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HARLINGEN, Texas (Border Report) — Texas health authorities are warning residents against traveling south of the border to have surgery in Matamoros, Mexico, especially cosmetic surgeries.
The Texas Department of State Health Services on Tuesday issued an alert to residents and physicians about suspected cases of fungal meningitis among Texans who have recently had surgery in Matamoros, which is a popular destination for cosmetic surgeries.
Four people currently are hospitalized and one person has died, a public health investigation by TDSHS, so far, has found.
Some of the victims had liposuction and other cosmetic surgeries at clinics in Matamoros, including the River Side Surgical Center, and Clinica K-3, according to a travel health alert sent out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“It is very important that people who have recently had medical procedures in Mexico monitor themselves for symptoms of meningitis,” DSHS Commissioner Dr. Jennifer Shuford said. “Meningitis, especially when caused by bacteria or fungus, can be a life-threatening illness unless treated promptly.”
All five victims traveled from Texas to Matamoros to get surgical procedures that involved an epidural — an anesthetic injected into the area around the spinal column.
“Meningitis, especially when caused by bacteria or fungus, can be a life-threatening illness unless treated promptly. People should consider canceling or postponing any elective surgeries, including liposuction, involving epidural anesthesia in Matamoros until there is evidence those procedures do not pose a significant risk of infection,” Shuford said.
Mexican health authorities also are investigating the source of the infections, whether the cases are linked, and whether there are more cases.
Shuford warns that anyone who had surgery involving an epidural in Matamoros this year should contact their doctor and inform them of their risk of fungal infection, and should seek care if they develop meningitis symptoms.
Meningitis is swelling of the protective covering of the brain and spinal cord. It can be caused by bacteria, virus, fungus or trauma. Common symptoms include fever, headache, stiff neck, nausea, vomiting, confusion and sensitivity to light.
Anyone who experiences symptoms and had surgery in Matamoros involving an epidural injection of an anesthetic should “go to a hospital emergency department immediately,” the CDC says.
The agency also urges anyone with an upcoming surgery in Matamoros that involves an epidural injection of an anesthetic should cancel the procedure.
The five victims — ages 30 to 50 — had symptoms appear three days to six weeks after surgery.
DSHS urges health care professionals to consider fungal infection in patients with symptoms of central nervous system infection who received surgical care in Matamoros. And doctors should report any suspected cases to their local health departments. | https://phl17.com/national-news/health-authorities-warn-texans-against-surgery-in-mexican-border-town-of-matamoros/ | 2023-05-18 12:43:36 | 0 | https://phl17.com/national-news/health-authorities-warn-texans-against-surgery-in-mexican-border-town-of-matamoros/ |
A mother and son reflect on school shooter drills Published June 10, 2022 at 4:01 AM CDT Facebook LinkedIn Pinterest Twitter Email Print Listen • 3:21 A Texas mother and son discuss the active shooter drills he's lived with throughout his grade school years. Copyright 2022 NPR | https://www.nprillinois.org/2022-06-10/a-mother-and-son-reflect-on-school-shooter-drills | 2022-06-10 14:23:07 | 0 | https://www.nprillinois.org/2022-06-10/a-mother-and-son-reflect-on-school-shooter-drills |
Updated August 14, 2022 at 12:33 PM ET
Police are investigating an early Sunday morning incident in which a man crashed his car near the U.S. Capitol and fired multiple gunshots before killing himself.
The man did not appear to be targeting any members of Congress, the U.S. Capitol Police said in a statement. No one else was injured.
The incident began around 4:00 a.m. as the man drove his car into a barricade about one block east of the Capitol.
As he exited the car, the vehicle "became engulfed in flames," the police statement said. The man then fired several gunshots, apparently into the air.
"When our officers heard the sound of gunfire, they immediately responded and were approaching the man when he shot himself," Capitol Police said. The agency said it did "not appear" that any officers fired their weapons.
Congress is currently on recess until after Labor Day.
Roads near the Capitol were closed as law enforcement investigates.
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WFO BURLINGTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, January 24, 2023
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 4 Day" game were:
6-5-5-0
(six, five, five, zero)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 4 Day" game were:
6-5-5-0
(six, five, five, zero) | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-4-Day-game-17274769.php | 2022-06-29 19:42:16 | 1 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-4-Day-game-17274769.php |
Woman found dead under chairlift in Gatlinburg, Tenn.; witness says she fell
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WVLT/Gray News) - A woman fell from the Anakeesta chairlift Thursday around 7:40 p.m., witnesses said.
Seth Butler with the city of Gatlinburg confirmed that Gatlinburg Fire and Rescue responders went to the scene and found a woman dead under the lift.
Anakeesta’s attractions sit atop a mountain in Gatlinburg. Visitors take a chairlift ride to the top at the beginning of their visit and back down again when they’re finished.
Jeffery McConnell said he was visiting the Gatlinburg attraction with his fiancée and three children when a woman, who he described as being in her late 20′s, fell from the lift from about three-quarters of the way up the mountain.
Before the woman fell, McConnell said that other visitors tried to alert the woman that her safety railing was up, but she did not respond.
According to McConnell, the ride kept going for 10 or 15 minutes after the incident. Another witness, Jay Deuro, told WVLT that the staff at Anakeesta kept loading people onto the chairlift after the incident.
“You could see the concern on everyone’s face that was getting on,” Deuro said.
McConnell said that after his family had made their way back down the mountain, they told people waiting in line to “not look down” on their way up.
In a statement, Anakeesta representative Michele Canney said, “A tragic incident occurred this evening. 911 was called immediately. Our hearts are with the family of the deceased. This is currently an active investigation. We cannot disclose further information at this time.”
The park noted on Twitter Friday that that the chondola is closed.
Butler said the incident is being investigated, and information will be released when it is available.
Copyright 2022 WVLT via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | https://www.wibw.com/2022/07/29/woman-found-dead-under-chairlift-gatlinburg-tenn-witness-says-she-fell/ | 2022-07-29 14:41:07 | 1 | https://www.wibw.com/2022/07/29/woman-found-dead-under-chairlift-gatlinburg-tenn-witness-says-she-fell/ |
Suspect in Colorado LGBTQ+ club mass shooting is expected to take a plea deal
The suspect in last year’s mass shooting at a Colorado Springs gay nightclub, which killed five people and wounded 17, is expected to strike a plea deal to state murder and hate-crime charges that would ensure at least a life sentence, several survivors told the Associated Press.
Word of a possible legal resolution of last year’s Club Q massacre follows a series of jailhouse phone calls from the suspect to the AP expressing remorse and the intention to face the consequences at the next scheduled court hearing this month.
“I have to take responsibility for what happened,” 23-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich said in their first public comments about the case. Aldrich uses “they”/”them” pronouns.
Federal and state authorities and defense attorneys declined to comment on a possible plea deal. But Colorado law requires victims to be notified of such deals, and several people who lost loved ones or were wounded in the attack told the AP that state prosecutors have given them advance word of Aldrich’s intention to plead guilty to charges that would ensure the maximum state sentence of life behind bars.
Prosecutors also recently asked survivors to prepare for the June 26 hearing by writing victim impact statements and steeling themselves emotionally for the possible release of the Club Q surveillance video of the attack.
“Someone’s gone that can never be brought back through the justice system,” said Wyatt Kent, who was celebrating his 23rd birthday in Club Q when Aldrich allegedly opened fire and gunned down Kent’s partner, Daniel Aston, who was working behind the bar. “We are all still missing a lot — a partner, a son, a daughter, a best friend.”
An investigation into the mass shooting is underway and a suspect has been arrested, but authorities have yet to identify a motive in the attack.
Jonathan Pullen, Aldrich’s step-grandfather, said Aldrich “has to realize what happened on that terrible night. It’s truly beginning to dawn on him.”
Aldrich faces more than 300 state counts, including murder and hate crimes. And the U.S. Justice Department is considering filing federal hate-crime charges, according to a senior law enforcement official familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing case. It’s unclear whether the anticipated resolution to the state prosecution would also resolve the ongoing FBI investigation.
Some survivors who listened to Aldrich’s recorded comments to the AP lambasted the remarks as a calculated attempt to avoid the federal death penalty, noting that they stopped short of discussing a motive, put much of the blame on drugs and characterized the crime in passive generalities such as “I just can’t believe what happened” and “I wish I could turn back time.” Such statements, survivors said, were belied by the maps, diagrams, online rants and other evidence that showed months of plotting and premeditation.
“No one has sympathy for him,” said Michael Anderson, who was bartending at Club Q when the shooting broke out and ducked as several patrons were gunned down around him. “This community has to live with what happened, with collective trauma, with PTSD, trying to grieve the loss of our friends, to move past emotional wounds and move past what we heard, saw and smelled.”
A mass shooting at a popular gay club in Colorado Springs has many residents grappling with the city’s past as a center of anti-LGBTQ evangelical conservatism.
Terror erupted just before midnight on the night of Nov. 19, when an attacker walked into Club Q — a longtime sanctuary for the LGBTQ+ community in this mostly conservative city of 480,000 — and fired an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle indiscriminately. Disbelief gave way to screaming and confusion as the music continued to play. Partygoers dove across a bloody dance floor for cover. Friends frantically tried to protect each other and plugged wounds with napkins.
The killing stopped only after a Navy petty officer grabbed the barrel of the attacker’s rifle, burning his hand because it was so hot. An Army veteran joined in to help subdue and beat the shooter until police arrived. The shooter had emptied one high-capacity magazine and was armed with several more.
Aldrich, who since their arrest has identified as nonbinary, allegedly visited Club Q at least six times in the years before the attack. Dist. Atty. Michael Allen told a judge that Aldrich’s mother made Aldrich go to the club “against his will and sort of forced that culture on him.”
Allen also has said that Aldrich administered a website that posted a “neo-Nazi white supremacist” shooting training video. Online gaming friends said Aldrich expressed hatred for the police, LGBTQ+ people and minorities, and used anti-Black and anti-gay slurs. And a police detective testified that Aldrich sent an online message with a photo of a rifle scope trained on a gay pride parade.
A Colorado law allowing guns to be taken from people deemed dangerous has seldom been used, and was not in the case of the gay club shooting suspect.
Defense attorneys in previous hearings have not disputed Aldrich’s role in the shooting but have pushed back against allegations that it was motivated by hate, arguing that Aldrich was drugged up on cocaine and medication the night of the attack.
“I don’t know if this is common knowledge, but I was on a very large plethora of drugs,” Aldrich told the AP. “I had been up for days. I was abusing steroids. ... I’ve finally been able to get off that crap I was on.”
Asked whether the attack was motivated by hate, Aldrich said only that that’s “completely off base.”
Even a former friend of Aldrich found their remarks to be disingenuous. “I’m really glad he’s trying to take accountability, but it’s like the ‘why’ is being shoved under the rug,” said Xavier Kraus, who lived across the hall from Aldrich at a Colorado Springs apartment complex.
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Former Club Q bartender Anderson is among survivors of the shooting who told prosecutors that they wanted a fast resolution of the criminal case.
“My fear is that if this takes years, that prevents the processing and moving on and finding peace beyond this case,” he said. “I would love this wrapped up as quickly as possible under the guarantee that justice is served.”
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Federal health officials are conducting a new study to determine whether veterans once stationed at a now-shuttered California military base were exposed to dangerously high levels of cancer-causing toxins.
The decision by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention comes nine months after an Associated Press investigation found that drinking water at Fort Ord contained toxic chemicals and that hundreds of veterans who lived at the central California coast base in the 1980s and 1990s later developed rare and terminal blood cancers.
In a letter last Friday to Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., the director of the CDC’s Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Patrick Breysse, wrote that “there are sufficient data and scientific reasons for ATSDR to re-evaluate health risks related to historical drinking water exposures at Fort Ord.” Porter had asked for a new study in February, two days after the AP published its story.
The agency did not immediately respond to a request seeking further details about the new study.
Army veteran Julie Akey, who lived at Fort Ord and was diagnosed in 2016 at the age of 46 with multiple myeloma, a rare blood cancer, said she is “confident that science will prove our high rate of cancers and illnesses are not a coincidence.”
Akey started a Facebook group for Fort Ord veterans with cancer. The number has grown to nearly 1,000.
In 1990, four years before it began the process of closing as an active military base, Fort Ord was added to the Environmental Protection Agency’s list of the most polluted places in the nation. Included in that pollution were dozens of chemicals, some now known to cause cancer, that were found in the base’s drinking water and soil.
The AP’s review of public documents showed the Army knew that chemicals had been improperly dumped at Fort Ord for decades. Even after the contamination was documented, the Army played down the risks.
One of those chemicals was trichloroethylene, or TCE, which was known as a miracle degreaser and was widely used at Fort Ord. The Army found TCE in Fort Ord’s wells 43 separate times from 1985 to 1994, and 18 of those tests showed TCE exceeded legal safety limits.
The new health study will update one conducted more than 25 years ago. The previous ATSDR public health study, published in 1996, found that toxins in the soil and in the aquifers below Fort Ord were not likely to pose a past, present or future threat to those living there.
But that conclusion was based on limited data supplied by the military and before medical science understood the relationship between some of the chemical exposures and cancer, particularly TCE. Four years after the ATSDR’s assessment, in 2000, the Department of Health and Human Services added TCE to its roster of chemicals known to cause cancer.
It’s unclear how long and at what concentrations TCE may have been in the water before 1985, when hundreds of thousands of people lived on the base. And TCE wasn’t the only problem. The EPA identified more than 40 “chemicals of concern” in soil and groundwater.
The Department of Veterans Affairs told the AP earlier this year that the contamination was “within the allowable safe range” in areas that provided drinking water.
Veterans who lived at Fort Ord and have since tried to get medical care or disability benefits through the VA based on their cancers have repeatedly been denied. Akey and others hope the new study will find a link between their cancers and their time at Fort Ord, allowing them to get care and benefits.
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Contact AP’s global investigative team at Investigative@ap.org or https://www.ap.org/tips/. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/CDC-to-conduct-health-study-at-polluted-former-17571858.php | 2022-11-09 20:16:27 | 0 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/CDC-to-conduct-health-study-at-polluted-former-17571858.php |
PITTSTON, Pa. — The Fourth of July holiday weekend is getting off to an early start in Luzerne County.
This was the opening night for the Pittston Township Fire Department's Picnic.
A parade stepped off on North Township Boulevard before ending at the fairgrounds.
There was fun for the whole family, with plenty of rides, drinks, and food cooked by the firefighters themselves.
"We just moved here from New York, so it's six months in Pittston, but we're loving it though," said Star Andoh, Pittston.
The Pittston Township Fireman's Picnic runs until 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday and ends at 9 p.m. on Sunday.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The redevelopment of the 2.2-acre Bond Bread Factory / WRECO Garage site at Howard University received unanimous approval by the Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) on Thursday, September 29, 2022. Redevelopment of Bond Bread/WRECO will be led by a master development team consisting of DC-based developers The Menkiti Group, Fivesquares Development, and EDENS. The project advances the guiding principles of the Duke District Plan, with an intention to emphasize the centrality of a "university district" to the future of the neighborhood and position that district as a dynamic, mixed-use area. With this approval, the project can move forward with design and permitting.
"Urban transformation is about so much more than bricks and mortar; it is also about the intangible and how well a project preserves and transforms the identity of the community. For me, this project is deeply personal as a local Black developer and real estate professional who has spent the last two decades building an organization in the District that is focused on transforming lives, careers, and communities through real estate," said Bo Menkiti, Founder & CEO of The Menkiti Group.
"I have witnessed firsthand the power and impact of being able to incorporate both the cultural history and the restoration of historic buildings into transformative new developments. I am truly honored to have our firm leading this special project in partnership with Howard University and alongside our fellow developers at Fivesquares and EDENS. Together we share a collective vision and goal of preserving the history of the Bond Bread and WRECO buildings as well as reconnecting the community to its cultural history."
The vision for the project is to enhance the cultural heritage and character of DC, the historic Shaw, Pleasant Plains and LeDroit park neighborhoods, and Howard University. The 9-story redevelopment, designed by Studios Architecture, includes 469 residential units, a 180-room lifestyle hotel, 50,100 SF of retail space, and a 19,800 SF open public courtyard with the historical truss reveal of the former WRECO bus garage. Façade retention of the two historic buildings will seek to respect the scale of the neighborhood while creating a harmonizing blend between preservation of existing design and contemporary design. By creating a vital neighborhood center, the development team aims to highlight the inextricable link to Howard University and will ensure the project reflects the culture and character of the University, the neighborhood and its history, and the surrounding community.
"This project will be the 18-hour, destination anchor for what is emerging as one of the most exciting districts in Washington DC where Howard University and the city come together in a new vibrant central square," said Andy Altman, Principal & Co-Founder of FIVESQUARES. "As the former planning director for the city, it is especially rewarding to partner with the talented team of The Menkiti Group and EDENS to bring a community vision generated over a decade ago to life."
In late 2017 Howard University released a highly competitive developer selection process which received more than 20 responses to its Request for Qualifications. After careful review and deliberation, Howard selected a development team comprised of diverse, locally based, locally operated experts in the areas of neighborhood building, retail development, and multi-family housing.
"Receiving this approval represents a critical next step in enhancing Howard University's strategic efforts to energize and revitalize the community surrounding our campus," said Howard University President Wayne A. I. Frederick. "The Bond Bread Partnership has enabled us to move forward with this development that will enhance the Shaw and Pleasant Plains neighborhood and create value for D.C. residents and businesses, while respecting the historic structures on this site."
The Bond Bread Partnership comprised of The Menkiti Group, Fivesquares, and EDENS has defined their vision for this project as one that focuses on maximizing the benefits to the university as well as the neighboring communities. Together they are committed to reinforcing and expressing Howard's historical legacy as a world-class and globally significant institution by defining the urban gateway of Georgia Avenue as a dynamic entrance to the university as it meets the city and dynamic surrounding neighborhoods.
"In repurposing this historic project, we acknowledge that these two landmarks have witnessed significant cultural shifts while embracing the nuances of their own stories - a time where one building fed the city and the other serviced the buses at Howard University's front door," said Steve Boyle, Chief Development Officer at EDENS. "Without diminishing the heritage of this site, we reflected on how the revitalization could lead the dialogue of the past, present, and future while continuing the interwoven story of service and legacy on the Georgia Ave corridor. The design of this emblematic project required active listening and discovery to craft a cohesive tapestry that amplifies the stories and voices of today while allowing for future stories to be told."
The current design concept seeks to open up the site through various connections from W to V Street as well as a passageway through Georgia Avenue. The project design encourages and invites the local community to experience the robust programming and gather in a courtyard steeped in historical expressions of art, poetry, and literature of the neighborhood.
"We believe deeply in the power of preserving the cultural history and legacy of a place, and that is evident in the plan we are committed to executing." said Bo Menkiti. "When this site is effectively preserved and carried forward into the future, we know it has the potential to be one of the great iconic sites in the city that will be a feature of the neighborhood and Howard University's historical identity, as well as a beacon to their future impact."
Founded in 2004, The Menkiti Group is a 100% minority-owned Certified Business Enterprise headquartered in Washington, DC, with additional offices in Worcester, Massachusetts. The Menkiti Group is an integrated real estate services company focused on a double bottom line, measuring success in terms of positive social impact and financial returns. The company was founded with the mission to transform lives, careers, and communities through real estate, and they are committed to driving neighborhood impact and engaging in communities with a long-term lens. Their focuses include urban investment, residential and commercial development, residential sales, and a commercial brokerage.
The company's approach to urban neighborhood transformation and investment is centered upon partnerships with capital investors, local developers, community stakeholders, and small business owners to create thriving urban spaces that drive sustainable neighborhood impact and produce economic growth. The enterprise is dedicated to making smart investments in neighborhoods that are often on the "other side of perception," to directly impact community vitality. Projects range from residential renovations and the development and tenanting of main street commercial properties to large-scale, mixed-use, transit-oriented development projects.
Over the past 18 years, The Menkiti Group has invested over $350MM in emerging urban neighborhoods, worked on the development of over 3MM SF of real estate, and has assisted over 2,000 families in purchasing their first homes. For more information, please visit MenkitiGroup.com or call (202) 733-5455.
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INDIANAPOLIS — It wouldn’t be Monday if things didn’t get weird with our favorite wild card, Jack’s Donuts CEO Lee Marcum.
First he picks on Ryan, then he threatens to show up next time wearing a bunny suit — and not the Easter kind, folks.
There are too many strange moments to mention, so you just have to watch.
Lee really stopped by to talk about the Anderson store, located right across from Anderson University. Fun fact: it was the first Jack’s Donuts with a drive-thru.
He also talked about Easter, one of the busiest days of the year for the company but not the busiest. The day that draws the most people? Thanksgiving Eve, if you can believe it.
Then Lee gets right back to weird. By the end, Jillian was cracking up but also begging for commercial break to make him stop. | https://fox59.com/indy-now/jacks-donuts-easter-anderson/ | 2022-04-04 19:06:40 | 1 | https://fox59.com/indy-now/jacks-donuts-easter-anderson/ |
CT New York NY Zone Forecast for Thursday, March 2, 2023
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with a chance of rain and snow showers after midnight. Lows in
the lower 30s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of rain and snow showers in the
morning. Highs in the upper 40s. Chance of precipitation
40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
$$
CTZ006-031600-
Northern New Haven-
316 AM EST Fri Mar 3 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then mostly cloudy with a
slight chance of snow this afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s.
North winds around 5 mph, becoming east around 5 mph this
afternoon. Chance of snow 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Snow and rain with sleet likely in the evening, then
rain, sleet and freezing rain after midnight. Snow and sleet
accumulation around an inch. Lows in the mid 30s. East winds
15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph, increasing to 35 mph after
midnight. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.SATURDAY...Rain in the morning, then a slight chance of rain and
snow in the afternoon. Additional snow accumulation up to 1 inch.
Highs in the upper 30s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Northwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a chance of snow showers after midnight. Lows in the lower
30s. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow showers
in the morning, then partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the
mid 40s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the upper 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
$$
CTZ010-031600-
Southern New Haven-
316 AM EST Fri Mar 3 2023
...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY MORNING...
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then mostly cloudy with a
slight chance of rain and snow this afternoon. Highs in the lower
40s. North winds around 5 mph, becoming east this afternoon.
Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Rain with snow likely with sleet in the evening, then
rain after midnight. Snow and sleet accumulation up to 1 inch.
Breezy with lows in the mid 30s. East winds 15 to 25 mph. Gusts
up to 30 mph, increasing to 40 mph after midnight. Chance of
precipitation near 100 percent.
.SATURDAY...Rain likely, mainly in the morning. Breezy with highs
in the lower 40s. Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to
40 mph, becoming north 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph in
the afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 30. North winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 30.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a chance of rain and snow showers after midnight. Lows in
the lower 30s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow showers
in the morning, then partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 40s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the upper 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
$$
CTZ007-031600-
Northern Middlesex-
316 AM EST Fri Mar 3 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny this morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Highs in the lower 40s. North winds around 5 mph, becoming east
this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Snow and rain in the evening, then rain and sleet
after midnight. Snow and sleet accumulation around an inch.
Breezy with lows in the mid 30s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph, becoming east 15 to 25 mph with gusts up
to 35 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation near
100 percent.
.SATURDAY...Rain, mainly in the morning. Breezy with highs in the
upper 30s. Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph, becoming north around
15 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain near
100 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds
15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a chance of snow showers after midnight. Lows around 30.
Chance of snow 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow showers
in the morning, then partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the
mid 40s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the upper 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
$$
CTZ011-031600-
Southern Middlesex-
316 AM EST Fri Mar 3 2023
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 10 AM EST
SATURDAY...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny this morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Highs in the lower 40s. North winds around 5 mph, becoming east
this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Rain with snow likely with sleet in the evening, then
rain after midnight. Little or no snow and sleet accumulation.
Windy. Near steady temperature in the upper 30s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, becoming east 20 to 30 mph
with gusts up to 45 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation
near 100 percent.
.SATURDAY...Rain likely, mainly in the morning. Windy with highs
in the lower 40s. Northeast winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to
40 mph, becoming north 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in
the afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 30. North winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a chance of rain and snow showers after midnight. Lows in
the lower 30s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow showers
in the morning, then partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the
mid 40s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the upper 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 30.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
$$
CTZ008-031600-
Northern New London-
316 AM EST Fri Mar 3 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny this morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds around 5 mph, becoming
east this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Snow and rain in the evening, then rain and snow with
sleet likely after midnight. Snow and sleet accumulation around
an inch. Breezy with lows in the mid 30s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, becoming east 15 to 25 mph with
gusts up to 35 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation near
100 percent.
.SATURDAY...Rain, mainly in the morning. Breezy with highs around
40. Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph, becoming north 15 to 20 mph in
the afternoon. Gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain near
100 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds
15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a chance of snow showers after midnight. Lows around 30.
Chance of snow 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow showers
in the morning, then partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the
mid 40s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
$$
CTZ012-031600-
Southern New London-
316 AM EST Fri Mar 3 2023
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 10 AM EST
SATURDAY...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny this morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Highs in the lower 40s. North winds around 5 mph, becoming east
this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Snow and rain in the evening, then rain after
midnight. Snow accumulation up to 1 inch. Windy. Near steady
temperature in the upper 30s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph, becoming east 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to
45 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.SATURDAY...Rain, mainly in the morning. Breezy with highs in the
lower 40s. Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph,
becoming north 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the
afternoon. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Northwest winds
around 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 30.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a chance of snow and rain showers after midnight. Lows in
the lower 30s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow showers
in the morning, then partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the
mid 40s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 30.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
$$
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Justice Department on Wednesday filed a lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s new law banning transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care, one of the several laws the state’s GOP-dominated Statehouse enacted this year targeting LGBTQ+ people.
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Britain will have a new prime minister within a week, outgoing leader Liz Truss said in her resignation speech outside 10 Downing Street on Thursday.
The fast-track process is in stark contrast to the contest that catapulted Truss into the hot seat -- that lasted six weeks at the height of the summer.
This time, with the Conservatives at rock-bottom in the opinion polls and the markets jittery after a weeks of drama over Truss' failed economic policy agenda, the party wants a new leader in place as soon as possible and with as little drama as possible.
Graham Brady, the Conservative official responsible for the process, announced the candidates to replace Truss will need get least 100 nominations from the party's MPs by 2pm local time Monday.
If only one candidate meets that threshold, they will automatically become leader. Otherwise, an online ballot of party members will close on Friday October 28.
The winner of the contest will be the fifth Conservative prime minister in just over six years -- and the third within this parliamentary term. But who might the next leader be? Here are some of the main runners and riders:
Rishi Sunak
Sunak has proved to be something of a prophet of the government's demise, as many of the predictions he made during this summer's leadership about Truss's economic plan came to pass.
The former Chancellor of the Exchequer (finance minister) warned that Truss's unfunded tax cuts would lead to a run on sterling, a panic in the bond market and concern from the International Monetary Fund. Perhaps even he would have been surprised by the pace with which he was proved right.
Sunak has experience of economic crisis-fighting, having guided the UK through the Covid-19 pandemic.
He also secured the most votes from MPs in the last leadership election -- comfortably clearing the new threshold with 137 endorsements. Although Truss eventually won the decisive members' vote, Sunak only lost narrowly -- with 43% of the vote.
The trust he has among MPs -- and the vindication his predictions have gained -- may make him the most likely next set of hands to steer the ship.
Penny Mordaunt
The Leader of the House of Commons may have had a dress rehearsal for being prime minister this week, after stepping in for an absent Liz Truss at a debate.
"The prime minister is not under a desk," Mordaunt confirmed Tuesday -- in a performance that seemed as much about pitching herself as it did about helping the PM.
Mordaunt confirmed in a tweet Friday afternoon that she was running to replace Truss -- the first MP to do so.
She promised a "fresh start" for the country, aiming "to unite our country, deliver our pledges and win the next general election."
Mordaunt came third in the last leadership election, narrowly missing out on being put before the members. With 105 votes from MPs in the last election, she too is expected to clear the newt threshold. She is expected to perform well among the party membership, in part due to her military credentials. Mordaunt is a reservist of the Royal Navy and served a short spell as Secretary of State for Defense.
Like Sunak, she is from the more moderate wing of the party. There was even talk among MPs of the two forming a "dream team" ticket, although this is yet to materialize -- and it is unclear if either would accept being chancellor over taking the top job.
Kemi Badenoch
Badenoch came fourth in this summer's leadership election -- securing only 59 votes from MPs -- but was consistently rated by pollsters as a favorite among Conservative grassroots members.
One of the younger MPs in the running, Badenoch quickly won the endorsement of long-serving Tory grandee Michael Gove, who praised her as the "outstanding talent" in the party.
Badenoch is from the right of the Tory party -- and in her previous leadership bid suggested that the government's climate targets might prove too costly.
With Truss's votes from MPs now up for grabs, Badenoch may have an outside chance of clearing the threshold and making it to the members' vote.
Boris Johnson
Multiple allies have made the case that Johnson could be a unity candidate who could bring stability to the country, despite the fact he resigned in disgrace only a few months ago after a series of scandals came together, making his position untenable.
When asked by CNN how they could justify Johnson standing to be PM again, one MP who campaigned for Johnson in the 2019 leadership campaign, said: "Socialists will destroy our economy and if you don't understand that then I genuinely fear for our future."
Another MP who supported Johnson in 2019 said he was the only candidate who could comfortably win over both Conservative MPs and members of the Conservative Party.
Johnson's closest allies said they were aware he was being actively lobbied in the hours after Truss' resignation speech, making the case to him that he represented the party's best shot at stability in the medium term.
In his final speech as prime minister outside 10 Downing Street, Johnson made one of his characteristic allusions to ancient history. He said he would "return to his plough" like the Roman statesman Cincinnatus -- suggesting a quieter life on the backbenches. But that's not how Cincinnatus saw out his days. He was called back from his plough to return to Rome for a second term -- this time as a dictator.
Some suspect that the new 100-vote threshold is an attempt by the Conservative Party to render another Johnson term impossible. But Johnson's campaign has already started to gather momentum. A number of prominent Conservative MPs announced Friday that they will back him -- even though Johnson has yet to confirm he will stand.
As Conservative MPs are currently facing electoral oblivion, their desire for self-preservation should not be underestimated. Less than three years ago Johnson delivered an 80-seat majority, and the right of the Tory party may think he is the only candidate capable of saving their jobs.
If Johnson was to secure the required 100 votes from MPs, he would be expected to perform extremely well in a vote by the party membership.
Grant Shapps
It is a sign of the disorder of the last days of Truss's government that she elevated Grant Shapps to home secretary -- despite not offering him a ministerial role of any sort when she first took office.
Shapps served as transport secretary under Boris Johnson. He put himself forward to succeed him in the previous leadership election -- only to withdraw from the race three days later, after failing to secure the requisite 20 MPs' votes to proceed to the next round.
The new threshold will likely prove too high for Shapps -- but his criticism of Truss' government from the outset may have won him the support of more MPs than last time.
Other names in the hat
Suella Braverman's resignation as home secretary on Wednesday night may have been a precursor to a possible leadership bid. The former attorney-general has not run before -- but with her hard-line stance on immigration, might look set to drag the party further to the right.
Tom Tugendhat emerged as a surprise favorite among Tory members and the wider public, despite only coming fifth in the last leadership election. Having not served as a cabinet member before that contest, Tugendhat distanced himself from the moral mess of Johnson's government and promised a "clean start" for Britain. After serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, Tugendhat was made security minister by Truss.
Ben Wallace, defense secretary and another ex-military man, was tipped to succeed Johnson in the last leadership contest -- polling extremely well among Conservative members. However, he never ran in that election, and he has now ruled himself out of this race.
Former prime minister Theresa May has also been floated as a possible "unity" candidate to succeed Truss. May tried to bring together the warring wings of the Conservative party over Brexit, in move that ultimately saw her replaced by Boris Johnson. As the party has proven unable to resolve its disputes this time round, another attempt at compromise may soon be in order.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Jakob Silfverberg scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period, John Gibson made 41 saves and the Anaheim Ducks handed the reeling Washington Capitals a sixth consecutive defeat, 4-2 Thursday night.
The Capitals are mired in their longest losing streak since losing seven in a row in 2019 and their longest stretch without a point in nearly two decades. They last lost six consecutive games all in regulation in October 2003, before the NHL had a salary cap and before Alex Ovechkin was drafted.
This loss to the last-place Ducks, who ended their six-game skid, came in the aftermath of Washington trading two key players. Stanley Cup-winning defenseman Dmitry Orlov and gritty winger Garnet Hathaway were sent to the league-leading Boston Bruins for draft picks and depth forward Craig Smith, the start of the first trade deadline selloff by the Capitals since Ovechkin's rookie year in 2005-06.
“We still have a chance to make the playoffs,” Ovechkin said. "You never know what’s gonna happen. We just will continue to play. ... Nothing we can do. We players, we have to play the game and it’s not our job to make a decision.”
The team's struggles in recent weeks contributed to general manager Brian MacLellan making the first of what could be several moves trading pending free agents such as Orlov and Hathaway. Defenseman Nick Jensen, who scored one of Washington's two goals, could be another.
Anaheim will also be selling, but the Ducks enjoyed a moment of joy in a rough season thanks to goals by Isac Lundestrom, Troy Terry and Silfverberg, an empty-netter by Derek Grant.
“It’s been tough sledding this year for us, I think: a lot of ups and downs,” said Ducks center Ryan Strome, who improved to 7-0 in the NHL against brother Dylan. “In such a tough season, you want to ride the highs as much as you can."
Strome wants Gibson to ride high after Anaheim's long-term starting goalie made some hockey history.
Gibson's 21st save gave him the most through a goalie's first 40 games of the season since Hall of Famer Jacques Plante made 1,396 for the New York Rangers in 1963-64. Gibson, who has faced the most shots and made the most saves in the NHL this season, made 40-plus stops for a league-leading 10th time.
"I feel like he’s making 40 saves every night," Silfverberg said. “He’s been terrific for us.”
The Capitals were booed by home fans amid several turnovers, missed defensive assignments and at least one soft goal given up by Charlie Lindgren, who faced just 20 shots in his first start since Feb. 12 — the start of this skid.
“It’s been a really tough stretch here," Lindgren said. "There’s no room for pouting. There’s no room for sulking.”
Ovechkin in his first game back after missing the past week for the death of his father had a few quality scoring chances but no points. He and his teammates wore white and red stickers saying “Papa Ovi” on their helmets.
“Thanks for team, thanks for organization for support,” Ovechkin said. "It was a hard time for me, for my family and for all my friends, but it’s life and it’s gonna be a memory forever and we just have to move on.”
Terry scored in his first game back from injury, while the Ducks played without two players who are candidates to be traded: defenseman John Klingberg and winger Adam Henrique, out with lower-body injuries.
UP NEXT
Ducks: Wrap up this four-game Eastern Conference road trip at the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night.
Capitals: Host the New York Rangers on Saturday.
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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Bijan Robinson has a new number with a big Atlanta history, a newly signed contract and huge expectations no rookie Falcons running back has faced in recent years.
The Falcons announced Friday on the opening day of the team's three-day rookie minicamp that Robinson signed a $21.96 million, four-year contract with a fifth-year option. Robinson debuted his new No. 7 jersey — the number worn by former Atlanta quarterback Michael Vick — at the camp.
Robinson worked out an agreement with placekicker Younghoe Koo, who switched from No. 7 to No. 6.
Though no Falcons number has been retired, Robinson said coaches received approval from Vick for the rookie to wear No. 7.
Robinson acknowledged he thought twice about taking the number Vick wore for six years in Atlanta after being the No. 1 overall pick in the 2001 NFL draft. Vick was named to three Pro Bowl teams and became the first quarterback to rush for 1,000 yards before he served 21 months in federal prison after being found guilty for his role in a dog fighting ring.
“The coaches asked Vick if I could wear it and he was super excited about it,” Robinson said. “I think it’s pretty cool to continue on such a great number. When I was thinking about the number I was like ah, I don’t know if I should do it. There’s been some good players that wore it. But it means a lot to the program and I’m going to ride with it and do it the right way.”
Robinson said Koo was “super cool” with relinquishing the No. 7.
The Falcons' choice of Robinson at No. 8 overall in last month's NFL draft was widely regarded as confirmation of the team's run-first philosophy under third-year coach Arthur Smith.
Robinson is quick to note he expects to be more than a runner in the Falcons’ offense. He had 60 catches for 805 yards and eight touchdowns in his college career at Texas while running for 3,410 yards and 33 touchdowns.
Robinson was the first running back to be taken among the first 10 picks in the draft since Saquon Barkley was the second pick in 2018 by the New York Giants. That sets up inevitable comparisons between Robinson and Barkley.
The fit of Robinson in a run-first attack places Robinson in position to flourish as a rookie. Fanduel Sportsbook lists Robinson as the favorite to be named AP NFL rookie of the year, ahead of quarterbacks Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud and Anthony Richardson.
Robinson says he doesn't find those projections to be a burden.
“Obviously I’m going to have expectations,” he said. “For me it’s just another opportunity to be the best player I can be. ... I’m really more excited to show what I can do as a good teammate and then let everything else go from there.”
Smith says there is room in the offense for Robinson and second-year running back Tyler Allgeier, who ran for 1,035 yards as a rookie and finished the 2022 season as the No. 1 running back.
Smith says Robinson's explosive big-play ability makes him a “home-run hitter” in the offense. Smith said Allgeier is “a sledgehammer that’s bludgeoning through their line of scrimmage as the game goes on and wears you down.”
Robinson's skills may more closely compare with Cordarrelle Patterson, a former wide receiver with Minnesota and Chicago before moving to running back when he joined the Falcons in 2021. Patterson continued to line up wide in many formations with the Falcons and will be entering the final year of his contract in 2023.
Robinson's history playing in the slot at Texas sets him up for a versatile role in Atlanta.
“With Bijan, how he fits, there are a lot of guys that are versatile,” Smith said Friday. “... We feel like we can give some people some unique matchups and continue to push the limits and we’re excited about all the rookies in it.”
NOTES: Falcons senior personnel executive Phil Emery retired following 23 seasons in the NFL, including 15 with the Falcons. He was the Bears' general manager from 2012-14. ... Notable among the second-year players participating in the camp is OG Justin Shaffer, a sixth-round draft pick in 2022 who spent last season on the practice squad.
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UVALDE, Texas (KETK/NEXSTAR) — Police in Uvalde, Texas, are investigating a shooting at the Uvalde Memorial Park on Thursday night, where police say people were injured. The Texas city has remained in international headlines since May 24, when 21 people — including 19 children — were killed in a shooting at Robb Elementary School.
According to a Facebook statement on Thursday, officers responded to a call around 5:30 p.m. The public is asked to avoid the area as the investigation continues.
Controversy has pervaded in Uvalde, which has about 16,000 residents, in the months following the school shooting, which is the third-deadliest in U.S. history. Questions about response time and actions of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Department led to national outrage and the August 24 firing of police chief Pete Arredondo.
NOTE: While Thursday’s shooting happened in Uvalde, police have not given any indication of relation to the Robb Elementary School shooting. The Texas Department of Public Safety said Thursday the shooting is suspected to be gang-related, though that information is preliminary.
Uvalde Memorial Park is about 1.3 miles away from Robb Elementary, which is scheduled to be demolished.
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BMW in June provided a first look at its new M Hybrid V8 LMDh race car, and on Thursday the automaker revealed the livery the car will sport for its inaugural season.
The livery was revealed late on Thursday at the car’s U.S. debut at the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles. BMW also used the event to confirm its driver lineup.
The livery is dominated by the stylized “M” of the BMW M division which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. There are also splashes of blue and purple, which BMW said signifies the electric component of the car’s powertrain. Unusually for a race car, the black areas are actually the car’s unpainted carbon fiber, a move BMW said helped reduce weight of the livery by around 25% compared to a traditional full wrap.
The M Hybrid V8 starts racing in 2023, initially in the IMSA SportsCar Championship only but then also in the FIA World Endurance Championship from 2024. It will compete in the new GTP class in the SportsCar Championship, which is open to both LMDh and LMH cars. The comparable class in the World Endurance Championship is Hypercar. Balance of Performance rules will be used to ensure an even playing field between the two race car types.
The M Hybrid V8 uses a chassis sourced from Italy’s Dallara, one of four firms supplying chassis for the category. The car will need to tip the scales at a minimum 2,270 lb, and its powertrain, a hybrid setup using a modified twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8 from a former DTM racing program, can generate at any time a maximum output of around 670 hp. The electric component consists of a single motor mated with the V-8, with a separator clutch enabling the car to drive on electric power alone, which could be used in the pit lane, for example.
BMW M will run its LMDh campaign with America’s Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, under the BMW Team RLL banner and with RLL Racing co-owner Bobby Rahal as team principal. The current plan is to field two cars in the SportsCar Championship.
Confirmed drivers include Connor De Phillippi and Nick Yelloly in one car and Philipp Eng and Augusto Farfus in the other. The cars will race under the numbers 24 and 25.
The first race will be the 2023 24 Hours of Daytona next January. The race is the opening round of the 2023 SportsCar Championship, and the first for LMDh.
Acura, Cadillac, Porsche and Alpine have committed to LMDh, while ByKolles, Glickenhaus, Ferrari, Peugeot, and Toyota all have committed to LMH. Audi had agreed to join LMDh in 2023 but announced in August it had canceled those plans to focus on a planned F1 entry in 2026. Lamborghini will join the LMDh fray in 2024.
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Flooded with "historically unprecedented demand" Tuesday, Ticketmaster urged Taylor Swift fans to be patient and pushed back some presales.
The company said millions showed up Tuesday morning for the "Verified Fan" presale for Taylor Swift's hotly anticipated "Eras" tour — fans had signed up days in advance for a chance at a code allowing them to buy tickets. The sale started at 10 a.m. local time, and issues seemed to pop up immediately for many in the Eastern and Central time zones.
Fans flooded Twitter, sharing screenshots of error messages and asking the ticket-buying platform for help. "Ticketmaster" was among the top of Twitter's trending list Tuesday morning, and reports that the site was having issues spiked on DownDetector.
"We are aware fans may be experiencing intermittent issues with the site and are urgently working to resolve," Ticketmaster's support account posted.
Later, it shared a statement about the "historically unprecedented demand" for the presale. While "hundreds of thousands of tickets" had been sold, Ticketmaster acknowledged fans' frustration with long digital lines: "If you are currently in a queue, please hang tight - queues are moving and we are working to get fans through as quickly as possible."
However, Ticketmaster said it was pushing back sales five hours for the West Coast and rescheduling a separate presale for Capital One cardholders. Sales for shows in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Santa Clara and Seattle were rescheduled to 3 p.m. Pacific time, with queues opening a half hour beforehand.
The Capital One cardholder presale was moved back one day to Wednesday at 2 p.m. local venue time. After that, the next chance to buy tickets will be the official sale on Nov. 18.
Earlier, Ticketmaster encouraged fans to login and access the presale queue "through the link you received via text" instead of the site's homepage.
Ticketmaster's latest statement came as many fans were still frantically posting on social media, finding themselves in a "paused" digital queue of more than 2,000 people.
"The queue has been temporarily paused," an error message read. "Sorry for the inconvenience. It should be back up and running shortly. To keep your place in line, please don't refresh or close your browser."
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VIDEO: Harry Styles hit in eye by object thrown on stage
(CNN) - Harry Styles is the latest victim in a string of incidents in which concertgoers throw objects at artists mid-show.
The English star was hit in the eye by an object thrown at the stage while he was performing in Vienna on Saturday, marking the latest incident in a growing list of similar situations in recent weeks.
Video footage posted on social media by attendees shows the “As It Was” singer walking on the stage as an object hits him square in the eye during a “Love on Tour” concert.
He is seen flinching in pain when the object hits and bent over while bringing his hands to his head to collect himself before continuing to walk forward.
Styles has yet to update his followers on his social media, but CNN has reached out to a representative for the singer seeking comment.
The incident took place just days after Adele warned the audience at her Las Vegas residency not to throw objects at artists.
Other artists who have recently been hit with objects onstage are Drake, Bebe Rexha, Kelsea Ballerini and Ava Max, as seen in various videos posted to social media.
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WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, continues to investigate potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: CCSI) resulting from allegations that Consensus Cloud Solutions may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Consensus Cloud Solutions securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. The Rosen Law Firm is preparing a class action seeking recovery of investor losses.
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WHAT IS THIS ABOUT: On February 22, 2023, after trading hours, Consensus Cloud Solutions announced that "as a result of the unintentional errors noted [below], the audit committee (the 'Audit Committee') of the board of directors of the Company reached a determination to restate its unaudited financial statements for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2022." The "unintentional errors" were "primarily relating to (i) to a legacy accounting practice, inherited from the spin transaction in its SoHo business that grossed up revenue by $1.9 million and $5.3 million for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2022, respectively, with a corresponding offset to bad debt expense ('SoHo Error') and (ii) the timing of revenue recognition of $2.2 million and $2.5 million for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2022, respectively, which after review, the Company has concluded should be reclassified as deferred revenue ('Deferred Revenue Error')."
On this news, Consensus Cloud Solutions' stock price fell $12.58, or 21%, to close at $46.92 per share on February 23, 2023. It then fell a further $2.76, or 5.8%, on February 24, 2023.
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Winter is almost behind us, but you’ll likely need to turn on your heater even in the spring. Heating your whole home can be expensive. Numerous compact heaters can keep you warm and save money, but choosing the right one can be tricky. If you plan on buying a compact heater this year, there are several reasons ceramic models are worth considering.
In this article: Lasko Bladeless Ceramic Heater, Amazon Basics 1,500-Watt Oscillating Ceramic Heater and Dreo 1,500-Watt Ceramic Heater.
Ceramic heater benefits
Safety
Ceramic heaters don’t use propane, kerosene or other fuel types, so they don’t produce fumes. These heaters have ceramic plates covering the heating elements, which means you won’t have to worry about sparks. Most ceramic heaters have internal fans that prevent them from overheating.
Many have tilt-detection features that shut them off if they fall over. Still, turning your heater off is always safer when you aren’t using it or when you go to sleep.
Portability
These heaters are often compact and easy to move from room to room. Despite their small size, they usually heat rooms quickly. Some ceramic heaters have built-in handles or wheels.
Energy-efficiency
Ceramic heaters warm up quickly and store heat in the ceramic material surrounding the heating elements. Many reduce their energy usage once the ceramic material is hot, making them more energy-efficient than other types of heaters. Some have built-in timers that turn them off automatically, making it easier to conserve energy.
They can heat large rooms
Despite their small size, many ceramic heaters are capable of heating large rooms, even those with high ceilings. Some have oscillating features that let them heat large rooms more evenly.
Those with built-in fans can push heat further than those without fans. In many cases, ceramic heaters with fans can circulate heat from the highest point in the room to the lowest point in the room. Still, depending on the room size, you may need multiple heaters.
Quiet operation
Certain heaters can be noisy and distracting. Luckily, most ceramic heaters are relatively quiet. Those with fans tend to be louder than those without but are still fairly quiet compared to other types of heaters.
Ceramic heater FAQ
Q. Do ceramic heaters dry out the air?
A. These heaters don’t remove oxygen or moisture from the air like other heaters, meaning they won’t make the air feel as dry. Still, heating a room tends to lower the relative humidity.
Q. What’s the difference between a ceramic heater and a quartz heater?
A. Ceramic heaters work by heating the ceramic materials in the device and pushing that heat into the room. Quartz heaters use infrared waves that heat the various surfaces in your room. Both are efficient forms of heat, although ceramic models tend to be more affordable than quartz heaters.
Q. Do ceramic heaters require maintenance?
A. Generally, ceramic heaters are built to last a long time. You won’t likely have to worry about maintenance, although you may occasionally need to vacuum the dust out of the vents.
Best ceramic heaters
Lasko Bladeless Ceramic Heater
This features a stylish bladeless design. It has numerous safety features, including tip-over detection and a housing that stays cool. It has a programmable thermostat, making it easy to heat your room to the desired temperature. Many people said they were impressed with the heat output.
Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Amazon Basics 1,500-Watt Oscillating Ceramic Heater
This affordable option is available in silver or black. It has tip-over detection and overheat prevention features. It is compact and oscillates to heat rooms more evenly. It has a handle, making it easier to move from room to room.
Sold by Amazon
Dreo 1,500-Watt Ceramic Heater
This ceramic heater features an attractive design that will look great in most rooms. It’s compact and quiet. It can oscillate and has four heat settings. The tip-over detection and overheat prevention features work well.
Sold by Amazon
Lasko CD08200 Portable Ceramic Space Heater
This compact model is ideal for small rooms. It features a timer, overheat protection and a housing designed to stay cool. The safety plug shuts off automatically if a short is detected. Many users were impressed with how well this tiny heater works.
Dreo Oscillating Portable Heater
This features a slim tower design and 70-degree oscillation. It heats quickly and quietly. It can be controlled via a small touch screen on top of the unit or the included remote. Many loved the heat output and Dreo’s customer support team.
Sold by Amazon
Lasko 6405 Designer Oscillating Space Heater
This features a unique design that’s sure to impress. It has numerous safety features, including overheat protection, a self-regulating heat element and a housing that’s designed to stay cool. It puts out plenty of heat and is easy to use.
Sold by Amazon
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The failure of the water systems in Jackson, Miss., has forced public schools to return to remote learning — something school leaders had hoped to never do again after the COVID pandemic.
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The failure of the water systems in Jackson, Miss., has forced public schools to return to remote learning — something school leaders had hoped to never do again after the COVID pandemic.
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DALLAS — WFAA picked up a host of awards from the annual National Press Photographer’s Association Best of Photojournalism Awards over the weekend, including the 2022 large market Station of the Year.
This is the fourth time the station has received the award in five years. Prior to these past five years, WFAA had only won the award once in the ‘80s.
Additionally, Brandon Mowry was named Ernie Crisp Photojournalist of the Year and Jobin Panicker received the NPPA Photojournalism Award for Reporting. Mowry was previously the NPPA’s national photojournalist award winner in 2019.
Other winners include:
Brandon Mowry - First, General Hard News – Video Photojournalist; First and Second, News Feature, Soft – Video Photojournalist; Second, General Hard News – Editor; Second, Hard Feature – Editor; Honorable Mention, Sports; Third, Deadline News; Honorable Mention, Sports Feature – Video Photojournalist
Joseph Huerta - First, General Soft News, Editor; Honorable Mention, Breaking News
Martin Doporto - First, Investigative; Second, Deadline News; Honorable Mention, 24 Hour Feature, Soft – Video Photojournalist
Tiffany Liou - First, General Soft News, Solo Video Photojournalist; Honorable Mention, Deadline News; Third, General Hard News – Solo Video Photojournalist; Second, 24 Hour Feature, Soft – Solo Video Photojournalist
Kevin Reece – First and Second, General Hard News – Solo Video Photojournalist; Second, General Soft News, Solo Video Photojournalist
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SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP, OH (WLIO) - Students at Shawnee Middle School had a chance to explore other countries without even leaving the classroom!
Sixth graders at Shawnee Middle School held an international fair where they presented research from a specific country they have studied. The research included the country's religion, government, and traditions. Many students came dressed in traditional clothing to represent their country and shared a few signature food items. The research allows students to explore the diversity of cultures that make every country unique.
"A lot of times in today's society, the first thing that students see that pops up when they Google something is usually the answer that they want to put down. With doing the research, they delve into it a little bit more and kinda dig in to find some of their answers," stated Julie Landin, 6th grade teacher.
"It helps you understand how other things work in the world so you're not self-centered or kind of bratty about how it is. You understand more about the world," commented Harley Salvage, Shawnee 6th grader.
"Mainly like the traditions and their food that they eat and stuff may be different than what we do today," said Hannah Gideon, 6th grader.
"Learn differently from like where we live in the United States," added Madisyn Gideon, 6th grader.
This was the 15th year for the event, representing everything they have learned to wrap up the school year. | https://www.hometownstations.com/news/shawnee-middle-school-students-explore-a-diversity-of-cultures-at-annual-international-fair/article_8a081b24-fa62-11ed-9ded-630176823a61.html | 2023-05-24 23:57:37 | 1 | https://www.hometownstations.com/news/shawnee-middle-school-students-explore-a-diversity-of-cultures-at-annual-international-fair/article_8a081b24-fa62-11ed-9ded-630176823a61.html |
NEW YORK (PIX11) — While some people plan to keep their Christmas trees up for a bit longer, those looking to clear up space in their homes can say goodbye during New York City’s annual Mulchfest.
At Mulchfest locations around the five boroughs, trees are turned into wood chips used to nourish trees. More than 50,600 trees were recycled last year.
This year, Mulchfest runs from Monday through Jan. 8. On Jan. 7 and Jan. 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., people can get bags of mulch for their own yards after having their tree chipped.
Anyone bringing a tree for recycling should make sure to remove all lights, ornaments and netting. Locations, broken down by borough, are listed below. Mulch is available at the locations marked with an asterisk (*).
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STATEN ISLAND: | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/say-fir-well-where-you-can-dispose-of-your-christmas-tree-in-nyc/ | 2022-12-26 17:55:51 | 1 | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/say-fir-well-where-you-can-dispose-of-your-christmas-tree-in-nyc/ |
The streets have been talking ever since Nia Long shared a flirtatious embrace with Omarion on the red carpet. The girls are cheering the 52-year-old newly single actress on in these dating streets.
Long responded, “I’m single,” to the uproar, and honestly, we stan. The mother of two is living her best life post she split from her husband last year. The Missing actress boldly declared her status, and it didn’t take Omarion long to echo her response.
Paparazzi ran into the singer at the airport and attempted to play matchmaker.
As Omarion walks bundled up with his headphones resting on his head, a report stops to ask him about his relationship with long.
“Is there anything to those reports that you guys may be dating?” he asks.
“No,” Omarion responds.
“Definitely not?” the paparazzi asks. “Putting the fire out right here, right now?”
To which O replies, “Well, I wouldn’t say that. I didn’t say that.”
They laugh quickly at his retraction, indicating that they may not be dating, but he is open to the idea.
The paparazzi continued to probe. “What’s the current status between you and Nia right now?” he asks.
“What do you mean?” Omarion responds.
“You just friends?” asks the paparazzi.
“I just met her for the first time on the red carpet,” he declares.
Well, there you have it, folks. Just two adults hugging it out on the red carpet. Nothing to see here, YET.
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NEW YORK, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Golden Path Acquisition Corporation (the "Company" or "Golden Path") (NASDAQ: GPCO) (the "Company") today announced that the Company's sponsor, Greenland Asset Management Corporation (the "Sponsor"), has deposited into the Company's trust account (the "Trust Account") an aggregate of $191,667, representing $0.033 per public share of the Company, in order to extend the period of time the Company has to consummate a business combination by one month to July 24, 2022.
The Sponsor plans to extend such period of time additional eight times to complete its initial business combination as necessary, each by an additional one months, up to March 24, 2023, by depositing $191,667 each time and up to an aggregate amount of $1,533,333 into the Trust Account, representing up to an additional $0.267 per public share, in connection with such additional extensions.
About Golden Path Acquisition Corporation
The Company is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. While the Company may pursue an acquisition opportunity in any industry or sector, the Company intends to focus on businesses that have a connection to the Asian market.
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This press release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements". Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous conditions, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, including those set forth in the Risk Factors section of the Company's registration statement and prospectus for the offering filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Copies are available on the SEC's website, www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release, except as required by law.
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Editor’s Note: The above video shows how heat can impact your car.
TEXAS (KXAN) — Oh, Texas. The sun is high, the UV index is something fierce, and stepping inside of your car feels like a personal sauna gone bad.
While we can’t wave a magic wand and discontinue the triple-digit heat, here are some tips and tricks on how to help minimize the heat inside your car during the unforgiving summer months.
Invest in a windshield sunshade
Does it look like you’ve rolled out some tinfoil on your windshield? Absolutely. But windshield sun covers have been shown to substantially reduce internal car temperatures while you’re away from your vehicle.
Braman BMW Miami reported a good windshield sun shade can reduce both cabin and dashboard temperatures between 8% and 25%. Not only does it help reduce heat, but also sun exposure to soft-touch plastics within the vehicle — which can cause wear and tear over time if not prevented.
Cover up interior parts of your vehicle
Whether you don’t like the look of a windshield sun shade or are looking for some supplementary aid for your vehicle, covering up key parts of the interior of your car can help offer some additional relief, per Garage Living.
Covering the steering wheel, leather seats and/or dark interior seats will reduce the amount of heat absorption — and your hands and legs will thank you for it.
Tossing one or two light-colored blankets on top of the steering wheel and seats will provide some reprieve. Drivers can also consider investing in lighter-colored fabric seat covers to use during the hotter times of the year.
Tint your windows
Tinted windows can reduce the amount of light passing through, blocking out some of the thermal rays and, by extension, heat. They can also cut on harmful UV rays passing through the glass.
An important factor to keep in mind is each state has varying laws dictating whether tinted windows are permitted and, if so, the maximum tinting level allowed. The American Automobile Association breaks down various tinting regulations across states, while the Texas Department of Public Safety has a complete analysis on Texas-specific window tinting standards.
Invest in a solar-powered ventilation fan
Solar-powered ventilation fans attach to the outside top of a rolled-up window and feature an outward-facing solar panel that operates it. The fan works by blowing out the hot air from inside the car while pulling in the — somewhat — cooler air from outside the vehicle.
If you invest in two of these fans, you can set them up on either both front or both rear windows and create a cross-ventilation breeze, helping decrease the temperatures inside even more.
Park in a garage when possible
Shaded parking coverage will, surprise surprise, block out extra sun rays and keep your vehicle’s internal temperature lower. If you don’t have access to a personal garage, a public parking garage or an apartment complex’s carport, parking underneath trees at the edge of a parking lot or under a building’s shade can help.
Keep windows open during first few minutes of driving
It might seem silly, but with it taking your vehicle’s air conditioning a few minutes to kick into high gear, opening your windows while beginning your drive can help more quickly dispel hot air. Once your AC is properly cool and running, close your windows to prevent the colder air from escaping, per RAC.
Use the lower air vents
When you first start your car, turn your air vents downward to help send the air-conditioned air into the base of the vehicle. Because hot air rises, this action will force the hot air already present within the vehicle up and out the open windows.
While doing this, shut off the upper vents to keep all the air going in the same direction. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/how-to-keep-your-car-cooler-in-the-texas-summer-heat/ | 2023-07-29 18:03:00 | 1 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/how-to-keep-your-car-cooler-in-the-texas-summer-heat/ |
SHIAWASSEE COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - The Shiawassee County Sheriff's Office warned drivers after a weekend fire destroyed a bridge.
It happened Saturday morning at the Newberry Road wooden railroad trestle bridge over the Canadian National Railway line.
Investigators asked drivers to avoid the area as firefighters put out the flames.
No word yet on what caused the fire.
The sheriff's office asked the community to call in tips to 989-720-TIPS.
Look for new developments on the fire during our newscasts and at here on abc12.com. | https://www.abc12.com/news/shiawassee-county-bridge-destroyed-in-fire/article_d33b4a16-7329-11ed-9c38-237ac457b312.html | 2022-12-03 18:30:50 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/news/shiawassee-county-bridge-destroyed-in-fire/article_d33b4a16-7329-11ed-9c38-237ac457b312.html |
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell:
Hormel (HRL) – The food producer's stock slid 6.4% in the premarket after reporting a mixed quarter. Earnings beat estimates, but sales came up short of Wall Street forecasts. Hormel issued a weaker than expected outlook and said it expected a continued volatile and high cost environment.
Petco (WOOF) – Petco's adjusted quarterly earnings of 16 cents per share matched Street forecasts, but revenue was slightly above estimates. A comparable store sales rise of 4.1% beat the FactSet consensus estimate of a 3.5% increase. The pet products retailer's stock rallied 8% in premarket trading.
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CrowdStrike (CRWD) – CrowdStrike plunged 17.6% in the premarket after the cybersecurity company's subscription numbers came in below analyst forecasts. CrowdStrike reported better than expected profit and revenue for its latest quarter, but economic uncertainty is prompting customers to delay spending.
Horizon Therapeutics (HZNP) – Horizon soared 32.9% in off-hours trading after the drug maker said it was in preliminary talks about a possible sale with several large pharma companies, including Amgen (AMGN), Sanofi (SNY) and Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ) Janssen Global Services unit.
State Street (STT) – State Street added 3.5% in premarket action after announcing an agreement to terminate its planned $3.5 billion purchase of Brown Brothers Harriman's Investor Services unit. State Street cited difficulties in gaining the approval of regulators for the deal.
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Biogen (BIIB) – Biogen shares rose 3.6% in premarket action after partner Esai said it believed two deaths in the trial of their experimental Alzheimer's drug could not be attributed to the treatment. Biogen stock fell earlier in the week when the report of the second death first surfaced. Data from the trial showed that the drug slowed cognitive decline but could carry a risk of serious side effects.
NetApp (NTAP) – NetApp tumbled 10.9% in the premarket on a weaker than expected forecast from the cloud computing company, which reported better than expected quarterly earnings.
Workday (WDAY) – Workday shares rallied 9.6% in off-hours trading after the maker of human resources software lifted its outlook and announced a share buyback program. Workday also reporter better than expected top and bottom line results for its latest quarter.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) – Hewlett Packard Enterprise added 1.9% in the premarket after the enterprise computing company reported record quarterly sales and issued strong revenue guidance. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/business/money-report/stocks-making-the-biggest-moves-premarket-hormel-petco-crowdstrike-and-more/3438300/ | 2022-11-30 13:58:01 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/business/money-report/stocks-making-the-biggest-moves-premarket-hormel-petco-crowdstrike-and-more/3438300/ |
LONDON (AP) — Air travelers faced possible delays at U.K. airports Friday as government employees who check passports went on strike in the latest of a spate of walkouts over pay amid a cost-of-living crisis.
France braced for similar Christmas travel disruption, with a weekend rail strike starting to bite on Friday.
The strike by Border Force staff was due to continue through the end of the year, with the exception of next Tuesday.
Hundreds of thousands of passengers could be affected, though the British government said it was preparing military personnel and workers from other public services to help out at airports.
The strikes are putting pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative government, which is refusing demands from public sector workers for substantial pay rises.
Inflation stood at 10.7% in November, driven by food and energy prices in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Sunak said he regretted the walkout and advised people to check on their journey plans before setting out.
“I am really sad and I am disappointed about the disruption that is being caused to so many people’s lives, particularly at Christmas time,” he said during a visit to a homeless shelter in London.
He insisted his government has acted “fairly and reasonably” in public sector pay negotiations.
Thousands of National Health Service nurses walked off the job Tuesday in their second 24-hour strike this month. Ambulance drivers, paramedics and dispatchers also went on strike earlier this week and plan another walkout on Dec. 28.
Postal deliveries, highway maintenance and driving tests are also being disrupted by strikes.
Further travel difficulties loomed on Saturday, Christmas Eve, when most train services were expected to be canceled.
The labor unrest is set to continue into the new year, when more strikes are planned.
Nurses announced Friday they plan walkouts on Jan. 18 and 19.
France faced similar problems with travel and walkouts.
About half of France’s train conductors are going on strike for the Christmas weekend. A third of scheduled train services were canceled Friday and 40% of trains were canceled for Saturday and Sunday, according to the SNCF national rail authority.
The strikers are demanding higher pay and more staff. It’s among several strikes in France stemming from the rising cost of living, including energy bills, in recent months.
High-speed train lines from France to Spain and Italy, and regional services, were also due to experience disruptions.
Conductors, who collect tickets and manage on-board operations, are demanding more than the 12% over two years offered by SNCF.
The strike came at a time of traditional gatherings for many French families who struggled to meet family and friends during the COVID-19 pandemic. Travelers expressed anger at the walkout, which was strongly criticized by the French government.
“To go on strike at such a time is incomprehensible and unjustifiable,” French Transport Minister Clement Beaune told France Info. | https://www.koin.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-latest-strike-by-uk-workers-could-bring-delays-at-airports/ | 2022-12-23 15:43:40 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-latest-strike-by-uk-workers-could-bring-delays-at-airports/ |
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BEIJING (AP) — Administrators at an elite Beijing university have backed down from plans to further tighten pandemic restrictions on students as part of China’s “zero-COVID” strategy after a weekend protest at the school, according to students Tuesday.
Graduate students at Peking University staged the rare, but peaceful protest Sunday over the school’s decision to erect a sheet-metal wall to keep them further sequestered on campus, while allowing faculty to come and go freely. Discontent had already been simmering over regulations prohibiting them from ordering in food or having visitors, and daily COVID-19 testing.
A citywide lockdown of Shanghai and expanded restrictions in Beijing in recent weeks have raised questions about the economicand human costs of China’s strict virus controls, which the ruling Communist Party has trumpeted as a success compared to other major nations with much higher death tolls. While most people have grumbled privately or online, some Shanghai residents have clashed with police, volunteers and others trying to enforce lockdowns and take infected people to quarantine centers.
Many of the Peking University students protesting Sunday outside a dormitory took cellphone videos as Chen Baojian, the deputy secretary of the university’s Communist Party committee, admonished them through a megaphone to end the protest and talk with him one-on-one.
“Please put down your mobile phones, protect Peking University,” he said, to which one student yelled: “Is that protection? How about our rights and interests?”
The crowd of about 200 clapped and cheered as a half dozen protesters broke through the sheet-metal barrier behind Chen.
The phone videos were quickly shared over social media, but just as quickly removed by government censors. Some supportive comments remained, though many were also taken down, while some videos remain on Twitter, which is blocked in China.
“Peking University students are great!” wrote one person on the popular social media platform Weibo. “Fight for rights. A single spark can start a prairie fire.”
The Communist Party moves quickly to quash most activism and any sign of unrest, which it sees as a potential challenge to its hold on power. Peking University is among a handful of elite institutions that have played prominent roles in political movements including the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution and the student-led 1989 pro-democracy protests centered on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square that were crushed by the army.
Following the protest, university leaders met with student representatives and agreed to remove the sheet-metal barrier, the South China Morning Post reported Tuesday.
One graduate student who took part in the protest, who did not want her name published due to possible repercussions, said the wall had been taken down a short time later, and that other concessions were made to the students, including organizing free supermarket deliveries.
“We achieved our goals Sunday night,” said the student, who said she had been confined to the university’s Wanliu residential compound for 7 days before the protest.
The compound is about 5 kilometers (3 miles) southwest of the main Peking University campus, housing young professors and graduate students. It also has a gym, a supermarket and other facilities.
Authorities have tightened restrictions on access to campuses and monitoring of classroom instruction and student life, making such protests extremely rare. In 2018, police detained students at schools including Peking University who had sought to form an alliance with protesting factory workers, displaying their refusal to tolerate even mild attempts at political activism.
As most other countries in the world have begun to ease restrictions and gradually open back up, China has stuck tenaciously to its zero-COVID policy.
The strict lockdowns with most public areas closed down have played havoc with employment, supply chains and the economy in general, and are becoming increasingly hard on people as the highly transmissible omicron variant proves more difficult to stop.
In Beijing, authorities on Tuesday restricted more residents to their homes in a now 3-week-long effort to control a small but persistent COVID-19 outbreak in the Chinese capital.
Seven adjoining areas in the city’s Fengtai district were designated lockdown zones for at least one week, with people ordered to stay at home in an area covering about 4 kilometers by 5 kilometers (2.5 miles by 3 miles). The area is near a wholesale food market that was closed indefinitely on Saturday following the discovery of a cluster there.
The added restrictions come as Shanghai, China’s largest city, slowly starts to ease a citywide lockdown that has trapped most of its population for more than six weeks.
China recorded 1,100 new cases on Monday, the National Health Commission said Tuesday. Of those, about 800 were in Shanghai and 52 were in Beijing. The daily number of new cases in Shanghai has declined steadily for more than two weeks, but authorities have been moving slowly to relax restrictions, frustrating residents.
In Beijing, the number of cases has held steady but new clusters have popped up in different parts of the city. City spokesperson Xu Hejian said that Beijing’s top priority is to screen people related to the cluster at the wholesale food market and isolate those who test positive. A second wholesale food market in Fengtai district was shut down Tuesday.
Most of Beijing is not locked down, but the streets are much quieter than usual with many shops closed and people working from home.
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Rising reported from Bangkok. Associated Press researcher Chen Si in Shanghai and news assistant Caroline Chen in Guangzhou, China, contributed to this report. | https://www.koin.com/news/international/beijing-locks-down-more-people-in-chinas-zero-covid-fight/ | 2022-05-18 01:19:31 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/news/international/beijing-locks-down-more-people-in-chinas-zero-covid-fight/ |
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Cazembe Murphy Jackson and Ría Thompson-Washington are partners in love – and liberation.
They are both queer community organizers enjoying the blissful blooming of their ethical non-monogamous relationship, which involves multiple partners who all agree on the relationship’s structure. Before they started dating, they’d witnessed each other spend their careers challenging many forms of systemic oppression, including the gender binary. Now, they’re creating their own family dynamic by challenging the societal norms of what a relationship should look like.
The LGBTQ+ community is known for creating their own family structures. In ballroom culture, house families are a form of kinship - a place where LGBTQ+ people displaced by their blood families find security and community. Thompson-Washington said ethical non-monogamy can be another avenue for queer people to find family.
“We’re only really taught one family model structure through society – mom, dad, kids, dog, fish, whatever – heteronormativity is the default,” Thompson-Washington said. “Not every queer person has a story where their family rejects them, but a lot of queer people do. Because of that, we’re forced to build our own family dynamics, and sometimes it’s through the homogeneous model, but maybe there are other ways of putting those configurations together and still experiencing the familial love and community you’re looking for.”
Jackson has practiced ethically non-monogamy for about 15 years now. He admits to having been a habitual cheater and not being honest in past relationships. But the game changed when Jackson read “The Ethical Slut.” He said the book correlated with his journey as a trans man and entering the reproductive justice space.
“One of the points the book made that stuck out to me was you don’t actually own other people and they don’t own you. You’re not somebody’s property,” Jackson said. “I think a lot of my life I have been treated like property. So part of my reasoning for ethical non-monogamy is it’s part of my liberation. I get to love who I love and be honest about it.”
Time doesn’t accurately capture the emotional depth behind Thompson-Washington and Jackson’s relationship. They’ve been official for five months, but met about three years ago during Netroots Nation, a national conference for progressive activists. Their brief encounter developed into a friendship where they liked each other’s Facebook statuses and enjoyed a village of mutual friends. Then, Jackson began flying from Georgia to Thompson-Washington’s home in Washington, D.C. to spend the holidays with Thompson-Washington, her wife of eight years, Lindsay Washington, and the family pets.
This year, there’s something different in the air. Thompson-Washington was the first to be forward about her feelings for Jackson while working on “Day Without Us,” a campaign responding to the fall of Roe v. Wade. Thompson-Washington asked for Jackson’s help to get the word out and organize the event scheduled for the fall. But even after Jackson agreed to assist, they continued to text each other back and forth.
Then on July 25th, Jackson and Thompson-Washington found out they were going to cross paths during their travels. Jackson was flying out of Oakland the same time Thompson-Washington was flying into the city. Jackson expressed how nice it would be to see her.
Jackson swears he wasn’t trying to flirt. He genuinely just wanted to see her. But Thompson-Washington thought otherwise. So she seized the moment because she was attracted to Caz’s intellect and the way he fights for Black liberation.
“All of these things kept happening,” Thompson-Washington said. “We kept talking. We almost met like 90 million times. So in this moment, instead of leaving it up to chance, I was like, ‘Hey, just so you know, this is me shooting my shot if that’s OK.’”
Jackson laughed, “I said, ‘Well, shoot your shot then.’”
Jackson and Thompson-Washington have talked everyday ever since. But they didn’t move forward without Lindsay Washington being in the know. Clear honest communication, trust and boundary setting are part of the foundation of a polyamorous relationship, Thompson-Washington said.
“She was like, ‘Oh, good for you. I’m so happy for you,’” Thompson-Washington said. “She also thinks Caz is a dope person. So I just talked to her like I would talk to somebody who I love, care and trust, and tell her about somebody else I love, care and trust.”
Later that same week of July 25, Jackson hopped on the “Day Without Us” planning video call. It was clear to attendants that something was going on between the two of them based on the way they kept smiling at each other. They glowed when they talked about each other.
A month after Thompson-Washington made her move, they went on their first date: a romantic night filled with fancy food, melodies from “The Color Purple” and an official request from Jackson asking Thompson-Washington to be his girlfriend. Now they are just basking in the feeling of being together. Although they are five months in, both Thompson-Washington and Jackson feel like they’ve been together for five years. That’s because of their alignment of values, they said. Their determination of putting Black people and Black liberation first in everything they do is very clear.
“You heard people use the term ‘kindred spirit?’” Jackson asked. “If we have different lifetimes, it feels like we have already lived a lifetime together. And I was like, ‘Find me sooner next time.’”
Thompson-Washington said Jackson and her wife flow together well. They’ve already conspired to keep Thompson-Washington from opening her Christmas gifts too early. Thompson-Washington’s wife wishes her well when she drops Thompson-Washington off at the airport to visit Jackson in Georgia. Jackson and Lindsay Washington both understand how Thompson-Washington values both relationships. And she shows it by doing her due diligence of balancing the amount of love and attention each person receives.
It doesn’t feel like extra work, both Jackson and Thompson-Washington said. Everything seems to flow well as they share their trials and triumphs together and expand on their vision of love together.
“Love is expansive,” Thompson-Washington said. “I don’t think that one person is going to be the one person to fulfill everything I need. I’m multifaceted, and so is love.”
Family building is important, Thompson-Washington said. That’s especially true during a time of year when more Black people are vulnerable to depression due to the holidays and the aftereffects of systemic racism.
Thompson-Washington and Jackson are veterans in the social justice field. Thompson-Washington’s career stretches over 20 years. Jackson’s for 10 years. But they still speak affirmations over each other to give them the strength to keep going.
When Jackson was battling imposter syndrome for a job interview, Thompson-Washington became Jackson’s own personal pep rally. She reminded him the job was already his, how he had the power to manifest his dreams and that it’s all part of what the universe had in store for him.
“I was reminded of what I was capable of. Of who I am,” Jackson said. “We’ve always provided that type of support for each other. It comes naturally to us. Thompson-Washington says this and I like to say this, too, ‘You love me so well. How do you know how to love me like this because it be right what what I need in that moment?’”
Jackson recently got the word “revolutionary” tattooed across his neck. He showed off the new tat on Instagram, the song “Mango Butter” by Durand Bernarr playing in the background.
“That song represents my gender perfectly,” Jackson said. “He says, ‘I’m a bad bitch and I’m that nigga?’ And I’m like, ‘Yeah. That’s me.’”
Thompson-Washington supported the message, commenting under the post: You’re so gawd damn fine.
Jackson replies, I’m merely a reflection of you.
That’s the energy Jackson and Thompson-Washington give to each other all the time – hopefully, for many more lifetimes. | https://www.al.com/news/2022/12/your-partner-isnt-your-property-how-queer-non-monogamous-love-can-liberate-you.html | 2022-12-16 19:07:24 | 0 | https://www.al.com/news/2022/12/your-partner-isnt-your-property-how-queer-non-monogamous-love-can-liberate-you.html |
SAS AI and analytics platform is 30 times faster, more scalable and 86% more cost-effective than commercial and open source alternatives
ORLANDO, Fla., May 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SAS INNOVATE -- A new benchmarking study reveals the SAS® Viya® AI and analytics platform is, on average, 30 times faster than commercial and open-source alternatives and scales better with larger and complex data. The analysis from The Futurum Group compared SAS Viya to a commercial, cloud-based data and AI platform, and open source alternatives like H2O and SparkML.
For more details, read the full study.
According to the study, Viya outperforms the selected alternatives across speed and scalability metrics. Specifically:
Speed/Performance:
- Viya is, on average, 30 times faster than all alternative AI/ML solutions across all test scenarios.
- Viya is, on average, 49 times faster than a Spark-based Data/AI platform across all algorithms, data sizes and workloads. In some cases, Viya is up to 326 times faster.
Scalability:
- Viya scales better than alternatives with larger, complex data sets, reducing AI/ML run times with additional computing resources.
- For model training on more than 300 million data points, Viya outperformed all alternatives and was the only platform to continue scaling.
Cost Effectiveness:
- Users can lower costs by more than 86% compared to tested alternatives because of Viya's speed and scalability in training and scoring models.
"SAS Viya produced results in minutes; competitors ran for hours or simply failed," said Russ Fellows, Senior Partner and Analyst at The Futurum Group. "In practical terms, SAS Viya helps users lower computing costs and consider more data to drive intelligent decisions faster. Our research showed SAS is way ahead of competitors."
Viya, a cloud-native AI platform, gives customers choice and control for analyzing large and complex data, providing the scalability needed. The insights created by Viya help business leaders make better decisions – whether those decisions affect interest rates for securing a car loan, needed maintenance that keeps a rail company's trains safe or when and where a retail distribution center ships a pallet of merchandise.
"The Futurum Group study confirms what our customers have told us all along: Viya runs efficiently and effectively in the cloud – it makes the most of CPU usage during workload run times," said Bryan Harris, SAS Executive Vice President and CTO. "SAS R&D has focused millions of dollars of research to improve cloud economics for customers looking to rapidly adopt cloud, analytics and AI. These independent results are proof of the game-changing performance gains and costs savings we are delivering to our customers."
Today's announcement was made at SAS Innovate, the AI and analytics business conference from analytics leader SAS. To keep up with the latest news from SAS, follow @SASsoftwareNews on Twitter.
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(WGN-TV) You probably hadn’t heard of stiff-person syndrome until superstar singer Celine Dion announced her battle with the rare and often misdiagnosed ailment in December.
The disease “is characterized by fluctuating muscle rigidity in the trunk and limbs and a heightened sensitivity to stimuli such as noise, touch, and emotional distress, which can set off muscle spasms,” according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
In a message to her fans, Dion gave voice to the 1-in-1-million people struggling with the same disorder she had been battling offstage.
“I’ve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time, and it’s been really difficult for me to face these challenges and to talk about everything that I’ve been going through,” the Canadian singer said before revealing her diagnosis. “We now know this is what’s been causing all of the spasms that I’ve been having.”
“My mind was, ‘Oh my goodness, I feel so bad for her,’” said Moira Papp. The 54-year-old was diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome in 2021. “But I was very happy because I knew she has a humongous voice and this is going to get recognized.”
“I did notice I was falling, but I attributed it to tripping or going too fast. I was falling up and down the stairs,” Papp said, as she described symptoms of the syndrome.
Before Papp got the right diagnosis, she said doctors thought it might be multiple sclerosis, then cervical spine stenosis.
“There’s no single absolute characteristic that separates it from other diseases, so people look for things like: Did they have a stroke? Have they had damage to their spinal cord? Do they have Parkinson’s disease?” said Dr. David Randall, a neurologist at Advocate Health Care. “So there’s other neurologic diseases that may share some of the difficulties with walking and the feeling of stiffness.”
“Everyone’s like, ‘What do you have?’” Papp said. “And then it takes forever to talk about it because you have to talk about how rare it is.”
Most patients go years without a proper diagnosis.
“I’ve had MRIs, CTs, PET scans, I mean all of it numerous times,” Papp said.
Signs of SPS don’t necessarily show up on imaging, but there are biomarkers that help doctors make the call. Papp has an elevated protein called GAD-65 in her blood.
“It’s an autoimmune disease as best we know and it recognizes a protein that we need as being foreign,” Randall said. “And it attacks that protein and that stops the control of the muscle tightness.”
Papp’s treatment regimen includes weekly infusions of immunoglobulin, a drug that targets her overactive immune system.
People with stiff-person syndrome often have a hunched-over or stiff posture, and may have trouble walking or moving. Some people may be “afraid to leave the house because street noises, such as the sound of a horn, can trigger spasms and falls,” NINDS explains, and without normal reflexes they may be injured more easily.
“Somebody can be just walking along and they get terrible muscle stiffness and they drop to the ground,” Randall said. “And so there are injuries associated with that as well.”
“I’ve learned that a stiff person has to move,” Papp said. “You cannot sit around and lay around in bed. Even if you don’t feel like moving you have to move. So I have a whole new friend group at the health club because I’m there every day.”
Even muscles involved in breathing, swallowing and speech can be affected. According to Dion, muscle spasms have impacted her vocal cords.
While Papp never sang before her diagnosis, she has since taken it up. She recently performed on stage for the first time.
“Maybe there’s something in me that says, ‘You know what? You gotta live life to the fullest!’” she said.
Stiff-person syndrome typically progresses over 10 to 20 years, but doctors say they have treatments to offer patients cope with the degenerative disease. | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/national-news/what-its-like-to-live-and-even-thrive-with-stiff-person-syndrome/ | 2023-03-08 22:22:03 | 0 | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/national-news/what-its-like-to-live-and-even-thrive-with-stiff-person-syndrome/ |
As Ukraine pushes southern offensive, it also hits Russia in the northeast
By Rob Picheta, Vasco Cotovio and Olga Voitovych, CNN
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has hailed “good news” from the northeastern Kharkiv region, after an apparent surprise counter-offensive forced Russian troops onto the back foot and prompted a pro-Kremlin official to call for evacuations.
The Russian-installed head of the Kupiansk city administration, Vitaly Ganchev, urged women and children to evacuate the city as Ukrainian forces approached.
Ganchev said the city, which lies west of the Donbas region and about 70 miles east of the city of Kharkiv, “is constantly under terror” and experiencing “constant rocket attacks from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”
Ukrainian officials have declined to comment on the offensive in the northeast of Ukraine, but footage geolocated by CNN showed Ukrainian forces in the town of Volokhiv-Yar on Wednesday, around 50 km away from Kupiansk, and also on the outskirts of Balakliya to the south. Russian officials have also remained silent on developments in the Kharkiv region.
The operation appeared designed to catch Russian forces off guard, following intensifying conflict in the south of Ukraine near the city of Kherson.
In recent weeks, Russia redeployed some forces to the south to bolster its ranks ahead of the Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kherson region, according to Ukrainian officials and footage of equipment moving through Crimea geolocated by CNN.
While the southern front looks set to be one of the main theaters of conflict as the war heads towards winter, a new Ukrainian push in Kharkiv could stretch Russian forces across two disparate locations.
Kyiv “likely used tactical surprise to advance at least 20km into Russian-held territory in eastern Kharkiv Oblast on September 7, recapturing approximately 400 square kilometers of ground,” the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a Washington-based analytical group, said its daily report on the conflict on Wednesday.
“Ukrainian forces likely took prudent advantage of a reallocation of Russian troops, equipment, and overall operational focus to launch localized counteroffensives toward critical points in Kharkiv Oblast,” the ISW said.
In recent weeks, Russia redeployed some forces to the south to bolster its ranks ahead of the Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kherson region, according to Ukrainian officials and footage of equipment moving through Crimea geolocated by CNN.
Russian military bloggers and analysts have reported Ukrainian forces’ push towards Kupiansk aims to cut off supply lines to the strategic city of Izium to the south.
Zelensky was coy on whether specific settlements have been retaken by Ukrainian forces in his nightly address on Wednesday. But the President thanked three brigades involved in operations to recapture Russian-held territory there.
“This week we have good news from Kharkiv region,” Zelensky said. “Probably, you all have already seen reports about the activity of Ukrainian defenders. And, I think, every citizen feels proud of our soldiers. It is a well-deserved pride.”
He also thanked units stationed in southern Ukraine what he called “extremely successful hits” on occupying Russian forces, while the simultaneous counter-attack was launched in the north.
“The more difficult it is for the occupiers, the more losses they have, the better the positions for our defenders in Donbas will be, the more reliable the defense of Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, and the cities of Dnipropetrovsk region will be, the faster we will be able to liberate the Azov region and the entire south,” he said.
Ukraine continues to press on with its southern counter-offensive; Ukrainian forces are making gains in the south, with the ambitious goal of taking back most of the Russian-occupied region of Kherson by the end of the year, senior US officials and Ukrainian officials told CNN on Wednesday.
The last week has seen the most ambitious ground assaults by the Ukrainians since the beginning of the invasion, following sustained attacks on command posts, ammunition stores, and fuel reserves far behind the front lines, according to geolocation of video and satellite imagery.
The US has observed Ukrainian forces achieve some success in attacking Russian supply lines, with the intention of cutting off and isolating Russian troops currently deployed west of the Dnipro River, according to a senior US official.
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SNOW FOR SOME OF US TODAY... MAJOR STORM MIDWEEK ON TRACK
Your First Alert Weather Forecast:
The best chance of 1-3″ of snow through tonight will be generally north of HWY 64. Locations farther south may get some snow/mix and minor accumulations, but it will be too warm for any major problems. Highs will range from the lower 30s (north) to the lower 40s (south). Wind gusts tonight may be around 40 mph at times. Wind chills early Tuesday will be in the single digits.
Most of our Tuesday should be OK as we get in between weather makers. Highs will be around 30 and winds will ease during the day. Some snow is expected to develop by evening.
A long duration winter storm remains on track for the middle of the week with possible total snowfall in the 8″ to 15″+ range! This storm will come in 2 waves. The first wave will be Tuesday evening through Wednesday morning. A band of 2″ to 5″ of snow is expected to develop and move across the area during this time. The exact placement of the snow band remains a little bit in question. Roads will be slick for the Wednesday AM commute wherever the snow ends up occurring.
The second, and more significant, wave will take place from late Wednesday afternoon through Thursday. An additional 6″ to 10″ of snow (or more) may fall on top of what fell earlier in the event. Some sleet could mix in at times south of US 10. Winds gusting 30-40+ mph will lead to significant blowing and drifting across the region. Travel conditions will probably become pretty dicey Wednesday night into Thursday. Tuesday evening through Thursday are now FIRST ALERT WEATHER DAYS.
Keep informed with our latest forecast and plan ahead for what will probably be the strongest winter storm so far this season!
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WIND FORECAST:
TODAY: E/S 5-15+ MPH
TUESDAY: NW/S 5-20 MPH
PRESIDENTS’ DAY: Snow or mix develops. Winds increase by evening. HIGH: 39
TONIGHT: Early snow or a mix SOUTH... 1-3″ NORTH before snow tapers. Windy with falling temps. LOW: 23
TUESDAY: Early sun & brisk breezes. Clouds increase during the PM. Snow develops at night. HIGH: 30 LOW: 23
WEDNESDAY: Periods of snow... 2-5″ through the early afternoon. Blustery. Slippery travel. Heavier snow at NIGHT. HIGH: 29 LOW: 22
THURSDAY: Snow... Heavy at times. Additional 6-10″+ possible. Sleet SOUTH? Blustery with blowing and drifting. HIGH: 24 LOW: 2
FRIDAY: Mostly sunny. Less wind. More flakes at NIGHT. HIGH: 17 LOW: 10
SATURDAY: Early flakes. Mostly cloudy. HIGH: 32 LOW: 14
SUNDAY: Mostly sunny and blustery. HIGH: 28
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LOS ANGELES, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KBO Bike has launched Ranger cargo electric bike, which keeps up the demands of hauling heavy cargoes. The Ranger Cargo ebike is perfectly designed for delivery workers, parents seeking to take their children on weekend rides, and explorers of nature.
The Ranger cargo electrical bike provides a pleased ride and has a weight capacity of 400 pounds with powerful sustained brush-less geared hub motor and an extra-large adaptable rear rack. Ranger is equipped with a in-frame and removable 48V 17.5Ah lithium-ion battery with an 840Wh battery capacity, making the riders ride up to 60 miles on a single charge. Considering the soaring prices of the gasoline, e-bike is clearly a better option. The company priced this powerful electrical bike at $1,699 and accepted Klarna payment.
"KBO Ranger cargo ebike is easy to assemble, fun to ride and a great bike for the price", said a new client of KBO. "Awesome cargo bike! I love the outdoors, and old injuries prevented me from going on long trips. Now I can go for miles with my Ranger! This bike really broadened my horizons. I can't be happier. Not to mention I'm almost 6.3, and the bike is comfortable for long rides several hours long".
Range- 35-60 miles
Total Payload Capacity- 400 lbs
Recommended Rider Heights- 4'11" - 6'3"
Charger- 48V 3 Amp Quick & Smart Charger
Controller- 48V /22A
Display- LCD backlight display
Weight- 77 lbs
Pedal Assist- 0-5 level
Battery- In Frame and Removable 48V 17.5Ah Lithium-ion Battery with Samsung/LG Cells
Motor- Powerful Sustained 750W Brushless Geared Hub Motor
Headlight- 48V LED Headlight
Brakelight- Integrated Brake Rear Light
Brakes- Mechanical Disc Brakes
Tires- 20"*3.0" CST Tires
Others- The Shimano 7-speed Shifter, Extra-large, Adaptable Rear Rack, Ergonomic Half Twist Throttle, Adjustable Saddle, Intelligent Installation Points, Full Fenders, Center Stand
KBO Bike has been on a mission to enhance the lives of environmentally conscious commuters since 2018. KBO always values customer health and satisfaction as this is their only indication of a service well rendered. In the coming future, the company will spare no effort to optimize its product details and provide better riding experiences. Learn more about KBO Bike at www. kbobike.com.
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A roundup of the week's most newsworthy energy industry press releases from PR Newswire, including the latest on EV charging, green hydrogen, grid reliability, and more.
NEW YORK, June 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the energy and natural resources industry stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
The list below includes the headline (with a link to the full text) and an excerpt from each story. Click on the press release headlines to access accompanying multimedia assets that are available for download.
- Outdoor Power Equipment Helps Weather A Storm or Power Outage "it's important to be prepared year-round given any season can be storm season. We see more people investing in portable and whole house generators and having other outdoor power equipment on hand such as chainsaws and water pumps to mitigate any damage from felled trees and water damage and floods," says Kris Kiser, President & CEO of the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute.
- ABB E-mobility expands solutions for public and fleet EV charging in North America "ABB E-mobility is committed to developing and deploying advanced charging technologies that are ready for the current and future requirements of public charging sites as well as the unique needs of every sized EV fleet," said Bob Stojanovic, Senior Vice President for ABB E-mobility in North America.
- Experience the Future of Green Energy Solutions: Jackery to Unveil Exciting New Products at Outdoor Retailers Exhibition
The portable energy storage industry is currently in its early stages of development and has not yet made significant progress in the market. However, Jackery acknowledges the potential for growth and the rising popularity of portable energy solutions that encourage eco-friendly and sustainable living. - New Deloitte report: Emerging green hydrogen market set to help reshape global energy map by end of decade, creating US$1.4 trillion market by 2050
Deloitte's outlook provides extensive detail into the cost, production, and market of hydrogen, even analyzing the business challenges facing the successful implementation of clean hydrogen, and providing insights into various market dynamics, such as optimal infrastructure sizing, investment needs, and technology choices. - OCI Global fuels first ever green methanol powered container vessel
This global maiden voyage is an important milestone in decarbonization of the maritime industry, providing proof-of-concept for green methanol as a safe, efficient, commercially ready fuel for global shipping. - dcbel's residential bidirectional DC charger first to achieve certification in the US
The unprecedented certification process was over two years in the making. dcbel collaborated with Intertek, a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) program member, to validate the safety of the product across a wide range of conditions and scenarios. - Eco-dynamic Tech to Unveil World's First Colored Solar Awning: Artpiece for RV 1000W
A game-changer for RV users, Artpiece for RV 1000W combines solar power supply and sun shading in one solution. Instead of using fabric as awning material, it integrates lightweight 360° rollable flexible HJT solar modules and eliminates fabric replacements. - Cadiz Partners with Scale Microgrids to Develop Clean Energy Microgrids for Water Supply, Pipeline Project
The solar-hybrid microgrids designed by Scale for Cadiz will combine ground mount Solar PV, battery storage, and advanced, high-efficiency distributed generation that can lower energy costs by more than 30%, provide 100% uptime reliability and cut carbon emissions by more than 75%. - Anker Expands Into Home Energy Solutions With Launch of Anker Solix Brand
The new Anker Solix brand includes a line of solar balcony solutions designed for apartments and modular solar battery storage systems for the home. Additionally, Anker's popular portfolio of portable power stations (formerly known as PowerHouse) will now be part of Anker Solix. - Gridware Raises $10.5 Million to Improve Grid Reliability Nationwide This round of funding will fuel this growth while providing additional support to Gridware's utility customers looking to improve their operations. This includes increasing visibility on aging infrastructure while improving overall reliability for utility customers by reducing outage time and identifying wildfire risks before they ignite.
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City awaits a new fire station
TRUMANN, Ark. (KAIT) - The city of Trumann is still awaiting the construction of its new central fire station.
Fire station #2 is located on the outskirts of town and this puts everyone at risk. The response time has increased dramatically, as it takes over 8 minutes to respond to calls that come from over the railroad tracks.
Trumann fire chief Revis Kemper said, “Being here where we are at, we are literally as far away from the city as possible, and our response time has basically doubled.”
Kemper said that when an emergency call comes in, seconds matter, and with their current location they are losing a lot of that precious time.
Mayor Barbara Lewallen said the floorplans are in place, and the insurance money is in, but it will not be enough to rebuild.
Demolition of the ravaged structure is scheduled to begin as early as this month, but the timeline of reconstruction is unknown.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
0-2-9
(zero, two, nine)
¶ Top Prize $500
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
0-2-9
(zero, two, nine)
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FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - The Mass Transportation Authority says even with freezing temperatures and high winds ahead, their bus lines will still get people where they need to go.
"Our policy here is that we will provide all services across all the different modes unless we're requested to get off the road by the governor," CEO Edgar Benning told ABC12.
He's been with the MTA since the 80s. And he can't remember a time when they've ever fully shut down.
He thinks the closest they ever came was the Christmas Ice Storm of 2013, which left tens of thousands without power in the dead of winter.
But if there's someone who needs to be somewhere- especially for healthcare- Benning said they'll try to make it happen.
"Sometimes, that means we need to get a street plowed because we need to get to that home to transport them... We will provide information to the city to make sure they plow those streets first," he explained.
Driver Theresa Gray's been with the Authority for 27 years. She said driving after the 2013 storm was a nerve-wracking experience.
"It was a very scary situation. You worried about slipping and sliding, whether the next person was going to slide into you," she recalled.
But Gray braved the roads because she knew people needed her.
"We had to move many, many elderly people and disabled people out of there and to a warmer place," said Gray.
And that's why she's ready to do it again this week.
She just wants passengers to know it might take a few minutes longer.
"You have to understand that we're coming. We might be a little late, but we're coming. And we're coming safely," Gray explained.
MTA services are scheduled to run Friday and Saturday, with a break on Sunday for Christmas before they resume on Monday.
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Kentucky State Police: Two arrested for murder of missing McCreary Co. man
Published: Apr. 26, 2023 at 11:08 AM EDT|Updated: 57 minutes ago
WHITLEY COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - Kentucky State Police have arrested two people for the murder of a McCreary County man.
48-year-old Joe Bryant and 24-year-old Broderick Taylor, both of Pine Knot, were arrested on Tuesday.
Bryant and Taylor have both been charged with murder, abuse of a corpse and tampering with physical evidence in connection with the death of 54-year-old Roscoe Garland of Pine Knot.
KSP says they found the skeletal remains of Garland on Forest Service Road in Whitley County.
Garland was reported missing from McCreary County on October 14, 2022.
Bryant is lodged in the Whitley County Jail. Taylor is lodged in the Knox County Jail.
We are working to learn more about what led to the arrests.
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Chenoa Fund helps more than 42,000 families become homeowners
CEDAR CITY, Utah, May 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CBC Mortgage Agency (CBCMA), a Native American wholly owned and federally chartered housing finance agency, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary by unveiling a dynamic new rebrand for the correspondent investor and its Chenoa Fund Program, which has extended down payment assistance (DPA) to more than 42,000 families.
The Chenoa Fund Program was launched in May 2013 to help families achieve home ownership. Today, it operates in 49 states and territories. Roughly three-quarters of the homebuyers who receive DPA from CBC Mortgage Agency are first-time homebuyers, while around half are minorities.
"Our rebrand represents our renewed commitment to extending housing programs, including providing down payment assistance for those who are most in need of it," CBC Mortgage Agency President Miki Adams said. "We are proud to support economic stability for homebuying families and their communities, and we look forward to continuing this for many more decades."
In addition to the rebrand unveiling, CBC Mortgage Agency announced several significant hires and promotions, with women now accounting for 70% of the management team. The recent executive additions are listed below.
- Pam Cooper CPA CMB, Chief Financial Officer
- Alicia Wood, Loan Servicing Director
- Cari Zwick, (promoted to) National Program Director
- Kira Gissell, (promoted to) Communications, and PR Director
- Dianah Hart, Director of Investor Relations and Fulfillment
- Latrese Flowers, Program Management and Compliance Officer
"Our refreshed brand reflects the evolving and inclusive nature of CBC Mortgage Agency, while the design reflects our commitment to breaking down barriers to homeownership," Adams stated. "As we continue to carry out our mission, I'm looking forward to unveiling some exciting changes and improvements later this year."
For more information, including a press kit with the Chenoa Fund's new marketing materials, please visit chenoafund.org.
About CBC Mortgage Agency
Founded in 2013, CBC Mortgage Agency is a nationally chartered housing finance agency. As a leading source of down payment assistance, the company helps low-to-moderate income consumers, often in minority neighborhoods, achieve the dream of homeownership. CBC Mortgage Agency, which was recognized as one of the Top 25 Companies in Mortgage & Servicing by MReport, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cedar Band Corp., a federally chartered tribal corporation founded by the Cedar Band of Paiute Indians. More information can be found at chenoafund.org.
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The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed the tightest limits ever on power plants’ planet-warming pollution, a policy it must enact to meet President Biden’s pledge to halve U.S. emissions by 2030 compared with 2005 levels.
It also underscores the sweeping scale of action required to shift away from fossil fuels, from subsidies to regulation and new infrastructure spending. Administration leaders say they are on course to meet the climate goal Biden set three months after taking office, but completing these power plant regulations — and another one for cars and trucks — is a must.
“This reinforces our trajectory in a critical sector of the economy,” White House national climate adviser Ali Zaidi told reporters in a call on Wednesday. “We are moving even faster and … with greater certainty.”
Power-sector emissions have dropped by more than a third since 2005, but must decline much faster for the country to hit the 2030 target.
The new, tighter limits would prevent more than 600 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere between 2028 and 2042, according to the EPA, equal to eliminating the emissions from half of all the cars nationwide. They would push all existing coal-fired plants by 2040 to either close, shift to cleaner fuel or capture their carbon dioxide emissions at the smokestack, the agency said.
The shift would give consumers better access to clean power as more cars, home-heating systems and businesses are switching from fossil fuels to run on electricity. But the plan relies on clean-energy technology with a limited track record, and some fossil-fuel advocates warn the administration’s push may drive coal- and gas-fired plants off the grid, worsen an ongoing wave of power shortages and blackouts, and potentially raise prices.
The announcement comes after years of turmoil at the EPA over how to craft power plant standards that can survive the types of legal challenges that brought down the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. The Biden administration is under pressure to finish this work in a little more than a year, to make it harder to reverse should the president lose reelection.
To bolster its chances in court, and ease any risk to reliability or consumers, the rules tighten emissions limits at each individual unit — a long-accepted approach under the Clean Air Act — and phase in gradually, with many of the most aggressive requirements coming only in the 2030s. The standards do not require specific types of technology, but instead set limits so stringent that fossil-fuel-burning plants would probably have to use new carbon-capture systems or switch to other fuels such as hydrogen to comply.
The agency says in its proposal that carbon-capture and hydrogen systems have proven effective and affordable in what so far has been limited use. Any new gas-fired plants and existing gas-fired plants that run most of the time — often called “baseload power” — would effectively have to have carbon-capture systems or burn hydrogen.
While many environmental groups and the largest utilities are likely to support the plan, fossil-fuel and mining interests, and some smaller power producers, are already fighting it. They question whether the plan exceeds the EPA’s authority and its premise that carbon-capture systems are effective and affordable. And they are likely to get support from several Republican-led states that have threatened to fight the Biden administration in court.
“What is adequately demonstrated and economically viable … is something that’s potentially vulnerable” legally, said Rich Nolan, president and chief executive of the National Mining Association, which represents coal producers among other miners, in a phone interview. “So we and our allies will be looking at this rule specifically when it becomes public on Thursday.”
The EPA’s analysis that power companies can afford this new technology rests partly on recent government subsidies. The bipartisan infrastructure spending package of 2021 included nearly $18 billion combined for carbon-capture and hydrogen systems, and last year’s climate-spending package, the Inflation Reduction Act, is providing billions more in tax credits for electric generators and industrial companies that use or supply them.
The Edison Electric Institute, which represents most of the nation’s biggest power companies, wrote to the EPA in February that these technologies face many challenges in scaling up but should be able to over time because “government and industry are investing.”
“With that investment, there is reason to be optimistic that these challenges will be overcome in this decade,” the group said.
And the proposal does give years for a gradual transition, EPA officials say, to give utilities ample time to plan and build the systems they need. Before 2030, existing gas plants that run frequently only have to deploy more conventional technology to run more efficiently. Plants built after the rules go into effect and that run only intermittently or just when demand peaks — so-called peaker plants — have even more lenient standards. Existing peaker plants face no new standards at all in the proposal, although the agency is asking for public comment on what types of requirements it might consider for those plants.
Some climate advocates have already said they will be pushing for the administration to speed up these deadlines. President Biden has promised to eliminate power-sector emissions by 2035.
The rules allow some plants to keep releasing most of their emissions until 2038 or 2040. Others will still be able to release at least some carbon pollution indefinitely. But Zaidi and EPA Administrator Michael Regan told reporters the proposal doesn’t undermine or conflict with Biden’s clean-electricity pledge.
“This is one proposal in a suite of actions that are being taken by the entire government,” Regan said. “And so when it all adds up, we feel very confident that we’re going to be there by 2035.”
EPA is rushing to fulfill Biden’s big climate promises before he faces reelection. Last month the agency announced the strictest restrictions ever on emissions for cars and trucks, the country’s largest source of planet-warming emissions. Other proposals to reduce soot and mercury would also help cut greenhouse gas emissions. Later this year, the agency is supposed to finish new limits on the oil and gas industry’s emissions of methane, which traps 85 times more heat than carbon dioxide in the short term.
Democrats have targeted the electric power industry for decades because power plants are such a concentrated source of emissions. Only a few thousand of these plants are together responsible for a quarter of all the country’s emissions, according to EPA data.
This helps make it the most promising sector to reduce emissions quickly, researchers said. It is faster to replace or clean up a few thousand units than turn over millions of cars. Zero-emissions power from wind, solar and battery units have, along with gas, become the dominant source of new generation. And with emerging technology for capturing carbon and burning carbon-free hydrogen, the power sector has more alternatives than heavy industry or the auto sector, where options like electric vehicles are only just emerging as viable.
“The big, low-cost reductions in the near term, a lot of them are in the power sector,” said Nathan Hultman, the director of the University of Maryland’s Global Center for Sustainability, who also helped draft the administration’s long-term climate targets as a senior adviser. “The power sector is kind of rocking today, so we want to take advantage maximally of those opportunities.”
So far the country is nearly about a third of the way to its 2030 target for reducing emissions. An analysis Hultman’s team released in November concluded that most of the remaining emissions reductions needed would have to come from the power sector.
Other experts from Princeton University and independent research firms have drawn similar conclusions. They have found that last year’s climate spending bill, the Inflation Reduction Act, puts the country on course to reduce emissions by up to 42 percent by the end of the decade. Executive actions on power plants, vehicles and methane would take it most of the rest of the way, another six percentage points of reduction, according to an analysis released in March by the Rhodium Group.
The Clean Air Task Force, an environmental group, ranked EPA greenhouse gas limits the most important executive action. It estimated the move could cut 267 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2030, nearly four times what EPA cars and trucks standards could accomplish.
“The power sector was the biggest opportunity we could find,” said Conrad Schneider, the group’s senior director.
Cleaning up power plants first also helps other sectors to reduce emissions later. As motorists switch to electric vehicles and homeowners buy electric heaters and appliances, for example, they will cut more emissions if they’re tapping carbon-free power.
But with that new type of demand for electricity surging, it will put more stress on a grid that has struggled in recent years. Widespread power outages have surged, especially from snowstorms, hurricanes and wildfires. From 2017 to 2021, electricity customers nationwide spent seven hours a year without power, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, up from less than four hours a year from 2013 to 2016.
At a Senate oversight hearing last week for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) prodded commissioners to say that coal-fired power, at least in the short term, is essential to reliable electricity. Manchin, who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, called the EPA’s ongoing efforts on power plants a threat to the grid and on Wednesday said he will oppose all of Biden’s EPA nominees unless it backs down.
Mining and rural-power advocates have echoed Manchin’s concerns.
“This proposal will further strain America’s electric grid and undermine decades of work to reliably keep the lights on across the nation,” Jim Matheson, chief executive of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, said in a statement. “We’re concerned the proposal could disrupt domestic energy security, force critical always available power plants into early retirement, and make new natural gas plants exceedingly difficult to permit, site, and build.”
The EPA’s analysis says the proposal would cause retail electricity prices to rise by about 2 percent in 2030, and barely at all afterward. Regan called that “negligible,” and Zaidi said trends spurred by the Inflation Reduction Act would help offset some of those price increases.
Matheson’s group and the National Mining Association were among the few holdouts still fighting against the Obama-era Clean Power Plan when it reached the Supreme Court last year. The rural cooperatives are often the most reliant on coal, spurring on their coalition with mining interests even while many large utilities and energy-consuming companies came out in support of the rules, saying they would help get cleaner power more efficiently.
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The 2023 Barracuda Championship Odds & Preview: Stephan Jaeger
Stephan Jaeger will play at the 2023 Barracuda Championship in Truckee, California at Tahoe Mountain Club (Old Greenwood), taking place from July 20-23.
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Stephan Jaeger Insights
- Over his last 20 rounds, Jaeger has finished below par on 14 occasions, while also shooting three bogey-free rounds and 14 rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has recorded the best score of the day once while finishing with a top-10 score three times in his last 20 rounds.
- Over his last 20 rounds, Jaeger has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round once, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on nine occasions.
- Jaeger has posted one top-10 finish and two top-20 finishes in his past five appearances.
- Jaeger has finished with a better-than-average score in three of his past five tournaments.
- Jaeger will look to make the cut for the 10th straight event by qualifying for the weekend in this tournament.
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Barracuda Championship Insights and Stats
- Jaeger has had an average finish of 42nd at this tournament in four appearances, including a personal best 22nd-place.
- Jaeger made the cut in three of his past four entries in this event.
- In the past year, the Tour has played courses with an average length of 7,005 yards, 475 yards shorter than the 7,480-yard par 71 for this week's event.
- Tahoe Mountain Club (Old Greenwood) has seen an average tournament score of -6 recently, which is lower than the Tour scoring average of -5 on all courses in the past year.
- The average course Jaeger has played in the past year has been 205 yards shorter than the 7,480 yards Tahoe Mountain Club (Old Greenwood) will be at for this event.
- In the past year, the events he has played have had a scoring average of -6 among finishers, the same as the average at this course.
Jaeger's Last Time Out
- Jaeger was above average on the 16 par-3 holes at the John Deere Classic, averaging 2.88 strokes to finish in the 68th percentile of competitors.
- His 3.93-stroke average on the 44 par-4 holes at the John Deere Classic ranked in the 61st percentile among all competitors (the tournament average was 3.95).
- On the 12 par-5 holes at the John Deere Classic, Jaeger shot better than 97% of the field (averaging 4.17 strokes).
- Jaeger recorded a birdie or better on two of 16 par-3s at the John Deere Classic, better than the field average of 1.9.
- On the 16 par-3s at the John Deere Classic, Jaeger did not card a bogey or worse (the other participants averaged 1.6).
- Jaeger's six birdies or better on par-4s at the John Deere Classic were less than the tournament average of 6.4.
- At that last competition, Jaeger had a bogey or worse on three of 44 par-4s (the field averaged 4.8).
- Jaeger finished the John Deere Classic with a birdie or better on 10 of the 12 par-5s, bettering the field's average of 3.8.
- The field at the John Deere Classic averaged 0.6 bogeys or worse on the 12 par-5s, but Jaeger finished without one.
Barracuda Championship Time and Date Info
- Date: July 20-23, 2023
- Course: Tahoe Mountain Club (Old Greenwood)
- Location: Truckee, California
- Par: 71 / 7,480 yards
- Jaeger Odds to Win: +1600 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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They're off to the World Series for a fourth time in six seasons, a remarkable feat of staying power for a franchise in any era of baseball history, let alone one that includes a 12-team playoff gauntlet filled with potential pitfalls.
Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. put it succiently on Sunday night: “This is not easy.”
Even so, the dichotomy that is this generation of Houston Astros will probably never go away.
They left no doubt that they're the best team in the American League this season, sweeping aside slugger Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees in four games after Sunday's 6-5 victory.
It should be a lovable group. There's pint-sized star Jose Altuve, two-time All-Star Alex Bregman, ace right-hander Justin Verlander and a slew of up-and-coming players like ALCS MVP Jeremy Peña, Yordan Alvarez and Kyle Tucker. There's also Dusty Baker, the 73-year-old manager who is still searching for his first World Series title and the oldest man to lead a team to the Fall Classic.
And yet...
The stench of the 2017 cheating scandal — when the Astros were found to have illicitly stolen signs that season — still lingers, even though 21 of the 26 players on this year's ALCS roster were not on the 2017 team.
Only Altuve, Bregman, McCullers, Verlander and Yuli Gurriel remain. The quintet has endured a firehose of hate from fans and even fellow players since the scandal was brought to light before the 2020 season. The catcalls were still heard at Yankee Stadium over the past few days, but as the Astros piled up the runs and wins, there was a hint of another emotion.
Grudging respect.
“They got better treatment here this time than in previous times here,” Baker said. “So maybe it was a different crowd or maybe the crowd has finally forgiven things of the past.”
That's probably wishful thinking.
But it's also probably time to admit that these Astros — trash cans or no trash cans — are simply really good at baseball.
“When everything happened a few years ago, we knew the one thing that we could do is we could win and we could win and win a lot,” McCullers said. “I understand people are still not going to like us. They’re going to boo us, but at some point you have to respect what we’re doing.”
It's a franchise that's kept rolling despite the upheaval the cheating scandal wrought. Manager A.J. Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow were suspended for a year by MLB and eventually fired before being replaced by Baker and James Click. Many of the best players from that 2017 team have retired or moved on to other teams.
Star outfielder George Springer left for the Blue Jays. Two-time All-Star shortstop Carlos Correa signed with the Twins. Right-handed pitcher Charlie Morton left for the Rays and is now with the Braves.
Altuve is among those who have witnessed it all. Now his team is back in the World Series: The Astros host the Phillies in Game 1 on Friday.
Those who wanted the Astros to suffer a quick, embarrassing downfall in the aftermath of 2017 continue to be disappointed.
“When you talk about Springer, Charlie Morton, Carlos Correa, you’re talking about all superstars, and to get players to fill that spot it’s not easy,” Altuve said before Game 4 on Sunday. “The fact that we’re still playing really good and being in these situations, like I said, we just have to give a lot of credit to the front office group.”
In a way, the Astros saga is a fitting chapter for a sport that can never seem to completely enjoy its biggest moments.
Judge set the AL record for homers with 62 this season and the debate raged about whether he should be considered the all-time single-season record holder. Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa all hit more in the National League, but for many, their accomplishments are overshadowed by links to performance-enhancing drugs.
Now the debate will rage about the Astros.
Altuve has become a pro at deflecting vitriol. He knows some in baseball would love for them to go away.
That doesn't appear to be happening any time soon.
“I do as best as I can to keep everything away and just focus on the game and just be ready to help my team,” Altuve said. “Like I said, it doesn’t matter where I play, I just got to be 100% focused on the game.”
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STOCKHOLM, Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ericsson's (NASDAQ: ERIC) financial report for the third quarter 2022 will be published at approximately 7:00 AM CEST on October 20, 2022.
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HOUSTON, Dec. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
Dear fellow shareholders,
It is my great pleasure to address all of our shareholders in this letter as CEO of DarkPulse, Inc. (the "Company").
On behalf of our entire team, I am excited to review accomplishments to date as well as our 2023 trajectory.
Since early 2021, our focus has been on the commercialization of our patents as well as expanding our global operating presence. We are happy to announce that our patented optical sensor system has been fully commercialized, and we have begun ordering units for delivery to the market. As part of the logistics of delivering our sensing hardware and monitoring solutions, we've teamed with a global electronics manufacturer to aid in the delivery of system hardware into markets deemed high-growth with a high demand for infrastructure monitoring technologies such as the Middle East. Our agreement with MultiNet, a distributor with expertise in the Gulf Cooperation Council ("GCC") countries is in line with our expansion efforts into these key markets. We plan to focus our efforts in these geographies well into 2023 as we continue to build market share into global critical infrastructure/key resource monitoring markets with a focus on smart cities projects throughout the Middle East.
It has been 13 years of continuous work for the DarkPulse team and myself to position DarkPulse to where it is today, at NASDAQ's doorstep. While there is still a lot more work to be done, we couldn't have come this far without your support and enthusiasm. While there may be some confusion - mostly due to the speculation on how our transaction with Global System Dynamics, Inc. ("GSD") would transpire - I can assure you that I have thoroughly reviewed this process with our teams of attorneys and directed our professionals to focus on preventing undue dilution to any of our shareholders' interests in this transaction.
This transaction is neither a reverse stock split, nor a conversion of shares based on a fixed number of shares. This transaction is based on the value of DarkPulse at the time of closing and we believe that each of our shareholders will get fair value of their DarkPulse equity in the form of newly issued shares of GSD. This transaction is not a dilutive event and it also is not, and legally cannot be, a method to address any prior losses any shareholder has suffered; however, we believe the transaction does establish a new baseline for our shareholders as we move to a NASDAQ listing. We believe the dilution suffered by the Company's shareholders in the past was necessary to get us to this point by financing growth through funding acquisitions and operations.
We believe that moving to NASDAQ provides us with enormous opportunities such as potential research coverage from mainstay global brokerage and analysist firms, the opportunity to raise less equity financing on more favorable terms, better market trading stability, among many other advantages currently not available to us on the OTC Markets quotation service. We believe one of the most important things NASDAQ offers is global visibility. As a cutting-edge technology company that provides valuable technology and results to global infrastructure projects, we believe that, based on our international operations, being a NASDAQ-listed company will provide many more opportunities the world to learn about what we do and to potentially invest in our company.
As I write this update, we have, and we will continue to create several new administrative and executive positions, and are interviewing candidates with public company experience, from sales to human resources. Our internal structure, as well as the way we do things will change to meet the many compliance requirements of NASDAQ. This will also provide even more transparency to you, our shareholders.
We have recently created a new division that is dedicated to water security. Water is considered a critical resource and we believe the infrastructure that delivers clean drinking water to our homes is critical. Water security is imperative for meeting the sustainable development goals imposed by governments around the world, since most of these goals cannot be met without access to adequate and safe water.
This is particularly true in the agricultural industry. In 2020, companies reported maximum financial impacts of water risks at US $311 billion – five times higher than the cost of addressing them (US $55 billion). Beyond risk management, there are also business opportunities when investing in water security estimated at US $711 billion. Water security is applicable to lands in source water areas, reservoirs and storage, treatment plants and distribution systems. Our suite of BOTDA security products addresses this market. As part of this added initiative, we anticipate the deployment of an intelligent water pumping station in South Florida by mid-January 2023 (anticipated completion in Q1 2023), which will be a digital twin with an installation of our system into the pumping station. The data collected is slated to be presented at a World Water Day event to an audience consisting of municipalities from around the globe.
As we participate in more municipal and other critical infrastructure projects, such as the Honcutt Bridge, we will offer and provide our technology and services to address the safety and maintenance of water systems.
Regarding shareholder concerns over the amount of dilution shareholders have seen in the last year, any new technology takes time to be adopted by its industry and our BOTDA technology is no different. In my last shareholder letter, I addressed that the Company and its shareholders would have to focus on growth in order to become a market leader. This focus on growth necessitated further investment and the delay of profitability.
Part of our plan was to acquire companies with complimentary technology and/or services, with either contracts already in place or prospective contracts and revenues as we go down this path. I was transparent then and am being transparent now. Our prior financial disclosures indicated that the Optilon acquisition did not come without financial cost but did fill an important gap in our overall strategy to become a market leader. At the time of the acquisition, the cost just to operate Optilan was exorbitant, some $20M in the last year, however, we had anticipated this financing need both in the short and long term. Trailing contracts means that we will not be receiving or recognizing revenues until 2023 and those contracts have been publicly disclosed in our public filings, but these are from contracts already in progress with new ones to be announced as they are signed. We believe we. are still on course to realize those revenues in 2023. In fact, as part of the business combination with GSD, a third-party valuation company provided a fairness opinion to GSD's board of directors indicating that, based on the valuation of the Company, the transaction is fair. Without those prospective revenues, expanded engineering capabilities, and global footprint, we would not be where we are today and those were all acquired through capital raising, which resulted in necessary dilution. This is not unusual for small emerging market companies to do, especially small public companies. Due to the fact that we are a small public company, we are not given financing terms as optimal as much larger companies. The markets have changed over the last 20 years and capital is scarce for small, public companies like us. This is another reason why our Board of Directors decided to seek a pathway for listing on a senior exchange. I know there may be some confusion on exactly how this transaction will play out, but the details have been disclosed in the Company's public filings (including attachment of the Business Combination Agreement) and we encourage each shareholder to review the public filings thoroughly. There will also be more filings to come with details on the anticipated merger. Instead of floundering on the OTC Markets, we saw a unique pathway for an exciting and groundbreaking company like ours to list on a senior exchange that receives global attention. Now, we have shifted our focus to the fundamentals, because that's how researchers and analysts will evaluate us when on NASDAQ. Right now, there is no research or white papers done by institutional brokers or investment bankers because we are on the OTC Markets. To that end, we have begun internally reorganizing Optilan, DarkPulse, and our other subsidiaries by cutting unnecessary personnel, re-examining every contract to see where we can cut costs without sacrificing quality and services, while pursuing new contracts that we believe will result in positive EBITDA for the Company.
After initiating a successful roll-up strategy within the highly segmented infratech market our trajectory has continued to significantly accelerate. Here are some key milestones we have attained to date.
During the second half of 2022, we have accomplished the following:
- We have reached a tentative agreement for the acquisition of a Distributed Fiber Optic Sensor (DFOS) company with acoustic based sensing technologies. We anticipate closing this transaction in mid-January 2023. We believe a layered technology solution allows for improved capabilities and market dominance across multiple sectors. The addition of acoustic sensing technologies will allow for more diverse deployment opportunities across a multitude of sectors while adding to our competitive market position.
- We joined Utah State University's ASPIRE program focused on the design, installation and operation of dynamic EV charging roads. We anticipate announcing the Charging Lane™ pilot program in the near future.
- We have completed the design of a EV Smart battery utilizing our patented BOTDA technology to monitor, temperature, stress/strain, capacitance and alert to internal anomalies before fire as well as monitor battery health with plans to file for patent.
- We created a Joint Venture company with Neural Signals Inc. and Dr. Phillip R. Kennedy to develop brain machine interface technologies based on years of clinical work and to commercialize a series of patents created by Dr. Kennedy
- We opened our global headquarters in Houston, Texas. This is strategic for several reasons including Houston being a major business hub as well as a consolidated market for major companies in the energy industry.
- We have added additional accounting personnel and have consolidated the back office operations of our subsidiaries into our Houston office. This streamlining of back office operations has reduced costs, and we believe will shorten the time required to consolidate our subsidiaries' financial documentation, aiding in financial reporting, and business operations while reducing cash cycles.
- We have begun creating a Houston-based sales team consisting of sales and engineering experts to aid in the sales efforts of our patented BOTDA sensing system hardware.
- We have completed work for a new hardware design with integrated pulse generator eliminating the use of competing hardware necessary for deployments of our technology and we have ordered 35 units with these new integrated capabilities. We have a second order for 165 additional units slated for delivery to our distributor. We are completing the design of an integrated PC card and have begun the design of a DOD/ aerospace version of the system with expectations for anticipated completion in Q2 2023.
- We launched the world's first intelligent bridge in Marysville, California by installing our sensor technology with the California Division of Transportation ("CALTRANS") and then launched the FIRST real-world piece of infrastructure into the industrial metaverse, including VR inspection capabilities.
- We have created a digital twin of the Honcut Bridge in Marysville, California and have successfully launched its VR capable user interface utilizing a game engine, offering customers a full AR/VR experience of their infrastructure, such as bridges, roadways, buildings, with integration capabilities into supervisory control and data acquisition ("SCADA") systems as an added value.
- We have been authorized to engage in FOREX trading which has been utilized by multinational organizations dealing with multiple currencies. The focus will be on protecting the Company's balance sheet as it relates to currency derivatives.
- We have engaged in discussion with banking firms to assist in raising non-dilutive debt.
- We have ordered 35 initial units from our manufacturer with an additional 165 to be ordered late Q1 2023. These units are slated to be delivered to our distribution partner MultiNet headquartered in Egypt.
- We have an active engagement agreement with Energy & Industrial Advisory Partners to review possible acquisitions. If these acquisitions are closed, we expect them to increase our market share across several verticals related to big data as a service ("BDaaS") and structural health monitoring of infrastructure.
- We have an exclusive agency agreement with Gulf Automation Services & Oilfield Supplies Company LLC ("GASOS") in Abu Dhabi. GASOS will represent us in the region and assist in developing business opportunities.
Again, we will focus on growth and increasing shareholder equity with an emphasis on long-term profitability and cash management. We choose to prioritize growth because we believe that scaling into a dominant market position is essential to achieving the full potential of our business plans.
We anticipate continuing to push the limits on our technology products and services with "first to market" offerings such as our fully integrated VR capable graphical user interface as a key component to building the industrial metaverse and implement it as the world moves towards smart cities. This is in line with our future desire to be a major player in both structural health monitoring and BDaaS.
We anticipate exploiting a window of opportunity within the competitive landscape evolution with respect to green energy opportunities. Many large players have moved towards green energy, smart cities and an AR/VR industrial metaverse and we are devoting substantial resources toward becoming a global leader in the space. Our goal is to remain nimble by moving quickly to solidify and extend our current market position with key business acquisitions that we believe will give us control of more than 20% of the global sensor market. We anticipate seeing substantial revenue opportunity in these larger markets we are targeting and are concentrating on building our capabilities and market presence again, through key acquisitions.
We choose to concentrate in the Middle East since the region is leading the global markets in the creation of opportunities that we believe require our BOTDA sensors systems, most notably smart cities and smart infrastructure projects. With several projects currently underway and several more slated to begin in the near term. We believe our partnership with MultiNet will create the logistics needed to execute multiple contract opportunities throughout the GCC and Middle East. MultiNet not only allows our products to be physically available throughout the region but also creates channel partner capabilities through training and certification. We believe this will accelerate our ability to secure additional contracts and revenues from the region. Coupled with our agreement with GASOS, we believe the two parts equal the whole by allowing us to deliver on new revenue opportunities with GASOS by utilizing the infrastructure built by MultiNet. In order to sell products and services, a logistics backbone is required for execution and we believe our agreements with both MultiNet and GASOS give us these capabilities thereby accelerating our growth in the region.
Financial highlights with September 30, 2022 10-Q deep dive.
- We expect the first half of 2023 to continue increasing revenues, with additional contract wins through Q2 continuing throughout Q4 2023 within our target market segments including infrastructure monitoring, high speed rail, renewable energy, oil and gas, physical security, satellite communications, smart cameras. Overall, we expect 2023 revenues to continue increasing, and we are committed to continuing this geometric progression of revenue generation and cost reduction into the future as we expand the group of companies and our service offerings and capabilities.
- We have conducted an internal review of our reporting systems and have made both personnel and software changes to increase efficiencies while removing extraneous processes that led to a reporting of $5M Cost of Goods Sold on our Q3 2022 10-Q. Our investigation revealed the signing of a "loss leader" contract by previous ownership in 2017. The added stressors related to COVID-19 led this particular contract to lose a substantial amount of revenue. We believe a change in project management protocols, the addition and removal of certain personnel, and the completion of our SAP reporting software will eliminate the challenges brought to bear in the last reported quarter. We have also implemented a senior management review process of all contract opportunities over US $4M.
We believe one underlying measure of our success will be short term actions taken now to create shareholder value over the long term. We believe that value will result from our ability to grow and solidify our market position as a global leader. Market leadership translates directly to higher revenue, higher profitability, greater velocity of money, and stronger returns on capital.
We believe that we are building something capable of changing the world and the way humanity lives. We envision a world with access to technologies capable of improving the health, safety, and well-being of every inhabitant and, more importantly, creating a safer, friendlier world in an environment that fosters better lives for all of Earth's inhabitants.
We have built a very capable leadership team that is 100% committed to this vision and we are continuing to expand our teams across all areas of our business.
As always, I would like to thank our shareholders for your continuing support as we build our strategic initiatives with an eye towards becoming the world's leading infrastructure technology company.
Sincerely,
Chairman, CEO, Entrepreneur
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Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Based upon changing conditions, should any one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein. Except as required by federal securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any written or oral forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or any other reason after the date of this letter. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the applicable cautionary statements.
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Finally! Enterprises can set up zero trust networks in minutes with Tailscale's new security and monitoring capabilities
SAN FRANCISCO, April 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tailscale today announced the next evolution of its pioneering mesh networking technology with new features that make it easy for large organizations to deploy zero trust networking at scale. The new release introduces robust security capabilities, ensuring that all company traffic is encrypted end-to-end, each network connection is authenticated, and every endpoint is reachable only by approved users.
With hundreds of thousands of users and millions of connected devices, Tailscale has seen viral adoption among developers and small teams that need to access resources easily and securely in the cloud, on-premises, and everywhere in between. Now Tailscale is making zero trust a reality for enterprise. Gartner estimates that less than one percent of large enterprises have a mature and measurable zero-trust program in place today.
"The big conundrum with zero-trust is, how do you lock down access without bringing productivity to a screeching halt and overhauling your entire tech stack?" said Avery Pennarun, Tailscale CEO and cofounder. "Tailscale is the zero-trust easy button enterprises have been looking for. Unlike other solutions, we work with your existing infrastructure so it can be set up within minutes — a powerful tool to protect against unauthorized access and data breaches."
Tailscale also announced the hiring of Kevin Kotecki as Vice President of Sales, who will oversee the expansion of the company's enterprise sales operation to meet market demand. Kotecki brings extensive experience in the enterprise software market, most recently at Gong.
As security risks have grown, so has demand for zero trust solutions that can be implemented easily and at scale. Enterprises have seen their attack surfaces expand as they enabled remote work policies, increasing the number of endpoint devices outside of corporate walls.
"Every IT team wants to implement zero trust, but it's always on the other side of the horizon," said Clint Sharp, CEO of Cribl. "Tailscale's overlay network for enterprises brings us one step closer to making it a reality. Now our teams can work on mission-critical projects without worrying about security gaps and tedious configurations."
To date, over 2,000 organizations have deployed Tailscale to their workforces, including Instacart, Duolingo, and Mercari. Designed around the principle of least privilege, Tailscale's enterprise functionality enhances and automates fine-grained controls, so every user and device is granted the right amount of access to keep the business running smoothly without compromising sensitive data. Enterprise customers can now access features including:
- Enhanced Network Logging: A real-time log of a company's Tailscale network activity, allowing them to monitor and review traffic as part of their security processes. Uniquely, and unlike standard Internet connections, all Tailscale network activity is tied to specific users' identity, enabling more detailed attribution and enhancing customers' security posture.
- Custom Identity Integrations: In addition to integrating with existing identity providers like Okta, Azure AD, and Google, enterprise customers with complex identity requirements or self-hosting their own solution can now authenticate to Tailscale with an OpenID Connect (OIDC)-compliant identity provider of their choice, including JumpCloud, Auth0, Duo, and GitLab.
- SSH Session Recording: Tailscale Enterprise allows customers to authenticate and encrypt SSH connections between devices. Organizations can also record the contents of a shell session, including the commands run using Tailscale SSH, and stream session logs to another node in their network. Recordings are end-to-end encrypted and only visible to authorized users — not even Tailscale can see them.
Leveraging cutting-edge zero-trust architecture and the gold standard WireGuard® encryption protocol, Tailscale Enterprise is an all-in-one zero trust solution for Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), Identity and Access Management (IAM), and Privileged Access Management (PAM) that simply works.
This announcement comes on the heels of continued growth and momentum for Tailscale. Over the past year, the company achieved over 300% growth in ARR and customer logos. Last year Tailscale raised $100 million in Series B funding led by CRV and Insight Partners.
About Tailscale
Tailscale is a revolution in zero trust networking that makes it easy to directly connect and secure devices, no matter where they are. Thousands of organizations trust Tailscale to protect their corporate networks while facilitating collaboration and access to critical resources. Founded in 2019, Tailscale has raised over $100 million from leading investors including Accel, Insight Partners, and CRV. For more information, visit https://tailscale.com
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CHICAGO (AP) — When it comes to baseball and LGBTQ+ inclusivity, Billy Bean often flashes back to his playing days.
Ending his career without telling his parents about his life as a closeted gay ballplayer. Shielding his secret from teammates like Brad Ausmus and Torey Lovullo. The regret of not sharing his “full self,” he says.
It’s a message Bean has delivered in clubhouses, and it resonates with today’s ballplayers — hyper-focused on staying in the majors, and being a good teammate. It’s also the lens through which Bean views baseball’s ongoing LGBTQ+ issues.
“There’s some parts of my job where I feel like some days I just, you know, I’m floating,” said Bean, a senior vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion with Major League Baseball. “Then there’s other days when I see some pushback, I’m reminded that we have 8,000 human beings connected to the sport as an athlete in one way or another, and you’re not going to always have 100% of those people agree on the same thing.”
That friction has been on display in recent seasons as MLB teams court the LGBTQ+ community during Pride Month, simultaneously showing how much has changed and how much remains the same within the National Pastime — a sport with a strong connection to segments of the U.S. and Latin America where many view homosexuality as a sin.
Almost 80 years after Jackie Robinson broke the majors’ color barrier in a landmark moment for the American Civil Rights Movement, the dueling expressions of LGBTQ+ support and pop-up opposition recalled the question of when MLB might welcome its first active openly gay player — a barrier already cleared by the NBA and NFL.
“If somebody in here called a meeting and came out as gay, I think everybody would embrace that, have their back and literally just move on and focus on winning the games, which is really the important thing and what matters,” Milwaukee Brewers outfielder and 2018 NL MVP Christian Yelich said. “It doesn’t matter what somebody’s sexuality is.”
Seattle slugger Julio Rodríguez, Chicago Cubs pitcher Marcus Stroman and Toronto pitcher Kevin Gausman are among a group of players who have publicly celebrated Pride Month.
“Love wins,” Rodríguez told The Associated Press. “Definitely you can see that there’s not just me but there was definitely more people across the league that they support this. I feel like you can see the change in that, the support in that.”
Yet signs of dissension remain. The Los Angeles Dodgers have faced criticism for including the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in the team’s upcoming 10th annual Pride Night on Friday. Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw disagreed with the decision but said his objection was based on the Sisters’ satirical portrayal of religious figures and had nothing to do with LGBTQ+ support. Washington pitcher Trevor Williams said he was deeply troubled by the team’s move, decrying what he felt was the group’s mockery of his Catholic religion.
The objection to the Sisters, a group of mainly men who dress as nuns, comes a year after some Tampa Bay players cited their Christian faith in refusing to wear Pride-themed jerseys. Several hockey players also opted out of wearing rainbow-colored jerseys on Pride nights during the most recent NHL season.
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday that MLB has advised teams against adding rainbow accents or patches on uniforms to avoid putting players “in a position of doing something that may make them uncomfortable because of their personal views.”
Last month, veteran reliever Anthony Bass expressed support on social media for anti-LGBTQ+ boycotts of Target and Bud Light, and then apologized for sharing the post on his Instagram stories.
Asked if MLB’s inclusivity efforts with the LGBTQ+ community had stalled, Bass referenced baseball’s “many different beliefs” and ”many different walks of life.”
“I wouldn’t say it’s causing a barrier,” Bass said before he was cut by the Blue Jays last week. “Everyone should be able to express their feelings and views, so I think that’s what we’re seeing and I don’t think it’s causing a barrier to the acceptance of the Pride community.”
Bass was booed loudly by Toronto fans after his social media post, and others seem wary of how far their favorite teams are willing to go in terms of LGBTQ+ support. Texas is the only big league team that isn’t holding a Pride Night this month.
For Mason Dunn, who grew up in a diehard Dodgers family in Southern California, it has been an emotional couple of weeks. Dunn wrote an anguished post on Facebook after the Dodgers rescinded their invitation to the Sisters, and then expressed relief when the team changed its mind.
“I really truly hope the Dodgers are using this experience to learn more about allyship,” said Dunn, who identifies as nonbinary and works for the Massachusetts LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce. “It isn’t just about rainbow logos. It’s about showing up when things are difficult and scary.”
Asked about not holding a Pride Night, the Rangers said they are committed to making everyone feel welcome and included.
“That means in our ballpark, at every game, and in all we do — for both our fans and our employees,” the team said in a statement.
For Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington, access to the best possible employees — on the field, in the front office, everywhere in the organization — is a major reason why LGBTQ+ inclusivity is important.
“It is our belief that to win at the level we want to win at, at the major league level, means that we simply can’t discriminate,” Cherington said. “If you’re around really good teams, World Series teams, teams in other sports that achieve at the highest possible level, you will see that the only way to build a team like that is to have zero bias as it relates to where people are coming from, what they look like, what their beliefs are, how they choose to spend their time away from the field.”
Dale Scott became the first out major league umpire in 2014, and there have been a handful of out players in the minor leagues. Anderson Comás, a minor league pitcher in the White Sox organization, announced that he was gay in an Instagram post in February. Phillies pitcher Taijuan Walker, Mets outfielder Mark Canha and Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino responded with supportive messages on Twitter.
Speaking to reporters on June 2, the 23-year-old Comás cited the help he received from the organization as a key element of his decision to come out. He declined an interview request made this week by the AP.
Bean came out after his playing career. Glenn Burke’s sexual orientation was known within baseball, but the former big league outfielder did not come out publicly until 1982.
Burke, who died in 1995 at age 42, felt he was blackballed by the sport. “A gay man in baseball? Uh, uh. No way,″ he told the AP.
Bean, 59, said he doesn’t think the absence of an openly gay player is the right way to evaluate inclusivity in the major leagues, just like he doesn’t think the sport should be evaluated by a comment that might not be supportive.
When it comes to the timing for the majors’ first active openly gay competitor, Bean said he understands why a player would want to focus on his career instead of dealing with the challenges that go along with breaking that barrier.
“It’s really hard to play in the big leagues and you don’t get into the big leagues in 2023 unless you are front and center a baseball player first,” Bean told the AP. “And that is how an athlete would be defined.”
“Baseball is a really hard game,” he continued. “And I think that it’s more about a business decision than a cultural one at the moment. And I have respect for their personal choice there.”
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A woman’s remains were found in 1978 in Nevada. Police now know the identity of the victim from Ohio
By Ashley R. Williams, CNN
(CNN) — Forty-five years after an Ohio woman went missing somewhere along the West Coast, her two remaining relatives – the woman’s nieces – now know what became of their Aunt Dolly.
Unidentified human remains found in October of 1978 inside a garment bag in a remote area of Imlay, Nevada, have been identified as Florence Charleston of Cleveland, Ohio, according to Nevada State Police.
Advanced forensic DNA testing of Charleston’s remains along with a genealogy search led to her identification several decades after her death, authorities said.
Diane Liggitt, one of Charleston’s nieces, was about 18 years old when her aunt went missing.
Liggitt told CNN she recalled Charleston, who she and her cousins called Aunt Dolly, heading to Portland, Oregon, with a man in the early 1970s.
“She just met this guy, and went off to live her happily ever after, or she thought,” said Liggitt who lives in Lisbon, Ohio. “My uncle couldn’t get a hold of her ever.”
“Every time he called, she was either too sick to come to the phone or (there was) just one reason or another why she couldn’t talk to him,” added Liggitt whose father was Charleston’s sister.
Her uncle’s efforts to find his sister using a private investigator were also fruitless. The last the family had heard, according to Liggitt, was that Charleston was in Reno, Nevada, sometime in 1978.
“They found her up in the middle of the state,” Liggitt said.
The Nevada State Police said in a news release Tuesday that its Investigation Division continues to investigate Charleston’s death and seeks information from the public on the case.
DNA advancements help identify woman
On October 26, 1978, the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office in Nevada found unidentified remains near the small town of Imlay, 133 miles northeast of Reno, that were inside a bag that also contained women’s clothing, according to a news release from the Nevada State Police.
The remains were heavily decayed, and an autopsy did not reveal a cause of death or identifying information about the woman, who was found to be a Caucasian at least 40 years old, the release stated.
The woman had been dead for six months before her body was found, according to a May 1980 newspaper article from the Nevada State Journal, which became the Reno Gazette-Journal in 1983.
The sheriff’s office enlisted the help of Nevada State Police the following year. Though the case was entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), the authorities’ investigation found no significant leads.
In March of 2022, investigators worked with Othram, an American company specializing in forensic genealogy for law enforcement agencies, to perform advanced forensic DNA testing and genealogy testing on the woman’s remains.
“About a year ago, NamUs started directly funding some cases of unidentified persons in hopes that they could leverage new technology, like Othram’s, to identify people,” Othram’s CEO, David Mittelman, told CNN.
RTI International, the organization that manages NamUs, coordinated the delivery of the case’s evidence to Othram’s laboratory.
“That’s how we got started,” Mittelman said.
‘You found Aunt Dolly’
The testing resulted in several new leads in the case, including the identity of Charleston.
After wondering for decades what became of her aunt, Liggitt was leaving her home one day when she received a call from a detective. There had been a DNA match.
“He had gotten my DNA from a body that was found in the desert. I and (my cousin) are the only two living relatives,” Liggitt said, referring to her cousin, Donna Taylor.
“I said, ‘Oh, my God, you found Aunt Dolly,’” she recalled.
The family plans to ship Charleston’s remains back to Ohio for a proper burial once the investigation into her homicide ends, Liggitt said.
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NORFOLK, Va. — Marshall hung a 4-spot in the top of the sixth inning to get back within striking distance on Saturday afternoon.
The Thundering Herd didn’t stay there long. Old Dominion tallied 14 runs over its next two at-bats to pull away to a 21-5 victory, evening the teams’ Sun Belt Conference series at Bud Metheny Ballpark.
“This game is humbling,” Marshall coach Greg Beals said in a news release. “Yesterday was all Herd (a 6-1 Marshall win Friday) and today was not. The series is tied, and tomorrow we have the opportunity to win a big road series, and that is our focus.”
The Monarchs hit a single-game program-record eight home runs, including three off the bat of Jake Ticer. He also drove in seven runs. Camden Grimes went deep twice, and Josh Trujillo, Kenny Levari and Robbie O’Neal supplied one long ball apiece.
Grimes, Trujillo and O’Neal each knocked in three runs for Old Dominion (19-4, 4-1 Sun Belt).
“Had a Monarch wind behind us today,” Old Dominion coach Chris Finwood said in a release. “Good to see the guys bounce back.”
Owen Ayers homered and doubled to pace the Herd (11-9, 2-3 SBC) offensively.
He picked up three RBIs and scored two runs.
Marshall starter Raymond Pacella took the decision, lasting three innings and allowing four runs, all earned, on six hits, three walks and three strikeouts. He was the first of six Herd pitchers. It took Marshall four hurlers to get through the fateful sixth and seventh frames.
Sam Armstrong got the win for the Monarchs, allowing four runs over 5 1/3 frames. He gave up four hits and three walks and registered four punchouts. John Holobetz worked the final 3 2/3 innings for the save, yielding one run on three hits and no walks, fanning four.
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LUBBOCK – Midland High senior Sarah Stewart won the girls singles title at the Lubbock Cooper Blackbeard Invitational on Friday.
Stewart was competing in her last regular season match of her high school career as she and the Bulldogs will next compete in the District 2-6A Championships to be held at the Bush Tennis Center March 30-31.
Sister Marisa Stewart lost in the girls singles semifinals but rebounded to take third place.
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Biden, Trump to make final appeals ahead of crucial midterms
WASHINGTON (AP) — An election year that unfolded against the backdrop of economic turmoil, the elimination of federal abortion rights and broad concerns about the future of democracy is concluding with a final full day of campaigning in which leaders of both parties will issue urgent appeals to their supporters.
President Joe Biden is holding a Monday evening rally in Maryland, where Democrats have one of their best opportunities to reclaim a Republican-held governor’s seat. The appearance is in line with Biden’s late-campaign strategy of sticking largely to Democratic strongholds rather than stumping in more competitive territory, where control of Congress may ultimately be decided.
His predecessor, former President Donald Trump, will hold his final rally of the campaign in Ohio. As he readies another run for the White House, Ohio holds special meaning for the former president because it was one of the first places where he was able to prove his enduring power among Republican voters. His backing of JD Vance was crucial in helping the author and venture capitalist — and onetime Trump critic — secure the GOP’s nomination for a Senate seat.
With more than 41 million ballots already cast, Monday’s focus will be ensuring that supporters either meet early voting deadlines or make plans to show up in person on Tuesday. The results will have a powerful impact on the final two years of Biden’s presidency, shaping policy on everything from government spending to military support for Ukraine.
In the first national election since the violent Jan. 6 insurrection, the final days of the campaign focused on fundamental questions about the nation’s political values.
Campaigning in New York for Gov. Kathy Hochul on Sunday, Biden said Republicans were willing to condone last year’s mob attack at the Capitol and that, after the recent assault of Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, some in that party made “light of it” or were “making excuses.”
“There’s never been a time in my career where we’ve glorified violence based on a political preference,” the president said.
Meanwhile, a Sunday evening Trump rally in Miami, a reference to Nancy Pelosi prompted chants of “Lock her up!” — a stark reminder of the nation’s deep divide.
Trump was campaigning for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s reelection, but also focused on his own political future. After telling a crowd in Iowa last week that he’s “very, very, very probably” going to run for president again, he again teased the possibility on Sunday and encouraged supporters to watch his Ohio rally.
“I will probably have to do it again, but stay tuned,” Trump said, teasing the Monday event. “We have a big, big rally. Stay tuned for tomorrow night.”
Not attending the Miami event was Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, who is running for reelection against Democrat Charlie Crist and is widely considered Trump’s most formidable challenger if he also were to get into the White House race.
DeSantis held his own, separate events Sunday in other parts of the state where he stuck to the centerpieces of his reelection campaign, including railing against COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The governor’s counter political programing avoided antagonizing Trump — meaning it didn’t deliver the dueling 2024 events that could be in his and Trump’s near future.
Trump said Sunday that Florida would “reelect Ron DeSantis as your governor.” But he was more confrontational during a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday, referring to Florida’s governor as “Ron DeSanctimonious.”
It’s a rivalry that’s been simmering for more than a year as DeSantis has taken increasingly bold steps to boost his national profile and build a deep fundraising network — even as Trump remains unquestionably the party’s most popular leader.
For national Democrats, meanwhile, the focus is on their narrow control of the House and Senate, which could evaporate after Tuesday.
Voters may rebuke the party controlling the White House and Congress amid surging inflation, concerns about crime and pessimism about the direction of the country. History suggests the party in power will suffer significant losses in the midterms.
Biden has made the case that the nation’s very democracy is on the ballot and the first lady went to Texas on Sunday to sound a similar alarm.
“So much is at stake in this election,” Jill Biden said in Houston. “We must speak up on justice and democracy.”
Traveling in Chicago Vice President Kamala Harris said, “These attacks on our democracy will not only directly impact the people around our country, but arguably around the world.”
Trump has long falsely claimed he lost the 2020 election only because Democrats cheated and has even begun raising the possibility of election fraud this year. Federal intelligence agencies are warning of the possibility of political violence from far-right extremists.
Ronna McDaniel, the Republican National Committee chairwoman, said Democrats were “inflation deniers,” trying to deflect the other side’s branding of her party as anti-democracy for rejecting the results of 2020′s free and fair presidential election simply because Trump lost it.
“If we win back the House and the Senate, it’s the American people saying to Joe Biden, we want you to work on behalf of us and we want you to work across the aisle to solve the problems that we are dealing with,” McDaniel told CNN.
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SHENYANG, China, June 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, the promotion event of the Liaoning Provincial Cultural Tourism Industry Revitalization and Development Conference and the Launching Ceremony of the 2023 Northeast Asia Popular Cuisine Culture Exchange Week Series Activities were held in Shenyang. Hao Peng, Secretary of the CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee and Director of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, attended the event. Li Lecheng, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee and Governor of Liaoning Province, attended the event and delivered a speech.
During the event, a series of themed activities such as the Launching Ceremony of the "Precious Liaoning Delicacy" Food Season and the Liaoning Cuisine Festival, the 2023 China (Liaoning) Prefabricated Food Industry Conference, and the 2023 "Precious Liaoning Delicacy" Live Streaming E-commerce Consumption Season were held successively, according to the Information Office of Liaoning Provincial Government.
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In order to better promote the integrated development of Liaoning's cultural tourism industry, boost the cultural and industrial exchanges between Liaoning and Northeast Asia, and enhance the popularity of Liaoning to the outside world, the event takes "food" as the medium to fully develop and integrate the food resources in Northeast Asia, create a "Precious Liaoning Delicacy" public service brand, and show an open, real, three-dimensional, and comprehensive Liaoning to the world.
Liaoning has a long history. It is the "place where the first flower blossomed and the first bird flew in the world". It is one of the origins of Chinese civilization. Liaoning is located in the golden latitude zone, south of the northeast, bordered by the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea. It is one of the few areas in the world with complete mountains, seas, forests, fields, lakes, grass, and sand. There are granaries in the north, fish farms in the south, livestock in the west, and orchards in the east. The good natural environment provides a rich material foundation for the diet of Liaoning people, and it also creates the characteristics of extensive materials and exquisite material selection of Liaoning cuisine.
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A Texas man says three women helped his now-ex-wife obtain pills for an abortion last year "without his knowledge," and he's suing them for $1 million each.
The wrongful death lawsuit, believed to be the first of its kind since the U.S. Supreme Court curtailed abortion rights last summer, highlights concerns about digital privacy and reproductive health. And it comes as a battle over the future of access to medication abortion plays out in the federal court system.
And now, experts say a close analysis of documents related to the case appears to undercut some of the man's claims.
Pages of 'janky' text messages
Marcus Silva says that last July – just weeks after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade – three women helped his then-wife secretly get abortion pills and illegally end her pregnancy.
Silva and his lawyers have claimed repeatedly that his then-wife took the pills behind his back.
"There is a very strong issue here, that a man had a child; he did not know about it, and the child was killed," one of Silva's attorneys, Peter Breen, told NPR after the lawsuit was filed in March. "So his fatherhood of that child was terminated without even his knowledge."
Silva's legal team declined to comment for this story.
Silva made a similar claim in his lawsuit, which was filed in Galveston County, Texas, a few weeks after the couple's divorce was finalized. In the suit, Silva says he "recently learned of the defendants' involvement" and that his ex "decided to kill the unborn child without Marcus' knowledge or consent."
But several forensic and legal experts interviewed by NPR say key documents related to the case suggest that Silva may have known his wife was planning an abortion before it took place by accessing her text messages. The messages, in which the woman shares intimate details with her friends, are included as exhibits in the lawsuit.
Lana Ramjit, director of operations at the Clinic to End Tech Abuse at Cornell, which works to prevent technology-based stalking and abuse, says it's hard to know exactly when or how most of the messages were captured or who captured them. But there are some clues, she says, including a glare on the screen and what looks like a thumb, suggesting someone used another device to take pictures of the messages.
"They are pretty clearly photos of a phone," Ramjit says, describing the photos as "janky," noting the lopsided framing or cropping apparent in some of them.
Ramjit pointed to one message in particular, with a timestamp reading, "Today, 6:38 p.m.," which she says suggests someone photographed the message soon after it was sent. It comes at the end of a long exchange where the women appear to be talking about the need to hide both the pregnancy and the abortion from Silva.
"So we know those photos were taken the same day as the message," Ramjit says.
A note, a pill and a police report
Silva's lawyers have declined to say how he got access to the text messages. But a new document obtained by NPR may shed some light on that question.
A police report from League City, Texas, dated July 18, 2022, states Marcus Silva told officers that six days earlier, he found a Post-It note in his then-wife's purse with the phone number for an abortion clinic.
Silva said he went through her phone and "saw text messages between his wife and several other people" planning the abortion. The next day, July 13, Silva said he went through her purse again and found a white pill with the letters "M-F." He searched online, according to the report, and concluded it was the first pill used in the medication abortion process. In other words, mifepristone.
Silva also said he was "upset that she did not at least have this conversation with him," according to the police report.
Other police documents obtained by NPR suggest a pattern of ongoing tension between the couple. In one incident earlier this year, Silva's ex-wife called police to complain that Marcus was threatening to come to her home with the police to collect belongings she said he thought he should have received in their divorce.
League City police say after Silva's report last July, they determined that there was not enough evidence to pursue any further action.
Authorities in Galveston County also say they have no plans to press criminal charges related to Silva's abortion lawsuit.
Considerations for a potential jury
It's not clear when exactly the abortion took place; the lawsuit says only that it happened sometime in July 2022.
But if Silva knew about the abortion ahead of time, as the police report seems to suggest, that could undermine his argument that he should be awarded damages, according to Mike Golden, director of advocacy at the University of Texas School of Law.
"If the jury comes to the conclusion that he knew full well that this was going on and did nothing about it, that strongly suggests that he suffered little to no emotional distress as a result of this happening," Golden says.
Even if Silva obtained the messages without his wife's consent, Golden and other legal experts interviewed by NPR say it's very likely they are admissible in court under rules for civil lawsuits in Texas. But Golden adds that it's another factor a jury might consider unfavorably.
Virtual, but not hypothetical, risk
Whatever the outcome of this case, the fact that the women's text messages are part of it underscores how digital communication can make people legally vulnerable, said Chinmayi Sharma, a lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law and scholar in residence at UT Austin's Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law.
"I think there should be awareness of how big of a risk this is, and how much it's not just hypothetical — it is absolutely happening," Sharma said.
Sharma noted that in one exchange, Silva's ex-wife appears to share her ovulation calendar with her friends, "which is another thing that is a big concern if you're in a state where the timing of the abortion is relevant."
Silva isn't suing his ex-wife because Texas law contains exemptions for people who terminate their own pregnancies. But others can be targeted for helping someone get an abortion.
Rusty Hardin, a Houston-based defense attorney, is representing two of the three defendants. He says it's unfortunate that his clients have been caught up in this case for trying to help a friend.
"It just shows that these are not simple matters. These are family and personal women's issues. They are not the business of the rest of the world, quite frankly," Hardin said.
Silva's lawyer, Breen, has said the lawsuit's goal is to establish that anyone who assists with an abortion in states like Texas where it's now illegal could face civil liability — or even, he hopes, criminal prosecution.
In a recent fundraising message emailed to supporters of his conservative Catholic group, the Thomas More Society, Breen tells readers the lawsuit targets women who helped Silva's former wife get an abortion "behind Marcus' back." It also describes the lawsuit as "groundbreaking."
The message asks readers to send their prayers — and their donations.
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NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help finding a missing 65-year-old man. David Siebers was last seen on February 10, near Jesse James Rd. in Tijeras.
Siebers was last seen wearing blue jeans and a hoodie with a black and red shirt over it. He is described as having gray hair about three to four inches long and a full gray beard. He uses forearm crutches to walk. His black 1996 Plymouth Neon with Michigan license places is also missing. Anyone with information on Siebers or the car is asked to call BCSO at (505) 798-7000 or 9-1-1. | https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/bcso-asking-for-help-locating-missing-65-year-old-man/ | 2023-03-06 21:19:43 | 1 | https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/bcso-asking-for-help-locating-missing-65-year-old-man/ |
ClickUp 3.0 delivers major platform upgrades including a new cutting-edge architecture and a reimagined user experience to make the world more productive.
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ClickUp, the productivity platform that brings work together in one place, today announced the launch of ClickUp 3.0, the latest version of its platform built to shape the future of productivity. Jam-packed with new innovations, ClickUp 3.0 unlocks unparalleled levels of team productivity, featuring a beautiful new design that's clean and intuitive, ClickUp AI to write, summarize, and generate ideas in a single click, and the most innovative Search on the planet. It's built on a completely rearchitected infrastructure designed for extraordinary speed, reliability, and infinite scale. With ClickUp 3.0, teams work faster, collaborate better, and save more time than ever before.
Productivity has never been more important for companies across the globe. As the global economy slows, the most successful and resilient companies will need powerful software to help them easily access information, accelerate their workflows, boost collaboration, and get work done without roadblocks.
ClickUp is already a mission-critical application enabling more than 8 million users across 1.6 million teams to get more high-value work done. The innovations introduced with ClickUp 3.0, including dozens of new features and a reimagined user experience, will accelerate team productivity and help customers save more time.
Key features of ClickUp 3.0 include:
- ClickUp AI: Save time by automagically generating creative ideas, summarizing lengthy text, and elevating writing skills - in seconds.
- Universal Search: Find any file in any connected app (e.g., Google Drive, Slack, Figma), on a local drive, and of course, within ClickUp — all from one place.
- Canvas and Cards: Transform ClickUp into a dynamic surface that can be personalized using portable Cards that let users visualize work their way.
- Hubs: Create a customized view of files, and build curated collections that make it easy to access, find, and organize content in one place.
- Home: Supercharge productivity with a personalized Home that automatically surfaces the most important work first, along with the context needed to get things done even faster.
- Inbox: Crush your tasks with a redesigned Inbox that highlights your most important notifications and provides a side-by-side view of the associated work.
- App Center: Enable users to explore, configure, and manage hundreds of integrations from certified partners in one central hub.
"We built ClickUp 3.0 in direct response to our customers' requests and feedback," said Zeb Evans, Founder and CEO, ClickUp. "I'm so proud of the result: the next evolution of ClickUp is fast, flexible, and futuristic. With tons of epic new features that will save people time and revolutionize the way they work, ClickUp 3.0 will redefine productivity."
"Unlike most productivity tools on the market, ClickUp 3.0 was created to power a distributed workforce," said Haris Butt, Head of Product Design, ClickUp. "Today's teams are decentralized, working both async and on-the-go. Unfortunately, businesses have continued operating on outdated legacy tools that don't fit this modern work style. ClickUp 3.0 is the solution, giving users hours back in their day to do their most valuable work."
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ClickUp is the world's only all-in-one productivity platform that flexes to the way people want to work. It replaces all individual workplace productivity tools with a single, unified platform that includes project management, document collaboration, whiteboards, spreadsheets, and goals. Founded in 2017 and based in San Diego, ClickUp is on a mission to make the world more productive. As one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in the world, ClickUp has helped more than 8 million users across 1.6 million teams lead a more productive life and save at least one day every week. To learn more, visit www.clickup.com.
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University partners with American Institutes for Research and CompTIA to help create career opportunities and address employers' tech staffing needs
TEMPE, Ariz., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arizona State University, recognized nationally as America's most innovative school, has launched a new apprenticeship program for aspiring information technology (IT) professionals in collaboration with the American Institutes for Research (AIR) and CompTIA.
Arizona State University is the latest organization to join CompTIA Apprenticeships for Tech, a national initiative to help employers fill current and long-term IT staffing needs through an "earn and learn" apprenticeship program that is also creating employment opportunities for people from a diversity of backgrounds.
The university is a multi-employer sponsor serving employers and apprentices under a standards-based Registered Apprenticeship with the Arizona Department of Economic Security. ASU is actively recruiting employers and apprentices for tech project coordinator positions.
"IT projects are often challenging and require strong support to achieve project milestones and provide deliverables," said Raghu Santanam, Senior Associate Dean, Executive Education, Corporate Partnerships and Lifelong Learning & Principal Investigator, Digital Workforce Apprenticeship Partnership, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University. "The body of knowledge for IT project management incorporates best practices to instill an agile mindset in the project team.
"Project coordinators fill a critical need in project teams and grow into leadership roles in managing large-scale IT projects," Santanam continued. "Apprenticeships in this technical role are ideal for beginning an exciting career path in IT. We applaud our AZNext employer partners for their innovative leadership in participating in this program."
In June, U.S. employers listed job openings for more than 29,000 positions in IT project management.[1]
"The strong demand for IT project management skills reflects the reality that technology is a critical component in virtually every project, whether small, medium or large," said Amy Kardel, senior vice president for workforce relations at CompTIA.
Training for tech project coordinator apprentices follows National Guideline Standards for the job role developed by CompTIA and approved by the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL). Apprentices receive on-the-job experience and classroom instruction in the basics of project management, general IT terminology and concepts, business acumen, employability skills and other areas. The standards also include guidance on the qualifications and recruitment of prospective apprentices, the duration of training and a recommended wage scale.
The USDOL selected AIR, a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance both domestically and internationally in the areas of education, health and the workforce, and CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the IT industry and workforce, to serve as a national Industry Intermediary for expansion of apprenticeship in tech occupations. More information is available at https://www.comptia.org/content/lp/apprenticeships-for-tech.
Arizona State University is the largest provider of lifelong teaching and learning in the world, with more than 74,000 students on four academic campuses in the Phoenix metropolitan area and an additional 54,000 digital immersion students. https://www.asu.edu/
CompTIA Apprenticeships for Tech is a national initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) to increase the number of skilled technology workers and expand tech career opportunities for diverse populations, including women, individuals with disabilities and people of color. https://www.comptia.org/content/lp/apprenticeships-for-tech.
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Which Naruto toys are best?
Naruto is one of the most popular anime ever created, and many fans are eager to show their love for Naruto with clothing, toys and collectibles. If you, or someone you know, is a fan of the show, you’ve likely wondered which Naruto toy is best.
There are numerous Naruto toys that you can buy online, and by comparing the most popular ones, you’ll be equipped to pick one that’s right for you.
What is Naruto about?
“Naruto” is a cartoon based on the Japanese manga series of the same name. The original Naruto anime focuses on Naruto, his friends Sasuke and Sakura and his sensei Kakashi. In the “Naruto: Shippuden” series, we follow a teenage Naruto as he attempts to find his comrade Sasuke and learns to control the power of the Nine-Tailed Fox that lives inside him.
Naruto is known to be hot-headed and unlikely to follow orders, and the Nine-Tailed Fox that was sealed away inside him makes him the target of ridicule by those in his village. Naruto’s ultimate goal is to become the leader of his village and gain the approval of those he grew up around.
Overall, the Naruto series is known for its emphasis on teamwork, believing in yourself and working hard to achieve your dreams.
Is Naruto appropriate for children?
In the United States, most episodes of Naruto are rated either TV-PG or TV-14. In general, the series is perfectly fine for children of most ages to watch. Still, there are a few things worth being aware of, such as the show’s implied nudity when Naruto uses his “Sexy Jutsu” — an ability that turns him into a nude woman, partially concealed by clouds of smoke.
Another thing that some parents may not be a fan of in the “Naruto: Shippuden” series are the numerous scenes in which characters inflict self-harm, either to use an ability or for the sake of honor. The violence in Naruto is generally pretty tame, but there is undoubtedly more blood and death in the “Naruto: Shippuden” series than the original “Naruto” series.
What kinds of Naruto toys are there?
Due to Naruto’s immense popularity, there is a wide variety of Naruto toys available. The most popular Naruto toys amongst children tend to be the Naruto plush toys and posable action figures, as they give children a chance to act out their favorite scenes and create their own. Adult fans tend to gravitate toward detailed collectible statues and figurines. If you’re a Funko POP! collector, there are several Naruto-themed Funkos that are worth your attention as well.
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Best Naruto plush toy
Naruto Shippuden Kakashi Eight-Inch Plush
This plush toy features everyone’s favorite sensei, Kakashi. The large stuffed toy is well-made and has a string on the back of Kakashi’s head that you can use to hang him up if you’d like. The doll’s expression captures Kakashi’s personality quite well, and he is even holding a plush kunai knife. The only notable complaint with this toy is that it features his Sharingan eye, but the headband is glued on so you can’t expose it.
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Best Naruto action figure
Gaara Naruto Shippuden Action Figure
Gaara is a longtime fan-favorite character that viewers were first introduced to in the original Naruto series. This action figure features Gaara using one of his most popular jutsu. The toy also has posable arms and legs that make it perfect for pretend play.
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Anime Heroes 15cm Sasuke Uchiha Action Figure
This detailed Sasuke Uchiha action figure manages to add fully-posable arms and legs without sacrificing build quality. This figure includes multiple interchangeable hands that simulate Sasuke’s jutsu and even comes with his most popular jutsu, the Chidori.
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Best Naruto collectible figure
Banpresto Naruto Shippuden Vibration Stars-Uchiha Sasuke-II
This collectible figure showcases everyone’s favorite anti-hero, Itachi, getting ready to use his sword. The figure is praised by users to be quite detailed..
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If you’re looking to get the most bang for your buck, you can’t go wrong with this six-piece figurine set. The set includes Naruto, Kakashi, Sakura, Sasuke, Shikamaru and Gaara in impressive detail. The paint job on these figures may not be as nice as some of the others, but they are surprisingly realistic at less than $30 for six figures.
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Best Naruto Funko POP!
Naruto Sage of the Six Paths Funko POP!
This Funko toy features Naruto in his most powerful form. The bright color scheme really makes the figure stand out, and the flames behind Naruto will add extra flair to your display. As with any Funko Pop purchased online, there is a small risk that the box may arrive damaged, but other than that, this is a top-notch Funko for any serious collector.
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Besides Zabuza, Orochimaru is one of the first villains we meet in the Naruto series, and this Funko Pop certainly does his menacing character justice. This Funko stands nearly four inches tall and features his trademark sword and snakes. Even without a mouth, the figure does an excellent job of conveying Orochimaru’s sinister expression. The only minor complaints buyers had with this figure are a few paint errors, but there’s nothing particularly distracting about them.
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Kirk leads Honda Classic by 2
Chris Kirk’s last win on the PGA Tour was nearly eight years ago. He’s put himself in a position to change that at the Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Kirk battled his way to a 4-under round of 66, putting him at 13-under 197 for the week and giving him a two-shot lead over Eric Cole (66) through three rounds at PGA National. Kirk’s last win on tour was at Colonial in 2015 — 180 tournaments ago. He’s a four-time winner on tour.
Justin Suh (70) holed out from the fairway for an eagle on the par-4 12th, and is alone in third at 10 under. Shane Lowry (65) and Ben Taylor (69) are at 9 under. | https://richmond.com/briefs-add/article_66cd4a66-b580-11ed-b266-476a61456fc2.html | 2023-02-26 10:05:14 | 1 | https://richmond.com/briefs-add/article_66cd4a66-b580-11ed-b266-476a61456fc2.html |
BISMARCK, N.D. (KXNET) — When we’re young, we can have grand ideas about what we want to be when we grow up; perhaps a rocket scientist, astrophysicist, or president.
Those are high-profile jobs, but only a few of us will have them. And though becoming a member of the U.S. Armed Forces is a more common occupation, Alan Dohrmann never thought he’d be referred to as Major General Alan Dohrmann.
“What’s the saying? Time flies when you’re having fun.” It’s one way Major General Alan Dohrmann describes a career dedicated to serving the United States.
Growing up in Minnesota, Dohrmann explained that the idea of a military career may have come from having fun.
“When I was in preschool, in first and second grade, there was only one other boy in the neighborhood and his dad was a World War II vet and we spent all day playing army,” Gen. Dohrmann said. “I don’t know if that planted the seed for later in life, but I know growing up, every time there was a military movie on TV, I begged my parents to watch it. I won’t date myself with all the military TV shows of the day but I watched every one of them,” Dohrmann said.
Dohrmann would go through ROTC training at Mankato State, learning to, like them or not, carry out orders.
“They decided I’d be a good infantryman. At the time, I didn’t think that was a good idea; but then I got into the infantry and it reminded me of growing up in a small town where if you were six foot four, you were going to be on the basketball team if you had any skills or not,” Dohrmann said.
In his first years, Dohrmann was stationed in Germany and Japan. After that, Dohrmann thought his military time was over.
“I was going to law school and a classmate of mine was in the National Guard. He said: ‘Hey. Why don’t you come join us? You’ll get some money on weekends,’ and when you’re in law school, it’s hard to make money,” Dohrmann said.
He joined with the thought of his second round of service not lasting long. It’s now been almost 40 years, with seven, this December, as Major General of the North Dakota National Guard, for which the general said he’s grateful.
“Just the opportunities I’ve had to go places to deploy, overseas, some educational opportunities, that would have never been available to a “C” student if I hadn’t been in the National Guard,” Dohrmann said.
Military generals are in their positions because they have certain skills and qualifications. With that in mind, General Dohrmann pointed out that positions of authority haven’t gone to his head.
“In the military, as you gain rank, it’s like: ‘Right now I gotta act like a major.’ Well, no. You gotta be the best version of yourself,” Dohrmann said.
As mentioned earlier, time continues to fly and Dohrmann says retirement is coming. As to what he’ll do then, he’s still in basic training.
“I know I can’t go from doing this to puttering in my garage all day. So, it’s gotta be something more than that. Everybody tells me: ‘When you retire, just do nothing for a while.’ I’ll give that a try. I haven’t done nothing [sic] in awhile, but we can see how that goes,” Dohrmann said.
Until North Dakota renders him a salute for his leadership and service, the general offered one of his own salutes.
“The name of it is Someone You Should Know. I would submit to your audience there is [sic] 4,100 Guardsmen that you should know. If you know somebody in the military, ask them what their story is,” Dohrmann said. | https://www.kxnet.com/someone-you-should-know/someone-you-should-know-maj-general-alan-dohrmann/ | 2022-12-16 03:26:12 | 1 | https://www.kxnet.com/someone-you-should-know/someone-you-should-know-maj-general-alan-dohrmann/ |
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, Attorney General Andrea Campbell and Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox were among the state’s political and public safety officials who on Friday condemned the police beating death of Tyre Nichols by five Memphis police officers.
“What happened in Memphis is a betrayal of our basic humanity,” Healey said in a statement. “We face another tragic moment in our country. What we see today will cause tremendous pain, for Tyre Nichols’ family, for Memphis, and for Black people forced to relive generational trauma caused by police brutality.”
Nichols, a Black man, died Jan. 10, three days after he was pulled over by police while driving his car.
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The officers were charged Thursday with murder and other crimes, including aggravated assault and aggravated kidnapping, in connection with Nichols’s death. In the video released Friday, Nichols is shown shown screaming “Mom” as the officers hold him down and repeatedly kick him and hit him with their fists and batons.
In response to the release, police leaders, officers’ organizations, and elected officials expressed sympathy for Nichols’s family and outrage over the officers’ conduct.
Boston Police Commissioner Michael A. Cox said the department shares the Nichols family’s “sadness and outrage at this unnecessary loss of life. We and anyone capable of compassion understand how wrong this incident was and why it evokes anger and frustration.”
“Acting quickly to hold these officers accountable is imperative,” Cox said in a statement. “We must stay connected and committed to those we serve. True community oriented policing is about trust building and ensuring the values of the communities we serve are represented is all that we do. People who interact with law enforcement should feel understood and respected.”
Cox asked that any protests in the city remain peaceful. A department spokesman said late Friday night that there had been no arrests and no disturbances reported in connection with small demonstrations held on Boston Common in the evening.
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Cox also vowed “to ensure that the Boston Police Department practices fair, procedurally just, community centric policing while holding accountable any of our staff unable to live up to these values.”
Attorney General Andrea Campbell said she “did not need to see another video to know that there remains tremendous work to do to address corruption, police brutality and racial injustice in this country and in Massachusetts.”
“As the chief law enforcement officer of the Commonwealth, I will not move on,” Campbell said in a statement. “Each of these cases breaks the heart of mothers, communities especially the Black community. This persistent trauma destroys our young people and families.
“While I believe in accountability, and holding all five Black officers fully accountable, the direct and active participation of Black officers adds an additional layer of pain for the community.”
Massachusetts State Police Colonel Christopher Mason said the force condemns the actions of the five officers involved in the attack on Nichols.
State Police encouraged protesters in Massachusetts to “act peacefully and with respect for the law and their fellow citizens,” Mason said in a statement.
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— Mass State Police (@MassStatePolice) January 27, 2023
US Representative Ayanna Pressley said it is time to “be bold and relentless in pursuit of true systemic change.”
“Police brutality is a deeply rooted crisis plaguing our communities,” Pressley said in a statement. “The people who perpetuate such violence and the laws and policies that enable them contribute to this injustice. In pursuit of progress, we must be clear about the drastic structural change necessary to save lives and prevent tragedies that repeatedly traumatize Black and brown communities.”
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On Twitter, Pressley wrote, “Tyre should be here, with his family & loved ones right now.”
Tyre should be here, with his family & loved ones right now.
— Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) January 28, 2023
Tyre deserved to make it home safe.
Tyre deserved to see his baby grow up.
Tyre deserved to grow old.
Terrence Reidy, Massachusetts’ secretary of public safety and security, condemned the “egregious actions of the five former officers indicted for murder.”
“Their reprehensible conduct threatens the trust essential to the relationship between police and the communities they serve,” Reidy said in the statement. “We stand with those who seek justice and accountability for Tyre and his family and call for peaceful demonstration from those who will understandably exercise their right to have their voices heard.”
The Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association said it strongly condemns “the circumstances around [Nichols’s] death and the action of the five Memphis police officers.”
“We support a thorough and fully transparent investigation into what transpired and trust the criminal justice system will hold those who are responsible for Tyre’s death accountable,” the association said in a statement.
— Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association (@MAPOLICECHIEFS) January 27, 2023
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JACKSON, Miss (AP) — The owners of a Mississippi apartment rental company have agreed to pay damages to four prospective tenants who helped uncover a pattern of racial discrimination by their employee that violated federal law, the U.S. Justice Department has announced.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi ruled in August that Steven and Sheila Maulding and their company, SSM Properties, violated the Fair Housing Act based on the discrimimnatory conduct of now ex-employee James Roe, according to a department statement issued Monday.
The Justice Department said the Mauldings agreed to pay $123,000 to resolve the suit, and that Roe is required to pay a $3,000 civil penalty to the government.
In 2020, the Justice Department sued the Mauldings and Roe, who had been employed by the couple to manage their three apartment complexes in Pearl, Mississippi. The government filed the lawsuit on behalf of four Black fair housing testers. The suit was based on findings from a series of tests conducted by the Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center, a nonprofit civil rights organization.
“The four African American testers in this case were subjected to dehumanizing treatment that was entirely unacceptable,” said Cashauna Hill, executive director of the Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center. “Because of their bravery and willingness to serve their communities as investigators, we hope that tenants in the greater Jackson area will now have greater access to more equitable housing opportunities.”
Between November 2016 and November 2017, the organization investigated whether apartment complexes in the Jackson area were complying with federal housing law. According to the organization, the tests compared responses given by housing providers to different types of home-seekers in order to determine whether or not illegal discrimination was occurring.
During this period, Roe managed the Mauldings' apartment complexes. His duties included responding to rental inquiries, renting units to prospective tenants, approving rental applications and showing units.
When the Black people hired as testers visited the apartments, according to the complaint, Roe misled them about what units were available and subjected them to racist comments. He allegedly told one Black tester that he wouldn't let her rent an apartment near white tenants, it said.
“I can’t put you at Pearl Manor. Them old men’ll have a heart attack. They’ll be thinking I done let the zoo out again,” Roe said, the complaint stated.
Before the woman met Roe in person, he told her on the phone that a unit was available. When she arrived at the rental office, Roe told her she wasn't what he “expected,” and told her the unit had been rented, the complaint said.
Federal attorneys said Black testers were not told about unit vacancies at two of the apartment complexes. They said white testers who visited around the same time were told of vacancies and encouraged to rent there. Roe also asked Black testers more detailed questions about their financial status and ability to pay than white testers, the complaint said.
The lawsuit said the Mauldings were responsible for Roe’s behavior because he was their employee.
The married couple has entered into a three-year consent decree with the Justice Department that will require them to pay damages and develop practices for ensuring their apartments meet federal housing standards.
Deshun Martin, an attorney for the Mauldings, said they planned to comply with the consent decree. He also said they fired Roe when they learned of his conduct.
“The Mauldings were going through health challenges — cancer, heart issues, the loss of a brother — and they were completely unaware of what was happening at their own property with Mr. Roe and these racist acts," Martin said. "They never condoned them.”
When The Associated Press reached Roe by phone and asked for comment, he hung up. The consent decree permanently banned him from managing any residential property.
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Michael Goldberg is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/mikergoldberg. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Feds-Mississippi-rental-company-fined-for-17518219.php | 2022-10-19 00:13:56 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Feds-Mississippi-rental-company-fined-for-17518219.php |
Taxes will fall and minimum wages rise for residents in numerous states as a variety of new laws take effect Sunday that could impact people’s finances and, in some cases, their personal liberties.
Some new laws could affect access to abortion. Others will ease restrictions on marijuana and concealed guns, or eliminate the need to pay to get out of jail.
Jaywalkers will get a reprieve in California, thanks to a new law prohibiting police from stopping pedestrians for traffic violations unless they are in immediate danger of being hit by a vehicle.
Here’s a look at some of the laws taking effect in the new year.
ABORTION
After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling in June, abortion access became a state issue. Laws in place in 13 states, most of them controlled by Republicans, ban abortion at all stages of pregnancy, with varying exceptions. Meanwhile, more liberal states have been extending abortion protections.
Laws taking effect in January are not wholesale policy changes but are intended to make abortion more accessible in California and New York. Abortion already is legal in those states through viability, which is about 24 weeks gestational age.
California will allow trained nurse practitioners, midwives and physician assistants to provide abortions without supervision from a physician. In New York, a law dealing with multiple facets of health care requires private insurers that cover births to also cover abortion services, without requiring co-payments or co-insurance.
A new Tennessee law, adopted in May, will bar dispensing abortion pills by mail or at pharmacies, instead requiring them to be given with a physician present. But advocates on both sides of the issue believe the effect will be minimal because a ban on abortions throughout pregnancy went into effect after the Supreme Court’s ruling.
TAXES
Thanks to large budget surpluses, about two-thirds of the states approved permanent tax cuts or one-time rebates last year. Several of those will take effect in January.
Income tax cuts mean less money will be withheld from workers’ paychecks in Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina and South Carolina. An Arizona income tax rate reduction to a flat 2.5% also will take effect in January, a year before originally scheduled because of strong state revenues.
Iowa will revamp its income tax brackets as a first step toward an eventual flat tax, and it will stop taxing retirement income.
Kansas will reduce its sales tax on groceries. Virginia will lower the tax on groceries and personal hygiene products. Colorado also will remove taxes from hygiene products, but will impose a 10-cent fee on plastic bags as a precursor to their elimination in 2024.
Other states are providing tax incentives for law-and-order professions. Rhode Island will exempt military pensions from tax. Georgia will offer a tax credit for donations to local law enforcement foundations.
But not all taxes will be going down. A voter-approved “millionaire tax” will take effect in Massachusetts, imposing a 4% surcharge on income of more than $1 million.
Wyoming is taking steps to collect taxes more quickly. Producers of coal, oil, gas and uranium will have to pay taxes monthly, instead of up to 18 months after extraction. The change comes after some counties had difficulty collecting millions of dollars owed by coal companies that went bankrupt.
WAGES
Minimum wage workers will get a pay raise in 23 states as a result of laws passed in previous years, some of which provide annual inflationary adjustments. The increases range from an extra 23 cents in Michigan to an additional $1.50 in Nebraska, where a ballot measure approved in November will raise the minimum wage from $8 to $9.50 an hour.
The gap continues to grow between the 20 states following the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour and the 30 others requiring more. The highest state minimum wage now will be $15.74 an hour in Washington — more than double the federal rate.
Another law taking effect with the new year will require employers in Washington to include salary and benefits information in job postings, rather than waiting until a job offer to reveal such information. Similar salary transparency laws are in place in half a dozen other states.
Workers in Colorado and Oregon will start seeing paycheck deductions in January to fund new paid family leave programs. But Oregon residents will have to wait until September and Colorado residents until 2024 before they can claim paid time off following a serious illness in their family, the arrival of new children or recovery from sexual assault, domestic violence, harassment or stalking.
Ohio will offer a new way for people to spend their paychecks. Sports betting will become legal, joining more than 30 states that have adopted similar laws since a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling said it was OK.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
A new law in Illinois is supposed to eliminate cash bail for people accused of crimes, but a judge put that on hold in late December after 64 counties challenged it as unconstitutional. Requiring bonds to be posted has long been a way to ensure people who are arrested show up for their trials, but critics say the system penalizes the poor. Eliminating cash bail would put Illinois in a group of states including California, Indiana, New Jersey, Nebraska and New York that have prohibited or restricted the practice.
Another area where social justice meets criminal justice is relaxing marijuana laws.
In November, voters made Maryland the 21st state to legalize recreational use by adults. That begins on July 1, 2023. As an interim step at the start of the year, possession by adults of up to 1.5 ounces of cannabis will become a civil offense punishable with a maximum fine of $100.
In Connecticut, some provisions of a 2021 law that legalized recreational marijuana also kick in, including automatic expungement of convictions for possession of less than 4 ounces of marijuana that were imposed from 2000 through September 2015. According to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, 21 other states have expungement laws.
Alabama will become the 25th state where it will be legal to carry a concealed handgun without a permit.
A new Missouri law will prohibit homeless people from sleeping on state land without permission. Violators could face up to 15 days in jail and a $500 fine after an initial warning. The law also prohibits state funding from being used for permanent housing for homeless people, instead directing it toward temporary shelters and assistance with substance use and mental health treatment.
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This year's Newbery Medal winner Susan Patron is under fire because of language in her book The Higher Power of Lucky.
Some school librarians around the country have banned the book because it includes the word "scrotum" to describe where a dog gets a snake bite.
On the first page of the book, the heroine, a 10-year-old girl named Lucky, hears the word through a hole in a wall.
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PHOENIX — Abortions can take place again in Arizona, at least for now, after an appeals court on Friday blocked enforcement of a pre-statehood law that almost entirely criminalized the procedure.
The three-judge panel of the Arizona Court of Appeals agreed with Planned Parenthood that a judge should not have lifted the decades-old order that prevented the older law from being imposed.
The brief order written by Presiding Judge Peter J. Eckerstrom said Planned Parenthood and its Arizona affiliate had shown they are likely to prevail on an appeal of a decision by the judge in Tucson to allow enforcement of the old law.
Planned Parenthood had argued that the lower court judge should have considered a host of laws restricting abortions passed since the original injunction was put in place following the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade that said women have a constitutional right to an abortion.
Those laws include a new one blocking abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy that took effect last month. The previous limit was 24 weeks, the viability standard established by now-overruled U.S. Supreme Court cases.
"Arizona courts have a responsibility to attempt to harmonize all of this state's relevant statutes," Eckerstrom wrote, mirroring arguments made by attorneys for Planned Parenthood.
The U.S. Supreme Court overruled Roe in June, and Republican Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich then asked that the injunction blocking enforcement of the pre-statehood abortion be lifted. It had been issued in 1973, shortly after Roe was decided. Pima Court Superior Court Judge Kellie Johnson agreed on Sept. 23 and lifted the order two weeks ago.
"Today's decision provides a desperately needed sense of security for both our patients and providers," Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement. "We can now breathe a sigh of relief and serve patients. While the fight isn't over, for now, Arizonans will once again be able to make their own decisions about their bodies, health care decisions, and futures."
Brnovich spokeswoman Brittni Thomason said in a statement that "our office understands this is an emotional issue, and we will carefully review the court's ruling before determining the next step."
Republican Gov. Doug Ducey has said the 15-week law he signed in March takes precedence. But his lawyers did not seek to argue that position in court.
Language in the new 15-week ban said it does not repeal the pre-statehood law, and Brnovich and some Republican lawmakers have insisted the old law takes precedence. It contains an exception if the life of the mother is at risk, but not for rape or incest.
Providers across the state stopped abortions after the U.S. Supreme Court decision, but many restarted procedures in mid-summer. That came after a federal judge blocked a separate "personhood" law they worried would allow criminal charges against doctors and nurses. They halted again after Johnson's ruling.
Planned Parenthood and other abortion rights advocates have repeatedly said that Arizona's competing abortion laws create confusion for providers and patients.
The appeals court said Planned Parenthood has shown it is likely to prevail on its argument that the trial court erred by limiting its analysis only to the attorney general's request to lift the 50-year-old injunction and refusing to consider the later laws passed by the Legislature to regulate abortion.
Eckerstrom wrote that a stay is appropriate "given the acute need of healthcare providers, prosecuting agencies, and the public for legal clarity as to the application of our criminal laws. Notably, in the underlying litigation both parties sought some form of such clarification from the court."
The appeals court set a hearing for next week to consider whether to set an expedited schedule for hearing Planned Parenthood's full appeal.
Separately this week, a Phoenix doctor and an abortion rights group sued to block the old law, raising similar arguments that Johnson had rejected. In her ruling, Johnson wrote that while there may be legal questions regarding conflicting laws, they were not properly before her.
Some clinics in Arizona have been referring patients to providers in California and New Mexico since Johnson lifted the injunction on the old law. The pre-statehood law carries a sentence of two to five years in prison for doctors or anyone else who assists in an abortion. Last year, the Legislature repealed a law allowing charges against women who seek abortions.
One Phoenix clinic has come up with a workaround to allow patients who can use abortions pills to get them delivered to the California-Arizona border for pickup. That cuts the time it takes to get abortion pills, which are effective up to 12 weeks gestation, from a two-day trip to one that can be done in a day.
Since Roe was overturned, Arizona and 13 other states have banned abortions at any stage of pregnancy. About 13,000 people in Arizona get an abortion each year, according to Arizona Department of Health Services reports.
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Blumenthal breaks leg at UConn parade, to undergo surgery
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said he expects to undergo surgery to repair a broken leg he suffered Saturday during a victory parade for the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team.
In a tweet Saturday night, Blumenthal said a fellow parade goer tripped and fell on him during the event in Hartford, Connecticut, to celebrate the team winning the NCAA basketball title on April 4 in Houston.
The 77-year-old Democrat said he was awaiting “routine surgery” on his femur scheduled for Sunday and expects a full recovery.
“What can I say, I love a parade!” he tweeted.
Connecticut’s other U.S. senator, Chris Murphy, tweeted that “after he broke his femur he got back up, dusted himself off, and FINISHED THE PARADE. Most Dick Blumenthal thing ever.”
Connecticut state Rep. Matt Blumenthal tweeted that he heard his father “was also on the reviewing stand for a while. Tough as nails, and on the mend shortly!”
Blumenthal is serving his third term in the Senate after being reelected in November. He was the state’s U.S. attorney before serving in the state House and state Senate and as Connecticut’s attorney general.
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Students faked ingesting unknown substance, feeling sick to get out of class, sheriff says
HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. (Gray News) – Five students at a private school in Florida appeared to have faked ingesting an unknown substance in order to get out of class, officials said.
The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called to Grace Education Academy in Spring Hill on Monday afternoon for reports of several students experiencing an adverse reaction to something they drank out of a water bottle.
When deputies arrived, they learned that as students played outside, one of them passed out. Staff initially suspected that the student had become overheated and/or dehydrated while outside.
While staff asked other students for information on what happened, several of them alleged that the student mixed his medication into his water bottle, which multiple students drank.
During this time, five other students who had claimed they drank from the water bottle began acting lethargic. Staff called law enforcement, believing the children were experiencing an adverse reaction to something they ingested from the water bottle.
Several students were taken to the hospital by ambulance.
Through investigation, deputies learned that the initial student in question (the owner of the water bottle) did not have access to any medication at the time and said it was not probable that he placed medicines in the water bottle.
Detectives said they audited the student’s medication to verify that all pills were accounted for and sent the water bottle to a lab for testing by forensic specialists.
Doctors also ran toxicology screenings on the hospitalized students, all of which returned negative for any medication and/or foreign substances.
Deputies said the investigation revealed that the first student passed out due to dehydration, and the five other students pretended to be ill to get out of class and go home.
Officials said it was determined that none of the students ingested an unknown substance, and no foul play was suspected.
Deputies did not clarify the age of the students involved, but according to Grace Education Academy’s website, the school is for children ages newborn to 12th grade.
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LONDON (AP) — Health officials in Britain warned parents Wednesday to ensure their children have been vaccinated against polio after the virus that causes the disease was found in London sewage samples in recent months.
The U.K. Health Security Agency said it believes the virus was “vaccine-derived,” meaning it came from someone who received the live polio vaccine abroad. That person would then have passed the virus to closely linked individuals in London, who shed the virus into their feces.
The U.K. stopped using the live oral polio vaccine in 2004 and switched to an inactivated version.
Polio, which was officially eradicated in the U.K. in 2003, can cause paralysis in rare cases and can be life-threatening.
Authorities stressed that the risk to the public overall is “extremely low.” They added that the virus has been detected only in sewage samples, and no cases of paralysis have been reported.
Still, they asked people to check that their children are fully vaccinated and to contact their doctor if unsure.
“Most of the U.K. population will be protected from vaccination in childhood, but in some communities with low vaccine coverage, individuals may remain at risk," said Dr. Vanessa Saliba, an epidemiologist at the health agency.
“Vaccine-derived polio virus has the potential to spread, particularly in communities where vaccine uptake is lower," she said.
Authorities are investigating the extent of community transmission and has established a “national incident” to check for cases elsewhere as a precaution.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid said he was “not particularly worried” about the news.
The polio vaccine is given to young babies in the U.K. as part of a combination vaccine. It is given again as boosters at 3 years old and at 14 years old.
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Major global banks and other TT clients gained immediate access when trading began through NSE IFSC-SGX Connect on July 29
CHICAGO, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions, announced today that the firm successfully began offering clients access to the popular Nifty equity derivatives through NSE IFSC-SGX Connect (the Connect), a new joint initiative between Singapore Exchange (SGX Group) and National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) launched on Friday, July 29. The Connect – a collaboration in trading of India's stock index-based products – is a prominent achievement for India's first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) known as GIFT (Gujarat International Finance Tec) City in Gandhinagar.
The Connect, which was officially launched by India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, enables both international and domestic market participants to take a position on India's equity markets through futures based on the Nifty 50. International members of SGX Group and domestic clients of NSE IFSC can trade and access real-time trading data of Nifty contracts via SGX Group's derivatives trading infrastructure in GIFT City.
Under the Connect, all orders on Nifty derivatives placed by SGX Group members are routed to and matched on the NSE-IFSC order matching and trading platform. As one of the first technology providers to offer international market participants access to the Connect, Trading Technologies is giving global banks and other major financial institutions that use the TT® platform seamless access to Nifty equity derivatives alongside products from more than 50 other major international markets, including SGX Group.
TT EVP and Chief Revenue Officer Guy Scott said: "We are delighted to be among the first technology providers to offer day-one global access to the benchmark Nifty products under the innovative new trading regime in India's GIFT City. We've seen strong demand for this access from many of our biggest global bank clients, which serve institutional investors that incorporate the Indian equity markets as part of their global macro-economic portfolios. We're also pleased to build further on our longstanding relationship with SGX Group and support its diverse product offering through the new Connect initiative."
Pol de Win, Head of Global Sales & Origination, SGX Group, said: "We are excited that the Connect has now gone live, enabling direct and efficient access for international and domestic investors to trade Nifty futures. With an enhanced pool of liquidity from all over the world, we are optimistic it will support a more vibrant capital market in India. This has been a tremendous undertaking and we are pleased to roll this innovative pathway out with the efforts from Trading Technologies and our members."
About Trading Technologies
Trading Technologies (www.tradingtechnologies.com) creates professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions for a wide variety of users, including proprietary traders, brokers, money managers, Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs), hedge funds, commercial hedgers and risk managers. In addition to providing access to the world's major international exchanges and liquidity venues via its TT® trading platform, TT offers domain-specific technology for cryptocurrency trading and machine-learning tools for trade surveillance.
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President Biden will not sit for the traditional pre-Super Bowl interview with Fox, which is airing the game on Sunday, the White House said Friday.
The president typically gives an interview to air in the lead-up to the Super Bowl, and Biden has done so in each of his first two years in office, sitting down with CBS and NBC, respectively. The White House blamed Fox on Friday for the lapse this year.
“The President was looking forward to an interview with Fox Soul to discuss the Super Bowl, the State of the Union, and critical issues impacting the everyday lives of Black Americans,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tweeted Friday. “We’ve been informed that Fox Corp has asked for the interview to be cancelled.”
Jean-Pierre’s claim comes after Fox News anchors said Tuesday night that the network was waiting on the White House to agree to a presidential interview.
“The president is going to be out on the road, taking his message to the road. Every year, traditionally, the network covering the Super Bowl gets an interview with the president of the United States,” said Bret Baier, a top anchor at the network, during its coverage of Biden’s State of the Union address. “We have formally asked for that interview, but we have not received an answer yet, whether they are going to officially do it or not … we’re running out of days.”
Jean-Pierre had been asked multiple times this week whether there was any word on if Biden would do the traditional Super Bowl interview with Fox, and in each instance she said she did not have any updates.
Biden this week has done televised interviews with PBS Newshour and Telemundo during separate trips to Wisconsin and Florida.
Presidents have typically done interviews with the network airing the Super Bowl, which is watched by millions of viewers, dating back to 2004. Former President Obama sat down twice for Super Bowl interviews with Fox during his presidency.
Former President Donald Trump skipped an interview with NBC when the network broadcast the game in 2018.
Fox News, the top-watched cable news network, has aggressively covered Biden’s campaign and presidency, with several of its leading prime-time hosts routinely criticizing his administration, policies and family business dealings.
Biden has butted heads with Fox News White House corresopndent Peter Doocy throughout his administration, calling him a “stupid son of a bitch” last year. Biden later called Doocy to apologize.
Some Democrats have argued that Biden and the White House should ignore the network, saying it puts out misleading information through its opinion programming and does not fairly cover the administration.
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A feminist lawmaker who has been pressing for the Equal Rights Amendment for five decades came up short in her final effort before leaving the Maine Legislature.
“It’s a done deal for this session, and for my career,” said Reckitt, D-South Portland. “I thought that was going to be my signatory thing for my eight years in the Legislature, but it’s not going to be.”
Reckitt is renowned as a relentless activist on behalf of women.
She served as the longtime director of Family Crisis Services in Portland and an advocate for women suffering from domestic abuse. She was a board member with the National Organization for Women, and a founder of the Human Rights Campaign Fund. She helped to found the Maine Women’s Lobby.
All along, she was advocating for the Equal Rights Amendment, first at the national level, seeking to amend the U.S. Constitution, and later at the state level, seeking to amend the Maine Constitution.
She failed three times previously in the Legislature. This time around, she broadened the scope of her proposal to ban discrimination against a series of groups, not just women, in the hopes of bringing more support and protecting more people by aligning language with the Maine Human Rights Act.
The strategy garnered support, and new opposition, during a spirited public hearing in April.
Many opponents focused on how the amendment could affect abortion, and others raised concerns about transgender people using bathrooms. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland was among the groups opposing the amendment.
Reckitt, who was inducted into the Maine Women’s Hall of Fame in 1998, still holds out hope that another bill she championed — partially decriminalizing prostitution — will be signed by the governor. She said the bill will help women pushed into prostitution by desperate circumstances.
As for the Equal Rights Amendment, she knew the outcome before the votes were cast. But that didn’t keep her from making a final pitch to colleagues. “I pride myself on being a very determined person,” she told them. “Deserting my core beliefs like equality is not in my playbook.”
Democrats control both chambers of the Legislature, but Republican support was needed to reach the two-thirds majority threshold. If approved, Maine voters would have had the final say in a referendum vote on whether they want to adopt language prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, physical or mental disability, national origin or ancestry of an individual.
At the federal level, Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment in 1972. The necessary approval of three-quarters of the states eventually happened but not in time to meet a deadline for the amendment to be passed. In April, U.S. Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic measure to revive the amendment.
“The ERA is, thankfully, an idea that has outlived its usefulness after fifty years,” Rep. Heidi Sampson, R-Alfred, said before the vote, arguing the amendment was unnecessary.
She noted women serve as U.S. vice president and, in Maine, as a U.S. senator, governor, House speaker and in seven out of 10 leadership positions in the Maine Legislature. “Women today are empowered and do not need an amendment that implies there are limitations to what we can achieve,” she said.
Reckitt insists her proposal is still needed and would be easily passed in a referendum — if only two thirds of state lawmakers would get on board for the amendment.
Dania Bowie, development and communications coordinator from the Maine Women’s Lobby, said she respects that Reckitt has continued to be a tireless fighter, even while battling illness. Reckitt has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and is a cancer survivor who still reports each day to the Legislature.
“She’s a spitfire. She’s ready to roll, even when she’s not feeling so well,” Bowie said. “She’s been a relentless and ahead-of-her time advocate for women and LGBTQ community.”
Democratic Rep. Holly Sargent, D-York, called Reckitt an “indefatigable” lawmaker and “chief advocate, unswerving warrior on this issue of equal rights for women since 1978.”
“Her colleagues thank her and pledge that we will not give up a fight that many of her colleagues will pick up the torch as long as it takes,” Sargent said.
Reckitt said she will turn 80 by the time her term ends next year because of term limits. While resigned to losing the final fight, she said she will be back, as a citizen, to testify in support of it again in the future.
“I won’t be shut up on this issue until I don’t have any voice anymore. And that won’t happen until I’m in the grave,” she said.
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Sharp reported from Portland, Maine.
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NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until February 6, 2023 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against F45 Training Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: FXLV), if they purchased or acquired the Company's shares pursuant and/or traceable to the Company's July 2021 initial public offering (the "IPO"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
What You May Do
If you purchased shares of F45 as above and would like to discuss your legal rights and how this case might affect you and your right to recover for your economic loss, you may, without obligation or cost to you, contact KSF Managing Partner Lewis Kahn toll-free at 1-877-515-1850 or via email (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com), or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nyse-fxlv/ to learn more. If you wish to serve as a lead plaintiff in this class action, you must petition the Court by February 6, 2023.
About the Lawsuit
F45 and certain of its executives and others are charged with failing to disclose material information in its IPO Registration Statement and Prospectus (collectively, the "Offering Documents"), violating federal securities laws.
On July 26, 2022, the Company disclosed that its CEO had resigned, that about 60% fewer exercise studios would be opening than previously stated, that a $250 million credit line was no longer available, and that it made significant cuts to its financial guidance including decreasing full-year 2022 revenue to just between $120 million and $130 million, compared to the prior guidance of $255 million to $275 million, and full-year Adjusted EBITDA between $25 million and $30 million, compared to the prior guidance of $90 million to $100 million.
On this news, shares of F45 plummeted over 60%, from a close of $3.51 on July 26 to close at $1.35 on July 27, 2022, more than a 78% decline from its offering price of $16 per share on July 16, 2021.
The case is Kenzie Goer v. F45 Training Holdings, Inc., et al., No. 1:22-cv-01291.
KSF, whose partners include former Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., is one of the nation's premier boutique securities litigation law firms. KSF serves a variety of clients – including public institutional investors, hedge funds, money managers and retail investors – in seeking recoveries for investment losses emanating from corporate fraud or malfeasance by publicly traded companies. KSF has offices in New York, California, Louisiana and New Jersey.
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A tentative agreement announced Thursday looks likely to head off a strike that would have brought freight trains across the U.S. to a screeching halt. But the concern generated by the possibility of such a disruption highlights how fragile the nation's supply chains remain 2 1/2 years after they were first upended by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The breakthrough in negotiations was announced by Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, who hosted talks between unions representing 115,000 railway workers and the country's largest railroads. If the unions accept the deal, workers will get double-digit raises, more flexible attendance policies and other benefits. President Biden called the agreement a win for rail workers who worked through the pandemic "to ensure that America's families and communities got deliveries of what have kept us going during these difficult years."
Those deliveries, however, are still not entirely back on track, despite an apparently receding pandemic. And it could be a long time before supply chains again run as smoothly as they did before the age of lockdowns and mask mandates.
"Unfortunately, I just don't see anything in the next year or two that's going to lessen the number of disruptions," says Lisa Anderson, a supply chain expert and president of California-based LMA Consulting Group.
Jason Furman, a Harvard professor who headed the Council of Economic Advisers under President Barack Obama, says there's room for optimism, but "we're not out of the woods yet."
"[The] ports have mostly cleared themselves out. Trucking has mostly resolved itself. The cost of international shipping is way down. So there are definitely a lot of things that have gotten better," he says.
But in other key areas, there are still several fairly serious wrinkles, such as high fuel and food prices and a shortage of microchips for vehicles that aren't likely to be resolved anytime soon, Furman says.
Gas prices are falling, but petroleum supplies are tight
A rebound in demand since the worst days of the pandemic and supply disruptions due to the war in Ukraine combined to drive up the price of gas to unprecedented levels earlier this summer.
Things have cooled off a bit since then as we come off peak gasoline consumption season, says Patrick De Haan, head petroleum analyst at GasBuddy. "But diesel and heating oil especially are [still] high in areas of the country. California, the West Coast is particularly delicate right now because several refineries have experienced unexpected downtime."
There are also fewer of those refineries in operation, he says, and that means any shock, such as last year's ransomware attack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline, could send prices higher.
"Because of COVID, we've seen permanent shutdowns of 5% of the nation's refining capacity since 2019," De Haan says.
"Three decades ago, we had triple the amount of refineries," he says.
Due to industry consolidation, "what used to be 200 plus refineries is down to about 119," De Haan says. "That means when one goes down, it's becoming extremely problematic" because it represents a much larger portion of the total refining capacity, he says.
De Haan says he believes that refineries that were working overtime earlier this summer may also have deferred maintenance, and that could lead to problems down the road.
As for the war in Ukraine, even if it ended tomorrow, it wouldn't change the petroleum picture much, he says.
"Even if Russia pulled out of Ukraine, that doesn't immediately give Western countries and oil companies the confidence to do business with the Kremlin again," he says. "Especially if there is no regime change."
Ripple effects can be felt in food and retail costs
As many Americans have come to realize during the recent rise in gas prices, there's a huge knock-on effect when it comes to food.
Higher fuel prices have had an impact not only on the cost of shipping food, but on the price and availability of fertilizer, Anderson says, because nitrogen fertilizers are produced using a carbon-rich byproduct of oil refining, known as "petcoke."
The war in Ukraine has made things even worse, because Russia used to supply a lot of these fertilizers.
The invasion followed Beijing's decision last summer to introduce new limits on the export of phosphates, also a key ingredient in fertilizer. Up until then, China had been supplying nearly a third of the world's supply.
Anderson also points to weather-related shocks to U.S. agriculture, such as a prolonged drought in California, that could cause shortages and price hikes for some crops.
Retailers are dealing with chronic supply headaches
For retailers, things are certainly not as bad as they were at the height of the pandemic, says Jonathan Gold, the vice president of supply chain and customs policy at the National Retail Federation.
"While you're not seeing the 100 plus vessels backed up outside of the ports of LA [and] Long Beach, there are still congestion issues impacting those ports and the ability to get containers out of the port on the rails, to the warehouses via truck," he says.
Gold also notes labor negotiations at West Coast ports that caused retailers to shift their supply chains to the East Coast and Gulf Coast to avoid potential disruptions. It's all happening at "the height of the peak shipping season, when they bring in all their holiday merchandise," he says.
"Our supply chains are only as strong as our most congested link," Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told NPR on Thursday. "And we've seen that throughout the pandemic period and the recovery from the worst days of it, whether it's ships, trucks, warehouses or trains, all of these things need to be working well in order for our economy to thrive."
In many cases, retailers are also experiencing excess inventory. As the pandemic waned somewhat, consumer behavior that had been focused on online shopping quickly shifted back to the services sector.
"I think right now a lot of retailers still recognize that there are challenges within the supply chain," Gold says. "They're trying to address those. They're trying to build more resiliency into their supply chains going forward, to be able to address any kind of future disruption that comes down the pike."
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MELBOURNE, Australia and SAN FRANCISCO, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alterity Therapeutics (ASX: ATH, NASDAQ: ATHE) ("Alterity" or "the Company"), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing disease modifying treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, today announced that the Italian Medicines Agency, or Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco (AIFA), has authorized Alterity to conduct its Phase 2 clinical trial of ATH434 in Multiple System Atrophy (MSA), a rare and highly debilitating Parkinsonian disorder.
"Approval by the Italian authorities provides another endorsement of the approach we are taking with our Phase 2 clinical trial," said David Stamler, M.D., Chief Executive Officer, Alterity. "MSA is a devastating disease, and we want to reach patients in several regions of the globe to offer ATH434 as a potential treatment for their condition. With our trial now open for enrolment in New Zealand and regulatory authorizations in the UK and Italy, we are focused on opening study sites in these regions and expanding access to other countries throughout the year."
The Phase 2 clinical trial is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled investigation of ATH434 in patients with early-stage MSA. The study will explore the effect of ATH434 treatment on imaging and protein biomarkers, such as aggregating α-synuclein and excess iron, which are important contributors to MSA pathology. Clinical and biomarker endpoints, including use of wearable sensors, will permit comprehensive assessment of ATH434 efficacy along with characterization of safety and pharmacokinetics. The use of wearable sensors will allow evaluation of motor parameters that are important in patients with MSA. The study is expected to enroll approximately 60 adult patients to receive one of two doses of ATH434 or placebo. Patients will receive treatment for 12 months which will provide an opportunity to detect changes in efficacy endpoints to optimize design of a definitive Phase 3 study. Additional information on the Phase 2 trial can be found by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05109091.
About ATH434
Alterity's lead candidate, ATH434, is the first of a new generation of small molecules designed to inhibit the aggregation of pathological proteins implicated in neurodegeneration. ATH434 has been shown preclinically to reduce α-synuclein pathology and preserve nerve cells by restoring normal iron balance in the brain. In this way, it has excellent potential to treat Parkinson's disease as well as various forms of atypical Parkinsonism such as Multiple System Atrophy (MSA). ATH434 has successfully completed a Phase 1 clinical trial demonstrating the agent is well tolerated, orally bioavailable, and achieved brain levels comparable to efficacious levels in animal models of MSA, with the objective of restoring function in patients with MSA and other Parkinsonian disorders.
ATH434 has been granted Orphan designation for the treatment of MSA by the U.S. FDA and the European Commission.
About Multiple System Atrophy
Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) is a rare, neurodegenerative disease characterized by failure of the autonomic nervous system and impaired movement. The symptoms reflect the progressive loss of function and death of different types of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. It is a rapidly progressive disease and causes profound disability. MSA is a Parkinsonian disorder characterized by a variable combination of slowed movement and/or rigidity, autonomic instability that affects involuntary functions such as blood pressure maintenance and bladder control, and impaired balance and/or coordination that predisposes to falls. A pathological hallmark of MSA is the accumulation of the protein α-synuclein within glia, the support cells of the central nervous system, and neuron loss in multiple brain regions. MSA affects approximately 15,000 individuals in the U.S., and while some of the symptoms of MSA can be treated with medications, currently there are no drugs that are able to slow disease progression and there is no cure.1
1National Institute of Health: Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Multiple System Atrophy Fact Sheet
About Alterity Therapeutics Limited
Alterity Therapeutics is a clinical stage biotechnology company dedicated to creating an alternate future for people living with neurodegenerative diseases. The Company's lead asset, ATH434, has the potential to treat various Parkinsonian disorders. Alterity also has a broad drug discovery platform generating patentable chemical compounds to intercede in disease processes. The Company is based in Melbourne, Australia, and San Francisco, California, USA. For further information please visit the Company's web site at www.alteritytherapeutics.com.
Authorisation & Additional information
This announcement was authorized by David Stamler, CEO of Alterity Therapeutics Limited.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains "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. The Company has tried to identify such forward-looking statements by use of such words as "expects," "intends," "hopes," "anticipates," "believes," "could," "may," "evidences" and "estimates," and other similar expressions, but these words are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are described in the sections titled "Risk Factors" in the Company's filings with the SEC, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F as well as reports on Form 6-K, including, but not limited to the following: statements relating to the Company's drug development program, including, but not limited to the initiation, progress and outcomes of clinical trials of the Company's drug development program, including, but not limited to, ATH434, and any other statements that are not historical facts. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those risks and uncertainties relating to the difficulties or delays in financing, development, testing, regulatory approval, production and marketing of the Company's drug components, including, but not limited to, ATH434, uncertainties relating to the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the company's business, operations and employees, the ability of the Company to procure additional future sources of financing, unexpected adverse side effects or inadequate therapeutic efficacy of the Company's drug compounds, including, but not limited to, ATH434, that could slow or prevent products coming to market, the uncertainty of obtaining patent protection for the Company's intellectual property or trade secrets, the uncertainty of successfully enforcing the Company's patent rights and the uncertainty of the Company freedom to operate.
Any forward-looking statement made by us in this press release is based only on information currently available to us and speaks only as of the date on which it is made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
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Phoenix Mercury fall in late stages to Atlanta Dream
The Phoenix Mercury had the Atlanta Dream in its clutches after an exciting third quarter that bled into the final stretch.
However, Dream guard Erica Wheeler gave the Mercury trouble in the final five minutes of the game, sinking 10 points and two 3-pointers to put the Dream ahead 85-75 in Sunday's game at Footprint Center.
“A lot of times it was three of us down there trying to get the ball and they wanted it more than we did and that’s why we got blown out,” Mercury guard Shey Peddy said.
Both teams were deadlocked at 73-73 at 5:11 in the fourth quarter, however, the Dream scored eight unanswered points in a three-minute span and held the Mercury to 12 points.
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The makeup of Sunday's was changed from injuries to both teams. The Mercury bench had to operate without spark plug Diamond DeShields available. DeShields was ruled out from a left hip injury sustained in Thursday’s game against the Washington Mystics.
“It was tough. She comes in and gives you a lift defensively with intensity but also gets us out in transition. We got a couple things in transition tonight, but Diamond sort of pushes that phase," Mercury head coach Vanessa Nygaard said. "She’s been huge defensively in the back side and if Diamond was in the back of our zone today, it would’ve been a lot more difficult. These kind of injuries are part of the game unfortunately and they had a lot of injuries as well.
For the Dream, playing without All-Star rookie guard Rhyne Howard was a big absence. Howard was out with a right shoulder injury. Monique Billings and Nia Coffey were also out with injuries.
Peddy created her own highlight reel in Sunday’s game with her halfcourt shot at the buzzer of the third quarter that punctuated her performance.
“It felt good. I usually make them sometimes in practice, but it did look good when it went in,” Peddy said.
Peddy led the Mercury’s shooters with three 3-pointers and dished out five assists with six rebounds. Peddy finished with 16 points behind Diana Taurasi’s game high 23 points.
Smaller matchups for both teams made for a high-flying start. The Dream came on hot at the 3-point line with two 3-pointers in the first five minutes.
It took awhile for the Mercury to find its rhythm after a timeout, leading the way for the Dream to score five straight points. The Dream found little trouble getting open on the perimeter and went 4-for-5. Kristy Wallace came off the bench to shoot two of the 3-pointers for the Dream
The Mercury fell behind eight points in the second quarter, but rallied on a 9-1 scoring run with four trips to the charity stripe. The Dream weren’t as sharp from the floor in the period and shot 37.5 percent in the second quarter.
Brianna Turner had four of the Mercury's five blocks in the second quarter, leading the defensive efforts. The Mercury outscored the Dream 17-14 and tied the game at 41 going into the second half.
The Mercury couldn’t contain center Cheyenne Parker throughout the game as she attacked the interior and took advantage of smaller matchups. Parker shot 10-for-13 from the field and controlled the boards with 11 rebounds, while leading the Dream with 21 points
“I think she did a really good job of finding her spots. She’s a tough player, she was getting some rebounds," Peddy said. "It was all getting in there and we’re small, but we got to do a better job of boxing out and a better job of making her uncomfortable. I think a lot of time she was moving freely."
The Mercury bench chipped in during the game with Jennie Simms putting in four points on 13:51 minutes and Megan Gustafson added five points.
Following the game, the Mercury will be on a five-day break before Friday's home game against the Seattle Storm at 7 p.m.
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An 83-year-old man from Ohatchee was fatally injured in a two-vehicle accident Wednesday.Officials responded to a two-vehicle accident that happened at 4:35 p.m. on Alabama 144 in Calhoun County.Police said Floyd Hale was driving a 2012 Nissan Frontier when he was struck by a 2005 Toyota Sequoia driven by Joseph Strutz, 54, of Ohatchee.Hale was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident and was pronounced dead at the scene.ALEA continues to investigate the accident.
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An 83-year-old man from Ohatchee was fatally injured in a two-vehicle accident Wednesday.
Officials responded to a two-vehicle accident that happened at 4:35 p.m. on Alabama 144 in Calhoun County.
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Police said Floyd Hale was driving a 2012 Nissan Frontier when he was struck by a 2005 Toyota Sequoia driven by Joseph Strutz, 54, of Ohatchee.
Hale was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident and was pronounced dead at the scene.
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(NEXSTAR) – Tax Day is just days away – have you filed yours yet? If you haven’t, you still have the chance to take advantage of these commonly forgotten tax deductions and credits.
Deductions reduce the amount of your income before you calculate the tax owed, the Internal Revenue Service explains. Similarly, tax credits can reduce the amount of tax you owe or increase your tax refund.
Tax deductions
Sales tax
Instead of deducting income taxes, you can elect to deduct state and local general sales taxes. In most cases, you can do this if the tax rate in 2021 was the same as the general sales tax rate, according to the IRS.
Medical and dental expenses
You can deduct medical or dental expenses you paid for yourself, your spouse, and your dependents if the amount of your total medical expenses exceed 7.5% of your adjusted gross income, the IRS reports.
“Medical care expenses include payments for the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or payments for treatments affecting any structure or function of the body.”
Teachers’ expenses
If you’re a teacher, you can deduct up to $250 of any unreimbursed expenses for classroom materials like books, supplies, computers, or other equipment used in your classroom.
Charitable contributions
Money or property you gave to certain groups – religious organizations, the government for public purposes, nonprofit schools and hospitals, war veterans’ groups, and numerous other organizations – can be deductible as charitable contributions, according to the IRS.
Generally, you can deduct the fair market value of your contribution, but in most cases, your contribution can’t be more than 60% of your adjusted gross income.
Working from home
If you are self-employed or a partner and work from home, you may be able to deduct certain expenses. The IRS explains that if you regularly and exclusively use your home as your primary place of business or to meet with patients, clients, or customers, you may qualify for this deduction.
You may also qualify if you use part of your home as storage for inventory or product samples, rental use, or a daycare facility. Using a separate structure not attached to your home can also qualify.
The part of your home used for business cannot be used for personal use, the IRS reports. More details can be found here.
Driving for work
Speaking of work, have you been commuting to the office this year? That could be a write-off.
If you use your car for business and personal purposes, the IRS says you can deduct the cost of using it for business. This can be done by calculating the standard mileage rate method or the actual expense method.
You are required by law to substantiate your expenses with records or with sufficient evidence supporting your claim, according to the IRS.
Tax credits
Child tax credit
Maybe one of the most well-known tax credits this year is the second half of the child tax credit payments. The federal government recently launched a revamped website to help determine if you are eligible for the credit.
For more information, click here.
Driving an electric vehicle
Have you been driving to work (or anywhere else) in an electric vehicle? If your vehicle meets specific requirements, you could receive a tax credit.
Under Section 30D(a), the IRS explains you can receive the Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicle Credit if you purchased a car or truck that has at least four wheels, weighs less than 14,000 pounds, and uses energy from a battery with at least 4-kilowatt hours that can be recharged from an external source.
You must have purchased the vehicle in or after 2010 and started driving it in the same year in which you are claiming the credit, according to the IRS. When the manufacturer sells 200,000 qualified vehicles, the credit begins to phase out for that manufacturer.
Energy-efficient home improvements
If you have certain energy-efficient aspects of your home, you could receive a tax credit. Solar electric and water heating; small wind energy; geothermal heat pump; biomass fuel; and fuel cell property costs are eligible for Form 5695.
The form is intended for nonbusiness and residential energy efficient property credit, the IRS explains.
Adoption
Qualified adoption expenses may make you eligible for a tax credit and an exclusion from income for employer-provided adoption assistance.
According to the IRS, expenses include reasonable and necessary adoption fees; court costs and attorney fees; travel expenses; and other expenses directly related to adopting an eligible child.
More details can be found here.
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CHERRY HILL, N.J., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Real Good Food Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: RGF) ("Real Good Foods" or the "Company"), an innovative, high-growth, branded, health- and wellness-focused frozen food company, today announced the launch of its most anticipated platform ever, nutritious Chicken Nuggets and Strips.
Real Good Foods is expanding into the largest frozen food category, Frozen Meat & Poultry, with a nutritious twist on one of US consumers' favorite foods. The Frozen Meat & Poultry category, an $8.9B category according to SPINS L52 weeks, is ripe for real innovation, as most breaded chicken options today offer the same nutritional profile – 20 to 30g of carbs, and breading made from processed flours and grains.
Real Good Foods' Breaded Chicken is made from nutritious ingredients, 100% Grain-Free and Gluten-Free, with only 3g-4g net carbs and packed with 23g protein per serving. Real Good Foods' Breaded Poultry lineup consists of four offerings: original lightly breaded nuggets, lightly breaded strips, buffalo nuggets and buffalo strips.
Real Good Foods' Breaded Chicken is currently available at Walmart, Stop & Shop, Giant Eagle, Safeway Albertsons, as well as available direct to customers on realgoodfoods.com.
"These craveable nuggets and strips are a result of our mission to make our favorite comfort foods more nutritious and improve human health. Our delicious chicken nuggets and strips are made without all the added sugar, carbohydrates, and processed grains found in other food options, and are instead packed with protein and have a limited amount of carbs," said Bryan Freeman, Executive Chairman of The Real Good Food Company. "After seeing strong and enthusiastic approval from our social community, we're thrilled to finally introduce these grain-free, low carb, and low sodium offerings to the world."
To learn more about Real Good Foods and to find a store near you, please visit www.realgoodfoods.com.
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Founded in 2016, Real Good Foods believes there is a better way to enjoy our favorite foods. Its brand commitment, "Real Food You Feel Good About Eating," represents the Company's strong belief that, by eating its food, consumers can enjoy more of their favorite foods and, by doing so, live better lives as part of a healthier lifestyle. Its mission is to make nutritious comfort foods that are low in carbohydrates, high in protein, and made from gluten and grain free real ingredients more accessible to everyone, improve human health, and, in turn, improve the lives of millions of people. Real Good Foods offers delicious options across breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacking occasions available, in over 16,000 stores nationwide, including Walmart, Costco, Kroger, and Target, and directly from its website at www.realgoodfoods.com. Learn more about Real Good Foods by visiting its website or on Instagram at @realgoodfoods, where it has one of the largest social media followings of any brand within the frozen food industry today with more than420,000 followers. For interviews with Bryan Freeman, Executive Chairman, email realgoodfoods@powerdigital.com.
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BOSTON (AP) — A Rhode Island man who authorities say forced multiple women with drug dependencies into prostitution and used violence and starvation to control them has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.
Ronald Hall, 48, of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, used force, threats and coercion to traffic five victims in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Florida and Nevada from 2010 until 2019, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston.
He targeted drug dependent women, and punished those who did not do as he said by withholding drugs or using violence, including with weapons such as knives, belts and bats, prosecutors said.
He kept almost all of the proceeds of the prostitution for himself.
In addition to the prison term, Hall was sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to pay restitution in an amount that will be determined at a later date.
He pleaded guilty in August to multiple counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and transportation of an individual with intent to engage in prostitution.
“Although nothing will ever erase the profound pain and trauma these victims have suffered as a result of a near-decade of exploitation and abuse from Mr. Hall, we hope this sentencing brings some long-awaited justice and accountability,” U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Rachael Rollins said in a statement. | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-man-convicted-of-forcing-women-into-prostitution-sentenced/ | 2022-11-05 01:04:00 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-man-convicted-of-forcing-women-into-prostitution-sentenced/ |
English soccer league stars call it quits after 'heated argument' over calendar shoot: report
Douglas Luiz and Alisha Lehmann reportedly dated for about a year
English soccer clubs are dealing with a breakup between a member of the men’s side and a member of the women’s side over a strange reason.
Aston Villa’s Douglas Luiz and Alisha Lehmann reportedly ended their year-long relationship over a "heated argument" regarding her calendar shoot. A source told The Sun UK that Luiz was "smitten" with Lehmann but had him wondering "who is this girl" after the calendar conundrum.
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"When asked to do a calendar, she jumped at the chance to show off her sexy side, but he was not happy," the source told the outlet. "He didn’t think it was something she should be doing. They rowed a lot and in the end Alisha simply had enough."
Luiz and Lehmann met when the Swiss forward joined the English women’s Super League club. Luiz is from Brazil and joined Aston Villa before the start of the 2019-20 season after two seasons in La Liga’s Girona. Lehmann also had a relationship with Swiss soccer star Ramona Bachmann before getting together with Luiz.
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Lehmann previewed the calendar in an Instagram post earlier this month.
"Hey guys excited that I’m going to be able to welcome the New (Year) in with you all with never seen before exclusive pictures inside my Official 2023 Calendar," she wrote in the caption of her post.
On Monday, she wrote separately, "If it’s not the right time, there will be another time."
Lehmann has one goal and one assist in seven matches for Aston Villa this season. Her squad is fifth in the Super League standings.
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BEIJING, Sept. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On the afternoon of September 15 local time, Chinese President Xi Jinping held a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, to exchange views on China-Russia relations and international and regional issues of shared interest. It has become a conventional practice for Chinese and Russian heads of state to have bilateral talks on the sidelines of the summits of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). It is not only crucial for the stable development of bilateral relations that the two countries' heads of state to have regular in-person and in-depth exchanges of views, but it's also very beneficial for regional peace and stability.
The atmosphere of the meeting was as positive and friendly as usual. President Xi noted that since the beginning of this year, China and Russia have maintained effective strategic communication, and that China will work with Russia to extend strong mutual support on issues concerning each other's core interests, and deepen practical cooperation in trade, agriculture, connectivity and other areas. President Putin said that the world is undergoing multiple changes, yet the only thing that remains unchanged is the friendship and mutual trust between Russia and China, and the Russia-China comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination is as stable as mountains. As uncertainty significantly increases in today's international landscape, the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era has always been on course and has not lost momentum.
China and Russia are each other's largest neighbors, permanent members of the UN Security Council, and emerging powers. They also share a long border of more than 4,000 kilometers. The China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era, which is based on the principles of "non-alliance, non-confrontation and non-targeting of any third party," has been subject to interference and provocation.
Both China and Russia are countries with strong strategic determination and autonomy. Moreover, bilateral relations have a strong internal driving force. They have not and will not change their initial intentions and course due to drastic changes in the international pattern or outside pressure. They will always maintain their own logic and rhythm. In particular, the heads of state of China and Russia maintain close contacts and strategic communication in various ways, always leading the ties between the two countries in the right direction of development. The independent and autonomous value of China-Russia relations is both a summary of historical experience and innovation in international relations.
As President Xi pointed out, China will work with Russia to fulfill their responsibilities as major countries and play a leading role in injecting stability into a world of change.
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WUXI, China, July 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NeuroXess announced that it has been included in MIT Technology Review's list of the world's 50 smartest companies – the TR50 list – released on July 29 in Wuxi, China. NeuoXess was recognized mainly for its silk-enabled minimally invasive implantable high-throughput flexible brain-machine interface (BMI) system. It is the youngest company (founded in October,2021) to date to make the list. Dr. Tiger H. Tao, Co-founder and Chief Scientist at NeuroXess, attended the award ceremony.
Every year since 2010, MIT Technology Review has assembled the list of what it considers the world's 50 smartest companies, based on two necessary criteria, technology leadership and business acumen, as part of an effort to give an indication of what the future of technology will look like. The TR50 list has long been regarded as one of the most important guides to the world's emerging technologies and a global technology innovation benchmark. The most important factor taken into consideration when putting together the list, is the ability of the firm to implement and commercialize emerging technologies.
NeuroXess is a high-tech life science company focusing on flexible BMI technologies to protect and better understand the brain. The company has put together an outstanding and synergized team from both the academia and the industry to simultaneously achieve the benefits of cutting-edge research and the realization of commercial value. NeuroXess has obtained financing amounting to $15 million earlier this year, just three months post-inception. It was the largest early-stage financing achieved in this field in China.
A single silk-based flexible neural probe consists of thousands of channels for single neuron recording and brain stimulation while the implantation incision is less than 0.7 mm in diameter. The technology has been applied and tested comprehensively in rodent and non-human primate models for preclinical verification. The company has received the clinical ethics approval for its flexible BMI technology to go to clinical trial.
The brain-computer interface technology submission garnered the Super AI Leader, the highest award given at the 2021 World Artificial Intelligence Conference. The technology was selected as one of the conference's key new findings together with the Huawei Pangu Large Model technology and Alibaba Cloud's Aurora Heterogeneous Computing Acceleration Platform. The technology is also included on the list of the 2021 AI research achievements at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
NeuroXess has achieved several core technology breakthroughs in terms of the manufacturing of the key device for the invasive brain-computer interface. Some of the NeuroXess's devices have already surpassed Neuralink in terms of certain performance indicators.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
1-9-3
(one, nine, three)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
1-9-3
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This much is clear: On June 9, an old steel fishing trawler left eastern Libya for Italy, carrying far too many people.
As many as 750 men, women and children from Syria, Egypt, the Palestinian territories and Pakistan were on board, fleeing hopelessness in their home countries and trying to reach relatives in Europe.
Five days later, the trawler sank off the coast of Greece in one of the deepest parts of the Mediterranean Sea. Only 104 people, all men, survived. The remains of 78 people were recovered.
There are still more questions than answers about what led up to one of the worst shipwrecks in recent Mediterranean history.
Activists, migration experts and opposition politicians have criticized Greek authorities for not acting earlier to rescue the migrants, even though a coast guard vessel escorted the trawler for hours and watched helplessly as it sank.
Below is a timeline of events based on reports from Greek authorities, a commercial ship, and activists who said they were in touch with passengers. They describe sequences of events that at times converge, but also differ in key ways.
The Greek Coast Guard said that the overcrowded trawler was moving steadily toward Italy, refusing almost all assistance, until minutes before it sank. This is in part supported by the account of a merchant tanker that was nearby.
But activists said that people on board were in danger and made repeated pleas for help more than 15 hours before the vessel sank.
International maritime law and coast guard experts said that conditions on the trawler clearly showed it was at risk, and should have prompted an immediate rescue operation, regardless of what people on board may have said.
Much of these accounts could not immediately be independently verified.
Missing from this timeline is the testimony of survivors, who have been transferred to a closed camp and kept away from journalists.
All times are given in Greece’s time zone.
Around 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Italian authorities informed Greece that a fishing trawler packed with migrants was in international waters southwest of the Peloponnese. Greece said the Italian authorities were alerted by an activist.
Around the same time, human rights activist Nawal Soufi wrote on social media that she had been contacted by a woman on a boat that had left Libya four days earlier.
The migrants had run out of water, Soufi wrote, and shared GPS coordinates through a satellite phone showing they were approximately 100 km (62 miles) from Greece.
“Dramatic situation on board. They need immediate rescue,” she wrote Tuesday morning.
Over the course of the day, Soufi described some 20 calls with people on the trawler in a series of social media posts and a later audio recording. The Associated Press could not reach Soufi.
A surveillance aircraft from the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex spotted the overcrowded trawler at 11:47 p.m. and notified Greek authorities, the agency told AP. On Saturday, Frontex told AP its plane had to leave the scene after 10 minutes due to a fuel shortage but that it had also shared with Greece details and photos of the “heavily overcrowded” trawler.
At 2 p.m., Greek authorities established contact with someone on the trawler. The vessel “did not request any assistance from the Coast Guard or from Greece,” according to a statement.
But activists said that people on the boat were already in desperate need by Tuesday afternoon.
At 3:11 p.m., Soufi wrote, passengers told her that seven people were unconscious.
Around the same time, Alarm Phone, a network of activists with no connection to Soufi who run a hotline for migrants in need of rescue, said they received a call from a person on the trawler.
“They say they cannot survive the night, that they are in heavy distress,” Alarm Phone wrote.
At 3:35 p.m., a Greek Coast Guard helicopter located the trawler. An aerial photo released showed it packed, with people covering almost every inch of the deck.
From then until 9 p.m., Greek authorities said, they were in contact with people on the trawler via satellite phone, radio, and shouted conversations conducted by merchant vessels and a Coast Guard boat that arrived at night. They added that people on the trawler repeatedly said they wanted to continue to Italy and refused rescue.
At 5:10 p.m., Greek authorities asked a Maltese-flagged tanker called the Lucky Sailor to bring the trawler food and water.
According to the company that manages the Lucky Sailor, people on the trawler “were very hesitant to receive any assistance,” and shouted that “they want to go to Italy.” Eventually, Eastern Mediterranean Maritime Limited wrote in a statement, the trawler was persuaded to accept supplies.
Around 6 p.m., a Greek Coast Guard helicopter reported that the trawler was “sailing on a steady course and heading.”
But at 6:20 p.m., Alarm Phone said that people on board reported that they were not moving, and that the “captain” had abandoned the trawler in a small boat.
“Please any solution,” someone on board told Alarm Phone.
The Greek authorities’ account suggested the trawler stopped around that time to receive supplies from the Lucky Sailor.
At 6:55 p.m., Soufi wrote, migrants on board told her that six people had died and another two were very sick. No other account so far has mentioned deaths prior to the shipwreck, and the AP has not been able to verify this.
Around 9 p.m., Greek authorities asked a second, Greek-flagged, merchant vessel to deliver water, and allowed the Lucky Sailor to leave.
Then, at around 10:40 p.m., a Coast Guard boat from Crete reached the trawler, and remained nearby until it sank. According to the Coast Guard, the vessel “discreetly observed” the trawler from a distance. Once again, the Coast Guard said, the trawler did not appear to have any problems and was moving “at a steady course and speed.”
According to Soufi’s account, attempts to deliver supplies may have contributed to the trawler’s troubles.
Shortly after 11 p.m., she wrote that the trawler began rocking as its passengers tried to catch water bottles from another vessel. According to people on board, ropes were tied to the ship, destabilizing it and causing a “state of panic,” she said.
The report from the Lucky Sailor said no lines were tied to the trawler, and supplies were delivered in watertight barrels tied to a rope.
“Those on board the boat caught the line and pulled,” the company managing the Lucky Sailor told the AP.
The other merchant vessel did not immediately reply to the AP’s questions.
A spokesman for the Greek Coast Guard said late Friday that its vessel had briefly attached a light rope to the trawler at around 11 p.m. He stressed that none of the vessels had attempted to tow the trawler.
Commander Nikos Alexiou told Greek channel Ant1 TV that the Coast Guard wanted to check on the trawler’s condition, but people on board again refused help and untied the rope before continuing course.
Soufi’s last contact with the trawler was at 11 p.m. She said later in a voice memo that “they never expressed the will to continue sailing to Italy,” or refused assistance from Greece. “They were in danger and needed help.”
According to authorities, the trawler kept moving until 1:40 a.m. Wednesday, when its engine stopped. The Coast Guard vessel then got closer to “determine the problem.”
A few minutes later, Alarm Phone had a final exchange with people on the trawler. The activists were able to make out only: “Hello my friend … The ship you send is …” before the call cut off.
At 2:04 a.m., more than 15 hours after Greek authorities first heard of the case, the Coast Guard reported that the trawler began rocking violently from side to side, and then capsized.
People on deck were thrown into the sea, while others held onto the boat as it flipped. Many others, including women and children, were trapped below deck.
Fifteen minutes later, the trawler vanished underwater.
In the darkness of night, 104 people were rescued, and brought to shore on the Mayan Queen IV, a luxury yacht that was sailing in the vicinity of the shipwreck. Greek authorities retrieved 78 bodies. No other people have been found since Wednesday.
As many as 500 people are missing.
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Brito reported from Barcelona, Spain. Associated Press writer Derek Gatopoulos in Athens, Greece, contributed to this report.
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This story corrects the time that the Frontex plane first sighted the boat.
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Rochester mayor seeks re-election
Published: Apr. 11, 2022 at 8:55 PM CDT|Updated: 38 minutes ago
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – Rochester Mayor Kim Norton has announced she is running for re-election. She was the first woman elected to lead the city of Rochester in 2018.
She is now the third candidate in the mayoral race joining Brad Trahan and Britt Noser.
“I love finding solutions to problems facing our community,” Mayor Norton said.
She says she looks forward to tackling new projects that will benefit Rochester in the years to come.
If you live in Rochester, you will see the mayoral race on your ballot in November.
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OCALA, Fla., June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 680,000 lots were sold through HiBid.com last week in 1,525 timed and online auctions. The HiBid auction platform facilitated the sale of $37.9 million in gross merchandise value and $69.9 million total hammer value in sales from May 29th through June 4th.
Current and upcoming auctions on HiBid.com feature rare coins, including fresh gem BU (brilliant uncirculated) key date Morgan silver dollars and early American Bust half dollars, fine artwork of the Kansas prairie, collectible comic books, and Valcambi Suisse silver bars. Bidders can also find graded baseball, basketball, and football cards, and much more in auctions closing within the week.
HiBid.com brings buyers and sellers together every day with a wide-ranging selection of lots and categories that appeal to bidders worldwide. HiBid is fully integrated with Auction Flex 360, providing auctioneers with a comprehensive auction management solution that supports live auctions, timed auctions, and internet absentee bidding.
May 29-June 4, 2023, HiBid.com Highlights
Gross Merchandise Value: $37.9+ Million
Total Hammer Value: $69.9+ Million
Lots Sold Online: 675,963
Timed Auctions: 1,410
Live Auctions: 115
Bids Placed: 3.5+ Million
Bidding Sessions: 4.2+ Million
Current Auctions
The following list includes a small sample from the hundreds of auctions currently open for bidding on HiBid.com. Site visitors can click the Find Auctions menu at the top of the HiBid.com homepage for links to the Featured and Hot auctions, such as those listed below, or use the search box to find auctions nearby.
Unclaimed Property, Police Seizures, and Government Surplus
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Dates: June 4th-17th
Seller: Washington Surplus Inc
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Symphony in the Flint Hills Prairie Art Auction
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Dates: April 29th-June 13th
Seller: KC Auction Company
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Houston Mogul Coin Auction
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Dates: May 16th-June 11th
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Which Avengers Funko POP! is best?
The Avengers are some of comics’ most beloved protectors of Earth. The mighty heroes from around the galaxy have had their stories told on the page and screen. There are plenty of characters for fans to embrace and plenty of ways to do so; perhaps no collectible toys are more popular than those of Funko POP!
The eye-catching Funko POP! Artist Series Infinity Saga set honoring the original six Avengers is the best pick. With so many heroes and a range of source material, it’s important to know what’s available and how to find what you want so you can show off your favorite Avengers.
What to know before you buy an Avengers Funko POP!
What are Funko POP! toys?
In 2010, Funko debuted its first set of toys, inspired by bobblehead figurines. Initially, Funko’s 3.75-inch vinyl figurines were cute collectibles made for comic fans of all ages. Popularity exploded and Funko POP! toys began to draw inspiration from all genres of film and TV, even creating figurines of famous athletes, leaders and cultural icons. However, comics continue to be a big focal point for these inexpensive and detailed toys.
Inspiration
There is a lot of source material from which to draw inspiration for Avengers Funko. Most options are from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which comprises more than two dozen films and counting. Many Funko vinyls may be made for each film, with characters in different costumes and poses, recreating memorable moments. Any given film may inspire 10 or more toys. Many characters have appeared in multiple films. There are more than 50 Iron Man toys alone.
In addition, some options are inspired by comic-book looks and stories.
Retailers
Funko sells vinyl toys directly from its website, but it also partners with many different retailers. In most cases, however, specific toys are exclusive to one specific partner, which means fans may have to do some work to find the one they desire.
Additionally, some Avenger Funko toys are for specific events and may sell a limited supply there. These options may be harder to find or more expensive, depending on their popularity.
What to look for in a quality Avengers Funko POP!
Collections
While most Funko POP! toys are solitary figurines that can be enjoyed and displayed by themselves, a few sets feature multiple options meant to be collected in their entirety. There are three specific Avengers series, all of which feature the original six superheroes from the films. One set is a nested collection depicting a victory scene at the end of “The Avengers,” with six toys that nest together. Another celebrates their heroic poses in the same film, while a new set draws inspiration from the powerful Infinity Stones.
Finishes
Some Funko toys boast unique finishes, with characters coated in gold, metallic chrome or any number of shiny colors. There are options with a neon finish as well as those that glow in the dark. Sepia, patina and even black-and-white finishes are also available.
Combos
Most Funko toys are sold by themselves, but some come in packs with two, three, four or five. These typically feature characters that are related in some way or starred together in the same film. In addition, Funko has a series of Movie Moments, in which two characters recreate an iconic scene from a notable movie.
How much you can expect to spend on Avengers Funko POP!
Most Avengers Funko POP! toys cost around $10-$15, but combo packs and rarer items may cost more.
Avengers Funko POP! FAQ
Who are the Avengers?
A. The Avengers are a group of superheroes in Marvel Comics, telling stories for over 80 years. While various films have been adapted over the years, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which began with “Iron Man” in 2008, has brought these characters into the mainstream amid an ever-growing roster of films and TV series.
In the film series, the original Avengers are Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Hulk, Hawkeye and Black Widow. While the original group is different in the comics, pretty much every Marvel hero becomes an official or unofficial part of the group at one point or another. In the films, this includes Spider-Man, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Falcon and many others.
When will new Avengers Funko POP! toys come out?
A. With so many Marvel shows and films in the works, fans can expect a fairly steady stream of new toys. There are plenty of new options already released in 2021, with four Marvel TV shows, including “What if…?” and a pair of films inspiring new toys. Typically, Funko will sell new toys a month or two ahead of a film or show’s debut, although manufacturers may save some until after most fans can view the content in case a figurine constitutes a spoiler.
What’s the best Avengers Funko POP! to buy?
Top Avengers Funko POP!
Artist Series: Marvel Infinity Saga
What you need to know: This beautiful series for dedicated fans depicts the original six Avengers, each with its own colorful, shimmering finish.
What you’ll love: Each Avenger comes coated in a different glimmering color inspired by the six Infinity Stones, including Black Widow in red and Thor in purple. One stand connects all the figurines for an impressive display.
What you should consider: This line is fairly expensive.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Avengers Funko POP! for the money
Marvel: Avengers Infinity War – Thor
What you need to know: Inspired by one of the most memorable scenes in the MCU, this vinyl depicts a determined Thor, wielding Stormbreaker and ready to take on Thanos.
What you’ll love: It features the iconic look of Thor from “Avengers: Infinity War” as he descends on the Wakanda battlefield with his giant axe. It comes at a low price.
What you should consider: This is not the traditional Thor look.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Marvel: Avengers Assemble Series – Hawkeye Avengers
What you need to know: Part of a series, this Hawkeye figurine shows off his heroic battle pose inspired by the third act in “The Avengers.”
What you’ll love: This series features all original six Avengers directly inspired by an unforgettable scene in the first group MCU film. Pieces can be nested together for a completely circular display.
What you should consider: There is a high investment to obtain all six.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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NEW YORK, Jan. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Core Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: CORZ).
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The lawsuit seeks to recover losses for shareholders who purchased Core Scientific between January 3, 2022 and October 26, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until January 13, 2023 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Core Scientific, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) due in part to the expiration of a favorable pricing agreement, the Company was experiencing increasing power costs; (2) the Company's largest customer, Gryphon Digital Mining, lacked the financial resources to purchase the necessary miner rigs for Core Scientific to host; (3) the Company was not providing hosting services to Celsius Network LLC ("Celsius") as required by their contract; (4) the Company had implemented an improper surcharge to pass through power costs to Celsius; (5) as a result of the foregoing alleged breaches of contract, the Company was reasonably likely to incur liability to defend itself against Celsius; (6) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's profitability would be adversely impacted; (7) as a result, there was likely substantial doubt as to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern; and (8) as a result of the foregoing, defendant's positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
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DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Residents of a Northern California university town are frightened and on edge after three people were stabbed within a week — two fatally — with the most recent attempt Monday night when a homeless woman reported being knifed several times through her tent.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is assisting the Davis Police Department, as are other law enforcement agencies. It’s unclear if the same suspect is responsible for all three stabbings in the downtown Davis area, which also includes the University of California, Davis campus.
Police issued a shelter-in-place order for residents shortly after the stabbing of the woman was reported at 11:45 p.m. Monday. It was lifted hours later after police said they had not caught the suspect, who is described as a male with curly hair, a thin build and carrying a brown backpack.
Davis is a city about 70 miles (112 kilometers) northeast of San Francisco and 15 miles (24 kilometers) west of Sacramento, California. An estimated 9,000 U.C. Davis students live on campus, in addition to 67,000 residents of the city.
The first death was reported Thursday before noon when officers found an unresponsive male in downtown’s Central Park.
The victim, David Henry Breaux, 50, was well known in the area for at least the last decade as the “Compassion Guy,” the mayor and city council said in a statement. Breaux often greeted people and asked for their views on compassion, according to the statement.
The second stabbing occurred Saturday around 9:15 p.m. when a resident heard a disturbance and went outside to find a young man at Sycamore Park with multiple stab wounds. Authorities identified the victim as Karim Abou Najm, 20, a student at the university and a graduate of Davis High School.
Police said Monday that investigators were trying to figure out if the two incidents are linked.
“Although there are common factors between these two brutal crimes, such as the brutal nature of the crimes and that the suspect likely used a knife, there are no known connections between the victims,” police said in a statement Monday.
They also have not publicly linked the suspect in the woman’s stabbing to the suspect in Najm’s stabbing, who was described by police as having “long curly loose hair” and being about the same height as the suspect in the third stabbing.
The woman, whom police have not identified, is hospitalized and in critical condition.
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