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(NEXSTAR) — With graduation season already in the rearview for millions across the U.S., it’s important for new college graduates to know where they can stretch their dollars further. Especially as they’re starting entry-level jobs.
“Graduating from college and moving to a new city to start your career is a major milestone. For many, it’s a reality check when they realize how much of their hard-earned paycheck goes straight to rent,” said Anushna Prakash, an economic data analyst at Zillow.
Zillow’s Best Markets for Recent College Graduates were determined using data on rent, average incomes, and share of the population between the ages of 21 to 29. Numbers of job postings in the area were also considered. Among the top factors used to determine the rankings, one was the balance between how much graduates can expect to earn vs. how much they can expect to pay in rent per month, on average.
The top 10 metropolitan areas for college graduates are:
According to Zillow, while Colorado Springs doesn’t offer the least expensive rent prices, its job offerings and the large number of people in the target age range helped level out its desirability.
When it comes to how much the average college graduate can expect to earn in a year, Forbes Advisor reports those with a Bachelor’s degree can expect median yearly earnings of $59,600. Master’s degree holders (or higher), meanwhile, earn around $69,700, based on data from the National Center for Education Statistics.
While these numbers are the median, it’s important to note that the average college graduate made about $58,862 in their starting year, based on 2021 graduate data and as reported by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
Another factor to consider — and one that is still in flux — is the weight student loan repayment will have on college graduates. While most student loan payments have been on pause throughout the pandemic, the Biden administration’s student debt forgiveness legislation remains hanging by a thread in Congress.
Financial resources outlet NerdWallet explains that, as of 2022, the average Bachelor’s degree holder had about $28,400 in student loan debt. Those with graduate degrees carried around $71,000.
Last week, House Republicans voted to overturn President Joe Biden’s $400-billion student debt relief plan, which would cancel up to $20,000 for some 40 million borrowers. The plan’s fate now lies with the U.S. Supreme Court, where its likelihood of survival isn’t bright. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/the-10-best-cities-for-recent-college-graduates-to-rent-in/ | 2023-05-28 15:52:28 | 0 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/the-10-best-cities-for-recent-college-graduates-to-rent-in/ |
Woman arrested for burning down boyfriend’s house, sheriff’s office says
BEXAR COUNTY, Texas (Gray News) – Police in Texas arrested a 23-year-old woman for allegedly burning down the house of her boyfriend.
Senaida Soto was charged with one count of burglary and one count of arson.
Texas firefighters responded to a home in Bexar County early Sunday morning after the owner said Soto had broken into the home and set it on fire. She also reportedly stole some items from the house.
In a Facebook post, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said Soto was in a romantic relationship with a family member of the homeowner.
Officials said Soto had FaceTimed her boyfriend when another woman answered his phone. This woman was identified as a relative of the boyfriend.
Soto became upset that another woman answered her boyfriend’s phone and went to the boyfriend’s home. That’s when officials said she lit the couch in the living room on fire.
Video captured the fire spreading from the couch and causing the house to go up in flames. The sheriff’s office said more than $50,000 in damages was caused by the fire.
Authorities also said Soto texted her boyfriend while the house was on fire, saying “I hope your house is okay.”
Officials investigated the arson and issued two warrants for Soto’s arrest. She was taken into custody Monday afternoon.
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HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As schools across Pennsylvania prepare to celebrate their success during National School Choice Week (January 22-28, 2023), students, parents, and educators will shine a positive spotlight on public charter schools at a press conference and celebration at the State Capitol next week.
The event will be held on Monday, January 23, 2023, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 Noon in the Rotunda of the Pennsylvania Capitol (501 North 3rd Street in Harrisburg). More than 500 participants are expected to attend.
Hosted by Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools, the event will include remarks and musical performances by students representing more than 25 public charter schools in Allentown, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and York. Senator John Martin is also scheduled to speak. The celebration is open to the press and the public.
Organizers hope that as a result of the event, additional parents from across the Keystone State will discover and explore the education options available for their children.
"Pennsylvania's public charter schools are making a positive difference for students, educators, and the communities they serve. That's why Pennsylvania moms and dads value school choice. Now, we want even more families to know about the options available for their children's learning," said Dr. Anne Clark, CEO of Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools. "This event will give parents across the Keystone State the opportunity to discover how charter schools can benefit their children, while raising broad public awareness about the importance of ensuring that families in our state have access to effective education options."
The Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools is a 501c3 nonprofit organization focused on representing both brick-and-mortar and cyber schools throughout the Keystone State.
The January 23 event is timed to coincide with National School Choice Week (NSCW), which will feature more than 26,000 school choice events across all 50 states to raise equal and positive awareness of the traditional public, public charter, public magnet, private, online, and home education options available for families.
In addition to this event, 870 public and private schools in Pennsylvania will host independent events and activities during NSCW. These schools enroll an estimated 356,996 students across all grade levels.
For more information, visit pacharters.org or schoolchoiceweek.com.
National School Choice Week (NSCW) informs, inspires, and empowers parents to discover the K-12 education options available for their children, including traditional public, public charter, public magnet, online, private, and home schooling. Every January, tens of thousands of schools, organizations, and individuals plan unique events and activities to shine a positive spotlight on effective education options in their communities. The Week is a project of the nonpartisan, nonpolitical National School Choice Awareness Foundation.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria’s top diplomat demanded Monday that a U.S.-led military coalition get out of his country and told the U.N. General Assembly meeting of world leaders that Damascus wants compensation for losses suffered by its oil and gas industry during a civil war that has been going on for 11 years.
Hundreds of U.S. troops are stationed in eastern Syria to help the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces fight the Islamic State militant group. Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said the coalition’s presence contradicts international law and “should end immediately, without conditions.”
“Fighting terrorism does not happen through an illegitimate international coalition that violates Syria’s sovereignty and destroys towns and villages,” he said, arguing that battling terrorism can’t work without “coordination” with Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government.
The Islamic State group took over significant parts of Syria amid the civil war, which began in 2011 with protests demanding that Assad’s government make democratic reforms but quickly escalated into fighting. Though the militant group in 2019 lost the last sliver of land its fighters controlled, its sleeper cells are still active.
Mekdad spoke on the closing day of the annual “debate” that brings presidents, monarchs, premiers and cabinet ministers to the assembly’s podium.
Russia’s war in Ukraine has taken up much of the discussion this year, but the six days of speeches still formed a mosaic of global issues, national priorities, regional rivalries and don’t-forgets. Monday was no exception.
Mauritanian Foreign Minister Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug called for debt cancellation for African countries. His Canadian counterpart, Mélanie Joly, told the world’s women that her country would “speak up for your rights and dignity — no government, no politician, no judge, no one, can take that away from you.”
Bhutan’s foreign minister, Tandi Dorji, said he overhauled his speech after getting a letter from a 7-year-old girl in his Himalayan homeland.
She worried that her small community will be flooded by melting snow and glaciers in a warming world, he said, reading from the letter.
“I would request your excellency to kindly convey this small message to the world leaders and big and rich nations to help and save our tiny village from global warming,” she wrote. “I am sure if we all come together, we can not only save our tiny village but also make our Earth safe for all living beings.”
Syria’s Mekdad, meanwhile, said “direct and indirect” losses in Syria’s oil and gas sector have reached $107 billion since the conflict began. He added that Damascus will demand compensation for these losses.
The American forces and the SDF currently control of much of the oil fields in eastern Syria, and the U.S., some other countries and the European Union have also imposed sanctions on Syria’s government and oil industry.
Mekdad complained that his country has been “economically besieged” by powers bent on imposing their will and retaining their wealth.
“The war against Syria, ultimately, was an attempt by the West to maintain control over the world,” he said.
The high-profile speeches began last week with countries that sent heads of state and government. By Monday, foreign minister- and ambassador-level speakers were taking the podium, and the colossal security cordon around the United Nations headquarters had been largely dismantled.
On the final day, many speakers still spoke emphatically about how important the world body remains in a fragmented world.
“We need more of the U.N., not less,” Joly said.
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The accidental drowning of a Kenosha man Sunday occurred during a rescue attempt in the Pike River.
The department released details Monday morning of the Sunday afternoon emergency call to the river west of Carthage College.
Kenosha County Sheriff's deputies and Somers Fire & Rescue personnel responded to the 2000 block of Sheridan Road for a report of a possible possible drowning at approximately 1:31 p.m.
Initial reports from deputies on the scene were that an adult male was swimming in the Pike River and began to struggle. At that time, a child who was with the man left to get help. The struggling swimmer's brother and another adult male came down and jumped into the water to save him.
As the initial struggling swimmer was pulled to shore, the brother, who had jumped into the river to aid in the rescue, went under and did not resurface.
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Sheriff's deputies and Somers Fire & Rescue personnel arrived on the scene and immediately entered the water to attempt to locate the man who went under. The Kenosha Sheriff's Department Drone Unit also responded to the scene and searched the river using a remotely operated underwater vehicle.
At about 2:49 p.m. the man was located under the water by Somers Rescue personnel unconscious and not breathing.
The man, later identified as Adrian Sanchez-Trujillo, 39, from Kenosha, was transported to Froedtert South Pleasant Prairie Hospital where he was pronounced deceased by the Kenosha County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Emergency units seen responding to the scene, in addition to Somers Fire & Rescue and the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department, included Racine County Sheriff’s Department, Caledonia Fire and Rescue, Paris Fire, the Racine Fire Bells, Racine Special Team 1, and units from Salem Lakes and Scout Leaders Rescue Squad, among others.
The sheriff's department extended its condolences to Sanchez-Trujillo's family.
"Families that may need assistance in dealing with this tragedy are encouraged to contact the Kenosha County Mental Health Resource Center (available Monday-Friday) at (262)-764-8555 or the 24/7 Crisis Line at (262) 657-7188," the department said.
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The Boston Red Sox and Corey Kluber agreed to a $10 million, one-year contract on Wednesday, adding the veteran right-hander to the team’s rotation.
The deal includes an $11 million club option and various performance bonuses and escalators, according to a person familiar with the negotiations who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the contract for the two-time AL Cy Young Award winner was pending a successful physical.
The 36-year-old Kluber joins his third AL East team in as many years. He went 5-3 with a 3.83 ERA in 16 starts for the New York Yankees in 2021, including a no-hitter in a 2-0 victory at Texas. He had a 10-10 record and a 4.34 ERA in 31 starts for Tampa Bay this year.
Boston added Kluber a day after Nathan Eovaldi left the Red Sox for a two-year contract with Texas. It has been a difficult offseason for the Red Sox, who also lost star shortstop Xander Bogaerts in free agency.
Boston went 78-84 this year and finished last in the AL East. It had a 4.53 team ERA, ranking 25th in the majors.
Kluber bolsters a mix of potential starters that also includes Chris Sale, Nick Pivetta, Garrett Whitlock, Brayan Bello, Tanner Houck and James Paxton. Sale and Paxton have been hampered by injuries, and Whitlock and Houck mostly worked out of the bullpen last season.
Kluber made his big league debut with Cleveland in 2011. He was one of the majors’ top starters before he was slowed by injuries.
The three-time All-Star won his first Cy Young Award in 2014, going 18-9 with a 2.44 ERA and 269 strikeouts in 235 2/3 innings. He won the award again with Cleveland in 2017, finishing with an 18-4 record, a 2.25 ERA and 265 Ks in 203 2/3 innings.
Kluber left Cleveland when he was traded to Texas in December 2019. He is 113-71 with a 3.31 ERA in 256 major league appearances, including 251 starts.
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DeSantis visits Michigan amid 2024 speculation
Florida Gov Ron DeSantis has not yet announced a bid for the White House
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is visiting Michigan on Thursday, marking his first appearance there this year, amid speculation that he could enter the race for the White House in 2024.
He is slated to speak at a Midland County GOP event and Christian Hillsdale College.
In central Michigan, Midland-area Republican State Rep. Bill G. Schuette said the county party wanted to hear more about DeSantis’ perspectives and proposals, in comparison to Michigan, which Schuette described as the "anti-Florida."
The appearance is expected to draw more than 200 demonstrators to rally outside, according to protest organizers.
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While DeSantis has not yet officially announced his 2024 presidential candidacy, his name has been in the headlines as a top GOP rival to former President Trump for months.
The Florida governor already has some support from lawmakers.
Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie and Texas Rep. Chip Roy have endorsed DeSantis, and Republican Michigan House Speaker Bryan Posthumus flew to Florida at the end of last year to deliver a letter signed by 18 other state House Republicans encouraging a presidential bid.
"When he becomes an actual candidate, I will be doing another letter saying we endorse you for President of the United States of America," Posthumus told The Associated Press.
Michigan voters have largely rejected Republicans since Trump won the state seven years ago.
Democrats control the statewide offices of governor, attorney general and secretary of state, in addition to holding majorities in the Legislature.
With full control of the Statehouse for the first time in 40 years, Michigan Democrats have prioritized further protecting reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights that are being rolled back in Republican-led states across the nation.
While Florida has begun passing a six-week abortion ban backed by DeSantis, Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Wednesday repealing a 1931 abortion ban.
She called out Florida and other Republican-led states for taking steps to pass "un-American, anti-free and, frankly, sickening," abortion laws.
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Posthumus said that what DeSantis has done in Florida is the "polar opposite" of what Whitmer has done in Michigan – possibly the fifth state to hold its Republican primary.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Explosions and heavy gunfire rattled the Sudanese capital in a fifth day of fighting Wednesday after an internationally brokered truce quickly fell apart. The cease-fire failure suggested the two rival generals fighting for control of the country were determined to crush each other in a potentially prolonged conflict.
With no sign of respite, desperate and terrified Sudanese who have been trapped for days in their homes by the violence raging on their doorsteps began to flee their homes, witnesses said. Residents of multiple neighborhoods of Khartoum told The Associated Press they could see hundreds, including women and children, carrying luggage, some leaving by foot, others crowding into vehicles.
“Khartoum has become a ghost city,” said Atiya Abdalla Atiya, secretary of the Doctors’ Syndicate, who is still in the capital.
The generals’ fight for power has caught millions of Sudanese in the crossfire, as their forces have battled it out since Saturday with heavy machine guns, artillery and airstrikes in residential neighborhoods of Khartoum, its neighboring city Omdurman and other major towns of the country.
At least 270 people have been killed the past five days, the U.N. said, but the toll is likely higher, since many bodies have been left in the streets, unreachable because of clashes.
A 24-hour cease-fire was to have been in effect from sundown Tuesday to sundown Wednesday. It was the most concrete attempt yet to bring a pause that it was hoped could be expanded into a longer truce.
It came after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke separately by phone with the two rivals — the leader of the armed forces, Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, and the head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo. Egypt, which backs the Sudanese military, and Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which have close ties to the RSF, have also been calling on all sides to stand down.
But fighting continued after the intended start of the truce and through the night. Each side blamed the other for the failure.
Fierce clashes between the army and RSF were reported Wednesday morning around the military’s headquarters in central Khartoum and the nearby airport, as well as around the state television building across the river in Omdurman. Bombs are artillery could be heard around the city.
A high-rise in the city center was on fire with burning debris falling from its top floors, according to footage by the Al Arabiya news network.
“The battles intensified in the morning after sporadic gunfire over the night,” said Tahani Abass, a prominent rights advocate who lives close to the military headquarters. “Bombing and explosions are shaking our houses.”
Mahasen Ali, a tea vendor, said many in her south Khartoum neighborhood have left their homes to take refuge in open areas, hoping to be safe from shelling hitting buildings. Others fled the city to stay with relatives elsewhere, she said.
Armed men were roaming the streets, storming shops and houses. “They take whatever they can, and if you resist, they kill you,” she said.
The battles, with heavy machine guns, artillery and airstrikes, have wreaked extensive damage, playing out in the streets of Khartoum and the city of Omdurman on the opposite bank of the Nile River, as well as in other key towns around Sudan.
Dozens of health care facilities in Khartoum and around the country have stopped functioning because they are close to clashes, the Sudanese Doctors’ Syndicate said Wednesday. At least nine hospitals were bombed and 16 were forcefully evacuated, it said.
The director-general of the U.N.‘s World Health Organization, Tedros Ghebreyesus, said Wednesday that at least 270 people have been killed and more than 2,600 wounded since fighting began, without offering a breakdown of civilians and combatants killed. The Doctors’ Syndicate, which monitors casualties, said Tuesday that at least 174 civilians have been killed and hundreds wounded.
Blinken had described the proposed one-day humanitarian cease-fire as a building block for a longer truce and a return to eventual negotiations. Their failure to pause fighting for even a day, despite high-level diplomatic pressure, suggests the generals remain bent on pursuing a military victory.
The conflict between the military and the RSF has once again derailed Sudan’s transition to democratic rule after decades of dictatorship and civil war.
A popular uprising four years ago helped depose long-time autocrat Omar al-Bashir, but Burhan and Dagalo allied to carry out a 2021 coup. Both generals have a long history of human rights abuses, and their forces have cracked down on pro-democracy activists.
Under international pressure, Burhan and Dagalo recently agreed to a framework agreement with political parties and pro-democracy groups. But the signing was repeatedly delayed as tensions rose over the integration of the RSF into the armed forces and the future chain of command — tensions that exploded into violence Saturday. ___ Magdy reported from Cairo. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/world/article/no-respite-in-sudan-as-truce-falls-apart-rivals-17905556.php | 2023-04-19 10:36:53 | 0 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/world/article/no-respite-in-sudan-as-truce-falls-apart-rivals-17905556.php |
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to provide women and girls with a fun new gaming console that they can call their own," said an inventor, from Augusta, Ga., "so I invented the G-4-G (GAMING FOR GIRLS). My design would offer an alternative to video games geared towards boys and men."
The invention provides a modified gaming console for girls. In doing so, it offers games that would appeal to girls. As a result, it provides added fun and entertainment and it enhances style. The invention features a unique and portable design that is easy to use so it is ideal for girls. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Columbia sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-CBA-2491, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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AUSTIN, Texas, April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The FDA-approved Vivistim® Paired VNS™ System won the 2023 Gold Edison Award for being a game-changing solution that helps stroke survivors live fuller lives. Manufactured by MicroTransponder®, Inc., Vivistim employs paired vagus nerve stimulation with physical or occupational therapy to help ischemic stroke survivors gain 2-3 times more hand and arm function than traditional rehabilitation therapy alone. The Edison Awards recognizes innovations that help people live safer, healthier, and more productive lives.
The first innovation to enhance the effectiveness of stroke recovery in nearly 30 years, the Vivistim System emerged as a standout medical device in the Edison Awards' Health, Medical and BioTech category among nearly 30 finalists, winning the Gold Best New Product Award in the Advanced Therapeutic subcategory. An independent judging panel of senior scientists, designers, engineers, marketers and leading academics judged the entries on four criteria: concept, value, delivery and impact.
Established by co-founders committed to developing a solution for their family members living with the debilitating effects of stroke, MicroTransponder's team of neuroscientists and engineers spent 15 years translating the concept of neuroplasticity into an evidenced-based therapy that helps stroke survivors regain upper limb function.
"It's been an ambitious journey but commercializing the Vivistim System is a personal matter for our team. We see firsthand the impact that Paired VNS Therapy has on our family members and early Vivistim users who survived strokes," said Jordan Curnes, MicroTransponder's president and co-founder. "These Vivistim victories fuel our passion to improve the standard of care for all stroke survivors, giving them new hope for recovery."
Vivistim is ideal for ischemic stroke survivors who have chronic arm and hand deficits six months to 10 years after their stroke. Where previous physical therapy or occupational therapy did not help them make their desired recovery, Paired VNS Therapy enhances the effectiveness of restorative therapy.
"It's an honor to celebrate Vivistim winning an Edison Award because it generates even more interest among stroke survivors who will now discover an evidence-based intervention that will help them improve hand and arm function," said Richard Foust, MicroTransponder's CEO. "The Edison Awards recognition parallels the enthusiasm of esteemed healthcare professionals who praise Vivistim for creating a paradigm shift in restoring function after a stroke to help survivors get back to doing the daily activities of living and hobbies they enjoy."
To benefit from the Paired VNS Therapy, ischemic stroke survivors will have the small Vivistim device implanted in their upper left chest area during a short outpatient procedure. Once cleared, they engage in physical or occupational therapy where a therapist uses a wireless transmitter to signal the Vivistim device to deliver a gentle pulse to the vagus nerve while the stroke survivor performs a specific task, such as putting on a hat, brushing hair or cutting food. The simultaneous pairing of the functional exercise in high repetitions with vagus nerve stimulation helps increase neuroplasticity and strengthens neural connections to improve upper limb function.
"Thomas Edison once shared, 'There's a way to do it better…find it," said Frank Bonafilia, executive director of The Edison Awards. "MicroTransponder is making a tremendous impact in the lives of stroke survivors with the Vivistim Paired VNS System."
Premier comprehensive stroke centers and rehabilitation therapy centers across the country now offer the Vivistim System, which can be covered by private insurance or Medicare. Stroke survivors or their caregivers can visit Vivistim.com to learn more about the benefits of Paired VNS Therapy and to connect with a clinical specialist to see if they're a candidate.
About MicroTransponder®, Inc.
MicroTransponder®, Inc. is a privately held, global medical device company based in Austin, Texas, committed to developing research-based neuroscience solutions. The company focuses on restoring dignity for people suffering from neurological conditions that impair sensory and motor function. MicroTransponder's FDA-approved Vivistim® Paired VNS™ System is a first-of-its-kind, clinically proven medical technology that generates two to three times more improvement in upper limb function than conventional rehabilitation for stroke survivors after six weeks of in-clinic therapy. For more information, visit Vivistim.com.
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The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s criminal falsifying business records case in Manhattan will on Tuesday instruct Donald Trump on what he can (and cannot) say about the case against him.
New York (CNN) — A New York judge has set a trial date of March 25, 2024, for the criminal case against former President Donald Trump, potentially setting up a media spectacle in the middle of the Republican presidential primary season.
The trial date was set during a brief hearing Tuesday in which Judge Juan Merchan read Trump an order on what he can and cannot say publicly about the case and evidence his legal team will get from prosecutors to prepare for trial.
Trump appeared remotely via video feed so the judge could communicate with him in open court.
Trump pleaded not guilty last month to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records with the intent to conceal illegal conduct connected to his 2016 presidential campaign. The criminal charges stem from District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation into hush money payments, made during the 2016 campaign, to adult film star Stormy Daniels who alleged an affair with Trump, which he denies.
During the hearing, Trump could be seen speaking and gesturing to his attorney Todd Blanche seated next to him on the screen but his audio was not audible. At times he sat back with his arms crossed. The former president only spoke to confirm he had a copy of the protective order for the case. “Yes, I do,” he said.
Trump’s attorney said that the former president remains concerned that the order infringes on his First Amendment rights.
“He understands that he has to comply with the order, and if he doesn’t do so, he’s violating your order,” Blanche said during the hearing.
Merchan reiterated that there is not a gag order in place and Trump can publicly defend himself against the allegations related to this case.
“It is certainly not my intention in any way to impede Mr. Trump’s ability to campaign for president of the United States,” the judge said.
“He is free to defend himself against these charges. He is free to campaign,” Merchan added. “He is free to do just about anything that does not violate the specific terms of the protective order.”
The judge cautioned the attorneys that Trump’s violation of the order could result in sanctions.
“Violation of a court order or court mandate could result in sanctions which include a finding of contempt which is punishable,” Merchan said.
Trial and briefing schedule set
Earlier this month, Merchan signed off on a protective order, which in part said that the case evidence prosecutors give Trump’s defense team may not be shared or posted to “any news or social media platforms, including, but not limited, to Truth Social, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Twitter, Snapchat, or YouTube, without prior approval from the Court.”
Trump can only view some evidence designated by prosecutors as “limited dissemination materials” in the presence of his attorneys and cannot “copy, photograph, transcribe, or otherwise independently possess” that evidence, per the order.
Prosecutors turned over discovery material to Trump’s lawyers in court during the hearing Tuesday. Scheduling deadlines in the case have been pushed back to give the defense more time to review the materials.
Prosecutors declined to produce material to the defense before the hearing Tuesday – requesting that the former president be instructed by the judge about the protective order that governs his conduct surrounding case evidence.
Defense motions are now due by August 29 and prosecutors must respond by October 10.
The next hearing is now scheduled for January 4, 2024.
The former president has repeatedly made negative public comments and social media posts about the district attorney, potential trial witnesses and the judge in this case. Prosecutors cited some of Trump’s Truth Social posts in their request for a protective order.
Trump and his legal team can still talk about the case publicly because there is no gag order in effect. The protective order as it stands specifically restricts their public discussion and dissemination of case material given to the defense during the discovery process.
Motion to move to federal court
Trump’s lawyers have filed a motion to move the criminal case to federal court in Manhattan, arguing the crimes Trump is accused of committing are tied to his duties as president.
The defense request to move the case to federal court does not pause the state court’s ongoing schedule. A hearing in federal court on that motion is scheduled for next month.
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CHINO VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — A 3.8 magnitude earthquake shook a northern Arizona town Sunday afternoon but there was no immediate word on any injuries or damage, according to authorities.
The United States Geological Survey said the small quake struck near Chino Valley, just north of Prescott, around 2 p.m.
The Yavapai County Office of Emergency Management said that it received reports of shaking and tremors in Prescott, Prescott Valley and Chino Valley.
Records show that since 1850, Arizona has had more than 20 earthquakes with magnitudes of 5.0 or higher.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — When Josh Sims reports on NASCAR this season, the stock car series these days — from the garage to the grandstands to top brass — looks more like him.
Yes, Sims takes pride in the fact that he will become the first Black pit reporter for the Daytona 500 and that his rapid rise at Fox has made him one of the primary faces of the network’s NASCAR coverage.
More than that, Sims sees that NASCAR may finally be running out of unconquered firsts for people of color. For women. For any minority who perhaps has experienced an uneasy relationship with a series founded in the South 75 years ago, a generation before the civil rights era.
Sims’ journey from NASCAR novice through a sports anchor gig in Charlotte, North Carolina, that sparked his passion in the sport had led to his biggest assignment yet: pit reporting as a Black man from one of auto racing’s signature events.
“I never set out to be a first,” the 35-year-old Sims said. “I never set out to make history. I just wanted to be the best at what I was doing, whether it was hosting or reporting. At the same time, I kind of understand the platform and what it means for me to be doing this.”
Sims has a full workload this season. He is the Cup Series pit reporter, teams with Regan Smith as an Xfinity Series reporter and is part of the host rotation for the FS1 show “Race Hub.”
And this season, he wants to share the stories on what he sees at the track beyond the in-race reports and fantastic finishes. Minorities may not necessarily become the dominant demographic for the series, but they can certainly grab a larger share of the marketplace.
“I think if more people out there saw it, saw people that looked them, instead of just driver, crew chief, you might be more inclined to feel like, hey, I feel a little more comfortable going to the track,” Sims said. “Getting that out there might help in terms of more people coming to the track and getting more different faces to the stands. It’s not necessarily about getting more people in, it’s showing what you already have.”
It was, of course, a very low bar but the garage and grid and fans certainly appears to be more diverse now than before 2020 when NASCAR banned the Confederate flag from its tracks and properties. NASCAR is still overwhelmingly white, but NASCAR President Steve Phelps isn’t exaggerating when he says you notice the change when walking through the garage.
“I think the events of 2020 allowed the sport to get younger and more diverse,” he said at his state-of-the sport address in November.
Among the notable achievements: Jusan Hamilton, who last year became the first Black race director in Daytona 500 history, will do it again this season. Amanda Oliver, a Black woman, negotiates high-profile deals as NASCAR’s senior vice president. John Ferguson, a Black man, is the chief human resources officer.
Owners now include Pitbull and Michael Jordan, whose team features Bubba Wallace, the Black driver who prompted the flag ban. Rising stars in the developmental series include Rajah Caruth, a 20-year-old graduate of the “Drive for Diversity” program.
Phelps said NASCAR was committed to strengthening ties to various programs that can attract a broader fan base, from Boys & Girls Clubs to “some of the other areas we have from a partnership standpoint that really speak to what’s happening in the African American community, what’s happening in the Hispanic, Latino community (to) what’s happening in the LGBTQ community.”
While the frequently toxic nature of social media makes it easier for haters to reach Sims and others, he’s a popular personality each weekend at the track.
“I never necessarily felt uncomfortable,” he said. “You get stuff here and there in terms of messages that’s emailed to you or sent to you but that’s par for the course if you’re a minority in the sport, a woman in the sport, even white drivers get stuff like that. But for every one or two of those, I get a lot more stuff from people excited that I’m here. You know, focus on the good.”
Raised in East Brunswick, New Jersey, Sims is a Villanova graduate who followed the Wildcats in NCAA Tournament games in 2009 and remained a fan of most Philly teams.
“I grew up in Jersey, so not exactly NASCAR country,” Sims said. “Growing up, you know the Jimmies and the Dale Seniors and the Tony Stewarts and everybody but it wasn’t something I followed week in and week out.”
His interest in NASCAR picked up in 2015 when he moved to Charlotte and hosted a pre-race show on the local Fox affiliate. Sims covered his first Daytona 500 in 2016 when Denny Hamlin nipped Martin Truex Jr. in the closest finish in race history.
“I was like, I am all in,” Sims said.
Charlotte can feel like a small town for a city and Sims kept bumping into friends and contacts in NASCAR. Fox Sports executives hired Sims in 2021 as a reporter for their slate of NASCAR shows. He also became the first Black pit reporter in any NASCAR series, for Trucks races.
“I kind of hope that young people that look like me, can see me doing it and now recognize that it’s possible,” Sims said. “I hope I can kind of blaze a trail for them to one day say, hey, because Josh Sims did it, I can do it, too. And that’s what’s important.”
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)Andretti Autosport has insisted for months that it was doing the behind-the-scenes work to recover from last year’s brutally disappointing IndyCar season.
The team won only two races among its four drivers, former Formula One star Romain Grosjean was a bust in his first year with the team and Alexander Rossi decided early that his seventh season at Andretti would be its last.
Michael Andretti powered forward. He signed Colton Herta to a long-term extension, pulled Kyle Kirkwood back into the organization and made changes at the shop that had him optimistic for 2023.
So far, so good on the opening weekend.
Grosjean opened his third season in IndyCar by winning the pole in Saturday qualifying on the downtown streets of St. Petersburg, where the Frenchman led an all-Andretti front row. He surged to the second pole of his IndyCar career in the waning moments of the session and beat teammate Colton Herta for the top starting position in Sunday’s race.
“We got here and I said, ‘Boys, I think we’ve got something,’” Grosjean said.
His wife and three children raced to pit road, with the kids jumping into their father’s arms in celebration. Grosjean moved to IndyCar in 2021 after his nearly fatal fiery crash in a Formula One race ended his European career. He joined Andretti last season but didn’t have the success he expected to achieve with one of IndyCar’s top teams.
“As Mike said, we improved a lot from last year as a team,” said Grosjean, who added that the improvement was noticeable in preseason testing. “We worked really hard from a tough season last year. The car felt much more alive.
“There’s always bits and pieces we can improve on the car, but this weekend as a team we’ve been very impressive and hopefully we can carry that out in the race.”
The last two winners of the race – Scott McLaughlin of Team Penske and Herta – both won from the pole. Asked how he felt about his team’s chances on Sunday, Andretti smiled and said “I feel a lot more optimistic.”
“I think we really studied ourselves and got real honest with ourselves where we needed to improve. I think we’ve done it,” Andretti said. “Obviously the race is going to be another thing. Hopefully we can have all four cars go through the race without making a mistake. If that happens, I think we have a great shot at winning.”
It’s been an incredible opening weekend for Andretti, which has had three fast cars since unloading for Friday practice. Along with Kirkwood, the team put three drivers into the Fast Six qualifying shootout.
“We’ve done a lot of work, for sure, it’s a pretty good feeling,” Andretti said before the last qualifying group. “We know the competition has done so, too, but so far so good. Feels good to have three in the top six.”
The Andretti group stumbled at the start of the final shootout when Kirkwood crashed to bring out a red flag.
“Sorry, I hit the wall,” Kirkwood radioed.
Kirkwood, in his second IndyCar season but first with Andretti, said after he locked his brakes that the wind made his qualifying lap “kind of sketchy.”
“Disappointed, it was less than ideal,” Kirkwood said. “Ultimately, we are in the Fast Six with three cars, happy with that.”
Andretti wasn’t all that bothered by Kirkwood’s stumble.
“Been very, very happy with his results and testing,” Andretti said. “Up until the last mistake, this weekend he’s been doing a great job.”
Pato O’Ward of McLaren was the highest-qualifying Chevrolet driver in third and followed by Indianapolis 500 winner Marcus Ericsson of Chip Ganassi Racing and then Kirkwood, as Honda drivers took four of the top five spots.
McLaughlin of Team Penske went off course in the Fast Six and qualified sixth in a Chevy.
Marcus Armstrong, a rookie for Chip Ganassi Racing, was the highest qualifier among the newcomers at 13th. The biggest qualifying disappointment was Penske driver Josef Newgarden, who missed out on advancing in qualifying by a tick – under .04 seconds to teammate Will Power.
Newgarden will start 14th and stalked down pit road in anger.
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LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is due to host the U.N. chief and Turkey's leader Thursday for talks on the recent deal to resume Ukraine's grain exports, the volatile situation at a Russian-occupied nuclear power plant and efforts to help end the nearly six-month-old war.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres arrived Wednesday in Lviv, near Ukraine’s border with Poland, where he will meet Zelenskyy and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said said that among other issues, Guterres will discuss "his overall efforts to do what he can to essentially lower the temperature as much as possible with the various authorities.”
Last month, Turkey and the U.N. helped broker an agreement clearing the way for Ukraine to export 22 million tons of corn and other grain stuck in its Black Sea ports since Russia invaded Feb. 24. A separate memorandum between Russia and the U.N. aimed to clear roadblocks to shipments of Russian food and fertilizer to world markets.
The war and the blocked exports significantly exacerbated the global food crisis because Ukraine and Russia are major suppliers.
Grain prices peaked after Russia’s invasion, and while some have since returned to prewar levels, they remain significantly higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Developing countries have been hit particularly hard by supply shortages and high prices. Even though ships are now leaving Russia and Ukraine, the food crisis hasn't ended.
U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters this week that Guterres’ trip to Ukraine will allow him “to see first-hand the results of an initiative … that is so critically important to hundreds of millions of people.”
Dujarric added that he expects “the need for a political solution” to the war to be raised in Thursday’s talks.
He said the three leaders will also discuss the situation at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, Europe’s largest, which Moscow and Kyiv have accused each other of shelling.
In his nightly video address Wednesday, Zelensky reaffirmed his demand for the Russian military to leave the plant, emphasizing that “only absolute transparency and control of the situation at and around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant for the Ukrainian state, for the international community, and for the IAEA can guarantee a gradual return to normal nuclear safety.” The International Atomic Energy Agency is a U.N. agency.
Russia has rejected the demand.
Erdogan’s office has confirmed that he would discuss the grain deal during the talks as well as ways to end the war through diplomatic means.
Earlier this month, the Turkish leader met on the same issues with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In March, Turkey hosted a round of talks between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators, who discussed a possible deal to end the hostilities. The talks fell apart after the meeting in Istanbul, with both sides blaming each other.
Erdogan has engaged in a delicate balancing act, maintaining good relations with both Russia and Ukraine. Turkey has provided Ukraine with drones, which played a significant role in deterring a Russian advance early in the conflict, but it has refrained from joining Western sanctions against Russia over the war.
Facing a major economic crisis with official inflation near 80%, Turkey increasingly relies on Russia for trade and tourism. Russian gas covers 45% of Turkish energy needs, and Russia’s atomic agency is building Turkey’s first nuclear power plant.
During their meeting in Sochi this month, Putin and Erdogan agreed to bolster energy, financial and other ties between their countries, raising concerns in the West that Ankara could help Moscow bypass the U.S. and European Union sanctions.
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Reversal of Point Molate development costs city millions and loss of community benefits
City faces lawsuits that will adversely affect the general fund
RICHMOND, Calif., May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 24, the Richmond city council voted to deny Winehaven Legacy, LLC, a special purpose entity of Irvine-based developer, Suncal, the right to develop the former Pointe Molate Naval Fuel Depot. The deal would have added over $22.5 million to the general fund, ensured substantial environmental cleanup, rehabilitated the Winehaven Historic District, and expanded the beach park, while providing over 4,000 jobs.
Initially inked in 2020, the contract would have also preserved more than 70% of the property as open space and paid the Guidiville Tribe and its developer, Upstream Point Malote, LLC, an additional $22.5 million. The property will now be sold to the Guidiville Tribe for only $400 with no payment to the City's general fund.
The Navy deeded the original property to the City of Richmond with the understanding that Richmond would oversee its clean-up and would develop the area for beneficial use.
The City first agreed to sell the land to Upstream and the Guidiville Tribe. After years of effort by Upstream and the Tribe, the City refused to approve their project. The Tribe and Upstream sued.
The City settled that lawsuit to avoid a costly verdict against it. In the settlement, the City was given one more chance to make productive use of Point Molate and serve the community's interests. The City was given a period of time to find a developer and sell the developable areas of the property to it.
Winehaven was chosen, and struck a $45 million deal with Richmond, which the City of Richmond would split with Upstream and Guidiville. This proposal included a commitment to deliver over 1400 new homes, rehabilitate the historic buildings, bring in local development jobs and create recreational access to an area that has long been fenced off and unavailable for public use.
To ensure that the project would be successful, Winehaven worked closely with city staff on the project and negotiated a Disposition and Development Agreement and a Development Agreement that included a preliminary financing plan for the construction of the project. These documents also obligated the City to work with Winehaven to make the project successful. The City Council approved these documents in September 2020.
In 2021, the new City Council claimed that the agreed-upon financing plan was inadequate, suggesting it would put the City's general fund at risk. City Councilmember Claudia Jimenez, admitted at the hearing the real reason they were preventing the project. She said "we don't want a high-end housing project…" at Pointe Molate, indicating the true reason for the change in project support.
"The new City Council and its law firm, Aleshire and Wynder, had no good faith basis to prevent the deal from moving forward," said a Winehaven spokesperson who noted that the claim that the project would adversely impact the City's general fund was patently false.
Guidiville and Upstream will now get the developable areas of the 270 acre Pointe Molate property for only $400 with no payment to the City's general fund. This has caused yet another lawsuit against the city, putting the general fund at risk, and denying the City of Richmond a rehabilitated Historic District, open space trails, and shoreline park that could have been a destination for the entire Bay Area.
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PALM BEACH, Fla., Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- At Florida based Viper Equity Partners offices its all been about Plastic Surgery and Med Spas so far this year. Four years ago, the Viper team took to the road meeting with Private Equity firms from coast-to-coast pitching Plastic Surgery as the next big roll up target. Soon after they built an inventory of marquee practices available for acquisition and successfully completed the sale of Aqua Plastic Surgery Centers to Gryphon owned Watersedge Dermatology. The success of that partnership laid way to a flood of PE firms stepping up to follow suit.
"The space is extremely active now," stated, Samir Qureshi, Vipers' President. "I am not surprised at all; the practices are very dynamic and Inventory of willing sellers looking to join early-stage platforms is surging." Recently Viper closed on three platform deals, Marietta Plastic Surgery, SW Florida Oral and Facial Surgery Centers and Plastic Surgery Centers of Hampton Road. They also have four more groups under Letter of Intent with a dozen additional under contract. Viper works with surgical centers, med spas, reconstructive and cosmetic surgery practices, and aesthetics. Viper, a sponsor of Plastic Surgery, The Meeting will be on site in Boston with a booth to further educate potential buyers and sellers about the market this week.
One key element Viper brings to the equation is their experience in dealing with Surgeons. They have led the Dermatology and Oral Surgery space since 2009. Plastic surgeons are earners. The offices are high volume and very profitable. The noninvasive side, run primarily by PA's and nurses is a huge income booster. In house surgical suites which are now common also cut costs and add major concessions. Yes, cash is king in this business, but many offices have brought on reconstructive business and in house dermatologists which bring in the insurance revenue. It is the adaptability and entrepreneurial spirt of the Plastic Surgeons which makes them an excellent partner.
Samir goes on to talk about the current environment. "The deal flow has really come on strong now with realistic multiples in place. We battled rumors of ridiculously high multiple numbers being thrown around confusing the Doctors. We now have expectations aligned which is great!" Viper has been underwriting all their clients deals in house and pricing them before they go to market. This has streamlined the process which has been well received by both buyers and sellers.
"Samir has really put this division together and made it a powerhouse," stated David C. Branch, Viper's founder. "He is going to take it all the way and that is a wonderful thing."
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PHILADELPHIA (AP)Jason Peters is ready to return to Philly and play in front of some bleeping idiots.
His endearing words toward the fans, of course.
A nine-time Pro Bowl pick and two-time All-Pro, Peters built a Hall of Fame-worthy career at left tackle for the Eagles that included a spot on the NFL’s Team of the Decade for the 2010s.
He missed out, though, on the biggest moment in franchise history when he suffered a torn ACL during the 2017 season and missed the Super Bowl. Peters still earned a Super Bowl ring but his performance never quite rebounded to an elite level. He spent last season with Chicago and signed this season with the Cowboys – you know, the Eagles’ most-hated rival.
Peters comes back for a pretty big game: The Eagles are 5-0 and the only undefeated team in the NFL. The Cowboys (4-1) have won four straight. The Eagles can take a two-game lead on the defending division champions with a victory on Sunday night.
Philadelphia is 5-0 for the third time in franchise history. The Eagles started 7-0 in 2004 when they finished 13-3 in the regular season before falling in the Super Bowl to New England, and began 6-0 in 1981 but dropped their first playoff game.
The Linc will be rowdy — and Peters will be ready.
”I just know the Philly fans are (expletive) idiots when it comes to camaraderie and the Cowboys – any team, really,” Peters said. ”They start throwing stuff at teams. Like, when we played the Vikings one year, they were throwing stuff. I mean, they nasty.”
Peters made 148 starts, seven Pro Bowls and earned both All-Pro selections with the Eagles after they acquired him in a franchise-shifting trade with Buffalo in 2009.
Peters used to save his barbs for the Cowboys, a franchise he once called ”arrogant.” His tune, of course, changed when he needed a job and the 40-year-old, who signed with Buffalo after he went undrafted, has served as a mentor for the offensive line. He doesn’t start anymore and has been banged-up lately.
Peters still has some love for Philadelphia, the organization, and yes, the fans, as he enters as the enemy.
”I laid a lot of bricks there,” Peters said. ”Philly, that’s my city. Just to go back, it’ll be great to beat ’em.”
COOPER SHARP
Dak Prescott is antsy to start for Dallas, but Cooper Rush will remain the Cowboys’ QB on Sunday night.
Prescott fractured the thumb on his throwing hand in a season-opening loss to Tampa Bay. Rush took over and has won four consecutive starts, including over last year’s Super Bowl teams in Cincinnati and the defending champion Los Angeles Rams.
It would be the first start against the Eagles for Rush, who has won the first five starts of his career, including a victory at Minnesota last season.
Rush has been solid but hardly lighting up the scoreboard. He threw for only 102 yards in Sunday’s 22-10 win over the Rams. Dallas is 27th in the NFL in passing at 182.2 yards per game and is coming off its lowest net passing total in a victory since 2000.
”He’s going out there and he’s executing and he’s putting them in a position to help them win,” Eagles coach Nick Sirianni said. ”So a lot of respect there. We do have more tape on him than the Rams did or than the Giants did. But good job to these guys of putting them in position to succeed.”
HOT HURTS
Eagles QB Jalen Hurts is coming off his first outing that cooled the MVP hype. Hurts, though, has still won eight straight regular-season games, the longest active streak in the NFL. Hurts has passed for 1,359 yards and four TDs and has run for 266 yards and six TDs this season. He’s turned the ball over twice while accumulating a 97.4 QB rating.
Hurts has also tried to stay out of the recent debate about roughing-the-passer penalties.
Defensive players around the NFL are frustrated about being flagged, questioning what constitutes a legal hit and wondering how far referees will go to protect quarterbacks.
”I think there’s a balance with it,” Hurts said. ”Obviously, I want to be protected back there. But those are things that I really can’t control.”
BORROWED TIME?
While the Cowboys are tied for the fewest offensive touchdowns allowed (five), they’re also tied for the second-fewest scrimmage touchdowns scored. This from a unit that was among the best in the NFL last season.
Rush has kept the Dallas offense out of trouble by avoiding turnovers. He’s the only qualifying QB in the league without a fumble lost or interception (two would-be picks were negated by penalties against Washington).
But the offense could only take credit for 13 points in the 22-10 win over the Rams — the fewest in Rush’s four starts. And one of the two drives that led to a field goal covered just 35 yards.
How much longer can the offense lean on a defense that’s third in points allowed?
”I think eventually we have to start scoring more points,” running back Ezekiel Elliott said. ”Hopefully we don’t have to get better. But we want to get better.”
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NHL teams were so busy wheeling and dealing in the days ahead of the trade deadline, Arizona general manager Bill Armstrong jokingly wondered if there would be anything left to talk about come the final day on Friday.
“We try to ruin the trade deadline shows, that’s the biggest thing in Toronto,” Armstrong said with a laugh, referring to the NHL’s broadcast partners, who dedicate a majority of their airtime to monitor the movement. “We just like to watch those guys talk about nothing for about three hours on trade deadline day.”
Armstrong spoke after continuing the Coyotes youth rebuilding movement by trading defenseman Jakob Chychrun to the Ottawa Senators two days before the deadline.
With dozens of high-profile names having already switched teams, including goalie Jonathan Quick twice, the NHL’s familiar frenzy of last-minute moves slowed to a trickle.
The final day’s moves began with Detroit continuing to sell off players, dealing winger Jakub Vrana to St. Louis for a 2025 seventh-round pick and minors player Dylan McLaughlin, while retaining half of Vrana’s salary through next season.
In Vrana, the Blues got a third low-risk player in as many weeks after reacquiring depth forward Sammy Blais in the trade that sent Vladimir Tarasenko to the New York Rangers and plucking underachieving winger Kasperi Kapanen off waivers from Pittsburgh.
— The Penguins, meanwhile, brought back Nick Bonino in a three-team deal involving San Jose and Montreal. In trading Bonino to Pittsburgh, the Sharks acquired two draft picks and the rights to Penguins prospect Arvid Henrikson. The Canadiens acquired Sharks defenseman Tony Sund for retaining 50% of Bonino’s salary.
— The New Jersey Devils added more forward depth following their deal for winger Timo Meier by getting Curtis Lazar from Vancouver for a 2024 fourth-round pick. “You can see the excitement,” Lazar said, recalling the atmosphere in New Jersey during a Canucks game last month. “We’re definitely no slouch in this mix, so it’s motivating.”
— The Los Angeles Kings continued their playoff preparations by acquiring tough winger Zack MacEwen from Philadelphia for Brendan Lemieux and a 2024 fifth-round pick.
— Vladislav Namestnikov was on the move again. A day after being dealt by Tampa Bay to San Jose, the 10th-year player was shipped by the Sharks to Winnipeg for a 2025 fourth-round draft pick.
Among the top trade candidates still considered available were three Anaheim Ducks players: defensemen John Klingberg and Dmitry Kulikov, and forward Maxime Comtois.
The two-week stretch leading into Friday was the busiest for trading in the NHL over the past decade: 43 trades involving 85 players and 55 draft picks, including 12 first-rounders, all since Feb. 17.
That’s more than double the trade volume over the same spans since the 2012-13 lockout. Going back to the All-Star break this year, there have been 44 trades with 89 players and 57 draft picks, kicked off by the Rangers getting Tarasenko in a multiplayer deal with St. Louis.
The Rangers also added the biggest fish, getting three-time Stanley Cup champion Patrick Kane from Chicago earlier this week. That answered the rival Islanders’ addition of Bo Horvat, the Devils’ acquisition of Meier and plenty more movement around the loaded Eastern Conference.
Just as notable were the teams in contention that mostly stood pat. They included the Seattle Kraken, who began the day third in the Pacific Division standings, and Calgary Flames, who are ninth in the Western Conference race and five points out of contention. In the East, the Florida Panthers have been inactive, and the Buffalo Sabres made cursory moves despite being in a four-way tie in ninth, just four points out of contention.
The trade deadline last year featured 32 trades, tying a one-day record set in 2020, involving 51 players and a record-matching 26 draft picks.
Armstrong said it was hard to pin down why GMs have been so proactive ahead of the deadline this year.
“It’s a great question because particularly this year, the calls started way earlier. It seems like we’ve been at this for three hard weeks already,” said Armstrong, who collected seven draft picks, including a conditional first-rounder from Ottawa, in making five trades over the past two weeks. “So I do believe that there’s a change in when GM’s are negotiating. They’re not waiting for the final day.”
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AP Hockey Writer Stephen Whyno and AP freelance writer Denis Gorman contributed.
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The entry price for the 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck just got more expensive again, increasing $4,000 to $61,869, including an $1,895 destination fee.
That marks the fourth price increase for the fleet-oriented Lightning Pro, causing prices to surge nearly 50%, from $41,669 when it launched last summer to $61,869 now. Fleet customers with a reservation can lock in that price when order banks open in mid-April.
Retail orders for reservation holders won’t open until late spring, Ford confirmed in an email, and the 2023 Lightning Pro remains sold out for retail customers. Reservations will open for retail customers as Ford ramps up production this year.
Ford reopened order banks for the Ford F-150 Lightning following a full return to production at the brand’s Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan. The factory assembly line had been halted in February following an investigation into a battery fire. That prompted Ford on March 10 to recall 18 Lightning pickup trucks that had made it to dealers and customers. The factory resumed production on March 13, and aims for an annual production run of 150,000 electric trucks.
Winner of The Car Connection Best Car To Buy 2023, the battery electric version of Ford’s bestseller marks a milestone in the mass adoption of electric vehicles. Sold with either a 98-kwh standard-range battery pack with a 240-mile range on the base Lightning Pro or a 131-kwh extended-range battery pack with a 320-mile range, the Lightning has no tailpipe emissions, it has more storage and cargo space than the F-150, it’s quicker, cleaner, and it can tow up to 10,000 pounds.
The price of the 2023 F-150 Lightning Lariat with the standard-range battery pack increases $1,500 to $77,869, including destination. The top Platinum trim that comes standard with the extended-range battery pack increases $1,200 to $99,969.
Ford’s running out of room to stay under the six-figure price ceiling. Ford spokesperson Marty Gunsberg attributed the price hikes as a response to “current material costs, market factors, and supply chain constraints.”
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By JOHN WAWROW
AP Sports Writer
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Patrick Peterson intercepted Josh Allen with 1:12 left in overtime to finally end a sloppy, yet thrilling back-and-forth game between two of the NFL’s best teams, and the Minnesota Vikings completed their rally from a 17-point second-half deficit to beat the Buffalo Bills 33-30 on Sunday.
The Vikings took advantage of three turnovers by Allen in the fourth quarter and overtime, pulling ahead late in regulation when he mishandled a snap and fumbled in the end zone.
Greg Joseph put the Vikings ahead to stay by hitting a 33-yard field goal with 3:42 left in overtime. The game didn’t end until Allen, facing second and 10 at Minnesota’s 20, forced a pass over the middle intended for Gabe Davis, only to have Peterson intercept it a few yards into the end zone, his second pick of the day. Peterson ran out and slid to the turf.
Kirk Cousins threw for 357 yards, and Justin Jefferson had a monster game with 10 catches for 193 yards for the NFC North-leading Vikings (8-2). Minnesota rallied to win when trailing with 2 1/2 minutes or less remaining in regulation for the fifth time this season.
The Bills (6-3) dropped out of the AFC lead with their second straight loss, this one a thriller that featured several momentum-turning plays in the final minute of regulation alone.
The Bills, clinging to a a 27-23 lead, appeared to have won when they stopped Cousins for no gain on fourth-and-goal from the half-yard line with 49 seconds remaining.
On the very next play, Allen muffed the snap from center Mitch Morse, and Minnesota linebacker Erik Hendricks dived into the end zone to recover it for a touchdown.
Allen, who was questionable to play this week with an injured throwing elbow, engineered a five-play, 69-yard drive to set up Tyler Bass’ 29-yard field goal with 2 seconds remaining.
But his mistakes were key to this defeat.
With the Bills ahead 27-17, Allen threw his first interception on fourth-and-goal at Minnesota’s 2 with 10:27 remaining. Rolling to his right, Allen inexplicably threw back across his body directly to Peterson, who returned the ball to Buffalo’s 34 and was tackled by Allen. The frustrated quarterback lay face down on the field for nearly a minute, and kicked both of his feet on the turf before finally getting up.
Though the Vikings scored on the ensuing drive, with C.J. Ham bulling up the middle on a 3-yard run, Joseph missed the extra point.
Then it was Jefferson’s time to rescue the Vikings. He made an incredible one-handed, 32-yard grab on fourth-and-18 on Minnesota’s final drive of regulation. Jefferson reached back to get one hand on the ball and rip it out of the grasp of Bills defender Cam Lewis.
Selected with the 2020 first-round pick the Vikings acquired in a trade that sent receiver Stefon Diggs to the Bills, Jefferson became the NFL’s first player to top 100 yards receiving 20 times in his first three seasons, breaking a tie with Odell Beckham Jr. and former Minnesota great Randy Moss.
Dalvin Cook sparked the comeback by scoring on an 81-yard run to cut Buffalo’s lead to 27-17 with 1:34 left in the third quarter. Cook finished with 119 yards rushing on 14 carries.
Devin Singletary rushed for two first-quarter TDs as the Bills appeared to take control by building a 24-10 halftime lead.
Failing to protect the ball has been a season-long issue for Allen. He has turnovers in eight of nine outings, with 10 interceptions — two more than he had all last season. He’s also lost three fumbles, matching his total last year.
Allen finished 29 of 43 for 330 yards passing and an 11-yard touchdown pass to Davis.
Allen didn’t make an appearance on the field until emerging from the tunnel for pregame warmups, about 45 minutes before kickoff. He and backup Case Keenum both took practice snaps.
INJURIES
Vikings: Akyayleb Evans, starting in place of Cameron Dantz, who was placed on IR, did not return after sustaining a concussion in the first half. … LT Christian Darrisaw was escorted up the tunnel to be evaluated for a concussion in the fourth quarter.
Bills: LB Tremaine Edmunds did not return after a groin injury in the first half. … WR Jake Kumerow hurt an ankle, ending his day.
UP NEXT
Vikings: Host Dallas next Sunday.
Bills: Host Cleveland next Sunday.
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LAS VEGAS — The second-seeded Arizona Wildcats outlasted the 10th-seeded Stanford Cardinal 95-84 in the quarterfinal round of the Pac-12 Tournament at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Thursday, avenging their loss earlier this season in Northern California.
Here are five takeaways from Arizona’s victory:
1. Kriisa injures right shoulder
Maybe it’s Stanford. Maybe it’s T-Mobile Arena. Whatever it is, Arizona guard Kerr Kriisa hasn’t had much luck health-wise in back-to-back seasons.
A year after suffering a high ankle sprain against the Cardinal in the Pac-12 Tournament, which sidelined him for three postseason games, Kriisa endured a right shoulder injury in the first half on Thursday.
With just over four minutes until halftime, Stanford forward Brandon Angel attempted to roll to the basket on a give-and-go after handing off the ball to Spencer Jones at the top of the key. Kriisa impeded Angel, but the initiated contact caused Kriisa’s right shoulder to pop.
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“I saw someone say I tried to play defense for the first time and my body couldn’t take it,” Kriisa said. “I attacked the roller, and it just kind of dislocated. I put it back, and yeah, that was pretty much it.”
Kriisa was examined in the locker room by head trainer Justin Kokoskie for the final minutes of the first half.
“The first thing I did was remain calm, because last year I had that injury here,” Kriisa said. “Thankfully that was a worse one, but it was against the same team, so I was just trying to stay positive. … No time for negativity. It’s this time of the year, and I can’t complain and whine.”
Kriisa — who finished Friday with one point on 0-for-3 shooting, four assists and one turnover — grimaced after every shot during halftime warmups but taped up his shoulder and played 15 minutes in the second half.
With 1:44 remaining, Kriisa air-balled a free throw. He made the second attempt — left-handed.
“I have a strap on my left hand, but you guys haven’t seen it yet,” Kriisa joked.
Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd said Kriisa will “be better tomorrow than he was today.”
“Who knows, maybe he's being a little dramatic and just wanted to prove he could shoot left-handed free throws,” Lloyd said. “That was a little crazy. But he's that kind of kid.”
2. Taking care of the rock
Last year around this time, Arizona freshman point guard Kylan Boswell was preparing for Geico Nationals, a prominent national high school basketball showcase. This year, Boswell is the backup point guard for a Wildcats team vying for a conference — and national — championship.
Boswell has a 52-25 assist-to-turnover ratio this season. Since his three-turnover performance against Cal in February, Boswell has totaled 10 assists and two turnovers.
“My job as a point guard is to facilitate the offense and protect the ball,” Boswell said. “How the flow of the game goes, I try to make the right play every time.” \
Boswell had only one turnover in 14 minutes vs. Stanford.
3. UA faithful floods Vegas (again)
Death, taxes, and the sea of red whenever the Wildcats are in Las Vegas.
Despite pockets of seats available at T-Mobile Arena, the bulk of the fans watching the Stanford-Arizona game were there to see the Wildcats. There was a contingent of Stanford fans behind the Cardinal bench, but the rest of the roughly 10,000 fans turned T-Mobile Arena into “McKale North" yet again.
“Some (Stanford) players came to me on the court and went, ‘What the hell?’ They came up to me and were surprised,” Arizona forward Azuolas Tubelis said. “It makes them think too. Fans make a huge impact, and they’re like our sixth player on the court.”
4. Tubelis, Ballo feast in the paint
The last time Arizona faced Stanford, Tubelis played arguably his worst game as a Wildcat, recording four points — his only single-digit scoring performance of the season — and four fouls in 17 minutes. Tubelis longed for payback.
“I had a dream that we beat Stanford today," Tubelis said. "I woke up and was locked in all day."
The Cardinal also outscored the Wildcats 42-24 in points in the paint during their regular-season matchup
“It was a tough game, and we knew it was going to be a tough game today,” Tubelis said. “Last game, we lost at their place and they match up with us so well. When they switch everything, it’s hard to play against. Our guards need to get open and drive the ball, our bigs need to post up and rebound the ball. We knew it was going to be a tough game, but in the end we made some stops and kills on defense.”
This time around, Arizona held a 54-22 advantage in points in the paint. Tubelis and center Oumar Ballo combined for 44 points on 19-for-25 shooting from the field and 14 rebounds.
“We just played for each other," Ballo said. "Guards found me and Zu pretty well, and Zu also found me well too to get me the ball. I took some quick shots, and they just fell in.”
Said Tubelis: “We know we’re better than them — and it’s not a question. Me and Oumar talked to each other all game and just said, ‘Keep going.’ "
5. Lloyd makes history
Arizona’s win over Stanford delivered Lloyd his 59th career victory, pushing him past former North Carolina head coach Bill Guthridge for most wins by a head coach in their first two seasons.
“I'm so proud of these players for putting me in this position,” Lloyd said. “And to pass Bill Guthridge, it’s even a little extra special honor for me because I remember, I had settled in; I thought I was never leaving Gonzaga, and I was totally OK with that. And I would tell people jokingly, ‘Hey, I mean, I'll just be the next Bill Guthridge. … I'll be Mark Few's right-hand man and maybe get a few years to be the head coach at the end of my career,' and I would have been happy with it.
“I think it says something. I think it says something about Coach Guthridge and the loyalty he had and staying with that program and for me to kind of follow that path and have that loyalty to Gonzaga and to my mentor and stay with him all those years.
“I think it's a great formula to follow for a young coach. You come out of there seasoned. You come out of there maybe more ready than you expect to be because you're just learning by osmosis from a great coach every day. It's something that can't be simulated. So I'm thankful for that.
"I'm thankful for Mark Few. I'm thankful for Gonzaga. But most of all, I'm thankful for these dudes that wear the Arizona uniform that I get to coach every day.”
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BETHESDA, Md., April 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Marriott International, Inc. (Nasdaq: MAR) will report first quarter 2023 earnings results on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, at approximately 7:00 am Eastern Time (ET). The company will hold a conference call for the investment community on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, at 8:30 am ET. Marriott International's President and Chief Executive Officer, Anthony Capuano, as well as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Development, Leeny Oberg, will discuss the company's performance.
The conference call will be webcast simultaneously via Marriott's investor relations website. Those wishing to access the call on the web should log on to http://www.marriott.com/investor, and click the link for the first quarter earnings call under "Recent and Upcoming Events." A replay will be available at that same website for one year. A transcript of the call will also be available on the company's website.
The telephone dial-in number for the conference call is US Toll Free: 800-267-6316, or Global: +1 203-518-9783. Please use conference ID MAR1Q23 when dialing into the call. To help ensure you do not miss any of the conference call, please dial in or link to the call on the webcast 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time. News media will be able to access the conference call in a listen-only mode.
A telephone replay of the conference call will be available from 1:00 pm ET, Tuesday, May 2, 2023, until 8:00 pm ET, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. To access the replay, call US Toll Free: 800-756-0554 or Global: +1 402-220-7213.
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff has been ordered by a jury to pay $15 million to the parents of a teenager who died while trying to cross a highway after being kicked out of the state fair by deputies.
The 10-person jury reached its verdict Thursday evening in Tampa federal court in the case of Andrew Joseph III, a Black 14-year-old who was killed on Interstate 4 in 2014 after he was booted from the Florida State Fair following a disturbance involving several teenagers.
The jury verdict culminates more than six years of court action. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister, who could appeal the verdict, issued a statement Friday expressing sympathy for the Joseph family.
“Losing a child is a heartbreaking and eternal grief that no parent should have to face, and we continue to keep the Joseph family in our prayers,” Chronister said in an email.
The jury found Chronister's department 90% responsible for the child's death, with Joseph assigned 10%. The money will be split evenly between his parents, Andrew Joseph Jr. and Deanna Joseph.
“That child didn’t do nothing wrong,” Joseph Jr. said after the verdict, according to media outlets. “Fifteen million (dollars) put some respect on it.”
"We are elated at this moment,” Deanna Joseph added.
The teenager wound up on Interstate 4 after he and others were kicked out of the fair for what deputies described as an altercation that included knocking over fair patrons and stealing from vendors.
Attorneys for the defendants said Joseph refused an offer for a ride from his football coach and instead decided to try to cross the highway to reach the main gate.
“It was not foreseeable that someone would leave and enter the interstate,” attorney Robert Fulton said.
The plaintiffs' attorney said the boy should never have been placed in such a vulnerable situation by authorities.
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LISLE, Ill., July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SunCoke Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SXC) plans to release its second quarter 2022 financial results on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, before trading opens on the New York Stock Exchange.
SXC will host its quarterly earnings call at 11:30 am ET on August 2, 2022. The conference call will be webcast live and archived for replay in the Investors section of www.suncoke.com. Investors and analysts may participate in this call by dialing 1-888-660-6347 in the U.S. or 1-929-201-6594 if outside the U.S., confirmation code 36382.
ABOUT SUNCOKE ENERGY, INC.
SunCoke Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SXC) supplies high-quality coke to domestic and international customers. Our coke is used in the blast furnace production of steel as well as the foundry production of casted iron, with the majority of sales under long-term, take-or-pay contracts. We also export coke to overseas customers seeking high-quality product for their blast furnaces. Our process utilizes an innovative heat-recovery technology that captures excess heat for steam or electrical power generation and draws upon more than 60 years of cokemaking experience to operate our facilities in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia and Brazil. Our logistics business provides export and domestic material handling services to coke, coal, steel, power and other bulk customers. The logistics terminals have the collective capacity to mix and transload more than 40 million tons of material each year and are strategically located to reach Gulf Coast, East Coast, Great Lakes and international ports. To learn more about SunCoke Energy, Inc., visit our website at www.suncoke.com.
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Jose Miranda Player Prop Bets: Twins vs. Yankees - April 16
Published: Apr. 16, 2023 at 9:24 AM CDT|Updated: 59 minutes ago
Jose Miranda -- 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI in his last game -- will be in action for the Minnesota Twins versus the New York Yankees, with Gerrit Cole on the mound, on April 16 at 1:35 PM ET.
In his previous appearance, he went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI against the Yankees.
Jose Miranda Game Info & Props vs. the Yankees
- Game Day: Sunday, April 16, 2023
- Game Time: 1:35 PM ET
- Stadium: Yankee Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Yankees Starter: Gerrit Cole
- TV Channel: YES
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -167)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +675)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +275)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +180)
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Jose Miranda At The Plate
- Miranda is batting .237 with two doubles and five walks.
- Miranda is batting .316 during his last outings and is on a four-game hitting streak.
- Miranda has gotten a hit in 10 of 15 games this year (66.7%), including three multi-hit games (20.0%).
- He has not homered in his 15 games this season.
- Miranda has driven in a run in five games this season (33.3%), including one multiple-RBI game.
- He has scored in three of 15 games so far this season.
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Jose Miranda Home/Away Batting Splits
Yankees Pitching Rankings
- The 9.9 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Yankees pitching staff ranks fourth in the league.
- The Yankees' 3.25 team ERA ranks fourth among all league pitching staffs.
- Yankees pitchers combine to give up 13 home runs (0.9 per game), the eighth-fewest in baseball.
- Cole gets the start for the Yankees, his fourth of the season. He is 3-0 with a 1.40 ERA and 22 strikeouts in 19 1/3 innings pitched.
- In his last appearance on Tuesday against the Cleveland Guardians, the righty threw seven innings, giving up two earned runs while surrendering five hits.
- The 32-year-old ranks 10th in ERA (1.40), 13th in WHIP (.931), and 23rd in K/9 (10.2) among qualifying pitchers in MLB action this season.
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...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.
* WHERE...Portions of southeast Alabama, Florida and Georgia,
including the following areas, in southeast Alabama, Coffee, Dale,
Geneva, Henry and Houston. In Florida, Calhoun, Central Walton,
Coastal Bay, Coastal Dixie, Coastal Franklin, Coastal Gulf,
Coastal Jefferson, Coastal Taylor, Coastal Wakulla, Gadsden,
Holmes, Inland Bay, Inland Dixie, Inland Franklin, Inland Gulf,
Inland Jefferson, Inland Taylor, Inland Wakulla, Jackson,
Lafayette, Leon, Liberty, Madison, North Walton, South Walton and
Washington. In Georgia, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun,
Clay, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Irwin,
Lanier, Lee, Lowndes, Miller, Mitchell, Quitman, Randolph,
Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Turner and Worth.
* WHEN...Through Friday evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.
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New residents in the Phoebe Putney Health System Family Medicine Residency program include, from left, Drs. Christiana Anyanwu, Tsvetelina Stoyanova, David Dukes, Florida Twentor, Jordan Bradwell, Stervil Desinor and Danielle Pham.
Dr. David Dukes, center, tries on his ceremonial white coat for the first time Wednesday during a ceremony at Phoebe HealthWorks. Dr. Clifford Dunn, left, the new director of the Phoebe Family Medicine Residency program, assisted Dukes and six other residents in putting on this new addition to their wardrobes.
"Gift wagons," filled with welcome gifts from businesses in the community, await seven new residents at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital who received their ceremonial white coats Wednesday.
Phoebe Putney Health System President/CEO Scott Steiner welcomes seven new residents into the Phoebe Family Medicine Residency Program Wednesday at Phoebe HealthWorks.
Dr. Frances Ferguson, a primary care physician at Albany Area Primary Health Care, delivers the keynote address during a ceremony Wednesday welcoming seven new residents to the Phoebe Putney Health System Family Medicine Residency Program.
White coats on and ready to go, seven residents -- from left, Drs. Christiana Anyanwu, Jordan Bradwell, Stervil Desinor, David Dukes, Danielle Pham, Tsvetelina Stoyanove, Florida Twentor -- were lauded during a ceremony at Phoebe HealthWorks Wednesday.
New residents in the Phoebe Putney Health System Family Medicine Residency program include, from left, Drs. Christiana Anyanwu, Tsvetelina Stoyanova, David Dukes, Florida Twentor, Jordan Bradwell, Stervil Desinor and Danielle Pham.
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Dr. David Dukes, center, tries on his ceremonial white coat for the first time Wednesday during a ceremony at Phoebe HealthWorks. Dr. Clifford Dunn, left, the new director of the Phoebe Family Medicine Residency program, assisted Dukes and six other residents in putting on this new addition to their wardrobes.
Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher
"Gift wagons," filled with welcome gifts from businesses in the community, await seven new residents at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital who received their ceremonial white coats Wednesday.
Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher
Phoebe Putney Health System President/CEO Scott Steiner welcomes seven new residents into the Phoebe Family Medicine Residency Program Wednesday at Phoebe HealthWorks.
Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher
Dr. Frances Ferguson, a primary care physician at Albany Area Primary Health Care, delivers the keynote address during a ceremony Wednesday welcoming seven new residents to the Phoebe Putney Health System Family Medicine Residency Program.
Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher
White coats on and ready to go, seven residents -- from left, Drs. Christiana Anyanwu, Jordan Bradwell, Stervil Desinor, David Dukes, Danielle Pham, Tsvetelina Stoyanove, Florida Twentor -- were lauded during a ceremony at Phoebe HealthWorks Wednesday.
ALBANY -- Seven new residents donned their traditional white coats during a ceremony at Phoebe Putney Health System's HealthWorks facility Wednesday, continuing a tradition of welcoming new doctors who will spend three years as part of the Phoebe Family Medicine Residency program.
The seven -- Drs. Florida Twentor, Tsvetelina Stoyanova, Danielle Pham, David Dukes, Jose Stervil Desinor, Jordan Bradwell and Christiana Anyanwu -- were introduced, praised, celebrated and showered with traditional "gift wagons" loaded with products donated by local businesses. | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/phoebe-residents-don-white-coats-go-to-work/article_25337dba-1060-11ee-8b5d-4316ad744bdd.html | 2023-06-21 20:14:14 | 0 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/phoebe-residents-don-white-coats-go-to-work/article_25337dba-1060-11ee-8b5d-4316ad744bdd.html |
Team to Emphasize Human-Centered Design in Transformative Expansion of Austin Transit
AUSTIN, Texas, March 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) announced a partnership with an international design team led by HKS, UNStudio and Gehl to create system-wide architecture and urban design for the light rail program of Project Connect, a major expansion of Austin's public transit system. Project Connect is a transformative, voter-approved investment that includes light rail, expanded bus routes, and more services across the city.
HKS, UNStudio and Gehl will design a technologically advanced, human-centric transit experience true to Austin's culture and landscape. The team comprises architects and planners with collaborative mindsets and local knowledge. Their global infrastructure expertise includes similar award-winning projects in Los Angeles, Melbourne, The Netherlands, Doha, and Beijing.
"We are thrilled to work with this visionary, interdisciplinary design team" says Peter Mullan, ATP Executive Vice President for Architecture and Urban Design. "The design team brings both broad international expertise delivering transit and public realm projects at the highest level of design and an acute sensitivity to Austin's specific culture and heritage. Project Connect gives us the opportunity to stitch our community together more closely and to adapt our core values to our continued growth and our increasingly urban future. To deliver on that promise, we need to bring a human-centered approach to the center of our design process, and this team brings that focus to our collective work."
In November 2020, Austin voters approved Project Connect and the creation of the independent entity Austin Transit Partnership to implement this landmark investment in transit. In partnership with the City of Austin, CapMetro and the community, ATP will deliver on the community's vision for transit in a way that embeds equity, sustainability and transparency as overarching priorities.
Design research and visioning will begin in March 2023, and will continue through the Project Development phase. ATP will share an updated light rail implementation plan in spring 2023.
HKS is a global architecture, design and planning firm with offices in Austin. Chi Lee, HKS Principal and Austin Office Director, says: "We are humbled by this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to demonstrate people-first design that prioritizes equity, well-being and resilience as we design stations for the future light rail program. Project Connect will transform Austin by making more neighborhoods accessible and affordable while promoting sustainable growth and development."
Ben van Berkel, Founder and Principal Architect of global architecture design network UNStudio, adds: "Project Connect will be transformational for the City of Austin. Austin is a city experiencing rapid change as more and more people are drawn to its high quality of life and vibrant cultural scene. Project Connect will advance this by creating a human-centric transit system that celebrates Austin's culture, history and diversity, while making the city more accessible for all of its citizens through an efficient and sustainable transportation system. We are thrilled to contribute to the city of Austin in such a meaningful way alongside our partners HKS and Gehl."
Gehl is an urban strategy and design firm that centers public life and the human experience in the city transformation process. Anna Muessig, Director at Gehl, concludes: "Mobility systems work when they center people's needs in the design process and when mobility infrastructure is an integrated part of a high quality public realm. We are honored to be part of this fantastic team and to work with ATP and the people of Austin to design a station system that celebrates the city's culture and invites people to choose transit to get around."
Project Connect is designed to improve access to essential jobs, health care, education, entertainment and more—making our communities more livable, equitable and sustainable. This transformative investment includes $300 million in funding to prevent the displacement of people and creating more affordable places to live.
Citizens of Austin who would like to get involved in Project Connect are invited to do so. Click here to learn more: https://projectconnect.com/get-involved.
About HKS
HKS is a global firm of architects, designers, planners and advisors who create places noted for their beauty and performance. Our 1,500 people in 26 offices are united by the belief that an environmental, social and governance approach to design achieves design excellence. We value honesty, diversity and inclusion and we celebrate creative thinking. In partnership with our clients and collaborators, we craft powerful ideas and solutions. Together we create places that stand apart.
About UNStudio
UNStudio, founded in 1988 by Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos, is a Dutch architectural design studio specializing in architecture, interior architecture, product design, urban development and infrastructural projects. The name, UNStudio, stands for United Network Studio referring to the collaborative nature of the practice. Centrally located offices in Amsterdam, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Dubai, Frankfurt and Melbourne enable UNStudio to work efficiently anywhere in the world. With a passion for innovation at the heart of their work, their designs stand for quality, originality, optimism and intelligence.
About Gehl
Gehl is an urban design and research consultancy offering expertise in the fields of architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, and city planning. Headquartered in Copenhagen, with US hubs in San Francisco and New York City, Gehl is a networked organization working globally on urban strategy in a wide range of contexts. Gehl partners directly with both public and private sector clients to envision better futures and better outcomes for people. We address global trends with a holistic, people-focused approach, utilizing empirical analysis to understand how the built environment can promote well-being. We apply this analysis to strategic planning and human-centered design to empower citizens, decision-makers, company leaders, and organizations.
About ATP
Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) is the independent entity, accountable, and responsible for the financing, design, construction, and overall implementation of Project Connect—the transformative, voter-approved investment in new transit services. ATP's charge is to deliver on the Austin voters' transit vision in partnership with the City of Austin, CapMetro, and the community – and in a way that embeds equity, sustainability, and transparency as overarching priorities.
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28-year-old Monica Lee used to work for a PR firm in China, now she's an entrepreneur in St. Louis and has had to readjust to life with her Korean American extended family.
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There's something elfin and even a little mischievous about the 102-year-old man who goes by Walter Arlen. The composer lives in a house near the ocean in Santa Monica, Calif., with his husband of 65 years. But he was born in Austria, in 1920, as Walter Aptowitzer. He grew up in a cosmopolitan cradle of music and high culture: Vienna before the war.
"I grew up in an atmosphere of great joy, as far as I was concerned," says Arlen, whose grandfather founded a large department store — the Warenhaus Dicther — in 1890. "And it grew and grew, because he was a very good businessman. And there was always music, because my grandfather believed in having music in the store. And he was the first one in Vienna who had loudspeakers installed all over the store."
His grandfather paid a young woman to sit by a phonograph all day and switch out records. The same music would be heard on every floor. The Aptowitzers lived in an apartment above the store, and by age five, young Walter had learned the words to all of the songs. His aunts would stick the child up on the store counter and ask him to sing.
His mother played piano, his uncle played fiddle, and he was eight when his parents took him to his first opera: Tosca, by Puccini.
"It bowled me over," he says. "That was the beginning of my wanting to be a composer."
The budding musician took piano lessons and sang in school. One day, his teacher had him dress up as Franz Schubert for a classroom celebration of the composer. He was praised for his talent and encouraged to write music. It was a happy childhood — "until Hitler came, and that's when it changed overnight," he says. "That was in 1938. Up in the air, the sky was full of airplanes. That was the occupation of Austria."
Aptowitzer was 17. His father was imprisoned by the Nazis and his mother was placed in a mental hospital. The boy responded by writing a melancholy song based upon a poem, titled "Es geht wohl anders." The title, in English, translates as Things turn out differently.
Aptowitzer escaped Austria and moved in with relatives in Chicago. Many others in his family were not so lucky: His grandmother died at the Treblinka extermination camp, and his father was taken to Dachau. His mother later died by suicide. In Chicago, Aptowitzer changed his name to Walter Arlen. (He is not related to "Over the Rainbow" composer Harold Arlen.) Arlen staved off depression by writing music. He won a prize in a song cycle contest and became an assistant to the American composer Roy Harris.
Arlen pursued his musical studies at UCLA, worked as a driver for Igor Stravinsky and, before long, was hired as a classical critic for the Los Angeles Times. I also write for the LA Times, but had never heard of Arlen until I was introduced to him by Michael Haas — a musical historian who arranged for Arlen's work to be recorded along with many other Jewish composers. For decades, Arlen's music remained in his desk drawer.
Among the recently recorded work is an oratorio, "The Song of Songs," based on the ancient Jewish love poem and composed by Arlen in the early 1950s.
"It is music that could only have been composed by a Viennese composer uprooted and transplanted to America, trying to work out all of his issues," says Haas, who authored the book Forbidden Music about Jewish composers banned by Hitler.
Even though most of Arlen's music was written after the Shoah, Haas says it belongs to this unique — and uniquely traumatic — place and time. "You know, these horrible things that he had to witness and live through and just the stories he has to tell about just trying to get out of Austria, and the things that happened to him and to his family. The only way he could deal with it was to write music ... and then shove it in the desk drawer," Haas says.
In 2006, Haas co-founded the Exilarte Center for Banned Music in Vienna, which locates, preserves and presents music lost during the Holocaust. The impetus began when Haas, a Grammy-winning classical producer for Decca Records, recorded music by Kurt Weill — the German Jewish emigré who wrote "The Threepenny Opera."
"I kept stumbling across names of other composers who were just as famous as Kurt Weill," Haas says. He points to the Jewish composers who fled Hitler's Europe and found success in Hollywood.
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, for example, was a classical prodigy who escaped Austria in the 1930s and achieved fame scoring Errol Flynn swashbucklers such as The Sea Hawk. But Haas began to discover an entire hidden world of composers who either died during the Holocaust, or became exiles. They either gave up music or — like Walter Arlen — wrote music that no one ever heard.
"The more we recorded," says Haas, "the more we suddenly discovered that the music had been, to some extent, also deliberately suppressed after the war — not because the composers were Jewish, but because the music did not represent the kind of post-war, anti-Fascist statement that society felt was crucial in re-educating, you know, publics after the war."
He points to the music of the late Robert Fürstenthal — who also left Vienna when he was 17, and whose desk-drawer compositions forever sounded like the glory days of his Austrian childhood.
"He was the accounts auditor for the U.S. Navy, for heaven's sakes, in San Diego," says Haas. "You can only imagine a more different place to Vienna. I said, 'Robert, why did you write in the style of Hugo Wolf in the 1980s, 1990s, early 2000s?' And he said: 'When I compose, I return to Vienna.' "
The forensic musicologists at the Exilarte Center have rescued hundreds of works by these composers. They've also tracked down their heirs and estates — more than 30 estates all around the world.
Robert Thompson, president of Wise Music Group, refers to the Exilarte team as the "monuments men" of composers and manuscripts. "But I realized that the missing part of it was getting this music out into the world, so that it could be performed," Thompson says. "We spent several months talking to them about how this could work, how we could be of help as a publisher to disseminate all this music."
Wise Music Group, which owns the historic publishing company G. Schirmer, partnered last year with Exilarte to help resurrect this forgotten and exiled music in public concerts. Publishing royalties go to the Exilarte project, and composer royalties to the families and estates. Or, in the case of Walter Arlen — who expects to turn 103 this July — the composer himself.
"I think he's our newest and our oldest living composer," says Thompson.
Over the decades, Arlen composed some 65 works — much of it vocal. It's music trapped in the amber of his memory, music of a Vienna he dearly loved and was forced to leave. Professionally, Arlen distinguished himself as a critic. So how would he have reviewed his work?
"If I hadn't liked it, I wouldn't have written it," he says.
And if he hadn't survived, we never would have heard it.
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NEW YORK (PIX11) — A total of five new schools; three in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, another in Coney Island, Brooklyn, and one in Staten Island are all being used as shelters for migrants, PIX11 News has confirmed.
The migrants will be housed in gymnasiums that are detached from the main school building.
Some parents are concerned about safety, while other City Councilmembers want to know how long this will last but haven’t gotten an answer from the Adams administration.
In a statement, the city said, “As we’ve been saying for months, we are in the midst of a humanitarian crisis, having opened more than 140 emergency sites and eight large-scale humanitarian relief centers to serve over 65,000 asylum seekers. We received more than 4,200 asylum seekers this last week alone and continue to receive hundreds of asylum seekers every day. We are opening emergency shelters and respite centers daily, but we are out of space. We will continue to communicate with local elected officials as we open more emergency sites.”
Some parents are not pleased with the lack of communication and said they were promised this would not affect students’ everyday lives. However, an email from the principal of PS 132 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, said students’ physical education will now move to an art space, and recess will have students playing outside on the street using an open streets permit.
“There has to be other places they can go, but for some reason, it has to be in a school. I don’t get it,” one parent told PIX11 News. | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/new-migrant-shelter-force-nyc-school-to-hold-recess-in-street/ | 2023-05-15 21:59:34 | 1 | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/new-migrant-shelter-force-nyc-school-to-hold-recess-in-street/ |
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Biden administration is weighing approval of a major oil project on Alaska's petroleum-rich North Slope that supporters say represents an economic lifeline for Indigenous communities in the region but environmentalists say is counter to President Joe Biden's climate goals.
A decision on ConocoPhillips Alaska's Willow project, in a federal oil reserve roughly the size of Indiana, could come by early March.
Q: What is the Willow project?
A: The project could produce up to 180,000 barrels of oil a day, according to the company — about 1.5% of total U.S. oil production. But in Alaska, Willow represents the biggest oil field in decades. Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan said the development could be "one of the biggest, most important resource development projects in our state's history."
On average, about 499,700 barrels of oil a day flow through the trans-Alaska pipeline, well below the late-1980s peak of 2.1 million barrels.
ConocoPhillips Alaska had proposed five drilling sites as part of the project. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management in early February identified up to three drill sites initially as a preferred alternative, which ConocoPhillips Alaska said it considered a viable option. But the U.S. Interior Department, which oversees the bureau, took the unusual step of issuing a separate statement expressing "substantial concerns" with the alternative and the project.
The alternative showed extracting and using the oil from Willow would produce the equivalent of more than 278 million tons of greenhouse gases over the project's 30-year life, roughly equal to the combined emissions from 2 million passenger cars over the same time period. It would have a roughly 2% reduction in emissions compared to ConocoPhillips' favored approach.
Q: Is there support for Willow?
A: There is widespread political support in Alaska, including from the bipartisan congressional delegation, Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy and state lawmakers. There also is "majority consensus" in support in the North Slope region, said Nagruk Harcharek, president of the group Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat, whose members include leaders from across much of that region. Supporters have called the project balanced and say communities would benefit from taxes generated by Willow to invest in infrastructure and provide public services.
City of Nuiqsut Mayor Rosemary Ahtuangaruak, whose community of about 525 people is closest to the proposed development, is a prominent opponent who is worried about impacts on caribou and her residents' subsistence lifestyles. But opposition there isn't universal. The local Alaska Native village corporation has expressed support.
U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat who is Yup'ik, said there is "such consensus in the region and across Alaska that this project is a good project." She hoped to make a case to Biden that the project would create well-paying union jobs.
Ahtuangaruak said she feels voices like hers are being drowned out.
Q. What are the politics of the decision?
Biden faces a dilemma that pits Alaska lawmakers against environmental groups and many Democrats in Congress who say the project is out of step with Biden's goals to slash planet-warming carbon emissions in half by 2030 and move to clean energy. Approval of the project would represent a betrayal by Biden, who promised during the 2020 campaign to end new oil and gas drilling on federal lands, environmentalists say.
Biden has made fighting climate change a top priority and backed a landmark law to accelerate expansion of clean energy such as wind and solar power, and move the U.S. away from the oil, coal and gas.
He faces attacks from Republican lawmakers who blame Biden for gasoline price spikes that occurred after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Q: Didn't the Biden administration support Willow?
A: Justice Department attorneys in 2021 defended in court an environmental review conducted during the Trump administration that approved the project. But a federal judge later found flaws with the analysis, setting aside the approval and returning the matter to the land management agency for further work. That led to the review released in early February.
Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she was concerned the Biden administration would "try to have it both ways" by issuing an approval but including so many restrictions it would render the project uneconomical.
Earthjustice, an environmental group, has encouraged project opponents to call the White House, urging Willow's rejection.
Q: What about greenhouse gas emissions?
A: Federal officials under former President Donald Trump claimed increased domestic oil drilling would result in fewer net global emissions because it would decrease petroleum imports. U.S. companies adhere to stricter environmental standards than those in other countries, they argued.
After outside scientists rejected the claim and a federal judge agreed, the Interior Department changed how it calculates emissions.
The latest review, under the Biden administration, is getting pushback over its inclusion of a suggestion that 50% of Willow's net emissions could be offset, including by planting more trees on national forests to capture and store carbon dioxide. Reforestation work on federal lands was something the administration already planned and needed to meet its broader climate goals, said Michael Lazarus, a senior scientist at the Stockholm Environment Institute.
"That doesn't help you meet a reduction goal. It's absurd," said Lazarus, whose work was cited by the judge who overruled the Trump-era environmental review. "It doesn't address the fact that we're increasing global emissions by doing this project. ... We're locking in emissions for 30 years into the future when we should be on a reduction schedule."
Q: What about Biden's promises to curtail oil drilling?
A: Biden suspended oil and gas lease sales after taking office and promised to overhaul the government's fossil fuels program.
Attorneys general from oil-producing states convinced a federal judge to lift the suspension -- a ruling later overturned by an appeals court. The administration ultimately dropped its resistance to leasing in a compromise over last year's climate law. The measure requires the Interior Department to offer for sale tens of millions of acres of onshore and offshore leases before it can approve any renewable energy leases.
The number of new drilling permits to companies with federal leases spiked in Biden's first year as companies stockpiled drilling rights and officials said they were working through a backlog of applications from the Trump administration. Approvals dropped sharply in fiscal year 2022.
The Biden administration has offered less acreage for lease than previous administrations. But environmentalists say the administration hasn't done enough.
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland in a recent interview declined direct comment on Willow but said that "public lands belong to every single American, not just one industry." | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/article_9dc952d6-b7b4-11ed-83e9-935e30e2d250.html | 2023-03-01 00:26:41 | 1 | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/article_9dc952d6-b7b4-11ed-83e9-935e30e2d250.html |
Extreme summer heat could lead to blackouts, report says
(CNN) - America’s power system could face blackouts this summer.
The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration released a report last month, showing above-average temperatures across the country this summer.
Keeping the air conditioning and the lights on could overwhelm an aging electrical grid.
As wildfires burn and temperatures rise across the nation, a sobering new report from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation warns the U.S. power system could buckle, triggering “energy emergencies” this summer.
The Upper Midwest and Mid-South along the Mississippi River face the highest risk of blackouts. Texas, the West coast and Southwest face an increased risk.
“The electric is old, and so it’s not designed to withstand the impacts of climate change,” said Romany Webb of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law.
Extreme temperatures trigger a surge in demand, and that taxes the grid.
An early heat wave has already knocked six power plants offline in Texas this month. In Oklahoma, heat also played a role in blackouts.
Last year, the Texas power grid completely failed for days under a deep freeze, and 246 people died.
“An energy crisis can become a public health crisis. It can become a food health crisis,” energy advocate Yami Newell said.
She has seen the cascading effects of an unreliable power grid in her hometown of Chicago.
“For a wealthier family, if they have a power outage and all the food in their refrigerator goes bad, they may be able to afford to go back to the store and replenish the coffers. For a family that’s operating on a more restricted income, they may not be able to go back and refill the coffers,” Newell said.
In her Bronzeville neighborhood on Chicago’s south side, solar panels now dot the rooftop of a public housing complex.
A short drive from there, a backup battery stores energy from those solar panels as well as natural gas generators, creating what the state energy company calls a microgrid.
“Without power, we are talking about potential life-threatening situations. So this microgrid provides that backup to be able to deliver power even when the grid isn’t there,” said Paul Pabst of Commonwealth Edison Company.
The project is pending approval, but once its operating, it can connect and share power with the main grid.
In the event of a blackout, it can disconnect and operate independently, tapping its stored battery energy to power the homes, police station and hospital in the area for four hours.
“We have seen a reluctance on the part of many utilities to factor climate change into their planning processes because they say the science around climate change is too uncertain,” Webb said.
They’re basing analysis for grid reliability and investments on historical averages because planning for extreme projections is more expensive.
“And so we are continuing to design and sight facilities based on historical weather patterns that we know in the age of climate change are not a good proxy for future conditions,” Webb said.
As communities work to build a more resilient grid, Bronzeville is a possible blueprint for creating a backup for when climate wreaks havoc on the grid.
Also compounding the grid problems is drought, which reduces hydropower from power-producing dams.
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CA Los Angeles/Oxnard CA Zone Forecast for Saturday, December 10, 2022
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.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 50.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers.
Lows around 50.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
$$
CAZ362-120200-
Malibu Coast-
Including Malibu, Pacific Palisades, and Zuma Beach
304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY...
.TODAY...Rain in the morning, then a slight chance of showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. South winds 15 to 25 mph
with gusts to 35 mph becoming west 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, becoming mostly cloudy
with a chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms after
midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. West winds around 15 mph in the
evening. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.MONDAY...Showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms in
the morning, then a slight chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower to mid 50s. South winds around 15 mph in the
morning. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 40s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
lower to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid to upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s to around 50.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 50.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs
around 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers.
Lows around 50.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 50s.
$$
CAZ354-120200-
Ventura County Beaches-
Including Oxnard, Point Mugu, Port Hueneme, and Ventura
304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PST
MONDAY...
.TODAY...Rain in the morning, becoming partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to around
60. South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph becoming west 15
to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then showers likely and a
slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower to
mid 40s. Northwest winds around 15 mph in the evening. Chance of
precipitation 60 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms in the morning, becoming partly cloudy with
a slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower to
mid 50s. Northwest winds around 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 40s. North
winds around 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the 40s to around 50.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs
around 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the 40s
to around 50. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
$$
CAZ355-120200-
Ventura County Inland Coast-
Including Camarillo and East Ventura
304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY...
.TODAY...Rain in the morning, becoming partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s.
Highs around 60. South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph
becoming west 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then showers likely and a
slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower to
mid 40s. West winds around 15 mph in the evening. Chance of
precipitation 60 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms in the morning, becoming partly cloudy with
a slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Patchy frost after midnight. Lows in
the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs
around 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid
40s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs around 60.
$$
CAZ350-120200-
Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast-
Including Carpinteria, Goleta, Montecito, and Santa Barbara
304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
.TODAY...Showers in the morning, then a chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60. West winds 15 to
25 mph.
.TONIGHT...A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
evening, then showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms
after midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 40s. Northwest winds
around 15 mph in the evening. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning,
becoming partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 50s. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, becoming partly cloudy with
a 20 percent chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
50s to around 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the lower
to mid 40s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
$$
CAZ349-120200-
Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast-
Including El Capitan State Beach, Gaviota, Jalama Beach,
and Refugio State Beach
304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
.TODAY...Showers likely in the morning, then a chance of showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 50s. West winds 15 to
25 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...A chance of showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid to upper 40s.
Northwest winds around 15 mph shifting to the southwest after
midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid
50s. West winds around 15 mph shifting to the northwest in the
afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 50s. North winds around
15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy except for patchy low clouds and fog in
the morning. Highs in the mid to upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the 40s to around 50.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the 40s to around 50.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
$$
CAZ351-120200-
Santa Ynez Mountains Western Range-
Including San Marcos Pass
304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
.TODAY...Showers in the morning, then a chance of rain or snow
showers in the afternoon. Snow accumulation up to 1 inch. Highs
around 50. West winds 15 to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...A chance of showers, a slight chance of thunderstorms
and a chance of snow showers in the evening, then showers likely
with a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Snow level
3000 to 3500 feet in the evening. Snow accumulation up to 2 inches.
Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Northwest winds around 15 mph
shifting to the south after midnight. Chance of precipitation
70 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain or snow showers in
the morning, becoming partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
in the afternoon. Snow accumulation up to 1 inch. Highs in the mid
40s to around 50. Northwest winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s to around 40.
North winds 15 to 25 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s to around 50. North winds
around 15 mph in the morning.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the 40s to around 50.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 30s and 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the 50s.
$$
CAZ352-120200-
Santa Ynez Mountains Eastern Range-
304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
.TODAY...Showers in the morning, then a chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s. Southwest winds 20 to
30 mph becoming west around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...A slight chance of showers in the evening, then
showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms after
midnight. Lows in the mid 30s to mid 40s. Northwest winds around 15
mph in the evening. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning, then a
slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the 40s to
lower 50s. North winds around 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 30s to around 40. North
winds around 15 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 40s to lower 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s and 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s and 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the 40s to around 50.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, becoming partly cloudy with
a 20 percent chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
40s and 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid
to upper 40s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 40s and 50s.
$$
CAZ548-120200-
Los Angeles County San Gabriel Valley-
Including East Los Angeles, El Monte, Pasadena, Pomona,
and San Gabriel
304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
.TODAY...Rain in the morning, then showers likely in the afternoon.
Rain may be heavy at times in the morning. Highs in the 50s to
around 60. South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph becoming
west 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the
morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 40s to mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then partly cloudy.
Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
lower to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then mostly cloudy.
Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs
around 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning, then
a slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs around 60.
Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
$$
CAZ547-120200-
Los Angeles County San Fernando Valley-
Including Burbank, Northridge, Universal City, and Woodland Hills
304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY...
.TODAY...Rain in the morning, then a chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid to upper 50s. South winds 15 to 25 mph
with gusts to 35 mph becoming west 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, becoming mostly cloudy
with a chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms after
midnight. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Southwest winds around
15 mph in the evening. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.MONDAY...Showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms in
the morning, then a slight chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Chance of precipitation
70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Patchy frost after midnight. Lows in
the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
upper 40s to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s to around 40.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the 50s to around 60.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs in
the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
$$
CAZ088-120200-
Santa Clarita Valley-
Including Castaic Lake, Newhall, Santa Clarita, and Valencia
304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY...
.TODAY...Rain in the morning, then a chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with
gusts to 45 mph decreasing to 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, becoming mostly cloudy
with a chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms after
midnight. Lows in the upper 30s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers with a slight chance
of thunderstorms in the morning, then a slight chance of showers in
the afternoon. Highs around 50. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost after midnight. Lows
in the lower to mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs in
the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers.
Lows around 40.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
CAZ359-120200-
Southeastern Ventura County Valleys-
Including Moorpark, Newbury Park, Simi Valley, and Thousand Oaks
304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY...
.TODAY...Rain in the morning, becoming partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph becoming west 15 to
25 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, becoming mostly cloudy
with a chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms after
midnight. Lows around 40. West winds around 15 mph in the evening.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers with a slight chance
of thunderstorms in the morning, then a slight chance of showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Patchy frost after midnight. Lows in
the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
upper 40s to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s to around 40.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the 50s to around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs in
the 50s to around 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
$$
CAZ358-120200-
Central Ventura County Valleys-
Including Fillmore, Piru, and Santa Paula
304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY...
.TODAY...Rain in the morning, then a chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 50s. Southwest winds 15 to
25 mph. Gusts to 35 mph in the morning.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, becoming mostly cloudy
with a chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms after
midnight. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers with a slight chance
of thunderstorms in the morning, then a slight chance of showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost after midnight. Lows
in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s to around 40.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs in
the mid 50s to around 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
$$
CAZ357-120200-
Ojai Valley-
Including Oak View and Ojai
304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY...
.TODAY...Rain in the morning, then a chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s. South winds 15 to 25 mph
with gusts to 35 mph becoming west 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then showers likely and a
slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows around 40.
Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers with a slight chance
of thunderstorms in the morning, then a slight chance of showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 50s. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost after midnight. Lows
in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs in
the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows around 40.
Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the lower 60s to around 60.
$$
CAZ356-120200-
Lake Casitas-
Including Meiners Oaks
304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY...
.TODAY...Rain in the morning, then a chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s. South winds 15 to 25 mph with
gusts to 35 mph becoming west 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then showers likely and a
slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows around 40.
Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers with a slight chance
of thunderstorms in the morning, then a slight chance of showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s to around 40.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid to upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs in
the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the upper
30s to mid 40s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
$$
CAZ363-120200-
Santa Monica Mountains-
304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY...
.TODAY...Rain in the morning, then a slight chance of showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 50s. South winds 20 to 30
mph with gusts to 45 mph becoming west 15 to 25 mph in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then showers likely and a
slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper
30s to mid 40s. West winds around 15 mph in the evening. Chance of
precipitation 60 percent.
.MONDAY...Showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms in
the morning, then a slight chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs around 50. South winds around 15 mph in the morning. Chance
of precipitation 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
upper 40s to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s and 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the 40s to lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs in
the mid 50s to around 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the 40s to around 50.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
$$
CAZ059-120200-
Antelope Valley-
Including Lancaster and Palmdale
304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
.TODAY...Rain in the morning, then a chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Southwest winds 25 to
40 mph with gusts to 60 mph decreasing to 20 to 30 mph with gusts
to 45 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
evening, becoming mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain or
snow showers after midnight. Snow level 3000 to 3500 feet. Storm
total snow accumulation up to 1 inch. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain or snow showers in the
morning, then a slight chance of rain or snow showers in the
afternoon. Snow level 3000 to 3500 feet increasing to 4000 feet.
Snow accumulation up to 1 inch. Storm total snow accumulation up to
1 inch. Highs in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Southwest winds 10 to 20
mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
West winds 10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
upper 30s to mid 40s. West winds 10 to 20 mph shifting to the north
in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the 40s to around 50.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then mostly cloudy.
Lows in the mid 20s to mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs
in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s and 30s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs in
the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the upper 20s to mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain or snow showers
in the morning, then a slight chance of rain showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Chance of
precipitation 20 percent.
$$
CAZ054-120200-
Los Angeles County Mountains-
Including Acton and Mount Wilson
304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM
PST MONDAY...
.TODAY...Rain or snow in the morning, then rain or snow likely in
the afternoon. Precipitation may be heavy at times in the morning.
Snow accumulation up to 22 inches. Snow level 6500 to 7000 feet
decreasing to 6000 feet. Highs from the mid 40s to lower 50s at low
elevations to the mid 30s to lower 40s at high elevations. Southwest
winds 30 to 45 mph with gusts to 65 mph decreasing to 20 to 30 mph
with gusts to 45 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain or snow
showers in the evening, becoming mostly cloudy with a chance of rain
or snow showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms after
midnight. Snow level 3500 to 4000 feet. Lows from the 30s at low
elevations to the 20s in colder valleys and peaks. Southwest winds
15 to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain or snow showers. A slight
chance of thunderstorms in the morning. Snow level 3000 to 3500
feet increasing to 4000 feet. Snow accumulation up to 4 inches.
Highs from the upper 30s to mid 40s at low elevations to the upper
20s to mid 30s at high elevations. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph
shifting to the northwest in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from the upper 20s to mid 30s at
low elevations to 19 to 27 in colder valleys and peaks. Northwest
winds 15 to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs from the 40s to around 50 at low elevations
to the lower to mid 30s at high elevations. Northwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from the 30s at low elevations
to the mid to upper 20s in colder valleys and peaks.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs from the 40s to lower 50s at low
elevations to the 30s at high elevations.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then mostly cloudy.
Lows from the mid 30s to around 40 at low elevations to the mid 20s
to lower 30s in colder valleys and peaks.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs
from the mid 40s to mid 50s at low elevations to the mid 30s to
lower 40s at high elevations.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows from the upper 30s to mid 40s
at low elevations to the upper 20s to mid 30s in colder valleys and
peaks.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs
from the mid 40s to mid 50s at low elevations to the mid 30s to
around 40 at high elevations.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain or snow
showers. Lows from the mid 30s to lower 40s at low elevations to the
upper 20s to mid 30s in colder valleys and peaks.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain or snow showers
in the morning, then a chance of rain or snow showers in the
afternoon. Highs from the mid 40s to mid 50s at low elevations to
the mid 30s to around 40 at high elevations.
$$
CAZ053-120200-
Ventura County Mountains-
Including Lockwood Valley and Mount Pinos
304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM
PST MONDAY...
.TODAY...Rain or snow in the morning, then a chance of rain or snow
showers in the afternoon. Snow accumulation up to 8 inches. Snow
level 5500 to 6000 feet decreasing to 4500 feet. Highs from the mid
40s to lower 50s at low elevations to the mid 30s to lower 40s at
high elevations. Southwest winds 30 to 45 mph with gusts to 65 mph
becoming west 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of snow showers in
the evening, becoming mostly cloudy with a chance of rain or snow
showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Snow
level 3000 to 3500 feet. Snow accumulation up to 2 inches. Lows
from the 30s at low elevations to 19 to 28 in colder valleys and
peaks. West winds 10 to 20 mph shifting to the southwest after
midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain or snow showers with a
slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then a slight chance
of rain or snow showers in the afternoon. Snow level 3000 to 3500
feet increasing to 4000 feet. Snow accumulation up to 1 inch. Highs
from the upper 30s and 40s at low elevations to the upper 20s to
mid 30s at high elevations. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph shifting to
the north in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows from the upper 20s to mid 30s
at low elevations to 18 to 26 in colder valleys and peaks. North
winds 15 to 25 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs from the
mid 40s to around 50 at low elevations to the mid 30s to around
40 at high elevations.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from the upper 20s and 30s at
low elevations to 17 to 24 in colder valleys and peaks.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs from the mid 40s to mid 50s at
low elevations to the mid 30s to around 40 at high elevations.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows from the mid 30s to lower
40s at low elevations to the 20s in colder valleys and peaks.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs from the upper 40s and 50s at low
elevations to the upper 30s to mid 40s at high elevations.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows from the mid 30s to mid 40s
at low elevations to the mid 20s to around 30 in colder valleys and
peaks.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, becoming partly cloudy with
a slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs from the
upper 40s to mid 50s at low elevations to the upper 30s to mid 40s
at high elevations.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain or snow
showers. Lows from the mid 30s to mid 40s at low elevations to the
mid 20s to around 30 in colder valleys and peaks.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain or snow showers.
Highs from the upper 40s to mid 50s at low elevations to the mid 30s
to lower 40s at high elevations.
$$
CAZ353-120200-
Santa Barbara County Interior Mountains-
Including Big Pine Mountain, Figueroa Mountain,
and San Rafael Mountain
304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM
PST MONDAY...
.TODAY...Showers and snow in the morning, then rain or snow showers
likely in the afternoon. Snow accumulation up to 3 inches. Snow
level 4500 to 5000 feet decreasing to 4000 feet. Highs in the mid
40s to around 50. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 50 mph
shifting to the west 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...A chance of showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then showers likely with a slight
chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Snow level 3500 to 4000
feet. Snow accumulation up to 3 inches. Lows from the mid 30s to
around 40 at low elevations to the upper 20s to mid 30s in colder
valleys and peaks. West winds around 15 mph shifting to the south
after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning,
becoming partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and snow showers
in the afternoon. Snow level 3500 to 4000 feet. Snow accumulation
up to 1 inch. Highs from the mid 40s to around 50 at low elevations
to the mid 30s to around 40 at high elevations. Southwest winds
around 15 mph shifting to the north in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows from the lower to mid 30s at
low elevations to the 20s in colder valleys and peaks. Northeast
winds around 15 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
mid 40s to around 50.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from the mid 30s to around
40 at low elevations to around 30 in colder valleys and peaks.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs from the lower to mid 50s at low
elevations to the 40s at high elevations.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows from around 40 at low
elevations to the lower to mid 30s in colder valleys and peaks.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs from the mid 50s to around 60 at
low elevations to the mid 40s to around 50 at high elevations.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows from the lower to mid 40s at
low elevations to the mid 30s to around 40 in colder valleys and
peaks.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain or snow showers in
the afternoon. Highs from the mid 50s to around 60 at low
elevations to the mid 40s to around 50 at high elevations.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of rain or snow showers after midnight. Lows
from the lower to mid 40s at low elevations to the mid to upper 30s
in colder valleys and peaks.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain or snow showers.
Highs from the 50s to around 60 at low elevations to the 40s to
around 50 at high elevations.
$$
CAZ340-120200-
San Luis Obispo County Beaches-
Including Arroyo Grande, Avila Beach, Cambria, Morro Bay,
and Pismo Beach
304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PST
MONDAY...
.TODAY...Showers likely in the morning, then a chance of showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 50s. West winds 15 to
25 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Showers developing. a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Lows in the mid 40s. Southwest winds around 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers in the
morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the
lower to mid 50s. Northwest winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40. North winds around
15 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
upper 40s to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then partly
cloudy. Highs in the 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the mid 50s to around 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
$$
CAZ341-120200-
San Luis Obispo County Inland Central Coast-
Including Lopez Lake, Nipomo, and San Luis Obispo
304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING...
.TODAY...Showers in the morning, then a chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 50s. West winds 15 to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...A chance of showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s. South winds
around 15 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers in the
morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the
lower 50s. North winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 30s. North
winds around 15 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
lower to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear except for patchy low clouds and fog
after midnight. Lows in the mid to upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy except for patchy low clouds and fog in
the morning. Highs in the mid to upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 40.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the mid to upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
$$
CAZ346-120200-
Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches-
Including Lompoc and Vandenberg Space Force Base
304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PST
MONDAY...
.TODAY...Showers likely in the morning, then a chance of showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s. West winds 15 to 25 mph.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...A chance of showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. Southwest winds
around 15 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid
50s. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Patchy frost after midnight. Lows in
the mid 30s to lower 40s. North winds 15 to 25 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 50s. North winds around
15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows
around 40.
.WEDNESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then partly cloudy.
Highs in the mid to upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the mid 50s to around 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
$$
CAZ347-120200-
Santa Barbara County Inland Central Coast-
Including Buellton and Santa Maria
304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING...
.TODAY...Showers in the morning, then showers likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 50s. Southwest winds 15 to
25 mph shifting to the west in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...A chance of showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s. South winds
around 15 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 50s.
Northwest winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Patchy frost after midnight. Lows in
the mid to upper 30s. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
lower to mid 50s. North winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then low clouds and
fog. Lows in the mid 30s to around 40.
.WEDNESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then partly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 40.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the mid 50s to around 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
$$
CAZ348-120200-
Santa Ynez Valley-
Including Lake Cachuma, Los Olivos, Santa Ynez, and Solvang
304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING...
.TODAY...Showers in the morning, then showers likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 50s. West winds 15 to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...A chance of showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows around 40. South winds around
15 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers in the
morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 40s to mid 50s. Northwest winds around 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Patchy frost after midnight. Lows in
the lower to mid 30s. Northwest winds around 15 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
lower to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to around 60.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
$$
CAZ343-120200-
Southern Salinas Valley-
Including Atascadero, Lake Nacimiento, Paso Robles, San Miguel,
and Templeton
304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING...
.TODAY...Showers likely in the morning, then a chance of showers in
the afternoon. Highs around 50. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...A chance of showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then showers likely with a slight
chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s to
around 40. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers in the
morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs around 50.
North winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Areas of frost after midnight. Lows
in the lower to mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
upper 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs
in the lower to mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
CAZ342-120200-
Santa Lucia Mountains-
Including Hearst Castle and Irish Hills
304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING...
.TODAY...Showers likely in the morning, then a chance of showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Southwest winds
15 to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms
in the evening, then showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms
after midnight. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Southwest winds
around 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers in the
morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
40s to lower 50s. East winds around 15 mph shifting to the north in
the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 30s to around 40. North
winds around 15 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
mid 40s to lower 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 30s to lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy except for patchy low clouds and fog in
the morning. Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
$$
CAZ344-120200-
San Luis Obispo County Interior Valleys-
Including Carrizo Plain, Creston, and Shandon
304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING...
.TODAY...Showers in the morning, then a chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid to upper 40s. Southwest winds 15 to
25 mph with gusts to 40 mph.
.TONIGHT...A chance of showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then showers likely with a slight
chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s to
around 40. Southwest winds around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation
70 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning, then a
slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 30s
and 40s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Areas of frost after midnight. Lows
in the lower to mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
upper 30s to mid 40s. Northeast winds around 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s to mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s to mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs
in the mid 40s to mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the 30s to around 40.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the 30s
to around 40. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s.
$$
CAZ345-120200-
San Luis Obispo County Mountains-
Including Caliente Range, La Panza Range, and Santa Margarita Lake
304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING...
.TODAY...Showers in the morning, then a chance of rain or snow
showers in the afternoon. No snow accumulation. Highs in the 40s to
around 50. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 50 mph in the
morning.
.TONIGHT...A chance of showers, a slight chance of thunderstorms
and snow showers in the evening, then showers likely with possible
thunderstorms and snow showers after midnight. Snow accumulation up
to 2 inches. Lows in the mid to upper 30s. Southwest winds 15 to
25 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain or snow showers in the
morning, then a slight chance of rain or snow showers in the
afternoon. Snow level 3000 to 3500 feet. Snow accumulation up to 1
inch. Highs from the mid to upper 40s at low elevations to around 40
at high elevations. West winds around 15 mph shifting to the north
in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s to mid 30s.
Northeast winds around 15 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs from the
mid 40s to around 50 at low elevations to around 40 at high
elevations.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s to mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs from the lower to mid 50s at low
elevations to the mid to upper 40s at high elevations.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs from the mid to upper 50s at low
elevations to the mid 40s to around 50 at high elevations.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs from the mid to upper 50s at low elevations to
around 50 at high elevations.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs from the mid to upper 50s at low elevations to the mid 40s to
around 50 at high elevations.
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304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
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.TODAY...Showers in the morning, then a chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s to around 50. Southwest winds 20 to
30 mph with gusts to 45 mph decreasing to 15 to 25 mph in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...A slight chance of showers or thunderstorms in the
evening, then showers likely with possible thunderstorms after
midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. South winds around 15 mph
after midnight. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning, then a
slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 30s
to mid 40s. Southwest winds around 15 mph in the morning. Chance of
precipitation 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then partly cloudy.
Areas of frost after midnight. Lows around 30.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
lower to mid 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s to mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the 50s to around 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid
30s to lower 40s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the 50s.
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.TODAY...Cloudy in the morning then partly cloudy. A 50 percent
chance of showers. Highs in the mid to upper 50s. West winds 20 to
30 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
evening, then showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms after
midnight. Lows in the mid 40s to around 50.
.MONDAY...Showers likely in the morning, then sunny in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid to upper 50s. Northwest winds 20 to
30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s to around 50.
Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows
in the mid 40s to around 50.
.WEDNESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then partly cloudy.
Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 50.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Lows around 50.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
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304 AM PST Sun Dec 11 2022
.TODAY...Showers likely in the morning, becoming partly cloudy with
a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to
around 60. West winds 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...A slight chance of showers in the evening, then showers
with a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the
mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms in
the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid to upper
50s. Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Northwest winds
20 to 30 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear except for patchy low clouds and fog
after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy except for patchy low clouds and fog in
the morning. Highs in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 50.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows around 50.
Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
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TEMCO joint venture will expand market access and open new opportunities for U.S. farmers
ST. PAUL and MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CHS Inc. and Cargill, two of the nation's leading agribusinesses, announced today the intent to expand the scope of their joint venture, TEMCO LLC, by adding the Cargill-owned export grain terminal in Houston, Texas. The addition of the Houston terminal will expand the joint venture's export capabilities, providing shipping access for grains, oilseeds and byproducts through the port of Houston.
TEMCO currently operates three facilities in the Pacific Northwest: Portland, Ore.; Kalama, Wash.; and Tacoma, Wash. These three facilities distribute grain to global markets, primarily located in the Asia-Pacific region. Through TEMCO, both companies look forward to building on 24 years of successful partnership to expand global grain market access for U.S. farmers to help meet the increasing global need for food.
"We're pleased to continue to build upon our successful relationship with Cargill to expand the reach of TEMCO," says John Griffith, executive vice president of ag business for CHS. "In keeping with our purpose of creating connections to empower agriculture, access to the Houston terminal provides additional options for area cooperatives and farmers to participate in the global marketplace, helping to advance CHS growth strategy for the region and open new opportunities for U.S. farmers."
The Houston terminal is located approximately 40 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico via Galveston Bay. With six million bushels of storage and capacity for 350 rail cars, the facility handles up to 250 million bushels annually. The terminal receives both trucks and railcars with a variety of commodities for global export.
"We look forward to expanding our joint venture by integrating the Houston terminal and leveraging the successful operating model that's in place today with TEMCO," said Sheryl Wallace, president of North America Grain for Cargill. "We are excited to provide additional market access and opportunities for our farmer customers and to better serve our global demand customers."
"The TEMCO team is excited to integrate the Houston terminal into our operations," says Brian Kubik, general manager for TEMCO. "This expansion will create efficiencies and opportunities for TEMCO and its employees."
About Cargill
Cargill helps the world's food system work for you. We connect farmers with markets, customers with ingredients and families with daily essentials—from the foods they eat to the floors they walk on. Our 160,000 team members around the world innovate with purpose, empowering our partners and communities as we work to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, sustainable way. From feed that reduces methane emissions to waste-based renewable fuels, the possibilities are boundless. But our values remain the same. We put people first. We reach higher. We do the right thing. It's how we've met the needs of the people we call neighbors and the planet we call home for 157 years—and how we'll do so for generations to come. For more information, visit Cargill.com and our News Center.
About CHS
CHS Inc. (www.chsinc.com) is a leading global agribusiness owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives across the United States. Diversified in energy, agronomy, grains and foods, CHS is committed to creating connections to empower agriculture, helping its farmer-owners, customers and other stakeholders grow their businesses through its domestic and global operations. CHS supplies energy, crop nutrients, seed, crop protection products, grain marketing services, production and agricultural services, animal nutrition products, foods and food ingredients, and risk management services. The company operates petroleum refineries and pipelines and manufactures, markets and distributes Cenex® brand refined fuels, lubricants, propane and renewable energy products.
This document and other CHS Inc. publicly available documents contain, and CHS officers and representatives may from time to time make, "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "goal," "seek," "believe," "project," "estimate," "expect," "strategy," "future," "likely," "may," "should," "will" and similar references to future periods. Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based only on CHS current beliefs, expectations and assumptions regarding the future of its businesses, financial condition and results of operations, future plans and strategies, projections, anticipated events and trends, the economy and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of CHS control. CHS actual results and financial condition may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not place undue reliance on any of these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause CHS actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements are discussed or identified in CHS filings made with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the "Risk Factors" discussion in Item 1A of CHS Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022. These factors may include: the inability to consummate the transaction described in this press release; changes in commodity prices; the impact of government policies, mandates, regulations and trade agreements; global and regional political, economic, legal and other risks of doing business globally; the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine; the impact of inflation; the impact of epidemics, pandemics, outbreaks of disease and other adverse public health developments, including COVID-19; the impact of market acceptance of alternatives to refined petroleum products; consolidation among our suppliers and customers; nonperformance by contractual counterparties; changes in federal income tax laws or our tax status; the impact of compliance or noncompliance with applicable laws and regulations; the impact of any governmental investigations; the impact of environmental liabilities and litigation; actual or perceived quality, safety or health risks associated with our products; the impact of seasonality; the effectiveness of our risk management strategies; business interruptions, casualty losses and supply chain issues; the impact of workforce factors; our funding needs and financing sources; financial institutions' and other capital sources' policies concerning energy-related businesses; uncertainty regarding the transition away from LIBOR and the replacement of LIBOR with an alternative reference rate; technological improvements that decrease the demand for our agronomy and energy products; our ability to complete, integrate and benefit from acquisitions, strategic alliances, joint ventures, divestitures and other nonordinary course-of-business events; security breaches or other disruptions to our information technology systems or assets; the impact of our environmental, social and governance practices, including failures or delays in achieving our strategies or expectations related to climate change or other environmental matters; the impairment of long-lived assets; and other factors affecting our businesses generally. Any forward-looking statements made by CHS in this document are based only on information currently available to CHS and speak only as of the date on which the statement is made. CHS undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise except as required by applicable law.
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The Giants got everything they needed to clinch a playoff berth on Christmas Eve except the most important thing:
A win in Minnesota.
Vikings kicker Greg Joseph sank a team record 61-yard field goal as time expired to break the Giants’ hearts in a devastating 27-24 road loss at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Daniel Jones had directed an impressive 7-play, 75-yard touchdown drive to tie the game at 24 apiece with 2:01 to play. It was capped by a 27-yard Saquon Barkley TD run on 4th and 2 and a two-point conversion pass to rookie tight end Daniel Bellinger.
The Giants had already gotten losses from the Detroit Lions and Seattle Seahawks in Saturday’s early window, so all they needed was a win to reach the postseason for the first time since 2016.
But with Minnesota at 3rd and 11 at its own 41 yard line with 19 seconds remaining, Wink Martindale’s blitz defense allowed an inexcusable 17-yard bubble screen to dynamic receiver Justin Jefferson down to the Giants’ 42-yard line.
Cousins then had time to spike the ball, and after Brian Daboll called timeout to ice Minnesota’s kicker, Joseph cooly sailed the game-winner over Julian Love’s head in the end zone to end it.
The Giants (8-6-1), who have won only one of their last six games (1-4-1), now fly home with two regular season games remaining: their home finale against the Indianapolis Colts next Sunday, and a Week 18 trip to a Philadelphia Eagles team that may be resting starters.
So the odds seem like they are still in the Giants’ favor to clinch, but there are no guarantees after this devastating loss to the Vikings (12-3).
Two Graham Gano field goals had climbed the Giants back from a 10-7 halftime deficit to a 13-7 lead with 4:31 left in the third quarter. But they’d left points on the field due to an offensive line that struggled to protect Jones in big spots all day.
Rookie Cor’Dale Flott appeared to intercept Kirk Cousins with 3:03 left in the third quarter at the Giants’ 42-yard line on an ill-advised forced throw to Adam Thielen into coverage.
A review found that Flott had dropped the ball due to a Thielen strip, however. The pick was overturned. And Cousins finished the drive with a 15-yard TD pass to Hockenson for a 17-13 Vikings lead with 14:12 to play in the fourth quarter.
Jones then threw his first interception in five games to Vikings corner Patrick Peterson, who returned it to the Minnesota 29-yard line with 11:42 to play. Peterson undercut Giants receiver Isaiah Hodgins for some payback for Hodgins’ career day and early-game success.
The Vikings offense then appeared on its way to icing the game with a dominant drive, until rookie head coach Kevin O’Connell continued a confusing trend of calling deep pass plays on third and fourth and short.
And Giants corner Darnay Holmes broke up a 4th and 2 deep shot for Justin Jefferson with 9:01 to play out of an empty set. That handed Jones a short field at the Giants’ 45 yard line and set up Graham Gano’s third field goal of the game from 55 yards to draw within 17-16 with 3:24 to play.
After both offenses stalled, Minnesota’s Josh Metellus blocked a Jamie Gillan punt to give Cousins the ball at the Giants’ 29-yard line with 4:02 to play. And it only took Cousins five plays to find Justin Jefferson for an 18-yard TD pass to put the Vikes up 24-16 with 3 minutes left.
And that set the stage for Jones’ impressive game-tying drive.
The Giants had trailed 10-7 at halftime due to a fumble by rookie tight end Daniel Bellinger that the Vikings converted into a 40-yard Greg Joseph field goal with 9:40 left in the second quarter.
That kick gave Minnesota a 10-0 lead. The hosts had opened scoring on a 12-yard Kirk Cousins TD pass to tight end T.J. Hockenson with 3:17 to play in the first quarter and linebacker Micah McFadden trailing in coverage.
The Giants’ offensive line, in particular rookie right tackle Evan Neal, had a tough time protecting Jones against the Vikings’ formidable defensive front featuring edges Danielle Hunter and Za’Darius Smith.
Neal had to jump on a Jones fumble after losing one early battle with Hunter, who had stripped the ball out.
But Jones was excellent in the first half, completing 14 of 19 passes for 146 yards and a 7-yard TD pass to his favorite target, Hodgins, with 4:23 left in the second quarter.
Hodgins, a second-year pro, set a new career high with 63 receiving yards in the first half alone. He did most of his damage against Peterson.
A split sack by Khyiris Tonga and Hunter killed the Giants’ final drive of the first half when a blitzing Peterson got past left tackle Andrew Thomas to flush Jones up in the pocket.
And edge Azeez Ojulari, whose third down sack held the Vikings to a field goal after Bellinger’s fumble, left the game with an ankle injury in the second quarter not to return.
But the Giants still had played a strong enough road first half — with solid pass rushes from Dexter Lawrence and an impressive pass breakup by linebacker Landon Collins and more — to give themselves a chance with a playoff berth on the line.
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday January 6, 2023, a jury in case #20STCV30279 in the Los Angeles Superior Court found Eaton Aerospace LLC, a division of Eaton liable for failure to pay numerous invoices due to DC Partners Inc. dba Soligen 2006, (Soligen).
For over 14 years, Soligen has been the sole approved vendor of certified aerospace components received by Eaton (through 2019) for installation on Eaton's FAA TSO landing gear of Gulfstream G650 business jets.
Yehoram Uziel, CEO of Soligen, stated: "This jury has established that in America the law rules and not the lawyers." Eaton is a publically traded multinational corporation with $19.63B in 2021 revenues and over 85K employees. Mr. Uziel continued: "Eaton must pay its bills to Soligen, for products that Eaton purchased to install on Gulfstream G650 business jets, regardless of Eaton's unlimited legal resources or the size of Soligen."
Eaton's battery of attorneys argued to the jury that Eaton's own Terms and Conditions empower Eaton to arbitrarily ignore their own Purchase Orders and Soligen invoices for no reason; accept only product that Eaton "can" or "wish to use and arbitrarily pay Soligen only for goods that Eaton needs in violation of the FAA quality standards and regulation.
"The jury, after deliberating for less than an hour, overwhelmingly and decisively rejected Eaton's claims and ordered Eaton to pay its bills to Soligen," added Uziel.
"This is a victory for every critical aerospace components manufacturer, who wishes to be paid for delivering certified quality parts -- make sure that any collection effort ends up decided by a jury: citizens who understand that in America the rule of law requires any customer to pay for the goods that it received.
"The message to the FAA – to ensure safety please verify that components of FAA TSO appliances installed by FAA repair stations meet all the quality requirements per AS9102".
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FBI chief says he’s ‘deeply concerned’ by China’s AI program
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday that he was “deeply concerned” about the Chinese government’s artificial intelligence program, asserting that it was “not constrained by the rule of law.”
Speaking during a panel session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wray said Beijing’s AI ambitions were “built on top of massive troves of intellectual property and sensitive data that they’ve stolen over the years.”
He said that left unchecked, China could use artificial intelligence advancements to further its hacking operations, intellectual property theft and repression of dissidents inside the country and beyond.
“That’s something we’re deeply concerned about. I think everyone here should be deeply concerned about,” he said.
More broadly, he said, “AI is a classic example of a technology where I have the same reaction every time. I think, ‘Wow, we can do that?’ And then I think, ‘Oh God, they can do that.’”
Such concerns have long been voiced by U.S. officials. In October 2021, for instance, U.S. counterintelligence officials issued warnings about China’s ambitions in AI as part of a renewed effort to inform business executives, academics and local and state government officials about the risks of accepting Chinese investment or expertise in key industries.
Earlier that year, an AI commission led by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt urged the U.S. to boost its AI skills to counter China, including by pursuing “AI-enabled” weapons.
A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment Thursday about Wray’s comments. Beijing has repeatedly accused Washington of fearmongering and attacked U.S. intelligence for its assessments of China.
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Elizabeth Melville and her husband are gradually hiking all 48 mountain peaks that top 4,000 feet in New Hampshire.
"I want to do everything I can to stay healthy so that I can be skiing and hiking into my 80s — hopefully even 90s!" said Melville, a 59-year-old part-time ski instructor who lives in the vacation town of Sunapee.
So when her primary care doctor suggested she be screened for colorectal cancer in September, Melville dutifully prepped for her colonoscopy and went to New London Hospital's outpatient department for what was supposed to be a zero-cost procedure.
Typically, screening colonoscopies are scheduled every 10 years starting at age 45. But more frequent screenings are often recommended for people with a history of polyps, since polyps can be a precursor to malignancy. Melville had had a benign polyp removed during a colonoscopy nearly six years earlier.
Melville's second test was similar to her first one: normal, except for one small polyp that the gastroenterologist snipped out while she was sedated. It too was benign. So she thought she was done with many patients' least favorite medical obligation for several years.
Then the bill came.
The Patient: Elizabeth Melville, 59, is covered under a Cigna health plan that her husband gets through his employer. It has a $2,500 individual deductible and 30% coinsurance.
Medical Service: A screening colonoscopy, including removal of a benign polyp.
Service Provider: New London Hospital, a 25-bed facility in New London, New Hampshire. It is part of the Dartmouth Health system, a nonprofit academic medical center and regional network of five hospitals and more than 24 clinics with nearly $3 billion in annual revenue.
Total Bill: $10,329 for the procedure, anesthesiologist, and gastroenterologist. Cigna's negotiated rate was $4,144, and Melville's share under her insurance was $2,185.
What Gives: The Affordable Care Act made preventive health care such as mammograms and colonoscopies free of charge to patients without cost sharing. But there is wiggle room to charge when a procedure is done for diagnosis versus for screening purposes. Often the doctors and hospitals are the ones who decide when those categories shift and a patient can be charged — but those decisions often are debatable.
Getting screened regularly for colorectal cancer is one of the most effective tools people have for preventing it. Screening colonoscopies reduce the relative risk of getting colorectal cancer by 52% and the risk of dying from it by 62%, according to a recent analysis of published studies.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a nonpartisan group of medical experts, recommends regular colorectal cancer screening for average-risk people from ages 45 to 75.
Colonoscopies can be classified as for screening or for diagnosis. How they are classified makes all the difference for patients' out-of-pocket costs. The former generally incurs no cost to patients under the ACA; the latter can generate bills.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has clarified repeatedly over the years that under the preventive services provisions of the ACA, removal of a polyp during a screening colonoscopy is considered an integral part of the procedure and should not change patients' cost-sharing obligations.
After all, that's the whole point of screening — to figure out whether polyps contain cancer, they must be removed and examined by a pathologist.
Many people may face this situation. More than 40% of people over 50 have precancerous polyps in the colon, according to the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
Someone whose cancer risk is above average may face higher bills and not be protected by the law, said Anna Howard, a policy principal at the American Cancer Society's Cancer Action Network.
Having a family history of colon cancer or a personal history of polyps raises someone's risk profile, and insurers and providers could impose charges based on that. "Right from the start, [the colonoscopy] could be considered diagnostic," Howard said.
In addition, getting a screening colonoscopy sooner than the recommended 10-year interval, as Melville did, could open someone up to cost-sharing charges, Howard said.
Coincidentally, Melville's 61-year-old husband had a screening colonoscopy at the same facility with the same doctor a week after she had her procedure. Despite his family history of colon cancer and a previous colonoscopy just five years earlier because of his elevated risk, her husband wasn't charged anything for the test.
The key difference between the two experiences: Melville's husband didn't have a polyp removed.
Resolution: When Melville received notices about owing $2,185, she initially thought it must be a mistake. She hadn't owed anything after her first colonoscopy. But when she called, a Cigna representative told her the hospital had changed the billing code for her procedure from screening to diagnostic. A call to the Dartmouth Health billing department confirmed that explanation: She was told she was billed because she'd had a polyp removed — making the procedure no longer preventive.
During a subsequent three-way call that Melville had with representatives from both the health system and Cigna, the Dartmouth Health staffer reiterated that position, Melville said. "[She] was very firm with the decision that once a polyp is found, the whole procedure changes from screening to diagnostic," she said.
Dartmouth Health declined to discuss Melville's case with KHN even though she gave her permission for it to do so.
After KHN's inquiry, Melville was contacted by Joshua Compton of Conifer Health Solutions on behalf of Dartmouth Health. Compton said the diagnosis codes had inadvertently been dropped from the system and that Melville's claim was being reprocessed, Melville said.
Cigna also researched the claim after being contacted by KHN. Justine Sessions, a Cigna spokesperson, provided this statement: "This issue was swiftly resolved as soon as we learned that the provider submitted the claim incorrectly. We have reprocessed the claim and Ms. Melville will not be responsible for any out of pocket costs."
The Takeaway: Melville didn't expect to be billed for this procedure. It seemed exactly like her first colonoscopy, nearly six years earlier, when she had not been charged for a polyp removal.
But before getting an elective procedure like a cancer screening, it's always a good idea to try to suss out any coverage minefields, Howard said. Remind your provider that the government's interpretation of the ACA requires that colonoscopies be regarded as a screening even if a polyp is removed.
"Contact the insurer prior to the colonoscopy and say, 'Hey, I just want to understand what the coverage limitations are and what my out-of-pocket costs might be,'" Howard said. Billing from an anesthesiologist — who merely delivers a dose of sedative — can also become an issue in screening colonoscopies. Ask whether the anesthesiologist is in-network.
Be aware that doctors and hospitals are required to give good faith estimates of patients' expected costs before planned procedures under the No Surprises Act, which took effect this year.
Take the time to read through any paperwork you must sign, and have your antennae up for problems. And, importantly, ask to see documents ahead of time.
Melville said that a health system billing representative told her that among the papers she signed at the hospital on the day of her procedure was one saying that if a polyp was discovered, the procedure would become diagnostic.
Melville no longer has the paperwork, but if Dartmouth Health did have her sign such a document, it would likely be in violation of the ACA. However, "there's very little, if any, direct federal oversight or enforcement" of the law's preventive services requirements, said Karen Pollitz, a senior fellow at KFF.
In a statement describing New London Hospital's general practices, spokesperson Timothy Lund said: "Our physicians discuss the possibility of the procedure progressing from a screening colonoscopy to a diagnostic colonoscopy as part of the informed consent process. Patients sign the consent document after listening to these details, understanding the risks, and having all of their questions answered by the physician providing the care."
To patients like Melville, that doesn't seem quite fair, though. She said, "I still feel asking anyone who has just prepped for a colonoscopy to process those choices, ask questions, and potentially say 'no thank you' to the whole thing is not reasonable."
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HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers passed legislation Tuesday that would hike the state’s minimum wage to $18 an hour by 2028, potentially the highest in the nation.
Advocates say the raise is badly needed in a state that routinely tops lists for most expensive housing and cost of living. But some businesses are warning they will have to cut staff or even close because they won’t be able to afford the greater pay.
The $18 minimum would be the highest dollar amount among the 50 states and the District of Columbia. However, some states automatically boost their minimum wage when the cost of living increases, which means places like California, which currently has a $15 minimum wage, could have a higher wage in six years time given inflation.
The House and Senate, both controlled by Democrats, approved the measure by wide margins. The bill now goes to Hawaii Gov. David Ige, who has said he supports an $18 minimum wage.
Hawaii’s minimum wage is currently $10.10 an hour. The bill would raise the rate in increments over the next several years, starting with $12 on Oct. 1.
House Speaker Scott Saiki saida study showing that 42% of Hawaii households struggle to make ends meet was a big factor behind his support for the increase. The Hawaii State AFL-CIO also endorsed going to $18.
Saiki said he wanted the minimum to rise in tandem with the consumer price index, but lawmakers didn’t reach a consensus on that.
A state analysis published in December showed a single person working 40 hours a week would need to earn $18 an hour to pay for housing and other necessities in Hawaii.
“People should be able to afford their basic needs on 40 hours a week,” said Nate Hix, the director of Living Wage Hawaii, an advocacy group that has been pushing for a higher minimum wage. “Otherwise people are forced to work multiple jobs or sacrifice their basic necessities like food, shelter, clothing.”
The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii said in written testimony that many of its members say they will lay people off and some will close shop with the rate hike. The business group said Hawaii’s unique-in-the-nation requirement that employers provide health insurance to those working more than 20 hours a week already adds $3-4 to the hourly compensation of workers.
Michael Miller, the director of operations at Tiki’s Grill and Bar, a Waikiki restaurant, favors gradually hiking the rate to $15 by 2027. He said costs for everything involving labor will go up with the higher wage.
“Who then pays for that? The consumer pays for that,” Miller said.
The legislation expands the tip credit to $1.50 by 2028, allowing employers to subtract that amount from the wage they pay if the workers earn enough in tips.
The bill makes the earned income tax credit permanent and refundable, which will help low- to moderate-income workers cut the taxes they owe and potentially increase their tax refund. Hawaii’s existing earned income tax credit expires this year and is not refundable, meaning many low-income taxpayers can’t use it because their earnings are too low to require significant taxes.
Gerard Dericks, an economics professor at Hawaii Pacific University, said raising the minimum wage to boost living standards focuses on the symptom of the problem and not the underlying cause.
He said it would be better for Hawaii to reduce its cost of living, for example by increasing housing by allowing the construction of taller and more numerous residential towers in Honolulu. Or by repealing the Jones Act, a 1920 law that requires shipping between U.S. ports to be handled by U.S.-flagged ships. Backers of the law say it’s important for national security because it helps maintain the U.S. shipbuilding industry. | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/hawaii-legislature-passes-bill-raising-minimum-wage-to-18/ | 2022-05-04 10:37:14 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/hawaii-legislature-passes-bill-raising-minimum-wage-to-18/ |
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The maker of ChatGPT is trying to curb its reputation as a freewheeling cheating machine with a new tool that can help teachers detect if a student or artificial intelligence wrote that homework.
The new AI Text Classifier launched Tuesday by OpenAI follows a weeks-long discussion at schools and colleges over fears that ChatGPT’s ability to write just about anything on command could fuel academic dishonesty and hinder learning.
OpenAI cautions that its new tool– like others already available – is not foolproof. The method for detecting AI-written text “is imperfect and it will be wrong sometimes,” said Jan Leike, head of OpenAI’s alignment team tasked to make its systems safer.
“Because of that, it shouldn’t be solely relied upon when making decisions,” Leike said.
Teenagers and college students were among the millions of people who began experimenting with ChatGPT after it launched Nov. 30 as a free application on OpenAI’s website. And while many found ways to use it creatively and harmlessly, the ease with which it could answer take-home test questions and assist with other assignments sparked a panic among some educators.
By the time schools opened for the new year, New York City, Los Angeles and other big public school districts began to block its use in classrooms and on school devices.
The Seattle Public Schools district initially blocked ChatGPT on all school devices in December but then opened access to educators who want to use it as a teaching tool, said Tim Robinson, the district spokesman.
“We can’t afford to ignore it,” Robinson said.
The district is also discussing possibly expanding the use of ChatGPT into classrooms to let teachers use it to train students to be better critical thinkers and to let students use the application as a “personal tutor” or to help generate new ideas when working on an assignment, Robinson said.
School districts around the country say they are seeing the conversation around ChatGPT evolve quickly.
“The initial reaction was ‘OMG, how are we going to stem the tide of all the cheating that will happen with ChatGPT,’” said Devin Page, a technology specialist with the Calvert County Public School District in Maryland. Now there is a growing realization that “this is the future” and blocking it is not the solution, he said.
“I think we would be naïve if we were not aware of the dangers this tool poses, but we also would fail to serve our students if we ban them and us from using it for all its potential power,” said Page, who thinks districts like his own will eventually unblock ChatGPT, especially once the company’s detection service is in place.
OpenAI emphasized the limitations of its detection tool in a blog post Tuesday, but said that in addition to deterring plagiarism, it could help to detect automated disinformation campaigns and other misuse of AI to mimic humans.
The longer a passage of text, the better the tool is at detecting if an AI or human wrote something. Type in any text — a college admissions essay, or a literary analysis of Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man” — and the tool will label it as either “very unlikely, unlikely, unclear if it is, possibly, or likely” AI-generated.
But much like ChatGPT itself, which was trained on a huge trove of digitized books, newspapers and online writings but often confidently spits out falsehoods or nonsense, it’s not easy to interpret how it came up with a result.
“We don’t fundamentally know what kind of pattern it pays attention to, or how it works internally,” Leike said. “There’s really not much we could say at this point about how the classifier actually works.”
Higher education institutions around the world also have begun debating responsible use of AI technology. Sciences Po, one of France’s most prestigious universities, prohibited its use last week and warned that anyone found surreptitiously using ChatGPT and other AI tools to produce written or oral work could be banned from Sciences Po and other institutions.
In response to the backlash, OpenAI said it has been working for several weeks to craft new guidelines to help educators.
“Like many other technologies, it may be that one district decides that it’s inappropriate for use in their classrooms,” said OpenAI policy researcher Lama Ahmad. “We don’t really push them one way or another. We just want to give them the information that they need to be able to make the right decisions for them.”
It’s an unusually public role for the research-oriented San Francisco startup, now backed by billions of dollars in investment from its partner Microsoft and facing growing interest from the public and governments.
France’s digital economy minister Jean-Noël Barrot recently met in California with OpenAI executives, including CEO Sam Altman, and a week later told an audience at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland that he was optimistic about the technology. But the government minister — a former professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the French business school HEC in Paris — said there are also difficult ethical questions that will need to be addressed.
“So if you’re in the law faculty, there is room for concern because obviously ChatGPT, among other tools, will be able to deliver exams that are relatively impressive,” he said. “If you are in the economics faculty, then you’re fine because ChatGPT will have a hard time finding or delivering something that is expected when you are in a graduate-level economics faculty.”
He said it will be increasingly important for users to understand the basics of how these systems work so they know what biases might exist.
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‘Unknown substance’ sickens Illinois prison staff, inmates
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Several employees of a central Illinois prison were treated at hospitals Wednesday after they became sickened while responding to one or more inmates suffering severe discomfort, according to a prison spokesperson and a prison employees’ union representative.
Officials said 18 staff members at John A. Graham Correctional Center in Hillsboro required treatment at area hospitals.
An undisclosed number of inmates received treatment in the health care unit of the prison about 65 miles (105 kilometers) northeast of St. Louis.
An Illinois State Police hazardous materials team is investigating, state Department of Corrections spokesperson Naomi Puzzello said in a statement.
The staff members became ill after a prison employee responded to a “medical incident involving individuals in custody who appeared to be under the influence of an unknown substance,” Puzzello said.
“All staff members who may have potentially encountered the unknown substance were also sent to a local hospital, as a precaution. All staff are stable currently and many have already been discharged,” Puzzello said.
Prison officers and other staff who responded to the emergency call became ill, some violently, when they came near the affected inmates, said Anders Lindall of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31, an employee union.
“Those who were in proximity to the inmate were immediately overcome with a variety of symptoms: Lightheadedness, dizziness, vomiting or feeling nauseous,” Lindall said.
Many staff members received medical care at Hillsboro Area Hospital. When the facility reached capacity, others sought treatment at HSHS St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield, 10 miles (16 kilometers) west. Most were released but several were kept for observation and testing to determine the cause, Lindall said.
AFSCME’s state council has expressed growing concern about prison employees coming in contact with dangerous substances.
“The issue of exposure to harmful substances in prisons is increasing,” Lindall said, adding that prisons need better searches. “AFSCME has been sounding the alarm for months to tighten up the protocol for both incoming mail and visitor screening.”
Lindall said a union meeting was underway at the prison when the call went out and members broke up the gathering to transport colleagues to the hospital, alert family members and provide other assistance.
Graham Correctional Center is a medium-security lockup for adult males, which opened in 1980 with room for 1,596 inmates. The prison currently houses 1,328 inmates.
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The award reflects the company's comprehensive outreach, education, and marketing programs of energy-efficient ENERGY STAR certified products in an effort to help southern Californians save money, conserve energy, and transition to a net-zero emissions future.
LOS ANGELES, April 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) today announced the company was recently awarded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2023 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year for demonstrating leadership in its energy efficiency programs that incorporate ENERGY STAR as a key strategy to help increase the adoption of energy efficiency products in homes, buildings, and facilities. SoCalGas' energy efficiency programs are the largest in the United States; over the last 5 years, SoCalGas energy efficiency programs delivered almost 240 million therms in energy savings, enough natural gas usage for more than 146,000 households a year and reduced greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) by over 1,260,000 metric tons, the equivalent of removing nearly 273,000 cars from the road annually. These advances have also helped save SoCalGas customers over $358 million in utility bill costs.
"As a national leader in energy efficiency programs we know that investments that save energy deliver value to our customers, help improve the environment, stimulate our economy, and help improve the quality of life in communities we serve," says Don Widjaja, vice president of customer solutions at SoCalGas. "Thanks to innovative programming, more than 90% of the ENERGY STAR smart thermostats purchased through our rebate program were able to be installed at no cost to disadvantaged community customers."
In the first 10 months of 2022, SoCalGas has helped customers save $13.5 million dollars though ENERGY STAR product rebates. The rebates have also allowed for almost 1,300,000 therms of conserved energy: the equivalent of eliminating GHG emissions from one year's worth of electricity in 1,245 homes, or over 778,000,000 smartphones charging. Through November 1st, 2022, the efforts of the SoCalGas residential rebate program resulted in over 15,500 ENERGY STAR smart thermostats and over 14,500 natural gas dryer purchases. ENERGY STAR natural gas tankless water heaters also saw over 16,700 rebate redemptions.
"As we accelerate historic efforts to address climate change, public-private partnerships will be essential to realizing the scale of our ambition," said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. "I applaud this year's ENERGY STAR award winners for working with EPA to deliver a clean energy future that saves American consumers and businesses money and creates jobs."
Winners are selected each year from a network of thousands of ENERGY STAR partners. SoCalGas has been a committed ENERGY STAR partner since the 1990s, and previously received the ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award in 2015.
Energy efficiency is also helping to advance SoCalGas' ASPIRE 2045 aim to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in our operations and delivery of energy by 2045. For more ways to lower energy cost and usage throughout the year, the SoCalGas Marketplace offers affordable energy-efficiency financing, energy efficiency rebates, and assistance programs.
For a complete list of 2023 winners and more information about ENERGY STAR's awards program, visit energystar.gov/awardwinners.
About ENERGY STAR
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About SoCalGas
Headquartered in Los Angeles, SoCalGas® is the largest gas distribution utility in the United States. SoCalGas delivers affordable, reliable, and increasingly renewable gas service to over 21 million consumers across 24,000 square miles of Central and Southern California. Gas delivered through the company's pipelines will continue to play a key role in California's clean energy transition—providing electric grid reliability and supporting wind and solar energy deployment.
SoCalGas' mission is to build the cleanest, safest and most innovative energy infrastructure company in America. In support of that mission, SoCalGas aspires to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in its operations and delivery of energy by 2045 and to replacing 20 percent of its traditional natural gas supply to core customers with renewable natural gas (RNG) by 2030. Renewable natural gas is made from waste created by landfills and wastewater treatment plants. SoCalGas is also committed to investing in its gas delivery infrastructure while keeping bills affordable for customers. SoCalGas is a subsidiary of Sempra (NYSE: SRE), an energy infrastructure company based in San Diego.
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BREAKS by Scharffen Berger blends a rich oat milk version of America's original craft chocolate with on-trend mix-ins, bringing the brand into the snack aisle for the first time in its history.
ASHLAND, Ore., May 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker, America's original craft chocolate, is launching a new product category for the brand at the NCA Sweets & Snacks 2023 show (booth #11580) with the debut of BREAKS by Scharffen Berger. BREAKS merges Scharffen Berger's top quality 43% Oat Milk Chocolate, sweetened with coconut sugar, with a variety of sought-after mix-ins, resulting in a delectable selection of simple, amazing tasting bark—all of which are vegan—that are perfect for sweet snacking. In addition to unveiling BREAKS, Scharffen Berger will also be showcasing recent innovations in baking chocolate, chocolate charcuterie flats and bars.
"It's been a whirlwind of a year, with so much innovation and exciting new opportunities to modernize this great and respected chocolate brand," said JP Mackey, president and chief sales officer for Scharffen Berger. "Sweets and Snacks attendees are going to see a whole new Scharffen Berger this year, still built on the same innovation-meets-quality foundation established so many years ago and resurrected by the current independent operators I have the honor of working with. The new branding, SKUs and product lines are expansions to meet the tastes of today's consumers as well as the broader needs of our current and future retail partners. We have invested heavily in getting new products in the right package formats with on-trend ingredients, like plant-based oat milk, coconut and maple sugars and inclusions, up and running. BREAKS is a perfect example of how we have been re-thinking this brand and where it can bring value for our retail customers while delivering on end-user consumer tastes."
BREAKS by Scharffen Berger are craft-made vegan barks featuring 43% Oat Milk Chocolate and coconut sugar for a sweet solution to lower-glycemic snacking. BREAKS come in four delicious flavors packed in conveniently sized, resealable 4.5 oz. stand-up pouches.
- 43% Oat Milk Chocolate with Coconut Sugar + Salted Almond Bark (vegan)
- 43% Oat Milk Chocolate with Coconut Sugar + Coconut and Quinoa Bark (vegan)
- 43% Oat Milk Chocolate with Coconut Sugar + Salted Sunflower Seed Bark (vegan)
- 43% Oat Milk Chocolate with Coconut Sugar + Gluten Free Pretzel Bark (vegan)
"The rising trend of consumers purchasing plant-based product alternatives and increase in Google searches for plant-based foods underscores the importance of providing these types of options for consumers across all food categories. We're excited that we've perfected an oat milk chocolate that delivers on the unsurpassed quality and taste expected of Scharffen Berger. Of course, bark lines are already out there, but with BREAKS, we have created a first-of-its-kind bark line that offers a plant-based solution with high-quality taste in familiar flavors," added Mackey.
In addition to the debut of BREAKS, Scharffen Berger will be showcasing the following innovations across its full portfolio in booth #11580:
Chocolate Provisions by Scharffen Berger
Bring bite-sized chocolate to any party with Chocolate Provisions by Scharffen Berger. This innovative product features 20 chocolate flats (9 g) packed in a cracker-like sleeve box, delivering a sweet solution to building charcuterie, cheese, dessert and brunch boards. Flavors available now include:
- 41% Cacao Simply Milk Chocolate—this is a rich, creamy and luxurious chocolate treat. With extra cacao and hints of caramel, these flats feature less sugar than most milk chocolate.
- 41% Cacao Milk Chocolate with Cacao Nib Crunch—silky milk chocolate with the added crunch of cacao nibs makes these flats irresistible.
- 70% Cacao Dark Chocolate with Sea Salt—enjoy this flavor's bright fruitiness and long, smooth finish.
- 70% Cacao Dark Chocolate with Toasted Coconut and Almonds—the toasted coconut and almonds add complexity to these balanced dark chocolate flats, giving a little extra oomph to mild cheeses and complementing fruits, nuts and charcuterie.
- 82% Cacao Extra Dark Chocolate—taste rich notes of dried figs, red currants and sour cherry and a mild, peppery spiciness that lingers on your palate.
Scharffen Berger 3 oz. Chocolate Bars
Scharffen Berger's core line of three-ounce bars—anchored by the core line of 41% Cacao Extra Rich Milk Chocolate, 62% Cacao Semisweet Dark Chocolate, 70% Cacao Bittersweet Dark Chocolate and 82% Cacao Extra Dark Chocolate—recently welcomed five new flavors with irresistible ingredients into the family of top-quality offerings.
- 41% Cacao Milk Chocolate with Cacao Nibs (The Nibby Bar)
- 41% Cacao Milk Chocolate with Almonds and Sea Salt
- 41% Cacao Milk Chocolate with Toasted Coconut and Coffee
- 70% Cacao Dark Chocolate with Cherries, Almonds and Sea Salt
- 70% Cacao Dark Chocolate with Salted Almonds and Toffee
Scharffen Berger Baking Chocolate
Chef-preferred Scharffen Berger Baking Chocolate is new available in convenient baking portions, with four individually wrapped 1 oz. bars in each envelope, in 62%, 70% and 99% cacao varieties. This format will be easier for consumers to use and will result in less waste than the previous 9.7 oz. bar option.
Scharffen Berger's signature baking chunks are specially formulated for optimum meltability, resulting in pools of melty goodness in every cookie. The current line, which features 62% Semisweet Chocolate Chunks and 70% Bittersweet Chocolate Chunks, recently added two bold new expressions, which open up a world of possibilities for dairy-free or plant-based baking. In addition, the full line of baking chunks is now packaged in stand-up, resealable pouches for convenient use and storage of leftovers as well as ease of display on retail shelves.
- 43% Cacao Oat Milk Chocolate Chunks with Coconut Sugar—dairy-free milk chocolate that performs like its milk-based counterpart, with all the same melting properties and Scharffen Berger's signature richer, deep flavor profile.
- 55% Cacao Dark Milk Chocolate with Maple Sugar—love milk chocolate but want a little more oomph? Or love dark chocolate but wish it were a bit more mild? Get the best of both worlds with this high cacao content milk chocolate chunk with maple sugar to tone down the over sweetness with losing a bit of the creaminess.
All of Scharffen Berger's new innovations are available now at www.scharffenberger.com and will be hitting store shelves soon.
About Scharffen Berger
Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker has been blending America's original craft chocolate since 1996. Founded by winemaker John Scharffenberger and fine food enthusiast Robert Steinberg, Scharffen Berger pioneered the bean-to-bar chocolate movement in the U.S., employing a craft process that is still in place today. Headquartered in Ashland, OR, Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker crafts a select assortment of fine baking bars, baking chunks, chocolate bars, Chocolate Provisions Chocolate Flats and all-natural cocoa powder. Scharffen Berger chocolate is sold at premium grocers and specialty food shops across the US and online at www.scharffenberger.com. For more information, visit www.scharffenberger.com.
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ARKANSAS, USA — The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will recognize National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day on August 21, 2022.
The DEA aims to increase awareness of the highly addictive and dangerous drugs that contain fentanyl and continue to be the driving force behind the opioid epidemic.
“Fentanyl is the single deadliest drug threat our nation has ever encountered,” said Administrator Anne Milgram.
According to Milgram, no community is completely safe from the presence of fentanyl, whether it be in a large city or a rural town.
“DEA is proud to work with families who have been affected by fentanyl poisonings to spread the word and to save lives,” she added.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid with approximately 50 times more potency than heroin and 100 times more potency than morphine.
There has been an increase in drug traffickers mixing fentanyl with other illicit drugs, either in pill or powder form, to drive addiction and create returning customers.
“Fentanyl is the primary driver in this alarming increase in overdose deaths America is facing today,” said DEA Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley.
Fentanyl is notoriously inexpensive, widely available, and highly addictive— as well as potentially lethal.
Many victims of fentanyl poisoning are unaware that the drug was present in the substance they ingested. Only two milligrams of fentanyl can be a potentially lethal dose.
“Collectively, we will continue to combine our resources to aggressively pursue the drug cartels who are ruthlessly flooding our country with this deadly drug,” Byerley added.
According to the CDC, an estimated 107,622 people died in the U.S. of drug overdoses and poisonings in 2021, with 67% of the deaths involving synthetic opioids such as fentanyl.
DEA has also created a special exhibit at its museum, 'The Faces of Fentanyl', in honor of National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day.
The exhibit will commemorate the lives of those lost from fentanyl poisoning, and people are welcome to submit their own photos of loved ones lost to fentanyl.
You can submit your name and photo on the DEA website or post a photo with your name on social media with the hashtag #NationalFentanylAwarenessDay.
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Franchise Owners and Employees across the U.S. Participate in Giving Back to their Communities
WACO, Texas, Nov. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- To celebrate National Sock Day, Dryer Vent Wizard®, a Neighborly® company, is collaborating with the Sock It To 'Em Campaign during the month of November through National Sock Day (December 4, 2022), donating socks to homeless shelters across the U.S. to help raise awareness about how sock donations can provide warmth to those in need during the winter season. Socks are the least donated item to homeless shelters, but a much-needed clothing item by those experiencing homelessness and seeking warmth during colder weather.
"We know this time of year can be tough for some people and we're excited to have the opportunity to collaborate with Sock It To Em Campaign to help provide socks to people in need," said Jason Kapica, President of Dryer Vent Wizard, a Neighborly company. "Socks are the one article of clothing people may forget about when making a donation but providing a brand-new pair of socks through this initiative can make a real difference."
Dryer Vent Wizard franchise locations and local communities across the nation are encouraged to take part in this campaign and donate socks through the Sock It To Em Campaign link found here, or at a local homeless shelter.
"We are thrilled that the small business owners at Dryer Vent Wizard and people within their communities are willing to donate new socks to cover the feet of those who need them," said Susan Lee, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Sock It To Em Campaign. "It's a great way to get the whole community involved for a good cause that will bring joy and warmth to those in need, and what better time than the Holiday season."
Sock It To Em Campaign is a nonprofit organization that aims to provide new socks to men, women and children experiencing homelessness and in need. In the past 10 years, Sock It To Em Campaign has given away almost 900,000 pairs of socks in 41 states. Dryer Vent Wizard hopes to work together with Sock It To Em Campaign to reach their 1 million-pair goal for sock donations.
About Dryer Vent Wizard®
Dryer Vent Wizard®, a Neighborly® company, provides professional dryer duct and vent cleaning, inspection, repair, and maintenance services. Dryer Vent Wizard® operates throughout both the United States and Canada with more than 130 independently owned and operated franchise locations. Established in 2011, Dryer Vent Wizard® is part of Neighborly®, the world's largest home services company with more than 30 brands and 5,000 franchises collectively serving 12 million+ customers in six countries, focused on repairing, maintaining and enhancing homes and businesses. Neighborly® brands are found at Neighborly.com and through the Neighborly App. For more information about Dryer Vent Wizard®, visit DryerVentWizard.com. To learn about franchising opportunities with Neighborly®, click here.
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SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian soccer stars past and present are under fire from fans for skipping Pelé’s funeral and opting to pay their respects on social media.
The three-time World Cup champion was buried in his hometown Tuesday after more than 230,000 mourners passed by his casket at Vila Belmiro stadium in Santos. Pelé died last Thursday after a battle with cancer.
Fans expected former Santos players like Neymar, Rodrygo and Giovanni to attend. They also hoped retired greats like Zico, Romario, Ronaldo, Kaká and Ronaldinho Gaucho would show up at the beach city 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of São Paulo.
Their social media accounts were flooded with comments by angry fans after Pelé’s burial.
None of the players from Brazil’s 2002 World Cup winning squad attended. One of them — former star midfielder Kaká — was criticized because he had complained during an interview in December that Brazilians do not honor their sports heroes as much as foreigners.
“You didn’t even show up for the funeral of the man who paved the way for you to have the life that you have,” said Joao Vitor Custodio on Kaká’s Instagram post about Pelé that drew more than 5,000 comments, including many about his decision not to come for the tributes.
In Neymar’s Instagram post mourning Pelé’s death, one fan wrote: “It is easy to say, but you sent your father and did not come.” The Brazil striker later limited comments in that post to people he knows.
No foreign footballers came to Brazil for Pelé’s tributes, funeral and burial.
Former midfielder Mauro Silva was the lone representative of the 1994 team that won the World Cup in the United States. He is currently an executive at the São Paulo state soccer federation.
Some of Pelé’s surviving Brazil teammates from the 1958, 1962 and 1970 World Cup titles were unfit to attend, like 91-year-old Mário Zagallo, and others like Roberto Rivellino were reportedly too upset.
Fans didn’t seem to believe those who said they tried but could not get to Santos in time, like Cafu.
“Unfortunately and with a lot of sorrow I could not attend Pelé’s funeral, I was on the other side of the globe and at work. My flights to return to Brazil started only in the early hours of Wednesday, I can only get to Brazil tomorrow,” he said. “Does that change what I feel for Pelé, or what he represents to me and to soccer in general? Never!”
Rivaldo, who lives in the United States, took a similar path.
“Even if I were in Brazil I am not sure I would have attended the funeral,” Rivaldo said. “I don’t like to pay tributes at that time, I am not against those who do. I met Pelé, I was with him many times and I had the opportunity to honor him during his life.”
Among the distinguished former Brazilian players who did come for the tributes were Bayern Munich’s Zé Roberto, Manchester City’s Elano and Roma’s Paulo Roberto Falcao. Those three have a connection with Santos.
Except for Santos, few active players and executives of Brazilian clubs attended the funeral. All top flight clubs are in pre-season.
To add to the shock of many fans, Flamengo chose to introduce its new coach Vitor Pereira at the same time as the nationally televised procession of Pelé’s casket through the city of Santos before the burial.
Local soccer executives did not suspend play of the Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior, a tournament for youngsters that attracts a lot of media attention in the South American nation.
The funeral of two-time World Cup winner Mané Garrincha at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro in 1983 was also poorly attended by Brazilian footballers.
Pelé repeatedly said he was too shaken to attend any funeral of family or friends. He was buried in the same cemetery of his father Dondinho and his brother Jair Arantes do Nascimento. The Brazilian soccer great did not attend their funerals either.
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Texas House Republicans pass bill banning gender-affirming care for minors
DALLAS - Texas Republican leaders passed a bill that would ban gender-affirming health care for minors.
Democrats twice successfully delayed a vote on the bill in the House for technical reasons, but they were unsuccessful Friday night.
Hundreds of demonstrators came to the state capitol Friday to protest the passage of Senate Bill 14.
After hours of debate Friday night, the bill passed.
For the third time, House Republicans brought a controversial bill aiming to block gender-affirming care for minors for a vote after twice being blocked by Democrats.
Outside the Texas House chamber, hundreds of LGBTQ advocates gathered in protest.
"To be trans in Texas is to be human in the place we call home," said Landon Richie with the Transgender Education Network of Texas.
Democrats and LGBTQ advocates held a rally before the debate, reading letters from transgender youth.
"We will never stop fighting where trans youth have every opportunity to be thriving adults," Richie said.
Democrats have argued the bill is discrimination. Twice, they delayed a vote by the full House on technicalities. Running out of moves, they only sought to change portions of the bill on Friday.
Republican State Rep. Tom Oliverson, who represents parts of the Houston area, authored the bill. He claims doctors aren’t using what he calls "good clinical judgment."
"This isn’t about parents. It’s about medical practice. That’s the purpose of this bill," Oliverson said.
"There are plenty of physicians in Texas that completely disagree with you," State Rep. Julie Johnson rebutted.
"There were plenty of physicians that disagreed when we reigned in the abuses during the opioid epidemic, but sometimes the state as to act for the betterment," Oliverson said.
The first time the house brought up SB 14, protesters in the gallery were removed by DPS troopers.
Friday, dozens of troopers were seen in the House gallery, but so far no reports of removals or arrests.
After hours of debate, the House passed SB 14 on a party-line vote.
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KAWASAKI, Japan and SINGAPORE, April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Chitose Laboratory Corp., the core company of the CHITOSE Group (hereinafter "CHITOSE"), has won funding from a Japanese government-affiliated entity for a project on the self-proposed theme of "Building a global industry originating in Japan based on the direct use of CO2 through photosynthesis" for the "Green Innovation Fund Project (hereinafter "GI Fund"): Promotion of Carbon Recycling Using CO2 from Biomanufacturing Technology as a Direct Raw Material." CHITOSE has been selected as a prospective implementing agency for this theme by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (hereinafter "NEDO"). The total project cost is approximately USD400 million, and the implementation period is scheduled from FY2023 to FY2030.
Project partners' logos:
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CHITOSE is collaborating with other companies/organizations in various positions and industries through the "MATSURI" (meaning "festival" in Japanese) project to build a new algae-based industry to replace the petroleum-based industry. CHITOSE is working on the development of bio-products, the construction of the world's largest 5-hectare microalgae production facility and the demonstration of long-term large-scale production in Malaysia (*).
Under the GI Fund project theme, for which CHITOSE has been selected as a prospective implementing agency, it will develop the algae production technology on a 100 ha production scale with a focus on both economic rationality and environmental sustainability, and on the development of a wide range of applications such as chemical products, toiletry, fuels, feeds and foods using microalgal biomass produced directly from CO2 as a raw material.
Through these business activities, CHITOSE will promote the establishment of a global algae-based industry originating from Japan, and contribute to the realization of zero carbon emission by 2050 as advocated by the Japanese government.
This project will be implemented with 34 partner companies of the MATSURI project operated by CHITOSE, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), Hiroshima University, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagoya University, and Institute of Microalgal Technology, Japan (IMAT). In addition, CHITOSE will start raising private funds in order to accelerate this project through the GI Fund.
MATSURI partners' enthusiasm and expectations for this project
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About the commissioned and subsidized project which has been adopted
- Business/project name:
Green Innovation Fund Project (GI Fund): Promotion of Carbon Recycling Using CO2 from Biomanufacturing Technology as a Direct Raw Material
- Adopted theme:
Building a global industry originating in Japan based on the direct use of CO2 through photosynthesis
- Theme overview:
Using microalgae, with sunlight as an energy source and CO2 as a direct feedstock, the commercial production of chemicals such as bioplastics and functional materials, fuels, foods and feeds, with the aim of realizing zero carbon emission by 2050.
- NEDO disclosure of information on this matter
Details of the public call: https://www.nedo.go.jp/koubo/EF2_100190.html
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Adoption announcement: https://www.nedo.go.jp/koubo/EF3_100190.html (Japanese)
Press release on the adoption:
https://www.nedo.go.jp/news/press/AA5_101619.html (Japanese)
* Commissioned by NEDO to Chitose Laboratory Corp. since 2020
- Press release on adoption: https://chitose-bio.com/jp/news/3514/ (Japanese)
- Press release on the start of operation:
https://chitose-bio.com/jp/news/5124/ (Japanese)
About MATSURI
The MATSURI project aims towards the establishment of an advanced microalgae-based industry. CHITOSE has considerable expertise in large-scale microalgae production technologies, and is leading the MATSURI project collaborating with Japanese progressive enterprises. As what MATSURI means in Japanese, CHITOSE keeps leading a festival to develop a sustainable society.
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Video: A story with a heart for the future, the MATSURI project for building the "algae industry": The world's largest microalgae production facility will accelerate from here.
https://matsuri.chitose-bio.com/pages/gallery
Website: https://matsuri-partners.chitose-bio.com/en
About CHITOSE Group
CHITOSE Group is a family of biotechnology companies leading the global bioeconomy. To live in abundance beyond the next millennium using the ability of living things, CHITOSE pursues the possibilities of biotechnology through technological and business development collaborating with its business partners all over the world.
Website: https://chitose-bio.com/
About CHITOSE BIO EVOLUTION PTE. LTD. (head office that oversees entire Group)
Established in October, 2011
Head Office located in Singapore
CEO: Tomohiro FUJITA, Ph. D.
About Chitose Laboratory Corp. (responsible for the project)
Established in November, 2002
Head Office located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
CEO: Tomohiro FUJITA, Ph. D.
COO: Rie KUGIMIYA
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Quinesha Lockett scored 17 points, Jessica Cook had 16 and Toledo led wire-to-wire to capture its ninth NCAA Tournament berth with a 73-58 win over rival Bowling Green in the Mid-American Conference Tournament on Saturday.
The Rockets (28-4) scored the first 12 points of the game and pulled away in the fourth quarter to secure their first trip to the NCAAs since 2017 and match the 2000-01 team's school-record 16-game winning streak.
The second-seeded Falcons and top-seeded Rockets split their Battle of I-75 during the regular season but Bowling Green was 3-0 in MAC title game matchups between the rivals and 11-3 overall.
“It's tough,” Toledo coach Tricia Cullop said. “They're very, very good, they're very well-coached and they're very aggressive defensively. We knew if we could just take care of the basketball (we would be fine). I was so proud of the shots we hit. Sometimes late clock we found a way and Quinesha Lockett was at her best today.”
In the middle of the fourth quarter Lockett, the MAC Player of the Year, had seven points in a 9-0 run with her 3-pointer making it 65-45 with four minutes remaining. The tournament MVP also had five rebounds and six assists.
Nan Garcia and Jayda Jansen both added 11 points for Toledo and Sammi Mikonowicz had 16 rebounds to go with her eight points. The Rockets had a 43-29 rebounding advantage.
Allison Day led the Falcons (27-6), who last went to the NCAA tourney in 2011, with 18 points, Jocelyn Tate had 13 and Elissa Brett 10.
Mikonowicz hit a 3-pointer for Toledo to open the scoring and Lockett hit one at the 7:16 mark to give the Rockets a 12-0 lead. Bowling Green missed its first five shots and had two turnovers.
The Falcons trailed by as many as 15 in the first quarter but chipped away and trailed 23-12 after one quarter and 33-26 at the half.
Brett made two free throws after a flagrant foul with 3:16 to go in the third quarter to cut it to a five-point game, 44-39, but the Falcons couldn't convert on the ensuing possession. Toledo led 48-41 heading into the fourth quarter and scored the first six points of the fourth to regain control.
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MILWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) — Patti LaBelle was abruptly rushed off stage just a couple of songs into her Christmas concert in Milwaukee after a bomb threat forced authorities to evacuate the theater.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that video from the Riverside Theater on Saturday night shows what appears to be two security officers interrupting the 78-year-old LaBelle as she chats with an audience member. They rush her off stage. Shortly after, someone announced that the nearly full 2,500-seat theater had to be evacuated because of a bomb threat.
Catherine Brunson, who documented the evacuation on Facebook Live, told the newspaper that the evacuation happened two songs into LaBelle’s concert around 9:24 p.m.
“We came out and police had the block taped off. ... A whole lot of people were pretty upset. ... It’s scary,” Brunson said.
Scott Pierce, who also attended the concert, said everyone exited the theater calmly, but it's “just sad that someone does this.”
Milwaukee Police Capt. Warren Allen Jr. said in a statement early Sunday that K9 units searched the theater and no explosive devices were discovered, so there was no threat to the public.
As of Sunday morning, LaBelle hadn’t issued a statement about the evacuation on social media. The operator of the Riverside Theater, Pabst Theater Group, said it would work with LaBelle to reschedule the show in the future. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Bomb-threat-disrupts-Patti-LaBelle-concert-in-17646610.php | 2022-12-11 19:32:37 | 0 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Bomb-threat-disrupts-Patti-LaBelle-concert-in-17646610.php |
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — More than 1,100 people have returned to their homes in northern Scottsdale, a Phoenix suburb, as firefighters declared a brush fire to be 30% contained.
The Arizona Department of Forestry lifted evacuation orders around 7 p.m. Wednesday. A state forestry spokesperson said one secondary structure has been destroyed, but no injuries have been reported.
Scottsdale officials said 1,145 people evacuated about 100 homes Tuesday evening when the fire broke out. Fueled by grass and brush, it grew to 3 square miles (7.7 square miles), fire officials said after crews finished digging a containment line.
Department of Forestry investigators believed the fire was human-caused but have not said whether the cause can be determined.
The fire was southwest of the Rio Verde Foothills community, where horse ranches mix with expensive homes, some still under construction. A mountain regional park and a conservation center that rescues and rehabilitates wildlife are also nearby.
Arizona officials applied for a federal grant for funding to aid the battle the blaze, known locally as the Diamond fire. The Federal Emergency Management Agency provides funding of up to 75% of the eligible costs of fighting a fire.
The fire comes as drifting smoke from wildfires across Canada is creating curtains of haze and raising air quality concerns this week throughout the Great Lakes region and in parts of the central and eastern United States. | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/over-1000-evacuees-return-to-arizona-homes-with-brush-fire-now-30-contained/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | 2023-06-29 17:10:52 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/over-1000-evacuees-return-to-arizona-homes-with-brush-fire-now-30-contained/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is gearing up for another exciting pay-per-view on Saturday night, in the first international PPV that is not being held in Abu Dhabi since 2019. The fans are surely not going to be disappointed as two championships will be on the line Singapore.
- Watch UFC 275 on ESPN+ PPV
One of the headliners on the night will be for the Light Heavyweight Championship, as Glover Teixeira defends his belt against Jiri Prochazka.
Teixeira is a veteran of the sport, as he became the oldest first-time champion in UFC history after beating Jan Blachowicz at UFC 267. Coming into his first title defense, Teixeira has the most wins in the division, and has a career record of 33-7, with 28 of those wins coming by knockout or submission.
On the other side, he will be facing a finishing machine in Prochazka. This will be just the third fight in the UFC for the Czech Republic-native, though he has a career MMA record of 28-3-1. All but one of his wins have come by knockout or submission, with Prochazka posting 25 KOs in his career. The No. 2-ranked Light Heavyweight is hot as well, coming into Saturday on a 12-fight win streak.
- Watch UFC 275 on ESPN+ PPV
The other title fight will see Valentina “Bullet” Shevchenko defend her Women’s Flyweight belt against Thalia Santos.
Shevchenko is ranked as the No. 1 pound-for-pound best women’s fighter in the world, as she prepares to defend her title for the seventh time. She comes into Singapore on an eight-fight win streak, including wins over four current or former champions in the UFC. The champ posts a record of 22-3 over her MMA career.
Santos earned the title shot after submission win over Joanne Wood back in November, marking her fourth victory in a row. The Brazilian comes in with a record of 19-1, with 10 of her wins coming by knockout. This will be her first attempt to win a title in the UFC.
Another intriguing bout on the main card will see Zhang “Magnum Weili take on Joanna Jedrzejczyk meet for the second time, trying to one-up their first meeting at UFC 248 that became the first women’s bout in UFC history to win Fight of the Year.
TEXEIRA vs. PROCHAZKA
- What: UFC 275
- When: Saturday, June 11, 2022
- Where: Singapore Indoor Stadium
- Live stream: ESPN+ PPV
- Betting: Teixeria vs Procházka odds, predictions and picks
MAIN CARD (10 P.M. ET) ESPN+ PPV
- Glover Teixeiera (c) vs. Jiri Prochazka (Light Heavyweight Title - Main Event)
- Valentina Shevchenko vs. Taila Santoa (Women’s Flyweight Title - Co-Main Event)
- Zhang Weili vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk (Women’s Strawweight)
- Rogerio Bontorin vs. Manel Kape (Flyweight)
- Jack Della Maddalena vs. Ramazan Emeev (Welterweight)
PRELIMS (8:00 P.M. ET) ESPN, ESPN+, FuboTV
- Seungwoo Choi vs. Josh Culibao (Featherweight)
- Brendan Allen vs. Jacob Malkoun (Middleweight)
- Maheshate vs. Steve Garcia (Lightweight)
- Andre Fialho vs. Jake Matthews (Welterweight)
EARLY PRELIMS (6:30 P.M. ET) UFC FIGHT PASS
- Kyung Ho Kang vs. Batgerel Danaa (Bantamweight)
- Liang Na vs. Silvana Juarez (Women’s Strawweight)
- Ramona Pascual vs. Joselyne Edwards (Women’s Featherweight)
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Thailand daycare attack leaves 37 dead, mostly preschoolers, police say
BANGKOK - A former policeman burst into a daycare center in northeastern Thailand on Thursday, killing dozens of children and teachers and then firing on more people as he fled in the deadliest rampage in the nation’s history.
The assailant, who authorities said was fired from the force earlier this year because of a drug offense, took his own life after killing his own wife and child at home.
A witness said staff at the daycare locked the door when they saw the assailant approaching with a gun, but he shot his way in. In footage posted online after the attack, frantic family members could be heard weeping outside the daycare, and one image showed the floor of one room smeared with blood and sleeping mats scattered about. Pictures of the alphabet and other colorful decorations adorned the walls.
A screengrab from footage live-streamed on Facebook shows security services outside the cordoned-off entrance to the childcare facility in the northeastern Thai province of Nongbua Lamphu on Oct. 6, 2022. (Credit: Sribunruang Dragon Rescue via Storyf
At least 37 people were killed in the attack, according to police spokesman Archayon Kraithong. Another 12 people were wounded. At least 24 of the dead were children, mostly preschoolers.
"The teacher who died, she had a child in her arms," a witness, whose name wasn't given, told Thailand’s Kom Chad Luek television at the scene. "I didn't think he would kill children, but he shot at the door and shot right through it."
Police identified the suspect as 34-year-old former police officer Panya Kamrap. Police Maj. Gen. Paisal Luesomboon told PPTV in an interview that he was fired from the force earlier this year because of drug-related offenses.
In the attack he used multiple weapons, including a handgun, a shotgun and a knife, Paisel said.
In a mug shot released by the Thailand Criminal Investigations Bureau, CIB, a suspected assailant is shown in the attack in the town of Nongbua Lamphu, northern Thailand, on Oct. 6, 2022. (Credit: Thailand CIB)
Local police chief Damrongsak Kittiprapha told reporters that the suspect was a sergeant on the force before he was fired, and that the main weapon he used was a 9mm pistol that he had purchased himself.
"We are still investigating all of this and have to learn from it," he said. "Today is the first day and we don’t have all the details."
Police have not given a full breakdown of the death toll, but they have said at least 22 children and two adults were killed at the day care in the northeastern Thai town of Nongbua Lamphu.
Firearm-related deaths in Thailand are much lower than in countries like the United States and Brazil, but higher than in countries like Japan and Singapore that have strict gun control laws. The rate of firearms related deaths in 2019 was about 4 per 100,000, compared with about 11 per 100,000 in the U.S. and nearly 23 per 100,000 in Brazil.
Last month, a clerk shot co-workers at Thailand's Army War College in Bangkok, killing two and wounding another before he was arrested.
The country's previous worst mass shooting involved a disgruntled soldier who opened fire in and around a mall in the northeastern city of Nakhon Ratchasima in 2020, killing 29 people and holding off security forces for some 16 hours before eventually being killed by them.
Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, who was to travel to the town on Friday, told reporters that initial reports were that the former officer was having personal problems.
"This shouldn’t happen," he said. "I feel deep sadness toward the victims and their relatives."
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NAPA, Calif. and JUNO BEACH, Fla., June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NapaSan and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, have signed an agreement for the construction and installation of a new Mainspring Linear Generator. The linear generator will run on biofuel produced at NapaSan's wastewater treatment plant, providing renewable energy to power the plant while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Under the agreement, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources will install, own and operate the linear generator at NapaSan's wastewater treatment plant. The unit is expected to generate 230 kW of clean, renewable electricity.
The linear generator, developed by Mainspring Energy, is a new fuel-flexible power generation technology that converts a variety of clean fuels, including wastewater treatment plant biogas, into clean and reliable electricity. NapaSan will be the first-ever wastewater treatment facility to run a linear generator using methane produced in an anaerobic digester.
NapaSan will increase biogas production by accepting more deliveries of waste fats, oils and grease, which will be used as fuel for the linear generator and the facility's existing 415 kW cogeneration system.
"Napa Sanitation District is committed to protecting public health and the environment through sustainable wastewater management practices," said Tim Healy, NapaSan general manager. "The linear generator is an important component of our Climate Change Mitigation Plan. The addition of this Mainspring unit to our plant will help us meet our clean energy goals, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and create operational efficiencies."
"NextEra Energy Resources is proud to team with Napa Sanitation District on this innovative project that will provide clean, reliable energy while reducing greenhouse gas emissions," said Matt Ulman, vice president of distributed generation for NextEra Energy Resources. "The linear generator's ability to help stabilize the electric grid, near-zero emissions and performance on demand make it an ideal solution for NapaSan, providing renewable power and resilience during grid shutdowns or outages."
"It's an honor for the first deployment of our linear generator technology at a wastewater treatment plant to be accomplished with an innovative municipality like NapaSan and the nation's leading renewables provider, NextEra Energy Resources," said Mainspring Chief Commercial Officer Jim Dawe. "This extends our success in landfill gas power generation to the important and highly promising area of wastewater treatment systems."
The project is currently in the design phase, with installation scheduled to begin this summer. After testing and utility approval, the linear generator is scheduled to be operational in fall.
About NapaSan
NapaSan provides wastewater collection and treatment services to the residents and businesses in the City of Napa, Silverado Country Club, the Napa County Airport and several adjacent unincorporated areas. NapaSan provides recycled water service to several areas in southern Napa County. NapaSan has a sewer service area of 21 square miles and a recycled water service area of 26 square miles. NapaSan has been serving the community since 1945. For further information about NapaSan, please see www.NapaSan.com.
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NATCHITOCHES, La. (AP) — As soon as Hansel Emmanuel began to weave in from the right wing, his Northwestern State teammates started to stand up. When he dribbled between two defenders for a stylish layup, most everyone in the gym joined them.
The freshman with one arm was finally on the board.
And a minute later Saturday night, the 6-foot-6 guard provided the most defining moment of the game — a thunderous dunk in a 91-73 win over Louisiana-Monroe.
“I had to keep going after the layup – that was my first bucket,” Emmanuel said in a quote posted on the Southland Conference school’s website. “I know my family was proud. I had to keep working. You can’t give up.”
The 19-year-old Emmanuel, who lost his left arm just below his shoulder in a childhood accident, wound up scoring five points. He was 2 of 3 from the field and 1 of 5 from the foul line, along with two rebounds in eight minutes.
Emmanuel had played in four previous games for the Demons this season, shooting 0 for 2 with one rebound.
Born in the Dominican Republic, Emmanuel was 6 when a pile of cinderblocks fell on him. The damage was so severe, doctors had to amputate his arm.
Emmanuel later moved to Florida and became a big scorer in high school. He drew interest from Memphis, among other colleges, and became an internet sensation last year for his highlight videos posted to social media.
The Demons (8-2) were well on the way to their seventh straight win when Emmanuel started to drive toward his first points. He smoothly cut to the hoop for his layup with 2 1/2 minutes left.
With slightly over a minute to go, Emmanuel was fouled and made the first free throw. He missed the second shot, but corralled a loose ball just beyond the foul line, took one dribble and threw down a high-flying dunk.
The slam made it 89-70 and brought Emmanuel’s teammates and the crowd of 1,627 to their feet again for an even longer cheer.
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Firm recognized for multiple areas of litigation expertise, including personal injury, product liability, labor & employment
BEAUMONT, Texas, Nov. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Powerhouse Texas-based trial law firm Provost Umphrey has earned honors from US News – Best Lawyers, winning a spot on the prestigious Best Law Firms list for 2023.
The firm ranked in the top-tier of the Beaumont region for personal injury, product liability and mass torts/class actions on behalf of plaintiff clients harmed through corporate negligence and dangerous products. Provost Umphrey's Nashville office made the top-tier of firms in that metro area for labor and employment litigation.
The firm also earned honors for its environmental litigation and its admiralty and maritime work in Beaumont.
The annual Best Law Firms list is developed through feedback from clients and peer lawyers and additional research by the US News-Best Lawyers team. The firm has been given this honor since the listing's inception. To be eligible law firms must have at least one attorney who is on the Best Lawyers in America list. Provost Umphrey has 16 lawyers on the latest list, with four ranked as elite "Lawyers of the Year." The full list of Best Law Firms can be found at https://bestlawfirms.usnews.com/.
Over decades, Provost Umphrey has built a solid record of verdicts and settlements achieving justice for families who have lost loved ones or have been severely injured through dangerous or negligent practices by powerful corporations.
Most recently, the firm won a $16 million verdict against CenterPoint Energy for injuries to a young electrical worker who fell 50 feet from an electrical pole in an accident that could have been avoided.
Other Provost Umphrey trial wins and settlements have included recovering a $160 million unpaid overtime settlement for VA health care workers, compensation for victims of chemical exposure, and damages related to wrongful death cases in a variety of situations. The firm's lawyers have taken on big hospitals, petrochemical companies, pharmaceutical companies and apartment management companies.
For over 50 years, our firm's mission has remained to seek justice for those who have suffered a personal injury or death due to the wrongful conduct of others. Our attorneys fight for our clients nationwide with offices in Beaumont, Texas, and Nashville, Tennessee. We continue to be one of the most successful trial law firms in the nation by remaining "Hard-Working Lawyers for Hard-Working People." To learn more, visit https://www.provostumphrey.com.
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ABINGTON, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Students at Abington High School are fed up after vandals keep targeting their athletic field.
Some Abington High School baseball players spoke with Action News Monday after their field was vandalized Friday.
"I do feel disrespected," said senior LJ Wolff.
While the season doesn't start till March, voluntary workouts have already begun. Players said they take the sport seriously, with many hoping to play baseball in college.
"It's pretty frustrating when we're out here in the middle of the summer trying to get better for the season," said Pat Barrett, a senior at the school.
When Barrett saw the images on the dugout, he immediately told his coach.
"It was tough to look at," said Bill Degen, the head varsity baseball coach.
Degen said this is the third time the field has recently been vandalized. He said the field was vandalized twice towards the end of last season.
Players still talk about their field getting ripped up at the end of last season.
"It's kind of crazy because they did a lot of damage," said senior Alex Dar.
"Especially with the outfield getting vandalized, and we could get injured, and potentially lose our scholarships," added Wolff.
Parents with children who are looking to play college ball said enough is enough.
"It's disheartening when you have boys that take this so serious," said Valerie Staley, a parent of one of the players. "They come here for practice, and then they have to see this, and it's not fair to them. It's not fair to any child."
The team has a message for whoever is behind the vandalism.
"They probably thought it was funny doing whatever they want out there, and it's really not funny," said senior Matt Worek.
The school district told Action News they cleaned up the vandalism in time for practice Monday evening.
Abington Township police is aware of the latest incident and urge anyone with information to come forward. | https://6abc.com/abington-high-school-vandalism-baseball-field-montgomery-county-pennsylvania/12179097/ | 2022-08-30 03:50:40 | 0 | https://6abc.com/abington-high-school-vandalism-baseball-field-montgomery-county-pennsylvania/12179097/ |
Bartender saves customer’s life after he loses consciousness
NEW FRANKLIN, Ohio (WEWS) - A day of golf with a group of friends took a turn for the worse in Ohio until a bartender with some life-saving skills stepped in.
Friday golf outings are a tradition for Sean Cavanaugh.
“We’ve been doing it for 25 years for the Stress Free Friday League,” he said.
Last Friday’s outing on the Turkey Foot Lake Golf Links started on a high note. “Beautiful day. Couldn’t have played any better. Actually had a lot of fun,” Cavanaugh said.
After the round Cavanaugh and his group did what they normally do, went across the street to Upper Deck Bar and Grill for a bite to eat. But things quickly took a turn.
“I started feeling dizzy, you know,” Cavanaugh said. “And all of a sudden, I was thinking to myself, ‘Whoa, I’m like, really feeling lightheaded.’ And next thing I thought I was going to lay my head down on the, on my arms and the light. The next was, you know, not a good thing.”
“I got a phone call from the manager, and I said, ‘What’s going on? What happened?’” said Timothy Adkins, owner of the Upper Deck. “And he goes, ‘You’re not going to believe this. He said some guy like fell over at the table and had no pulse.”
A caller told 911, “I have a gentleman sitting at one of the tables here. He passed out. His friends are with him. He’s not waking up.”
“His friends started yelling, ‘You call 911,” said bartender Taylor Lyn Kemerer. “And that’s when I jumped into action and went over to see what was wrong.”
She said she has lived through tragedy before.
“Seven years ago, my father passed of a massive heart attack in front of my mother and I, and when that happened seven years ago, that was kind of my calling that I know that I want to go into a medical profession and help people,” Kemerer said.
She said she always stays up to date on her CPR certification. So last Friday, early to her shift and in the right place at the right time, she rushed over to assist.
“I couldn’t find a pulse whatsoever,” Kemerer said. “And then I tried for about a minute and a half to see if I could get a pulse out of him. And then when I determined that I couldn’t get a pulse, that’s when I yelled at his golfer buds to get him on the ground to start CPR.”
The moment was a flashback to the tragedy with her father.
“He was blue in the face, and I was just, I was terrified that he was about to have a heart attack and kind of relive what I lived through seven years ago,” Kemerer said.
But this time the ending was different.
“Next thing, you know, he took a breath, his eyes started to flutter and the color started coming back to his face,” Adkins said.
Cavanaugh was taken to the hospital, treated and discharged. A few days later, he returned to Upper Deck and met Kemerer. It was a moment he’ll never forget.
“When we were talking, she told me that of all things, you won’t believe this. And I said, ‘What’s that?’ And she said that I looked exactly like her dad,” he said.
After giving him a new lease on life. Cavanaugh said thank you to Kemerer the only way he knew how.
“He came back on Wednesday, and he actually gave me this pin. And it’s just a cross with an angel, and he goes, ‘We’re bonded for life,’” she said.
“I just wanted to tell her thanks, you know, and I don’t know that, you know, I have a good feeling that the guy upstairs took good care of me, and he put her in my life,” Cavanaugh said. “I bought her a little angel pin that said guidance on it because I think she was guided to take care of me and be in the right spot at the right time.”
The two now share a connection that will last a lifetime.
“I will always thank my lucky stars for her,” he said.
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Funding for K-12 schools, early childhood education, and student mental health will be key issues during the Illinois general assembly’s spring session.
State legislators returned to the capitol in late January and have been holding committee meetings, filling hundreds of bills, and working on the state’s budget for fiscal year 2024, which starts on July 1, 2023. | https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/education-issues-watch-illinois-legislative-session | 2023-02-24 19:32:46 | 1 | https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/education-issues-watch-illinois-legislative-session |
Arizona mother battles heart condition while delivering twins before Mother’s Day
CHANDLER, Ariz. (KPHO/Gray News) - A pregnancy checkup for a woman expecting twins in Arizona took an unexpected turn, KPHO reports.
“It was really scary but I was more concerned with what does this mean for the babies,” Maria Sibajene said.
During a doctor’s visit in February, Sibajene told doctors that she was having some check pains and doctors noticed a major problem.
“We did see there was a fair amount of fluid and we were trying to figure out how to transfer her to get care and figure out the best treatment for her,” cardiologist Dr. Rachel Bond said.
Bond said Sibajene was diagnosed with a rare heart condition called pericarditis which, if left untreated, can cause problems, especially for someone who is pregnant.
“It felt like when you are underwater and you need to come up for air but I couldn’t come up for air I couldn’t breathe well,” Sibajene said.
Bond said pericarditis typically forms following a viral infection. Sibajone says she had COVID-19 in November.
Thanks to a team of doctors, Sibjene was able to get treated and deliver her two healthy babies just in time for Mother’s Day.
“Take your health seriously and look for things that could come as complications... I was running marathons and didn’t expect I would get a heart problem,” she said.
Sibajene thanks the doctors for saving her life, as well as the life of her daughters.
Symptoms of pericarditis include chest pain, shortness of breath while lying down and a pounding heartbeat.
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FORT HOOD, Texas (FOX 44) — The III Corps Commanding General Lieutenant General Robert White is soon retiring, after three years as Corps Commanding General and almost 40 years in the US army.
“Corps command has been scope and scale, bigger and better than any command before,” he said.
White spent many months overseas, as part of operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, and Inherent Resolve.
But he says his time as III Corps Commander has been something he can’t describe to those who have yet to take command.
“It is the fun-est thing you could imagine,” he told Fox 44 News. “Right? It’s just, you know who you can touch and who you can help, the things that you can do for your nation that are not necessarily apparent broadly. It’s just fun. I mean, you can’t you cannot get up in the morning without a smile and you can’t go to sleep without a smile.”
White says the best part of his job was interacting with soldiers.
He explained that at his level, he did not always see as many soldiers. But getting to hear from them about their experiences, what they may need help with, and seeing those around them was the highlight of his position.
When asked what the most difficult aspect of his job was, he said:
“It is communicating with America in places that we are not comfortable. How we deliberately go after communicating and expanding our reach so that those young men and women and the parents and grandparents and aunts and uncles that might be raising those young men and women that are potential soldiers, understand what our army’s all about, how great it is.”
White spoke about the murder of Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen. He says they had to not only grieve and assist the family but to own the responsibility of what happened.
He says after that it was time for action.
“Making leaders understand that they have responsibility for their people,” he said. “And that doesn’t just mean checking in on the phone. That means go find them, see how they’re doing. Do it on the weekends. Do it at hours that are inconvenient to you as a leader. But make sure we’re doing good.”
White hopes that after he leaves, the meaning of People First stays strong on Fort Hood and he hopes to see the continued collaboration between brigades and divisions.
He and his wife are planning a trip to Hawaii to celebrate their new chapter and he hopes in the future they can find a way to give back to the army.
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MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — Officials in a West Texas city have lifted an order that had called for its more than 131,000 residents to boil their tap water before drinking or using it.
The boil order in Midland was lifted Saturday. It had been in effect since Thursday.
The city said water quality test results it sent to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality confirmed the tap water meets regulatory standards and is safe to drink.
Midland officials said the boil water notice was issued after a series of mishaps. It began with a water main break that resulted in the loss of approximately 6.5 million gallons of water. During the city’s efforts to replace that loss with newly treated water, dirty water entered the treatment process, resulting in the shutdown of a water treatment plant.
Midland’s boil water notice took place more than a month after officials in Houston issued a similar order for more than 2 million people. The boil order in November was issued after two transformers failed at a water plant in the nation’s fourth-largest city. The problem affected the plant’s ability to treat and pump water into the transmission system, resulting in low pressure. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/West-Texas-city-lifts-boil-water-order-for-131K-17703195.php | 2023-01-08 18:45:55 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/West-Texas-city-lifts-boil-water-order-for-131K-17703195.php |
Natural and organic pioneer aims to transform health care like
Whole Foods transformed grocery
Company announces expansion of virtual health offerings and first flagship location
AUSTIN, Texas, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Love.Life, an integrated health and wellness company, is proud to announce the launch of its groundbreaking virtual health optimization programs and plans for its first flagship location slated to open in the summer of 2024. Love.Life provides a one-stop immersive health experience by combining nourishing food, evolved medical care, and cutting-edge wellness therapies.
The company's new optimization programs provide patient-centric medical care that is outcome-driven, personalized, and dedicated to addressing all aspects of an individual's health. With licensed physicians practicing telehealth nationwide, Love.Life empowers individuals to proactively improve their health by focusing on the root causes of chronic diseases and offering comprehensive solutions.
"Love.Life aims to transform the lives of millions of people," stated CEO and co-creator John Mackey. "The conventional medical system is fundamentally flawed, focusing on managing diseases and treating symptoms rather than prevention and finding the root cause. Studies show that 80% of chronic diseases can be prevented and reversed through diet and lifestyle changes, which are the focus of Love.Life's philosophy and are rarely included in conventional treatment plans."
Love.Life's medically supervised virtual programs far exceed the limitations of standard bloodwork testing, acute care models and transactional doctor-patient relationships of the conventional healthcare system. Through comprehensive testing and health assessments, individuals work in partnership with doctors to establish their true baseline health. This detailed information forms the basis of a customized, actionable plan that addresses both health risks and opportunities. Love.Life's virtual optimization programs offer a supportive environment, educational resources, and access to health and wellness coaching to facilitate the implementation, measurement, and sustainability of healthy habits.
"With grocery, we made natural and organic products mainstream, and Love.Life is going to play a similar role in the health and wellness industry. We're ready to support and empower millions in optimizing their health potential, proving that genes are not destiny," said Mackey.
"Health is highly personal, so it can be frustrating when you don't feel heard by your doctor or you leave the appointment feeling confused about test results and treatment options," said Dr. Brian Asbill, chief health officer, Love.Life. "The physicians at Love.Life evaluate all aspects of health to create highly personalized plans with—not for—patients. Whether you are seeking preventative care for overall wellness, struggle with an existing condition or have not been able to pinpoint the root cause of a health issue, we want to offer a single source of clear, trusted, evidence-based care for patients."
Love.Life's board-certified physicians practice "lifestyle medicine" as the foundation of care and are guided by the philosophies of integrative and functional medicine. An emerging evidence-based field, lifestyle medicine evaluates various aspects of an individual's lifestyle, such as nutrition, movement, sleep, stress, and social connection, to provide a holistic view of health. The goal is to help people lead long, healthy, and vibrant lives by improving both lifespan and health span.
Love.Life's virtual health optimization programs are available to individuals across all 50 states and internationally, with three membership programs designed to support a range of health goals. The Healthy Lifestyle Program offers an entry-level option for individuals seeking to jump-start their well-being and proactively maintain their health. It includes an assessment phase of two 30-minute appointments with a physician with a recommended set of labs to assess the individual's baseline cardiovascular and metabolic health as well as key nutrient and vitamin levels. Group health and wellness coaching, educational content and quarterly follow-up doctor appointments are also included.
The Longevity Program provides intensive, specialized care for specific health goals, including chronic disease reversal and proactive preventative care for optimization and wellness. Under this program, patients receive:
- A more intensive assessment phase of 60-minute introductory doctor appointments, a detailed set of included labs, and tests to establish an individual's baseline of health.
- Monthly 1:1 health and wellness coaching with unlimited messaging and at least one physician appointment quarterly.
- Access to practical tools and exclusive educational content and advanced specialized assessments such as biological age, microbiome, continuous glucose monitoring, and body composition.
For the most comprehensive health and wellness care and more testing with assessments ranging from epigenetics and microbiome to cardiovascular and cancer screenings, the company also offers the Concierge Program.
As part of its commitment to revolutionizing health care, Love.Life has also acquired Mastering Diabetes, an established online coaching and education platform known for permanently reversing insulin resistance using food as medicine. This strategic acquisition complements the company's medically supervised care and enhances Love.Life's ability to provide evidence-based guidance and coaching services to combat various health conditions. The company recently launched Mastering Weight Loss and will continue to add specialized private and group coaching programs under its Mastering Programs service in the future. Cyrus Khambatta, Ph.D. in Nutritional Biochemistry, and Robby Barbaro, MPH, co-founders of Mastering Diabetes, are now members of Love.Life's executive team and lead the development of the company's coaching services.
In addition to its virtual offerings, Love.Life's commitment to providing comprehensive care includes physical locations offering medical care, fitness and wellness therapies, and healthy food under one roof. It's first flagship location, a 45,000-square foot space in El Segundo, California, will launch in 2024, offering a fully integrated health experience. Love.Life's health-forward restaurant in Culver City is already open and will launch evidence-based meal prescription plans for specific health conditions once the adjacent medical and wellness components of the brand open. The company also operates Love Life Cafe in Miami love.life/restaurant/miami, which opened its new location in February 2023 with expanded seating, a bar, and new menu items.
To learn more about Love.Life's innovative medical programs or to book an appointment with a licensed physician, visit love.life/telehealth/healthprograms. For more information about Love.Life's Mastering Programs, including Mastering Diabetes and Mastering Weight Loss, visit love.life/masteringprograms.
About Love.Life
Love.Life is an integrated health and wellness company that makes lasting health and vitality attainable. The company unites the power of nourishing food, holistic medical care and precision wellness therapies to promote healing, optimization, longevity and community. The company was co-founded in 2020 by Whole Foods Market co-founder and former CEO, John Mackey; Walter Robb, former co-CEO of Whole Foods; and Betsy Foster, a former executive of the grocer. For more information, visit www.love.life.
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(T) – taped (JIP) – joined in progress
TELEVISION
AUTO RACING
Formula One, qualifying, ESPN2, 10:55 a.m.
Formula One, Austrian Grand Prix, ESPN2, 5:55 a.m. (Sat.)
BASEBALL
MLB, Cleveland-Chicago Cubs, Marquee, 2 p.m.
MLB, San Diego-Cincinnati, Bally Indiana, 5 p.m.
MLB, Milwaukee-Pittsburgh, AppleTV+, 7 p.m.
MLB, Detroit-Colorado, Bally Detroit, 8 p.m.
MLB, White Sox-Oakland, NBC Chicago, 9:30 p.m.
MLB, Arizona-L.A. Angels AppleTV+, 9:40 p.m.
BASKETBALL
WNBA, Los Angeles-Chicago, Ion, 8 p.m.
GOLF
DP World, Betfred British Masters, TGC, 8 a.m.
USGA, U.S. Senior Open, TGC, noon
PGA, Rocket Mortgage Classic, TGC, 3 p.m.
SOCCER
CONCACAF, Martinique-Panama, FS1, 6:30 p.m.
CONCACAF, El Salvador-Costa Rica, FS1, 9 p.m.
SWIMMING
U.S. National Championships, Peacock, 7 p.m.
RADIO
BASEBALL
MLB, Cleveland-Chicago Cubs, 92.7 FM, 2 p.m.
MWL, TinCaps-Lake County, 1380 AM, 5 p.m. (DH)
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NEWTON, Mass., Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: KPTI), a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company pioneering novel cancer therapies, today announced that the Company granted stock options to purchase an aggregate of 24,300 shares of Karyopharm's common stock and an aggregate of 16,600 restricted stock units (RSUs) to four newly-hired employees. These equity awards were granted as of December 30, 2022 pursuant to the Company's 2022 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, as inducements material to the new employees entering into employment with Karyopharm in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).
Each of the stock options has an exercise price of $3.40 per share, the closing price of Karyopharm's common stock on December 30, 2022. Each stock option will vest over four years, with 25% of the total number of shares underlying the stock option vesting on the one-year anniversary of the applicable employee's employment commencement date and 1/48th of the total number of shares vesting monthly thereafter. Each RSU award will vest over four years, with 25% percent of the shares underlying the RSU award vesting on each of the four consecutive anniversaries of the applicable employee's employment commencement date. The vesting of each inducement award is subject to the employee's continued service as an employee of, or other service provider to, Karyopharm through the applicable vesting dates. In addition, each stock option and RSU award will be immediately exercisable in full if, on or prior to the first anniversary of the consummation of a "change in control event," the employee's employment is terminated for "good reason" by the employee or terminated without "cause" by Karyopharm (as such terms are defined in the applicable stock option or RSU agreement).
Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: KPTI) is a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company pioneering novel cancer therapies. Since its founding, Karyopharm has been the industry leader in oral Selective Inhibitor of Nuclear Export (SINE) compound technology, which was developed to address a fundamental mechanism of oncogenesis: nuclear export dysregulation. Karyopharm's lead SINE compound and first-in-class, oral exportin 1 (XPO1) inhibitor, XPOVIO® (selinexor), is approved in the U.S. and marketed by the Company in three oncology indications and has received regulatory approvals in various indications in a growing number of ex-U.S. territories and countries, including Europe and the United Kingdom (as NEXPOVIO®) and China, Singapore, Canada, Israel, South Korea and Australia. Karyopharm has a focused pipeline targeting multiple high unmet need cancer indications, including in multiple myeloma, endometrial cancer, myelodysplastic syndromes and myelofibrosis. For more information about our people, science and pipeline, please visit www.karyopharm.com, and follow us on Twitter at @Karyopharm and LinkedIn.
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NEW ORLEANS — The Southern Baptist Convention has refused to welcome Saddleback Church back into its fold, rejecting an appeal by the California megachurch over its February ouster for having women pastors.
Southern Baptist church representatives at their annual meeting also rejected a similar appeal by a smaller church, Fern Creek Baptist of Louisville, Kentucky, which is led by a woman pastor.
The results of the Tuesday votes were announced Wednesday morning on the concluding day of the the two-day annual meeting here of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, whose statement of faith asserts that only qualified men can serve as pastors.
The convention hall packed with about 12,000 Southern Baptists was quiet after the announcement, appearing to have listened to the earlier urging by SBC President Bart Barber for them to show restraint.
“I know sometimes there are churches where people wind up in biblical divorce,” he said. “But we don’t throw divorce parties at church. And whatever these results are, I’m asking you, behave like Christians.”
Saddleback had been the denomination’s second-largest congregation and until recently was widely touted as a success story amid larger Southern Baptist membership declines.
With the 9,437-1,212 vote, delegates rejected an appeal by Rick Warren, the retired founding pastor of Saddleback and author of the best-selling phenomenon, “The Purpose Driven Life.” Warren had urged Baptists to agree to disagree “in order to share a common mission.”
Church representatives also voted 9,700-806 to deny an appeal by a smaller congregation, Fern Creek Baptist Church of Louisville, Kentucky, which has had a woman pastor for three decades but came under heightened scrutiny this year.
Warren and the Rev. Linda Barnes Popham, pastor of Fern Creek, made their final appeals to Southern Baptists here on Tuesday during the denomination's annual meeting.
Warren has been a lifelong Southern Baptist, and the church he founded being removed from the denomination was something he might have never expected even though he has pushed the boundaries for several years now, said Scott Thumma, a sociology of religion professor and director of the Hartford Institute for Religion Research.
“It’s pretty clear (from his speech Tuesday) that Warren did not think the SBC was going to reinstate Saddleback,” he said. “But, he’s had a platform to say what being Baptist means, what the Scripture says about women in ministry, that Southern Baptists are under a big tent and what is means to exclude any congregation. This is all probably more symbolic.”
In February, the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee voted to oust the two congregations, along with three others that chose not to appeal, for having women pastors.
All Baptist churches are independent, so the convention can’t tell them what to do, but it can decide which churches are “not in friendly cooperation,” the official verbiage for an expulsion. The SBC’s official statement of faith says the office of pastor is reserved for qualified men, but this is believed to be the first time the convention has expelled any churches over it.
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WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aqueduct Technologies, New England's leading IT solutions provider, announced the relocation of its headquarters to Canton, MA. The move is planned for early 2023. Follow Aqueduct for the latest updates.
The new headquarters will include expanded warehousing, staging, and logistics capabilities for equipment configuration, testing, and delivery to end customer site(s).
"As we continue to grow our team, the expanded staging and demo areas allow us to support more customers and expedite service delivery," said Jay Sartori, VP of Services.
The office will also serve as an innovative collaboration space for the next generation of Aqueduct. Customers and partners can expect to see on-site demo facilities to display the latest industry-leading technologies, including Aqueduct's Cisco Webex, Zoom, and Microsoft interoperability.
"We're [doubling] our conference and meeting spaces, which will host a selection of different providers, endpoints, and platforms so we can actively show interoperability between systems," said Zachary James, Business Development Manager of Collaboration and Communications. "Through native experiences onsite, visitors will receive valuable insight into their options and how each impacts the end-user experience."
"Additionally," he said, "we will be updating and enhancing our conference room spaces to showcase the latest technologies around speaker tracking, AI integration and interactions, and video/audio quality enhancements, as well as user experience for scheduling and locating of rooms."
This news comes on the heels of Aqueduct's tenth-anniversary milestone, which was celebrated with employees and their families on a cruise of the Boston Harbor. Since its founding in 2011, Aqueduct has received numerous awards of distinction, most recently being recognized as the fourth largest minority-owned business and one of the largest private companies in MA.
Aqueduct Technologies is a New England-based IT solutions provider completely vested in and devoted to the success of its customers. The combination of industry experience, responsive local team, and executive commitment allows the company to provide customers with the Aqueduct 100% Services Guarantee.
For more information, visit www.aqueducttech.com.
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RICHMOND, Va. -- A former University of Virginia lacrosse player is liable for fatally beating his girlfriend in 2010 and must pay $15 million in damages in a wrongful death lawsuit, a jury found Monday.
George Huguely is currently serving a 23-year prison sentence in the killing of Yeardley Love after being convicted of second-degree murder during a 2012 criminal trial. Huguely and Love both played lacrosse at UVA and had a two-year, on-again, off-again relationship before Yeardley was found beaten to death in her off-campus apartment on May 3, 2010.
The lawsuit sought to hold Huguely civilly liable in Love's death and asked the jury to award $29.5 million in compensatory damages, plus $1 million in punitive damages to her mother, Sharon Love, the administrator of her estate.
On Monday, the jury ruled that $7.5 million in compensatory damages should be given to both Sharon Love and Yeardley Love's sister, Lexi Love Hodges. Punitive damages were not awarded.
During the trial in Charlottesville Circuit Court, Huguely's lawyer, Matthew Green, acknowledged that Huguely's actions caused Yeardley's death and said her family was entitled to compensatory damages in an amount to be determined by the jury.
But Green said Huguely had been drinking heavily for more than 24 hours before he confronted Love in her apartment, did not intend to kill her and was unaware that she was dead until police told him while questioning him the next morning. Green argued that Huguely's actions did not rise to the level of “willful and wanton” conduct needed for a jury to award punitive damages under Virginia law.
Love, of Cockeysville, Maryland, and Huguely, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, were both 22-year-old UVA seniors who were weeks away from graduation.
Love's attorneys told jurors that Huguely and Love had a rocky relationship that was damaged by Huguely's excessive drinking. They said Huguely kicked a hole in Love’s bedroom door, then beat her and left her alone in her apartment without seeking medical attention. A medical examiner concluded she died of blunt force trauma to her head.
Huguely testified that he doesn't remember breaking into her room and leaving her fatally injured. He said he had been drinking heavily and compared his memory of the night Love was killed to a slideshow in which 98% of the slides had been removed.
Toward the end of his testimony, Huguely turned to Love’s mother and sister and apologized for killing her.
“I miss her and think about her every day. I would do anything to take back that night,” he said. “I take responsibility for what happened to her and I should have never gone over to her apartment that night.”
Sharon Love initially filed a wrongful death lawsuit in 2012, but it was voluntarily dismissed years later after court rulings determined that Huguely was not entitled to coverage under a $6 million homeowners insurance policy held by his family.
A new lawsuit filed in 2018 dropped negligence claims but added a claim alleging that an assault and battery by Huguely was the proximate cause of Love’s death. | https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/jury-awards-15m-in-damages-in-yeardley-loves-killing | 2022-05-03 01:21:53 | 0 | https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/jury-awards-15m-in-damages-in-yeardley-loves-killing |
Belarus has no immediate plans to adopt Russian currency, its strongman leader Lukashenko says
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus and Russia have no plans to adopt a joint currency in the near future, Belarus’ strongman leader announced on Monday.
Speaking at a meeting with the head of Russia’s central bank, Alexander Lukashenko said that introducing the Russian ruble in Belarus would not be “an easy process,” and that the authorities in Minsk had no intentions so far of doing so.
“When it comes to creating a single currency and so on, this is not an easy process and, probably, not (one) for today,” Lukashenko said on Monday during talks with bank governor Elvira Nabiullina.
Lukashenko has for decades relied on subsidies from Moscow to keep Belarus’ Soviet-style economy afloat. The two countries signed agreements on the creation of a defense, monetary and customs union as early as in the mid-1990s, though differences have persisted between Moscow and Minsk regarding their implementation.
Russian support also helped the autocratic leader survive months of mass protests following the 2020 election that handed him a sixth term in office. The opposition and the West said the vote was rigged.
Last year, Moscow used Belarusian territory as a springboard to send troops and missiles into Ukraine.
On Monday, Lukashenko said that Belarus’ economy was hit hard by the ensuing Western sanctions, but Russian bailouts and policies adopted by Russia’s central bank have softened the blow.
“Even our enemies admit that Elvira Nabiullina very quickly dealt with economic issues in Russia and with currency issues, especially in the context of sanctions,” he said.
On Monday, an independent Belarusian analyst told AP that Lukashenko’s remarks marked an attempt to preserve “the remnants of (Belarusian) sovereignty and protect himself from growing pressure from the Kremlin.”
Valery Karbalevich said that it was important for Lukashenko to “show that he is in control of the situation,” given the recent and growing speculation about his deteriorating health.
“Lukashenko is not happy with being a complete vassal to the Kremlin, and he strives to ease Russian pressure (on Minsk), in order to leave room for negotiations with the West and China,” Karbalevich said in a phone interview.
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Former Amazon manager sentenced to 16 years in prison after stealing nearly $10 million
ATLANTA (Gray News) - Authorities say a former Amazon worker has been sent to prison after stealing more than $9 million from the company.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Georgia, Kayricka Wortham has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for participating in a fraud scheme, with six others also facing charges.
Wortham, 32, worked as an operations manager at an Amazon Warehouse in Georgia from August 2020 to March 2022, where she supervised other workers and approved new vendors as well as the payment of vendor invoices for the company, authorities said.
She reportedly used her job to submit multiple invoices for fake vendors, leading Amazon to pay her and the other people involved $9.4 million.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Wortham had her employees add fake vendor information into the system.
“The defendant abused her position of trust at Amazon to steal nearly $10 million from the company based on a brazen fraud scheme involving fake vendors and fictitious invoices,” said U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan.
Authorities said Wortham had a relationship with one of her co-conspirators, Brittany Hudson, and the two of them purchased expensive real estate and luxury cars, including a nearly $1 million home in Smyrna, Georgia.
Wortham was convicted of the Amazon fraud charges on Nov. 30 after she pleaded guilty.
Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy C. Batten, Sr., handed down Wortham’s sentence, which includes three years of supervised release after her prison term along with paying restitution to Amazon in the amount of $9.4 million.
Last month, a federal grand jury indicted Hudson and others involved in the scheme.
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HUTCHINSON, Kan. (KSNW) — A house fire that started early Saturday morning in Hutchinson caused significant damage.
A news release from the Hutchinson Fire Department says at 2:23 a.m., crews responded to a home in the 1700 block of E. 2nd. Ave. for a reported structure fire.
The release says one adult and four dogs escaped the home.
The single-story house had heavy fire showing from the side and rear of the building. Crews aggressively fought the fire and contained it to within the attic and walls.
Due to extensive damage to the roof, along with downed power lines, full extinguishment was delayed until Evergy arrived.
The Red Cross was notified to assist the family as the home is uninhabitable. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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Hundreds rally against proposed large Idaho wind farm
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Several hundred people rallied against plans for a large-scale wind energy project in southern Idaho, hoping to convince federal agencies to reject the proposal by Magic Valley Energy.
“I hope that this is enough to put a plug in this and stop these projects from desecrating our public lands,” Twin Falls County Commissioner Jack Johnson told the crowd Tuesday, The Times-News reported.
The Lava Ridge wind farm would put up to 400 wind turbines on about 118 square miles (306 square kilometers) of public land, including land near the Minidoka internment camp where more than 9,000 Japanese Americans were imprisoned during World War II.
If built, the wind farm would be the second-largest in the U.S., producing up to 1,000 megavolts and doubling the amount of wind energy produced in Idaho.
But the plan has drawn widespread opposition from government leaders, local ranchers and people who say the project endangers the Minidoka National Historic Site, which commemorates the thousands of people with Japanese ancestry who were ordered by the U.S. government into prison camps around the country starting in 1942.
The Biden Administration has prioritized permitting 25 gigawatts of renewable energy projects on public lands by 2025 as part of its response to climate change. Magic Valley Energy, which is a subsidiary of New York-based LS Power, said the project would dramatically increase economic activity in the area in part by bringing in jobs and increasing local government tax revenues. The company hopes to win approval to begin construction this year, aiming to have the wind farm operating by 2025.
The federal Bureau of Land Management began collecting public comment on a draft Environmental Impact Statement for the wind farm in January, and the public comment period ends April 20.
Rancher David Looper's cattle graze on public land that falls within the impact zone of the wind farm. He told the crowd he loves living in Idaho because the state has few regulations, but said the lack of rules has also drawn national corporations looking to make a buck.
“They come here because they thought we were a bunch of dumb hillbillies,” Looper said. “They were going to slide it through … and they were going to walk out of here rich.”
Others at the rally talked about the impact the turbines might have on wildlife — the draft impact statement estimates 10,000 bird fatalities each year — and said minority groups had been left out of the planning process.
Julie Arroyo noted that Spanish-speaking residents in Jerome County make up 40% of the population, but the draft Environmental Impact Statement wasn't made available in that language. She asked rally-goers to “blow up the phone” of the land management bureau and the Department of the Interior to complain.
“Idaho is not going to stand down and let their minorities be treated like second-class citizens,” she said. | https://localnews8.com/news/idaho/2023/04/12/hundreds-rally-against-proposed-large-idaho-wind-farm-2/ | 2023-04-12 23:02:48 | 1 | https://localnews8.com/news/idaho/2023/04/12/hundreds-rally-against-proposed-large-idaho-wind-farm-2/ |
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MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Thompson Energy Solutions, a division of Thompson Machinery, is aggressively growing its Power Systems team in Memphis, Tennessee. "Memphis continues to be a leading growth market for us," states Jack McCown, Electric Power Sales Manager at Thompson. "Reliable, sustainable power solutions, and engineering expertise are critical to many businesses, banks, hospitals, local governments, and educational institutions. That's why we are excited to welcome Frank Carbajal to the team."
Frank Carbajal, a native of the Bluff City for over 20 years, recently joined Thompson Energy Solutions as the Power Systems Regional Sales Manager. "Frank's customer focus, as well as his manufacturing and engineering background, will be a big benefit to our customers," explains Jack. "Frank's previous work experience managing electrical equipment for global manufacturers, including generator components supplied to Caterpillar Inc., greatly strengthens our team."
"Everyone says family-first, but corporate settings can feel very distant," shares Frank. "Thompson really is a family-oriented culture. The employees care for each other at an intimate level. Everyone has welcomed me with open arms, and it feels great to be part of the team."
Frank will be responsible for leading the Sales and Project Management teams in West Tennessee and North Mississippi that help customers design and install power systems, including Cat gensets, automatic transfer switches, switchgear and paralleling controls, microgrid controllers, solar, energy storage, and industrial engine and battery electric drivetrain solutions. He will also have Power Rental management responsibilities for Thompson's mobile fleet of gensets (20 kW to 2,000 kW), compressed air, and HVAC/temperature control systems. Thompson offers complete electrical power distribution products for rent, such as cables, circuit breakers, transformers, distribution panels, fuel tanks, and more.
Learn more about Thompson Energy Solutions, its product line, and services by visiting: www.ThompsonEnergySolutions.com
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Tim Anderson got a taste of second base this spring playing for Team USA during the World Baseball Classic.
Sidelined a majority of the time since exiting Saturday’s game in Seattle with right shoulder soreness — a pinch-hitting appearance Tuesday the exception — the Chicago White Sox shortstop moved to second so he could return to action Friday against the Boston Red Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field.
He originally wasn’t in the lineup.
“TA went out there, threw, was taking his ground balls at short (before the game) and brought it up to me that ‘I can play second if we need it,’ ” manager Pedro Grifol said shortly after the Sox made the lineup switch. “I said, ‘How do you feel with it?’ He said, ‘I’d like to go over there to get in the lineup. I’d like to be a part of this thing.’ ”
Grifol discussed it with Anderson and general manager Rick Hahn and inserted him at second, hitting second in the lineup.
“Don’t read too much into it,” Grifol said. “He wants to be a part of the lineup tonight. After the game we’ll evaluate it as if he wasn’t playing, see where his arm is and make a decision on where he plays tomorrow.
“All intentions are for him to go back to shortstop. This is not something we’re going to read into. This is about him wanting to be part of this lineup tonight and helping us win a baseball game.”
Grifol said the length of the throw in the hole is one reason he could play second Friday and not shortstop.
“He said, ‘I can do it if I can get my feet under me, but if I have to go on the run and make that spin throw, I don’t want to put the team in a position where I can’t make that throw in the hole (from shortstop),’ ” Grifol said. “I asked him, ‘Can you make it?’ and he said ‘There’s a possibility but I haven’t done it yet in practice.’
“So it’s the length of the throw. Obviously second base is a closer throw. And he feels like he can handle it. He knows what he can handle and what he can’t. He knows his body. He knows how he feels. I don’t think he would ever put himself in harm’s way. If he wants to be a part of it like he told me did, it’s a good team move for him. He’s in our lineup tonight.”
Grifol said Anderson’s WBC experience is helpful. He played five games at second during the event. Overall, he slashed .333/.381/.500 with a double, triple, five RBIs and three runs in six WBC games.
“Him doing that makes him feel comfortable over there,” Grifol said. “He played high-leverage baseball. He figures he can do it over here as well. It speaks to his makeup, just that want to win and he’s like, ‘You know what, I can do it. Just put me in the lineup, I’ll play second base.’ ”
A two-time All-Star, Anderson is slashing .249/.290/.292 with nine doubles, 10 RBIs and eight stolen bases in 52 games. He was on the injured list April 11-May 2 with a sprained left knee.
“He’s been so good at this level that he’s going to be good again,” Grifol said. “Everybody goes through something like this at some point in time in your career. Nobody’s exempt from adversity at the major-league level, playing against the best in the world every single night, 162 (games), for years and years. Unfortunately he had that injury, he battled through not being comfortable and losing the feel of his legs and his body.
“He’s going to get back in there and at any time he could hit .300 the rest of the way. He’s got that type of talent.”
Anderson has 814 career big-league starts at shortstop. Friday marked his first at second.
Grifol commended Anderson for giving it a go.
“He wants to be a part of this,” Grifol said. “To a man, we think we can do this thing. We think we have an opportunity to do something special, and he wants to be a part of it. There’s a long way left, a lot of baseball left. But we’ve got to play day by day. And today’s game is really important. He wants to be a part of it.”
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Flexible monthly payments through Uplift now available on all Sun Country Airlines bookings
SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Customers booking flights and vacations on Sun Country Airlines (NASDAQ: SNCY) can now spread the cost of their travel over time with simple, affordable monthly installments through Uplift. Uplift, the leading enterprise Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solution serving the world's top travel brands is an exclusive partner with Sun Country Airlines.
Headquartered in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, Sun Country Airlines serves leisure and visiting friends and relatives (VFR) travelers with 96 routes and 77 airports throughout the United States, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and Canada.
Available now, Sun Country customers can make their travel dreams an affordable reality by utilizing Uplift's pay over time monthly installments, rather than paying in full at booking. Customers will see the total cost of their trip upfront along with the surprise-free monthly payment amount and can choose from 3, 6 or 11-month installments.
"At Sun Country, we believe you shouldn't have to pass up the chance to travel because it costs too much or is too big of a pain," said Brian Davis Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Sun Country. "Partnering with Uplift to give customers flexible installment options is the latest way Sun Country Airlines is delivering on our ongoing goal to connect people to their favorite people and places. Whether it's seeing family after a long period apart or making it possible to take that much needed vacation, Sun Country is excited to deliver on our mission with this new payment option."
Uplift partners with over 200 of the world's leading airlines, cruise lines, resorts and other major travel providers to offer BNPL payment options to help more consumers make meaningful purchases and experience the travel that they deserve. With Uplift there are no fees including no late fees or prepayment penalties and travel can happen before guests complete their payments.
"Customers who use Uplift's monthly installments often share heartwarming stories about what it means to them to be able to reconnect with friends and relatives," said Tom Botts, Uplift Chief Commercial Officer. "On behalf of Uplift, we couldn't be more pleased that we can team up with Sun Country to help create those memories and experiences to even more places - ultimately making that getaway more accessible to their passengers."
Uplift's Buy Now, Pay Later flexible payment options are now available for booking on Sun Country Airlines.
*Down payment may be required. Actual terms are based on your credit score and other factors and may vary. Not everyone is eligible, and some states are not served, including IA and WV. Loans made through Uplift are offered by these lending partners: www.uplift.com/lenders.
Sun Country Airlines is a new breed of hybrid low-cost air carrier that dynamically deploys shared resources across our synergistic scheduled service, charter and cargo businesses. Based in Minnesota, we focus on serving leisure and visiting friends and relatives ("VFR") passengers and charter customers and providing CMI service to Amazon, with flights throughout the United States and to destinations in Mexico, Central America, Canada and the Caribbean.
Uplift is the leading Buy Now, Pay Later solution that empowers people to get more out of life, one thoughtful purchase at a time. Serving the world's top enterprise level travel brands, Uplift's complete range of flexible payment options drive higher conversion and loyalty for partners, while giving customers a simple, surprise-free way to pay over time with no late fees or prepayment penalties. Uplift is currently available throughout the United States and Canada. To learn more, visit Uplift.com.
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COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Shirley Hammond has retired after over 21 years of serving as the Director of Education at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. During her tenure, she created and fostered new education programs to align with and enhance the Texas Education Knowledge and Skills Curriculum. Lesson plans using primary sources of the Bush Presidential Records were added to education programming. She worked with and encouraged Educators in the classroom to submit relevant programs using these primary sources. In addition, she oversaw Education Docents and Texas A&M Student Interns of the Education Department.
She had the great privilege of working with First Lady Barbara Bush to create the special program “Reading Discovery Distance Learning Program” that featured Mrs. Bush. It was held annually in the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center with local area students participating as Student Readers and a Guest Author/Speaker.
Other annual programs included the Art and Essay Contest, High School Days, UNT’s Journalism Department’s collaboration with their Young Spur’s Essay Contest, Juneteenth Celebration, Presidents Day, Summer Camps, Constitution Celebration, Bush Library Storytellers Guild featuring a variety of educational programs, i.e., Chemistry Road Show, Early Explorers, Safari in South Africa and “Hank the Cowdog”. There are ten Classroom Premier Programs aligning President Bush’s actions and legislative acts with the United States Constitution. Museum tours for all grades are popular and often combined with a scavenger hunt or a Docent Tour. The “Spotlight on Art Educators Exhibit” is linked to the Art Contest and many Outstanding Educators of the George Bush Presidential Library have been recognized annually.
Dr. Hammond holds a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in Educational Administration. Previous education positions include teaching at Trinity School, Midland, TX, at Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan, and at Nishimachi International School, Tokyo, Japan.
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The last of the snow showers/flurries are exiting eastern Kentucky. Even with all the problems that developed with icy bridges, it still only measured 2/10 of an inch.
That sign of winter brings the next one tonight...a very cold night with low in the teens and low 20s. It's looking like the coldest night since mid February. It won't be record cold as those still stand as part of the huge 1993 storm. Ice fog may form in some valleys, so be prepared with a few slick spots possible.
We do see a brief warm up later this week. It's just a blip of warmth with highs getting into the 50s and 60s starting tomorrow. However, more cold is coming by the weekend. | https://www.lex18.com/weather/daily-forecast/a-very-cold-night | 2023-03-14 22:36:12 | 1 | https://www.lex18.com/weather/daily-forecast/a-very-cold-night |
Man dies after being shot multiple times in west Phoenix, police say
Published: Dec. 9, 2022 at 6:24 AM MST|Updated: 1 hour ago
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) -- Phoenix police say a man is dead after he was shot in west Phoenix late Thursday night.
Officers were first called out to 66th Drive and Taylor Street, just north of Van Buren around 10:30 p.m. When they showed up, they learned that a man had been shot multiple times about at a mile away at Sunridge Park near 62nd Avenue and Filmore Street. Police say the man was taken to the hospital where he later died.
Details on what led up to the shooting haven’t been released. Video from the scene showed a heavy police presence at both locations throughout the early morning hours.
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LAS VEGAS, Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AXES.ai ("AXES" or the "Company") announces that it will be showcasing its cutting edge cashless suite of products at Booth 2844 at G2E held in Las Vegas from October 11-13, 2022
Creating online accounts, linking bank accounts, real-time funds transfers to and from machines as well as real-time cash-outs are just but a few of the features that AXES.ai is showcasing at the G2E trade show. Other cashless products include the KashME cashier desk that integrates cash, smart card, TiTo, kiosk, mobile app, and marketing all into one seamless solution. AXES is showcasing the KIK Module that integrates into all kiosks on the market to ensure a complete cashless strategy. Finally, AXES will be spotlighting the Butler APP. This app focuses on customer loyalty, engagement, and the management of all in-casino and out-of-casino cashless transactions. Butler also manages responsible gaming, anti-money laundering, and KYC functionality required by specific jurisdictions.
"We are so excited to have our first major booth at G2E and showcase the future of technology for the land-based gaming industry", stated Earle G. Hall, President & CEO of AXES.ai. "Cashless is coming, and we are at the forefront of all the pieces of the puzzle. Our ten-year experience in closed loop cashless has been the foundation to embrace online transactions, kiosks and to ensure mobile apps are much more than a simple money transportation system".
Watch and Win ! Book a Demo by writing to g2edemo@AXES.ai and the AXES team will prepare a VIP, personalized experience for you to see the cutting-edge products that make up the AXES cashless suite. Limited demo slots are available, so sign up now to reserve your spot. Book, and watch a product demo with us during the show, and you are automatically entered to win one of our daily iPhone 14 and Mac Computer Giveaway Drawings!
AXES.ai, is a world-class Fintech, present in more than 40 countries. The AXES Cloud comprises four platforms: Cashless, Loyalty and Engagement, Business Intelligence, and DooH Media. AXES Fintech integrates the entire cashless digital workflow from open to closed loop, cashier, kiosks, and the flagship all-inclusive Butler player APP. AXES Media boasts a highly engaging interactive media experience to broadcast publicity, ads, information, and clickable content and is fully integrated with the AXES Cashless Experience. AXES empowers governments, casinos, and route/street with real-time IoT data collection, actionable information, fully integrated cashless applications and endless APPS, making AXES the future of casino information management TODAY. For more information, contact info@AXES.ai.
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New York (CNN) — America’s top-selling beer is no longer American.
Modelo Especial, the Mexican lager brewed near Mexico City by Constellation Brands, became the top-selling beer in May, overthrowing Bud Light from the top spot it has held for more than two decades. The fall from the top further highlighted how much trouble the Anheuser-Busch brand is in following transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney’s Instagram post showing off a customized Bud Light can.
For four weeks ending on June 3, Modelo captured 8.4% of US retail beer sales, with Bud Light falling to second place with 7.3%, according to NIQ data given to consulting firm Bump Williams. Dollar sales were equally grim for Bud Light during that period, with sales falling 24.4%, while Modelo’s grew 12.2%.
And the trend doesn’t look to turn in Bud’s favor, the firm said.
“Modelo Especial appears to be increasing its sales growth each week as we get deeper into summer,” Williams told CNN. He added that the Modelo Oro, its new low-carb beer, is off to a strong start following its May debut and further bolstering the brand’s sales.
In recent years, drinkers have been switching their beer preference to Mexican beers and spirits, such as tequila and mezcal. Williams said that a number of factors contributed to Modelo becoming the top-selling beer (at least for May), including strong retailer support, great advertising, eye-catching packaging and a “springboard effect” from Cinco de Mayo going into the summer.
Greg Gallagher, vice president of brand marketing for New York-based Constellation, told CNN that Modelo has been “enjoying an incredible run of success” for the past several years and said that it wants to replicate the dominance it has with Hispanic drinkers with more demographics. “Our growth is in maintaining that core but also bringing in non-Hispanic customers, and we’re having incredible success.”
If there’s a bright spot forAnheuser-Busch (BUD) (whose parent company is based in Belgium), it is that the American-made Bud Light remains the top-selling beer on a year-to-date basis. Also, sales fell for other beers in its family, such as Michelob Ultra, Natural Light and Busch Light in the same time period compared to previous weeks.
Over the past several weeks, Bud Light sales declines have hovered around 25% weekly likely due to right-wing media’s barrage of negative headlines following its partnership with Mulvaney and the brand’s tepid response to the controversy that angered LGBTQ+ advocates. A single can bearing her face was provided for a social media post, but some prominent conservative figures attacked the brand and social media posts spewed transphobic comments.
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Rob Labritz walked to the first tee last month at Buckhorn Springs Golf Club in Valrico, Fla., for the U.S. Senior Open local qualifying tournament only to run into a familiar face: Jason Widener.
Widener beat Labritz on his way to the 1988 U.S. Junior Amateur title.
“I walked up to the tee, and I said, ‘Jason?’” Labritz recalled. “He goes, ‘Yep, 4 and 3, Yale Golf Club, 1988.’
“I was like, ‘Oh, here we go.’ But I got him that week.”
Labritz got everyone that week, then beat everyone but Harrison Frazar in the final qualifier less than two weeks later in Plano, Texas, to advance to this week’s U.S. Senior Open at Saucon Valley Country Club’s Old Course.
The New York resident is beating everyone midway through the 42nd annual event except 12-time PGA Tour winner and 2019 U.S. Senior Open champion Steve Stricker and three-time major champion Padraig Harrington.
Labritz shot a second consecutive 2-under 69 to sit at 4-under. Stricker made three consecutive birdies to finish his second round with a 5-under total. Harrington shot a 65 Friday afternoon to take the lead at 6-under.
Rocco Mediate, Thongchai Jaidee, Jay Haas, Steven Alker and Gene Sauers are all at 3-under.
Labritz is bidding to become the first qualifier to win the U.S. Senior Open since Don Pooley in 2002.
“It’s just great to be standing here,” he said during Friday’s news conference. “I love looking at all your faces.”
Labritz has seen a lot of faces during his journey from cart boy in 1992 at Monarch Country Club in Palm City, Fla., the area where Larry Laoretti came from to shock the golf world that year by winning the first of three U.S. Senior Opens at SVCC.
The 51-year-old Labritz played professionally in the mid-1990s and then full time on the Canadian Tour until 2004, when he walked away for personal reasons. He had a young son, Matthias, and was going through a divorce.
“I wanted to play full time,” Labritz said. “But [2004] wasn’t right for me ... it wasn’t right for me to just leave and travel.
“When I left the Canadian Tour I took a beautiful club job at GlenArbor, which I’m still affiliated with. It’s an awesome place. But I swore to myself I was going to play the Champions Tour.”
Labritz has been a club pro at GlenArbor Golf Club in Bedford Hills, N.Y., since. His son is a sophomore at LSU. He is remarried with a 17-month-old daughter.
And he’s a full-time player on the PGA Tour Champions after winning its Q-School qualifier.
“It was just one of those things where I wanted to be there for my children,” he said of 2004. “And it was the best thing that I did because ... my kids have turned out great.
“I always had the dream of playing full time, and to get out here — if you guys saw the emotion that I had when I won Q-School, that dumped out. It was a lot of years of just grinding.”
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Labritz grinded his way through Friday’s second round. His birdie at No. 4 was countered by a bogey on No. 7. He birdied No. 8, then gave it back at the 11th. He produced two more birdies at Nos. 14 and 16 to get in at 4-under.
Labritz is leading the field in driving distance (310.4) and has the tournament’s only eagle through two rounds (No. 15 on Thursday).
Whatever happens this weekend, Labritz is in a better place in life to chase whatever golf offers him. His wife and daughter were a few feet from him as he soaked up his second news conference in as many days.
“I’m gone, 14- to 18-hour days, and she would always have a hot meal for me when I got home at night,” Labritz said of his wife. “It’s been a long road and we’re here now, and I’m going to work my tail off to stay here so I can pay for her college when she turns 18.”
Labritz also has big plans for late Sunday if he has a magical weekend.
“I‘m going to try to be here tomorrow and the next day,” he said, “and I’m going to hoist something, and we’re going to drink out of it.”
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Damian Lillard had 40 points, including eight 3-pointers, to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 127-115 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night.
LeBron James, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, missed his third straight game for the Lakers with a sore left ankle. He has not played since breaking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's scoring record last Tuesday in a loss to Oklahoma City.
The Blazers led by as many as 27 points and made a season-best 23 3-pointers, including a franchise-record 17 3s in the first half.
When Lillard went to the bench for good with 7 minutes left, he got a standing ovation from many in the Moda Center crowd.
Anthony Davis had 19 points and 20 rebounds for the Lakers, who have lost four of their last five games.
Both teams continued to integrate players acquired at the trade deadline last week. Matisse Thybulle, acquired from Philadelphia in a four-team trade, made his debut for the Blazers and started. He had 14 points and four 3-pointers.
D’Angelo Russell, who the Lakers got as part of the trade that sent Russell Westbrook to Utah, started for the second straight game and finished with 16 points. Malik Beasley, who came from the Jazz, had 22 points off the bench.
Mo Bamba, who was traded to the Lakers from the Orlando Magic at the deadline, continues to serve a four-game suspension for an on-court altercation with Minnesota's Austin Rivers during a game on Feb. 3.
The Blazers went on a 20-2 run in the opening quarter that ended with Nassir Little's 3-pointer that made it 25-16. Portland made 10 3-pointers in the quarter, including Lillard's 3 from distance at the buzzer that stretched the lead to 34-19.
Lillard had 30 points and eight 3-pointer to lead all scorers at halftime, and the Blazers led 65-46.
Portland led 101-79 going into the final quarter.
It was the fourth and final meeting between the teams this season. The Lakers won the previous two after a Portland win to open the series.
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Lakers: The Lakers are 5-9 in the 14 games James has missed this season. ... The Lakers made 1 of 10 3-point attempts in the opening quarter.
Trail Blazers: The Blazers were without Jerami Grant after he entered the concussion protocol this past weekend. Grant was averaging 20.8 points for Portland. Jusuf Nurkic hasn't played since Feb. 1 because of a left calf strain. Portland's big man is not expected back until after the All-Star break.
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Lakers: Host New Orleans on Wednesday night.
Trail Blazers: Host the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night.
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STAMFORD, Conn., June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Freepoint Commodities LLC ("Freepoint") today announced that it has closed a USD 2.63 billion revolving bank facility (the "Facility"). The Facility consists of a USD 1,578,000,000 three-year committed tranche and a USD 1,052,000,000 one-year uncommitted tranche. Additionally, the Facility has a USD 570 million accordion feature.
BNP Paribas Securities Corp ("BNP Paribas"), MUFG Bank, Ltd. and Natixis, New York Branch are Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners for the Facility. Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., New York Branch, Société Générale and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., are Joint Lead Arrangers. BNP Paribas remains as the Administrative Agent. The Co-Syndication and Co-Documentation Agents are Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A.., New York Branch, ING Bank N.V., Société Générale and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. The other continuing participating banks are Credit Suisse (Switzerland) Ltd.; UBS Switzerland AG; Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd., New York Branch; Bank of China, New York Branch; Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank; Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch; Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited, New York Agency; Commonwealth Bank of Australia, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., Mizuho Bank, Ltd., and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.
Simultaneously, Freepoint extended the maturity of its subordinated secured facility and increased the facility size to USD 125 million.
"We are extremely appreciative of the longstanding support and loyalty of our lender group," said David A. Messer, Freepoint's CEO. "Our refinancing was once again over-subscribed, demonstrating our lenders' ongoing commitment to our business as we continue to grow our global platform."
About Freepoint
Founded in 2011, Freepoint is based in Stamford, CT with over 500 employees worldwide. Freepoint is a global commodities merchant of physical commodities providing customers with physical supply and logistics chain management and services, together with eco-friendly products and solutions.
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DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Industrialization and Energy Service Company ("TAQA") announced today the closure of its 100% acquisition of Al Mansoori Petroleum Services ("AMPS"), expanding TAQA's Well Solutions business internationally.
The acquisition is funded by a capital increase led by TAQA's existing major shareholders. This investment brings to TAQA a long-established, well-diversified MENA-based business with a track record of strong performance and longstanding relationships with large Oil & Gas companies in the region. The combined businesses employ over 5,500 employees, serving a wide and diverse customer base across 20 countries, creating a regional and global integrated Well Solutions business headquartered in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
"I would like to thank TAQA Shareholders for their trust in TAQA and their commitment to support TAQA's growth journey and progressive plans that are aligned with the Kingdom's Vision 2030. The capital increase will position TAQA as an international company operating across multiple geographies, a true Saudi national champion", said Engineer Ahmed Al Zahrani, TAQA's Chairman of the Board.
Khalid M. Nouh, CEO of TAQA, said: "Together, we are better positioned to continue our journey into profitable growth through the unique opportunity to build upon our combined portfolio, strong business acumen, recognized brand and quality products and services. Our focus remains to provide exceptional products and services to our customers while creating the highest value for our shareholders and people".
About TAQA
Established in Saudi Arabia in 2003, TAQA is a Well Solutions company that provides products and services to the energy industry, enabling the performance of its customers. TAQA continues to innovate by developing and deploying technologies, products and services and building long-term customer relationships. With more than 5,500 employees across 20 countries, TAQA's well services portfolio includes, Coiled Tubing & Stimulation, Cementing, Wireline, Frac, Directional Drilling, Downhole Tools, Completions, Well Testing, Slickline, Inspection, H2S Safety, and Logging & Perforating.
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LISHUI, China, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Farmmi, Inc. ("Farmmi" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: FAMI), an agricultural products supplier in China, announced today a new sales win for its popular, flavor rich, nutritious dried Shiitake mushrooms. The latest order will export to Israel.
Ms. Yefang Zhang, Farmmi's Chairwoman and CEO, commented "We continue to see an uptick in demand as people return to in-person events, social engagements and other group interactions. This has created a significant increased demand for food globally, including our quality mushrooms. This trend is in line with our previous estimates that Farmmi would deliver a stronger 2022 than 2021."
About Farmmi, Inc.
Established in 1998, Farmmi Inc. (NASDAQ: FAMI) is an agricultural products supplier, processor and retailer of edible mushrooms like Shiitake and Mu Er, as well as other agricultural products. In addition to its offline sales, Farmmi sells its products direct-to-consumer. For further information about the Company, please visit website.
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Detroit Red Wings forward Dominik Kubalik is excelling at the World Championship.
Kubalik scored three goals Thursday and added an assist in Czechia’s 6-2 victory over Slovenia in Riga, Latvia.
Czechia scored five unanswered goals in the third period to erase a 2-1 deficit and improve to 3-0-1-0 (W-OTW-OTL-L), good for 10 points, one behind Canada in Group B.
Kubalik leads all players in the tournament with six goals and 10 points.
He has been dominant at this event throughout his career, registering 18 goals and 36 points in 29 games over four World Championships.
Slovenia has lost all four of its games in regulation and has no points.
In other games Thursday:
Sweden 7, Hungary 1: Red Wings forward Lucas Raymond had a goal and two assists and Jonathan Berggren scored a goal as Sweden, amazingly, outshot Hungary 36-0 over the final two periods and 51-9 for the game.
Former Red Wing Jacob de la Rose scored twice for Sweden, which is 3-1-0-0 (11 points), one point behind the United States in Group A.
Raymond and Berggren each have a goal and three assists in four games.
Hungary is 0-1-0-3 (W-OTW-OTL-L) for two points.
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Assembly Speaker Robin Vos' refusal to decertify 2020 election pushes Donald Trump to endorse primary opponent
MADISON – Donald Trump on Tuesday took his most aggressive step yet in a one-sided war the former president has waged for more than a year against Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, endorsing the Republican leader's little-known primary opponent because of Vos' refusal to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
In a statement to his supporters, Trump said Vos' opponent, Adam Steen, was a "rising patriotic candidate" and blasted Vos on a number of fronts, including for publicizing a photo the two had taken together on Trump's plane in campaign literature.
"Speaker Vos had 17 years to prove to Wisconsin residents that he has their best interest in mind, but even in his own campaign efforts, Vos has tried to mislead his constituents, sending out mailers that feature a picture he took with me — trying to make voters believe I am a Vos supporter, which I am not," Trump said in his endorsement of Steen.
Vos has emerged as a target of Trump and his supporters for their ire over Trump's loss to Joe Biden in Wisconsin by about 21,000 votes. Vos launched a taxpayer-funded review of the election, which has cost more than $1 million since it began last year, but he has refused to entertain Trump's claims that the state Legislature can decertify the 10 electoral votes cast for Biden.
"As a conservative, I believe in upholding the constitution. That's why I won't take the impossible step to overturn the 2020 election. My opponent is singularly focused on winning this primary so he can overturn the 2020 election," Vos said in a statement.
"This endorsement changes nothing because the only endorsements that matter are the ones that come from the voters in Racine County. I will continue to knock on doors and discuss the issues they care about."
Steen did not return a phone call.
The announcement comes days before Trump is scheduled to visit Wisconsin to stump for his endorsed candidate for governor, Tim Michels, in a Waukesha County rally.
Trump's now-estranged vice president Mike Pence also will visit the conservative-leaning county on behalf of Rebecca Kleefisch.
Kleefisch and Michels are locked in a tight primary race for governor and in recent days have distanced themselves from Trump, even ahead of the former president's visit.
During a town hall candidate forum in Milwaukee, Kleefisch, Michels and state Rep. Tim Ramthun declined to say they would back Trump for president in two years when. The candidates were responding to a question from a Republican voter over whether they would support another Trump run for president in light of his actions during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
"It hasn't changed a single thing that I've been doing since I've been in this race," Michels said at the forum hosted by WISN (Channel 12) about his endorsement from Trump.
"Now, 2024 — I'm focused on this election right now. I have made no commitments to any candidates in 2024. What I'm focusing on is beating Tony Evers."
Michels reversed course on Tuesday, promising in a tweet to back Trump in 2024.
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27 dogs removed from breeder’s home living in deplorable conditions, officials say
Swanzey, N.H. (Gray News) - A dog breeder in New Hampshire is accused of animal neglect after authorities helped remove dozens of dogs living in inhumane conditions.
According to the Monadnock Humane Society, agent Beth Doyle partnered with New Hampshire State Police to remove 27 Labrador retrievers from breeder Tory Frazier’s home on Oct. 5.
Upon completing a 12-month investigation by agent Doyle with the Monadnock Humane Society, police were able to serve a search warrant on Frazier’s home. Officials said the search led to the discovery of the dogs being kept in deplorable conditions.
The MHS reports that Frazier has been charged with animal neglect and is expected to appear in court in the next few weeks.
“In just four short years, we have faced two of the largest dog cruelty and neglect cases related to horrific breeding practices in our community. We continue to be committed to investing in a full-time animal agent to bring justice to animals living in unacceptable conditions,” said MHS Director Kathy Collinsworth.
According to the organization, the group of dogs rescued included 13 adults and 14 puppies, with seven of the puppies still nursing. Many of the dogs were underweight and tested positive for multiple parasites.
Workers will continue to provide medical care, boarding, exercise, socialization and affection to the neglected animals, according to the MHS.
Representatives with the MHS said the dogs’ care would cost about $7,800 a week, and their work is funded entirely by donations.
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POINT PLEASANT BEACH, N.J. (AP) — If what doesn’t kill you truly makes you stronger, then Titan is the strongest turtle in the ocean.
The juvenile Loggerhead turtle has been gashed by a boat propeller, had part of his front flipper bitten off by a shark, and was being attacked by a different shark when two New Jersey fishermen intervened, saved him and called Sea Turtle Recovery, a group that rescues and rehabilitates turtles before returning them to the ocean.
Tuesday morning, Titan was among eight turtles returned to the sea after being nursed back to health over the winter and spring.
“To see Titan go back into the ocean after being hit by a boat, bitten by a shark and fighting off another shark is just amazing,” said Brandi Biehl, co-executive officer of the group. “There truly is no tougher turtle in the world than him.”
Based in the aptly named Turtle Back Zoo in South Orange, New Jersey, the group began taking in and treating sick or injured turtles in Dec. 2016. Including Tuesday’s releases, they have now healed and returned 85 turtles to the ocean.
Most of the turtles fell victim to what is called “cold stunning,” the near-shutdown of their organs due to lingering in waters that become too cold for them instead of migrating to warmer waters in the winter. November and December are particularly busy months for the group.
Others were injured by boats or sharks, or developed other illnesses. Six of the eight are Kemp’s Ridley turtles, an endangered species. Titan and another turtle, Petunia, are Loggerheads.
One of the rescued turtles, Princess, was found stranded on the beach in Sandy Hook just after Thanksgiving, barely alive. A sea turtle’s body temperature should be above 65 degrees; hers was 37 when she was found.
Other rescuees include Donashello, who stranded in Dec. 2020 after large lung lesions caused him to float, and he failed to migrate south before the water became too cold. He was in critical condition for months, but eventually recovered.
Willow also was cold stunned and emaciated when she foundered on the shore. She refused food for over a month, but eventually resumed eating and recovered.
Slater was found on the beach at Sandy Hook with a front flipper that had to be amputated after being mangled by a boat propeller. But he is expected to do fine in the ocean with just three flippers, as others in his condition have been studied and found to do well despite their limitations, the group said.
Stone was found in December, also barely alive. His heart nearly gave out four different times during rehabilitation, requiring a type of turtle resuscitation.
Petunia stranded with eye damage that has since healed. She is one of a few turtles outfitted with a radio tracking device that will be used to monitor her movements in the ocean.
Cortez stranded in critical condition last December and also had a torn ligament in his front flipper that has since healed.
Sea Turtle Recovery still has four turtles remaining in its northern New Jersey recovery facility that are not yet ready to be returned to the sea.
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NEW YORK , Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vidrio Financial ('Vidrio"), a provider of managed data services and software for global institutional allocators, today announced the expansion of their existing partnership with the leading global provider of risk solutions, Qontigo, to work more closely together and provide enhanced risk solutions to the multi-asset class institutional allocator market.
The Vidrio platform includes a sophisticated risk system that computes risk figures regardless of transparency level (time series or positions) for institutional investors allocating to third-party funds. Through this partnership, Axioma Risk: Elements are integrated into Vidrio's platform to offer deeper and customized insights into portfolio holdings and risk. In addition, Vidrio will also offer integration with the Axioma Portfolio Optimizer, a leading portfolio construction solution.
Axioma Risk: Elements are integrated with the strength of Vidrio's broad range of other advanced investment data analytics, including operational, liquidity, exposure, valuation, and compliance information, to help institutional investors efficiently manage allocations to hedge funds, liquid alternatives, private markets, and SMAs.
"Greater investment transparency is at the top of every investor's mind when considering data collection and reporting tools. Vidrio believes that risk must be managed across every step of the investment process and helping to optimize that risk management process is a primary responsibility for any best-in-class, technology-enabled service. Combining our automation and data management services with Axioma Risk: Elements, the Vidrio platform provides a wide range of risk metrics, calculated at the portfolio, manager/fund, and individual security level that our clients can customize directly into their reporting," said Gygmy Gonnot, Managing Director & Head of Customer Success, Vidrio Financial.
Axioma Risk is a cloud-native, API-first risk system for multi-asset class risk management. For Qontigo, this partnership brings increased scalability to allocators providing customized stress tests and what-if analyses views of risk through a single dashboard in the Vidrio environment. With Axioma Risk: Elements, clients will be able to realize cost efficiencies without having to sacrifice incisive analysis. Through this partnership, Vidrio Financial can also offer Qontigo's industry-leading portfolio construction tool.
"We are pleased to expand our long-standing partnership with Vidrio to offer Axioma Risk: Elements and the Axioma Portfolio Optimizer to their clients. Through this offering, clients can leverage key statistics derived from our enterprise solution Axioma Risk and determine optimal fund allocations with Axioma Portfolio Optimizer in a seamless and efficient manner through Vidrio," said Brian Rosenberg, Chief Revenue Officer of Qontigo.
Vidrio Financial (www.vidrio.com) is the first Technology Enabled Service for allocators — providing managed data services and portfolio management software to institutional investors globally. Vidrio's multi-asset class data services, analytics, and workflow applications empower allocators to take control of their complex investments and external manager relationships while reducing costs, optimizing resources, and mitigating operational risk. Vidrio's success is based on our capacity to efficiently collect and extract layers of external fund manager data across multiple asset classes, enrich that data with dynamic investment analytics and then deliver the information seamlessly across your critical investment management and stakeholder reporting processes. Private market clients can construct model portfolios from scratch or use existing portfolios – all while simulating performance, risk, and exposure.
Qontigo's Axioma analytics suite provides portfolio construction, enterprise risk management, and regulatory reporting solutions to asset managers, asset owners, hedge funds, wealth managers and banks. Axioma analytics include solutions for optimization, risk analysis and performance attribution, enabling clients to achieve competitive advantage in a rapidly changing marketplace.
By offering Axioma analytics alongside its own index product suite, Qontigo delivers sophisticated, targeted solutions at scale to meet the highly unique goals of investors worldwide. Qontigo's solutions are built on a collaborative, customer-centric culture, open architecture and forward-looking technology, ensuring efficient integration with client processes.
Part of the Deutsche Börse Group, Qontigo was created in 2019 through the combination of Axioma, DAX and STOXX.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A day after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize with fellow human rights campaigners from Belarus and Russia, the head of the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties praised the work of her fellow laureates but cautioned against lumping the three together in a Cold War-like narrative.
“We don’t see — and we shouldn’t see — this prize … as a Soviet narrative about brotherhood nations,” said Oleksandra Matviychuk at a press conference on Saturday in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital. “This is a story about fighting against a common enemy.”
Matviychuk’s comments came a day after some in Ukraine voiced mixed reactions to the Nobel committee’s decision to award the prize to her organization along with imprisoned Belarus activist Ales Bialiatski and Russia’s best-known human rights group, Memorial.
The Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties was founded in 2007 to defend human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said the panel decided to honor “three outstanding champions of human rights, democracy and peaceful coexistence.”
Some Ukrainians expressed resentment for what they saw as lumping Ukraine in the same category as Russia and Belarus, whose territory Moscow has used to wage its war on Ukraine.
Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak mocked the prize in a tweet Friday, saying the committee had an “interesting understanding of the word ‘peace.’”
Belarusian and Russian human rights defenders are “fighting for the rights of people in dictatorships,” while in Ukraine, groups like the Center for Civil Liberties are documenting “the war crimes of these dictatorships because missiles fly to Ukraine from Belarus and Russia,” Ukrainian journalist Anastasia Magazova tweeted Friday.
“Despite all the merits of the laureates from Russia and Belarus, Ukrainians do not want the struggle for human rights in the three countries to be perceived equally,” wrote Magazova, who has covered Ukraine for German and Ukrainian publications since 2014.
Matviychuk, the head of the Ukrainian civil liberties group, on Saturday dismissed suggestions that awarding the prize to representatives from the three countries at the same time diminished its importance.
The prize, “which belongs to all the people of Ukraine who fight for freedom and democracy,” is a symbol of the fight “for your freedom and ours,” she said, referencing a phrase that was often repeated by Soviet dissidents.
“Russia still hasn’t overcome its imperial complex. This is a threat. The same as in Belarus, where Lukashenko gave up his land to occupation,” said the center’s executive director, Oleksandra Romantsova.
Romantsova praised the work of Bialiatski and Memorial, which she pointed out was the first organization to document Russian war crimes during the first war from 1994 to 1996 in Chechnya, the majority Muslim region on Russia’s southern flank that has fought two wars with Moscow for independence.
“Perhaps if the world had paid attention to the war crimes in Chechnya from the start, we wouldn’t have the war in Ukraine today,” Romantsova said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as of Saturday had not called the Ukrainian group to congratulate it on the prize, which both Matviychuk and the organization’s executive director brushed aside as insignificant, given the ongoing war in Ukraine.
It was unlikely Zelenskyy would have been able to reach either of them Friday after the news broke, she said.
“I don’t wish to anyone to go through war, but this complicated time gives us time to show our best qualities that we have, from the farmer protecting his land or tractor to the president who doesn’t flee the country during the war,” Matviychuk said.
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AP journalist Hanna Arhirova in Kyiv, Ukraine, contributed.
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LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England raised interest rates by half a percentage point Thursday as it sought to tame double-digit inflation that is fueling a cost-of-living crisis, public-sector strikes and fears of recession.
The bank’s monetary policy committee voted 7-2 to push its key rate to 4%, approving the 10th consecutive rate increase since a post-pandemic surge in the world economy and Russia’s war in Ukraine drove inflation to 40-year highs.
Economists suggest this may be the last big rate increase for Britain’s central bank after inflation slowed to 10.5% in December from a peak of 11.1% two months earlier. It forecast a fall to about 4% by the end of the year.
“We have done a lot on rates already. The full effect of that is still to come through, but it is too soon to declare victory just yet,” bank Gov. Andrew Bailey said at a news conference. He added, “We have seen a turning of the corner, but it’s very early days and the risks are very large.”
The bank pointed to high global inflation but said “it is likely to have peaked across many advanced economies, including in the United Kingdom,” noting falling energy prices and fewer supply chain disruptions.
The U.S. Federal Reserve has started tapering its response, boosting its key rate by just a quarter-point Wednesday. The European Central Bank, meanwhile, is expected to go big again Thursday, with economists forecasting a half-point increase.
The Bank of England, which noted more hikes “would be required” if inflation proves more persistent, said its recession forecast is less severe than previously projected. The overall size of the economy will shrink throughout 2023 and the first quarter of 2024 as high energy prices and interest rates crimp spending, the bank said.
“This forecast is consistent with the technical definition of a recession, which is at least two consecutive quarters of falling output,’’ the bank said. “But this is a much shallower profile for the decline in output than” expected in the November.
Optimism grew that rate increases may begin to tail off after U.K. inflation eased for a second straight month to 10.5% in December, down from a peak of 11.1% in October. That’s still far higher than in the U.S. and the 20-country eurozone, where inflation slowed to 6.5% in December and 8.5% in January, respectively.
With the cost of food and services rising and wage increases outstripping forecasts, the bank sent the message that it is serious about fighting inflation even as energy prices fall and concerns about sluggish economic growth take center stage.
“The extent to which domestic inflationary pressures ease will depend on the evolution of the economy, including the impact of the significant increases in Bank Rate so far,” the bank said in a statement. “There are considerable uncertainties around the outlook.”
After more than a decade of record-low interest rates, the Bank of England began raising borrowing costs in December 2021, when its key rate stood at just 0.1%. The bank stepped up its fight against inflation last year, approving four big increases of a half-point or more since August to bring the rate to 3.5%.
Inflation soared after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine fueled sharp increases in food and energy prices, leading to the U.K.’s biggest drop in living standards since the 1950s. That has triggered a wave of strikes — including the biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade on Wednesday — as nurses, train drivers, border guards and teachers demand pay increases.
The government is trying to prevent higher wages from causing a second round of domestically driven inflation that could be more difficult to tame.
Rising prices also are choking off economic growth and squeezing public finances as the government spends billions to help consumers and businesses hit by high energy costs this winter. However, wholesale natural gas prices in Britain are down 75% from their peak in late August, which will translate into lower costs for businesses and consumers in coming months.
The International Monetary Fund this week said that the U.K. was on track to be the only major economy to shrink this year, even as the outlook for the rest of the world improves. The IMF said the country’s gross domestic product was likely to contract by 0.6% in 2023, compared with a previous forecast of 0.3% growth. | https://pix11.com/news/ap-general/ap-bank-of-england-poised-for-big-rate-hike-to-tame-inflation/ | 2023-02-02 15:22:47 | 1 | https://pix11.com/news/ap-general/ap-bank-of-england-poised-for-big-rate-hike-to-tame-inflation/ |
"Financial Planning Made Personal" by Lawrence Sprung, CFP® is released today.
This release is posted on behalf Lawrence Sprung, CFP® and Mitlin Financial.
NEW YORK, April 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Financial Planning Made Personal: How to Create Joy And The Mindset for Success, CFP® Lawrence Sprung is now available on Amazon for purchase.
When most people—financial advisors and consumers alike—think about personal financial planning, the first thing that comes to mind is money. Numbers. Dollar signs. Budgets. Investments. Those are certainly key components, but in Financial Planning Made Personal, Larry Sprung stresses the importance of focusing on joy first, money second. He explains the benefits of focusing first on whatever brings you joy in life and then on using your money and other assets to manifest that joy. Here's just a small sample of what you'll learn in Financial Planning Made Personal:
- Why you must always pay yourself first.
- How to use a side hustle to reach your goals faster
- How to plan for retirement—not just financially, but mentally and socially.
- Strategies for protecting your assets and income.
- The importance of working with a fiduciary financial advisor.
- Key Common, and costly, tax mistakes to avoid.
With inflation at a record high, the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank, and mortgage and interest rates skyrocketing, this book couldn't have come at a better time to assist the public to plan for their future finances.
The net proceeds of "Financial Planning Made Personal" are being donated to the Keith Milano Memorial Fund at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
About Lawrence Sprung CFP®
Lawrence "Larry" Sprung, CFP® is a husband, father, entrepreneur, and mental health advocate. In 2004 he founded Mitlin Financial Inc., naming the firm memory of Larry's wife's grandfather, Mitchell, and his mother, Linda. During his career, Larry has found that a lot of industry terms and concepts can seem confusing to outsiders.
He works with the families he serves to break down complex financial topics into easy-to-understand concepts. Larry wants to make sure they understand the tailored financial plan that is being laid out for them. In recognition of Larry's significant contributions to his profession, he has received quite a few awards.
In 2021, Larry was named to the Investopedia 100 Top Advisors in 2021 and was even more humbled to make their Top Ten list for 2022 and 2023!
Larry values his family, and his desire to do right by his wife and sons drives who he is, both in and out of the office. You'll likely find Larry and his family at any number of ice hockey events on a given weekend. Larry is also the host of the Mitlin Money Mindset™, a podcast found on most major podcast platforms.
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After hunting for him for 21 years, U.S. forces killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri over the weekend with a drone strike targeting him at a safe house in Kabul, Afghanistan. Zawahiri had led al-Qaida since May 2011, when U.S. special operations forces killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
While al-Qaida has been weakened significantly over the past 20 years, the killing of Zawahiri is important symbolically, given his legacy in engineering the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and his competent leadership as a terrorist mastermind. His death brings al-Qaida to a major crossroads, as it selects a new leader, or emir. The group's leaders will have to decide whether to go with a known and trusted top figure — or a newer one who might appeal more to the next generation of recruits.
Their decision will shape what al-Qaida will look like moving forward. It comes against the backdrop of a global jihadist movement that is far from its death knell, but diminished by a two-decade onslaught of the U.S.-led global war on terrorism. Both al-Qaida and the Islamic State have been forced to rely on a franchise model of terrorism, in which a decentralized network of affiliates and branches carries out attacks in the name of the ideology of Salafi-jihadism.
So Zawahiri's death now places al-Qaida in a precarious position. Can its next emir unite and inspire a new generation of jihadists — a cohort that is currently far less enthusiastic than its predecessors about traveling abroad to fight in civil wars and insurgencies? If it turns out that al-Qaida is unable to settle on a new leader, fissures could emerge, further constraining the organization at a critical moment.
Zawahiri's legacy as al-Qaida leader
Although Zawahiri's plodding and pedantic style was often the subject of ridicule, even among other jihadists, he was more focused on substance than flash. His tenure as a veteran jihadist afforded the one-time member of Egyptian Islamic Jihad with a deep memory of the trials and tribulations facing the global jihadist movement over the years — from the anti-Soviet resistance in Afghanistan in the 1980s to living in Sudan with bin Laden and other high-ranking al-Qaida lieutenants in the early 1990s.
When Zawahiri inherited the role as al-Qaida's chief, it was just months after the start of the Arab Spring revolutions sweeping the Middle East — events that threatened to make al-Qaida and other jihadist groups irrelevant. In mid- to late-2011, the conventional wisdom was that democratic uprisings in countries like Egypt, Syria, and Libya would prove once and for all that al-Qaida's narrative — that only violence could bring about change — was completely bankrupt.
However, autocrats seized power and strongmen ruthlessly suppressed protests and demonstrations. The result, to many in the Middle East and North Africa, was that al-Qaida's worldview had been vindicated.
In 2014, the Islamic State rose from the ashes of sectarian violence in Iraq and Syria and was poised to crush al-Qaida, poaching recruits and overwhelming al-Qaida franchise groups from the Sahel to the Levant.
Yet even as the Islamic State ran roughshod over cities like Mosul and Raqqa to establish its so-called caliphate, al-Qaida went underground, quietly and patiently rebuilding and attempting to capitalize on the Islamic State's reputation for extreme brutality — which was a turnoff for some jihadists who considered the violence gratuitous and beyond the pale. In some ways, al-Qaida was even able to portray itself as the moderate alternative to the Islamic State.
Who is Zawahiri's likely successor?
Many counterterrorism analysts believe that the logical successor to Zawahiri is veteran jihadist and fellow Egyptian Saif al-Adl, a longtime Zawahiri confidante and trusted lieutenant. But Adl has been living under semi-house arrest in Iran, where the regime keeps a watchful eye on al-Qaida senior leadership who fled there after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001. Iran is also where high-ranking al-Qaida member Abu Muhammad al-Masri was killed in August 2020, allegedly by Israeli assassins on a motorbike.
If Adl is ultimately judged to be too vulnerable due to his presence in Iran, or too old to appeal to new recruits, then al-Qaida is left with only a few choices that could gain widespread acceptance. Some were listed recently in a United Nations report, including Zawahiri's son-in-law Abdal Rahman al-Maghrebi, the Algerian Yazid Mebrak of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, and the Somali Ahmed Diriye, the current leader of the al-Shabab extremist group.
In a sign of how badly the group has been damaged, no names from al-Qaida's once-vaunted Yemeni affiliate — al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula — appear on the list.
There is also the possibility that the succession issue leads to splintering. The prominence of the conflict in Syria since 2011 has led some within jihadist circles to argue forcefully for the elevation of an individual like Abu Abd al-Karim al-Masri, a high-ranking member of al-Qaida's Syrian branch, Hurras al-Din. Choosing a militant leader in the Levant would be a change in the group's center of gravity and a break from tradition.
The remainder of 2022 will be an important period for al-Qaida. The United States and its allies have sought to move on from the global war on terrorism, pivoting to great power competition with countries like China and Russia. Given the ongoing war in Ukraine and increased tensions across the Taiwan Strait, it's safe to say that the Biden administration is mostly focused on national security priorities other than terrorism.
Eliminating Zawahiri was an important achievement, but the U.S. must remain focused on finishing the job and stamping al-Qaida out permanently by maintaining an aggressive operational tempo, while simultaneously diminishing the appeal and resonance of its ideology in regions where it still thrives.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.kcbx.org/npr-top-news/2022-08-02/opinion-what-ayman-al-zawahiris-death-means-for-al-qaidas-future | 2022-08-02 20:43:33 | 1 | https://www.kcbx.org/npr-top-news/2022-08-02/opinion-what-ayman-al-zawahiris-death-means-for-al-qaidas-future |
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