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The cannabis-infused seltzer will be the first national brand to distribute in Texas
BIRMINGHAM, Mich., May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas, get ready to get Happi. Just in time for the hot summer months, Happi is launching its refreshing, cannabis-infused seltzers in the Lone Star state in partnership with Bayou City Hemp Company and 8th Wonder Brewery, who will formulate, manufacture and package Happi locally. Distributed by Flood Independent Distributors, Happi will be the first national brand to launch in Texas. Texans can find a Happi for any occasion in bars, restaurants, liquor stores, and other retail locations throughout the state by early summer.
Happi is bringing its best selling flavors to Texas, including Glow and Nightcap, the first cannabis-infused functional beverages made with minor cannabinoids, along with reishi and lion's mane mushroom. Glow helps you find clarity and focus, and is available in a bright, crisp blood orange ginger flavor. Nightcap helps soothe you into more restful slumber, and is available in a subtly sweet and spicy Turkish apple tea flavor. Stay tuned for new additions to the Happi lineup in Texas!
- Happi Glow 30 calories, 5mg THC, 5mg CBD, 3mg CBG, 2mg CBN
Carbonated Water, Organic Orange Juice, Organic Agave Nectar, Organic Blood Orange Juice, Natural Flavors, Hemp Extract, Organic Lion's Mane Mushroom Extract, Vitamin C, Potassium Sorbate - Happi Nightcap 30 calories, 5mg THC, 5mg CBN
Carbonated Water, Organic Apple Juice, Organic Orange Juice, Organic Honey, Natural Flavors, Hemp Extract, Vitamin C, Organic Reishi Mushroom Extract, Potassium Sorbate - Lime Wild Mint 25 calories, 5mg THC
Carbonated Water, Organic Agave Nectar, Organic Lime Juice, Organic Pomegranate Juice, Natural Flavors, Hemp Extract, Potassium Sorbate, Vitamin C
Founded in 2021, Happi got its start on dispensary shelves in Michigan and quickly expanded to additional states. In 2023, the brand launched its first hemp-derived direct-to-consumer sales online with shipping to 32 states, making it that much easier to find your Happi place.
"They say everything is bigger in Texas, and this launch is no different. It's a huge milestone for Happi to become the first national cannabis beverage brand in Texas," said Lisa Hurwitz, President and Co-Founder of Happi. "Collaborating with the team at 8th Wonder and Bayou City to locally produce Happi has really made us feel at home here."
"Happi is the perfect addition to our portfolio, including their functional beverages, which are a first for Texas. We think Texans are really going to love these infused seltzers and their light buzz," said Joel Canada, VP of Sales, Bayou City Hemp Company. "We're really looking forward to introducing cannabis-infused options like Happi to Texas."
Look for Happi on shelves in Texas by early summer. To get Happi delivered to your door today, visit https://happihourdrink.com/.
ABOUT BAYOU CITY HEMP COMPANY
Launched in 2019, Bayou City Hemp Company is Texas' leading vertically integrated cannabis company with a world-class facility and team that is scaled to ensure the highest standards, services, and goods are met from seed-to-shelf. The company has produced award-winning consumer packaged goods for its customers from gummy edibles and nano-shots to vape pens, additives, and seltzers. With a science based approach, Bayou City's nano-emulsion technology is the core of their products' innovation. The organization's nano molecules are 1000x smaller than traditional cannabis distillate, which results in better taste, efficacy, and faster onset/bioavailability. Bayou City is focused on being the trusted source in creating and providing the highest quality and most reliable cannabis-derived products in the world, while maintaining a commitment to innovation, quality, and collaboration with its partners. As leaders and stewards of the cannabis industry in Texas, Bayou City strives to normalize and legitimize the industry through education and awareness. For more information, visit www.bayoucityhemp.com.
ABOUT HAPPI
Happi is an all-natural, cannabis-infused seltzer that changed the cannabis beverage game when it debuted in 2021. There's a Happi for any occasion with multiple flavors made with organic fruit and a range of dosages from 2.5-10mg, depending on the state. Happi is currently available in select states and online. Find your Happi at happihourdrink.com.
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Schumer reelected Senate leader after Dems expand majority
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Chuck Schumer was unanimously elected Thursday for another term as Senate Democratic leader, helming a bolstered 51-seat majority for a new era of divided government in Congress.
Senate Democrats met behind closed doors at the Capitol to choose their leadership team for the new Congress that begins in January.
As Senate majority leader, Schumer has proven to be a surprisingly steady, if frenzied, force amid one of the more consequential sessions of Congress.
He took the helm in the weeks after the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, and led his party through the COVID-19 crisis and unexpected legislative achievements, many of them bipartisan. A former campaign chief, he steered the party to the majority and expanded it to 51 seats with Sen. Raphael Warnock’s special election win Tuesday in Georgia.
Schumer’s reelection puts two New Yorkers at the top of the Democratic leadership in Congress, alongside Rep. Hakeem Jefferies, the incoming House minority leader. Jeffries was elected to lead Democrats after Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to step aside next year.
Senate Democrats are expected to fill out their leadership team with new and returning figures.
Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois is on track for another term in the No. 2 spot. The No. 3 position is to be filled by Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan.
With Republicans taking control of the House, it will be a new challenge for Schumer in divided Washington.
Senate Republicans already chose their team, putting Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on track to become the longest serving party leader in the chamber.
McConnell beat back a rare challenge from Florida GOP Sen. Rick Scott, the party’s campaign chief, who failed to win back the Senate majority for the Republicans.
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Teamsters Call Out Challenges Facing Members as 1,500 Fight for Contract
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For weeks, Teamsters nationwide have stepped up their efforts to educate Golden Gophers' alumni about the abusive labor practices of the University of Minnesota (UMN), including concerns regarding poverty-level wages, discrimination, food insecurity and homelessness amongst service workers.
Teamsters Local 320 is fighting for a new contract for 1,500 custodians, dormitory attendants, dining workers, animal research caregivers, waste workers, and other service workers at the five main UMN campuses. Many of the workers are Black, including immigrants from Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and other East African countries.
"It makes me proud to see the outpouring of Teamster solidarity across the country for our brothers and sisters at the University of Minnesota," said Brian Aldes, Local 320 Secretary-Treasurer. "UMN and its president, Joan Gabel, need to understand that if they force us to take it to the streets, the Teamsters will do whatever it takes to make sure none of our members have to skip meals because they don't have enough money for food."
In Portland, Ore. Teamsters Local 305 and Teamsters Joint Council 37 distributed leaflets asking "What's gone wrong at the University of Minnesota?" at the Portland Alumni Network's monthly breakfast. In Tampa Bay, Fla., Teamsters Local 79 held banners outside the Tampa Big Ten Kickoff alumni event calling on the university to "end worker abuse." Teamsters Local 455 went to a Colorado Rockies baseball game to handbill alumni by attending the Annual University of Minnesota Night with the Colorado Rockies, hosted by the Denver Alumni Network.
According to a recent survey of at least 450 current and former UMN service workers, more than 62 percent reported not earning enough money to pay for basic expenses every month.
Almost 12 percent reported experiencing homelessness at least once while working for UMN. Nearly 20 percent reported being hungry but not eating because they did not have the money.
A recent study on staff compensation conducted by UMN's Office of Human Resources shows that job salaries for campus operations positions are, on average, 13 percent below the market median. It also showed 74.5 percent of workers' salaries are below the market salary median.
"We are ready to negotiate a fair contract that honors the contributions of service workers at the university," Aldes said. "We are also preparing to strike the university if the current administration isn't willing to address poverty-level wages, staffing shortages, and high rates of turnover. These unconscionable practices are hampering the university's ability to provide services. These include responsibly caring for research animals on campus, effectively implementing the waste reduction program, and making sure food services are functional."
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Lincoln Northeast Rockets
Head Coach: Javonta Boyd (1st Year)
Career Record: 0-0
2021 Record: 2-7
Returning starters/letterwinners: Brecken Wilke, 5-11, 150, jr., WR/DB; Brice Eloume, 5-10, 190, sr., RB/LB; Ivan Eloume, 5-10, 195, sr., RB/LB; Laurent Gozo, 5-10, 175, sr., RB/DB; Antonio Washington, 5-10, 150, jr., WR/DB; Max Mayeux, 6-0, 145, sr., WR; Trevor Vocasek, 6-0, 175, jr., WR/LB; Landon Hoff, 6-2, 185, jr., QB; Elijah Umana, 5-10, 130, sr., DB; Preston Yager, 5-10, 165, sr., LB; Daniel Mendoza, 5-10, 165, jr., WR/DB; Lazlo Woodhead, 6-1, 215, jr., DL; Brodie Whiteside, 5-8, 180, sr., LB; Hanan Young, 6-2, 265, sr., OL/DL; Ethan Covington, 6-3, 250, jr., OL/DL; Riley Peterson, 6-2, 305, sr., OL.
Season outlook: Northeast brings back a lot of experience at skill positions on both sides of the football. The Rocket offensive line will be led by two-starters lettermen Hanan Young (who was an all-city selection in 2021) and Riley Peterson. In the offensive backfield, Brice and Ivan Eloume, along with Laurent Gozo, are the experienced running backs and junior Landon Hoff will look to be the full-time quarterback, after splitting time in the starting role as a sophomore.
Teams that may prove to be tough against Northeast this season include week three at Fremont, week four against Lincoln East, week eight at Kearney and week nine at Seacrest against Omaha Westside. The experience from the juniors and seniors on this year’s Rocket football team may help in key games. Kearney, Westside, along with Norfolk and North Platte are Northeast’s district opponents. | https://www.kfornow.com/high-school-football-preview-lincoln-northeast/ | 2022-08-10 15:38:45 | 1 | https://www.kfornow.com/high-school-football-preview-lincoln-northeast/ |
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Campaigning for Cambodia’s general election officially began Saturday, an exercise that is more an affirmation of a nominally democratic process than a prelude to a genuine contest.
Eighteen parties are contesting this year’s polls, for which around 9.7 million people are eligible to vote to elect 125 members of National Assembly. The campaign period ends on July 21, and July 23 is election day.
Prime Minister Hun Sen has been in power for 38 years, and his ruling Cambodian People’s Party is virtually guaranteed a landslide victory, since the Candlelight Party, the sole other contender capable of mounting a credible challenge, was barred on a technicality from contesting the polls by the National Election Committee.
The situation mirrors what happened before the last general election in 2018, when the popular Cambodian National Rescue Party, which had performed strongly in local elections, was dissolved months before the polls by a controversial court ruling that alleged it had plotted the illegal overthrow of the government. The party’s disbanding enabled Hun Sen’s party to win all the seats in the National Assembly.
The crackdown also drove most of the party’s top leadership, among the country’s most popular and capable politicians, into exile. Most remain in self-imposed exile to avoid being jailed on various charges they say are trumped up and unfair.
Saturday’s highest-profile campaign activities were held by Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party, which has huge advantages in manpower, money and organization. Its supporters, garbed in blue and white party garb, marched en masse in the capital, Phnom Penh, and other cities, while other parties held activities on a much smaller scale.
Before marching through the capital, Hun Sen, fellow leaders of his party and several thousand supporters, gathered at a convention center, where the prime minister gave a speech largely touting his administration’s achievements and stating his party’s platform.
”' am confident that my compatriots who have already seen the progress of Cambodia in full peace, independence, unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity will now continue to vote for the Cambodian People’s Party and me to continue to lead the country for the seventh legislature,” Hun Sen said, according to the English translation of his speech.
Hun Sen has said he expects to relinquish his prime minister's job after the election and wants his eldest son, army commander Hun Manet, to succeed him.
Keeping the Candlelight Party off the ballot was just part of efforts to keep Hun Sen’s opponents in check.
The National Assembly last week unanimously approved changes to the country’s election law that will ban anyone who fails to vote from running as a candidate in future elections, a move that Hun Sen declared would serve to compel candidates for public office to prove their civic responsibility.
But critics charged it was aimed at handicapping opposition to the ruling party, by making it hard to lead an election boycott. Other amendments in the law also serve to discourage election protests.
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Grant Peck reported from Bangkok.
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SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help identifying and locating two men they say are responsible for incidents of fraud in the cities of Ashland and Colonial Heights as well as Spotsylvania County.
According to a release, the two male suspects are believed to have been involved in the fraud scheme across two separate CVS locations — one at 9767 Courthouse Rd. and another at 10701 Courthouse Rd. — on Monday, Aug. 29.
The two suspects were also reportedly seen in a dark-colored 2000s Toyota Highlander SUV, pictured above.
Police believe the suspects are also responsible for fraud schemes in the cities of Ashland and Colonial Heights.
Anyone with information on these incidents or the suspects involved is encouraged to contact the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office at 540-582-7115. | https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/police-looking-for-men-suspected-of-fraud-in-ashland-colonial-heights-spotsylvania/ | 2022-09-19 21:38:59 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/police-looking-for-men-suspected-of-fraud-in-ashland-colonial-heights-spotsylvania/ |
Column: He was a California kingmaker and political genius. But Michael Berman preferred anonymity
A visit with Michael Berman, the political savant and California kingmaker who died last week, was a throwback to another time.
He worked from a shabby office, blinds drawn to thwart any ray of sunlight. A blue pall of smoke hung from the ceiling, like a nicotine curtain.
Lunch might have involved a distilled drink, or two.
But it’s not Berman’s defiantly unhealthy lifestyle that stood out among the tanned and beautiful who surrounded him in the glossy climes of Beverly Hills and the Westside.
Rather, it was his extraordinary political acumen, coupled with a passion for anonymity.
It was a striking trait decades ago, when Berman was at the height of his powers as the operational brains behind Los Angeles’ powerful Berman-Waxman political machine.
It is all the more notable in today’s era of relentless self-promotion, when even the most middling political strategist turns up at postelection seminars, in podcasts and on the gaseous cable talk-show circuit.
Berman spoke sparingly to reporters and rarely agreed to be identified when he did so. After news broke Saturday night of his passing at age 75, the L.A. Times scrambled to find a photograph to illustrate Berman’s obituary.
There was none to be had.
“He ran stuff,” said Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a retired USC political science professor and longtime friend of Berman. “He didn’t run for stuff.”
Michael Berman, who shaped California politics for generations as the mastermind of Los Angeles’ vaunted “Berman-Waxman Political Machine,” died Friday.
Before time and technique overtook it, the Berman-Waxman machine was an irresistible force in California politics, grooming candidates for positions from City Hall to Sacramento to Washington.
The principals were Michael Berman; his older brother, Howard; and their former colleague in the UCLA Young Democrats, Henry Waxman.
“Machine” is a word they loathed.
“It connotes patronage and corruption,” said Waxman, who became one of country’s most prolific and influential liberal lawmakers during 40 years in Congress. “That was not what we were all about.”
The Berman-Waxman machine — and we’ll stick with that appellation, given its currency — didn’t revolve around greased palms or leveraging public services, like garbage pickup, in exchange for votes. Rather, its forte was campaigns and political communication. And it was years ahead of its time.
Michael Berman and his cohorts were pioneers in the bundling of campaign cash to elect like-minded ideological allies as well as the art of refined targeting and voter persuasion. It is standard political practice today, but one that was relatively new and quite labor-intensive decades ago.
Tom Epstein recalled how it worked in a 1977 special election for state Assembly. After data were hand-collected from voter records, canvassers received specific demographic information to use as they knocked on doors in West L.A. and Santa Monica.
“We were given four color-coded brochures with different photos and messages targeted at different audiences,” said Epstein, a campaign staffer in the Assembly contest, who went on to work as a political strategist in the Clinton White House.
“One was for older people,” Epstein recalled, “one for younger people, one for Republicans and one for middle-aged Democrats.”
It was decidedly low-tech, but effective. Democrat Mel Levine won the race and eventually served alongside Waxman and Howard Berman in Congress.
Beyond campaign consulting, Michael Berman was long the Democrats’ indispensable man in the highly partisan process of redistricting, the once-a-decade drawing of political maps that follows each census. With an encyclopedic knowledge of statewide population and voting patterns, he helped the party bolster its power in Washington and Sacramento.
“There’s no way to trace it all back to him,” former Democratic Party chairman John Burton said. “But we know.”
Of course, Berman was hardly infallible.
Before his brother moved to Congress in 1983, he helped wage a costly, ugly and ultimately unsuccessful fight to install Howard Berman as Assembly speaker, which tore the Legislature apart.
In 1988, a leaked strategy memo, in which Michael Berman made racist and sexist comments among a number of insults, helped undermine the mayoral prospects of then-Los Angeles City Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky.
Berman, who did not believe in polling, suffered the consequences when he struck out in a pair of 1992 U.S. Senate races. (Levine and Gray Davis were defeated by Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, respectively, in the Democratic primaries).
In perhaps the greatest indignity, Howard Berman lost his place in Congress when he and fellow Democrat Brad Sherman squared off in 2012 for a newly drawn seat in the San Fernando Valley. By then, California voters had taken redistricting out of the hands of politicians, and the likes of Michael Berman, and given it over to a nonpartisan citizens panel.
Democrats drawn by Oregon’s tech jobs and nature have made the state solidly blue. It’s part of a transformation that remade the West and recast the fight for the White House.
Whatever Michael Berman thought of those highs and lows remained unspoken — for public consumption, anyway.
“He saw no percentage in getting his face out there,” said Bill Boyarsky, a former L.A. Times political writer and city editor, who often sparred with Berman.
“He saw no percentage in being nice to a reporter, doing a reporter any favor or having any dealings with the press,” said Boyarsky, who hosts a podcast, “Inside Golden State Politics,” with Jeffe. “It wasn’t of any value to him.”
What Berman cared about was winning elections, which, for a long time, he did more often than not.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law last month saying he is cracking down on communist China. The law also targets citizens of Iran, Russia, North Korea, Venezuela and Cuba who are on student visas or temporary work visas.
Opponents including the ACLU and the Chinese American Legal Defence Alliance (CALDA) are going to court to try and block the law. Here & Now‘s Scott Tong talks with Clay Zhu, co-founder of CALDA.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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BENGALURU, India (AP) — India will miss its renewable energy target for the end of the year, with experts saying “multiple challenges” including a lack of financial help and taxes on imported components are stalling the clean energy industry.
The country has installed just over half of its planned renewable energy capacity, a high level parliamentary report found last week.
The target, set in January 2018, would have increased India's renewable energy capacity to 43% of its current energy mix. The government now says it hopes to achieve the goal by mid-2023.
The shortfall is down to "inconsistent federal and state-level renewable energy policies, excessive custom duties on renewable energy related products as well as financing issues,” said Vibhuti Garg, an energy economist based in New Delhi, who added that the solar industry is particularly vulnerable to such roadblocks.
She added that “improving the financial health of government-owned power companies” would help build out renewable capacity in India. State-owned power companies have been struggling as a result of delays in government grants and consumer payments and the COVID-19 pandemic which led to shutdowns of energy-heavy industries.
India's parliamentary committee stated that ministry-level approvals for solar projects take “an unduly long time” making it difficult for new solar parks to open.
It added that state-owned energy companies owe 117 billion rupees ($1.5 billon) to renewable energy generators and developers and the debt contributed to the slow buildout of clean energy.
The Indian government’s ministry of new and renewable energy, which is in charge of meeting the nation’s renewable energy targets, attributed the failure to meet targets to the COVID-19 pandemic.
India, the third largest emitter of carbon dioxide after China and the U.S., recently finalized its climate targets and pledged that 50% of power generation will be from clean energy sources by 2030. The country's energy needs are expected to double by the end of the decade as the populations grows and the government seeks to improve living standards.
India's climate targets were rated as “insufficient” by Climate Action Tracker, an organization which conducts independent scientific analysis to determine if a country's ambitions are in line with limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) or 2C (3.6F).
Other observers say that the failure to meet these targets is not as big a setback as it appears to be.
While the target won't be achieved, "it has played an important role in directing India’s electricity and power generation systems towards renewable energy,” said Ashish Fernandes of Climate Risk Horizons, an organization which looks at the risks climate change poses to India's economy.
He added that long-term agreements to purchase coal power has stopped federal and state energy companies from investing heavily in renewables.
“We need to start retiring old, expensive coal plants and replacing them with renewable energy. This can save energy companies and consumers a lot of money as well,” he said.
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ENDICOTT, NY – We’re in the final week of regular season high school sports for the 2021-22 school year.
That sounds insane when I say it out loud because it feels like we were just starting fall sports, and yet we’re coming up on spring sectionals.
Throughout that time, we’ve seen plenty of local student-athletes finalize their college choices.
On Monday, another senior made her decision official as well.
Inside the Union-Endicott High School gym lobby, U-E senior Sarah Pero signed her National Letter of Intent to further her academic and athletic careers at Sacred Heart University.
Pero, who has been a varsity cheerleader for the Tigers since her freshman year, was joined by her mother as well as teammates, coaches, friends, and well wishers.
Sacred Heart is coming off their 3rd-consecutive Universal Cheerleaders Association national championship, taking the title in the Open All-Girl Game Day Division back in February.
After signing and making things official, Pero spoke about why Sacred Heart was the right fit, and what she’ll miss most about her time at U-E.
“I wanted to look for something that had hat I wanted both academically and for sports. Sacred Heart was the best fit. I’m going to miss the friendships and the sports. My best friends were my teammates. We were with each other every single day, and I’m going to miss them every day,” she said.
Pero has had an illustrious career at U-E, which include being a STAC and state champion, as well as making multiple trips to UCA nationals, culminating with the Tigers placing 3rd in the nation this past February.
Once Pero leaves U-E and gets down to Fairfield, Connecticut, she will be in a physician’s assistant program under a Health Sciences major.
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DOVER, Del., Dec. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lindo, a smart home security brand, recently announced its most innovative upgraded dual camera video doorbell - featuring two cameras facing doorway and downward to removes blind spots of doorway. Lindo doorbell is backed by Lindo Life APP, which has a highly intuitive interface and user-friendly interactive experience.
Lindo dual camera video doorbell was first released on Kickstarter, which was successfully over 100% funded. Products were delivered as scheduled and received many good feedback and expectation from backers. Lindo values voice of customers much and has its dual camera video doorbell upgraded.
Lindo Dual Camera Video Doorbell is upgraded on the following aspects:
Higher resolution camera lens: Lindo Dual Camera Video Doorbell features a 2K HDR forward facing camera to monitor your doorways and a second downward facing camera to detect your packages' delivery. Comparing to 1080P single camera doorbell, it offers wider 190° field of view and clearer viewing experience.
Adding Two white lights: Combining with 6 build-in 850nm and 2 build-in 940nm enhanced infrared lights, Lindo doorbell camera offers clear night vision that can easily recognize men in black.
Smarter AI algorithm trained by millions of pictures: Lindo Dual Camera Video Doorbell offers free human and package detection. Combining with dual sensor - PIR and radar, Lindo improve the accuracy of detection. Your will get instant notification when someone appears at your door or when packages arrive without being disturbed by false alarm.
Other Lindo Dual Camera Video Doorbell features:
- Dual Sensor: PIR and Radar together help reduce 95% false alarm.
- Dual Power Supply: Wired and Battery-Powered installation are all supported.
- Two-way Talk: Talk to visitors with crystal clear audio that reduces wind and noise.
- Quick Respond: Simply one tap on your phone to respond to visitors when you are not home.
- Free Privacy Zones: Block the doorbell from monitoring certain areas to protect the privacy.
- IP67 Waterproof: Protect against full water immersion for up to 30 minutes, let alone rainy days.
Lindo Dual Camera Video Doorbell is available for sale on Amazon for $229.99 MSRP and $60 off discount. For more information, search Lindo Dual Camera Video Doorbell on Amazon.com.
About Lindo
Lindo is a smart home security brand that aims to bring smart living pleasure to people. Lindo focuses on promoting the intelligentization of products to make whole house intelligence accessible to more families. More information about Lindo can be found at https://www.lindolife.com/
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Jersey Shore towns say state's marijuana law handcuffs police and emboldens rowdy teens
OCEAN CITY, N.J. - It's summer on the Jersey Shore. For many young people, that means one thing: Party time!
But officials and residents of several beachside towns say New Jersey's criminal justice reforms in recent years — such as decriminalizing marijuana use — are having an unintended effect, emboldening large groups of teenagers to run amok on beaches and boardwalks, knowing there’s little chance they'll get in trouble for it.
Now, some lawmakers are trying to walk back parts of those laws, which also involve alcohol use and possession. The laws were designed to keep more juveniles out of the court system, and imposed a number of restrictions on police officers' interactions with them.
"You don’t want to see a kid with a record that will last the rest of his life, but you can’t let them believe they can do anything they want," said Mayor Anthony Vaz of Seaside Heights. "That’s unacceptable."
During Memorial Day weekend, police and media outlets reported episodes of underage drinking, drug use, fights and assaults in Ocean City and Seaside Heights — home to the infamous MTV series "Jersey Shore" in which a bunch of summer renters generally raised hell in town.
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Although teens have been drinking and smoking marijuana at the Jersey Shore for generations, long before the state altered its laws, some elected officials and residents say the situation has drastically worsened in the last two years.
Over Memorial Day, teens were hanging from a motel balcony in Seaside Heights and climbing onto the roof of another motel. In Ocean City, eight teens drank themselves unconscious on the boardwalk and had to be hospitalized. Restroom attendants were assaulted and spit on by youths. Several teens were carrying knives and one had a replica gun that police say looked just like the real thing.
"Enough is enough," Ocean City Mayor Jay Gillian wrote in a message to residents on the city's website. "It’s become clear over the past two summers that these crowds will only grow larger and unrulier unless something changes."
Holly Kisby, an Ocean City resident who has worked on the boardwalk for over 30 years, said teens were drinking, smoking marijuana, setting off fireworks into the crowd, fighting, destroying property and stealing from stores, among other things.
"You're getting well more than 300 kids, if I had to guess, 700-plus a few nights, all acting wild," she said. "Like a bad house party without the house. This is by far the worst it’s ever been."
Ocean City Police Chief Jay Prettyman said most of the troublemakers were drinking underage, but added that New Jersey's recently adopted cannabis law says that someone under the age of 21 cannot consent to a police search for marijuana or alcohol.
Previously, teens caught with those things could be arrested. Now, they get a warning, or get taken to police headquarters for a parent or guardian to pick them up except in the most serious situations.
Word spread fast among teens, who know they don't have to give officers their names as long as they don't walk away from the officer during questioning. The kids even know that officers themselves could face charges if they violate the rights of teens in these circumstances.
The New Jersey Attorney General's Office did not respond to requests for comment. The American Civil Liberties Union supported the changes, saying teens should be offered alternatives to criminal prosecution where possible.
Above the Seaside Heights boardwalk Thursday, a small plane towed a banner asking, "Do you know the signs of alcohol poisoning?" Sitting on a bench with friends, 22-year-old Santiago Caceres said police should not be able to search people for illicit substances.
"People of color are way more likely to be searched than white people," he said. "People are in jail because of this."
"A lot of underage people make a dumb mistake and they get a criminal record," ruining the rest of their life, added his friend Angel Aguero, 23. Both had come down to the beach from West New York, a town in New Jersey just across from Manhattan.
Nick DiMattina, a 15-year-old from Beachwood, New Jersey, said police should be allowed to conduct searches of underage people like himself. He learned of the change in the law on TikTok.
"If kids are allowed to do it and don't get searched, then they're going to do it," said DiMattina, who said he does not drink or use cannabis.
Several lawmakers from both parties have introduced bills reinstating fines for underage possession of alcohol and marijuana, and allowing police officers to search teens observed to be in possession of the items.
Prettyman, the Ocean City police chief, said officers throughout the state are hesitant to engage teens regarding alcohol or marijuana for fear of being charged themselves with a third-degree crime of depriving the teens of their rights. He said bills removing that provision, and reinstating penalties for underage possession and consumption of alcohol and pot, will help undo some of the excesses of the current law.
Sen. Michael Testa, a Republican, was shocked by the "lawlessness" on the Jersey Shore over Memorial Day weekend. He's sponsoring a package of bills including one that would remove the threat of charges against police officers acting in good faith, and another allowing towns to designate alcohol and marijuana-free zones.
New Jersey is not alone in reforming its laws to try to keep more juveniles out of the criminal justice system. Several Maryland law enforcement officers say that state's juvenile reforms have made it harder to question and investigate teens suspected of committing crimes, although the state's Department of Juvenile Services says the laws are having a positive effect.
Seaside Heights' mayor said he heard kids as young as 13 mouthing off to police officers, with impunity.
"A few of them actually said, ‘You can’t do anything to me,’" Vaz said. "I heard it with my own ears."
The town is considering raising the minimum age to rent a motel room from 18 to 21 if disturbances continue.
In the aftermath of its own unruly weekend, Ocean City acted quickly to regain control of its beach and boardwalk, closing access to the beach at 8 p.m. and banning backpacks on the boardwalk after that hour; adopting an earlier curfew, and closing public restrooms at 10 p.m. Seaside Heights adopted similar measures, including one that allows officials to shut down the beach and boardwalk if things get out of hand, and other shore towns have enacted curfews and alcohol bans. | https://www.fox29.com/news/jersey-shore-towns-say-states-marijuana-law-handcuffs-police-and-emboldens-rowdy-teens | 2023-06-30 13:08:05 | 0 | https://www.fox29.com/news/jersey-shore-towns-say-states-marijuana-law-handcuffs-police-and-emboldens-rowdy-teens |
CLEVELAND (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Ohio Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
4-1-2
(four, one, two)
CLEVELAND (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Ohio Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
4-1-2
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Bullets sprayed out from a speeding car in Connecticut’s capital, killing an innocent 12-year-old bystander and wounding three other people who have have rap sheets that include gun crimes, authorities said Friday.
The suspects in the drive-by shooting appeared to target three males who were standing on a sidewalk on a residential street not far from downtown Hartford shortly after 8:30 p.m. Thursday, city police said.
Secret Pierce, a seventh grader at Milner Middle School, became Hartford’s seventh homicide victim of the year. She was sitting in a parked car when she was shot in the head, police said. She died Friday morning. The three other victims, males ages 16, 18 and 23, were expected to survive.
“This is a painful day in our community,” Mayor Luke Bronin said at a morning news conference outside police headquarters. “I don’t have the words. I want to say to Secret’s mom and loved ones that we all are so deeply sorry. That we are with them today in grief, in prayer and with love. … A tragedy like this ripples outward in a community and affects so many.”
Police Lt. Aaron Boisvert said Secret was an innocent bystander. “Very tragic. Very unfortunate. Sickening,” he said.
Investigators searched for the suspects Friday. The shooting was captured on surveillance video, but the footage was grainy and police were trying to identify the suspected vehicle, Boisvert said. Authorities believe there were two people in the car.
It was not immediately clear why the three males were targeted.
Bronin said all three were known to police because they had extensive criminal histories that included firearms arrests. He said it appeared one of the surviving victims was on probation, and another was awaiting adjudication for a firearm offense.
The mayor urged the three victims to cooperate with police.
“I believe they know who fired the bullets that killed a 12-year-old girl,” Bronin said. “And it is not acceptable not to cooperate with investigators. … That’s not fair to her family. That’s not fair to her loved ones. It’s not fair to her memory, It’s not fair to our community.”
City schools Superintendent Leslie Torres-Rodriguez said at the news conference that counseling and other support services were being offered at Secret’s school and other schools across the district.
“When a tragedy happens such as this one, it does have wide ripples,” she said. “And to us, Secret was one of our beautiful and very capable students. And we have activated all of our crisis support teams.
“Trauma is not foreign to us in Hartford and in Hartford public schools,” Torres-Rodriguez said. “So it’s really hard for us to compartmentalize or separate when events happen. And so while we are going to galvanize all of our support and our partners, dealing with the trauma is an extended process.”
Several children, nearly all of them teens, have been fatally shot in Hartford over the past several years. Two years ago, 3-year-old Randell Jones was shot to death while in a car with family members during a drive-by shooting. Police believe a man in Randell’s car was the intended target. The court cases of two teens charged in Randell’s death remain pending. | https://who13.com/news/ap-top-headlines/drive-by-shooting-wounds-3-kills-12-year-old-bystander/ | 2023-04-21 18:37:07 | 1 | https://who13.com/news/ap-top-headlines/drive-by-shooting-wounds-3-kills-12-year-old-bystander/ |
SAN FRANCISCO, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ILUMA raised $2.5M in pre-seed funding led by Acrew Capital to build the 'Superhuman of web3' with its AI-powered inbox and platform for DAO builders to power the future decacorns of web3. It is currently powering Orange DAO - 1,200+ Y Combinator founders with a $50M web3 investment fund.
ILUMA raised a $2.5 million pre-seed round led by Acrew Capital, with participation from HiveHatch and Orange DAO, among other leading web3 investors. It is currently powering Orange DAO - one of the leading communities building the future of web3 - with 1,200+ Y Combinator founders and a $50M web3 investment fund.
The company is founded by Y Combinator alum and AI leader, Ricardo Garcia-Amaya. With 20+ years of experience building powerful networks and communities, Ricardo is also the founder of the YCombinator Alumni group (4,000+ top tech founders and $600B in valuations), and the group of the Top American Latinx Tech Leaders ($16B in founder exits and $120B to invest). He raised $7M for his previous company, backed by Y Combinator, that focused on conversational AI software. He is currently serving his second term as a Governance committee member of the Orange DAO.
"As a founding Governance member of Orange DAO, it has become very clear that due to the decentralized nature of DAOs, the single biggest determinant of success is effectively capturing and synthesizing the myriad of conversations, discussions and activity happening at any point in time in the DAO, and sharing it with members as easily digestible, valuable insights to ensure informed decision-making." explains ILUMA's founder and CEO Ricardo Garcia-Amaya.
ILUMA is solving one of the biggest pain points of web3 communities and DAOs: members and leaders spend valuable time sifting through information that's buried in a sea of chatter and documentation spread across different communication platforms, documentation sites and databases. New projects and proposals are created every day, information moves fast, leaders change periodically and new members join daily.
Using powerful AI, ILUMA, provides DAO and web3 community leaders and members with the 'superhuman' ability to stay up-to-date and get through hundreds of conversations in minutes, and contribute back to relevant discussions as they occur. Its self-learning core captures and sorts the most critical DAO data, building the institutional knowledge center of the DAO. With it, leaders can create a well-rounded onboarding experience, easily understand where members best fit in the DAO and create opportunities for members to get involved and contribute effectively.
ILUMA is currently offering invite-only access and will be raising a seed round later this year.
To learn more or sign up to their waitlist, visit www.iluma.xyz
DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations), which are internet based and operated organizations that are collectively owned and managed by their members, are the structure of choice when it comes to building collectives in web3. The number of DAOs is continuing to grow rapidly with over 1M DAOs expected to be created in the next 12 months, even despite current bearish markets.
ILUMA is building the autonomous solution to onboard, manage, engage and support the next 1M DAO communities in web3. Its 'superhuman' inbox allows DAO and web3 community leaders and members to get through community conversations in minutes and respond to important discussions faster. ILUMA is also your portal into your DAO. Easily find critical DAO and member data to better understand what's happening in the DAO on a daily basis, make informed decisions, and create opportunities for members to contribute.
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Which Bissell cordless vacuum is best?
When it comes time to clean the house, the last thing you want to do is lug a heavy vacuum out of the closet and waste time untangling the cord. Cordless vacuums have taken much of the hassle out of cleaning without compromising power or versatility. They are often lightweight, get to hard-to-reach spaces, come with multiple attachments and are easy to store.
Bissell is a company that specializes in carpet cleaners and vacuums. That’s all it does, so it knows about cleaning different surface types. It has multiple vacuum models to suit all of your cleaning needs, but when it comes to cordless varieties, the best is the Bissell AirRam Cordless Vacuum.
What to know before you buy a Bissell cordless vacuum
Surface type
Before purchasing any vacuum, consider the type of surfaces in your home. Some models and features are better suited for hardwood floors and others for carpets. If you have different surfaces in your home that you plan to vacuum, look for Bissell models with a multi-surface brush roll because they are just as effective on both surfaces.
3-in-1 versatility
There are plenty of spots in your home that you won’t be able to get to, even with the Bissell lay-flat handle and swivel features. The Bissell models that offer 3-in-1 versatility allow the unit to transition into a hand-held device and a high-reach version to get every corner and crevice.
Battery life
Any cordless vacuum is only as good as the charge it holds. The battery life of Bissell models will depend on the cleaning mode and attachments being used, but the lithium-ion battery on higher-end models can last as long as 50 minutes, while the budget models may last only 20.
What to look for in a quality Bissell cordless vacuum
Lightweight models
Weight is a major consideration when purchasing any vacuum, and stick vacuums are ideal for those who want a light vacuum that is easy to maneuver and easy to store.
Bissell offers lightweight stick vacuums that weigh only eight pounds. The Bissell featherweight models weigh as little as 4.1 pounds. Keep in mind that these extremely light vacuums don’t have as much power.
Pet vacuums
If you have pets, vacuuming your home takes on a whole new meaning and becomes a necessity because stray hairs only seem to multiply over time.
Pet vacuums pick up all types of pet hair, and Bissell makes cordless pet vacuums that come with a tangle-free brush roll. Some of the higher-end models have a large capacity, easy to empty tank that let you pick up even more dirt.
Storage
The other problem with bigger traditional vacuums is that they take up a lot of closet space. The smaller, lightweight Bissell models come with a two-way folding handle that makes for easy storage, while others come with a wall mount to store your vacuum off the floor.
How much you can expect to spend on a Bissell cordless vacuum
They range in price from $100-$500, depending on the features, weight and size of the vacuum. Pricing can also vary if there are extra attachments included.
Bissell cordless vacuum FAQ
Do I need to keep my cordless vacuum plugged in at all times?
A. As with other electronics, a cordless vacuum should not be left on the charger at all times. Since Bissell cordless vacuums only need a few hours of charging time, it’s best to plug it in the night or morning before you plan to use it.
Why does my vacuum stop picking up dirt?
A. There are a few potential causes, but it’s often due to the lack of airflow going through the device. First, check if the bin is full and needs to be emptied. If there is still substantial room, look for any blockages, which can usually be fixed by a soft knock or two on the machine. For details on further troubleshooting issues, visit the Bissel website and consult the manufacturer’s instructions.
What’s the best Bissell cordless vacuum to buy?
Top Bissell cordless vacuum
Bissell AirRam Cordless Vacuum
What you need to know: Powerful and lightweight, the entire unit weighs less than eight pounds and easily collapses to make for convenient storage.
What you’ll love: This comes with the innovative power foot design and the multi-surface brush roll, which works well on both carpet and hardwood floors. The swivel steering and lay-flat handle make it so you can vacuum under and around all of your furniture, while the lithium-ion battery will last 40 minutes when fully charged and is easy to remove and replace when needed.
What you should consider: Some customers felt the frame was frail and broke easily, so be careful and avoid any unnecessary wear and tear.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Bissell cordless vacuum for the money
Bissell Featherweight Cordless Stick Vacuum
What you need to know: Inexpensive, lightweight and easy to use, this cordless Bissell comes with a removable hand vacuum to help you clean every nook and cranny.
What you’ll love: You get 20 minutes of cleaning time for every 4.5 hours of charging time. The built-in upholstery cleaning tool effectively attracts and removes dirt from soft and delicate furniture and surfaces, while the two-way folding handle allows you to store the vacuum easily when not in use.
What you should consider: Given how light the vacuum is, it’s not as strong as a regular vacuum and will need to be emptied after each use.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Bissell PowerGlide Pet Slim Cordless Stick Vacuum
What you need to know: This lightweight 3-in-1 vacuum can easily convert to a hand-held device and a high-reach cleaner to get floor-to-ceiling coverage.
What you’ll love: It features a large-capacity tank, 30 minutes of run time and the patented tangle-free brush roll to prevent hair wraps. The LED headlight will help spot dirt in hard-to-see spaces, and the multi-level filtration system traps dust particles.
What you should consider: This vacuum is lighter than a regular vacuum but heavier than other lightweight models. Check the weight before purchasing to ensure that it fits your needs.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Norman C. Economy Sr.
Norman C. Economy Sr., 84, of Wellton Arizona and McGregor Minnesota passed away February 19, 2023.
He was born December 25, 1938 in Duluth, Minnesota to John G. and Marie (Bergeron) Economy. Norman was a 1957 graduate of Denfeld High School. He was united in marriage on October 19, 1957 in Duluth to MaryAnn (Lilliberg).
Norman retired from Inland Steel and has spent the last 20 years dividing his time between Minnesota and Arizona. Norman was known for his hospitality, infectious laugh and sense of humor. He loved to help others however he could. He raised and donated money to support an orphanage in Mexico, provided holiday meals and Christmas gifts to families in the Wellton area, and helped neighbors and friends as needed.
Norman wanted to extend a very special thank you to his family who took such good care of him during his illness and the people of Pioneer RV Park in Wellton, AZ for their visits and goodies.
He is preceded in death by the love of his life, MaryAnn, his parents, son Glen, grandson Jesse S. Economy, great grandson Jason Eilola-Coye, and great granddaughter Megan T. Pavlin
Survivors include his children Mary Elizabeth Dracy (Steve), Norman C. Economy Jr. (Linda Campbell), Jean T. Black (Douglas), Annette M. Butala (Keith), 17 grandchildren, numerous great grandchildren and a great-great grandson and granddaughter. In-laws Vivian Economy, Kathy and Roger Jensen, Peter and Trish Lilliberg and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be held at 12:00 on Sunday, February 26, 2023 at Joseph The Worker Catholic Church, 8674 S. Ave. 36E Wellton Arizona. Reception will be at the Recreation Center at Pioneer RV Park.
In lieu of flowers, please donate to one of the following in Norman’s name:
American Cancer Society @ 1-800-227-2345
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen is running for a second term against Republican Chris Chaffee.
Van Hollen was a heavy favorite in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-1, and his seat was considered a safe one for Democrats.
Van Hollen, 63, was elected to the Senate in 2016 after serving seven terms in the U.S. House.
In May, Van Hollen suffered a minor stroke. He said he was told there were no long-term effects or damage, but doctors advised him to remain under observation at the hospital for a few days.
Long a champion of the Chesapeake Bay, Van Hollen praised passage of clean energy investments in the Inflation Reduction Act. He has strongly criticized former President Donald Trump's administration for rolling back environmental protections.
He praised President Joe Biden for taking executive action to pardon Americans who have been convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law.
Van Hollen has been a strong advocate of abortion rights. In September, he condemned states that took action to restrict abortion after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v Wade earlier this year.
“We must codify Roe V Wade to protect a woman’s right to choose no matter their zip code,” Van Hollen wrote on Twitter. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Maryland-s-Chris-Van-Hollen-seeking-second-US-17566904.php | 2022-11-08 10:49:05 | 0 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Maryland-s-Chris-Van-Hollen-seeking-second-US-17566904.php |
Greatest temperature fall coincides with greatest pressure rise Midnight to 8 A.M. Wednesday
Very cold high pressure building into our area behind the cold front that passed through the Chicago area Tuesday evening, and moved off to the east during the day Wednesday. Temperature dropped from 34 – degrees at Midnight to 23-degrees between 6 and 8AM…at the same time the barometric pressure rose from 29.67-inches at Midnight to 29.94-inches at 8AM. The temp then rose ever-so-slowly during the daylight hours and the rise in pressure slowed.
Wednesday’s cold temperatures combined with strong west winds giving single-digit to lower teens wind chills across the Chicago area
Wind Chills dropped into the single digits and lower teens Wednesday as cold high pressure built into the Chicago area, Temps held in the 20s area-wide, which combined with strong westerly winds gusting over 40 mph gave the very cold wind chills. The map shows a plot of coldest wind chill readings at local airport locations Wednesday – coldest was 4-degrees registered at Rochelle, DeKalb and Aurora/Sugar Grove. Highest wind gusts were 51 mph at Midway and 46 mph at Aurora/Sugar Grove and Kenosha, WI.
From Tuesday’s springlike 50s to wintry 20s Wednesday
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Ranking the top 25 potential MLB free agents for 2022-23 originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
The 2023 MLB free agent market isn't as loaded as last winter's, but there still are some big names who could end up wearing new uniforms next season.
New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge and New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom highlight the upcoming free agent class. Other stars, such as Boston Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts and Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander, have player options for 2023. Bogaerts is expected to decline his option and become an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his career.
Here are the top 25 players who could potentially hit the open market after this season.
1. Aaron Judge, OF
Age: 30
Judge is set to get a monster contract after a historic 2022 campaign. The Yankees would be foolish to not lock up the face of their franchise, and if they don't act on it sooner than later they could lose him to a rival like the New York Mets or the Boston Red Sox.
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2. Jacob deGrom, RHP
Age: 34
2023 player option: $30.5 million
deGrom remains the best pitcher in baseball when healthy. Unfortunately, that hasn't been all that often as of late. He'll still sign for big money this offseason, but injuries are a real concern as the two-time Cy Young award winner reaches his mid-30s.
3. Trea Turner, SS
Age: 29
There's nothing Turner can't do. He's a former National League batting champion with blazing speed and the power to boot. He should become one of the league's highest-paid players in 2023.
4. Nolan Arenado, 3B
Age: 31
2023 player option: $35 million
Arenado is unlikely to opt out of his contract with the St. Louis Cardinals. The seven-time All-Star and nine-time Gold Glover has five years and $144 million left on his deal. But if he does, he'll immediately become one of the most coveted players on the market.
5. Xander Bogaerts, SS
Age: 30
2023 player option: $20 million
The Red Sox' homegrown shortstop is expected to opt out of his contract and become an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his career. With no extension in sight and seemingly no strong desire from Boston to get a deal done, there's a strong chance Bogaerts will be wearing a new uniform in 2023.
6. Carlos Correa, SS
Age: 28
2023 player option: $35.1 million
It's been a down year by Correa's lofty standards, but he's undoubtedly still one of the game's premier shortstops and should land a huge long-term deal this offseason. He also has a player option for 2024 if he decides to stay in Minnesota next year.
7. Carlos Rodon, LHP
Age: 30
2023 player option: $22.5 million
Rodon has become one of the best pitchers in MLB over the last couple of seasons with the Chicago White Sox and San Francisco Giants. The southpaw is expected to opt out of his current contract and test the free agent waters, and given how dominant he's been, he should be one of the highest-paid hurlers in the game.
8. Justin Verlander, RHP
Age: 40
2023 player option: $25 million
Verlander has been one of the best stories of the 2022 season. In his return from Tommy John surgery, all the aging veteran has done is post a league-leading 1.84 ERA and 0.86 WHIP through 24 starts. It's incredible what he continues to accomplish at this stage of his career, and a team will reward him for his efforts with a sizable deal this offseason.
9. Willson Contreras, C
Age: 30
Why the Chicago Cubs held on to Contreras at the trade deadline remains a mystery. The veteran catcher will be the most coveted backstop on the open market by far coming off his third All-Star season.
10. Edwin Diaz, RHP
Age: 29
Between his entrance and his performance in 2022, Diaz is one of the most electrifying players in baseball. The two-time All-Star has a career-best 1.38 ERA with an 0.90 WHIP and 29 saves through 52 appearances. He enters free agency as unquestionably the top bullpen arm available.
11. Dansby Swanson, SS
Age: 29
Swanson couldn't have picked a better time to have a career year. The Atlanta Braves star earned his first All-Star nod and is slashing .287/.342/.446 with 17 homers and 77 RBI through 131 games. He's positioned himself for a big payday along with the other star shortstops in the free agent class.
12. Clayton Kershaw, LHP
Age: 35
Kershaw has added another stellar year to his Hall of Fame resume with a 7-3 record and a 2.64 ERA through 15 starts. It's difficult to imagine Kershaw finishing his career with a team other than the Dodgers at this point.
13. Jose Abreu, 1B
Age: 36
Age has yet to catch up with Abreu as the former American League MVP continues to rake for the Chicago White Sox. As of Thursday, he leads the AL in hits (151) and boasts a .840 OPS. He'll have no problem getting a lucrative deal with those numbers.
14. Josh Bell, 1B
Age: 30
Bell should be one of the most coveted first basemen in free agency this winter as a switch-hitter with power and the ability to get on base. He enjoyed an outstanding season with the Washington Nationals and while that success hasn't yet translated to San Diego, the Padres should still look to extend him.
15. Chris Bassitt, RHP
Age: 34
2023 mutual option: $19 million
Bassitt is expected to opt out of his $19 million mutual option, which will make him one of the better pitchers available in a somewhat underwhelming market. The former Oakland A's right-hander has proven this season he can be a rock-solid mid-rotation arm wherever he goes.
16. Anthony Rizzo, 1B
Age: 33
2023 player option: $16 million
Rizzo's 30 homers so far this season marks his highest total since 2017. His .832 OPS is his highest since 2019. It's fair to assume both he and the Yankees will want to make another deal happen this winter.
17. Luis Severino, RHP
Age: 29
2023 club option: $15 million
Severino is enjoying a bounce-back season that should convince the Yankees to exercise his option as long as he stays healthy. In both of his full seasons, he has finished top 10 in Cy Young award voting.
18. Adam Wainwright, RHP
Age: 41
Wainwright just continues to produce in his 17th MLB season, all with the Cardinals. I wouldn't expect him to sign with a new team in free agency at this stage of his career.
19. Brandon Nimmo, OF
Age: 30
Nimmo's career .385 OBP and stellar defense in center field will make him an attractive free agent this offseason. He's a refreshing talent in today's game, which is so dominated by the long ball.
20. Trey Mancini, 1B/OF
Age: 31
2023 mutual option: $10 million
The move to Houston should help Mancini's free-agent stock this offseason. In 23 games, the former Baltimore Oriole has six homers.
21. Nathan Eovaldi, RHP
Age: 33
Injuries will forever be a giant question mark for Eovaldi but when he's healthy, he can anchor a pitching staff. The Boston Red Sox righty finished fourth in Cy Young voting in 2021 and has shown flashes of that dominance when at full strength this season. That should be enough to entice the Red Sox front office to bring him back for 2023.
22. Andrew Benintendi, OF
Age: 28
Since being traded from the Red Sox to the Royals, Benintendi has refined his game to focus more on his contact and defense. It has paid dividends as he earned his first All-Star nod this season and is on pace to set a career-high in batting average.
23. J.D. Martinez, DH
Age: 35
Was it simply a long slump, or are we starting to see a real decline for Martinez? The Red Sox DH has experienced a serious power outage this season with only 11 homers through 113 games. His 36 doubles are worth noting, but the lack of power could scare some teams off -- including Boston -- this offseason.
24. Charlie Morton, RHP
Age: 39
2023 club option: $20 million
Morton can still pitch at a high level as he approaches his 40s, but is his production worth $20 million next season? The Braves will have to make that decision before the free agency begins.
25. Kenley Jansen, RHP
Age: 35
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(The Conversation) – Some nights the Moon seems really close and bigger than usual.
One summer evening when I was a child, I remember being mystified and then startled at a huge round shape slowly creeping up behind my friend Nancy’s house, which sat on a hill on the other side of our village.
At some point I suddenly realized it was the Moon, and I ran yelling through the garden to tell my dad and get him to come and see. It was bigger than a house, deep orange in color and surely of great significance. My dad muttered something about perspective and went back to gardening or playing the piano.
Unconvinced, I kept watching the Moon. Later, once the Moon had risen higher in the sky, it was back to looking like its usual self.
Welcome to what astronomers like me call the Moon illusion.
It can be hard to believe that it is just an illusion when the Moon looks huge, but it is true. You can actually test the illusion yourself and even capture it with a camera.
A trick of the mind
Astronomers have discussed the Moon illusion for centuries, and there are some facts they all agree on.
People mainly notice the Moon looking bigger and closer when it is full and near the horizon. This is because your mind judges how big or small an object like the Moon is by comparing it with other, familiar things.
Imagine you are standing outside close to your house. Your house will look big, and if the Moon rises next to it, the Moon will look normal. If you look at a house from far away, though, the house looks very small.
The illusion comes from the fact that the Moon is so far away that no matter where you are on Earth, the Moon always looks the same size. It is actually the things your mind compares the Moon with – a house, a mountain or anything else – that look bigger or smaller depending on how far away from them you are. So when the Moon rises next to a distant house or a faraway mountain, the Moon looks enormous.
Photographers use this trick to take spectacular images of distant objects with the Moon behind them. People often experience the Moon illusion on vacations when they go to wide-open spaces. This may be why big Moons become powerful memories of happy times.
Atmospheric zoom and changing orbits
There are several convincing-sounding but wrong explanations for the Moon illusion. Most are grounded in some truth, so they persist.
First is the idea that the atmosphere acts like a lens and magnifies the Moon. When the Moon is near the horizon, its light has to travel though much more of the Earth’s atmosphere than when the Moon is directly overhead. It’s true that all that air acts like a giant prism and bends the rays of light, distorting the color and shape of the Moon. But it does not act like a magnifying glass.
Next is the idea that on some nights the Moon really is closer. The Moon’s orbit is not perfectly circular – it’s more like an oval shape, called an ellipse – so the Moon does get nearer and farther away over the course of a month.
When the close part of the orbit coincides with a full moon, it’s called a supermoon. But when the Moon is closest to Earth, it is only about 12% to 15% closer than when it is farthest from Earth – too small a difference to explain the Moon illusion. It is hard to notice a 15% difference in size by just looking at the Moon alone in the sky.
Testing the illusion
It’s easy to test the Moon illusion, and you can do it yourself. Next time you see the Moon looking huge and closer than usual, hold out your hand with a straight arm. Then close one eye and see which finger tip just barely covers the Moon – for me, it’s my pinkie finger. Wait a little while until the Moon moves higher into the sky and try the experiment again. The Moon may look smaller, but your same finger will cover it just the same. | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/why-does-the-moon-look-close-some-nights-and-far-away-on-other-nights/ | 2022-06-11 16:25:31 | 0 | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/why-does-the-moon-look-close-some-nights-and-far-away-on-other-nights/ |
Reed Garrett might be taking the place of David Robertson on the Mets’ roster, but the right-hander won’t be taking on his role in the bullpen.
The Mets called up the minor league journeyman to take the spot of Robertson on the roster Friday afternoon after the veteran reliever was traded to the Miami Marlins for two rookie-level prospects one night prior. The clubhouse knew this was coming, even if they wanted the front office to keep the group together to give them a chance to get back into the playoff race, and one of the main reasons the Mets are forced to sell this weekend is because the bullpen has been so bad outside of Robertson, Brooks Raley and Adam Ottavino.
But the Mets have to move on and figure out new bullpen roles, especially since Raley and Ottavino will likely be traded this weekend as well. That would leave right-hander Drew Smith as the only reliever with high-leverage experience and Smith has not shown that he can handle those innings. Save opportunities will go to whoever matches up best with where the other team is in the lineup.
“All options are on the table,” manager Buck Showalter said Friday before the Mets played the second game of a four-game series against the Washington Nationals at Citi Field. “I’m not going to say, ‘It’s exactly this guy, not that guy and this guy. Never overlook an orchid while searching for a rose. You might be surprised who might emerge.”
Grant Hartwig might be someone who gets a shot at pitching in some important late innings. A homegrown rookie right-hander Hartwig figured he would be in medical school right now, not pitching in the big leagues, but the Mets brought him up in June and he has slowly earned more trust.
Hartwig, a 25-year-old Detroit native who pitched for Miami (Ohio) in college, is 3-1 with a 3.38 ERA in 12 appearances (16 innings). The Mets have continually increased his in-game responsibilities and they plan to continue doing that.
“You to give them a little bit and then a little bit more and there’s a feel to it,” Showalter said. “You try to make sure it’s not by force and out of necessity. You protect them a little bit. But I think he’s getting close to being able to get that opportunity. He’s already had a little bit (of that experience) and some of it was by necessity because we didn’t really have anybody else, but he’s shown he might be able to do it.”
Garrett was claimed off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles on June 25 after he allowed three earned runs over 2 2/3 innings. A 30-year-old Virginia native who pitched for the Virginia Military Institute in college, Garrett was drafted in the 16th round in 2014 by the Texas Rangers and has spent time in the Detroit Tigers and Nationals organizations, as well as in Mexico and Japan. He had a 5.40 ERA in 6 2/3 innings with Triple-A Syracuse/
He’s hoping for an extended stay in the Major Leagues.
“When guys get called up to the Major Leagues and throw a bunch, if you have options, you get optioned,” Garrett said. “Overall, it’s really trusting my stuff and attacking guys instead of nitpicking. I would like to have a little bit longer of an opportunity, but that opportunity is earned.”
However, none of this changes the timeline for closer Edwin Diaz, who is progressing well from his torn patellar surgery. He is playing catch, but not yet on the mound.
“He’s doing well. He’s meeting every benchmark,” Showalter said. “And, you know, I know what the perfect date is if everything [goes] perfect, but you always leave yourself some wiggle room there because there seems to always be a little hiccup there. I don’t see us speeding up the process, I can tell you that.”
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Tommy Pham (groin) returned to left field for the first time in eight days. The Mets have worked him in slowly, having him pinch-hit last weekend in Boston and DH earlier this week against the Yankees.
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The category defining Imagio® Breast Imaging System helps physicians differentiate between benign and malignant breast lesions using a novel combination of ultrasound and opto-acoustic technology.
SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Seno Medical, makers of the Imagio® Breast Imaging System - a revolutionary new modality in breast imaging - will officially launch the commercially available system at the annual RSNA Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting starting November 27 through December 1 in Chicago (Booth 6120). Recently recognized with a Gold Edison award, a Gold Medical Design Excellence Award, and as a semifinalist in the Minnies 2022 competition for its medical innovation, Seno's groundbreaking diagnostic breast cancer imaging system helps physicians differentiate between benign and malignant breast lesions using non-invasive opto-acoustic/ultrasound (OA/US) technology to provide information about breast lesions in real time, helping providers to characterize masses that may — or may not — require more invasive diagnostic evaluation.
In support of the launch at RSNA, Seno Medical will bring its category-defining Imagio® System to the doorsteps of clinicians and healthcare providers throughout the USA with its mobile education and demonstration tour, Imagio® OA/US Road Show - Scans Across America. The hands-on tour, which began this summer and is scheduling stops across the country throughout the coming year, enables on-site demonstrations of the Imagio® System.
The market-ready Imagio® System received supplemental premarket approval (PMA) from the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) of the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) in June of this year; it incorporates the latest in ultrasound imaging technology required for premier breast imaging centers, as well as advanced ultrasound technology integrated into the opto-acoustic probe, a new ultrasound probe, and elimination of redundant electronics, making this version of Imagio® ergonomic and truly disruptive for the marketplace with its novel technological advances.
Tom Umbel, President and CEO of Seno Medical, commented, "The time has come for the market to start adopting and using this groundbreaking new hybrid modality for breast imaging, and we are proud to be showcasing it at RSNA."
Breast biopsy procedures, caused by false-positive diagnostic assessments, cost the US healthcare system more than $2 billion per year.i Seno's Imagio® technology could significantly reduce those costs with its non-invasive OA/US innovation.
Seno's OA/US system combines laser optics and grayscale ultrasound to provide fused functional and anatomical breast imaging. The opto-acoustic images provide a unique blood map in and around breast masses, while the ultrasound provides a traditional anatomical image. Through the appearance or absence of two hallmark indicators of cancer — angiogenesis and hypoxia — Seno Medical has shown that the Imagio® OA/US Breast Imaging System will be a more effective tool to help radiologists confirm or rule out malignancy compared with traditional diagnostic imaging modalities. And it does this without exposing patients to potentially harmful ionizing radiation (x-rays) or contrast agents. In addition to the novel imaging provided by the Imagio® System, Seno includes an artificial intelligence (AI) decision-support tool (SenoGram®) to aid physicians in interpreting the new images. This AI tool, along with training and certification, helps radiologists transition from ultrasound alone to OA/US imaging.
Seno Medical Instruments, Inc. is a San Antonio, Texas-based medical imaging company committed to developing and commercializing a new modality in cancer diagnosis: opto- acoustic imaging. Originally approved by the US FDA in January 2021, Seno Medical's Imagio® Breast Imaging System fuses opto-acoustic technology with ultrasound (OA/US) to generate real-time functional and anatomical images of the breast. To learn more about Seno Medical's OA/US imaging technology and applications, visit www.SenoMedical.com.
Indication statement: The Imagio® system is indicated for use by trained and qualified healthcare providers to evaluate palpable and non-palpable breast abnormalities in adult patients who are referred for diagnostic imaging breast work-up following clinical presentation or other imaging examinations such as screening mammography.
i Vlahiotis A, Griffin B, Stavros AT, Margolis J. Analysis of utilization patterns and associated costs of the breast imaging and diagnostic procedures after screening mammography. Clinicoeconomics Outcomes Res 2018;10:157-1
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Philadelphia organization provides kids free space to play in Feltonville
FELTONVILLE - A Feltonville recreation center is making a positive impact on Philadelphia youth, holding a free event of exercise and coming together in safety.
"Today is basically providing a great outlet for the kids, with something to do. You know, some positive stuff to do, where we offer time. We have offer a commitment to the youth," Hassan Grimes, Sr. said.
It’s the time and commitment that could do a lot more than just provide a child a space to play for a couple of hours. It could change their life for the better.
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"With the violence that is going on in the city, we need something like this where the kids can have something to do. We live in a different time. This youth, they’re different. Instagram, TikTok, they’re raising our children. We want to transition them back to us, so we can raise them and spend time with them," Grimes added.
Kids of all ages were welcome to come and play basketball and just be around other children, in a positive manner.
Silvina Godoy Grimes is the vice president of Little Buddies, the organization that puts the event together. Grimes says the kids need places to go safely and be themselves. "Talking, giving them activities to do. Let’s do something active, let’s go in the pool. Let’s go swimming. Let’s go for a run, let’s go to the playground. Just giving kids opportunities. It’s easy to stay home." Godoy Grimes said. | https://www.fox29.com/news/feltonville-rec-center-provides-kids-free-space-to-play | 2022-08-06 23:11:06 | 1 | https://www.fox29.com/news/feltonville-rec-center-provides-kids-free-space-to-play |
Vegan Braised Collard Greens With Miso and Smoked Paprika
Southern-style braised collard greens typically rely on smoked meat as the primary seasoning. This vegan version uses miso paste and smoked paprika to provide those similar flavors of umami and smoke. Aka (red) miso is the most flavorful of the types available, but you can use shiro (white) miso or shinshu (yellow) miso if that's what you have on hand.
Leftovers can be refrigerated for up to 4 days.
Aka (red) miso can be found in well-stocked supermarkets, Asian markets or online.
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From Voraciously staff writer Aaron Hutcherson.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 large (about 10 ounces) yellow onion, sliced
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoons finely ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/4 teaspoons fine sea salt or table salt, plus more to taste
- 4 cups (1 quart) unsalted or low-sodium vegetable stock
- 2 bunches (about 2 pounds) collard greens, washed, de-stemmed, if desired, and cut into 1/4- to 1/2-inch thick ribbons
- 2 tablespoons red miso paste
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
Directions
Step 1
In a large pot over medium heat, heat the oil until shimmering. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until it starts to soften, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the paprika, garlic powder, black pepper, red pepper flakes and salt and cook, stirring regularly, until fragrant, about 1 minute.
Step 2
Add the stock and raise the heat to bring to a boil. Add the collard greens, reduce the heat so the liquid is at a simmer, cover and cook until the collards are tender, from 45 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes or more, depending on the age of the greens and how much chew you want them to have. Stir in the miso and vinegar until the miso dissolves, taste, and season with more salt, if desired. Serve warm.
Nutritional Facts
Per serving (3/4 cup), based on 8
Calories
97
Carbohydrates
13 g
Fat
4 g
Fiber
6 g
Protein
4 g
Saturated Fat
1 g
Sodium
322 mg
Sugar
3 g
This analysis is an estimate based on available ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s or nutritionist’s advice.
From Voraciously staff writer Aaron Hutcherson.
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HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — The symbolism will be palpable when leaders of the world’s rich democracies sit down in Hiroshima, a city whose name evokes the tragedy of war, to tackle a host of challenges including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and rising tensions in Asia.
The attention on the war in Europe comes just days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy completed a whirlwind trip to meet many of the Group of Seven leaders now heading to Japan for the summit starting Friday. That tour was aimed at adding to his country’s weapons stockpile and building political support ahead of a widely anticipated counteroffensive to reclaim lands occupied by Moscow’s forces.
“Ukraine has driven this sense of common purpose” for the G-7, said Matthew P. Goodman, senior vice president for economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
He said the new commitments Zelenskyy received just ahead of the summit could push members of the bloc to step up their support even further. “There’s a kind of peer pressure that develops in forums like this,” he explained.
G-7 leaders are also girding for the possibility of renewed conflict in Asia as relations with China deteriorate. They are increasingly concerned, among other things, about what they see as Beijing’s growing assertiveness, and fear that China could could try to seize Taiwan by force, sparking a wider conflict. China claims the self-governing island as its own and regularly sends ships and warplanes near it.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida also hopes to highlight the risks of nuclear proliferation during the meeting in Hiroshima, the site of the world’s first atomic bombing.
The prospect of another nuclear attack has been crystalized by nearby North Korea’s nuclear program and spate of recent missile tests, and Russia’s threats to use nuclear weapons in its war in Ukraine. China, meanwhile, is rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal from an estimated 400 warheads today to 1,500 by 2035, according to Pentagon estimates.
Concerns about the strength of the global economy, rising prices and the debt limit crisis in the U.S. will be high on leaders’ minds.
G-7 finance ministers and central bank chiefs meeting ahead of the summit pledged to enforce sanctions against Russia, tackle rising inflation, bolster financial systems and help countries burdened by heavy debts.
The G-7 includes the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada and Italy, as well as the European Union.
That group is also lavishing more attention on the needs of the Global South — a term to describe mostly developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America — and has invited countries ranging from South American powerhouse Brazil to the tiny Cook Islands in the South Pacific.
By broadening the conversation beyond the world’s richest industrialized nations, the group hopes to strengthen political and economic ties while shoring up support for efforts to isolate Russia and stand up to China’s assertiveness around the world, analysts say.
“Japan was shocked when scores of developing countries were reluctant to condemn Russia for its invasion of Ukraine last year,” said Mireya Solís, director of the Center for East Asian Policy Studies at The Brookings Institution. “Tokyo believes that this act of war by a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council is a direct threat to the foundations of the postwar international system.”
Getting a diverse set of countries to uphold principles like not changing borders by force advances Japan’s foreign policy priorities, and makes good economic sense since their often unsustainable debt loads and rising prices for food and energy are a drag on the global economy, she continued.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also be attending. His country, which is overtaking China as the world’s most populous and sees itself as a rising superpower, is playing host to a meeting of the much broader group of G-20 leading economies later this year.
For host Kishida, this weekend’s meeting is an opportunity to spotlight his country’s more robust foreign policy.
The Japanese prime minister made a surprise trip to Kyiv in March, making him the country’s first postwar leader to travel to a war zone, a visit freighted with symbolism given Japan’s pacifist constitution but one that he was under domestic pressure to take.
Another notable inclusion in Hiroshima is South Korea, a fellow U.S. ally that has rapidly drawn closer to its former colonial occupier Japan as their relations thawed in the face of shared regional security concerns.
U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to hold a separate three-way meeting with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts.
Sung-Yoon Lee, an East Asia expert at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, said that meeting sends a message to China, Russia and North Korea of “solidarity among the democracies in the region and their resolve to stand up to the increasingly threatening autocracies.”
Biden had been expected to make a historic stop in Papua New Guinea and then travel onward to Australia after the Hiroshima meeting, but he scrapped those latter two stops Tuesday to focus on the debt limit debate back in Washington.
The centerpiece of the Australia visit was a meeting of the Quad, a regional security grouping that the U.S. sees as a counterweight to China’s actions in the region. Beijing has criticized the group as an Asian version of the NATO military alliance.
The decision to host the G-7 in Hiroshima is no accident. Kishida, whose family is from the city, hopes the venue will underscore Japan’s “commitment to world peace” and build momentum to “realize the ideal of a world without nuclear weapons,” he wrote on the online news site Japan Forward.
The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, destroying the city and killing 140,000 people, then dropped a second on Nagasaki three days later, killing another 70,000. Japan surrendered on Aug. 15, effectively ending World War II and decades of Japanese aggression in Asia.
The shell and skeletal dome of one of the riverside buildings that survived the Hiroshima blast are the focal point of the Peace Memorial Park, which leaders are expected to visit.
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Top Warriors vs. Kings Players to Watch - NBA Playoffs Game 2
The Golden State Warriors (44-38) take on the Sacramento Kings (48-34) at 10:00 PM ET on Monday at Golden 1 Center. Jordan Poole of the Warriors and Domantas Sabonis of the Kings are two players to watch in this game.
In the article below, we'll give you all the info you need to know about who to keep your eye on in this matchup, which you can watch on NBC Sports Networks with a seven-day free trial to Fubo!
How to Watch Warriors vs. Kings
- Game Day: Monday, April 17
- Game Time: 10:00 PM ET
- Arena: Golden 1 Center
- Location: Sacramento, California
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
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Warriors' Last Game
The Kings defeated the Warriors, 126-123, on Saturday. De'Aaron Fox poured in a team-high 38 points for the Kings, and Curry had 30 for the Warriors.
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Kings' Last Game
Warriors Players to Watch
- Curry posts 29.4 points, 6.1 rebounds and 6.3 assists per contest, shooting 49.3% from the floor and 42.7% from downtown (seventh in league) with 4.9 made 3-pointers per contest.
- Poole leads his team in points per contest (20.4), and also posts 2.7 rebounds and 4.5 assists. At the other end, he averages 0.8 steals and 0.3 blocked shots.
- Klay Thompson averages 21.9 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists per contest. At the other end, he averages 0.7 steals and 0.4 blocked shots.
- Draymond Green posts a team-leading 6.8 assists per contest. He is also averaging 8.5 points and 7.2 rebounds, shooting 52.7% from the floor.
- Kevon Looney is tops on his team in rebounds per game (9.3), and also posts 7 points and 2.5 assists. Defensively, he averages 0.6 steals and 0.6 blocked shots.
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Kings Players to Watch
- Sabonis leads the Kings in rebounding (12.3 per game) and assists (7.3), and averages 19.1 points. He also averages 0.8 steals and 0.5 blocked shots.
- Fox tops the Kings in scoring (25 points per game), and averages 4.2 rebounds and 6.1 assists. He also averages 1.1 steals and 0.3 blocked shots.
- Harrison Barnes gives the Kings 15 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. He also averages 0.7 steals and 0.1 blocked shots.
- Kevin Huerter is averaging 15.2 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.9 assists per contest, making 48.5% of his shots from the floor and 40.2% from 3-point range, with 2.7 treys per game.
- Malik Monk is averaging 13.5 points, 2.6 rebounds and 3.9 assists per contest, making 44.8% of his shots from the field and 35.9% from 3-point range, with 1.9 treys per contest.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta's airport is getting $40 million to help expand a cramped concourse, one of the largest in a nearly $1 billion group of grants to 85 airports for terminals that the Biden administration announced Thursday,
The money will only cover a fraction of the cost to widen Concourse D at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Built in 1980, Concourse D was designed to handle smaller planes, with a central walkway only 20 feet (6 meters) wide and a total width of only 60 feet (18.3 meters). But it now handles full-sized jets, leaving it overcrowded and lacking in amenities.
Atlanta Mayor Andre Jackson and Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff announced the project, saying it would improve efficiency and passenger experiences at the world's busiest airport. In the past, federal funds have gone largely into runways, taxiways and towers.
Airport General Manager Balram “B” Bheodari said there's no firm cost estimate yet, but that work would cost hundreds of millions of dollars. The rest would be financed from passenger facility surcharges on tickets and rent paid by airlines.
Bheodari said another year of planning is likely before work starts. The project could take five years. The Atlanta City Council approved a $5 million planning contract in February.
The Atlanta airport expects to receive $500 million in federal funds for various purposes in the next five years. Bheodari said. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Federal-aid-to-help-widen-cramped-Atlanta-airport-17290172.php | 2022-07-07 16:32:11 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Federal-aid-to-help-widen-cramped-Atlanta-airport-17290172.php |
Chevrolet to lead the country's longest veterans' parade with wrapped vehicles transporting Gold and Blue Star Families, Veterans, and American patriots!
COLUMBIA FALLS, Maine, Nov. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- What has become known as the country's longest veterans' parade – Wreaths Across America's annual "Escort to Arlington" – kicks off on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. The official route, which can be viewed here, will travel down the East Coast stopping at schools, memorials, and other locations along the way to spread the year-long mission to REMEMBER the fallen, HONOR those that serve and their families, and TEACH the next generation the value of freedom.
Stops with public events will be held in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Washington D.C., before arriving at Arlington National Cemetery on the morning of Saturday, Dec. 17 – National Wreaths Across America Day.
"For me the Escort to Arlington is the culmination of another year of sharing the mission to Remember, Honor and Teach across this country. I say it every year, but it is truly an experience of a lifetime," said Karen Worcester, Executive Director, WAA. "The way the mission and these families and veterans are welcomed into communities, with flags waving and streets lined with children and grateful Americans, is something we always wished every person could witness. This year we're hoping that supporters will once again join us in safely lining the roadways and welcoming the escort into their communities."
For the 8th year in a row Chevrolet, has generously provided the Wreaths Across America wrapped escort vehicles, transporting participating Gold Star families and veterans. In addition, Chevrolet has also donated 4,000 veterans' wreaths for placement at Arlington National Cemetery to help honor our nation's veterans.
"Chevrolet and its dealers are proud to support the work of Wreaths Across America once again and share the mission to Remember, Honor and Teach. This annual tradition has become a cornerstone event for Chevrolet and its dealers here in the Northeast Region," said Dan Adamcheck, Regional Director of Sales, Service and Marketing for Chevrolet. "To be able to give back to our communities, and the men and women who have given so much to our country is truly an honor for Chevrolet and its employees."
Participants for this year's Escort to Arlington will include Gold Star Families – including the National President of American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., Sarah Whitehouse Taylor – Blue Star Families, volunteers, and veterans representing many eras and local Veteran Service Organizations such as the VFW, American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, VFW Auxiliary, and the American Legion Auxiliary, and more. Members of the Patriot Guard Riders and Patriot Riders, and law enforcement from departments across Maine and other states along the route will provide escort to ensure safe transport for all participants throughout the week.
The Escort to Arlington has grown to consist of twelve tractor-trailers representing Schneider National, Gully Transportation, Witte Bros. Exchange, Inc., Hartt Transportation Systems, Inc., Delhaize Transportation LLC (DBA Hannaford Supermarkets), American Trucking Associations – Workforce Heroes, Pottle's Transportation, Cargo Transporters, Inc., Boyd Grain Inc., Hampton Roads Moving & Storage, Prime Inc., and Tyson Foods, Inc. These dedicated organizations and their professional drivers will haul a portion of the sponsored veterans' wreaths heading to Arlington National Cemetery for placement on Saturday, Dec. 17. Additionally, Load One Carriers will once again serve as the ceremonial wreath transporter for the Escort.
What began 30+ years ago as a pilgrimage by a Maine wreath maker in a single truck to deliver 5,000 wreaths to Arlington National Cemetery as a gesture of thanks has become a year-long mission to Remember, Honor, Teach. National Wreaths Across America Day ceremonies are happening at more than 3,500 participating locations across the country on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. These events are free and open to all people. To find a participating location near you to support and/or volunteer to place wreaths, click here.
In total, nearly 257,000 sponsored wreaths are needed to reach the goal of placing a wreath on every eligible marker at Arlington National Cemetery. To sponsor a $15 veteran's wreath for placement this year, please visit www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/ARLING*.
*Note, volunteers placing wreaths at Arlington will be required to preregister and show proof of registration on Wreaths Across America Day on December 17, 2022. You may also register at the above link by clicking the VOLUNTEER button on the page.
Wreaths Across America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded to continue and expand the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, begun by Maine businessman Morrill Worcester in 1992. The organization's mission – Remember, Honor, Teach – is carried out in part each year by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies in December at Arlington, as well as at more than 2,900 participating locations in all 50 states and overseas. For more information, please visit www.wreathsacrossamerica.org.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Micronesia has likely become the final nation in the world with a population of more than 100,000 to experience an outbreak of COVID-19.
For more than two-and-a-half years, the Pacific archipelago managed to avoid any outbreaks thanks to its geographic isolation and border controls. Those people who flew into the country with the disease didn’t spread it because all new arrivals were required to quarantine.
But as has been the case in several other Pacific nations this year, those defenses couldn’t keep out the more transmissible omicron variant forever.
On Tuesday, the government announced it had become aware of multiple cases across two of the nation’s four states.
Authorities said that in Kosrae State, 25 people tested positive after showing up at a local hospital. An additional 10 people from a family of 11 tested positive after a medical team visited them.
Authorities said they had also found seven community cases in the state of Pohnpei. State leaders there have asked all residents to avoid public gatherings and to wear masks at all times.
The outbreak comes less than two weeks before Micronesia planned to end its quarantine restrictions and reopen its borders to the world on Aug. 1.
Last year, Micronesia became one of the few countries to impose a broad mandate requiring all eligible citizens get vaccinated against the coronavirus. It threatened to withhold federal funds from any individuals or business owners who didn’t follow the rules, and as a result has had high vaccination rates.
Almost all nations in the world have now experienced COVID-19 outbreaks.
Turkmenistan is the only other country with more than 100,000 people that hasn’t reported any cases, although experts believe there has been a significant outbreak there that the autocratic leadership has chosen to ignore.
There have also been headaches for health officials trying to compile figures from North Korea.
In May, North Korea acknowledged it had a COVID-19 outbreak. Since then, it has reported nearly 4.8 million cases with fever symptoms, but in state media has identified only a fraction of them as confirmed COVID-19 patients, due in part to a lack of test kits.
Elsewhere in the Pacific, the omicron variant has spread the coronavirus to several small nations for the first time this year, including Kiribati, Tonga, Samoa and Nauru.
Tuvalu and the Marshall Islands have so far managed to avoid any community outbreaks. The Marshall Islands plans to end its border quarantine requirements from Oct. 1. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/health/ap-health/micronesia-last-of-bigger-nations-to-have-covid-19-outbreak/ | 2022-07-20 22:10:41 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/health/ap-health/micronesia-last-of-bigger-nations-to-have-covid-19-outbreak/ |
RANDOLPH COUNTY, Ind. — An Ohio school board president has resigned after appearing in a video posted online by Indiana Predator Catchers groups.
The Muncie and Indianapolis chapters of Predator Catchers posted a video on Saturday of a man identified as John Gray.
According to Predator Catchers Muncie (PCM), Gray traveled almost three hours from Goshen, Ohio to meet who he believed was an 11-year-old child. According to the Star Press, the video was taken at a Dollar General in Farmland, Indiana.
In a public Facebook post, PCM says Gray told the 11-year-old he “planned to go back to her house while her mom was at work to do ‘a fashion show’ where the child would change outfits and pose for him while he took photos.”
The group says Gray also told the girl he would give her a bubble bath and full-body massage before performing sexual acts.
Gray had actually been talking with a PCM member who was posing as the child, reports the Star Press.
In the video, Gray is seen encountering a woman who identified herself as the child’s mother.
“I’m not a police officer. I’m Taylor’s mom, OK? And I want to have a conversation about what you’ve been talking with about my daughter,” the woman says on video.
The rest of the nearly hour and a half video takes place outside of the business as the woman tells Gray she is recording the exchange for “everyone’s protection.”
In the video, Gray admitted to meeting the girl on the Kik messaging app and said he had been talking to her for a few weeks. He claimed he was trying to warn her to “stay off KIK”, and he found a lot of kids on KIK just need “help” and “support.”
The video ended after law enforcement, identified as the Farmland Police Department, placed Gray in handcuffs. However, he was not arrested.
Goshen Local Schools Superintendent Darrell Edwards announced that Gray resigned as president of its school board on Sunday. He was serving his fifth term.
“The content of the video is deeply disturbing to our entire school district and Goshen Local School community,” read Edwards’ statement on the school district’s website.
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CANFIELD, Ohio (AP) _ Farmers National Banc Corp. (FMNB) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter profit of $13.4 million.
The Canfield, Ohio-based bank said it had earnings of 39 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 42 cents per share.
The bank posted revenue of $46.3 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $37.6 million, which did not meet Street forecasts.
For the year, the company reported profit of $60.6 million, or $1.79 per share. Revenue was reported as $168.4 million.
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LOUISBURG, N.C. (WTVD) -- Franklin County's population is growing and county leaders point to Triangle North Executive Airport as the economic driver for much of that growth.
The airport has a current economic impact of $28 million a year. But that stands to continue to grow as few improvements are on tap to help the airport meet increasing demand, particularly for corporate travel.
"We are seeing that growth exponentially growing year over year," said Triangle North Executive airport Director Bo Carson. "COVID provided a little bit of a lull for about three months here, and then ever since that it has picked up tremendously."
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The airport recently received $26 million in grant money to relocate some nearby roads and expand the runway to serve more customers.
"It's going to allow us to bring in larger planes, larger planes that can take on more people (and) take on more fuel," said Carson. "A larger aircraft to go from here to California and if they have the capabilities to get over to Europe."
Another sector in Franklin County seeing a big boom is the real estate market.
Tim Allen Group Realtor Tim Overby said he quickly sold out of listings in the Winston Ridge community, which is a large development of 550 homes.
"With so many people working from home now, they can do their job just as well in Franklin County as they can in Wake County," he said.
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A home with a little more than 2,700 square feet is selling for $475,000. It's considered a deal when you think across the county border in Wake Forest the same home could cost an additional $75,000-$100,000.
"Someone can save a lot of money a few miles north, you don't even have to go very far and you save a ton of money," said Overby.
Prices in Franklin County, however, are expected to keep rising.
The latest Zillow data for Louisburg shows almost a two percent rise in home values from last year and they're anticipated to increase almost six percent by this time next summer.
Franklin County's population is estimated to shoot up by more than 70 percent by 2050 and all of this growth means local leaders must keep up.
One current project improves the communication ability of residents.
"It doubles the number of towers that we have for emergency communications in the county, and we're delighted about that because we are planning for the growth that is coming," said Franklin County Manager Kim Denton. "We are very delighted at all of these kinds of things and this level of interest here in Franklin County." | https://abc11.com/franklin-county-population-triangle-north-executive-airport-louisburg-growth-boomtown/13542592/ | 2023-07-24 22:37:22 | 0 | https://abc11.com/franklin-county-population-triangle-north-executive-airport-louisburg-growth-boomtown/13542592/ |
12-year-old Chiefs fan to see Make-A-Wish come true at Super Bowl
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH/Gray News) - A 12-year-old Kansas City Chiefs fan battling a nervous system disorder will have his dreams fulfilled through the Make-A-Wish Foundation this weekend.
Make-A-Wish Missouri & Kansas in partnership with the NFL will grant the wishes of Gavin and 16 other wish kids who will be traveling to Phoenix for Super Bowl LVII from 15 different states.
Gavin’s experience began with a welcome celebration Wednesday where Gavin met and got to know the other wish kids and their families, KWCH reported.
On Thursday, Gavin will brush shoulders with the NFL’s biggest stars on the red carpet at the NFL Honors event.
Friday will see Gavin get a private, behind-the-scenes tour of State Farm Stadium and have free time to show off his football skills at the Super Bowl Experience.
The experience will end with Gavin stepping inside the stadium to watch as the NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs go head-to-head on Sunday.
Brian Miller, Vice President of Marketing & Communications with Make-A-Wish Missouri & Kansas, said Super Bowl weekend means more to the foundation’s staff, volunteers and supporters who can help grant wishes at the game.
“For Gavin, we hope that the trip provides him with the strength and inspiration needed to face whatever challenges come his way,” Miller said.
For more information on the Make-A-Wish Missouri & Kansas Foundation or to donate, visit their website.
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Winter Haven man arrested for fatally shooting victim at apartment, police say
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - A Winter Haven man was arrested for murder after clamming self-defense, but witnesses said he chased after the shooting victim, according to police.
On Saturday, officers responded to the Abbey Lane Apartments around 11 a.m. When they arrived, they said a victim was lying on the ground with gunshot wounds. He was taken to Winter Haven Health where he passed away.
Officers said they made contact with 28-year-old Christopher Edward Hill, Jr., who said he "was in fear after he was in an altercation with another male at his former girlfriend's apartment."
According to Hill, he was at the apartment complex to pick up his children, whom he shares with the woman, officers said. However, according to the police department, witnesses told investigators they saw Hill running after the victim while firing a handgun.
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Hill was arrested for first-degree murder.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Sweden and Finland’s push to join NATO won’t require adding more U.S. ground forces into either country, the U.S. general nominated to take over European Command told senators Thursday. But Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli said military exercises and occasional American troop rotations will probably increase.
Cavoli, who currently serves as head of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, said the increased military focus will probably continue to be on eastern Europe — where nations are more worried about potential Russian aggression and any spillover of the war on Ukraine.
“The center of gravity of NATO forces has shifted eastward,” Cavoli told the Senate Armed Services Committee during his nomination hearing. “Depending on the outcome of the conflict, we may have to continue that for some time.”
Cavoli was asked about the U.S. troop presence in Europe, which has grown from fewer than 80,000 to about 102,000 since the buildup to Russia’s invasion. He said the increase had no ties to the more recent move by Finland and Sweden to seek NATO membership.
Sweden and Finland submitted their written applications to join NATO last week in one of the most significant geopolitical consequences of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Cavoli noted that the U.S already has strong military ties with both countries, and that additional exercises and other engagements are likely to grow.
If confirmed, Cavoli will be key as the Pentagon assesses its military structure across Europe. Defense officials have noted that historic troop concentrations in Germany, Italy and Britain may well shift and spread out into other eastern nations, such as Poland and the Baltics.
Eastern European countries have been clamoring for more U.S. weapons and troops, as a hedge against Russia. Cavoli said the U.S. also has to continue to strike a delicate balance and ensure its actions in Europe don’t inflame relations with Russia and spark a broader conflict.
“One must not shy away from activity to stay strong and outline our priorities,” he said, but the U.S. also must be careful “not to overdue that and create a problem where there wasn’t one.”
Cavoli’s nomination to be the top U.S. commander in Europe includes the job of NATO Supreme Allied Commander, which gives him a critical role in the Russian war on Ukraine. Committee members voiced support for his nomination, which is expected to be easily confirmed by the Senate.
Cavoli has extensive expertise on Russia. He served as a foreign area officer with a concentration on Eurasia, spent time in Russia, and speaks Russian, Italian and French. He was also the director for Russia on the Joint Staff. He would replace Gen. Tod Wolters, who currently heads European Command but is finishing his three-year tour there. | https://www.wric.com/news/politics/us-general-no-need-to-add-ground-forces-in-sweden-finland/ | 2022-05-27 18:01:53 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/news/politics/us-general-no-need-to-add-ground-forces-in-sweden-finland/ |
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) announced today that it will report results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2022, after the market closes on Tuesday, October 25, 2022. There will be a conference call for investors and analysts at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, October 26, 2022.
A live webcast of the call will be available on the company's website at www.uhsinc.com. To participate via telephone, please register in advance at this link. Upon registration, all telephone participants will receive a confirmation email detailing how to join the conference call, including the dial-in number along with a unique passcode and registrant ID that can be used to access the call. A replay of the call will be available for one full year following the live call.
Universal Health Services, Inc. is one of the nation's largest hospital companies, operating through its subsidiaries, acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities and ambulatory centers located throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, and Puerto Rico.
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After staring at a computer screen for hours at a time, the body often gives us a clue that it is stressed: nagging neck and back pain.
To fix the problem, you might have gotten advice to focus on posture or ergonomics, but exercise research points to another strategy as well – taking short spurts of movement throughout the day to release tension and stress in the body.
"As a society, the assumption is that we have pain because of poor posture and slouching," says Kieran O'Sullivan, an associate professor of physiotherapy at the University of Limerick's School of Allied Health in Ireland. "But [the issue] isn't as neat and tidy as we thought. We have been trying all these fixes [with ergonomics] and it has arguably not fixed the problem. I think it is more about needing breaks from the working day with ... movement."
Here's how researchers think quick hits of movement – sometimes called exercise "snacks" – may help prevent pain. When the brain senses physical or emotional stress, the body releases hormones that trigger muscles to become guarded and tight. Exercise counters that stress response by increasing blood flow to muscles, tendons and ligaments and sending nutrients to the spine's joints and discs.
Fitness specialists at NASA, an agency where people work in high-stress seated positions, developed a set of 20 one-minute exercises to prevent pain that anyone can do at their desk. We've chosen five here for you to try.
Movement is also hydrating for connective tissues and joints, reversing the stiffening that arises with too much sedentary behavior, says Dr. Helene Langevin, director of the National Institute of Health's National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, which recently funded more than a half-dozen studies on connective tissue and pain.
"Taking small breaks and moving around throughout the day...prevents your body from 'congealing,'" Langevin says.
Movement snacks can also have broader health benefits. Brief bouts of movement, from gentle to vigorous, repeated several times a day, can improve cardiovascular health, halt muscle loss, reduce all-cause mortality, and reduce stress, physiology and movement experts say, citing a growing body of medical studies.
Stretch, flex or even fidget
Any kind of movement works – from yoga poses to walking briskly around the room or running up several flights of stairs.
The NASA program included seated marches, standing calf raises, push-ups with hands on the desk, standing leg curls and neck, shoulder, and back stretches.
"Your body is always talking to you," said Marceleus M. Venable, a personal trainer in Washington D.C.. and co-author of the NASA exercise program. "Your hands cramp, you have hip pain and neck pain ... it's saying: 'hey, can you stretch me?'
No one set of exercises works for every body. Rather, people should focus on movements that challenge areas of weakness, strengthen multiple parts of the body at once and that they enjoy, says Katy Bowman, a Carlsborg, Wash., biomechanist and author of the book Move Your DNA.
"It's not as simple as, everyone with back pain, do these four [abdominal] moves," says Bowman. "It's just like dietary nutrition. Just as you need a spectrum of dietary nutrients, you need a spectrum of movements that make the body strong from head to toe."
Bowman advises setting a timer for every half hour or hour, and then doing anything you can to change up the positioning of the body. Make movements that will vary loads placed on the spine and muscles. For example, if you had your hands at the keyboard for a while, take a minute to reach the arms over the head and stretch. Then stand up and take the spine through its ranges of motion: forward and back, side to side and rotations left to right.
"I'm a big advocate of fidgeting," she says. "Keep repositioning yourself — you can't really sit and not move for hours and hours a day and expect your body to be happy with that."
Active breaks may help with pain
A large-scale study of Denmark's workforce health promotion programs found those who took activity breaks, compared to those who did nothing, were less likely to need multiple sick days from illness and pain.
Many of the employees in the study, including office workers, used elastic resistance bands for 10-minute exercise breaks, three times a week. They did exercises like placing the bands between the hands, pulling the arms open, and squeezing the shoulders together. Employees could take breaks using the bands at their desk or gather with co-workers to exercise together.
Stretching resistance bands apart with your hands can counter the slouching, forward motion of the neck and shoulders when working at a computer. It can also help with muscle fatigue from sitting at a desk for long periods by strengthening back muscles, says Lars L. Andersen, a professor of musculoskeletal disorders at Denmark's National Research Centre for the Working Environment and lead author of the study.
The study demonstrated that "active breaks are good for the body and the mind and help with pain," says Andersen.
The NIH's Langevin is a fan of using yoga stretches for movement snacks because they help to maintain the flexibility of connective tissue. Gentle movement from the practice can also encourage the body to relax and reduces the risk of aggravating back pain.
In July 2020, the NIH published a video of Langevin demonstrating some of the movements she recommends, including taking one arm in a large gentle circle, while stretching the neck in the opposite direction and then repeating the move in the opposite direction, and on the opposite side.
Even if you are feeling sore, gentle motion can be soothing. "For musculoskeletal pain in general, movement is a really good thing," she says.
The exercises and captions included are adapted from NASA's DeskFit program, created by the NASA Headquarters Fitness Center team, Tanya Johnson, Marceleus Venable, and Kimber Williams.
Bara Vaida is a Washington, D.C.-based freelance health care journalist and a yoga teacher.
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LAS VEGAS, April 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Mike Clear, Realty ONE Group's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO), has been named a HousingWire Finance Leader for the second year in a row. Clear is among only 30 top finance executives in housing to make HousingWire's 2023 list.
Clear is now in his sixth year at Realty ONE Group, a modern, purpose-driven lifestyle brand, forging the company ahead to become ONE of the fastest growing franchisors in the world.
"The housing market has had its challenges the last several years but it's given us an opportunity to realize our own potential and be creative in accelerating our growth," said Clear, whose career spans from finance and operations roles to sales and marketing while he's also served as mentor and coach to team members at all levels of organizations.
According to HW Media's news release, Clear is one of the finance leaders who are "...driving financial performance, expanding markets, improving liquidity and helping their businesses access the capital markets…in times of change and challenge."
Clear joined Realty ONE Group in 2017 with more than three decades in the industry, more recently as Vice President of Operations for American Home Shield but also in multiple roles at HSA Home Warranty including President, COO, Chief Information Officer and Chief Sales & Marketing Officer. Clear was also recently named a 'Futurist' on RISMedia's 2023 Newsmaker list which features some of real estate's most impactful leaders.
The UNBrokerage as it's known in the industry has more than 18,000 real estate professionals in more than 400 offices in 49 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and now the countries of Bolivia, Canada, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Italy, Portugal, the Philippines, Singapore and Spain in addition to Cyprus and the Cayman Islands.
Learn more at www.OwnAOne.com.
About Realty ONE Group
Founded in 2005, Realty ONE Group is an industry disruptor, radically changing the face of real estate franchising with its unique business model, fun coolture, technology infrastructure and superior support for its real estate professionals. The company has rapidly evolved to include more than 18,000 real estate professionals in over 400+ offices across 49 U.S. states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, Bolivia, Canada, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Italy, Portugal, the Philippines, Spain and Singapore. Realty ONE Group ranks in the top one percent in the nation by REAL Trends and has been recognized by Entrepreneur Magazine as the number ONE real estate brand. Realty ONE Group is surging ahead, opening doors, not only for its clients but for real estate professionals and franchise owners. To learn more, visit www.RealtyONEGroup.com.
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Rescue teams in Punjab province have recovered at least 20 bodies, with more people believed to be missing. The vessel had been ferrying wedding guests across the Indus river when it overturned.
The boat had been carrying well over 100 wedding guests when it capsized in the central Pakistani river in Sadiqabad
Emergency services in Pakistan's Punjab province on Monday recovered the bodies of at least 20 wedding guests from a river in Pakistan's Punjab province after a ferry capsized.
Local officials say the vessel was heavily loaded at the time of the incident and had been transporting more than a 100 wedding guests.
Emergency services managed to recover the bodies of at least 20 victims, but more are believed to be missing
According to a government statement, the ferry was transporting guests — mostly women and children — from one family across the Indus river in a marriage procession between the villages of Machka and Kharor in the district of Sadiqabad.
The vessel capsized at some point during the journey. Some people managed to swim ashore, while others were rescued by local fishermen, according to a local government official. Divers managed to rescue nearly 90 people.
"We have retrieved 20 bodies so far," and most of them were women, local government official Aslam Tasleem told local television station, Geo News TV.
"We're not sure how many people exactly were on the boat. We're getting the estimates just on the basis of the family members' accounts," he said.
Police officer Mohammad Hammad told AFP news agency that "most of the drowned appear to be women" because "most of the men know how to swim."
Women in Pakistan don't have the same level of access when it comes to learning how to swim as men do, largely as a result of the country's conservative moral codes.
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KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers searching a mountainside in Nepal on Monday recovered the bodies of 21 of the 22 people who were on board a plane that crashed a day earlier, officials said.
The search is continuing for the remaining person, Kathmandu airport spokesman Tek Nath Sitaula said.
Recovery efforts were delayed because some bodies were pinned under the plane’s wreckage. Rescuers working with their bare hands had difficulty moving the metal debris.
Aerial photos of the crash site showed aircraft parts scattered on rocks and moss on the side of a mountain gorge.
The Tara Air turboprop Twin Otter lost contact with the airport tower on Sunday while flying on a scheduled 20-minute flight in an area of deep river gorges and mountaintops.
Relatives waited most of the day at the airport for news of their loved ones.
Four Indians and two Germans were on the plane, Tara Air said. The three crew members and other passengers were Nepali nationals, it said.
German news agency dpa reported that the two Germans were a man and a woman from the western state of Hesse.
“Unfortunately, we have to assume at this point that the two people are no longer alive,” dpa quoted a spokesperson for the Hesse state interior ministry as saying. “On the part of the Hessian police, relatives have already been informed and care measures initiated.”
Local news reports said the passengers included two Nepali families, one with four members and the other with seven.
The army said the plane crashed in Sanosware in Mustang district close to the mountain town of Jomsom, where it was heading after taking off from the resort town of Pokhara, 200 kilometers (125 miles) west of Kathmandu.
According to tracking data from flightradar24.com, the 43-year-old aircraft took off from Pokhara at 9:55 a.m. and transmitted its last signal at 10:07 a.m. at an altitude of 12,825 feet (3,900 meters).
The plane’s destination is popular with foreign hikers who trek on its mountain trails, and with Indian and Nepalese pilgrims who visit the revered Muktinath temple.
The wreckage was located by villagers who had been searching in the area for the Yarsagumba fungus, which is commonly referred to as Himalayan Viagra, according to local news reports.
The Setopati new website quoted a villager, Bishal Magar, as saying that they heard about the missing plane on Sunday but were only able to reach the site on Monday morning after following the smell of fuel.
Magar said it appeared the plane may have clipped the top of a smaller mountain and then slammed into a bigger mountain.
The Twin Otter, a rugged plane originally built by Canadian aircraft manufacturer De Havilland, has been in service in Nepal for about 50 years, during which it has been involved in about 21 accidents, according to aviationnepal.com.
The plane, with its top-mounted wing and fixed landing gear, is prized for its durability and its ability to take off and land on short runways.
Production of the planes originally ended in the 1980s. Another Canadian company, Viking Air, brought the model back into production in 2010. | https://www.wane.com/news/wreckage-of-plane-with-22-on-board-found-in-nepal-mountains/ | 2022-05-30 20:40:56 | 1 | https://www.wane.com/news/wreckage-of-plane-with-22-on-board-found-in-nepal-mountains/ |
SEATTLE, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As the end of summer ushers in dreams of leaf-peeping and pumpkin-spice-flavored everything, fall mania is playing out in another way this year: trip planning. Today, Expedia® reveals searches for fall getaways are up 40% compared to the same timeframe last year,1 indicating that many Americans are preparing to spend the season away from home. The leading travel company also found that U.S. travelers are increasingly setting their sights on international destinations like Barbados, Ho Chi Minh City, London and Munich, which are all experiencing triple-digit increases in interest for fall travel. As flight prices tend to drop after the busy summer travel season, savvy travelers can take advantage of the savings fall brings.
Expedia offers the following tips to help travelers stretch their dollars even further this fall:2
- Travel domestically during the week of September 26th, when average ticket prices are expected to be nearly 45% cheaper than they were during the summer months.
- For international flights, travel during the week of October 10th, when average ticket prices are projected to be 20% lower than during summer.
- Depart on a Tuesday or Wednesday instead of Monday to score the lowest fares.
"Fall is right around the corner, and while many are looking forward to breaking out their favorite boots and pumpkin bread recipes, autumn also means big travel savings," said Christie Hudson, head of U.S. public relations for Expedia. "Many destinations are more affordable than they've been in months, making it the perfect time to have an authentic Oktoberfest experience in Munich or swap out the faux foliage for the real deal in New England."
Fall travelers have a lot to choose from when it comes to saving on a shoulder season getaway. Below are some of the destinations offering the best value compared to summer:3
Note: ATP is average ticket price for roundtrip flights.
- Seattle – ATPs down more than 45%
- Los Angeles – ATPs down more than 35%
- Portland – ATPs down nearly 35%
- Barcelona – ATPs down almost 30%
- San Francisco – ATPs down more than 25%
- London – ATPs down around 20%
- San Diego – ATPs down 20%
- Chicago – ATPs down around 20%
- Rome – ATPs down about 15%
- Paris – ATPs down about 15%
- Cancun – ATPs down more than 10%
- Mexico City – ATPs down more than 10%
Expert tip: booking airfare and lodging at the same time on Expedia – known as bundling – can save travelers hundreds of dollars. This is especially valuable in the current environment as some hotel rates remain higher than normal for the season.
Bolstered by the favorable exchange rate and the easing of travel restrictions compared to this time last year, European destinations are top of mind for fall travelers. Expedia data also shows interest is rebounding for escapes to Asia. Below are the trending hotspots for fall:1
- Europe: London (+290%), Paris (+210%), Munich (+180%), Copenhagen (+150%), Dublin (+80%)
- Asia / Oceania: Ho Chi Minh City (+630%), Singapore (+250%), Nepal (+235%), Seoul (+180%), Auckland (+95%)
- Beaches near and far: Barbados (+3,360%), Orlando (+60%), Punta Cana (+40%) Orange County (+40%), Fort Lauderdale (+25%)
- U.S. city breaks: New York City (+75%), Seattle (+55%), Washington D.C. (+45%) San Francisco (+35%), Boston (+30%)
Ready to taste, smell and experience the season as it was meant to be experienced? Download the Expedia app to save with Member Prices and earn double Rewards points. Explore more of Expedia's fall-inclusive recommendations here.
- More of fall's hottest travel destinations
- Guide to haunted hotels
- Best places to travel in Europe
- How to celebrate Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
- America's most haunted national parks
- Best ghost tours in America's spookiest cities
- Best pumpkin festivals
- Expedia's favorite sunset hikes
1 Compares flight searches made between Jan. 1 and July 26 for travel between Sept. 6 and Nov. 15 for 2021 and 2022.
2 Price Comparisons based on Expedia.com flight forecasts for travel between Sept. 5, 2022 – Nov. 15, 2022 compared to travel between May 31, 2022 - Sept. 4, 2022 as of Aug. 14, 2022.
3 Compares average ticket prices and/or average daily hotel rates for travel between June 1 and Aug. 30, 2022 and Sept. 6 and Nov. 15, 2022.
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Our commitment to insights matched with our unprecedented scale allows us to understand our travelers better than anyone else, delivering exactly what they need, when they need it. Our personalized experiences backed by incredible technology, enables us to deliver the widest selection of product offerings across accommodations, transportation, activities and experiences, that help you get the most out of your journey.
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It’s twins, again! Couple welcomes 3rd set of twins in 2 years
BAKER, La. (WAFB/Gray News) - A Louisiana couple welcomed their third set of twins last week.
WAFB reports Courtney Spears and her husband, Everett Jones, said their latest set of twins, Eva and Camryn, were delivered on May 10.
Since their arrival, the baby girls have been in a NICU, but Spears said they are doing well.
The girls join twin brothers, Ethan and Curtis, born in 2020, twin sisters, Emory and Cassidy, born in 2021, and their oldest sister, 5-year-old Emanie.
Seven kids in all make the Spears family the Brady Bunch plus one.
She said she knows it must seem overwhelming, but she and her husband are happy with their big family. They have a routine that keeps everything flowing and family to help out while mom and dad are working.
“It’s fun, tiring, of course, having one kid is tiring, but it’s fun,” Spears said. “They make us laugh a lot.”
However, Spears added she did have to stop working early due to a preterm labor scare, and they’re still working to find car seats for the infants and a car capable of carrying all seven kids.
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Man gets 4 1/2 years for role in $8M online romance scam
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man convicted of helping steal millions of dollars from hundreds of people in online romance scams, often regaling the victims with stories of oil rig explosions and foreign jails, has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison.
Kofi Osei, 30, and his alleged accomplices from 2016 to 2020 targeted mostly older people seeking companionship by creating fake online dating profiles, prosecutors said in a statement Tuesday.
They gradually gained their victims’ trust before directing them to transfer money to one of dozens of bank accounts Osei opened using fake passports, aliases and phony business names, federal prosecutors said in a statement. Once the money was in the bank account, it was quickly withdrawn.
Some of the money was used to buy cars that were sent to Nigeria and sold, prosecutors said.
The scheme received more than $8 million in proceeds, $4 million of which went directly into accounts that Osei opened and controlled, prosecutors said.
Among the victims was a Florida woman who sent more than $200,000 to accounts Osei controlled after being told that her online boyfriend needed funds to secure his release from custody following an explosion on his oil rig, according to court records.
Another victim from California sent $65,000 to an account Osei controlled after being told the money was needed to support employees injured in an accident at the overseas worksite of her online boyfriend and to release him from jail, prosecutors said. The woman was “left financially and emotionally devastated,” prosecutors said.
Osei was arrested in February 2021 and pleaded guilty in September to making a false statement to a bank, wire fraud and money laundering. He was also ordered to pay more than $4 million in restitution and forfeiture.
Federal prosecutors had asked for a nine-year sentence.
Osei grew up in poverty in Ghana and came to the U.S. legally to pursue a professional soccer career, his attorney said in court documents. The defense sought leniency, saying Osei was remorseful and a loving father with no prior criminal history who made “a poor and misguided decision.” | https://kion546.com/news/ap-california/2023/03/22/man-gets-4-1-2-years-for-role-in-8m-online-romance-scam/ | 2023-03-22 18:27:57 | 1 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-california/2023/03/22/man-gets-4-1-2-years-for-role-in-8m-online-romance-scam/ |
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BEIJING (AP) — From the snowcapped peaks of Tibet to the tropical island of Hainan, China is sweltering under the worst heatwave in decades while rainfall hit records in June.
Extreme heat is also battering Japan, and volatile weather is causing trouble for other parts of the world in what scientists say has all the hallmarks of climate change, with even more warming expected this century.
The northeastern provinces of Shandong, Jilin and Liaoning saw precipitation rise to the highest levels ever recorded in June, while the national average 112.1 millimeters (4.4 inches) was 9.1 % high than the same month last year, the China Meteorological Administration said in a report Tuesday.
The average temperature across the nation also hit 21.3 degrees Celsius (70.34 Fahrenheit) in June, up 0.9 C (1.8 F) from the same period month last year and the highest since 1961. No relief is in sight, with higher than usual temperatures and precipitation forecast in much of the country throughout July, the administration said.
In the northern province of Henan, Xuchang hit 42.1 C (107.8 F) and Dengfeng 41.6 C (106.9 F) on June 24 for their hottest days on record, according to global extreme weather tracker Maximiliano Herrera.
China has also seen seasonal flooding in several parts of the country, causing misery for hundreds of thousands, particularly in the hard-hit south that receives the bulk of rainfall as well as typhoons that sweep in from the South China Sea.
China is not alone in experiencing higher temperatures and more volatile weather. In Japan, authorities warned of greater than usual stress on the power grid and urged citizens to conserve energy.
Japanese officials announced the earliest end to the annual summer rainy season since the national meteorological agency began keeping records in 1951. The rains usually temper summer heat, often well into July.
On Friday, the cities of Tokamachi and Tsunan set all-time heat records while several others broke monthly marks.
Large parts of the Northern Hemisphere have seen extreme heat this summer, with regions from the normally chilly Russian Arctic to the traditionally sweltering American South recording unusually high temperatures and humidity.
In the United States, the National Weather Service has held 30 million Americans under some kind of heat advisory amid record-setting temperatures. The suffering and danger to health is most intense among those without air conditioning or who work outdoors, further reinforcing the economic disparities in dealing with extreme weather trends. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/China-sees-record-rains-heat-as-weather-turns-17284416.php | 2022-07-05 07:03:39 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/China-sees-record-rains-heat-as-weather-turns-17284416.php |
HOUSTON, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Legal Support Inc., the nation's leading provider of litigation support services, announced today their ranking as the #1 Court Reporting and Deposition Service Provider in the Michigan Lawyers Weekly "Best of 2022 Readers Ranking Survey." The Reader Rankings Survey is an annual effort by Michigan Lawyers Weekly to designate the top companies supporting the legal services industry. This is the second year in a row U.S. Legal Support received the top honor as "#1 Court Reporting and Deposition Service Provider."
In addition to the award for top court reporting and deposition service provider, U.S. Legal Support was also awarded first place designations for top interpreting services provider (also for the second year in a row) and as the top record retrieval and copying services provider. "U.S. Legal Support is thrilled and honored our Michigan clients and the readers of Michigan Lawyers Weekly voted us as one of the top litigation support providers again this year," said Karen Gann, U.S. Legal Support's Senior Vice President of Local Sales. "We are committed to providing clients with exceptional court reporting, record retrieval, and other litigation support services and greatly appreciate the support of our Michigan clients."
On the court reporting side, U.S. Legal Support offers clients a network of over 5,000 professional court reporters in over 12,000 offices in 2,700 cities nationwide, including support for in-person, remote and hybrid depositions, arbitrations, hearings, and other proceedings. With industry-leading cybersecurity, U.S. Legal Support also offers unparalleled record retrieval capabilities with over 1,100,000 established provider relationships and expediting teams in every time zone.
News of the Michigan Lawyers Weekly win comes after a busy year for U.S. Legal Support. In March, the organization announced the acquisition of Baton Rouge Court reporters, one of the most well-known and respected court reporting firms in Louisiana. Additionally, the organization plans to continue further expanding their nationwide presence through the end of 2022.
U.S. Legal Support was founded in 1996 with the goal of becoming the first nationwide, all-inclusive litigation support company. Nearly three decades later, we're one of the leading providers of litigation support services and the only company to provide a full suite of court reporting solutions, record retrieval, interpreting & translations, trial services and transcription services to law firms, major corporations, and insurance companies nationwide. For more information about U.S. Legal Support, visit the company's website at: www.uslegalsupport.com.
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Mint Mobile, partly owned by actor Ryan Reynolds, is being acquired by T-Mobile as part of a cash-and-stock deal worth as much as $1.35 billion.
T-Mobile’s purchase of Ka’ena Corp. will give it access the budget wireless provider Mint, along with Ultra Mobile and wholesaler Plum. The brands, which already use T-Mobile for their network, will be run as a separate business unit.
“I never dreamt I’d own a wireless company and I certainly never dreamt I’d sell it to T-Mobile.” Reynolds said in a tweet. “Life is strange and I’m incredibly proud and grateful.”
The U.S. wireless carrier said Wednesday that it is acquiring the brands’ sales, marketing, digital and service operations. It plans to use its supplier relationships and distribution scale to help grow the brands and offer competitive pricing and greater device inventory to more U.S. consumers seeking low cost offerings.
T-Mobile US Inc. said Mint and Ultra Mobile are complementary to its existing prepaid services, Metro by T-Mobile, T-Mobile branded prepaid and Connect by T-Mobile.
T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert said the company plans to give a boost to Mint’s already successful digital direct-to-consumer business.
“Over the long-term, we’ll also benefit from applying the marketing formula Mint has become famous for across more parts of T-Mobile,” Sievert said. “We think customers are really going to win with a more competitive and expansive Mint and Ultra.”
Mint founders David Glickman and Rizwan Kassim will stay on at T-Mobile after the transaction is complete to manage the brands. Reynolds, meanwhile, will remain in his creative role for Mint.
The actual price of the deal will depend on Ka’ena Corp.’s performance during certain periods before and after the closing. The transaction is targeted to close later this year.
T-Mobile, based in Bellevue, Washington, became one of the country’s largest cellphone service carriers in 2020 after buying rival Sprint. | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/ct-biz-t-mobile-mint-ryan-reynolds-20230315-av33fts6mjfs3fr7txozpzor74-story.html | 2023-03-15 21:38:42 | 1 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/ct-biz-t-mobile-mint-ryan-reynolds-20230315-av33fts6mjfs3fr7txozpzor74-story.html |
HORSHAM, Pa., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Conventus Flower Orthopedics, a privately held medical technology company that pioneered the Ready-for-Surgery™ single-use, sterile packaged foot and ankle solutions and launched the first-to-market flexible intramedullary distal fibula nail, today announced that Brad Niemann has been appointed as the Company's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately.
"The Board of Directors and Deerfield Management are pleased to have an incredible leader like Brad join Conventus Flower Orthopedics," said Rick Epstein, Chairman of the Board. "His proven leadership, strong operational expertise, and extensive experience managing significant growth will be invaluable to the Company as we continue to launch new, highly differentiated products."
Niemann's experience spans nearly 25 years of executive management in the medical device industry. Previously, he held multiple leadership positions at Orthofix International N.V, a global medical device company focused on musculoskeletal products and therapies. He joined Orthofix in 2012 as Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations. He was promoted to President, BioStim in 2013 and to President of Global Orthofix Spine in 2018. Prior to joining Orthofix, he held various leadership positions at DJO Global, Inc. including Senior Vice President of Recovery Sciences, where he led their commercial team and aided in M&A efforts.
"I am thrilled to join the Conventus Flower Orthopedics team," said Niemann. "There is an incredible energy among the Conventus Flower leadership team, and I am excited and honored to continue the momentum the team has established in the market. The Company's core products, innovative new products within the Flex-Thread™ portfolio, and the expanding pipeline set the organization up for continued growth."
"We are excited to share this fantastic news with our distribution teams and surgeon customers," said Jeff Zanni, Chief Commercial Officer. "Conventus Flower Orthopedics is rapidly capturing market share with our unique and differentiated technologies, and Brad's leadership will further accelerate our ability to provide measurable value to our end users."
Conventus Orthopaedics and Flower Orthopedics, d/b/a Conventus Flower Orthopedics is a privately held company best known for pioneering the Ready-for-Surgery™ single-use, sterile packaged foot and ankle solutions. In addition, Conventus Flower Orthopedics launched the first-to-market flexible intramedullary distal fibula nail, Flex-Thread™. The company also designs, engineers, manufactures, and distributes a wide range of upper and lower extremity implants. With multiple novel, new products currently in development, Conventus Flower Orthopedics is focused on improving patient outcomes with innovative solutions that address unmet needs in the market. For more information about Conventus Flower Orthopedics, please follow us on LinkedIn and visit www.flowerortho.com.
Statements in this press release concerning the future business, operations and prospects of Conventus Flower Orthopedics, as well as statements using the terms "plans," "believes" or similar expressions are "forward-looking" statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based upon management's current expectations and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties. Information contained in these forward-looking statements is inherently uncertain, and actual performance and results may differ materially due to many important factors. Such factors include, among others, changes in competitive conditions and pricing in Conventus Flower Orthopedics' markets, decrease in the demand for Conventus Flower Orthopedics' products, delays in Conventus Flower Orthopedics' product research and development cycles, decreases in the use of Conventus Flower Orthopedics' principal product lines or in procedure volume, unanticipated issues in complying with domestic or foreign regulatory requirements related to Conventus Flower Orthopedics' current products or securing regulatory clearance or approvals for new products or upgrades or changes to Conventus Flower Orthopedics' current products, the impact of the United States healthcare reform legislation on hospital spending and reimbursement, any unanticipated impact arising out of the securities class action or any other litigation, inquiry, or investigation brought against Conventus Flower Orthopedics, increases in costs of Conventus Flower Orthopedics' sales force and distributors, and unanticipated intellectual property expenditures required to develop, market, and defend Conventus Flower Orthopedics' products. Conventus Flower Orthopedics cannot guarantee any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievement. Conventus Flower Orthopedics undertakes no obligation to update any of its forward-looking statements after the date of this press release.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — State Rep. Bud Hulsey (R-Kingsport) has been selected to chair a committee examining criminal sentencing and supervision.
Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton announced the appointment Tuesday.
The committee was formed after recent violent crimes in Memphis, including a shooting rampage and the kidnapping and murder of kindergarten teacher Eliza Fletcher. The suspects in both cases were recently released from prison – one in 2020 and the other last March – after felony convictions.
According to a release from the House speaker’s office, the new committee “will review guidelines relevant to the supervision, investigation and release of individuals who commit crimes in Tennessee.”
Hulsey, a retired police officer, has been an advocate for “truth in sentencing,” which requires some criminals to serve 100% of their sentences.
“As the co-prime sponsor of our truth in sentencing bill, Bud Hulsey has demonstrated his commitment to public safety, and that he stands strong with victims of violent crime and their families,” Sexton said in a release. “His extensive knowledge and experience as a former member of law enforcement make him the ideal person to chair the Joint Ad Hoc Committee to Review the Adequacy of the Supervision, Investigation, and Release of Criminal Defendants. I know he will do a great job leading this committee, and I appreciate his willingness to answer the call to serve.”
The committee is expected to hold its first meeting in the coming weeks. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/rep-bud-hulsey-appointed-chair-of-new-committee-on-criminal-sentencing-supervision/ | 2022-09-14 04:32:43 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/rep-bud-hulsey-appointed-chair-of-new-committee-on-criminal-sentencing-supervision/ |
NEW YORK, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Okta, Inc. ("Okta" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: OKTA) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Okta investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between March 5, 2021 and March 22, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
OKTA investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (i) Okta had inadequate cybersecurity controls; (ii) as a result, Okta's systems were vulnerable to data breaches; (iii) Okta ultimately did experience a data breach caused by a hacking group, which potentially affected hundreds of Okta customers; (iv) Okta initially did not disclose and subsequently downplayed the severity of the data breach; (v) all the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to have a material negative impact on Okta's business, financial condition, and reputation; and (vi) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Okta during the relevant time frame, you have until July 19, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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With over 120 million U.S. residents across the Midwest and Northeast under an air quality alert and 60 million residents in the South under heat advisories on Thursday, Americans are contending with two different effects caused by climate change.
"This is part of a growing pattern of extreme weather events that we're seeing as a result of climate change," Olivia Dalton, the deputy White House press secretary, told reporters aboard Air Force One on Wednesday. Dalton was accompanying President Joe Biden on a trip to Chicago, which had some of the world's worst air quality thanks to the smoke from hundreds of Canadian wildfires.
Heat contributes to wildfires
Since the start of the Industrial RevolutionAverage, global temperatures have risen 1.1 degrees C (2 degrees F) due to increasing atmospheric concentrations of heat-trapping gasses.
Warmer air, in turn, increases water evaporation, causing more frequent and severe droughts. Drier vegetation combined with warmer weather "has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires," according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
As of Thursday afternoon, 501 fires were burning in Canada, 251 of which are classified as uncontrolled by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center.
"Scientists say that climate change is making weather conditions like heat and drought that lead to wildfires more likely," the BBC reported earlier this month. "Spring in Canada has been much warmer and drier than usual, creating a tinder-dry environment for these vast fires."
In recent decades, the West has been frequently smothered in smoke from wildfires.
In Halifax, Nova Scotia, temperatures in early June reached upwards of 94 F, around 18 degrees higher than normal.
"The climate signal is very strong,” Robert Scheller, professor of forestry at North Carolina State University, told the BBC. “We are seeing both a larger area burned, and more severe fires."
"The fire season is getting longer, starting earlier in the spring, going later into the fall," Chelene C. Hanes, a fire scientist with the Canadian Forest Service, told the New York Times. "We're getting more of these larger fires," she added.
Longer, more frequent and more intense heat waves
The rise in global average temperatures has also resulted in more extreme heat waves like the ongoing one in Texas and the southern Plains.
"Heat waves are occurring more often than they used to in major cities across the United States," the Environmental Protection Agency states on its website. "Their frequency has increased steadily, from an average of two heat waves per year during the 1960s to six per year during the 2010s and 2020s." The average U.S. heat wave is now four days long, a day longer than in the 1960s.
Texans are feeling the effects of that now: As Yahoo News reported on Wednesday, "more than 100 daily temperature records have fallen over the last two weeks in Texas alone."
"The severe conditions have caused 13 deaths in Texas and led to a spike in emergency room attendance across the state," the Independent reported on Thursday.
This summer's heat has been exacerbated by El Nino, a phenomenon in which a warm band of air and water develops in the Pacific Ocean and moves eastward.
This month was unusually warm even before the current "heat dome" — a heat-trapping region of high pressure — settled over Texas. "Temperatures around the world this month have been at their highest levels in decades for this time of year," the New York Times reported in mid-June.
According to an analysis by the research organization Climate Central, climate change made the Texas heat dome's severity at least five times more likely than it otherwise would have been.
Extreme weather is becoming more common
There is no reason to assume that this summer’s climate change-related extreme weather will be limited to heat waves and wildfires. Higher ocean surface temperatures and increased evaporation also have been shown to result in more incidence of heavy precipitation.
In one week last summer, the United States saw three 1-in-1,000-year rains: southern Illinois was drenched by 8 to 12 inches of rain in 12 hours, the St. Louis area got a record-breaking 6 to 10 inches of rain in seven hours and parts of eastern Kentucky were flooded by up to 14 inches of rainfall. | https://www.wftv.com/news/national/what-canada-wildfire/5GQN2NCFWJYKHP4C35KCHAFYDQ/ | 2023-06-29 22:44:58 | 0 | https://www.wftv.com/news/national/what-canada-wildfire/5GQN2NCFWJYKHP4C35KCHAFYDQ/ |
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REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — While motorcading to his beach house last weekend, President Joe Biden could have looked out the window of his limousine and seen firsthand why he has struggled to contain inflation.
Lining Delaware's Coastal Highway as it leads into Rehoboth Beach are miles of strip malls, outlet stores, restaurants, hotels and gas stations. The advertised price of gasoline was approaching $5 a gallon. Vacationgoers had packed into the parking lots of pubs and taquerias.
No one is happy that inflation is close to a 40-year high, but it will be hard to bring down prices so long as people keep eagerly spending.
Browsing the Polo Ralph Lauren factory store, Nina Cooper was displeased about her rising expenses yet she was still shopping for new outfits. Inflation was not enough to deter the hospital worker, who was grateful that a seven-minute commute spared her some pain at the gas pump.
“Everything is going up — look at these prices,” Copper said. “But you still got to live.”
Biden faces a delicate trade-off as he tries to help his fellow Democrats in the November elections. He needs U.S. consumers to pull back just enough so inflation eases, but not so much that the economy risks plunging into a recession.
The president has flicked at this idea in recent speeches, noting that the pace of hiring has slowed and “we’re beginning a shift to steady growth" after a rapid recovery from the coronavirus-induced recession. That recovery that was fueled, in part, by his $1.9 trillion relief package.
Consumers account for most U.S. economic activity, meaning they steer much of what happens with their collective choices. Their role tends to get overlooked in political speeches, which generally reduce the economy to talk about jobs, factories and other forms of production. Biden has gone so far as to say that his policies to promote port upgrades and domestic manufacturing will lower costs by improving production, a long-term fix to an immediate problem that can be reduced, simply, to demand exceeding supply.
Friday’s report on consumer prices is expected to show that annual inflation slowed ever so slightly to 8.2% in May from 8.3% in April. Economists surveyed by FactSet indicate the decline will largely be driven by expenses other than food and energy, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to higher prices in those categories worldwide.
Republicans are tapping into the public impatience with inflation remaining persistently high, instead of dropping as promised when the economy reopened after pandemic-related closures.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has attacked higher electricity and gas prices as ultimately the result of an ideological choice by the Biden administration to move away from fossil fuels. The GOP solution is to embrace policies that it believes would increase energy supplies.
“A few days ago, President Biden said soaring gas prices were just part of ‘an incredible transition’ that will leave us ‘less reliant on fossil fuels,'" McConnell said Tuesday in the Senate. “Did you hear that, American workers? Democrats say your financial pain is the necessary cost to make America more to the liking of the radical environmental left.”
Part of the problem with inflation is that consumers have yet to significantly cut back. AAA reported that average prices at the pump have jumped 62% from a year ago. But the Energy Department reported that gasoline usage in the U.S. has only fallen 1.8% over the past year, meaning that most consumers are accepting the financial burden imposed by inflation.
University of Michigan economist Betsey Stevenson, a former adviser to the Obama White House, said it would be helpful if Americans reduced their spending. This would lessen demand and allow supplies to catch up, easing pressure on the Federal Reserve to lower inflation through higher short-term interest rates.
“Fundamentally, the problem right now is the opposite of stagflation -- it’s regular inflation driven by an economy operating at or even above its potential, with consumer demand outstripping the capacity of the economy,” Stevenson said. “I’m hoping that people stop digging into their savings and cut spending a little -- not enough to slow the economy, but enough to slow the price increases.”
Stevenson also acknowledged that gas prices in particular might be driving the broader dissatisfaction, such that overall inflation could fall and do little to calm public anxieties so long as prices at the pump are high.
“Cars seem to be important to people’s sense of control and high gas prices for some might feel like losing your ability to just hop in your car and go where you want,” she said.
Despite the spike in prices, consumer spending increased faster than inflation during the first four months of this year. Whether consumers can maintain such robust spending will largely determine how the economy fares in the coming months.
There were visible signs that Rehoboth Beach's economy is zipping along.
Hotel rooms at discount chains off the crowded highway were charging $250 a night on the weekends. There are shortages of summer workers as retailers are openly advertising jobs, a sign that prices might need to rise further to cover labor costs.
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, which owns the outlets along the highway, reported to investors that sales are up 18.1% from pre-pandemic levels. Tanger CEO Stephen Yalof told investors on an earnings call last month that shoppers have returned “even as consumers face higher gas prices and an inflationary environment" and that he is confident that at his outlet “retailers will be able to weather and perform well” if a downturn occurs.
Carrie Lingo, a real estate agent who is chairwoman of the board of the Rehoboth Beach-Dewey Beach Chamber of Commerce, said she has yet to see much of a slowdown caused by inflation. Their biggest obstacle is the absence of workers, not the prospect of lower sales.
Hiring usually swells during the summer with the tourists and pay was already up last year. Average weekly wages in the surrounding Sussex County were 12% higher during last year's summer peak than in 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
“Our visitation is up from last year but there are supply shortages,” she said. “I think the companies are adjusting well and many times those prices are passed along to our consumers.”
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- Renewables represent third round of proposed solar agreements related to company's Smart Energy Future Plan
- CenterPoint Energy selects Pike County for 130-megawatt solar array development
EVANSVILLE, Ind., July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CenterPoint Energy (NYSE: CNP) today announced its Indiana-based electric and natural gas business, CenterPoint Energy Indiana South, is seeking approval from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) to acquire a 130-megawatt (MW) solar array as part of the company's long-term electric generation transition plan.
CenterPoint Energy has entered into an agreement with Invenergy, who will construct the 130-MW utility-owned project in Pike County, Ind., to acquire the project upon its completion. This project represents the third round of solar agreements introduced as part of the utility's plan to meet stakeholder sustainability goals and implement a more cost-effective and diversified energy generation portfolio. The agreement is subject to IURC approval. The company was previously granted approval to build a solar array in Posey County now sized at 200 MW, as well as enter into power purchase agreements totaling more than 400 MWs in Warrick, Vermillion and Knox Counties in Indiana.
"By seeking to add another universal solar project to our renewable energy portfolio, we continue to move forward with our long-term generation transition plan and remain committed to our economic and environmental goals for the region," said Steve Greenley, Senior Vice President of Generation Development. "If approved, with the addition of this project, CenterPoint Energy will be adding nearly 800 MWs of solar generation to power our southwestern Indiana customers."
Michael Kaplan, Senior Vice President of Renewable Development at Invenergy, said, "Invenergy is pleased to be working with CenterPoint Energy to support the utility's generation transition goals and to provide its customers in Indiana with clean energy. Our team looks forward to the completion of this project and growing our project portfolio within the state."
Construction of the Pike County solar project is expected to begin upon obtaining a decision from the IURC which is expected in early 2023. The project will support approximately 130 construction jobs during the construction period and is expected to be placed into service in 2025.
"We are committed to delivering reliable energy generation in the most cost-effective manner for our customers, while contributing to Indiana's clean energy infrastructure," added Greenley. "CenterPoint Energy would like to recognize officials in Pike County for their support of this project and efforts to bring cleaner energy solutions to our communities."
For more information on CenterPoint Energy's long-term electric generation transition plan, visit www.centerpointenergy.com/smartenergyfuture.
CenterPoint Energy delivers electricity to approximately 150,000 customers in southwest Indiana in all or portions of Gibson, Dubois, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh and Warrick counties. Programs and services are operated under the brand CenterPoint Energy by Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company d/b/a CenterPoint Energy Indiana South.
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About CenterPoint Energy
As the only investor-owned electric and gas utility based in Texas, CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) is an energy delivery company with electric transmission and distribution, power generation and natural gas distribution operations that serve more than 7 million metered customers in Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio and Texas. As of March 31, 2022, the company owned approximately $35 billion in assets. With approximately 8,900 employees, CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. For more information, visit CenterPointEnergy.com.
About Invenergy
Invenergy drives innovation in energy. Invenergy and its affiliated companies develop, own, and operate large-scale renewable and other clean energy generation and storage facilities in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Invenergy's home office is located in Chicago, and it has regional development offices in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Spain, Japan, Poland, and Scotland.
Invenergy and its affiliated companies have successfully developed more than 30,000 megawatts of projects that are in operation, construction, or contracted, including wind, solar, transmission infrastructure and natural gas power generation and advanced energy storage projects. Learn about Invenergy at Invenergy.com.
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Shaquille O’Neal, Henry Co. Sheriff’s Office team up for Thanksgiving giveaway
By Madeline Montgomery
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ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — Thanksgiving is coming early in McDonough at the Tabernacle of Praise Church, thanks to the Henry County Sheriff’s Office and Shaquille O’Neal.
With inflation and people still struggling after COVID layoffs, the Henry County Sheriff’s Office wanted to make sure their community can still celebrate the holidays properly. So, in two weeks, they’re welcoming folks in need into the Tabernacle of Praise Church for turkey, fried chicken, pie, and all the fixings.
Since basketball star Shaquille O’Neal lives right around the corner, he decided to join in on the Thanks for Giving Giveaway, or as he calls it, Shaqsgiving.
“People are going through a lot, and I just want to make sure I do my part, seen and unseen,” said O’Neal.
“We help probably 20 to 30 families per week now, helping with rent, utilities, helping a lot of our children in our schools, they’re struggling as well, and so us doing this is definitely going to be a blessing to them this holiday season and hopefully it’ll offer hope to people, let them know they’re not by themselves,” said Henry County Sheriff Reginald Scandrett.
The Thanks for Giving Giveaway will be on Nov. 14 from 1 to 4 p.m. at 1640 GA-42 NORTH, McDonough, GA 30253. The Sheriff stresses that this is for families in need.
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The company announces initial investment of $6 million with an additional estimated $8 million expected over 5 years
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Conterra Ultra Broadband Holdings, Inc. ("Conterra Networks") today announced its continued investment in fiber network growth across Rapides Parish with its initial investment of $6 million and an additional estimated $8 million expected over 5 years.
Conterra designs and builds its 100% fiber network with symmetrical service, speeds of up to 10 Gbps, and 99.99% network reliability. The local team manages the all-fiber network, which is now available to approximately 3,646 Rapides Parish businesses and growing.
"We're committed to enabling limitless communications opportunities throughout Rapides Parish, providing ultra-high-capacity broadband networks to local businesses," said Craig Gunderson, President and CEO of Conterra Networks. "Our teams live and work in Rapides Parish, so we believe in investing in the community and allowing businesses to succeed through access to our innovative fiber network, custom solutions, and local customer support."
Conterra Networks is expanding and investing in communities in Louisiana, including Iberia Parish, Vermilion Parish, St. Landry Parish, Ouachita Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Bossier Parish, and Natchitoches Parish.
The expansion is part of the company's growing network infrastructure across the United States. To date, Conterra Networks has 13,250 fiber miles, 2,700 schools served, and over 7,500 on-net locations.
To learn more about Conterra Networks and the expansion efforts in Louisiana, visit www.conterra.com.
Founded in 2001, and now operating 13,250 fiber miles, Conterra Networks is one of the largest remaining independent broadband infrastructure companies in the United States based on its optical fiber and fixed wireless network assets and annual recurring revenues. The company is owned by affiliates of APG and Fiera, along with significant participation by the company's senior management team. For more information about Conterra Networks, please visit www.conterra.com.
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METCALF (Payne),
Saundra J.
Age 75, of Dayton, OH, went to be with the Lord Wednesday, July 27, 2022. Funeral service 12-noon Saturday, August 6, at House of Wheat Funeral Home, 2107 N. Gettysburg Ave. Visitation 9 am-12 pm. Family will receive friends 11 am - 12 pm. (Mask Required). Interment Greencastle Cemetery.
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After losing to Texas A&M on Friday night, Alabama is back on the field less than 12 hours later for a Saturday morning elimination game against Florida.
The 9:30 a.m. CT start in Hoover Metropolitan Stadium between the No. 11 seed Tide and No. 7 seed Gators will decide who plays the Aggies in a 4:30 p.m. CT single-elimination semifinal game later Saturday.
Alabama salvaged one game of a three-game series against Florida to begin its SEC schedule in March.
Top 1st: Wyatt Langford leads off the game with a home run over the left field fence to make the score Florida 1, Alabama 0.
PREGAME
-- Alabama enters Saturday as the first team out of Baseball America’s projected NCAA tournament field but the last team into D1 Baseball’s projection.
-- Garrett McMillan, who pitched two innings in Tuesday’s win over Georgia before a rain delay, will be on the mound for Alabama. The lineup: (1) CF Caden Rose; (2) DH William Hamiter; (3) C Dominic Tamez; (4) 1B Drew Williamson; (5) RF Andrew Pinckney; (6) 3B Zane Denton; (7) SS Jim Jarvis; (8) LF Tommy Seidl; (9) 2B Bryce Eblin.
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Blessed Sacrament Parish is hosting a six-week, non-denominational grief recovery process beginning Sept. 27.
The sessions will run from 1:30-3:00 p.m. and are for anyone who has experienced a loss three or more months ago. The process is led by trained facilitators and provides time for reflection and sharing. It is free to participate.
Please register on the Blessed Sacrament website, blessed-midland.org or by calling the Parish Center, (989)835-6777. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Guided-grief-recovery-process-begins-Sept-27-17427693.php | 2022-09-08 20:13:26 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Guided-grief-recovery-process-begins-Sept-27-17427693.php |
Colony of bees safely removed from gas station
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ/Gray News) - A colony of honey bees took over the wall of a 7-Eleven gas station in Texas, and bee experts were called to safely remove them.
“There’s a possibility that they’ve been here for three years,” Honey Bee Patriot employee Cheryl Hazelton said.
Hazelton said it can be dangerous when bees form a colony.
“Bees can form combs within like three weeks, a good size portion of combs. So, after they’ve been here for about three years, they’ve actually kind of made this wall their home. If you start using machinery like lawnmowers, weed wackers or anything that creates a vibration, then you can agitate them and that’s when you really start running into problems,” Hazelton said.
One exhibit curator said if bees feel threatened, they’ll use their defense of stinging.
Before the work started, Hazelton talked about the process of removing the bees. She said the first step was a pipe had to be blocked to prevent the bees from getting inside the building.
“And once we get that done, we’re going to start removing it brick by brick and once we get enough bricks off we can determine how big the colony is. Then, we’re gonna actually start removing comb and putting it into a box,” Hazelton said.
After they removed the bees, they treated the area so that the bees would not return.
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The Eco-Friendly model is Martin's Largest Production Run of 100% FSC Certified Guitars and Mendes' First Official Artist Signature Guitar
,
/PRNewswire/ -- C.F. Martin & Co. (
) has partnered with GRAMMY nominated, multi-platinum
singer-songwriter
to bring you the 000JR-10E Shawn Mendes Custom Signature Edition.
Inspired by Shawn's go-to vintage Martin and featuring classic Shawn imagery, every detail of this guitar was designed and created in collaboration with Mendes for his official signature model. The new guitar not only sounds amazing, but is incredibly comfortable, and best of all, it's environmentally friendly. This edition is crafted with 100% Forest Stewardship Council (FSC®) certified tonewoods in a 000 Junior-sized, 14-fret instrument and comes with a gig bag made from recycled ocean plastic that meets the Global Recycled Standard. The Shawn Mendes Signature Edition marks the largest production run of 100% FSC certified guitars Martin has ever completed, and it is the first time a Martin guitar has been paired with a gig bag made from recycled ocean plastic. And the retail price of $799 is approachable for avid collectors and first timers alike.
"Creating this guitar alongside Martin has been a dream of mine. The signature we created together is not only something I'm proud of musically, but also because it aligns with my passion for sustainability, and supports the Shawn Foundation's initiatives. I can't wait to share a guitar I love with fans across the world." - Shawn Mendes
A Shawn Mendes signature guitar wouldn't be complete without some personal design details that all of Shawn's fans will appreciate. Laser etched on each wing of the bridge is a swallow inspired by the tattoo on Shawn's right hand. Additionally, each instrument comes with a special label featuring the Shawn Mendes Foundation sunburst logo. And to finish it off, Shawn's signature is inlaid at the top of the fretboard.
The Jr. size and 000-body depth make this guitar extremely comfortable for any player. It's great for strumming on the couch, on the beach, or around a campfire. And with Fishman® Sonitone electronics included, it also sounds great on stage. This is a guitar you will never outgrow.
To add a little more fun to the project, a sample of Shawn's lyrics is hidden somewhere inside the guitar. You might find one laser-etched on a brace, or under the bridge, or even under the rosette. Some of the phrases include: "We lay under the same stars," or "You'll never be alone."
As part of the partnership, Martin Guitars will be supporting Mendes' goal of making music accessible to everyone. Martin will be making a contribution to the Wonder of Music Program at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) presented by The Shawn Mendes Foundation. SickKids, affiliated with the University of Toronto, is Canada's most research-intensive hospital and the largest center dedicated to improving children's health in Mendes' home-state. The Wonder of Music Program Presented by Mendes aims to fund music therapy activities that are accessible to young patients at the Toronto hospital, with activities including songwriting, first exposure to music, heartbeat songs for families of patients, and lullabies.
Shawn Mendes is a GRAMMY nominated, Toronto born, multi-platinum singer/songwriter who has released four straight #1 studio albums. The international superstar has won 18 Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) awards, twelve Juno Awards, eleven MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA), eight iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards (MMVA), five BMI Awards, three American Music Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, and the Allan Slaight Honour from Canada's Walk of Fame. He has been nominated for three GRAMMY Awards and one Brit Award.
Shawn has over 62 billion global streams and 10 billion video views. He topped Billboard's "21 Under 21" in 2017 and 2018 and has been featured on Forbes "30 Under 30," Spotify's "25 Under 25," and Time Magazine's "Time 100 Most Influential". In 2018, ROI Influencer Media recognized Shawn as the #1 Most Influential Artist and #1 Most Influential Teen across all social media platforms.
In 2019 Shawn launched The Shawn Mendes Foundation, which seeks to inspire Shawn's audience, the youth generation of today—to learn more about the causes they're passionate about, and empower them to use their voice, take action and give back to bring change to the world. As part of its ongoing mission, the Foundation provides resources and support to amplify the voices, messages, and platforms of young leaders driving positive change.
C. F. Martin & Co.® has been Inspiring Musicians Worldwide® for nearly two centuries with their superior guitar and string products. Martin guitars and strings remain the choice for musicians around the world for their unrivaled quality, craftsmanship, and tone. Throughout the company's long history, Martin products can be seen and heard across all genres of music and in all segments of pop culture, from concert and theater stages to television and movies.
With an unwavering commitment to environmental sustainability and responsible manufacturing practices, Martin continually drives the acoustic guitar market forward, introducing innovative features that have become standards across the industry. These groundbreaking innovations include the introduction of X-bracing, the 14-fret guitar, and the "Dreadnought" size guitar.
Martin has also led innovations in strings, such as introducing the first high-tensile strength steel-string core wire; the first nickel acoustic strings (Martin Retro®); the proprietary Titanium Core strings; and now the groundbreaking, new Authentic Acoustic line, which offers unmatched stability, tone, comfort, and longevity. Learn more here: www.martinguitar.com/aa.
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Georgia Supreme Court reinstates abortion ban
ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Supreme Court Wednesday reinstated the state’s ban on abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy.
In a one-page order, the high court put a lower court ruling overturning the ban on hold while it considers an appeal. Abortion providers who had resumed performing the procedure past six weeks after the lower court ruling will again have to stop.
The order said seven of the nine justices had agreed to the decision. It said one was disqualified and another did not participate.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled on November 15 that the state’s abortion ban was invalid because when it was signed into law in 2019, U.S. Supreme Court precedent under Roe. v. Wade and another ruling allowed abortion well past six weeks.
The decision immediately prohibited enforcement of the abortion ban statewide. Abortion providers had resumed performing the procedure past six weeks, though some said they were proceeding cautiously over concerns the ban could be quickly reinstated.
The state attorney general’s office appealed the ruling to the state Supreme Court. It also asked the high court for an order putting the decision on hold while the appeal was pending.
Georgia’s ban took effect in July, after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. It prohibited most abortions once a “detectable human heartbeat” was present.
Cardiac activity can be detected by ultrasound in cells within an embryo that will eventually become the heart around six weeks into a pregnancy. That means most abortions in Georgia were effectively banned at a point before many people knew they were pregnant.
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A City of Trenton legend has passed.
Bobby “Bobby V” Vitella, 88, an Italian beau brummell who deserved a reality television show based in Hollywood or Miami Beach as Maitre d for the stars, died on July 24.
His passing ended connections to an era of Chambersburg flamboyance when the Italian section of Trenton delivered glitz, glamour and famous restaurants.
Any fine dining establishment that showcased Bobby V holding court at the door, could count on devoted clientele and a show. Bobby V flashed smiles, rings, watches and outrageous glamour. He sipped liqueurs and liquors from top shelves and enjoyed interactions with friends and associates from even higher places.
No one could out-dress him or hold court with better tales about the night some guy walked into Marsilios or some dame or damsel entered Lou Crecco’s place at Morris Ave. and Anderson St. where Vitella greeted movie stars, sports heroes, and regular folk for more than 20 years.
Bobby V had more stories than Scheherazade and while details of events may have changed over the years, became even fuzzier than a Fuzzy Navel, Bobby V remained the same — lovable.
“Loved and beloved,” said former Trenton Mayor Douglas H. Palmer. “Bobby was one of a kind, the ambassador of Chambersburg. In Trenton, Bobby V lived a life as famous as the Trenton Makes The World Takes Bridge.
“I was blessed to know him as a political supporter and friend. He stood up for me when I ran against Carmen Armenti for mayor. He took a lot of (heat) for doing that, I mean an Italian guy standing with the Black candidate. I loved him for that because it was not easy for him to do that.”
Restaurateur Alan Meinster had Vitella out front for his Marsilio’s Restaurant in Roebling Ave.
“We worked together for 15 years. There was no better front of the house man than Bobby V,” a saddened Meinster said.
“Didn’t matter who they were, Bobby could make any guest feel like they were the only person in the room. He brought levity to every conversation. We were together through good times and bad times.”
The Vitella passing caught his friend and business partner Connie Mack McKithen off guard.
He and Bobby V were partners in the promotion of pay-per-view fights at Cedar Gardens in Hamilton.
“Oh, no,” McKithen said. “Bobby was the last of the city’s great restaurant guys. I spoke to him about a week ago. He scolded me, that I had forgotten about him. That’s impossible — nobody can ever forget Bobby V. He was one of a kind.”
L.A. Parker is a Trentonian columnist. Find him on Twitter @LAParker6 or email him at LAParker@Trentonian.com. | https://www.trentonian.com/2022/07/26/trenton-legend-bobby-v-vitella-dies-at-88/ | 2022-07-27 03:13:37 | 1 | https://www.trentonian.com/2022/07/26/trenton-legend-bobby-v-vitella-dies-at-88/ |
ALLENTOWN, Pa., Oct. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Avoiding cast iron because it's too high maintenance? We've rounded up some of the biggest misconceptions about cast iron and we're ready to do some mythbusting.
1. Don't use soap on cast iron.
It's true that soap will break down liquid oils, but once that oil polymerizes to form seasoning, it's durable and can stand up to a little soap, no problem. Just stick to mild dish soap and don't leave it soaking for long. Wash quickly and dry thoroughly.
2. Cooking bacon is the best way to break in a new cast iron skillet.
This is a popular misconception. While the bacon fat can be great for seasoning, most bacon has added sugars that will leave your skillet sticky and messy. Try cornbread or sauteed veggies instead.
3. Cast iron is black.
Raw cast iron is actually gray in color, it's the seasoning that gives cast iron its traditional black appearance. When fats and oils are heated above their smoke point, they polymerize (harden) and darken in color. More oil and higher temperatures will make the iron darken faster - from a bronze color all the way to black.
4. Cleaning cast iron is a pain.
Debatable. Cleaning cast iron isn't more work, it's just a little different than your other cookware. Most meals will clean up with a splash of water and a quick wipe with a sponge. The trick is to use water sparingly and dry completely when done. And it never hurts to add a little extra oil before storing.
5. You can't cook acidic foods in cast iron.
The short answer: Don't sweat over every acidic ingredient. While it's true that long simmering dishes in tomato sauce, for example, will be rough on your seasoning, it's not going to ruin your skillet. Worse case scenario, you'll lose some seasoning, and you can add more later.
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Tesla has upped discounts on the Model 3 and Model Y to $7,500, following a $3,750 discount earlier this month.
A recent check of Tesla’s website showed lowered prices for both models, along with an offer of 10,000 miles of free Supercharging. The Model 3 now has an effective base price of $40,690, while the Model Y starts at $59,690.
Before you pronounce these models a deal, you should consider that this comes after a series of painful price hikes on Teslas, including one in June that pushed the starting price of the Model Y past $67,000. A price hike in March had already left the Model 3 costing about a third more than a year earlier.
It’s also worth noting that $7,500 is potentially the maximum amount Tesla buyers might be able to claim as a federal EV tax credit next year—although there is no reason to believe that will be the amount that can be claimed for vehicles purchased or leased after January. That’s when revised tax credit guidelines are expected to render Tesla vehicles eligible for the American assembly and component portion of the credit but ineligible for the full amount.
Despite supply-chain struggles, Tesla has managed to make and deliver a record number of vehicles this year. Company CEO drama aside, lagging demand, reportedly high inventory, and the need to maintain sales momentum might explain these discounts.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that a future smaller Tesla could cost half as much to make. But Tesla already is maintaining a profit margin from the sale of its EVs that leaves other automakers envious. Perhaps there is more room for Tesla to share the wealth?
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(WXIN) – More than 1 million YETI coolers are being recalled over a risk involving the magnet-lined closures.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission said the recall involves the YETI Hopper M30 Soft Cooler 1.0 and 2.0, Hopper M20 Soft Backpack Cooler and SideKick Dry Gear Case. The products have a main pocket closure lined with high-powered magnets enclosed in a heat-sealed plastic strip.
The recalled coolers were sold at Dick’s Sporting Goods, ACE Hardware, Academy Sports + Outdoors, YETI and other stores nationwide and online between March 2018 and January 2023.
The recall was initiated because the magnet-lined closures can fail and result in detached magnets. This poses a risk of serious injury or death if ingested.
The CPSC said when two or more high-powered magnets are swallowed, the ingested magnets can attract to each other, or to another metal object, and become lodged in the digestive system. This can result in perforations, twisting and/or blockage of the intestines, infection, blood poisoning and death.
So far, YETI received 1,399 reports of the magnet-lined closures degrading or failing, including reports of missing or detached magnets. No magnet ingestions or injuries have been reported.
Anyone with the recalled products should stop using them and contact YETI to receive a full refund or replacement product.
Anyone with questions can contact YETI toll-free at 833-444-3151 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. CT Monday through Sunday or by email at productrecall@yeti.com. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/yeti-coolers-recalled-over-injury-risk/ | 2023-03-09 20:00:16 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/yeti-coolers-recalled-over-injury-risk/ |
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A small passenger plane crashed Sunday morning into Lake Victoria on approach to an airport in Tanzania.
It was not immediately clear how many people were on board the plane as it headed for Bukoba Airport. Tanzanian airline company Precision Air said the flight was coming from the coastal city of Dar es Salaam.
News reports showed photos of the plane mostly submerged in the lake.
“We have managed to save quite a number of people,” Kagera province police commander William Mwampaghale told journalists.
“When the aircraft was about 100 meters (328 feet) midair, it encountered problems and bad weather. It was raining and the plane plunged into the water. Everything is under control,” he said.
Mwampaghale said rescue efforts continued. | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/world/reports-precision-air-plane-crashes-into-lake-in-tanzania/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_world | 2022-11-06 09:07:21 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/world/reports-precision-air-plane-crashes-into-lake-in-tanzania/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_world |
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Friday found that Georgia election practices challenged by a group associated with Democrat Stacey Abrams do not violate the constitutional rights of voters, ruling in favor of the state on all remaining issues in a lawsuit filed nearly four years ago.
“Although Georgia’s election system is not perfect, the challenged practices violate neither the constitution nor the VRA,” U.S. District Judge Steve Jones in Atlanta wrote, referring to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He detailed his reasoning in a 288-page order.
The lawsuit was filed in November 2018, just weeks after Abrams narrowly lost the governor’s race to Republican Brian Kemp. Throughout that contest, Abrams had accused Kemp, then secretary of state, of using his position as the state’s top elections official to promote voter suppression. Kemp vehemently denied the allegations.
Kemp on Friday applauded the ruling, calling it a loss for Abrams.
“Judge Jones’ ruling exposes this legal effort for what it really is: a tool wielded by a politician hoping to wrongfully weaponize the legal system to further her own political goals,” Kemp said in a statement.
Abrams and Fair Fight expressed disappointment in the decision but said the lawsuit helped bring about positive change in Georgia.
“While the Court’s actions are not the preferred outcome, the conduct of this trial and preceding cases and legislative actions represent a hard-won victory for voters who endured long lines, burdensome date of birth requirements and exact match laws that disproportionately impact Black and Brown voters,” Abrams said in a statement.
The trial began in mid-April, unfolding while Georgia’s primary elections were underway. Those contests set the stage for a rematch between Kemp and Abrams, who captured their parties’ gubernatorial nominations for November’s general election.
Nearly five dozen witnesses were called over the course of 21 trial days that stretched across more than two months. It was a bench trial, meaning there was no jury and the verdict was up to Jones alone.
Abrams’ Fair Fight Action organization filed the lawsuit along with Care in Action, a nonprofit that advocates for domestic workers. Several churches later joined as plaintiffs. It was originally extremely broad and called for a significant overhaul of Georgia’s election system. By the time it got to trial, the scope had narrowed significantly after some allegations were resolved by changes in state law and others were dismissed by the court.
“This is a voting rights case that resulted in wins and losses for all parties over the course of the litigation and culminated in what is believed to have been the longest voting rights bench trial in the history of the Northern District of Georgia,” Jones wrote.
The issues that remained and which were discussed at length during the trial had to do with the “exact match” policy, the statewide voter registration list and the process for in-person cancellation of absentee ballots. Fair Fight alleged that the negative effects of these policies are disproportionately felt by people of color and new citizens and amount to violations of the U.S. Constitution and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Georgia officials have created a landscape where it’s “harder to register, harder to stay registered and ultimately harder to vote,” Allegra Lawrence-Hardy, an attorney for Fair Fight and the other plaintiffs, said during her closing argument in late June. The barriers to voting aren’t caused by inevitable human errors but instead result from “choices designed to keep certain people from voting,” she said.
She highlighted testimony from voters who had trouble registering or casting their ballots, voters who shared their stories because they wanted the court to understand what they faced.
Josh Belinfante, a lawyer for state election officials, said in his closing that Georgia’s elections are constitutional and don’t violate the Voting Rights Act. Georgia’s automatic voter registration policy and significant recent increases in African American voter registration are not the signs of a state that is suppressing voters, he argued.
While Fair Fight collected stories from more than 3,000 voters, they found very few who were unable to cast a ballot and none during the 2020 election, Belinfante noted. Instead, he said, the evidence showed problems were generally resolved quickly once state officials were contacted.
Fair Fight’s goal was to get Democrats elected and to make Georgia a blue state, and the organization used a false narrative of voter suppression to motivate people to turn out for its cause, Belinfante said.
“You have to decide has the case matched the rhetoric,” Belinfante told Jones. “The answer is no.”
The plaintiffs argued state officials provided inadequate training for county election officials on canceling absentee ballots, causing significant problems for voters who tried to vote in person after having requested an absentee ballot.
The plaintiffs also challenged two aspects of the state’s “exact match” policy for voter registration applications. Plaintiffs say problems arise for voters if the information on their applications doesn’t exactly match that in driver’s license or Social Security databases or if new U.S. citizens’ information hasn’t been updated in the driver’s license database.
Finally, the plaintiffs said state officials mismanaged the voter registration database. They cited alleged problems with three list-maintenance processes: the cancelation of registration if a person is convicted of a felony, the merger of records believed to be duplicates, and the cancelation of voters believed to be dead.
Jones noted that while the plaintiffs called witnesses who testified about struggles to cast their ballots because of the practices at issue, most were able to vote in the end. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/political-news/ap-politics/ap-judge-rules-against-abrams-group-in-voting-rights-lawsuit/ | 2022-10-01 19:32:22 | 1 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/political-news/ap-politics/ap-judge-rules-against-abrams-group-in-voting-rights-lawsuit/ |
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland's Gov.-elect Wes Moore announced additional Cabinet appointments on Tuesday, a day before he's scheduled to be sworn in as governor.
Salisbury Mayor Jake Day will be the housing and community development secretary, the incoming administration announced.
Kevin Atticks has been named the state's agriculture secretary. Atticks founded Grow & Fortify to support value-added agricultural organizations and the businesses they represent.
Moore also has appointed Serena McIlwain to be the state's environment secretary. She has served as undersecretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency.
Josh Kurtz has been appointed secretary of natural resources. Kurtz served as the Maryland executive director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
Carol Beatty has been appointed secretary of disabilities. She was appointed to the post by Gov. Larry Hogan in 2015.
Rebecca Flora has been named planning secretary, and Carmel Roques has been appointed secretary of aging.
Kevin Anderson has been appointed to lead the state's commerce department.
Hagerstown Mayor Emily Keller has been appointed special secretary of opioid response. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Gov-elect-Moore-announces-more-Cabinet-17723280.php | 2023-01-17 19:41:55 | 0 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Gov-elect-Moore-announces-more-Cabinet-17723280.php |
Mike Conley Player Prop Bets: Timberwolves vs. Clippers - February 28
Mike Conley and the Minnesota Timberwolves face the Los Angeles Clippers at 10:00 PM ET on Tuesday.
If you'd like to place a bet on Conley's props, we look at his available ones, providing some stats and trends, below.
Mike Conley Prop Bets vs. the Clippers
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Mike Conley Insights vs. the Clippers
- Conley's opponents, the Clippers, have a neutral offensive tempo, averaging 100.9 possessions per game, while his Timberwolves average 104.1 per game, most among NBA teams.
- The Clippers give up 112.5 points per game, 11th-ranked in the league.
- On the boards, the Clippers are ranked 13th in the NBA, giving up 43.1 rebounds per game.
- In terms of assists, the Clippers have conceded 24.8 per game, 11th in the league.
- Looking at 3-pointers, the Clippers are ranked 16th in the NBA, giving up 12.3 makes per contest.
Mike Conley vs. the Clippers
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Percentages: FG .444, FT .556.
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3-Point Goals: 4-11, .364 (Timberlake 2-2, Conway 1-2, Russell 1-2, Holden 0-5).
Team Rebounds: 4. Team Turnovers: 1.
Blocked Shots: 3 (Holden 2, Sylla).
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Turnovers: 13 (Holden 5, May 2, Thompson 2, Ch.Paar, Russell, Sylla, Timberlake).
Steals: 5 (Holden 4, Russell).
Technical Fouls: None.
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Percentages: FG .397, FT .700.
3-Point Goals: 7-26, .269 (White 4-9, Brown 2-5, Parham 1-3, Franklin 0-2, Moore 0-2, Jones 0-5).
Team Rebounds: 2. Team Turnovers: None.
Blocked Shots: 1 (Kearing).
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Turnovers: 11 (Moore 4, Samuel 3, Jones 2, White 2).
Steals: 4 (Moore 2, Kearing, White).
Technical Fouls: None.
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WFO SAN DIEGO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, November 16, 2022
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HIGH WIND WARNING
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Diego CA
824 PM PST Wed Nov 16 2022
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...
The Santa Ana winds have finally diminished this evening and are
no longer expected to reach alert levels in the valley areas.
...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT...
* WHAT...Northeast winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 50 mph.
* WHERE...San Bernardino County Mountains and Santa Ana
Mountains and Foothills.
* WHEN...Until midnight PST tonight.
* IMPACTS...Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile
vehicles.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Use caution if you must drive. The Santa Ana winds will diminish
after midnight.
* WHERE...Riverside County Mountains and San Gorgonio Pass Near
Banning.
* WHAT...East winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 55 mph.
* WHERE...San Diego County Mountains.
...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
no longer expected to reach alert levels near the Orange County
Coast.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Keno" game were:
02-03-05-07-10-12-19-34-40-44-48-50-52-53-59-64-66-71-74-75
(two, three, five, seven, ten, twelve, nineteen, thirty-four, forty, forty-four, forty-eight, fifty, fifty-two, fifty-three, fifty-nine, sixty-four, sixty-six, seventy-one, seventy-four, seventy-five) | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Keno-game-17232208.php | 2022-06-10 03:41:52 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Keno-game-17232208.php |
TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation paused its use of Twitter on Monday after the social media platform owned by Elon Musk stamped CBC’s account with a label the public broadcaster says is intended to undermine its credibility.
Twitter labelled CBC/Radio-Canada “government-funded media” — the same label that prompted National Public Radio in the U.S. to similarly quit Twitter last Wednesday.
“Twitter can be a powerful tool for our journalists to communicate with Canadians, but it undermines the accuracy and professionalism of the work they do to allow our independence to be falsely described in this way,” CBC spokesman Leon Mar said in a statement announcing the change Monday afternoon.
“Consequently, we will be pausing our activity on our corporate Twitter account and all CBC and Radio-Canada news-related accounts,” the statement said.
CBC has sent a letter to Twitter asking the company to re-examine the designation. Musk later tweeted about it and changed it to “69 percent Government-funded media.”
CBC does not meet those criteria, Mar argued, because it is publicly funded through a parliamentary appropriation that is voted upon by all members of Parliament, and its editorial independence is protected in law in the Broadcasting Act.
The CBC’s board of directors determines how the funding it receives is spent. In 2021-22, the CBC received more than $1.2 billion Canadian (US$900 million) in government funding.
Opposition Conservative Party of Canada Pierre Poilievre had urged Twitter to label CBC. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau criticized Poilievre for what he called an “attack on a foundational Canadian institution.”
Twitter initially had labelled NPR’s main account as “state-affiliated media, ” a term also used to identify media outlets controlled or heavily influenced by authoritarian governments, such as Russia and China. Twitter later changed the label to “government-funded media,” but to NPR — which relies on the government for a tiny fraction of its funding — it’s still misleading.
Twitter earlier responded to a request for comment about why the label was applied and whether it would be removed or changed with an auto-generated email bearing a poop emoji.
Twitter, more than any of its rivals, has said its users come to it to keep track of current events. That made it an attractive place for news outlets to share their stories and reinforced Twitter’s moves to combat the spread of misinformation. But Musk has long expressed disdain for professional journalists and said he wants to elevate the views and expertise of the “average citizen.”
Musk has also abruptly suspended the accounts of individual journalists who wrote about Twitter late last year, claiming some were trying to reveal his location.
Twitter earlier in April removed the verification check mark on the main account of The New York Times, singling out the newspaper and disparaging its reporting after it said it would not pay Twitter for verification of its institutional accounts.
Twitter also used to tag journalists and other high-profile accounts with blue check marks to verify their identity and distinguish them from impostors. But Musk has derided the marks as an undeserved status symbol and plans to take them away from anyone not buying a premium subscription. | https://www.wivb.com/technology/ap-technology/cbc-pausing-twitter-after-government-funded-media-label/ | 2023-04-18 17:46:08 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/technology/ap-technology/cbc-pausing-twitter-after-government-funded-media-label/ |
VEVEY, Switzerland, Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NESCAFÉ, Nestlé's largest coffee brand and one of the world's favorite coffees, outlined today its extensive plan to help make coffee farming more sustainable: the NESCAFÉ Plan 2030. The brand is working with coffee farmers to help them transition to regenerative agriculture while accelerating its decade of work under the NESCAFÉ Plan.
The brand is investing over one billion Swiss francs by 2030 in the NESCAFÉ Plan 2030. This investment builds on the existing NESCAFÉ Plan as the brand expands its sustainability work. It is supported by Nestlé's regenerative agriculture financing following the Group's commitment to accelerate the transition to a regenerative food system and ambition to achieve zero net greenhouse gas emissions.
"Climate change is putting coffee-growing areas under pressure," said David Rennie, Head of Nestlé Coffee Brands. "Building on 10 years' experience of the NESCAFÉ Plan, we're accelerating our work to help tackle climate change and address social and economic challenges in the NESCAFÉ value chains."
Rising temperatures will reduce the area suitable for growing coffee by up to 50% by 2050[1]. At the same time, around 125 million people depend on coffee for their livelihoods[2] and an estimated 80% of coffee-farming families live at or below the poverty line[3]. Action is needed to ensure the long-term sustainability of coffee.
"As the world's leading coffee brand, NESCAFÉ aims to have a real impact on coffee farming globally," said Philipp Navratil, Head of Nestlé's Coffee Strategic Business Unit. "We want coffee farmers to thrive as much as we want coffee to have a positive impact on the environment. Our actions can help drive change throughout the coffee industry."
Supporting farmers' transition to regenerative coffee farming
Regenerative agriculture is an approach to farming that aims to improve soil health and fertility – as well as protect water resources and biodiversity. Healthier soils are more resilient to the impacts of climate change and can increase yields, helping improve farmers' livelihoods.
NESCAFÉ will provide farmers with training, technical assistance and high-yielding coffee plantlets to help them transition to regenerative coffee farming practices. Some examples of regenerative agriculture practices include the following:
- Planting cover crops helps to protect the soil. It also helps add biomass to the soil, which can increase soil organic matter and thus soil carbon sequestration.
- Incorporating organic fertilizers contributes to soil fertility, which is essential for good soil health.
- Increasing the use of agroforestry and intercropping contributes to biodiversity preservation.
- Pruning existing coffee trees or replacing them with disease and climate-change resistant varieties, will help rejuvenate coffee plots and increase yields for farmers.
Focusing on origins from where NESCAFÉ sources 90% of its coffee
NESCAFÉ will be working with coffee farmers to test, learn and assess the effectiveness of multiple regenerative agriculture practices. This will be done with a focus on seven key origins, from where the brand sources 90% of its coffee: Brazil, Vietnam, Mexico, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Indonesia and Honduras.
NESCAFÉ aims to achieve:
- 100% responsibly sourced coffee by 2025
- 20% of coffee sourced from regenerative agricultural methods by 2025 and 50% by 2030 as part of Nestlé's ambition for its key ingredients
Piloting a financial support scheme in Mexico, Côte d'Ivoire and Indonesia to accelerate the transition to regenerative agriculture
NESCAFÉ is committed to supporting farmers who take on the risks and costs associated with the move to regenerative agriculture. It will provide programs that aim to help farmers improve their income as a result of that transition. In Mexico, Côte d'Ivoire and Indonesia, NESCAFÉ will pilot a financial support scheme to help farmers accelerate the transition to regenerative agriculture. Through this scheme, NESCAFÉ, together with coffee farmers, will test and learn the best approach in each country. These could include measures such as:
- conditional cash incentives for adopting regenerative agriculture practices
- income protection using weather insurance
- greater access to credit lines for farmers
NESCAFÉ will track the progress and assess the results of its field programs with coffee farmers through its Monitoring and Evaluation partnership with the Rainforest Alliance. Its efforts will be complemented by new and expertise-focused partnerships, like the one with Sustainable Food Lab for topics related to coffee farmers' income assessment, strategy and progress tracking.
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions also by capturing and storing more carbon in the soil
Regenerative agriculture also contributes to drawing down carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. That's why regenerative agriculture is a key part of Nestlé's Zero Net roadmap. NESCAFÉ aims to contribute to Nestlé's Zero Net commitment to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and reach zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. It will work with farmers, suppliers and partners to help protect agricultural lands, enhance biodiversity and help prevent deforestation. The brand intends to help farmers plant more than 20 million trees at or near their coffee farms.
Going forward by building on a strong foundation
Today's announcement builds on NESCAFÉ's sustainability efforts in coffee production. Since 2010, the brand has invested in sustainability through the NESCAFÉ Plan and has made significant progress:
- Responsibly sourced coffee: 82% of NESCAFÉ's coffee was responsibly sourced in 2021
- Coffee plantlets: 250 million new coffee plantlets distributed to farmers since 2010
- Monitoring and evaluation: impact assessment in partnership with the Rainforest Alliance across 14 countries
- Greenhouse gas emissions: 46% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in our soluble coffee factories (2020 vs. 2010, per tonne of product)
- Water usage: 53% less water withdrawal in our soluble coffee factories (2020 vs 2010, per tonne of product)
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First in vivo studies to demonstrate the potential of Orna's circular RNA (oRNA™) platform in cancer, genetic disorders, and infectious diseases
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Orna Therapeutics, a biotechnology company dedicated to designing and delivering a new class of fully engineered circular RNA therapeutics, today announced multiple data presentations at the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) 25th Annual Meeting taking place in Washington, D.C., or virtually, from May 16 - 19, 2022. Oral presentations will describe Orna's pipeline for the first time, revealing key data on its in situ CAR (isCAR™) program, amongst others, and detail the development of a powerful, new screening platform (FoRCE™). Poster presentations will provide additional information on the development of delivery solutions for the isCAR platform and on the development of our muscle genetic disease program.
Details for the presentations are shared below.
Oral Presentations:
In-situ CAR Therapy Using oRNA Lipid Nanoparticles Regresses Tumors in Mice
Presenter: Tom Barnes, Ph.D., CEO
Date/Time/Location: Monday, May 16, 2022 from 9:10 – 9:45 a.m. ET in Room 207
Session: Scientific Symposium: Function and Therapeutics Applications of Circular RNAs (circRNAs)
Summary: Orna will introduce its pipeline along with key data from its isCAR™ program. Data from iterative animal studies will demonstrate that oRNA lipid nanoparticles (oRNA-LNPs) can be designed to overcome current challenges of engineered cell therapies. Orna will also present progress on oRNA-LNP (non-viral) delivery of long forms of dystrophin and advances with vaccine therapies.
Discovery of Translation Initiation Elements Enabled by a Parallel Arrayed Screen of Full-length Viral UTRs in Synthetic Circular RNA
Presenter: Alexander Wesselhoeft, Ph.D., Director, Molecular Biology
Date/Time/Location: Monday, May 16, 2022 from 11:30 – 11:45 a.m. ET in Salon H
Session: Oral Abstract Session: Oligonucleotide Therapeutics
Summary: Newly discovered internal ribosome entry sites (IRES) show greater activity (vs EMCV, a common IRES) and some produce different expression levels based on cell type, granting more options for improved expression and control of oRNA.
Poster Presentations:
Improved Immune Cell Expression with Circular RNA (oRNA) in vivo
Presenter: Kevin Kauffman, Ph.D., Principal Scientist
Date/Time/Location: Monday, May 16, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. ET in Hall D
Session: Poster Session: Oligonucleotide Therapeutics I
Summary: oRNA lipid nanoparticles (oRNA-LNPs) show higher splenic T cell expression and biodistribution to the spleen in vivo with improved formulation characteristics compared to their linear mRNA-LNP counterparts.
Systemic Delivery of Circular RNA Encoding Partial Dystrophins and Expression in Skeletal Muscle
Presenter: Tatiana Fontelonga, Ph.D., Scientist
Date/Time/Location: Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. ET in Hall D
Session: Poster Session: Oligonucleotide Therapeutics II
Summary: Micro and mini versions of the dystrophin gene can be encoded in a high capacity oRNA, delivered via LNP, and properly expressed in primary human cells and the mdx mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
About Orna Therapeutics
Orna Therapeutics is a biotechnology company dedicated to designing and delivering a new class of fully engineered circular RNA (oRNA™) therapeutics with the potential to change the way we treat disease. Orna's proprietary platform combines novel technology to design circular RNA transcripts that drive protein expression with validated and unique delivery solutions. oRNA™ has many advantages over traditional mRNA approaches, including simplified production, improved formulatability, and superior protein expression – making it a highly disruptive, new class of RNA therapeutics with vast potential to change patient's lives. To learn more visit: www.ornatx.com and follow Orna Therapeutics on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say a 28-year-old man is in custody in an Arizona jail after being sought in Las Vegas, where video showed an apparent attempt to shoot a fleeing man during a botched robbery outside a suburban home.
Las Vegas police on Monday identified Armondo Dangerfield as the would-be robber whose gun jammed in the July 24 incident in suburban Summerlin and said he was arrested Sunday in Mesa, Arizona.
Maricopa County jail records showed Dangerfield was booked Monday on suspicion of multiple crimes including robbery, assault, kidnapping, fraud, weapon possession and a probation violation.
Police said Dangerfield is expected to be transferred in custody from Phoenix to Las Vegas to face charges in the Summerlin incident.
Las Vegas police last week released home security video of the daylight confrontation. It showed a man in a pink shirt and white pants run from the garage of a single-story stucco home across a street to another home, chased by an alleged robber who struggles to try to fire a handgun toward him and then runs away.
Video also showed a dark-colored sedan with dark windows leave the area. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Police-Arrest-made-in-attempted-shooting-in-17345904.php | 2022-08-02 18:54:32 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Police-Arrest-made-in-attempted-shooting-in-17345904.php |
Jeannie Mai Jenkins, a TV host on syndicated talk show "The Real," kept her Aunt Linh's multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis a secret from her other family members, until her aunt was ready to tell them herself.
The neurological condition kept Mai Jenkins's aunt from being physically present at family events, like holiday gatherings — long enough to strain relationships with family members who assumed her aunt was being rude or cold, Mai Jenkins says.
Once her family became aware of her aunt's condition, they decided to change how they approached the holidays. Those taxing gatherings also influenced Mai Jenkins to get involved with Express4MS, a new campaign that aims to provide visibility into the journeys of people living with the disease.
The campaign is funded by EMD Serono Inc., a Merck KGaA-owned biotech company that manufactures an FDA-approved drug for relapsing forms of MS.
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"It was critical [and] vital that we not only were a lot more patient and empathetic, [but] to just be there," Mai Jenkins tells CNBC Make It, adding: "Particularly with somebody with MS, even if they tell you how they're feeling one day, that doesn't mean they're going to feel the same way next week, the next hour, the next holiday."
Ultimately, her family made adjustments that could help people with conditions beyond MS, too. Here are Mai Jenkins's five recommendations for accommodating loved ones who are living with disabilities this holiday season, based on her own family's experiences:
- Check in with them a month or two before a holiday gathering, and ask what they'd like to contribute to the event.
- Give them options ranging from activities like cooking to simply showing up.
- Study their condition to learn their potential symptoms and what causes flare-ups, so you can help keep them comfortable.
- Remind them that you're there if they need to talk.
- Respect their boundaries, and understand that they may not be able to attend this year.
Those tips echo advice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which encourages these considerations for people with disabilities:
- Eliminate the idea that they're incapable of participating.
- Give them the same treatment you would give anyone else.
- Modify items and activities, so you can include them in as much of the gathering as possible.
"It's important for people to know, especially during the holidays, that loved ones with disabilities of so many different types can have a really hard time with things like loud noise, flashing lights, overlapping conversations, and overstimulation from things that can easily be taken for granted," says Mai Jenkins.
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"If you have someone in your family who has a condition of any kind, keep this in mind," she adds. "And maybe reach out ahead of time."
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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s government has requested that the spokesman for the United Nations mission in Congo leave the country, saying he has made inappropriate statements amid demonstrations against the presence of the U.N. peacekeepers.
Foreign Minister Christophe Lutundula wrote to the U.N. mission, known as MONUSCO, saying he considers that the current tensions between the U.N. and the population are due to the indelicate and inopportune statements by U.N. Congo spokesman Mathias Gillman.
“The Congolese government considers that the presence of this official on the national territory is not likely to promote a climate of mutual trust and serenity so essential between the Congolese institutions and MONUSCO,” the statement said.
“The Congolese government would greatly appreciate if arrangements are made for Mr. Gillman to leave the territory as soon as possible.”
There was no immediate communication from the U.N. on the request.
The government did not point to specific statements made by Gillman, but in July during a press conference, he mentioned that MONUSCO and the Congolese army have limited means to deal with several fronts of attacks, in particular those by the M23 rebel group which has gained more weapons and is staging heavy attacks on civilians.
Congo’s government held a crisis meeting earlier this week to reassess the presence of United Nations peacekeepers after protests against the force in the country’s east killed at least 36 people and injured more than 170 others.
The government will also meet with the U.N. mission to discuss the possibilities for its withdrawal.
The U.N. force has already withdrawn from two provinces of Congo, Kasai and Tanganyika.
The statement from the foreign minister mentioned 2024 as the goal, saying that they wanted the spokesman removed to help “complete the transition plan for the end of its final withdrawal from Congo, by the horizon 2024, as agreed.”
The U.N. force in Congo, known as MONUSCO, has about 16,000 uniformed personnel but has not succeeded in stabilizing the country’s volatile east.
Congo’s mineral-rich east is home to myriad rebel groups. Security has worsened there despite a year of emergency operations by the armies of Congo and Uganda. Civilians in the east have also faced violence from jihadi rebels linked to the Islamic State group. Fighting has also escalated between Congolese troops and the M23 rebels, forcing nearly 200,000 people to flee their homes. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Congo-asks-UN-mission-spokesman-to-leave-amid-17347926.php | 2022-08-03 13:15:14 | 0 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Congo-asks-UN-mission-spokesman-to-leave-amid-17347926.php |
LONDON (AP) — Explorers and historians are telling the world about the discovery of the wreck of a royal warship that sank in 1682 while carrying a future king of England, Ireland and Scotland.
The HMS Gloucester, traveling from southern England to Scotland, ran aground while navigating sandbanks off the town of Great Yarmouth on the eastern English coast. It sank within an hour, killing an estimated 130 to 250 crew and passengers.
James Stuart, the son of King Charles I, survived. He went on to reign as King James II of England and Ireland, and as James VII of Scotland from 1685 to 1688, when he was deposed by the Glorious Revolution.
The wreck of the Gloucester was found in 2007 by brothers Julian and Lincoln Barnwell and others after a four-year search. It was firmly identified in 2012 with the discovery of the ship’s bell.
The discovery was only made public Friday because of the time it took to confirm the identity of the ship and the need to protect the historical site.
Claire Jowitt, an expert in maritime history at the University of East Anglia, said the wreck was “one of the important ‘almost’ moments in English history.” The Gloucester’s sinking almost caused the death of the Catholic heir to the Protestant throne at a time of great political and religious tension in Britain.
“If he had died, we would have had a very different British and European history as a result,” Jowitt said.
“I think this is a time capsule that offers the opportunity to find it out so much about life on a 17th-century ship. The royal nature of the ship is absolutely incredible and unique,” she added.
She believes the wreck is the most important maritime discovery since the Mary Rose, the warship from the Tudor navy of King Henry VIII. The Mary Rose capsized with a crew of around 500 in 1545 in the Solent, a strait between the Isle of Wight and the British mainland. A huge salvage operation brought it back to the surface in 1982.
There are no current plans to raise the wreck of the Gloucester because much of it is buried under the sand.
“We’ve only just touched the tip of an iceberg,” Julian Barnwell said.
Artifacts rescued from the wreck include clothes, shoes, navigational equipment and many wine bottles. One bottle bears a seal with the crest of the Legge family — the ancestors of George Washington, the first U.S president. The crest was a forerunner to the Stars and Stripes flag.
An exhibition is planned next spring at Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery to display finds from the wreck and share ongoing research. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/royal-warship-that-sank-in-1682-found-off-uk-coast/ | 2022-06-10 12:21:02 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/royal-warship-that-sank-in-1682-found-off-uk-coast/ |
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There is a slightly weird irony to the fact that around Halloween, we tend to look for recipes for seasonal sweets, even as we prepare for an onslaught of candy. My kids are way beyond trick-or-treating age, but that doesn’t mean we don’t lay in a supply of mini candy bars for the kids who will come a-knocking at out door.
But if you are hosting a Halloween party — for adults or children — a plastic pumpkin full of mini candies might not feel special enough.
Maybe you were tasked with bringing a treat to a school party. Maybe (like us) your building hosts a Halloween party every year for the kids. Or maybe, even though you are an adult, you still think Halloween is the coolest holiday of the year and you need to go the extra mile!
Homemade caramel apples are surprisingly easy to make, and purely joyful.
You can use whatever apples you like, as long as they are firm and crisp. Granny Smiths are a good choice, with the tartness playing nicely against the sweet. Honeycrisp and Fuji and Gala, all good choices. You want a crunch when you bite into it.
I like to use smaller apples, because with caramel and coatings there is a lot going on. Have you seen some of those huge packaged caramel or other candy apples available during the holiday season? The kind that can feed a family of four? They are gorgeous but uh, let’s just say hard to justify.
WHAT THE KIDS CAN DO:
Supervise like crazy if you have little ones; that melted caramel is HOT, so don’t let them touch it.
Kids can help choose different toppings (colored sprinkles or jimmies, crushed cookies, granola, shredded coconut). And they can dip the coated apples into the toppings of their choice.
Another fun extra is to take fruit leather and cut it into festive holiday shapes. Pumpkins or ghosts are pretty forgiving, and then you can stick those fruity pieces right onto the caramel apples for extra Halloween flair.
Or buy edible googly eye candies and stick them onto the apples as soon as they are almost cool.
Putting the finished dipped apples in holiday-themed paper cupcake liners also adds festiveness to an already festive treat.
If you are making these for Halloween, lean into the black and orange toppings.
WRAPPING CARAMEL APPLES
For to-go apples, wrap them in clear cellophane, tie them with a piece of string and ribbon, and share with your neighbors. You can choose ribbon colors for the appropriate holiday, or for a gathering like a shower that has a color theme.
STORING CARAMEL APPLES
You can store candy apples in the fridge well sealed for up to five days. The apples may soften a bit as they sit. It’s best to remove the stick before storing them, as the wood will speed up up the spoiling process.
This recipe multiplies easily. Just rewarm the caramel in the double boiler as directed below if it starts to thicken up (see Step 6).
Makes 6 apples
6 small apples, washed
1 (14-ounce) package caramels, unwrapped
2 tablespoons heavy cream
6 wooden popsicle sticks
For decorating (pick and choose):
Sprinkles
Crushed cookies, such as chocolate wafers or graham crackers
Granola
Crushed nuts
Crushed candy, such as toffee or Halloween-colored candy canes
Shredded coconut
Crushed pretzels
1. Line a baking sheet with parchment or wax paper. Twist the stem from each apple and insert a popsicle stick in the top, sticking it halfway up the apple for stability.
2. Place the desired toppings in separate bowls or containers large enough for the apples to fit inside.
3. If you have a double boiler, set that up with water in the bottom. If not, grab a skillet and a saucepan smaller than the width of the skillet by a few inches. Place the saucepan in the skillet and fill the skillet with water about ½ inch up the sides of the saucepan nestled inside. Place the caramels and the cream in the top pan of the double boiler, or the saucepan in the skillet. Heat over medium heat, stirring often, until the caramels are melted and smooth.
4. Transfer the melted caramel to a heatproof surface. Dip each apple, one at a time, into the hot caramel. You may choose to coat just the bottom half, or turn the apple to coat it all around with the caramel. Lift the apple up and twirl it gently to allow excess caramel to drip back into the pan.
5. Dip the apple into the toppings of your choice. You may use more than one topping for each apple; either lean different sides of the coated apple into different toppings, or sprinkle some of the toppings over the apple, holding the apple over the toppings in their container.
6. If the caramel starts to firm up before you have dipped all of the apples, return it to the heat over simmering water, and stir frequently until it is liquidy again. You can also put it in the microwave and heat it for 15-second bursts, stirring between each one.
7. Place the decorated apples on the lined baking sheet, transfer the tray to the fridge, and let cool and set for at least 1 hour. Place in cupcake liners if desired.
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Katie Workman writes regularly about food for The Associated Press. She has written two cookbooks focused on family-friendly cooking, “Dinner Solved!” and “The Mom 100 Cookbook.” She blogs at http://www.themom100.com/about-katie-workman. She can be reached at Katie@themom100.com. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/living/article/Halloween-Caramel-Apples-an-easy-fun-treat-amid-17530114.php | 2022-10-24 15:18:27 | 1 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/living/article/Halloween-Caramel-Apples-an-easy-fun-treat-amid-17530114.php |
Kindergarten Child ID Program launched in Florida
Published: Dec. 9, 2022 at 2:23 PM EST|Updated: 9 minutes ago
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WWSB) - Attorney General Ashley Moody has announced that free Child ID kits will be distributed to every kindergarten student in Florida.
The National Child ID Program aims to make it easier for parents to collect identifying information such as photographs, fingerprints, and DNA of their children on identification cards. These kits can help assist law enforcement in finding missing children.
Approximately 250,000 kits will be provided to all Florida school districts for distribution to public, private, and charter schools.
More information can be found here.
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The mother of a 6-year-old Virginia boy who shot and wounded his teacher had a series of miscarriages and post-partum depression in the year before the shooting, her attorney said Friday, after she was arraigned on charges of child neglect and failing to secure the handgun her son used in the shooting.
Police say the boy fired a single shot at his first-grade teacher, Abigail Zwerner, on Jan. 6, striking her in the left hand and chest. She spent two weeks in the hospital and has had four surgeries since the shooting.
The Associated Press is not identifying the mother to shield the identity of her son. A grand jury indicted the mother this week, and she was released on a $5,000 bond after turning herself in Thursday.
The 25-year-old woman appeared somber and stood with her hands clasped behind her back as the two charges against her were read in Newport News Circuit Court. She did not speak except to say “no, sir” in response to a question from the judge. After the hearing, she quickly walked away from a scrum of reporters and TV cameras without commenting.
Her attorney, James Ellenson, said his client wants to reach a plea agreement with prosecutors and hopes they will consider what he called “mitigating circumstances." He cited a number of miscarriages the woman had, including one following an ectopic pregnancy that resulted in a hospital stay in January 2022. An ectopic pregnancy occurs when a pregnancy develops outside the uterus, often in a fallopian tube. Ellenson said the miscarriages resulted in post-partum depression.
“We’re looking forward to working collaboratively with the Commonwealth’s Attorney's Office to resolve the charges," Ellenson said, adding that he is hoping for “something that is fair, something that is just."
Ellenson has requested a trial before a judge instead of a jury. A trial date of Aug. 15 has been set.
The felony neglect charge is punishable by up to five years in prison. The misdemeanor charge of recklessly storing a firearm is punishable by up to one year in jail.
Ellenson has said the mother believed her gun, which was legally purchased, was secured on a top shelf in her closet and had a trigger lock. It is unclear how the boy got the gun and was able to take it to school on the day of the shooting.
Zwerner filed a $40 million lawsuit against the school system last week, accusing school officials of gross negligence and of ignoring multiple warnings from teachers and others in the hours before the shooting that the boy had a gun.
The city prosecutor’s office said Tuesday that it is investigating whether the “actions or omissions” of any school employees could lead to criminal charges.
Ellenson said the boy has an “acute disability” and was under a care plan that included his mother, father or grandfather accompanying him to class every day. The week of the shooting was the first when a parent was not in class with him. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/attorney-mom-of-virginia-boy-who-shot-teacher-17897564.php | 2023-04-14 17:21:46 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/attorney-mom-of-virginia-boy-who-shot-teacher-17897564.php |
Opening its doors on May 11 at 10:00 A.M., Gotham features the state's best cannabis alongside premium lifestyle brands, art and culturally rich programming in a unique retail environment
NEW YORK, May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Gotham, a new, artfully curated cannabis concept store, announced today the opening of its flagship on May 11, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. Located in the Bowery in New York City, the two-story retail and gallery space designed by Cinema Vitae will feature Gotham-branded products, premium cannabis, fashion and lifestyle brands, as well as art exhibitions in a beautifully designed environment.
Gotham works with best-in-class brands offering New York State's finest cannabis products, including flower, edibles, vaporizers, pre-rolls, and tinctures. Gotham features high-end product partnerships with New York based brands like Edie Parker, Flowerhouse, House of Puff, and Rose New York X David Zilber of Noma. Additionally, the brand will debut Gotham Goods, its namesake line of CBD products and accessories. Product experts will always be on-hand to help customers choose goods tailored to their needs and interests.
Founder Joanne Wilson, a seasoned entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist with track record of early investment in high-growth consumer brands like Food52, Parachute and Sweet Loren's, is the visionary behind Gotham's new concept, the next wave of cannabis retail.
"Gotham is a reflection of New York's rich history and influence. We're proud to be one of the pioneers reimagining what the legalized cannabis market can become in the state," said Wilson. "As part of that growth, we have an unwavering commitment to social justice which is why STRIVE was the perfect partner for us for our flagship store."
Gotham is committed to creating systemic change through the power of jobs, education and opportunity for those that were formerly incarcerated for cannabis. STRIVE is a nonprofit which provides a pathway to life-changing careers for those who face societal barriers to economic empowerment and upward mobility--including those impacted by the justice system. As a beneficiary the non-profit will receive a portion of proceeds to fund their programs.
"STRIVE New York is proud to be a beneficiary of Gotham as part of our continued work serving the Black and Brown communities that have been disproportionately harmed by systemically oppressive cannabis laws," says Ayesha George, Executive Director STRIVE New York. "Gotham's vision will fuel positive social change and create access for people to build economic mobility and empowerment from what once brought them barriers."
In addition to evolving the cannabis retail environment, Gotham brings back the quintessential in-person shopping experience to create community and connection, much like cannabis does.
"We wanted to create a space that was a first of its kind, uniquely downtown and differentiated from the local head shop. Gotham is a true concept store where visitors can discover something new, browse high end brands and enjoy incredible art through a distinctive NYC lens. And, of course, we also sell cannabis," said Gotham Chief Creative Officer Billy Richards, a hospitality veteran and former director of NYC's famed Boom Boom Room and Rose Bar.
Gotham will feature a curated selection of retail, exhibits, and happenings that reflect New York's cultural zeitgeist. The 2,800 square foot open-concept venue features an exhibition space that will display seasonally rotating shows featuring New York artists. For its inaugural show, Gotham will partner with Bright Moments to present an NFT gallery. The store will also feature a permanent installation by NYC-based multimedia artist Molly Lowe.
Located at 3 East 3rd Street in New York City, Gotham will be open for in-person shopping and in-store pick-up seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., with delivery coming soon. For more information visit www.gotham.nyc.
ABOUT GOTHAM
Gotham is an artfully curated concept store that features an elevated selection of cannabis as well as a premium collection of retail for a discerning clientele. Located on Bowery and 3rd St. in NYC, Gotham fuses art, design, fashion and culture alongside the state's best cannabis. Gotham is committed to creating systemic change through its beneficiary partner STRIVE, to harness the power of jobs, education and opportunities for those formerly incarcerated for marijuana offenses. www.gotham.nyc.
ABOUT STRIVE
STRIVE (www.strive.org) is a national workforce development leader that for nearly 40 years has successfully provided services to populations facing significant employment barriers. STRIVE's proven program model moves students into careers that lead to upward mobility and economic empowerment. Headquartered in East Harlem, New York and with operations in 13 locations, STRIVE has helped more than 85,000 individuals prepare for career success through employment programs geared toward adults, young adults, and those with involvement in the justice system.
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NEW YORK, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Enochian BioSciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENOB) between September 24, 2020 and May 31, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"). If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than September 26, 2022.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Enochian BioSciences securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Enochian BioSciences class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=6517 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than September 26, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Serhat Gumrukçu, the inventor and co-founder of Enochian BioSciences, was not a licensed doctor and had no verifiable degrees beyond high school; (2) accordingly, the scientific and technological underpinnings of Enochian BioSciences' product pipeline, purportedly invented by Gumrukçu, were dubious at best; (3) accordingly, the defendants had significantly overstated the commercial prospects for the Company's product pipeline; (4) Enochian BioSciences' senior leadership knew Gumrukçuhad a criminal history that included fraud; (5) accordingly, Enochian BioSciences' reliance on Gumrukçu, and its consulting and licensing agreements with G-Tech Bio, LLC and Seraph Research Institute ("SRI"), both of which are controlled by Gumrukçu, subjected the Company to a heightened risk of reputational and financial harm, as well as threatened the integrity of the Company's scientific findings; and (6) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Enochian BioSciences class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=6517 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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DALLAS(KDAF)—The Dallas Mavs D-Town crew can be spotted not only at Mavs game days but throughout the community during all times of the year! This is a co-ed team made up of guys and girls who have a passion for dancing and community.
Auditions are often held in the summer and those interested in auditioning do not have to have a lifetimes worth of dance experience, just talent!
In this segment, the team and director teach me a little routine to show off what the D-Town crew is all about!
If you think you are ready to show off your dance movies and be a part of the renowned D-town crew!
Well, here’s your chance! D-town Crew is holding auditions this Saturday, July 15, and Sunday, July 16. This is an incredible opportunity for aspiring dancers to join one of the most talented crews in the industry.
D-Town crew said, “Dancers will learn choreography in our signature hot-timeout style set to upbeat music, and then perform for a panel of judges The Finalists will be announced at the end of the day”.
The auditions will take place at the AAC Practice Court Facility, and the doors will open at 8:30 am. It’s important to be punctual, as check-in will begin promptly at 9 am. Make sure to arrive early to secure your spot in line and get settled before the auditions commence. You are advised to park at the Lexus Parking Garage.
Crew members are asking you to wear a two-piece outfit that you feel confident and comfortable in. Additionally, wear sneakers that will allow you to showcase your dance skills with ease. Remember, confidence is key!
When attending the auditions, don’t forget to bring your driver’s license and a headshot. These documents will be required for the registration process. | https://cw33.com/news/fun-on-the-run-news/bringing-energy-to-all-dallas-mavericks-games-d-town-crew-showcases-modern-choreography-and-elite-talent/ | 2023-07-14 18:13:36 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/fun-on-the-run-news/bringing-energy-to-all-dallas-mavericks-games-d-town-crew-showcases-modern-choreography-and-elite-talent/ |
NEW YORK, Oct. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Dingdong (Cayman) LTD (NYSE: DDL) pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and related prospectus (collectively, the "Registration Statement") issued in connection with Dingdong's June 2021 initial public offering (the "IPO"), of the important October 24, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Dingdong securities pursuant and/or traceable to the Registration Statement you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Dingdong class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=9047 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than October 24, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, the registration statement and prospectus used to effectuate the Company's IPO misstated and/or omitted facts concerning Dingdong's so-called commitment to ensuring the safety and quality of the food it distributes to the market. For example, despite claiming that it applies "stringent quality control across [its] entire supply chain to ensure product quality to [its] users," Dingdong sold food past its sell-by date. Consequently, Dingdong was, in fact, no better at providing or assuring access to "fresh" groceries than the supermarkets, traditional Chinese wet markets, or traditional e-commerce platforms it repeatedly claimed to be displacing. Moreover, the foregoing conduct subjected Dingdong to an increased risk of regulatory and/or governmental scrutiny and enforcement, all of which, once revealed, were likely to (and did) negatively impact Dingdong's business, operations, and reputation. In fact, as the truth about Dingdong's business and its failure to meet its self-imposed food safety responsibilities reached the market, the value of the Company's shares declined dramatically. By the commencement of the action, Dingdong's shares traded as low as $2.51 per ADS, representing a decline of over 89% from the $23.50 IPO offering price.
To join the Dingdong class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=9047 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Tennessee Titans coach Mike Vrabel offered handshakes and high-fives to his players as they exited Nissan Stadium following a victory two weeks ago.
When he saw center Ben Jones limping up the ramp, Vrabel made a beeline for the veteran and grabbed him for an emotional bear hug.
“I’ve never seen anything like that,” Vrabel said to Jones.
Not as a player or a coach.
Vrabel played 14 seasons as an NFL linebacker — a career that included three Super Bowl titles with New England — and has a level of experience that’s hard to match for players and even rarer for coaches.
So he had a genuine appreciation for what Jones sacrificed by playing through a knee injury and helping the Titans beat rival Indianapolis 19-10 on Oct. 23.
“This is an emotional game, and these guys put a lot into it,” Vrabel said.
Vrabel knows that as well as anyone. He’s one of 10 current head coaches with NFL playing experience, some with considerably more than others.
The list includes four in their second head coaching stints — Dennis Allen (New Orleans), Todd Bowles (Tampa Bay), Doug Pederson (Jacksonville) and Ron Rivera (Washington) — as well as second-year Detroit coach Dan Campbell and first-year Minnesota coach Kevin O’Connell, who has the Vikings (6-1) atop the NFC North.
There's also Indianapolis' Frank Reich and two guys who, like Allen, barely had cups of coffee in the league: Arizona's Kliff Kingsbury and Cincinnati's Zac Taylor.
Only Pederson and Campbell, who are a combined 0-10 in one-score games, have fewer than three wins as the league nears its halfway point.
Although there’s a rich tradition of NFL players becoming successful NFL coaches — Mike Ditka, Jim Harbaugh, Marty Schottenheimer, Don Shula and Dan Reeves, to name a few — there seems to be no direct correlation between the two.
You don't have to have played a down in the NFL to be a great coach (see Vince Lombardi, Paul Brown, Bill Walsh, Jimmy Johnson and Bill Belichick).
But there’s no doubt it helps having NFL experience, whether it’s organizing practices, managing egos or getting — and keeping — a locker room filled with millionaires on the same page.
Coaches who played at football's highest level often share their experiences in hopes of imparting wisdom on young guys and connecting with veterans on a deeper, maybe more meaningful, level.
“It’s easier to get behind a guy who’s been there, who has the blueprint,” Jaguars running back Travis Etienne said.
Etienne had a front-row seat for Urban Meyer's debacle in Jacksonville in 2021. Jaguars owner Shad Khan hired Meyer out of the television booth in hopes that the three-time collegiate national champion would find raise the ultimate trophy on football’s biggest stage. Meyer failed miserably, getting fired with cause after 11 games and countless missteps.
Khan hired Pederson to replace Meyer, a 180-degree turn in terms of NFL experience. No one would be surprised to see Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper do something similar after firing former Baylor and Temple coach Matt Rhule five games into his third season.
Rhule went 11-27 with the Panthers and became the latest college coach to fail while trying to transition to the big league. Given the tenures of Meyer and Rhule, it could at least provide pause for another NFL team considering the college route.
It's hard to go wrong — on paper, anyway — with giving a former NFL player a chance. While teams might not find another Chuck Noll or Tony Dungy, they seemingly have better odds of landing the next Jack Del Rio or Jeff Fisher than Mike Singletary or Mike Munchak.
The Jaguars are counting on the player-turned-coach formula to work. Pederson was an NFL backup quarterback for 14 seasons before working his way to the top spot in Philadelphia and leading the Eagles to a championship following the 2017 season.
He’s already been praised for bringing a new level of credibility to one of the worst franchises in the league the past two decades. Jacksonville (2-6), which lost 19 games by double digits over the past two seasons, has had a chance down the stretch in every game this year despite being 0-6 in one-score games.
“It’s big when you know your coach has been there, he’s been in your shoes, he’s played at this level,” Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence said. “He handles things the right way.”
The adrenaline-pumping Campbell became somewhat of a cult hero for how he handled himself and his Lions on HBO’s “Hard Knocks” in August and September. The former long-haired tight end, who played 11 NFL seasons, stole the season with his viral video clips.
“It doesn’t matter if you have one (butt)cheek and three toes, I will beat your (butt),” Campbell said in one team meeting.
Campbell and Pederson built their staffs almost exclusively with former NFL players. Staff sizes have increased in recent years and assistant salaries continue to rise, enticing ex-NFLers, even some who are financially set for life, to return to the league in different, less glamorous, roles.
Pederson’s staff includes longtime NFL players Brentson Buckner, Mike Caldwell, Bernie Parmalee and Deshea Townsend. Campbell has Aaron Glenn, Mark Brunell, Duce Staley, Hank Fraley and Antwaan Randle El on the payroll.
“I just went into this thing literally saying, ‘Where do I find the best guys? How do I find the best guys? Who are the best guys?’” Campbell said. “I swore I was never going to hire the coach first and the person second. I hired the person first and the coach second.”
Any of them could emerge as head coaching candidates. After all, it's typically easier to sell name recognition to a desperate fan base than play-calling acumen.
That worked for Vrabel, 47, who took over at Tennessee in 2018 and has won the AFC South the past two years.
The way he reacted to Jones' performance last month was the norm for a guy who's spent nearly half his life as part of the NFL and has set the bar relatively high for any future players turned coaches.
“I try not to be fake,” Vrabel said. “I try to be as real and as honest as I can."
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A sweet holiday exhibit has returned to the Glazer Children’s Museum called Gingerbread Village.
The hands-on exhibit encourages kids to build their own gingerbread-inspired buildings out of recycled materials, like cardboard or straws.
Several local companies even constructed their own that resemble iconic Tampa buildings to encourage young ones to learn more about design and engineering. Some of those replicas included the Dali Museum, The Floridan Hotel and the St. Pete Pier.
“You’ll always be able to point at it and be proud that you were there and that you did it,” said Ellison Construction CEO, Casey Ellison. “You can show your friends and your family. I think it’s an exciting thing and it’s something that has a lot of value.”
You can check out Gingerbread Village and vote on your favorite replica of iconic Tampa buildings at the Glazer Children’s Museum from now until Dec. 31.
Ticket information can be found on their website. | https://www.wfla.com/community/holidays/gingerbread-village-returns-to-glazer-childrens-museum/ | 2022-12-21 00:43:58 | 1 | https://www.wfla.com/community/holidays/gingerbread-village-returns-to-glazer-childrens-museum/ |
Baird equity research analyst Ben Kallo initiated coverage with a price target of $8
NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Swvl Holdings Corp ("Swvl" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SWVL), a global provider of transformative tech-enabled mass transit solutions, today announced that Baird has initiated coverage on the Company with "Outperform" Rating and price target substantially higher than Swvl's current trading price.
Copies of the full analyst report can be obtained directly from Baird.
Mostafa Kandil, Swvl Founder and CEO, said, "We are grateful to see institutional research analysts take notice of what we believe to be another record-breaking quarter in Q2 where we grew revenues 3.4x year on year while improving profitability in line with our expectation to turn cash flow positive in 2023 and we achieved multiple strategic milestones including organic SaaS launches in Kuwait and Brazil and completed our acquisitions of Urbvan, Volt Lines and door2door."
Youssef Salem, Swvl CFO, said, "With a well-capitalized balance sheet after raising $29m in early Q3, a clear roadmap to cashflow generation next year, the completion of several recent acquisitions, integrated and significant revenue and cost synergies being realized, continued month-on-month organic growth, lock-up agreements extended by 31 shareholders and executives and now additional equity research initiation, we believe that we are at an inflection point in our shareholder value maximization journey. We look forward to additional research coverage initiation soon."
All reports on Swvl prepared by analysts represent the views of such analysts and are not necessarily those of Swvl. Swvl is not responsible for the content, accuracy or timelines provided by analysts. Swvl does not expressly or by implication warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, assumption, data, forecast, price target, estimate or projection contained in the reports or industry notes provided by analysts, and the dissemination of such reports or industry notes does not necessarily constitute or imply the Company's endorsement or recommendation.
About Swvl
Swvl is a global provider of transformative tech-enabled mass transit solutions, offering intercity, intracity, B2B and B2G transportation across > 20 countries. The Company's platform provides complimentary semi-private alternatives to public transportation for individuals who cannot access or afford private options. Every day, Swvl's parallel mass transit systems are empowering individuals to go where they want, when they want – making mobility safer, more efficient, accessible, and environmentally friendly. Customers can book their rides on an easy-to-use proprietary app with varied payment options and 24 / 7 access to high-quality private buses and vans.
Swvl was co-founded by Mostafa Kandil, who began his career at Rocket Internet, where he launched the car sales platform Carmudi in the Philippines, which became the largest car classifieds company in the country in just six months. He then served as Rocket Internet's Head of Operations. In 2016, Kandil joined Careem, a ride-sharing company and the first unicorn in the Middle East. He supported the platform's expansion into multiple new markets.
For additional information about Swvl, please visit www.swvl.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements made herein are not historical facts but are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements generally are accompanied by words such as "believe," "may," "will," "estimate," "continue," "anticipate," "intend," "expect," "should," "would," "plan," "predict," "potential," "seem," "seek," "future," "outlook" and similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding future events and other statements that are not historical facts.
These statements are based on the current expectations of Swvl's management and are not predictions of actual performance. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on, by any investor as a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will differ from assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of Swvl. These statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties regarding Swvl's business, and actual results may differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: general economic, political and business conditions, including but not limited to the economic and operational disruptions and other effects of the COVID-19 pandemic; the ability of Swvl to execute its growth strategy, manage growth profitably and retain its key employees; competition with other companies in the mobility industry; Swvl's limited operating history and lack of experience as a public company; recent implementation of certain policies and procedures to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including with respect to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, and cyber protection; the risk that Swvl is not able to execute its portfolio optimization plan; the risk that Swvl is unable to attract and retain consumers and qualified drivers and other high quality personnel; the risk that Swvl is unable to protect and enforce its intellectual property rights; the risk that Swvl is unable to determine rider demand to develop new offerings on its platform; the difficulty of obtaining required registrations, licenses, permits or approvals in jurisdictions in which Swvl currently operates or may in the future operate; the fact that Swvl currently operates in and intends to expand into jurisdictions that are, or have been, characterized by political instability, may have inadequate or limited regulatory and legal frameworks and may have limited, if any, treaties or other arrangements in place to protect foreign investment or involvement; the risk that Swvl's drivers could be classified as employees, workers or quasi-employees in the jurisdictions they operate; the fact that Swvl has operations in countries known to experience high levels of corruption and is subject to territorial anti-corruption laws in these jurisdictions; the ability of Swvl to maintain the listing of its securities on Nasdaq; Swvl's acquisitions may not be beneficial to Swvl as a result of the cost of integrating geographically disparate operations and the diversion of management's attention from its existing business, among other things; and other risks that will be detailed from time to time in filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The foregoing list of risk factors is not exhaustive. There may be additional risks that Swvl presently does not know or that Swvl currently believes are immaterial that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements provide Swvl's expectations, plans or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this communication. Swvl anticipates that subsequent events and developments will cause Swvl's assessments and projections to change. However, while Swvl may elect to update these forward-looking statements in the future, Swvl specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Swvl's assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this communication. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon the forward-looking statements.
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Customs officers seize more than $700,000 worth of counterfeit designer goods
Published: Mar. 28, 2023 at 6:19 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
(CNN) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Virginia seized more than $700,000 worth of designer fakes.
The counterfeit clothing, purses and shoes were found in a single shipment confiscated on March 16.
CBP says it included 68 knockoffs from Burberry, Chanel, Christian Dior, Gucci, Hermes, Louis Vuitton and Yves Saint Laurent.
The goods were sent to an address in Chesapeake, Virginia, from Seoul, South Korea.
If the items had been real, they would have been worth $708,097.
No one has been charged in connection with the shipment.
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WATCH: Dog abandoned in desert found living with coyote pack
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (KVVU/Gray News) - An all-white dog was spotted living among coyotes in the open Nevada desert for months.
Occasionally, the dog, named Ghost, would make his way into nearby neighborhoods with its unlikely friends.
According to KVVU, Ghost appeared to not only have been accepted by the pack but may even have led it.
The dog may have been dumped in the desert as a puppy and was taken in by the coyotes as one of their own.
Susan McMullen, of the Southern Nevada Trapping Team, said the first report of Ghost made on social media was in July.
“It seems like he may have been put out there between seven and eight months and somehow or another, the coyotes just accepted him,” she said.
For the last seven months, neighbors posted sightings of Ghost on neighborhood groups.
True to his name, every time someone would approach him, Ghost would disappear.
McMullen said she recently learned Ghost may have been injured, so she, along with her partner Timi Zondiros, determined to rescue him and get him help.
“He was actually just running with them and eating with them, but then he started to limp, and we were afraid that the coyotes could turn on him,” McMullen said.
Neighbors shared maps of the paths Ghost would take. McMullen and Zondiros searched near homes and in the open desert for days and hours on end.
“We were very nervous about where he was, how he was,” Zondiros said.
The efforts of the two finally paid off Saturday night. They set up a crate baited with food, and Ghost walked into the trap.
“When he got into that crate…. He just sat down. I think he was also relieved,” Zondiros said.
McMullen said it was a relief to get him out of that situation. She said, despite living for months in the desert with a pack of coyotes, Ghost is as friendly as can be and takes to every human he sees.
“He is the sweetest, most loving dog… he comes up to you, he wants to be petted, he wants to be held,” Zondiros said.
Living for seven months among coyotes did not come without a cost, however. KVVU reports fights scarred Ghost’s face and body, and he also has an ear infection, skin issues, and needs to have a broken toe amputated and to be neutered.
“He’s got some rocks in his belly because he was probably hungry and ate some rocks, so we are just going to watch those and hopefully those will pass so we don’t have to have yet another surgery,” McMullen said.
Ghost has shown no signs of aggression, and once his medical work is done, he will be up for adoption. The transition between living with coyotes to living with humans could take some time, however.
“He is not crate trained. He is not leash trained… he doesn’t sleep at night. He paces; he pants, nighttime is really hard for him,” McMullen said.
Ghost harbors no resentment toward humans despite being left for dead in the desert. He is ready to stop roaming and find a family who loves him and a forever home.
Zondiros said she wants Ghost to be adopted into a loving home where he’ll have a bed and people to give him affection.
“I believe he is going to be the best dog because they are the most grateful, the ones that are rescued… they feel it,” Zondiros said.
A GoFundMe has been established to help with Ghost’s medical bills, which currently cost over $4,000.
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USPS ready for holiday crush after influx of mail-in ballots
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service gave a solid performance in delivering mail-in ballots for the midterm elections and is ready to dive into the crush of holiday deliveries, officials said Thursday.
U.S. Postmaster Service General Louis DeJoy said 11.3 billion pieces of mail and 567 million packages were delivered last month. And he said the Postal Service has stabilized its workforce and is ready for the next challenge of delivering holiday cards and parcels.
“We will not disappoint,” he told the Postal Service Board of Governors.
The Postal Service announced an annual operating loss of $473 million — a third of the previous fiscal year’s loss — thanks to a one-time adjustment under the Postal Service Reform Act.
The law that guaranteed six-day-a-week delivery also repealed a requirement that the Postal Service fully fund pensions — an onerous requirement that other businesses didn’t have to follow.
DeJoy said the Postal Service still faces challenges.
He said the new budget includes nearly $3 billion in retirement costs and $1.5 billion in inflation costs that are above what was planned, while mail volume is declining at a rate of about 3% per year.
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Want the $7,500 tax credit for an electric vehicle? Consider leasing.
DETROIT (AP) — Thanks to a boost from the government, leasing — not buying — is becoming the most affordable way to get your hands on an electric vehicle.
Last year’s Inflation Reduction Act provided a federal tax credit of up to $7,500 to use toward an EV. Under the rules, a dealer can apply that credit to any leased electric vehicle, no matter where it’s made, to reduce a customer’s monthly payment.
Not so for people who buy an EV.
For buyers, only EVs made in North America qualify for the full tax credit. And only 10 of the 49 electric vehicles for sale in the United States this year meet that requirement. Even then, the EV must contain certain percentages of battery parts from the United States or countries with which it has a trade deal for the buyer to receive a full $7,500 credit.
Why the distinction between leased and purchases vehicles?
The Treasury Department says that in establishing the tax credit, Congress classified leased — but not purchased — EVs as “commercial” vehicles. Under the law, commercial vehicles are exempt from the North America manufacturing and battery-content requirements. The result is that people who lease enjoy a much wider selection of EVs that qualify for the $7,500 credit.
“Lease affordability has surpassed purchase affordability” in a J.D. Power index that includes total cost of ownership, said Elizabeth Krear, vice president of the EV practice at J.D. Power.
Many consumers have become aware of the difference and are capitalizing on it. In April, Krear said, leases accounted for 41% of all U.S. EV deliveries — four times the percentage in December, before the new rules took effect.
Geoff Pohanka, president of a 21-dealership group in Maryland, Virginia and Texas, said he is anticipating an increase in leasing. Buyers, he predicts, will increasingly recognize that the tax credit will help defray the typically substantial cost difference between an EV and a similar gas-powered vehicle.
“It definitely makes sense,” he said. “Incentives can move the market if that narrows the affordability issue between gas and electric cars.”
Pohanka, whose group sells vehicles from multiple automakers, said the tax credits have just begun to lower the cost of leasing. Still, the rules governing the credit are complex enough that some buyers appear unsure if they would qualify for it. The rules not only make distinctions between leased and purchased vehicles. They also include income thresholds that disqualify some buyers.
To qualify for the tax credit, a car cannot cost more than $55,000. SUVs, pickups and vans can’t exceed $80,000. And a buyer’s gross income must be no more $150,000 if single, $300,000 if filing jointly and $225,000 if head of a household.
Given the confusion he has noticed among customers about qualifying for the tax credit, Pohanka said some EVs are sitting longer on dealer lots than they otherwise would.
“This disruption, I think, is very damaging to the momentum on electric vehicles,” he said.
Critics, including some lawmakers on Capitol Hill, say they regard the Treasury rules that allow many leased, but not purchased, EVs to receive the full tax credit to be an unfair loophole. They argue that it benefits automakers that produce all their vehicles overseas and have yet to build EV and battery factories in the United States. These foreign manufacturers, they say, can devote themselves to leasing EVs in the United States at the expense of domestic automakers.
Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat and a key author of the tax-credit language, wanted the North American manufacturing requirement to help boost U.S. manufacturing jobs. He included the battery requirements to incentivize companies to build a domestic EV supply chain. But Manchin says the Biden administration is circumventing the law’s intent by allowing tax credits for vehicles manufactured overseas.
“The administration continues to ignore the purpose of the law, which is to bring manufacturing back to America and ensure we have reliable and secure supply chains,” he said in a statement.
Foreign automakers had complained that they were excluded from the tax credit for buyers despite doing what the bill intended — building U.S. battery and assembly plants.
The Treasury Department denies creating a loophole and says it was Congress that exempted commercial vehicles from the manufacturing and battery requirements. When a dealer buys a vehicle and leases it to someone, it amounts to a commercial transaction. The dealer or a finance company receives the tax credit and retains ownership of the vehicle.
“Eligibility for the commercial vehicle credit is a straightforward reading of the Inflation Reduction Act as written by Congress and application of longstanding tax law regarding leased assets,” Ashley Schapitl, a spokeswoman, wrote in a statement. “There was no room for Treasury interpretation.”
Hyundai, with three EV models made in South Korea and for sale in the United States, is among the beneficiaries of the leasing provision. A spokesman for the Korean automaker said that leases amounted to 30% of its U.S. EV deliveries in the United States from January through March. In 2022, that proportion was only 5%.
The average monthly ownership cost on an EV leased for three years has dropped $403 since December, largely because of the tax credits, J.D. Power found. By contrast, for an EV purchase financed over five years, the average monthly cost has declined by only $118.
Hyundai is offering to lease an Ioniq 5 SE rear-wheel-drive EV for $499 a month for three years, though the customer must put down nearly $4,000. Buying the same EV would cost $865 a month for five years at the average new-auto loan rate of 7%.
Though it may be cheaper, leasing won’t fit into everyone’s financial plans. Unlike with a purchase, monthly payments don’t end when a loan is paid off.
Experts note, too, that not everyone who leases an EV will receive the tax credit, even if they qualify for it. The automakers and dealers are allowed to decide whether to pass along the tax credit to their customers; they aren’t required to do so.
Krear said some companies are passing the entire $7,500 credit on to qualifying consumers, thereby reducing their monthly payments. Others are passing on only a portion of it.
Eventually, as automakers make adjustments to comply with the North American manufacturing and battery-composition requirements, buying an EV could cost less than leasing over the long run, Krear said, though there are too many variables to predict when that might happen.
“At that time, it will be a different playing field,” she said.
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TX Lubbock TX Zone Forecast for Friday, April 29, 2022
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621 FPUS54 KLUB 300851
ZFPLUB
Zone Forecast Product for Texas
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
351 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022
TXZ035-302115-
Lubbock-
Including the cities of Lubbock, Wolfforth, and Slaton
351 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northeast winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms
likely in the afternoon. Breezy with highs around 80. Southeast
winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Some
thunderstorms may be severe in the evening. Breezy with lows in
the upper 50s. South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the upper 80s. Southwest
winds 15 to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers with a
slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the lower
50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 80s.
Lows around 50.
$$
TXZ026-302115-
Childress-
Including the cities of Childress and Kirkland
351 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 80s. North winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 50. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
east after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming southeast around 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly in the
evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the evening. Not as
cool with lows around 60. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts
up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs
in the lower 90s. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Showers likely. A slight chance of thunderstorms in
the morning, then thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in
the mid 70s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A
chance of thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid
50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Not as cool with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
Highs in the lower 80s.
$$
TXZ021-302115-
Parmer-
Including the cities of Friona, Bovina, and Farwell
351 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. North winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph, becoming east 10 to 15 mph this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon.
Breezy with highs around 80. South winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts
up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe.
Breezy with lows in the lower 50s. South winds 15 to 25 mph with
gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the mid 80s. West winds
15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear, breezy and much cooler with lows in the
upper 30s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. A slight
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 80. Chance
of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
evening. Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 80s.
Lows in the mid 40s.
$$
TXZ022-302115-
Castro-
Including the cities of Dimmitt and Hart
351 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northeast winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms
likely in the afternoon. Breezy with highs in the upper 70s.
South winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe.
Breezy with lows in the lower 50s. South winds 15 to 25 mph with
gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the mid 80s. Southwest
winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear, breezy and much cooler with lows in the
upper 30s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. A slight
chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
evening. Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 80s.
Lows in the mid 40s.
$$
TXZ023-302115-
Swisher-
Including the cities of Tulia and Happy
351 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy, cooler with highs in the upper 70s. North
winds 15 to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms
likely in the afternoon. Breezy with highs in the upper 70s.
Southeast winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Some thunderstorms may be
severe in the evening. Lows in the mid 50s. South winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the mid 80s. Southwest
winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear, breezy and much cooler with lows around
40.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. A slight
chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A chance of
showers, mainly in the evening. Lows in the upper 40s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 80s.
Lows in the mid 40s.
$$
TXZ024-302115-
Briscoe-
Including the cities of Silverton and Quitaque
351 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the upper 70s. North winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
southeast 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms
likely in the afternoon. Highs around 80. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly in the
evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the evening. Lows in
the upper 50s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the upper 80s. Southwest
winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Much cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Showers likely. A slight chance of thunderstorms in
the morning, then a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the
lower 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. A slight chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 50. Highs
in the lower 80s.
$$
TXZ025-302115-
Hall-
Including the cities of Turkey and Memphis
351 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 80s. North winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
southeast after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming
southeast 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly in the
evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the evening. Lows
around 60. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the lower 90s.
Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Showers likely. A slight chance of thunderstorms in
the morning, then thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in
the mid 70s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A
chance of thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid
50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers. A slight
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
Highs in the lower 80s.
$$
TXZ027-302115-
Bailey-
Including the city of Muleshoe
351 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, becoming southeast this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms
likely in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe.
Breezy with lows in the lower 50s. South winds 15 to 25 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the mid 80s. West winds
15 to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the upper 30s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. A slight
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 40s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 80s.
Lows in the mid 40s.
$$
TXZ028-302115-
Lamb-
Including the cities of Littlefield, Amherst, and Olton
351 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. North winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph, becoming east 10 to 15 mph this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms
likely in the afternoon. Breezy with highs around 80. South winds
20 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe.
Breezy with lows in the mid 50s. South winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance
of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows around 40.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
evening. Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 80s.
Lows in the mid 40s.
$$
TXZ029-302115-
Hale-
Including the cities of Plainview and Hale Center
351 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the upper 70s. Northeast
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 50. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms
likely in the afternoon. Breezy with highs in the upper 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Some
thunderstorms may be severe in the evening. Breezy with lows in
the mid 50s. South winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the upper 80s. Southwest
winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the lower 40s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. A slight
chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A chance of
showers, mainly in the evening. Lows around 50. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 80s.
Lows in the upper 40s.
$$
TXZ030-302115-
Floyd-
Including the cities of Floydada and Lockney
351 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the upper 70s. North winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms
likely in the afternoon. Breezy with highs in the upper 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly in the
evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the evening. Lows in
the upper 50s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the upper 80s. Southwest
winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the lower 40s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Highs
in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the
lower 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. A slight chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
Highs in the lower 80s.
$$
TXZ031-302115-
Motley-
Including the cities of Matador and Roaring Springs
351 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 80s. North winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
south after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly cloudy with showers and
thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly in the
evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the evening. Lows
around 60. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Showers likely. A chance of thunderstorms in the
morning, then thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 70s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A
chance of thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the upper
50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. A slight chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ032-302115-
Cottle-
Including the cities of Paducah and Cee Vee
351 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 80s. North winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming southeast after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly in the
evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the evening. Lows in
the lower 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Breezy
with highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Much cooler with highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Showers likely. A chance of thunderstorms in the
morning, then thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 70s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A
chance of thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the upper
50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. A
slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ033-302115-
Cochran-
Including the cities of Morton and Whiteface
351 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs around 80. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph, becoming east this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms
likely in the afternoon. Highs around 80. South winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe.
Breezy with lows in the lower 50s. South winds 15 to 25 mph.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. West winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the lower 40s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid
50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows around 50. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 80s.
Lows in the upper 40s.
$$
TXZ034-302115-
Hockley-
Including the cities of Levelland and Sundown
351 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs around 80. Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph,
becoming east 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms
likely in the afternoon. Breezy with highs around 80. Southeast
winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe.
Breezy with lows in the mid 50s. South winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance
of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the lower 40s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
evening. Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 80s.
Lows in the upper 40s.
$$
TXZ036-302115-
Crosby-
Including the cities of Ralls and Crosbyton
351 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, cooler with highs around 80. Northeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds around 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms
likely in the afternoon. Highs around 80. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly in the
evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the evening. Lows in
the upper 50s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the upper 80s.
Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Highs
in the upper 70s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the
mid 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. A slight chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ037-302115-
Dickens-
Including the cities of Spur and Dickens
351 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 80s. North winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms
likely in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly in the
evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the evening. Lows
around 60. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Breezy,
warmer with highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Showers likely. A chance of thunderstorms in the
morning, then thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 70s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms,
mainly in the evening. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. A slight chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ038-302115-
King-
Including the cities of Dumont and Guthrie
351 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the mid 80s. North winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
southeast after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms
likely in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly in the
evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the evening. More
humid with lows in the lower 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Breezy
with highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Much cooler with highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms,
mainly in the evening. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. A
slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ039-302115-
Yoakum-
Including the cities of Denver City and Plains
351 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northeast winds 15 to
20 mph, becoming east 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with showers and
thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe.
Lows in the mid 50s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 80s.
Lows in the upper 40s.
$$
TXZ040-302115-
Terry-
Including the cities of Brownfield, Meadow, and Wellman
351 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northeast winds 15 to
20 mph, becoming east 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms
likely in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe.
Breezy with lows in the upper 50s. South winds 15 to 25 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
evening. Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 80s.
Lows around 50.
$$
TXZ041-302115-
Lynn-
Including the cities of Tahoka, New Home, and ODonnell
351 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northeast winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms
likely in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Some
thunderstorms may be severe in the evening. Lows in the upper
50s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY...Sunny, warmer with highs in the lower 90s. Southwest
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
Not as cool with lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms, mainly in the morning. Highs in the lower 80s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of
thunderstorms. A chance of showers, mainly in the evening. Lows
in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 80s.
Lows in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ042-302115-
Garza-
Including the cities of Post and Lake Alan Henry
351 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 80s. Northeast
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms
likely in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly in the
evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the evening. Lows in
the lower 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Warmer with highs in the lower 90s.
Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows around 50.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
Not as cool with lows around 60. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the
morning, then showers likely in the afternoon. Highs around 80.
Chance of rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the
upper 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. A slight chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ043-302115-
Kent-
Including the city of Jayton
351 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the mid 80s. North winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms
likely in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly in the
evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the evening. More
humid with lows in the lower 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Warmer with
highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up
to 30 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs around 80.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
Lows around 60. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with showers and
thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s.
Chance of rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms,
mainly in the evening. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ044-302115-
Stonewall-
Including the cities of Aspermont and Old Glory
351 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the mid 80s. North winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
southeast after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers likely with a chance
of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly in the
evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the evening. More
humid with lows in the lower 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Breezy with
highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Much cooler with highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
Lows around 60. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms,
mainly in the evening. Lows around 60. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. A
slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
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Man sentenced for threatening to kill Fargo VA doctor
FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - A Williston man is sentenced to spend more than a decade in federal prison after threatening his doctor and employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
U.S. District Court Judge Daniel L. Hovland sentenced Curtis Lee Moran, age 41, from Williston, ND, to serve 12 months in federal prison and 3 years of supervised release after being found guilty of Threatening Interstate Communications.
Court documents say Moran made several threatening phone calls to employees with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on June 14, 2022. Initially, Moran called the White House VA Call Center and said he was going to kill his doctor.
Investigators say Moran then called the Fargo VA Medical Center and left voice messages stating he was going to stab and harm his Fargo VA Medical Center doctor. The next day, Moran again called the Fargo VA and left a voicemail stating that he was going to shoot up the hospital.
Moran was arrested on June 16, 2022, and pleaded guilty on November 3, 2022.
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3 dead after ice gives way on frozen lake
CHANDLER, Ariz. (3TV/CBS 5/Gray News) - Three people from Chandler are dead after walking on a frozen lake outside of Payson.
A family friend said the three were taking a picture when the ice gave way and they fell through.
The victims include a wife and husband, who left behind two children, Arizona’s Family reported.
“We were really shocked and shaken. I wasn’t able to speak for a moment,” said Kishore Pittala.
On Monday, Coconino County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to Woods Canyon Lake, about 30 miles east of Payson.
Gokul Mediseti, 47, Narayana Muddana, 49, and his wife Haritha Muddana were soon identified as the three who had fallen through the ice.
First responders were able to pull Haritha Muddana from the water but weren’t able to save her. Rescue crews later found the bodies of the two men on Tuesday.
“It is a tough situation, so first thing is we are in shock and we are really worried about the kids,” said Pittala, who lives next door to the Muddana’s home in Chandler.
He is taking care of the 7- and 11-year-old daughters. He says he’s working to get them back to their grandparents in India.
Pittala said he wants people to remember Narayana and Haritha Muddana as welcoming people and caring parents.
“They were a really good family,” he said. “This is a big loss to them.”
Loved ones of the three created a GoFundMe page to help with expenses. If you would like to donate, click here.
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