northwest this afternoon. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Isolated thunderstorms. Showers, cooler with lows in
the lower 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain 80 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Much cooler. Near
steady temperature in the mid 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Isolated thunderstorms. Showers. Lows in the
upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest after
midnight. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Breezy with highs in
the mid 50s. West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 60s.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 40.
Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ155-242200-
San Saba-
Including the cities of Chappel, Cherokee, Harkeyville,
and San Saba
349 AM CST Thu Nov 24 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms this morning, then showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming north this afternoon. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.TONIGHT...Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the
evening, then showers with isolated thunderstorms after midnight.
Lows in the upper 40s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up
to 25 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Much cooler. Near
steady temperature around 50. Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Isolated thunderstorms. Showers. Lows in the
lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest after
midnight. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs in the mid 50s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts
up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 30s. Highs in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
Highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
40s. Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ076-242200-
Crockett-
Including the city of Ozona
349 AM CST Thu Nov 24 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then clearing. Patchy fog
this morning. Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming northwest 15 to 20 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming cloudy.
Isolated thunderstorms. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely after midnight. Cooler with lows in
the lower 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Much cooler. Near
steady temperature in the lower 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. Rain showers
likely, mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid 30s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Breezy
and not as cool with highs in the upper 50s. West winds 15 to
25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
30s. Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ077-242200-
Schleicher-
Including the city of Eldorado
349 AM CST Thu Nov 24 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Cloudy with a slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms this morning, then partly sunny with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the
mid 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northwest 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. A chance of
showers in the evening, then showers after midnight. Much cooler
with lows in the upper 30s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts
up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Much cooler. Near
steady temperature in the mid 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. Showers,
mainly in the evening. Lows in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Breezy
with highs in the mid 50s. West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up
to 35 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 60s.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
30s. Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ168-242200-
Menard-
Including the cities of Erna, Fort Mckavett, Hext, and Menard
349 AM CST Thu Nov 24 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph this afternoon. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. A chance of
showers in the evening, then showers after midnight. Cooler with
lows in the lower 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Much cooler with
highs in the upper 40s. Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts
up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. Showers,
mainly in the evening. Lows in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of rain
90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the mid 50s. West
winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 60s.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
30s. Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ170-242200-
Mason-
Including the cities of Fredonia, Katemcy, Koockville,
Loyal Valley, Mason, Pontotoc, and Streeter
349 AM CST Thu Nov 24 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms this morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely
this afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming northwest this afternoon. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
evening, then showers with isolated thunderstorms after midnight.
Lows in the upper 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Much cooler. Near
steady temperature in the upper 40s. Northeast winds 15 to
20 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Isolated thunderstorms. Showers. Lows in the
lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest after
midnight. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Breezy with highs in the mid 50s. West winds 15 to
25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs
in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
Highs around 70.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
Highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ078-242200-
Sutton-
Including the city of Sonora
349 AM CST Thu Nov 24 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy this morning, then becoming partly sunny. Patchy
fog this morning. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph this afternoon.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. A slight
chance of showers in the evening, then showers after midnight.
Cooler with lows in the lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Much cooler with
highs in the upper 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. Showers
likely, mainly in the evening. Lows in the upper 30s. North winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Breezy
with highs in the upper 50s. West winds 15 to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper
30s. Highs in the mid 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
Highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
40s. Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
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PAC-MAN, Dragon Ball Z, Mega Man, Naruto Shippuden and TEKKEN Series Flavors Now Available at The Vitamin Shoppe Stores
NEW YORK, Feb. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- G FUEL today announced that four flavors in 16 oz cans and five flavors in 40-serving tubs are now available at The Vitamin Shoppe stores across the U.S. The assortment features popular flavors and new varieties based on the hottest gaming and anime properties today, including a new flavor exclusive to The Vitamin Shoppe: Soda Ice Candy – inspired by Naruto Shippuden!
"The Vitamin Shoppe is a true pillar of the health and wellness world, so we're excited to bring a fresh assortment of ready-to-drink cans and Energy Formula powders to their passionate retail community," said G FUEL Founder and CEO Cliff Morgan. "We can't wait for The Vitamin Shoppe customers to experience the Game-Changing Energy of G FUEL!"
In addition to the brand-new Soda Ice Candy flavor, The Vitamin Shoppe customers can pick up the following flavors in ready-to-drink 16 oz cans:
- Kamehameha (Strawberry Lychee) – Inspired by Dragon Ball Z (140 mg of caffeine)
- Power Pellet (Cherry Lollipop) – Inspired by PAC-MAN (140 mg of caffeine)
- Snow Cone (300 mg of caffeine)
Each 16 oz G FUEL can has zero sugar and zero calories, along with proprietary energy and focus-enhancing complexes.
"We are thrilled to partner with G FUEL to bring this dynamic assortment of performance-driven energy drinks and formulas to the fast-growing segment of customers who are enthusiastic fans of e-sports," said Muriel Gonzalez, Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer of The Vitamin Shoppe. "Gaming and anime are vibrant drivers of contemporary entertainment culture, and The Vitamin Shoppe is excited to provide e-sport participants with the energy and wellness products that help them stay hydrated, support focus, and perform their best."
The five 40-serving Energy Formula Tubs now available at The Vitamin Shoppe include:
- Kamehameha (Strawberry Lychee) – Inspired by Dragon Ball Z
- Power Pellet (Cherry Lollipop) – Inspired by PAC-MAN
- Blue Bomber Slushee (Blue Raspberry Slush) – Inspired by Mega Man
- Rage Drive (Cantaloupe) – Inspired by the TEKKEN Series
- Snow Cone
Each serving of G FUEL Energy Formula has zero sugar, 15 calories, 140 mg of caffeine, and is loaded with antioxidants from 18 different fruit extracts.
From now through Feb. 28, fans can enter to win a special G FUEL x The Vitamin Shoppe prize pack, which will include a Sony PlayStation 5, a 12-pack of G FUEL cans and a $25 The Vitamin Shoppe Gift Card. All they have to do is "Like" the giveaway post on Instagram, tag a friend in the comment section and follow both @gfuelenergy and @vitaminshoppe for eligibility (U.S. only, 18+). For full rules and restrictions, click here.
Enjoy the Game-Changing Energy of G FUEL at The Vitamin Shoppe stores near you. Find The Vitamin Shoppe locations by clicking here!
About G FUEL
As The Official Energy Drink of Esports®, G FUEL provides gamers with a performance-driven alternative to standard energy drink products. With an ever-expanding, sugar-free product lineup that includes a powdered Energy Formula, ready-to-drink cans, powdered Hydration Formula and Sparkling Hydration bottles, G FUEL has firmly established itself as the market leader in the gamer energy drink industry.
With more than 300,000 5-star Shopper Approved Ratings, a shipping network that spans over 125 countries, a nationwide retail campaign, and a global social media footprint of over 1 billion followers, G FUEL maintains the industry's largest and most passionate community of fans, customers, content creators, and partners. Content creators and partners include the likes of Ninja, MoistCr1TiKaL, Sentinels Esports, NoisyButters, PewDiePie, Mikal Bridges, Michael Dickson, Summit1G, xQc, Activision, SEGA of America, Capcom®, EA, Bethesda Game Studios, Warner Bros., VIZ Media, Rare Ltd., Disney, Lucasfilm, Sony Pictures, The Tetris Company and Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.
Join the movement today at GFUEL.com and follow us on social media @GFuelEnergy.
About The Vitamin Shoppe
Lifelong Wellness Starts Here™. The Vitamin Shoppe®, a subsidiary of Franchise Group Inc. (NASDAQ: FRG), is a global, omnichannel specialty retailer and wellness lifestyle Company with the mission of providing customers with the most trusted products, guidance, and services to support them on their journeys of lifelong wellness. Based in Secaucus, New Jersey, the Company offers a comprehensive assortment of nutritional solutions, including vitamins, minerals, sports nutrition, specialty supplements, herbs, homeopathic remedies, green living products, and natural beauty products. In addition to carrying products from approximately 700 national brands, The Vitamin Shoppe offers products from its proprietary brands within its owned and wholesale channels, including: The Vitamin Shoppe®, Vthrive The Vitamin Shoppe™, BodyTech®, BodyTech® Elite, fitfactor™, fitfactor KETO™, plnt®, ProBioCare®, True Athlete®, and TrueYou™. In the U.S., the Company conducts business through over 700 company-operated retail stores under The Vitamin Shoppe and Super Supplements™ banners, and via its website, www.vitaminshoppe.com. The company is expanding its retail footprint via an innovative, omnichannel franchising model and opened its first franchise store in 2022. Globally, The Vitamin Shoppe serves customers in select Asia, South America, and Central America markets through local omnichannel partners.
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SHANGHAI, Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 111, Inc. (NASDAQ: YI) ("111" or the "Company"), a leading tech-enabled healthcare platform company committed to digitally connecting patients with medicine and healthcare services in China, today announced that it will report its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022, before the U.S. market opens on Thursday, August 25, 2022.
111's management team will host an earnings conference call at 7:30 AM U.S. Eastern Time on Thursday, August 25, 2022 (7:30 PM Beijing Time on the same day).
Details for the conference call are as follows:
Conference Topic: 111, Inc. Second Quarter 2022 Earnings Conference Call Registration Link: https://register.vevent.com/register/BIe34d5c00196d4d91902c11871b843104
All participants must use the link provided above to complete the online registration process in advance of the conference call. Upon registering, each participant will receive a set of participant dial-in numbers, the Direct Event passcode, and a unique Registration ID, which can be used to join the conference call.
Please dial in 15 minutes before the call is scheduled to begin and provide the Direct Event passcode and unique Registration ID you have received upon registering to join the call.
About 111, Inc.
111, Inc. (NASDAQ: YI) ("111" or the "Company") is a leading tech-enabled healthcare platform company committed to digitally connecting patients with medicine and healthcare services in China. The Company provides consumers with better access to pharmaceutical products and healthcare services directly through its online retail pharmacy, 1 Pharmacy, and indirectly through its offline virtual pharmacy network. The Company also offers online healthcare services through its internet hospital, 1 Clinic, which provides consumers with cost-effective and convenient online consultation, electronic prescription service, and patient management service. In addition, the Company's online platform, 1 Medicine Marketplace, serves as a one-stop shop for pharmacies to source a vast selection of pharmaceutical products. With the largest virtual pharmacy network in China, 111 enables offline pharmacies to better serve their customers with cloud-based services. 111 also provides an omni-channel drug commercialization platform to its strategic partners, which includes services such as digital marketing, patient education, data analytics, and pricing monitoring.
For more information on 111, please visit: http://ir.111.com.cn/.
For further information: For more information, please contact: 111, Inc., Investor Relations, Email: ir@111.com.cn; 111, Inc., Media Relations, Email: press@111.com.cn, Phone: +86-021-2053 6666 (China)
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 4" game were:
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(nine, zero, three, seven)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 4" game were:
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LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — The Latest from the World Cup final between Argentina and France:
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Argentines woke up ready to watch the national team play for its third World Cup title amid a national feeling of unity and joy that is rare for a country that has been engulfed in an economic crisis for years and has one of the worst inflation rates in the world.
Argentina will face France in the final in Qatar and fan Guillermo Ortiz says “the whole city is dressed with the flag.”
Argentina last reached the World Cup final in 2014 but lost to Germany. Everyone in the country agrees the sense of anticipation and excitement for this year’s game is far higher than it ever was for that match in Brazil.
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It’s now or never for Lionel Messi.
The Argentina superstar’s once-in-a-generation career will be defined — for many — by whether he leads his country to the World Cup title.
Can he finally, at the age of 35, win soccer’s biggest prize to secure his place alongside Pelé and Diego Maradona in the pantheon of the game’s greatest ever players?
Standing in his way is France, the defending champion, and Kylian Mbappé, the player best positioned to take over from Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as soccer’s marquee name.
That’s if he hasn’t already.
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Argentina arguably has the World Cup’s most fervent fans.
They are known for their rhythmical singing, incessant drumming and trance-like ferocity, and the country’s history of success at the World Cup is rivaled by few.
Argentina won the World Cup in 1978 and 1986 and lost in the final three times. This fervor will only grow as Lionel Messi leads Argentina against defending champion France in the final in Qatar.
Argentines take pride in the intensity and they are proud to be known for it around the world. They care deeply about soccer and they are among the best in the world at it.
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DALLAS , April 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC ("Oncor") plans to release its first quarter 2023 results on May 4, prior to Sempra's (NYSE: SRE) (BMV: SRE) first quarter 2023 conference call. Oncor's earnings release will be available on Oncor's website, oncor.com.
Sempra executives will conduct a conference call at 12 p.m. ET, Thursday, May 4 that will include discussion of Oncor's first quarter 2023 operational and financial results. Investors, media, analysts and the public may listen to a live webcast of the conference call by registering on the Investors section of Sempra's website and clicking on the appropriate link. Prior to the conference call, an accompanying slide presentation will be posted on Sempra's Investors site.
For those unable to obtain access to the live webcast, it will be available on replay a few hours after its conclusion on Sempra's website.
Oncor's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2023 will be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission after Sempra's conference call and, once filed, will also be available at oncor.com.
Headquartered in Dallas, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC is a regulated electricity transmission and distribution business that uses superior asset management skills to provide reliable electricity delivery to consumers. Oncor (together with its subsidiaries) operates the largest transmission and distribution system in Texas, delivering power to nearly 3.9 million homes and businesses and operating more than 141,000 miles of transmission and distribution lines in Texas. While Oncor is owned by two investors (indirect majority owner, Sempra, and minority owner, Texas Transmission Investment LLC), Oncor is managed by its Board of Directors, which is comprised of a majority of disinterested directors.
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TORONTO (AP) — TORONTO (AP) — Tucows Inc. (TCX) on Monday reported a loss of $19.1 million in its first quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Toronto-based company said it had a loss of $1.77.
The internet services company posted revenue of $80.4 million in the period.
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Which countries are evacuating citizens from Sudan?
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — As continued fighting raises fears that Sudan could plunge deeper into chaos, foreign governments are scrambling to get their diplomats and other citizens safely out of the country. Most countries deployed military transport aircraft to fly people out, including France which used its airbase in neighboring Djibouti for the airlift. But not all is going smoothly – about 2,000 British nationals remain in Sudan, and many complain that their government isn’t giving them enough information about evacuation plans.
Although some flights included people of various nationalities, here’s a country-by-country accounting of evacuation efforts based on information available so far:
UNITED STATES:
U.S. special operations forces used helicopters to ferry 70 U.S. embassy personnel out of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, early Sunday. The U.S. government has told some 16,000 US citizens in Sudan that they need to fend for themselves and that there won’t be mass evacuations.
UNITED KINGDOM:
Some 1,200 British soldiers who were part of a military operation out of a key British air base on the east Mediterranean island of Cyprus helped evacuate around 30 U.K. diplomatic staff and their families out of Sudan. Arrangements are being made to fly the evacuees back home from Cyprus. There’s been no word on how many people were evacuated. Britain’s Africa Minister, Andrew Mitchell, said about 2,000 U.K. citizens still in Sudan have registered with the embassy and that “intense planning” was underway for a “series of possible evacuations.”
FRANCE:
Officials say France has evacuated 491 people, including citizens from 36 countries, on flights to Djibouti in the nearby Horn of Africa. They include 23 Sudanese citizens who were family members or had other links to foreigners being evacuated and 38 citizens of Niger. Another 36 were Irish citizens and nine were Americans. Others included three wounded people, two Greek citizens and one Belgian, as well as the German ambassador and several other foreign ambassadors.
GERMANY:
Three German military transport planes flew 311 people from Sudan to Jordan from where they’ll head to their home countries. Germany’s Foreign Ministry said Monday about half of the 311 were foreign nationals. The dpa news agency said among the evacuees were citizens of Australia, Bulgaria, the U.K., Belgium, Norway, Czechia, Ireland, Sweden, Portugal. The Austrian government said 27 people where Austrian citizens.
ITALY:
Italian Air Force C-130 transport aircraft airlifted some 200 people out of Khartoum airport Sunday evening and flew them to Djibouti. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said among them were 140 Italians, some Swiss, other Europeans and personnel from the Vatican’s embassy in Khartoum.
SPAIN:
Spain said it had evacuated approximately 172 people from the Sudanese capital to Djibouti so far, including 34 Spanish nationals and citizens of Argentina, Colombia, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Portugal and Poland.
SWEDEN & DENMARK:
Sweden says 25 of its embassy staff and their families were among the 388 people that French aircraft airlifted to Djibouti. Denmark said 15 of its citizens were among the group.
FINLAND:
Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto tweeted that 10 Finns had been evacuated from Khartoum, including children. He said efforts were underway to evacuate several Finns who remain in the Sudanese capital.
NORWAY:
Norway’s Ambassador to Sudan Endre Stiansen has tweeted that he and two colleagues are “in a safe place outside the Sudan.”
POLAND:
Poland’s Foreign Ministry said 11 Poles – including the ambassador to Sudan, diplomatic staff and private citizens – have been evacuated as part of French and Spanish efforts.
NETHERLANDS:
A pair of Dutch air force C-130 Hercules have flown out of Sudan to Jordan Monday carrying evacuees of various nationalities, including Dutch. No exact numbers have been provided. Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren said in a tweet more flights are planned “in close cooperation with partners and pending developments.”
TURKEY:
The Turkish government says it’s evacuating “hundreds” of its citizens by land to Ethiopia, from where they are scheduled to be flown to Istanbul.
GREECE:
Greece’s Foreign Ministry says 15 Greek nationals and their family members have been evacuated to Djibouti with the help of Italy.
JAPAN:
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says a military transport aircraft has airlifted 45 Japanese citizens and their families from Port Sudan and they are now on their way to Djibouti. Kishida said Monday only a handful of Japanese citizens remain in Sudan and the country will do its utmost to help them as soon as possible. Japan dispatched three transport and refueling planes, as well as 370 troops, to its military base in Djibouti to help the evacuation of about 60 Japanese nationals.
SOUTH AFRICA:
The South African government says at least 77 South African nationals, including embassy staff, are on on their way out of the Sudanese capital.
KENYA:
Kenya’s Foreign Ministry says 29 Kenyan students have crossed into Ethiopia and are in route to Nairobi, while the air force has a transport plane ready to fly out 18 students now on the road to the South Sudan border. Another two aircraft are expected to ferry 300-400 Kenyans to Jeddah.
PALESTINIANS:
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates says some 72 Palestinians have relocated to Port Sudan while vehicle convoys are carrying about 200 Palestinians to Egypt.
SOUTH KOREA:
South Korea says a bus transporting at least 28 of its nationals, including embassy staff, has entered Port Sudan’s international airport where a South Korean military aircraft awaits to fly them to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
JORDAN:
Some 343 Jordanian nationals evacuated from Port Sudan arrived at Amman military airport aboard four transport aircraft.
EGYPT:
Egypt’s state-run MENA news agency says the country is urging the more than 10,000 Egyptian citizens in Sudan to head to consular offices in Port Sudan and Wadi Halfa in the north for evacuation. Buses carrying an undisclosed number of Egyptian citizens crossed into Egypt from the Arqin border crossing on Monday.
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Supreme Court weighs Biden student loan plan worth billions
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is taking up a partisan legal fight over President Joe Biden’s plan to wipe away or reduce student loans held by millions of Americans.
The high court, with its 6-3 conservative majority, is hearing arguments Tuesday in two challenges to the plan, which has so far been blocked by Republican-appointed judges on lower courts.
Arguments are scheduled to last two hours, but likely will go much longer. The public can listen in on the court’s website.
Twenty-six million people have applied and 16 million have been approved to have up to $20,000 in federal student loans forgiven, the Biden administration says. The program is estimated to cost $400 billion over 30 years.
“I’m confident the legal authority to carry that plan is there,” Biden said Monday, at an event to mark Black History Month.
The president, who once doubted his own authority to broadly cancel student debt, first announced the program in August. Legal challenges quickly followed.
Republican-led states and lawmakers in Congress, as well as conservative legal interests, are lined up against the plan as a clear violation of Biden’s executive authority. Democratic-led states and liberal interest groups are backing the Democratic administration in urging the court to allow the plan to take effect.
Without it, loan defaults would dramatically increase when the pause on loan payments ends no later than this summer, the administration says. Payments were halted in 2020 as part of the response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The administration says a 2003 law, commonly known as the HEROES Act, allows the secretary of education to waive or modify the terms of federal student loans in connection with a national emergency. The law was primarily intended to keep service members from being worse off financially while they fought in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Nebraska and other states that sued say the plan is not necessary to keep the rate of defaults roughly where it was before the pandemic. The 20 million borrowers who have their entire loans erased would get a “windfall” that will leave them better off than they were before the pandemic, the states say.
Dozens of borrowers came from across the country to camp out near the court on a soggy Monday evening in hopes of getting a seat for the arguments. Among them was Sinyetta Hill, who said that Biden’s plan would erase all but about $500 of the $20,000 or so she has in student loans.
“I was 18 when I signed up for college. I didn’t know it was going to be this big of a burden. No student should have to deal with this. No person should have to deal with this,” said Hill, 22, who plans to study law after she graduates from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in May.
Biden’s plan could meet a frosty reception in the courtroom. The court’s conservatives have been skeptical of other Biden initiatives related to the pandemic, including vaccine requirements and pauses on evictions. Those were billed largely as public health measures intended to slow the spread of COVID-19.
The loan forgiveness plan, by contrast, is aimed at countering the economic effects of the pandemic.
The national emergency is expected to end May 11, but the administration says the economic consequences will persist, despite historically low unemployment and other signs of economic strength.
In addition to the debate over the authority to forgive student debt, the court also will confront whether the states and two individuals whose challenge also is before the justices have the legal right, or standing, to sue.
Parties generally have to show that they would suffer financial harm and benefit from a court ruling in their favor. A federal judge initially found that the states would not be harmed and dismissed their lawsuit before an appellate panel said the case could proceed.
Of the two individuals who sued in Texas, one has student loans that are commercially held and the other is eligible for $10,000 in debt relief, not the $20,000 maximum. They would get nothing if they win their case.
A decision is expected by late June.
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Bishops could vote to ban transgender procedures at Catholic hospitals: 'Respect for human dignity'
Bishops previously released statement warning about 'technological manipulation of the human body'
Roman Catholic bishops in the U.S. are slated to vote this week on issuing guidance to Catholic hospitals that would prohibit transgender surgeries and puberty-blocking drugs.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is scheduled to vote on the contentious issue during their annual 2023 Spring Plenary Assembly in Orlando, according to the National Catholic Reporter.
The measure, if approved, would allow the bishop's doctrine committee to revise the Religious and Ethical Directives for Catholic Health Care, which serves as "authoritative guidance on certain moral issues that face Catholic health care today."
A version of the ballot shared with the outlet indicated that the USCCB has no intention of introducing significant alterations to the directives, but is open to making necessary adjustments that would offer Catholic health care services with unambiguous guidance on the issue.
The committee's primary focus, according to NCR, is on Part III of the directives, which deals with the interaction between Catholic medical practitioners and patients. Other issues addressed in the guidance include abortion and end-of-life health care.
In March, the bishops released a statement titled "Doctrinal Note on the Moral Limits to Technological Manipulation of the Human Body," which argues that humans are created in God's image and that he has established an order that mankind must respect.
"[H]uman nature deserves utmost respect since humanity occupies a singular place in the created order, being created in the image of God," the prelates wrote. "To find fulfillment as human persons, to find true happiness, we must respect that order. We did not create human nature; it is a gift from a loving Creator. Nor do we ‘own’ our human nature, as if it were something that we are free to make use of in any way we please."
"Thus, genuine respect for human dignity requires that decisions about the use of technology be guided by genuine respect for this created order," the statement added.
Some Catholic hospitals in the U.S. are allegedly performing transgender surgeries and offering puberty-blocking drugs to minors, according to a report from the Lepanto Institute released Sunday.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
9-2-5-5
(nine, two, five, five)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
9-2-5-5
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ATLANTA (AP) — Two months into the season, it looked like the New York Mets were headed for an NL East runaway.
Not so fast, said the reigning World Series champions.
Sparked by two budding stars, the Atlanta Braves suddenly found their mojo.
Now, they're a mere game behind the Mets heading into the biggest series of the year, a three-game set in the A-T-L on the final weekend of the regular season.
“It's gonna be fun,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “That's kind of why you play.”
This isn't quite like the classic pennant races of the pre-wild card era, when a team had to win its league or division to make the postseason. The Mets and Braves have both locked up playoff berths.
But every other division title has been clinched with a week to go, leaving the NL East as a most enticing outlier. And winning the division does come with a major perk.
The NL East champion gets a first-round bye. The team that winds up second will have to host a best-of-three series, most likely against the San Diego Padres.
“We know how good (the Braves) are and we've got an opportunity just like they do,” Mets manager Buck Showalter said. “It's great for baseball and it's good for our sport that we all love.”
The free-spending Mets, bolstered by a dynamic rotation and sluggers Pete Alonso and Francisco Lindor, are headed to the postseason for the first time since 2016.
Their biggest goal has been met.
Still, considering they've been in first place all but a couple of days this season, it would be a major downer if the Mets fail to snap Atlanta's run of four straight NL East titles.
“It's an important series and it's one where everyone is going to play hard,” Mets third baseman Eduardo Escobar said though a translator.
Early on, it didn't look like much a of race.
The Braves were 10 1/2 games behind the Mets on May 31, stumbling along with a record of 23-27.
Since then, Atlanta has matched the Los Angeles Dodgers as the hottest team in baseball with a 74-32 mark, getting huge contributions from a pair of rookies.
Michael Harris II was called up from Double-A to join the lineup on May 28, largely with the idea that he would bolster the team's defense in center field.
Turns out, the 21-year-old is much more than a glove man. Harris is hitting .305 with 19 homers, 64 RBIs and 20 stolen bases, making him the favorite for NL rookie of the year and already earning him a long-term deal.
If Harris is the best first-year player in the league, he's not far ahead of teammate Spender Strider.
The hard-throwing right-hander with the bushy mustache began the year in the bullpen before making his first career start on May 30.
The 23-year-old Strider has been nothing short of dazzling. In 20 starts, he is 10-4 with a 2.77 ERA and 165 strikeouts in 107 1/3 innings.
Unfortunately for the Braves, Strider won't be available for this series. He's out for the rest of the regular season with an oblique injury, though Atlanta is hopeful of getting him back for the playoffs.
Even without Strider, the pitching matchups are enticing: New York's Jacob deGrom (5-3, 2.93 ERA) against Atlanta's Max Fried (13-7, 2.50) on Friday, followed by Max Scherzer (11-4, 2.13) vs. Kyle Wright (20-5, 3.18) on Saturday, and Chris Bassitt (15-8, 3.2) vs. Charlie Morton (9-6, 4.29 ERA) Sunday night.
The weather forecast also looked much more promising than just 24 hours earlier.
With Hurricane Ian barreling up the East Coast, the Mets proposed shifting the series opener to Thursday — an off day for both teams. The Braves declined, having played 13 straight days.
By Thursday morning, the forecast called for only a slight chance of showers over the weekend.
The Braves have been chasing the Mets all summer, finally catching them on Sept. 6. But this one has been a nail-biter for a while, the margin no more than three games for more than a month.
New York leads the season series 9-7, which means the Mets can clinch the potentially important tiebreaker with one win in Atlanta.
The Mets won four of five when the teams met in New York the first week of August, which many thought would finish off Atlanta's division hopes.
But the Braves are 32-13 since then, feasting on below-.500 teams with a 21-5 mark. New York, meanwhile, opened the door by getting swept at home by the lowly Cubs, though the Mets bounced back to win nine of their last 12, including a 10-inning win over the Marlins on Wednesday in which they rallied from a four-run deficit.
The Braves lost in extra innings at Washington, dropping a game behind New York.
That's OK, said Snitker, who pointed out that his team has played “a lot of big games, long years, high-pressure games. These guys have gotten a whole bunch of them under under their belt. I don't think there's a whole lot that's gonna shake them.”
This was supposed to be final three games of the regular season, but the lockout forced an extension of the schedule. The Braves will travel to Miami for three games against the Marlins next week, while New York closes out at home with three against the Nationals.
No one is thinking about those games.
It's all about this series.
“Two really good teams obviously going at it," Snitker said. "We’ll see what happens.”
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Gas price fluctuation surges as some states see increase, others continue falling
(Gray News) – One of the longest gas price declines on record has come to an end after 14 consecutive weeks.
GasBuddy reports the nation’s average gas price is now $3.67, which is 3.2 cents higher than a week ago.
The top 10% of stations in the country average $5.45 per gallon, while the bottom 10% average $2.93 per gallon, according to GasBuddy.
Some parts of the country are seeing significant price spikes due to refinery issues, while other regions are seeing normal activity at refineries and prices there have dropped.
“I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a wider gamut of price behaviors coast to coast in my career,” GasBuddy Petroleum Analyst Patrick De Haan explained.
GasBuddy says the disconnect will continue to grow larger and will likely remain inconsistent for the next few weeks.
“A slew of unexpected refinery disruptions, including fires and routine maintenance, have seemingly all happened in a short span of time, causing wholesale gas prices to spike in areas of the West Coast, Great Lakes and Plains states – and some of those areas could see prices spike another 25-75 cents per gallon or more until issues are worked out,” De Haan said.
Hurricane Ian could also cause problems – depending on the storm’s track – as it approaches the United States.
“Hopefully, disruptions will be very limited due to Ian, but there remain many factors driving prices both up and down across the country,” De Haan said.
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SÃO PAULO, Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BRASKEM S.A. (B3: BRKM3, BRKM5 and BRKM6; NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK) the largest resin producer in the Americas and the world's leading biopolymers producer, presents its 3Q22 Earnings Release.
3Q22 HIGHLIGHTS CONSOLIDATED
- In 3Q22, Recurring EBITDA was of US$371 million, lower 54% than 2Q22, mainly due to (i) the lower exports volume of resins in the Brazil segment, lower sales volume of PP in the United States and PE in the Mexico segment; (ii) lower international spreads for PE, PP and PVC in Brazil, PP in the United States and Europe, PE in Mexico; and (iii) the accounting effect of realization of inventories1 in the net amount of US$77 million (R$400 million). Excluding this effect of realization of inventories, the Recurring EBITDA was US$448 million (R$2.4 billion).
- Compared to 3Q21, the Company's Recurring EBITDA in U.S. dollar decreased 75%, due to (i) the normalization of international spreads for PE, PP and PVC in Brazil, for PP in the United States and Europe and for PE in Mexico; and (ii) the lower sales volume of main chemicals and resins in the Brazil segment and PP in the United States and Europe. In Brazilian Real, Recurring EBITDA was R$2.0 billion, 50% and 74% lower than in 2Q22 and 3Q21.
- In the quarter, the Company posted a net loss2 of R$1.1 billion. In the year to date, the Company registered net income attributable to shareholders of R$1.4 billion, representing R$1.73 per common share and class "A" preferred share3.
- Braskem's recurring cash generation was of R$1.6 billion and return4 on cash flow was 45% in 3Q22. Considering the payments related to the geological event in Alagoas made in 3Q22, the Company registered cash generation of R$0.9 billion and return³ on cash flow of 31%.
- Corporate leverage, measured by the ratio of adjusted net debt to Recurring EBITDA5 in U.S. dollar, ended the quarter at 1.55x.
- The cash position was US$2.2 billion, a level that guarantees coverage of debt maturities for the next 63 months. Note that this position does not include the international stand-by credit facility in the amount of US$1.0 billion, with maturity in 2026.
- In October, Braskem Idesa obtained licenses for the creation of the Joint Venture with Advario by the Mexican government institution COFECE (Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica) and concluded the purchase of land for the construction of the ethane terminal in the port of Coatzacoalcos.
The full earnings release is available on the Company's IR website: www.braskem-ri.com.br/home-en
Additional information may be obtained from the Investor Relations Department at +55 11 3576-9531 or braskem-ri@braskem.com.br.
1 Accounting effect of realization of inventories in accordance with accounting standard CPC 16 (Correlation to International Accounting Standards - IAS 2).
2 Based on net income (loss) attributable to the shareholders of the Company.
3 For the class "B" preferred shares, the amount is R$0.61 per share.
4 Based on recurring cash generation in U.S. dollar in the last 12 months divided by the Company's market capitalization in the quarter.
5 Excludes Braskem Idesa's debt and considers Recurring EBITDA in the last 12 months.
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Jesse Winker Player Prop Bets: Brewers vs. Pirates - June 30
Published: Jun. 30, 2023 at 4:31 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
Jesse Winker -- with a slugging percentage of .313 in his past 10 games, including two extra-base hits -- will be in action for the Milwaukee Brewers against the Pittsburgh Pirates, with Osvaldo Bido on the hill, on June 30 at 7:05 PM ET.
In his last game he had a one-hit showing (1-for-2) against the Mets.
Jesse Winker Game Info & Props vs. the Pirates
- Game Day: Friday, June 30, 2023
- Game Time: 7:05 PM ET
- Stadium: PNC Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Pirates Starter: Osvaldo Bido
- TV Channel: Apple TV+
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -167)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +650)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +210)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +145)
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Jesse Winker At The Plate
- Winker is batting .206 with four doubles, a home run and 19 walks.
- Winker has had a hit in 22 of 48 games this season (45.8%), including multiple hits six times (12.5%).
- He has homered in one of 48 games, and in 0.6% of his plate appearances.
- Winker has had an RBI in 11 games this year (22.9%), including six multi-RBI outings (12.5%). He has also driven home three or more of his team's runs in one contest.
- He has scored in 13 games this season (27.1%), but has had no multi-run games.
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Jesse Winker Home/Away Batting Splits
Pirates Pitching Rankings
- The 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Pirates pitching staff ranks 17th in the league.
- The Pirates have a 4.25 team ERA that ranks 17th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Pirates surrender the first-fewest home runs in baseball (78 total, one per game).
- Bido gets the start for the Pirates, his fourth of the season. He is 0-1 with a 3.45 ERA and 18 strikeouts in 15 2/3 innings pitched.
- The righty's most recent time out came on Saturday against the Miami Marlins, when he went 5 2/3 innings, surrendering two earned runs while allowing nine hits.
- The 27-year-old has a 3.45 ERA and 10.3 strikeouts per nine innings across three games this season, while allowing a batting average of .277 to opposing hitters.
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BEIJING (AP) — China’s scandal-plagued official Football Association has been rocked by new corruption probes into its chiefs of discipline and competition.
The sports ministry said Friday that Wang Xiaoping, director the association’s Disciplinary Committee, and Huang Song, were both “suspected of serious violations” of law and discipline — the government's usual bywords for graft.
Huang was being investigated by the ruling Communist Party’s corruption watchdog, the sports ministry’s anti-graft body and by authorities in Hebei province outside Beijing where the national team maintains a training camp, the notice said.
The single-sentence announcements said Wang and Huang were cooperating with investigators but gave no details about the charges against them. Chinese prosecutors have wide powers to hold suspects for lengthy interrogations if state secrets are believed to be involved.
The announcements come barely a month after the head of China’s national soccer body Chen Shuyuan was arrested on corruption charges.
Chen was head of the Chinese Football Association and vice chair of its party committee, underscoring the government’s heavy hand in attempting to direct success in the game.
China’s increasingly autocratic leader president and Communist Party leader Xi Jinping declared a plan to make China a football superpower, but funding and enthusiasm have appeared to dwindle. Xi has also made fighting corruption a signature policy, taking down political rivals in the process and further embedding strict policies governing freedom of speech and civil society organizations outside party control.
Sports falls under the same yoke of state control and the national team has seen a revolving door of foreign and domestic managers cut loose for their failure to produce results.
One of China's most decorated past leaders, former Everton and Sheffield United midfielder Li Tie, has been jailed amid a graft investigation.
Despite its success in Olympic sports such as table tennis and shooting, China has only qualified for one football World Cup, more than two decades ago. The men's national team is currently ranked 80th by FIFA, just behind countries such as Uzbekistan, Georgia and Gabon.
China’s top division clubs once paid big salaries to attract foreign talent, but the league has virtually collapsed under the now-abandoned “zero-COVID” policy and lingering economic malaise. Top sponsors have gone bankrupt and and efforts to fight match-fixing and other forms of cheating have received little attention of late.
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The Dallas Mavericks are in a tough spot in their bid to reach the postseason.
However, they have a nice situation coming over the next few days: a pair of games against the struggling and short-handed Charlotte Hornets. The teams face off Friday night in Dallas before meeting again on Sunday in Charlotte.
These are key games for the Mavericks, who have been teetering near the playoff line in the Western Conference.
Dallas (36-37) has lost two in a row and five of its past seven. The Mavericks’ most recent game was a controversial 127-125 home loss to the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday.
Mavericks owner Mark Cuban stated his intention to file a protest over the result due to an incident in the third quarter. After a timeout, the Warriors got an uncontested dunk off an inbounds pass when the Mavericks thought they were supposed to get the ball.
Aside from their anger at the refs, the Mavericks were happy to see Luka Doncic stand out in his return from a five-game absence caused by a left thigh strain. The superstar guard posted 30 points and 17 assists.
“Every time you lose, it’s bad,” Doncic said. “We’ve got to focus (on) what’s next. We’ve got to be focused on winning.”
The Hornets (23-51) have lost five of their past six games, including a 115-96 road setback against the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday.
Guards Terry Rozier (foot) and Kelly Oubre Jr. (shoulder) were unavailable for the Hornets by halftime.
“We’ll get to Dallas and see how they feel,” Charlotte coach Steve Clifford said. “We’re going to have to wait and see who’s available.”
The Hornets finished Thursday night’s game with a further reduced bench because guard Dennis Smith Jr. exited in the third quarter due to an illness. That left Charlotte with seven available players.
“We got disorganized and made some mistakes,” Clifford said. “We don’t have a lot of room for error.”
For the second time in their past three games, the Hornets didn’t have a player reach the 20-point mark.
Guard Kyrie Irving has led the Mavericks in scoring eight times since early February, but he is questionable for the Friday game after sustaining a foot injury earlier in the week and the missing Wednesday contest. He has scored 20 or more points in 12 of 13 games since joining Dallas in a trade with the Brooklyn Nets.
Irving scored 28 points against the Hornets while playing for the Nets on New Year’s Eve. He blistered Charlotte for 33 points in a Dec. 7 game.
Tim Hardaway Jr. also sat out Wednesday because of illness, leaving the Dallas rotation short-handed. Like Irving, he was listed as questionable to play Friday.
Meanwhile, the Mavericks have received nice boosts from rookie guard Jaden Hardy, who scored 27 points off the bench against Golden State.
“Now with Timmy out, you look at Josh (Green) and Hardy getting those minutes,” Mavericks coach Jason Kidd said. “Again, Hardy has been fantastic in those minutes.”
Kidd said Hardy is learning when it’s best to drive and when it’s best to slow down and take a jumper.
“As a young player, it takes some time,” Kidd said. “He has the talent to do it, which is always helpful.”
The Friday contest will be the final home game for the Mavericks until a three-game stretch from April 5-9 to conclude the regular season.
Since the loss of rookie center Mark Williams to a thumb injury, the Hornets have taken severe rebounding lumps. The Pelicans pounded Charlotte on the boards by a 52-38 count.
Dallas has rebounding issues as well. The Mavericks have been outrebounded in their past three games, including by 13-board margins against both the Memphis Grizzlies and the Warriors.
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Delta Air Lines, which has narrowly fought off several attempts to unionize its flights attendants, will begin paying cabin crews during boarding, a change that is expected to increase their wages by several thousand dollars a year.
It is a notable change for U.S. airlines, where pay for flight attendants starts when all the passengers are seated and the plane’s doors close.
Delta said the change will start June 2 on all flights. In a memo to flight attendants, the airline said the new pay “further recognizes how important your role is on board to ensuring a welcoming, safe and on-time start to each flight.”
The change comes as Delta plans to increase the boarding time for single-aisle or “narrowbody” planes from 35 minutes to 40 minutes, which the airline expects will increase the percentage of flights that depart on time.
Delta’s pilots are represented by a union, but several attempts to organize the flight attendants have failed in the face of fierce opposition by the Atlanta-based company. The Association of Flight Attendants, which has been gearing up an organizing campaign at Delta for more than two years, took credit for the boarding pay.
“This new policy is the direct result of our organizing,” the union said. “As we get closer to filing for our union vote, management is getting nervous.”
The union said Delta was also responding to employee anger over the longer boarding times, during which flight attendants currently don’t get paid.
Delta said the new boarding pay would be on top of 4% raises that it granted to flight attendants last month.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT).
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According to the filed complaint, defendants touted the strength of Abbott's infant formula brands and their contribution to the Company's sales and revenue growth, despite knowing that the facility that manufactured those products was in flagrant violations of United States Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") health, safety, and manufacturing regulations. The complaint further alleges that defendants willfully or recklessly concealed these violations from investors, even though the violations put Abbott's infant formula business in dire jeopardy and left the Company exposed to a risk of severe regulatory action, including the recall of its products and closure of the Sturgis facility. Indeed, according to the complaint, defendants received direct warnings, communications, FDA inspection reports, and consumer complaints identifying in detail the safety and regulatory violations that were rampant at the Sturgis facility.
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There are four seasons in Portland; cold flop, wet rainbow, balls hot, and fall arts.
Not to be confused with basic Ugg boot pumpkin spice autumn, fall arts is a complex and diverse season that usually has nothing to do with exclusive lattes.
Every year, fall arts season brings innovative theater productions, genre bending film fests, stunning dance and literary projects and, it kicks off Time Based Art, Portland’s iconic city-wide, interdisciplinary art festival. For creative types and aficionados heading into a long cold flop season, fall arts can sustain us, inspire us and keep us creatively engaged for whole ‘nother year.
No disrespect to balls hot art, wet rainbow art or even cold flop season art, but fall arts is arguably the best Portland season. So put on a scarf and let’s get to appreciating.
On this week’s episode of the Dive, I’m celebrating fall arts with two great convos.
I’m chatting with Josie Seid, the star of the play Fucking A, a contemporary, dystopian interpretation of The Scarlet Letter about an abortionist seeking to buy her son’s freedom. I’ll also be chatting with contributing WW writer Chance Solemn-Pfiefer about Portland Art Museum’s Doc-o-Rama, a queer AF documentary fest also heralding the fall art season. | https://www.wweek.com/arts/2022/09/11/thank-god-its-fall-arts-season/ | 2022-09-12 03:44:01 | 1 | https://www.wweek.com/arts/2022/09/11/thank-god-its-fall-arts-season/ |
GroupM & iSpot quantifies CTV impression overcounts for first time; Phase One study estimates streaming impressions that continue to play when TV is shut off
NEW YORK, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GroupM, WPP's media investment group, has partnered with media companies across the advertising industry to create new standards in streaming viewability and CTV measurement. The initiative follows a joint study with TV ad measurement company iSpot that quantifies inflated CTV ad delivery counts and reveals that, on average, 8-10% of streaming impressions play when the TV is shut off, primarily through ancillary devices.
Companies including Disney, Fox/Tubi, LG Ads Solutions, NBCUniversal, Paramount, VIZIO and Warner Bros. Discovery have committed to working at an industry level with agencies, advertisers, and standards-setting bodies to create a streamlined measurement framework and set of best practices to ensure ads are only counted when delivered to screens that are on, with people in front of them.
The effort follows GroupM's focus last year in pushing for greater implementation of "Are You Still Watching" end cards to help address potential inflated audience counts. That initiative was widely adopted by publishers and platforms – but does not fully solve the issue.
"The explosion of streaming is rich with opportunity to deliver smarter ad experiences across a wide variety of possible channels. With any technological advancements, it's our job to close the gaps so all avenues of ad delivery are verified," said Kirk McDonald, Chief Executive Officer, GroupM North America. "As responsible investment stewards of our clients' media spend, this verification illuminates both the issue and the opportunity for our industry. Regardless of the medium, if an ad is running, we want and should be able to attribute, measure, and report that an ad was served and seen."
"This approach to verifying CTV allows us to quantify a complex problem in a comprehensive way, yet more importantly provides insights and a pathway for solving an important issue for the industry," said
Sean Muller, CEO of iSpot.tv.
STUDY FINDINGS: The Phase One study found that:
- On average, 8-10% of overall streaming impressions were delivered when the TV was shut off.
- 17% of impressions delivered only through CTV streaming devices such as dongles, gaming consoles, and sticks were delivered when the TV was shut off. Gaming consoles generally had lower rates of continuous play than dongles and sticks.
- Native Smart TV Apps—which account for about 50% of all CTV viewing1—had virtually no incidence of overcounts across streaming ad delivery.
- Depending on the configuration among the three components—TV make and model, streaming device and publisher app—the CTV impression overcount by publisher ranged from 2.5% to 15% across all CTV streaming activity.
"One of the most important findings was that there are dramatic variances in rates of continuous play, driven by the combination of TV set model, streaming device, and publisher app being used," said Adam Gerber, Executive Director, Investment Strategy for GroupM U.S. "This is one of many measurement challenges facing the industry as consumption continues to fragment across device, time and location. These realities make a unified industry initiative to set standards and measurement solutions that much more urgent. It is part of a larger need to ensure that measurement accurately reflects the number of people who have the opportunity to see an ad."
"Along with the growth of CTV and its tremendous opportunities comes new challenges – challenges in measurement, attribution, currency, and privacy-enhancing personalization. IAB and IAB Tech Lab have been at the forefront of the unique challenges of the CTV space across publishers, platforms, apps and OEMs," said David Cohen, CEO of IAB. "Trust, transparency and accountability are foundational to the continued responsible growth of CTV. Timed for Q3 2022, IAB Tech Lab will release Open Measurement SDK for CTV, which will enable the industry to facilitate third-party viewability and verification measurement. It will also deliver a 'set off' signal and algorithmic assessment around the likelihood that a person is in the room viewing. We commend GroupM and others who look to quantify industry opportunities such as this one and look forward to continued education, best practice sharing, and technical standards to address these areas. Our Video Leadership Summit happening in just a few short weeks will tackle these issues head-on."
iSpot, with input from GroupM and other industry participants, has developed a first-of-its-kind measurement offering that is built on top of its Unified Measurement product. The beta product, iSpot CTV Verification, measures continuous play incidence at the campaign level. GroupM will have exclusive access for a period of time as the product completes testing and development, at which point it will be available to the marketplace.
METHODOLOGY
GroupM and iSpot evaluated hundreds of millions of aggregate and anonymized CTV impressions delivered across 20 million Smart TVs, various platforms and publishers between January 1 and June 30, 2021. The analysis was restricted to ad buying through programmatic channels, using a single Smart TV manufacturer's automatic content recognition data as the underlaying match. iSpot verifies CTV impressions using various factors, including input source and its own proprietary system for verifying ad and content play directly on TVs.
The study was conducted to obtain top-level insights about a complex technology problem and to develop methodologies for establishing benchmarks on which the buy and sell-side can transact with confidence. The full extent of the findings, including performance metrics for platforms, publishers and specific devices, will be shared privately with respective companies for the purposes of exploring methods for solving technical issues and agreeing to standards suitable for each unique platform.
GroupM and iSpot are partnering to run ongoing measurement in Phase Two of the study with an expanded data set.
ABOUT GROUPM
GroupM is the world's leading media investment company responsible for more than $50B in annual media investment through agencies Mindshare, Wavemaker, EssenceMediacom and mSix&Partners. GroupM's portfolio includes Data & Technology (Choreograph), Investment, and GroupM Nexus, all united in the vision to shape the next era of media where advertising works better for people. By leveraging all the benefits of scale, the company innovates, differentiates, and generates sustained value for our clients wherever they do business. Discover more about GroupM at groupm.com.
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Mike Sallette, Vice President, Media Connections, Danone North America: "We recognize the media marketplace is dynamic and increasingly complex – requiring ongoing innovation to how we measure delivery and performance. This initial study helps marketers understand the effectiveness of certain channels and where there is opportunity to help ensure that our advertising investments drive the highest return."
Aaron Sobol, Head of U.S. Media Investments and Partnerships, Unilever: "This CTV study between GroupM and iSpot is another example of the importance of independent third-party measurement in the industry. The validation that impressions are being counted while the TV is off is vital to understand and needs to be fixed. We support and applaud our partner in GroupM for their dedication and rigor to develop this critical learning."
Lisa Valentino, EVP of Client Solutions and Addressable Enablement, Disney Advertising: "GroupM's commitment to advance industry measurement standards is an important step toward providing fair and accurate representation of audiences across screens. Disney recognized the need to reconcile audiences and understand how they were engaging with our world-class content for years. We are thrilled to work in parallel with GroupM to diversify solutions for clients, leveraging third-party measurement options and an outcomes-based approach to provide the most holistic view of audiences and performance across our portfolio."
Mark Rotblat, CRO of Tubi, a streaming service of FOX: "Efforts around continuous play represent efforts to continuously improve the connected TV advertising marketplace, and we are in full support. Tubi and FOX have been researching and taking steps to improve this along with our device partners, and we were excited when we learned about GroupM and iSpot's approach. We have committed to working in partnership, as this will take all parties from TV OEMs to connected devices, to apps, measurement services, and buyers, in order to most effectively understand and address the occurrence of continuous play."
Raghu Kodige, CEO, LG Ads Solutions: We're not surprised by this - it's an industry problem that we have been addressing alongside other OEM-owned or operated CTV ad businesses. For our part, given the complete integration of the TV itself, the TV operating system (webOS), and our automated content recognition technology, we have full visibility as to when ads are delivered and whether or not the set was on."
Krishan Bhatia, President & Chief Business Officer, NBCUniversal: "In this era of rapidly evolving consumer behavior, driven by the explosive growth of streaming viewership, it's never been more important to accurately capture how audiences are engaging with content across all platforms. We support GroupM's efforts, in collaboration with iSpot, to rally all industry stakeholders to improve measurement accuracy and agree on standards for streaming viewability, co-viewing and cross-platform reach and frequency."
John Halley, COO, Advertising, Paramount: "These CTV findings highlight device-level limitations. This industry effort goes beyond solutions like 'Are You Still Watching,' which is effective but imprecise, and moves us to better device-level awareness, which is a necessity to maintain the integrity of all premium video products."
Mike O'Donnell, Chief Revenue & Strategy Officer, VIZIO: "VIZIOs integrated hardware, software, and ACR data technology enable us to deliver verifiable audiences and power innovation in measurement. It's great to see our currency grade data utilized to help improve transparency and to reaffirm the value proposition of direct to device advertising."
Jon Steinlauf, Chief U.S. Advertising Sales Officer, Warner Bros. Discovery: "We want both our world-class content and our advertisers' messages to be seen, measured and properly counted. By addressing continuous play with a solution our entire industry can get behind, GroupM propels greater trust, transparency, and accountability in the CTV space, and that benefits everyone in this ecosystem."
1 Comscore's OTT Intelligence Report as cited in company blog post, May 12, 2022.
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REIDSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia judge has been arrested on charges that he threatened a man who confronted the jurist about taking vegetables from his garden.
Tattnall County Chief Magistrate Judge Eddie Anderson, 70, was charged Monday with felony counts of making a terrorist threat and violating his oath of office, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a news release. He was booked at the county jail and released on his own recognizance.
The GBI said a man reported to the county sheriff that he believed the judge had come onto his property and taken vegetables without permission. The man told authorities Anderson threatened him with violence when confronted during a phone call.
Witnesses overheard the judge making the threat, the GBI said.
Anderson did not immediately respond to an a phone message left at his office or an email seeking comment Tuesday.
Whether Anderson remains on the bench pending resolution of the charges ultimately depends on the Georgia Supreme Court. An investigative panel of the state Judicial Qualifications Commission, which investigates judicial misconduct, has authority to ask the high court to suspend him.
Records show the state Supreme Court reprimanded Anderson in 2019 for non-criminal misconduct after the judge was accused of calling an auto dealer and demanding that he return a woman's car that had been repossessed for lack of payments. When the dealer refused, the judge advised the woman to file a case in his court, according to the complaint against the judge. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Georgia-judge-charged-with-threatening-garden-17330547.php | 2022-07-26 21:57:32 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Georgia-judge-charged-with-threatening-garden-17330547.php |
PHOENIX — Arizona House Republicans tried, but failed, to expel a Democratic lawmaker who admitted to a Bible-hiding prank caught on hidden camera.
Instead, GOP representatives could only muster a 30-28 vote to censure Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton on Tuesday.
Stahl Hamilton, a Tucson Democrat and ordained Presbyterian minister, has never disputed the facts of the matter – on three separate occasions, swiping Bibles from end tables in the Arizona House members' lounge and hiding them under cushions, and in one instance, a nearby refrigerator. She has described her actions as a playful commentary on the separation of church and state and a protest against the weaponization of religion in politics.
But many Republicans were outraged by what they called the "desecration" of scripture – some commented that they may have unknowingly sat on the Bible when it was hidden under seat cushions.
"To do so is flagrantly offensive, and something the House needs to take seriously," said Rep. Justin Heap, one of three Republicans who filed an ethics complaint against Stahl Hamilton over the incidents.
Heap, who voted for expulsion, said the matter "really comes down to a simple question: What do we as a body value more? The reputations of Arizona politicians or the reputation of God in the world?"
"I know which side of that debate that I come down on," Heap said.
Other Republicans referenced the April expulsion of former Rep. Liz Harris for inviting a witness to present false charges about lawmakers and other state officials — and then, according to an ethics committee report, lying about her involvement in the outrageous testimony.
Though the circumstances of their actions were vastly different, the House Ethics Committee found both Harris and Stahl Hamilton in violation of House Rule No. 1, which governs disorderly conduct.
Still, the vote fell well short of the two-thirds majority needed to kick a member out of the House. Democrats and four Republicans rejected the motion to expel.
One of those Republicans, Rep. David Cook, also voted against the censure and defended Stahl Hamilton's character while lamenting her poor judgment.
"Everyone in this room, everyone you know, every family member that I know, has made a poor decision at one time or another. And I think this is overkill for a bad, chosen prank," Cook said in explaining his vote against expulsion. "And an apology was good with me."
The Tuesday votes followed a full-blown investigation into the matter, even after Hamilton was caught, admitted to and apologized for her actions. The committee's unanimous seven-page report cast doubt on the sincerity of the apology, as well as Stahl Hamilton's characterization of her actions as a "joke."
"Many members of this committee do not view this as an act of jest," the report stated.
The report concluded that, by hiding Bibles, Stahl Hamilton "deprived members who choose to exercise their religious beliefs by referring to the biblical texts of an opportunity to do so."
The committee also wrote that the "offense and disrespect" Stahl Hamilton displayed for the Bible were not unique to the Bible.
"Her actions would have been equally offensive and disrespectful if it had been the Book of Mormon, Qur'an, or any other religious text," the report stated.
However, the Bible is the only religious text available in the members lounge.
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BERLIN (AP) — The German parliament on Friday cleared the way for the government to provide up to 200 billion euros ($195 billion) in subsidies to households and businesses to ease the strain of high energy prices, a plan that has been greeted with suspicion elsewhere in Europe.
Lawmakers agreed to let a government economic stabilization fund borrow the money and approved an exemption from a rule that imposes severe limits on running up new debt.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz tweeted that the decision was “good news for all who are looking with concern at their service costs, and for small businesses and companies.”
Details of how exactly the plan will work have yet to be finalized. A government-appointed expert panel last week proposed a two-stage system for the part of the package that would address natural gas bills.
It suggested that the state take on the cost of gas customers’ monthly bill in December, followed by a price subsidy for part of what they use starting early next year.
The package, which is expected to run through 2024, also is supposed to help limit electricity prices if imposing a levy on power companies’ high profits doesn’t provide enough money. Details of that aspect are still being worked on.
Some other European Union countries think the move by the 27- nation bloc’s biggest economy should have been coordinated with them and have expressed concern that it could jack up prices elsewhere.
Scholz has repeatedly defended the plan and insisted that Germany is showing solidarity with the rest of Europe. In a speech to the German parliament before an EU summit that opened Thursday, he said that measured over 2½ years, it adds up to 2% of Germany’s gross domestic product.
“That is in the magnitude of the packages that have been and are being drawn up elsewhere in Europe this year — in France, in Italy or in Spain, for example,” he said. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-german-parliament-clears-way-for-huge-energy-relief-package/ | 2022-10-21 20:59:16 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-german-parliament-clears-way-for-huge-energy-relief-package/ |
NAPERVILLE, Ill., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Track Group, Inc. (OTCQX: TRCK), a global leader in offender tracking and monitoring services, today announced financial results for its third quarter ended June 30, 2022 ("Q3 FY22"). In Q3 FY22, the Company posted (i) total revenue of $9.0 million, compared to total revenue for the third quarter ended June 30, 2022 ("Q3 FY21") of $10.3 million; (ii) operating loss of ($0.53 million) compared to Q3 FY21 operating income of $1.3M; and (iii) net loss attributable to common shareholders of ($3.6 million) in Q3 FY22 compared to net income of $1.2 million in Q3 FY21.
"Although a reinvestment in our technology and infrastructure, coupled with supply chain constraints brought on by the pandemic continued to put a damper on our financial results for the third quarter ended June 30, 2022, we anticipate the realization of several preempted strategies in the next sixty to one hundred twenty days which would enable us to increase the manufacturing of new devices, commence implementation of recently awarded programs and support customer growth and demands into FY23," said Derek Cassell, Track Group's CEO.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
- Total revenue of $9.0 million in Q3 FY22 was down compared to Q3 FY21 total revenue of $10.3 million. Revenue for the 9 months ended June 30, 2022 ("9M FY22") of $28.1 million was also down approximately 5% compared to revenue of $29.6 million for the 9 months ended June 30, 2021 ("9M FY21") as declines in North America monitoring revenue was offset by increases in both monitoring and product sales among international customers. Revenues are expected to rebound as fulfilled orders from strategic supply chain deliveries resume over the next two quarters.
- Gross profit in Q3 FY22 was $4.0 million compared to Q3 FY21 gross profit of $5.6 million. Gross profit for the 9M FY22 was $13.3 million compared to gross profit of $16.3 million for 9M FY21, principally due to the decline in revenue, and an increase in certain expenses including higher depreciation and amortization, server, device repair and telecommunication expenses.
- Adjusted EBITDA for the Q3 FY22 was $1.3 million, compared to $2.8 million for Q3 FY21. Adjusted EBITDA for 9M FY22 was $5.3 million compared to the Adjusted EBITDA for 9M FY21 of $8.3 million. As a percentage of revenue, adjusted EBITDA continues to remain strong at 18.8%, for the 9M FY22 compared to 28.2% for the 9M FY21.
- As of June 30, 2022, the cash balance was down to $4.9 million compared to $8.4 million on September 30, 2021. The reduction in cash from September 30, 2021, reflects continued significant capital investments made by the Company of approximately $3.0 million in the 9M FY22 to build additional monitoring devices, update software, and develop next-generation tracking technology.
- Total operating expense for Q3 FY22 of $4.5 million was up 4% versus Q3 FY21's total operating expense of $4.3 million, principally due to an increase in travel, tradeshow, payroll and insurance expenses offset by a reduction in bad debt expense. When combined with the reduction in gross profit, the increase in quarterly operating expense led to an operating loss in Q3 FY22 of $0.5 million compared to operating income of $1.3 million for Q3 FY21. Similarly, for the 9M FY22, operating income was less than $0.1 million compared to operating income of $4.4 million for the 9M FY21 due to the reduction in gross profit and the increase in operating expense.
- The Net loss attributable to common shareholders in Q3 FY22 was $3.6 million compared to Net income attributable to common shareholders of $1.2 million in Q3 FY21. Similarly, the Net loss attributable to common shareholders for the 9M FY22 was $3.5 million, compared to net income of $4.7 million for the 9M FY21, a change principally attributable to the reduction in Other Income to a loss position caused by the drop in operating income, a currency exchange loss and the swing from the forgiveness of the PPP loan one year ago to a legal settlement during the period.
Business Outlook
The extent to which supply chain delays, the Coronavirus, and the transition to 4G/LTE telecommunications technology impact our future operations will depend on numerous factors that we cannot accurately predict. However, we will not match our results for the fiscal year ended September 2021 ("FY21") in the upcoming year ending September 30, 2022 ("FY22"). Despite these short-term challenges faced by companies worldwide, Track Group remains confident that our continued focus on strategic adaptation, and growth, which evidenced success in FY21, will allow us to be well-positioned for a return to growth in FY23.
About Track Group, Inc.
Track Group designs, manufactures, and markets location tracking devices and develops and sells a variety of related software, services, accessories, networking solutions, and monitoring applications. The Company's products and services are designed to empower professionals in security, law enforcement, corrections, and rehabilitation organizations worldwide with single-sourced offender management solutions that integrate reliable intervention technologies to support re-socialization and monitoring initiatives.
The Company currently trades under the ticker symbol "TRCK" on the OTCQX exchange. For more information, visit www.trackgrp.com
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Any statements contained in this document that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "forecast," "intend," "may," "plan," "project," "predict," "if", "should" and "will" and similar expressions as they relate to Track Group, Inc., and subsidiaries ("Track Group") are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are only predictions and reflect Track Group's current beliefs and expectations with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties and subject to change at any time. Track Group may from time-to-time update these publicly announced projections, but it is not obligated to do so. Any projections of future results of operations should not be construed in any manner as a guarantee that such results will in fact occur. These projections are subject to change and could differ materially from final reported results. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, see "Risk Factors" in Track Group's annual report on Form 10-K, its quarterly report on Form 10-Q, and its other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. New risks emerge from time to time. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the dates on which they are made.
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Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA excludes items including but not limited to interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, impairment charges, gains and losses, currency effects, one-time charges or benefits that are not indicative of operations, charges to consolidate, integrate or consider recently acquired businesses, costs of closing facilities, stock based or other non-cash compensation or other stated cash and non-cash charges (the "Adjustments").
The Company believes the non-GAAP measures provide useful information to both management and investors when factoring in the Adjustments. Specific disclosure regarding the Company's financial results, including management's analysis of results from operations and financial condition, are contained in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021, and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Investors are encouraged to carefully read and consider such disclosure and analysis contained in the Company's Form 10-K and other reports, including the risk factors contained in such Form 10-K.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Singer-songwriter Noah Kahan’s “Stick Season” is about New England — a topic the Vermont native says he could write about for the rest of his life — but it’s also largely about in-between spaces.
When resentment lingers but forgiveness feels possible. When a broken friendship is just beginning to mend. When homesickness clashes with a desire to leave. Or, in the case of the album’s title track, when fall hasn’t yet turned to winter.
Writing the folk-pop album, he told The Associated Press, felt “like breathing.”
Kahan revisits those themes through a new lens on the recently released “Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever),” a deluxe version of the album that adds six new tracks and an extended version of fan-favorite “The View Between Villages.” The additions also see Kahan reflect on the eight months between the original album’s release and now.
“I’m speaking about the highs and the lows,” Kahan said of reconciling the version of home he’d written about with reality. “And the truth is it’s always somewhere in the middle when you really go back.”
“Stick Season,” the song, went viral last year, earning millions of streams fueled largely by social media. It wasn’t his first big release — at 26, Kahan has already put out three studio albums and two EPs. But it was one with momentum: Fans had latched onto the song long before its release, having heard Kahan perform it on pandemic-era Instagram livestreams and at shows that followed. When the single came out last July, Kahan called it “his favorite song ever” in a tweet.
Viral TikToks followed. Among them was a cover by two sisters seated at a piano, harmonizing.
“We’re Canadian. We’re very Canadian. At that point, we had never left the country,” Moira MacMullin, 24, one-half of the indie folk-pop duo Moira & Claire, told the AP. “But somehow we got into the emotions of it … there’s just something about his writing.”
Their TikTok video, posted the day after the song’s release, now has nearly 3 million views. Kahan commented on the TikTok: “Better than the original.” Moira MacMullin’s first trip outside Canada would be to see Kahan perform in Vermont.
“Everyone in the crowd is from Vermont, and I’m like (singing) ‘I love Vermont,’ and I’m not even from there,” she said. “It was so loud, and … just wild.”
Seeing fans connect with the song’s lyrics and themes has been “the coolest thing,” Kahan said, especially because “Stick Season” also marked his wholehearted embrace of the folk genre and childhood influences like The Avett Brothers and Paul Simon.
“When I would write songs that were more pop-y in a studio, I would go home and write a song that was more folk-y just for me because I felt like I was accessing that inner child,” Kahan said of previous projects. “Being able to finally explore that in this record and really lean into those inspirations and those feelings was really freeing.”
Moments of humor throughout the album reflect Kahan’s personality. But the topics he dissects are heavy — along with heartbreak, isolation and homesickness, there are references to substance abuse, death, depression and divorce. Kahan’s narrators aren’t perfect, but that’s the point.
Making the album about home, he said, felt like home. But watching it explode in the months that followed was challenging emotionally and creatively.
“I wanted to kind of show people who I was and continue to do that in the context of ‘Stick Season,’ but also explain this journey I’ve been on in the past year, with touring all the time and trying to be creative and feeling like I was a fraud,” Kahan, who has long been open about his mental health, said as he described the motivation behind the deluxe album.
That meant introducing some acceptance and grace, to counter some of the resentment he said imbued the original release: “In a lot of ways I wrote this record as a letter to myself to say it’s okay to feel these things and it’s okay to go on this journey.”
At a sold-out concert at New York’s Radio City Music Hall two days before the deluxe album’s release, Kahan encouraged “even the happiest person in the room” to be in therapy. He sang his lyrics, with their open references to depression, medication and therapy, and invited the audience to scream his words back to him.
Dressed in deep greens, browns, plaid and blue denim overalls, the crowd obliged, rendering the atmosphere at Radio City one you’d find at summer camp — and not just because the show fell on a day when the air outside smelled of bonfire smoke.
“Songwriting for me has always been a way to process my emotions. Sometimes I’m not great at processing them in a very logical way. Sometimes it takes me sitting down and writing a song to remember that I was feeling that way,” Kahan told the AP. “But for me the question is always can this help somebody get through their own discomfort … or problem or struggle?”
That’s part of why it felt like a natural step for him to launch The Busyhead Project, an initiative aiming to raise $1 million for organizations that specialize in mental health resources and awareness. Launched last month, the project named for his 2019 album has already raised over $340,000, with Kahan donating a portion of his tour ticket sales.
Joy Oladokun, Kahan’s tour opener, acknowledged her own mental health struggles during her set. Her latest album, “Proof of Life,” features a collaboration with Kahan, the dark-but-also-kind-of-funny “We’re All Gonna Die.”
“For me, music has always been about bridge building,” Oladokun told AP.
Acknowledging hard things in her songs or on stage before performing them “is very much central to my values,” like Kahan’s, she added. “That is the reason I leave my house and go on tour in the first place.”
But honesty can be brutal. These songs aren’t always easy to sing — or to sing along to.
“A lot of these songs talk about shame and about substance abuse and about parental flaws and family trauma. And those are tricky things,” Kahan said. “They’re tricky for me to write, and it’s tricky (for fans) to own that in a show and to sing it. But it’s a beautiful, beautiful thing to see.”
One song that’s been unexpectedly embraced is “Orange Juice.” Kahan has said the track, which alludes to sobriety, is about two friends who reunite after their relationship fell apart in the wake of shared trauma.
“That’s a song that I was almost not going to play because it felt so personal and so vulnerable,” Kahan said. Watching people own it on social media and at shows makes him proud.
“We are writing about heavy things and we are dealing with heavy things, and we are two sensitive people,” Oladokun said. But she also tries to keep some humor at the forefront of her projects. In the lyric video for “We’re All Gonna Die,” animated versions of the duo race coffins, parodying Mario Kart (which they also play together before soundcheck).
“We also like to have fun, you know?” she said. | https://www.wane.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/noah-kahan-writes-songs-about-new-england-his-vulnerability-has-far-wider-appeal/ | 2023-06-15 22:52:55 | 0 | https://www.wane.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/noah-kahan-writes-songs-about-new-england-his-vulnerability-has-far-wider-appeal/ |
(NewsNation) — Only half of Americans think the economic benefits of a college education outweigh the costs, according to a USA Today/Public Agenda poll released Monday.
The new report, based on a survey of 1,662 American adults, found young people without degrees are particularly skeptical of the economic upside of attending college.
That skepticism appears to be driven by the rising cost of higher education rather than a perceived decline in the value of a degree — 86% of respondents agreed that a college education can help working adults advance their careers, and about 70% said a college education helps people become better informed.
So is college still worth the price of admission? NewsNation asked Kevin Miller, the associate director of education at the Bipartisan Policy Center.
“In general, the research shows that going to college pays off,” Miller said.
He pointed out that a student’s choice of major and the institution they attend can impact the extent to which that’s true.
According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median weekly earnings for a worker with a bachelor’s degree is $1,334, compared to $809 for those with only a high school diploma. And there is evidence that the gap is growing.
Despite the earnings gap, wages have not kept pace with rising tuition costs, and that’s led many to reconsider advancing their education.
Since 1980, the average price tag for undergraduate education has increased nearly 170%, while earnings for workers ages 22-27 have only gone up 19%, according to a 2021 report from Georgetown University.
Today, the average student loan debt for recent college graduates is about $30,000.
“I think the student debt crisis is certainly decreasing morale and is giving people a lot of concern, which is fair,” Miller said.
Research suggests outcomes vary widely depending on the type of school students attend.
In a report published earlier this year, Miller found the vast majority of public and private nonprofit institutions provide a positive return on investment for their students but a third category, private for-profit institutions, were far less likely to do so.
College graduates also face lower unemployment rates on average, BLS data shows.
Monday’s survey results suggest a broader decline in college attendance could be set to continue.
Undergraduate enrollment is down nearly 1.4 million students since the start of the pandemic, according to National Student Clearinghouse data. It remains to be seen whether those numbers will rebound to pre-pandemic levels.
As recently as 2013, 70% of Americans said a college education was “very important” but by 2019 the proportion who said the same was just 51%, according to Gallup polling. | https://phl17.com/nmw/is-college-worth-the-cost-only-half-of-americans-think-so/ | 2022-07-12 21:00:40 | 1 | https://phl17.com/nmw/is-college-worth-the-cost-only-half-of-americans-think-so/ |
STANFORD, Calif., June 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching is pleased to announce that Jorge A. Aguilar, Superintendent of the Sacramento City Unified School District, has joined the Board of Trustees.
"We are delighted Jorge has agreed to serve as a trustee," said Diane Tavenner, Chair of the Carnegie Foundation Board of Trustees. "Jorge brings an unequivocal focus on children, educational equity and impact. His appointment to the Board is a testament to his exceptional leadership and tireless dedication to improvement in education."
"Jorge is brilliant, dedicated, humble and always keeps his eyes on the prize," said Timothy F.C. Knowles, President of the Carnegie Foundation. "The Foundation will benefit enormously from having Jorge in our firmament."
Jorge A. Aguilar began his career in education as a Spanish teacher at South Gate High School. He currently serves as the Superintendent of the Sacramento City Unified School District, with responsibility for over forty thousand students. Previously he served as Associate Superintendent in Fresno Unified School District and Associate Vice Chancellor for Educational and Community Partnerships and Special Assistant to the Chancellor at the University of California, Merced.
Under his leadership, Aguilar has supported educators to significantly increase high school completion rates, dramatically reduce dropout rates, raise student performance, and improve post-secondary entry and success. He recently forged a historic agreement with the region's major higher education institutions to enable Sacramento students to seamlessly transition to higher education. Aguilar is a champion for equity and access in education and has guided Sacramento City Unified in the creation of an award-winning Facilities Master Plan, which serves as a model for other districts for reimagining how construction and improvement projects are prioritized with a focus on schools that are historically underserved.
Aguilar also serves as a Commissioner on the Carnegie Postsecondary Commission, a Carnegie Learning Leadership Network member and he provided plenary remarks for the 10th Anniversary Carnegie Foundation Summit on Improvement in Education. He is recipient of the Winston Doby Impact Award for exceptional professionals chosen by their colleagues for commitment to improving educational opportunities for California students. In 2015, Aguilar was invited by first lady Michelle Obama to present on education equity and access as part of a White House initiative. The same year, he was appointed by California State Superintendent to the state's Advisory Task Force on Accountability and Continuous Improvement.
He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a degree in Latin American Studies and Spanish and Portuguese and earned his Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. He is the son of farm workers in the central valley of California and a product of the Migrant Education Program. He spent his early childhood migrating back and forth between Parlier, California and the state of Michoacán, Mexico.
"I am honored to join the Carnegie Foundation Board of Trustees," said Aguilar. "This appointment represents an incredible opportunity to collaborate with esteemed leaders and contribute to driving transformational change in both K12 and higher education. My work has always been grounded in a philosophy that all students should graduate K-12 with the greatest number of postsecondary choices from the widest array of options, and I am looking forward to supporting the Carnegie Foundation to realize this goal for every student."
"Jorge possesses an unwavering commitment to educational excellence and equity," said Knowles. "He will be an invaluable trustee, as we undertake work to catalyze educational transformation so every student has the opportunity to live a healthy, dignified, and fulfilling life."
About the Carnegie Foundation
The mission of the Carnegie Foundation is to catalyze transformational change in education so that every student has the opportunity to live a healthy, dignified, and fulfilling life. Enacted by an act of Congress in 1906, the Foundation has a rich history of driving transformational change in the education sector, including the establishment of TIAA-CREF and the creation of the Education Testing Service, the GRE, and the Carnegie Classifications for Higher Education. The Foundation was also instrumental in the formation of the U.S. Department of Education and Pell Grants, and mostly recently in the use of networked improvement science to redress systemic inequities in educational opportunities and outcomes.
Carnegie Foundation: Kito Cetrulo, kcetrulo@carnegiefoundation.org
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Maybe the excitement around a Daphne caterer’s crawfish king cake is our definitive sign that this whole king cake thing has gotten completely out of hand.
But it’s not the only one. Here’s a look at the current state of play. And remember: As a currently popular meme states, the king cake knife stays in the king cake box, crusty icing and all. It is the way.
Crawfish king cake
Gourmet Goodies, a Daphne-based business that offers take-home meals and catering, made quite a splash the annual King Cake Extravaganza, an event presented by the Friends of St. Alphonsus Art & Cultural Center in New Orleans. King Cake expert Brendon Oldendorf – famous for sampling more than 100 king cakes in a season – had a hand in the judging, in which the Gourmet Goodies entry ended up ranked as the top Alabama entry, the top savory entry, the best new contender and the third overall, out of 150 entries from five states.
Since then, Gourmet Goodies has been trying to keep up with demand for its award-winning product, which uses a homemade bread recipe that’s filled with crawfish dressing and topped with bacon, scallions and a Cajun crawfish cream sauce. To augment the limited supply, they’ve been putting out batches of smaller “king cake bombs” at $20 for 4. But you’ll have to keep a close eye on their Facebook page for word of fresh batches, because they go fast.
‘Fully booked’
If you were wondering who won that King Cake Extravaganza, the best overall submission was from James Beard Award-winning Dong Phuong Bakery, “the oldest and most established Vietnamese bakery in New Orleans.” How hard is to get one of these Holy Grail King Cakes? Well, they started taking online ordering back on Dec. 31 and pre-orders were sold out within 48 hours, according to their Facebook page. Online orders for 2023 are fully booked, it says at kingcake.dpbakery.com. A limited number of king cakes are made available for walk-up sales every day but Tuesday, and you might get lucky with one of the authorized resellers listed on the Dong Phuong site.
The King Cake King
As a leading King Cake influencer, Oldendorf dresses up in tricolor regalia and gives his royal King Cake King verdict on presentation, icing, dough and filling. He literally takes this royal act from city to city: He recently dropped in to check the mini king cakes (basically king cupcakes) at Bake My Day on Old Shell Road in midtown Mobile. Overall he gave them a 9 out of 10 and said he would “maybe bring a couple back to New Orleans.” High praise indeed. Not all heroes wear capes, but this one is decked out in purple, green and gold. Check out his further adventures at www.kingcakeplanet.com or on Facebook.
King Cake-Off
Speaking of competitions, Mobile’s own 5th annual King Cake-Off takes place from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 27, at the Mobile Civic Center Expo Hall. This event, which benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Alabama, lets visitors vote on the best king cakes and king cake-inspired treats. It also features live music, local vendors, kids’ activities and more. For more information or to order tickets, visit www.kingcakeoff.com. (Advance ticket prices are $15 for adults, $5 for children ages 3-12 and $50 for VIP access.)
The Randazzo pipeline
With all due respect to the many Mobile-area purveyors of fine king cakes (not to mention the stacks of cakes available in every supermarket), it’ll come as no surprise that cakes brought in from New Orleans have a certain cachet. Specifically, cakes from the Randazzo family seem to have the same mystical appeal that Coors beer had, back when you weren’t supposed to be able to get it east of the Mississippi.
If you know, you know. And if you don’t, there’s Facebook. That one gas station out in west Mobile has been shipping in Manny Randazzo cakes again this year, most recently posting a big batch on Jan. 4. The Urban Emporium in downtown Mobile has been taking orders and shipping in cakes from Nonna Randazzo’s Bakery. And a cursory search turned up at least two fundraisers using Randazzo cakes. The Eastern Shore Medical Alliance’s annual sale of cakes from Randazzo’s Camellia City Bakery benefits the Alabama Free Clinic, Baldwin Family Village and Under His Wings, and is taking orders until Jan. 24. Email ESMAKingCakes@gmail.com for info. Miracle on the Bay, a nonprofit that supports St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, is taking orders for a Jan. 26 delivery of Manny Randazzo King Cakes at www.adjustersgivebackstore.org.
The Randazzo name is attached to a few different bakeries. As with king cakes – and Mardi Gras in general – the madness tends to ramify. | https://www.al.com/life/2023/01/five-signs-that-mardi-gras-king-cake-mania-is-in-full-swing.html | 2023-01-19 21:52:09 | 1 | https://www.al.com/life/2023/01/five-signs-that-mardi-gras-king-cake-mania-is-in-full-swing.html |
SOUTHERN PINES, N.C., Feb. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Instant Teams, the international talent marketplace, for military spouses and employers, announced a new community platform for military spouses, with a rollout starting at military bases across the country. Accessible to active duty, retiree, and veteran military spouses through verification by ID.me, a secure digital identity network, the Twelve Million Plus app advances the company's mission to connect military spouses worldwide and democratize access to resources, employment, and networking opportunities. Military spouses can download the free 12M+ app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.
"The more than twelve million military spouses come from diverse backgrounds, have unique experiences, and face constant challenges. We've designed 12M+ to modernize how they connect and gather resources, and we aim to remove existing barriers in private and public partnerships that impact their quality of life. This app provides a safe, secure space to engage and thrive with others in the community," said Founder and Chief People & Community Officer Erica McMannes.
Vetted companies, including Spouse-ly, an online marketplace to shop and support military spouse and veteran businesses, will be able to engage with the military spouse community on various topics, including employment, professional development, and financial wellness. They will have access to MILLIE, an online community providing resources and services to support military service members and their families throughout each PCS. Military spouses will also be able to upskill via "Google Career Certificates" at no cost to them through Instant Teams' partnership with Grow with Google, equipping participants with job-ready skills in high-growth fields. The app will also provide opportunities for friendship and connection with material from "as seen on The Tonight Show," stand-up comedian and military spouse Ashley Gutermuth, and the Best Medicine Brigade, which provides ways for veterans and military spouses to share their stories through comedy.
In addition to sharing today's landmark news, Instant Teams is opening a community workspace in Southern Pines, NC. "While we will always be remote-first, we are not remote-only," said Founder and CEO Liza Rodewald. "Military spouses often become isolated due to frequent moves, distance from family members, and the continuous effort to establish new support networks. Our kid-friendly community workspace allows military spouses to upskill, co-work, and connect with our local community and the 12M+ globally."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden was winding up for a speech at a Minnesota clean energy facility when he spotted a lawmaker in the crowd whom he wanted to recognize.
“I want to thank you for being here,” Biden said, gesturing toward Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar during his recent visit. “You never stop working to level the playing field for everybody.”
For Omar, the quick flash of praise from Biden — who was neither her first nor second choice to be the party’s 2020 White House nominee — was more than just a courtesy shout-out during a presidential visit to her suburban Minneapolis district. It was a recognition of how far Omar has come after a rocky start to her political career that at times made her standing with Democrats appear tenuous.
As she settles into her third term, Omar is no longer defined by the “firsts” that accompanied her arrival in Congress: one of the first Muslim women in the House, the first refugee from Africa elected to the House, the first lawmaker to wear a hijab while on the House floor.
In interviews with nearly a dozen Democrats in the House and Senate, lawmakers portray Omar as a serious legislator who in the past four years has earned admiration for giving voice to marginalized groups often forgotten on Capitol Hill.
The best example of this came in early February when every single House Democrat voted against a GOP resolution to remove her from the House Foreign Affairs Committee over her past comments critical of Israel.
“I think we’ve been successful in making the Democratic caucus, Democratic Party, Democratic establishment to get to a place where they are able to see me fully, for all of the multiple identities I am a first for and not just to see and celebrate it but to defend it,” Omar told The Associated Press.
In the debate over her committee seat, many of Omar’s fellow Democrats, including those of Jewish descent, spoke out in the chamber about what they said was hypocrisy from the new Republican majority.
“I don’t need any of you to defend me against antisemitism,” said Rep. Jan Shakowsky, D-Ill. “My friend Ilhan Omar and I have worked together toward the values that I treasure as an American Jew and that she treasures as an American Islamic woman, the only one on the Foreign Affairs Committee.”
Democrats called it payback because they had used their majority in the last Congress to oust far-right GOP lawmakers from committees for their incendiary, violent remark s. But the emotionally charged floor debate over Omar was a departure from the bipartisan outrage she faced in her first year in office. At that time, Democrats were confronted by the reality that comes with diverse viewpoints when Omar — showing less deference to the party line — dragged the divisions over Israel into the open.
It began with social media posts in which Omar criticized pro-Israel lobbyist groups and questioned the loyalty of Jewish lawmakers who pushed back against her criticisms of the Israeli government.
Omar apologized for her comments at the time, both privately to her Jewish colleagues and publicly. She said what she was questioning was the influence game in Washington and voicing her concern that anything she said about Israel and its treatment of Palestinians would be construed as antisemitic.
In response, top Democrats began to draft a resolution that would have condemned antisemitism, with an early version even mentioning Omar by name. At the time, only a handful of Democrats inside and outside of Congress came to her defense.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the highest-ranking progressive in Congress, said in April 2019 that Omar may “need to do a better job speaking to the Jewish community,” but that “it is not antisemitic to be critical of a right-wing government in Israel.”
Ben Rhodes, who was President Barack Obama’s deputy national security adviser, said that after meeting Omar early in her career, it was clear that she wanted to use her background to push for structural change in foreign policy.
“There are plenty of people in Congress that can represent the kind of established view of American foreign policy whether it’s on the Middle East or whether it’s on military policy,” Rhodes said. “There’s a desperate need for unconventional thinking and different perspectives, and that’s what she brings.”
The resolution that Democrats ended up introducing and passing in the spring of 2019 included condemnation of anti-Muslim bias but did not mention of Omar’s name. For the next several years, the former state legislator focused on bringing attention to issues that affected immigrants and families both back in her district and across Minnesota. And she gained support from various factions of the party as a result.
“The more time I’ve spent with her the more I’ve come to appreciate her perspective, the more I’ve come to realize how important her voice is to represent not just our community in Minnesota, not just in our country but many around the world,” Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., another Jewish member of Congress. “It’s not about agreeing. This building was not built for agreement. It was built to manage disagreement. And I’d like to think that she and I can be the perfect example of that.”
Omar began to move up the ranks in the Congressional Progressive Caucus — one of the largest ideological caucuses in the House. She become the vote counter for the caucus chair, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., in the last Congress as progressives helped pave the way for Biden’s agenda to pass the House and Senate.
In January, Omar was chosen by more than 100 members to serve as deputy caucus chair.
“She’s not gonna stop using her voice,” Jayapal said. “She’ll continue to use her voice on foreign affairs issues. Just kicking her off a committee is not going to silence her. She’s way too strong for that.”
Omar, who was born in Somalia, is now embarking on a new chapter “as a minority, in the minority,” helping Biden and the Democratic Party provide a split screen to Republican control by highlighting the implementation of several legislative achievements made in the past two years, including the infrastructure law.
“Being taken off the committee is not a pleasant experience. But I think she’s gonna turn it into a real blessing,” said Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., who was an early supporter of Omar and is a member of the House Democratic leadership team.
Omar is also chairing a newly formed Africa policy working group, where she and more than a dozen House Democrats will focus on issues concerning the continent.
“We don’t agree on everything,” said Rep. Sara Jacobs, one of the group’s members. “But we share a similar worldview, especially when it comes to the African continent, where we’re both really focused on U.S. engagement, not leading with our military, but actually leading with diplomacy and centering our values on human rights and promoting good governance.”
While many voiced concerns that her removal from the House Foreign Affairs Committee would effectively silence her on foreign policy, Omar said Republicans badly miscalculated, given that she was assigned to the House Budget Committee as a replacement.
“This is why I joke about the fact that Republicans taking me off the Foreign Affairs Committee essentially meant that they were promoting me,” Omar said.
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