text string | url string | crawl_date string | label int64 | id string |
|---|---|---|---|---|
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Lawyers on Monday renewed calls for the International Criminal Court to open an investigation into China’s treatment of Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim groups in China’s Xinjiang region as they presented a dossier of evidence to prosecutors.
Activists and lawyers accuse Beijing of crimes against humanity and genocide against the groups. China’s ruling Communist Party has vehemently denied all reports of human rights violations and genocide in Xinjiang.
Monday’s filing is the latest attempt to have the global court open an investigation into widespread allegations of abuse against Uyghurs by Chinese authorities.
The group that submitted the evidence said it includes testimony from a witness who escaped from a camp in 2018 and alleges that he and others were tortured and forced to undergo medical procedures including “being injected with unknown substances.”
The latest dossier also seeks to support their assertion that ICC prosecutors have jurisdiction despite China not being a member of the court by arguing that Uyghurs and others are being rounded up on the territory of an ICC member state and transferred to China.
That assertion seeks to use a precedent set when the court’s judges ruled that the ICC has jurisdiction to investigate abuses against Myanmar’s Rohingya minority, despite Myanmar not being a member of the court, because thousands of Rohingyas were force to flee to Bangladesh, which is an ICC member.
British lawyer Rodney Dixon said evidence presented to the court’s prosecutor’s office uncovers “a pervasive plan to round up Uyghurs in neighboring countries, including an ICC member State, and elsewhere, to force them back into China.”
“The ICC has jurisdiction over these crimes that commence on ICC territory and continue into China, and is urged to act immediately to open an investigation,” the group filing the dossier Monday said in a statement.
The filing comes a year after lawyers called on the ICC to open an investigation. | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/world/lawyers-call-on-intl-court-to-investigate-uyghur-treatment/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2022-06-20 11:38:27 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/world/lawyers-call-on-intl-court-to-investigate-uyghur-treatment/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock were among scores of mourners who paid tribute Friday at the Capitol to the late Christine King Farris, who was the last living sibling of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Farris’ casket lay under the building’s gold dome — an honor usually reserved for prominent political figures that has been bestowed on few African Americans. She died last month at the age of 95.
Kemp said Farris was instrumental in preserving her brother’s memory, but also an influential civil rights leader herself. Farris helped Coretta Scott King build The King Center and helped to teach King’s philosophy of nonviolent resistance.
“She was a gracious and courageous woman, an inspiration to many,” Kemp said.
Warnock noted that Farris, who was born in 1927, grew up in the segregated South, but he said she lived to see the country change the way King described when he said “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
“She knew in her heart how great we are at our best,” Warnock said.
That type of faith helped him win his Senate seat, he said.
“We owe it to her to continue to fight, to keep the faith, to love one another,” he said. “Only a great soul could have summoned all of us here, Democrats and Republicans, red, yellow, brown, Black and white.”
Other speakers recalled Farris’ impeccable sense of style and her long work as an educator at Spelman College, a historically Black liberal arts school for women. Farris also graduated from the school, receiving her degree in economics in 1948 on the same day King earned his degree in sociology from Morehouse College.
Isaiah Walker, 33, attended the memorial service with his four daughters. Long an admirer of King, he said he felt a kinship with the entire family. He also wanted his daughters to know more about Farris’ life.
“This is American history and as an African American, it’s our history as well,” he said.
Farris wrote two children’s books about her life, “My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up With the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.” and “March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World.” In 2009, she wrote a memoir, “Through It All: Reflections on My Life, My Family and My Faith.”
Farris was also a mainstay at the ecumenical service celebrating her brother’s birthday at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where her grandfather and father also preached and where Farris remained a member.
Robin Donaldson, 64, also a member of the church, scrolled through photos of Farris on his cellphone before the memorial service started.
He said he would take a photo with Farris at the church every time he saw her in a new outfit.
“She was my buddy,” he said. “She was very welcoming. She was always embraceable.” | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national/ap-christine-king-farris-late-sibling-of-mlk-receives-rare-tribute-at-georgia-capitol/ | 2023-07-14 22:23:04 | 1 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national/ap-christine-king-farris-late-sibling-of-mlk-receives-rare-tribute-at-georgia-capitol/ |
WHL
All Times Local
Eastern Conference
Central Division
East Division
Western Conference
B.C. Division
U.S. Division
Note: x - clinched playoff berth; y - clinched division; Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Tuesday's results
Brandon 4 Prince Albert 3
Winnipeg 3 Medicine Hat 1
Kamloops 3 Seattle 2 (SO)
Wednesday's results
Saskatoon 5 Swift Current 3
Edmonton 3 Regina 2
Brandon 2 Medicine Hat 0
Red Deer 2 Lethbridge 1
Prince George 6 Kelowna 2
Kamloops 7 Everett 1
Friday's results
Moose Jaw at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Saskatoon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Winnipeg, 7:05 p.m.
Regina at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Everett at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Prince George at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.
Portland at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Tri-City at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday's games
Red Deer at Calgary, 2 p.m.
Swift Current at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Regina at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Victoria, 6:05 p.m.
Portland at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.
Everett at Seattle, 6:05 p.m.
Vancouver at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Prince Albert at Saskatoon, 4 p.m.
Brandon at Winnipeg, 5:05 p.m.
Prince George at Vancouver, 4 p.m.
Kelowna at Tri-City, 4:05 p.m.
Spokane at Everett, 4:05 p.m.
Tuesday's games
Winnipeg at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Spokane at Portland, 7 p.m. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/hko-whl-standings-17831008.php | 2023-03-10 07:07:54 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/hko-whl-standings-17831008.php |
Federal regulators failed to show that UnitedHealth Group’s purchase of technology company Change Healthcare will likely hurt competition, a judge explained in a memo outlining his rejection of a lawsuit over the deal.
The U.S. Department of Justice had sued in February to block the roughly $8 billion acquisition, with regulators noting at the time that they feared it would put too much health care claims information in the hands of one company.
But U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols Issued an order earlier this week denying the government’s request to end the deal. The case had been the subject of a trial in August.
UnitedHealth Group runs the nation’s largest health insurer and operates rapidly growing businesses that process pharmacy claims and deliver care.
Justice department officials said in February that the deal would give UnitedHealth control of a “critical data highway through which about half of all Americans’ health insurance claims pass each year.”
They added that the company could then use that sensitive information from rivals for its own business purposes.
Nichols noted in a 58-page memorandum filed Wednesday that UnitedHealth’s incentives to protect customer data as it grows its businesses outweighs motivations to misuse the information.
The judge also noted that UnitedHealth has agreed to sell part of Change’s business to a private equity firm that will then invest in it, and that will likely preserve competition.
Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter said in a statement Monday that the Justice Department was reviewing options for next steps and that they “respectfully disagree” with the decision. | https://www.expressnews.com/business/article/Judge-outlines-holes-in-DOJ-suit-to-stop-17459848.php | 2022-09-22 17:33:33 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/business/article/Judge-outlines-holes-in-DOJ-suit-to-stop-17459848.php |
WAYNESBORO, Ga. (AP) — Two nuclear reactors in Georgia were supposed to herald a nuclear power revival in the United States. But the project is seven years late and $17 billion over budget as Georgia Power Co. announced the first new reactor at its Plant Vogtle could reach full electrical output by Saturday.
They’re the first U.S. reactors built from scratch in decades — and maybe the most expensive power plant ever. Georgia electric customers have already paid billions, and state regulators will ultimately decide if they’re on the hook for billions more.
Some of the key promises of Vogtle — like building modules offsite and shipping them for cheaper on-site assembly — did not pan out. Construction delays drove Westinghouse Electric Co., a titan of American industrial history, into bankruptcy when the company couldn’t absorb overruns.
And the lessons could be important because government officials and some utilities are again looking to nuclear power to alleviate climate change by generating electricity without burning natural gas, coal and oil.
Vogtle’s new Unit 3 began generating power in March and is scheduled to reach commercial operation by June. Unit 4 is next door on the same rural Burke County site 25 miles (40 kilometers) southeast of Augusta, along with two older reactors. It’s supposed to be finished by early 2024.
Georgia Power and its parent, Atlanta-based Southern Co., say the reactors are a triumph. Chris Womack, before he ascended from Georgia Power to become Southern Co. CEO, told The Associated Press that Vogtle is “absolutely” a success, arguing reliable power and cheap fuel costs will benefit the utility’s 2.7 million customers for decades.
“We recognize the upfront cost and some of the challenges that we faced,” Womack said in January at Vogtle. “But yeah, this is value. This is value contribution to customers, to the state, to the energy grid, to bringing back the nuclear industry and showing that we can do hard things.”
As with Vogtle, supporters of future nuclear plants promise new-and-improved designs can be mass-produced at reliable prices. But Vogtle opponents scorn renewed nuclear ambitions.
“I don’t see how anybody in their right mind cannot avoid saying ‘Well, what evidence do you have?’” said David Schlissel, a utility analyst who testified against Units 3 and 4 after fighting the first two Vogtle reactors in the 1970s. They also finished fabulously late and over budget.
In Georgia, almost every electric customer will pay for Vogtle. Georgia Power currently owns 45.7% of the reactors. Smaller shares are owned by Oglethorpe Power Corp., which provides electricity to member-owned cooperatives, the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia and the city of Dalton. Some Florida and Alabama utilities have also contracted to buy Vogtle’s power.
Currently, the owners are projected to pay $31 billion in capital and financing costs, Associated Press calculations show.
Japan’s Toshiba Corp., which then owned Westinghouse, paid $3.7 billion to the Vogtle owners to walk away from a guarantee to build the reactors at a fixed price after overruns forced electric industry pioneer Westinghouse into bankruptcy in 2017. Add that to Vogtle’s price and the total nears $35 billion.
A U.S. Department of Energy report details Vogtle’s other failings: Work began with incomplete designs and managers repeatedly failed to realistically schedule tasks. Experienced workers were in short supply and defective work often had to be redone. Workers quit for other jobs and the COVID-19 pandemic led to high absenteeism.
Calculations show Vogtle’s electricity will never be cheaper than other sources Georgia Power could have chosen, even after the federal government reduced borrowing costs by guaranteeing repayment of $12 billion in loans.
Yet regulators say Vogtle was the right choice.
“Vogtle 3 and 4 will be a success not only for Georgia but for our country the moment that they go into service,” said Tricia Pridemore, who chairs the elected Public Service Commission of five Republicans. She argues nuclear power provides clean energy with prices immune from international market swings, and that building Vogtle increased U.S. nuclear engineering know-how.
Customers are already paying. Regulators estimate Georgia Power will collect $4.1 billion in advance charges, or $913 for every ratepayer. Some cooperative customers are also paying — nearly $500 million through March.
Georgia Power’s residential customers will begin paying an additional $3.78 per month as soon as Unit 3 achieves commercial operation. But the final bill won’t come until Unit 4 is complete. Commissioners must then decide how much of Georgia Power’s spending was prudent while disallowing wasted amounts. Commissioners earlier approved $5.7 billion as prudent, but Bryan Jacob of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy said “management failures” should be scrutinized.
“Ratepayers shouldn’t foot the bill for things that management could have done right in the first place,” Jacob said.
Critics fear Georgia Power will profit from mistakes. Staff estimates show Georgia Power could earn an extra $9.4 billion in profit over 60 years if allowed to charge for all spending. Customers could pay $35.7 billion overall, $20.5 billion more than originally projected.
“If they can get away with it, they benefit from screwing up,” said Schlissel, the utility analyst.
Pridemore said it may be unfair to penalize Georgia Power for overruns beyond its control, but dismissed complaints about undue profits. “I’m very familiar with the mistakes,” Pridemore said, referring to commission monitoring of Vogtle construction.
Womack said Georgia Power won’t try to collect for all overruns, promising a “balanced” outcome. Southern Co. has written off $3.26 billion in Vogtle losses since 2018, suggesting it won’t recoup those costs.
“We’ll look at the best interests of our customers, but also look at the investments that we’ve made here and what’s good for the company,” Womack said.
American utilities have heeded Vogtle’s missteps, shelving plans for 24 other reactors proposed between 2007 and 2009. Two half-built reactors in South Carolina were abandoned.
But even opponents of Vogtle say the United States can’t achieve carbon-free electricity without nuclear power. Jacob’s group modeled how Southern Co. could achieve zero-carbon generation by 2035.
“It was very difficult for us to make the math work without nuclear,” Jacob said.
Reactors can run almost constantly, unlike wind and solar generation, and uranium fuel adds little cost.
“It’s one of the first units that come online, because from an operational expense, it’s the lowest cost energy that’s available,” Womack said.
So nuclear proponents are trying again. A multinational partnership including the Tennessee Valley Authority seeks to build scaled-down reactors designed by General Electric and Hitachi. The first small modular reactor, under construction east of Toronto, could be complete by 2028. TVA may build one near Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
“Worldwide we need to double the amount of nuclear capacity, possibly even triple it by 2050 in order to meet our net-zero carbon goals,” U.S. Assistant Secretary of Energy Kathryn Huff said in Washington in March, celebrating the partnership.
Some ideas are similar to Vogtle, including standardized designs and parts. Costs are rising for other designs planned for Idaho and Wyoming. Still, supporters believe building smaller reactors will be less daunting.
Jay Wileman, CEO of GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, acknowledges any nuclear revival must overcome past problems.
“Nuclear has to have a seat at the table, but we’ve got to earn our seat at the table,” Wileman said in March. “And to do that, we’ve got to be on schedule, on budget, and it’s got to be a competitive cost.”
But Vogtle observers view those pledges dimly.
“The industry has no track record of being right,” Schlissel said. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/politics/ap-georgia-nuclear-rebirth-arrives-7-years-late-17b-over-cost/ | 2023-05-25 20:50:34 | 0 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/politics/ap-georgia-nuclear-rebirth-arrives-7-years-late-17b-over-cost/ |
MEXICO CITY (AP) — When four Americans were kidnapped in the border city of Matamoros, authorities rescued the survivors within days, but thousands of Mexicans remain missing in a state long associated with cartel violence — some in cases dating back more than a decade.
Mexican authorities in Tamaulipas state quickly blamed the local Gulf cartel for shooting up the Americans’ minivan after they crossed the border for cosmetic surgery Friday. They found the Americans — two dead, one injured and one apparently unharmed — early Tuesday after a massive search involving squads of Mexican soldiers and National Guard troops.
By contrast, more than 112,000 Mexicans remain missing nationwide — about a tenth of them in Tamaulipas — in many cases years or decades after they disappeared. Although a convoy of armored Mexican military trucks extracted the Americans, the only ones searching for most of the missing Mexicans are their desperate relatives.
“If these people had been Mexicans, they might still be disappeared,” said Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, an associate professor at George Mason University.
The rescue of the Americans provoked a special kind of fury in Tamaulipas, a border state long dominated by the warring Gulf and Northeast cartels, where the Network of Disappeared activist group estimates that 12,537 people remain missing.
Delia Quiroa, from the nearby city of Reynosa, has been looking for her brother Roberto for nine years, ever since he was kidnapped by gunmen — probably belonging to the Gulf cartel, the same group blamed for abducting the Americans — in March 2014.
Despite carrying out their own searches and pressuring authorities to investigate, the family knows nothing about his whereabouts.
Quiroa said that the families of the missing “celebrate and give thanks to God that they found these four U.S. citizens,” but said “we wish the government would search for our disappeared with the same zeal and diligence.”
“We feel complete indignation, desperation, anguish, impotence and grief,” Quiroa said, because of “authorities’ failure to act when Mexican families suffer the disappearance of a relative.”
Volunteer search teams like Quiroa’s often are forced to walk the deserts of northern Mexico with iron rods and shovels, looking for clandestine graves where the bodies of the relatives may have been dumped.
Authorities lack both the manpower, equipment and training — and many say, the will — to investigate the abductions, much less arrest or punish those responsible. Things are so bad that authorities aren’t even able to identify tens of thousands of bodies that have been found.
Like everything else, the fact that Americans were involved in the most recent abduction may guarantee that Mexican authorities go after the killers. About two dozen suspects, most from the Juarez cartel, have been arrested in connection with the 2019 killings of nine U.S. citizens — women and children — in the western border state of Sonora.
It is unclear exactly what faction of the Gulf cartel may have abducted the Americans in Matamoros last week. The gangs go by colorful nicknames like “The Scorpions,” “The Cyclones” and “The Troops of Hell.” In Matamoros, Correa-Cabrera said, they are essentially all offshoots of the Cardenas clan, whose head, Osiel Cardenas Guillen, was arrested in 2003.
The gangs care little about innocent bystanders. In 2021, gunmen from factions of the Gulf cartel drove through the streets of Reynosa randomly killing 15 passersby just to intimidate their rivals.
The Mexican government claims that its “hugs not bullets” strategy — anti-poverty programs intended to reduce the number of recruits for drug gangs — has been working. The number of officially recognized homicides fell from 719 in 2020, to 707 in 2021 and 492 in 2022.
That, of course, doesn’t count all of the disappeared people. But things are clearly not as bad as the dark days of 2010 and 2011 in Tamaulipas, when drug cartels massacred 72 migrants or dragged passengers off passing buses and killed hundreds who refused to fight each other to the death with sledge hammers.
Correa-Cabrera said the decline in killings and crimes in Matamoros in recent years may have been because the Cardenas clan re-asserted control.
“It was clear that the Cardenas family had control of the territory and there was a peace, a sort of mafia peace” in Matamoros, Correa-Cabrera said, until early this year when it appeared to break down.
“At the start of this year, there began to be reports of a lot more extorsion by the same group that controls the city,” said the professor, who previously taught at the then University of Texas-Brownsville just across the Rio Grande from Matamoros.
It is clear that the events have unnerved U.S. officials, who have to tread carefully given the nationalistic bent of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s administration.
The United States depends on the Mexican government to help control the influx of migrants from South and Central America but also watches helplessly as Mexican-made fentanyl flows across the border, causing about 70,000 overdose deaths in the United States each year.
In a rare criticism, U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar wrote in his Twitter account Tuesday that “we are particularly worried about the control that the Gulf cartel exercises over an area known as the frontera chica,” which is near Matamoros.
The Mexican government is likely to feel pressured to at least investigate those involved in the Americans’ case.
“Cartel violence predated the (López Obrador) administration, of course, but the policy of ‘hugs not bullets’ is not yielding the promised results as evidenced by increasing violence,” said Andrew Rudman, director of the Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute. | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/ap-us-news/americans-found-quickly-but-mexicos-missing-remain-lost/ | 2023-03-09 00:59:50 | 1 | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/ap-us-news/americans-found-quickly-but-mexicos-missing-remain-lost/ |
RICHLAND, Wash., Nov. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LISI GLOBAL, Inc., announced its participation in the latest US Department of Agriculture/National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant focused on methyl bromide replacement. In partnership with researchers from Oregon State University and the USDA Agricultural Research Service at OSU, Lisi Global will adapt its breakthrough Directed Energy technology to explore alternative approaches to soil fumigation using electric pulses applied to the soil to control target organisms, and continuous electrical current to heat the soil as a means of disinfection. The two-year study also includes economic analysis to determine how cost-effective these pest management tools will be.
According to OSU professor Dr. Marcelo Moretti, the grant's Principal Investigator, "Lisi Global's technology demonstrated efficacy in early greenhouse trials and the impressive results produced in the early stages of their turf pest control efforts make it worthy of evaluating on a larger scale. We are grateful to the USDA/NIFA for the opportunity to look closely at DE Technology as an alternative to fumigation."
"This is an important opportunity to expand DE Technology into agriculture," said Jason Crisp, CEO, Lisi Global, "agriculture has been our goal from the beginning. Although our initial market focus has been golf and sports turf with Direct|Turf, the plan has always been to take what we learn on the golf green and apply it to agriculture." Crisp continued, "That these distinguished researchers recognize its true potential is validation that our technology can impact how growers manage their crops while displacing some of the most harmful chemicals."
The phase-out of methyl bromide as an agricultural fumigant began two decades ago with no alternatives to take its place. As a result, infestations and crop losses are increasing. Ever since, researchers have been looking for effective alternatives to methyl bromide and similar fumigants with little success. Lisi Global's Directed Energy Technology is the first of its kind in agriculture, using tailored doses of electricity applied directly to the soil to effectively control soil borne organisms like nematodes and fungal pathogens. Peer-reviewed results can be found here: https://www.lisiglobal.com/published-results.html
Lisi Global is developing ground-breaking applications in the electrification of soil pest control and is the only technology in this very important market space. www.lisiglobal.com
Media contact: Director of Partnerships, Conan Doherty, conan@lisiglobal.com
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE Lisi Global | https://www.wbtv.com/prnewswire/2022/11/28/usdanifa-grant-awarded-evaluate-lisi-globals-directed-energy-technology-replacement-methyl-bromide-fumigation/ | 2022-11-28 13:52:08 | 1 | https://www.wbtv.com/prnewswire/2022/11/28/usdanifa-grant-awarded-evaluate-lisi-globals-directed-energy-technology-replacement-methyl-bromide-fumigation/ |
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Former Border Patrol agent who confessed to killing 4 women in Texas has been convicted of capital murder.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Former Border Patrol agent who confessed to killing 4 women in Texas has been convicted of capital murder. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Alert-Former-Border-Patrol-agent-who-confessed-17639037.php | 2022-12-08 02:47:44 | 1 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Alert-Former-Border-Patrol-agent-who-confessed-17639037.php |
Former A-State chancellor dies
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - The Arkansas State University System announced Friday that its former chancellor, Dr. Robert L. Potts, has died.
According to a news release, Potts died following a lengthy illness.
He was appointed chancellor of A-State in 2006.
“Under Potts’s leadership, enrollment grew by 23 percent, fundraising set records, globalization initiatives were extremely effective, and annual research funding increased significantly,” the release stated.
Potts also worked with Buddy and Charlotte Beck to establish the Beck Center for Veterans.
In 2010 A-State’s Board of Trustees asked him to serve as interim president of the ASU System and assisted in the search for a successor to Dr. Les Wyatt.
The following year Potts retired and returned to his home in Florence, Alabama.
“Robert was a wonderful predecessor,” said President Dr. Charles Weber. “He was kind to me and my family and selflessly agreed to delay his retirement to fulfill my obligations before joining the ASU System. I’ll always be indebted to him and hold him in high regard.”
Potts is survived by his wife, Irene, and their two children, Julie Anna Potts and Les Potts, and their families.
Copyright 2022 KAIT. All rights reserved. | https://www.kait8.com/2022/10/28/former-a-state-chancellor-dies/ | 2022-10-28 18:15:11 | 1 | https://www.kait8.com/2022/10/28/former-a-state-chancellor-dies/ |
(NEXSTAR) – Potentially-contaminated popcorn that hit grocery store shelves in a number of U.S. states is now under recall, the Food and Drug Administration warns.
Snak King Corporation issued the voluntary recall after discovering that certain five-ounce packages of O Organics Sea Salt Organic Popcorn may have an undeclared milk allergen.
The recalled items were sold in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington DC, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Idaho.
Popcorn bags, which all have the “best by” dates of 9/24/2022 – 9/25/2022, landed on shelves in ACME, Safeway, King’s, Balducci’s, Jewel-Osco, Andronico’s Community Markets, Vons, Pak ‘N Save, Albertsons, Eagle, Carrs-Safeway, Haggen and Pavilions locations.
The UPC number for the recalled items is 079893 403038.
While a milk allergen may be seriously harmful and even life-threatening for people who are allergic, as of Tuesday there were no reports of illness.
Anyone who bought a now-recalled O Organics bag of popcorn is urged not to eat it, and to return it to the store where it was purchased for a full refund.
Consumers can call the company with any questions at (626) 363-7711. | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/popcorn-sold-in-more-than-a-dozen-states-recalled-over-allergen-concerns/ | 2022-04-14 13:40:33 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/popcorn-sold-in-more-than-a-dozen-states-recalled-over-allergen-concerns/ |
BOULDER, Colo., June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Generous federal stimulus funding protected state revenues and directly supported higher education, reducing states' need to cut funding during the pandemic and short economic recession. However, sharp declines in student enrollment and net tuition and fee revenue signal continued upheaval for public higher education revenues. Amid this uncertainty, the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association's State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) report provides a comprehensive look at trends in higher education revenues in fiscal year 2021.
In fiscal year 2021, a 4.5% increase in per-student state and local education appropriations for public institutions marked the reversal of decades-long trends in higher education revenues. In the past, enrollment increased rapidly during and following economic downturns (such as the recession caused by COVID-19), while state funding decreased and tuition revenue rose. The latest SHEF report found that 2021 defied many post-recession trends:
- Unlike past recessions which corresponded to rising student enrollment, the COVID-19 pandemic led to a 3.0% drop in student full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment from 2020 to 2021. This loss of 323,952 students marks the tenth straight year of enrollment declines and is the largest decline in net FTE enrollment since the start of the SHEF dataset in 1980.
- State funding typically fluctuates with the economic cycle. In the year after each previous recession since 1980, education appropriations per FTE enrollment declined. For the first time, in 2021, this trend did not continue: Inflation-adjusted education appropriations increased $400 per FTE student in the last year, reaching $9,327 per student.
- In response to previous state funding declines, net tuition revenue increased for many years. Net tuition and fee revenue per FTE has grown 56.6% over the last 25 years but has declined for the last three years following recent increases in state funding. After a 3.2% decline in the last year, in 2021, public institutions received $6,723 per FTE in net tuition and fee revenue. This year marks the second-largest ever decrease in inflation-adjusted net tuition revenue per FTE.
In large part, the increase in education appropriations was made possible due to federal stimulus funding that flowed to states in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. All but five states allocated federal stimulus to higher education. Without these funds, education appropriations per FTE would have increased just 2.0% from 2020 to 2021. Had FTE enrollment also held constant, appropriations would have declined 1.0%.
- Enrollment declines were concentrated in the two-year sector.
- Federal stimulus funding was a key aspect of the strong growth in education appropriations.
- The gap has closed between two-year and four-year public education appropriations.
- Financial aid continued to rise at a faster rate than institutional funding.
- Public institutions in more than half of states collected less tuition revenue than they did five years ago.
- Total revenue rose slightly, thanks entirely to federal stimulus funding.
- Continued increases in education appropriations and declines in net tuition revenue have reduced the proportion of total revenue financed by students.
As these findings show, fiscal year 2021 defied several long-term trends in higher education finance and showed positive growth in education appropriations. However, net tuition and fee revenue did not increase enough to keep up with inflation for the third straight year. This continued decline in tuition revenue puts greater pressure on states not to cut funding to public higher education in the coming years. When federal stimulus funds run out, states will face difficult budgetary decisions, and higher education may face cuts in some states.
Explore the SHEF website to read the full report and customize the interactive data visualizations. The SHEF website also includes individual state profiles and an additional report on state effort and capacity to fund higher education.
For the full press release, visit https://bit.ly/3twLZhK.
View original content:
SOURCE State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) | https://www.ktre.com/prnewswire/2022/06/14/new-report-finds-that-despite-all-odds-state-funding-public-colleges-surpassed-expectations-increased-45-above-inflation-fiscal-year-2021/ | 2022-06-14 14:29:07 | 1 | https://www.ktre.com/prnewswire/2022/06/14/new-report-finds-that-despite-all-odds-state-funding-public-colleges-surpassed-expectations-increased-45-above-inflation-fiscal-year-2021/ |
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "LuckyDay Lotto Midday" game were:
12-19-20-39-41
(twelve, nineteen, twenty, thirty-nine, forty-one)
Estimated jackpot: $350,000
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "LuckyDay Lotto Midday" game were:
12-19-20-39-41
(twelve, nineteen, twenty, thirty-nine, forty-one)
Estimated jackpot: $350,000 | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-LuckyDay-Lotto-Midday-17606993.php | 2022-11-23 19:30:43 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-LuckyDay-Lotto-Midday-17606993.php |
Which is the best gift for your in-laws?
It’s natural to want to impress your partner’s parents, particularly if they’re a tight-knit family, so you might be wondering how to pick a thoughtful gift for your in-laws. Some in-laws have hobbies and interests that make them easy to buy for, while others can leave you drawing a blank.
Luckily, there are plenty of options on the market to put you on your in-laws’ good side. With a little thought and planning, you can find the perfect gift for your in-laws, whatever the occasion.
Tips for picking a thoughtful gift for your in-laws
Play to their interests
The obvious place to start is thinking about your in-laws’ hobbies and interests. This doesn’t need to be anything major like rock climbing or scuba diving; it could be as simple as an interest in nature or a love of cooking. Some interests lend themselves better to gifting than others. For instance, if your in-laws are into red wine, buy them a nice bottle and your job’s done. When in doubt, write a list of their hobbies and interests and identify which might have decent gifting potential.
Ask your partner
Perhaps you want to be the one to pick out an impressive gift for your in-laws to win them over. But if this isn’t the case, it makes sense to consult your partner since they’re more likely to know the kinds of gifts their parents might like to receive. Even if you ultimately want to select the gift yourself, your partner may still have some useful insight, be able to steer you in the right direction or tell you if your in-laws already own a gift that you’re considering.
Consider consumables
What do you buy for the in-laws who seem to have everything? The answer is consumables. Although consumables can be food gifts, they don’t have to be as the term refers to anything that can be used up. This could be tea and coffee, alcohol, bath products, candles and more. You can also splurge on something that’s higher quality than the recipient is likely to buy themselves on a day-to-day basis, making it a nice treat. If your in-laws like cooking, they probably wouldn’t buy themselves that fancy $20 bottle of extra virgin olive oil at the store, but you could buy it as a gift.
Think about subscriptions
If you’re still stuck for ideas after considering your in-laws’ interests and consulting your partner, consider signing them up to a subscription service as a gift. Choices may include audiobook subscriptions, meal kit subscriptions, wine or beer subscriptions and scented candle subscriptions. Whatever you choose, you can usually pay a lump sum for a subscription of between 3-12 months, with products delivered to your in-laws’ home monthly.
Be mindful of budget
Some in-laws would rather you don’t spend too much on them and save your money to spend on your partner and any kids you may have, while others are happy to receive more extravagant gifts. Consider this before buying and choose accordingly, but don’t spend more than you can afford in the hope of impressing your in-laws. When you’re looking to bag a bargain, Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals are an excellent opportunity. By signing up for the BestReviews email newsletter, you can stay in the loop about the best deals year-round.
Best gifts for in-laws
Nixplay Smart Digital Photo Frame
If all you really know about your in-laws is that they love their family, what better way to display their precious memories than this digital photo frame. With Wi-Fi enabled, you can remotely send new photos to the frame, which is a great way to keep distant in-laws in the loop about family happenings.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Â
Ooni Karu 12 Multi-Fuel Pizza Oven
In-laws who are fans of pizza and cooking, particularly outdoor cooking, will love this multi-fuel pizza oven that can run on wood, charcoal or bottled gas. Picture summer backyard gatherings with the whole family involved.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Â
Perky-Pet Wilderness Lantern Wild Bird Feeder
Fans of nature, especially garden birds, will be pleased to receive this bird feeder. It holds up to 2 pounds of seed and has a locking cap to help keep squirrels out.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Â
Bean Box Gourmet Coffee Sampler
An affordable gift for coffee-loving in-laws, this sample box contains four varieties of coffee, either ground or whole bean. You can choose between several varieties and opt for a single box or a 3, 6 or 12-month subscription.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Â
Indoor LED gardens are perfect for in-laws who either love cooking and want fresh herbs on hand or love gardening and want a way to grow when it’s too cold outside. This model comes in a range of finishes, including an attractive stainless steel option, and has space for up to six plants.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Â
This multipurpose device can play videos and music, control other smart home devices and answer questions. It is an especially thoughtful gift for in-laws because it can also be used for easy video calling. If your in-laws don’t live nearby, the Echo Show gives them a simple way to see and chat with their child and other members of your household.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Want to shop the best products at the best prices? Check out Daily Deals from BestReviews.
Sign up here to receive the BestReviews weekly newsletter for useful advice on new products and noteworthy deals.
Lauren Corona writes for BestReviews. BestReviews has helped millions of consumers simplify their purchasing decisions, saving them time and money.
Copyright 2022 BestReviews, a Nexstar company. All rights reserved. | https://www.koin.com/reviews/br/apparel-br/holiday-br/how-to-pick-a-thoughtful-gift-for-your-in-laws/ | 2022-11-28 05:36:52 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/reviews/br/apparel-br/holiday-br/how-to-pick-a-thoughtful-gift-for-your-in-laws/ |
NEW YORK, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY:Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Credit Suisse Group AG (NYSE: CS) between March 19, 2021 and March 25, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important June 28, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Credit Suisse securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Credit Suisse class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=5868 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than June 28, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Credit Suisse had deficient disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting; (2) Credit Suisse's practice of lending money to Russian oligarchs subject to U.S. and international sanctions created a significant risk of violating rules pertaining to those sanctions and future sanctions; (3) the foregoing conduct subjected the Company to an increased risk of heightened regulatory scrutiny and/or enforcement actions; (4) a synthetic securitization deal, in which Credit Suisse sold off $80 million worth of risk related to a $2 billion portfolio of loans backed by assets owned by certain of the bank's ultra-high net worth clients (the "Securitization Deal") concerned loans that Credit Suisse made to Russian oligarchs previously sanctioned by the U.S.; (5) the purpose of the Securitization Deal was to offload the risks associated with these loans and mitigate the impact on Credit Suisse of sanctions likely to be implemented by Western nations in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine; (6) Credit Suisse's request that non-participating investors destroy documents related to the Securitization Deal was intended to conceal the Company's noncompliance with U.S. and international sanctions in its lending practices; (7) the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to subject the Company to enhanced regulatory scrutiny and significant reputational harm; and (8) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Credit Suisse class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=5868 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
Follow us for updates on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-rosen-law-firm, on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rosen_firm or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rosenlawfirm/.
Attorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Contact Information:
Laurence Rosen, Esq.
Phillip Kim, Esq.
The Rosen Law Firm, P.A.
275 Madison Avenue, 40th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Tel: (212) 686-1060
Toll Free: (866) 767-3653
Fax: (212) 202-3827
lrosen@rosenlegal.com
pkim@rosenlegal.com
cases@rosenlegal.com
www.rosenlegal.com
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE Rosen Law Firm, P.A. | https://www.wibw.com/prnewswire/2022/06/25/cs-final-deadline-rosen-top-ranked-firm-encourages-credit-suisse-group-ag-investors-with-losses-secure-counsel-before-important-june-28-deadline-securities-class-action-cs/ | 2022-06-25 03:37:37 | 1 | https://www.wibw.com/prnewswire/2022/06/25/cs-final-deadline-rosen-top-ranked-firm-encourages-credit-suisse-group-ag-investors-with-losses-secure-counsel-before-important-june-28-deadline-securities-class-action-cs/ |
CA Reno NV Zone Forecast for Wednesday, February 22, 2023
_____
540 FPUS55 KREV 231131
ZFPREV
Western Nevada-Eastern Sierra-Northeast California Zone Forecast
National Weather Service Reno NV
331 AM PST Thu Feb 23 2023
This is an automatically generated product that provides averaged
values for large geographic areas and may not be representative
of a specific area. To get a more specific forecast for your area,
please visit www.nws.noaa.gov/wtf/udaf/area/?site=rev
CAZ072-NVZ002-240300-
Greater Lake Tahoe Area-
Including the cities of South Lake Tahoe, Tahoe City, Truckee,
Markleeville, Stateline, Glenbrook, and Incline Village
331 AM PST Thu Feb 23 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY...
.TODAY...Chance of snow in the morning, then snow in the
afternoon. Snow accumulation of 2 to 6 inches with 3 to 7 inches
above 7000 feet. Highs 18 to 23. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph
with gusts up to 45 mph. Ridge gusts up to 70 mph.
.TONIGHT...Heavy snow likely. Snow accumulation of 3 to 9 inches
with 4 to 10 inches above 7000 feet. Lows 8 to 18. South winds
20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Ridge gusts up to 75 mph.
.FRIDAY...Heavy snow. Snow accumulation of 6 to 12 inches with
10 to 16 inches above 7000 feet. Highs 23 to 28. South winds
10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. Ridge gusts up to 80 mph
decreasing to 65 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Heavy snow likely in the evening, then chance of
snow after midnight. Lows 10 to 20. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a chance of snow. Highs 29 to 34.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Ridge gusts up to 70 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow in the
evening. Lows 11 to 21.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Brisk. Mostly cloudy with a chance of
snow. Highs 27 to 32. Lows 14 to 24.
.MONDAY...Brisk. Chance of snow in the morning, then heavy snow
likely in the afternoon. Highs 26 to 31.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Brisk. Heavy snow. Lows 12 to 22.
Highs 23 to 28.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Brisk. Heavy snow likely. Lows 5 to 15.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow. Highs 24 to 29.
$$
CAZ070-NVZ005-240300-
Surprise Valley California-Northern Washoe County-
Including the cities of Cedarville, Eagleville, Fort Bidwell,
Empire, and Gerlach
331 AM PST Thu Feb 23 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 10 AM
PST SATURDAY...
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow. Snow accumulation
up to 2 inches. Highs 27 to 37. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph
increasing to 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 45 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow. Snow accumulation
up to 2 inches with 1 to 3 inches above 5000 feet. Lows 14 to 24.
South winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow. Snow accumulation
up to 4 inches. Highs 30 to 40. Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph with
gusts up to 45 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow in the
evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows 13 to 23.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Highs
37 to 47. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the
morning.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows 17 to 27.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Snow likely. Highs 37 to
47. Lows 19 to 29.
.TUESDAY...Snow likely. Highs 33 to 43.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance
of snow. Lows 12 to 22. Highs 31 to 41.
$$
CAZ071-240300-
Lassen-Eastern Plumas-Eastern Sierra Counties-
Including the cities of Portola, Susanville, Westwood,
Sierraville, and Loyalton
331 AM PST Thu Feb 23 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Snow likely. Snow accumulation up to 4 inches. Highs
25 to 35. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 25 mph
in the afternoon. Gusts up to 40 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of snow. Snow accumulation of
5 to 11 inches west of highway 395 with 1 to 4 inches east of
highway 395. Lows 12 to 22. South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts
up to 40 mph.
.FRIDAY...Snow. Snow accumulation of 2 to 6 inches. Highs 29 to
39. Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Chance of snow. Lows 12 to 22. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Slight
chance of snow. Highs 37 to 47. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 14 to 24.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Breezy. Snow likely. Highs 35 to 45.
Lows 18 to 28.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Brisk. Heavy snow in the evening, then snow
likely after midnight. Lows 15 to 25.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Snow likely. Highs 31 to 41. Lows
10 to 20.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Slight chance of snow. Highs 30 to 40.
$$
CAZ073-240300-
Mono County-
Including the cities of Bridgeport, Coleville, Lee Vining,
and Mammoth Lakes
331 AM PST Thu Feb 23 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST
SUNDAY...
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow. Snow accumulation
of 1 to 4 inches. Highs 17 to 27. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph
with gusts up to 45 mph. Ridge gusts up to 75 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow. Snow accumulation
of 2 to 6 inches. Lows 4 below to 6 above zero. South winds 15 to
25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Ridge gusts up to 70 mph.
.FRIDAY...Heavy snow. Snow accumulation of 6 to 12 inches with
13 to 21 inches above 7000 feet. Highs 21 to 31. South winds
15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. Ridge gusts up to 90 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Heavy snow. Lows 2 to 12. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Ridge gusts up to 70 mph.
.SATURDAY...Heavy snow. Highs 24 to 34. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the morning. Ridge gusts up to
65 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of snow. Lows 1 to 11.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Brisk. Mostly cloudy with a chance of
snow. Highs 26 to 36. Lows 2 to 12.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Brisk. Heavy snow. Lows 2 to 12.
Highs 21 to 31.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Snow likely. Lows 4 below to
6 above zero. Highs 19 to 29.
$$
_____
Copyright 2023 AccuWeather | https://www.expressnews.com/weather/article/ca-reno-nv-zone-forecast-17800795.php | 2023-02-23 12:07:44 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/weather/article/ca-reno-nv-zone-forecast-17800795.php |
WATCH every match of the World Series Sevens LIVE & ONLY on beIN SPORTS | via Foxtel, Kayo, Fetch & beIN SPORTS CONNECT
Los Leones booked a place in the competition for the first time in 24 years in March through the Rugby Europe Championship.
However, World Rugby announced in April that Spain had been booted out of the competition after being found to have fielded an ineligible player in two preliminary matches.
South African Gavin Van den Berg played twice for Spain, but his eligibility was questioned by rivals Romania, with World Rugby deciding he did not fit the criteria.
To qualify on residency rules, players involved in qualifying needed to have lived in their chosen country for 36 consecutive months.
The Spanish Rugby Federation (FER) pinned the blame on an alleged forgery of Van den Berg's passport, and they submitted new evidence to help support their appeal.
However, it was ruled inadmissible because the FER "had not adequately explained" why the evidence had not been made available prior to the first hearing.
World Rugby therefore upheld the previous decision and added that Spain – who also suffered a points deduction for fielding an ineligible player in their failed 2019 World Cup qualifying campaign – had no further right to appeal.
Romania will replace Spain in Pool B, which also contains Ireland, Scotland, reigning world champions South Africa and either an Asian or Pacific qualifier.
Portugal will take Romania's place in the Final Qualification Tournament in November 2022, with the competition itself scheduled to begin in France on September 8 next year. | https://www.beinsports.com/au/rugby-union/news/spain-loses-appeal-against-rwc-disqualificati/1906842 | 2022-06-28 07:40:29 | 0 | https://www.beinsports.com/au/rugby-union/news/spain-loses-appeal-against-rwc-disqualificati/1906842 |
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) — A father was acquitted Thursday of paying off a Georgetown University tennis coach to get his daughter into the school in the final trial linked to the explosive college admissions bribery scandal.
Amin Khoury was not found guilty by jurors on all counts in the case that accused him of bribing then-Georgetown tennis coach Gordon Ernst with cash in a brown paper bag in exchange for his daughter’s recruitment to the team.
Khoury’s attorneys argued the girl was properly admitted to the school, which they said routinely treated the kids of parents with deep pockets favorably in admissions. They painted the government’s star witness — the middleman — as a liar who made up the story to save himself from potential tax crimes.
Khoury’s case is the 57th stemming from the “Operation Varsity Blues” investigation that rocked the world of higher education to come to a conclusion, and the first to end in an acquittal at trial.
Unlike dozens of other wealthy parents convicted in the college cheating scandal involving elite universities across the country, Khoury wasn’t accused of working with admissions consultant Rick Singer, who used his sham charity to funnel bribes to coaches and others.
Instead, authorities say Khoury used a middleman he was friends with in college at Brown University to bribe Ernst. Khoury, the middleman and Ernst all played tennis at Brown, and the deal came together while the three of them were at a reunion at the Providence, Rhode Island school, prosecutors said.
The defense argued that the money was a gift to Ernst, who at the time was struggling financially because the construction of a new athletic center meant that he was no longer able to use the school’s tennis courts to run private summer camps and supplement his income.
“What did the Georgetown family do for him? They did nothing,” defense attorney Roy Black told jurors during his closing argument. “They abandoned him. The only family that helped him was the Khoury family and they want to turn that into a crime.”
Khoury was charged more than a year after Ernst and 49 others — including TV actresses and prominent businessmen — were arrested in the sprawling scheme involving bogus athletic credentials and rigged entrance exam scores.
Among those listening to closing arguments in Boston federal court was his father, Amin J. Khoury, who founded Wellington, Florida-based B/E Aerospace, an aircraft cabin interiors maker that was bought in 2017 for more than $6 billion.
Ernst didn’t testify at Khoury’s trial because he said he would assert his right against self-incrimination if called to the stand. He pleaded guilty to accepting more than $3 million in bribes to help students get into the school and is scheduled to be sentenced next month.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Kristen Kearney told jurors that Khoury’s daughter didn’t have the academic record to get into Georgetown and was ranked at the bottom of her high school tennis team, which ranked was at the bottom of its league.
“She had no chance of getting in on merit,” Kearney said.
More than 50 defendants pleaded guilty, including “Full House” actress Lori Loughlin, her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli, and “Desperate Housewives” star Felicity Huffman. Three others — two parents and a former University of Southern California water polo coach — were convicted at trial.
Another parent was pardoned by former President Donald Trump and one coach got a deal under which prosecutors will move to dismiss his case if he pays a fine and abides by the the agreement’s terms.
The longest sentence so far — 15 months in prison — was given to John Wilson, a former Staples Inc. executive, found guilty of paying bribes to get son into USC as a water polo recruit and his twin daughters into Harvard and Stanford. Wilson and another father — Gamal Abdelaziz, a former casino executive — are appealing their convictions and a judge recently ruled that the two can remain out of prison while they challenge the convictions.
Singer is scheduled to be sentenced in August.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | https://wtmj.com/national/2022/06/16/georgetown-dad-acquitted-in-final-college-bribery-scam-trial/ | 2022-06-16 22:02:21 | 0 | https://wtmj.com/national/2022/06/16/georgetown-dad-acquitted-in-final-college-bribery-scam-trial/ |
SAN FRANCISCO, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 3Degrees, a firm that helps organizations achieve renewable energy and decarbonization goals, announced today the recent completion of a critical investment to repower a manure digester project at Edaleen Dairy, family-operated farm in Lynden, Washington. 3Degrees worked with Regenis, a dairy digester operator committed to both planetary protection and family farmer livelihood, and Edaleen Dairy to co-finance a new engine and generator to keep the digester power project online and avoiding potent methane emissions.
Anaerobic digesters turn livestock waste into renewable power while avoiding potent methane emissions—meaning they are one of the most essential immediate actions for mitigating climate change. Despite their environmental benefits, many digesters nationwide risk being shut down due to high operating costs. In the Northwest, many aging dairy digester projects cannot afford to continue operation at current electricity prices.
Edaleen partnered with 3Degrees to sell its digester electricity into transportation markets to power electric vehicles. Clean fuel standards, like Oregon's Clean Fuels Program, offer digester projects a new incentive to cover operating costs and continue abating emissions. Given 3Degrees' expertise in this emerging market, the company pre-purchased credits that will be generated under the clean fuels standards to share the costs of installing a new generator and engine at the dairy.
"Edaleen Dairy has an unshakeable commitment to sustainability, which is why they are an industry leader," says Bryan Van Loo, Vice President at Regenis. "We are thankful to have such a strong working relationship with Edaleen having constructed their digester in 2012 while operating and maintaining the system from commissioning to today. Now at their ten-year anniversary, the digester has supplied enough clean, emission-free electricity to power 380 local homes, while also improving upon climate, air, and water quality. Regenis is equally pleased to be working with 3Degrees as they and Edaleen Dairy transition towards specific use of the renewable electricity for charging of EV vehicles in Oregon through the Oregon Clean Fuels Program."
"Our dairy has always been centered on the health of our customers, our community, and our planet because we are a family-run operation who lives in the community we serve," says Mitch Moorlag, General Manager at Edaleen Dairy Cow Power, LLC. "We take seriously the natural wonders that have been bestowed upon us as do our customers, and we want to pass that inheritance down to future generations. Providing clean energy for electric vehicle charging stations by capturing methane and turning into biogas in our anaerobic digester is a logical progression of that commitment to be good stewards."
"Dairy farmers often paid very little for the power they generate from their operationally-complex digester projects," said Peter Weisberg, Director of Product Development at 3Degrees. "This investment is a great example of how through tailored financing solutions and new environmental markets, we can work with partners to keep these critical emission mitigation projects operational."
Regenis symbolizes the rebirth of our planet's reusable organic resources and a commitment to the ethic to leave our land better for the next generation. On a planet with over seven billion people, our mission is to re-imagine reusable resources to create a valuable supply chain of products for farms, food processors and municipalities through the process of anaerobic digestion. Through our work as the exclusive builder and operator in the Western U.S. of the only American designed digester on the market (from DVO, Inc.), we have already reduced carbon emissions by 200,000 tonnes per year in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and California.
Our digesters capture methane (a potent greenhouse gas) from decomposing organic waste and convert it into clean electricity that can be used to power farms and factories, sold to the local utility at a profit or turned into renewable natural gas for trucks and car fleets. Our virtuous cycle leaves nothing to waste, creating a cycle of value for our clients while putting them on the cutting edge of sustainability. Regenis constructed Edaleen Dairy's digester facility, is contracted to do ongoing O&M services, and is a long term friend and partner to Edaleen Dairy as well as 3Degrees. To learn more about Regenis, please visit their website.
In 1975, Ed and Aileen Bransma combined their names to create Edaleen Dairy, but what started as a small family company has expanded to six locations. Through the years, Edaleen has been ahead of the curve by combining experience, innovative ideas, and technology. The dairy has a long history of involvement in the surrounding Whatcom County community, and have put their environmental stewardship into action by installing climate-forward technologies, such as anaerobic digesters.
3Degrees, a certified B Corp, makes it possible for businesses and their customers to take urgent action on climate change. For over 15 years, we've provided tailored renewable energy and decarbonization solutions to our clients and helped them source high-quality, global renewable energy products. Together with our customers, 3Degrees helps develop and implement creative solutions that ensure environmental integrity and make good business sense. Learn more at 3Degrees.com
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE 3Degrees | https://www.wbtv.com/prnewswire/2022/07/28/3degrees-creative-project-financing-transportation-market-expertise-enable-repower-edaleen-digester-project/ | 2022-07-28 15:46:25 | 0 | https://www.wbtv.com/prnewswire/2022/07/28/3degrees-creative-project-financing-transportation-market-expertise-enable-repower-edaleen-digester-project/ |
MINOT, N.D. (KXNET) — Every August marks National Wellness month, a time to focus on self-care, promoting healthy routines, and managing stress.
One of the ways you can take care of your wellness is by working out or doing physical activities.
At the Minot Family YMCA, people with memberships can swim, use the training center, climb a rock wall, and more.
The Director of Program Services says wellness is an important topic to discuss.
“Wellness, in general, is great because when you workout, you’re able to just work on those things, work on your mobility, work on your balance. And it’s not just that, it’s nutrition as well. Everything is all-encompassing when it comes to wellness and it’s just so important to put that in your daily habits,” said Tia Huber.
Other ways to improve your wellness include drinking more water, adding more fruits and vegetables, and monitoring your sleep. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/local-news/wellness-month-focuses-on-self-care-managing-stress/ | 2022-08-23 02:12:52 | 0 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/local-news/wellness-month-focuses-on-self-care-managing-stress/ |
Aaron Judge hits 60th homer, within 1 of Maris’ AL record
By RONALD BLUM
AP Baseball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge hit his 60th home run, matching Babe Ruth and moving within one of Roger Maris’ American League season record. The New York Yankees slugger drove a 3-1 sinker from Pittsburgh’s Wil Crowe 430 feet to the left field seats leading off the ninth inning. Judge’s third home run in two games and ninth in September thrilled a screaming crowd at Yankee Stadium. He answered pleas for a curtain call despite New York’s 8-5 deficit. He equaled Ruth’s total for the 1927 Yankees and has 15 games remaining to match and surpass Maris’ total for New York in 1961. | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/09/20/aaron-judge-hits-60th-homer-within-1-of-maris-al-record-2/ | 2022-09-21 03:58:30 | 1 | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/09/20/aaron-judge-hits-60th-homer-within-1-of-maris-al-record-2/ |
Proudly Made in The USA with global materials, LENOX® launches new application-based reciprocating saw blades and line up of sub-brands for metal, wood, plastic and demolition applications
EAST LONGMEADOW, Mass., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LENOX®, a Stanley Black & Decker brand and leader in power tool accessories, is redefining performance levels in the bi-metal reciprocating category with the introduction of its new WAVE EDGE™ reciprocating saw blade technology, a revolutionary new tooth form design delivering up to 50% longer blade life for select models*.
"LENOX is committed to developing innovative products and designs such as WAVE EDGE™ for customers who expect superior-performing tools and accessories," said Matt Savarino, Director of Product Management. "After connecting with our customers - the contractors, plumbers and other tradespeople who help make our world – we created a product design that helps deliver a longer blade life for peak on-the-job performance."
In addition to launching the new WAVE EDGE™ design, LENOX also introduced four new application-based reciprocating saw blade sub-brands, all of which blades are proudly made in the USA with global materials:
- METALWOLF™: Ideal for making quick cuts through a range of metal types and gauges
- MULTIWOLF™: Designed for making quick, clean cuts in metal, wood and plastic
- DEMOWOLF™: Engineered for rigorous demolition applications
- LUMBERWOLF™: Ideal for cutting through dense wood with nails
LENOX WAVE EDGE™ technology is featured across all models of MULTIWOLF™ and select METALWOLF™ and DEMOWOLF™ models. Additionally, LENOX RAPID PLUNGE™ technology is being extended to select LUMBERWOLF™ and DEMOWOLF™ reciprocating saw blades**. RAPID PLUNGE™ allows users to plunge cut with ease due to the blade tips' unique design for easy, quick and clean plunge cutting.
LENOX WAVE EDGE™ and RAPID PLUNGE™ products are now available in stores and online where LENOX products are sold. To learn more about these products and the entire line of LENOX tools and solutions, visit here.
* This claim applies to MULTIWOLF™ and select METALWOLF™ and DEMOWOLF™ models - vs. prior LENOX generation. Go to www.Lenox.com for qualifying models.
** Applies to DEMOWOLF™ and LUMBERWOLF™ blade models except for 950R, 960R, 1250R, 634R and 676RC.
About LENOX
Feed your appetite for excellence with superior-performing tools and accessories. LENOX® blades deliver high performance and are designed to cut through the most demanding materials. With over a century of cutting expertise and category breakthroughs, LENOX has become a gold standard in power tool accessories, hand tools and band saw blades, helping users deliver work that is sure to stand out and be recognized on the job. LENOX is Always Hungry™ for your most demanding work.
LENOX is part of Stanley Black & Decker, an S&P 500 company and a diversified global provider of hand tools, power tools and related accessories, electronic security solutions, healthcare solutions, engineered fastening systems. For more information, visit www.stanleyblackanddecker.com.
Media Contact:
Lindsay Fennell
Senior Public Relations Manager
LENOX
Lindsay.Fennell@sbdinc.com
(724) 205-0640
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE LENOX® | https://www.wbtv.com/prnewswire/2022/08/18/lenox-introduces-new-wave-edge-reciprocating-saw-blade-technology/ | 2022-08-18 15:25:14 | 0 | https://www.wbtv.com/prnewswire/2022/08/18/lenox-introduces-new-wave-edge-reciprocating-saw-blade-technology/ |
Breezy & Mild Thursday; Snow/Rain Likely Friday, Minor Accumulations
Temperatures peak around 50 again Thursday with a strong breeze. A wintry mix brings snow/rain to the Valley Friday. Some minor accumulation are possible, mostly along and northwest and west of US-15 and I-81.
Temperatures peak around 50 again Thursday with a strong breeze. A wintry mix brings snow/rain to the Valley Friday. Some minor accumulation are possible, mostly along and northwest and west of US-15 and I-81.
Temperatures peak around 50 again Thursday with a strong breeze. A wintry mix brings snow/rain to the Valley Friday. Some minor accumulation are possible, mostly along and northwest and west of US-15 and I-81.
A northerly flow of chilly, Canadian air keeps conditions brisk Thursday. Winds will gradually weaken but will still be a factor. Gusts may be up to 20 miles per hour at times. Temperatures to rise quickly thanks to the dry air overhead. We will peak around 50 degrees mid afternoon. Skies will be mostly sunny throughout the day.
Clouds increase this evening into the overnight hours as our nexts system approaches from the Ohio River Valley. Lows tonight will be around 30 degrees.
We've seen most of our storms this winter cut to our northwest, but this incoming storm treks mainly from our west to the southeast, giving us at least the chance for some light snowfall accumulations through the day tomorrow for areas along and west and northwest of US-15 and I-81.
The storm starts as snow and moves in form west to east between 8am and noon. After noon, the snow transitions to mostly a rain/snow mix for areas south of the Turnpike. Temperatures Friday will be in the upper 30s to near 40, so roads will be mostly wet. This type of weather continues to about 7 PM. Areas north of the Turnpike could see light snow accumulate on grass and some roadways could become slushy or lightly snow covered.
As the storm redevelops along the coast after 7 PM, we'll all change back over to snow but the snow will become spotty and scattered in nature. And as temperatures cool there will be some minor accumulations. Roads may become slushy as we head through Friday night, again especially north and west of I-81. Lows will be around 32 degrees.
Overall Snowfall totals look to range to just a light coating to possibly up to two inches for most of the Valley. Areas northwest of Harrisburg may see a little more. Areas in southern York, southern Lancaster, Chester, Berks counties may see very little if any accumulating snow at all.
The snow showers end Saturday morning and winds will pick up for another blustery day.
Sunday looks chilly but sunny. Then we're tracking another storm for Monday that could bring more rain and snow. Looks for it to stay on the chilly side next week. | https://www.wgal.com/article/breezy-and-mild-thursday-snowithrain-likely-friday-minor-accumulations/43256854 | 2023-03-09 12:08:49 | 0 | https://www.wgal.com/article/breezy-and-mild-thursday-snowithrain-likely-friday-minor-accumulations/43256854 |
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man working at a filming location for the TV series “Law & Order: Organized Crime” was shot and killed early Tuesday before filming was scheduled to start for the day.
According to police, Johnny Pizarro was found at about 5:15 a.m. on a residential street in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the head and neck.
The 31-year-old Queens resident was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police were investigating and hadn’t released information on suspects or a motive.
News photos from the scene showed police tape blocking off a street where traffic cones stood in spots where cars normally would be parked. No filming was going on at the time of the shooting, according to an NBC spokesperson.
The network confirmed that Pizarro was a crew member for the series, a spinoff of the long-running “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” It is in production for its third season and scheduled to air this fall.
“We were terribly saddened and shocked to hear that one of our crew members was the victim of a crime early this morning and has died as a result,” NBC and Universal Television said in a statement. “We are working with local law enforcement as they continue to investigate. Our hearts go out to his family and friends and we ask that you respect their privacy during this time.” | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/man-shot-dead-while-working-at-law-order-film-location/ | 2022-07-20 01:11:01 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/man-shot-dead-while-working-at-law-order-film-location/ |
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri League of Women Voters, state NAACP and two voters on Wednesday sued to block a photo identification requirement for voters.
The groups asked a judge to toss out the new law before it takes effect Sunday, alleging that it unconstitutionally restricts voting rights by limiting which IDs can be used to cast regular ballots.
This is the second lawsuit filed this week by the Missouri NAACP and League of Women Voters challenging the law.
The organizations on Monday sued to block another provision in the measure that bans payment for anyone who works to help register voters and requires those volunteers to be registered Missouri voters themselves. Anyone who helps register more than 10 voters would need to sign up with the Secretary of State’s Office.
The core of the law requires voters to show unexpired government-issued photo IDs, meaning that student IDs and voter registration cards are not allowed. The ID requirements are at the center of the latest lawsuit.
Under the law, people without a government-issued photo ID can cast provisional ballots that will be counted if they return later that day with a photo ID or if election officials verify their signatures.
Advocates argued that, even with state help, getting the right ID to vote is not easy.
Missouri Voter Protection Coalition Director Denise Lieberman said the task of getting proper ID to vote will “burden thousands of Missouri voters who do not have or will face difficulty getting the limited ID required to cast a regular ballot — disproportionately voters of color, seniors, voters with disabilities, young voters, and low-wage workers.”
“We should be working to reduce barriers to participation for these communities, not make it harder to vote,” Lieberman said in a statement.
The Missouri Attorney General’s Office, which defends state laws against legal challenges, did not immediately respond to an Associated Press request for comment Wednesday.
The lawsuit cites two Missouri women who do not have state photo IDs. One has been struggling with bureaucratic hurdles after her name was misspelled on her non-driver's state photo ID card. The other woman does not drive because she has epilepsy and mobility issues. She has an expired non-driver's license that she argues she would only need to renew to vote.
Missouri’s GOP-led Legislature approved the law this year amid renewed national emphasis on election laws.
Democrats in many states have sought to expand voter access following widespread mail-in voting during the COVID-19 pandemic-affected 2020 elections. Many Republicans have pursued new voting restrictions following former President Donald Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
Seventeen states besides Missouri had voter photo identification laws in effect as of this spring, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, and 19 states had identification laws that accepted proof other than photos. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Advocates-sue-to-block-Missouri-voter-photo-ID-law-17395524.php | 2022-08-24 19:51:26 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Advocates-sue-to-block-Missouri-voter-photo-ID-law-17395524.php |
The Ammon Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing Monday night to consider a highly contested new housing development that would add more than 3,000 new homes over the course of 15 years.
The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of Hillcrest High School, 2800 Owen St.
Flagship Homes, a Utah-based developer, has purchased 650 acres of fields in rural Ammon which it hopes to fill with a reported 3,142 new homes. The proposed development would be called Ammon Fields.
The development was first proposed more than a year ago.
Ammon Fields’ borders are located north of East 21st South, east of South 52nd East, south of 1st Street and west of Foothill Road.
The hearing was originally set for the beginning of June but was postponed by the city due to an inability to accommodate the large number of people wanting to attend.
"The city was limiting participation in person to what the City Hall could hold," said Brendan Kester, an Ammon resident since 2018 and one of those opposed to the development. "The overflow accommodation was to put people on Zoom but they only had 100 seats on their Zoom line. People were trying to join the meeting and they couldn't get in, it was at capacity. I spoke up and interrupted someone and told them."
Moving the hearing to the high school auditorium will allow for nearly 900 people to attend in contrast to the capacity of 64 in City Hall.
Due to the larger size of venue, the city will not be giving a Zoom option for participation. If you want to watch the hearing or participate you will have to attend in person.
In advance of the hearing Flagship Homes held a July 27 open house at the Brickyard Event Center for people to ask questions and see plans.
"We came up to Ammon recently and we got a lot of input on what residents wanted," said Peter Evans, principal partner at Flagship Homes. "They did not want more bad growth. They wanted a connected and cohesive layout, they wanted parks, they wanted trails, bike paths and all of that comes with much larger scale developments."
Larger scale, master-planned developments are the answer to the problem of dysconnectivity and disorganization in planning, Evans said, which he feels has been a downfall in Idaho and Utah city planning for the last 100 years.
"For the last 100 years, planning in Utah and Idaho has followed small scale growth and this can lead to bad infrastructure planning, poor overall structure of neighborhoods, and issues in the future," Evans said.
Within the 650 acres of purchased land, Evans has said that 60 acres will be dedicated to open space.
"We are simply executing the city's plan for housing in the future," Evans said. "Ammon's comprehensive plan involves growth from medium to medium-high density. The city also only called for 5 acres of open land and we will be providing 60."
"This open space would consist of highly programmed parks with sports fields, courts, play equipment and then much less structured parks with open spaces," Evans said. "There will also be running trails, biking paths, just a lot more urban planning and space for residents."
Opponents of the development have many concerns ranging from traffic to school overcrowding to rapid population growth. According to the 2020 Census, there were 5,517 households in Ammon. By adding in the 3,142 households, bringing in as many as 10,000 more people, Ammon's population would grow nearly 60%.
Kester shared that he has lived in a master-planned neighborhood in Las Vegas and he could reach out of his window and touch his neighbor's home.
"I would describe it as crowded, the people of Ammon do not want that," Kester said.
"In Ammon's comprehensive plan, established around 2018, the city talked about maintaining Ammon's rural roots," Kester said. "A master-plan with 3,200 homes in one square mile is absolutely not honoring the vision they put in their own plan."
More than 200 residents have sent their objections in to the city, and several have reached out the Post Register, but they don't feel they are being heard or represented.
"I do not feel that the city has taken us seriously," said Brigham Redd, Ammon resident of 14 years. "I have been very frustrated. My understanding is that the city has backed developers every single time instead of current residents."
"… They go along with those that wanted to develop property and completely ignored our concerns," Redd said. "They have said things like 'there are a lot of people who want to move here,' and we told them they aren't representing the people who want to move here, they are representing the people who already live here."
Redd said many current residents are nervous that the Ammon they live in won't be the same if Ammon Fields and other large developments are approved.
The development's opponents also have raised concerns about the area's infrastructure.
"We do not have the resources to sustain this growth," Redd said. "We don't have the roads, traffic is terrible, we don't have plans to manage it. The sewer issue, water issue, the electric issues. There are a whole bunch of resource issues that have not even been adequately addressed for the people already living here much less 10,000 more."
Residents also worry who will bear the burden of paying for the infrastructure to accommodate a development that would be home to nearly as many people as Blackfoot.
"How are they going to fix the issues that come with this?" said Heidi Boyle, a resident since 2008. "Are they going to make Flagship Homes take the brunt, is the state Legislature going to come in and help, is the city going to tax us more because if you are going to build like California, you have to tax like California."
Although Ammon residents are seeking answers to those questions and more, they won't necessarily come Monday. Rather it's an opportunity for interested parties to have their voices heard.
"Because this is a hearing, the zoning committee does not have to answer questions," City Administrator Micah Austin said. "They will hear all opinions, research and take into consideration both sides and then make their recommendations to the City Council."
Austin said that city officials do not have a stance on the project, they simply put in their recommendations and the City Council will make the final choice.
Austin also shared that Ammon requires developments to pay for themselves.
"We have them pay for themselves entirely," Austin said. "Water, sewage, groundwater certificates, fiber-optic connections, impact mitigation, that is all on the developer." | https://www.postregister.com/news/government/ammon-to-hold-rescheduled-public-hearing-for-proposed-3-142-home-development/article_db8074d8-979d-52b9-ba7f-dcf89035430d.html | 2022-08-04 23:18:35 | 0 | https://www.postregister.com/news/government/ammon-to-hold-rescheduled-public-hearing-for-proposed-3-142-home-development/article_db8074d8-979d-52b9-ba7f-dcf89035430d.html |
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Magnate Worldwide is pleased to announce the acquisition of Atlantic-Pacific Express, a leading mission-critical logistics service provider, based in Columbia, South Carolina. Atlantic-Pacific Express is a strategic acquisition, augmenting our organic growth, adding to our TrumpCard domestic-specialty service capabilities, and expanding our industry solutions. Atlantic-Pacific's presence in the Southeast region, industry expertise, and service capabilities enhances its existing offering, through our ASAP Expediting solutions, also based in Columbia, South Carolina.
Founded in 1999, Atlantic-Pacific Express has been serving critical industry expedited logistics needs, with unique capabilities and expertise in the automotive, ATV, and production line environments. "We are proud to become part of Magnate Worldwide. We have a great deal of respect for Magnate's expedited service capabilities, and believe we have a very strong service and cultural fit," said Irene Brotherton, Founder, Atlantic-Pacific Express.
"Both ASAP and Atlantic-Pacific employees, vendors and customers will benefit greatly from our joining forces," said Garland Hobgood, VP of Operations, ASAP Expediting. "Within a very short period of time, we will be able to offer more to our customers and tap into technology innovation, providing more resources to both ASAP and Atlantic-Pacific clients," he added.
"The next chapter for Atlantic-Pacific Express, as part of Magnate's portfolio of services, will be equally exciting. The employees of Atlantic-Pacific have a long heritage of outstanding customer care and providing exceptional service. This is 100% aligned with Magnate's culture, which will be the catalyst for growth in the domestic expedited services market," offered Dante Fornari, CEO of Magnate Worldwide. "Our top priority will always be serving the mission critical market and caring for the employees who make that possible," he added.
Magnate Worldwide is a diversified supply chain management company, comprised of a unique portfolio of complementary, premium logistics services focused on Mission Critical Domestic, Fine Arts, and Global Freight Forwarding. For more information on Magnate's business segments and acquisition criteria, please visit www.magnateworldwide.com.
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE Magnate Worldwide | https://www.wbtv.com/prnewswire/2022/10/26/magnate-worldwide-acquires-atlantic-pacific-express-strengthening-its-domestic-expedited-premium-service-offerings/ | 2022-10-26 20:08:56 | 1 | https://www.wbtv.com/prnewswire/2022/10/26/magnate-worldwide-acquires-atlantic-pacific-express-strengthening-its-domestic-expedited-premium-service-offerings/ |
WFO LOS ANGELES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, November 3, 2022
_____
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
251 AM PDT Wed Nov 2 2022
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM PDT THURSDAY...
* WHAT...Moderate snow expected. Total snow accumulations of up to two
inches. Northwest to north winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45
mph.
* WHERE...Ventura County Mountains and Los Angeles County
Mountains.
* WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 10 AM PDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Snow accumulations on the Grapevine portion
of Interstate 5 from Castaic up to the Tejon Pass will likely
range from a dusting up to one inch.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Slow down and use caution while traveling.
The latest road conditions from CalTrans are available by calling
1 800 4 2 7 7 6 2 3.
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PDT
THIS EVENING...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...For the Wind Advisory, west winds 20 to 35 mph with
gusts up to 50 mph expected. For the Freeze Watch, sub-freezing
temperatures as low as 25 degrees possible.
* WHERE...Antelope Valley.
* WHEN...For the Wind Advisory, from 10 AM this morning to 10 PM
PDT this evening. For the Freeze Watch, from late Thursday
night through Friday morning.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds and reduced visibility from blowing dust
will make driving difficult. Gusty winds could blow around
unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few
power outages may result. Frost and freeze conditions could kill
crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage
unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. Plan for
extra time to defrost vehicle windshields.
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 AM PDT THURSDAY...
* WHAT...West winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph
expected.
* WHERE...Ventura County Beaches, Ventura County Inland Coast,
Malibu Coast and Los Angeles County Beaches.
* WHEN...From noon today to 4 AM PDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects and
make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may
result.
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 degrees possible.
* WHERE...Cuyama Valley, Santa Clarita Valley, Southern Salinas
Valley, San Luis Obispo County Interior Valleys, Santa Ynez
Valley, Ojai Valley and Central Ventura County Valleys.
* WHEN...From late Thursday night through Friday morning.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other
sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
plumbing.
_____
Copyright 2022 AccuWeather | https://www.mrt.com/weather/article/CA-WFO-LOS-ANGELES-Warnings-Watches-and-17551680.php | 2022-11-02 10:06:43 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/weather/article/CA-WFO-LOS-ANGELES-Warnings-Watches-and-17551680.php |
University of Michigan ranked best college in the U.S.
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (FOX 2) - The University of Michigan is one of the most prestigious public universities in the country and, according to Money.com, it's also the best college the country for its value.
Money ranked over 600 colleges based on multiple criteria including acceptance rate, full price tuition for 2022-223, tuition with average grant, the percentage of students who get those grants, the graduation rate, and the early career earnings. Michigan, with an overall score of 89.41, beat out the second place university by more than three points.
According to Money, Michigan has an acceptance rate of 26% and a graduation rate of 92%. The estimated cost of tuition is $32,400 for the next school year but grants bring that down to $18,800. More than half of the university's students get grants. Lastly, early career earnings are near $76,000.
Michigan, the state, was well-represented in the top 100 list with Michigan Tech in the Upper Peninsula ranking at number 61 and Michigan State at 65. UM-Dearborn was ranked at 227, Central Michigan is at 416, and Western Michigan came in at 523.
How is the value calculated?
Money listed its methodology, which started with four basic requirements of the college to even be evaluated:
- At least 500 undergraduate students
- Sufficient and reliable data available
- Not in financial distress
- Graduation rate at or above the median
The graduation rate is based on its category - like public, private, historically Black college or university - or have at least 25% of its undergrads graduate.
Students at Texas college graduate debt-free after anonymous donor pays off school loans
With those initial four requirements, Money took it further and measured each college with these factors:
Quality of education
This accounted for 30% of its score using multiple different factors.
First, the graduation rate within six years of admission. Next was the value-added rate, which is the difference between a school's graduation rate and its expected rate. Then peer quality was considered - which is measured by standardized test scores of freshman.
Instructor access was next - which is the student-to-faculty ratio - followed by Pell grant recipient outcomes, which is awarded to lower-income students.
Affordability
This might seem easy and it accounted for 40% of the score. Here's how it was calculated.
The first issue was the net price of the degree, what is the estimated amount a typical freshman starting in 2022 will pay to earn a degree. This takes into account how much is paid for the education and how long it takes to graduate.
The net price paid in different income brackets. This is a bit harder to understand but, effectively, it comes down to how much is paid by students from families earning less than $30K, how much is paid by families from $30K-$48K, and how much is paid by families earning $48K-$75K.
Debt is factored in as well, which takes into account the estimated average student debt on graduation and the average amount borrowed through the parent federal PLUS loan programs.
The ability to repay the debt was considered too, specifically in the first three years after school.
The last portion of affordability was the value-added student loan repayment measures, which is the school’s performance on the student loan repayment and default measures after adjusting for the economic and academic profile of the student body.
Outcomes
This one is going to be a bit complicated to understand but it all comes down to what is life like after college and it accounted for 30% of the score.
The first consideration was the earnings 10 years after college, which was from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard. The earnings are then adjusted for the majors, which takes a weighted average salary for each college.
The value added earnings was next, which was the 10 year earnings from the paragraph above but adjusted for economic and academic profile of the student.
Employment outcomes are factored in as well, with half of this score dependent upon enrolling in graduate school or working and the share of graduates who earn more than a high school degree after six years.
Mobility index was factored in, too, which measures the share of students from low to moderate incomes.
Lastly, the return on investment which measures the earnings after subtracting the cost of college.
Which schools weren't included?
Money separated the country's most selective schools, the colleges with acceptance rate was below 20% over the past three years. They're graded on the same scale but they're on their own llist.
Advertisement
Other schools not listed may not have had enough data. According to Money, this was largely due to graduation rate was too low. The median for public colleges was 56% graduation. | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/university-of-michigan-ranked-best-college-in-the-u-s | 2022-05-18 16:59:35 | 0 | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/university-of-michigan-ranked-best-college-in-the-u-s |
Bipartisan support emerges for Senate railroad safety bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan consensus that Congress should act to toughen regulations on railroads emerged Wednesday as senators heard fresh testimony on the fiery hazardous train derailment last month on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border.
Both Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Commerce Committee peppered Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw with questions about what enhanced safety measures he would support. At times they aggressively questioned the CEO of one of the nation’s largest railroads on what could be done to prevent future derailments like the one that has upended life in the Ohio village of East Palestine.
Shaw offered support for some safety enhancements, including training for emergency response crews and phasing out older tank car models. But he declined to endorse several key parts of the bipartisan Railway Safety Act of 2023, which is being championed by Ohio Sens. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, and JD Vance, a Republican.
The bill includes requirements that trains have crews of at least two people, expands the classification for highly hazardous flammable trains and increases fines for safety violations.
Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell, chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, said lawmakers have an opportunity to “use the horrible accident to really improve rail safety.” She predicted a bill would advance to the Senate floor by April.
Cantwell added the bipartisan nature of the bill, as well as the committee’s recent history of considering railway safety legislation, would make it possible for lawmakers to act quickly.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is also behind the Railway Safety Act. And in the House, a bipartisan group of Ohio lawmakers has also introduced a similar proposal, though top Republicans have also urged caution on enacting fresh regulations.
“It is an opportunity for real and meaningful bipartisan cooperation,” said Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, the committee’s top Republican.
The East Palestine derailment has given rise to rare bipartisan cooperation in the closely-divided Senate. Democrats say they want to ensure profitable corporations like Norfolk Southern invest in safety standards and workforce before reaping profits. Republicans, at times urged by Vance to shift attention from the concerns of big business towards white, working-class communities like East Palestine, are looking to show they can deliver for an area they accuse the Biden administration of overlooking.
When Shaw testified before a separate Senate committee earlier this month, he emphasized the voluntary steps Norfolk Southern are taking after the derailment and stopped short of endorsing any action by Congress. But he appeared to concede Wednesday that legislation was likely, saying there are many provisions of the Railway Safety Act that now have Norfolk Southern’s “full-throated endorsement.”
He also reiterated apologies for the derailment and committed to aiding East Palestine’s recovery.
“We won’t be finished until we make this right,” Shaw told the committee.
Misti Allison, an East Palestine resident, testified at the hearing that the company has lost the trust of a deeply traumatized community. State and local officials decided to release and burn toxic vinyl chloride from five tanker cars after the Fed. 3 derailment, prompting the evacuation of half of the roughly 5,000 residents.
“They feel like Norfolk Southern is offering breadcrumbs,” she said, describing how the derailment had haunted the town with fears of the long-term effects of the release of hazardous materials.
“My seven-year-old has asked me if he is going to die from living in our own home,” Allison said. “What do I tell him?”
Senators repeatedly noted that railway safety is an issue in every state, due to the national network of tracks.
“The bottom line is that what happened in East Palestine could have just as easily happened in Illinois,” Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth said of her home state.
The Association of American Railroads trade group, whose CEO Ian Jefferies testified Wednesday, says that railroads are still the safest way to transport hazardous material over land. Train derailments have also been getting less common, but there were still more than 1,000 last year, according to data from the Federal Railroad Administration. And as East Palestine shows, even a single train derailment involving hazardous materials can be disastrous.
Jefferies emphasized the industry’s commitment to voluntary safety measures, but also clarified that it has not officially taken a position on the Railway Safety Act.
The bill takes sides in a long-running disagreement between railroad worker unions and operators by requiring train crews to continue to have two people, although the train that derailed in East Palestine had a three-person crew. Unions argue that railroads are riskier because of job cuts in the industry over the past six years. Nearly one-third of all rail jobs were eliminated and train crews, they say, are fatigued and under pressure to perform safety inspections in a matter of seconds.
Shaw was pressed to support a two-person requirement for crews, but declined. Instead, he said, “We are a data-driven organization and I’m not aware of any data that links crew size with safety.”
Senators pushing the new safety requirements, like Ohio’s Brown, argued Shaw’s stance is emblematic of an industry that is putting efficiency and profits over safety.
“Railroads want only one person working on a train that is two or three miles long,” Brown said. “That’s frankly crazy.”
Some Republicans on the committee cautioned against legislation that would burden the industry. But the scenes of billowing smoke above East Palestine were still on the minds of lawmakers.
The committee is also looking at possible changes to regulations that don’t classify trains as high hazardous flammable, so long as they fall under certain thresholds for the number of railcars carrying combustible liquids. Lawmakers are examining how local authorities are informed by railroad operators about what trains are carrying as well.
“It wasn’t a high-hazard train,” Republican Sen. Shelley Capito, R--West Virginia said of the train that derailed in East Palestine, “but it had hazard material that was very flammable. It just lit up the sky.”
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.ktre.com/2023/03/22/bipartisan-support-emerges-senate-railroad-safety-bill/ | 2023-03-22 22:34:58 | 1 | https://www.ktre.com/2023/03/22/bipartisan-support-emerges-senate-railroad-safety-bill/ |
(WKBN) – Rock artist Kid Rock took to Twitter this week after it was announced that Bud Light had partnered with a woman who is a transgender influencer.
In a video on Twitter, Kid Rock could be seen wearing a “MAGA” hat as he turned around and spoke to the camera:
“Grandpa’s feeling a little frisky today. Let me say something to all you and be as clear and concise as possible.”
The artist then used a rifle to fire gunshots at several cases of Bud Light beer while cursing out the company.
The video had over 32 million views on Twitter on Wednesday.
The activist that Bud Light is partnering with is transgender woman Dylan Mulvaney. According to Fox News, Mulvaney revealed Saturday that the beer company sent packs of Bud Light with the influencer’s face as a way to celebrate a full year of “girlhood.” Mulvaney posted a video on Instagram with the hashtag #budlightpartner to promote the campaign.
Anheuser-Busch responded to Fox News with the following statement:
“Anheuser-Busch works with hundreds of influencers across our brands as one of many ways to authentically connect with audiences across various demographics and passion points.” | https://who13.com/news/national-news/kid-rock-shoots-bud-light-cans-after-company-partners-with-transgender-woman/ | 2023-04-05 18:40:02 | 1 | https://who13.com/news/national-news/kid-rock-shoots-bud-light-cans-after-company-partners-with-transgender-woman/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — The Edsel. Quibi. New Coke. The Segway. DeLorean sports cars. The pantheon of colossal business failures has a new member in the CNN+ streaming service.
The news network’s subscription offering hadn’t even been operating for a month before Warner Bros. Discovery announced this week that it would be shutting down on April 30.
“It’s going to be in the Top 10,” said Steve Rosenbaum, executive director of the NYC Media Lab and an expert in business innovation, surveying the lengthy history of products that went belly-up.
While “CNN minus” comments quickly proliferated, it’s no joke to the more than 300 people hired for CNN+, which was in development for two years. CNN is expected to absorb some of those jobs but there will be layoffs — a clear picture on those numbers is still emerging.
The company spent hundreds of millions of dollars on the project and no one knew when, or if, losses would be replaced by profits.
Old-timers remember the Edsel, a new car model introduced by Ford in 1957 that was poorly made and too expensive. It was discontinued after two years, costing Ford an estimated $250 million, the name remembered as a synonym for business failure long after the car itself was forgotten.
Coca-Cola’s attempt to introduce a new flavor in 1985 was dropped in weeks. Except for its cameo role in the “Back to the Future” movies, the DeLorean didn’t make a dent. Inventors of the Segway found in 1999 that not many people wanted to spend around $5,000 for a glorified scooter.
Quibi, short for “quick bites,” had the backing of Hollywood’s biggest names and $1.75 billion from investors when the mobile video service was introduced in 2020. It lasted six months.
Presciently, reporter Josef Adalian recalled that failure in an article for Vulture headlined, “CNN+ has Quibi Vibes,” that posted two days after its launch.
“CNN+ in its formative phase feels somewhat like the Quibi of streaming news,” Adalian wrote. “Lots of money has been spent, big stars are onboard, but it’s hard to figure out just what the service is supposed to be and why a large number of people will want to pay for it.”
Rosenbaum, a self-described news junkie, couldn’t figure out what CNN+ offered that was unique and vital to him. He said he never even considered paying the monthly $5.99 fee to subscribe.
He said it had “lots of famous faces that I get other places.”
CNN+ has a handful of its own news programs, documentaries and talk shows and big names like Chris Wallace, Anderson Cooper and Jemele Hill but, because of cable and satellite contracts, could not offer a streamed version of what most people know CNN for, the television network’s continuous news coverage.
People can find streaming news in several places — ABC, CBS and NBC all have their own services, for example — for free.
“In launching a new business, timing is everything and their timing couldn’t have been worse,” said Allen Adamson, cofounder of the marketing firm Metaforce. “Streaming services were in a bubble and everyone knew there was a limit to how many streaming services they would get.”
When Discovery bought out CNN’s previous corporate owner, AT&T, many observers believed CNN+ would eventually be absorbed into a larger app that also had entertainment offerings.
It never got that far, leaving some of its employees shell-shocked at the Thursday meeting when they were told the service would abruptly close.
One of the service’s biggest champions, former CNN chief Jeff Zucker, was bumped out of the picture on Feb. 1 when he was forced to resign because of not disclosing a romantic relationship with a co-worker.
CNN+ launched on March 24, only days before Discovery executives took over. In a sense, that was a business provocation: Why start a project that was the brainchild of a former leadership team, just before new leaders were coming with ideas of their own, not to mention a mandate to cut costs?
Incoming CNN chief executive Chris Licht, in Thursday’s meeting with employees, likened it to a new owner coming in, seeing a beautiful new house, but declaring he needed an apartment instead.
The Discovery team made it clear in the meeting that they didn’t think CNN+ was going to work, based on its own experience with streaming.
“If we’re going in a new direction, we can’t let it go on one moment more than it needs to,” said J.B. Perrette, head of streaming for the new company, in the employee meeting.
Licht repeatedly praised his staff for the quality of CNN+, and there’s no way of knowing whether the product itself would have failed if it had a few years to settle in.
And Rosenbaum said he might have been enticed to see if it was worth it with an offer of a few free months.
Time, however, was one thing CNN+ did not have.
“It’s a big failure,” Adamson said, “but not as big as it would have been if it kept going and became a black hole of money.”
___
Business writer Mae Anderson in New York contributed to this report. | https://www.wivb.com/news/the-edsel-quibi-and-cnn-new-addition-to-business-failures/ | 2022-04-23 01:00:39 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/the-edsel-quibi-and-cnn-new-addition-to-business-failures/ |
Log in to comment on videos and join in on the fun.
Watch the live stream of Fox News and full episodes.
Reduce eye strain and focus on the content that matters.
Benefits of traveling the high seas | https://www.foxnews.com/video/919799440001 | 2022-10-06 19:23:08 | 1 | https://www.foxnews.com/video/919799440001 |
A person walking in Forest Park on Saturday morning around 8:00 a.m. noticed blood coming from a duffle bag that was laying on the ground.
The person called 911 and police found a dead woman in the bag. Police are working to figure out her identity.
The bag was near the corner of Metropolitan Avenue and Forest Park Drive not far from where the Jackie Robinson Parkway cuts through the park.
No other details about the woman or events leading up to her death have been released at this time. The investigation is still ongoing.
ALSO READ | Man who spotted subway shooting suspect Frank R. James, flagged down officers speaks out
----------
* More Queens news
* Send us a news tip
* Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts
* Follow us on YouTube
Submit a News Tip | https://abc7ny.com/woman-dead-duffle-bag-forest-park-queens/11755589/ | 2022-04-16 16:22:47 | 1 | https://abc7ny.com/woman-dead-duffle-bag-forest-park-queens/11755589/ |
A stranger ambushed a 50-year-old woman as she walked on a Brooklyn street early last weekend, punching her repeatedly and then trying to rip off her pants and shirt in what police say was an unprovoked attack, the latest in a chilling citywide series.
The woman was walking near Eighth Avenue and 58th Street in Borough Park around 4 a.m. Sunday when she was attacked, police say. First the stranger punched her, then he shoved her to the ground and tried to tear off her clothes before molesting her, authorities say. He grabbed her purse, which had her phone, keys and cash in it, just before he rode off on a bicycle.
The victim was taken to a hospital for treatment of cuts and bruises, police said.
The suspect was last seen riding west on 58th Street toward Seventh Avenue, police said. They released surveillance footage of him (above). Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/50-year-old-woman-walking-on-nyc-street-blindsided-in-punch-throwing-sex-attack/3822574/ | 2022-08-12 18:06:39 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/50-year-old-woman-walking-on-nyc-street-blindsided-in-punch-throwing-sex-attack/3822574/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Saudi Arabia has taken into custody an American woman who has been locked in a yearslong struggle to take her young daughter back out of the kingdom over the objections of her Saudi ex-husband, according to U.S. officials and a U.S.-based advocacy group Tuesday.
Carly Morris was summoned to a police station in the north-central city of Buraidah on Monday, and has yet to be released by Saudi authorities, according to the Washington-based Freedom Initiative. The group advocates for people it believes wrongfully detained in the Middle East.
U.S. officials said Saudi authorities had confirmed the detention of Morris, whose efforts to leave the kingdom with her now 8-year-old daughter have been made more difficult by Saudi Arabia’s strict male guardianship laws. Morris in recent months had spoken to reporters and tweeted about her circumstances.
“Our embassy in Riyadh is very engaged on this case, and they’re following the situation very closely,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said in Washington on Tuesday.
The Saudi Embassy in Washington and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
Saudi Arabia under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman increasingly has been including U.S. citizens and Western-based Saudis in a general crackdown on those the government sees as rivals or critics.
In August, a Saudi court gave a 16-year prison sentence to a 72-year-old Saudi-American, Saad al Madi, for critical tweets he had posted over the years from his home in Florida.
Morris had traveled to Saudi Arabia in 2019 for what was intended to be a short stay to allow her daughter, also an American citizen, to meet the family of the Saudi father, said Bethany Al-Haidari, Freedom Initiative’s Saudi Arabia case manager.
Saudi Arabia’s code of male guardianship served to keep the daughter in the kingdom. Saudi Arabia allegedly placed Morris herself under one of its widely imposed travel bans, barring her from leaving the country.
Morris recently tweeted warnings to other women with children abroad about Saudi Arabia, al Haidari said.
President Joe Biden had vowed as a candidate to isolate Prince Mohammed, the kingdom’s de facto ruler, over rights abuses. The Biden administration hopes now to persuade the kingdom to pump more oil for the global market, and has worked to close the rift between the two strategic partners.
The American woman’s detention was “yet another sign” that Saudi Arabia simply does not value the U.S. as an ally, said Allison McManus, the Freedom Initiative’s Director of Research. | https://www.koin.com/news/politics/ap-saudis-detain-american-woman-seeking-to-leave-with-daughter/ | 2022-11-09 19:33:00 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/news/politics/ap-saudis-detain-american-woman-seeking-to-leave-with-daughter/ |
McCarthy clears first step to House speaker, but grind ahead
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leader Kevin McCarthy cleared the first major step Tuesday toward becoming House speaker, winning the nomination on a vote by his GOP colleagues, but he now faces a weeks-long slog to quell objections from his right flank before a final vote.
McCarthy has led House Republicans this far, and with them now on the cusp of majority control, he has a chance to seize the gavel from Nancy Pelosi if Democrats are defeated. The vote was 188-31, with ballots cast by newly elected and returning GOP lawmakers, and some whose races have not yet been called.
The formal vote for House speaker will come when the new Congress convenes in January, and McCarthy will need to shore up support from no fewer than 218 lawmakers with potentially just a few votes to spare.
“We’re going to have the ability to change America,” McCarthy said, upbeat as he entered the private meeting.
He noted backing from right-flank Republicans Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio as part of his “vast support.”
But Republican leaders are facing an intense backlash on Capitol Hill over their disappointing performance in the midterm elections, when McCarthy’s promises of a GOP sweep that would transform Washington collapsed. Instead, the House could have one of the slimmest majorities in 90 years, leaving McCarthy exposed to challengers. The fallout is spilling down-ballot in other Republican leadership races and in the Senate, where Republican leader Mitch McConnell will face his own colleagues on Wednesday.
The former chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona, announced he is challenging McCarthy, saying Americans want a “new direction.”
“The promised red wave turned into a loss of the United States Senate, a razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives, and upset losses of premiere political candidates,” Biggs said in a statement. “McCarthy does not have the votes needed to become the next Speaker of the House and his speakership should not be a foregone conclusion.”
Many in the Republican Party are blaming their losses on Donald Trump, the former president who endorsed hundreds of candidates, many of them far-right contenders rejected by voters. The closed-door leadership elections are playing out on Capitol Hill hours before Trump is expected to announce his 2024 bid for the White House from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida later Tuesday evening.
It’s not just McCarthy’s leadership that is in question but his entire team. This includes Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., the campaign chairman who traditionally would be rewarded with a leadership spot but finds himself in a three-way race for GOP whip that might be forced into a runoff.
And one of Trump’s top allies in the House, Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York — the third-ranking House Republican and the first lawmaker to back Trump in a 2024 run — is working to fend off rival Rep. Byron Donalds, a Black Republican from Florida seen by many lawmakers as a potential new party leader.
A self-described “Trump-supporting, liberty-loving, pro-life, pro-Second Amendment Black man,” Donalds said after a closed-door forum late Monday he has enough support for the race with Stefanik to be close.
Tuesday’s vote will provide a snapshot of the grind ahead for McCarthy, as the 57-year-old Californian reaches for the gavel when the new Congress convenes in January.
Trump backs McCarthy for speaker, but the two have had a rocky relationship, and even Trump’s support is no guarantee McCarthy will reach the needed 218 votes, particularly if Republicans win the House with just a slim, few-seat majority that would leave him no cushion for detractors.
At least one Trump ally, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, said he’s voting no on McCarthy.
It’s a familiar dynamic for House Republicans, one that befell their most recent Republican speakers — John Boehner and Paul Ryan — who both retired early rather than try to lead a party splintered by its far-right flank.
McCarthy survived those earlier battles between party factions, but he was forced to back out of a bid for the speaker’s job in 2015 when it was clear he did not have support from conservatives.
The weeks ahead promise to be a grueling period of hardball negotiations with the Freedom Caucus and rank-and-file Republicans as McCarthy tries to appease them and rack up the support he will need in the new year.
In a sign of how desperate Republicans are to bolster their ranks, some made overtures to conservative Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas to switch parties and join the GOP.
“They just said, ‘name your price,″” Cuellar told reporters. “I’m a Democrat.”
The conservative Freedom Caucus lawmakers, who typically align with Trump, are prepared to extract demanding concessions from McCarthy before giving him their backing. They have a long list of asks — from prime positions on House committees to guarantees they can have a role in shaping legislation.
“I’m willing to support anybody that’s willing to change dramatically how things are done here,” Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., the chairman of the Freedom Caucus and a Trump ally, said after meeting privately with McCarthy.
But even rank-and-file lawmakers are assessing their choices for speaker, a position that is second in line to the president.
“I don’t just automatically assume heir apparent, necessarily,” said Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., who said he is still studying his choice for House speaker.
“We are voting for somebody who is going to be two heartbeats from the presidency,” he said.
While newly elected lawmakers arrived for orientation Monday, there are questions over who, exactly, will be voting Tuesday — with some of the House races still undecided. All the leaders will need to clear a simple majority Tuesday.
___
Associated Press writer Kevin Freking contributed to this report.
___
Follow the AP’s coverage of the 2022 midterm elections at https://apnews.com/hub/2022-midterm-elections. And check out https://apnews.com/hub/explaining-the-elections to learn more about the issues and factors at play in the midterms.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.kold.com/2022/11/15/mccarthy-clears-first-step-house-speaker-grind-ahead/ | 2022-11-15 20:17:18 | 0 | https://www.kold.com/2022/11/15/mccarthy-clears-first-step-house-speaker-grind-ahead/ |
DALLAS(KDAF)—The CMT awards are coming up this weekend, and this country star surprised his fans. and a local restaurant in town. It was a bit of an unexpected twist, but everyone was clucking with excitement!
The country star, Cole Swindell stopped by Raising Cane’s in Arlington, Texas, and helped served chicken finger meals to fans on March, 30.
Fans lined up around the building just to get a chance to see Swindell. He even got his hands dirty and served fans chicken finger meals. Added to that, he sang a short lyric with one of his fans, while ringing in their order.
It’s no surprise Swindell’s in Dallas since he’s going to be at the country music awards on April 2. His chart-topping hit is also nominated for Male Video of the Year and CMT Performance of the Year.
“Even before all of his success in the music industry, Cole was a giving guy with a love for our food,” said Raising Cane’s Founder Todd Graves. “To have him come out and celebrate his successes with fans of our food and his following of country music fans means a lot.” | https://cw33.com/news/local/watch-country-singer-cole-swindell-sings-with-dallas-fans-gives-away-raising-canes-chickens/ | 2023-04-02 14:50:44 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/watch-country-singer-cole-swindell-sings-with-dallas-fans-gives-away-raising-canes-chickens/ |
ATLANTA (AP) — Justin Lower lost his PGA Tour card in brutal fashion in the final tournament of the regular season. Needing a par on the final hole to finish among the top 125, Lower ran his 60-footer some 6 feet by and missed for a three-putt bogey.
He finished at No. 127 and was in tears when he said, “It sucks to come up this short.”
Thanks to Saudi-funded LIV Golf, Lower is among players who might get a reprieve.
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan notified players in an Aug. 12 memo that the policy board decided eligibility for the next season (which starts Sept. 12) would not be finalized until after the Korn Ferry Tour Championship.
“Accordingly, the FedEx Cup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List will continue to update,” he said.
The Daily Telegraph reported that British Open champion Cameron Smith will join LIV Golf after the Tour Championship, and it is believed as many as six others could join him, all of whom finished in the top 125 of the FedEx Cup standings.
The next LIV Golf event starts Sept. 2 — two days before the Korn Ferry Tour ends — and the PGA Tour has suspended players as soon as they hit a tee shot for the rival series.
Depending on how many players sign with LIV Golf, that will move up the players who are outside the top 125. If three were to sign, that would mean Matt Wallace, Austin Smotherman (who had his own mishap on his last hole at the Wyndham Championship) and Lower would retain a full card and be exempt for The Players Championship.
They still would have gotten into tournaments, but top 125 means they keep their priority all year without going through a reshuffle.
It also would have an effect further up the eligibility list. The top 70 get into the invitational events like the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Memorial, which offer $15 million purses.
This wouldn’t be the first time Smotherman was helped by LIV Golf. He is listed at No. 137 in the official standings, but he is 10 spots higher because of the LIV players ahead of him who are suspended. And odds are there’s more to come.
PARADISE EXTENDED
Cameron Young and Sahith Theegala are among eight players who can make plans for Kapalua even if they don’t win this year.
Kapalua has been the winners-only start to the year on the PGA Tour since 1999, and Wisconsin-based Sentry Insurance has made sure it will stay that way for another decade. In the process, the field is expanding.
The PGA Tour announced Tuesday a contract extension with the Sentry Tournament of Champions that runs through 2035. It extends a 10-year partnership announced in 2020. Sentry’s first year as title sponsor was 2018, its first major sports marketing agreement.
Starting in January, the field will include all PGA Tour winners from the previous calendar year along with the 30 players who qualify for the Tour Championship. That was the same format used in 2021 because the previous year was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The change means a trip to paradise to start the year for Young, Theegala, Scott Stallings, Collin Morikawa, Corey Conners, Brian Harman, Adam Scott and Aaron Wise. All are at East Lake without having won this year.
Sentry already agreed to bump its purse to $15 million, nearly double from last year, as it becomes one of the elevated prize funds in the tour’s new schedule.
Sentry already has a big year in golf in 2023. Its course, SentryWorld, is hosting the U.S. Senior Open.
TIGER GAMES
Tiger Woods is the star attraction for the PGA Tour 2K23 video game coming out in October.
So is a guy who actually plays more golf than Woods — Michael Jordan.
2K announced Monday that gamers can play as Woods or against him in the 2023 edition. They also can buy a special edition of the game that will include the type of wedges used by Woods, a shirt and a “Tiger Woods Signature Sunday” pack with black pants, a red shirt, black hat, shoes and golf balls.
Woods is invested in other ways. He is an executive director advising the development.
“It’s not only great to be back on the cover of a video game, but the executive director role makes this a truly unique opportunity,” Woods said in a statement. “2K is the perfect partner for me and I am excited to continue impacting the game and culture of golf beyond my play on the PGA Tour.”
Woods is playing only occasionally now because of leg injuries from his February 2021 car crash. He made the cut in two of the three majors he played this year.
The game also will feature Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Tony Finau and Will Zalatoris, and LPGA major champions Lexi Thompson, Lydia Ko and Brooke Henderson.
LOVING THE PRESSURE
PGA Tour rookie Sahith Theegala knows all about nerves. He had a chance to win the Phoenix Open until a shot in the water on the 17th hole. He had a chance to win the Travelers Championship until a double bogey on the final hole.
More pressure found him at the BMW Championship, and he delivered with enough good golf to make it to the Tour Championship.
For Theegala, there is nothing better.
“Imagine not being nervous,” he said. “Obviously there’s a fine line between serious nervousness and anxiety and comfortability, and finding that line is tough. But yeah, just pressure is a privilege, and I sure felt that way today.”
ASCENSION AND APGA
The Ascension Charity Classic has created a spot in its PGA Tour Champions field for Tim O’Neal of the Advocates Professional Golf Association Tour.
Ascension previously announced a three-year deal to host an APGA Tour event in St. Louis. Now it is bringing an APGA Tour player to its 50-and-older event on Sept. 9-11 that features a $2 million purse. It will be O’Neal’s first Champions start. He turned 50 on Aug. 3.
“We’re thrilled to have Tim join this elite field,” said Nick Ragone, executive vice president and chief marketing officer for Ascension. “By bringing the PGA Tour Champions and APGA Tour in closer alignment, we hope that other PGA TOUR properties will do likewise as we help make the game more diverse and inclusive.”
O’Neal, who twice missed earning a PGA Tour card in Q-school by one shot, has played eight times on the PGA Tour and has 156 starts on the Korn Ferry Tour. He is a nine-time winner on the APGA Tour, created to provide opportunities inside and outside the ropes for underrepresented players.
DIVOTS
Atlanta-based Southern Company has renewed its partnership at the Tour Championship. Along with Accenture and Coca-Cola, the PGA Tour plans to be at East Lake for the foreseeable future. It had been exploring the possibility of a rotation. … Eight years after Lucy Li played in the U.S. Women’s Open at age 11, she’s headed for the LPGA Tour. Li became the first player to clinch a spot on the LPGA Tour next year through the Epson Tour money list courtesy of two wins, a runner-up finish and a pair of top 5s. … Bobbi Stricker made it through the first stage of LPGA qualifying with a 69 on the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills, the old home of the LPGA’s first major. She tied for seventh. She had for a caddie her father, Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker.
STAT OF THE WEEK
Xander Schauffele is 52-under par in his five years at the Tour Championship. He has been under par in 18 of his 20 rounds — the exceptions were an even-par 70. He has yet to win a trophy at East Lake.
FINAL WORD
“Maybe a Tiger injury.” — Patrick Cantlay, on why no one has repeated as FedEx Cup champion. Woods won in 2007 and 2009 and was recovering from season-ending knee surgery in 2008.
___
More AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | https://fox59.com/sports/ap-sports/justin-lower-lost-pga-tour-card-liv-might-help-get-it-back/ | 2022-08-24 10:28:42 | 0 | https://fox59.com/sports/ap-sports/justin-lower-lost-pga-tour-card-liv-might-help-get-it-back/ |
850 Supercuts hair educators, managers and stylists are set to attend with major vendors including Paul Mitchell, Matrix, Redken, Biolage, Nioxin and Sebastian
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Supercuts is relaunching in-person training events with the biggest event yet. On January 10, the hair salon franchise will host 850 Supercuts educators, managers and stylists for a two-day training experience. The Las Vegas Education Destination is an investment by Supercuts and Regis Corporation in the ongoing education of Supercuts stylists from around the country.
During the event, vendors will host breakout sessions to teach the latest techniques and trends in hairstyling. The attendees will then educate fellow Supercuts stylists at their own salons. Along with Paul Mitchell, the Las Vegas Education Destination Event will also feature lessons from Matrix®, Redken®, Biolage®, Nioxin® and Sebastian.
"One of Supercuts' top priorities is creating an environment that fosters our stylists' growth through ongoing education. We invest in our trainers, managers and stylists because they are what makes our salons special," says Jamie Suarez, SVP of Merchandising and Education for Regis Corporation. "We want our stylists to have access to the latest techniques and trends. Our events, like the Las Vegas Education Destination, provide them the opportunity to learn from some of the best in the business."
Dedicated to supporting and inspiring its stylists, Supercuts has regular ongoing education opportunities no matter where stylists are in their careers. Supercuts believes in education from the start. Training through Supercuts' Hair Stylists' Academy, in-person training sessions at salons and digital training sessions are all available for stylists at Supercuts and are conducted by specially trained Supercuts educators across the nation.
As of September 30, 2022, there are 2,233 individually owned and operated Supercuts franchise salons. Supercuts leads the salon industry in convenient, quality hair care services and supporting stylists through ongoing education opportunities. With millions of guest visits per year for haircutting, hair-color services and more, the franchise's proven technique, highly trained stylists and nationally recognized professional brands of hair care products offer an exceptional guest experience. Download the Supercuts app in the App Store, or on Google Play. For additional information about Supercuts, visit Supercuts.com
Regis Corporation (NYSE:RGS) is a leader in the haircare industry. As of September 30, 2022, the Company franchised, owned or held ownership interests in 5,494 locations worldwide. Regis' franchised and corporate locations operate under concepts such as Supercuts®, SmartStyle®, Cost Cutters®, Roosters® and First Choice Haircutters®. Regis maintains an ownership interest in Empire Education Group in the U.S. For additional information about the Company, including a reconciliation of certain non-GAAP financial information and certain supplemental financial information, please visit the Investor Relations section of the corporate website at www.regiscorp.com.
For more information, please contact Anna Torrez at anna@media-minefield.com or 612-351-8313.
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE Supercuts; Regis Corporation | https://www.1011now.com/prnewswire/2023/01/06/supercuts-investing-stylists-training-with-las-vegas-education-destination/ | 2023-01-06 16:55:25 | 0 | https://www.1011now.com/prnewswire/2023/01/06/supercuts-investing-stylists-training-with-las-vegas-education-destination/ |
VIGO COUNTY, Ind. — Indiana State Police say a Terre Haute man was arrested for DUI case while driving with his kids.
ISP says on June 8 around 5 p.m. a trooper stopped a passenger vehicle for expired plates and an equipment violation at 9th Street and 1st Avenue. The driver was identified as 33-year-old Ricky R Combs Jr.
During the traffic stop the trooper observed signs of impairment from Combs Jr. and administered several field sobriety tests which he failed. He also took a certified chemical test showing he had a blood alcohol content (BAC) of .12%.
Combs Jr. was arrested and taken to the Vigo County Jail. His four-year-old and nine-year-old children were also in the car at the time of the arrest.
The Vigo County Department of Child Services was contacted in reference to the children’s welfare. They were released to a family member.
Combs Jr. has preliminary charges of driving while intoxicated with a passenger less than 18, Class 6 Felony, neglect of a dependent, Class 6 Felony, operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (prior conviction), Class 6 Felony and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, Class A Misdemeanor.
No pretrial hearing or court dates were set as of Friday morning.
The investigation is ongoing. | https://cbs4indy.com/indiana-news/terre-haute-man-arrested-in-dui-case-while-driving-children/ | 2023-06-09 14:06:07 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/indiana-news/terre-haute-man-arrested-in-dui-case-while-driving-children/ |
California officials waiting for 12 homes to fall into canyon after massive landslide
The homes have been evacuated and eight more were destroyed in the Los Angeles suburb of Rolling Hills Estates
Officials in Los Angeles County on Tuesday said there is nothing left to do but wait for a dozen homes that were evacuated over the weekend because of landslides to crash down into a canyon below.
Twelve homes in Rolling Hills Estates on Peartree Lane have been red-tagged and eight homes were destroyed as the ground underneath continues to slide away, FOX LA reported. Ten homes were "actively" moving, the LA County Fire Department said.
CALIFORNIA VIOLENT CRIME TRIPLED AS SUSPECTS WALKED FREE WITHOUT BAIL: REFORM STUDY
Rolling Hills Estates city officials are expected to meet Tuesday night to declare a state of emergency.
Fire officials responded to a home on Peartree Lane over a report of a residential water leak around 4 p.m. Saturday. Responding crews noticed cracks and structural damage both inside and outside the home, prompting further investigation, according to Craig Little with the LA County Fire Department.
Some residents said they heard cracks underneath their homes as early as last Thursday.
"[I] was taken on a brief tour looking at the fissure that was winding its way through these 12 homes and even in the 45 minutes I was here, the land continued to move, in my opinion, very quickly," LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn explained during a weekend news conference. "Since I was here last night, I've been told the land has moved about six feet."
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
Officials said the land movement was possibly being caused by excessive rainfall or an underlying issue. The site has not yet been examined by a geologist.
As of Tuesday, 16 residents have been displaced, the city said. The county Assessor's officer said it would support the impacted resident by reassessing their property values and lowering or eliminating their property tax.
Fox News Digital's Andrea Vacchiano contributed to this report. | https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-officials-waiting-12-homes-fall-canyon-massive-landslide | 2023-07-11 20:39:38 | 1 | https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-officials-waiting-12-homes-fall-canyon-massive-landslide |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve may reach a turning point this week as it announces what’s expected to be another substantial three-quarter-point hike in its key interest rate — its fourth straight.
Fed officials will likely engage in a fraught debate over whether it may soon be time to slow its rate hikes, which are intended to cool the worst inflation in four decades but are also raising the risk of a recession.
At a news conference Wednesday after the Fed’s latest meeting, Chair Jerome Powell could signal a forthcoming shift to smaller rate increases. Doing so would give officials time to assess the impact of the hikes.
Powell won’t explicitly spell out the Fed’s likely next moves. But economists say he could acknowledge that officials are discussing a downshift to a half-point rate increase in December. The Fed’s hikes have already led to much costlier borrowing rates, ranging from mortgages to auto and business loans.
Those higher loan costs have weakened the home market, in particular. The average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, which was just 3.14% a year ago, topped 7% last week for the first time since 2002, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported. Sales of existing homes have fallen for eight straight months.
Fed officials have stressed that they need to raise rates significantly to tame inflation, which has caused hardships for millions of households. High inflation has also become a central point of attack for Republicans against Democrats in the midterm congressional elections.
Yet some economists have said the Fed should soon consider scaling back the fastest pace of rate increases since the early 1980s.
“It is time to think about calibrating these rate hikes,” said Diane Swonk, chief economist at KPMG. As the Fed moves closer to finishing its rate increases, she said, “it makes sense to not be hitting the brakes so hard.”
The Fed’s benchmark short-term rate stands in a range of 3% to 3.25%. In September, policymakers forecast that they’d raise it by an additional 1.25 percentage points by year’s end. That timetable suggests a three-quarter-point hike on Wednesday and a half-point increase in December.
One concern for the Fed is that if it suggests it could ease its credit tightening, the financial markets might conclude that it will soon stop raising rates altogether and perhaps cut them next year. Stock and bond prices would move higher, countering the Fed’s efforts to slow the economy.
Fed watchers say there are two ways the central bank could avoid raising any misplaced optimism: Officials could send a tough anti-inflation message Wednesday by reiterating a point from the minutes of their September meeting. The minutes showed that the policymakers preferred to err on the side of raising rates too high, rather than raising them too little and risk perpetuating high inflation.
Another possibility is that in December, when policymakers will update their economic forecasts, they could pencil in an extra quarter-point rate hike early next year to underscore their determination to curb inflation, which reached a punishing 8.2% in September.
One reason the Fed might begin pulling back soon is that some early signs suggest that inflation could start declining in 2023. Consumers, squeezed by high prices and costlier loans, are starting to spend less. Supply chain snarls are easing — ocean freight costs have plunged 67% in the past year — which means fewer shortages. Wage growth is plateauing, which, if followed by declines, would reduce inflationary pressures.
For now, though, many Fed officials have said they see few signs inflation is coming down in a sustainable way.
“We need to see actual progress in core inflation and services inflation, and we are not seeing it yet,” Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, said recently. (Core inflation excludes volatile food and energy costs and is considered a good reflection of underlying price pressures.)
A few have sounded more optimistic notes. Fed Vice Chair Lael Brainard listed several reasons inflation would likely fall soon, including price cuts by retailers to clear excess inventories. As a result, she said “moving forward deliberately” would help the Fed determine how the economy is handling its rate hikes and how many more might be needed.
And Mary Daly, president of the San Francisco Fed, noted recently that the central bank won’t be carrying out three-quarter-point rate hikes indefinitely.
“The time is now to start talking about stepping down,” Daly said.
Most of the signs of easing inflation have emerged in private-sector data sources, including websites that track rents and home prices. Some economists think Fed officials will have to assign greater weight to such sources in the coming months.
The data firm ApartmentList, for example, said rents in new leases fell from August to September for the first time this year. Even tracked over the past 12 months, the still-high 6.8% increase in rents was far less than the 12-month increase of 17.1% that was measured a year ago.
Yet in the government’s consumer price index, housing costs are still rising at the fastest pace in decades. That reflects what many people are experiencing: Apartment dwellers who are now renewing leases likely face higher rents than they did a year ago.
The slowdown in housing costs will eventually feed into the government’s data, though it could take a year or longer. Many economists think the Fed will have to take those slowing housing costs into account before then.
Kathy Bostjancic, chief U.S. economist at Nationwide, said that as interest rates reach levels that slow growth, and real-time data show slowdowns in rents and wages, Fed officials “need to be looking through the front windshield, not the back, and be more careful with their rate increases.”
Other central banks have already started pulling back. The Bank of Canada raised rates by only a half-point last week even though a three-quarter-point hike was expected. The European Central Bank raised its key rate by 0.75 percentage point but signaled that its increases could cool.
These moves “contributed to expectations that a dovish pivot is coming for all global central banks,” said economists at TD Ameritrade. | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/key-issue-as-fed-meets-this-week-when-to-slow-rate-hikes/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | 2022-10-31 15:05:23 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/key-issue-as-fed-meets-this-week-when-to-slow-rate-hikes/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
Buu Nygren beat out Jonathan Nez as president of the Navajo Nation.
As the Associated Press reported, it's a position that wields influence across the United States because of the size of the tribe’s reservation.
The reservation, located in the U.S. Southwest, has a huge population.
35-year-old Nygren campaigned on being the candidate for change. While he has experience in construction management, he has never held political office.
The race was nonpartisan, and Nygren told voters he would get some of the nation's most long-awaited projects going.
“I’ve said it time and time again, that we want to do the things that are tough,” he said at an event at the fairgrounds in the tribal capital of Window Rock.
Nygren's win with running mate Richelle Montoya puts an elected woman in the President and Vice President's office for the first time in Navajo Nation history. | https://www.kgun9.com/news/national/buu-nygren-wins-navajo-nation-president-race-beats-incumbent | 2022-11-10 05:33:28 | 1 | https://www.kgun9.com/news/national/buu-nygren-wins-navajo-nation-president-race-beats-incumbent |
(NewsNation) — Amtrak ridership has seen a steep drop since 2019 when the train service pulled in 32.5 million riders, to 2021, when Amtrak saw 12.5 million riders. Despite the drop in riders and huge financial losses for the operation, Amtrak executives still received huge bonuses.
Amtrak CEO William Flynn received $284,205 in bonuses in 2021. Company President Stephen Gardner got $261,359 in bonuses, Deputy General Counsel William Herrmann received $300,981 in bonuses. Overall, there were nine Amtrak executives who received more than $200,000 in bonuses.
Gary Peterson, the chief of staff for the Transport Workers Union, said non-executive Amtrak employees can’t make any sense of the executive bonuses given Amtrak’s recent performance.
“Not anything that we can pinpoint in the current environment that would allow for awarding of such rich bonuses for executives while the workers are out there trying to make ends meet with everything going on, specifically the period of COVID, for sure,” Peterson said.
Financial losses have plagued Amtrak virtually its entire existence, despite Congress pumping trillions of dollars into it over the years.
Congress pledged to give $66 billion to the rail sector as part of its $1 trillion infrastructure bill, with Amtrak being one of the primary recipients.
“There is no justification,” Peterson said. “Clearly, Congress did not agree to provide any type of executive bonus compensation, and here we are looking at these numbers that nobody can make sense of.”
In a Wednesday interview with Peterson on NewsNation’s “On Balance with Leland Vittert,” Vittert called into question the practicality of keeping Amtrak funded, given its drop in ridership and severe financial woes.
Peterson said he had no disagreement with the criticisms of Amtrak, but said studies need to be done to make passenger rail more practical, as it will be a critical part of transportation infrastructure in the next century.
“Everything needs to be looked at on viability and why we’re doing it, there’s no disagreement there,” Peterson said. “But even public sector transit as well, as we venture into the next century, how that looks and the studies that are being done to make it viable for the folks that need it certainly needs to be put into perspective.” | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/national-news/amtrak-execs-receive-bonuses-nobody-can-make-sense-of/ | 2022-10-13 19:11:20 | 1 | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/national-news/amtrak-execs-receive-bonuses-nobody-can-make-sense-of/ |
SAN DIEGO, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HiDef Inc., today announced a partnership with Camera company Snap Inc. with plans to develop a breakthrough off-platform social mobile game.
The game will leverage AR for a first-of-its-kind digital experience as well as Bitmoji, the avatar of the internet. Bitmoji joined the Snap family more than five years ago, and today over 1 Billion Bitmoji avatars have been created demonstrating a huge opportunity for a personalized and immersive game experience.
"We're working with HiDef as a marquee partner because of their leadership in the gaming and entertainment space, as well as our shared goal of engaging audiences through creative expression," said Pany Haritatos, Head of Snap Games. "Games have already captured the interest of 300 million Snapchatters and we are excited to team up with HiDef on this exciting new music and dance game."
"There are over 1 Billion Bitmoji avatars just waiting to dance! We're honored Snap chose HiDef to bring their community onto the virtual dance floor," said Chip Lange, CEO at HiDef, Inc. "Our game will offer a new place for Snapchat's audience to express themselves creatively through music and dance."
Snap and HiDef share a focus on the next generation of digital experiences and are partnering to create a game that connects and entertains people at scale. To further support this like-minded outlook, Snap will support HiDef's upcoming flagship game IP, a game that is setting out to throw a dance party for billions around the world.
HiDef was co-founded in 2019 by interactive entertainment veterans Anthony Castoro, Jace Hall, and Rick Fox and social impact expert Dr. David Washington to build breakthrough interactive experiences, via a proprietary technology platform, that transcend traditional gaming boundaries and demographics. HiDef's games are designed to give unimagined creative expression to the universe of gamers and will contribute to the ongoing effort of social good and transformation. HiDef has partnerships with Unity and an Advisory Board made up of talented change-makers and notable leaders in the games, social good, and entertainment spaces helping HiDef to shape the future of gaming. For more information, please visit www.HiDef.com and follow HiDef on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Snap Inc. is a camera company. We believe that reinventing the camera represents our greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. We contribute to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. For more information, visit snap.com.
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE HiDef, Inc. | https://www.weau.com/prnewswire/2022/06/07/hidef-partners-with-snap-bring-upcoming-bitmoji-music-dance-game-life/ | 2022-06-07 13:50:56 | 1 | https://www.weau.com/prnewswire/2022/06/07/hidef-partners-with-snap-bring-upcoming-bitmoji-music-dance-game-life/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is putting out the word that expected stopovers in the United States by Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen would fall in line with recent precedent and should not be used as a pretext by China to step up aggressive activity in the Taiwan Strait.
In recent weeks, senior U.S. officials in Washington and Beijing have underscored to their Chinese counterparts that transit visits through the United States during broader international travel by the Taiwanese president have been routine over the years, according to a senior administration official. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter.
In such unofficial visits in recent years, Tsai has met with members of Congress and the Taiwanese diaspora and has been welcomed by the chairperson of the American Institute in Taiwan, the U.S. government-run nonprofit that carries out unofficial relations with Taiwan. The official added that the anticipated stopover is “nothing new” and is consistent with longstanding U.S. policy.
Taiwan’s office of the president confirmed on Tuesday that Tsai is tentatively scheduled to transit through New York on March 30 before heading to Guatemala and Belize. She’s expected to stop in Los Angeles on April 5 on her way back to Taiwan. The office did not provide details of her itinerary while in the U.S.
Tsai transited through the United States six times between 2016 and 2019 before slowing international travel with the coronavirus pandemic. In reaction to those visits, China rhetorically lashed out against the U.S. and Taiwan.
The Biden administration is trying to avoid a replay of the heavy-handed response by China that came after then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan last year.
Following Pelosi’s August visit, Beijing launched missiles over Taiwan, deployed warships across the median line of the Taiwan Strait and carried out military exercises near the island. Beijing also suspended climate talks with the U.S. and restricted military-to-military communication with the Pentagon.
Beijing sees official American contact with Taiwan as encouragement to make the island’s decades-old de facto independence permanent, a step U.S. leaders say they don’t support. Pelosi, D-Calif., was the highest-ranking elected American official to visit the island since Speaker Newt Gingrich in 1997. Under the “one China” policy, the U.S. recognizes Beijing as the government of China and doesn’t have diplomatic relations with Taiwan but has maintained that Taipei is an important partner in the Indo-Pacific.
U.S. officials are increasingly worried about China’s long-stated goals of unifying Taiwan with the mainland and the possibility of war over Taiwan. The self-ruled island democracy is claimed by Beijing as part of its territory. The 1979 Taiwan Relations Act, which has governed U.S. relations with the island, does not require the U.S. to step in militarily if China invades but makes it American policy to ensure Taiwan has the resources to defend itself and to prevent any unilateral change of status by Beijing.
The difficult U.S.-China relationship has only become more complicated since Pelosi’s visit.
Last month, President Joe Biden ordered a Chinese spy balloon shot out of the sky after it traversed the continental United States. And the Biden administration in recent weeks has said that U.S. intelligence findings show that China is weighing sending arms to Russia for its ongoing war in Ukraine, but it does not have evidence that suggests Beijing has decided to follow through on supplying Moscow.
The Biden administration postponed a planned visit to Beijing by Secretary of State Antony Blinken following the balloon controversy but has signaled it would like to get such a visit back on track.
The White House on Monday also said officials are in talks with China about possible visits by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo focused on economic matters. Biden has also said he expects to soon hold a call with China’s Xi Jinping.
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said “keeping those lines of communication open” is still valuable.
Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi met in Moscow on Monday, the first face-to-face meeting between the allies since before Russia launched its Ukraine invasion more than a year ago.
The Taiwanese government earlier this month said that Tsai planned stops in New York and Southern California during an upcoming broader international trip.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, has said he would meet with Tsai when she is in the U.S. and has not ruled out the possibility of traveling to Taiwan in a show of support.
___
AP journalist Johnson Lai in Taipei contributed reporting.
___
This story has been corrected to show China lashed out against the U.S., not against China. | https://www.fox16.com/news/politics/ap-politics/us-tells-china-not-to-overread-likely-taiwan-president-visit/ | 2023-03-21 15:00:38 | 1 | https://www.fox16.com/news/politics/ap-politics/us-tells-china-not-to-overread-likely-taiwan-president-visit/ |
Competitive gaming has been around since the dawn of the first video games, but it has undergone several significant changes in the last three decades. Before the internet or network capabilities, players competed for the highest score, trying to beat others with their fast fingers.
However, the internet and advances in computer components open the door for gamers to compete directly against each other. One of the first titles to allow this was “Neverwinter Nights,” ushering in the massively multiplayer online role-playing game genre.
Eventually, competitive gaming morphed into esports, short for electronic sports, where players form professional teams and participate in massive tournaments for serious cash prizes.
In this article: MSI Titan GT77 17.3-Inch Gaming Laptop, Acer Nitro 5 Gaming Laptop and Razer Blade 14 Gaming Laptop.
To be the best, you must be fast
Competitive gaming isn’t that far removed from any other sport. Of course, there are a few exceptions, but the general trait of being the fastest to win the match or gain the most points remains the same.
The human aspects of competitive gaming rely on reaction time and the ability to problem-solve quickly, but the computer’s internal components are equally as important. Without the proper tools, a gamer’s computer could be a few milliseconds slower than his opponent, putting him at a disadvantage.
Three critical pieces go into a competitive gaming computer, and if you want to play wherever you are, a laptop.
- Central Processing Unit. The CPU is the overall brain of any computer. The faster the gigahertz of the processor, the more calculations it can do and tell the other components how and when to function. Gamers can choose between Intel and AMD.
- Random Access Memory. The RAM is a computer’s short-term memory and stores data for when the processor needs it.
- Graphics Processing Unit. The GPU, often called the graphics card, is solely responsible for rendering visuals on a display. The faster and more onboard RAM a graphics card has, the better it can handle resource-intensive games and show them at higher frame rates.
Also, with anything that happens online, the internet speeds and latency matter, too. There are components that can increase the speeds and lower the latency, but for the most part, it comes down to the internet service provider and to which server the computer connects.
Several accessories also help gamers to push past their competition. For example, a gaming mouse and keyboard with extremely high accuracy can improve reaction time, and high-end headphones let gamers hear every subtle sound.
Best laptop for competitive gaming
MSI Titan GT77 17.3-Inch Gaming Laptop
This gaming laptop has all the essential components to be the best. It has a 12th-generation Intel Core i7 processor with a maximum clock speed of 4.8GHZ, 32GB of DDR 5 RAM and an Nvidia RTX 3070 Ti graphics card. The 4K display has a 120Hz refresh rate and comes with 1TB of storage.
Sold by Amazon
This compact 15.6-inch gaming laptop has a display refresh rate of 165Hz, powered by an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti graphics card. It has 32GB of RAM, 2TB of storage and a Killer DoubleShot Pro keyboard with zone RGB lighting.
Sold by Amazon
This 14-inch gaming laptop is an excellent choice if you want to play on the go. It features an AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX processor, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti graphics card and 16GB of RAM.
Sold by Amazon
Lenovo IdeaPad 3 Gaming Laptop
This 15.6-inch laptop has a display refresh rate of 120Hz, uses an AMD 6-Core Ryzen 5 5600H processor, and the visuals are driven by an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050Ti graphics card. It has 16GB of RAM, 1TB of storage and a backlit keyboard.
Sold by Amazon
Asus TUF Gaming A15 Gaming Laptop
This 15.6-inch gaming laptop might be small in stature, but it packs a punch. It comes with an AMD Ryzen 7 6800H processor, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card and 16GB of DDR5 RAM. It has a 512GB solid-state hard drive and Wi-Fi 6 network card. The display has a 300Hz refresh rate.
Sold by Amazon
Other competitive gaming laptop accessories to consider
SteelSeries Rival 3 Wireless Gaming Mouse
SteelSeries has a long history with competitive gaming peripherals, and the Rival 3 is no exception to its quality. The wireless mouse has a battery life of over 400 hours, is optimized for ultra-low latency wired-like performance and has two additional buttons on the side.
Sold by Amazon
Razer BlackWidow V3 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
A keyboard is one of the essential components for competitive gaming, and the BlackWidow V3 is an excellent choice. This mechanical keyboard features yellow key switches built for speed, with an actuation point of just 1.2 millimeters. It has Doubleshot ABS keycaps, pre-key RGB lighting and a wrist rest.
Sold by Amazon
Large RGB Gaming Mouse Mat Pad
An excellent mouse pad can make a huge difference when speed is key. This one features RGB lighting around the edges with two levels of brightness, an anti-slip rubber base and a waterproof coating. It measures 31.5 inches long, 11.8 inches wide and 0.6 inches thick.
Sold by Amazon
Logitech G Pro X Gaming Headset
The ability to hear your opponents are crucial, and the G Pro X makes that easy. It features a thick padded headband and a detachable microphone for team communications and uses near-object and 7.1 surround sound. It has large 50-millimeter audio drivers for crystal-clear sound.
Sold by Amazon
AutoFull Ergonomic Gamer Chair
A laptop lets you play wherever you are, but you still need an excellent chair. This one is at the top of the range, as it features a 3D lumbar cushion, thick memory foam padding on the backrest and seat and it reclines from 90 degrees to 155 degrees.
Sold by Amazon
Want to shop the best products at the best prices? Check out Daily Deals from BestReviews.
Sign up here to receive the BestReviews weekly newsletter for useful advice on new products and noteworthy deals.
Charlie Fripp writes for BestReviews. BestReviews has helped millions of consumers simplify their purchasing decisions, saving them time and money.
BestReviews spends thousands of hours researching, analyzing and testing products to recommend the best picks for most consumers.
Copyright 2023 BestReviews, a Nexstar company. All rights reserved. | https://www.cenlanow.com/reviews/br/electronics-br/laptop-computers-br/which-laptop-is-best-for-competitive-gaming/ | 2023-02-23 19:48:09 | 1 | https://www.cenlanow.com/reviews/br/electronics-br/laptop-computers-br/which-laptop-is-best-for-competitive-gaming/ |
Yemen: Saudis free 13 Houthis as Omani officials visit Sanaa
BY SAMY MAGDY
Associated Press
CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels say Saudi Arabia released 13 war prisoners. The Houthis say the prisoners arrived Saturday in the capital, Sanaa. They say the prisoners were released in exchange of a Saudi prisoner who the Houthis freed earlier. Omani officials, meanwhile, landed in Sanaa for talks with Houthi officials in the latest efforts to renew a cease-fire deal which expired in October. Oman has for years hosted talks between the Iranian-backed Houthis and Saudi Arabia. Yemen’s conflict began in 2014, when the Houthis seized Sanaa, ousting the internationally recognized government. The Houthi move prompted a Saudi-led coalition to intervene months later in a bid to restore the internationally recognized government to power. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2023/04/08/yemen-saudis-free-13-houthis-as-omani-officials-visit-sanaa/ | 2023-04-08 20:18:03 | 0 | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2023/04/08/yemen-saudis-free-13-houthis-as-omani-officials-visit-sanaa/ |
River Prairie Festival will feature competing local singers
ALTOONA, Wis. (WEAU) -An artist market, yoga in the park, and a cover song competition are just a few events in the works for the 2023 River Prairie Festival kicking off this weekend.
The River Prairie Festival will take place at River Prairie Park in Altoona from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday, May 13. One of the events is the Take The Mic competition where youth and adult singers will perform a cover song and compete for cash prizes and a trophy. Sponsor and Event Organizer, Brenda Knutson, said her favorite part of the event is seeing the excitement on the performer’s faces.
“We’re really fortunate to be in a community that celebrates art so much and just seeing people that supported each other, supported the people who were singing, it’s an amazing community event,” Knutson said.
There are three prizes up for grabs in both the youth and adult category. There is a chance to win $500, $250, or $100. Knutson said there are still a few spots open in the competition.
To register for the contest click here.
To find out festival details click here.
Copyright 2023 WEAU. All rights reserved. | https://www.weau.com/2023/05/10/river-prairie-festival-will-feature-competing-local-singers/ | 2023-05-10 14:42:39 | 0 | https://www.weau.com/2023/05/10/river-prairie-festival-will-feature-competing-local-singers/ |
Deerfield Rochelle Zell Jewish built a comfortable first-quarter advantage in a 42-18 win over Chicago Josephinum in an Illinois girls basketball matchup.
You're reading a news brief powered by ScoreStream, a world leader in fan-driven sports results and conversation. Help us collect and deliver more game results from your favorite teams and players by downloading the ScoreStream app. Nearly a million users nationwide share team scores and player performance stats with this convenient free app. | https://pantagraph.com/sports/high-school/basketball/girls/deerfield-rochelle-zell-jewish-thumps-chicago-josephinum-in-punishing-decision-42-18/article_1915e5ea-f62e-5120-9701-072929db878b.html | 2022-12-20 06:04:35 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/sports/high-school/basketball/girls/deerfield-rochelle-zell-jewish-thumps-chicago-josephinum-in-punishing-decision-42-18/article_1915e5ea-f62e-5120-9701-072929db878b.html |
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday ordered the federal government to do more to address racial inequality as the challenges and complexities of systemic racism are again drawing the public’s attention.
The order, signed during Black History Month, requires that an initial review into long-standing disparities in government services and treatment that he ordered on his first day in office become an annual requirement for federal agencies. The reviews are aimed at increasing access to federal programs, services and activities for disadvantaged communities. The new order also directs federal agencies to have equity teams and name senior leaders who would be accountable for increasing equity and addressing bias.
“My Administration has embedded a focus on equity into the fabric of Federal policymaking and service delivery,” Biden wrote in the order, adding that, “By advancing equity, the Federal Government can support and empower all Americans, including the many communities in America that have been underserved, discriminated against, and adversely affected by persistent poverty and inequality.”
Last month, Tyre Nichols, a Black man, died several days after he was severely beaten by five police officers following a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee. Nichols was one of several Black men across the United States who died after encounters with police recently. The problem also extends to racial disparities in wealth, housing, crime and education that reflect decades of discriminatory policies.
Chiraag Bains, the president’s deputy assistant for racial justice and equity, said that the new order shows Biden is “doubling down” on the commitment he made on his first day as president “to put equity at the center of how this government operates.”
The order institutionalizes Biden’s pledge that government be open and accessible to all and “is a recognition that achieving equity is not a one- or a two-year project. It’s a generational commitment,” Bains told The Associated Press.
Federal agencies would need to improve the quality and frequency of their engagement with communities that have faced systemic discrimination. And it formalizes Biden’s goal of a 50% bump in federal procurement dollars that go to small and disadvantaged businesses by 2025.
Under the order, agencies must also focus on new civil rights threats, such as discrimination in automated technology and access for people with disabilities and for those who speak languages other than English. It also includes a push to improve the collection, transparency and analysis of data to help improve equity. | https://www.kark.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-biden-taking-new-steps-to-address-racial-inequality-in-govt/ | 2023-02-16 19:53:40 | 1 | https://www.kark.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-biden-taking-new-steps-to-address-racial-inequality-in-govt/ |
MOSCOW (AP) — Putin welcomes China’s plan to settle ‘acute crisis’ in Ukraine at start of talks with Xi Jinping at the Kremlin.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | https://www.kob.com/news/business-money/putin-welcomes-chinas-plan-to-settle-acute-crisis-in-ukraine-at-start-of-talks-with-xi-jinping-at-the-kremlin/ | 2023-03-20 14:43:31 | 0 | https://www.kob.com/news/business-money/putin-welcomes-chinas-plan-to-settle-acute-crisis-in-ukraine-at-start-of-talks-with-xi-jinping-at-the-kremlin/ |
The Louisiana high school football state championship games are being played this week at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, and this will be the place to keep up with scores for South Louisiana teams.
You can keep up with games featuring teams from the Baton Rouge, Lafayette and New Orleans areas in the scoreboard below.
The full schedule of the state title games being played in New Orleans includes:
Thursday
7 p.m. – Division IV select – Ouachita Christian vs. Vermilion Catholic
Friday
Noon – Division II select – St. Thomas More-Lafayette Christian
3:30 p.m. – Division III select – Dunham vs. St. Charles Catholic
7 p.m. – Division I nonselect – Ruston vs. Destrehan
Saturday
Noon – Division II nonselect – Lutcher vs. North DeSoto
7 p.m. – Division I select – Brother Martin vs. John Curtis
You can follow below to keep up with the games as they play out.
Louisiana prep football scores
Below you'll find live updates from south Louisiana high school football games. All of the information will update automatically (no need to refresh the page). When there's a change of possession, when a team enters the red zone or when there are less than two minutes left in a quarter, the respective boxes will turn green, red and yellow. Have feedback? Send your thoughts to kwhitfield@theadvocate.com. | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/high_schools/scoreboard/live-louisiana-high-school-football-state-title-scores---dunham-st-charles-catholic/article_961e1078-7676-11ed-a792-db7aa8e27c13.html | 2022-12-09 23:24:16 | 0 | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/high_schools/scoreboard/live-louisiana-high-school-football-state-title-scores---dunham-st-charles-catholic/article_961e1078-7676-11ed-a792-db7aa8e27c13.html |
Name Your Baby Something Weird
Soooo many of my friends are having babies these days. Whatever the reason, a lot of them come running for me for name suggestions. I get that I have an interesting name. Here's the thing, don't ask me my opinion if you plan on naming your baby something like "Matthew" or "Hailey". Sorry, but I'm one of those people who LOVES weird baby names.
Honestly, I'm not sure there's anyone more qualified to speak on this subject. Before arriving at Cat, I had never come across another soul who had the same name as me. Sure, I've heard of Jonna's, Jana's, Shayna's, and even Johna's, but still, THAT'S NOT MY NAME. Funny enough, I met a listener who spells her name the same as me. Yay for name twins!
However, I'm not sure she pronounces it the same way I do.
If you're given a name that would NEVER make it into the top 50 list of baby names, then you're probably a tiny bit familiar with the feeling. When people pronounce my name with a hard 'J' sound, it makes my blood run cold. My name's not pronounced 'Jawna' or even like 'John' with an "a" on the end. It's pronounced like 'genre' but without the "r". Hearing my name pronounced wrong is so cringey. Like, nails on a chalkboard CRINGE.
Not only do I have a weird first name, but my middle and last names aren't run-of-the-mill either. Before you ask the question, yes, 'Michal' is on my birth certificate. I have creative parents, that's for sure. While I thank them for forcing a piece of individuality on me, I didn't always feel that way. Growing up with a weird name was ROUGH, let me tell you. Kids can be SO MEAN! I heard every single name in the book, but you know what? I wouldn't trade my name for the world now.
You know how they say that you eventually grow into your name? I'm a firm believer in that. I think when a child is given an unorthodox name, the child learns what it means to blaze their own path sooner than most. You learn at a young age that there's no one else like you, so your mind starts to shape your worldview already accepting that each person is different - a healthy lesson to learn while you're young, isn't it?
Since I keep getting asked my opinion on the matter, I felt it'd be remiss of me to stay silent on the topic. So, let the record show that if you're searching for a name for your child that isn't necessarily the norm, take it from an oddly-named artsy type, your kid will thank you for it. | https://catcountry1073.com/unique-names-day-weird-baby-names/ | 2023-05-05 19:33:12 | 1 | https://catcountry1073.com/unique-names-day-weird-baby-names/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. – Father’s Day is Sunday, June 18, a day to celebrate all things fatherly.
Here are a few ways you can commemorate dad right here in Central Florida:
SATURDAY, JUNE 17
Father’s Day Grilling Dinner
Join Publix Aprons Cooking School for a fun-filled grilling opportunity that dad will love.
Event starts at 6:30 p.m.
Admission is free.
Click here for more information.
Address: Lake Miriam Square, 4730 Florida Ave S, Lakeland, FL 33813
[TRENDING: Become a News 6 Insider]
Father’s Day Pub Crawl
Celebrate dad all weekend long at SeaWorld Orlando.
Purchase a nine-item sampling lanyard for $89.99 to use toward tasting a wide range of delights for dad.
Park admission not included.
Click here for more information.
Address: 7007 Sea World Drive, Orlando, FL 32821
SUNDAY, JUNE 18
Father’s Day at Tapa Toro
A free beer for dad with a purchase of an entrée. Open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Click here for more information.
Address: 8441 International Drive, Orlando, FL 32819
Father’s Day at Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Celebrate dad with free admission for all dads and grandpas at Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens.
Zoo is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This offer must be accompanied by a paid admission and must be purchased at the gate.
Click here for more information.
Address: 3755 W Seminole Blvd, Sanford, FL 32771
Father’s Day foam party
Over at Balmoral Bar & Grill, this event is set to make a splash. A live DJ will perform and meal deals will be offered.
The event runs from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Tickets will be available here at $35 for adults and $30 for children.
Address: 124 Kenny Boulevard, Haines City, FL 33844
Free Admission for Caregivers at the Orange County History Center
Celebrate all caregivers at the Orange County History Center.
The offer stands from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Father’s Day, when free admission will be offered to any caregiver accompanied by their loved one.
Click here for more information.
Address: 65 E Central Blvd, Orlando, FL 32801
Father’s Day at Bricks & Brews
Have yourself some family-friendly brick building with Bricks & Brews at Swan Brewing.
The competition is set to run from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., and all bricks will be provided at a cost of $10 per person.
Click here for more information.
Address: 115 W Pine Street, Lakeland, FL 33815
Father’s Day Celebration at Boxi Park Lake Nona
Spend a day with dad fit with live music, BBQ and games the whole family can enjoy.
This event starts at 12:00 p.m.
Click here for more information.
Address: 6877 Tavistock Lakes Blvd, Orlando, FL 32827
Father’s Day Adventure Race at Little Big Econ State Forest
Racers can expect a fun outing, with easy and challenging tracks to choose from, and a cookout to celebrate dad.
Event check-in starts at 7 a.m., and the race will start at 8 a.m.
An early “Per Racer Fee” is available for $80, with regular pricing set at $90.
Click here for more information.
Address: Jones East Trailhead — Snow Hill Road, Geneva, FL 32732
Father’s Day Improv Show at SAK Comedy Lab
Treat dad to a special improv comedy show at SAK.
While general admission is $22, a $25 purchase will includes dad’s admission and a custom picture/message inclusion on a Father’s Day presentation that will play after intermission.
Shows will be at 1 p.m., 2 p.m. (sold out), 3:15 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
Click here for more information.
Address: 29 S Orange Ave, Orlando, FL 32801
The Rock and Roll Playhouse plays music of Grateful Dead at Tuffy’s Music Box
The Rock and Roll Playhouse, described as a family concert series hosted at historic music venues across the country, will take on classic Grateful Dead hits for people of all ages to enjoy.
Doors open at 11 a.m. and the show begins at 12 p.m.
General Admission Tickets will be $15.
Click here for more information.
Address: 200 Myrtle Ave, Sanford, FL 32771
Check out every episode of Riff On This in the media player below: | https://www.clickorlando.com/entertainment/2023/06/14/best-things-to-do-with-dad-this-fathers-day-in-central-florida/ | 2023-06-14 17:31:51 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/entertainment/2023/06/14/best-things-to-do-with-dad-this-fathers-day-in-central-florida/ |
A look at Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees as he approaches major home run milestones:
Season HR Total: 60
Saturday’s Game: Went 0 for 3 with two strikeouts and a walk in a 7-5 win over Boston at Yankee Stadium. He has gone four games without a home run and remains just shy of the AL record of 61 set by Roger Maris of the Yankees in 1961.
Sunday Night’s Matchup: The Yankees host the Red Sox at 7:08 p.m. ET on ESPN. Rookie right-hander Brayan Bello is set to start for Boston. Rain is in the forecast.
Current HR Pace: Judge is on pace to hit 64.4 home runs this season.
Next HR: Judge’s next home run would tie him with Maris. The Yankees have 11 games remaining the regular season.
___
More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | https://cbs4indy.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-yankees-star-judge-needs-1-homer-to-tie-maris-al-mark-of-61/ | 2022-09-25 22:43:56 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-yankees-star-judge-needs-1-homer-to-tie-maris-al-mark-of-61/ |
When he was thinking about the Helios Ensemble’s summer concert, founder-conductor Benjamin Hansen had an idea: What if he took movements from Masses composed throughout the span of classical music — from the Renaissance to today — and wove them together into one glorious “Mosaic Mass”?
He started with the Kyrie from 16th-century Flemish composer Orlando di Lasso’s “Missa super osculetur me” representing the Renaissance era and ended it with the Agnus Dei from Stravinsky’s 20th-century Mass.
“I think it’s really fun. You get a lot of contrasting styles,” said Hansen, who will lead 37 Helios vocalists and a 28-member orchestra in a concert Sunday, July 17, anchored by the “Mosaic Mass.”
The di Lasso and Stravinsky’s movements bookend the traditional Mass’s other movements: the Gloria (and more) from Baroque composer Bach’s Mass in B-minor; Beethoven’s Credo from his Mass in C, representing the late Romantic/early Classical period; and the Sanctus and Benedictus from Poulenc’s Mass in G major, representing the modern era.
People are also reading…
Hansen said he chose to end the piece with Stravinsky, whose Agnus Dei calls for a larger orchestra with woodwinds, trombones and English horn, creating a “serene, cool disposition to send you off to space.”
“It’s neoclassical and cool in the 20th-century traditional sense of the word,” Hansen explained, calling Stravinsky’s movement a “plea for peace, filled with disillusionment and sadness and desperation” that seemed “fitting for the times we’re living in.”
Sunday’s concert at Catalina United Methodist Church, 2700 E. Speedway, also includes solo works by Beethoven, Liszt and Thomas Weelkes, and works for full choir by Eric Whitacre, Martin Lauridsen and Emily Drum.
“I’m really kind of excited about it,” Hansen said.
Helios, which Hansen launched in 2014, will perform at 4 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $20 at the door, or $18 online through heliosensemble.org. Preferred seats are $40 and students with ID are free.
Contact reporter Cathalena E. Burch at cburch@tucson.com. On Twitter @Starburch | https://tucson.com/entertainment/music/helios-ensemble-pieces-together-classical-music-for-the-ages/article_a4b653d8-f954-11ec-a55c-9be61aaa1282.html | 2022-07-14 01:31:59 | 0 | https://tucson.com/entertainment/music/helios-ensemble-pieces-together-classical-music-for-the-ages/article_a4b653d8-f954-11ec-a55c-9be61aaa1282.html |
NY Burlington VT Zone Forecast for Monday, November 7, 2022
_____
402 FPUS51 KBTV 081055
ZFPBTV
Zone Forecast Product for Vermont
National Weather Service Burlington VT
551 AM EST Tue Nov 8 2022
NYZ028-081800-
Eastern Clinton-
Including the cities of Champlain and Plattsburgh
551 AM EST Tue Nov 8 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 20s, except in the upper 20s
along Lake Champlain. Northwest winds around 10 mph until
midnight, becoming light and variable.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 50. Light and variable winds,
becoming southeast around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Warmer with highs in the mid 60s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.VETERANS DAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of rain.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Lows in the
lower 50s. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of rain showers.
Lows in the lower 30s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 40s.
Lows in the mid 20s.
$$
NYZ031-081800-
Western Clinton-
Including the cities of Dannemora and Ellenburg
551 AM EST Tue Nov 8 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows around 19. Northwest winds around 10 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph until midnight, becoming light and
variable.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Light and variable
winds.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Southwest winds
around 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Warmer with highs in the lower 60s.
Southwest winds around 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.VETERANS DAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of rain.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Lows in the
upper 40s. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of rain showers.
Lows in the upper 20s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of snow showers. Highs in
the upper 30s. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s.
Highs in the mid 30s.
$$
NYZ026-081800-
Northern St. Lawrence-
Including the cities of Massena and Norfolk
551 AM EST Tue Nov 8 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Northwest winds around
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 20s. Light and variable
winds.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Light and variable
winds.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Southwest
winds around 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Warmer with highs in the mid 60s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.VETERANS DAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of rain.
Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Lows in the
upper 40s. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 30.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the upper 30s.
$$
NYZ087-081800-
Southwestern St. Lawrence-
Including the cities of Ogdensburg, Potsdam, and Gouverneur
551 AM EST Tue Nov 8 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. North winds around 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 20s. Light and variable
winds.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Light and variable
winds, becoming south around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. South winds
around 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.VETERANS DAY...Rain likely. Highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Lows in the
upper 40s. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of rain or snow
showers. Lows in the lower 30s. Chance of precipitation
40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain or snow showers.
Highs in the lower 40s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the upper 30s.
$$
NYZ029-081800-
Southeastern St. Lawrence-
Including the cities of South Colton and Star Lake
551 AM EST Tue Nov 8 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. North winds around
10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph this morning.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows around 18. Light and variable winds.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Light and variable
winds, becoming south around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.VETERANS DAY...Rain likely. Highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Lows in the mid
40s. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow
or rain showers. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs in the upper 30s.
Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows in the lower 20s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s.
$$
NYZ027-081800-
Northern Franklin-
Including the cities of Fort Covington and Malone
551 AM EST Tue Nov 8 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 20s. Light and variable
winds.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Light and variable
winds.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Southwest
winds around 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Warmer with highs in the mid 60s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.VETERANS DAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of rain.
Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Lows in the
upper 40s. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 30. Highs
in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the upper 30s.
$$
NYZ030-081800-
Southern Franklin-
Including the cities of Saranac Lake and Tupper Lake
551 AM EST Tue Nov 8 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows around 16. North winds around 10 mph until
midnight, becoming light and variable.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Light and variable
winds, becoming south around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.VETERANS DAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of rain.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Lows in the
upper 40s. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow or rain
showers. Lows in the upper 20s. Chance of precipitation
30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s.
Highs in the mid 30s.
$$
NYZ035-081800-
Eastern Essex-
Including the cities of Port Henry and Ticonderoga
551 AM EST Tue Nov 8 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 20s, except in the upper 20s
along Lake Champlain. Northwest winds around 10 mph until
midnight, becoming light and variable.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Light and variable
winds, becoming south around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, warmer with highs in the lower 60s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.VETERANS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Lows in the
lower 50s. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of rain showers.
Lows in the mid 30s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 40s.
Lows in the upper 20s.
$$
NYZ034-081800-
Western Essex-
Including the cities of Lake Placid and Newcomb
551 AM EST Tue Nov 8 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows around 19. Northwest winds around 10 mph
until midnight, becoming light and variable.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Light and variable
winds, becoming south around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 30s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, warmer with highs in the lower 60s. Southwest
winds around 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 40.
.VETERANS DAY...Rain likely. Highs around 60. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Lows in the
upper 40s. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of rain showers.
Lows in the upper 20s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow or rain showers.
Highs in the upper 30s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s.
Highs in the upper 30s.
$$
_____
Copyright 2022 AccuWeather | https://www.sfchronicle.com/weather/article/NY-Burlington-VT-Zone-Forecast-17567021.php | 2022-11-08 12:24:02 | 1 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/weather/article/NY-Burlington-VT-Zone-Forecast-17567021.php |
A court in Russia ruled Wednesday to keep a prominent opposition politician in custody pending an investigation and trial over his public criticism of Russia’s military actions in Ukraine.
Ilya Yashin is one of the few opposition figures that haven’t left Russia despite the unprecedented pressure the authorities have mounted on dissent. He has been charged with spreading false information about the Russian military — a new criminal offense for which he faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
Yashin, 39, rose to prominence in 2000s as an opposition activist and ally of the slain opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. In 2017, he was elected chair of a Moscow municipal council. He is also a vocal supporter of Russia’s imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
The charges against Yashin were reportedly brought over a YouTube livestream video in which he talked about Ukrainians being killed in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha.
He was detained in late June in a city park and ordered to serve 15 days in jail for disobeying a police officer. Police said Yashin grabbed one officer by the uniform and insulted them, but the politician maintained the police approached him while he was sitting on a bench with a friend and demanded that he go with them without explanation.
Yashin was to be released from jail on Tuesday night, but was detained again on new charges and his apartment was searched. The Basmanny District Court on Wednesday ordered to remand him in custody until Sept. 12.
Yashin in court insisted that the charges against him were “politically motivated from the first to the very last page.”
“Don’t be afraid of these scoundrels! Russia will be free!” he told journalists and supporters in the courtroom after hearing the judge’s ruling.
The Kremlin has cracked down hard on people who criticize what Russia calls its “special military operation” in Ukraine. Vladimir Kara-Muza, a well-known opposition figure, was arrested in April and charged under the same law as Yashin.
Yashin’s colleague in the municipal council, Alexei Gorinov, was sentenced to seven years in prison on the same charges for anti-war remarks — the first prison sentence to be handed down under the new law.
The law that criminalized the alleged spread of false information about the military was adopted a week after Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24 and amid a massive wave of public outrage about the invasion.
Thousands of people protested on the streets of Moscow and St. Petersburg daily, and hundreds of thousands signed online petitions opposing the attack on Ukraine.
But the Kremlin insisted its “special military operation” in Ukraine had overwhelming public support, and moved swiftly to suppress any criticism. Thousands of protesters were arrested, dozens of critical media outlets were shut down and critics have faced charges and prosecution.
As of Tuesday, the Net Freedoms legal aid group that focuses on free speech cases has counted 70 criminal cases involving alledged false information charges.
In a post that appeared in his Facebook account after he was remanded Wednesday, Yashin said he has known he would be arrested since Feb. 24 — the date of the Russian invasion.
“When the war began, I promised that I would not run away anywhere and would speak the truth out loud for as long as I can. And when they arrest me, I would take it with dignity. I’m keeping my word,” the post read. “Don’t worry about me, friends. And I beg you, don’t let them intimidate you. I am not afraid — and you don’t be. No to war.”
__
Follow all AP stories on fighting in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine. | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/international/ap-international/russia-jails-opposition-figure-for-criticizing-its-military/ | 2022-07-14 17:11:30 | 1 | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/international/ap-international/russia-jails-opposition-figure-for-criticizing-its-military/ |
SEATTLE, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Geneva Financial (Geneva), a direct mortgage lender operating in 46 states, has announced the opening of a new branch in Seattle, Washington led by Branch Manager Brittany Van Brunt. The opening of this new branch provides opportunities for local borrowers and buyers looking to navigate the current housing market.
"This move to Geneva Financial has created an opportunity for me and my branch to cater to the human element of the mortgage process while still providing the best possible service." Washington Branch Manager Brittany Van Brunt stated. "The people are why we are in this industry, and Geneva Financial has been right there with us with the technology and support we need to serve our market."
Based out of Seattle, WA, Van Brunt and her new branch proudly serve homebuyers throughout the state. The new branch will continue Geneva's exceptional service and extensive product offering through countless homebuyer and homeowner-focused products including Conventional, FHA, VA, USDA, Refinance, Reverse, Jumbo Loans, Condo Financing, and so much more.
From the start of her career in the mortgage industry 20 years ago, Van Brunt has always prioritized her clients and the personalization and humanization of their homebuying journey. To her, turning the plans and dreams of her borrowers into reality is the key to success.
Geneva Financial Home Loans is currently expanding in all markets and seeking branch managers and loan originators across the United States looking to advance their mortgage careers. For information on opportunities, visit www.GenevaFi.com/opportunity
Founded in 2007 by Aaron VanTrojen, Geneva Financial (NMLS 42056) is a direct mortgage lender headquartered in Chandler, Arizona with more than 130 branch locations in 46 states. Our mission at Geneva Financial is to approach every aspect of our business from the "inside-out". With a culture-forward mindset, we focus on our loan originators and support staff first to ensure an unbeatable experience for our customers.
Our Core Values were created as a daily reminder to operate with the inside-out approach in mind. Core Value #1 is the backbone of all our Core Values, our mission, and our brand vision: Home Loans Powered by Humans®. Learn more about Geneva Financial Home Loans at www.GenevaFi.com
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE Geneva Financial | https://www.wibw.com/prnewswire/2022/06/16/geneva-financial-announces-new-washington-mortgage-branch-headed-by-branch-manager-brittany-van-brunt/ | 2022-06-16 14:20:04 | 1 | https://www.wibw.com/prnewswire/2022/06/16/geneva-financial-announces-new-washington-mortgage-branch-headed-by-branch-manager-brittany-van-brunt/ |
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – A strong finish made a statement – University of New Mexico women’s golf is a top-10 team nationally in 2023.
And it was so close to perhaps even something greater.
UNM’s strong fourth round at Grayhawk Golf Club – 1-under on Monday – pulled the Lobos into a tie for ninth place at 11-over par for 72 holes of stroke play.
The eight teams above the Lobos, who tied for ninth with Arizona at 11-over, qualify for match play beginning Tuesday. The first of those, Stanford, finished at 19-under – paced by star Rose Zhang. She shot a bogey-free, 4-under 68 on Monday to become the first women’s golfer to win consecutive national titles and tie the NCAA record for wins in a season.
The last of the top eight teams – the one UNM tried valiantly to catch – was Pepperdine, which earned the final quarterfinal berth at 8-over, three strokes ahead of the Lobos.
“They battled today right to the end,” said UNM coach Jill Trujillo, whose team, at various moments, was tied for eighth during the fourth round. “We had a few bogeys late in the round and bounced back with eagles. What more could you ask for?”
Great run at Grayhawk ends with a T-9th finish. First top 🔟 at #NCAAGolf for the Lobos since 1998. #GoLobos pic.twitter.com/zZT8Iu6JbT
— UNM Women's Golf (@UNMLoboWGolf) May 23, 2023
It’s the best NCAA finish for New Mexico since tying for eighth place in 1998. At Grayhawk, UNM shot the best three rounds at an NCAA Championship in program history – 1-under during the first and fourth rounds and even-par in the second round.
Lauren Lehigh shot UNM’s low round Monday at 2-under 70, highlighted by an eagle on No. 7. She tied for 21st individually at 1-under.
Jenny Lertsadwattana was UNM’s top individual finisher at 2-under, tying for 18th after a 1-under 71 on Monday. It’s the best individual finish at NCAAs by a Lobo since Jodi Ewart tied for 15th in 2010. Lertsadwattana and Lehigh are the third and fourth players in school history to finish a NCAA Championship under par, joining Ryley Webb (1-under in 1998) and Caroline Keggi (3-under when she won the 1987 NCAA individual title).
Myah McDonald (tied for 55th) shot 1-over on Monday, as did Maria Caparros Levin. She tied for 70th as did Lisa-Marie Pagliano, who carded a 78 on Monday.
“This team has proven they are really great golfers and they earned a lot of respect this week from other teams,” Trujillo said. “Every final round we have had recently, they have competed and shot a low score. Today was no different and it was fun to watch. I can’t say enough about this team. They make straight A’s, they play great golf and they love each other. They fought for each other again today and that makes me so proud to coach them.”
Zhang finished at 10 under to match former Arizona player and LPGA Hall of Famer Lorena Ochoa’s NCAA records for wins in a season (eight) and career (12). Her 12 wins breaks the Stanford record for men or women, held by Tiger Woods and three others.
Zhang helped Stanford secure the top seed heading into Tuesday’s match play in its bid to win consecutive national titles.
(Team scores, individual leaderboard) | https://www.abqjournal.com/2601014/lobo-women-just-miss-out-on-match-play.html | 2023-05-23 05:10:59 | 0 | https://www.abqjournal.com/2601014/lobo-women-just-miss-out-on-match-play.html |
The streets of London have been filled with color as the U.K. capital marked 50 years of Pride. A vibrant crowd of hundreds of thousands turned out to either take part in or watch the festivities.
They formed a spectacle of rainbow flags, glitter and sequins. The parade came after two years of cancellations because of the coronavirus pandemic and a half-century after London's first march to celebrate Pride in 1972.
Saturday's procession took on a similar route to the original. It started outside Hyde Park and toured the streets towards Westminster. | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/pride-parade-returns-in-london-on-50th-anniversary | 2022-07-02 16:13:48 | 0 | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/pride-parade-returns-in-london-on-50th-anniversary |
New EVOO collection sourced from sustainably nurtured groves, fully traceable from farm to bottle
LYNDHURST, N.J. , Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Filippo Berio, one of the nation's top-selling brands for olive oils, pestos, vinegars and glazes introduces its SUSTAINABLE SELECT collection of extra virgin olive oils to the U.S. market. Featuring two distinct flavor varieties — SMOOTH HARMONY and HEARTY BALANCE — the SUSTAINABLE SELECT collection sources from responsibly harvested olives from sustainably nurtured groves as well as a fully traceable and certified process. Simply by scanning the QR code on the back label of each bottle, consumers are able to learn the origins of that bottle, the flavor map of the olive oil and more unique information.
"We are excited to introduce discerning American consumers to a new kind of olive oil experience. SUSTAINABLE SELECT is a specialty EVOO collection with a completely traceable farm-to-bottle experience and the same commitment to quality found in all Filippo Berio products," said Marco De Feo, VP of Marketing of Filippo Berio USA. "Filippo Berio is distinguished by perseverance, passion and flavor, and this specialty collection expands upon our tradition. Through ongoing innovation and research, we are continually refining our cultivation and production methods to be ever-more eco-conscious while enhancing the final product we place before our valued consumers."
Each olive cultivar has specific characteristics that give the SUSTAINABLE SELECT extra virgin olive oils their unique flavor profile and usage experience. The SMOOTH HARMONY EVOO is truly harmonious and exceptionally smooth. It has hints of fresh grass, artichoke and tomato and features a slightly spicy after taste. It is a natural fit for finishing meats, balancing soups and dipping bread. The HEARTY BALANCE EVOO is highly aromatic and richly complex. It has scents of grass and is fruity and well-balanced. This oil adds depth to seafood, vegetables and sauces. Keeping both varieties in the pantry ensures home cooks have essential ingredients on hand to enhance any dish.
"At Filippo Berio, we are intentional about every step of the production process and our interactions with the surrounding natural environment," continued De Feo. "Every bottle of our SUSTAINABLE SELECT collection tells a unique story of tradition, of people and of place. We invite consumers to be part of those stories by using our online traceability feature to learn the origins of the olive oil they bring home."
SUSTAINABLE SELECT extra virgin olive oils are characterized by a rigorous quality control process. They are produced from olives grown in orchards that apply third-party certified integrated farming methods. Selective harvesting ensures that only fine, ripe olives are chosen to guarantee first-rate quality. At the mill, the olives are washed, and pressing is carried out within the shortest possible time. Filippo Berio's master-blenders select and blend extra virgin oils with the best fruitiness, greatest balance and most persistent olfactory notes. This moment in which the unique, unmistakable and stable taste of the extra virgin olive oils is created is most important. Filippo Berio's quality and environmental processes are both monitored and certified by SGS, a global leader in inspection and certification.
The collection comes in a dark glass bottle of 25.3 fluid ounces (750ml) to protect the extra virgin olive oils from the deteriorating effects of light. Both varieties will be distributed nationwide within select channels. More information about the new SUSTAINABLE SELECT collection is available at filippoberio.com/products/sustainable-select.
The Filippo Berio brand has been committed to creating high-quality olive oil for more than 155 years. Founder Filippo Berio set forth exceptional standards of olive oil production that are still rigorously followed today, with each bottle sold bearing his signature as a seal of the finest olive oil and the brand's promise of quality. From distinctive olive oils to a selection of pestos, vinegars, balsamics and glazes, all featuring the finest ingredients and high production standards, the Italian brand focuses on creating great-tasting and accessible products to elevate at-home cooking and eating experience. The brand is currently sold in more than 75 countries. In the United States, Filippo Berio is marketed by Filippo Berio USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Salov Group, based in Lucca, Italy. For additional information, please visit www.filippoberio.com.
Filippo Berio Media Contact:
Hannah Castle, 510-590-0195
FilippoBerio@finnpartners.com
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE Filippo Berio | https://www.wbtv.com/prnewswire/2022/11/10/filippo-berio-launches-sustainable-select-extra-virgin-olive-oils/ | 2022-11-10 13:55:41 | 0 | https://www.wbtv.com/prnewswire/2022/11/10/filippo-berio-launches-sustainable-select-extra-virgin-olive-oils/ |
CASTEL VOLTURNO, Italy (AP) — Throughout his entire soccer career, from youth levels on up, Stanislav Lobotka had never seen what he now sees at Napoli nearly every match.
Eight Napoli players — everyone but the goalkeeper and the two center backs — line up at the halfway line at kickoffs to start the game or the second half.
“We want (to) play forward to get (inside) the opponent’s half maybe to score or to create corners or something to show that we want to win the game. And it doesn’t matter who we play against,” Lobotka said in a recent interview with The Associated Press.
In Italy, where conservative tactics and “catenaccio” (lockdown defense) had been the tradition for decades, coach Luciano Spalletti’s idea of attacking so decisively from the first touch was revolutionary — even for a team that had Diego Maradona when it won it’s only two league titles more than three decades ago.
The strategy works, though, and Napoli has been a high-scoring juggernaut for most of the season both in Serie A and the Champions League, amassing nearly 100 goals in all competitions to become the runaway leader in Italy and a serious threat in Europe.
Expect to see the eight-man attack ready to go when Napoli visits domestic rival AC Milan in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals at the San Siro on Wednesday — maybe even from both sides, because Milan copied Napoli and used the same tactic recently.
As for Napoli, expect the ball to be tapped toward the feet of Lobotka inside the center circle at kickoff.
That’s because, while dribbling wizard Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and scoring wonder Victor Osimhen have been garnering most of the headlines for Napoli this season, the 5-foot-7 (1.70-meter) Lobotka has been the motor that makes Napoli tick with his exceptional passing skills and field vision.
Inspired by his idols Xavi Hernandez, Andrés Iniesta and Luka Modrić, Lobotka has completed 94.1% of his passes in Serie A this season — the highest percentage of any midfielder in Europe’s top five leagues and third overall behind only Paris Saint-Germain defenders Marquinhos (95.0%) and Sergio Ramos (94.6%).
What’s more is that Lobotka has been the most precise at passes of 30 yards or more among anyone with 100 or more attempts, with the Slovakia international completing 88.2% in that category — no doubt helped by the abilities of Kvaratskhelia and Osimhen to find open space up front.
So what has changed for a player who struggled for playing time under previous Napoli coach Gennaro Gattuso? Two big details: the arrival of Spalletti, who had previously tried to bring Lobotka to Inter Milan, and improved fitness after two surgeries for tonsillitis.
“The most important (thing) is the confidence that you feel the coach trusts you,” Lobotka said. “When something (goes) wrong, (Spalletti) will always help you (regain) confidence. … When I feel these feelings, I can show my quality.”
Lobotka added that since Spalletti wears soccer boots on the touchline for every game, sometimes it feels like “he wants to come in to help us.”
OFFSEASON OVERHAUL
Like many teammates, Lobotka felt freer to step up after Napoli made the then-unpopular move of letting club record scorer Dries Mertens, captain Lorenzo Insigne and defensive stalwart Kalidou Koulibaly leave after last season.
The departures resulted in protests from Napoli supporters.
“Everybody said, ‘OK, this will be a hard season,’” Lobotka recalled. “And this for us was like freedom. We can chill and we (have nothing to lose) and we can do what we want.”
CAN’T CATCH KVARA
The protests only increased when Kvaratskhelia was brought in to replace fan favorite Insigne on the left wing.
Lobotka acknowledged that he had never heard of the player from Georgia now known simply as “Kvara.”
“It was not (just) me but a lot of people, because I think not many people see the Russian league or the Georgian (league) when he played,” Lobotka said. “Now I think he’s one of the three, four best wingers in the world. … When you get him the space to play one against one you don’t have a chance to catch him.”
KICK IT TO OSIMHEN
Osimhen leads Serie A with 21 goals in 24 matches.
Lobotka said Napoli likes it when opponents mark Osimhen with two players because it opens up space for the rest of the squad.
“And even if we are pressed we can just kick it (with a) long ball (and) he will run there and he can get the ball,” Lobotka said. “Also, when you cross, we know that Victor will find (the) ball.
“For me, he’s among the top four typical No. 9s in the world with (Karim) Benzema, (Erling) Haaland and (Robert) Lewandowski.”
FANATICAL SUPPORT
Unlike other big cities in Italy, Naples has only one major soccer team and the fan support for Napoli is felt on every street and alleyway.
Lobotka, who developed with Ajax’s junior squad and then played for Danish club Nordsjaelland and Spanish team Celta Vigo before transferring to Italy, had never experienced anything like Napoli.
“It’s something special,” Lobotka said. “They really love football in the city. … I will die on the pitch just to get these fans happy.”
After most home games, Lobotka treats himself to that most Neapolitan of foods: a pizza margherita.
“I always (have) one after the game,” he said.
MARADONA’S INFLUENCE
The influence of Maradona, who led Napoli to the 1987 and 1990 Serie A titles, remains a big motivating factor for the current squad.
The team’s stadium was renamed for Maradona when he died three years ago.
Lobotka said Maradona is still “part of the city.”
“You can go everywhere and feel it,” Lobotka said, pointing a finger to the heavens as he added that Maradona will be “happy (up) there” about what Napoli achieves this season.
HONEST OUTLOOK
While Lobotka recently extended his contract with Napoli through 2026-27, with an option for another season, he holds no illusions about keeping the entire team together.
“To be honest, it will be difficult because there are a lot of players and there are a few teams who everybody dreams to play for,” he said. “We know a lot of it (is) about the money. So if somebody comes and says, ‘OK, for Osimhen 120 million,’ it’s difficult to say, ‘No, we want to keep him here.’
“But maybe one day we’ll be like that.”
NOT CELEBRATING YET
As Lobotka spoke at Napoli’s training center along the coast north of Naples, nearby in downtown Castel Volturno there were blue banners with a “3” printed on them to celebrate the team’s anticipated third Serie A title already hanging over the streets.
But Lobotka wasn’t quite ready to discuss what the celebrations might be like for the title.
“It should be incredible, but I still don’t think that way,” he said. “It’s still a lot of points (to clinch) and if we start to think about this celebration, it’s not good for us.”
___
Andrew Dampf is at https://twitter.com/AndrewDampf
___ More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/Soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | https://www.texomashomepage.com/sports/ap-interview-lobotka-is-the-motor-that-makes-napoli-tick/ | 2023-04-11 11:20:13 | 0 | https://www.texomashomepage.com/sports/ap-interview-lobotka-is-the-motor-that-makes-napoli-tick/ |
LAKELAND, Fla., Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida Southern College is proud to host the 2022 Small College Basketball Hall of Fame (SCB HoF) Classic on November 4-6. The College has partnered with Central Florida's Polk County Tourism & Sports Marketing to host both the Small College Hall of Fame on Nov. 4 at the Polk Theatre and the premiere Division II men's basketball tournament to tip-off the 2022-23 season beginning Nov. 5.
The Hall of Fame is set to induct nine former student-athletes – Jim Bond (Pasadena College), Bo Clark (UCF), Darryl Jones (Benedictine), Todd Linder (Tampa), Derrick "Rick" Mahorn (Hampton), Steve Platt (Huntington IN), Glynn Saulters (Northeast Louisiana), Jerry Shipp (Southeastern Oklahoma State), and Frank "Porky" Viera (Quinnipiac), two coaches – Jim Phelan (Mount St. Mary's) and Harry Statham (McKendree), and one contributor/player - Earl Lloyd (West Virginia State).
The Hall of Fame Ceremony on Friday evening is free to everyone. Seating is on a first come, first serve basis at the Polk Theatre (121 Florida Ave. South, Lakeland, Fla., 33801).
Tournament Central - https://www.fscmocs.com/scb
Ticket Prices: $25 weekend pass, $15 single day (gets you into all five games on either day), Kids 12 & Under FREE
Directions - https://www.flsouthern.edu/about/maps-directions.aspx
On Saturday and Sunday, 10 teams will compete at George W. Jenkins Field House (111 Lake Hollingsworth Dr., Lakeland, Fla., 33801) in a two-day 10-game tournament, which features high caliber Division II programs from all over the country, including the three-time defending national champions, Northwest Missouri State. Seven of the 10 teams participating in the 2022 tournament appeared in the 2021-22 NCAA Division II Tournament, with a pair of regional winners, Northwest Missouri State (Central) and Nova Southeastern (South).
2022 Small College Basketball Hall of Fame Class – For more information on each of the inductees, please visit https://www.smallcollegebasketball.com/hall-of-fame
Players
Jim Bond (Pasadena College)
Bo Clark (UCF)
Darryl Jones (Benedictine)
Todd Linder (Tampa)
Derrick "Rick" Mahorn (Hampton)
Steve Platt (Huntington (IN))
Glynn Saulters (Northeast Louisiana)
Jerry Shipp (Southeastern Oklahoma State)
Frank "Porky" Viera (Quinnipiac)
Coaches
Jim Phelan (Mount St. Mary's)
Harry Statham (McKendree)
Contributor/Player
Earl Lloyd (West Virginia State)
2022 Small College Basketball Hall of Fame Classic Participants
Northwest Missouri State University (Maryville, Mo.)
Nova Southeastern University (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Hillsdale College (Hillsdale, Mich.)
Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.)
West Texas A&M University (Canyon, Texas)
University of Alabama in Huntsville (Huntsville, Ala.)
Flagler College (St. Augustine, Fla.)
Dallas Baptist University (Dallas, Texas)
Valdosta State University (Valdosta, Ga.)
Florida Southern College (Lakeland, Fla.) – Host for 2022, 2023, 2024
Schedule of Events
Friday, November 4 – Polk Theatre
4:00 p.m. – SCB HoF Classic Press Conference
6:30 p.m. – SCB HoF Inductee & Participating Team Panel Discussion
7:30 p.m. – SCB HoF Induction Ceremony
Saturday, November 5 – Florida Southern College, George W. Jenkins Field House
11:00 a.m. – Hillsdale vs Dallas Baptist
1:15 p.m. – Nova Southeastern vs Alabama-Huntsville
3:30 p.m. – Lincoln Memorial vs Valdosta State
5:45 p.m. – Florida Southern vs Flagler
8:00 p.m. – West Texas A&M vs Northwest Missouri State
* Postgame press conferences are held following the conclusion of each game in the FSC ROTC Classroom, adjacent to the Jenkins Field House on the East side of Gilbert Gymnasium
Sunday, November 6 – Florida Southern College, George W. Jenkins Field House
11:00 a.m. – Alabama-Huntsville vs Lincoln Memorial
1:15 p.m. – Dallas Baptist vs Nova Southeastern
3:30 p.m. – Valdosta State vs Hillsdale
5:45 p.m. – Florida Southern vs West Texas A&M
8:00 p.m. – Northwest Missouri State vs Flagler
* Postgame press conferences are held following the conclusion of each game in the FSC ROTC Classroom, adjacent to the Jenkins Field House on the East side of Gilbert Gymnasium
Founded in 1883, Florida Southern College is the oldest private college in the state. The College maintains its commitment to academic excellence through 70+ undergraduate and distinctive graduate programs in business administration, education, nursing, and physical therapy. Florida Southern has a 14:1 student-to-faculty ratio, is an award-winning national leader in engaged learning, and boasts 30 NCAA Division II National Championships. Florida Southern is ranked at #8 among the "Best Regional Universities in the South" by U.S. News & World Report in its 2023 "Best Colleges" guide and is included in The Princeton Review's 2023 Best 388 Colleges guide and the "Fiske Guide to Colleges 2023." The 2022-2023 Colleges of Distinction guidebook praises Florida Southern's AACSB-accredited Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise alongside the College's School of Education and its Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences. Poets&Quants, U.S. News & World Report, Fortune, and The Princeton Review further laud the Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise and the Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences as foremost programs in the nation for business and nursing education. Home to the world's largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, FSC has appeared on The Princeton Review's top 20 "Most Beautiful Campus" national listing for 13 consecutive years. Connect with Florida Southern College.
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE Florida Southern College | https://www.wbrc.com/prnewswire/2022/10/27/florida-southern-college-host-2022-small-college-basketball-hall-fame-classic/ | 2022-10-27 22:28:51 | 0 | https://www.wbrc.com/prnewswire/2022/10/27/florida-southern-college-host-2022-small-college-basketball-hall-fame-classic/ |
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google’s advertising malaise persisted during the first quarter while the internet company also grapples with advancements in artificial intelligence technology that threatens to undercut its dominant search engine.
An unprecedented downturn in Google’s digital ad revenue – the company’s main moneymaker for more than 20 years – came into sharper focus Tuesday with the release of the January-Marcy results for its corporate parent, Alphabet Inc.
Advertisement
Article continues below this ad
Although Alphabet’s total revenue for the period rose from the same last year, Google’s first-quarter ad sales of $54.5 billion marked a slight decrease from a year ago. That dip followed a nearly 4% decline during the final three months of last year, making this the first time in Google has sustained back-to-back drops in year-over-year ad revenue since becoming a publicly traded company in 2004.
Google’s YouTube video site, a marketing magnet in recent years, saw its ad sales decrease 2.5% from last year, marking its second consecutive quarter of erosion, too.
Boosted by growth in its cloud-computing division, Alphabet’s total revenue for the quarter came in at $69.8 billion, a 3% increase from last year. But the ad woes weighed on Alphabet’s earnings. The Mountain View, California, company earned $15.05 billion, or $1.17 per share, an 8% decrease from last year. More than $2 billion charges for mass layoffs and other cost cutting contributed to the earnings downturn.
Advertisement
Article continues below this ad
Both Alphabet's revenue and profit exceeded the tempered expectations among analysts polled by FactSet Research. That — and a $70 billion stock buyback plan — helped boost helped lift Alphabet's stock price by 4% in extended trading after the numbers came out. The company's shares have fallen by about 15% during the past year amid investor concerns about Google's ad slump and worries about the company's future prospects.
To help prop up its profits, Alphabet in January announced plans to lay off 12,000 employees, or 6% workforce, by far the biggest payroll purge in its history. But the layoffs weren't completed before the end of the quarter, leaving Alphabet with more than 190,000 employees as of March 31, roughly the same number it had Dec. 31 after the company added nearly 34,000 workers last year. Alphabet expects its workforce to reflect the recent layoffs' by the end of June.
Google’s current ad slump largely reflects more cautionary spending among companies reacting to a slowdown in discretionary consumer spending amid budget-pinching rise in inflation that’s also fueling an increase in interest rates that could culminate in a recession.
But the artificially intelligent ChatGPT bot released that is being melded into Microsoft’s Bing search engine is raising fears Google could be facing a longer-term threat to Google’s search engine that drags down ad revenue, too.
Advertisement
Article continues below this ad
If people embrace ChatGPT and Bing as better ways to find what they are looking for, it could siphon away traffic from the Google search engine that has long been the internet’s main gateway. That in turn would depress Google’s ad sales.
Google is trying to counter the popularity of ChatGPT with its own alternative, dubbed Bard, but so far has restrained its capabilities t o ensure it doesn’t behave in a way that offends its billions of users – and advertisers in the process – and to reduce the chances it manufactures misinformation and other fabrications that the technology calls “hallucinations.” | https://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/google-s-persisting-ad-slump-weighs-on-alphabet-s-17918188.php | 2023-04-25 21:00:46 | 1 | https://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/google-s-persisting-ad-slump-weighs-on-alphabet-s-17918188.php |
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Five Africans seeking to cross into Spain were killed and scores of migrants and police were injured in what Moroccan authorities called a “stampede” of people surging across Morocco’s border fence with the Spanish North African enclave of Melilla on Friday.
A total of 133 migrants breached the border between the Moroccan city of Nador and Melilla on Friday, the first such mass crossing since Spain and Morocco mended diplomatic relations last month. A spokesperson for the Spanish government’s office in Melilla said about 2,000 people attempted to cross, but many were stopped by Spanish Civil Guard police and Moroccan forces on either side of the border fence.
Morocco’s Interior Ministry said in a statement that the casualties occurred when people tried to climb the iron fence. It said five migrants were killed and 76 injured, and 140 Moroccan security officers were injured. The injured were hospitalized in Nador, it said.
Spanish officials said 49 Civil Guards sustained minor injuries and 57 migrants had to be treated, three of them in hospital. None is in serious condition. Four police vehicles were damaged by rocks thrown by some migrants.
Those who succeeded in crossing went to a local migrant center, where authorities were evaluating their circumstances.
People fleeing poverty and violence sometimes make mass attempts to reach Melilla and the other Spanish territory on the North African coast, Ceuta, as a springboard to continental Europe.
Spain normally relies on Morocco to keep migrants away from the border.
Over two days at the beginning of March, more than 3,500 people tried to scale the six-meter (20-foot) barrier that surrounds Melilla and nearly 1,000 made it across, according to Spanish authorities.
Friday’s crossings were the first attempt since relations between Spain and Morocco improved in March after a year-long dispute centered on the Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony annexed by Morocco in 1976.
Morocco loosened its controls around Ceuta last year, allowing thousands of migrants to cross into Spain. The move was viewed as retaliation for Spain’s decision to allow the leader of Western Sahara’s pro-independence movement to be treated for COVID-19 at a Spanish hospital.
Tensions between the two countries began to thaw earlier this year after Spain backed Morocco’s plan to grant more autonomy to Western Sahara, where activists are seeking full independence.
___
Ciarán Giles reported from Madrid.
___
Follow AP’s coverage of migration at https://apnews.com/hub/migration | https://wgntv.com/news/international/ap-international/morocco-5-migrants-dead-in-stampede-in-bid-to-enter-melilla/ | 2022-06-24 16:17:50 | 0 | https://wgntv.com/news/international/ap-international/morocco-5-migrants-dead-in-stampede-in-bid-to-enter-melilla/ |
WHL
All Times Local
Eastern Conference
Central Division
East Division
Western Conference
B.C. Division
U.S. Division
Note: x - clinched playoff berth; y - clinched division; Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Saturday's results
Saskatoon 3 Brandon 2
Regina 7 Moose Jaw 3
Winnipeg 4 Prince Albert 1
Swift Current 3 Red Deer 1
Victoria 7 Prince George 6 (SO)
Seattle 4 Portland 2
Calgary 2 Medicine Hat 0
Lethbridge 6 Edmonton 1
Tri-City 8 Spokane 2
Everett 4 Vancouver 1
Kamloops 5 Kelowna 4 (OT)
Sunday's results
Regina 4 Saskatoon 2
Calgary 4 Medicine Hat 3
Winnipeg 6 Prince Albert 1
Tri-City 5 Vancouver 2
Spokane 3 Everett 2
Tuesday's results
Swift Current 5 Edmonton 2
Vancouver at Portland, 7 p.m.
Kamloops at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Wednesday's results
Moose Jaw at Winnipeg, 7:05 p.m.
Edmonton at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Friday's games
Regina at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Red Deer at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Portland, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Spokane at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.
Kelowna at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday's games
Calgary at Edmonton, 2 p.m.
Prince Albert at Regina, 7 p.m.
Saskatoon at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Winnipeg, 7:05 p.m.
Lethbridge at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Kamloops at Prince George, 6 p.m.
Swift Current at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Everett at Victoria, 6:05 p.m.
Portland at Seattle, 6:05 p.m.
Tri-City at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Vancouver at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Edmonton at Calgary, 1 p.m. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/hko-whl-standings-17853037.php | 2023-03-22 05:03:16 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/hko-whl-standings-17853037.php |
More than 11,000 small businesses closed in the UK last year. Many smaller shops could not keep up with higher energy costs, inflation and competition from online retailers.
Copyright 2023 NPR
More than 11,000 small businesses closed in the UK last year. Many smaller shops could not keep up with higher energy costs, inflation and competition from online retailers.
Copyright 2023 NPR | https://www.wdiy.org/2023-01-09/high-energy-prices-and-inflation-are-taking-a-toll-on-u-k-businesses | 2023-01-09 10:56:00 | 1 | https://www.wdiy.org/2023-01-09/high-energy-prices-and-inflation-are-taking-a-toll-on-u-k-businesses |
Off to one of the best starts in school history, Illinois cracked The Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll for the first time in 23 years on Monday.
Advertisement
Article continues below this ad
The Illini (14-3) are ranked No. 24 in their first Top 25 appearance since Nov. 27, 2000. It's been a remarkable turnaround under first-year coach Shauna Green. The team was 7-20 last season and just 1-13 in the Big Ten. Illinois hasn't had a winning season since 2012-13.
“It means a lot. I understand how far we've come in a really short time,” said Green, who came to Illinois after a successful run coaching at Dayton. “Most of the kids weren't alive the last time we were ranked. I was a sophomore in college.”
South Carolina remained the No. 1 team, garnering all 28 votes from a national media panel. The Gamecocks have been No. 1 for 29 consecutive weeks. They were followed in the poll by Stanford and Ohio State, which rallied to beat Illinois on Sunday.
Advertisement
Article continues below this ad
UConn moved up one spot to fourth. The Huskies had their game against DePaul on Sunday postponed when they had only six scholarship players available because of injuries.
LSU moved up two spots to fifth. It's the first time the Tigers have been that high since Dec. 14, 2009, when they were also fifth. LSU (16-0) is off to the best start in school history, besting the mark held by the 2002-03 team that won its first 15 games.
South Carolina, Ohio State and LSU are the only remaining unbeaten teams in the country. The Gamecocks and Tigers meet on Feb. 12 in South Carolina.
Indiana, Notre Dame, UCLA, Maryland and Utah rounded out the top 10. The Utes lost their first game of the season, falling at Colorado last Friday.
Advertisement
Article continues below this ad
The Illini, who haven't made the NCAA Tournament since 2003, ended a 14-game losing streak last week to Northwestern. That gave Illinois 14 wins in its first 16 games, which was the best start ever for the school. Its losses have come to Indiana, Ohio State and Delaware.
“If you would have told me in the summer we’d be up 17 at Ohio State and have a chance to win I'd tell you were crazy,” Green said. “Perspective changes really quickly. (Getting ranked) is something we got to be happy about, Be proud of it, It has to motivate us even more.”
Villanova also re-entered the poll this week coming in at No. 25. The Wildcats had a five-week run in the poll earlier this season.
St. John's and Creighton fell out of the poll.
Advertisement
Article continues below this ad
RISING BEARS
Baylor moved to 3-0 in the Big 12 after knocking off then-No. 17 Oklahoma and No. 21 Kansas last week. Caitlin Bickle was a big reason why, posting double-doubles in both games. The Bears moved up five spots to No. 18 in the poll this week.
___
AP women’s college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball and https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25 | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Illinois-women-ends-23-year-AP-Top-25-drought-17705294.php | 2023-01-09 19:25:43 | 1 | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Illinois-women-ends-23-year-AP-Top-25-drought-17705294.php |
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A storm over the North Sea on Friday led to dozens of cancellations of train and ferry connections in northern Denmark and southern Norway, with the Danish Meteorological Institute saying gusts of hurricane force can be expected.
The storm, named Otto, is set to move east over Sweden and the Baltic Sea. In Finland, authorities said they were also expecting rain, or rain mixed with snow, and that there could power outages over the weekend.
Ferries in southern Norway were canceled with “a significant” number of passengers and goods will be affected by the storm.
“We should of course have avoided this, but Otto is not a normal weather type, so this does not happen very often,” CEO of the Norwegian ferry company Color Line Erik Brynhildsbakken told the Norwegian news agency NTB.
In Denmark, the stormy weather came at the end of a holiday week with many people traveling. Operators were forced to cancel trains in large parts of the country and authorities advised against crossing bridges in lighter vehicles, including on the link that ties Copenhagen to the Swedish city of Malmo.
The inhabitants of high-rises from the late 1950s with up to 13 floors in a Copenhagen neighborhood sitting atop of a hill were evacuated as a precaution.
The same storm hit Scotland and northern England, with wind gusts of up to 80 mph (130 kph) that left tens of thousands of homes without power. Trains were disrupted and some flights canceled. Toppled trucks snarled traffic on a main road linking London to Scotland. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/world/article/trains-ferries-canceled-because-of-storm-over-17790427.php | 2023-02-17 12:52:14 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/world/article/trains-ferries-canceled-because-of-storm-over-17790427.php |
Man delivers FedEx packages found dumped on side of highway
CINCINNATI (WKRC) – An Ohio man rescued a bunch of packages dumped on the side of the road by a FedEx driver.
The matter is under investigation, but the people who received the potentially lost items are thankful.
Zach Arnwine and his fiancée were driving along a highway east of Germantown, Ohio, Friday evening when they saw a FedEx truck with its flashers on.
Arnwine’s fiancée said it looked like the driver was throwing something on the side of the road.
When they turned around to investigate, Arnwine said the driver was already gone.
“We pulled up where he was, and there was packages lying everywhere,” he said. “So, we decided to pick them up.”
Arnwine said it’s unfortunate that the driver dumped the packages.
“I called every number on each box and told them that I had their package and I will deliver them to their house,” he said.
Arnwine said the package recipients were amazed when they received his call.
“They were wondering how I got their phone number and their package. But I explained the situation and they got their package delivered,” he said.
When he delivered the packages, Arnwine said the people were very grateful for his generosity.
“Just amazed. Kept thanking me so much because they said the package was delivered and it never was,” he said.
One of the customers was Royce Charbeneau. He said he got a text from FedEx saying his package and another one had been delivered.
“We’re on the way home, we get a call. It’s a number I don’t know,” he said. “And I usually don’t answer numbers I don’t know, but I did. And it was a guy named Zach and he said he had our package.”
Charbeneau said he couldn’t believe he was getting a call from a stranger about his package.
“But then after I met Zach, met him in person, and talked to him in person, I believed it,” he said.
Charbeneau filed a complaint, and FedEx responded saying the incident is under investigation.
Arnwine said he decided to deliver the packages to the right households himself because he didn’t want them to end up in an evidence room or somewhere else over the holidays.
He said he has reached out to FedEx several times, but hasn’t been able to speak to anyone.
Copyright 2022 WKRC via CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | https://www.wbtv.com/2022/11/29/man-delivers-fedex-packages-found-dumped-side-highway/ | 2022-11-29 21:53:32 | 1 | https://www.wbtv.com/2022/11/29/man-delivers-fedex-packages-found-dumped-side-highway/ |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "SuperCash" game were:
03-11-16-23-24-25, Doubler: N
(three, eleven, sixteen, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five; Doubler: N)
¶ Maximum prize: $350,000 | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-SuperCash-game-17160975.php | 2022-05-10 02:55:02 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-SuperCash-game-17160975.php |
DURHAM, N.C. (AP)Ja’Darius Harris’ 18 points helped North Carolina Central defeat Saint Andrews (NC) 127-40 on Saturday.
Harris shot 6 of 8 from the field and 4 for 6 from the line for the Eagles (5-4). Cameron Butler added 13 points while finishing 6 of 6 from the floor, and they also had 10 rebounds. Kris Monroe shot 4 for 9, including 4 for 8 from beyond the arc to finish with 13 points.
Allan Taylor finished with 12 points for the Knights. Sincere Clark added eight points and seven rebounds for Saint Andrews.
—
The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar. | https://www.krqe.com/sports/ncaa-mens-basketball/harris-scores-18-in-north-carolina-centrals-127-40-win/ | 2022-12-04 15:09:20 | 1 | https://www.krqe.com/sports/ncaa-mens-basketball/harris-scores-18-in-north-carolina-centrals-127-40-win/ |
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ademi LLP is investigating Aerojet (NYSE: AJRD) for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law in its transaction with L3Harris.
Click here to learn how to join the action https://www.ademilaw.com/case/aerojet-rocketdyne-holdings-inc-0 or call Guri Ademi toll-free at 866-264-3995. There is no cost or obligation to you.
Ademi LLP alleges Aerojet's financial outlook and prospects are excellent and yet Aerojet shareholders will receive only $58 per share. The transaction agreement unreasonably limits competing bids for Aerojet by imposing a significant penalty if Aerojet accepts a superior bid. Aerojet insiders will receive substantial benefits as part of change of control arrangements.
We are investigating the conduct of Aerojet's board of directors, and whether they are (i) fulfilling their fiduciary duties to all shareholders, and (ii) obtaining a fair and reasonable price for Aerojet.
If you own Aerojet common stock and wish to obtain additional information, please contact Guri Ademi either at gademi@ademilaw.com or toll-free: 866-264-3995, or https://www.ademilaw.com/case/aerojet-rocketdyne-holdings-inc-0.
We specialize in shareholder litigation involving buyouts, mergers, and individual shareholder rights throughout the country. For more information, please feel free to call us. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
Contacts
Ademi LLP
Guri Ademi
Toll Free: (866) 264-3995
Fax: (414) 482-8001
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE Ademi LLP | https://www.wsaz.com/prnewswire/2022/12/19/shareholder-alert-ademi-llp-investigates-whether-aerojet-rocketdyne-holdings-inc-has-obtained-fair-price-its-transaction-with-l3harris/ | 2022-12-19 17:04:27 | 1 | https://www.wsaz.com/prnewswire/2022/12/19/shareholder-alert-ademi-llp-investigates-whether-aerojet-rocketdyne-holdings-inc-has-obtained-fair-price-its-transaction-with-l3harris/ |
Hovland delivers clutch putts and wins Memorial in playoff
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Viktor Hovland was happy with his three PGA Tour victories, even if they were at resort courses that were soft and susceptible to firing at flags. He wanted a win on American soil, where par was at a premium, and he got every bit of that Sunday at the Memorial.
Two shots behind and facing the three hardest holes at Muirfield Village, Hovland set his sights on a score instead of the leader, Denny McCarthy, and then delivered his best stuff of the day.
Hovland holed a 30-foot birdie putt — the only birdie of the day at No. 17 — around two par saves for a 2-under 70 that got him into a playoff, and then he beat the hard-luck McCarthy with a 7-foot par to win the Memorial.
His previous three wins were twice at Mayakoba on the Gulf coast of Mexico and once in Puerto Rico. This victory came on conditions so difficult that even Jack Nicklaus was stunned to feel how firm the greens were when he stepped on the 18th to congratulate Hovland.
“It feels really cool to get my first win on the U.S. soil, especially at a tournament like this where this the golf course is arguably harder than most major championship golf courses we play,” Hovland said. “It felt like a major. So it was really cool that I was able to get it done at a place like this.”
It was a crushing loss for McCarthy, one of the purest putters on the PGA Tour. He showed his touch by saving crucial pars and playing bogey-free on a day when the average score was just under 75. His only bogey came on the 18th hole — twice.
McCarthy had a one-shot lead when he missed the 18th fairway to the left, pitched out to the fairway and narrowly missed a 25-foot par putt for the win. In the playoff, his shot from the right rough rolled back off the green some 50 yards away. He pitched to 12 feet and the putt caught the left edge and spun away.
“I’m heartbroken right now,” McCarthy said, emotion in his voice after his closest call to win on the PGA Tour in his 156th attempt.
Hovland hit the front of the green, and his 60-foot putt stopped 7 feet short, still uphill and with much less break than his 5-footer in regulation to get in the playoff.
“I was shaking more in regulation,” Hovland said.
The 25-year-old from Norway won $3.6 million and moved to No. 5 in the world ranking with his fourth PGA Tour victory, and eighth worldwide since turning pro four years ago out of Oklahoma State.
This was a final day when so many went in reverse from the 22 players who had been separated by three shots at the start of the round.
Rory McIlroy chipped in from below the fourth green for birdie and had the lead on the front nine, but he gave away far too many shots on the back — three bogeys in a row — for a 75 that took him out of the picture.
Scottie Scheffler closed with a 67 and finished third and missed the playoff by one shot, remarkable considering he made the cut on the number. The No. 1 player in the world has not finished worse than 12th in his 13 starts this year.
But what a week to forget with the putter.
Scheffler turned a statistically dominant performance from tee-to-green, picking up 20.7 strokes on the field in that category. But he lost 8.5 strokes to the field in his putting. This might be the best context — it was nearly a 20-shot differential in putting to McCarthy, and Scheffler finished one shot behind.
“I think a little bit of my struggles with the putting have probably helped me elevate my ball striking, just because if I’m trying to compete out here ... with the putts not going in, I’ve got to hit it really good. And I’ve been able to do that,” Scheffler said.
“Maybe people are asking me about my putting so much more because I’m hitting it so good,” he said. “When you’re hitting a bunch of greens it’s not easy to make every putt. I mean, if I was putting the best this week, I would have won by a crazy amount of shots.”
That belonged to Hovland, who joined McCarthy (70) at 7-under 281.
Hovland didn’t feel as though he did anything special. He has had better weeks striking the ball. His lowest round was 69. But he was the only player to break par in all four rounds.
“I played smart. I played my game. And I came up clutch this time,” Hovland said.
He was particularly strong at the end. The final three were the toughest at Muirfield Village all week. Hovland birdied two of the three on Saturday to get in the mix, and he played them 1 under on Sunday to get into a playoff.
Si Woo Kim, who played in the last group with McIlroy, had a 73 to finish alone in fourth. Jordan Spieth was in the group another shot back. | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2023/06/04/hovland-delivers-clutch-putts-and-wins-memorial-in-playoff/ | 2023-06-05 01:36:57 | 1 | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2023/06/04/hovland-delivers-clutch-putts-and-wins-memorial-in-playoff/ |
How to see the 50,000-year comet
While it might sound like a pulp-fiction hero, the green comet is an actual celestial body visible from Earth for the first time in over 50,000 years. If you know where to look and have the right equipment (such as binoculars or a telescope) over the upcoming week, you just might be able to catch a glimpse of this nighttime wonder.
In this article: Celestron NexStar 102SLT Computerized Telescope, Vortex Optics Diamondback HD Binoculars and Celestron SkyMaster 25X70 Binoculars.
What is a comet?
Comets are, more or less, frozen chunks of planetary debris that scientists believe have been around since the formation of our solar system. They’re usually less than 10 miles across and are made of materials such as dust, rocks and frozen gasses. Typically, these celestial bodies can be found far beyond Pluto in either the Kuiper Belt or the Oort Cloud (a theoretical location that has yet to be proven).
Scientists also believe that the gravitational force of a planet or star can pull the much smaller comet out of its home in the Kuiper Belt or Oort Cloud and tug it toward the sun. On its journey, a comet passes close enough to Earth so it may be seen briefly before heading back out to where it came from (or meeting a fiery demise in the sun).
What is the green comet’s actual name?
The green comet is just a catchy nickname the media has given this celestial body. Its actual name is a bit more boring: Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF). The “C” indicates this comet is classified as a non-periodic comet, meaning it won’t appear again for over 200 years (if ever). The “2022 E3” lets you know it was discovered in the first half of March, along with three other comets in that two-week period. And, “ZTF” simply identifies the Zwicky Transient Facility, the facility that discovered the comet.
Why does this comet look green in photographs?
The frozen part of the comet is called the nucleus. As it gets closer to the sun, the ice heats up and turns into gas, creating an enormous cloud around the nucleus. This dusty cloud is called the coma. The coma of this news-making comet is made of a relatively rare type of carbon called diatomic carbon. Diatomic carbon gas is green, which gives C/2022 E3 (ZTF) its unearthly hue.
The best way to see C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
If you aren’t familiar with the night sky, the best thing you can do is get a stargazing app, such as Stellarium, which is a free, open-source planetarium for your mobile device (or computer). If this is the route you take to learn about where to look, make sure you’re using an updated version of the app that includes C/2022 E3 (ZTF).
If you want to try it on your own and you know your constellations, in the evening, face north-northeast and look up. The comet will change positions a little each night, so you’ll have to set your gaze accordingly. As January ends and February begins, the comet will pass Ursa Minor and move into Camelopardalis. However, the longer you wait, the brighter the moon will become and the harder it will be to find C/2022 E3 (ZTF). To have the best chance of seeing this comet, go out on a clear night, get as far away from the city as possible and use a quality pair of astronomical binoculars or a telescope.
Now for the bad news. The green comet is probably not going to appear to be very green when you find it. The photos you’ve been seeing are a product of long-exposure astrophotography. To the naked or even assisted eye, the green comet will be more of a dull, glowing, but colorless smudge in the sky. However, since this is the first time the comet has passed by in 50,000 years, it’s worth hunting for.
What you need to view C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
Celestron NexStar 102SLT Computerized Telescope
If you think stargazing might be more than a one-time fascination, this computerized telescope comes with a database of over 40,000 objects. It can not only locate an object with extreme accuracy, this model is capable of tracking it as well.
Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
National Geographic 70 Computerized Refractor Telescope
This automatic telescope has a wide-field lens and a red dot viewfinder to make it easier to locate objects. The compact size makes it great for travel and the simple operation makes it suitable for beginning astronomers.
Sold by Kohl’s
Vortex Optics Diamondback HD Binoculars
These quality binoculars are specifically designed to deliver crisp images with excellent color fidelity and light transmission. The adjustable eyecups twist for comfortable viewing, while the rubber exterior provides a secure grip.
Sold by Amazon and Dick’s Sporting Goods
Celestron SkyMaster 25X70 Binoculars
The SkyMaster binoculars are manufactured to provide maximum image brightness in long-range, low-light conditions, making them ideal for astronomical viewing.
Sold by Amazon
Allkeys 16×55 HD Monocular Telescope
If you aren’t sure if stargazing is going to be for you but you still want to have a quality experience, consider this entry-level monocular telescope. It comes with everything you need to get started, including a tripod and a cell phone holder.
Sold by Amazon
Want to shop the best products at the best prices? Check out Daily Deals from BestReviews.
Sign up here to receive the BestReviews weekly newsletter for useful advice on new products and noteworthy deals.
Allen Foster writes for BestReviews. BestReviews has helped millions of consumers simplify their purchasing decisions, saving them time and money.
Copyright 2023 BestReviews, a Nexstar company. All rights reserved. | https://www.kxnet.com/reviews/br/sports-fitness-br/recreational-sports-br/as-a-rare-green-comet-gets-closer-to-earth-get-the-best-view-with-these-tips/ | 2023-01-27 22:16:46 | 1 | https://www.kxnet.com/reviews/br/sports-fitness-br/recreational-sports-br/as-a-rare-green-comet-gets-closer-to-earth-get-the-best-view-with-these-tips/ |
California prepares for flooding; Midwest hit with snow, ice
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A major winter storm approached California on Wednesday causing crews to rush to clear storm drains in preparation for flooding and strong winds, as parts of the Midwest dealt with snow, ice or tornadoes, and the South recovered from strong overnight storms.
In the San Francisco Bay Area, 8,500 sandbags distributed by officials weren’t enough to reach demand as forecasters warned of imminent flooding. The South San Francisco Unified School District announced classes for its 8,000 students would be canceled Thursday “out of an abundance of caution.”
The rain led to the cancellation of more than 60 flights at the San Francisco International Airport and delays of another 70, said Doug Yakel, an airport spokesman.
Heavy downpours accompanied by winds with gusts of up to 60 mph (96 kph) were expected later Wednesday and through Thursday and could cause flooding, downed trees and power outages, making driving conditions difficult, the National Weather Service said.
The storm comes days after a New Year’s Eve downpour led to the evacuations of people in rural Northern California communities and the rescue of several motorists from flooded roads. A few levees south of Sacramento were damaged, increasing flooding in the mostly rural area.
“Excessive rainfall over already saturated soils will result in rapid rises on creeks, streams and rivers as well as flooding in urban areas,” forecasters said in a report.
Tink Troy, who lives in South San Francisco, picked up some sandbags from the city’s public works department on Tuesday.
“They said (Saturday’s storm) was going to be bad, and it was really bad. Now they’re saying this one’s going to be worse. So I want to make sure I’m prepared and not having to do this when it’s pouring rain tomorrow,” she said.
The storms in California still aren’t enough to officially end the drought, now entering its fourth year. The U.S. Drought Monitor showed that most of the state is in severe to extreme drought.
“We know that it’ll take quite a bit of time and water to recover this amount of storage, which is why we don’t say that the drought is over once it starts raining,” said Jeanine Jones, drought manager for the California Department of Water Resources.
In the Midwest, ice and heavy snow took a toll.
A Delta jet went off an icy taxiway after landing in a snowstorm in Minneapolis on Tuesday but no passengers were injured, the airline said. The flight from Los Cabos, Mexico, had landed safely, but then the nose gear of the plane “exited the taxiway while turning toward the gate due to icy conditions,” Delta Airlines said.
It took about an hour to get the 147 passengers off the plane and bused to the terminal, said Jeff Lea, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Airports Commission.
The airport had received 10 inches (25 centimeters) of snow as of 6 a.m. Wednesday, the National Weather Service said. Another 3 to 5 inches (7 to 12 centimeters) was possible. Multiple schools were closed Wednesday in Minnesota and western Wisconsin as steady snow fell in the region.
To the south, a possible tornado damaged homes, downed trees and flipped a vehicle on its side in Montgomery, Alabama, early Wednesday. Christina Thornton, director of the Montgomery Emergency Management Agency, said radar indicated a possible, but unconfirmed, tornado. The storm had extremely high winds and moved through the area before dawn, she said.
Severe weather that swept Illinois on Tuesday produced at least six tornadoes, the largest number of rare January tornadoes recorded in the state since 1989, the National Weather Service said.
Five of the tornadoes occurred in central Illinois in or around the city of Decatur, while the sixth touched down near the Ford County community of Gibson City, the weather service said Wednesday.
Staff from the agency’s Chicago office planned to survey storm damage Wednesday in the Gibson City area, where at least two homesteads suffered damage and power lines were knocked down.
___
Associated Press writers Haven Daley in South San Francisco, Steve Karnowski in Minneapolis and Rick Callahan in Indianapolis contributed to this report. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2023/01/04/california-prepares-for-flooding-midwest-hit-with-snow-ice/ | 2023-01-04 21:51:31 | 1 | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2023/01/04/california-prepares-for-flooding-midwest-hit-with-snow-ice/ |
Keeping up with the Kardashians' cryptic quotes.
Khloe Kardashian took to her Instagram Stories to share a lengthy message about being "thankful" for life's ups-and-downs, less than two weeks after the news broke that she was expecting another baby with Tristian Thompson.
"Be thankful that you don't already have everything you desire...If you did, what would there be to look forward to," she shared on July 24. "Be thankful when you don't know something...For it gives you the opportunity to learn."
She continued, "Be thankful for the difficult times. During those times you grow. Be thankful for your limitations. Because they give you opportunities for improvement."
The inspirational message didn't stop there. In the multiple-slide story, Khloe, 38, also shared that one should be thankful for "mistakes" because "they will teach you valuable lessons."
"It is easy to be thankful for the good things," the message continued. "A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are also thankful for the setbacks. GRATITUDE can turn a negative into a positive. Find a way to be thankful for your troubles and they can become your blessings."
At nearly the exact same time, Tristan, 31 shared an eyebrow-raising post of his own about "responsibility."
"1. Nothing is promised to you. 2. No one owes you anything. 3. You have all the responsibility in your life," he wrote on his Instagram Stories on July 21. "Understand these three rules as early as possible and realize that independence is the way forward.'"
The Chicago Bulls player's message comes just three days after he shared a contemplative snap of himself on Instagram with the enigmatic caption, "Patterns and details is everything."
On July 12, news broke that Khloe and Tristian would be welcoming their second child together via a surrogate. However, a source told E! News that the two are not currently together romantically.
"Khloe and Tristan are not back together and have not spoken since December outside of co-parenting matters," the insider shared. "The baby was conceived via surrogate before it was revealed to Khloe and the public that Tristan was having a baby with someone else in December. "
The former couple already share 4-year-old daughter True Thompson. Tristian is also dad to son Prince, 5, with ex Jordan Craig and 7-month-old son Theo with Maralee Nichols.
Khloe and Tristan aren't the only ones in the Kardashians crew known to cryptically vent their feelings on social media. Earlier this month, Kim Kardashian—who is happily dating Pete Davidson—seemingly threw shade at her sister's situation, sharing a few messages on relationships and regret.
Her first post read, "Girls can see the difference between 200 shades of nude lipstick but they can't see red flags." The 41-year-old then followed it up with a quote by Dr. Seuss.
"Life's too short to wake up with regrets," the July 17 post read. "So love the people who treat you right, forgive the ones who don't and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said it'd be easy, they just promised it would be worth it." | https://www.eonline.com/news/1339262/khloe-kardashian-and-tristan-thompson-share-cryptic-quotes-about-gratitude-and-independence?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories | 2022-07-25 02:58:43 | 1 | https://www.eonline.com/news/1339262/khloe-kardashian-and-tristan-thompson-share-cryptic-quotes-about-gratitude-and-independence?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories |
NEW YORK, Dec. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This press release provides shareholders of Cohen & Steers REIT and Preferred and Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: RNP) (the "Fund") with information regarding the sources of the distribution to be paid on December 30, 2022 and cumulative distributions paid fiscal year-to-date.
In December 2017, the Fund implemented a managed distribution policy in accordance with exemptive relief issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The managed distribution policy seeks to deliver the Fund's long-term total return potential through regular monthly distributions declared at a fixed rate per common share. The policy gives the Fund greater flexibility to realize long-term capital gains throughout the year and to distribute those gains on a regular monthly basis to shareholders. The Board of Directors of the Fund may amend, terminate or suspend the managed distribution policy at any time, which could have an adverse effect on the market price of the Fund's shares.
The Fund's monthly distributions may include long-term capital gains, short-term capital gains, net investment income and/or return of capital for federal income tax purposes. Return of capital includes distributions paid by the Fund in excess of its net investment income and net realized capital gains and such excess is distributed from the Fund's assets. A return of capital is not taxable; rather, it reduces a shareholder's tax basis in his or her shares of the Fund. In addition, distributions from the Fund's investments in real estate investment trusts (REITs) may later be characterized as capital gains and/or a return of capital, depending on the character of the dividends reported to the Fund after year-end by REITs held by the Fund. The amount of monthly distributions may vary depending on a number of factors, including changes in portfolio and market conditions.
At the time of each monthly distribution, information will be posted to cohenandsteers.com and mailed to shareholders in a concurrent notice. However, this information may change at the end of the year because the final tax characteristics of the Fund's distributions cannot be determined with certainty until after the end of the calendar year. Final tax characteristics of all of the Fund's distributions will be provided on Form 1099-DIV, which is mailed after the close of the calendar year.
The following table sets forth the estimated amounts of the current distribution and the cumulative distributions paid this fiscal year-to-date from the sources indicated. All amounts are expressed per common share.
You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund's investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund's managed distribution policy. The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this Notice are only estimates, are likely to change over time, and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for accounting and tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The amounts and sources of distributions year-to-date may be subject to additional adjustments.
*THE FUND WILL SEND YOU A FORM 1099-DIV FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR THAT WILL TELL YOU HOW TO REPORT THESE DISTRIBUTIONS FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES
The Fund's Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return for fiscal year 2022 (January 1, 2022 through November 30, 2022) is set forth below. Shareholders should take note of the relationship between the Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return with the Fund's Cumulative Distribution Rate for 2022. In addition, the Fund's Average Annual Total Return for the five-year period ending November 30, 2022 is set forth below. Shareholders should note the relationship between the Average Annual Total Return with the Fund's Current Annualized Distribution Rate for 2022. The performance and distribution rate information disclosed in the table is based on the Fund's net asset value per share (NAV). The Fund's NAV is calculated as the total market value of all the securities and other assets held by the Fund minus the total liabilities, divided by the total number of shares outstanding. While NAV performance may be indicative of the Fund's investment performance, it does not measure the value of a shareholder's individual investment in the Fund. The value of a shareholder's investment in the Fund is determined by the Fund's market price, which is based on the supply and demand for the Fund's shares in the open market.
Fund Performance and Distribution Rate Information:
Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expense of the Fund carefully before investing. You can obtain the Fund's most recent periodic reports, when available, and other regulatory filings by contacting your financial advisor or visiting cohenandsteers.com. These reports and other filings can be found on the Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR Database. You should read these reports and other filings carefully before investing.
Shareholders should not use the information provided here in preparing their tax returns. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year indicating how to report Fund distributions for federal income tax purposes.
Website: https://www.cohenandsteers.com/
Symbol: (NYSE: CNS)
Cohen & Steers is a leading global investment manager specializing in real assets and alternative income, including real estate, preferred securities, infrastructure, resource equities, commodities, as well as multi-strategy solutions. Founded in 1986, the firm is headquartered in New York City, with offices in London, Dublin, Hong Kong, and Tokyo.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release and other statements that Cohen & Steers may make may contain forward looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which reflect the company's current views with respect to, among other things, its operations and financial performance. You can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of words such as "outlook," "believes," "expects," "potential," "continues," "may," "will," "should," "seeks," "approximately," "predicts," "intends," "plans," "estimates," "anticipates," or the negative versions of these words or other comparable words. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties.
Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could cause actual outcomes or results to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
View original content:
SOURCE Cohen & Steers | https://www.wagmtv.com/prnewswire/2022/12/23/cohen-amp-steers-reit-preferred-income-fund-inc-rnp-notification-sources-distribution-under-section-19a/ | 2022-12-23 23:24:13 | 0 | https://www.wagmtv.com/prnewswire/2022/12/23/cohen-amp-steers-reit-preferred-income-fund-inc-rnp-notification-sources-distribution-under-section-19a/ |
ATLANTA — A week after the deadly shooting of the co-owner of a popular Atlanta lounge, their business has announced its closure online.
Twelve hours ago, the Instagram page for the lounge posted a photo stating "Republic Closed" with the description "RIP @RepublicATL 2019/2023."
Last Saturday, their co-owner Michael Gidewon was shot and killed allegedly by someone who knew him at the club. Police said suspect Jonathan Soto, 39, is wanted in connection to his death.
A former employee said Soto worked for Gidewon as a promoter. Michael Gidewon's brother and business partner Alex Gidewon released a statement from the family on Instagram confirming that t the suspect and victim knew each other. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/popular-republic-lounge-closed-deadly-shooting/85-a745ef9d-a365-473a-ad59-6ee76dee96cb | 2023-02-11 17:57:25 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/popular-republic-lounge-closed-deadly-shooting/85-a745ef9d-a365-473a-ad59-6ee76dee96cb |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Four-Evening" game were:
2-7-2-9, SB: 7
(two, seven, two, nine; SB: seven)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Four-Evening" game were:
2-7-2-9, SB: 7
(two, seven, two, nine; SB: seven) | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Four-Evening-game-17527976.php | 2022-10-23 04:51:14 | 0 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Four-Evening-game-17527976.php |
MURPHY,
Florence Cecelia
Florence Cecelia Murphy, age 98, of Port St. Lucie, Florida, and formerly of Centerville and Dayton, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, October 15, 2022, at Treasure Coast Hospice in Fort Pierce, Florida.
Florence was born in Carey, Ohio, on October 29, 1923, to the late Joseph and Katherine (Kaufman) Mitten. Florence grew up, one of the seven Mitten Sisters, on the family farm in Carey. She graduated from Carey High School in 1941 and then continued her education at The Ohio State University where she earned a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management and a minor in Art. While at Ohio State, she was on the Women's Varsity Golf Team.
During World War II, Florence worked at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base as a typist where she wrote the report for the bombing of Nagasaki. Later in Florence's working career, she was in human resources for The Monsanto Company and retired from The United States Government D.E.S.C. as a Contract Review Specialist.
Being a lifelong Catholic, Florence attended Our Lady of Consolation in Carey, St. Francis of Assisi in Centerville, and most recently St. Lucie Catholic Church in Florida.
Always having a love for life, Florence won a Pin-Up Girl contest during World War II, enjoyed playing the stock market, and visiting any casino she could. To say Florence was a huge Notre Dame fan is an understatement. She lived and died for their football team and should have been their next coach.
Florence will be missed by her loving daughter, Kathleen Murphy, grand-dog, Sparkles, many nieces, nephews, and special family friends.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by eight siblings, Laura Mitten, Alma Mitten Hartnet, Linus Mitten, Blanche Mitten, William Mitten, Margaret Mitten MacBride, Virginia Mitten Smith, and Kate Mitten Petroff; and favorite dogs, Bob and Gina.
All are welcome to attend a Mass of Christian Burial which will be celebrated at The Original Shrine Church, Carey, on Saturday, October 29, 2022, at 11 am with Father Tom Merrill, OFM Conv. Burial will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery in Carey.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family by visiting www.StombaughBatton.com | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/obituaries/murphy-florence/Q6QJT4B4VFFYHFDVXLRRQ3BSBA/ | 2022-10-23 06:00:07 | 1 | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/obituaries/murphy-florence/Q6QJT4B4VFFYHFDVXLRRQ3BSBA/ |
This essay by Maia Kobabe is part of a series of interviews with — and essays by — authors who are finding their books being challenged and banned in the U.S.
In mid-2018 I showed a partial draft of Gender Queer: A Memoir, my first full length book, to my writing group. One fellow cartoonist, Jimmie Robinson, said, "Get ready for this book to be challenged, and take it as a compliment when that happens." Robinson is the author of a dark political satire series that shows a villainous, mostly nude, main character facing off with heroes and a certain former president. He was very well familiar with people misunderstanding and misinterpreting his work. He added, "Maybe go make some friends at the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund now."
I was obviously already aware that queer, trans, and nonbinary narratives often receive pushback. I did brace myself, in 2019 when the book was released, for a certain amount of negative attention online, if not a full-on wave of internet hate. But it didn't come. Instead, Gender Queer was met with a wave of online love.
The first print run (just 5,000 copies) sold out the week the book was released. As I toured six states and numerous bookstores in 2019, I received only positive, often heartwarming and deeply moving, feedback. People told me they related to Gender Queer more than any other book they'd ever read. They told me it made them feel less alone. They told me they had shared the book with a parent, or a partner, or a friend, and it had opened up conversations they'd never been able to have before.
In 2020, Gender Queer was given two awards by the American Library Association (ALA): a Stonewall Honor, and an Alex Award, which recognizes books published for adults that hold crossover appeal for readers "aged 12 to 18." We headed into a second printing, then a third, then a fourth. By the time covid shut down my comic convention touring, the book had been out for long enough that it was starting to get assigned in college classes. I spent much of 2020 and 2021 speaking via zoom to literature classes, gender studies classes, comic classes, and once a class on graphic medicine, a study of narratives of health and illness in comic form. I settled into the business of writing my second book, happy that my first one had been so well received.
And then, fall of 2021. A video of a parent railing against Gender Queer in a school board meeting in Fairfax, Virginia went viral and sparked an immediate series of copy-cat challenges elsewhere. Sometimes the challenges were overturned, and the book was returned to the library shelves. Other times the book was banned and removed. Several conservative politicians made book banning a major talking point of their campaigns. There were so many challenges in such quick succession before the end of the year that I literally could not keep track of them all. I was getting so many interview requests that I could easily have turned into a full-time public speaker with no time to write.
In spring of 2022, the ALA announced that Gender Queer was the most challenged book of the previous year, taking the top spot from another book about a trans young person written by a nonbinary author, Alex Gino's Melissa. Very shortly after this, another Virginia Republican sued Barnes and Noble claiming that my book was "obscene." I thought, then, of Jimmie Robinson's advice from four years earlier. The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection of the First Amendment rights of the comics art form and its community of retailers, creators, publishers, librarians, and readers. I was incredibly grateful when they reached out to me, and offered to represent my book in the case. They supported me all summer, while the hearing was delayed again and again. Finally, in August, the case was dismissed by a judge as unconstitutional.
I am trying, as Robinson advised, to take all of this as, if not a compliment, at least a kind of testament to the strength of my work. Being the author of a heavily challenged book is stressful, and it wastes a lot of my time – but it puts me in very good company. I never expected my book to sit on lists beside Beloved, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Hate U Give, Speak, and Of Mice and Men. It still feels vaguely surreal, and I'm sure I haven't processed the ripple effects I will feel for the entire rest of my career. For now, I am strengthening my commitment to continue writing stories centering trans, queer, and nonbinary characters. Certain parts of the country may be fixated on censoring me, but I will not be censoring myself.
Maia Kobabe is the author of the memoir Gender Queer and a number of short comics that have been published in The Nib, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and several anthologies. You can find Maia here.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.ctpublic.org/2023-01-04/author-maia-kobabe-struggling-kids-told-me-my-book-helped-them-talk-to-parents | 2023-01-12 17:26:01 | 1 | https://www.ctpublic.org/2023-01-04/author-maia-kobabe-struggling-kids-told-me-my-book-helped-them-talk-to-parents |
ANKENY, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump and rival Ron DeSantis will appear for the first time at the same campaign event in early voting Iowa on Friday at a pivotal moment for the Republican presidential candidates.
Trump, the early front-runner for the 2024 GOP nomination, is making a rare appearance with the rest of the field at an Iowa Republican Party fundraiser a day after he was charged with additional counts over his retention of classified documents after leaving office. He is also bracing to soon be charged in Washington over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Trump has typically avoided attending events that put him in the lineup with the rest of the crowded field and has questioned why he should share the stage with his trailing rivals.
But with Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses less than six months away, Trump and a dozen other GOP hopefuls are taking advantage of the chance to speak to about 1,200 GOP members and activists at Friday’s Lincoln Day Dinner.
DeSantis, Trump’s strongest rival in the field, has been trying to reset his stalled campaign for two weeks. He returned on Thursday to Iowa, where his campaign is increasingly focusing its efforts on trying to derail Trump.
DeSantis’ stumbles have raised questions about whether another candidate might be able to emerge from the crowded field and catch the former president. Some evangelicals, who play a determinative role in the state’s caucuses, have pointed to South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott’s upbeat message and pulpit-style delivery as strengths that could help him rise there.
Scott held a town hall Thursday night in Ankeny with Iowa’s Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and a crowd of a few hundred people, many of whom were forced to stand in the corners of the room. He drew laughs, head nods and amens, and the senator took about a dozen questions.
Many in the room said they were impressed with his positions and his positive outlook, even if they aren’t sure yet who they’ll support.
“There’s nothing negative coming out of this guy,” said Tony Vola, 76, of Saylor Township, a suburb of Des Moines. He said Scott knows his stuff and has a “fantastic” personality. “My God, he’s a real guy.”
DeSantis, who has pledged to eventually visit all of Iowa’s 99 counties, started a two-day bus tour Thursday organized by a super PAC supporting his run.
“No one will outwork Ron DeSantis in the Hawkeye State, and he is just getting started,” campaign spokesperson Andrew Romeo said in a statement.
But it comes amid fresh questions about his strategy and path forward.
After his fundraising reports showed him burning through donations, the governor cut more than a third of his campaign staff. One of the laid-off aides had shared a video featuring DeSantis’ face superimposed on a symbol embraced by the Nazis, a development first reported by Semafor.
His cash crunch seems to be driving the campaign to rely even more on the efforts of the super PAC, Never Back Down, to take up the work typically done by campaign staff.
Super PACs can receive unlimited sums from donors but are barred under federal rules from donating to candidates or coordinating with campaigns on how their money is spent.
While presidential campaigns have been supplemented before by the work of super PACs, which frequently use deeper coffers to run expensive television ads, the work Never Back Down has done to promote DeSantis has been more expansive.
The organization has been working to organize on the ground, including lining up caucus supporters for DeSantis. And while candidates before him have appeared at events put on by super PACs, DeSantis is embarking on the bus tour as the PAC’s “special guest.”
Never Back Down is also hosting a reception immediately after Friday’s dinner for DeSantis supporters, a task that other campaigns are taking on themselves.
Both the DeSantis campaign and Never Back Down defended the arrangement when asked how it complies with federal rules.
“We will continue to use our resources wisely by accepting special guest invitations to ensure Ron DeSantis is in the strongest position to win this primary and defeat the Harris-Biden administration,” Romeo, the DeSantis campaign spokesperson, said.
Jess Szymanski, a spokesperson for Never Back Down, said, “There are decades of precedent for Super PACs to host candidates and others as special guests at events.”
DeSantis has in recent days also been defending Florida’s new public school curriculum on Black history, which requires teachers to instruct middle school students that enslaved people “developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”
DeSantis has faced criticism from teachers and civil rights leaders and got into a public dispute with Florida Rep. Byron Donalds, a Black Republican congressman who said he had a problem with that part of the curriculum.
“I’d ask all my colleagues in Florida: Stand up for your state,” DeSantis said in an interview Thursday with CBS News. “Don’t side with Kamala Harris.”
Harris, too, will be in Iowa on Friday, seeking to draw a contrast with the Republicans. The Democratic vice president is scheduled to meet in Des Moines with activists and discuss abortion rights. Reynolds recently signed a ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. A judge has temporarily blocked the law but the Iowa Supreme Court will consider the governor’s request to put it back in effect.
___
Price reported from New York. | https://www.wane.com/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-trump-desantis-and-other-2024-gop-candidates-set-to-address-iowa-republicans-at-lincoln-day-dinner/ | 2023-07-28 13:36:53 | 0 | https://www.wane.com/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-trump-desantis-and-other-2024-gop-candidates-set-to-address-iowa-republicans-at-lincoln-day-dinner/ |
The next generation plant-based meat brand introduces three new frozen foods, all made with jackfruit
as the primary ingredient.
BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jack & Annie's, a rising star in the alternative meat category, is launching three new frozen food products made from the real plant that's naturally meaty, jackfruit. New Crispy Jack Patties, Buffalo Jack Patties, and Crispy Gluten-Free Jack Tenders join the Jack & Annie's family, with the same craveable and juicy flavors that have made the brand a fan-favorite among plant-based and meat-eaters alike. These new items are available now in grocery store freezers nationwide. Check the store locator to find a store near you: www.jackandannies.com/find-a-store/.
"Our fans continue to ask for more chicken options, and we're excited to meet their needs with these three new additions," said Annie Ryu, CEO and founder of Jack & Annie's. "By using jackfruit as our #1 ingredient, we're able to make foods that not only satisfy like meat, but that also are a good source of fiber and protein, lower in fat and calories than meat products, and simpler and less processed compared to other meat alternatives. Jackfruit has a naturally meaty texture, and also picks up flavors well, allowing for a versatile and delicious tasting experience."
Jack & Annie's new frozen foods, made from jackfruit and vegan-friendly ingredients, include:
- Crispy Jack Patties: Perfectly crispy and lightly seasoned, these patties are great on a bun or all on their own.
- Buffalo Jack Patties: Just the right amount of zesty flavor with hints of vinegar and butter make this buffalo patty crave-worthy.
- Crispy Gluten-Free Jack Tenders: Whether dunked in your favorite sauce or enjoyed on their own, these tenders are a unique and delicious gluten-free and meatless option with no sacrifice required on taste or texture.
Demand for plant-based chicken options continues to rise, as a growing number of consumers explore a "flexitarian" diet, looking to reduce their meat consumption. Jack & Annie's boldly stands out among other meat alternatives because its foods are made primarily from jackfruit, a naturally delicious and nutrient-dense plant that is known for its meaty texture and satisfying taste. The result is crave-worthy foods that are both delicious and good for the planet because jackfruit is a sustainable and regenerative crop.
Jack & Annie's new foods are available now at grocers nationwide, including Sprouts, HEB, Wegmans, Publix, Giant, and Stop & Shop.
ABOUT JACK & ANNIE'S
Jack & Annie's, made by The Jackfruit Company and founded by Annie Ryu, is on a mission to create real, delicious foods that feature jackfruit, an underutilized crop that is one of the world's most sustainable and regenerative plants, as the primary ingredient. Jack & Annie's plant-based offerings are more than just a delicious alternative to meat, they are also naturally nutrient-dense, high in fiber and protein, and lower in calories, and have a simpler ingredient panel than other meatless products. From crispy jack nuggets to savory jack sausage patties, the Jack & Annie's portfolio offers foods that are satisfying for meat eaters and plant-based eaters alike. Bite-by-bite, Jack & Annie's and The Jackfruit Company are building a better planet, supporting farming communities in India by preventing jackfruit from going to waste, operating the largest global jackfruit supply chain, and providing over 1,700 farming families with 10-40% of their income.
For more information about Jack & Annie's, please visit jackandannies.com or follow on Instagram @jackandannies, Twitter @jackandannies, and Facebook @jackandannies.
PRESS CONTACT
jackandannies@mbooth.com
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE Jack & Annie’s | https://www.mysuncoast.com/prnewswire/2022/09/19/jack-amp-annies-unveils-new-plant-based-chicken-expanding-its-portfolio-delicious-meat-alternatives-made-real-plants/ | 2022-09-19 14:21:51 | 0 | https://www.mysuncoast.com/prnewswire/2022/09/19/jack-amp-annies-unveils-new-plant-based-chicken-expanding-its-portfolio-delicious-meat-alternatives-made-real-plants/ |
Rescuers make last desperate push as final hours of oxygen on missing Titanic submersible tick down
(AP) - The race against time to find a submersible that disappeared on its way to the Titanic wreckage site entered a new phase of desperation on Thursday morning as the final hours of oxygen possibly left on board the tiny vessel ticked off the clock.
Rescuers have rushed more ships and vessels to the site of the disappearance, hoping underwater sounds they detected for a second straight day might help narrow their search in the urgent, international mission. But the crew had only a four-day oxygen supply when the vessel, called the Titan, set off around 6 a.m. Sunday.
Even those who expressed optimism warned that many obstacles remain: from pinpointing the vessel’s location, to reaching it with rescue equipment, to bringing it to the surface — assuming it’s still intact. And all that has to happen before the passengers’ oxygen supply runs out.
The full area being searched was twice the size of Connecticut in waters as deep as 13,200 feet (4,020 meters). Captain Jamie Frederick of the First Coast Guard District said authorities were still holding out hope of saving the five passengers onboard.
“This is a search and rescue mission, 100%,” he said Wednesday.
The area of the North Atlantic where the Titan vanished Sunday is also prone to fog and stormy conditions, making it an extremely challenging environment to conduct a search-and-rescue mission, said Donald Murphy, an oceanographer who served as chief scientist of the Coast Guard’s International Ice Patrol.
Meanwhile, newly uncovered allegations suggest there had been significant warnings made about vessel safety during the submersible’s development.
Frederick said while the sounds that have been detected offered a chance to narrow the search, their exact location and source hadn’t yet been determined.
“We don’t know what they are, to be frank,” he said.
Retired Navy Capt. Carl Hartsfield, now the director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Systems Laboratory, said the sounds have been described as “banging noises,” but he warned that search crews “have to put the whole picture together in context and they have to eliminate potential manmade sources other than the Titan.”
The report was encouraging to some experts because submarine crews unable to communicate with the surface are taught to bang on their submersible’s hull to be detected by sonar.
The U.S. Navy said in a statement Wednesday that it was sending a specialized salvage system that’s capable of hoisting “large, bulky and heavy undersea objects such as aircraft or small vessels.”
The Titan weighs 20,000 pounds (9,071 kilograms). The U.S. Navy’s Flyaway Deep Ocean Salvage System is designed to lift up to 60,000 pounds (27,216kilograms), the Navy said on its website.
Lost aboard the vessel are pilot Stockton Rush, the CEO of the company leading the expedition. His passengers are a British adventurer, two members of a Pakistani business family and a Titanic expert. OceanGate Expeditions oversaw the mission.
Authorities reported the 22-foot (6.7-meter) carbon-fiber vessel overdue Sunday night, setting off the search in waters about 435 miles (700 kilometers) south of St. John’s.
Officials have said the vessel had a 96-hour oxygen supply, giving them a deadline of early Thursday morning to find and raise the Titan.
Frank Owen, a submarine search and rescue expert, said the estimated oxygen supply is a useful “target” for searchers, but is only based on a “nominal amount of consumption.” Owen said the diver on board the Titan would likely be advising passengers to “do anything to reduce your metabolic levels so that you can actually extend this.”
At least 46 people successfully traveled on OceanGate’s submersible to the Titanic wreck site in 2021 and 2022, according to letters the company filed with a U.S. District Court in Norfolk, Virginia, that oversees matters involving the Titanic shipwreck.
One of the company’s first customers characterized a dive he made to the site two years ago as a “kamikaze operation.”
“Imagine a metal tube a few meters long with a sheet of metal for a floor. You can’t stand. You can’t kneel. Everyone is sitting close to or on top of each other,” said Arthur Loibl, a retired businessman and adventurer from Germany. “You can’t be claustrophobic.”
During the 2.5-hour descent and ascent, the lights were turned off to conserve energy, he said, with the only illumination coming from a fluorescent glow stick.
The dive was repeatedly delayed to fix a problem with the battery and the balancing weights. In total, the voyage took 10.5 hours.
OceanGate has been criticized for the use of a simple commercially available video game controller to steer the Titan. But the company has said that many of the vessel’s parts are off-the-shelf because they have proved to be dependable.
“It’s meant for a 16-year-old to throw it around,” and is “super durable,” Rush told the CBC in an interview last year while he demonstrated by throwing the controller around the Titan’s tiny cabin. He said a couple of spares are kept on board “just in case.”
The submersible had seven backup systems to return to the surface, including sandbags and lead pipes that drop off and an inflatable balloon.
Jeff Karson, a professor emeritus of earth and environmental sciences at Syracuse University, said the temperature is just above freezing, and the vessel is too deep for human divers to get to it. The best chance to reach the submersible could be to use a remotely operated robot on a fiber optic cable, he said.
“I am sure it is horrible down there,” Karson said. “It is like being in a snow cave and hypothermia is a real danger.”
Documents show that OceanGate had been warned there might be catastrophic safety problems posed by the way the experimental vessel was developed.
David Lochridge, OceanGate’s director of marine operations, said in a 2018 lawsuit that the company’s testing and certification was insufficient and would “subject passengers to potential extreme danger in an experimental submersible.”
The company insisted that Lochridge was “not an engineer and was not hired or asked to perform engineering services on the Titan.” The firm also says the vessel under development was a prototype, not the now-missing Titan.
The Marine Technology Society, which describes itself as “a professional group of ocean engineers, technologists, policy-makers, and educators,” also expressed concern that year in a letter to Rush, OceanGate’s chief executive. The society said it was critical that the company submit its prototype to tests overseen by an expert third party before launching in order to safeguard passengers. The New York Times first reported on those documents.
The passengers lost on the Titan are British adventurer Hamish Harding; Pakistani nationals Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, whose eponymous firm invests across the country; and French explorer and Titanic expert Paul-Henry Nargeolet.
Retired Navy Vice Admiral Robert Murrett, who is now deputy director of the Institute for Security Policy and Law at Syracuse University, said the disappearance underscores the dangers associated with operating in deep water and the recreational exploration of the sea and space.
“I think some people believe that because modern technology is so good, that you can do things like this and not have accidents, but that’s just not the case,” he said.
___
Associated Press writers Jon Gambrell in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Ben Finley in Norfolk, Virginia; and Munir Ahmed in Islamabad contributed to this report.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.wflx.com/2023/06/22/rescuers-make-last-desperate-push-final-hours-oxygen-missing-titanic-submersible-tick-down/ | 2023-06-22 04:44:14 | 1 | https://www.wflx.com/2023/06/22/rescuers-make-last-desperate-push-final-hours-oxygen-missing-titanic-submersible-tick-down/ |
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Thursday it’s time for Turkey to ratify Finland and Sweden’s applications to join NATO, bluntly saying that holdout members of the alliance should quickly approve their memberships.
The State Department said Secretary of State Antony Blinken had affirmed resolute support for Finland and Sweden in phone calls with their foreign ministers and said the U.S. places great importance on “remaining allies quickly ratifying their accession.”
In nearly identical statements about the two calls released just 13 minutes apart, State Department spokesman Ned Price said Blinken had “reiterated U.S. support for Finland and Sweden’s NATO accession.”
“He conveyed again our firm belief that Finland and Sweden are ready to join the alliance," Price said of the calls with Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom and Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto. "The United States urges remaining allies to quickly ratify their accession.”
The statements did not mention Turkey by name, but the calls came just a day after Blinken met with the foreign minister of Turkey, whose country is the most ardent NATO holdout against Finland and Sweden joining the alliance.
The two countries applied for NATO membership last year after becoming alarmed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Only two of the alliance's 30 members — Hungary and Turkey — have yet to ratify their membership, although Hungary's ratification is seen as a formality and expected soon.
Turkey, meanwhile, has raised significant objections to the Nordic countries joining the alliance, citing their support for Kurdish groups that Ankara sees as terrorist threats. Turkey has demanded that Sweden in particular do more to rein in these Kurdish groups before agreeing to its accession to NATO. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/US-says-it-s-time-for-Finland-Sweden-to-join-NATO-17728934.php | 2023-01-19 22:23:03 | 0 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/US-says-it-s-time-for-Finland-Sweden-to-join-NATO-17728934.php |
MISSOULA — MISSOULA - A St. Regis man was honored with the Bronze Star for his bravery during the Vietnam War in Missoula's Rose Park on Tuesday.
October 7, 1967, is a day that Ed Fontaine will remember for the rest of his life.
“When that fire opened up… ha… I said ‘oh suicide,’ we just got told to go up on a hill,” Fontaine recalled
It was a hill that exposed him and his unit to the enemies of the Vietnam War. At 18 years old, the machine gunner in the US Army’s 101st Airborne Division, was faced with a choice.
“And he knew what I was saying," said Fontaine. "He says,’ I'll go if you go.’ We both know that meant, ‘I'll die if you die.’”
As he was 20 meters away from the enemy, he shot and all went quiet on the front, buying his unit valuable time to go on fighting the war.
It was Fontaine's bravery over 50 years ago that awarded him six military honors, including a Purple Heart — and now the Bronze Star.
The Bronze Star is given to those who show heroic service in a combat zone.
But Fontaine says he couldn’t have done it without the grace of God, describing his actions that day, as a miracle.
“Specialists Fontaine said to me that ‘this metal is important to me because it documents a miracle,’” said Father Griego, who accepted the medal on behalf of Fontaine.
Montana Congressman Matt Rosendale awarded the Bronze Star to Fontaine.
“Giving honor to a gentleman who risked his life against all odds to make sure that other people were saved is really an incredible honor," Rosendale told MTN News.
The woman who has stood by Fontaine's side for 50 years says she is overcome with pride by her husband’s actions and constant selflessness.
“So proud of him," said Fontaine's wife, Debbie Fontaine. "I know you're not supposed to be prideful, but I'm just overjoyed that this has happened…the Miracle got recognized.”
Once he left the US Army, Fontaine continued to serve his community as an educator for at-risk students.
A man who beams humility and bravery. | https://www.kbzk.com/news/positively-montana/st-regis-veteran-honored-with-bronze-star-by-rep-matt-rosendale | 2022-06-01 14:08:30 | 1 | https://www.kbzk.com/news/positively-montana/st-regis-veteran-honored-with-bronze-star-by-rep-matt-rosendale |
INDIANAPOLIS — Cheryl Shockley remembers her son, Jack Shockley, as the life of the party.
“He was the funniest, he was the fun in our family,” Cheryl said.
Jack was killed in a shooting on Indy’s east side in August 2020. Though it’s been two years since his death, Cheryl said every holiday without him is a painful reminder of that loss.
“Everybody has a role in a family, and then when that person’s gone, then the family has to figure out a way to go on,” she said.
Part of that journey has connected Cheryl to DeAndra Dycus, who leads Purpose 4 My Pain. Dycus started the non-profit after nearly losing her son, Dre, to a stray bullet in 2014. Though her survived, his life was forever changed as he remains paralyzed and unable to speak.
Through her organization, Dycus has offered outreach and resources, like grief support groups and retreats, to help numerous families impacted by gun violence.
“I’ve been talking to a mom just earlier today, whose son was killed over the weekend, this is brand new and this is fresh,” said Dycus. “Having that empty seat is gut-wrenching, and it’s just a very difficult space to navigate.”
Sadly, many families are forced to feel that reality this year as Indianapolis reaches close to 210 homicides so far. Heading into Thanksgiving, four lives were lost in separate weekend shootings throughout the city.
Dycus said it is important people have grace for families and individuals, who may be struggling with grief this holiday.
“You need a support system that shows you grace during your grief and no judgment,” Dycus said. “I hate it when parents say ‘Well someone asked me you’re not over that yet? You haven’t gotten over that?'”
“You don’t get over losing a child or having them altered and live life differently,” she added. “You don’t get over it, you just learn how to navigate it differently.”
Julie Leet, a grief counselor through Community Health Network, said it’s also important that friends and family check in with their loved one after a loss.
“I would say initiate contact,” Leet said. “I would say the loved one’s name out loud, thinking of you, call them, and if they don’t answer, leave a message. It doesn’t have to necessarily be deep and in-depth, but people feel isolated, people feel alone.”
“People will naturally want to withdraw because it so painful to be around others who are jolly and having a great time,” she added. “Reaching out and letting people know I’m thinking of you, and saying the loved one’s name, can be really meaningful.”
If you are struggling with grief, Leet said it’s vital that you take care of yourself, properly hydrate, get adequate rest and make smart, healthy coping choices.
“I know we’re drawn to doing things for self-care, like ‘Oh yeah, let’s have an extra eggnog’ or let’s do certain things, and it’s not going to help,” she said.
When it comes to holiday gatherings, Leet said there’s no right or wrong decision and to do what’s best for you.
“I want to give you permission to do what you need to do, and that might mean saying no, I can’t come, or that might mean saying yeah, I’m going to give it a try,” Leet said. “Let’s say we always go to church, or we always go to this service. Then, maybe sit in the back. Sit next to the end of the pew, so that you can get up and excuse yourself if you find that you’re overwhelmed or that you need a little breathing space.”
Cheryl, who is preparing for another holiday without Jack, said her family continues to find comfort in new traditions that honor his memory.
“For us, the first year, we just couldn’t do it hardly. So, we decided to, all of us, dress up like Jack, which he was like the slouchiest kid on the planet,” Cheryl laughed. “I mean, he’s so blindingly handsome, but he didn’t care about clothes. He didn’t care, he was always just in sweatpants. So, the whole family dressed like a slouch, and it made really funny, funny pictures of that.”
As the Shockley family continues to navigate their own grief, Cheryl said she finds peace in speaking life into Jack’s name. However, she knows for many others, that may not be as easy.
“The grief is always going to be there, but it’s ok. It’s ok,” she said. “It’s ok to grieve, and it’s ok to not talk about them or to talk about them as you need to, and I feel like I still need to.”
Both Community Health Network and Purpose 4 My Pain offer free resources to families and individuals struggling with grief. You can visit the links provided in the story for contact information and services. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/give-yourself-grace-navigating-grief-during-holiday-season/ | 2022-11-23 00:44:37 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/give-yourself-grace-navigating-grief-during-holiday-season/ |
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A man was arrested after an explosive was found in a bag checked onto a Florida-bound flight at an eastern Pennsylvania airport, federal authorities said.
Marc Muffley, 40, is charged with possessing an explosive in an airport and possessing or attempting to place an explosive or incendiary device on an aircraft, according to a criminal complaint.
Prosecutors allege that the material was found in a suitcase Muffley had checked in Monday at Lehigh Valley International Airport to Allegiant Air Flight 201, which was bound for Orlando Sanford International Airport in Florida.
After an alert during security screening, the bag was examined and found hidden in the lining was a “circular compound” about three inches in diameter wrapped in a wax-like paper and clear plastic wrap.
An FBI bomb technician X-rayed the compound and concluded that it contained a granular powder “consistent with a commercial grade firework” and “suspected to be a mixture of flash powder and the dark granulars that are used in commercial grade fireworks.”
Attached was a “quick fuse” similar to a candle wick — apparently part of the original manufacture of the compound — as well as a “hobby fuse” that burns more slowly and appeared to have been added after the manufacture, authorities said.
Authorities said they concluded that both the black powder and flash powder “are susceptible to ignite from heat and friction and posed a significant risk to the aircraft and passengers,” according to the criminal complaint.
Authorities said Muffley was paged over the airport’s public address system and shortly thereafter he was seen leaving the airport. He was traced to a Lansford address where he was arrested by the FBI late Monday night.
Officials said he remains in custody pending a probable cause hearing and detention hearing Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in Allentown, with Muffley attending via videoconference.
It’s unclear whether Muffley has an attorney. A working number for him couldn’t be found Wednesday. | https://phl17.com/nmw/explosive-found-in-bag-at-pennsylvania-airport-man-arrested/ | 2023-03-01 22:57:49 | 0 | https://phl17.com/nmw/explosive-found-in-bag-at-pennsylvania-airport-man-arrested/ |
Recognition adds to the agency's recent awards for innovative employer brand, consumer marketing, and sports and entertainment campaigns
NEW YORK, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MikeWorldWide, a leading independent and integrated public relations agency, was named by Ragan Communications and PR Daily as one of 2022's most outstanding public relations agencies.
The Midsize Agency of the Year in PR Daily's Top Agencies Award was announced at a luncheon held on May 10th, 2022, at The Yale Club in New York City.
This year, the firm continued to expand its expertise in technology, content creation and CorpSumer™ programming, along with DEI and ESG services to support critical client issues. Additionally, the firm has introduced progressive employee benefits programs for parental leave and pre-employment PTO (paid time off).
"We can always count on PR Daily to connect the dots between the internal culture and values of a PR agency and the level of impact that it has out in the world," said Michael Kempner, CEO and founder of MikeWorldWide. "With our commitment to hiring, retaining and advancing people of color and other diverse audiences, we have been walking the walk on diversity, equity and inclusion long before the acronym entered our vernacular. We are honored that companies sharing our commitment to inclusivity and empathy have entrusted us with their communications, and we are thrilled to see those accomplishments and others recognized by the team at Ragan and PR Daily."
In 2021, MikeWorldWide's DEI initiatives were expanded to support brands and organizations like Voto Latino and New York Power Authority, offering guidance to clients striving to better represent a diverse range of voices, perspectives and needs through communications.
As part of the commitment to making sure that its people-first approach plays a tangible role in the lives of all employees, the firm introduced 12 weeks all-parental leave for all new moms or dads. The new benefit was inspired by one employee, an expectant parent in a same-sex marriage who pointed out the unfairness of traditional parental leave policies. To help the emotional toll of the pandemic, the firm added seven agency-wide mental health days and one week of Pre-PTO for new hires, along with monthly health and wellness stipends.
A full list of all the PR Daily winners can be found here.
About MikeWorldWide
Thirty-five years young, MWW is among the world's leading independent, full-service PR agencies with talent hubs across the US and the UK. It prioritizes CorpSumerTM insights, cultural currency, and earned-worthy impact to create integrated programs that turn brands' reasons to believe into audiences' reasons to care. Because more than ever, Caring Counts.
MWW combines corporate reputation, consumer marketing, crisis & issues management, and public affairs expertise with dedicated strategy, analytics, DE&I, digital, and creative and content teams. MWW continues to grow and attract talent with a people-first culture that supports employees by prioritizing wellness, flexibility and career development to meet current workforce needs. Open positions at MWW can be found here.
To learn more about MikeWorldWide, visit mww.com
View original content:
SOURCE MikeWorldWide | https://www.wkyt.com/prnewswire/2022/05/18/mikeworldwide-honored-2022-midsize-public-relations-agency-year-by-ragan-pr-daily/ | 2022-05-18 17:15:44 | 1 | https://www.wkyt.com/prnewswire/2022/05/18/mikeworldwide-honored-2022-midsize-public-relations-agency-year-by-ragan-pr-daily/ |
LONDON (AP) — Security guards at London’s Heathrow Airport, Europe’s busiest, will escalate their strike action over pay into the busy summer months, the U.K.’s largest trade union said Wednesday.
The Unite union said more than 2,000 of its members will walk out for 31 days from June 24 through to Aug. 27, a move that could wreak havoc for the millions of people going through Heathrow during the summer travel season.
Security guards have already been striking in recent months, including during the Easter break and the coronation of King Charles III, walkouts that Heathrow says resulted in “no impact” on the smooth running of the airport.
“Unite is putting Heathrow on notice that strike action at the airport will continue until it makes a fair pay offer to its workers,” Unite general-secretary Sharon Graham said. “Make no mistake, our members will receive the union’s unflinching support in this dispute.”
Security officers at Terminal 3, which is the base for many international carriers, including American Airlines and Virgin Atlantic, will be joining their colleagues from Terminal 5, which is British Airways’ main hub.
Last December, military personnel were drafted in to check passports at U.K. airports including Heathrow during strikes by Border Force stuff.
Unite said security guards have rejected a 10.1% pay offer from Heathrow, which is below the level at which consumer price inflation has been running since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022. Unite also said that its in-house research shows that the average pay of workers at Heathrow has fallen 24% in real terms since 2017.
Unite also said there is also “widespread bitterness” among workers that Heathrow used the “cover of the pandemic” to enforce a “fire and rehire” strategy.
“This is an incredibly wealthy company, which this summer is anticipating bumper profits and an executive pay bonanza,” Graham said. “It’s also expected to pay out huge dividends to shareholders, yet its workers can barely make ends meet and are paid far less than workers at other airports.”
Heathrow said the majority of workers at the airport think the strike action is unjustified, but insisted it would continue to to talk to Unite in hopes of resolving the issue.
“Unite has already tried and failed to disrupt the airport with unnecessary strikes on some of our busiest days and we continue to build our plans to protect journeys during any future action,” a Heathrow spokesperson said on condition of anonymity in line with company policy.
With inflation running at multi-decade highs, the U.K. has been riddled with multiple strikes across sectors over the past few months, from nurses to barristers and train drivers. | https://wgntv.com/business/ap-business/security-guards-at-londons-heathrow-airport-to-escalate-strikes-over-pay-into-busy-summer-months/ | 2023-06-08 00:32:35 | 1 | https://wgntv.com/business/ap-business/security-guards-at-londons-heathrow-airport-to-escalate-strikes-over-pay-into-busy-summer-months/ |
‘It’s ridiculous’: Parents furious over poor air conditioning on Arizona school buses in record heat
APACHE JUNCTION, Ariz. (KPHO/Gray News) – Parents at an Arizona school district are complaining about what they say is dangerous heat on school buses.
Parents said the school buses in the Apache Junction Unified School District have poorly functioning air conditioning units that have left students coming home dry heaving and on the verge of fainting.
“I’ve never felt it that hot,” fourth grader Macy Solaiza said. “I was about to pass out. I wanted to throw up too.”
Macy’s mom Crickett Solaiza said that when the school year started on Monday, kids were coming home sweaty from the bus ride. But when Macy was physically sick on Wednesday, her mom got angry.
“I was furious because I entrust the school district with my child,” Solaiza said.
Solaiza wasn’t the only angry parent. Dozens have shared their thoughts on social media, demanding that something change.
One mother said she hopes a change is made before it’s too late. Cynthia Chavez said she almost took her kindergartner to the emergency room after he came home drenched in sweat and dry heaving.
“I pray that they don’t wait until something happens,” Chavez said.
However, the district is disputing the claims of poor air conditioning on its buses. In a letter to parents, Superintendent Dr. Robert Pappalardo said all school buses have fully functional air conditioning systems.
Pappalardo said the district is taking proactive steps to minimize any discomfort, including regular maintenance of the buses, pre-cooling procedures, and providing water for students.
Chavez said the district doesn’t allow students to roll down the bus windows for ventilation either.
“They’re leaving these kids in a hot bus, windows rolled up, while they’re driving around at different spots,” she said. “That’s the same thing as leaving a kid in a hot car. It’s ridiculous.”
The district has not clarified its policy regarding bus windows.
Arizona has been dealing with record-breaking heat for weeks. In Phoenix, the city saw 115 degrees on Thursday, continuing its streak of temperatures reaching at least 110 degrees for the 28th consecutive day.
Copyright 2023 KPHO via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | https://www.wibw.com/2023/07/28/its-ridiculous-parents-furious-over-poor-air-conditioning-arizona-school-buses-record-heat/ | 2023-07-28 21:05:03 | 0 | https://www.wibw.com/2023/07/28/its-ridiculous-parents-furious-over-poor-air-conditioning-arizona-school-buses-record-heat/ |
Bangor Daily News
Maine news, sports, politics, election results, and obituaries
Your body; the court’s choice. | https://bangordailynews.com/2022/05/04/opinion/danby-ink/supreme-court-leaks/ | 2022-05-04 13:39:56 | 0 | https://bangordailynews.com/2022/05/04/opinion/danby-ink/supreme-court-leaks/ |
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Fighting inflation is top of mind for many. The Fed raised its key interest rate by 3-quarters of a point, last week. That's the highest rate hike since 1994.
That could also help cool the housing market a little since the rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage is also up around 6%. That has many home buyers looking at Adjustable-rate mortgages.
Adjustable-rate mortgages or ARMs have surged to a 14-year high. Right now they make up about 11% of all home loans, compared to just 3% at the beginning of this year. Part of the reason for that demand is people still want to buy a home, but don't want to pay the higher fixed rate.
Basically, an ARM is a fully underwritten mortgage where you get a lower fixed rate for a term of 5, 7, or 10 years. The shorter the term, the lower the rate. But after that 5, 7, or 10 years, the rate goes up and there's no guarantee how high. Mike Mulwani is a Senior Vice President at Bayfirst Financial in St. Petersburg.
"The risk with an ARM is that you go through the adjustment period. So let's say you take a 5-year ARM and then rates adjust, and if they adjust upward, now you're dealing with a higher payment," Mulwani said.
So you really have to know your financial situation before choosing this mortgage option. For instance, if you know you're buying a starter home and will likely sell it within that shorter term to move on to your next home. Or if you know you have money aside to pay it off before that short-term ends. A mortgage lender that knows your local market can help you decide what's best for you. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/money/adjustable-rate-mortgages-tips-faq/67-2db5f8a1-89fc-4617-8bf7-9978312aa0a4 | 2022-06-20 12:37:15 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/money/adjustable-rate-mortgages-tips-faq/67-2db5f8a1-89fc-4617-8bf7-9978312aa0a4 |
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The idea that Morocco could co-host the 2030 World Cup with near-neighbors Spain and Portugal seemed a bit crazy when it was floated four years ago.
It doesn’t seem so crazy now.
Morocco has gained status inside FIFA and credibility with fans by eliminating Spain and then Portugal in knockout games to be the first African team to advance to a World Cup semifinals.
There are longer-term prospects for the national team with a solid foundation seemingly in place. There’s strong recruitment from the Moroccan diaspora in Europe, coupled with homegrown players nurtured at a world-class training center near Rabat.
Though there is no proposal yet to create a first multicontinent World Cup hosting bid, the head of Morocco’s soccer federation still believes in the concept.
“We wanted this organization to be shared between the African continent and the European continent,” Fouzi Lekjaa told The Associated Press in an interview at the team hotel this week.
“In order to show the world that the relationship between Africa and Europe is not only the relationship of illegal immigration and the fight against it,” Lekjaa said. “Rather, it is a relationship in which civilizations can meet and cultures meet.”
That Morocco and Spain are so geographically close — “We are only 14 kilometers (less than 10 miles) away” Lekjaa noted — is the core appeal of any joint bid as it was in 2018.
So is the support of King Mohammed VI who immediately asked for a renewed World Cup bid when Morocco lost the 2026 tournament hosting vote to the heavily favored United States-Canada-Mexico plan. The latest in a streak of losing Morocco bids was a 134-65 vote by FIFA member federations in Moscow on the eve of the last World Cup.
What has changed since 2018?
Lekjaa, a government minister in charge of the state budget, now has more influence at FIFA as an African elected delegate on its ruling Council since joining last year. He is clearly in good graces with FIFA president Gianni Infantino given that holding a government job was once a barrier to candidates in order to avoid potential conflicts of interest.
“Now we seek to be a key player in the international dimension within FIFA,” Lekjaa acknowledged.
What seems possible in soccer politics also changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, with continental championships postponed plus hosts and scheduled dates changed at short notice.
European soccer body UEFA was flatly opposed in 2018 to jointly bidding with another continent.
Still, Europe and Africa combine to have 109 of the 211 FIFA voting members and there was clear politics involved in Ukraine joining the Spain-Portugal bid in October.
FIFA has yet to specify a timetable and bid rules toward an expected hosting decision in 2024 for the 2030 tournament.
Infantino also had talks with political leaders that fueled speculation of an unlikely three-continent bid anchored by Saudi Arabia and also including Egypt and Greece. By comparison, uniting Spain, Portugal and Morocco looks more logical.
The 100-year anniversary of the World Cup is in 2030, and the original 1930 host, Uruguay, is jointly bidding for it with Argentina, Chile and Paraguay. The South American soccer body CONMEBOL has just 10 votes at FIFA.
Morocco is also building influence in African soccer and winning admirers globally for the $65 million Mohammed VI Football Center, which is a training base for players, coaches, referees and officials.
“Morocco’s policy has made us an important partner for all African countries. We are present in partnerships in money and business, and also in sports,” Lekjaa said.
Under his leadership since 2014, the Moroccan federation tried to professionalize management at its clubs, install more natural grass pitches and create regional youth training bases.
Casablanca-based team Wydad, coached by Walid Regragui, benefited from this strategy, winning Africa’s Champions League in May.
Regragui was installed as the coach of Morocco’s national team three months later, with Lekjaa emphasizing that the national team that beat Portugal on Saturday featured seven players from Moroccan clubs.
“There is no reason for European teams to be better than us,” Lekjaa said. “They are now better than us because they work in professional ways, and this is what we seek.”
___
AP World Cup coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/world-cup and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | https://www.qcnews.com/sports/ap-after-world-cup-success-morocco-has-renewed-aims-to-host/ | 2022-12-16 12:02:30 | 1 | https://www.qcnews.com/sports/ap-after-world-cup-success-morocco-has-renewed-aims-to-host/ |
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) – The NewsChannel 9 team is wishing our Tuesday, February 21 Champions a very happy birthday!
If you’d like to be on the Champions billboard, email your picture to champions@localsyr.com at least two weeks before your birthday. | https://www.localsyr.com/champions/champions-birthdays-february-21-2023/ | 2023-02-21 17:31:33 | 0 | https://www.localsyr.com/champions/champions-birthdays-february-21-2023/ |
Alloy Labs Members Work Together to Drive Innovation, Build Partnerships, and Make Strategic Investments
HUMBLE, Texas, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Third Coast Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company" or "Third Coast"), the bank holding company for Third Coast Bank, SSB, today announced that it has joined Alloy Labs, a consortium of community and mid-sized banks focused on adopting technology more effectively and efficiently by speeding up the pace of innovation of new FinTech products.
Participation in the consortium will allow Third Coast access to state-of-the-art FinTech products and services at the forefront of the banking industry, creating opportunities to share best practices through collaboration. Third Coast will also have access to the Concept Lab, a reverse accelerator program that builds partnerships between banks and startups that provide services outside of traditional banking. Ultimately, Third Coast's technology platform will bring a comprehensive suite of innovative and cost-effective cloud based FinTech products to market in response to the growing demand from its customers.
Members of Alloy Labs identify opportunities for differentiation and co-create solutions that give banks a competitive edge to drive innovation, build partnerships, and make strategic investments, allowing members to accelerate their transformation by tackling the challenges of modernizing bank architecture. The consortium helps banks provide products and services that their customers' need and want, allowing a more level playing field with large, national banks. Alloy Labs Alliance was launched in 2018 by twelve founding banks from across the country, and has grown to over 50 institutional members.
About Third Coast Bank SSB
Third Coast Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: TCBX) is a commercially focused, Texas-based bank holding company operating primarily in the Greater Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Austin-San Antonio markets through its wholly owned subsidiary, Third Coast Bank, SSB. Founded in 2008 in Humble, Texas, Third Coast Bank, SSB conducts banking operations through 14 branches and one loan production office encompassing the four largest metropolitan areas in Texas. As of December 31, 2021, the bank reached $2.5 billion in assets. For more information, please visit www.tcbssb.com.
About Alloy Labs
Alloy Labs is the only consortium that drives exponential growth for banks by leveraging network effects. Our members work together to identify opportunities for differentiation and co-create solutions that give them a competitive edge. In addition, they have exclusive access to The Concept Lab, a reverse accelerator that builds unique partnerships with startups, and the Alloy Alchemist Fund, which invests in the technology companies shaping the future of financial services. For more information visit alloylabs.com.
Media Contacts:
Ginger Kimbrell
Vice President, Marketing Manager
Third Coast Bank SSB
972-265-0066
JP Nicols
Co-Founder
Alloy Labs Alliance
jp@alloylabs.com
425-522-3579
View original content:
SOURCE Third Coast Bancshares | https://www.kwch.com/prnewswire/2022/07/06/third-coast-bank-joins-national-innovation-consortium/ | 2022-07-06 20:43:16 | 1 | https://www.kwch.com/prnewswire/2022/07/06/third-coast-bank-joins-national-innovation-consortium/ |
VANCOUVER, BC, Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Mobilum Technologies Inc. (the "Company") (CSE: MBLM) (OTC: MBLMF) (FRA: C0B), a technology-driven company making digital assets and cryptocurrencies accessible through traditional finance and payment infrastructure, and the first solution provider of Fiat-to-Dex Tokens rails, has filed its financial results for the second quarter ending August 31, 2022. For further information on the results, please see Mobilum Technologies Financial Statements and Management Discussion and Analysis as posted on SEDAR on October 31, 2022.
Second Quarter 2022 Highlights Include:
- Ended the second quarter as of August 31, 2022 with a cash balance of $2.02 million.
- Q2 revenues for the 3-months ending August 31, 2022 reached $787,735, increasing to 5.43 times over Q1 revenues.
- Net operating loss for the three-month period was $177,413, presenting a 93% reduction in operating loss versus the previous quarter.
Corporate Update:
Mobilum is a diversified payment services company whose mandate is to introduce innovative solutions to the crytpo industry including traditional finance companies entering this market. In May of 2022, Mobilum announced a new project with Binance and in July Mobilum, with a banking partner, launched its Virtual International Bank Account Number (vIBAN) solution.
Mobilum continues to add to its offerings. The Mobilum team projects launching a new non-custodial wallet combined with prepaid payment features this upcoming quarter. This program was sponsored in part by a global credit card provider.
In addition to new product developments, Mobilum continues to build traction on its core products such as its onramp services. The Onramp business is a competitive market and is very much subject to the ebbs and flows of the general crypto market. Mobilum continues to attract new onramping clients and is positioned to gain as transactional volumes increase.
Market Update:
The current price of Bitcoin remains in the low $20K pricing and testing its lowest point in 2022 as of September 21 of $18,547.40. Though Mobilum itself is not directly impacted by crypto pricing, it does reflect the general health of the market and the general opinion that transaction volumes increase when prices increase. It is believed that the crypto market is mirroring global economic conditions where in a response to increasing global inflation concerns, central banks around the world are increasing interest rates. As a result, there are increasing concerns of global economic contraction sparking recession concerns in key markets such as Europe. If so, this may further impact crypto markets. Mobilum as an innovative payment services provider, continues to build its product offering and to forge relationships with leaders in the payments industry, as such management feels it is equipped to respond and even thrive during such conditions.
"There is much more to accomplish, but it is a step in the right direction. We are happy with what the team has been able to achieve in relatively short time since the new board and new management coming on. Revenues are heading in the right direction. Given the softening of crypto industry over this same time period, our successes support our model of working with global leaders to create innovative payments solutions.", said Mobilum Technologies CEO Steven LaBella.
About Mobilum Technologies Inc.
Mobilum Technologies Inc. (CSE:MBLM) (OTC:MBLMF) (FRA:C0B) is a technology-driven Digital Service Provider (DSP) with a mission to make digital assets and cryptocurrencies accessible through traditional finance and payment infrastructure and digital asset management technologies, providing solutions for Exchanges, Wallets and Cryptocurrency Businesses, NFTs marketplaces, Protocols, Decentralized Applications and Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, Metaverse and Play-to-Earn games, and Traditional Finance Institutions (Banks, Hedge Funds, Insurance and Fintech companies) opening its doors to digital assets space. Our goal is to allow consumers around the world to convert fiat-to-crypto and crypto-to-fiat with Mobilum's on-ramp and off-ramp solutions. Mobilum has offices in Canada, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, and the United States. For further information go to www.mobilum.com.
Related Links
https://mobilum.com
For further information: please contact Mobilum Investor Relations via email at ir@mobilum.com
This news release may contain certain "Forward-Looking Statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and applicable Canadian securities laws. When or if used in this news release, the words "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect", "target, "plan", "forecast", "may", "schedule" and similar words or expressions identify forward-looking statements or information. Such statements represent the Company's current views with respect to future events and are necessarily based upon a number of assumptions and estimates that, while considered reasonable by the Company, are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, political and social risks, contingencies and uncertainties. Many factors, both known and unknown, could cause results, performance or achievements to be materially different from the results, performance or achievements that are or may be expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The Company does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update these forward-looking statements or information to reflect changes in assumptions or changes in circumstances or any other events affecting such statements and information other than as required by applicable laws, rules and regulations.
Contact Information:
Investor Relations
John Henderson, COO & Interim CFO
Phone: +1 (250) 809-5909
Email: IR@mobilum.com
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE Mobilum Technologies Inc. | https://www.wafb.com/prnewswire/2022/10/31/mobilum-technologies-announces-second-quarter-financial-results-provides-corporate-update/ | 2022-11-01 00:23:36 | 1 | https://www.wafb.com/prnewswire/2022/10/31/mobilum-technologies-announces-second-quarter-financial-results-provides-corporate-update/ |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.