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WASHINGTON (AP) — Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing female gymnasts including Olympic medalists, was stabbed multiple times during an altercation with another inmate at a federal prison in Florida.
Two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press the attack happened Sunday at United States Penitentiary Coleman. The people said he was in stable condition Monday.
One of the people said Nassar had been stabbed in the back and in the chest. The prison was experiencing staffing shortages, and one of the people familiar with the matter said the officers assigned to the unit where Nassar was held were working mandated overtime shifts.
The people were not authorized to publicly discuss details of the attack or the ongoing investigation and spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity.
Nassar is serving decades in prison for convictions in state and federal courts. He admitted sexually assaulting athletes when he worked at Michigan State University and at Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics, which trains Olympians. Separately, Nassar pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography.
The federal Bureau of Prisons has experienced significant staffing shortages in the last few years, an issue thrust into the spotlight when disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein took his own life at a federal jail in New York in 2019. An Associated Press investigation in 2021 revealed nearly one-third of federal correctional officer positions vacant nationwide, forcing prisons to use cooks, teachers, nurses and other workers to guard inmates. The staffing shortages have hampered the response to emergencies at other prisons, including suicides.
On Sunday, both officers working in the unit with Nassar were working overtime shifts. One of the officers was on the third straight shift, working a 16-hour day, one of the people said. And the other officer was on their second straight shift, the person said.
During victim impact statements in 2018, several athletes testified that over the course of Nassar’s more than two decades of sexual abuse they had told adults, including coaches and athletic trainers, what was happening but that it went unreported.
More than 100 women, including Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles, collectively sought more than $1 billion from the federal government for the FBI’s failure to stop Nassar when agents became aware of allegations against him in 2015. He was arrested by Michigan State University police in 2016, more than a year later.
The Justice Department’s inspector general said in July 2021 that the FBI made “fundamental” errors in investigating the sexual abuse allegations against Nassar and did not treat the case with the “utmost seriousness.” More athletes said they were molested before the the FBI swung into action.
The inspector general’s investigation was spurred by allegations that the FBI failed to promptly address complaints made in 2015 against Nassar. USA Gymnastics had conducted its own internal investigation, and the organization’s then-president, Stephen Penny, reported the allegations to the FBI’s field office in Indianapolis. But it took months before the bureau opened a formal investigation.
At least 40 girls and women said they were molested over a 14-month period while the FBI was aware of other sexual abuse allegations involving Nassar. Officials at USA Gymnastics also contacted FBI officials in Los Angeles in May 2016 after eight months of inactivity from agents in Indianapolis.
The FBI acknowledged conduct that was “inexcusable and a discredit” to America’s premier law enforcement agency.
Michigan State, which was accused of missing chances over many years to stop Nassar, agreed to pay $500 million to more than 300 women and girls who were assaulted by him. USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee made a $380 million settlement.
In June 2022, the Michigan Supreme Court rejected a final appeal from Nassar. Attorneys for Nassar said he was treated unfairly in 2018 and deserved a new hearing, based on vengeful remarks by a judge who called him a “monster” who would “wither” in prison like the wicked witch in “The Wizard of Oz.”
“I just signed your death warrant,” Ingham County Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said of Nassar’s 40-year sentence.
The state Supreme Court said that Nassar’s appeal was a “close question” and that it had “concerns” over the judge’s conduct. But the court also noted that Aquilina, despite her provocative comments, stuck to the sentencing agreement worked out by lawyers in the case.
“We decline to expend additional judicial resources and further subject the victims in this case to additional trauma where the questions at hand present nothing more than an academic exercise,” the court said in a two-page order.
More than 150 victims spoke or submitted statements during an extraordinary seven-day hearing in Aquilina’s court more than four years ago.
“It’s over. … Almost six years after I filed the police report, it’s finally over,” said Rachael Denhollander, the first woman to publicly accuse Nassar.
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Sisak reported from New York.
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CHICAGO, Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Diana's Bananas, LLC of Chicago is announcing an allergy alert and voluntary recall of its 10.5-ounce packages of Milk Chocolate Banana Babies dipped frozen bananas that may contain undeclared peanuts. People who have allergies to peanuts run the risk of a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products.
The voluntary recall comes after it was discovered that the product was distributed in packaging that did not reveal the presence of peanut butter.
The recalled Banana Babies Milk Chocolate were distributed to six specific retailers/distributors (Stater Brothers, San Bernardino, California; Albertsons/Safeway Irvine, California; Kroger Syracuse, Utah; Lipari Foods, Warren, Michigan; UNFI Iowa City, Iowa; UNFI, Ridgefield, Washington).
The product comes in a 10.5-ounce, blue box marked with a BEST IF USED BY DATE of C 08 05 23 on the top of the pull tab. The UPC code is- 7-43490-00010-4.
Consumers who have purchased 10.5-ounce packages of Milk Chocolate Banana Babies with a "BEST IF USED BY" date of C 08 05 23 are urged to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact Diana's Bananas from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Standard Time, Monday through Friday, at 1-800-848-3641 or by emailing customer-service@dianasbananas.com.
No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this problem. Diana's Bananas is committed to upholding the highest safety and quality standards.
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HONG KONG (AP) — Dozens of police officers patrolled Hong Kong’s Victoria Park on Saturday after authorities for a third consecutive year banned public commemoration of the anniversary of the deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989.
For decades, an annual candlelight vigil was held in the park to remember the violent suppression by army troops of student protesters demanding greater democracy in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. Hundreds, if not thousands, were killed.
The ban is seen as part of a move to snuff out political dissent and a sign that Hong Kong is losing its freedoms as Beijing tightens its grip over the semi-autonomous Chinese city.
The vigil organizers, the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, disbanded last year after many of its leaders were arrested on suspicion of violating the national security law, which was imposed following massive pro-democracy protests in 2019.
Authorities have cited risks from the coronavirus for banning the public commemoration over the past three years. Critics say the pandemic is used as an excuse to infringe on the right to assemble.
A government statement Friday said that parts of Victoria Park, which traditionally served as the venue for the candlelight vigil, will be closed as it may be used for “illegal activities.” The move was to “prevent any unauthorized assemblies” in the park and to reduce the possibility of COVID-19 spread.
Earlier in the week, a police superintendent warned that anyone who gathered in a group “at the same place, with the same time and with a common purpose to express certain views” could be considered part of an unauthorized assembly.
Since the British handed over Hong Kong to China in 1997, the city has been governed under a “one country, two systems” framework that gives it freedoms not found on the mainland, including freedom of speech and assembly.
For years, Hong Kong and Macao were the only places on Chinese soil allowed to commemorate the Tiananmen crackdown. In China, keywords such as “Tiananmen massacre” and “June 4” are strictly censored online, and people are not allowed to publicly mark the events.
Hong Kong’s crackdown on the Tiananmen commemorations has drawn criticism internationally.
“Today, the struggle for democracy and freedom continues to echo in Hong Kong, where the annual vigil to commemorate the massacre in Tiananmen Square was banned by the PRC and Hong Kong authorities in an attempt to suppress the memories of that day,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement, referring to the People’s Republic of China.
Blinken said the U.S. would continue to speak out and promote accountability on human rights abuses by China, including those in Hong Kong, against Muslim minorities in the western Xinjiang region as well as Tibet.
“To the people of China and to those who continue to stand against injustice and seek freedom, we will not forget June 4,” he said.
Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry wrote on its Facebook page that “when this time of year comes around, there is a lot one can’t say, a lot one can’t write, and a lot one can’t even look up on the internet.”
The post encouraged Chinese citizens who use a VPN to access Facebook, which is blocked in China, and search for information on the Tiananmen Square massacre “to see what their country is hiding from them.”
“We hope that no more will the individual be sacrificed for the party, and that freedom, democracy and human rights can become our common language with them,” the ministry’s post said.
Amid the ban on events in Hong Kong, overseas gatherings and seminars in the U.S., Taipei, Prague and elsewhere have taken on larger significance, with calls online encouraging people to participate.
In recent years, institutions including universities have also removed sculptures and artwork that mark the Tiananmen massacre to comply with a harsh national security law that Beijing imposed on the city in June 2020.
Authorities have been using the law to crack down on the opposition, with over 150 people arrested on suspicion of offences that include subversion, secession, terrorism and foreign collusion to intervene in the city’s affairs.
In December 2021, a sculpture called “Pillar of Shame,” which depicts torn and twisted bodies symbolizing the lives lost during the massacre, was taken down at the University of Hong Kong. Officials said that no approval had been obtained to display the sculpture.
A day later, two other universities in the city removed monuments related to the commemoration of the Tiananmen massacre, citing similar reasons as well as legal issues.
Last week, Jens Galschioet, the artist who created “Pillar of Shame,” unveiled a full-scale replica of the 8-meter- (26 foot) tall sculpture at the University of Oslo in Norway. | https://www.wivb.com/news/world/police-patrol-hong-kong-park-amid-tiananmen-vigil-ban/ | 2022-06-04 11:31:03 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/world/police-patrol-hong-kong-park-amid-tiananmen-vigil-ban/ |
LONDON (AP) — Scotland’s governing party elected Humza Yousaf as its new leader on Monday, making him the first person of color and the first Muslim to lead the country of 5.5 million people.
Yousaf narrowly defeated rival Kate Forbes after a bruising five-week contest that exposed deep fractures within the pro-independence Scottish National Party as it faces an impasse in its quest to take Scotland out of the United Kingdom.
The 37-year-old Glasgow-born son of South Asian immigrants is set to be confirmed as first minister during a session of the Scottish parliament in Edinburgh on Tuesday.
Yousaf, who currently is Scotland’s health minister, beat two other Scottish lawmakers in a contest to replace First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. She unexpectedly stepped down last month after eight years as leader of the party and of Scotland’s semi-autonomous government.
SNP members chose Yousaf over Scottish finance minister Forbes by a margin of 52% to 48%, after third-placed candidate Ash Regan was eliminated in a first vote. Turnout among the 72,000 members was 70%.
Yousaf faces the challenge of uniting the SNP and reenergizing the stalled independence campaign.
“Just as I will lead the SNP in the interests of all party members, not just those who voted for me, so I will lead Scotland in the interests of all our citizens whatever your political allegiance,” he said in an acceptance speech at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield rugby stadium.
Yousaf paid tribute to his late grandparents, who emigrated from the Punjab to Glasgow more than 60 years ago.
“They couldn’t have imagined, in their wildest dreams, that two generations later their grandson would one day be Scotland’s first minister,” he said. “We should all take pride in the fact that today we have sent a clear message: that your color of skin, your faith, is not a barrier to leading the country we all call home.”
Yousaf is widely seen as a “continuity Sturgeon” candidate who shares the outgoing leader’s liberal social views.
A formidable leader who led the SNP to a dominant position in Scottish politics, Sturgeon failed in her aim of taking Scotland out of the U.K. and divided the party with a contentious transgender rights law.
The three candidates to succeed her shared the goal of independence, but differed in their economic and social visions for Scotland.
Forbes, 32, is an evangelical Christian who has been criticized for saying that her faith would have prevented her from voting in favor of allowing same-sex couples to wed, had she been a lawmaker when Scotland legalized gay marriage in 2014.
Both Forbes and 49-year-old Regan opposed legislation championed by Sturgeon to make it easier for people in Scotland to legally change their gender.
The gender recognition bill has been hailed as a landmark piece of legislation by transgender rights activists, but faced opposition from some SNP members who said it ignored the need to protect single-sex spaces for women, such as domestic violence shelters and rape crisis centers.
Yousaf has promised to push forward with the bill, which has been passed by the Scottish parliament but blocked by the U.K. government.
The SNP holds 64 of the 129 seats in the Scottish parliament and governs in coalition with the much smaller Greens. The smaller party had warned it might quit the coalition if the SNP elected a leader that doesn’t share its progressive views — meaning a victory by Forbes or Regan could have splintered the government.
That split has been avoided, but the pro-independence campaign remains adrift. Scottish voters backed remaining in the U.K. in a 2014 referendum that was billed as a once-in-a-generation decision. The SNP wants a new vote, but the central government in London has refused to authorize one, and the U.K. Supreme Court has ruled that Scotland can’t hold one without London’s consent.
Yousaf said he would ask the Conservative government in London for authorization to hold a new referendum. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s office said the answer remained no.
Yousaf has also said he wants to build a “settled, sustained” majority for independence. Polls currently suggest Scottish voters are split about evenly on the issue.
“To those in Scotland who don’t yet share the passion I do for independence, I will aim to earn your trust by continuing to govern well,” Yousaf said.
The acrimonious SNP leadership contest has sent the SNP’s poll ratings plunging — to the delight of the Labour Party and the Conservatives, which hope to gain seats in Scotland during the next U.K.-wide election, likely next year.
Critics say Yousaf, who served in several posts in Sturgeon’s government, bears some responsibility for Scotland’s long health care waiting times, homelessness problem and high drug death toll.
Independent pollster Mark Diffley said that while the SNP members who elected Yousaf are passionately concerned about independence, the new leader “will now have to pivot really quite sharply towards what public priorities are, which is not the same.”
“It’s more about supporting people through the cost of living crisis, getting economic growth, improving public services,” Diffley said. “That’s where reality will bite, I think, pretty soon.” | https://fox59.com/business/ap-business/scotlands-ruling-snp-picks-new-leader-to-succeed-sturgeon/ | 2023-03-27 22:41:56 | 1 | https://fox59.com/business/ap-business/scotlands-ruling-snp-picks-new-leader-to-succeed-sturgeon/ |
Asian Fast Casual franchise turns a desire for transparency, a need for integrated technology, and solutions to mounting labor pressures into key brand differentiators
TOLEDO, Ohio, Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Balance Grille, the rising leader in Asian Fast Casual revealed its plans to continue its national expansion efforts through a targeted franchising strategy focused on highly-qualified multi-unit operators within select markets across the United States after opening its first franchise location in Colorado last summer. This announcement also comes after having joined forces with the industry-experienced leadership at Pivotal Growth Partners (PGP), a growth and development organization focused on accelerating small, emerging brands to scale. With a refined focus on clean eating, a literal approach to menu transparency, authenticity, and a digital-first approach, Balance Grille has been turning heads throughout the fast-casual industry since 2010, solving for nearly every issue facing the restaurant arena today and instead turning them into key differentiators for the brand:
- Clean Eating Meets Fast Food – Flavorful Pan-Asian menu featuring bowls, snacks, tacos, bubble tea, and seasonal specials – totally customizable and made to order. Fresh, whole ingredients chopped, cooked, and prepared in an open-kitchen format, so you know just where your food comes from, and how it's prepared.
- Ahead-of-the-Curve Tech Integration – Rooted in efficiency, Balance Grille has weaved technology into every aspect of the brand to optimize both the customer and employee experience, as well as automating administration. The brand's digital-first approach includes iPad-based kitchen operations and an award-winning loyalty app experience with integrated online ordering and curbside check-in.
- Peer-to-Peer Management System – The Balance brand utilizes a managerless employment model that ensures personal accountability through digital task lists and continuous learning and self-driven advancement through an app-based learning management system.
- A Labor Disruptor – Offering well-paying work with well-rounded training and opportunities for advancement is how the brand emphasizes autonomy for its tight-knit, top-notch team, resulting in an industry leading 2.46 years average tenure after first 60 days of employment amongst its "Balance fam."
"In today's market there is nothing like it," said Cameron Cummins, PGP Co-Founder and Chief Franchise Officer for Balance Grille, "What you get as a franchisee of Balance is access to an 'operating system' predicated on transparency, technology and continuous improvement resulting in strong sales performance, minimal labor issues, and great-tasting food that customers love."
This unique approach to transparency, innovation and continuous improvement has earned the brand a spot on QSR's 40/40 List for 2022 as well as Fast Casual's Top 100 Movers and Shakers for 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022, and as a favorite among its home market fans.
Founded by Prakash Karamchandani (PK) and HoChan Jang (CJ), Balance Grille is redefining the fast-casual space by providing a fresh and flavorful take on clean eating and Asian cuisine. The menu features unique flavor profiles and food pairings made with farm fresh ingredients and is focused on achieving overall balance and wellness, much like the Asian diet, which promotes eating plant-based greens, vegetables and whole grains with minimal meat and dairy. The menu is clean eating in its purest form and delivered through a Pan-Asian menu focused on a fusion of flavors and ingredients from all across Asia.
"We wanted to introduce a concept that fills the gap in Asian fast casual restaurants. Our menu is full of trending ideas and choices for customization, while still having elements of familiarity and clean eating for a price that fits your lifestyle," said CJ. "Balance Grille provides quality wholesome food that makes you feel good while still having the indulgent flavors you crave from a variety of Asian cuisines."
With its new growth and development plan in place, the brand is targeting approximately 40+ locations over a 5-year period in select markets, partnering with highly qualified multi-unit operators through 5-store minimum area development commitments in order to position the brand as the preeminent Asian Fast Casual concept nationwide. Operators can expect an initial investment of $747,482 to $1,138,116 per location. Balance Grille is keeping things fresh and innovative in regard to its growth approach as well, allowing early investors to participate in a corporate monetization event if a call option is triggered.
"Our ideal partner is someone who is passionate about the brand and its culture, has an entrepreneurial spirit, and has prior experience as a multi-unit operator," said PK. "We strongly put an emphasis on community here at Balance Grille and believe that our operators will not only help us reach new markets, but also continuously improve our brand."
For more information on Balance Grille's franchising opportunity, please visit: https://balancegrille.com/franchise.
About Balance Grille
Balance Grille is an Asian-Fusion fast-casual restaurant chain, featuring a diverse menu of build-a-bowl bowls, tacos, snacks, and bubble teas. Since its founding in 2010, Balance Grille has successfully reinvented both the fast-casual concept and Asian Fusion cuisine with a refined focus on clean eating, a literal approach to menu transparency, authenticity, and ahead-of-the-curve tech integration. With 4 locations open and operating throughout Ohio, and its first outside of its home state in Colorado, Balance remains committed to serving happiness through food with a focus on community-minded, customer-centric craftsmanship, from farm to kitchen to taste buds – and a real appreciation for both those enjoying and those serving its feel-good food. For more information, visit https://balancegrille.com/.
About Pivotal Growth Partners
Pivotal Growth Partners (PGP) is a full-service Growth & Development Firm with an unparalleled track record of success in growing franchise brands. The experienced team at PGP has awarded & developed more than 5000 franchised businesses across the US and internationally, working with startups and some of the world's largest companies. With a combined 50+ years of experience and a network of growth and development partners, Pivotal Growth Partners creates value, growing small, regional companies into nationally acclaimed brands. PGP deploys proven processes and systems to effectively grow a business, by creating a "Results Focused" Franchise Growth & Support Culture within its brands. For more information, visit www.pivotalgrowthpartners.com.
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GENEVA, Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientis, an emerging leader in the science of skin discoloration, is excited to announce Cyspera Intensive System™ has been awarded the prestigious 2022 Allure Best of Beauty Breakthrough Award. This award honors the year's top innovations in beauty across all categories. Cyspera Intensive System™ joins only six other winners, chosen from a pool of more than 600 entries and 40 finalists.
"It is an honor to be named a 2022 Allure Best of Beauty Breakthrough Award winner," said Gonzague de Thé, Chief Commercial Officer for Scientis. "This award is a testament to our brand's revolutionary and proprietary Cysteamine Isobionic-Amide Complex™ which is clinically proven to help erase persistent brown patches, hyperpigmentation, and dark spots; in addition, it is safe even for long-term use. For far too long, there were only a few options to help lessen skin pigmentation issues effectively for all skin tones, including people with darker skin. The Cyspera Intensive System™ offers consumers a safe and clinically proven solution to address all types of hyperpigmentation with visible results, within 4 weeks."
Cyspera Intensive System™ is available at dermatologists' offices nationwide and online at https://shop.cyspera.com/us/cyspera-intensive-system-/23-start-111.html.
Cyspera® by Scientis is a novel intensive pigment corrector formulated with an exclusive Cysteamine Isobionic-Amide Complex™ to address the appearance of stubborn discoloration and even skin tone. It is proven to work on more kinds of skin discoloration than any other topical product available today. A first non-hydroquinone option to lessen hyperpigmentation, Cyspera Intensive System™ provides a multi-product approach to skin discoloration for beautiful, healthy skin. For information about Cyspera® by Scientis, visit https://us.Cyspera.com.
Scientis is a privately held specialty dermatology company located in Geneva, Switzerland. The company is dedicated to the development of innovative products addressing skin pigmentation concerns, including melanogenesis inhibitors, diagnostic and devices. For more information, visit: https://cyspera.com
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FREMONT, Calif. and SUNNYVALE, Calif. and WALLINGFORD, Conn., Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Leopard Imaging Inc. (Leopard Imaging), a global leader in intelligent embedded camera design and manufacturing, is collaborating with Axonne Inc. (Axonne), a Silicon Valley semiconductor startup that specialized in the simplification of Automotive In-Vehicle Network, and Amphenol Corporation (Amphenol) , one of the world's largest manufacturers of electronic device components and a Fortune 500 company. The three companies will showcase the world's first multi-gigabit automotive ethernet camera development module at DesignCon 2023 during January 31st - February 2nd at Santa Clara Convention Center, California.
In the joint efforts, Axonne and Leopard Imaging work together on the first IEEE 802.3ch camera modules, and Amphenol provides the Ve-Net Multi-Gig high speed connectors and STP cable assemblies. The demo is powered by Axonne's Cyton™ PHY and the camera modules designed and manufactured by leopard Imaging. The Amphenol Ve-NET header will be on the camera module and the Ve-NET high-speed multi-gigabit Ethernet cable assembly will connect from the camera delivering uncompressed raw data to a high performance compute platform Imaging Signal Processing (ISP) before displaying the source video onto the transmitted screen.
Compared to incumbent high-speed data transmission technology, Automotive Ethernet is a flexible and secure network, allowing easy reconfigurations to ensure uninterrupted connectivity in a vehicle zonal E/E architecture for major computer systems and ADAS sensors in a vehicle. With the world's first multi-gigabit automotive ethernet camera development module, Leopard Imaging, Axonne, and Amphenol successfully provide automotive customers with a secure and versatile high-speed in-vehicle network solution to meet the emerging needs of in-vehicle networking technology. Certified with IATF16949 automotive grade quality management system, Leopard Imaging is endeavoring to serve customers with high quality imaging solutions in the automotive industry.
The multi-gigabit automotive ethernet camera development module demo will be shown at Booth 833, Santa Clara Convention Center, January 31th - February 2nd.
Leopard Imaging is a global leader providing high-definition embedded cameras and AI-based imaging solutions—focusing on core technologies that improve image processing in automotive vehicles, aerospace vehicles, drones, IoT, and robotics. An elite member of the NVIDIA Partner Network and a member of the AWS Partner Network, Leopard Imaging works closely with the most established sensor companies in producing advanced camera solutions for global customers. With original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and original design manufacturer (ODM) services, Leopard Imaging provides camera solutions for the most established organizations. Company Mission: Intelligent Vision for a Better World. Company Vision: To Be the World Leader in Intelligent Vision.
Axonne Inc. is a fabless Silicon Valley semiconductor startup specializing in the simplification of in-vehicle network solutions. Axonne's core expertise is in the high performance mixed signal, DSP algorithms and Ethernet. Axonne's vision is to be a premier supplier of leading-edge automotive connectivity solutions.
Amphenol Communications Solutions, a division of Amphenol Corporation, is a world leader in interconnect solutions for the Information, Communications and Commercial electronics markets. Amphenol Corporation is one of the world's largest designers and manufacturers of electrical, electronic and fiber optic connectors and interconnect systems, antennas, sensors and sensor-based products and coaxial and high-speed specialty cable. Amphenol Communications Solutions has an expansive global presence in research and development, manufacturing, and sales. We design and manufacture a wide range of innovative connectors as well as cable assemblies for diverse applications including server, storage, data center, networking, industrial, business equipment and automotive.
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IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Coach Sean McVay says he has finalized his contract extension with the Los Angeles Rams.
McVay and the Rams didn’t reveal the terms of the long-expected deal, but the youngest coach to win a Super Bowl reaffirmed his long-term commitment to Los Angeles after practice Tuesday in training camp at UC Irvine.
“I feel good,” McVay said. “It was always kind of really good dialogue that existed. These things, they take time, but I think it’s important.”
McVay didn’t specify when he finalized the deal, but it apparently happened before training camp. The 36-year-old coach is beginning his sixth season in charge of the Rams, and he has been the youngest coach in the NFL throughout his tenure.
McVay said two weeks ago that the sides were still working on a new deal, but he also said the Rams intended to announce the contract extensions for him and general manager Les Snead at the same time. On Friday, McVay said that’s why he had hoped to wait to confirm his deal, until it was mentioned in a lengthy profile of the coach posted Tuesday on ESPN.com.
“Les and I have always been a pair,” McVay said. “We wanted to announce that when both of us had gotten done. Mine is done. Les is in the process of that, but in respect of wanting to show the partnership for us … that was how I had addressed it. It is something that we’ve been taking care of.”
McVay’s new deal is a reward for an incredibly successful half-decade in charge of the Rams, who have had five winning seasons, four playoff berths, three NFC West titles, two Super Bowl appearances and one championship during his tenure.
McVay is 55-26 in the regular season and 7-3 in the postseason with the Rams, who won nine of their final 10 games last season to earn their first title since returning home to Los Angeles. The Rams beat Cincinnati 23-20 in the Super Bowl at their home SoFi Stadium.
McVay has frequently acknowledged the burnout he feels during and after NFL seasons, and he openly discussed the idea of moving into the broadcast booth in the near future during the Rams’ Super Bowl run.
Although Amazon reportedly was among the broadcasters interested in McVay, the coach quickly decided he isn’t interested in changing professions quite yet — particularly not with another loaded Rams team coming back this fall. Los Angeles is committed to keeping its Super Bowl window open for the near future, and McVay is a centerpiece of the plan.
Along with the new deal for McVay and the pending contract for Snead, the team has re-signed seven-time All-Pro defensive lineman Aaron Donald — making him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history — along with quarterback Matthew Stafford and Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp, who are both locked in through 2026.
The Rams also re-signed starting offensive linemen Joseph Noteboom and Brian Allen in the offseason and acquired free agent receiver Allen Robinson and linebacker Bobby Wagner.
Snead has been in charge of the Rams since February 2012, presiding over their final years in St. Louis before McVay’s hiring kicked off a superb half-decade. Snead’s partnership with McVay has only strengthened in recent years, with Snead’s aggressive personnel moves providing fuel for McVay’s innovative coaching style.
Since arriving in Los Angeles and immediately trading up to draft Jared Goff at No. 1 overall in 2016, Snead has built a vaunted reputation as a bold executive. The Alabama native has repeatedly given away his highest draft picks while swinging trades to acquire established stars from Jalen Ramsey and Stafford to Von Miller and Odell Beckham Jr., establishing the Rams as a prime destination for NFL veterans who want to contend for titles.
Although they joined the Rams five years apart, McVay repeatedly has said that he and Snead are linked.
“I think we’re all on the same page,” McVay said. “There’s just the natural semantics that need to take place. It’s something that I know everybody has the anticipation and expectation that it will get done, but these are things that sometimes take time. But it is important because of the partnership that Les and I share.”
NOTES: McVay wasn’t pleased with his offense’s performance in team drills against the Rams’ defense on Tuesday. “Not nearly good enough offensively,” he said. “Going back and looking at the film will be good. We’ve got a long, long way to go. We’re not anywhere close to where we need to be. Nobody needs to press the panic button, but we’ve got to start having a little bit more sense of urgency overall, particularly on the offensive side of the ball.” … LB Chris Garrett missed practice with a groin injury, and McVay isn’t sure how long he’ll be out. Fellow edge rushers Leonard Floyd, who has a nagging ankle injury, and Terrell Lewis also got rest days.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Bandwidth Inc. (BAND) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $3.6 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.
On a per-share basis, the Raleigh, North Carolina-based company said it had net income of 28 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 5 cents per share.
The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 2 cents per share.
The enterprise software developer posted revenue of $137.8 million in the period, also topping Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $133 million.
For the current quarter ending in June, Bandwidth said it expects revenue in the range of $140 million to $142 million.
The company expects full-year revenue in the range of $576 million to $584 million.
Bandwidth shares have decreased 49% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Tuesday, shares hit $11.68, a decline of 50% in the last 12 months.
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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our loving wife and mother, Joyce Sewack Fanucci.
Born in Jessup, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Estelle Yorkanis Sewack. At the age 21, she married her high school sweetheart, Gary Fanucci. They would have been married 58 years on Sept. 4, 2023. She attended St. Michael’s School, graduated Jessup High School, Class of 1962, and Lackawanna College. She worked her early years in the family business, Sewack Insurance Agency. Joyce was a member of Holy Ghost Byzantine Church, St. Mary’s Assumption Church, and Sacred Heart of Jesus Church. She is remembered and cherished as a daughter, a wife, a mother, and a friend.
Also surviving are her son, Atty. Lance Fanucci, and his longtime girlfriend, Karla Gray, Florida; her daughter, Kori Rhodes, and her husband, Trenton, Calif.; her brother-in-law, Arthur Coccodrilli; her sister-in-law, Karen Sewack; and beloved nieces, cousins, and dear friends.
She was preceded in death by brother, Joseph J. Sewack, father and mother-in-law, Fred and Della Tassi Fanucci; and, sister-in-law, Bernice Coccodrilli.
At Joyce’s longtime request, all services will be private, with her interment at St. John’s Cemetery, Jessup. Also at her request, memorial contributions in her memory may be made to St. Joseph’s Center, 2010 Adams Ave., Scranton, PA 18509.
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WFO BINGHAMTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, June 26, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
646 PM EDT Sun Jun 26 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of central New York, including the following
counties, Cayuga, Cortland and Onondaga.
* WHEN...Until 845 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 646 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area. Between 0.5 and 2 inches of
rain have fallen.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Owasco, Otisco, Locke, Preble, Moravia, Niles, Scott,
Sempronius, Kelloggsville, Montville, Cascade, Glen Haven,
New Hope, Dresserville, Como, Fillmore Glen State Park and
Vesper.
- 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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Walmart Inc. kicked off this earnings season for major retailers with a poignant statement about what lies ahead: “We don’t know.”
Best Buy Co. Inc.’s CEO Corie Barry told investors that the company is preparing for continued volatility and another “down year” for the industry. Lowe’s Cos Inc. said it’s seeing a “cautious consumer,” who is “anticipating and responding to value.” Target Corp. executives mentioned uncertainty numerous times. Don’t be surprised if uncertainty continues to be the big talking point when Gap Inc. and BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings report this week.
At this point it’s pretty clear that the executives considered closest to the pulse of household spending have no idea what’s next as the Federal Reserve takes aim at the irrepressible American consumer. Yes, they’re stretched by inflation and trading down to store brands for essentials, but not stretched enough to forego eating out or splurging on sky-high flight tickets. Ricocheting shopping patterns have added to the difficulties with planning.
There was little warning, for example, before the virus shut down stores and infected millions, many of whom were frontline retail workers. People then went from avoiding restaurants and making air fried food at home in their yoga leggings and sweatpants to revenge spending and traveling for delayed weddings and holidays.
The challenge, so far, is not how much money people have to spend. JPMorgan & Chase Co. Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said this week that consumers are spending 10% more than last year, 40% more than before the pandemic, and they’ll still have excess money to spend until the end of the year.
The trick for retailers is figuring what households will spend on, where they’ll withdraw and when they’ll hit a Fed-induced spending cliff.
For now, grocery stores and food suppliers are seeing some of the best margins they’ve had in years; while spending on restaurants and bars surged 24% in January from a year earlier. The thirst for luxury is strong, just not among the middle-income shoppers Nordstrom Inc. targets. Discretionary purchases have taken the biggest hit, evidenced by the painful buildup of inventory that retailers are only just getting on top of — not a mistake anyone wants to repeat.
Some are responding to people’s eagerness to shop in-person again. Real estate landlords suddenly find themselves with the upper hand as the likes of Target, Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc., Dollar General Corp. and TJX Companies Inc. invest in opening new stores and rolling out upgrades. That’s an expensive undertaking in response to what may easily be a momentary spike in demand for in-person shopping given how comfortable we’ve all grown with the online alternative.
Of course, what retailers see on the ground matters. They have a growing amount of data on our spending patterns. They’re often the first to see when people are tapped out of cash; swapping premium names for cheaper store brands, using more coupons and buying in bulk. Savvy investors know this.The resounding air of uncertainty in the latest run of earnings updates shows executives are listening to the Fed, which sees raising interest rates as a necessary measure to tame inflation. Many retailers have been able to hang on because consumers kept spending through the height of the pandemic and after — the exact evidence the Fed sees as reason to keep going with its historic hiking cycle. So while investors and economists argue over soft and hard landings, for retailers it all amounts to a straight-up crash.
More From Bloomberg Opinion:
• Central Bankers Need to Look at ‘Greedflation’: Lionel Laurent
• Nordstrom’s Salvation Is in the Luxury Section: Leticia Miranda
• Travel Prices Are Soaring. Travelers Don’t Care: Andrea Felsted
This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.
Leticia Miranda is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering consumer goods and the retail industry. She was previously a business reporter at NBC News and a retail reporter at BuzzFeed News.
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The specialty and home delivery pharmacy has leading access to limited distribution drugs.
ORLANDO, Fla., May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- AllianceRx Walgreens Pharmacy, one of the largest specialty and home delivery pharmacies in the U.S., will now distribute two medications indicated for adults with certain types of lymphoma.
- Lunsumio™ (mosunetuzumab-axgb) is used to treat adults with follicular lymphoma whose cancer has come back or did not respond to previous treatment, and who have already received two or more lines of systemic therapy for their cancer. Lunsumio is manufactured by Genentech, a member of the Roche Group.
- Jaypirca™ treats adults with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) that has come back or did not respond to previous treatment, and who have already received two or more lines of systemic therapy for their cancer, including a Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor medicine. Jaypirca is manufactured by Eli Lilly.
Lymphoma is cancer that starts in the lymph system (the tissues and organs that produce, store, and carry white blood cells that fight infections).1 The two main kinds of lymphoma include Hodgkin lymphoma, which spreads in an orderly manner from one group of lymph nodes to another, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), which spreads through the lymphatic system in a non-orderly manner.1
Follicular lymphoma is the most common type of slow-growing NHL that accounts for 20 to 30 percent of all NHL.2 MCL is an aggressive, rare form of NHL that only accounts for six percent of all NHL cases in the U.S.2
"We are honored to be selected by these manufacturers as a specialty pharmacy provider for patients with these types of NHLs," says Tracey James, RPh, chief operating officer at AllianceRx Walgreens Pharmacy. "Patients living with lymphoma or any cancer not only deserve access to the therapies they need, but also the support to help them throughout their treatment journey. Our Specialty360 Therapy Teams are dedicated pharmacy teams that support specific conditions and therapies and provide personalized support for patients. We share a desire with manufacturers to provide holistic patient care and optimal outcomes for patients."
AllianceRx Walgreens Pharmacy also has access to Sotyktu™ (deucravacitinib). Manufactured by Bristol Myers Squibb, Sotyktu treats moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis in adults who are candidates for systemic therapy or phototherapy.
For full prescribing information on these drugs, visit their manufacturer's websites or dailymed.nlm.nih.gov.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WHNT) — Over 13,000 pounds of frozen meat pizza are being recalled due to the possibility of metal pieces in the food, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.
On Sunday, Aug. 14, the USDA made the official recall for 13,099 pounds of the Home Run Inn brand of frozen pizzas, based out of Woodbridge, Illinois.
The specific products being recalled were made on June 6, 2022. The 33.5-oz packages of Home Run Inn Chicago’s Premium Pizzeria Deluxe Sausage Classic Pizza have a best-by date of Dec. 3, 2022.
These packages will also have an establishment number of “EST. 18498-A” inside the USDA mark of inspection.
According to the USDA, the problem was discovered when that distributor received consumer complaints reporting that metal had been found in the pizza. No confirmed injuries or adverse reactions have been reported so far.
The FSIS said the pizzas were sent to a distributor in Illinois and then distributed to other retailers across the country.
The agency encourages anyone who has these products in their freezers to throw them out or return them to their place of purchase. Distributors are also advised not to sell the pizzas.
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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Dorian Thompson-Robinson had read and heard the comments about UCLA’s unbeaten start not meaning much due to the quality of opponents it played.
On Friday night, Thompson-Robinson and the Bruins made sure to make a statement with their first victory over a top-15 team since 2014.
Thompson-Robinson passed for 315 yards and three touchdowns in UCLA’s 40-32 victory over No. 15 Washington in a matchup of unbeaten Pac-12 teams at the Rose Bowl.
“People were saying all week that we’re the worst 4-0 team out there and writing us off. I think my boys came here with a chip on their shoulder,” said Thompson-Robinson, who had the sixth 300-yard passing game of his career. “I think I told y’all on Monday, see if Washington can run with us, not the other way around.”
The fifth-year senior also ran 2 yards for a score in the third quarter, when he sidestepped defenders Bralen Trice and Jayvion Green, causing them to fall on one another in a heap near the goal line in making it 33-10.
Thompson-Robinson supplied the highlight plays, but plenty of other Bruins contributed to give them their first 5-0 start since 2013.
Zach Charbonnet rushed for 124 yards and a score, Jake Bobo had six receptions for 142 yards and a pair of TDs while the Bruins recorded their first safety in four years and forced a pair of turnovers.
“Our defense did a great job in the first half. For them to stake us that lead when we needed every inch of it,” coach Chip Kelly said. “Dorian was clutch. We have total confidence in everything that he does.”
The Bruins have also won eight straight dating to last season — their longest unbeaten streak since 2005. They have scored at least 40 points in six of those victories.
Washington’s Michael Penix Jr. came into the game leading the nation in passing yards but struggled in the first half as UCLA (2-0 Pac-12) scored on four straight drives and jumped out to a 26-10 halftime lead.
“We dug ourselves too big of a hole in the first half,” coach Kalen DeBoer said. “Our guys now realize is that we’re a team that people are gonna get up to play. Not that we went into the game thinking otherwise, but we got to emotionally and physically be ready to play.”
Penix finished 33 of 48 for 345 yards, four touchdowns and two interceptions. The junior passed for a pair of touchdowns and 2-point conversions in the fourth quarter as the Huskies got within eight, but UCLA ran out the final three minutes.
Rome Odunze had eight receptions for 116 yards and two touchdowns.
“Just wasn’t executing. We got to do better,” Penix said. “Me myself personally, I got to take care of the ball better. And that’s really all it was, just poor execution.”
Washington (4-1, 1-1) appeared to be rolling early after it took the opening kickoff and scored 10 plays later when Odunze beat safety Devin Kirkwood in single coverage and hauled in a 33-yard touchdown pass on fourth-and-6.
The Bruins drove to the 3 on its opening drive, but turned it over on downs after three straight incomplete passes. Two plays later, the defense came up with its first big play when Penix botched a pitch and linebacker Laiatu Latu tackled Wayne Taulapapa in the end zone.
Latu, who also had three tackles and a sack, began his career at Washington before transferring this year. It was UCLA’s first safety since the 2018 season finale against Stanford.
After the free kick, the Bruins went 93 yards in 11 plays, which culminated in Charbonnet scoring from a yard to give them a 9-7 lead. That marked the first time that Washington had trailed in a game this season.
The Huskies regained the lead on Peyton Henry’s 50-yard field goal before the Bruins scored 24 straight points. Bobo caught a 12-yard strike midway through the second quarter to give UCLA the lead for good. One play after Stephan Blaylock picked off Penix and returned it to the UW 15, Thompson-Robinson found Kam Brown alone in the end zone to extend the lead to 23-10.
THE TAKEAWAY
Washington: The Huskies were ranked near the bottom of the conference in pass defense as their secondary had plenty of problems trying to contain Thompson-Robinson and Bobo.
UCLA: The Bruins had lost 11 straight games against top- 15 foes, including two to the Huskies, before Friday night’s win. Their last win was in the Alamo Bowl against No. 11 Kansas State to wrap up the 2014 season. UCLA’s last victory against a top-15 Pac-12 team was also in 2014 against No. 14 Arizona.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
UCLA had not received many votes due to playing the softest nonconference schedule of a Power Five team, but the win over the Huskies should give them plenty of momentum to jump into the rankings. A late fourth-quarter rally should keep Washington in the poll.
UP NEXT
Washington: At Arizona State next Saturday.
UCLA: Hosts No. 12 Utah next Saturday.
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WASHINGTON , Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - With one of the world's most comprehensive and detailed climate plans, a wealth of natural resources and a skilled workforce, Canada is establishing itself as a global supplier of choice for clean energy in a net-zero world. Governments worldwide are looking for reliable, affordable, non-emitting forms of energy, and it is in this context that like-minded nations must come together to ensure a future that is sustainable both economically and environmentally.
Over the past week, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, participated in and spoke at a number of events to highlight the opportunity for ongoing Canadian leadership in the nuclear sector:
- At the Canadian Nuclear Association's Nuclear Financing Summit, on October 20, the Minister spoke with industry about Canada's support for the deployment of nuclear technologies in Canada and abroad;
- The Minister, on October 25, took part in the announcement of a $970-million loan from the Canada Infrastructure Bank to develop Canada's first commercial small modular reactor (SMR), which is scheduled to begin power generation in 2028; and
Today, the Minister concluded his participation in the International Atomic Energy Agency's International Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Power in the 21st Century in Washington, D.C., where he stressed the importance of enhanced international partnerships to diversify and secure the global market for nuclear fuel, services and technologies. This included:
"In order to achieve our economic and climate objectives, Canada will need to significantly expand its electric grid. All sources of non-emitting energy must be considered for this significant challenge — including nuclear. The Government of Canada will work with like-minded countries to ensure that Canadian nuclear energy and technologies support the transition to a prosperous, safe and secure net-zero world."
Jonathan Wilkinson
Minister of Natural Resources
- In October 2022, Canada's Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development commended the Government of Canada for its safe management of radioactive waste.
- In December 2020, Canada released its SMR Action Plan, which focuses on the opportunity presented by this cutting-edge nuclear technology.
- The Regional Energy and Resource Tables will act as a forum to align federal and provincial resources toward the development of key regional economic opportunities, including opportunities in the nuclear industry.
- Budget 2022 included several investments that promote the development and use of nuclear technologies, including almost $70 million for Natural Resources Canada, over $50 million for Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission capacity building and $250 million for an electricity pre-development program that includes nuclear power. Additionally, Budget 2022 expanded the scope of the Canada Infrastructure Bank's mandate to allow it to invest in nuclear, laying the groundwork for its investment in the first among G7 grid-scale SMR at the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station.
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UNREPD gallery hopes bringing marginalized artists to Grand Ave. will ‘make people feel seen’
I’ve had Basquiat on the brain lately while reporting this story about an exhibition the late artist’s sisters brought to L.A. — it opened last week at the Frank Gehry-designed the Grand LA, downtown. Now, another exhibition opens there tonight.
Hi, I’m arts writer Deborah Vankin, filling in for Carolina A. Miranda this week.
Giving visibility to marginalized artists
In touring the Basquiat show, I also got a chance to tour the Grand LA — albeit in the rain and with a bad cold. But I digress. I’d been curious about the new mixed-use compound, from Related Companies, for a while. The residential and hotel towers there, directly across the street from Walt Disney Concert Hall, have been open since July 2022. But the gallery spaces around the public plaza — for retail, restaurants and events — had been vacant until the Basquiat show moved into four of them.
Filling another of the plaza galleries, “Elevation: Abstract Meditations on Iconic Black Discipline” opens Saturday night. The show — presented by UNREPD gallery — is L.A. artist Edwin Marcelin’s debut solo exhibition. The gallery is based on Western Avenue in East Hollywood, but it’s kicking off a nine-month residency at the Grand LA, during which time it will swap out exhibitions every two months or so, presenting four shows in all, while still showing art at its flagship gallery.
I ran into gallery co-owners Sarah Mantilla Griffin and Tricia Benitez Beanum at the opening of the Basquiat show. As DJ Peanut Butter Wolf got the party going and guests, including LL Cool J, sipped cocktails with Basquiat “King Pleasure”-etched ice cubes floating in their drinks, Mantilla Griffin, Benitez Beanum and I slipped away for a few minutes for a sneak peek of the Marcelin exhibition, which was still being installed in the gallery at the time.
Fifteen of Marcelin’s large-scale oil paintings will be on view in the exhibition. They are, at first glance, bold geometric abstracts. But take a step back and they’re figurative action scenes featuring basketball players. They foreground an iconic player who’s sometimes referred to as Black Jesus. The artist prefers not to name the player so that visitors remain “in the experience of the paintings,” Benitez Beanum says, and come to their own conclusions.
The show, Mantilla Griffin says, “is about the making of a Black icon and what it means to be a Black person who could become iconic. And using abstraction as a tool to really think that through.”
“It’s really a thesis on Black excellence and taking the body out of it,” Benitez Beanum adds.
The works — all created in the last year — are paired with a video installation the artist made more than 20 years ago, “The Only N— in the Room” (2001). The gallery describes it as an interactive self-portrait — the video skips several frames each time someone enters the room. It’s meant to make viewers aware of how they may be affecting others in the gallery space.
“There’s a specific experience of being the only Black person, or person of color, in an all-white space,” Mantilla Griffin says. “Whether that’s the art world or the corporate world or any number of spaces, there’s something that happens bodily in that situation.”
Mantilla Griffin and Benitez Beanum met on Instagram in 2019 and marveled at their similarities: Both were Ivy League-educated Angelenos of Puerto Rican descent. Both were moms — and of sons named Miles. Both were creative-minded entrepreneurs, Mantilla Griffin, owner of the private art consultancy firm Art House Market, and Benitez Beanum, owner of the East Hollywood vintage designer interiors showroom Pop Up Home.
They launched UNREPD in the Pop Up Home space in summer 2020. The art is mixed in with the furniture and décor for sale at the store. The mission, as the gallery’s name suggests: to give visibility to marginalized emerging and mid-career artists. The gallery features artists of color as well as women artists and LGBTQIA+ artists.
“We believed that there were so many artists doing incredible work that deserved to be seen and just didn’t have a platform,” Mantilla Griffin says.
The location of the UNREPD residency is key, the owners say. “From the beginning we said we wanted to find and promote museum quality artists who just hadn’t been seen,” Mantilla Griffin says. “So being on museum row is huge, but also being part of the Grand, being part of a Frank Gehry-designed project, being across the courtyard from Basquiat — one of the most important Black artists of all time — it really validates our mission.”
Next up: UNREPD will present solo exhibitions by mixed-media artist and glass blower Corey Pemberton and painter-muralist Moncho 1929 (a.k.a. Dan Monteavaro), both L.A.-based. It will also exhibit Brooklyn-based mixed-media artist and sculptor Valincy-Jean Patelli.
Mantilla Griffin says she hopes all four exhibitions spark dialogue.
“I hope they make people feel seen and that they bring curiosity,” she says. “I hope they leave people wanting to know more about emerging art.”
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A new public mural on the side of an Altadena coffee shop is stirring controversy, reports the Times’ Grace Toohey. The work, by artist Cleon Peterson and which went up in February at Unincorporated Coffee Roasters, is part of a rotating mural project. The artist intended the image to spark healthy conversation. But several neighbors are outraged and want the mural removed. “They say the violent image of broad-shouldered figures engaged in conflict, some using weapons, is triggering and offensive — especially for an area that for decades dealt with dangerous gang wars and violence,” Toohey writes.
The celebratory joint acquisition by L.A.’s J. Paul Getty Museum and London’s National Portrait Gallery of Sir Joshua Reynolds’ 18th century “Portrait of Mai (Omai),” isn’t actually a sure thing, Times art critic Christopher Knight points out. The painting, many scholars say, is the artist’s greatest. But the acquisition, Knight writes, looks more like “a last-ditch fundraising pitch.”
Eva Recinos spoke with Gajin Fujita about his new exhibition, “True Colors,” at L.A. Louver gallery. The works in the show, the artist says, are “a pictorial diary of the pandemic in isolation.”
Take a tour of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s favorite L.A. haunts — from Venice Beach to Mullholland Drive.
Classical notes
Story ballet is bigger than ever, says Times classical music critic Mark Swed. “Like Water for Chocolate,” a co-production between the Royal Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, had its U.S. premiere last week at Costa Mesa’s Segerstrom Center for the Arts. The production, from choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and composer Joby Talbot, is likely one of the most elaborate the company has ever staged in its 84 years, Swed says.
“The dancing bedazzles. The choreography is full of spectacle, and the production is effects-rich,” Swed writes. “The familiar narrative from Mexican novelist Laura Esquivel’s 1989 bestseller and the 1992 film serves up sentiment without embarrassment. Talbot’s orchestral score tells you how to feel and suggests movement possibilities for the dancers. The sheer scale of theatrical engineering is astonishing.”
Swed also reviews the Brad Lubman-conducted L.A. Phil New Music Group, which dedicated a Green Umbrella concert to Steve Reich at Walt Disney Concert Hall last week. His conclusion: “Steve Reich’s music always, and often spectacularly so, knows where it’s going.”
L.A. Metro, together with law enforcement, has been blasting classical music and using floodlights at the Westlake/MacArthur Park Metro station as a way to drive away unhoused people who seek refuge there, reports The Times’ Jessica Gelt, who took a decibel meter to the station to measure how loud the music was playing. It’s all part of a pilot program, aiming to reduce crime, that’s been in place since January. “But the use of music is divisive,” Gelt writes, “with online commentators calling it an inhumane torture tactic. Critics also argue that it does nothing to address the root causes of the problems plaguing the station.”
On the stage
The best theater in L.A. right now? It’s in Pasadena, says Times critic Charles McNulty.
“These are tough times for artistic directors of nonprofit theaters, which are struggling to rebound after the pandemic. Venerable performing arts venues, bereft of purpose and patrons, are in danger of becoming ghost malls,” McNulty writes.
But with one notable exception: “Against seemingly impossible odds,” McNulty says, Producing Artistic Director Danny Feldman “has revitalized Pasadena Playhouse, which is finally living up to its official designation as the state theater of California.”
McNulty also reviews the revival of “Kiss of the Spider Woman” at A Noise Within in — yes, you guessed it — Pasadena. The production “doesn’t shoot many sparks early on,” he writes. “But the production, directed by Michael Michetti, builds in potency, ultimately ensnaring its audience in the time-tested tale.”
And among the week’s must-reads — and must-views — is McNulty’s conversation with Trump nemesis Randy Rainbow, who released the video “Grumpy Trumpy Felon From Jamaica in Queens!”
“Conducting another of his faux interviews with the 45th president,” McNulty writes, “Rainbow retorts that he’d rather go skiing with Gwyneth Paltrow when Trump asks for his endorsement.” Like we said: must read/watch.
Dance
Elaborate dance scenes on screen are more visible than ever — think Season 1 of “Euphoria” and the films “La La Land” and “Don’t Worry Darling.” But the choreographers who bring these scenes to life aren’t getting their due, reports The Times’ Steven Vargas. The recently formed Choreographers Guild is addressing that.
“The goal of the guild,” Vargas writes, “is to represent choreographers, assistant choreographers, associate choreographers and movement coaches working in music videos, film, television, tours, commercials and social media.”
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Art on screen
The PBS series “Art21” debuted its 11th season Friday night. But my colleague Carolina A. Miranda got a sneak peek of the new season long before that and has this to say: “The first episode features a crew of favorites, including painter Amy Sherald, who painted Michelle Obama’s portrait, as well as Rose B. Simpson, Daniel Lind-Ramos and Alex Da Corte — all talking about the subtleties of process, materials and ideas. I’ve always appreciated the fact that ‘Art21’ is blessedly free of talking heads, simply observing artists as works come together in their studios. In SoCal, find the program on affiliate station KOCE. For more information, peep their website at art21.org.” Here’s a teaser.
Essential happenings
Matt Cooper has mapped out your holiday weekend, with information on a gender-bending staging of the musical “1776” at the Ahmanson, the TCM Classic Film Festival and, of course, zombies! Specifically: “Zombie Joe’s F—Up Easter Egg Hunt.” And more.
And nothing says Easter like John Waters’ “Pink Flamingos” at the Madonna Inn. Don’t even attempt to navigate the holiday weekend without Steven Vargas’ L.A. Goes Out, which also includes info on a live reading of the 2009 cult classic “Jennifer’s Body,” presented by the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and Film Independent.
Passages
Davood Roostaei, an Iranian American artist based in L.A., passed away in mid-March. He was 63. The artist spent two years imprisoned in Iran in the early ‘80s for creating “subversive” art. He later went on to create a painting technique he called Cryptorealism, which he described as “an expression of hidden meaning revealed through layered imagery, which requires active participation by the observer.”
Leonard Abrams was only 24 years old when he started the legendary East Village Eye in 1979, covering downtown New York’s culture scene. The pioneering editor and publisher died earlier this month. He had recently announced, in February, that the publication’s complete archives — every issue from 1979 to 1987 — would go to the New York Public Library.
Architect and environmentalist Elsa Leviseur, who taught architecture and landscape design at UCLA and SCI-ARC, died March 23. Leviseur — at one time married to former longtime L.A. Philharmonic leader Ernest Fleischmann — also created and taught the graduate course “art in the environment” at Manchester Metropolitan University in the U.K.
Moves
The Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts announced the recipients of its 2023 Organizational Support Grants. The 16 L.A. grantees include five first-timers. Collectively, the organizations will receive a total of $400,000 to address “pressing needs.”
“The 2023 grantees reflect the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts’ core values of risk taking and provocation in the arts, and each one has managed to do their critical work in the face of tremendous challenges,” foundation Executive Director Mary Clare Stevens said in the announcement. Read the full list of grantees here.
The 2023 Windham-Campbell Prizes at Yale University — for literary achievement across fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama — awarded eight recipients $175,000 each this week, $1.4 million in all. Two of the recipients are L.A.-based: author and 2021 Pulitzer Prize finalist Percival Everett, along with playwright and 2018 MacArthur fellow Dominique Morisseau.
The 2023 Guggenheim fellows were announced this week. And among the 171 scientists, writers, scholars and artists being honored, several are based in L.A. They include writer and former Los Angeles Times critic Héctor Tobar, dramatist Kristina Wong, filmmakers Martine Syms and Maris Curran and artist Madison Brookshire. The 171 fellows, who range in age from 31 to 85, were chosen “on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise.” Here’s the full list of honorees.
College students, listen up: The L.A. County Arts Internship Program — for paid positions — is now taking applications. The program is the largest paid summer arts internship in the country, placing 228 students from universities and community colleges at more than 150 arts nonprofits. Apply here.
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CHICAGO, April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing, was first convened in May 2015. Following the beating death of Tyre Nichols by police in Memphis, in January, 2023, Co-Chairs Laurie Robinson and Charles Ramsey invited members of the original Task Force to reconvene to address the issues of police accountability and the culture of policing.
Some members of the former Task Force prepared a Renewed Call to Action with eight recommendations and action steps that focus on accountability, transparency, culture, the development of national standards, and the important role of local government in developing a whole of government and whole of community approach to transformational policing.
Recommendations
- Establish a holistic role and mission of policing to help define community safety.
- Align policing leadership, organizational structure, incentives, and strategies to the redefined mission.
- Rebuild the culture of policing organizations.
- Establish national policing standards; train to those standards; and provide supervision to ensure their application.
- Address gaps in accountability systems that protect due process of officers while ensuring transparency and accountability for misconduct.
- Invest locally and organize communities to address unjust systems that contribute to poverty and racism.
- Address underlying drivers of crime.
- The federal government should collaborate and support community-based organizations and local and state government in helping to create safe communities as outlined in this call to action.
Charles Ramsey called the recommendations and action steps "a blueprint for transformation that will change the way we protect our communities.
Laurie Robinson emphasized, "All communities, including those communities that are often over-policed, experience crime rates that undermine their trust in police. We must do better."
Sean Smoot, managing partner of 21 CP Solutions: "Since the release of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing, there have been more than 133 task forces, working groups, and councils seeking to reform policing. It is time we call for a transformation."
The Renewed Call to Action and the work of the reconvened task force were funded by a grant from the Joyce Foundation to 21CP Solutions. 21CP Solutions is comprised of experts in community safety, civil rights, and law enforcement.
For a copy of the full Renewed Call please go to: https://www.21cpsolutions.com/21st-century-policing
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SUZHOU, China, Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Transcenta Holding Limited ("Transcenta") (HKEX: 06628), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company with fully-integrated capabilities in discovery, research, development and manufacturing of antibody-based therapeutics, announces that it will present two scientific posters at the 37th Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer's (SITC) Annual Meeting in Boston, MA, November 8-12, 2022: one related to Claudin18.2 and PD-L1 expression in gastric/gastro-esophageal adenocarcinoma, relevant for TST001 (Osemitamab) clinical development and the other on TST005 (PD-L1/TGF-β bifunctional antibody) trial in progress.
The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) is the world's leading member-driven organization specifically dedicated to improving cancer patient outcomes by advancing the science and application of cancer immunotherapy. Through educational programs that foster scientific exchange and collaboration, SITC aims to one day make the word "cure" a reality for cancer patients everywhere.
Details of the poster presentations are as follows:
Title: Prevalence of Claudin18.2 and PD-L1 Expression in Chinese Gastric/Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma
Abstract#: 105
Date & Time: Nov. 10, 2022, 9 a.m.–9 p.m. (EST)
Presenter: Dr. Caroline Germa, MD
First Author: Linlin Mao, PhD
Title: A phase 1, first in human, open-label, dose escalation and dose expansion study of TST005 in patients with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors
Abstract#: 771
Date & Time: Nov. 10, 2022, 9 a.m.–9 p.m. (EST)
First Author: Anthony Tolcher, MD
Full text of the abstracts will be released on the SITC website at 8:00 a.m. EST, November 7, 2022, and the posters will be available on Transcenta's website (https://www.transcenta.com/) on November 12, 2022.
About TST001 (Osemitamab)
TST001 (Osemitamab) is a high affinity humanized anti-Claudin18.2 monoclonal antibody with enhanced antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity ("ADCC") and complement-dependent cytotoxicity ("CDC") activities and potent anti-tumor activities in tumor xenograft models. TST001 (Osemitamab) is the second most advanced Claudin18.2 targeting antibody being developed globally. TST001 (Osemitamab) is generated using Transcenta's Immune Tolerance Breaking Technology (IMTB) platform. TST001 (Osemitamab) kills Claudin18.2 expressing tumor cells by mechanisms of ADCC and CDC. Leveraging advanced bioprocessing technology, the fucose content of TST001 (Osemitamab) was significantly reduced during the production, which further enhanced NK cells mediated ADCC activity of TST001 (Osemitamab). Clinical trials for TST001 (Osemitamab) are ongoing in the U.S. and China (NCT04396821, NCT04495296/CTR20201281). TST001 (Osemitamab) was granted Orphan Drug Designation in the U.S. by FDA for the treatment of patients with gastric or gastroesophageal junction (G/GEJ) cancer.
About TST005
TST005 is the second bi-functional anti-PD-L1 and TGF-β trap fusion protein entering the global clinical stage. It simultaneously targets two immuno-suppressive pathways, transforming growth factor -β (TGF-β) and programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1), that are commonly used by cancer cells to evade the immune system. TST005 consists of a high affinity PD-L1 antibody fused with an engineered TGF-β Receptor Type II protein in its C-terminal. TST005 lacks FcR binding activity and thus has reduced FcR mediated killing of PD-L1 expressing effector T cells. TST005's high PD-L1 binding activity and enhanced TGF-β trap stability enables the targeted delivery of TGF-β trap into PD-L1 expressing tumors, thereby minimizing off-target toxicities of systemic inhibition of TGF-β signaling. TST005 displayed potent activity in vitro in reversing TGF-β induced T-cell suppression. In multiple syngeneic tumor models, TST005 induced significant increase of CD8+ T-cell infiltration into PD-L1 expressing tumors and displayed dose-dependent tumor growth inhibition in tumor model not sensitive to PD-(L)1 treatment due to high level TGF-β. TST005 is well tolerated in non-human primates and displayed a linear PK profile. TST005 is a potentially differentiated bi-functional immunotherapy candidate with improved therapeutic window. TST005 is being investigated in a FIH trial in the US and China (NCT04958434/CTR20221397).
About Transcenta Holding Limited
Transcenta (HKEX: 06628) is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company with fully integrated capabilities in antibody-based biotherapeutics discovery, research, development and manufacturing.
Transcenta has established global footprint, with Headquarters and Discovery, Clinical and Translational Research Center in Suzhou, Process and Product Development Center and Manufacturing Facility in Hangzhou, and Clinical Development Centers in Princeton, US and in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou of China, and External Partnering Center in Boston and Los Angeles, US. Transcenta has also initiated the construction of the Group Headquarters and the second high-end biopharmaceutical facility with ICB as its core technology in Suzhou Industrial Park. Transcenta is developing ten therapeutic antibody molecules for oncology and selected non-oncology indications including bone and kidney disorders.
For more information, please visit www.transcenta.com and https://www.linkedin.com/company/transcenta.
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This news release may contain certain forward-looking statements that are, by their nature, subject to significant risks and uncertainties. The words "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect", "intend" and similar expressions, as they relate to Transcenta, are intended to identify certain of such forward-looking statements. Transcenta does not intend to update these forward-looking statements regularly.
These forward-looking statements are based on the existing beliefs, assumptions, expectations, estimates, projections and understandings of the management of Transcenta with respect to future events at the time these statements are made. These statements are not a guarantee of future developments and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond Transcenta's control and are difficult to predict. Consequently, actual results may differ materially from information contained in the forward-looking statements as a result of future changes or developments in our business, Transcenta's competitive environment and political, economic, legal and social conditions.
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First-of-Its-Kind Event for PG&E Assembles Innovators to Build the Bridge to California's Electrified, Decarbonized Energy Future
OAKLAND, Calif., July 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced keynote speakers for its Innovation Summit 2023 on July 25, featuring a one-on-one conversation and Q&A between Patti Poppe, Chief Executive Officer of PG&E Corporation, and Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of Tesla.
The first-of-its-kind summit for PG&E brings together entrepreneurs, start-ups, thought leaders, utility peers, private industry, national research labs, agency leaders and policymakers to collaborate in swiftly deploying novel solutions—at scale—that bridge the gap between today's energy system and California's electrified and decarbonized future.
The high-powered speaker lineup also features:
- Rob Chapman, Senior Vice President, Energy Delivery and Customer Solutions; Chief Sustainability Officer, Electric Power Research Institute
- Annette Clayton, Chief Executive Officer Schneider Electric North America
- Leslie Rich, Senior Consultant, Loans Program Office, U.S. Department of Energy
- Ron Snedic, President, Gas Technology Institute
- Darryl Willis, Corporate Vice President, Energy & Resources Industry, Microsoft
For the full agenda or to register for in-person or virtual attendance, visit PG&E Innovation Summit 2023.
The event is a part of PG&E's new Research & Development strategy initiative—a richer, more efficient and more effective cross-sector approach to addressing the most challenging issues across the electric and natural gas systems today. These include supply and load management, integrated grid planning, electric vehicles (EVs) and vehicle-to-grid applications, wildfire mitigation, undergrounding, and gas system decarbonization.
Through its new R&D Strategy Report, PG&E is sharing key insights on the highest priority challenges the company is committed to solving, including:
- Addressing the rapid pace of electrification, particularly the growing adoption of EVs, which is expected to result in an unprecedented 70% growth in load over the next 20 years.
- Expanding load management capabilities across all levels of the system and deploying new, clean supply and energy storage technologies.
- Reducing the need for conventional capacity upgrades, while optimizing prioritization and reducing costs of unavoidable capacity upgrades.
- Ensuring affordable and timely connection of EV charging stations for every customer and unlocking the potential of EVs as grid assets through vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capabilities.
- Improving the efficiency of underground civil construction from survey to installation and identifying scalable solutions for electric system components that are difficult to underground.
- Maintaining and continually improving gas system safety and reliability, while reducing operations and maintenance costs.
- Reducing methane emissions, further studying the impacts of hydrogen blending, and identifying an optimal decarbonization pathway for the gas system.
Innovation Pitch Fest in September
Following a technology and solution application process that opens on July 25, select applicants will be invited to pitch their technologies or solutions at the Innovation Pitch Fest in September to PG&E key decision makers and subject-matter experts.
Successful pitches have the potential to lead to a range of follow-on engagements with PG&E, including partnership, pilot, and grant opportunities, and influence over the scoping of upcoming Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) 4 projects with a total budget of $83 million.
About PG&E
PG&E, a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation (NYSE:PCG), is a combined natural gas and electric utility serving more than 16 million people across 70,000 square miles in Northern and Central California. For more information, visit pge.com and pge.com/news.
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Gonzales receives $2.4 million to relocate waterlines on Roddy Road
GONZALES, La. (WAFB) - A $2.4 million loan is helping the city of Gonzales relocate water lines along Roddy Road, so the road can be widened and roundabouts can be installed.
According to the city, project managers anticipate the relocation project, which began in late April, to be complete by the end of September.
Gonzales Mayor Barney Arceneaux says this project will ensure that the road widening is not delayed and that quality water service remains uninterrupted during construction.
The $2.4 million loan was awarded to the city through the La. Department of Health’s Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund Program.
“We are very appreciative of the help we have received from officials within LDH and the Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund program to secure the funding needed for this project,” Mayor Arceneaux said.
According to City Engineer Jackie Baumann, P.E., the water lines being moved are between Black Bayou Road and Airline Highway.
“In addition to installing new lines within a newly acquired right-of-way, we are checking with water customers along that route to ensure their meters have been converted to the new smart meters for more reliable readings,” Baumann said.
The City of Gonzales closed on the $2.4 million loan on May 24, said Joel McKenzie, DWRLF program manager.
“Once a loan is approved, water systems can use the funds to make their improvements,” McKenzie said. “As water systems pay back the loans, the principal and interest are used to make more money available for other communities that have drinking water needs.”
The loan is low interest and has a maximum 20-year repayment period, added McKenzie.
“All loan projects are approved based upon a priority ranking system. Among other factors, projects that address the most serious risks to human health and those that ensure compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act are given the highest priority,” he said.
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NEW YORK, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Increasing women's labor force participation rate by even one percent would dramatically increase economic opportunities for women—and yield additional growth and prosperity for the United States more broadly. For women alone, a one percent increase would translate into an additional $72.8 billion in income, according to a new report produced by the Committee for Economic Development, the public policy center of The Conference Board (CED). But as the report points out, the ability to access paid child care is one of the main barriers to participating in the labor force—and for those important economic benefits to be realized.
The Economic Role of Paid Child Care in the U.S., Part 3: Economic Growth Modeling is the latest installment in a four-part report series examining the issue. The first two reports analyzed extensive data sets on working mothers' use of paid child care, as well as the labor force participation of men, women, and especially women with children aged 14 and younger. The new report drills into decades of the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey estimates and determines factors affecting labor force participation.
"The labor force participation rate for women and men has been declining over time—a trend that the pandemic has only exacerbated," said Dr. Lori Esposito Murray, President of CED. "For women, access to child care is a major factor in deciding whether to participate in the workforce. As our new groundbreaking study demonstrates, increasing the labor force participation rate of mothers would unlock numerous economic benefits for women, their families, and for the country generally."
Key insights from the new report include:
A one percent increase in the labor force participation of women ages 18-54 would produce multiple economic benefits.
- The women who would need to enter the labor force: 569,100 more women would enter the labor force, including 210,700 mothers of children 14 and younger, and 44,900 mothers with children under age five.
- The impact on paid child care: More than 126,000 children would enter paid child care, including 121,800 children 14 and younger and 47,900 children under age five.
- The impact on personal income: Total real personal income would increase $72.8 billion, including $26.9 billion for mothers with children 14 and younger, and $5.7 billion for those with children under age five.
Short-term changes in the prevalence of paid child care correspond with three key factors.
- Labor force participation: Increases in mothers working are associated with increases in the number of children in paid care (particularly for mothers with children under age five).
- Actual hiring of mothers: Mothers are more likely to use paid care when they have a job rather than when they are searching for work.
- Increased income: The use of paid care increases as income rises.
Long-term changes in the prevalence of paid child care correspond with three key factors.
- Maternal labor force participation: The share of children in paid care (for both age groups– mothers with children 14 and younger as well as mothers with children under age 5) has a significant long-run relationship with economic variables in the time period tested.
- Real income: Real personal income per capita has a stable relationship with paid care usage.
- Overall male and female labor force participation: Overall male and female labor force attachment rates are also interrelated with the share of children in paid care. This is additional evidence of a broader and more general relationship between labor force participation and paid child care use over the long run.
Key factors that drive paid child care use in the U.S.
- Labor force participation: Use of paid care highly relates to maternal workforce participation.
- Household income: As household incomes rise, so does the likelihood of using paid child care.
- Educational attainment: The likelihood of using paid care also increases as the level of education increases.
Three factors affect the shape of state economic growth.
- Educational Attainment: Achieving higher levels of education leads to higher average incomes at the state level (which in turn increases the likelihood of the use of paid care).
- Capital: Capital investment influences regional economic growth.
- Traded Activity: Goods and services that are exported for sale outside a local market boost income within a region.
The report, The Economic Role of Paid Child Care in the U.S., Part 3: Economic Growth Modeling, can be accessed here. It is the third in a four-part series, produced with funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, on the use of paid child care. The series and more information can be found here.
About CED
The Committee for Economic Development (CED) is the public policy center of The Conference Board. The nonprofit, nonpartisan, business-led organization delivers well-researched analysis and reasoned solutions in the nation's interest. CED Trustees are chief executive officers and key executives of leading US companies who bring their unique experience to address today's pressing policy issues. Collectively they represent 30+ industries, over a trillion dollars in revenue, and over 4 million employees. www.ced.org
About The Conference Board
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Parents swear by this viral baby carrier that prevents back strains
Updated: 1:14 PM PST Feb 9, 2023
This TikTok-famous baby carrier claims to be a game-changer for parents, doing all of the heavy lifting with plenty of lumbar support. The Tushbaby hip carrier first made its debut on Shark Tank in 2019. Now, the product is a highly-rated viral sensation, with thousands of five-star ratings on Amazon.It's one of the only baby carriers that can be used from birth to three years of age, ideal for babies and toddlers between 8 and 45 pounds.Above video: Understanding your clingy kids and how to establish boundariesThe soft and ergonomic baby carrier sits right above your hip and weighs less than a pound. The design allows new parents to breastfeed, bottle feed, and burp their babies while multiple carrying positions allow the baby to interact with their caregivers and the world around them. It also has plenty of storage space, with pockets for snacks, phones, toys, wallets and more.SHOP NOW ON AMAZON FOR $84.99."While providing adults with much-needed lumbar support, Tushbaby also promotes bonding, physical development, and emotional growth in babies. As one of the few carriers that accommodate plus-size caretakers, the brand has aimed to be body inclusive," a statement from the company reads.And the reviewers agree.One Amazon reviewer writes, "My baby is in the 91st percentile for weight. I was starting to develop a shoulder injury from throwing her on my hip and carrying her around with me as she's getting separation anxiety. This thing is so great for that exact purpose, because I don't have time to put her in a carrier and take her back out again while I'm doing life. This has helped me to take stress off of my arms and allow my shoulders to heal!"You can find the Thushbaby on Amazon for $84.99.
This TikTok-famous baby carrier claims to be a game-changer for parents, doing all of the heavy lifting with plenty of lumbar support.
The Tushbaby hip carrier first made its debut on Shark Tank in 2019. Now, the product is a highly-rated viral sensation, with thousands of five-star ratings on Amazon.
It's one of the only baby carriers that can be used from birth to three years of age, ideal for babies and toddlers between 8 and 45 pounds.
Above video: Understanding your clingy kids and how to establish boundaries
The soft and ergonomic baby carrier sits right above your hip and weighs less than a pound.
The design allows new parents to breastfeed, bottle feed, and burp their babies while multiple carrying positions allow the baby to interact with their caregivers and the world around them. It also has plenty of storage space, with pockets for snacks, phones, toys, wallets and more.
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"While providing adults with much-needed lumbar support, Tushbaby also promotes bonding, physical development, and emotional growth in babies. As one of the few carriers that accommodate plus-size caretakers, the brand has aimed to be body inclusive," a statement from the company reads.
And the reviewers agree.
One Amazon reviewer writes, "My baby is in the 91st percentile for weight. I was starting to develop a shoulder injury from throwing her on my hip and carrying her around with me as she's getting separation anxiety. This thing is so great for that exact purpose, because I don't have time to put her in a carrier and take her back out again while I'm doing life. This has helped me to take stress off of my arms and allow my shoulders to heal!"
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A 13-year-old boy had to be freed from a claw machine after he climbed inside hoping to score a prize, according to an official at a North Carolina amusement park.
Carowinds officials were alerted just before 2 p.m. Sunday that the boy was inside the Cosmic XL Bonus Game, which contained plush prizes, according to Courtney C. McGarry Weber, a spokesperson for the park south of Charlotte.
The medical response team unlocked the machine and the boy was able to get out, she said. He was treated and released from first aid to his guardian.
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(NewsNation) — A one-of-a-kind submersible that went missing while carrying five people to the Titanic shipwreck on Sunday was reportedly outfitted with “off-the-shelf” parts and piloted using a video game controller.
Stockton Rush, the CEO of OceanGate Expeditions — the company that owns the submersible called Titan — showed CBS correspondent David Pogue the unique components in a November CBS TV segment.
“We run the whole thing with this game controller,” Rush told Pogue as he held up a modified Logitech gamepad controller inside the sub.
Rush also highlighted the vessel’s one and only button.
“It should be like an elevator, it shouldn’t take a lot of skill,” Rush said.
When Pogue asked about the “MacGyvered” equipment, Rush pushed back and pointed out that the most important part — the pressure vessel — was built with help from experts at Boeing, NASA, and the University of Washington.
“Everything else can fail,” Rush said. “Your thrusters can go, your lights can go, you’re still going to be safe.”
The small, five-person tourist vessel isn’t the only sub that uses a video game controller.
In 2018, the U.S. Navy unveiled a new 377-foot-long attack submarine complete with an Xbox controller. But the controller, which is cheaper and easier to use than a joystick, doesn’t control the entire sub. Sailors use it to maneuver the photonics masts, which function similarly to periscopes.
Other weapons for the U.S. Army, including a laser cannon built by Boeing, are reportedly operated using Xbox controllers. Gaming controllers have also become standard for bomb technicians.
It’s unclear if the controller from the CBS segment in November was the same one used for the latest expedition.
In an interview with NewsNation on Monday, Pogue described Titan as a cramped sub plagued by mechanical issues.
“On my dive to the Titanic we only got 37 feet down when there was a mechanical problem and we had to come back up to the surface, and that’s typical,” said Pogue.
Those risks, he said, are outlined in the paperwork that expedition participants sign before going on the tour.
“You sign a waiver, it says ‘these are all the ways you could die,’ they outline it for you,” Pogue said.
Tickets for the Titanic expedition this year cost $250,000 each, according to OceanGate’s website.
On Tuesday, rescue teams continued their search for the missing sub. Coast Guard officials estimate that the five passengers had about 40 hours of breathable air remaining as of 1 p.m. Eastern time. | https://who13.com/news/national-news/is-it-normal-for-submarines-to-use-video-game-controllers/ | 2023-06-21 01:44:50 | 1 | https://who13.com/news/national-news/is-it-normal-for-submarines-to-use-video-game-controllers/ |
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — At the draw ceremony for the season-ending WTA Finals in October, the emcee called Jessica Pegula to the front of the room and asked the 28-year-old American about her championship at an event in Mexico a handful of days earlier.
He called it the “biggest title” of her career. Pegula politely corrected him: “Biggest title so far,” she said, emphasizing those last two words.
Pegula chuckled when asked about that exchange during an interview with The Associated Press.
“I didn’t mean to say that, but that’s good that I said that,” she said. “So far, that IS my biggest title, so that’s factual and true — but also, hopefully, definitely not the last.”
Pegula’s had a winding journey in professional tennis and, at the Australian Open, she is hoping to add by far her most significant trophy yet. When she steps on court to face 2012-13 champion Victoria Azarenka on Tuesday at 7 p.m. (3 a.m. EST), Pegula will be appearing in the quarterfinals for the third year in a row at Melbourne Park — and for the fifth time overall at a major, all in the past 24 months.
The No. 3 Pegula is the highest-seeded woman remaining, with No. 1 Iga Swiatek and No. 2 Ons Jabeur eliminated.
“I have a great shot here. … All around, throughout the whole tournament, I’ve been playing the best I have,” she said Sunday after beating 2021 French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova 7-5, 6-2 in the fourth round.
Pegula relies on terrific returning (she’s won a tournament-high 64% of games served by opponents) and strong defense. She uses a flat forehand and backhand slice (she’s won 61% of points played at the baseline, second-best so far).
“She plays quite simple, which is, I would say, a compliment,” Azarenka said, likening that aspect of Pegula’s approach to former No. 1 Ash Barty, who “just did certain things so well, over and over and over again.”
Pegula is 0-4 so far in Slam quarterfinals, with losses to Jennifer Brady at the 2021 Australian Open, Barty at the 2022 Australian Open, and Swiatek at the 2022 French Open and 2022 U.S. Open.
“I guess, currently, seeding-wise, I’m the favorite,” Pegula said. “I would say it feels different.”
And it’s a long way from her trying times over the last decade. There was a 2013 knee problem that required surgery, but she worked her way back from that and earned a Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2015 U.S. Open by beating 2009 U.S. Open quarterfinalist Melanie Oudin in the last round of qualifying.
Then came another health setback: A hip operation that kept Pegula out of action for more than half of 2017, dropping her ranking to No. 860 and sending her to lower-level ITF events.
Again, she regrouped and returned, claiming her first WTA title at Washington in 2019. That came shortly after beginning to work with Venus Williams’ former coach, David Witt, who has pointed to the way Pegula “started believing in herself more that she belongs up there.”
In Grand Slam action, Pegula went through a seven-match losing streak that ended with a third-round showing at the 2020 U.S. Open, and she delivered her initial major quarterfinal five months later in Australia.
More steps have followed — she called them “mini-breakthroughs” — including cracking the top 10 last year.
“I was like, ‘Wow, I broke through there,’ because I didn’t have a great Slam record. Then after that, it was … winning my first WTA event. That was a big one,” Pegula said. “So there’s all these little … milestones, I guess you could call them. I think it just kept building my confidence as I went along. I wouldn’t say there was like a huge turning point.”
Another could come this week: The Pegula-Azarenka winner will face whoever emerges from Tuesday’s quarterfinal between 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina and 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko.
The fourth-round matches on the bottom half of the draw were scheduled for Monday: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Belinda Bencic, Donna Vekic vs. Linda Fruhvirtova, Caroline Garcia vs. Magda Linette, and Karolina Pliskova vs. Zhang Shuai.
Pegula’s own calendar included two sporting events Monday. At 7 a.m. local time (3 p.m. Sunday EST), the NFL team that’s owned by her parents, the Buffalo Bills, hosted the Cincinnati Bengals in the playoffs — and Pegula was planning to wake up early so she could watch. Buffalo lost 27-10.
She caught part of the Bills’ AFC wild-card win over the Miami Dolphins before playing her first-round match in Melbourne, and has been wearing a patch on her skirt with the No. 3 jersey number of Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin, who went into cardiac arrest during a game three weeks ago.
Then, on Monday afternoon, Pegula and Coco Gauff teamed up to reach the quarterfinals in women’s doubles by beating Aldila Sutjiadi and Miyu Kato 6-4, 6-2.
“I hope,” Gauff said about Pegula’s singles title ambitions, “she wins it.”
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DUBAI, UAE, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- XT.com, a Dubai-based leading digital asset trading platform, has announced to kick off an exclusive token listing of TEB(TEBAH) with USDT trading on June 28, 2022, at 07:00 (UTC). The company excitedly welcomes and congratulates TEB(TEBAH) for the listing.
The endogenous token of the TEBAH ecosystem TEB, is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency. Powered by the Binance BEP-20 token standard, TEB token is responsible for facilitating transactions within the TEBAH ecosystem. The token can be used to perform staking, swapping, and more. As brought by the listing, users can enter spot and future trading with TEB token on XT.com when it goes live.
Regarding deposit, the XT.com team highlighted that everyone is eligible to start depositing their crypto holdings ahead for trading on June 27, at 07:00 (UTC), as TEB/USDT listing is underway. However, onboarding TEB token on XT.com is deemed as an iconic token listing innovation aimed to allow crypto enthusiasts to trade the token for the first time on the platform.
Best of all, the withdrawal section will be available to anyone who participates in TEB/USDT trading on June 29, 2022, at 07:00 (UTC). There are no limitations on traders' ability to trade, withdraw, and transact with the TEB token on XT.com regardless of their geographical areas.
Mo Mukarram, Head of Marketing at XT.com, said, "It's our pleasure to announce the listing of TEB token on XT.com. Our listing of TEB is an integral part of how XT.com has been pivoted as the front-runner in terms of crypto listing innovation. Everyone can use the TEB token for trading, staking, swapping, and payment on our platform."
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The TEBAH project develops a system that fixes the issues with the global online digital asset management market. Additionally, TEBAH guarantees to implement a blockchain and metaverse ecosystem to connect development and investment in the real world economy with the first integrated resort and country club, by ensuring returns for investors.
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Launched in 2018, XT.com is the world's first social infused digital assets trading platform, headquartered in Dubai. It has multiple operation centers across the globe including Singapore and Seoul. With 3+ million registered users, over 300,000+ monthly active users, and 30+ million users in the ecosystem, XT.com strives to cater to its large user base by providing a safe and easy trading experience. The platform currently supports 500+ high-quality currencies and 800+ trading pairs which are accessible to the entire global crypto market.
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FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys left tackle Tyron Smith is expected to return at some point this season after sustaining a torn left hamstring that also injured the knee, team owner and general manager Jerry Jones said Thursday.
Jones said during an appearance on ESPN that he wasn’t sure if Smith’s injury would require surgery but that the eight-time Pro Bowler would return late in the season.
A person with knowledge of the injury, which happened in practice Wednesday night, said Smith had a torn hamstring with a knee fracture that resulted from the tendon pulling away from the bone. ESPN first reported the injury.
Speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because there was no official announcement of the injury, the person said it appeared Smith would be sidelined until December.
Smith was injured during 11-on-11 drills when he went to engage linebacker Leighton Vander Esch about 5 yards downfield before crumpling to the turf. He walked off the field without help and later walked past reporters outside the locker room.
The 31-year-old Smith has been hampered mostly by back, neck and ankle injuries in recent years. Smith has missed at least three games each season since 2016. He played just two games in 2020 before season-ending neck surgery.
Rookie first-round pick Tyler Smith could replace him. Tyler Smith has been working at left guard but was the starting left tackle at Tulsa. He missed both practices this week with an ankle injury.
“We’ve played a lot of games without Tyron,” Jones said on ESPN. “Not as successfully as we do with him. But in the meantime we’ve got a guy named Tyler Smith who’s come on the scene.”
The injury is a major blow to an offensive line that was already in transition.
The Cowboys were counting on Smith and five-time All-Pro right guard Zack Martin as the anchors for a unit that is young and relatively inexperienced at the other three spots. Dallas probably just added a fourth spot to that concern.
Josh Ball, a fourth-round pick last year, has replaced Tyron Smith at times during training camp this year. Ball missed all of his rookie season with an ankle injury.
If Tyler Smith moves to left tackle, third-year player Connor McGovern is the likely choice at left guard. Before Tyron Smith’s injury, McGovern, who missed all of his rookie year with a torn pectoral muscle, was expected to start ahead of Tyler Smith. Tyler Biadasz, another third-year player, is the center.
Without Tyron Smith, quarterback Dak Prescott is missing the veteran blocker on his blind side and two other starters from last year’s line while moving on without top receiver Amari Cooper, who was traded to Cleveland in a cost-cutting move in the offseason. CeeDee Lamb is taking over the No. 1 receiving role from Cooper.
The defending NFC East champs, who lost a wild-card game at home to San Francisco in January, open the season with two tough home games. The opener is against Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sept. 11 before Joe Burrow and the AFC champion Cincinnati Bengals visit.
“I like where we are relative to our skill positions and frankly, our challenge is in our offensive line,” Jones said. “The offensive talent has got to step up with the recognition that we can’t count on what you might have had up there.”
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Extensive Search and Recruitment Process Led by Envision Consulting
PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- After searching the cosmos for the right candidate, The Planetary Society recently announced that Jim Suh has been named as their new Chief Financial Officer. Suh brings to The Planetary Society over 20 years of finance and business administration experience in both the nonprofit and private sectors. He most recently worked in nonprofit as Controller for the Hollywood Community Housing Corporation, and prior to that he was the Director of Operations and Finance for Education Through Music – Los Angeles.
"I'm honored to work for The Planetary Society," said Suh, "and I am passionate about using my multi-faced background and broad skillset to serve this community."
Founded in 1980 by Carl Sagan, Louis Friedman and Bruce Murray, and helmed today by famed science educator, Bill Nye, The Planetary Society aims to empower the world's citizens to advance space and science exploration.
Chief Operating Officer of The Planetary Society, Jennifer Vaughn, said, "We are thrilled to have Jim join our team at The Planetary Society. His leadership and diverse business skills, coupled with his admirable integrity, make him exactly the candidate we were looking and hoping for when we began the search for a new CFO."
The appointment of Suh comes after an extensive search and recruitment process led by Envision Consulting--a nonprofit consulting firm based in Los Angeles, specializing in executive search, organizational strategy, merger exploration and executive leadership transitions. Envision's commitment to DEI is integrated into its practices, including inclusive surveys and stakeholder interviews, focus groups, structured hiring processes, a focus on anti-biased decision making and more. In 2021, Envision was named by the Women of Color in Fundraising and Philanthropy as a Top 10 Search Firm that Works for Women of Color. www.envisionnonprofit.com
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MONDAY’S SCORES
BOYS SOCCER
Brockton 8, Brighton 1
CASH 1, Boston Collegiate 0
Chelsea 5, Charlestown 0
Cohasset 0, Rockland 0
Dartmouth 1, North Attleboro 1
East Boston 1, North Quincy 1
Norwell 2, Duxbury 1
Pembroke 4, Silver Lake 0
Sandwich 2, Bridgewater-Raynham 1
Snowden 4, Cristo Rey 2
Westport 1, Nantucket 0
GIRLS SOCCER
Boston Collegiate 4, New Mission 0
Brockton 8, Charlestown 0
Chelsea 4, Boston International 0
Nauset 1, Bridgewater-Raynham 0
Norwell 2, Duxbury 0
O’Bryant 6, Mt. Alvernia 0
Old Rochester 2, Case 0
Pembroke 2, North Quincy 1
Sandwich 5, Abington 2
Snowden 9, Brighton 1
VOLLEYBALL
IGC quarterfinal
Covenant Christian 3, Landmark 2
State Vocational semifinal
Blackstone Valley Tech 3, Essex Tech 1
MONDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
BOYS SOCCER
Andrew Gleason (two goals) and Declan Crowley (goal, assist) paced things offensively, as Pembroke (18-0-0) capped a perfect regular season with a 4-0 shutout of Patriot League rival Silver Lake.
Ty Ricciardi sniped the game-clinching goal with five minutes remaining in regulation, as Sandwich upended Bridgewater-Raynham, 2-1, in a nonleague contest. … Hunter Brodeur scored the game’s only goal as Westport (17-0-1) edged Nantucket, 1-0.
GIRLS SOCCER
In a nonleague contest, Chloe Kirchner and Ella Johnson each tallied a goal to power Norwell during a 2-0 win over Duxbury. … Pepper Escher notched her 11th shutout as Nauset (16-1-1) blanked Bridgewater-Raynham 1-0.
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The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it is suing Steve Wynn, former CEO of Wynn Resorts.
The DOJ alleges that Wynn contacted Trump administration officials on behalf of China in 2017. At the time, the country wanted the U.S. to cancel the visa or remove a businessperson who had been charged with corruption in China, the DOJ says.
Wynn directly made the request to former President Donald Trump, the DOJ alleges.
"He had multiple discussions with the then-President and senior officials at the White House and National Security Council," the DOJ said in a statement.
The DOJ believes Wynn acted "out of a desire to protect his business interests in Macau."
The DOJ is seeking to compel Wynn to register as a foreign agent for China. | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/doj-sues-steve-wynn-for-failing-to-register-under-the-foreign-agents-registration-act | 2022-05-17 22:08:51 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/doj-sues-steve-wynn-for-failing-to-register-under-the-foreign-agents-registration-act |
Almost everyone knows Steve Jobs' uncanny vision, relentless drive and technological wizardry hatched the iPhone, a breakthrough that continues to reshape culture 16 years after the late Apple co-founder introduced the device to the world.
But when Jobs unveiled the first iPhone in 2007, another smartphone was the must-have gadget. It was the BlackBerry, a device so addictive that it became known as the “CrackBerry” among tech nerds and power brokers hunched over a tiny keyboard that was best operated with both thumbs clickety-clacking.
Now the BlackBerry is “that phone people had before they bought an iPhone," a relic so irrelevant that the Canadian company that made it is now valued at $3 billion — down from $85 billion at its 2008 peak when it still controlled nearly half of the smartphone market.
But its legacy is worth remembering — and audiences will get a chance to learn more about its origins in the new film, "BlackBerry." The film out Friday in theaters is the latest movie or TV series to delve into technology's penchant for groundbreaking innovation, blind ambition, ego clashes and power struggles that turn into morality tales.
That formula has already spawned two Academy Award-nominated movies written by Aaron Sorkin, 2010's "The Social Network" delving into Facebook's founding and 2015's "Steve Jobs," dissecting the Silicon Valley icon. Then came last year's flurry of TV series examining the scandals enveloping WeWork ("WeCrashed"), Uber ("Super Pumped") and disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes ("The Dropout"), which won Amanda Seyfried an Emmy for her turn in the starring role.
Unlike any of those biopics, “BlackBerry” is told as a dark comedy revolving around two amiable but bumbling nerds, Mike Lazaridis and Doug Fregin, who can't seem to execute their plan to create a “computer in a phone” until they bring in a hard-nosed, foul-mouthed businessman, Jim Balsillie.
Although “BlackBerry" is based on a meticulously researched book called “Losing the Signal,” director and co-star Matt Johnson acknowledged taking more liberties in the movie during an interview with The Associated Press. Among other changes, Johnson cited shifting some timelines, shaping the company culture through his view of the 1990s and infusing the key characters with "our own personalities and our own ideas.
“But our lawyers wouldn’t let us put anything in the film that was an outright fabrication,” Johnson stressed.
Johnson had to do a lot of guesswork in his role as the enigmatic Fregin, who sold all his stock in BlackBerry's holding company — then known as Research In Motion, RIM — around the same time Apple released the first iPhone and has kept a low profile ever since.
“Doug is true cipher, he has never done a taped interview," said Johnson, which led him to portray Fregin as a “kind of mascot figure who is tying the culture of the office together.”
Ironically, Johnson got a lot of his idea on how to depict Fregin from one of RIM's early employees, Matthias Wandel, who posted a YouTube video critiquing inaccuracies that he saw in the "BlackBerry" trailer. Before that, Wandel talked extensively to Johnson about RIM's history and even provided diaries that he kept while during the BlackBerry's development.
“I think when he sees the film he is going to be quite charmed by how much of his original notes are in the film,” Johnson said of Wandel. “It’s so funny that he has released that video (because) so much of my character is based on him. I stole everything from that dude. I owe him huge.”
Balsillie, RIM's co-CEO with Lazaridis, emerges as the film's most intriguing character. Actor Glenn Howerton (best known for his role in the TV series, “It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia”) portrays Balsillie in a way that casts him as both the story's chief antagonist and protagonist dropping f-bombs in tyrannical temper tantrums at the same time he is making savvy moves that turned the BlackBerry into a cultural sensation.
“It always felt like this was a guy who weirdly felt a little outside of sort of what people would consider to be sort of a titan of technology or business,” Howerton said of Basillie during an AP interview. “I played him as someone who had something to prove at almost all times, that he could play with the big boys.”
Balsillie eventually became entangled in legal problems tied to improper changes to the pricing of stock options — a tactic known as "backdating" that also ensnared Apple's former general counsel and former chief financial officer in 2007 for their handling of compensation packages awarded Jobs. Both Balsillie and Lazaridis left RIM in 2012.
Now that BlackBerry has faded from the public consciousness, Balsillie seems to be welcoming the renewed attention from the new film even though he quibbled with some aspects of his character during a recent interview with The Canadian Press.
Unlike Lazaridis and Fregin, Balsillie attended a recent showing of the film in Toronto and even walked the red carpet with Johnson and Howerton.
“In many ways, (Jim) was the hero, he was the character who changed for the better (in the film),” Johnson said. “The audience was just with him. It was almost a psychedelic experience to be in theater watching the movie with Jim, with Jim being the person who was laughing the loudest.”
Balsillie, who is mocked in one of the film's scenes for having never seen “Star Wars,” confided to Howerton that he enjoyed watching “BlackBerry” so much that it was the first movie he had ever seen twice in his life.
___ This story was updated on May 11, 2023 to correct the title of a book to “Losing the Signal.”
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Extraordinary General Meeting of Duddell Street Acquisition Corp. Shareholders to Approve the Proposed Business Combination with FiscalNote will be held on July 27, 2022 at 9:00am EDT
Duddell Street Recommends All Stockholders Vote "FOR" all Proposals, including the Business Combination
HONG KONG and WASHINGTON, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Duddell Street Acquisition Corp. ("Duddell Street" or "DSAC") (Nasdaq: DSAC), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, and FiscalNote Holdings, Inc., ("FiscalNote"), a leading AI-driven enterprise SaaS company that delivers legal and regulatory data and insights, today announced that DSAC's registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement") related to their previously announced proposed business combination (the "Business Combination") has been declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").
The declaration of effectiveness of the Registration Statement by the SEC and the filing of the definitive proxy statement/prospectus is an important step in FiscalNote becoming a publicly-traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the new ticker symbol "NOTE" after the close of the Business Combination.
DSAC will hold an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the "Special Meeting") at 9:00am EDT on July 27, 2022 to approve, among other things, the Business Combination. Shareholders of record of DSAC at the close of business on June 23, 2022 will be entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Special Meeting. The meeting will be broadcast virtually over the internet by means of a live audio webcast at www.cstproxy.com/dsac/2022. The Business Combination is expected to close shortly after approval by DSAC's shareholders and the satisfaction of other customary closing conditions as described in the Registration Statement.
A copy of the definitive proxy statement/prospectus can be accessed via the SEC website. Additional investor materials are available at: Duddell Street Acquisition Corporation (dsac.co).
DSAC recommends all stockholders vote "FOR" ALL PROPOSALS in advance of the Special Meeting by telephone, via the Internet, or by signing, dating, and returning the proxy card upon receipt by following the instructions on the proxy card.
DSAC's sponsor, Duddell Street Holdings Limited, and other DSAC stockholders which collectively own approximately 38% of DSAC's shares, have agreed to vote their shares in favor of all proposals presented at the Special Meeting.
DSAC shareholders who have questions or need assistance voting may contact Morrow Sodali LLC, DSAC's proxy solicitor, by calling 800-662-5200 or 203-658-9400 (banks and brokers), or by emailing DSAC.info@investor.morrowsodali.com.
Duddell Street Acquisition Corp. was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. Duddell Street is sponsored by Hong Kong-based hedge fund Maso Capital. Since inception, Maso Capital has invested in more than one thousand companies and situations across multiple sectors and geographies. Leveraging its stature and reputation in Hong Kong and its experienced investment team, Maso Capital has had investments in a number of TMT, healthcare, fintech and consumer companies in the region. For more information, please visit DSAC.co.
FiscalNote is a leading global technology provider of legal and policy data and insights. By combining AI capabilities, expert analysis, and legislative, regulatory, and geopolitical data, FiscalNote is reinventing the way that organizations minimize risk and capitalize on opportunity. Home to CQ, Roll Call, Oxford Analytica, and VoterVoice, FiscalNote empowers clients worldwide to monitor, manage, and act on the issues that matter most to them. To learn more about FiscalNote and its family of brands, visit FiscalNote.com and follow @FiscalNote.
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In connection with the Business Combination, Duddell Street Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: DSAC) ("Duddell Street") has filed relevant materials with the SEC, including the Registration Statement, which includes a proxy statement/prospectus of Duddell Street, which was declared effective by the SEC on July 1, 2022, and will file other documents regarding the Business Combination with the SEC. Duddell Street's shareholders and other interested persons are advised to read the definitive proxy statement and documents incorporated by reference therein filed in connection with the Business Combination, as these materials contain important information about FiscalNote, Duddell Street and the Business Combination. Duddell Street will mail the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and a proxy card to each DSAC shareholder entitled to vote at the Special Meeting. Before making any voting or investment decision, investors and shareholders of Duddell Street are urged to carefully read the entire Registration Statement and proxy statement/prospectus, and any other relevant documents filed with the SEC, as well as any amendments or supplements to these documents, because they will contain important information about the Business Combination. The documents filed by Duddell Street with the SEC may be obtained free of charge at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
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FiscalNote and its directors and executive officers may also be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the shareholders of Duddell Street in connection with the Business Combination. A list of the names of such directors and executive officers and information regarding their interests in the Business Combination are included in the proxy statement/prospectus pertaining to the Business Combination.
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WFO BOSTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, October 29, 2022
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FROST ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
317 PM EDT Fri Oct 28 2022
...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT SATURDAY...
* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 32 will result in frost
formation.
* WHERE...In Connecticut, Hartford CT, Tolland CT and Windham CT
Counties. In Massachusetts, Northern Bristol MA and Western
Plymouth MA Counties. In Rhode Island, Northwest Providence RI
and Western Kent RI Counties.
* WHEN...From 3 AM to 9 AM EDT Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if left
uncovered.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost
* WHERE...In Connecticut, Northern Fairfield, Northern New
Haven, Northern Middlesex and Northern New London Counties. In
New Jersey, Western Passaic, Eastern Passaic and Western
Bergen Counties. In New York, Rockland and Northern
Westchester Counties.
* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if
left uncovered.
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Jill Biden shares memories of 9/11 as wife, sister, more
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Jill Biden realized that terrorists had attacked America on Sept. 11, 2001, her husband, Joe, wasn’t the only loved one whose safety she worried about.
Biden recalled being “scared to death” that her sister Bonny Jacobs, a United Airlines flight attendant, was on one of the four hijacked airplanes that were flown into New York’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field, killing nearly 3,000 people.
After learning that her sister was safe at her Pennsylvania home, “I went straight to Bonny’s house,” Biden told The Associated Press on Saturday as she and her sister remembered that day.
On Sunday, Jill Biden, now the first lady, will mark the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 attacks by delivering remarks at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania — accompanied by Jacobs.
The 40 passengers and crew aboard that United Airlines flight fought back against their hijackers, thwarting a feared attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
“I called Bonny to see where she was because I was scared to death ... I didn’t know where she was, whether she was flying, not flying, where she was,” Jill Biden recalled. “And then I found out she was home.”
Biden had gone to teach her class at Delaware Technical Community College, then went straight to her sister’s house after school was dismissed.
Joe Biden, then a U.S. senator, was on an Amtrak train barreling toward Washington when his wife got through to him. They were on the phone when she cried out, “Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God” after an airplane hit the second World Trade Center tower.
Jacobs said she had gotten home around 2 a.m. on Sept. 11 after a late flight. She slept a little, got up to help get her kids, then 11 and 7, off to school, turned off her phone and went back to bed.
“So when I got up around noon, it was such a gorgeous day,” she said. “I had my coffee. I sat outside. I literally said out loud, ‘I’m doing nothing today, this day is gorgeous.’”
She saw the phone beeping when she went inside. Jill had left a message asking if she’d been watching television. She turned it on and saw replays of the attack on the World Trade Center.
“I started to shake,” Jacobs said, adding that she went upstairs to get dressed and “put my clothes on inside out” and spent the rest of the day watching TV.
“And then the first person that came to the house was Jill,” she said. “I hadn’t called her to come, but she just showed up, and she was there for me, as usual.”
Jacobs said she usually flies on the Sept. 11 anniversary to pay tribute to her fallen United Airlines colleagues and as a way of distracting herself “because it’s so upsetting.” But she wanted to be with the first lady in Shanksville to offer the same kind of support her big sister has given her.
“It’s such a special moment to be together with her,” Jacobs said. “She was there for me at the time that it happened and she actually is always there for me. She is my rock. Everybody should have a rock in their life, and she is mine.”
“And it’s such as special thing to share it with her as a flight attendant and that she’s there, you know, supporting us,” Jacobs said.
In addition to laying a wreath at the memorial and delivering remarks, the first lady was joining members of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA to honor the Flight 93 crew members.
In her prepared remarks for Sunday, Jill Biden says that after the shock of 9/11 “settled into sorrow” and she had spoken with her husband and children, her thoughts turned to her sister, who continues to work as a flight attendant with United Airlines.
“It’s a job that she has loved for many years and I knew that the weight of this tragedy would be heavier for her,” the first lady says. “When I got to her house, I realized that I was right. She hadn’t just lost colleagues. She had lost friends.”
She adds: “But I know that, as we learned more about that dark day, she felt pride for what happened here as well, pride that it was fellow flight attendants and the passengers of United Flight 93 who fought back, who helped stop the plane from taking an untold number of lives in our nation’s capital.”
Joe Biden, now president, was to commemorate the day at the Pentagon. Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, were to be at the New York remembrance.
On 9/11, then-Sen. Biden arrived in Washington to see smoke in the sky from the crash at the Pentagon. He wanted to go to the floor of the Senate, but the Capitol and the surrounding complex of offices and official buildings, including the Supreme Court, had been evacuated.
He was turned away by Capitol police, who said there was a risk that the building was a target.
Jill Biden said scores of lives were saved — including possibly her husband’s — by the actions of everyone aboard United Airlines Flight 93.
“That plane was headed for the U.S. Capitol and so I think it’s important that every year we go to Shanksville and we remember those who fought: the flight attendants, the captains, the pilots, all of those who fought to save those lives,” the first lady said in the interview.
She said her message Sunday would be, “We will never forget. We will never forget.”
“There were so many things swirling that day because I was worried about Joe’s safety, but I just could not imagine that my sister was on one of those flights,” the first lady said.
“I don’t know what word I want to use. I was so worried and I don’t even think that’s strong enough,” she added.
Jacobs interjected to say 9/11 was “surreal.”
Jill Biden added: “The whole thing was so surreal, but I was just, you know, just really praying that she was not on one of those flights.”
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110,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility increases infectious disease and immunology testing capacity to support growth of clinical, biopharma, and transplant diagnostic services
LENEXA, Kan., Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Eurofins Viracor, a leader in infectious disease and immunology testing, today celebrated the opening of its expansive new laboratory in Lenexa, KS. The 110,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility will be home to 450 employees, comprised of 215 current employees and 235 newly created roles and creates additional capacity to support growth in biopharma and transplant diagnostic testing services.
The new facility is part of Eurofins Viracor's continued investment in building capacity and capabilities to meet growing customer demand in biopharma and clinical diagnostic testing services. Eurofins Viracor provides rapid, clinical diagnostic test results to medical providers and transplant care teams.
The new laboratory complements the ongoing expansion of Eurofins Viracor's biopharma and transplant biomarker testing services by strengthening its ability to deliver fast, innovative, and high-quality test results to providers, biopharmaceutical companies, and critically ill patients.
"I'm proud that an innovative company like Eurofins Viracor has chosen to call Kansas home," said Governor Laura Kelly. "Beyond providing 235 more Kansans with high-quality jobs, Eurofins Viracor will continue its crucial work to keep our nation safe and healthy."
"Governor Kelly's Kansas Framework for Growth specifically targets recruiting additional company headquarters and enhancing our state's bioscience sector," Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland said. "Eurofins Viracor is the type of visionary company we want to attract to Kansas."
To learn more, please visit: Eurofins Viracor grand opening.
Eurofins Viracor has over 30 years of diagnostic expertise in infectious disease, immunology and allergy testing for immunocompromised and critical patients. Eurofins Viracor is a subsidiary of Eurofins Scientific (EUFI.PA), a global leader in bio-analytical testing, and one of the world leaders in genomic services. For more information, please visit https://www.eurofins.com/ and https://www.eurofins-viracor.com/clinical
Eurofins is Testing for Life. With over 61,000 staff across a network of 940 laboratories in 59 countries, Eurofins' companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods.
Eurofins Shares are listed on Euronext Paris Stock Exchange.
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NFL legend Tom Brady is threatening to sue over a comedy special that featured an AI-generated version of the future Hall of Fame quarterback telling stand-up jokes.
In it, the Brady impressionist — which was created using artificial intelligence — made jokes about his recent divorce, the struggles of using dating apps, and the NFL deflate-gate scandal.
Comedians Chad Kultgen and Will Sasso said on their "Dudesy" podcast that they had received a cease-and-desist letter from attorneys representing Brady, demanding the simulated, hour-long special be taken down, or they risk being sued.
"Mr. Brady will not allow Dudesy to exploit his publicity rights for Mr. Sasso's and Mr. Kultgen's personal financial gain — especially when Mr. Sasso and Mr. Kultgen have presented Mr. Brady's likeness in connection with highly offensive and defamatory material,"the letter reads. "Mr. Brady reserves all rights to seek damages, and preliminary and/or temporary injunctive relief to put an end to Dudesy's conduct, including via the removal of all versions of the Infringing special."
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The letter states that the comedy special "blatantly violated" the seven-time Super Bowl champion's rights and presented him in a "false light" — allegations the comedians cast doubt on.
"It's an impersonation of Tom Brady," Kultgen said on the podcast. "It's exactly like what you would see if you watch any stand-up comedy special or any sketch comedy shows where they're doing impersonations of people. ...I don't think we're in any way presenting Mr. Brady at all. It's simply a parody of the idea of Tom Brady doing stand-up."
The comedians also referenced a viral conversation between Joe Rogan and the late Steve Jobs that was entirely fabricated using artificial intelligence and never actually occurred.
"This same technology exists on Snapchat, Instagram story filters, where you can take somebody else's face, put it over your own, you can now vocally make anyone sound like anything," Kultgen said. "This is simply how things are now."
The first 10 minutes of the Brady comedy special were available on YouTube earlier this month, but the clip has since been taken down.
Brady's attorneys also demanded Kultgen and Sasso immediately stop using "Mr. Brady's name, image, voice, persona, and likeness" in any of their videos — a request the comedians said they won't concede to.
The incident certainly raises questions about what creators can and can't do with artificial intelligence, and whether they could face consequences for the types of content they produce.
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Millions of Americans mired in medical debt face difficult financial decisions every day — pay the debt or pay for rent, utilities and groceries. Some may even skip necessary health care for fear of sinking deeper into debt.
To address the problem, an increasing number of municipal, county and state governments are devising plans to spend federal coronavirus pandemic relief funds to eliminate residents’ medical debt and ease those debt burdens.
The City Council in the Boston suburb of Somerville last month unanimously passed a resolution to spend $200,000 of the city’s $77 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding that could clear as much as $4.3 million in medical debt, said Willie Burnley Jr., one of the city councilors behind the effort. As many 5,000 of the city’s 80,000 residents could benefit.
Cook County, Illinois, which includes Chicago, and Pittsburgh, New Orleans and Toledo, Ohio, are among more than a dozen communities that have set into motion or are considering similar plans. Democratic Connecticut governor Ned Lamont last week proposed spending $20 million in ARPA funds to eliminate as much as $2 billion in state residents’ medical debts.
Unlike credit card or loan debt, medical debt is not a choice, advocates said.
“Medical debt is something that people can’t help and it’s not their fault,” Burnley said. “No one chooses to get hurt or to get sick.”
Somerville resident Virginia Faust has health insurance, but she still fell several thousand dollars into debt in 2021 when a mental health emergency required a weeklong hospital stay. The debt affected her credit, and in a cruel irony, put additional stress on her mental health.
“This would have a tangible effect on my life and relieve a lot of stress,” Faust, 25, said of Burnley’s plan. “It would mean I would be more likely to go to a doctor and get regular checkups.”
In Toledo, a combined $1.6 million from the city and Lucas County will eliminate as much as $240 million in medical debt for as many as 41,000 residents, according to Ohio state Rep. Michele Grim, who drove the effort when she served as a Toledo city councilor.
“It’s such a great return on investment,” she said. “I really couldn’t think of a better way to use dollars that were meant to aid in the economic recovery of our citizens.”
The cities and states are teaming up with RIP Medical Debt, a New York-based nonprofit that since 2014 has used donations to buy huge bundles of debt from hospitals and other health care providers at pennies on the dollar and pay it off. A single donated dollar erases an average of $100 of debt.
More than 40% of American adults have medical debt and about two-thirds of personal bankruptcies in the nation cite medical debt as a leading cause, said Allison Sesso, president and CEO of the nonprofit.
The money is coming from the federal government’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, which included $360 billion for local, state, territorial and tribal governments to provide economic relief.
“This is one of the most impactful and direct ways we can use this money and it would have incredible and quantifiable benefits,” Burnley said.
Eligibility requirements can vary, but to be eligible in Somerville for the debt relief through RIP Medical Debt, individuals or families can have a household income of up to 400% of the federal poverty — that’s $111,000 annually for a family of four according to federal statistics — or have medical debts that exceed 5% of their annual income.
There is no need to apply. RIP Medical Debt determines eligibility and the beneficiaries get a letter informing them that their debt has been acquired and canceled. Not everyone will benefit. People whose debt continues to be held by for-profit collection agencies may miss out.
Unlike federal student loan debt relief, medical debt relief has more widespread and bipartisan support. According to a recent survey by Tulchin Research, more than 70% of Americans support medical debt relief, while only about half of Americans support student loan debt relief. The survey of 1,500 adults had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.
Since it’s founding, RIP Medical Debt has raised enough money to eliminate more than $8.5 billion of debt for nearly 5.5 million people. But that’s barely a dent in the total number of people facing tough money choices.
A 2021 study that appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association determined that Americans have $140 billion in unpaid health care bills at collection agencies alone, and that debt disproportionately affects the poor.
Although it’s a good cause, using ARPA funds to discharge medical debt does not address the underlying systemic problem, said Ray Kluender, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School and one of the study’s co-authors.
Medical debt is a “byproduct of the patchwork way we pay for health care,” he said.
“While relieving debts after they have gone through the provider collections process won’t address the issues driving the accumulation of these unpaid bills in the first place, it may nevertheless help people who are struggling to pay back their bills,” he said. | https://www.cenlanow.com/health/ap-governments-target-medical-debt-with-covid-relief-funds/ | 2023-02-15 15:13:29 | 0 | https://www.cenlanow.com/health/ap-governments-target-medical-debt-with-covid-relief-funds/ |
A monument dedicated to Christian missionaries that serves as a popular spot for prayer was vandalized earlier multiple times at Williams College earlier this month.
The Haystack Monument on Williams College campus was dedicated to a handful of students, who would eventually go on to form the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and preach their faith across the world.
"While missionaries’ stated purposes professed service, sacrifice and the desire to make the world a better place, attitudes and language were laced with Christian imperialism and colonialism," Williams College states on its official website. "As we have grappled with our history, Haystack anniversaries have changed in their focus from a celebration of Christian missionary activity to reflect broader societal movements."
However, the monument was vandalized multiple times with phrases offensive phrases like "Pagan Rule," and "Hail Satan."
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The college’s President Maud Mandel initially responded with a statement that this act was a violation of the law, as well as observing, "The Haystack Monument has been a focal point for ongoing campus discussions about Williams’ institutional history. We expect those discussions to continue in the next academic year."
Six days later, Mandel wrote in another memo that the monument had been defaced again.
"The Haystack Monument was defaced again late Friday night, in a way very similar to the first incident. This time the slogans were ‘Hell is hot,’ ‘Shame on you,’ and ‘Ouch’ as well as an obscenity."
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After declaring that there will be more patrols guarding the area going forward, Mandel reached out to Christian students on campus.
"Given that the Monument memorializes the Christian missionary movement, some people may experience these incidents as attacks on your religion or you personally. You belong here, and I will work for your and everyone’s right to a safe community," she wrote.
The monument has been previously the center of controversy on campus.
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Senior curator of American art at Williams College Museum of Art Kevin Murphy, was charged with reviewing the monument's appropriateness. He spoke to The College Fix in 2016 about the changing climate of the campus.
"At the time, Williams had a strong emphasis on Christianity and it was common for graduates to become ministers," Murphy had said. "Now we are an institution with students and faculty from lots of different faiths or no religious belief at all, and no longer have mandatory chapel attendance." | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/christian-monument-vandalized-with-phrases-of-hail-satan-at-williams-college/article_0104497d-b234-5a9d-b750-e80d7b31d728.html | 2023-06-03 04:59:20 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/christian-monument-vandalized-with-phrases-of-hail-satan-at-williams-college/article_0104497d-b234-5a9d-b750-e80d7b31d728.html |
MAMARONECK, N.Y. (AP) — Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe said in a speech posted online Monday that he has been removed as the right-wing group’s leader.
In remarks that appeared to have been made at a Project Veritas’ office, O’Keefe said the board had stripped him of all decision-making. The move comes after the board reportedly put him on leave from his role as chairman amid complaints about his treatment of staff at the organization, which is known for using hidden cameras and hiding identities to try to ensnare journalists in embarrassing conversations and to reveal supposed liberal bias.
“So currently, I have no job at Project Veritas,” O’Keefe said in the video. “I have no position here based upon what the board has done. So I’m announcing to you all that today on President’s Day, I’m packing up my personal belongings.”
In a statement released later Monday, the group’s board of directors said it had uncovered “financial malfeasance” and accused O’Keefe of spending “an excessive amount of donor funds in the last three years on personal luxuries.”
According to the group, those included “$14,000 on a charter flight to meet someone to fix his boat under the guise of meeting with a donor”; $60,000 in losses from dance events; more than $150,000 “in Black Cars in the last 18 months”; and others.
The statement added that O’Keefe had been suspended in recent weeks. It said he was invited to meet with the board to discuss financial issues and staff retention and morale, but he ignored those entreaties and “today … decided to remove his belongings from Project Veritas headquarters.”
O’Keefe, who choked up and wiped away tears during his remarks in the video, said several times that the nearly 45-minute speech was for staff internally, but it was posted on the Vimeo platform.
The announcement comes after the group’s executive director and several board members put out a statement last week saying that “a number of our staff members provided leadership with some verbal feedback describing real management concerns regarding the treatment of people and our internal processes.”
Project Veritas, which identifies itself as a news organization, is best known for its hidden camera stings that have embarrassed news outlets, labor organizations and Democratic politicians. O’Keefe founded the nonprofit group 13 years ago, and its most recent IRS filings provided to charity regulators in Florida show it brought in more than $20 million in revenue in 2021.
Last year, two Florida residents pleaded guilty to selling a diary and other items from President Joe Biden’s daughter to Project Veritas for $40,000, prosecutors said. As part of its investigation, the FBI searched the group’s New York offices and the homes of some employees in 2021.
Neither Project Veritas nor any staffers have been charged with a crime, and the group has said its activities were protected by the First Amendment.
Messages seeking comment were left with O’Keefe, the group’s executive director, and attorneys for Project Veritas and O’Keefe, as well as other officials with the organization, which is based in Mamaroneck, New York. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/ap-project-veritas-founder-james-okeefe-out-at-right-wing-org/ | 2023-02-21 19:48:27 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/ap-project-veritas-founder-james-okeefe-out-at-right-wing-org/ |
FINDLAY, OH (WLIO) - Around 50 hot air balloons will take to the skies over Findlay this weekend.
This the 22nd annual Flag City BalloonFest will be taking over Emory Adams Park in Findlay. The 50 hot air balloons from all over the United States will be on hand, which is the most that the event has ever had. The balloons will be in the skies every morning all weekend and part of the illuminations tonight and Saturday at 9 p.m. plus, there are helicopter and tethered balloon rides that people can pay to take part in. But the hot air balloons are just part of the fun.
“We have a kid's zone, we have entertainment, tonight there are fireworks. There is a glow encounter tonight and tomorrow night. We have craft beer tasting going on,” says Kellie Bibler, Marketing Director for the Flag City BalloonFest. “There are just a lot of activities for the whole family going on all weekend.”
It is free admission to get into the festival. Emory Adams Park is located at 1827 South Blanchard St. Findlay, OH 45840. If you would like information about times or events, log on to www.flagcityballoonfest.com.
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GOOD DEEDS: Goodwill Manasota wins $65,000 for GoodPartner Coaches
The Ralph S. French Charitable Foundation recently awarded $65,000 to Goodwill Manasota in support of its award-winning GoodPartner Coach program.
This is the 13th year that Goodwill has received funding from the French Foundation for this purpose; the funds will help to defray costs associated with the salaries and benefits of two GoodPartner Coaches.The GoodPartner Coach program offers employability skills training and case management services to individuals with disabilities and other barriers to employment. Of Goodwill’s 800 employees, approximately 70% have a self-identified disability or disadvantage.
The goal of the program is to enable those who may have been overlooked elsewhere to gain positive personal and workplace behaviors and skills, feel the pride of earning a paycheck and move toward self-sufficiency, build a strong work history and develop the experience and skills to position them for higher-paying jobs within the organization or outside of Goodwill.In 2022, a significant number of Goodwill Manasota’s employees represented the following demographics: persons with disabilities, older workers, speaking a primary language other than English, lack of a high school diploma and those who are justice involved.
Individuals with significant barriers require more than just a job to move toward self-sufficiency. Consequently, Goodwill provides each team member with full-time employment, a competitive wage (all employees earn at least $14 an hour) and a life coach. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/business/2023/06/12/grant-to-boost-goodwill-manasotas-goodpartner-coach-program/70292913007/ | 2023-06-12 11:09:54 | 0 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/business/2023/06/12/grant-to-boost-goodwill-manasotas-goodpartner-coach-program/70292913007/ |
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A journalist who ran an online local news program was shot to death Monday in southern Mexico, making him the 15th media worker killed so far this year nationwide.
Prosecutors in the southern state of Guerrero said Monday that Fredid Román was gunned down in the state capital, Chilpancingo.
Román’s program, “The Reality of Guerrero,” focused heavily on state-level politics. He also wrote a column.
Guerrero is a state where drug gangs, armed vigilantes and other groups regularly clash.
2022 has been one of the deadliest ever for journalists in Mexico, which is now considered the most dangerous country for reporters outside a war zone.
Prosecutors did not immediately offer any further details on the killing of Román, who local media said had previously published a newspaper under the same name and was shot inside his vehicle.
The killing comes just one week after independent journalist Juan Arjón López was found dead in the northern border state of Sonora. Prosecutors said he died from a blow to the head. His body was found in San Luis Rio Colorado, across the border from Yuma, Arizona.
That area has been hit by drug cartel violence in recent years. In March, volunteer searchers found 11 bodies in clandestine burial pits in a stretch of desert near a garbage dump in San Luis.
At the beginning of August, a journalist was among four people killed inside a beer shop in the central Mexico state of Guanajuato.
Authorities said it was unknown whether that attack was related to the journalist’s work, his role as representative of local businesses in the planning of an upcoming fair or something else.
While organized crime is often involved in journalist killings, small town officials or politicians with political or criminal motivations are often suspects as well. Journalists running small news outlets in Mexico’s interior are easy targets.
Jan-Albert Hootsen, the Mexico representative for the Committee to Protect Journalists, wrote after Arjón López’s killing that “although some arrests have been made in earlier cases of press killings this year, an ongoing climate of impunity continues to fuel these attacks.” | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/journalist-killed-in-mexico-15th-to-die-so-far-this-year/ | 2022-08-23 13:59:59 | 1 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/journalist-killed-in-mexico-15th-to-die-so-far-this-year/ |
Life is filled with celebrations. From weddings to parties to starting a new business, there’s always something exciting to celebrate. Sometimes those celebrations call for additional components — custom invitations, T-shirts and more — to really bring the occasion to life.
Fortunately, Tucson has several print shop options to help you create exactly what you need for all of life’s celebratory moments. Here’s where to find locally-owned print shops in Tucson (listed in alphabetical order).
Arizona Cottons
Arizona Cottons offers screen printing, embroidery and even custom designs if you need additional help conveying your message. This south-side print shop has produced over 1.5 million screen-printed items and embroidered over 800,000 items, according to their website.
For more information about Arizona Cottons, check out their website.
CREAM Design and Print
Over the last few years, CREAM has made a significant impact in Tucson with its hyperlocal merch designs (looking at you, Ugly but Honest and Lake Elmira merch).
This design and print shop is “committed to elevating our local community and supporting creatives while offering a stable and empowering workplace for our employees through good business practices,” according to their website.
To get a quote for a design or merch, visit CREAM’s website. You can also find quirky merch in person at The CREAMERY or online.
Factory 1971
Factory 1971 offers more than the standard print and design shop — they also offer laser cutting and customizable gifts, awards and signs.
“At Factory 1971 you can count on us to give your project the time and attention it deserves and to be honest about the timeframe it will take to get your job done correctly, on time and on budget,” according to their website.
Some of Factory 1971’s previous clients include The Parish, KXCI and Apple Annie’s Orchard.
For more information about Factory 1971, check out their website.
Sons Print
This south-side print shop is able to print custom invitations, business cards, flyers, banners and more. They also offer embroidery!
For more information about Sons Print, visit their website or give them a call at 520-889-4970.
Sunset Embroidery and Screen Print
Sunset Embroidery and Screen Print have provided Tucson with screen printing, embroidery and graphic design services since 2011. This shop focuses on primarily T-shirts and other promotional products for local (and national) businesses.
Previous Sunset clients include Barrio Brewery and Charro Steak.
For more information about Sunset Embroidery and Screen Print, check out their website.
Tanline Printing
This local shop offers “screen printing, letterpress, risograph, direct-to-garment printing, sublimation printing, and embroidery,” according to Tanline Printing’s website.
The folks behind Tanline Printing are also the organizers behind Tiny Town Gallery, where you can find many of the creations printed at Tanline.
“We also provide custom printing services; classes in screen printing, letterpress, and bookmaking; live printing at events; collaboration with artists to publish their works as prints and books; and monthly exhibitions at our gallery, Tiny Town Gallery,” their website states.
For more information about Tanline Printing, visit their website.
The Gaslight Print Shop
The Gaslight Print Shop is a sister shop of The Gaslight Theatre and Gaslight Costume Shoppe.
This print shop specializes in invitations, stationery and announcements, according to their website. Find various card designs and prices directly listed on their website!
For more information about The Gaslight Print Shop, check out their website.
The Gloo Factory
The Gloo Factory is a “full-service union print shop, specializing in screen printing, digital printing, publishing and cut vinyl graphics,” according to their website. The Gloo Factory produces stickers, signs, apparel and more.
The shop is community-oriented as they work closely with various local nonprofits and activist groups.
“The Gloo Factory does offer internships for design and printing. We also love to host screen printing workshops with student groups, art classes, and youth organizations,” their website states.
For more information about The Gloo Factory, check out their website.
Yeah Right! Screen Printing and Design
Yeah Right! Screen Printing and Design is a locally-owned and -operated print shop specializing in T-shirt printing, conveniently located in midtown Tucson near Broadway and Campbell Avenue.
Plus, they have the cutest crystal saguaro logo!
For more information about Yeah Right! Screen Printing and Design, visit their website.
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Hadebe sparks Dynamo to 2-2 draw with FC Dallas
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1of 10 Houston Dynamo's Matias Vera (22) looks on as teammate Hector Herrera, center, kicks away the ball in front of FC Dallas midfielder Brandon Servania (18) during the second half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, July 9, 2022, in Houston. Michael Wyke/AP Show More Show Less
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3of 10 Houston Dynamo midfielder Fafa Picault, left, shoots on goal as FC Dallas defender Marco Farfan, center, and goalkeeper Maarten Paes, right, successfully defend the goal during the second half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, July 9, 2022, in Houston. Farfan was injured on the play and was taken from the pitch. Michael Wyke/AP Show More Show Less
4of 10 Houston Dynamo defender Teenage Hadebe (17) celebrates his goal against FC Dallas' Nkosi Tafari (17) and goalkeeper Maarten Paes, right, during the second half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, July 9, 2022, in Houston. Michael Wyke/AP Show More Show Less
5of 10 Houston Dynamo midfielder Hector Herrera, right, kicks away the ball in front of FC Dallas forward Franco Jara, left, during the second half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, July 9, 2022, in Houston. Michael Wyke/AP Show More Show Less
6of 10 FC Dallas' Jesus Ferreira (10) and Paul Arriola (7) run past taunting Houston Dynamo fans after a goal by Ferreira during the second half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, July 9, 2022, in Houston. Michael Wyke/AP Show More Show Less
7of 10 Houston Dynamo defender Teenage Hadebe, left, gets his shot past FC Dallas goalkeeper Maarten Paes, center, to score as FC Dallas midfielder Ema Twumasi, right, looks on during the second half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, July 9, 2022, in Houston. Michael Wyke/AP Show More Show Less
8of 10 Players from both the Housyon Dynamos and FC Dallas push and shove each other on the pitch after a goal by the Dynamo was disallowed during the second half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, July 9, 2022, in Houston. Michael Wyke/AP Show More Show Less
9of 10 Houston Dynamo forward Thor Ulfarsson, left, looks on as midfielder Hector Herrera, center, shakes hands with Memo Rodriguez (8) as Rodriguez leaves the pitch as Ulfarsson and Herrera are substituted into an MLS soccer match during the second half against FC Dallas, Saturday, July 9, 2022, in Houston. Michael Wyke/AP Show More Show Less
10of 10 FC Dallas forward Jesus Ferreira (10) jumps over Houston Dynamo defender Daniel Steres (2) as his goal kick gets past goalkeeper Steve Clark, left, during the second half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, July 9, 2022, in Houston. Michael Wyke/AP Show More Show Less
HOUSTON (AP) — Defender Teenage Hadebe scored in the 11th minute of second-half stoppage time after Jesús Ferreira's goal eight minutes earlier had give FC Dallas the lead and the Houston Dynamo earned a 2-2 draw on Saturday.
Ferreira kept pace with Austin FC's Sebastián Driussi with his 11th goal of the season — one behind front-runner Valentín Castellanos of New York City FC in the race for the Golden Boot.
Dallas (7-5-7) grabbed a 1-0 lead in the 27th minute on a goal by Matt Hedges.
Houston (6-9-4) answered with Thorleifur Úlfarsson's goal in the 69th minute to knot the score.
The Dynamo outshot Dallas 19-13 with an 8-6 advantage in shots on goal.
Maarten Paes had five saves for Dallas. Steve Clark saved four shots for Houston.
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4 charged after 5,000 pounds of Methamphetamine seized in California
Published: Jul. 9, 2022 at 1:24 AM CDT|Updated: 15 minutes ago
(CNN) - Federal authorities seized more than 5,000 pounds of methamphetamine in California.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says it was one of the largest drug busts in San Diego County.
Law enforcement followed a commercial truck that crossed into the United States Thursday.
Officers allegedly saw four men, all residents of Tijuana, unload dozens of cardboard boxes into a van.
Inside was about 148 bundles of Methamphetamine.
The men are charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
If found guilty, the suspects could face up to life in prison, along with a $10 million dollar fine.
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WYOMISSING, Pa. (AP) — WYOMISSING, Pa. (AP) — Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. (GLPI) on Thursday reported a key measure of profitability in its fourth quarter. The results met Wall Street expectations.
The real estate investment trust, based in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, said it had funds from operations of $239.1 million, or 89 cents per share, in the period.
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The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for funds from operations of 89 cents per share.
Funds from operations is a closely watched measure in the REIT industry. It takes net income and adds back items such as depreciation and amortization.
The company said it had net income of $194.1 million, or 75 cents per share.
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The real estate investment trust posted revenue of $336.4 million in the period, exceeding Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $336.1 million.
For the year, the company reported funds from operations of $924.4 million, or $3.55 per share. Revenue was reported as $1.31 billion.
Gaming and Leisure Properties expects full-year funds from operations in the range of $3.61 to $3.67 per share.
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HONG KONG (AP) — Baidu Inc., one of China’s biggest search and artificial intelligence firms, said Wednesday it plans to implement its artificial intelligence chatbot Ernie into its search services from March.
Baidu, which is known for its search engine and autonomous driving technology, leads China’s efforts to create an equivalent of OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot. It said earlier this month that it will complete internal testing of Ernie Bot in March before making the service public.
In an internal memo, Baidu CEO Robin Li said that Ernie Bot will be integrated across all of Baidu’s operations, including its search and cloud services. Baidu also plans to integrate Ernie into its smart car operating system and smart speaker.
The company’s stock price in New York jumped nearly 7% in pre-market trading Wednesday to more than $150 a share.
“AI technology has reached a tipping point and all industries will inevitably go through transformation,” Li said in the memo.
“Baidu stands as the best example of the long-term growth of China’s AI market and is advancing at the forefront of this new wave,” he said.
The company also announced a $5 billion share buyback on Wednesday.
Baidu reported revenues of 33.1 billion yuan ($4.8 billion) for the quarter that ended in December, about level with the same period of 2021.
Most of Baidu’s revenue comes from its online marketing services, which generated 18.1 billion yuan ($2.62 billion) in sales in the last quarter.
Its Apollo Go autonomous ride-hailing services provided 561,000 rides in the fourth quarter, up 162% from a year earlier.
After years of regulatory scrutiny following a crackdown on the technology sector and a sluggish economy battered by COVID-19, companies like Baidu look likely to invest more as China looks to the industry to revive the economy. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/ap-baidu-to-implement-chatgpt-like-ernie-bot-chatbot-from-march/ | 2023-02-22 21:45:04 | 0 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/ap-baidu-to-implement-chatgpt-like-ernie-bot-chatbot-from-march/ |
TOLEDO — Testimony continued Thursday in the trial of Michael Zacharias, a former priest charged with sex trafficking offenses, in the U.S. District Court for Northern Ohio.
A federal grand jury indicted Zacharias in August 2020 on one count of sex trafficking of a minor, two counts of sex trafficking of a minor by force, fraud or coercion, and seven counts of sex trafficking of an adult by force, fraud or coercion.
He had been pastor at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Findlay since 2017 at the time of his arrest and had previously served as pastor at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Van Wert, where at least some of the sexual acts allegedly took place, according to the federal indictment.
According to published accounts, three men testified during the trial’s first five days that Zacharias groomed then for sexual activity when they were minors.
The Findlay Courier reported that a former student at St. Michael’s Catholic School in Findlay testified Tuesday that the former priest began cultivating a relationship when the boy was in eighth grade.
Other testimony on Tuesday came from FBI agents who presented various phone and computer records to corroborate the testimony of the alleged victim, the newspaper reported.
Bishop Daniel Thomas had placed Zacharias on administrative leave on Aug. 18, 2020 immediately after his arrest. | https://www.limaohio.com/news/2023/05/10/testimony-in-trial-of-ex-priest-comes-from-several-victims/ | 2023-05-11 00:39:17 | 1 | https://www.limaohio.com/news/2023/05/10/testimony-in-trial-of-ex-priest-comes-from-several-victims/ |
The time has come to unveil this year’s 40 Under 40. These outstanding individuals have made a mark on their industries and the city—and they're poised to do even bigger things.
Some fun facts about Crain's 40 Under 40 class of 2022:
- The youngest member is just 27, co-founder at a biotech startup spun out of the lab of prolific Northwestern University inventor John Rogers.
- One is among the few men of color leading an arts organization in Chicago, who has made it "not just a place to celebrate, but also a refuge for access to the world through the arts.”
- Tired of waiting in long lines to ship items for their e-commerce business, this pair of entrepreneurs were spurred to develop a whole new automated fulfillment platform. It's now one of the area’s fastest-growing businesses, with sales of $215.3 million last year.
- Yet another is a Warren Buffett protege who now has her own private-equity firm.
These are just a few of the whiz not-quite-kids we profile in our 33rd annual 40 Under 40 feature, which over the years has included Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, John Rogers, Stephanie Izard, Rick Bayless, Ken Griffin and Chance the Rapper. | https://www.chicagobusiness.com/40-under-40/crains-chicago-2022-40-under-40 | 2022-11-07 12:25:50 | 0 | https://www.chicagobusiness.com/40-under-40/crains-chicago-2022-40-under-40 |
DALLAS, Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NexPoint, a multibillion-dollar alternative investment firm, announced today that it was included in the Dallas Business Journal's list of Best Places to Work for 2022.
NexPoint was named as a best workplace in the Medium category, which designates companies with 50-240 employees. Selections are based on an indexed score of employee responses to a survey conducted by Quantum Workplace. NexPoint is one of 30 honorees chosen from over 300 entries. Firms selected for the list had the highest employee survey scores among peer companies in their respective size categories.
"We are honored to be recognized as a top place to work by the Dallas Business Journal," says Lucy Bannon, Chief Communications Officer at NexPoint. "NexPoint strives to provide an environment and support that enables employees to do their best work. We are proud to not only receive this award but also to know that employees value our workplace culture."
The full unranked list of companies recognized in the Medium category is available on the Dallas Business Journal's website.
Winning companies will be honored on October 20, 2022, at the Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West Hotel.
About NexPoint
NexPoint is a multibillion-dollar alternative investment firm comprised of a group of investment advisers and sponsors, a broker-dealer, and a suite of related investment vehicles. NexPoint provides differentiated access to alternatives through a range of investment solutions, including public and private real estate investment trusts, tax-advantaged real estate vehicles, merger arbitrage and event driven strategies, other private real estate investments, closed-end funds, interval funds, and a business development company. NexPoint is based in Dallas, Texas and is part of a network of affiliates with expertise across the asset management and financial services spaces. For more information visit nexpoint.com.
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Posters focusing on health disparities, sex differences, maternal health and armed services hospitalizations honored during Preventive Medicine 2022 in Denver
DENVER, June 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On the closing day of Preventive Medicine 2022 (PM2022), the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) announced the winners of its Scientific Excellence Awards for physician member-led, evidence-based research. ACPM President M. "Tonette" Krousel-Wood, MD, MSPH, FACPM, presented the awards during a ceremony at the annual meeting, which brings together the brightest minds in public health and preventive medicine.
The Scientific Excellence Awards are designed to recognize and reward the outstanding research of medical and scientific professionals working in preventive medicine.
More than 70 ACPM members showcased their latest research and shared best practices in preventive medicine during poster presentations at PM2022, and a panel consisting of members of the ACPM Board of Regents selected the top three honorees. The 2022 ACPM Scientific Excellence Award winners are:
- First place – Eunice Neeley, MD, MPH, Explaining Black-White Differences in Maternal Hypertensive Disorders: Findings from the Louisiana Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), 2016-2019 – Tulane University
- Second place – Christopher Snitchler, DO, Sepsis Hospitalizations Among Active Component Service Members, U.S. Armed Forces, 2011-2020 – Uniformed Services University
- Third place –Erin Winkler, MD, Length of Maternity Leave and Maternal Health in the U.S. Military – Uniformed Services University
"Our 2022 Scientific Excellence Award winners exemplify this year's conference focus on the science, evidence, and analyses that inform preventive medicine," said Dr. Krousel-Wood. "Congratulations to our winners and to all who participated in poster presentations. The research led and presented by preventive medicine physicians at PM2022 will contribute to advancements in public health, help inform our approach to disease prevention and health disparities, and lead to better health and wellbeing of all populations."
PM2022 featured dozens of sessions and presentations focusing on challenging healthcare topics – from health equity and gun violence to vaccine hesitancy and chronic disease prevention. For more information about PM2022, visit ACPM online, here, and follow the conversation on social media using #PM2022.
About ACPM
The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) is a professional medical society of approximately 2,000 physicians dedicated to improving the health and quality of life of individuals, families, communities and populations through disease prevention and health promotion.
For more information, visit www.acpm.org
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States that increased taxes the most in the last four decades
(Stacker) - Depending on where you live in the U.S., your state and local taxes may have shifted over the last year.
The feared decline in American spending at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic never fully materialized as stimulus and pandemic aid programs kept consumers buying and sending sales taxes into state and local government coffers.
But while the stimulus-fueled spending spree alleviated concerns about bringing in tax revenue for critical functions in local government, it also helped spur record inflation. Some states are adjusting taxes in response: Utah, for example, moved to reduce individual and corporate income tax rates for 2022.
Stacker examined data from the nonprofit Tax Foundation to see which states have recorded the biggest tax growth in the last four decades. States were ranked by the percentage-point change of each state’s effective tax rate from 1980 to 2022. Ties were broken by the growth from 2021. The overall per capita burden was used if those numbers were the same.
Effective tax rates were calculated by dividing the state and local taxes residents pay by the state’s share of the gross national product. Those taxes include property, sales, income, and other taxes recorded by the Census Bureau’s State and Local Government Finance division.
In 2022, the national average state-local tax burden is 11.2%, unchanged from the year before. “Tax burden” is a term used to describe the effective amount of taxes each person in a state pays its government. “State-local” refers to a combination of state and local tax rates, excluding federal taxes. It can account for income and the portion of corporate taxes shifted to consumers via increased costs or lower wages.
Twenty states—including Oregon, Colorado, Alaska, Maryland, and Georgia—and the District of Columbia have lowered effective state-local tax rates since 1980. In Alaska, taxes on oil extraction have ensured a large portion of state taxes are footed by the business activities of non-residents. Residents of the other 30 states have seen tax rates increase as much as three percentage points in that timeframe.
States with the largest tax growth have high effective tax rates overall, largely due to high state spending and tax payments to out-of-state governments. In Connecticut, for example, residents pay taxes to neighboring New York, while states with large tourism industries like Vermont and Hawaii export tax burdens to the rest of the U.S.
Only one state has seen tax rates rise more in the last four decades than the residents of the lush Hawaiian islands with its high cost of living and people paying a 14% effective tax rate (about $8,400 in taxes per person annually). Continue reading to see which it is.
#51. Alaska
- Change from 1980: -4.3 percentage points
- Change from 2021: +0.5 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 4.6%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $2,943
#50. Michigan
- Change from 1980: -2.0 percentage points
- Change from 2021: -0.4 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 8.6%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $4,720
#49. North Dakota
- Change from 1980: -2.0 percentage points
- Change from 2021: +0.9 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 8.8%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $5,403
#48. District of Columbia
- Change from 1980: -1.8 percentage points
- Change from 2021: +0.3 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 12.0%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $11,654
#47. Wisconsin
- Change from 1980: -1.3 percentage points
- Change from 2021: -0.4 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 10.9%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $6,231
#46. Georgia
- Change from 1980: -1.0 percentage points
- Change from 2021: -0.2 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 8.9%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $4,862
#45. South Carolina
- Change from 1980: -0.8 percentage points
- Change from 2021: -0.5 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 8.9%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $4,596
#44. Arizona
- Change from 1980: -0.7 percentage points
- Change from 2021: -0.1 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 9.5%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $5,156
#43. Massachusetts
- Change from 1980: -0.6 percentage points
- Change from 2021: +0.1 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 11.5%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $9,405
#42. South Dakota
- Change from 1980: -0.5 percentage points
- Change from 2021: -0.3 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 8.4%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $5,196
#41. Wyoming
- Change from 1980: -0.4 percentage points
- Change from 2021: -0.8 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 7.5%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $4,691
#40. West Virginia
- Change from 1980: -0.4 percentage points
- Change from 2021: -0.3 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 9.8%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $4,479
#39. Oregon
- Change from 1980: -0.4 percentage points
- Change from 2021: -0.3 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 10.8%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $6,572
#38. Tennessee
- Change from 1980: -0.4 percentage points
- Change from 2021: -0.1 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 7.6%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $4,036
#37. Maryland
- Change from 1980: -0.3 percentage points
- Change from 2021: -0.6 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 11.3%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $7,680
#36. Colorado
- Change from 1980: -0.3 percentage points
- Change from 2021: -0.3 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 9.7%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $6,699
#35. North Carolina
- Change from 1980: -0.3 percentage points
- Change from 2021: -0.2 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 9.9%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $5,299
#34. Kentucky
- Change from 1980: -0.2 percentage points
- Change from 2021: -0.4 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 9.6%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $4,669
#33. Rhode Island
- Change from 1980: -0.2 percentage points
- Change from 2021: -0.3 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 11.4%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $6,948
#32. Missouri
- Change from 1980: -0.1 percentage points
- Change from 2021: -0.1 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 9.3%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $4,953
#31. Pennsylvania
- Change from 1980: -0.1 percentage points
- Change from 2021: -0.1 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 10.6%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $6,723
#30. Idaho
- Change from 1980: +0.2 percentage points
- Change from 2021: -0.1 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 10.7%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $5,402
#29. Oklahoma
- Change from 1980: +0.3 percentage points
- Change from 2021: 0.0 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 9.0%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $4,527
#28. Mississippi
- Change from 1980: +0.4 percentage points
- Change from 2021: 0.0 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 9.8%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $4,220
#27. Florida
- Change from 1980: +0.4 percentage points
- Change from 2021: 0.0 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 9.1%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $5,406
#26. Iowa
- Change from 1980: +0.5 percentage points
- Change from 2021: -0.3 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 11.2%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $6,086
#25. Alabama
- Change from 1980: +0.5 percentage points
- Change from 2021: -0.2 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 9.8%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $4,585
#24. Nebraska
- Change from 1980: +0.7 percentage points
- Change from 2021: -0.2 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 11.5%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $6,720
#23. Ohio
- Change from 1980: +0.8 percentage points
- Change from 2021: -0.4 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 10.0%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $5,530
#22. New Mexico
- Change from 1980: +0.9 percentage points
- Change from 2021: -0.3 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 10.2%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $4,835
#21. Montana
- Change from 1980: +0.9 percentage points
- Change from 2021: -0.2 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 10.5%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $5,795
#20. Texas
- Change from 1980: +0.9 percentage points
- Change from 2021: +0.2 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 8.6%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $4,994
#19. Arkansas
- Change from 1980: +1.0 percentage points
- Change from 2021: -0.5 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 10.2%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $5,031
#18. Indiana
- Change from 1980: +1.0 percentage points
- Change from 2021: 0.0 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 9.3%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $5,030
#17. Utah
- Change from 1980: +1.0 percentage points
- Change from 2021: +0.2 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 12.1%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $6,750
#16. Washington
- Change from 1980: +1.1 percentage points
- Change from 2021: -0.3 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 10.7%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $7,803
#15. Louisiana
- Change from 1980: +1.1 percentage points
- Change from 2021: 0.0 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 9.1%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $4,762
#14. New Hampshire
- Change from 1980: +1.1 percentage points
- Change from 2021: +0.1 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 9.6%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $6,593
#13. New Jersey
- Change from 1980: +1.1 percentage points
- Change from 2021: +0.2 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 13.2%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $9,648
#12. Minnesota
- Change from 1980: +1.2 percentage points
- Change from 2021: -0.3 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 12.1%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $7,763
#11. Maine
- Change from 1980: +1.5 percentage points
- Change from 2021: 0.0 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 12.4%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $6,906
#10. Kansas
- Change from 1980: +1.6 percentage points
- Change from 2021: +0.1 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 11.2%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $6,353
#9. Nevada
- Change from 1980: +1.8 percentage points
- Change from 2021: -0.3 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 9.6%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $5,554
#8. Delaware
- Change from 1980: +2.1 percentage points
- Change from 2021: +0.2 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 12.4%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $7,170
#7. California
- Change from 1980: +2.1 percentage points
- Change from 2021: +0.2 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 13.5%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $10,167
#6. Virginia
- Change from 1980: +2.1 percentage points
- Change from 2021: +0.1 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 12.5%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $7,979
#5. Illinois
- Change from 1980: +2.3 percentage points
- Change from 2021: 0.0 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 12.9%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $8,390
#4. New York
- Change from 1980: +2.7 percentage points
- Change from 2021: +0.7 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 15.9%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $12,083
#3. Vermont
- Change from 1980: +2.8 percentage points
- Change from 2021: +0.2 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 13.6%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $7,958
#2. Hawaii
- Change from 1980: +3.1 percentage points
- Change from 2021: +0.2 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 14.1%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $8,410
#1. Connecticut
- Change from 1980: +4.9 percentage points
- Change from 2021: +0.7 percentage points
- State-local effective tax rate 2022: 15.4%
- State-local tax burden per capita: $12,151
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I love crime fiction. Maybe I love it too much. That's what some people think. Whenever I review a mystery instead of a work of "Literature" with a capital "L," I get tetchy emails. But, I've always thought that Duke Ellington's take on music applied to books, too: "There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind." So I'm going to tell you about a good book. It happens to be a crime novel.
Everybody Knows, by Jordan Harper, is a hardboiled suspense story about a so-called "black-bag publicist" named Mae Pruett who works for a prestige crisis management firm in Los Angeles. Mae is the person who's called in when movie stars, studio executives and politicians behave badly. She drives around town with blank non-disclosure agreements stuffed into her tote bag. As we're told more than once, LA is a place where, "nobody talks, but everybody whispers." Mae's job is to keep the whispers "Xanax soft."
When the novel opens, Mae has been called to the Chateau Marmont, the legendary Hollywood hotel where John Belushi overdosed and Jim Morrison and Lindsay Lohan, among others, partied too hard. "Chateau jobs tend to be messy," Mae tells us, and this one is no exception.
Hannah Heard, a 20-something already fading star, is set to begin filming a new movie in the morning. The problem? Her left eye is "purple and swollen like a split plum." Some mega-rich creep paid six figures to fly Hannah half way around the world and have sex with him on his yacht. When he secretly started filming their tryst, Hannah threw his cell phone out a porthole. Hence the eye.
If the producers see that eye, Hannah will be canned — already her manager, agent and lawyer won't return her calls. Mae thinks to herself: "That plop-plop-plop you hear is the sound of rats hitting water."
Jazzed by the challenge, Mae improvises a cover-up that blames Hannah's anxiety-ridden little dog for her black eye. The quirky cover-up goes out on Instagram and everybody buys it. Mae celebrates at the hotel lounge with a cocktail, "something with yuzu and mescal that tastes like delicious leather." Then, her cell phone rings and things start to go haywire. That's just Chapter One.
Everybody Knows is a classic LA noir for the #MeToo era. Its unflagging plot features all the standard tropes: vulnerable young and beautiful actors, depraved men in power, crooked real estate deals, and the wretched excess of Hollywoodland. None of these elements, though, feel like part of a cardboard stage set.
Mae herself is morally nuanced: She's buzzed by the "peek behind the curtain" her black-bag work gives her, even as it repulses her. She accepts that most of the time, her job is to rehab "bad men" and to "disconnect power from responsibility."
But, then, Mae and her ex-lover, a former sheriff's deputy turned private enforcer, stumble into something big, a "Beast" of a predatory conspiracy that threatens to eat them whole. They switch sides and have to play the game "against who [they] used to be."
As ingenious as Harper's plot is, it's also the cynical lyricism of the language of Everybody Knows that kept me transfixed; reading it is like watching Sunset Boulevard for the first time. Harper's descriptions of the weird, performative aspects of LA are especially sharp. At one trendy restaurant, for instance, "Mae picks at her [meal of] ancient grains and bison. It made her jaw tired to eat it."
Or, there's this couple waiting outside The Beverly Hills Hotel:
"[T]he woman has billows of blond hair framing her acid-peel face, her teeth like pearls between Joker-plump lips. Her husband stands like a sack of something wet, puffs of grey hair lifting his shirt, tangling out from the button gaps like prisoners grasping between bars. He looks the age the woman is not allowed to be.
Or, there are the Raymond Chandler-esque zingers: "LA traffic is like quicksand — struggling just made you sink faster."
I'd like to think Chandler himself might get a kick out of Everybody Knows. He'd be baffled, of course, by its ultimately feminist sexual politics; but he'd be tickled to see how the LA hardboiled mystery form he largely created continues to chronicle a world even more fatally obsessed with images and false gods than he could ever have envisioned.
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Easy came and easy went for Little Rock Parkview on Tuesday night.
Luckily for the Lady Patriots, simplicity was enough to secure them a major 5A-Central Conference victory.
Tyra Robinson and Deanna Kamanga came up with key baskets late in the fourth quarter as Parkview held off a sturdy charge to beat Little Rock Christian 58-50 at Charles Ripley Arena in Little Rock.
"It was a really good win for us in a very competitive game," Parkview Coach Lahoma Howard said. "We've been playing hard from start to finish as of late, but I tell you what, we made it so hard on ourselves [Tuesday] by missing so many easy baskets.
"We missed a bunch of them."
But Parkview (13-5, 4-1) made a lot of them, too, which is why it was able to end one long streak while extending another.
Robinson finished with 21 points and 15 rebounds for the Lady Patriots, who'd dropped their previous nine games to Little Rock Christian. Kamanga had 11 points and 12 rebounds, and Jasmine Davis ended with 9 points, 13 rebounds, 4 steals and 4 assists. Jada Page also tacked on 8 points, 6 assists and 4 rebounds.
Parkview, which ran its winning streak to five games, shot 22 of 65 (33.8%) and owned an overpowering 55-40 rebounding advantage, with many of those resulting in second-chance points around the rim. The Lady Patriots also forced 16 turnovers, including 10 in the first half.
But Parkview still found itself in a tussle with its cross-town opponent.
Little Rock Christian (12-7, 3-3) had a tough time making shots consistently throughout the opening half and couldn't take advantage whenever Parkview gave it an opening. The Lady Patriots led 13-5 after one quarter and made just 2 of 22 field-goal attempts in the second quarter but took a 21-17 halftime lead anyway, mainly because they were able to control the interior.
The Lady Warriors still trailed 26-22 in the third quarter until a free throw from Kamanga started a 10-0 run that gave Parkview a 14-point lead.
"If we can just keep playing hard like that and lock in, we'll get those type of results," Howard said. "We've just got to keep playing that way all the time. I tell them, when you do that, we'll get the results we're looking for, the results that we want."
Kamanga and Robinson had seven points apiece in the period as the Lady Patriots' lead swelled to 43-27 by quarter's end. But Little Rock Christian had an answer.
Mia Smith, who had a team-high 13 points, made two free throws at the start of the fourth to ignite a 20-6 burst. Her steal and layup with 3:24 left in the game pulled the Lady Warriors within 49-47.
Page, however, found Robinson inside on back-to-back possessions – following a pair of nifty steals – to push Parkview's cushion back to six. After Little Rock Christian's Whitley Rogers responded with a floater on the ensuing trip, Kamanga muscled her way for a lay-in that put the Lady Patriots back in charge.
Rogers had 12 points, 14 rebounds and 3 steals for the Lady Warriors, who were 17 of 53 (32%). Kate Denton followed with nine points, including two three-pointers during Little Rock Christian's comeback attempt.
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VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — A truncated tournament could pave the way for a thrilling finish to the BMW PGA Championship, with the top 10 players separated by two shots heading into Sunday’s final round.
Rory McIlroy is in there. And so are two golfers from the Saudi-backed breakaway series.
The European tour’s flagship event has been shortened to 54 holes after a day’s play was canceled following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Viktor Hovland and Soren Kjeldsen were tied for the lead on 12 under par Saturday at the end of the second round.
McIlroy finished birdie-birdie on the closing par 5s at Wentworth to shoot 7-under 65 — tying his career-low round in the tournament — and was in a three-way share of third place with Thomas Detry (65) and Rafa Cabrera Bello (65), a shot behind the leaders.
Then came five players on 10 under — including Adrian Otaegui (65) and Talor Gooch (64), who both now play in the contentious LIV Golf series. Gooch’s presence in the field was criticized ahead of the event by some golfers who have decided to stick with the sport’s established tours and shun the Saudi money.
Gooch was even name-checked by defending champion Billy Horschel, who said his fellow American was at Wentworth “for one reason only and that’s to try to get world ranking points because you don’t have it” in LIV tournaments.
Otaegui and Gooch will play together on Sunday.
Hovland shot 68 to follow up his opening 64, while Kjeldsen started with a bogey and finished birdie-birdie for a 64 after opening with a 68.
Hovland hasn’t won since the Dubai Desert Classic in January. The last of Kjeldsen’s four European tour titles came in 2015.
McIlroy, meanwhile, is coming off winning the Tour Championship — and the FedEx Cup — two weeks ago and is seeking back-to-back titles worldwide for the first time since 2014.
As the current leader of the Race to Dubai, the four-time major champion is also in a good position to win the money lists on both sides of the Atlantic.
“I felt my putting was really good,” McIlroy said after a 5-foot birdie putt at No. 18, which came soon after a big par save at No. 16, “and that’s kept me in the tournament.”
Play started at 6:40 a.m. local time on Saturday, with 30 players needing to finish their first rounds that were stopped late Thursday following the announcement of the death of the queen at the age of 96.
A decision was taken for there to be no play on Friday — meaning the event was cut to 54 holes — as a mark of respect to the monarch of more than 70 years and players, caddies and officials held a two-minute period of silence around the course at 9:50 a.m.
The proclamation of King Charles III was later shown on the television screens in the Championship Village.
Horschel said he and his wife visited Windsor Castle to pay their respects to the queen when the tournament was put on hold on Friday, with Australian player Min Woo Lee — who shot a week-low 62 — doing likewise at Buckingham Palace.
McIlroy paid tribute to the queen’s “dignity, dedication and grace personified.”
“She was such a steadying figure for the entire country,” McIlroy said. “I was very fortunate, I got to meet her a few years ago and she could not have been nicer. I have the picture of that in my house alongside my MBE, which I am very proud of as well.
McIlroy said it was the “right decision” for the tournament to continue.
“I don’t think we are disrespecting anyone by playing and celebrating what a life the queen had,” he said.
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The city of Little Rock has closed access to part of the downtown pedestrian and bicycle trail because of a mudslide on the river bank.
The closure is the section between Arch Street and Gaines Street, north of Little Rock City Hall.
The city did not have an estimated timetable for reopening, a projected cost or whether insurance or other funds would pay for whatever might be damaged.
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A dazzling spiral galaxy located 29 million light-years from Earth appears in "unprecedented detail" in a new image released by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
The "bones" of the galaxy, typically obscured from view by dust, are on full display.
The galaxy, named IC 5332, stretches about 66,000 light-years wide, making it about one-third the size of our home galaxy, the Milky Way.
IC 5332 is "notable for being almost perfectly face-on with respect to Earth, allowing us to admire the symmetrical sweep of its spiral arms," according to a press release from the European Space Agency.
To capture the image, the Webb telescope used its Mid-InfraRed Instrument, or MIRI, one of the observatory's four powerful tools to investigate the cosmos, according to the release.
MIRI is the only Webb instrument that is sensitive to light on mid-infrared wavelengths, a type of wavelength that can only be observed by telescopes outside of Earth's atmosphere. (Infrared is the term scientists use to refer to light that has wavelengths longer than humans can detect with the naked eye.)
The Hubble Space Telescope previously observed the galaxy in ultraviolet and visible light using its Wide Field Camera 3.
"The Hubble image shows dark regions that seem to separate the spiral arms, whereas the Webb image shows more of a continual tangle of structures that echo the spiral arms' shape," according to the release. The images reveal different stars, depending on the detectable wavelengths of each telescope.
The difference in a side-by-side comparison of the images is due to the galaxy's dusty regions. Ultraviolet and visible light can be scattered by interstellar dust, so the dust-heavy regions appear darker in Hubble's view.
Webb's ability to detect infrared light can penetrate interstellar dust. Together, these two views of the same galaxy reveal more about its composition and structure.
To function, all of Webb's instruments must be kept extremely cold, because even slightly warm objects can emit their own infrared light and distort an image. The MIRI instrument is kept the coldest at minus 447 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 266 degrees Celsius) -- only 7 degrees Celsius warmer than absolute zero. (Absolute zero is the lowest possible temperature on the thermodynamic scale).
Meanwhile, the Webb team is assessing an issue with one of MIRI's four observing modes.
"On Aug. 24, a mechanism that supports one of these modes, known as medium-resolution spectroscopy (MRS), exhibited what appears to be increased friction during setup for a science observation. This mechanism is a grating wheel that allows scientists to select between short, medium, and longer wavelengths when making observations using the MRS mode," according to an update from the Webb blog run by NASA.
Observations in this mode have been paused by the Webb team as they determine a path forward. Otherwise, Webb, its instruments and MIRI's other three observing modes are fine.
Webb is operated by NASA, ESA and the Canadian Space Agency. The $10 billion space observatory, launched last December, has enough fuel to keep taking fantastic images for about 20 years.
Compared with other telescopes, the space observatory's massive mirror can see faint, distant galaxies and has the potential to enhance our understanding of the origins of the universe.
Some of Webb's first images, released in July, have highlighted the observatory's capabilities to reveal previously unseen aspects of the cosmos, like star birth shrouded in dust.
However, it's also using its stable and precise image quality to illuminate our own solar system, and so far has taken images of Mars, Jupiter and Neptune.
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WALL, N.J., May 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Student Transportation of America (STA) announced today that Rachel Lane, the company's Vice President of Electrification & Sustainability, is scheduled to speak at the upcoming Southwestern Pennsylvania Electric Fleet Expo being held in Pittsburgh, PA later this week. Lane, who leads STA's Green Fleet initiative, including the electric vehicle (EV) program which is rolling out in select markets across the country, will serve as a panelist during an educational session on the topic of "Planning for Electric School Buses." Lane and her industry peers will discuss how school districts and operators can best incorporate EV vehicles into their fleets to achieve operational savings and sustainability goals.
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"I am thrilled to be invited to the Southwestern Pennsylvania Electric Fleet Expo and am truly looking forward to meeting others that share my same commitment to help the transportation industry achieve a greener environment," said Lane. "STA has been steadily rolling out an ambitious EV program in select rural, suburban and urban environments over the last few years. Along the way, we have learned a lot about sustainability practices and gained trusted partners. I hope that by sharing our key learnings as a company, especially when it comes to investment, grant funding and operational considerations, we can help other Districts and operators take that leap and adopt EV."
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The 2023 Lexus RZ electric crossover competes not just against rivals ranging from Nissan through the automotive alphabet to Mercedes, but to electric vehicle startups such as Lucid, Rivian, and Tesla that have raised the bar for electric luxury. So how are Lexus and parent company Toyota positioning the RZ 450e to compete?
In a word, conservatively. Befitting both brands, the conservative approach means that nothing jumps off the page. Starting at $59,650 for the loaded base Premium model, it’s on par with the Genesis GV60 and Cadillac Lyriq. It uses a 71.4-kwh battery pack with 64 kwh of usable power and a max range of only 220 miles. That range trails the competition by 30 to 100 miles. It comes standard with all-wheel drive propelled by two permanent magnet motors, with a 150-kw motor up front and a 80-kw motor at the rear.
It doesn’t stand out, but it doesn’t slink away, either. The RZ 450e demonstrates the brand’s electric potential by debuting new technology rolled out in a characteristically conservative fashion. The brand’s steer-by-wire system paired with a steering yoke instead of a wheel won’t be available at launch, and likely won’t arrive until after the 2025 model year. It will be introduced in other vehicles as the brand transitions to an all-electric lineup by 2030.
Despite the limited range, the 2023 Lexus RZ 450e shows off those characteristics that make Lexus a Lexus, with solid build quality (take note, Tesla), a smooth and quiet ride, and a calm cabin.
Yet Lexus is merely dipping its toes in the electric waters, and not expecting a shock. Of the initial global run of 30,000 vehicles, only 4,900 units will be sold in the U.S., with China getting the bulk of the run. It seems as if Lexus is testing how many “Lexus loyalists (RX/NX) and Toyota moveups” will follow them along on this electric trial, similar to the limited run of the related Toyota bZ4X.
Lexus fans, take heart: In every measure except range, the RZ 450e is much better—as it should be for the $15,000 upcharge over the 2023 Toyota bZ4X XLE AWD.
What makes the Lexus RZ better than the bZ4X?
It looks more sophisticated than the bZ4X and its raccoon mask of gloss-black plastic that encircles the front fenders. The RZ moves the Lexus design language forward, with all its busy cuts and creases rounded down for more aerodynamics. The hood dips down into a solid spindle grille that stands over lower grille shutters that close when the battery doesn’t need cooling. Twin body lines run in parallel up and over the rear fenders to the floating roof that’s topped with two air-wing fangs in place of a traditional roof spoiler.
The interior marks the biggest difference between the RZ and the bZ4X, and a welcome level of Lexus refinement and taste. A standard 14.0-inch center touchscreen with climate dials and a volume knob host most vehicle controls, giving the spartan dash a starring role. Dark wood trim lines the dash and console for an uncluttered look that pops with two-tone synthetic suede upholstery, such as beige-on-black or blue-on-cream.
The most welcome difference between the two is a familiar one. Lexus wraps the touchscreen and digital instrument cluster into a housing that curves toward the driver and sits in a conventional position with the steering wheel. It’s not recessed to the windshield as in the bZ4X.
More significantly, Lexus has developed two steering systems for the RZ 450e, including a conventional rack and pinion set up with electrical assist and the steer-by-wire system that lacks any mechanical connection to the wheels. Instead of a circular steering wheel, Lexus presents that with a yoke.
Lexus RZ debuts steering yoke and steer-by-wire system
“We don’t call it a yoke,” Leigh Anne Sessions, senior manager of communications for Lexus in the U.S., told media members in a debriefing prior to the global drive event in France in February. “We don’t have an official name.”
In European markets where it will first go on sale in 2025, it’s called One Motion Grip, or OMG. Lexus wouldn’t deign to text-speak in the U.S.
“Steer by wire is one of the core technologies for Lexus moving forward,” Lexus assistant chief engineer Yushi Higashiyama said through a translator. “Acceleration, braking has improved so much that we have to update the steering to create that triad for a direct connection with the vehicle.”
Steer-by-wire won’t launch with the RZ in the U.S., and we can expect it after Europe gets it in typical conservative cadence. A first iteration debuted in RZ prototype drives in May 2022, and it will spread to other electric vehicle applications.
It works. In back to back testing of the two systems, I was surprised to prefer the steer-by-wire system. It’s simultaneously more direct yet requires less effort. It locks at 150 degrees, so if you start with your hands at the nine-and-three position, a left turn maxes out with the left hand at the four and right hand at the 10 positions.
It takes some calibration to adjust to its sensitivity, and it was more sensitive the faster I went, so slight adjustments to the not-yoke angle made for sharp cuts in the road. Roundabouts were a breeze, as was cutting a sharp U-turn; the 18.4-foot turning radius was so brief it seemed as if it were enabled by rear-wheel steering. It wasn’t. It made the hand-over-hand cranking the tiller on the conventional steering rack seem antiquated by comparison.
I picked it up relatively easily and came to appreciate its feel and directness once the novel video game effect of the not-yoke became normal. There’s a greater connection with the road compared to the duller electric-assist rack, and it gave the RZ a liveliness lacking in other Lexus crossovers.
There were drawbacks, however. The not-yoke is its own motorized unit, separate and independent from the steering column. This helps the brand offer it at scale, since you don’t need to develop and test separate right hand or left hand units, and it could serve new levels of autonomy moving forward, Higashiyama said.
All the ancillary controls must be mounted to the yoke unit. It has similar redundant controls that on the left side operate audio and phone commands and on the right side operate the cruise control and other vehicle functions. The icons appear in the head-up display, not on the steering pad panel, same as in the redesigned Lexus NX and Lexus RX. That’s fine. Under those pads are a headlight dial on the left side, and windshield wiper speed setting on the right.
The stalks on the not-yoke are little stubs, so they don’t hit your thigh while turning. On the conventional steering system those stalks are mounted to the column, so they stay fixed as the steering wheel moves. The right stalk has more wiper controls, and the stubby left stalk holds the brights and indicators.
Fortunately, the skies were clear and it was daylight during our drive thru Provence, so the conditions didn’t demand on-the-spot testing. The only issue I had with the not-yoke were the diminutive regenerative brake paddles, which were more like the plus/minus toggles on the back of a game controller than the actual paddles on the conventional steering wheel. The layout was too tight, and I accidentally triggered the brights when I meant to reduce the regen setting.
“We have yet to see the final iteration of this,” Moe Durand, senior manager of Lexus Global Communications, assured me.
This big development dwarfs the otherwise tentative approach of the RZ 450e. The four regen brake settings skip the B setting of other Toyota/Lexus hybrids, but even in the strongest setting it lacks the grab of other electric vehicles. That maintains its smooth character that Lexus expects will help usher Lexus fans from combustion to electrification. It can nearly come to a stop, but Lexus expects drivers to use the actual brake pedal to complete braking actions.
Is the Lexus RZ quick?
The performance of the RZ 450e far outshines that of the bZ4X. It uses the same permanent magnet 80-kw motor for the rear axle, but a larger 150-kw motor up front. System output is rated at 308 hp and estimated at 320 lb-ft of torque, yet it lacks the surge off the line of rival electric crossovers, yet it has enough hustle to scoot to 60 mph in 5.0 seconds, so I was hardly left wanting.
A lower ride height of 2.9 inches than the RX and a slightly lower ground clearance (7.9 inches to 8.2 inches in the RX) combine with a lower center of gravity to give the RZ more agility than either the RX or NX. But it still has to contend with a curb weight of about 4,600 pounds, depending on the base Premium or loaded Luxury grade. There’s still body lean in turns, despite front struts retuned from the bZ4X and a multilink rear suspension that uses reactive dampers that are a step between passive and adaptive ones. It won’t be mistaken for a performance crossover, but the balance of agility and comfort will be welcome by any Lexus fan.
A more sophisticated development is the traction control system. The power split between the axles defaults to a 60/40-front bias, but it can shift all to the rear motor at times. Coming into turns, the bias shifts more to the front to manage understeer, and out of turns, the bias shifts 20/80 to the rear axle for better traction and acceleration. It’s understated, yet it made the many roundabouts more fun than annoying, and overall it handled with more assurance than other Lexus crossovers.
Five drive modes adjust throttle and steering response, but the buttons are at least two touches away in the touchscreen. It’s shaky to adjust on the fly; a button in the console would make for a more user-friendly experience. Sport, Normal, Eco, and Custom modes provide the usual throttle nuances, with Sport lighting up the cluster red.
A new Range mode marks a more interesting development. It’s a step more efficient than Eco and appeals to hypermilers or those eking out more miles with their last bit of juice. Relying solely on the rear motor, with limited traction response, it softens the throttle, shuts off the climate control, and it defaults to the wild excess of Eco mode when the car exceeds 62 mph. All things equal, it provides a 5% to 10% boost in range compared to Eco mode, according to Lexus.
Other range savers include a standard heat pump and radiant knee heaters up front that pair with the heated front seat function. Together, they provide warmth to front drivers without taxing the battery and range on cold starts, as it would by blasting the climate control.
Despite this range-consciousness, the RZ keeps a big head-scratcher from the bZ4X. There’s no battery percentage readout in the cluster. Instead, it shows the inaccurate range meter that fluctuated from 205 km to 280 km left if I turned off the heat.
When asked why, Higashiyama said, “Good question.”
Perhaps with a software update.
The 2023 Lexus RZ 450e is a good car, priced right, and it’s a necessary step forward for Lexus. But its tentative approach will limit its appeal. With the standard 18-inch wheels, the 2023 Lexus RZ has a range of 220 miles but an above average efficiency rating of 3.2 miles per kwh. It doesn’t come close to the Tesla Model Y, but it’s more efficient than the 2.6 miles/kwh in the Cadillac Lyriq—even though the Lyriq’s bigger pack results in 312 miles of range. The Genesis GV60 has up to 248 miles of range and gets 2.8 miles per kwh.
The 20-inch wheels on the RZ 450e take a big bite out of efficiency, lowering the range to 196 miles, and 2.8 miles per kwh.
How fast does the Lexus RZ charge?
The RZ comes with a 7.0-kw onboard charger, allowing you to charge to full with a 240-volt home charger in 9.5 hours, Lexus estimates. The brand has a partnership with Qmerit to install a ChargePoint 240-volt charger at home.
On the go, a 150-kw DC fast charge connector can get the battery to 80% in 30 minutes.
There are no DC fast-charging deals wrapped in, but a new Lexus Reserve program addresses potential anxieties by providing 30 free days of Lexus hybrid or gas car rentals in the first three years of RZ ownership.
Like the RZ itself, it’s a hedge, a just-in-case, to see how this whole electric thing plays out.
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As of Thursday, Virginia is reporting 2,054,848 cases of the coronavirus across the Commonwealth since March 2020.
In the last seven days, Virginia has averaged 1,708 newly reported cases a day. In the prior seven-day period, Virginia averaged 2,458 newly reported cases a day.
The past week’s average daily newly reported cases are 30.50% lower than the previous seven-day period.
Here’s a breakdown of the 618 new cases reported on Thursday. Don’t see your locality listed? Use the search bar and type in the name of any city or county.
(The daily breakdown of cases by locality and vaccine numbers are not available until noon, Monday through Friday.)
According to the health department, decreases in cases can be attributed to a person getting tested in a different locality than where they live or the automation process for electronically reported lab results may attach the wrong jurisdiction for a particular zip code.
The graphic below provides a look at hospital bed occupancy across the region.
Below is a map from VDH as to where cases have been reported (Scroll within the embedded widget on a mobile device to see all the information):
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Re: Blair, Angel
WLO File No.: 21-696
First American File No. 5002553-8771556
Trustee: Walker Law Offices, PS
Grantor: ANGEL BLAIR, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN
Grantee: PNW CAPITAL INVESTMENTS LLC, A WASHINGTON LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (by assignment)
Loan Servicer: Pacific Equity and Loan Ref to DOT Auditor File No.: 201904220003
Tax Parcel ID No.: 471501-4530
Abbreviated Legal: LOTS 21 & 22, BLK 8258, THE INDIAN ADD., VOL. 7, PGS 30 & 31
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE
OF COMMERCIAL LOAN(S) (Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et. Seq.) I.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee will on the 3rd day of February, 2023, at the hour of 10 o’clock A.M. at the Pierce County Superior Courthouse, 930 Tacoma Avenue South, Tacoma WA 98402, at the 2nd Floor Entry Plaza outside the county courthouse, State of Washington, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at the time of sale, the following described real property, situated in the County of Pierce State of Washington, to-wit:
LOTS 21 AND 22 IN BLOCK 8258 OF THE INDIAN ADDITION AS PER PLAT RECORDED IN VOLUME 7 OF PLATS, PAGES 30 AND 31 RECORDS OF PIERCE COUNTY AUDITOR;
SITUATE IN THE CITY OF TACOMA, COUNTY OF PIERCE, STATE OF WASHINGTON.
Commonly known as:
2242 32ND ST, TACOMA, WA 98404-4921
Assessors’ Parcel No: 471501-4530
which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated APRIL 16, 2019 recorded APRIL 22, 2019 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 201904220003, records of PIERCE County, Washington, from ANGEL C. BLAIR, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN as Grantor, to FIRST AMERICAN TITLE COMPANY as Trustee and assigned to Walker Law Offices, PS as Successor Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of EMERALD CAPITAL FUNDING, LLC, A WASHINGTON STATE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, as Beneficiary and assigned to PNW CAPITAL INVESTMENTS LLC, A WASHINGTON LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY by way of instrument under Pierce County recording number 202107141036.
II.
No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust.
III.
The Beneficiary alleges default of the Deed of Trust for failure to satisfy the loan upon maturity and pay the following amounts now in arrears and/or other defaults:
Amounts are shown as of 10/31/2022. Contact Walker Law Offices, PS for the exact payoff amount
Lender’s amounts due:
Unpaid Principal Balance: $299,719.92
Past Interest Due (Including Default Interest): $98,874.42
Lender Fees (Late fees, etc): $3,337.62
Subtotal: 401,931.96
Trustee’s Expenses:
Trustee’s and attorney’s fee: $9,500.00
Title report: $714.74
Statutory Mailings: $130.00
Recording Costs: $415.00
Postings: $250.00
Publication Fees: $1,700.00
Total other fees: $12,709.74
TOTAL: $414,641.17
IV.
The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: Original Principal $75,000.00 plus any loan modification(s) together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument secured from the 22nd day of April, 2019 and such other costs and fees as are due under the note or other instrument secured, and as are provided by statute. V.
The above-described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. The sale will be made without warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances on the 3rd day of February, 2023. The default(s) referred to in paragraph III must be cured before the sale date to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time on or before the sale date, the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any time before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor, or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults.
VI.
A written notice of default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following addresses:
Angel C. Blair
21315 68th Ave E
Tacoma, WA 98404
by both first-class and certified mail on the 10th day of August, 2021 proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served on the 13th day of August, 2021, with said written notice of default or the written notice of default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting.
VII.
The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale.
VIII.
The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-described property.
IX.
Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale.
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The purchaser at the trustee’s sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the grantor under the deed of trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060.
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Humidity remains high today, and as a cold front moves in, we expect scattered showers and thunderstorms. While the overall severe threat is low, any cell could produce heavy rainfall, and there is the potential for gusty wind.
Any showers lingering this evening will come to an end tonight. Dry weather is expected on Friday. Highs will reach the low 80s, and humidity will drop, so we will end the week pleasantly warm.
TODAY: Clouds mixed with some sun at times, warm and humid. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely. High 86
TONIGHT: An evening shower or thunderstorm then becoming partly cloudy. Low 65
FRIDAY: Partly to mostly sunny and turning less humid. High 82
SATURDAY: Partly sunny, warm and humid again with scattered showers and thunderstorms. High 82
Rain chances return over the weekend. Scattered showers will be possible both Saturday and Sunday, but there will also be some dry time. | https://www.wdtn.com/weather/daily-forecast/warm-and-humid-with-some-downpours-but-when-will-it-feel-more-comfortable/ | 2023-07-06 10:22:41 | 0 | https://www.wdtn.com/weather/daily-forecast/warm-and-humid-with-some-downpours-but-when-will-it-feel-more-comfortable/ |
More victims coming forward from Cleveland apartment complex scam
Cleveland Police say there are more than 20 victims who were frauded out of $20,000
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Cleveland police continue to look for the former Kamden Village apartment employee who scammed more than 20 victims out of $20,000.
19 News has not released the name of the suspect since charges have not been filed.
But Cleveland police say more than 20 people have reported the same story, the woman taking money from potential residents who believed they were putting down for deposits on their new home.
19 News previously spoke with one of the victims, BreAna Locke-Tate, who documented everything with money orders and receipts.
“I believe it was the regional manager that they never had a file of BLT and they had no idea who I was and that the person I had been giving my money to has been scamming people for over $20,000 and that I never had an apartment.”
Locke eventually got her money back after the 19 Troubleshooter stepped in.
But police say so far, other victims have lost more than $20,000 (each or in total) using cash, cash app and money orders.
19 News spoke to the Regional Manager.
Others living at the complex also said they’re worried about their rent payments, as some have been getting eviction notices even though they paid their rent.
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AUDUBON, Pa. (AP) — AUDUBON, Pa. (AP) — Globus Medical Inc. (GMED) on Thursday reported first-quarter earnings of $49.1 million.
On a per-share basis, the Audubon, Pennsylvania-based company said it had net income of 48 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 53 cents per share.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 51 cents per share.
The medical device company posted revenue of $276.7 million in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $254 million.
Globus Medical expects full-year earnings to be $2.30 per share, with revenue expected to be $1.1 billion.
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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — De’Vion Harmon scored 20 points, including a crucial driving basket in the final minute, as Texas Tech upended No. 12-ranked Kansas State 71-63 on Saturday night.
The Red Raiders (13-12, 2-10 Big 12) held the Wildcats to two field goals in the game’s final four minutes as they extended a 62-61 lead at the 2:15 mark.
Jaylon Tyson added another huge basket for Tech with a tip-in that pushed the advantage to 64-61, setting the stage for Harmon’s slashing drive between defenders as the Red Raiders rebounded from a last-second road loss to Oklahoma State.
Kevin Obanor added four free throws in the final 37 seconds and Harmon converted one of two as Tech held off the Wildcats, who got only a pair of free throws and layup from Markquis Nowell in the final two plus minutes.
Kansas State (19-6, 7-5) edged as close as one point throughout the second half, but Tech answered with key baskets to maintain the lead. The Wildcats were led by Nowell’s 18 points. Desi Sills added 12 points.
Lamar Washington added 13 points for Texas Tech while Tyson and Obanor contributed 11 and 10, respectively.
The Red Raiders took control in the final moments of the first half, outscoring the Wildcats 10-1 in the final moments and turning a 25-23 deficit into a 33-26 advantage. Harmon sparked the flurry, scoring seven of his nine first-half points.
Kansas State had claimed the 25-23 lead on a layup by Sills, but Tech responded quickly as Harmon converted a 3-pointer, a driving basket and a shot from the corner, and Jaylon Tyson added a 3-pointer.
BIG PICTURE:
Kansas State struggled from the field throughout the game. The Wildcats converted just under 35 percent of their shots in the first half, including 3 of 12 from 3-point range. The woes continued after intermission with the Wildcats finishing 19 of 54 overall (35.2 percent) and 6 of 26 from beyond the 3-point arc. Between the turnovers and the cold shooting night, the Wildcats were unable to overcome the Red Raiders.
Texas Tech knocked off its second nationally ranked opponent on its home floor with its most complete effort this season against a Big 12 foe. The Raiders took the lead late in the first half, forcing 14 Wildcat turnovers, and led the rest of the way. Overall, the Tech defense harassed Kansas State into 23 turnovers, leading to a handful of transition baskets and keeping Tech in front.
UP NEXT:
Kansas State is back on the road at 8 p.m. Tuesday against Oklahoma.
Texas Tech will host its second consecutive nationally ranked foe, battling No. 5 Texas on Monday. | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/harmon-helps-texas-tech-top-no-12-kansas-state-17779237.php | 2023-02-12 03:44:34 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/harmon-helps-texas-tech-top-no-12-kansas-state-17779237.php |
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CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A little dog is back with her family Friday after firefighters rescued her from a spillway in Deep Creek Lock Park.
The Chesapeake Fire Department thanked Firefighter Paramedic Josh Hall for his compassion in a Facebook post about the recovery mission.
"The dog was lost yesterday, a citizen heard a dog barking and found her on the spillway. Firefighter Paramedic Josh Hall made the grab this morning," they said.
Little Layla is Hall's first animal rescue with the department. He's worked there for about three years.
It took a ladder to get down into the ditch. He said there was about a four-foot drop down into the waterway.
"At first she didn't move, but as soon we got her up out of the spillway, she lightened up and seemed to be doing much better."
Even once they grabbed her, though, she didn't have a collar, so there wasn't any clue about who she belonged to.
Lieut. Jason Sarver says Hall fixed that, too, when he searched through Facebook until he found a post about a missing dog that matched Layla.
Soon, they were able to call her family in South Mills, North Carolina, and they started the trek up to get her.
"We went back to the fire station, cleaned her up a bit. Gave her a bit of a rinse-off, cause she was a little stinky," Sarver laughed.
Hall said he got to be there and see her tail start wagging when Layla's owner picked her up.
Well done, CFD! | https://www.11alive.com/article/life/heartwarming/chesapeake-firefighter-rescues-dog-deep-creek-lock-park/291-bf335d3d-dd73-4bdb-afb3-1b929e2e4f29 | 2022-07-04 20:11:56 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/life/heartwarming/chesapeake-firefighter-rescues-dog-deep-creek-lock-park/291-bf335d3d-dd73-4bdb-afb3-1b929e2e4f29 |
Oldest living Pearl Harbor survivor marks 105th birthday
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Flag-waving admirers lined the sidewalk outside the National World War II Museum in New Orleans on Wednesday to greet the oldest living survivor of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor as he marked his upcoming 105th birthday.
“It feels great,” Joseph Eskenazi of Redondo Beach, California, told reporters after posing for pictures with his great-grandson, who is about to turn 5, his 21-month-old great-granddaughter and six other World War II veterans, all in their 90s.
Eskenazi turns 105 on Jan. 30. He had boarded an Amtrak train in California on Friday for the journey to New Orleans. The other veterans, representing the Army, Navy and Marines, flew in for the event.
They were visiting thanks to the Soaring Valor Program, a project of actor Gary Sinise’s charitable foundation dedicated to aiding veterans and first responders. The program arranges trips to the museum for World War II veterans and their guardians.
Eskenazi was a private first class in the Army when the attack occurred. His memories include being awakened when a bomb fell — but didn’t explode — near where he was sleeping at Schofield Barracks, reverberating explosions as the battleship USS Arizona was sunk by Japanese bombs, and machine gun fire from enemy planes kicking up dust around him after he volunteered to drive a bulldozer across a field so it could be used to clear runways.
“I don’t even know why — my hand just went up when they asked for volunteers,” Eskenazi said. “Nobody else raised their hand because they knew that it meant death. ... I did it unconsciously.”
He was at the Army’s Schofield Barracks when the Dec. 7, 1941, attack began, bringing the United States into the war. About 2,400 servicemen were killed.
Eskenazi and his fellow veterans lined up for pictures amid exhibits of World War II aircraft and Higgins boats, designed for beach landings.
“Thank you guys for providing us a country that was worth fighting for,” veteran Billy Hall, a who rose to the rank of major in the Marines after enlisting in 1941, shouted to well-wishers.
The museum opened in 2000 as the National D-Day Museum and has expanded in size and scope since then.
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Florida State wrapped up its annual spring football showcase at Doak Campbell Stadium Saturday, with fans getting an early look at the 2023 Seminoles.
The two-hour event began with practice drills before moving into a live-action game that featured three 10-minute quarters, with a final session highlighted by former players Charlie Ward and Karlos Williams acting as guest coaches. It was an opportunity to showcase some of the depth and talent returning this season.
Running backs Rodney Hill and CJ Campbell Jr. saw significant snaps, with starters Trey Benson and Lawrance Toafili seeing limited action.
Hill scored two touchdowns, including one on a pass from quarterback Tate Rodemaker and the other on a short run.
When asked about his impressions of the growth of the redshirt freshman, coach Mike Norvell pointed to his confidence as a significant factor.
“He’s letting his playmaking ability take over,” Norvell said. “He’s very young — a redshirt freshman — and he’s still got a lot in front of him, but when you approach each rep as he does and take ownership, it’s not all going to be perfect. Good and bad will appear throughout the journey, but he’s a remarkable young man.”
Campbell made a few big catches, showcasing the talent of the redshirt sophomore.
FSU coaches have spent much of this spring camp singing the praises of Kentron Poitier and the redshirt junior receiver showed why he’s being considered one of the top offensive threats for the Seminoles in 2023.
With Johnny Wilson and Mycah Pittman held out, the 6-foot-3 Poitier became a top target Saturday, making several catches, including a pair of touchdowns in the first two quarters. His one-handed grab on a high pass by quarterback Jordan Travis drew a lot of attention.
“He’s a special player and always makes big plays like that,” Travis said. “He’s a young guy that just came in the first day ready to work. He reminds me of [former FSU receiver] DJ Matthews.”
“He’s made big plays in big games, so he’s done that,” Norvell said. “What I like is the consistency that I’m seeing from him. We knew when he got here that he was very talented. It was a unique situation where he only played one year [in high school]. He had to come into his own and you see the development, the growth. I was excited to see where Kentron would go with that moment and he did not disappoint.”
Poitier appeared in 13 games, finishing with a career-high 14 catches for 283 yards and four touchdowns last season.
Linebacker Kalen DeLoach made his presence known early on with an interception of Travis on the first offensive drive that would have been a Pick 6 in a regular game. DeLoach stepped up again in the third quarter when he forced a fumble by Hill on a fourth-and-short, scooping up the football before racing to the end zone.
“Kalen’s played a good amount of football,” said defensive coordinator Adam Fuller. “His improvement from the last scrimmage to this one was impactful. I didn’t think he was at his best because I had high expectations for Kalen. He’s played some really important football and he has a lot of leadership capabilities to him too. He’s constantly building his body to be bigger and stronger, but seeing him having that impact was great.”
DeLoach finished third in tackles (65) after starting every game in 2023.
Another player to emerge on the defensive side was redshirt sophomore edge rusher Byron Turner, who had back-to-back sacks late in the game.
“He’s just a freak of nature,” edge rusher Jared Verse said. “You can see it on the kickoffs when you see how fast he’s running downfield; he’s not disrupted by anybody getting in his way. He was a good player last year, but now it’s just like, Wow, Byron. It’s like a whole different thing.”
Added Fuller: “Byron has made strides. We’ve invested a lot of reps in Byron and saw some of that impact today. Through 14 practices, we can trust that he will do his job and be in the right position. It’s just the fundamentals and consistency for him to be an outstanding player.”
Turner’s development could be critical with the departure of starter Derrick McLendon II, who entered the transfer portal last month.
FSU wraps up its spring camp with a final practice Monday, followed by exit interviews by the coaching staff before players depart for the offseason.
“I’ll have my head coach exit meetings with each player,” Norvell said. “It’s always good to be able to get an understanding of where your guys are and the things that need to be improved on. It’s always great to get feedback from the player’s perspective and your perspective for them as well.”
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UPDATED: 4 p.m. ET, April 11, 2023
Originally published Dec. 12, 2022
Brittney Griner is finally opening up about the horrific 10 months she spent detained in a Russian prison. The basketball star says she’s working on a new memoir detailing the “unfathomable” experience she spent in a women’s penal colony.
“That day (in February) was the beginning of an unfathomable period in my life which only now am I ready to share,” Griner said in a statement released Tuesday by Alfred A. Knopf.
The book, which is scheduled for spring 2024, will also disclose “in vivid detail her harrowing experience of her wrongful detainment (as classified by the State Department) and the difficulty of navigating the byzantine Russian legal system in a language she did not speak.”
“The primary reason I traveled back to Russia for work that day was because I wanted to make my wife, family, and teammates proud. After an incredibly challenging 10 months in detainment, I am grateful to have been rescued and to be home. Readers will hear my story and understand why I’m so thankful for the outpouring of support from people across the world.”
Griner also plans to advocate for the release of other Americans detained overseas and hopes her book can bring awareness to their stories.
“At the heart of the book, Griner highlights the personal turmoil she experienced during the near 10-month ordeal and the resilience that carried her through to the day of her return to the United States last December, said the press release”
Griner’s memoir is still untitled and financials have not been disclosed.
According to AP, Griner will be heading back to the Phoenix Mercury basketball court after signing a one-year contract.
The new contract was confirmed by “a person familiar with the deal” but no official announcement has been made.
From MadameNoire:
Griner, 33, is listed on the team’s roster on the official WNBA website. The update to the team’s roster mirrors Griner’s public resurgence after returning home from being imprisoned in Russia.
The athlete was detained in Russia after being apprehended at a Moscow airport for having cannabis vape cartridges in her possession. Griner later pled guilty and was sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison.
Brittney Griner has broken her silence since being released from a Russian penal colony and offered a glimpse into what’s next for the superstar athlete.
Penning her comments on an Instagram post in Dec., Griner vowed she would return to the WNBA. Griner credited her “faith” and thanked everybody who was involved in securing her freedom, including her wife and President Joe Biden, who successfully negotiated a prisoner swap with a Russian arms dealer.
But it was the final part of her Instagram post that was getting the most attention:
I also want to make one thing very clear: I intend to play basketball for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury this season, and in doing so, I look forward to being able to say ‘thank you’ to those of you who advocated, wrote, and posted for me in person soon.
There was no mention of her possible return to Russia or elsewhere abroad to play professionally.
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Brittney Griner is slowly making her return to the court, just days after her long-awaited return to the U.S.
Over the weekend, the 32-year-old athlete picked up a basketball for the first time in 10 months, her agent Lindsay Kagawa Colas told ESPN. Donning a pair of black Chuck Taylor sneakers and Phoenix Suns shorts, Griner hit a slam dunk into the net during her “light” workout session. It’s unclear whether the former Phoenix Mercury star plans to return to the WNBA after her strenuous time in Russian detainment.
“If she wants to play, it will be for her to share. She has the holidays to rest and decide what’s next without any pressure,” Colas said. “She’s doing really, really well. She seems to have endured this in pretty incredible ways.”
On Dec. 8, Griner was released from Russia’s infamous IK2 women’s prison facility where she was serving her nine-year prison sentence for drug smuggling. The basketball star was freed in a prisoner swap for convicted weapons merchant Viktor Bout. After her release, Griner was taken to the Fort Sam Houston army base in San Antonio for rehabilitation. She has not issued a public statement since her return, but Colas since she may break her silence “this week.”
Griner has been staying at the army base’s hotel with her wife Cherelle, reuniting with family and loved ones. Over the weekend, Colas said that Griner’s father and several other family members visited her with tasty barbecue from San Antonia’s famous Smoke Shack restaurant. There’s no word quite yet on where the basketball star will head next after she leaves San Antonio. Some insiders believe that she will not return to Phoenix, but instead, “a private secure location.”
“There’s no timeline on her return at this point. She’s reintegrating into a world that has changed for her now,” Colas said. “From a pure security standpoint, she’s not going to be able to move in the world the way she did. It’s not a fate that she asked for, but I think she’s going to try to utilize her fame for good.”
Right now, Griner has family and charity on her mind. Colas said the basketball star wants to raise awareness about other Americans who are wrongfully detained across the globe. Right now, she has her eyes set on Paul Whelan, the former U.S. marine who has been in a Russian prison for four years on espionage charges.
Griner has been in good spirits since her release
Despite her rough experience abroad, authorities said that Griner has been in good spirits since her release. Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens told CNN that the 6-foot-9 athlete shook hands and made personal connections with the crew on her flight back to the U.S.
“When she finally got on to the US plane, I said, ‘Brittney, you must have been through a lot over the last 10 months. Here’s your seat. Please feel free to decompress. We’ll give you your space,’” Carstens told CNN’s Dana Bash on State of the Union. “And she said, ‘Oh no. I’ve been in prison for 10 months now listening to Russian, I want to talk. But first of all, who are these guys?’ And she moved right past me and went to every member on that crew, looked them in the eyes, shook their hands and asked about them and got their names… It was really amazing,” Carstens recalled. “She probably spent 12 hours just talking and we talked about everything under the sun.”
Cherelle Griner thanks everyone who helped to bring Brittney home
Over the weekend, Cherelle took to Instagram to thank all of the government officials who helped to bring her wife home safe and sound.
“Yesterday my heart was made whole thanks to the collective efforts of MANY! I’m humbled by their hearts. To care for another, a stranger to some, a friend to some— is humanity in its purest form! She captioned a collage of photos. Many of the images captured her standing next to prominent figures like Gayle King and Robin Roberts.
“As BG and I start our journey to heal our minds, bodies, and spirits— I wanted to personally say thank you to some of the hands; seen and unseen, that helped make it possible for me to see my wife again!”
In the lengthy post, Cherelle thanked the Biden-Harris Administration, SPEHA, Tamika Mallory and several other “special people” for fighting for Brittney Griner’s freedom.
SEE ALSO:
How Come All Americans Aren’t Happy Brittney Griner Was Freed From A Russian Prison?
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.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 40s. Highs in the mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
CAZ502-100200-
Marin Coastal Range-
301 AM PST Thu Feb 9 2023
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. South
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 60. Southeast winds around
5 mph...becoming northwest in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s. West winds 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 40. Northwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Breezy. Highs in the
upper 50s. Lows in the lower 40s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Breezy. Highs in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Breezy. Lows in the
mid 30s. Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
CAZ506-100200-
North Bay Interior Valleys-
301 AM PST Thu Feb 9 2023
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s to upper
40s. North winds up to 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 60s to lower 70s. Northeast winds
up to 5 mph...becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the 30s to mid 40s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy dense fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 50s to
lower 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 20 mph in
the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the 30s to mid 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the 50s to mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 30s to mid 40s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs in the 60s to lower 70s.
Lows in the 30s to upper 40s.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the 60s to
lower 70s. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the 30s to
lower 40s. Highs in the 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Santa Rosa 34 69 35 61 /
San Rafael 40 64 42 58 /
Napa 38 66 39 59 /
$$
CAZ504-100200-
North Bay Interior Mountains-
301 AM PST Thu Feb 9 2023
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the 40s. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 50s to upper 60s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph...becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. North
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the 50s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph...becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the 50s to lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 40s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs in the 50s to upper 60s.
Lows in the 40s.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the 50s to
upper 60s. Lows around 40.
.TUESDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the 30s.
Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lake Berryessa 42 67 41 59 / 10
$$
CAZ006-100200-
San Francisco-
301 AM PST Thu Feb 9 2023
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 40s. North winds
5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. North winds 5 to
10 mph...becoming northwest 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. West winds
10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s. West winds 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the 40s. Northwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper
40s. Highs in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 60s.
Lows in the mid 40s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to
mid 40s. Highs in the mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
San Francisco 42 63 44 57 /
Ocean Beach 43 63 44 57 /
$$
CAZ509-100200-
San Francisco Peninsula Coast-
301 AM PST Thu Feb 9 2023
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Northeast
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. East winds 10 to
20 mph...becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. North winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph
increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Breezy. Lows in the
mid 40s. Highs in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Breezy. Lows in the
lower 40s. Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
CAZ508-100200-
San Francisco Bay Shoreline-
301 AM PST Thu Feb 9 2023
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
Northeast winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. East winds around
5 mph...becoming northwest 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
West winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s. West winds 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 40s. West
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs in the mid 60s. Lows in
the mid 40s.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 60s.
Lows in the mid 40s.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper
50s. Lows near 40.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
SFO Airport 44 65 45 58 /
Oakland 41 66 42 58 /
Fremont 38 67 40 58 /
Redwood City 41 66 42 59 /
Mountain View 41 66 42 58 /
$$
CAZ510-100200-
East Bay Interior Valleys-
301 AM PST Thu Feb 9 2023
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear except for dense fog. Lows in the
upper 30s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Patchy dense fog in the morning. Highs in the
mid 60s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 60. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. West winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs in the mid 60s. Lows
around 40.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 60s.
Lows around 40.
.TUESDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Concord 38 65 39 60 /
Livermore 37 67 38 60 /
$$
CAZ513-100200-
Santa Clara Valley...including San Jose-
301 AM PST Thu Feb 9 2023
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Light winds.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 70. Northeast winds around
5 mph...becoming northwest in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. West winds
5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs in the mid 60s. Lows in
the lower 40s.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 60s.
Lows in the lower 40s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper
50s. Lows in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
San Jose 41 69 42 60 /
Morgan Hill 38 70 41 61 /
$$
CAZ512-100200-
Santa Cruz Mountains-
301 AM PST Thu Feb 9 2023
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 60s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. North
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the 50s. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows around 40. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows near 40.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 50s to
lower 60s. Lows near 40.
.TUESDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Breezy. Highs in the 40s to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Breezy. Lows in the
30s. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
$$
CAZ515-100200-
East Bay Hills-
301 AM PST Thu Feb 9 2023
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. North winds
around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. West winds
5 to 10 mph...becoming southwest after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s. West winds 5 to
10 mph increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows around 40. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs in the lower 60s. Lows
around 40.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 60s.
Lows around 40.
.TUESDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
CAZ514-100200-
Eastern Santa Clara Hills-
301 AM PST Thu Feb 9 2023
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
Northeast winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 30s to mid 40s. East
winds around 5 mph...becoming south after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the lower 50s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. West winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 50s.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 40s.
Lows in the upper 20s.
$$
CAZ529-100200-
Northern Monterey Bay-
301 AM PST Thu Feb 9 2023
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Northeast winds around
5 mph...becoming west in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40. East winds around
5 mph...becoming northwest after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s. West winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. A slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows around
40. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of showers 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs in the lower 60s. Lows
around 40.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 60s.
Lows around 40.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 50s.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Santa Cruz 41 68 41 61 /
$$
CAZ530-100200-
Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast-
301 AM PST Thu Feb 9 2023
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 40s.
East winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. East winds around
5 mph...becoming northwest in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the 40s. West winds around 5 mph...
becoming north after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs around 60. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of showers 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 60s.
Lows in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 50s.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Monterey 41 68 43 58 /
Big Sur 47 68 49 61 /
$$
CAZ528-100200-
Northern Salinas Valley...Hollister Valley...and Carmel Valley-
301 AM PST Thu Feb 9 2023
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower to mid 40s. East
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. East winds 5 to
10 mph...becoming northwest in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest winds around
5 mph...becoming southeast after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph...
becoming west 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the lower 40s. West winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance
of showers 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 50s.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Salinas 38 71 41 60 /
Carmel Valley 43 72 45 60 /
Hollister 38 69 41 61 /
$$
CAZ516-100200-
Southern Salinas Valley...Arroyo Seco...and Lake San Antonio-
301 AM PST Thu Feb 9 2023
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Light
winds.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the lower
70s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. North winds around 5 mph...
becoming south after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. South winds around 5 mph...
becoming west 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
Chance of showers 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly clear. Areas of frost. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 60s.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
King City 38 72 42 68 /
$$
CAZ517-100200-
Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest-
301 AM PST Thu Feb 9 2023
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 60s to lower 70s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 40s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph...becoming southwest after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s to mid 60s. Southwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers after
midnight. Lows in the 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance
of snow 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers and a slight
chance of showers. Highs in the upper 30s to lower 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the 30s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the upper 40s to lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s to mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the 30s to lower 40s.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Breezy. Highs in the
upper 30s to mid 50s. Lows in the upper 20s to mid 30s.
$$
CAZ518-100200-
Mountains of San Benito and Interior Monterey County including
Pinnacles National Park-
301 AM PST Thu Feb 9 2023
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 30s to mid 40s. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to upper 60s. South winds 5 to
10 mph...becoming southwest 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the 30s to lower 40s. West
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and snow
showers. Highs in the upper 30s to lower 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly clear. Areas of frost. Lows in the 30s to lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s to lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 50s to
upper 60s. Lows in the 30s to lower 40s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 40s
to upper 50s. Lows in the upper 20s to mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 40s to mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Pinnacles NP 37 73 42 66 /
$$
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Will Lead Industrial Property Acquisitions and Development in
North and South Carolina
GREENVILLE, S.C., June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Brennan Investment Group, a private real estate investment firm that acquires, develops, and operates industrial facilities throughout the United States, is pleased to announce the promotion of Rob Gage to Managing Principal. Formerly serving as Senior Vice President, Mr. Gage will be responsible for spearheading Brennan's acquisition and development activities in the vibrant markets of North and South Carolina.
"Mr. Gage has demonstrated an ability to identify value add investment opportunities for our organization and our investors," commented Scott McKibben, Chief Investment Officer and Managing Principal. "We have placed the leadership of the Carolinas in the right hands."
Rob Gage brings a wealth of experience to his new role, having achieved remarkable success throughout his career. "Placing great industrial practitioners in great markets has been the key to our success," observed Michael Brennan, Co-Founder and Chairman of Brennan Investment Group.
About Brennan Investment Group
Brennan Investment Group, a Chicago-based private real estate investment firm, acquires, develops, and operates industrial properties in select major metropolitan markets throughout the United States. Since 2010, Brennan Investment Group has acquired over $4 billion in industrial real estate. The company's current portfolio spans 27 states and encompasses 52 million square feet.
Brennan Investment Group co-invests with private and institutional capital to achieve outstanding risk-adjusted returns. The firm's management team is among the most accomplished in its industry, having invested in over 4,000 properties covering more than 60 cities throughout the United States, Canada and Europe.
For more information on Brennan Investment Group, go to brennanllc.com.
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TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese company embroiled in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic corruption scandal said Thursday it would strengthen oversight to prevent further wrongdoing.
Kadokawa “seriously betrayed public trust,” company president Takeshi Natsuno said. He bowed deeply with two other executives to show remorse in a news conference.
Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, the son of the founder, was arrested in September on suspicion of bribing Haruyuki Takahashi, a member of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, with 69 million yen ($480,000).
Kadokawa Group was chosen as an Olympic sponsor and published the Games program and guidebooks.
Takahashi is a former executive at the Japanese advertising company Dentsu, which played a key role in 2013 in landing the Olympics for Tokyo, and then became the Tokyo Games marketing arm.
Takahashi was arrested and released from jail after being held for about four months. Japanese media say he is denying the corruption charges.
He also faces bribery allegations in connection with several companies tied to the Tokyo Olympics: Aoki Holdings, a clothing company that dressed Japan’s Olympic team; Daiko Advertising Inc., ADK Marketing Solutions, and Sun Arrow, which produced the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic mascots named Miraitowa and Someity.
Any trials are likely to be slow moving as the Japanese court process tends to be drawn out, and more than a dozen people are involved.
Prosecutors say Takahashi acted in ways to favor the companies with sponsorships and other benefits related to the Olympics in return for the bribes.
Prosecutors say, besides the bribery scandal, a separate probe is ongoing into bid-rigging and the choice of venues for Olympic test events.
The sprawling corruption allegations surrounding Tokyo have caused the bid by the northern Japanese city of Sapporo for the 2030 Winter Games to be placed “on hold.”
Sapporo was considered the favorite for 2030, partially because of Japan’s reliability and heavy spending to hold the delayed Tokyo Games.
The Switzerland-based International Olympic Committee is reported to have Salt Lake City as the lone candidate to hold the 2030 Games.
Salt Lake organizers have said they would prefer 2034, not wanting to directly follow Los Angeles, which will hold the 2028 Summer Olympics.
The official price tag for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics was $13 billion, although a government audit suggested real costs might be twice that much. About 60% of Tokyo Olympic spending was public money.
The Games were postponed for a year and held in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Construction is underway for a new project right next to the St. Lucie River featuring a one-of-a-kind playground, increased boardwalk connections and a restaurant.
The city of Port St. Luce broke ground on The Port District project Wednesday after nearly a decade in the making.
Patricia Marolt enjoys spending time with her grandson at parks around Port St. Lucie.
"The playgrounds are really good in town," Marolt said.
By the time the project is done, it will have a one-of-a-kind Pioneer Park playground.
"I think it's a wonderful addition to the town," Marolt said. "Anything by the water is always good because it draws a lot of people."
Sitting next to the St. Lucie River, there will be a waterfront restaurant, a canoe/kayak launch and an overwater stage for concerts to upland trails.
"It is a very long infrastructure project. We have a lot of work to do to bring the site up to grade," Jennifer Davis, assistant director of the city's Community Redevelopment Agency said. "We have work to do on the river as well with the additional boardwalk connections and then of course the playground."
Davis said this is all part of the growth of Port St. Lucie. a city with a population of more than 200,000.
"A lot of the development has been happening out to the west, and we're very proud of that development and the jobs that it's bringing to the city of Port St. Lucie," Davis said. "But we also know there's a commitment to the eastern side and what we have to offer."
The first phase of the project should take around nine months to complete at a cost of just under $10 million. | https://www.wptv.com/news/treasure-coast/region-st-lucie-county/port-st-lucie/port-st-lucie-breaks-ground-at-the-port-district-project-along-st-lucie-river | 2022-08-04 21:41:15 | 0 | https://www.wptv.com/news/treasure-coast/region-st-lucie-county/port-st-lucie/port-st-lucie-breaks-ground-at-the-port-district-project-along-st-lucie-river |
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Abortion rights protection ordinance narrowly passes Radnor Township board
RADNOR, Pa. - A Pennsylvania borough voted in favor of an ordinance that officials say will protect a woman's right to an abortion if Roe V. Wade is upended.
Four members of the Radnor Township Borough Board of Commissioners voted for the ordinance on Monday, while three opposed.
The narrowly passed edict will prevent police from conducting any investigation, making any arrest, filing criminal charges or cooperating with any other agency relating to abortion services.
"We cannot afford to wait and hope that things will all turn out ok. That is a weak position to take in a time when we need courage and action," Board President Moira Mulroney said.
Prior to the vote, residents and others from outside the township voiced their concerns both for and against the ordinance. Some claimed it will make Radnor a sanctuary for abortions.
"Do you want Radnor Township Chester County, piece of Delaware County, piece of Montgomery County to become the human trafficking of unborn children? The pathway in Pennsylvania?" a speaker said in opposition of the ordinance.
The Radnor Board of Commissioners' vote comes as a decision is expected on Roe V. Wade in the coming days. Last month, a draft opinion was leaked that revealed the Supreme Court's conservative majority might overturn the landmark ruling.
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EVERETT, Wash. — A man suspected of carrying guns into a courthouse in Washington state earlier in the week, prompting a standoff and a three-hour lockdown before his arrest, had bail set Tuesday at $1 million.
Hsu’s attorney, Lorcan Malone, had requested little to no bail, noting Hsu has no criminal history and wasn’t accused of any violent offenses. Hsu, of Woodinville, remained jailed Tuesday afternoon.
Rancourt said she found probable cause to hold Hsu on investigation of resisting arrest, carrying a concealed weapon, disorderly conduct, and unlawful display of a weapon.
Wearing a protective vest, Hsu had entered the Snohomish County Courthouse lobby in Everett at about 12:30 p.m. Monday with guns and ammunition, the county sheriff’s office said. Hsu demanded to see two judges and the sheriff to change arrangements for custody of his child, detectives said in court documents.
Hsu was immediately confronted by law enforcement officers who ordered him to drop his weapons, authorities said, adding he placed two rifles on the ground, but refused to relinquish additional firearms and weapons and leave the building.
After hours of negotiations with law enforcement, Hsu was arrested. No one was hurt.
Sheriff’s office detectives said they recovered two rifles, four handguns, more than 300 rounds of ammunition, a ballistic armor vest, six knives, a hatchet and brass knuckles from the lobby of the courthouse. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/bail-set-at-1m-for-man-accused-in-armed-courthouse-standoff/2022/12/13/836db660-7b5b-11ed-bb97-f47d47466b9a_story.html | 2022-12-14 04:35:41 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/bail-set-at-1m-for-man-accused-in-armed-courthouse-standoff/2022/12/13/836db660-7b5b-11ed-bb97-f47d47466b9a_story.html |
NEW YORK, Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorney Advertising --Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC is investigating potential claims against Gaia, Inc. ("Gaia" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: GAIA). Investors who purchased Gaia securities are encouraged to obtain additional information and assist the investigation by visiting the firm's site: www.bgandg.com/gaia.
The investigation concerns whether Gaia violated federal securities laws.
On November 7, 2022, Gaia announced that "an investigation by the staff of the Denver Regional Office (the 'Staff') of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the 'SEC')" which began in June 2020. According to Gaia, "[i]n September 2022, Gaia and Gaia's Chief Financial Officer ('CFO') reached an agreement in principle with the Staff on a framework for a complete resolution of the investigation." The Company continued to state that, "[t]he agreement in principle contemplates that Gaia would consent, without admitting or denying any findings, to the entry of an administrative order: (1) finding that Gaia (a) misstated in its April 29, 2019 earnings release and earnings call the number of paying subscribers for the period ending March 31, 2019, … and (b) failed to comply with SEC whistleblower protection requirements with respect to the termination of one employee and the language used in severance agreements for other employees; and (2) requiring Gaia to pay a total civil monetary penalty of $2,000[,000] over a one-year period for these violations. At the same time, the CFO would consent, without admitting or denying any findings, to the entry of an administrative order: (1) finding that the CFO caused Gaia's misstatements in the April 29, 2019 earnings release and earnings call that is described above; and (2) requiring the CFO to pay a civil monetary penalty of $50[,000]." Gaia also stated "[t]here can be no assurance that the contemplated settlement will be finalized and approved."
If you are aware of any facts relating to this investigation or purchased Gaia securities, you can assist this investigation by visiting the firm's site: www.bgandg.com/gaia. You can also contact Peretz Bronstein or his Investor Relations Analyst, Yael Nathanson of Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC: 212-697-6484.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ARCH Venture Partners, one of the world's leading early-stage technology venture firms, today announced the appointment of life sciences industry veteran Patrick Weiss as Venture Partner.
"Building on nearly a decade of working with Patrick, we are extremely pleased to have him join the ARCH team. ARCH is committed to bringing the best entrepreneurs, experience, value-add perspective and network to advance our portfolio companies. Patrick will add further to those important capabilities," said ARCH Co-founder and Managing Director Keith Crandell.
"I am extremely excited to join ARCH and put my two and a half decades of experience founding and building life science companies to work as a Venture Partner. I look forward to identifying, mentoring and scaling ARCH portfolio companies to transform healthcare and ensure success for investors and founders," said Weiss.
Weiss brings 25 years of experience to ARCH in organizing and building thriving businesses in the life sciences industry. He joins from Twist Bioscience, where he held the position of Chief Operating Officer. At Twist, he played an integral part in developing the company's disruptive DNA synthesis platform and scaling the company from the ground up to the multi-billion-dollar powerhouse it is today. He also helped the company grow from 10 to 1,000 employees and undergo various transitions, most notably from a small seed-stage start-up to a successful publicly traded company. Prior to Twist, he was CEO of Operon Biotechnologies, a global leader in nucleic acid synthesis, sequencing and bio-informatics services. Weiss also held previous roles as Vice President, Gene Silencing at Qiagen, responsible for its RNA synthesis and siRNA product portfolio, and Founder and CEO of Xeragon, a global leader in RNA synthesis and related products.
Weiss holds an M.S. in Organic Chemistry and Economics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. He is currently a member of the board of directors for Slingshot Biosciences. Weiss is also an inventor on several patents and publications in the field of nucleic acid synthesis and related areas.
ARCH Venture Partners invests in advanced technology companies and is one of the largest early-stage technology venture firms in the United States. The firm is a recognized leader in commercializing technologies developed at academic institutions, corporate research groups and national laboratories. ARCH invests primarily in companies it co-founds with leading scientists and entrepreneurs, bringing innovations in life sciences and physical sciences to market.
For more information, visit www.archventure.com.
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SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ferrum Health, the nation's most widely deployed private AI platform for imaging, is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Riverain Technologies, a provider of advanced medical imaging AI solutions. This partnership brings together two industry leaders with a shared goal of accelerating provider adoption and reducing the implementation costs of life-saving clinical AI tools.
Riverain Technologies offers a suite of AI-powered medical imaging products, including ClearRead CT, and ClearRead Xray. These solutions use deep learning algorithms to analyze medical images and help radiologists quickly and accurately detect and diagnose life-threatening medical conditions.
Ferrum Health's Private AI Hub is a seamless platform that provides healthcare systems a secure, standardized, and cost-effective way to enable providers with clinical AI technology adoption. The integration of Riverain Technologies' Clear Visual Intelligence solutions into Ferrum Health's platform will provide healthcare providers with real-time access to the latest medical imaging technology, enabling them to provide better care for their patients.
"We are thrilled to partner with Riverain Technologies and their cutting-edge AI products," said Pelu Tran, CEO of Ferrum Health. "This partnership is a critical step in our mission to revolutionize the healthcare sector and empower healthcare providers with the latest medical imaging technology."
"The partnership with Ferrum Health allows Riverain to extend access to ClearRead solutions and reduce the delayed detection of lung cancer and other cardiothoracic disease," said Steve Worrell, CEO, Riverain Technologies.
About Ferrum Health
Ferrum Health developed an enterprise AI deployment platform to improve patient outcomes by democratizing health systems' access to the most innovative and impactful clinical AI technologies worldwide. The solution provides end-to-end AI Hubs able to run applications across all service lines. For more information, visit www.ferrumhealth.com and follow Ferrum on LinkedIn and Twitter.
About Riverain Technologies
Riverain Technologies is on a mission to revolutionize radiology by changing 1 in 3 delayed cardiothoracic disease diagnoses to none in 3. Using unique suppression technology, the company's ClearRead imaging interpretation solutions with Clear Visual Intelligence™ (CVI) create an unobstructed view within the existing workflow so radiologists can focus on what matters, precisely characterize, and report findings. Imaging interpretation with CVI moves radiologists beyond standard background-impaired imaging interpretation to allow focus on the actionable data to correctly and quickly detect cardiothoracic diseases with newfound Certainty of Search™ (CoS). For more information: https://www.riveraintech.com/
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New Croquet Plugin Deploys Multiuser, Social, 3D Metaverse Worlds in Any WordPress Site with Collaborative Browsing and Spatial Audio Conversations among Site Visitors
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Croquet Corporation, provider of Croquet OS, the Operating System for the Open Metaverse, announced today the first WordPress Plugin that allows developers to deploy 3D immersive, multiuser Metaverse worlds in any WordPress website or blog. Croquet Metaverse Web Showcase is free, no-code, easy to use and gives anyone using WordPress a quick and easy way to engage customers and visitors in a fully immersive, multiuser, social 3D world in less than five minutes. Web Showcase launched in December 2022 and quickly rose to the #1 spot on Product Hunt, the leading technology review forum.
Available today in the official WordPress Plugin Directory, Web Showcase enhances existing 2D websites, which typically depend upon scrolling and menu navigation, with an immersive environment that lets site visitors move freely throughout a showcase gallery to learn about the business while remaining interoperable to the existing site navigation. The result is significantly increased engagement by site visitors and an enormous new dimension in functionality.
Web Showcase is perfect for small business WordPress users such as agencies, consultants, non-profits, web developers, photographers or designers looking to create dynamic and unique experiences for site visitors. It provides a rich, highly interactive capabilities showcase that is highly customizable and displays company presentations, video testimonials, customer references and more, all in a social, multiuser immersive space. Web Showcase can be extended by brands and agencies to enable highly social in-site activations, games and promotions, improve engagement, dramatically enhance site experience and increase customer support and satisfaction while keeping customers close to home and not sending them away to 3rd party platforms.
Examples of small businesses utilizing Web Showcase include JJA Recruiting firm, A Friendly Fox Photography, and the publication Metaverse Professional.
Web Showcase site visitors can easily invite friends and colleagues to join them via text message, email, Slack or any other DM channel to collaboratively browse the space and converse using Dolby.io Spatial Audio Chat. Bloggers can add an immersive world to a blog post, making it even more social by inviting readers to come together for live audio discussion in a customized Metaverse gallery. It is cross-platform and can be accessed by any Internet device regardless of operating system, including desktops, tablets, phones and VR headsets.
"The web is the Metaverse and it will rapidly become multiuser and immersive," said David A. Smith, founder and CTO of Croquet. "WordPress powers the web with 65.1% of all websites that use CMS technology(1). We will see the web evolve quickly as these websites deploy immersive multiuser technology to serve new and existing customers and facilitate ecommerce."
Web Showcase is built on Croquet OS, the only operating system for the Open Metaverse, using Croquet's open source Microverse World Builder. Developers and brands can extend Web Showcase, building completely customized spaces, promotions, ecommerce, games, interoperable portals and Ready Player Me(R) avatars using World Builder and a free developer API key from croquet.io. Microverse developers can use WordPress Plugins to distribute customized worlds, experiences, games and other activations they create with World Builder to hundreds of millions of websites and blogs.
Croquet worlds are part of the Open Metaverse and can be published to any web server, including within brand web properties, using this new WordPress Plugin, with full access to the entire ecosystem of the web including conventional payment, login and security systems and Web3 services. This Plugin and the basic version of Web Showcase are free to acquire and use. Croquet offers Croquet OS multiuser, low latency Metaverse infrastructure plus enhanced products and development environments for larger deployments which are priced based upon engagement.
Croquet offers a Partner Program with special support for WordPress hosts, agencies and web development shops. For more information, contact partnerships@croquet.io.
About Croquet
The web is the Metaverse and Croquet Corporation is on a mission to enable the rapid Metaverse evolution of more than 200,000,000 active websites with Croquet OS, its web standards based open operating system for the Metaverse. Based on browser technologies that are cross platform to any device, it delivers interoperable virtual worlds on the Metaverse that can be published in any website or blog and be accessed today by hundreds of millions of Internet and mobile users. Croquet was awarded the leading Auggie Award at the AWE Conference in May of 2022 as "Startup to Watch" out of 100+ companies. The company was formed in 2018 and is funded by SIP Global Partners and a group of experienced technology and financial industry veterans. Visit www.croquet.io.
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European Central Bank leader doubles down on rate increases
By DAVID McHUGH
AP Business Writer
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The head of the European Central Bank underlined the bank’s determination to fight rampant inflation with more interest rate increases on top of recent record hikes. ECB President Christine Lagarde said Friday that “our job is far from being completed” and that even a mild recession would not be enough to bring price increases back under control. In a lecture at the central bank of Estonia, she said the bank “will not let high inflation become entrenched” by letting expectations of higher prices become baked into wages and costs. The bank has been raising rates at the fastest pace since the euro was launched in 1999, mirroring the hikes of the U.S. Federal Reserve and Bank of England. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/11/04/european-central-bank-leader-doubles-down-on-rate-increases-2/ | 2022-11-04 13:57:07 | 1 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/11/04/european-central-bank-leader-doubles-down-on-rate-increases-2/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s monthslong absence from the Senate to recover in California from shingles has become a vexing problem for Democrats who want to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominees to the federal courts. Now there is some pressure from within her party, and her state, to resign.
With frustration mounting among Democrats, Feinstein on Wednesday asked to be temporarily replaced on the Senate Judiciary Committee while she recuperates. The statement came shortly after a member of California’s House delegation, Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, called on her to step down, saying it is “unacceptable” for her to miss votes to confirm judges who could be weighing in on abortion rights, a key Democratic priority.
It will not be easy to temporarily replace Feinstein on the influential committee. Republicans could block such a move, given that the full Senate must approve committee assignments.
The conundrum for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., stems from his party’s fragile hold on power. Democrats are clinging to a 51-49 majority in an aging Senate where there have been several absences due to health issues this year.
A look at the politics surrounding Feinstein’s absence, and how Democrats are navigating the situation:
EXTENDED ABSENCE
Feinstein, 89, has been away from the Senate since Feb. 27, just two weeks after she announced she would not run for reelection in 2024.
Her office disclosed March 2 that she had been hospitalized in San Francisco and was being treated for a case of shingles. “I hope to return to the Senate later this month,” she said in a statement at the time.
Now, six weeks later, Feinstein’s office will not give a timeline for her return, even as Congress comes back into session Monday from a two-week recess.
It is unclear how long Feinstein expects to be away from Washington or whether she might resign before the end of her term. She has already faced questions in recent years about her cognitive health and memory, and has appeared increasingly frail. But she has defended her effectiveness.
STALLED JUDGES
Since February, Feinstein has missed more than 50 votes. Her absence on the Judiciary Committee means that Democrats can only confirm judges who have some Republican support because Democrats only have a one-seat majority on the panel.
The committee chairman, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has acknowledged that the pace of confirmations has slowed.
“I can’t consider nominees in these circumstances because a tie vote is a losing vote in committee,” Durbin told CNN.
There are currently 12 federal judge nominees whom Democrats say they have been unable to advance because of Feinstein’s absence. It is not clear how many would have Republican support.
AN UNUSUAL REQUEST
Feinstein’s request to be temporarily replaced on the panel is uncommon and the politics at play are complicated.
Committee assignments are typically approved easily in the full Senate at the beginning of each two-year session. Replacements are generally only made when a senator dies or resigns.
To change the committee membership, Democrats will have to hold a vote. While committee rosters are generally approved by a voice vote, just one Republican objection would trigger a roll call. Because of Senate rules, Democrats probably would need 60 votes to replace Feinstein — meaning at least 10 Republicans would have to help Democrats and support the move.
That is far from assured. Judicial nominations are a high-stakes matter for both sides, and the process has become steeped in partisanship.
Republicans have so far stayed quiet. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has said he will return from his own medical absence on Monday, after a head injury in a fall last month.
CALIFORNIA POLITICS
Feinstein’s February announcement that she will retire from Congress when her term ends next year has triggered a scramble for her seat in a strongly Democratic state.
Democratic Reps. Barbara Lee, Katie Porter and Adam Schiff have already launched Senate campaigns to succeed Feinstein.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, said in 2021 that he would nominate a Black woman to fill the seat if Feinstein were to step aside before her term ends. Khanna has endorsed Lee, who is Black.
Other Californians — including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — have come to Feinstein’s defense.
Pelosi told a San Francisco TV station that she’s “seen up close and firsthand her great leadership for our country, but especially for our state of California. She deserves the respect to get well and be back on duty.”
Pelosi suggested sexism has played a role in the way Feinstein has been treated.
“I don’t know what political agendas are at work that are going after Sen. Feinstein in that way,” Pelosi said. “I’ve never seen them go after a man who was sick in the Senate in that way.”
A STORIED CAREER
Feinstein has been a political trailblazer since she was the first woman to serve as president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in the 1970s. First elected to the Senate in 1992, she was the first woman to head the Senate Intelligence Committee, privy to the nation’s top secrets, and the first woman to serve as the Judiciary Committee’s top Democrat.
While she often has worked across party lines, she faced criticism in recent years from Democrats who said she was letting Republicans off easy in bruising judicial fights.
Feinstein infuriated liberals in 2020 when she closed out confirmation hearings for now-Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett with an embrace of the then-Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and thanked him for a job well done.
A month later, she announced she would remain on the committee but step down as the senior Democrat.
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Associated Press writers Michael Blood in Los Angeles and Seung Min Kim contributed to this report, | https://wgntv.com/politics-3/ap-politics/why-sen-feinsteins-absence-is-a-big-problem-for-democrats/ | 2023-04-14 02:57:56 | 0 | https://wgntv.com/politics-3/ap-politics/why-sen-feinsteins-absence-is-a-big-problem-for-democrats/ |
WA Pendleton OR Zone Forecast for Tuesday, November 1, 2022
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.SUNDAY...Rain or snow showers likely. Highs in the lower to mid
40s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a
50 percent chance of rain or snow showers. Lows in the 20s. Highs
in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
showers. Highs in the mid to upper 30s.
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Lower Columbia Basin of Washington-
Including the cities of Connell, Prosser, and Tri-Cities
444 AM PDT Wed Nov 2 2022
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM PDT THURSDAY...
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs
in the upper 40s to lower 50s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost overnight. Lows in the
mid 20s to lower 30s. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs
in the mid to upper 40s. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. Lows
in the mid to upper 30s. South wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to
around 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers. Highs
in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Windy. Southwest wind 15 to 25 mph
with gusts to around 40 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Windy. Rain showers likely. Lows in the upper 30s
to lower 40s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.SATURDAY...Windy. Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Mostly cloudy with
a 50 percent chance of rain showers. Lows in the upper 20s to mid
30s. Highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance
of rain or snow showers. Highs in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Lows
in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
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WAZ029-022315-
Foothills of the Blue Mountains of Washington-
Including the cities of Dayton, Waitsburg, and Walla Walla
444 AM PDT Wed Nov 2 2022
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM PDT THURSDAY...
.REST OF TODAY...Partly sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs
in the mid to upper 40s. Breezy. Southwest wind 10 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Widespread frost overnight. Lows in the
mid to upper 20s. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs
in the mid to upper 40s. South wind 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Lows
in the lower to mid 30s. South wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to
around 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers likely. Highs in the mid to upper 50s.
Windy. Southwest wind 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Windy. Rain showers. Lows in the upper 30s to
lower 40s. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
.SATURDAY...Windy. Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Highs in the upper 40s to lower 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Windy. Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance
of rain or snow showers. Lows in the lower 30s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain or snow
showers. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain or snow showers likely. Lows in the upper
20s. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance
of rain or snow showers. Highs in the lower to mid 40s. Lows in
the mid to upper 20s.
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Northwest Blue Mountains-
Including the city of Ski Bluewood Resort
444 AM PDT Wed Nov 2 2022
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS
MORNING ABOVE 3000 FEET...
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of snow in
the morning. Highs in the 30s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph with
gusts to around 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 19 to 25.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the 30s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow.
Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph with
gusts to around 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Rain and high mountain snow showers. Light high
mountain snow accumulations. Highs in the 40s. Windy. Southwest
wind 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph. Chance of
precipitation 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Very windy. Rain showers. Lows in the lower to
mid 30s. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Very windy. Rain and mountain snow showers likely.
Light mountain snow accumulations. Highs in the mid 30s to lower
40s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Windy. Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance
of snow showers. Lows in the mid to upper 20s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the 30s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Snow showers likely. Light snow accumulations.
Lows in the mid to upper 20s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance
of snow showers. Highs in the upper 20s to mid 30s. Lows in the
20s.
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WAZ520-022315-
East Slopes of the Washington Cascades-
Including the cities of Appleton, Cle Elum, and Cliffdell
444 AM PDT Wed Nov 2 2022
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow. Highs in the
lower 30s to lower 40s, except in the lower to mid 40s valleys.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of snow in the
evening. Lows 19 to 26.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 30s to lower 40s,
except in the lower to mid 40s valleys.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
or snow. Snow level 3000 feet. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
West wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers. Highs in the lower 40s to lower 50s,
except in the upper 40s to mid 50s valleys. Breezy. West wind
10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 45 mph. Chance of precipitation
near 100 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Windy. Rain showers. Locally heavy rainfall
possible. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s. Chance of
precipitation near 100 percent.
.SATURDAY...Windy. Rain or snow showers likely. Moderate snow
accumulations possible. Highs in the lower 30s to lower 40s.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows in the 20s.
.SUNDAY...Snow showers likely. Moderate snow accumulations
possible. Highs in the upper 20s to upper 30s, except in the mid
30s to lower 40s valleys. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent
chance of snow showers. Lows 16 to 25. Highs in the mid 20s to
mid 30s.
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Simcoe Highlands-
Including the cities of Goldendale and Bickleton
444 AM PDT Wed Nov 2 2022
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM PDT THURSDAY...
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the 40s. West wind 5 to
15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost overnight. Lows in the
20s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs
in the lower to mid 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
or snow. Lows in the upper 20s to upper 30s. Southwest wind 5 to
15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers likely. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
Windy. Southwest wind 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Windy. Rain showers. Lows in the 30s. Chance of
precipitation 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Windy. Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of rain
and mountain snow showers. Highs in the 40s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance
of rain or snow showers. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.SUNDAY...Rain or snow showers likely. Light snow accumulations.
Highs in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Chance of precipitation
70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a
50 percent chance of rain or snow showers. Lows in the lower 20s
to lower 30s. Highs in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
showers. Highs in the 30s.
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- INEO achieved 74% increase in year-over-year revenue and 90% increase in gross profit in first quarter 2023.
- Despite the current challenging macroeconomic environment INEO is experiencing an increase in its sales activity, The Company's total sales pipeline now represents over $40 million in annual recurring revenue.
- INEO recently completed its Public Offering of units and Private Placement of units, notes for total proceeds of C$2.74 million. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering for the manufacturing and deployment of the INEO Welcoming System to existing and future customers.
SURREY, BC, Nov. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - INEO Tech Corp. (TSXV: INEO) (OTCQB: INEOF) (the "Company" or "INEO"), the innovative developer and operator of the INEO Media Network, a digital advertising and analytics solution for retailers, today announced it has filed its Interim Consolidated Quarterly Financial Statements and Management's Discussion and Analysis on SEDAR.com for the Company's fiscal first quarter ended September 30, 2022.
"We are thrilled with our record fiscal first quarter results in which we reported a 74% increase in revenue and a 90% increase in gross profit," said Greg Watkin, Chairman and Founder of INEO. "We are extremely excited for fiscal 2023 as we continue to diligently roll-out additional systems to our large retail customers. The Company recently completed full-scale rollouts in select geographic areas within the United States and we are continuing to remain active in installing more systems in new regions. INEO is also progressing with its strategic partnership with Prosegur and is currently involved in assisting Prosegur to convert individual pilot stores into full-scale roll outs with new retailers. We remain extremely confident in Prosegur's ability to land these large international retailers and look forward to sharing those customer wins in the future."
Greg Watkin added, "Furthermore, we are also pleased to see our revenues continuing to ramp up, despite the current challenging macroeconomic environment. INEO has not experienced any recessionary impacts and I am pleased to report that the Company is growing faster than ever as we begin to see new retail customers join the INEO Media Network. INEO is experiencing an increase in its sales activity with our sales pipeline increasing to over 1,500 store locations through our direct sales efforts and over 8,000 store locations through our partner Prosegur. Combined, the Company's total sales pipeline from direct sales and Prosegur partnership now represents over $40 million in annual recurring revenue, once fully deployed."
Fiscal First Quarter 2023 Financial Highlights:
- INEO generated $416,086 of revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2022, representing an increase of 74% as compared to revenue of $238,671 for the three months ended September 30, 2021.
- INEO generated gross profit for the three months ended September 30, 2022, of $207,646, as compared to gross profit of $109,119 for the quarter ended September 30, 2021, representing an increase of 90%, driven by an increase in higher margin INEO loss prevention products.
- INEO achieved gross margin percentage of 50.1% for the three months ended September 30, 2022, compared to gross margin percentage of 45.7% for the quarter ended September 30, 2021.
- Net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2022 was $590,614 or $0.01 per share compared to net loss of $731,466 or $0.01 per share for the three months ended September 30, 2021.
- Adjusted EBITDA loss for the three months ended September 30, 2022 was $512,285, compared to Adjusted EBITDA loss of $629,651 for the three months ended September 30, 2021.
- INEO had $938,740 of cash and cash equivalents at September 30, 2022, compared to $1,706,048 of cash and cash equivalents at June 30, 2022.
- As at September 30, 2022, the Company had 60,190,138 shares issued and outstanding.
Fiscal First Quarter 2023 Business Highlights:
- On July 26, 2022, the Company signed a Programmatic Partnership with Broadsign. This new programmatic advertising partnership with Broadsign solidifies INEO's position as a solutions provider in the DOOH advertising market focused on the retail segment.
- On August 18, 2022, the Company signed a Strategic Partnership with Adapt Media. Partnering with Adapt Media is a major advancement for INEO's advertising pipeline due to Adapt's presence in the Toronto area and their strong national footprint. With Adapt Media's assistance, INEO will gain access to increased national advertising campaigns and a broader range of potential customers.
- On September 15, 2022, the Company provided an update on the significant progress it made on its direct sales pipeline. The Company expanded its footprint with major retail clients and has begun starting the next phase of its roll-out by deploying the INEO Welcoming System into large groups of stores in concentrated geographic regions.
Events Subsequent to September 30, 2022:
- On October 19, 2022 INEO filed for a design patent in Canada for its INEO Welcoming GATE system, a companion system to the INEO Welcoming Pedestal. This patent has now been extended with a global priority filing to include the United States and Europe.
- On November 17, 2022 INEO completed its Public Offering of units and Private Placement of units and notes for total proceeds of C$2.74 million. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering for the manufacturing and deployment of the INEO Welcoming System to existing and future customers, as well as for working capital and general corporate purposes.
Kyle Hall, CEO of INEO commented on this financing, "We are very appreciative of our shareholders who supported us in our recent financing, and we welcome new investors to the INEO family. This funding will strengthen our balance sheet, thereby allowing us to continue to execute on our existing commitments with our large retail chain customers and accomplish our growth plans for 2023. This financing represents a key component of INEO's roll-out and expansion plans across the globe."
Outlook:
The overall outlook for INEO remains positive. The Company is now actively deploying systems and ramping up its installation locations with contracted customers across North and South America. INEO has entered into the next phase of the Company's development with commercialization of its technology, landing wins with large retailers, expanding its location footprint and ramping up revenues. INEO's current focus is to accelerate its customer deployments to create a critical mass of systems on the INEO Media Network.
INEO's key objectives for fiscal 2023 are as follows:
- Increase revenues through the deployment of systems to INEO's leading retail customers.
- Expand the INEO Media Network in key geographical markets across North America and South America.
- Support Prosegur with its growth plans and initiatives with key retailers across the globe, including converting large retail customers from pilot stores or trials to fully contracted customer roll-outs.
INEO's technology has been proven out and has been validated by a global partnership with Prosegur. INEO has created a healthy sales pipeline consisting of both direct sales customers and Prosegur's customers, including grocery, home improvement, apparel and wholesale club retail chains from North America, South America and Europe. INEO has seeded the market with trial systems and expects to convert these trials into full scale roll-outs in the coming quarters.
As retailers continue to invest in retail tech for improving the customer experience, advertising and analytics are becoming increasingly important in the modern retail environment. INEO is well positioned to take advantage of these trends with market leading technology and programmatic advertising partners which will enhance the Company's future growth.
Webinar Details:
The Company will hold a webinar to discuss its results and provide an outlook on the business, on Wednesday December 7, 2022 at 10:00 am PT (1:00 pm ET).
Webinar Details:
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Footnotes:
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Kyle Hall, CEO,
INEO Tech Corp.
About INEO Tech Corp. (TSXV: INEO; OTCQB: INEOF)
INEO Tech Corp., through its wholly owned subsidiary, INEO Solutions Inc., operates the INEO Media Network, a digital advertising and analytics solution for retailers. INEO's patented technology integrates and monetizes digital screens with theft detection sensor gates at the entrance of retail stores. The Company's cloud-based platform uses IoT (Internet of Things) and AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology to deliver customized digital advertising to each retail location based on the demographic mix, such as age and gender, of customer traffic at each location. The Company also deploys the INEO Welcoming Network technology through a SaaS-based solution to larger retail chains. INEO is headquartered in Surrey, Canada and publicly traded on the TSX-Venture Exchange under the symbol "INEO" and on the OTCQB-Venture Market under the symbol "INEOF".
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Forward-Looking Statements
Investors are cautioned that, except as disclosed in the disclosure document, any information released or received with respect to the Company may not be accurate or complete and should not be relied upon. Trading in securities of the Company should be considered highly speculative.
This news release contains forward-looking information, which involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual events to differ materially from current expectations. Important factors – including the availability of funds, acceptance of the Company's products, competition, and general market conditions – that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations are disclosed in the Company's documents filed on SEDAR, including the Annual Information Form for the year ended June 30, 2022 filed on SEDAR on November 4, 2022. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation, except to the extent required by law, to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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delays today will be in the eastern zone. As a strong cold
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northern Florida. A combination of old cold air and fresh
cold air will lead to a substantial amount of snow and ice
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New York state to part of northern New England with heavy
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The Miami Heat ended their run at the NBA Las Vegas Summer League on Saturday night the way they opened it, with a victory.
Despite sitting many of the leading men on their summer roster, the Heat pushed to an 86-83 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on the UNLV campus, a week after they began play in Las Vegas with a victory over the Boston Celtics.
While three losses in between left the Heat with a 2-3 record in Vegas, Saturday ended the stay on an up note.
French League guard Kyle Allman Jr. led the Heat with 26 points, seven rebounds and six assists.
“I know we had a lot of people out, so I know somebody had to step up,” Allman said.
He was supported by 22 points from guard Dru Smith, who was in training camp with the Heat last season and then moved on to the Heat’s G League affiliate.
The Heat also got 11 points and 11 rebounds from forward Jamal Cain, the undrafted wing out of Oakland University who was signed earlier in the week to a training-camp tryout contract.
Big men Nikola Jovic and Omer Yurtseven remained out for the Heat with quadriceps injuries, with Yurtseven going without a summer-league appearance. Jovic wound up missing the final four of the Heat’s five games in Las Vegas.
The Heat also were without guard Marcus Garrett, who was signed to a two-way contract earlier in the day, and forward Haywood Highsmith, with both given the night off for rest.
Forward Darius Days, signed to a two-way contract off the San Antonio Spurs’ summer roster earlier in the day, also did not play.
The Heat opened with a lineup of Allman, Cain, Jamaree Bouyea, Bryce Hamilton and Jalen Adaway.
Also held out was center Orlando Robinson, who already has received a camp invitation.
The Heat drew within 75-74 with 1:28 to play when Smith converted three free throws after he was fouled on a 3-point attempt. Allman then got to the line with 67 seconds left, making only the second foul shot, for a 75-75 tie.
A Clippers miss by NBA veteran Cam Reynolds followed, with Allman draining a step-back 3-pointer with 31.2 seconds to play for a 78-75 Heat lead.
“I mean that’s my game,” Allman said of the shot, closing 4 of 10 from beyond the arc. “So I just kind of went to something that I work on.”
A blocked shot by Cain followed for the Heat, forcing the Clippers to foul. A pair of Allman free throws with 23.8 seconds left effectively settled it.
The Heat closed 3-4 overall in summer league, when including their 1-2 record at the California Classic in San Francisco prior to arriving in Las Vegas.
Summer-league play concludes Sunday, with the New York Knicks playing the Portland Trail Blazers in the championship game.
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FLOWOOD, Miss., June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Zavation Medical Products ("Zavation" or the "Company"), an innovative designer and manufacturer of high-quality spinal implants, instruments, MIS procedural kits, and biologics headquartered in Flowood, MS, announced the FDA 510K Clearance of eZspand™ Lateral, an expandable lumbar interbody fusion device.
The eZspand™ Lateral, part of the Zavation eZspand™ Interbody System, features unmatched expandable precision paired with continual expansion to provide an optimized fit for each patient. This optimized fit allows for enhancement of structural stability and improved sagittal balance. eZspand™ Lateral does not require secondary locking, minimizing procedural steps. The cage has up to 15° lordosis and the ability to back fill with bone graft. Each implant expands to 6mm from the insertion height to create a large graft window that facilitates fusion. The benefits of continuous height adjustment, up to 6mm expansion paired with no secondary locking step, separate eZspand™ Lateral from its competitors.
Zavation's market share and active surgeon base continues to rapidly grow given the Company's ability to adapt to surgeon/patient needs, consistently upgrade its instruments, and engineer devices with incomparable simplicity and precision. Zavation's sustained investment in research and development will further enhance its expandable technologies and accelerate market share and active surgeon base gains.
"Our product development team's dedication to creatively blending simplicity and precision in a robust product design has produced an expandable product that we believe is the new gold standard in facilitating patient fusion in a seamless and simplified procedure," said Jeffrey Johnson, Chief Executive Officer. "With restoration of alignment being of critical importance, the eZspand™ Lateral was developed to help surgeons address stability and sagittal alignment, while maximizing lordotic correction. This product is an example of Zavation's commitment to offering innovative and differentiated products in conjunction with market leading customer service to best serve our surgeons and distributor network."
The Zavation eZspand™ Interbody System implants are indicated for spinal fusion procedures to be used with autogenous bone graft in skeletally mature patients. The Zavation eZspand™ Interbody System implants are intended for use at either one level or two contiguous levels in the lumbar spine, from L2 to S1, for the treatment of degenerative disc disease (DDD) with up to Grade I spondylolisthesis. DDD is defined as back pain of discogenic origin with degeneration of the disc confirmed by history and radiographic studies. The device is intended to be used in patients who have had six months of non-operative treatment.
The Zavation eZspand™ Interbody System implants are intended to be used with supplemental internal fixation appropriate for the implanted level, including the Zavation Spinal System.
Based in Flowood, MS, Zavation designs, engineers, and manufactures a portfolio of spinal hardware and biologics covering key areas including cervical, thoracolumbar, interbody fusion, interventional spine, and minimally invasive surgery. Founded in 2012, Zavation has experienced exceptional growth and created a national network of numerous distributors across the United States. The Company has commercialized over 25 product families since inception. Zavation operates a newly constructed 75,000 square foot vertically integrated facility in Flowood, MS. To learn more information about Zavation and the Company's suite of products, visit www.zavation.com.
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For years, global health officials have used billions of drops of an oral vaccine in a remarkably effective campaign aimed at wiping out polio in its last remaining strongholds — typically, poor, politically unstable corners of the world.
Now, in a surprising twist in the decades-long effort to eradicate the virus, authorities in Jerusalem, New York and London have discovered evidence that polio is spreading there.
The original source of the virus? The oral vaccine itself.
Scientists have long known about this extremely rare phenomenon. That is why some countries have switched to other polio vaccines. But these incidental infections from the oral formula are becoming more glaring as the world inches closer to eradication of the disease and the number of polio cases caused by the wild, or naturally circulating, virus plummets.
Since 2017, there have been 396 cases of polio caused by the wild virus, versus more than 2,600 linked to the oral vaccine, according to figures from the World Health Organization and its partners.
“We are basically replacing the wild virus with the virus in the vaccine, which is now leading to new outbreaks,” said Scott Barrett, a Columbia University professor who has studied polio eradication. “I would assume that countries like the U.K. and the U.S. will be able to stop transmission quite quickly, but we also thought that about monkeypox.”
The latest incidents represent the first time in several years that vaccine-connected polio virus has turned up in rich countries.
Earlier this year, officials in Israel detected polio in an unvaccinated 3-year-old, who suffered paralysis. Several other children, nearly all of them unvaccinated, were found to have the virus but no symptoms.
In June, British authorities reported finding evidence in sewage that the virus was spreading, though no infections in people were identified. Last week, the government said all children in London ages 1 to 9 would be offered a booster shot.
In the U.S., an unvaccinated young adult suffered paralysis in his legs after being infected with polio, New York officials revealed last month. The virus has also shown up in New York sewers, suggesting it is spreading. But officials said they are not planning a booster campaign because they believe the state's high vaccination rate should offer enough protection.
Genetic analyses showed that the viruses in the three countries were all “vaccine-derived,” meaning that they were mutated versions of a virus that originated in the oral vaccine.
The oral vaccine at issue has been used since 1988 because it is cheap, easy to administer — two drops are put directly into children's mouths — and better at protecting entire populations where polio is spreading. It contains a weakened form of the live virus.
But it can also cause polio in about two to four children per 2 million doses. (Four doses are required to be fully immunized.) In extremely rare cases, the weakened virus can also sometimes mutate into a more dangerous form and spark outbreaks, especially in places with poor sanitation and low vaccination levels.
These outbreaks typically begin when people who are vaccinated shed live virus from the vaccine in their feces. From there, the virus can spread within the community and, over time, turn into a form that can paralyze people and start new epidemics.
Many countries that eliminated polio switched to injectable vaccines containing a killed virus decades ago to avoid such risks; the Nordic countries and the Netherlands never used the oral vaccine. The ultimate goal is to move the entire world to the shots once wild polio is eradicated, but some scientists argue that the switch should happen sooner.
“We probably could never have gotten on top of polio in the developing world without the (oral polio vaccine), but this is the price we’re now paying,” said Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. “The only way we are going to eliminate polio is to eliminate the use of the oral vaccine."
Aidan O’Leary, director of WHO's polio department, described the discovery of polio spreading in London and New York as “a major surprise,” saying that officials have been focused on eradicating the disease in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where health workers have been killed for immunizing children and where conflict has made access to some areas impossible.
Still, O'Leary said he is confident Israel, Britain and the U.S. will shut down their newly identified outbreaks quickly.
The oral vaccine is credited with dramatically reducing the number of children paralyzed by polio. When the global eradication effort began in 1988, there were about 350,000 cases of wild polio a year. So far this year, there have been 19 cases of wild polio, all in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Mozambique.
In 2020, the number of polio cases linked to the vaccine hit a peak of more than 1,100 spread out across dozens of countries. It has since declined to around 200 this year so far.
Last year, WHO and partners also began using a newer oral polio vaccine, which contains a live but weakened virus that scientists believe is less likely to mutate into a dangerous form. But supplies are limited.
To stop polio in Britain, the U.S. and Israel, what is needed is more vaccination, experts say. That is something Columbia University's Barrett worries could be challenging in the COVID-19 era.
“What’s different now is a reduction in trust of authorities and the political polarization in countries like the U.S. and the U.K.,” Barrett said. “The presumption that we can quickly get vaccination numbers up quickly may be more challenging now.”
Oyewale Tomori, a virologist who helped direct Nigeria’s effort to eliminate polio, said that in the past, he and colleagues balked at describing outbreaks as “vaccine-derived,” wary it would make people fearful of the vaccine.
“All we can do is explain how the vaccine works and hope that people understand that immunization is the best protection, but it’s complicated,” Tomori said. “In hindsight, maybe it would have been better not to use this vaccine, but at that time, nobody knew it would turn out like this.” | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/polio-in-us-uk-and-israel-reveals-rare-risk-of-oral-vaccine | 2022-08-22 16:58:08 | 1 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/polio-in-us-uk-and-israel-reveals-rare-risk-of-oral-vaccine |
CLEVELAND (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Ohio Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
4-0-5-8
(four, zero, five, eight)
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NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump is renewing attention to his long history of turning a blind eye to bigotry after dining with a Holocaust-denying white nationalist and the rapper formerly known as Kanye West just days into his third campaign for the White House.
Trump had dinner Tuesday at his Mar-a-Lago club with West, who is now known as Ye, as well as Nick Fuentes, a far-right activist who has used his online platform to spew antisemitic and white nationalist rhetoric.
Ye, who says he, too, is running for president in 2024, has made his own series of antisemitic comments in recent weeks, leading to his suspension from social media platforms, his talent agency dropping him and companies like Adidas cutting ties with him. The sportswear manufacturer has also launched an investigation into his conduct.
In a statement from the White House, spokesman Andrew Bates said: “Bigotry, hate, and antisemitism have absolutely no place in America — including at Mar-A-Lago. Holocaust denial is repugnant and dangerous, and it must be forcefully condemned."
Trump, in a series of statements Friday, said he had “never met and knew nothing about” Fuentes before he arrived with Ye at his club. But Trump also did not acknowledge Fuentes' long history of racist and antisemitic remarks, nor did he denounce either man’s defamatory statements.
Trump wrote of Ye on his social media platform that "we got along great, he expressed no anti-Semitism, & I appreciated all of the nice things he said about me on ‘Tucker Carlson.’” He added, “Why wouldn’t I agree to meet?”
The former president has a long history of failing to unequivocally condemn hate speech. During his 2016 campaign, Trump waffled when asked to denounce the KKK after he was endorsed by the group's former leader, saying in a televised interview that he didn't “know anything about David Duke." In 2017, in the aftermath of the deadly white supremacist protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, Trump was widely criticized for saying there was “blame on both sides" for the violence. And his rallies frequently feature inflammatory rhetoric from figures like U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who spoke earlier this year at a far-right conference organized by Fuentes.
The latest episode, coming just one week after Trump launched his third run for the Republican nomination, also underscored how loosely controlled access to the former president remained, particularly without a traditional campaign operation in place.
Trump's Mar-a-Lago club came under intense scrutiny amid revelations that Trump was storing hundreds of documents with classified markings there — sparking a federal investigation. But the club — and the people it gave access to Trump — had long been a source of consternation among former White House aides.
Mar-a-Lago is not only Trump’s home, but also a private club and event space. Paid members and their guests dine alongside him and often mingle with him; members of the public can book weddings, fundraisers and other events, and Trump often drops by.
Ye first shared details of the dinner in a video he posted to his Twitter account Thursday. Ye said he had traveled to Florida to ask Trump to be his 2024 running mate, and that the meeting had grown heated, with Trump “perturbed” by his request and Ye angered by Trump's criticism of his estranged wife, Kim Kardashian.
“When Trump started basically screaming at me at the table telling me I was gonna lose. I mean, has that ever worked for anyone in history, telling Ye that I’m going to lose?” Ye asked in the video. “You’re talking to Ye!"
Ye also said Trump was "really impressed with Nick Fuentes,” whom he described as “actually a loyalist” and said he'd asked Trump, “Why when you had the chance did you not free the January 6th-ers?” referring to the defendants who were alleged to have participated in the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Trump released a series of statements Friday trying to explain the circumstances of the meeting.
“Kanye West very much wanted to visit Mar-a-Lago. Our dinner meeting was intended to be Kanye and me only, but he arrived with a guest whom I had never met and knew nothing about," Trump said in his first statement released by his campaign.
Not long after, Trump took to his social media network to say that Ye and “three of his friends, whom I knew nothing about” had “unexpectedly showed up” at his club.
“We had dinner on Tuesday evening with many members present on the back patio. The dinner was quick and uneventful. They then left for the airport,” he wrote.
Hours later he again posted, saying he had told Ye that he “should definitely not run for President,” and that “any voters you may have should vote for TRUMP.”
“Anyway, we got along great, he expressed no anti-Semitism, & I appreciated all of the nice things he said about me on ‘Tucker Carlson.’” he added. "Why wouldn’t I agree to meet? Also, I didn’t know Nick Fuentes.”
Fuentes, meanwhile, said after the trip that, while he couldn't rule out that Trump had heard of him, “I don't think he knew that I was me at the dinner."
“I didn't mean for my statements and my whole background to sort of become a public relations problem for the president," he added on his show.
The meeting drew immediate criticism from Trump critics as well as some supporters, including David Friedman, who served as Trump’s ambassador to Israel.
“To my friend Donald Trump, you are better than this. Even a social visit from an antisemite like Kanye West and human scum like Nick Fuentes is unacceptable," Friedman wrote in a tweet. “I urge you to throw those bums out, disavow them and relegate them to the dustbin of history where they belong.”
On Saturday, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a potential 2024 rival, also denounced antisemitism, without directly referencing the dinner or the president under whom he served.
“Anti-Semitism is a cancer," Pompeo wrote, adding: "We stand with the Jewish people in the fight against the world’s oldest bigotry.”
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SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Midday" game were:
3-3-8
(three, three, eight)
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