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The convenience retailer's new advertising spots highlight coffee's influence on Gen Z culture
IRVING, Texas, Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, 7-Eleven, Inc. debuted new advertising spots celebrating its customers' love of coffee and the lengths they'll go to obtain a fresh cup. Rooted in the cultural trends that bring together all coffee fanatics, these ads demonstrate that nothing can keep 7-Eleven stans away from their brew—whether that means arriving late to a meeting with a cup of to-go coffee or sipping on an iced latte in the middle of a blizzard.
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The three ads focus on the core strengths of 7-Eleven's OG To-Go since 1964™ coffee:
- Mighty Mite: 7-Eleven fans take pride in the quality of their cars, their look, and of course, their coffee – especially when it makes them stand out (check out #Carsof7Eleven on Instagram, for example). Brewed fresh 24/7 with 100% Arabica beans, the convenience retailer's coffee takes customers into overdrive.
- Commute: With 3,000 ways to customize a cup of joe, 7-Eleven's coffee variety allows customers to be their own barista. Nothing is more important than having the crème de la crème of coffee brew, so spending that extra time mastering the perfect cup is worth it – even if it means running late.
- Storm: (dropping April 12): Gen Z proudly own their obsession with iced coffee; it's a critical part of their hustle – no matter the season. 7-Eleven's coffee connoisseurs will go to great lengths to get what they want, whenever they want it, at a great value.
"Grounded in the 'Take it to Eleven' spirit of being our customer's ingenious accomplice, our new coffee campaign highlights the robust variety, excellent quality, and great value our coffee delivers," said Marissa Jarratt, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at 7-Eleven. "These spots were also built off real cultural insights and are intended to reflect our diverse customer base. We were intentional to ensure that our casting authentically included members of these cultures – real fans, real car enthusiasts, real coffee lovers."
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Christine Yuan of Object and Animal, these ads reflect Christine's bold and playful style and take inspiration from Japanese-model car culture.
Suddenly craving a cappuccino? For a limited time only at participating 7-Eleven® stores, members of the 7Rewards® loyalty program who purchase 6 cups of coffee, Big Gulp® or Slurpee® drinks will receive their 7th cup free*.
To join the 7Rewards loyalty program and earn points on most purchases, download the 7-Eleven app from the App Store or Google Play, or visit 7Rewards.com.
*Valid thru 12/31/2023 on any size Coffee, Slurpee or Big Gulp drink. Free cup expires 30 days from date earned. Offer good at participating 7-Eleven stores, excluding Hawaii. Unlimited. Offer not valid with any other coupon or discount. No cash value. Plus, tax where applicable.
About 7-Eleven, Inc.
7-Eleven, Inc. is the premier name in the convenience-retailing industry. Based in Irving, Texas, 7-Eleven operates, franchises and/or licenses more than 13,000 stores in the U.S. and Canada. In addition to 7-Eleven stores®, 7-Eleven, Inc. operates and franchises Speedway®, Stripes®, Laredo Taco Company® and Raise the Roost® Chicken and Biscuits locations. Known for its iconic brands such as Slurpee®, Big Bite® and Big Gulp®, 7-Eleven has expanded into high-quality sandwiches, salads, side dishes, cut fruit and protein boxes, as well as pizza, chicken wings and mini beef tacos. 7-Eleven offers customers industry-leading private brand products under the 7-Select™ brand including healthy options, decadent treats and everyday favorites at an outstanding value. Customers can earn and redeem points on various items in stores nationwide through its 7Rewards® loyalty program with more than 50 million members, place an order in the 7NOW® delivery app in over 2,000 cities, or rely on 7-Eleven for bill payment service, self-service lockers and other convenient services. Find out more online at www.7-Eleven.com.
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Health officials are pushing a vaccine plan forward similar to annual flu vaccines, but certain adults can get another booster now. Here's what to know.
Health officials have updated the COVID-19 vaccine schedule in preparation for the end of the national public health emergency this week, though right now the changes apply only to older adults and people who are immunocompromised.
People age 65 and up, as well as those whose doctors agree they need added protection because they're immunocompromised, can get another bivalent booster made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna to target the omicron strains of COVID-19, now that the US Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have signed off.
Children and adults have already been able to get an updated booster, but some people have argued that older adults should be offered another shot because advanced age comes with the highest risk of developing severe disease.
Having an immunocompromising health condition also puts people at higher risk of severe disease, and the CDC has also simplified booster recommendations to give health care providers more wiggle room in providing immunocompromised patients one or more additional boosters as they see fit.
For everyone else, there's no new booster recommendation for now, though the FDA and CDC have followed through on their promise to simplify (at least a little bit) the vaccine strategy going forward: All vaccine doses of Pfizer's and Moderna's vaccine given out will be the bivalent formulas, not the original monovalent vaccines that targeted the "original" COVID-19 strain. Novavax's or Johnson & Johnson's vaccines will stay authorized as options for people who either don't want an mRNA vaccine or can't take one.
Here's what to know about who needs a booster, and when.
Everyone age 6 months and older can get a bivalent COVID-19 booster. If you've already gotten one (the bivalent doses started rolling out last fall), whether you should get another one now depends on your age and your health status.
If you're age 65 or older, you can get a second boost, as long as it's been at least four months since your last shot. If you're immunocompromised, you can get also get another booster, as long as it's been at least two months since your last dose, according to the FDA's authorization announcement. The FDA's authorization also gives "discretion" to health care providers to provide additional doses to immunocompromised patients as they see fit. To get more clarity, you can talk with your doctor.
The new booster recommendation for young immunocompromised children is a little murky and depends on their age and what vaccine they originally received (Pfizer's and Moderna's vaccines for kids are a little different and have slightly different age cutoffs. If your child is immunocompromised or you're unsure whether another dose is needed, check in with your doctor.)
For everyone else, there will be "potential updates" to the booster recommendation this fall, according to the CDC's announcement endorsing the booster changes.
The FDA's proposal is for COVID-19 vaccines to roll out each year, similarly to annual flu shots, where a strain is selected for optimal protection prior to the fall and winter season. The FDA's advisory committee, which you can watch live, is scheduled to meet on June 15 to discuss updates to the vaccine for the 2023-2024 vaccine campaign that'll likely start this fall.
Though we don't know what the advisors will discuss or decide on yet, if they endorse a new vaccine formula for everyone, it's likely a new booster recommendation for a broader group of people will come ahead of or during the winter months, when respiratory viruses spread.
Here's what being up-to-date on COVID-19 vaccines means for your group.
Some scientists have been pushing for more vaccine development in mucosal vaccines (including nasal vaccines), because new vaccine technologies may have the potential to offer better infection protection against COVID-19. Aside from a presentation at January's meeting by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on next-generation vaccines, which touched on the benefit of mucosal vaccines, the FDA's plan right now doesn't appear to address new vaccine technologies.
Getting there requires bodies of data supporting the use of such vaccines in the US, which requires funding and demand. As the government moves away from paying for everyone's shots, "there's just not as much incentive" to create and test new vaccines, including nasal and inhaled vaccines, Rupali J. Limaye, an associate professor of international health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said in January after the FDA's plans for the new vaccine campaign were first announced.
"It's gonna be a little bit of an uphill battle to get a product like that on the market, unfortunately," Limaye said.
Moderna was criticized earlier this spring for planning to raise its vaccine price to up to $130, roughly four times the price the federal government currently pays, once the public health emergency ends in May and the federal government will no longer cover the cost for all vaccines. Pfizer's adult vaccine price-per-dose will also cost $110 to $130. However, Pfizer didn't receive the same federal money or assistance for its research, according to a CNN fact-check. The taxpayer-funded element was one of the main arguments against Moderna's price increase.
On Feb. 15, the same day Sen. Bernie Sanders announced that Moderna's CEO will testify in front of a Senate committee in March, the vaccine company announced that its COVID vaccine will "continue to be available at no cost" for people in the US, whether they're insured or uninsured. For the uninsured, Moderna has a patient assistance program that'll go into effect this spring. Moderna didn't immediately respond to a request for additional comment on its patient assistance program or vaccine prices moving forward.
Pfizer also said it will have a patient assistance program to keep shots free for people without health insurance and that the company expects most people with insurance will continue to pay nothing out of pocket.
However, the details on both vaccine companies' assistance programs for the uninsured remain unclear, and insurance companies were likely to pay for vaccines regardless of price changes. For more about health care after the COVID-19 public health emergency ends, read how treatments could be affected starting this spring. | https://www.cnet.com/health/medical/what-to-know-about-the-new-covid-booster-recommendations/ | 2023-05-09 18:09:37 | 1 | https://www.cnet.com/health/medical/what-to-know-about-the-new-covid-booster-recommendations/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon judge handed guns rights advocates a victory Thursday and placed a new, voter-approved ban on high-capacity magazines that was intended to curtail mass shootings on hold until questions about its constitutionality can be decided.
Harney County Judge Robert Raschio released the written ruling after a lengthy court hearing earlier this week in which attorneys for gun rights groups sought a preliminary injunction to stop the narrowly passed ban on magazines of more than 10 rounds.
“That the large capacity magazine bans promote public safety is mere speculation,” Raschio wrote. “The court cannot sustain restraint on a constitutional right on mere speculation that the restriction could promote public safety.”
With the injunction in place, all provisions of the law are effectively on hold a little more than a month after voters narrowly passed it in midterm elections. Earlier this week, Raschio extended his order blocking the law’s permit-to-purchase provision, as well as a part of Measure 114 that would prevent a gun sale until the results of a background check come back. Under current federal law, a gun sale can proceed by default if the background check takes longer than three business days — the so-called Charleston loophole, because it allowed the assailant to purchase the gun used in a 2015 South Carolina mass shooting.
The lawsuit in Harney County, filed by Gun Owners of America Inc., the Gun Owners Foundation and several individual gun owners, seeks to have the entire law placed on hold while its constitutionality is decided. The state lawsuit specifically makes the claims under the Oregon Constitution, not the U.S. Constitution. Burns, the town where the lawsuit was filed, is more than 280 miles (450 kilometers) southeast of Portland in a rural and sparsely populated corner of the state.
Gun rights advocates, including those who were unable to stop the high-capacity magazine ban in a separate federal lawsuit last week, cheered the news.
“For now, your standard capacity magazines are safe,” the Oregon Firearms Federation wrote to its members in a statement.
Mark Knutson, chairman of the interfaith Lift Every Voice Oregon campaign and pastor at Portland’s Augustana Lutheran Church, said the ruling was a “bump in the road.”
“It was passed by voters and it’s going to save lives,” he said. “We expect it to be fully implemented. There are bans on large-capacity magazines in 12 states plus (Washington), D.C. already.”
Measure 114 requires a permit, criminal background check, fingerprinting and hands-on training course for new firearms buyers. It also bans the sale, transfer or import of gun magazines over 10 rounds unless they are owned by law enforcement or a military member or were owned before the measure’s passage. Those who already own high-capacity magazines can only possess them in their homes or use them at a firing range, in shooting competitions or for hunting as allowed by state law after the measure takes effect.
Raschio said in his 25-page ruling that he would wait until the state told him it had a process in place for issuing the permits before holding a hearing on a motion for a preliminary injunction on that element of the law. Oregon has already paused enforcement of the permit provision until Feb. 8 as it finds enough certified firearms trainers for the hands-on classes. A hearing on the background check provisions is set for Dec. 23.
Gun sales and requests for background checks have soared since the measure passed because of fears the new law would prevent or significantly delay the purchase of new firearms under the permitting system.
Gun rights groups, local sheriffs and gun store owners have filed at least four lawsuits, almost all in federal court, saying the law violates Americans’ constitutional right to bear arms. The Harney County lawsuit is the only one filed in state court, gun rights advocates said.
A federal judge in Portland hearing a different challenge to the law under the U.S. Constitution on Dec. 6 delivered an initial victory to proponents of the sweeping gun-control measure that passed in the Nov. 8 midterms.
In that ruling, U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut allowed the ban on the sale and transfer of new high-capacity magazines to take effect. She also granted a 30-day delay before the law’s permit-to-purchase mandate takes effect, but did not quash it entirely as gun rights advocates had wanted.
Raschio’s subsequent ruling the same day threw the law into limbo: Because that lawsuit challenged Measure 114 under the Oregon Constitution, it held precedence in the state, legal experts said.
The law’s fate is being carefully watched by both gun rights advocates and those who want stricter limits on gun ownership. It would be one of the first to take effect since a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June struck down a New York law that placed limits on carrying guns outside the home.
The June ruling signaled a shift in the way the nation’s high court will evaluate Second Amendment infringement claims, with the Supreme Court’s conservative majority finding judges should no longer consider whether the law serves public interests like enhancing public safety.
Instead, judges should only weigh whether the law is “consistent with the Second Amendment’s text and historical understanding.”
The legal focus in Oregon’s state court this week highlighted the historical context of when Oregon’s constitution was enacted, and on the firearms landscape at that time. The Oregon Constitution was enacted in 1859, nearly 70 years after the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was ratified.
Expert witnesses for the plaintiffs and the state gave conflicting opinions about whether “multi-shot” firearms were commercially available and widely known during that era.
Raschio wrote that the plaintiffs had proven to his satisfaction that such large-capacity magazine guns existed at the time and that modern guns are “the direct descendants from the firearms at the time of statehood.”
He also wrote that defendants’ assertions that high-capacity magazines lead to more mass shootings was “mere speculation.”
“The court finds that there is less than a 1 in 1,000,000 chance of a person being a fatality in a mass shooting in Oregon, and even less with an offender who is using a large capacity magazine,” he wrote.
State laws requiring a permit to purchase a firearm were associated with 60% lower odds of having a public mass shooting, according to a study published in 2020. Limits on large-capacity magazines, meanwhile, were linked with 38% fewer people killed in mass shootings.
Defendants noted in their legal filings that every mass shooting since 2004 that resulted in 14 or more deaths involved gun magazines with 10 or more rounds.
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Associated Press writer Gene Johnson in Seattle and Lindsey Whitehurst in Washington, D.C. contributed to this report.
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ABU DHABI, UAE, June 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), the regulator of the healthcare sector in the Emirate, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with AbbVie Biopharmaceutical and M42 to elevate collaborative efforts in tailoring personalised medicine and genomics in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). M42 is a first-of-its-kind, tech-enabled, integrated healthcare company created through the coming together of G42 Healthcare and Mubadala Health.
The MoU was signed by Dr. Asma Al Mannaei, Executive Director of the Research and Innovation Center at the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), Francesco Redivo, Senior Director at G42 Healthcare, a M42 company, and Hala Dalle, Medical Director Gulf & Levant at AbbVie Biopharmaceutical at the AbbVie Bioresearch Center in Boston.
The three parties aim to advance precision medicine in the diagnosis and treatment of multiple myeloma and non-small cell lung cancer. DoH seeks to drive research that will contribute to policy changes and guideline implementation which will enable broader patient access to innovative approaches in healthcare.
The strategic cooperation aims to maximise on the Emirate's unique genomics programme and translate scientific advancements into tangible patient benefits, focusing on precision medicine tailored to individual needs.
Dr. Asma Al Mannaei, Executive Director of the Research and Innovation Center at the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), said: "It is with no doubt that personalised medicine and genomics hold the transformative potential to reshape the delivery of care and improve outcomes. Abu Dhabi continues to harness the power of these fields to unlock a new era of healthcare where every patient's journey is guided by their own genetic blueprint, leading to enhanced quality of life and a brighter future for generations to come. We are proud to witness yet another collaboration with prestigious partners in the biopharma industry during our participation at BIO 2023."
Hassan Sabbah, General Manager AbbVie Gulf & Levant said: "This partnership aims to advance precision medicine in the diagnosis and treatment to help enable broader patient access in UAE to innovative therapies. Our efforts are progressing to launch several initiatives that support research and clinical trials and develop innovative solutions to deal effectively with local and regional health needs, challenges, and burdens."
As part of its preventive healthcare efforts, Abu Dhabi launched the region's first Personalised Precision Medicine Programme for oncology in 2022. The programme integrates predictive, personalised and precision medicine using genomics to transform diagnostics, drug therapy and prevention and tailor it to the needs specific to individuals.
Francesco Redivo, Senior Director at G42 Healthcare, a M42 company said: "I am proud to witness how our vision of realising personalised healthcare is progressing forward as we strengthen our commitments with like-minded pharma businesses like AbbVie who are known to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that enhance people's lives. Our collaboration will be built on joint efforts to advance precision medicine by harnessing real world evidence capabilities, shaping innovative solutions around access to care and translating scientific advancements into tangible patient benefits by maximizing the potential of Emirati Genome Programme."
To learn more, visit: https://www.doh.gov.ae/en/Abu-Dhabi-a-regional-life-science-hub
About Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH):
The Department of Health – (DoH) is the regulatory body of the healthcare sector at the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and ensures excellence in healthcare by monitoring the health status of the population. DoH defines the strategy for the health system, monitors and analyses the health status of the population and performance of the system. In addition, DoH shapes the regulatory framework for the health system, inspects against regulations, enforce standards, and encourages adoption of world-class best practices and performance targets by all healthcare service providers in the Emirate. DoH also drives programmes to increase awareness and adoption of healthy living standards among the residents of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in addition to regulating scope of services, premiums and reimbursement rates of the health system.
For further information on DOH, visit https://www.doh.gov.ae/ and follow on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.
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RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil's Supreme Court has agreed to investigate whether former president Jair Bolsonaro incited the far-right mob that ransacked the country's Congress, top court and presidential offices, a swift escalation in the probe that shows the ex-leader could face legal consequences for an extremist movement he helped build.
Justice Alexandre de Moraes granted a request from the prosecutor general's office to include Bolsonaro in the wider investigation, citing a video the former president posted on Facebook two days after the riot. It claimed Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wasn't voted into office, but rather was chosen by the Supreme Court and Brazil's electoral authority.
Although Bolsonaro posted the video after the riot and deleted it in the morning, prosecutors argued its content was sufficient to justify investigating his conduct beforehand.
Otherwise, Bolsonaro has refrained from commenting on the election since his Oct. 30 defeat. He repeatedly stoked doubt about the reliability of the electronic voting system in the run-up to the vote, filed a request afterward to annul millions of ballots cast using the machines and never conceded.
None of the ex-president's claims were proved, and the results of the election were recognized as legal by different politicians, including some Bolsonaro allies, and several foreign government.
He has taken up residence in an Orlando suburb since leaving Brazil in late December and skipping the Jan. 1 swearing-in of his leftist successor, and some Democratic lawmakers have urged President Joe Biden to cancel his visa.
Following the justice's decision late Friday, Bolsonaro's lawyer Frederick Wassef said in a statement that the former president "vehemently repudiates the acts of vandalism and destruction" from Jan. 8, but blamed supposed "infiltrators" of the protest — something his far-right backers have also claimed.
The statement also said Bolsonaro "never had any relationship or participation with these spontaneous social movements."
Brazilian authorities are investigating who enabled Bolsonaro's radical supporters to storm the seats of power in an attempt to overturn results of the October election. Targets include those who summoned rioters to the capital or paid to transport them, and local security personnel who may have stood aside to let the mayhem occur.
Much of the attention thus far has focused on Anderson Torres, Bolsonaro's former justice minister, who became the federal district's security chief on Jan. 2, and was in the U.S. on the day of the riot.
De Moraes ordered Torres' arrest this week and has opened an investigation into his actions, which he characterized as "neglect and collusion." In his decision, which was made public Friday, de Moraes said that Torres fired subordinates and left the country before the riot, an indication that he was deliberately laying the groundwork for the unrest.
The court also issued an arrest warrant for the former security chief, and he must return within three days or Brazil will request his extradition, Justice Minister Flávio Dino said Friday.
Torres has denied wrongdoing, and said Jan. 10 on Twitter that he would interrupt his vacation to return to Brazil and present his defense. Three days later, that has yet to occur.
The minister pointed to a document that Brazilian federal police found upon searching Torres' home; a draft decree that would have seized control of Brazil's electoral authority and potentially overturned the election. The origin and authenticity of the unsigned document are unclear, and it remains unknown if Bolsonaro or his subordinates took any steps to implement the measure that would have been unconstitutional, according to analysts and the Brazilian academy of electoral and political law.
But the document "will figure in the police investigation, because it even more fully reveals the existence of a chain of people responsible for the criminal events," Dino said, adding that Torres will need to inform police who drafted it.
By failing to initiate a probe against the document's author or report its existence, Torres at very could be charged with dereliction of duty, said Mario Sérgio Lima, a political analyst at Medley Advisors.
Torres said on Twitter that the document was probably found in a pile along with others intended for shredding, and that it was leaked out of context feed false narratives aimed at discrediting him.
Dino told reporters Friday morning that no connection has yet been established between the capital riot and Bolsonaro.
Also on Friday night, the popular social media accounts of several prominent right-wing figures were suspended in Brazil in response to a court order, which journalist Glenn Greenwald obtained and detailed on a live social media broadcast.
The order, also issued by Justice de Moraes, was directed at six social media platforms and established a two-hour deadline to block the accounts or face fines. The accounts belong to a digital influencer, a YouTuber recently elected federal lawmaker, a podcast host in the mold of Joe Rogan, and an evangelical pastor and senator-elect, among others.
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What to Watch: New political vibes this State of the Union
WASHINGTON (AP) — Look for new faces and fresh political dynamics as President Joe Biden delivers this year’s State of the Union address, coupled with attention to some old problems brought back into painful focus by recent events.
The president on Tuesday night will stand before a joint session of Congress for the first time since voters in the midterm elections handed control of the House to Republicans. Biden, like presidents past, will make the case that the nation is strong and that better days lie ahead. But he finds himself in choppy waters as he passes the halfway mark of his term.
After a series of legislative victories during the first two years of Biden’s term, Republicans are looking to undo some of his early wins. Recent mass shootings and a police killing in Memphis, Tennessee, have brought renewed focus to the issues of gun violence and excessive police force. And on the foreign policy front, Biden faces the formidable task of keeping a Western alliance — and the American electorate — united behind Ukraine in its effort to repel Russia’s ongoing invasion. He’s also dealing with fallout from the U.S. downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon that floated across the U.S. last week. On top of all that, a special counsel is investigating how classified information from Biden’s days as vice president and senator ended up at his Delaware home and former office.
Some things to watch for on Tuesday night:
BIDEN v. MCCARTHY
It will be new GOP House Speaker Kevin McCarthy wielding the gavel and seated behind Biden on the dais this time rather than Democrat Nancy Pelosi. Watch the body language between the two — and how Republicans legislators treat Biden overall after some sharp GOP outbursts from the audience last year.
The president and new speaker recently had a productive first sit-down but are at an impasse over the nation’s borrowing limit. Republicans have refused to raise the statutory debt limit unless Biden accepts cuts in federal spending. Biden has said raising the cap is not up for negotiation, and Congress must pay the nation’s bills or the country will face economic calamity.
The Democratic president last week said McCarthy made “absolutely off the wall” commitments to win the speakership. Biden’s rhetorical jabs might not be so sharp in the formal address, but look for him to more subtly argue that there’s an enormous chasm between how he and Republicans approach the economy, health care and Social Security.
GUN VIOLENCE AND POLICING
The parents of Tyre Nichols, who was severely beaten by police officers in Memphis and later died, are expected to be in the audience for Biden’s address. So is Brandon Tsay, who disarmed the gunman who shot and killed 11 people last month in Monterey Park, California, along with others who jumped in during recent mass shootings.
Watch how Biden, in their presence, speaks to the recent rash of mass shootings and the beating death of Nichols, after his past efforts to address gun violence and police excesses have been sharply restricted by resistance in Congress.
Biden has repeatedly urged Congress to pass an assault weapons ban and he’s likely to talk about it again on Tuesday. He’s also spoken out about the deaths of Black and brown people at the hands of police but for him it’s a sensitive matter. He’s a longtime institutionalist who believes in the rule of law and often says he believes in giving police forces better tools and training — not disbanding them.
NEW FACES
There will be plenty of new faces in the crowd as Biden addresses the nation. The nation has a new Supreme Court justice since last year’s address in Ketanji Brown Jackson, and in recent years justices have tended to attend addresses by the president who nominated them. There are new legislators from both parties, as well. Among those getting outsized attention: Rep. George Santos, the New York Republican who has been in the spotlight for embellishments and lies about his education, work experience and other aspects of his personal and professional life.
THE CHINESE BALLOON
Look for Biden to talk about his decision to have the military shoot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon on Saturday, but how tough will he be on China?
His comments on the balloon are likely to be part of a broader section on countering China’s more assertive economic and military actions around the world, according to two administration officials who requested anonymity to preview the speech.
WHAT NEXT IN UKRAINE?
Biden has repeatedly said the U.S. is committed to helping Ukraine “as long as it takes” to beat back Russia. The United States has already committed nearly $30 billion in security assistance since the start of the war.
Polls show Americans r emain broadly in favor of providing support to Ukraine as it tries to fend off Russia. Administration officials, however, have made clear to Ukraine that Congress’ patience with the cost of war is not endless.
Look for Biden to spotlight that Ukraine has been able to stay in the fight with a more formidable Russian military because of U.S. and allies’ generosity. He’ll also try to spell out why Americans must remain committed to a war that has ramifications far beyond Europe.
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT PROBE
Will Biden bring it up? Not likely.
After criticizing his predecessor, Republican President Donald Trump, for holding on to classified documents after his presidency, Biden now finds himself in the middle of a special counsel inquiry into classified documents that were found in his home and former office space.
The White House makes the case it’s important to distinguish between Biden voluntarily turning over documents and the behavior of Trump, who refused to hand over hundreds of documents, prompting the FBI to raid his home.
Biden is likely to steer clear of the controversy in his address, as past presidents have tended to avoid mention of whatever’s got them into difficulty.
THE 2024 QUESTION
Biden is expected to announce he’s running for reelection sometime this spring, but there’s growing sentiment among voters that he should stick to one term. Will Biden address the reelection question head on? Probably not. But his speech could well be framed as an argument for an additional four years of a Biden White House. And millions of viewers will be evaluating not just Biden’s words but his delivery as they weigh whether that’s a good idea.
CULTURE WARS
Arkansas’ new governor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, will deliver the Republican response to Biden’s address.
Sanders has staked out ground in the early days of her term on hot cultural issues in schools by issuing executive orders targeting the teaching of critical race theory in Arkansas schools and expressing support for legislation banning instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through the third grade.
Don’t expect her to hold back on the national stage in making the case that Democrats are out of touch with mainstream American values.
THE FENCE RETURNS
It’s back: the tall, imposing security fencing at the Capitol complex.
Following the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters who refused to accept Biden’s election victory, a massive fence went up around the grounds as a temporary security measure.
It stayed there for six months before finally being removed. It went back up briefly before last year’s State of the Union address, when Democrats were still in charge of Congress. And now it’s back again for this year’s address.
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Associated Press writers Lisa Mascaro and Zeke Miller contributed to this report.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine is getting an additional $1.7 billion in assistance from the U.S. government and the World Bank to pay the salaries of its beleaguered health care workers and provide other essential services.
The money coming Tuesday from the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Treasury Department and the World Bank is meant to alleviate the acute budget deficit caused by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “brutal war of aggression,” USAID said in a statement.
While many medical staffers have left Ukraine, some hospitals have shut down and other hospitals have been bombed. The health workers who remain in Ukraine do their jobs under dire circumstances.
Viktor Liashko, Ukraine’s minister of health, said paying health workers’ salaries is becoming more difficult each month “due to the overwhelming burden of war.”
“$1.7 billion is not just yet another financial support; it is an investment that makes us a step closer to victory,” Liashko said in a statement.
To date, USAID has given $4 billion in budgetary support to the Ukrainian government. These funds have been used for keeping gas and electricity flowing to hospitals and schools, getting humanitarian supplies to citizens and paying the salaries of civil servants and teachers, the organization said.
USAID Administrator Samantha Power said that as Putin’s “assault on Ukraine’s public services continues, the United States is rushing in with financial support to help the government keep the lights on, provide essential services to innocent citizens and pay the health care workers who are providing lifesaving support on the frontlines.”
Last week, the Biden administration said it will send another $400 million in military equipment to Ukraine, the 15th package of military weapons and equipment transferred to Ukraine from Defense Department stocks since last August.
This new set of funds will be used for humanitarian purposes.
“This aid will help Ukraine’s democratic government provide essential services for the people of Ukraine,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a written statement.
Yellen said the money would “reach those who need it most at the front lines of Putin’s brutal and illegal war.”
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JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) - Some North Mississippi voters will head to the polls on Tuesday, January 10th for a special legislative election.
Citizens in House District 23 will choose someone to fill the current term of State Representative Jim Beckett.
Becket resigned last year to become director of the Mississippi Public Utilities.
District 23 covers Calhoun County, along with parts of Webster, Grenada and Lafayette Counties.
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TORONTO and NEW YORK, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Real Brokerage Inc. ("Real" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: REAX) (TSXV: REAX), an international, technology-powered real estate brokerage, is pleased to announce it has filed its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2022.
Additional information concerning Real's unaudited consolidated financial statements and related management's discussion and analysis for the three months ended March 31, 2022 can be found on the Company's profile at www.sedar.com. Unless otherwise stated, all dollar amounts are in thousands of U.S. dollars.
First Quarter Financial Highlights
- Revenue increased 562% to $62 million from $9.3 million in Q1 2021.
- Gross profit grew 374% year over year to $5.9 million in Q1 2022.
- Net operating loss was $4.3 million, compared to $3.7 million in Q1 2021.
- Adjusted EBITDA loss was $1.9 million compared to Adjusted EBITDA loss of $0.9 million in Q1 2021.
- Losses as a percentage of revenue decreased to 7% in Q1 2022 compared to 41% in Q1 2021.
- Cash flow from operations increased by 2,269% to $12 million compared to $0.5 million in Q1 2021.
- As of March 31, 2022, Real had $37.5 million in cash and investments compared to $37.9 million at March 31, 2021. The Company repurchased $4.5 million of common shares pursuant to its normal course issuer bid in Q1 2022.
"During the first quarter of 2022, increases in agent count and revenue per agent, continued to fuel our rapid growth," said Tamir Poleg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Additionally, in support of our commitment to improve the homebuying experience, we acquired Expetitle, Inc., which has been rebranded as Real Title, as we seek to add ancillary services. We are also developing consumer facing technology. These measures help us to better serve our clients and agents, add new sources of revenue and grow our total addressable market as we increase our reach into the online real estate industry."
Operational Highlights
- Surpassed 4,500 agents in March 2022, a 140% increase since March 2021.
- The value of completed real estate transactions grew 544% to $2.4 billion, compared to $374 million in Q1 2021.
- Revenue per agent grew 176% to $13.6 thousand in Q1 2022 compared to $4.9 thousand in Q1 2021.
- Transactions per agent grew to 1.38 compared to 0.7 in Q1 2021.
- Completed transactions grew 369% to 6,291 compared to 1,340 in Q1 2021.
- Announced the acquisition of Expetitle, Inc.
- Expanded operations into Ontario, New Mexico, Arkansas, and Maine.
- As of March 31, 2022, Real offered real estate brokerage services in 43 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and Alberta, Canada and Ontario, Canada.
- As of March 31, 2022, Real's efficiency ratio (Full Time Employees : Agents) was 1:55, with a long term target of 1:75. Real views this as a competitive advantage as the industry standard is a ratio of approximately 1:25.
The Company will discuss the results on a conference call and live webcast today at 11:00 a.m. EST.
Details of the conference call are listed below:
About Real
Real ( www.joinreal.com ) is a technology-powered real estate brokerage operating in 44 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and Canada . Real is building the future, together with more than 4,500 agents and their clients. Real creates financial opportunities for agents through better commission splits, best-in-class technology, revenue sharing and equity incentives.
Contact Information
For additional information, please contact:
The Real Brokerage Inc.
Elisabeth Warrick
elisabeth@therealbrokerage.com
Caroline Glennon
thunder11@therealbrokerage.com
201-564-4221
Investors, for more information, please contact:
Jason Lee
Vice President, Capital Markets & Investor Relations
investors@therealbrokerage.com
908-280-2515
Non-IFRS Measures
This news release includes reference to "Adjusted EBITDA", which is a non-International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") financial measure. Non-IFRS measures are not recognized measures under IFRS, do not have a standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. Adjusted EBITDA is used as an alternative to net income by removing major non-cash items such as amortization, interest, stock-based compensation, current and deferred income tax expenses and other items management considers non-operating in nature. Adjusted EBITDA has no direct comparable IFRS financial measures. The Company has used or included this non-IFRS measures solely to provide investors with added insight into Real's financial performance. Readers are cautioned that such non-IFRS measure may not be appropriate for any other purpose. Non-IFRS measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS.
The following table reconciles the non-IFRS measure to the most comparable IFRS measure for the three ended March 31, 2022. This measure does not have any standardized meaning under IFRS and is not a measure of financial performance under IFRS, and therefore, may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies.
Forward-Looking Information
This press release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking information is often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as "seek", "anticipate", "believe", "plan", "estimate", "expect", "likely" and "intend" and statements that an event or result "may", "will", "should", "could" or "might" occur or be achieved and other similar expressions. These statements reflect management's current beliefs and are based on information currently available to management as at the date hereof. Forward-looking information in this press release includes, without limiting the foregoing, expectations regarding Real's growth and the business and strategic plans of the Company.
Forward-looking information is based on assumptions that may prove to be incorrect, including but not limited to Real's business objectives, expected growth, results of operations, performance, business projects and opportunities and financial results. Real considers these assumptions to be reasonable in the circumstances. However, forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking information. These factors should be carefully considered and readers should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements. Although the forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based upon what management believes to be reasonable assumptions, Real cannot assure readers that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release, and Real assumes no obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances, except as required by law.
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Fall starts at 9 p.m. ET Thursday, a day officially known as the autumn equinox.
Both equinoxes and solstices only happen twice a year — the first days of fall and spring are equinoxes, while the first days of summer and winter are solstices.
How are they different?
What is an equinox?
On the day of an equinox, the Earth is tilting neither toward or away from the sun, and therefore receives almost an equal amount of daylight and darkness, according to the National Weather Service.
At places along the equator, the sun is directly overhead at about noon on these days. Day and night appear to be equal due to the bending of the sun's rays, which makes the sun appear above the horizon when it is actually below it.
During an equinox, days are slightly longer in places with higher latitudes. At the equator, daylight may last for about 12 hours and seven minutes. But at a place with 60 degrees of latitude, such as the North Pole, a day is about 12 hours and 16 minutes.
What is a solstice?
On the day of a solstice, the Earth is at its maximum tilt, 23.5 degrees, either toward or away from the sun.
During a summer solstice, the sun is directly above the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere and is tilting toward the sun, causing the longest day of the year. It is winter in the Southern Hemisphere, where the Earth is tilting away from the sun.
Likewise, a winter solstice happens in the Northern Hemisphere when the hemisphere is tilting away from the sun, making it the day with the least amount of sunlight. The sun is above the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere, making it summer there.
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Key Strategy, Transformation Leaders Also Elevated
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Acosta, a global integrated sales and marketing services leader, today announced leadership and organizational changes that will bolster the company's Sales Agency In-Store operations, Digital Commerce capabilities, and Commercial strategy and support, delivering enhanced services and outcomes for the company's CPG clients and retail customers. The company also announced new and evolved roles for its Strategy and Transformation leadership to strengthen the design and execution of its strategic initiatives.
"As Acosta continues to evolve as a company, we are focusing our organization and investments to meet the needs of our clients and customers in an increasingly dynamic marketplace," said Brian Wynne, Acosta CEO. "These changes will further support the integration of our successful acquisitions made over the past 18 months, optimize Acosta's best-in-class retail processes and structure, and build on our unmatched capabilities that drive profitable growth for our partners across CPG and retail."
- David Yenzer, formerly President of Premium, an Acosta agency acquired in 2021, will now serve as President, In-Store Services Team, reporting to Darian Pickett, CEO, Acosta Sales Agency. Yenzer will lead a team that addresses today's most significant retail challenges across labor, technology, and execution.
The In-Store Services Team will leverage Acosta's unparalleled scale, data, and technologies to drive retail execution and compliance and deliver stronger ROI for its brand and retailer partners across the entire enterprise. Areas of focus include enabling elevated service and outcomes for CPG clients and retail customers, improving talent acquisition and associate retention and engagement, and fully implementing Acosta's SmartRetail/360 technology across the retail sales operations team. - John Carroll will shift from his role as Chief Growth Officer to serve as President of Acosta's Digital Commerce business segment and will continue reporting to Wynne. This group will enable clients to bridge the physical and digital shelves by offering one-stop omnichannel digital commerce services that drive conversion and brand preference.
Acosta's Digital Commerce services include Amazon through OeP, retailer.com, content syndication, advanced insights and analytics, as well as revenue growth management, supply chain, and omnichannel insights and reporting. - Jeremy Benedict will move into the newly established Chief Commercial Officer role after serving as Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer for the past two years. He will also continue reporting to Wynne. Benedict and his team will enable Acosta's go-to-market teams with the content, tools, and training needed to help current and potential clients access the breadth of Acosta's capabilities to grow their businesses.
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"I congratulate these leaders and their teams for embracing the work ahead as we continue transforming our organization and capabilities. The changes we are making will help strengthen and grow our client and customer relationships and create great opportunities for our people," said Wynne.
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AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — An escaped inmate was taken back into custody Wednesday morning after he was recognized attempting to order a hamburger.
Jason Lyle Conrad — who’d been on the run since Tuesday morning after escaping from a transport vehicle transfer — was captured by authorities Wednesday morning following a short foot chase in Akron, Ohio, the U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of Ohio reported.
The 39-year-old is now back at Summit County Jail, but it was a tip from McDonald’s employees that led to his capture.
According to 911 recordings released by the Akron Police Department, employees identified the man, who’d pulled up in street clothes riding a bike around 8:30 a.m., from his tattoos and his limp. He reportedly tried to order a burger for $1 but was told the restaurant did not offer those. He then rode off.
Another 911 call revealed he was spotted riding along Aqueduct Street. He was apprehended near train tracks near North Arlington Street and East North Street around 9:30 a.m.
“Safety in the communities we serve is one of the most important parts of our jobs,” Pete Elliott, U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of Ohio, said in a press release. “Knowing this fugitive is off the streets makes the city of Akron a safer place and the U.S. Marshals Service will not give up searching until fugitives like this are behind bars.” | https://pix11.com/news/us-world-news/escaped-ohio-inmate-caught-after-attempting-to-order-1-burger-from-mcdonalds/ | 2023-06-01 02:11:26 | 1 | https://pix11.com/news/us-world-news/escaped-ohio-inmate-caught-after-attempting-to-order-1-burger-from-mcdonalds/ |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) – Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday a list of out-of-state driver’s licenses that are no longer valid in Florida due to a new law considered to be its toughest immigration crackdown to date.
DeSantis, along with the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, created the list of invalid licenses as part of the newly implemented Senate Bill 1718, which includes five states.
As of July 1, these out-of-state licenses are no longer valid in Florida if the driver is in the U.S. illegally.
- Delaware
- Connecticut
- Hawaii
- Rhode Island
- Vermont
“Someone who is in our country illegally and has violated our laws should not possess a government-issued ID which allows them access to state-funded services and other privileges afforded to lawful residents,” DeSantis said. “The Biden administration may continue to abdicate its responsibilities to secure our border, but Florida will stand for the rule of law. Even if the federal government refuses, Florida will act decisively to protect our citizens, our state, and our country.”
According to the governor’s office, information regarding invalid out-of-state licenses is subject to change through periodic updates due to other states revising their driver’s license issuance requirements.
“FLHSMV and its division of the Florida Highway Patrol are prepared to strictly enforce Senate Bill 1718,” Kerner said in a statement. “This legislation supports two of our primary goals: to enhance homeland security and to interdict criminal activity. It communicates our state policy that Florida will not provide incentives to undocumented immigrants while reminding criminal cartels and those who are planning to unlawfully cross our national border that Florida should not be their destination of choice. Florida will not accept driver’s licenses from those who cannot provide proof of lawful presence in the United States. By doing this, we commit to a safer Florida.”
Florida Highway Patrol Colonel Gary Howze II also said SB1718 is about “safety and security.”
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DeSantis earlier this year signed SB1718 into law, which the governor says is the “strongest anti-illegal immigration legislation in the county.” The new law prohibits the issuance of a driver’s license to anyone who does not provide proof of lawful presence in the U.S. and specifies that out-of-state driver licenses issued exclusively to illegal aliens are invalid in Florida.
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HONOLULU (AP) — Lava is shooting 100 feet to 200 feet (30 to 60 meters) into the air as Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupts for the first time in nearly 40 years.
For now, lava is not threatening any homes or communities and no evacuation orders have been issued. Lava could eventually reach neighborhoods as it flows downhill though it could take a week or more for molten rock to reach populated areas.
Mauna Loa is spewing sulfur dioxide and other volcanic gases. They form volcanic smog, or vog, when they mix with vapor, oxygen and dust in sunlight. As a result, state health officials are urging people to cut back on outdoor exercise and other activities that cause heavy breathing.
Mauna Loa last erupted in 1984. Its smaller, more active neighbor, Kilauea volcano, has been erupting continuously for more than a year since September 2021.
WHERE IS MAUNA LOA?
Mauna Loa is one of five volcanoes that together make up the Big Island of Hawaii, which is the southernmost island in the Hawaiian archipelago. It’s not the tallest (that title goes to Mauna Kea) but it’s the largest and makes up about half of the island’s land mass.
It sits immediately north of Kilauea volcano, which is well-known for a 2018 eruption that destroyed 700 homes and sent rivers of lava spreading across farms and into the ocean.
Mauna Loa last erupted 38 years ago. The current eruption is its 34th since written history began in 1843.
The Big Island is mostly rural and hosts cattle ranches and coffee farms but it is also home to a few small cities, including the county seat of Hilo, which has a population of 45,000.
It’s about 200 miles (320 kilometers) south of Hawaii’s most populous island, Oahu, where the state capital, Honolulu, and beach resort Waikiki are both located.
Mauna Loa’s volume is estimated to be at least 18,000 square miles (75,000 square kilometers), making it the world’s largest volcano when measured from the ocean floor to its summit.
WHERE IS MAUNA LOA ERUPTING FROM?
The eruption began Sunday night at its summit after a series of large earthquakes. It then spread to vents that formed in a rift zone where the mountain is splitting apart and it’s easier for magma to emerge.
These vents are on the mountain’s northeast side and lava emerging there could head toward Hilo, which is on the east side of the island.
Ken Hon, scientist-in-charge at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, said he doesn’t expect additional vents to form on the volcano’s southwest rift zone during this eruption. That means communities to the west would be spared lava flows this time.
Mauna Loa also erupted from the northeast in 1984. That time, lava headed toward Hilo but stopped a few miles short of the city.
Historically, each Mauna Loa eruption has lasted a few weeks. Hon expects the current eruption to follow this pattern.
IS MAUNA LOA EXPLODING LIKE MOUNT ST. HELENS?
Mauna Loa is not exploding like Washington state’s Mount St. Helens did in 1980, killing 57 people. That eruption sent ash soaring over 80,000 feet (24,384 meters) and raining down as far as 250 miles (400 kilometers) away.
The magma in Mount St. Helens tends to be stickier and traps more gas, making it much more likely to explode when it rises. It’s of a variety called composite volcanoes, which form concave cones.
Mauna Loa’s magma tends to be hotter, drier and more fluid. That allows the magma’s gas to escape and lava to flow down the side the volcano the way it is starting to do now. Mauna Loa is a shield volcano, named because the long, broad flanks built by repeated lava flows give it the appearance of a warrior’s shield.
In 1989, Alaska’s Redoubt Volcano, another composite volcano, belched an 8-mile cloud of ash that clogged all four engines of a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines jet. The plane fell 13,000 feet before all engines restarted and the plane landed without injury to the 245 people aboard.
Mauna Loa released some ash this time but on a vastly smaller scale than these examples from composite volcanoes.
WHAT HAZARDS ARE POSED BY MAUNA LOA’S ERUPTION?
-Lava: Molten rock could cover houses, farms or neighborhoods, depending on where it flows. But lava from the northeast rift zone will likely take at least a week to reach populated areas, allowing people time to evacuate if needed.
-Volcanic gas: Mauna Loa is releasing volcanic gases, mostly sulfur dioxide. The gases are present in their highest concentrations in the immediate area around the summit crater or vents. But they also combine with other particles to form vog, which can spread across the Big Island and even waft over to the state’s other islands.
Vog can give healthy people burning eyes, headaches and sore throats. It can send those with asthma or other respiratory problems to the hospital.
-Glass particles: When hot lava erupts from a fissure and rapidly cools, it forms glass particles named “Pele’s hair” and “Pele’s tears” after the Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes.
The particles tend not to travel far from volcanic vents — maybe only a few hundred yards or a mile — and won’t threaten many people, said Aaron Pietruszka, an associate specialist at the University of Hawaii’s Department of Earth Sciences.
“It just literally looks like hair strands. And that’s where the fluid lava is stretched by the wind to make long, thin strands,” said Pietruszka.
The glass bits — as short as a few millimeters or as long as a few inches — can be sharp.
“You wouldn’t want to be digging your hands in it because you could get a cut,” Pietruszka said.
An N95 or KF94 mask would protect against these glass particles but not against volcanic gas, said Dr. Libby Char, the director of the state Department of Health.
“Pele’s hair” specimens from Kilauea volcano’s eruption are visible at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
HOW SIGNIFICANT ARE MAUNA LOA’S GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS?
Mauna Loa released about 15,000 tons of carbon dioxide per day during its 1984 eruption, according to USGS data.
That’s equivalent to the annual emissions from 2,400 sport utility vehicles.
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HANGZHOU, China, July 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On the afternoon of July 3, the opening ceremony of "Abundance in Patriotic Spirit: Art Documents of Qin Dahu" kicked off at the Art Museum of China Academy of Art. The exhibition is hosted by the Zhejiang Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the China Academy of Art (CAA), organized by the Art Museum of CAA, Zhejiang Artists Association, School of Painting of CAA, and Zhejiang Academy of Oil Painting, and supported by the National Art Museum of China, Zhejiang Art Museum, Yantai Art Museum, the Affiliated High School of CAA, among other art schools.
Mr. Qin Dahu is an influential oil painter and educator in contemporary China, specializing in thematic art creation. He entered the Affiliated Middle School of the East China Branch (now CAA) of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1956 and graduated from the Department of Oil Painting of Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now CAA) with a bachelor's degree in 1963. From 1985 until his retirement, Mr. Qin served as an oil painting instructor at the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, exerting a significant influence on the oil painting education of CAA in the new era.
The exhibition showcases more than 150 pieces/sets of Mr. Qin Dahu's artworks, including oil paintings, sketches, quick sketches, creative sketches, literature, and comic strips, in four sections, namely, "Years of Military Service", "Love for the Motherland", "Magnificent Landscape", and "Artistic Heritage". The exhibition uses multi-level documents and materials to comprehensively present Mr. Qin's unique perspectives as a native artist and educator, emphasizing the "people-oriented" visual impression of his works and creating an effective space for social aesthetic education with thematic art creation as the focus.
The exhibition will last through August 5.
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Military warns troops to avoid poppy seeds
(CNN) - The U.S. military is telling active-duty soldiers to stop eating poppy seed bagels, pastries and other foods with poppy seeds.
The top Pentagon official for personnel sent a memo warning service members that eating poppy seeds could cause them to fail drug tests.
The memo said poppy seed crops are cultivated by pharmaceutical and food industries, and during harvest the seeds could be contaminated with morphine and codeine.
It was not mentioned how many troops may have had positive drug tests as a result of poppy seeds.
Pentagon researchers are now looking at positive drug tests dating back to 2019.
Military leaders said they will update the guidance depending on what the review finds and what is appropriate.
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has also urged athletes to avoid poppy seeds a few days before and during competition to avoid positive drug tests.
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WEST MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — On Tuesday, December 20, 2022, the Foodbank of Northeast Louisiana announced the winners of the 2022 Christmas Cheer Jingle Drive. The following schools below are this year’s winners:
1st: Neville High School – $3.39 raised per student
2nd: Briarfield Academy – $1.92 raised per student
3rd: West Ridge Middle – $1.37 raised per student
The total raised for this year was almost $7,266.68. The Food Bank’s Christmas Cheer school food drive involves local schools supporting the Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana during the holiday season. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/top-stories/nela-foodbank-announces-winners-for-2022-christmas-cheer-jingle-drive/ | 2022-12-20 18:53:09 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/top-stories/nela-foodbank-announces-winners-for-2022-christmas-cheer-jingle-drive/ |
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is seeking to fend off a challenge from Donald Trump-endorsed fellow Republican Kelly Tshibaka in Tuesday's election, as she seeks reelection to the seat she's held for nearly 20 years.
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Murkowski touted her seniority and willingness to work across party lines to advance Alaska's priorities. Murkowski is the most senior member of Alaska's congressional delegation, following the death in March of Republican Rep. Don Young, who held Alaska's House seat for 49 years.
But Tshibaka argued it is time for a change. She noted that a Murkowski has held the Senate seat since 1981; before Lisa Murkowski, it was her father, Frank Murkowski.
Murkowski said she felt good about her campaign and the support she's received but said voter turnout is key. She said in 2010, many of her supporters “kind of took for granted that I was going to be OK,” and she lost her Republican primary to tea party upstart Joe Miller. She ultimately held onto the seat with a general election write-in campaign that year.
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In this year's August primary, Tshibaka finished second, behind Murkowski, with about 38% of the vote. Many have seen Alaska's new elections process - a combination of open primaries and ranked choice general elections - as benefiting Murkowski. But Tshibaka expressed confidence in her own bid.
The race also includes Democrat Pat Chesbro, who has struggled to gain traction and lagged far behind Murkowski and Tshibaka in fundraising. Republican Buzz Kelley, fourth in the primary, ended his campaign, though he's still on the ballot and endorsed Tshibaka.
Murkowski, who was censured by state Republican party leaders last year over grievances including her vote to convict Trump at his second impeachment trial, in ads said she is “for Alaska, always,” a nod to what she has said is her commitment “to the people, not to a party.”
Trump, who in that trial was acquitted, last month criticized the Senate Leadership Fund, a third-party group affiliated with Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, for running ads against Tshibaka. Tshibaka expressed frustration with the ads, too, saying that money would be better spent helping Republican candidates in other states.
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She said she was hearing from Alaskans turned off by the TV ads and mailers. Tshibaka has said she would not support McConnell for majority leader and dismissed suggestions she might be marginalized, if elected, in a McConnell-led conference.
Murkowski “can be controlled. I can’t be,” she said. “I think that's exactly what Alaskans want, is somebody who's not going to be controlled by DC but is an independent voice for Alaska.”
A spokesperson for the group, Jack Pandol, said Murkowski “has been a tireless advocate for Alaska and we are proud to support her re-election.” The group said its policy is to defend Republican incumbents.
The ranked choice election is in keeping with a 2020 voter initiative that replaced party primaries with open primaries and instituted ranked voting for general elections. Under ranked voting, ballots are counted in rounds. A candidate can win outright with more than 50% of the vote in the first round. If no one hits that threshold, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated. Voters who chose that candidate as their top pick have their votes count for their next choice.
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OAKTON, Va. (WDVM) – The Ambrose family clears dead hammerhead flatworms from their driveway in Oakton, Virginia every morning. It’s been a ritual for the past two months, starting when they spotted a 14-inch hammerhead flatworm slithering in front of their home.
Their family dog, Peanut, had the first unpleasant encounter with the worm.
“Peanut’s running up to the house off her leash as she always does and here across the driveway is a stretched-out 14-inch worm,” Kevin Ambrose told Nexstar’s WDVM. Ambrose said the worm stuck to Peanut’s legs and wrapped around her body before splitting in half.
He said he later picked up another hammerhead worm. This time, the worm split into four fragments and squirmed off into the grass. That’s one of the alarming features of the species — it can regenerate from fragments, creating even more worms and exacerbating the problem.
Ambrose isn’t the only one dealing with this invasive worm.
What are hammerhead worms?
The flatworms are slightly brown and yellow in color with crescent-shaped heads, growing well beyond a foot long.
George Mason University ecology professor Chris Jones studies invasive species in the region. He said that there are at least eight species of hammerhead worms, which originated in Asia and first appeared in the U.S. in 1901. Hammerhead worm sightings have increased recently, he explained.
“It hangs around at a very low level. There are things that kind of hang out cryptically and then take off for various reasons,” Jones told WDVM.
The worms aren’t seriously harmful to humans, according to Jones, though the toxins on their slimy skin could be irritating. Jones said pets could get very sick if they ingest the worms, which happened to Peanut.
Ambrose said Peanut vomited up a worm and was sick for several hours.
Where are hammerhead worms found?
The worms thrive in areas that are humid and warm. There are at least 15 species in North America, according to Penn State Extension. Only about two or four are native while the majority have been brought to the country from Asia, as Jones noted.
The shovel-headed worm — which appears to be the most common of the invasive flatworms in the U.S. — has been reported in states primarily throughout the South and Southwest. According to a mapping system by the University of Georgia, there have been positive observations of the invasive species in Hawaii, California, Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Florida, Georiga, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and New Jersey. They’ve also been reported as far north as Pennsylvania and Illinois.
Among the species native to the U.S. is the diporodemus merridithae, found only in a portion of the Great Smokey Mountains National Park.
What should you do if you find a hammerhead worm?
Regardless of the species of hammerhead worm you find, as long as it isn’t native to the area, the environmentally ethical thing to do is to dispose of them, according to Jones. He said they are harmful to earthworms, which are a crucial component of our region’s ecosystem.
He advises pouring salt on the worms, letting them sit for a few minutes, then putting on gloves and placing them in a plastic bag. He said to then throw the bag in the trashcan.
Remember, cutting the worm in half (or quarters) will not kill it since it can regenerate from its fragments.
Citrus oil and vinegar are also effective in killing the flatworms, but the liquids must be applied directly to the worm, according to Lamar County AgriLife Extension Agent Jessica Humphrey. Penn State Extension also recommends placing the worms in alcohol, or into a bag and freezing them.
For now, the Ambrose family says they’ll continue employing the salt tactic. Ambrose isn’t sure if he’ll ever fully eradicate the worms from his yard, but he’ll continue to clear worms when they can.
“We’ll try to reduce the numbers as best we can just by looking out for them,” he said. “There’s patches of salt on the driveway. When worms go across the driveway, they salt themselves and they’re dead.” | https://www.wane.com/dont-miss/find-one-of-these-invasive-toxin-covered-worms-heres-what-you-should-do/ | 2023-07-28 16:17:16 | 1 | https://www.wane.com/dont-miss/find-one-of-these-invasive-toxin-covered-worms-heres-what-you-should-do/ |
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
9-2-1-6
(nine, two, one, six)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
9-2-1-6
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Mattel unveiled a new Barbie representing someone with Down syndrome. Mattel said the doll “is meant to inspire all children to tell more stories through play.”
Mattel said to ensure the Barbie accurately depicts someone with Down syndrome, it “worked closely” with leaders from the National Down Syndrome Society. Mattel said the organization’s guidance “informed the design process from start to finish, including the doll’s sculpt, clothing, accessories and packaging.”
“It was an honor working with Barbie on the Barbie doll with Down syndrome,” Kandi Pickard, National Down Syndrome Society president and CEO, said in a statement. “This means so much for our community, who for the first time, can play with a Barbie doll that looks like them. This Barbie serves as a reminder that we should never underestimate the power of representation. It is a huge step forward for inclusion and a moment that we are celebrating.”
Mattel said the doll’s sculpt has a longer torso and shorter frame as part of its depiction. It includes a rounder shape, smaller ears, and a flat nasal bridge, Mattel said. The doll’s dress is yellow and blue with butterflies on it, representing the colors and symbols of Down syndrome awareness.
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The Barbie also has pink ankle foot orthotics, depicting children who often need the orthotics to support their feet and ankles.
Mattel said the doll will be available at select retailers this summer for $10.99.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 6,000 babies a year are born with Down syndrome. This represents 1 out of every 700 births, the CDC says.
The CDC says Down syndrome is a lifelong condition, but early treatment can improve mental and physical health outcomes.
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RED BANK, N.J., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Provention Bio, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRVB), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to intercepting and preventing immune-mediated disease, today announced that management will participate virtually in a corporate presentation at the H.C. Wainwright 24th Annual Global Investment Conference on Monday, September 12th at 7:00am EST.
The presentation will be webcast live and can be accessed by visiting the Events and Webcasts section of the Company's website: http://investors.proventionbio.com/events. The webcast will be archived on the Company's website for 30 days following the presentation.
Provention Bio, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRVB) is a biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing the development of investigational therapies that may intercept and prevent debilitating and life-threatening immune-mediated diseases. The Biologics License Application (BLA) for teplizumab, its lead investigational drug candidate, for the delay of progression to Stage 3 clinical type 1 diabetes in at-risk individuals has been filed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Company's pipeline includes additional clinical-stage product candidates that have demonstrated in pre-clinical or clinical studies proof-of-mechanism and/or proof-of-concept in other autoimmune diseases, including celiac disease and lupus. Visit www.ProventionBio.com for more information and follow us on Twitter: @ProventionBio.
Provention Bio, Inc. uses its website, www.proventionbio.com, as a means of disclosing material nonpublic information and for complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation F.D. Such disclosures will be included on the Company's website in the "News" section. Accordingly, investors should monitor this portion of the Company's website, in addition to following its press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts.
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Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham says he intends to challenge the subpoena that he was issued by an Atlanta-area special grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia.
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Attorneys representing Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham say that he intends to challenge the subpoena that he was issued by an Atlanta-area special grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia.
"Senator Graham plans to go to court, challenge the subpoena, and expects to prevail," attorneys Bart Daniel and Matt Austin wrote in a written statement on behalf of Graham.
Graham's attorneys also wrote that in their "conversations with Fulton County investigators," they have been informed that "Senator Graham is neither a subject nor target of the investigation, simply a witness."
"This is all politics. Fulton County is engaged in a fishing expedition and working in concert with the January 6 Committee in Washington. Any information from an interview or deposition with Senator Graham would immediately be shared with the January 6 Committee," Daniel and Austin wrote in the statement.
Graham's legal team also stated that as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Graham was "well within his right to discuss with state officials the processes and procedures around administering elections."
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' special grand jury wants to hear from Graham because the Republican senator allegedly made two calls to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his staff in the wake of the 2020 election.
According to court filings, Graham "questioned Raffensperger and his staff about reexamining certain absentee ballots cast in Georgia in order to explore the possibility of a more favorable outcome for former President Donald Trump."
The filing also states that Graham brought up allegations of widespread voter fraud, which have been widely debunked.
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Which green flannel is best?
With a vintage-inspired look and a festive color, green flannels have quickly become a staple wardrobe item. Whether you are looking for a thick flannel jacket for outdoor wear or a more lightweight shirt for casual wear, there is a green flannel that fits your needs. If you are looking for a classic green flannel shirt, our top choice is the Goodthreads Standard-Fit Long-Sleeve Shirt.
What to know before you buy a green flannel
Green flannel materials
Most green flannel shirts are constructed using either cotton, wool or a cotton-wool blend. While all these materials are great for outdoor wear, one may be better suited than the other depending on your lifestyle and intended wear.
- Cotton: A natural fabric, cotton is lightweight, breathable and soft. Cotton is a great option for staying warm during cool autumn days. Cotton is the ideal material for people with sensitive skin. However, cotton is not as durable as some other materials and tends to break down over time.
- Wool: A more heavyweight option, wool will keep you warm on even the coldest night. With a more rugged look and significantly more durable makeup, wool is a great option for outdoor wear. Due to its fibrous makeup, some people may find wool to be irritating or uncomfortable on their skin.
- Cotton-wool blend: If you want a flannel that is both durable and comfortable, a cotton-wool blend may be the best option. With the softness of cotton and durability of wool, a cotton-wool blend is sure to last a while and keep you comfortable.
Styling
- Professional: If you are planning on wearing a green flannel shirt in a professional setting, it is important you choose an option that fits your body type and has a lightweight construction. A cotton, patterned flannel that buttons up is a great option for more professional styling.
- Casual: Some typical casual-wear options for green flannel shirts are open-style layering or as a stand-alone button-up. If you plan on mainly wearing your flannel in a layering style, then opt for a slightly oversized flannel. If you would prefer to wear your flannel as a stand-alone button-up, choose one that is appropriately sized.
- Outdoors: If you plan on wearing your flannel outdoors, consider the climate where you live. If you live in an area with a cooler climate, invest in a heavyweight or lined green flannel. If you live in an environment that doesn’t get too cold, a lightweight flannel may be a good investment for you.
Another great option for outdoor wear are flannel jackets, these jackets have a more durable construction and extra insulation, making them great for any kind of outdoor wear.
What to look for in a quality green flannel
Pockets
Most green flannels come with at least one chest pocket. However, some options may come with added side pockets or pockets along the inside.
Color
From sage green to dark green, any wardrobe can benefit from the addition of a green flannel. Consider which shade of green is going to be the most versatile and flattering with your wardrobe.
If you mainly wear dark-blue or black pants, an army-green flannel would look nice. If you mainly wear light-blue or khaki pants, pair them with a dark-green flannel.
Patterns
The traditional square flannel pattern continues to be incredibly popular. If you would prefer a green flannel that is a little more unique, choose a crosshatch or faded pattern.
How much you can expect to spend on a green flannel
Expect to spend $25-$60 dollars on a green flannel shirt. More lightweight, cotton green flannel shirts tend to be cheaper, while heavyweight wool or lined options tend to be more on the expensive side. Green flannel jackets tend to fall in a higher price bracket than shirts.
Green flannel FAQ
What color pants can you wear with a dark-green flannel?
A. For a classic look, pair dark-green flannel with light-wash denim or khaki pants.
Are wool green flannel shirts machines washable?
A. Yes, wool green flannel shirts are machine washable. It is recommended they be washed on a delicate cycle and air-dried.
What’s the best green flannel to buy?
Top green flannel
Goodthreads Standard-Fit Long-Sleeve Shirt
What you need to know: This dark-green flannel shirt is a fan favorite and is perfect for any winter wardrobe.
What you’ll love: This green flannel is 100% cotton, making it great for comfortable wear on cool days. It is a dark-green color and has a unique herringbone pattern.
What you should consider: Some consumers noted issues with sizing in the arms, so it is recommended that people with broad shoulders size up when purchasing.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top green flannel for the money
Wrangler Authentics Men’s Long-Sleeve Flannel Shirt
What you need to know: This affordable green flannel has a lightweight construction, making it ideal for casual winter wear.
What you’ll love: Made with 100% cotton, this flannel is breathable and soft. It has a relaxed fit and unique crosshatch pattern.
What you should consider: This flannel is lightweight, so it does not offer a ton of warmth.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Legendary Whitetails Men’s Heavyweight Jacket
What you need to know: This heavyweight flannel has an insulated lining.
What you’ll love: The insulated lining of this jacket provides incredible warmth, while the heavyweight flannel is sure to withstand any type of outdoor environment. The two chest pockets and added side pockets are great for on-the-go storage.
What you should consider: Some consumers noted issues with sizing in the shoulders. It is recommended that people who would prefer a little extra room in the shoulders size up when purchasing this jacket.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Labor Day sales are officially here! If you're looking to shop cute new home decor and more for fall, you're in luck. Wayfair is holding their huge Labor Day Sale right now, where you can find deals up to 70% off everything from wall art and seasonal decor, to bedroom furniture and kitchen appliances. It's a must-shop sale, especially if you want to update your home for the upcoming season.
For instance, The Holiday Aisle has a lot of great items included in the Wayfair Labor Day Sale that you'll want to add to your bag ASAP. One thing we're loving is this stunning fall-themed wreath complete with autumn-colored maple leaves, pumpkins and berry clusters. Best part is, it's listed at $66 but you can get it on sale now for $38.
If you've got plans to entertain guests in the upcoming months, whether that be for football season or an intimate gathering with close friends, Wayfair has all the cute entertaining must-haves guaranteed to impress your guests at discounted prices.
We've rounded up some of the best Wayfair Labor Day 2022 deals we could find. Check those out below.
Can't-Miss Deals From the Wayfair Labor Day 2022 Sale
17 Stories Kazuhiko 19'' Desk Lamp
This industrial-style table lamp is simple and sophisticated with it's matte black finish. It's versatile and can easily fit in any room. Plus, there are three other colors to choose from. It's originally $50, but on sale now for $28.
August Harvest Festival Cotton Lumbar Pillow
Add some fall touches to your home with the Harvest Festival Pumpkin Pie Recipe Throw Pillow. It's about 14" x 22", and made with a natural woven 100% cotton chambray shell. Right now, it's on sale for $20.
Wrought Studio Aliyaha 20 Piece Flatware Set - Service for 4
Upgrade your table set up this fall with this cool matte metallic flatware set. It comes with 20 pieces including salad forks, dinner forks, dinner knives, dinner spoons, and teaspoons. It's originally $115 but on sale today for $46.
Sealy to Go 12'' Medium Memory Foam Mattress in a Box - Queen
In the market for a new mattress? Wayfair's Labor Day Sale has a really great deal on the Sealy to Go 12'' Medium Memory Foam Mattress in a Box. It's originally $1,199 for a queen sized bed, but it's on sale now for $489. Plus, it's a shopper-fave mattress with over 3,300 five-star reviews.
NFL BBQ Grilling Tool Set
With football season right around the corner, you can snag this top-rated NFL bbq grilling tool set. The set includes a spatula, a fork, tongs, and a basting brush. You can also choose which team you want. This also makes a great gift!
Sand & Stable Teele 18'' Wide Square Pouf Ottoman
This versatile pouf can be used both indoors and out. It's large enough to be a coffee table, extra seating or even a foot rest. It's made from braided natural jute fabric and filled with styrofoam beans. It's originally $192 but you can get it on sale today for $56.
The Holiday Aisle Fall Festive Harvest Display
Get your home ready for fall by adding this lovely fall harvest display to your table setting.
Wayfair Basics Microfiber Sheet Set with Bonus Pillowcase
If you want to change up your beddings for fall, the Wayfair Basics Microfiber Sheet Set is a great budget-friendly option with deals at around $20 for a queen sized sheet set. There are over 46,000 five-star reviews and multiple colors to choose from.
The Holiday Aisle Harvest Maple Leaves 24'' Polyester Wreath
This gorgeous wreath is sure to put you in the mood for fall. It's originally $66, but you can get it on sale today for $38. Your fellow Wayfair shoppers say it's just as stunning in person!
Rachael Ray Cook & Create Hard Anodized Nonstick Frying Pan Set, 2-Piece
According to Wayfair reviewers, this Rachael Ray frying pan set is amazing. As one shopper wrote, "They are just so great to cook with and nothing sticks to them!! The color is great and everything seems to cook so well and evenly!!! Love these so much!" The set originally costs $120, but you can get it on sale today for less than $50.
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GLEN BURNIE, Md., Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Travel Advantage Network (TAN) and Vintory, LLC are joining forces to expand options for vacation rental managers across the United States, as rental managers seek to grow their occupancy and revenues. According to Statista.com, revenue growth rates for vacation rentals in the United States will drop to revenue growth rates averaging 2.25% from 2023 to 2026, well below the growth rate pre-COVID*.
Scott Fasano, President of Travel Advantage Network stated, "During the post-COVID travel boom, we were positioned well to offer our travelers greater value than ever as they were taking advantage of their fixed rate vacations, while retail rates were skyrocketing. Now, as we shift into this next season of the economy, we're focused on expanding our footprint and partners in the inventory space."
"It's time to push TAN into the national conversation as a solution for property owners and property managers to achieve and exceed their rental revenues and occupancy goals. This partnership with Vintory is the first step in making that happen. We've lined up an incredible group of national, regional, and local partners that we're going to be introducing to our TAN travelers that will take our program to an entirely different level," Scott Fasano continued.
Brooke Pfautz, Founder & CEO of Vintory, the only sales, and marketing platform in the vacation rental industry dedicated entirely to helping professional property manager add new homes to their portfolios, is excited about the partnership with Travel Advantage Network. "TAN is an outstanding bookend to stop the fall and ensure owners are hitting their ROIs and not giving back their gains. As the market adjusts to pre-pandemic revenues, Vintory can offer its vacation rental managers, an alternative that will stabilize their revenues and provide TAN with an outlet for its client base."
TRAVEL ADVANTAGE NETWORK is a program developed to provide travel to popular destinations. TAN clients purchase travel weeks in bulk so they vacation at deeply discounted rates and secure endless opportunities to create lasting vacation memories. Since 1992, TAN clients have taken well over 700,000 worry-free vacations throughout the U.S., Mexico, the Caribbean and Europe.
VINTORY is the first and only platform designed exclusively to help Vacation Rental Managers recruit new homeowners and add more properties to their management program.
*https://www.statista.com/outlook/mmo/travel-tourism/vacation-rentals/united-states#revenue
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Multi-City Cannabis-focused CEO Intensive, Launches its Midwest Cohort
CHICAGO, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Black CannaBusiness (BCB) and Parallel are collaborating on a national education series aimed at CEOs of color in the cannabis industry. The Black Cannabusiness CEO Intensive Program is a free, six-week, executive training program for cannabis business owners, featuring both virtual and in-person workshops and training. The initiative began with a Northeast cohort in Boston on 4/20 of this year and is now heading to Chicago to work with entrepreneurs from the Midwest.
Minority cannabis business owners will participate in a two-day in-person session with cannabis founders and professionals, completing structured exercises and receiving expert mentorship from leading subject matter experts and practitioners in the industry.
Developed by Brandon L. Wyatt Esq. and Todd Hughes, Co-founders of the BCB CEO Intensive, the curriculum draws on the experiences of advisors and business leaders in the industry from across the country. In addition to the two-day intensive in-person session, the course also includes twice-a-week virtual training sessions, providing robust tools to catapult minority owners to the next level.
An instructor in the program, Todd Hughes says access to knowledge is fundamental for new business owners in the space. "Increasing BIPOC ownership in cannabis is what we, the BCB Team stands for. The goal is to provide each cohort with access to foundational knowledge, a network, and the capital needed to excel in business. We are already seeing the seeds that we've planted in the Northeast cohort beginning to bear fruit," said Hughes.
With their 'hands-on' industry experience and advocacy, BCB Instructors understand the barriers to entry for cannabis business owners. With the personalized and open format learning process, program participants will increase their knowledge and real-world application.
"It is one thing to seek a cannabis business education, but one focused on minority executives is unique and vital. Learning styles are important, and these minority business owners and executives deserve to have minority facilitators like the BCB team to provide a pathway to success as they define their business", said Brandon L. Wyatt Esq.
Partnering with a multi-state cannabis company like Parallel provides an extra level of industry insight for entrepreneurs. Additionally, this paring is a unique way to increase participation in the industry through access and business connections.
"Members of the Northeast cohort are continuing to enhance their expertise virtually, while the Midwest cohort kicks off in person in Chicago. It's encouraging to tap into each region and watch the collaboration of an established cannabis operator and BCB become a growth engine that drives minority business ownership success in the cannabis industry," said James Jackson, Senior Director of Social Equity at Parallel.
The programming for the Midwest cohort also includes a panel discussion moderated by Kiana Hughes, Executive Director at Chicago NORML, on June 24th. With a focus on the Illinois market, "it's time for us to go beyond basic theoretical discussions about the concept of social equity and move on to practical solutions that enable those disproportionately affected to be full, thriving participants in the industry," Hughes said. "This CEO Intensive does just that, and Chicago NORML is proud to be a supporter and participant."
Following a panel discussion there will be an advocacy awards ceremony and celebration of the Midwest cohort.
WHAT: Panel discussion, mixer, and celebration
WHERE: Chemistry Hyde Park, 5121 S Harper Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
WHEN: June 24th, 2022
TIME: 5pm-9pm
RSVP: Guests are encouraged to RSVP for free entry at https://bit.ly/MidwestMixer
Parallel is a privately held, vertically integrated, multi-state cannabis company with a mission to pioneer well-being and improve the quality of life through cannabinoids. Parallel has ongoing operations in five medical and adult-use markets under the retail brands of Surterra Wellness in Florida; goodblend in Texas and in Pennsylvania; New England Treatment Access (NETA) in Massachusetts; and a joint venture with the Cookies retail brand in Nevada. Parallel offers a diverse portfolio of high quality, proprietary and licensed consumer brands and products including Surterra Wellness, Float and Heights. Parallel operates 50 store locations, and cultivation and manufacturing sites nationwide. Parallel follows rigorous operational and business practices to ensure the quality, safety, consistency, and efficacy of its products and follows values that put the well-being of its customers and employees first. Find more information at www.liveparallel.com, or on Instagram and LinkedIn.
Black CannaBusiness programming is a cross-discipline diversity, equity, and inclusion initiative for the Cannabis industry. The Black CannaBusiness CEO Intensive program offers executive MBA level training, mentorship, and community to BIPOC cannabusiness entrepreneurs 1–3 years into their business and exposes companies to diverse next-gen brands in a world that thrives on innovation, culture, and community. For more information visit, https://blackcannabusiness.com/ceo-intensive/
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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Supreme Court rejects business groups' challenges to 2 of 3 voter initiatives set for November ballot.
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Despite historically high gas prices, AAA expects the Fourth of July travel weekend to be among the busiest in history.
The agency expects 47.9 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles for the upcoming holiday, up nearly 2 million from the year before. AAA said this year’s marker will be just shy of the 49 million Americans who traveled in 2019.
While fewer people are expected to fly or use other modes of transportation, there will be more Americans taking to the road. AAA expects 42 million Americans to drive over 50 miles this July Fourth weekend. That’s up from 41.8 million a year ago and 41.5 million people in 2019.
“The volume of travelers we expect to see over Independence Day is a definite sign that summer travel is kicking into high gear,” said Paula Twidale, senior vice president, AAA Travel. “Earlier this year, we started seeing the demand for travel increase and it’s not tapering off. People are ready for a break and despite things costing more, they are finding ways to still take that much needed vacation.”
AAA said that Orlando, Seattle and New York are the top domestic travel destinations for the holiday, while Vancouver, Paris and London will be the most popular international destination for Americans.
Busy travel areas could be prone to congestion for the holiday.
“Even with gas hitting record prices, travelers are still eager to hit the road this summer. We expect nationwide travel times to increase about 50% compared to normal. Drivers around major metro areas must be prepared for significantly more delays,” says Bob Pishue, Transportation Analyst, INRIX. “Knowing when and where congestion will build can help drivers avoid the stress of sitting in traffic. Our advice is to avoid traveling on Thursday and Friday afternoon.” | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/fourth-of-july-travel-expected-to-be-busy-despite-gas-prices | 2022-06-21 17:08:40 | 0 | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/fourth-of-july-travel-expected-to-be-busy-despite-gas-prices |
HONOLULU (KHON) – The search for a downed air ambulance off Maui entered its second full day on Saturday.
The plane, operated by Hawaii Life Flight, left Maui on Thursday to pick up a patient in Waimea on the Big Island. The aircraft disappeared off the radar around 9:30 p.m. during the roughly one-hour flight.
There were three crewmembers on board and no patients, according to Hawaii Life Flight. The Coast Guard said contact with the aircraft — reported to be a King Air twin-engine prop plane — was lost about 15 nautical miles south of Hana, located on the easternmost tip of Maui Island.
According to the Coast Guard, weather conditions Thursday were poor but improved Friday to allow crews to search for the plane.
During their search, Coast Guard crews reported seeing a “sheen in the water of the search area” and aircraft debris in the water.
“It has not been confirmed that that debris is from the missing aircraft,” Coast Guard public affairs specialist David Graham said.
The Civil Air Patrol, founded during World War II to provide community support and services, also joined the search. They deployed a Cessna aircraft equipped with high-tech cameras to photograph areas of interest on Saturday after using three other planes on Friday.
“Besides taking photos, we also have our pilots, our mission pilots, as well as our mission scanners and our mission observers that help support the mission,” said Janel Fujinaka, Civil Air Patrol Hawaii Wing public affairs officer.
All Hawaii Life Flight aircraft and crews are on a safety standdown, according to their parent company Global Medical Response (GMR). Gov. Josh Green’s emergency proclamation enabled additional medical teams to go into service on Saturday and a new air ambulance became operational as well.
GMR said in part through a statement on Saturday:
“In addition to staffing multiple helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft from GMR companies, GMR clinicians will be staffing two Black Hawk helicopters operated by the state… Hawaii Life Flight extends its deepest gratitude to the U.S. Coast Guard, Governor Green, Emergency AirLift and the community for their assistance and continued support during this difficult time.”
Global Medical Response spokesperson
The National Transportation Safety Board has not confirmed that debris recovered on Friday in waters off Maui was from the Hawaii Life Flight aircraft and told KHON the search for the plane is still ongoing.
Civil Air Patrol said it is unknown how long the search will last.
“It’s been about more than 24 hours, so it, it could last anywhere from 8 to 10 hours, or even two hours to, you know, a maximum of maybe weeks,” Fujinaka said.
GMR said names and photos of the crew were unable to be released on Saturday. | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/national-news/search-continues-for-hawaii-air-ambulance-that-disappeared-from-radar-during-flight/ | 2022-12-18 20:39:57 | 0 | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/national-news/search-continues-for-hawaii-air-ambulance-that-disappeared-from-radar-during-flight/ |
WFO NORMAN Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, April 26, 2023
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North Texans came together Wednesday to join the statewide effort to build a new elementary school in Uvalde, nearly one year after the tragic shooting at Robb Elementary that left 19 students and two teachers dead.
The effort is spearheaded by the Uvalde CISD Moving Forward Foundation, a nonprofit founded in the weeks after the tragedy.
At the North Texas Commission headquarters, the group’s leaders and CEO of Huckabee Architects, Chris Huckabee, provided updates on the project that’s set to break ground in July.
They also shared plans for the proposed 120,000-square-foot school that would serve second, third and fourth graders.
Designs came together following months of meetings with parents, teachers and survivors about how those involved could create a safe and innovative environment for a community still reeling from trauma.
Leaders say forming the nonprofit was the fastest way to help the community build a new school, rather than a bond referendum that could take years to play out.
“I think I began to think in that moment, what could you do? What would be the thing you could get involved in, that you could do to help the town of Uvalde and to help these children move forward after such a tragic event?” said Foundation Board Secretary and former State Senator Beverly Powell.
The Moving Forward Foundation said to date, it’s raised about 70% of its $60 million goal.
The North Texas philanthropic community has set a $25 million target with Huckabee, Inc., Rainwater Charitable Foundation, The Meadows Foundation, VF Corp, and The Morris Foundation among its top donors.
The Moving Forward Foundation said it's now focused on a public fundraising campaign as it seeks to reach its goal. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/north-texans-fundraise-to-build-new-uvalde-elementary-school/3245057/ | 2023-04-27 03:34:48 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/north-texans-fundraise-to-build-new-uvalde-elementary-school/3245057/ |
BEIJING (AP) — A 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook a lightly populated, remote part of Tajikistan early Thursday near China’s far western Xinjiang region.
It was 67 kilometers (41 miles) west of Murghob, Tajikistan, and 20 kilometers (12 miles) below ground, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Mughrob is the district capital with a population of a few thousand people high in the Pamir Mountains.
The quake was strongly felt across the border in some areas of Kashgar prefecture and Kizilsu Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang, but no casualties or damage has been reported so far, state media CCTV said, citing local information officers.
China Earthquake Networks Center said the quake was 7.2 magnitude and 10 kilometers (6 miles) deep. Measurements by different agencies often differ. | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/68-earthquake-shakes-lightly-populated-part-of-tajikistan/DLQ2UWZWKFGAZHRKVVWOPZYRIA/ | 2023-02-23 03:46:28 | 1 | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/68-earthquake-shakes-lightly-populated-part-of-tajikistan/DLQ2UWZWKFGAZHRKVVWOPZYRIA/ |
NEW ORLEANS, May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until July 1, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Riskified Ltd. (the "Company") (NYSE: RSKD), if they purchased or acquired the Company's Class A common stock in or traceable to the Company's July 2021 initial public offering (the "IPO"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
If you purchased or acquired shares of Riskified as above and would like to discuss your legal rights and how this case might affect you and your right to recover for your economic loss, you may, without obligation or cost to you, contact KSF Managing Partner Lewis Kahn toll-free at 1-877-515-1850 or via email (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com), or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nyse-rskd/ to learn more. If you wish to serve as a lead plaintiff in this class action, you must petition the Court by July 1, 2022.
Riskified and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information in its IPO Registration Statement, violating federal securities laws.
The alleged false and misleading statements and omissions include, but are not limited to, that: (i) as the Company expanded its user base, the quality of the Company's machine learning platform had deteriorated (rather than improved as represented in the Registration Statement); (ii) the Company had expanded its customer base into industries with relatively high rates of fraud – including partnerships with cryptocurrency and remittance business – in which the Company had limited experience, and that this expansion had negatively impacted the effectiveness of the Company's machine learning platform; (iii) the Company suffered from materially higher chargebacks and cost of revenue and depressed gross profits and gross profit margins during its third fiscal quarter of 2021; and (iv) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's representations in its Registration Statement were materially false and misleading, and lacked a factual basis.
The case is Thomas v. Riskified Ltd., et al., No. 22-cv-03545.
KSF, whose partners include former Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., is one of the nation's premier boutique securities litigation law firms. KSF serves a variety of clients – including public institutional investors, hedge funds, money managers and retail investors – in seeking recoveries for investment losses emanating from corporate fraud or malfeasance by publicly traded companies. KSF has offices in New York, California, Louisiana and New Jersey.
To learn more about KSF, you may visit www.ksfcounsel.com.
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SAN RAFAEL, Calif., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: BMRN) today announced that Jean-Jacques Bienaimé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BioMarin, will host a conference call and webcast on Wednesday, August 3rd, at 4:30 p.m. ET to discuss second quarter 2022 financial results and provide a general business update.
Dial-in Number
U.S. / Canada Dial-in Number: (800) 231-0316
International Dial-in Number: +1 (314) 696-0504
U.S. / Canada Replay Dial-in Number: (800) 645-7964
International Replay Dial-in Number: (757) 849-6722
Playback ID: 2361#
Interested parties may access a live audio webcast of the conference call via the investor section of the BioMarin website, www.biomarin.com. A replay of the call will be archived on the site for one week following the call.
About BioMarin
BioMarin is a global biotechnology company that develops and commercializes innovative therapies for people with serious and life-threatening rare diseases and medical conditions. The Company selects product candidates for diseases and conditions that represent a significant unmet medical need, have well-understood biology, and provide an opportunity to be first-to-market or offer a significant benefit over existing products. The Company's portfolio consists of seven commercial products and multiple clinical and preclinical product candidates for the treatment of various diseases. For additional information, please visit www.biomarin.com.
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TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The Catalina Foothills High School theatre department is kicking off its production of “Night of the Living Dead.” Theatre director Amy Byroad says it’s a tribute to the movie. “There’s gun violence on stage. There’s a lot of gore and we use a lot of blood on stage and there’s screaming and flashing lights,” says Byroad.
Co-President of the Theatre Club Kylie Fay says, “this is honestly the largest cast that I think we’ve ever done here.” With over 55 students taking part in the production, the students are ready for the curtains to open.
Danielle Hanks is the co-president of the theatre club at Catalina Foothills High. She says, “it’s scary. It’s going to be pretty scary.”
But it’s not just about this production that makes the theatre department so important at Catalina Foothills High. “A lot of them come in and their goals are to time manage and to learn how to be more confident in public speaking,” says Byroad.
She says that theatre helps students learn not only life skills but day-to-day ones as well. Byroad says, “from changing a light bulb to using a drill,” that’s just some of the stuff the students learn in the hands-on program.
Being an actress in this production, Hanks says she’s learned how to work with people. She says, “you can’t choose who gets cast alongside you, so it’s a really good lesson in learning to accept the good and bad parts of people.”
Night of the Living Dead opens Thursday, October 20th.
They will have shows Thursday through Saturday for the next two weeks.
Student tickets are $5.
Adult tickets are $8.
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GRAPHIC: Disorderly baseball fan punches, bites usher at MLB game
WASHINGTON (Gray News) – A disorderly baseball fan was caught on camera punching and biting an usher during a Washington Nationals game Tuesday night.
In the video, the man is seen being escorted out by three ushers. It’s unclear why the man was being escorted out in the first place, but other fans can be heard saying, “Get him out” on camera.
Eventually, the man punches one of the ushers in the face, which leads to a struggle between the two. The man then also bites the usher’s hand.
Two Metropolitan police officers intervene and manage to separate the man from the usher. The end of the video shows the man with blood trickling down his head.
The incident happened during the ninth inning of the game against the Atlanta Braves.
According to Fox 5 DC, team officials said 54-year-old Christopher Sullivan was arrested on assault charges and was also given a five-year ban from Nationals Park.
Copyright 2022 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. TMX contributed to this report. | https://www.wbtv.com/2022/09/29/graphic-disorderly-baseball-fan-punches-bites-usher-mlb-game/ | 2022-09-29 21:49:05 | 1 | https://www.wbtv.com/2022/09/29/graphic-disorderly-baseball-fan-punches-bites-usher-mlb-game/ |
CA Sacramento CA Zone Forecast for Friday, October 21, 2022
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Interior Northern California Zone Forecasts for California
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
141 AM PDT Sat Oct 22 2022
Spot temperatures and probabilities of measurable precipitation
are for today, tonight, and Sunday.
CAZ013-222300-
Shasta Lake Area / Northern Shasta County-
Including the city of Shasta Dam
141 AM PDT Sat Oct 22 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. At higher elevations, a slight chance of
rain showers early in the morning. A chance of rain showers late
in the morning, then a slight chance of rain showers in the
afternoon. At lower elevations, a slight chance of rain showers
late in the afternoon. Cooler. Highs 47 to 62 higher elevations...
58 to 68 lower elevations. Prevailing northwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of rain showers at
higher elevations. Colder. Lows 27 to 42 higher elevations...
36 to 46 lower elevations. Snow level 4500 feet. Prevailing north
winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 35 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 47 to 62 higher elevations...58 to
68 lower elevations. Prevailing north winds 5 to 15 mph with
gusts to around 30 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 29 to 44 higher elevations...37 to
49 lower elevations. Prevailing north winds up to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Warmer. Highs
55 to 70 higher elevations...65 to 75 lower elevations.
Prevailing north winds up to 10 mph shifting to the southwest in
the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain
showers. Lows 35 to 50.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers.
Highs 53 to 68.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of
rain showers. Lows 32 to 47. Highs 51 to 66.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 30 to 45.
Highs 51 to 66.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain
showers. Lows 32 to 47.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers.
Highs 51 to 66.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
SHASTA DAM 66 44 65 / 10 10 0
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CAZ014-222300-
Burney Basin / Eastern Shasta County-
Including the city of Burney
141 AM PDT Sat Oct 22 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then clearing. At lower
elevations, a chance of rain showers in the morning. At higher
elevations, a chance of rain showers early in the morning, then a
slight chance of rain and snow showers late in the morning.
Cooler. Highs 44 to 56. Prevailing northwest winds 5 to 15 mph
with gusts to around 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers.
Colder. Lows 18 to 33. Snow level 4500 feet. Prevailing north
winds up to 10 mph shifting to the east after midnight. Gusts up
to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 41 to 53 higher elevations...50 to
56 lower elevations. Prevailing northeast winds up to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 19 to 34. Prevailing northeast winds
up to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of rain showers in the
afternoon. Warmer. Highs 54 to 65. Prevailing east winds up to
10 mph shifting to the west in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain
showers. Lows 26 to 41.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs 50 to 62.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers.
Colder. Lows 22 to 37.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow
showers. Highs 44 to 55.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows
20 to 35. Highs 45 to 60.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers.
Highs 51 to 62.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
BURNEY 55 22 54 / 30 10 0
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CAZ015-222300-
Northern Sacramento Valley-
Including the cities of Redding and Red Bluff
141 AM PDT Sat Oct 22 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Cooler. Highs 65 to 71. Northwest winds
10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear, colder. Lows 39 to 48. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts to around 40 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs 63 to 69. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph shifting to the north 10 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Gusts
up to 35 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 39 to 49. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
Gusts up to 30 mph decreasing to 20 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 73. North winds up to
10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain
showers. Lows 44 to 52.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 70.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers.
Lows 40 to 50.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Highs
64 to 70.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows
39 to 49. Highs 64 to 73.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers.
Highs 65 to 71.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
REDDING 69 38 69 / 10 10 0
RED BLUFF 71 46 70 / 10 0 0
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CAZ016-222300-
Central Sacramento Valley-
Including the cities of Chico, Oroville, and Marysville/Yuba City
141 AM PDT Sat Oct 22 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Breezy,
cooler. Highs 67 to 73. Northwest winds 10 to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows around 46. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph
with gusts to around 40 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, windy. Highs 65 to 71. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph shifting to the north 15 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Gusts
up to 40 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 42 to 48. North winds 10 to 20 mph.
Gusts up to 30 mph in the evening.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 70 to 76. North winds around 10 mph
with gusts to around 20 mph shifting to the west up to 10 mph in
the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 45 to 51.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 68 to 74.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance
of rain showers. Lows 43 to 48. Highs 65 to 74.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows
40 to 48. Highs 65 to 73.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 66 to 72.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
CHICO 71 47 69 / 10 0 0
OROVILLE 70 46 68 / 10 0 0
MARYSVILLE/YUBA CITY 71 47 70 / 10 0 0
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CAZ017-222300-
Southern Sacramento Valley-
Including the city of Sacramento
141 AM PDT Sat Oct 22 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers early
in the morning, then partly cloudy in the late morning and
afternoon. Highs 68 to 74. South winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to
the northwest 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear, colder. Lows 43 to 53. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts to around 40 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, windy. Highs 66 to 72. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph increasing to 15 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to
40 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear, breezy. Lows 41 to 51. Northwest winds
10 to 25 mph shifting to the north 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 70 to 76. Northwest winds up to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 44 to 52.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 70 to 76.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance
of rain showers. Lows 43 to 50. Highs 66 to 76.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 41 to 51.
Highs 65 to 73.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
SACRAMENTO 72 50 70 / 10 0 0
SAC EXEC AIRPORT 73 50 70 / 10 0 0
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CAZ018-222300-
Carquinez Strait and Delta-
Including the city of Fairfield/Suisun
141 AM PDT Sat Oct 22 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Highs 69 to
75. West winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows around 50. West winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts to around 30 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, windy. Highs 66 to 72. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph shifting to the north 15 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Gusts
up to 40 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear, breezy. Lows 44 to 52. North winds 15 to
25 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 69 to 75. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts
up to 25 mph in the morning.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 46 to 52.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 69 to 75.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance
of rain showers. Lows 45 to 51. Highs 67 to 73.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 42 to 48.
Highs 65 to 71.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
FAIRFIELD/SUISUN 76 49 74 / 0 0 0
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CAZ019-222300-
Northern San Joaquin Valley-
Including the cities of Stockton and Modesto
141 AM PDT Sat Oct 22 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Cooler. Highs
65 to 73. Southwest winds around 10 mph with gusts to around
35 mph shifting to the northwest 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear, colder. Lows 42 to 52. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs 62 to 72. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph increasing to 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear, breezy. Lows 40 to 50. Northwest winds
15 to 25 mph shifting to the north 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 66 to 74. North winds around 10 mph
shifting to the west up to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 43 to 53.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 68 to 76.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance
of rain showers. Lows 43 to 51. Highs 64 to 74.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 40 to 50.
Highs 63 to 73.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
STOCKTON 71 50 69 / 10 0 0
MODESTO 71 51 71 / 10 0 0
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CAZ063-222300-
Mountains Southwestern Shasta County to Western Colusa County-
Including the city of Alder Springs
141 AM PDT Sat Oct 22 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Breezy,
cooler. Highs 44 to 59 higher elevations...60 to 68 lower
elevations. Prevailing northwest winds 10 to 25 mph with gusts to
around 40 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear, breezy, colder. Lows 30 to 44 higher
elevations...42 to 48 lower elevations. Prevailing northwest
winds 10 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs 43 to 58 higher elevations...59 to
65 lower elevations. Prevailing northwest winds 5 to 15 mph
shifting to the north 10 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 36 to 50 higher elevations...45 to
51 lower elevations. Prevailing northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of rain showers in the
afternoon. Warmer. Highs 52 to 67 higher elevations...68 to
74 lower elevations. Prevailing northwest winds up to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 41 to 55.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs 53 to 68.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain
showers. Colder. Lows 37 to 52.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow
showers. Highs 47 to 62.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows
37 to 52. Highs 50 to 65.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers.
Highs 50 to 65.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
ALDER SPRINGS 52 36 50 / 0 0 0
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CAZ066-222300-
Northeast Foothills/Sacramento Valley-
Including the city of Paradise
141 AM PDT Sat Oct 22 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers early
in the morning, then mostly sunny in the late morning and
afternoon. Cooler. Highs 55 to 67. Prevailing northwest winds up
to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear, colder. Lows 34 to 48. Prevailing north winds
up to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 56 to 68. Prevailing north winds 10 to
20 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph in the morning.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 37 to 51. Prevailing north winds up
to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Warmer. Highs 61 to 73. Prevailing
northeast winds up to 10 mph shifting to the southwest in the
afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 42 to 56.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs 58 to 70.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain
showers. Colder. Lows 38 to 53.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers.
Highs 54 to 66.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows
37 to 52. Highs 54 to 69.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers.
Highs 58 to 68.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
PARADISE 61 45 61 / 10 0 0
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CAZ067-222300-
Motherlode-
Including the cities of Grass Valley and Jackson
141 AM PDT Sat Oct 22 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Cooler. A slight chance of rain showers early in the morning,
then a chance of rain showers in the late morning and early
afternoon. A slight chance of rain showers late in the afternoon.
Highs 56 to 68. Prevailing southwest winds up to 10 mph shifting
to the west in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear, colder. Lows 36 to 44. Prevailing northwest
winds up to 10 mph shifting to the northeast after midnight.
Gusts up to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 59 to 69. Prevailing northeast winds up to
10 mph with gusts to around 35 mph shifting to the northwest in
the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 38 to 48. Prevailing north winds up
to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 62 to 70. Prevailing northeast winds up to
10 mph in the morning becoming light.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 43 to 53.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 62 to 72.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain
showers. Lows 40 to 50.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers.
Highs 56 to 66.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 39 to 50.
Highs 56 to 71.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
GRASS VALLEY 61 37 61 / 30 10 0
JACKSON 64 41 64 / 30 10 0
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CAZ068-222300-
Western Plumas County/Lassen Park-
Including the cities of Chester and Quincy
141 AM PDT Sat Oct 22 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. At lower elevations, a slight chance of rain showers
early in the morning. A slight chance of rain showers early in
the afternoon. At higher elevations, a slight chance of rain
showers early in the morning, then a slight chance of snow
showers in the late morning and early afternoon. Cooler. Highs
38 to 53 higher elevations...45 to 58 lower elevations.
Prevailing northwest winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around
30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear, colder. Lows 24 to 39. Prevailing north winds
5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs 37 to 52 higher elevations...44 to
58 lower elevations. Prevailing northeast winds 5 to 15 mph
increasing to 10 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 26 to 41. Prevailing northeast winds
10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Warmer. Highs 48 to 63 higher
elevations...53 to 68 lower elevations. Prevailing east winds
5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph shifting to the southwest
in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 32 to 47.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs 47 to 62.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow
showers. Colder. Lows 29 to 44.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow
showers. Highs 41 to 56.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows
28 to 43. Highs 44 to 59.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs 46 to 61.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
QUINCY 58 22 58 / 30 0 0
CHESTER 54 22 54 / 20 0 0
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CAZ069-222300-
West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada-
Including the city of Blue Canyon
141 AM PDT Sat Oct 22 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. At lower elevations, a slight chance of
rain showers early in the morning, then a chance of rain showers
in the late morning and afternoon. At higher elevations, a chance
of rain showers in the morning, then a chance of rain and snow
showers in the afternoon. Cooler. Highs 38 to 53 higher
elevations...51 to 61 lower elevations. No snow accumulation
lower elevations...up to 1 inch higher elevations. Snow level
7500 feet in the afternoon. Prevailing southwest winds 5 to
15 mph with gusts to around 45 mph. Over ridges, prevailing
southwest winds 35 to 55 mph becoming west 25 to 35 mph in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. At higher elevations, a slight chance of
snow showers in the evening. Much colder. Lows 17 to 32 higher
elevations...29 to 42 lower elevations. No snow accumulation
lower elevations...up to 1 inch higher elevations. Prevailing
northwest winds 5 to 15 mph shifting to the northeast after
midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 36 to 51 higher elevations...51 to
63 lower elevations. Prevailing northeast winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 21 to 36 higher elevations...33 to
47 lower elevations. Prevailing northeast winds 10 to 20 mph with
gusts to around 40 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny, warmer. Highs 48 to 63 higher elevations...58 to
68 lower elevations. Prevailing east winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts
to around 30 mph shifting to the west in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 32 to 47.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 48 to 63.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and
snow showers. Colder. Lows 29 to 44.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow
showers. Highs 42 to 57.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of snow
showers. Colder. Lows 25 to 40.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 46 to 61. Lows
27 to 42.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 47 to 62.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
BLUE CANYON 49 35 50 / 50 20 0
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Braves first. Dansby Swanson flies out to deep right center field to Mickey Moniak. Travis d'Arnaud homers to center field. Matt Olson homers to right field. Austin Riley strikes out swinging. Marcell Ozuna grounds out to first base, Rhys Hoskins to Zack Wheeler.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Braves 2, Phillies 0.
Phillies first. Kyle Schwarber walks. Rhys Hoskins singles to left field. Kyle Schwarber to second. Nick Castellanos strikes out swinging. J.T. Realmuto singles to right center field. Rhys Hoskins to third. Kyle Schwarber scores. Didi Gregorius strikes out swinging. Odubel Herrera strikes out on a foul tip.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Braves 2, Phillies 1.
Braves third. Michael Harris II singles to shallow center field. Dansby Swanson flies out to deep right field to Odubel Herrera. Michael Harris II to second. Travis d'Arnaud singles to center field. Michael Harris II scores. Matt Olson strikes out swinging. Austin Riley doubles to deep right field. Travis d'Arnaud to third. Marcell Ozuna strikes out swinging.
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Braves 3, Phillies 1.
Phillies sixth. J.T. Realmuto called out on strikes. Didi Gregorius triples. Odubel Herrera grounds out to second base, Orlando Arcia to Matt Olson. Didi Gregorius scores. Alec Bohm singles to left field. Bryson Stott singles to deep left center field. Alec Bohm to third. Mickey Moniak flies out to shallow center field to Michael Harris II.
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Braves 3, Phillies 2.
Phillies seventh. Kyle Schwarber homers to center field. Rhys Hoskins grounds out to shortstop, Orlando Arcia to Matt Olson. Nick Castellanos strikes out swinging. J.T. Realmuto strikes out swinging.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Braves 3, Phillies 3.
Braves eighth. Travis d'Arnaud strikes out swinging. Matt Olson homers to center field. Austin Riley flies out to left field to Kyle Schwarber. Marcell Ozuna pops out to Alec Bohm.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Braves 4, Phillies 3.
Braves ninth. William Contreras pinch-hitting for Mike Ford. William Contreras strikes out swinging. Orlando Arcia singles to left field. Adam Duvall doubles, advances to 3rd. Orlando Arcia scores. Michael Harris II grounds out to shortstop, Didi Gregorius to Rhys Hoskins. Dansby Swanson lines out to second base to Rhys Hoskins.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Braves 5, Phillies 3. | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/Atlanta-Philadelphia-Runs-17273018.php | 2022-06-29 02:51:30 | 0 | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/Atlanta-Philadelphia-Runs-17273018.php |
AGOURA HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Construction has begun on what is billed as the world’s largest wildlife crossing for mountain lions and other animals caught in Southern California’s urban sprawl.
Officials held a ceremony Friday to mark the start of construction of a $90 million bridge over a freeway and feeder road that is about 35 miles (56.33 kilometers) northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
“This wildlife crossing could not have come at a better time. It is truly a game changer,” said Jeff Sikich, biologist for the National Park Service. “Today’s groundbreaking sets a path toward saving our local mountain lions and supporting the diversity of wildlife in this whole region.”
The bridge will stretch 200 feet (61 meters) over U.S. 101 to give big cats, coyotes, deer and other wildlife a safe path to the nearby Santa Monica Mountains. It is expected to be completed by early 2025 and will be named the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing for the philanthropist whose foundation donated $25 million.
About 300,000 cars a day travel that stretch of the 101 in Agoura Hills, a small city surrounded by a patchwork of protected wildland that the new crossing will connect.
The star of the fundraising campaign to build the bridge was mountain lion P-22, who traveled across freeways and made his home in a huge Los Angeles park. While he is unlikely to use the span because he lives many miles away, P-22 became a symbol of the shrinking genetic diversity of wild animals that must remain all but trapped by sprawling development or risk becoming roadkill.
Scientists tracking mountain lions fitted with GPS collars found over decades that roadways are largely confining animals in mountains that run along the Malibu coast and across the middle of Los Angeles to Griffith Park, where P-22 settled.
On Thursday, a mountain lion was struck and killed on a nearby freeway. J.P. Rose, a senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, said these deaths are preventable if the state invests in more wildlife crossings.
Wildlife crossings — bridges and tunnels — are common in western Europe and Canada. A famous one in Banff National Park in Alberta spans the Trans-Canada Highway and is frequently used by bears, moose and elk.
Cara Lacey, project director for wildlife corridors and crossings project at the Nature Conservancy, said her organization has been mapping out other wildlife crossings that she hopes can also be built so animals can seek out mates and food sources.
“We can do this everywhere,” she said. “We and our partners have a vision for reconnected California where wildlife does not have to compete with cars to cross roads.” | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national/california-breaks-ground-on-largest-urban-wildlife-crossing/ | 2022-04-23 01:37:01 | 0 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national/california-breaks-ground-on-largest-urban-wildlife-crossing/ |
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)North Carolina State coach Kevin Keatts knew the Wolfpack’s chances against No. 16 Duke would start with the play of his dynamic backcourt of Terquavion Smith and Jarkel Joiner.
”You guys can’t be average,” Keatts said he told them recently.
Smith and Joiner responded with the type of confident, fast and aggressive play that only reinforced their coach’s point – and simply overwhelmed the Blue Devils.
Smith scored 24 points and N.C. State jumped all over Duke from the opening tip, rolling to an 84-60 win on Wednesday night in the long-running series between Atlantic Coast Conference neighbors.
Joiner added 21 points, nine assists and six rebounds for the Wolfpack (12-4, 2-3 ACC), who scored the game’s first 15 points and led by 22 by halftime in a shocking romp.
”I thought it was probably the most complete game that we have played the entire year,” Keatts said, ”especially on the defensive end.”
While the Wolfpack pounced, the Blue Devils (11-4, 2-2) watched early shots roll off the rim or be swatted away. They compounded their problems by piling up turnovers in a game that quickly got away.
First-year coach Jon Scheyer tried plenty: swapping lineups, burning two early timeouts, using some zone defensive looks. Nothing worked other than a modest push to within a dozen late in the first half.
”It was hard to point to one thing, right?” Scheyer said. ”It was basically everything.”
N.C. State shot 47% and made 10 3-pointers, nine coming from Smith and Joiner. More impressively, the Wolfpack scored 30 points off turnovers while repeatedly pushing the tempo.
One highlight came when Joiner hit a corner 3-pointer just before the halftime horn with Duke’s Jeremy Roach defending on his hip. Joiner gave a yell toward the courtside fans, then giddily backed away to join his teammates heading to the locker room with a 44-22 lead.
And early in the second, Joiner and Smith got loose together in transition. First Joiner hit Smith for a right-wing 3-pointer on the break, then did it again – only this time falling to the court while delivering the pass.
No matter. Joiner still raised both arms while laying on his back near the baseline as though signaling the shot was good as it swished through the net. By that point, the Wolfpack led 54-28 with 17:05 left and never let Duke closer than 22 again.
”It’s about being consistent,” Joiner said. ”Me and T have got to show that every single night.”
Freshman Kyle Filipowski scored 14 points to lead Duke, which shot 40% and just 5 of 15 from 3-point range. Duke also committed a season-high 21 turnovers, many fueling the Wolfpack’s 25 fast-break points.
BIG PICTURE
Duke: It was a jarring result for the Blue Devils in Scheyer’s debut season as the successor to retired Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski. The team with 11 new players and the nation’s No. 1-ranked recruiting class never looked comfortable, confident or capable of consistently creating quality looks as the deficit ballooned. It amounted to a second rough showing on the road, the other coming in a loss at Wake Forest days before Christmas.
”They came out and did what they were supposed to do and imposed their will at home,” said captain Jeremy Roach, who had four points on 0 for 8 shooting. ”We came out soft, timid, weren’t attacking the rim, weren’t getting open.”
N.C. State: This one can ease some of the frustration amid ACC losses to now-No. 12 Miami, Pittsburgh and Clemson. Beyond the Smith-Joiner backcourt, big man DJ Burns Jr. had 18 points – and the home crowd chanting his name – to provide interior balance. More impressively, the Wolfpack did it without starter and rebounding leader Jack Clark, who is out indefinitely after suffering a core muscle injury at Clemson.
ROUGH ROAD IN RALEIGH
Duke has lost six of nine games at N.C. State dating to 2010, five of which were by double-digits. PNC Arena was also the site of Duke’s first-round upset loss in the NCAA Tournament to 14-seed Mercer in 2014.
UP NEXT
Duke: Plays a second straight road game, traveling to Boston College on Saturday.
N.C. State: Visits Virginia Tech on Saturday.
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HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — Henrico County Division of Fire identified one of the victims of an deadly early morning house fire on Thursday morning.
On Thursday just before 2:30 a.m., Henrico Fire was dispatched to the 1800 block of Elkridge Lane. Crews recovered two adults from inside the home. One of the victims was pronounced dead at the scene and the other was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Gail Katrina Thompson, 61, of Henrico County was pronounced dead at the scene. The identification of the victim who died at the hospital is being withheld at this time as next of kin are being notified.
A third adult, believed to be a resident, was brought to a hospital to be evaluated where it was determined that they did not sustain injuries.
A fourth person was accounted for out of state.
The fire happened in a corner room in the back of the home and was extinguished
within 15 minutes. Henrico Fire marked the incident under control at 3:18 a.m.
Officials are working with the State's Office of Chief Medical Examiner to determine the causes of death for both victims.
The investigation is ongoing at this time. Residents in the area with possible videos or photos of the incident are asked to share recordings with detectives and the fire marshal. Community members can send this content to police@henrico.us.
Anyone with information can also call Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Associated Press and other news organizations are suing officials in Uvalde, Texas, after months of refusal to publicly release records related to the May massacre at Robb Elementary School.
The lawsuit filed Monday in Uvalde County asks a court to force the city, school district and sheriff’s department to turn over 911 recordings, personnel records and other documents. Newsrooms have requested them under Texas open records laws since a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers on May 24.
More than three months after one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history, news organizations have turned to courts in an effort to obtain information and records that Uvalde officials and state police have argued they cannot release because of ongoing investigations. The Texas Attorney General’s Office has also ruled that Uvalde officials cannot withhold all records.
Misleading and outright false statements by authorities about the police response in the initial hours and days after the attack on a fourth-grade classroom — which lasted more than 70 minutes — have sowed distrust that remains among many Uvalde residents.
“The obfuscation and inaction have only prolonged the pain of victims, their families and the community at large, all of whom continue to cry out for transparency regarding the events of that day,” the lawsuit states.
A spokeswoman for the city of Uvalde said it had not been served a copy of the lawsuit and declined comment. Representatives for the school district and sheriff’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Uvalde officials, including Mayor Don McLaughlin, have previously cited ongoing investigations in their defense of the city continuing to withhold some records. The city has released some body camera footage from Uvalde police that show officers from multiple agencies in and outside the school during the attack.
The fullest account of the shooting has so far come from a report from a Texas House investigative committee that found wide failures by nearly 400 officers who rushed to the scene but waited more than an hour to confront the gunman. The report, released in July, also noted that Uvalde families had “already waited too long for answers and transparency.”
The Texas Department of Public Safety, which had more than 90 officers at the scene, has also denied public records requests since the shooting.
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WEST MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — On Sunday, April 17, 2022, the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the 1100 block of Fern Street in reference to a disturbance. Once deputies arrived at the scene, they made contact with a 69-year-old victim.
According to deputies, the victim advised them that they were in a verbal altercation with their grandson, 25-year-old Michael Eugene Tucker III. During the argument, Tucker allegedly pushed the victim down inside of the residence.
Deputies observed the victim and discovered bleeding injuries on the victim’s body, which were consistent with their testimony. Authorities also spoke with witnesses who mentioned that Tucker pushed the victim to the ground.
Deputies made contact with Tucker and he was read his Miranda Rights. During questioning, Tucker admitted to pushing the victim to the ground.
Tucker was placed under arrest and transported to the Ouachita Correctional Center. He was charged with Cruelty to the Infirmed. | https://www.cenlanow.com/crime/west-monroe-man-arrested-after-allegedly-assaulting-grandparent/ | 2022-04-18 19:44:22 | 0 | https://www.cenlanow.com/crime/west-monroe-man-arrested-after-allegedly-assaulting-grandparent/ |
(iSeeCars) — Be prepared. There’s a reason why the Boy Scouts adopted this simple motto, which can apply to all areas of life.
One area where it’s crucial to be prepared is in your car because regardless of how reliable your vehicle is, it will inevitably break down, and you’ll likely be far from the comforts of home when it does.
To help drivers prepare for all unexpected scenarios, we’ve developed a helpful guide of things to keep in your car. These essential items could make all the difference when ensuring your breakdown is benign versus catastrophic. Some of these items will help you travel more comfortably during your day-to-day driving as well.
We hope your vehicle doesn’t leave you stranded on the side of the road, but we recommend these 24 things to keep in your car just in case.
1. Up-to-Date Registration
We’ll start with the obvious one here. You’ll need your car registration if your vehicle doesn’t break down. There’s always the chance that you’ll be going a tad over the speed limit or unknowingly take a turn at a red light when you weren’t supposed to, and a police officer will happen to be watching. More importantly, however, is the off-chance that you’re in an accident. Your registration will be a necessity in this instance as well. In either instance, you will need proof of your registration. If you don’t have that proof, you can receive a citation or a fine. If your registration isn’t current, you can be pulled over for having an expired registration. This will result in a harsher penalty than simply not having proof of a current registration, and your penalty will depend on how long your registration has been expired. In the most extreme case, your vehicle could be impounded. Always be aware of when your registration is set to expire, and make sure you renew it before that happens.
2. Insurance Card
Car insurance is mandatory in 49 of 50 states. The exception is New Hampshire, where it is not required as long as you can show financial responsibility. To show that you are compliant with your state’s law you should always have your proof of insurance with you. Not only is it the law, it is also a necessity should you ever get in an accident. Proof of insurance varies with your insurance company and can be in the form of an ID card or in a document. It must contain your policy number, effective dates, your vehicle description and VIN, and name of the policyholder. Online versions of these documents are also available, so you can save them on your phone for easy retrieval instead of keeping the physical version in your glove compartment. However, we recommend having a physical version handy along with the electronic version.
3. Owner’s Manual
Another item that should be a mainstay in your glove box is your car’s owner’s manual. This will include helpful information like what your tire pressure should be and what certain warning lights mean. You never know when you’ll need it, so you should always have it accessible. Modern cars often include a ditigal version of the owner’s manual, but just like registration, we recommend a paper copy as backup, and you can often request these from the manufacturer or a site like Helminc.com.
4. Spare Tire/Tire Jack
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of the roads, waiting to take a nice big chunk out of one of your tires, or poke something really sharp into one. Unless your vehicle is equipped with run-flat tires, these occurrences can quickly put an end to your travel plans. So, unless you want to pay a tow truck to come and haul your vehicle to the nearest service station, you’ll want to make sure your spare tire is always properly inflated (something you can ask any shop to do whenever your vehicle is in for service), and your tire jack is in proper working order. You should also have the correct tools to change a tire, including a lug wrench. AAA members can call to have their tire replaced with their spare, though you will likely have to wait a long time.
5. Tire Pressure Gauge
Keeping with the tire theme is a tire safety gauge. While modern vehicles have warning indicators to let you know if your pressure is low, it’s important to have a tire pressure gauge to ensure you fill your tire up to the correct PSI.
6. Tire Pump and Sealant
Keeping wth the tire theme, you can also go a step further and have a portable tire inflator so you never have to rely on air from a gas station. If you have a minor puncture, filling the tire with air and sealing it will allow you to safety drive to your destination.
7. Jumper Cables/Emergency Road Kit
Did you know some car batteries only last for two years? While three to four years is the norm for battery life, a dead battery can come without warning, especially during the winter months. While jumper cables are a necessity, the full emergency road kit is a strong recommendation. Most emergency kits, which can be purchased on Amazon or at any big-box retail store, will come with a small array of tools, such as wrenches, screwdrivers, and pliers, as well as road flares, fluorescent reflective triangles, hose tape, and those jumper cables. The jumper cables will come in extremely handy if you have a habit of leaving your headlights or dome lights on. Either thing can drain the life from your battery in as little as a few hours depending on the age and strength of your vehicle’s battery. You can even purchase a portable car jump starter that allow you to recharge your battery without another vehicle.
8. Blankets
This may seem like a silly thing to have in your car if you live in a warm place like Florida, Texas, or Southern California; but blankets come in handy for more than just keeping you warm. Say you break down on a road that’s covered in dirt, gravel, mud, grime, or some sticky substance you dare not guess about. Laying a blanket down to get on the ground and see what’s wrong, or simply to change a tire, can save your clothes, knees, and back a whole lot of trouble. Of course, there’s always the keeping warm thing, too, if you live in an area where it gets cold.
9. Washer Fluid
We suggest always keeping a gallon of washer fluid in the car trunk. Chances are you’ll never need it, until that one time when a semi throws three inches of mud and muck on your windshield and you hit the windshield wiper button only to hear that familiar buzz…and get nothing. Pulling over and grabbing the washer fluid from the trunk is much easier than dumping whatever drink you have in the cup holder on your windshield and trying to scrub it clean with your shirt.
10. Flashlight
Some of those emergency road kits we talked about earlier do come with a flashlight; however, most don’t. A flashlight will not only come in handy if you happen to break down at night and need to see under your hood or around your car, but it’s also very handy for keeping oncoming traffic away from your vehicle if you don’t happen to have road flares or markers. A flashlight can also come in extremely handy if a passenger needs to find something in the vehicle at night while you’re driving. Driving with the dome light on is still illegal in most states. Just make sure you check the batteries in it often.
11. First Aid Kit
In times of crisis, a first aid kit can literally be a lifesaver. This one should need no explanation whatsoever. If you’re bleeding, a spare tire isn’t going to do much for you, but band aids will.
12. Cell Phone Charger
Having a dedicated phone charger that remains in your car is a lot more convenient than bringing one with you on long road trips or when you think you’ll be out of the house for a while. Sometimes we neglect to charge our phone the night before or accidentally run an app in the background that drains your battery. Regardless of the circumstance, you don’t want to be without your only lifeline should you break down and need to call for help. You may also rely on your phone as a GPS system, and you don’t want to be at the mercy of your phone battery to get you safely to your destination.
13. Duct Tape
Duct tape is one of the most versatile items out there. Just like it can come in handy for temporary (or even permanent) household repairs, it can be very helpful should something break on your vehicle. Say you sideswipe a pole, or if you were the victim of a hit-and-run and your mirror comes loose. Duct tape can keep it in place until it can properly be repaired. You can also use it to temporarily halt leaks in your roof or sunroof to mitigate or prevent costly water damage.
14. Ice Scraper
If you live somewhere with inclement winter weather or even somewhere where it snows infrequently, you should always have an ice scraper in your car. You can get one that is attached to a snow brush so you have everything you need to remove snow and scrape ice off your vehicle. Driving with compromised sight lines can present a hazard to you and other drivers on the road. And in areas with extreme snowfall, keeping a shovel in your trunk to remove snow around your vehicle can also be helpful.
15. Paper Towels and Tissues
Paper products may not save you from danger, but they can certainly make any ride more comfortable in the event of a spill, an unexpected runny nose, or an extra messy drive-through order. If you travel with children, these are even more essential. Baby wipes, even if you don’t have a baby, also prove effective to help clean up spills and messes.
16. Spare Change
You should keep spare change or an emergency stash of cash somewhere in your car. While most parking meters now allow you to pay with a credit card, there are still some holdouts that require change. You may also come across an unexpected toll.
17. Fire Extinguisher
This item is one that you will hopefully never have to use, but it’s important nonetheless. Because vehicles can catch fire during an accident, a fire extinguisher can help put the fire out before help arrives. Modern fire extinguishers are available in extremely small sizes without sacrificing effectiveness, so there’s no excuse to forego this item, even in smaller vehicles or sports cars.
18. Multi-tool
A multi-tool, such as a Leatherman,l is a small toolkit that includes common tools in a compact package that can fit right in your glove box. It includes scissors, a screwdriver, wrench, knife, and can/bottle opener to cover your bases should you need a tool.
19. Water Bottles
Water bottles can save your life if you are stranded and in need of hydration. In less extreme circumstances, like unforseen traffic, having water handy can make the ride more comfortable. Just make sure your water bottle can withstand extreme temperatures.
20. Non-Perishable Snacks
It’s a good idea to have an easy-to-eat snack handy in the event that hunger strikes. Suggestions include energy bars, nuts, or crackers.
21. Escape Tool
An escape tool is another item you will hopefully never need, but it can provide peace of mind knowing it’s there. An escape tool can cut through a seatbelt and can break car window glass from the inside. These can also be lifesavers if you encounter a car accident with someone trapped in their vehicle.
22. Umbrella
Even if there is no rain in the forecast, you never know when you’re going to be caught in an unexpected shower.
23. Hand Sanitizer
Hand sanitizer is top-of-mind during the global pandemic, and it should remain a mainstay in your vehicle even after the pandemic ends to help prevent the spread of infectious germs.
24. Kitty litter
If you live in an area where icy conditions occur, having kitty litter in your trunk during the winter can be very helpful. It can provide the necessary traction to get out of an icy parking spot or driveway. You don’t need a whole bag though, as it can weigh down your vehicle. A smaller container filled with kitty litter should be sufficient in most cases.
25. Reusable Grocery Bags
Not only are plastic grocery bags banned in some states, but they are also bad for the environment. Having a stash of reusable grocery bags in your trunk will come in handy for trips to the store and can also hold more items than the typical single-use grocery bag.
While there’s something satisfying about an empty trunk and a minimally-filled glove compartment, these empty spaces will leave you unprepared during an emergency or inevitable on-the-road inconvenience. Hopefully you will never need to use these emergency items, but you can rest assured knowing that you have them accessible.
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Proceeds to Continue Advancing Community Goals and Vital Life-Saving Initiatives for New Yorkers In Need
NEW YORK, July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In just six months of sales, Housing Works Cannabis Co, a CAURD licensee and the first adult-use cannabis dispensary in the state of New York, has directed millions in cannabis proceeds toward some of New York City's most urgent community needs. As part of parent organization Housing Works, the dispensary's sales proceeds go directly to helping New Yorkers with healthcare, housing, job training, harm reduction, case management, advocacy for health equity and social justice initiatives, LGBTQ+ youth programs and sexual health services.
"Our goal, going back over 30 years ago through Housing Works, has been to empower New Yorkers through advocacy and bridge communities to life saving services," said Sasha Nutgent, Retail Manager at Housing Works Cannabis Co. "From the resources we've rolled out, to the brands we carefully select for our customers, everything we do here has a greater purpose and we're humbled to see the support our mission is receiving."
Sales & Consumer Trends
Within three hours of opening on Dec. 29, 2022, Housing Works Cannabis Co saw an estimated $40,000 in sales—amounting to over $1.6 million in the first month and an estimated $12 million in the first six months of operations. Conversion rates, sales and customer retention continue to be strong, with as many as 1,000 unique visitors on busy days.
Consumer trend insights from the Housing Works Cannabis Co team show that customers continue to make decisions based on potency, reflecting a need for more education on cannabis and its numerous uses. New Yorkers and tourists alike also tend to prefer sativa and sativa-leaning hybrid strains, with flower representing the top-selling product category. In addition, the team also found that those who come in seeking edibles typically look for products that promote sleep and mitigate anxiety.
Menu Expansion
More recently, the dispensary added 200 new products to its menu, bringing more options from queer-, BIPOC- and women-owned and led companies into the store for customers to discover. Housing Works Cannabis Co currently carries seven social equity brands, with more coming soon.
"One unforeseen challenge and a pain point for both retailers and customers has been product rollout," said Nutgent. "There have been major improvements with the state's product testing timeline, for example, but the feedback we still hear from some Black-owned brands is that there is not enough funding to get their products into the market."
Last month, Housing Works Cannabis Co introduced its first Black-owned brand, Brelixi—which is also woman- and queer-owned—onto its shelves. Other social equity brands include Fat Nell (women-led), The Weekenders (BIPOC-owned and -led), as well as Flamer and Drew Martin (queer-owned).
Delivery Service
With accessibility as another focal point for the nonprofit, Housing Works Cannabis Co also became the first legal cannabis delivery service to launch in the state. Handled fully in-house thanks to 30+ years of Housing Works' experience through its thrift furniture donation and pick-up program, deliveries currently account for about 5-7% of sales.
Spanning select ZIP codes in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, anyone over the age of 21+ with a valid ID can secure same-day and next-day delivery slots directly on Housing Works Cannabis Co's website.
"We've seen our delivery programs over the years forge meaningful and trusting relationships between our staff and thrift store patrons," said Charles King, CEO of Housing Works. "To see the same positive dynamic emerge between customers and budtenders reflects our roots in the city, our deep understanding of New York City culture and the community trust we continue to nurture."
For more information on Housing Works Cannabis Co, please visit: hwcannabis.co
About Housing Works Cannabis Co
Housing Works Cannabis Co is a recipient of New York State's CAURD social equity license initiative and the first legal cannabis dispensary to open in the state. Founded in 2022 as a bold new extension of Housing Works' established retail outlets—which include thrift store locations across the city and a bookstore in SoHo—proceeds from Housing Works Cannabis Co go directly to the nonprofit organization's mission to end social injustices through the provisioning of lifesaving services and relentless advocacy. For thirty years, Housing Works has provided housing, healthcare and other critical services to New Yorkers affected by AIDS, homelessness, substance abuse and criminal justice system involvement. The Housing Works Cannabis Co not only generates additional funding for these services, it does so while modeling the positive role cannabis can play in our communities. Learn more at hwcannabis.co
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SoftwareReviews' Buyer Experience Report reveals 94% of customers are likely to recommend QorusDocs' proposal management software
BELLEVUE, Wash., June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- QorusDocs, an AI-powered proposal management software provider, today announced that 100% of users report that the RFP software is critical to their business success. This finding is included in SoftwareReviews' new Buyer Experience Report on proposal management, where QorusDocs ranks highly in customer satisfaction, usability and support, and successful implementation.
The platform earns an average score of 96 out of 100 for strategy and innovation experience, scoring 100% on the "continually improving" and "helps innovate" categories. QorusDocs continues to innovate and adopt new solutions to meet the growing needs of its customers and industry demands, which is why 94% of customers are likely to recommend QorusDocs' proposal management software.
"These findings in SoftwareReviews' report demonstrate the value and business impact of our proposal management software, differentiating it from other solutions," said Ray Meiring, CEO and co-founder of QorusDocs. "Being ranked so highly in this report is an honor and we remain focused on expanding our AI-powered capabilities to ensure our leading, integrated and efficient proposal management software can help every business modernize their processes and address their most pressing needs."
QorusDocs customers report a satisfaction score of 86% when evaluating the business value the software provides to their organization. In addition, QorusDocs earns a 98 out of 100 score for product experience, achieving 100% satisfaction scores in the categories "enables productivity," "performance enhancing," "security protects," and "unique features."
QorusDocs also scores in the 88th to 92nd percentile in the following top features:
- Content Residency
- Proposals and SOWs
- Document Management
- Integrations
- Smart Layouts
- Tasks and Workflow Management
Learn more about what QorusDocs users have to say about the software in SoftwareReviews' Buyer Experience Report here.
ABOUT QORUSDOCS
QorusDocs is a Bellevue, Wash.-based leader in AI-powered proposal management and RFP response software that automates the creation of personalized pitches, presentations, proposals, and RFP responses. QorusDocs allows business development, sales, marketing, and proposal teams to collaborate seamlessly, optimizing billable hours and increasing client wins. The company supports enterprise revenue teams from companies like Manpower Group, CDW, DLA Piper, Baker McKenzie, WSP, Insight and more.
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SHANGHAI, July 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: YUMC and HKEX: 9987) today announced the appointment of Mr. David Hoffmann to the Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Hoffmann will serve as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board. Following the appointment, the Board is comprised of 10 directors, nine of whom are independent.
"We are honored to have Dave join our Board of Directors," said Yum China's Independent Chairman Dr. Fred Hu. "Dave brings to us unique perspectives through his leadership experience in the global restaurant industry, strong operational expertise, and deep knowledge about doing business in China and Asia Pacific. I am confident he will prove a valuable addition to our Board."
Joey Wat, CEO of Yum China commented, "Dave's extensive experience in spearheading operational and business transformations will be invaluable as we continue to execute our RGM (Resilience-Growth-Moat) strategy. I look forward to Dave's insights and contribution to our Board as together we work to deliver sustainable growth and long-term shareholder value."
David Hoffmann, age 55, has served as the chairman and chief executive officer of Mammoth Holdings, a Dallas-based conveyor car wash operator since October 2021. Prior to joining Mammoth Holdings, Mr. Hoffmann held a variety of top leadership positions in the global quick service restaurant industry. Mr. Hoffmann served as Director and CEO of Dunkin' Brands from 2018 to 2020 and as President, Dunkin' U.S. from 2016 to 2018. Prior to joining Dunkin' Brands, Mr. Hoffmann served as an executive for McDonald's Corporation for 20 years in increasing areas of international responsibility, including as President of High Growth Markets, President of Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa (APMEA), Senior Vice President and Restaurant Support Officer for APMEA, Vice President of Strategy, Insights and Development for APMEA, and Executive Vice President of McDonald's Japan. Mr. Hoffmann received his master's degree of business administration (MBA) from the University of Chicago in 1996.
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About Yum China Holdings, Inc.
Yum China is the largest restaurant company in China with a mission to make every life taste beautiful. The Company has over 400,000 employees and operates over 13,000 restaurants under six brands across 1,800 cities in China. KFC and Pizza Hut are the leading brands in the quick-service and casual dining restaurant spaces in China, respectively. Taco Bell offers innovative Mexican-inspired food. Yum China has also partnered with Lavazza to develop the Lavazza coffee concept in China. Little Sheep and Huang Ji Huang specialize in Chinese cuisine. Yum China has a world-class, digitalized supply chain which includes an extensive network of logistics centers nationwide and an in-house supply chain management system. Its strong digital capabilities and loyalty program enable the Company to reach customers faster and serve them better. Yum China is a Fortune 500 company with the vision to be the world's most innovative pioneer in the restaurant industry. For more information, please visit http://ir.yumchina.com.
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Partnership expands FLASH's global footprint, fully integrating the connected mobility journey, and accelerating workplace and multi-family EV charging
AUSTIN, Texas and CHICAGO, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FLASH, the global leader in cloud parking software and mobility transformation, has announced its expanded strategic partnership with Brookfield, one of the world's largest investment management companies focused in real estate, renewable power, infrastructure, and private equity. The partnership, which includes a $40M strategic investment from Brookfield's technology growth investment arm, will evolve the tenant experience to fully leverage the connected mobility and vehicle electrification solutions from FLASH across Brookfield's diverse global real estate holdings located in Smart Cities around the world.
"FLASH's best-in-class mobility hub operating system will allow Brookfield to integrate our investments in real estate, construction, infrastructure, and climate technology that are leading the transformation toward smarter, connected cities," said Josh Raffaelli, Managing Partner at Brookfield. "Consumers and tenants are seeking a seamless and personalized experience. Our partnership will drive the transformation of urban mobility and the real estate landscape - setting the new standard for a more efficient, cleaner, and cost-effective ecosystem."
Today, FLASH's solutions are used at over 15,000 customer locations across all major U.S. cities and Canada. This strategic partnership will enhance Brookfield's portfolio of office, residential, retail, and hospitality assets with integrated, digital solutions for seamless access through machine-vision, real-time parking and EV charging reservations, convenient mobile payments, and a suite of digital management and intelligence tools. FLASH's integrations with major automakers, entertainment and hospitality leaders, and global mapping, navigation, and payment platforms to seamlessly connect urban real estate with hundreds of millions of potential customers.
"The impact of this expanded partnership goes far beyond FLASH and Brookfield. This is a major industry step towards the transformation of global real estate assets into a dynamic network of connected mobility hubs, bringing us all closer to achieving our goals for an integrated smart city ecosystem," said Dan Sharplin, Executive Chairman and CEO of FLASH. "FLASH and Brookfield are 100% aligned in this transformative vision and committed to working together to fully connect the driver experience and modernize our cities."
"The dynamic nature of the communities that we build, own and invest in, like in downtown Nashville or D.C., require a flexible technology platform to maximize the value of multi-use real estate," continued Raffaelli. "It needs to seamlessly deliver and integrate a variety of journeys, and provide the support to tenants and customers who drive utilization of these constantly evolving hubs. Investing in FLASH's future-ready technology today will allow us to deliver an electrified, autonomous tomorrow."
FLASH is an innovator in the urban mobility space, helping businesses rethink one of their most valuable assets: the parking garage. Our award-winning cloud-born platform is custom configurable, secure, reliable, and grows alongside you as business or consumer demands evolve. Visit www.FlashOS.com to learn more.
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LONDON (AP) — The Premier League has asked the body in charge of referees in England to look into two decisions taken after video review on Saturday.
West Ham and Newcastle were denied goals that were awarded by the on-field referee, following an intervention by VAR.
West Ham manager David Moyes described as “scandalous” a VAR decision to disallow what would have been a 90th-minute equalizer by Maxwel Cornet against Chelsea because Jarrod Bowen was adjudged to have fouled goalkeeper Edouard Mendy in the build-up. Chelsea won 2-1.
At Newcastle, an own-goal by Palace defender Tyrick Mitchell was ruled out for what VAR judged to be a foul by Newcastle midfielder Joe Willock on goalkeeper Vicente Guaita. The game finished 0-0.
The review by Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) will look into the two decisions specifically, not the full VAR operation.
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Brewers first. Christian Yelich homers to left field. Jesse Winker called out on strikes. Willy Adames flies out to deep left field to Jarred Kelenic. Rowdy Tellez called out on strikes.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Brewers 1, Mariners 0.
Brewers third. Brice Turang called out on strikes. Owen Miller doubles to center field. Christian Yelich singles to right field. Owen Miller scores. Jesse Winker pops out to shortstop to Eugenio Suarez. Willy Adames doubles to deep left field. Christian Yelich scores. Rowdy Tellez called out on strikes.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Brewers 3, Mariners 0.
Mariners third. Kolten Wong flies out to left field to Christian Yelich. Julio Rodriguez singles to left field. Ty France singles to shallow left field. Julio Rodriguez to second. Eugenio Suarez hit by pitch. Ty France to second. Julio Rodriguez to third. Cal Raleigh doubles to right field. Eugenio Suarez to third. Ty France scores. Julio Rodriguez scores. Teoscar Hernandez out on a sacrifice fly to deep right center field to Garrett Mitchell. Cal Raleigh to third. Eugenio Suarez scores. Jarred Kelenic walks. Tommy La Stella singles to shallow left field. Jarred Kelenic to third. Cal Raleigh scores. Jose Caballero lines out to deep left center field to Garrett Mitchell.
4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Mariners 4, Brewers 3.
Brewers sixth. Jesse Winker pops out to Ty France. Willy Adames homers to right field. Rowdy Tellez grounds out to second base, Kolten Wong to Ty France. Brian Anderson called out on strikes.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Brewers 4, Mariners 4.
Brewers tenth. Victor Caratini reaches on a fielder's choice to first base. Garrett Mitchell to third. Brice Turang grounds out to second base. Victor Caratini out at second. Garrett Mitchell scores. Joey Wiemer strikes out swinging.
1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Brewers 5, Mariners 4.
Mariners tenth. Julio Rodriguez grounds out to shallow infield, Willy Adames to Rowdy Tellez. Ty France out on a sacrifice fly to center field to Garrett Mitchell. Kolten Wong scores. Eugenio Suarez singles to shortstop. Cal Raleigh singles to left field. Eugenio Suarez to second. Teoscar Hernandez called out on strikes.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Brewers 5, Mariners 5.
Brewers eleventh. Christian Yelich grounds out to shallow right field, Ty France to Justin Topa. Joey Wiemer to third. William Contreras walks. Willy Adames grounds out to shallow infield, Jose Caballero to Ty France. William Contreras to second. Joey Wiemer scores. Rowdy Tellez is intentionally walked. Brian Anderson strikes out swinging.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. — An attorney for Derek Chauvin is planning to ask an appeals court Wednesday to throw out the former Minneapolis police officer's convictions in the murder of George Floyd, arguing that numerous legal and procedural errors deprived him of a fair trial.
Floyd died on May 25, 2020, after Chauvin, who is white, pinned the Black man to the ground with his knee on his neck for 9 1/2 minutes. A bystander video captured Floyd's fading cries of “I can't breathe.” Floyd’s death touched off protests around the world and forced a painful national reckoning with police brutality and racism.
Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill sentenced Chauvin to 22 1/2 years after jurors found him guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Chauvin later pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights charge and was sentenced to 21 years in federal prison, which is he is now serving in Arizona concurrent with his state sentence.
While Chauvin waived his right to appeal under his federal plea deal, he continued to pursue his appeal of his murder convictions in state court. Even if he wins his appeal, his federal sentence will keep him in prison longer than his state sentence likely would because he would qualify for parole earlier in the state system. But a successful appeal could set a precedent for future cases involving police officers.
Chauvin's attorney for the appeal is William Mohrman, who often pursues conservative causes including challenges to President Joe Biden's election victory and to COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Mohrman argued in his brief to the Minnesota Court of Appeals that the pretrial publicity was more extensive that any other trial in Minnesota history, and that the judge should have moved the trial elsewhere and sequestered the jury for the duration. Mohrman wrote that the publicity, combined with the riots, the city's $27 million settlement with Floyd's family announced during jury selection, the unrest over a police killing in a Minneapolis suburb during jury selection, and the unprecedented courthouse security were just some of the factors prejudicing Chauvin's chance of a fair trial.
He also argued that Cahill improperly excluded evidence that could have been favorable to Chauvin, and accused prosecutors of misconduct.
Prosecutors said in their brief that Chauvin had a fair trial and received a just sentence.
The prosecutors — including state Assistant Attorney General Matthew Frank and Neal Katyal, who was acting U.S. solicitor general during the Obama administration — argued that Chauvin's rights were not prejudiced.
They said pretrial publicity had blanketed the state making a change of venue for the trial pointless, and that Cahill took extensive steps to ensure the selection of impartial jurors. They also said he took sufficient steps to shield the jurors from outside influences so there was no need to sequester them before deliberations.
Other disputes in the appeal include whether it was legally permissible to convict Chauvin of third-degree murder, and whether Cahill was justified in exceeding the 12 1/2 years recommended under the state's sentencing guidelines.
Three other officers who were present during Floyd's murder — Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane — were convicted of federal civil rights charges last February and are serving their sentences in out-of-state federal prisons.
Lane and Kueng accepted plea deals on state charges of aiding and abetting manslaughter and are serving concurrent sentences. But Thao declined to plead guilty. Attorneys for both sides agreed to let Cahill decide on Thao's guilt based on stipulated evidence. That verdict is pending, as is his federal appeal. | https://www.phillytrib.com/news/across_america/court-to-hear-appeal-of-ex-officer-in-murder-of-george-floyd/article_035cbbf4-1ac0-540e-823f-007f6cbdeb17.html | 2023-01-18 18:12:46 | 0 | https://www.phillytrib.com/news/across_america/court-to-hear-appeal-of-ex-officer-in-murder-of-george-floyd/article_035cbbf4-1ac0-540e-823f-007f6cbdeb17.html |
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SOUTH PADRE ISLAND – Officials said a San Juan man drowned on South Padre Island Tuesday.
Cameron County Chief Park Rangers Horacio Zamora said the man died shortly after being pulled from the waters at Andy Bowie Park.
According to Zamora, the man was trying to rescue his teen son who was struggling in the water. We’re told neither knew how to swim.
The 47-year-old was rushed to a hospital in Brownsville where he died.
His son survived the incident.
Yellow flags were posted on Tuesday to warn beach goers of moderate risk conditions on the island. This means waves are less than two-feet high.
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PARIS and LUXEMBOURG, Jan. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Clariter, a global cleantech company, and TotalEnergies Fluids, a division of TotalEnergies, have premiered the world's first sustainable ultra-pure solvent made from plastic waste.
Ultra-pure solvents are used in pharmaceutical, cosmetics and other highly demanding markets that require safe, colorless, odorless, and tasteless products that meet the highest pharmacopoeia-standard purity criteria. Producing these solvents from plastic waste not only significantly reduces their environmental footprint, but also contributes towards addressing the challenge of end-of-life plastics.
This technological and industrial success is the fruit of an 18-month collaboration between Clariter and TotalEnergies Fluids on joint research and development. Clariter leverages its proprietary innovative upcycling technology to transform plastic waste into sustainable, high-quality solvents, waxes, and oils. TotalEnergies Fluids then further converts the upcycled materials using its Hydro-De-Aromatization (HDA) technology into very high purity solvents that meet the quality levels required for the most stringent applications.
This groundbreaking innovation demonstrates the commitment of the two partners to develop high-quality low carbon footprint products and to contribute to the development of the circular economy.
"Developing products of such high quality from plastic waste is a triumph for our joint R&D work", said Dr. Daria Frączak, Clariter's Scientific Director. "Clariter's know-how and experience in plastic upcycling, together with TotalEnergies Fluids' deep knowledge of stringent industry requirements, came together to develop a process to produce sustainable solvents that meet the highest purity standards. We are thrilled to have achieved this significant milestone in our journey towards bringing to industry sustainable, high-quality products made from plastic waste".
"This new technology opens a broad field of solutions to help our industrial customers decarbonize their industry, and fully integrates within our target of commercializing 30% low carbon solvents by 2030", said Didier Ribault, TotalEnergies Fluids Business Development Director. "This partnership marks yet another step forward in TotalEnergies Fluids' development of a comprehensive range of circular products."
About TotalEnergies Fluids
TotalEnergies Fluids operates in the hydrocarbon specialty fluids market. We manufacture and market aromatic and non-aromatic solvents for a broad range of industries. Our Hydro De-Aromatization (HDA) technology and narrow distillation cuts allow us to produce high purity solvents with ultra-low aromatic content and pharmacopeia compliance in our plants in Oudalle, France and Bayport, USA.
About TotalEnergies
TotalEnergies is a global multi-energy company that produces and markets energies: oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables and electricity. Our more than 100,000 employees are committed to energy that is ever more affordable, cleaner, more reliable and accessible to as many people as possible. Active in more than 130 countries, TotalEnergies puts sustainable development in all its dimensions at the heart of its projects and operations to contribute to the well-being of people.
About Clariter
Clariter is a global cleantech company that has developed a chemical recycling process that provides a solution to the plastic waste epidemic. This proprietary, efficient technology transforms plastic waste into high-quality, high-value products: oils, waxes, and solvents that replace fossil-based products. Clariter offers a commercially attractive combination of profitability and sustainability.
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The U.S. trade deficit widened to a record in March, reflecting a surge in imports as companies relied on foreign producers to meet solid domestic demand.
The gap in goods and services trade grew 22.3% to $109.8 billion, Commerce Department data showed Wednesday. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for a $107.1 billion deficit. The figures aren't adjusted for inflation.
In the first quarter, the widening of the trade deficit largely explains the economy's worst performance since the pandemic recovery, with gross domestic product shrinking at a 1.4% annual pace. That's because the value of products American businesses and consumers bought from overseas outpaced purchases of U.S. goods and services by other economies.
Net exports subtracted 3.2 percentage points from first-quarter GDP, government figures showed last week.
An improvement in the trade shortfall any time soon will be difficult as U.S. demand exceeds economic activity in many other nations. Severe lockdowns in China to curb the spread of Covid-19 further complicates the trade picture. Activity at some ports slowed sharply, further straining already-tenuous global supply chains.
The value of imports of goods and services rose 10.3% in March to $351.5 billion and exports increased 5.6% to $241.7 billion. Both values were records.
U.S. merchandise imports grew 12% to a record $298.8 billion, reflecting a surge in the value of industrial supplies that include petroleum. Energy prices rallied in the month after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Imports of consumer goods, capital equipment and automobiles also increased.
On an inflation-adjusted basis, the March merchandise-trade deficit widened 18.9% to a record $137.8 billion.
Digging deeper:
The nominal merchandise-trade deficit widened to $128.1 billion.
Travel exports -- or spending by visitors to the U.S. -- rose slightly to $8.4 billion.
Travel imports, a measure of Americans traveling abroad, climbed to $7.5 billion, the highest since the start of the pandemic.
Petroleum imports increased to $24.8 billion, the highest since 2014.
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Rays vs. Orioles Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - July 22
Saturday's contest between the Tampa Bay Rays (61-40) and Baltimore Orioles (59-38) going head to head at Tropicana Field has a projected final score of 4-3 (according to our computer prediction) in favor of the Rays, so expect a tight matchup. The game will begin at 4:10 PM ET on July 22.
This contest's pitching matchup is set, as the Rays will send Shane McClanahan (11-1) to the mound, while Grayson Rodriguez (2-2) will take the ball for the Orioles.
Rays vs. Orioles Game Info & Odds
- When: Saturday, July 22, 2023 at 4:10 PM ET
- Where: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida
- How to Watch on TV: BSSUN
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
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Rays vs. Orioles Score Prediction
Our pick for this game is Rays 4, Orioles 3.
Total Prediction for Rays vs. Orioles
- Total Prediction: Under 7.5 runs
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Rays Performance Insights
- The Rays have played as the favorite in seven of their past 10 games and won four of those contests.
- In its last 10 games with a total, Tampa Bay and its opponents have failed to hit the over eight times.
- The Rays have one win against the spread in their last two chances.
- This season, the Rays have been favored 82 times and won 55, or 67.1%, of those games.
- Tampa Bay has entered 42 games this season favored by -175 or more and is 31-11 in those contests.
- The implied probability of a win from the Rays, based on the moneyline, is 63.6%.
- Tampa Bay is among the highest-scoring teams in the majors, ranking fourth with 532 total runs this season.
- The Rays have the top team ERA among all league pitching staffs (3.66).
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PITTSBURGH – New Red Sox first baseman Eric Hosmer was aware of new teammate Rafael Devers’s reputation as a below-average defensive third baseman before joining the Sox. His view after two weeks?
“Very underrated defensively. Extremely solid,” said Hosmer. “He’s made some great plays already. His hitting speaks for itself. He’s an all-around great player.”
Such suggestions have been a long time in the making. Devers got rushed to the big leagues in 2017 because of his difference-making offensive potential, with the understanding that his defense was not as advanced as his bat.
“He always wanted to be the best. It was just a matter of time, maturity, and getting more experience than when he first came in,” said Sox third base and infield coach Carlos Febles. “He was not ready defensively to play baseball in the big leagues. We knew that. There were a lot of things he was doing in the big leagues that he was supposed to be doing in the minor leagues.
“But he was so talented that we took a chance. He went through a lot. [But now] he’s growing in front of our eyes.”
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One key play in Sunday’s win against the Yankees stood out as a sign of Devers’s defensive growth. In the fifth inning, Devers made a two-on, two-out diving grab of a hard grounder down the third-base line, jumped to his feet, and made a perfect throw to Hosmer that turned a potential two-run double into a third out.
It was notable for a player who’d struggled on balls to his right in his early career. Devers’s strength had always been his range to his glove-side, while plays to his backhand and misfired throws accounted for most of his errors.
Statcast pegged Devers as eight outs below average on plays to his backhand side in 2021, and 13 outs below average overall last year. This year, he grades as three outs above-average to his right side, and one out above-average overall at third.
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“He put in a lot of work in the offseason,” said manager Alex Cora, who credited an improved first step for Devers’s step forward. “He’s getting to [balls to his right] and then after that, he can take his time because his arm is probably playing better than ever.”
For Devers, recognition as a multi-dimensional player has been gratifying.
“It feels really good to contribute on all sides of the ball. That’s some of the things that I really worked hard on in the offseason, to be able to help the team [in all aspects],” Devers said through translator Carlos Villoria Benítez. “That’s why we keep working every day, every day, day-in and day-out, so you can improve and be better at your position. That’s what I’m trying to do every day.”
Pirates irked by Eck
NESN analyst Dennis Eckersley spoke harshly about the Pirates during the broadcast on Tuesday.
“This is a hodgepodge of nothingness,” he said of their lineup. “It’s ridiculous, it really is. Pathetic.”
That didn’t go over well with the Pirates, who were 45-71 through Tuesday.
“I think it was kind of crappy and bush league,” reliever Wil Crowe told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “I think a lot of guys are gonna take it and let it fuel us and see what happens.”
Manager Derek Shelton was more measured.
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“He’s a broadcaster who works for another network,” he said. “My concern is in our clubhouse and what our process is, and we’ll continue to concern ourselves with our group.”
Milestone for Paxton; Strahm on the mend, too
On Thursday, James Paxton will pitch in an official game for the first time in 499 days. The lefthander is slated to start a rehab assignment with a start for the rookie-level Florida Complex League Red Sox, his first game since he tore his ulnar collateral ligament on April 6, 2021, an injury that required Tommy John surgery.
Paxton, who signed a one-year, $10 million deal that includes a two-year, $26 million team option in the offseason, is slated to go three innings.
Cora said there’s “a good chance” lefthander Matt Strahm – who topped out at 95 miles per hour in his rehab outing with Triple-A Worcester on Tuesday – will join the Sox in Pittsburgh on Thursday. The team is still deciding whether to activate him for the series finale against the Pirates or if it will wait until the Orioles series this weekend to bring him back.
Either way, after missing five weeks with a left wrist contusion, Strahm’s return is significant. He was at times dominant early this year, and despite some struggles in July, he has a 3.58 ERA and 27.1 percent strikeout rate in 27 ⅔ innings.
“He’s very important for us,” said Cora.
Hernández back in center
Kiké Hernández – who returned from a two-month injured list stint on Tuesday – was in the lineup for a second straight day, this time back in centerfield after spelling Xander Bogaerts for a day at shortstop on Tuesday. “I was hoping I’d be put back at shortstop [Wednesday] and Bogey would be in center, but that’s not how it worked out,” said Hernández. … Hernández is expected to get a day off on Thursday as the Sox try to control his workload. The team may also give Devers a day at DH and sit J.D. Martinez. In an ideal scenario, the Sox could use the DH spot to keep regulars such as Bogaerts and Devers an element of rest, but with Martinez having yet to play in the field this year, that’s not an option. “It’s something that has been a challenge in a sense, but we need the big guy in the lineup,” said Cora. “I know he’s not swinging the bat the way he’s capable of, but still, like Mike Lowell used to say, you’re one swing away from finding it.” … Trevor Story hit in the batting cage and is getting closer to both hitting on the field and taking swings against a high-velocity pitching machine.
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Peter Abraham of the Globe staff contributed to this report.
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NASA’s quest to return humans to the moon has finally gotten off the ground. After being stymied by repairs and hurricanes, the Artemis 1 mission launched from Florida’s Cape Canaveral early Wednesday morning.
Success on this uncrewed flight to the moon and back would signal momentum toward a broader vision: a multiplanetary future for humanity. The Artemis program is designed to put humans back on the moon, as a way station for travel to Mars – and beyond.
Why We Wrote This
A NASA launch Wednesday is designed to pave the way for humans to return to the lunar surface after a five-decade gap. The motivations go far beyond exploring the moon itself.
Advocates for a multiplanetary future often cite the need to establish homes for humanity in other places in order to ensure our species’ long-term survival.
But other urges are at play as well, from profit to exploration, experts say.
“The biggest challenge is deciding who is getting a say in why we’re going to space, how we’re going to space, and when we’re going to space, and who is getting left behind,” says Savannah Mandel, an outer space anthropologist and a Ph.D. candidate at Virginia Tech.
“The motivations for sending humans to outer space are incredibly emotional and full of heart,” she adds. To use a travel analogy, “seeing Florida on a postcard is not the same as standing on a Florida beach,” she says.
NASA’s quest to return humans to the moon has finally gotten off the ground. After being stymied by repairs and hurricanes, the Artemis 1 mission launched from Florida’s Cape Canaveral early Wednesday morning.
This first mission is an uncrewed test of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft – shooting all the way to the moon and back – so that everything goes smoothly when humans do climb aboard for a trip to Earth’s companion.
But Artemis 1 is more than just a technological test. Success would signal momentum toward a broader vision for a multiplanetary future for humanity. Complete with construction of a permanent lunar outpost, the Artemis program is designed to establish a way station for travel to Mars – and beyond. Behind the audacity of that goal, shared by NASA and numerous private space companies, is a faith in the potential of human ingenuity.
Why We Wrote This
A NASA launch Wednesday is designed to pave the way for humans to return to the lunar surface after a five-decade gap. The motivations go far beyond exploring the moon itself.
“The capabilities that we will develop for the Moon to Mars Program can and will enable a multiplanet species,” says Patrick Troutman, a NASA space architect for the agency’s Moon to Mars vision.
That future will be shaped by motivations – from security to exploration – that have already defined much of human experience on Earth, experts say.
Money will also be a factor. It’s not a question of whether we can land humans on Mars or establish a permanent outpost on the moon, says Roger Launius, former chief historian of NASA. “The question is, how much resources will it take? And do we want to expend [them] in that particular way?”
God, gold, and glory
One option now is for humans to skip the trip. Plenty of important science missions can be undertaken – more cheaply and with much less risk – using automated vehicles and instruments. But throughout our species’ history, humanity has expanded its footprint across landscapes, first filling spaces devoid of other humans and then jostling with other civilizations for the same places. To some, human spaceflight is a natural next step.
“Expansion,” Mr. Troutman says, “has always been part of what humans do.”
When it comes to outer space, he adds, expansion continues to be top of mind for spaceflight leaders in both the public and the private sectors. Many have used terms like “colonization” to refer to a multiplanetary future, connecting their visions to past expansions.
Historically, expansions have largely been motivated by three themes, says Dr. Launius, which he calls “the three Gs.” God, gold, and glory.
Glory was a strong motivation behind the space race of the 1960s, Dr. Launius says. Then, the Soviet Union launched the first satellite and first human into space, and the United States landed the first human on the moon. The world powers were grappling for prestige on the global stage, using the technological feat of going to space as a measuring stick. (Former President John F. Kennedy famously said, “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”)
Gold and God both came into play when European powers colonized many parts of the rest of the world in the 1500s, Dr. Launius says. Extraction of resources outside Europe established who led the Western powers at the time, and missionaries frequently accompanied colonists and conquistadors to convert Indigenous people to Christianity.
The cultural belief of “manifest destiny” in the 1800s in the U.S. is another clear example of religious views motivating expansion, as it was quite literally the idea that the nation was destined to spread its political and economic systems across the continent.
Today, there is a “profit motive, which is the gold part of this,” Dr. Launius says. “If we find something we want on the moon or Mars that is economically viable, there will be a gold rush like we have never seen before.”
Scoping out what resources might be on the moon is one of the objectives of the Artemis program, Mr. Troutman says.
Today’s motivation for human spaceflight goes beyond extraction. One could argue that there is also a “God” component today, Dr. Launius says. And he has made just that argument, identifying how some people relate to spaceflight in ways that fit the criteria for what constitutes a religion in the eyes of the government.
Some space enthusiasts still make what Dr. Launius calls a pilgrimage to rocket launches, and he has witnessed an outpouring of emotions at such events.
One primary criteria for considering a set of beliefs a religion, he says, is salvation theology. Advocates for a multiplanetary future often cite the need to establish homes for humanity in other places in order to ensure our species’ long-term survival. The thinking goes, Dr. Launius says, “If we get off this planet, we as a species can be saved.”
There’s likely an additional intangible element driving human spaceflight efforts, too, says Savannah Mandel, an outer space anthropologist and a Ph.D. candidate at Virginia Tech. “The motivations for sending humans to outer space are incredibly emotional and full of heart. There’s just this intense drive to see it with our own eyes firsthand,” she says. “Seeing Florida on a postcard is not the same as standing on a Florida beach. And even though it might be more financially smart or politically smart or socially smart not to go to Florida, you still want to go and stand on that beach.”
Creating a lunar future
Following the uncrewed test flight that is the Artemis 1 mission, NASA will send its second mission of the program with humans on board. Neither of the first two missions will land on the lunar surface. Subsequent missions are planned to touch down, however, landing the first woman on the surface of the moon and sending off expeditions.
The vision is for crewed missions to establish a lunar outpost from which research and resource reconnaissance can be conducted. Mr. Troutman likens it to settlements established across the American West in the days of the Lewis and Clark expedition. The government-sponsored explorers went first, and services needed by their outposts were the initial industry in a given location. Then, as the outposts grew, the industries grew too, attracting more people to the now-thriving communities.
It’s this kind of outpost that Mr. Troutman envisions could one day lay the groundwork for a full-fledged lunar civilization.
“If humanity is truly to expand and thrive, there has to be economic opportunity or reason for more people to go,” he says. “We’re trying to do our initial exploration on the moon to identify those places where that opportunity exists. That will give more rationale for extending the human presence on the moon.”
This process, Mr. Troutman says, could potentially be repeated on Mars – assuming success on the moon first.
Technologically, sorting out how to have a permanent presence on the moon will also hold lessons for Mars. “The moon is a dusty, partial gravity environment. Mars is a dusty, partial gravity environment, except the dust could be a little more toxic than it is on the moon,” he explains.
“So if we understand how to work on the moon, and operate there for initially 30 days and then expand it longer and longer, we can use those same methodologies for Mars while we’re exploring the moon.”
NASA’s role, Mr. Troutman says, is to explore the cosmos and open the door to a multiplanetary future for humanity. But it’s likely private industry that will pick up the baton and run with it to make this shift in our species’ realm permanent. Once our capabilities and technologies are proved, he expects private industry to step in and take over operations and growth of the outpost on the moon.
“Look at low Earth orbit,” he says. “We’re to the point now where industry and our partners are ready to provide low Earth orbit platforms” once the International Space Station is decommissioned.
“There could be a future where there are scores of people on the lunar surface. They’re enabling science, enabling economic opportunity, and catering to a growing population [there],” Mr. Troutman says. Trips to Mars would likely follow within a couple decades, the space architect adds. And if that is successful, too, who knows where humans might go next?
A chance to build a new kind of world?
A multiplanetary future is not written in the stars. Each successive step carries big costs. And not everyone agrees on the goals or approaches, Ms. Mandel says.
“The biggest challenge is deciding who is getting a say in why we’re going to space, how we’re going to space, and when we’re going to space, and who is getting left behind,” she says. Right now, NASA and private spaceflight companies are leading the conversation.
When people talk about sending humans to space, “you see these values and belief systems coming to the surface that are very culturally specific and driven by the individuals who are speaking them,” Ms. Mandel says. And who has a seat at the table to enact those values could shape whether humans go to deep space at all.
As astronauts build the literal architecture of a lunar or Martian civilization, they and spaceflight leaders will have to make decisions about the sociopolitical systems that operate in these new human outposts.
In Antarctica, which Ms. Mandel points to as a parallel for what could happen on the moon, early explorers similarly established rules and laws for humans on the icy continent, and some tried to stake claims on swaths of land – much of those patterns mirroring existing cultural norms and political systems.
It’s likely the moon and Mars will be no different, particularly because much of the rhetoric around a permanent human presence on those worlds uses terms related to colonialism and capitalism, suggesting that current and historical dominant systems will continue to influence our species’ expansion.
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The SaddleBrooke Public Affairs Commission is pleased to announce Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb will be the speaker at the SaddleBrooke Commission’s Town Hall Meeting on Monday, May 1. The town hall will be held at 6 p.m. in the DesertView Theater and is open to all SaddleBrooke residents.
Mark was elected as the 24th Sheriff of Pinal County on January 1, 2017. Sheriff Lamb oversees a county the size of Connecticut and manages nearly 500 employees within the department.
Mark has experience in law enforcement and the private sector. He trained with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Academy and was named Valedictorian of his class. He was hired by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, where he excelled as a police officer and was named Rookie of the Year. The following year, he received the Officer of the Year award. He was later promoted as a Detective to the Gang Enforcement Unit and in his first year was named Detective of the Year.
The quality of Mark’s work was rewarded by his involvement in a wide variety of law enforcement actions. Mark has participated in DUI task force details and gang suppression, and he has investigated multiple drive-by shootings, drug cases, assault, and aggravated assault cases, and homicides. Mark has also worked Federal cases, State cases, and Tribal cases. He later joined the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office as a deputy to better serve his community.
Mark will be talking about area-specific crime as well as a county-wide update on crime and recent trends, followed up by questions from the audience. County Attorney Kent Volkmer and County Supervisor Jeff McClure will be joining Mark. Mark your calendars and come early as Sheriff Lamb is always entertaining. | https://tucson.com/saddlebag/community/saddlebrooke-public-affairs-commission-presents-a-town-hall-with-pinal-county-sherriff-mark-lamb/article_44c82186-d964-11ed-8b9c-876c336f3af7.html | 2023-04-28 08:18:08 | 1 | https://tucson.com/saddlebag/community/saddlebrooke-public-affairs-commission-presents-a-town-hall-with-pinal-county-sherriff-mark-lamb/article_44c82186-d964-11ed-8b9c-876c336f3af7.html |
Local 89 Members Secure Excellent Five-Year Contract After Three Months on Picket Line
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- After 12 weeks on the picket line, Teamsters Local 89 members at FireKing in New Albany, Ind., have voted unanimously to ratify a new five-year agreement, successfully ending their strike with a resounding victory. FireKing workers will return to work August 2 after a brief plant shut down to prepare the factory to return to full production for the first time in three months.
Workers voted unanimously to ratify the agreement on July 30. The new contract includes a 22 percent increase in wages over five years, with the first 10 percent immediate upon ratification. Other highlights include lower deductible health insurance that will provide significant savings to members, faster vacation accrual, bonuses for perfect attendance, enhanced seniority and bidding language, and Juneteenth as a paid holiday.
"FireKing Teamsters stood up and fought back for workers' rights. Throughout the strike, we all stuck together like glue. We are a tight-knit group, and this strike made us even closer and stronger," said Dale Beanblossom, a 36-year mixer-operator at FireKing and Local 89 member who served as strike captain for the 70-worker unit.
FireKing Teamsters went on strike on May 9, following a unanimous strike authorization vote and rejection of the company's "last, best and final" offer.
On May 17, Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien and General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman both visited the strike line to stand with members and show their support.
"Let this be a lesson to other employers that the Teamsters will not back down in our members' fight against corporate greed. We will not stop fighting and we will not break," O'Brien said. "The International stands behind its members. When workers decide to strike, they will have the full backing of 1.2 million members behind them."
"Local 89 members knew they had the support of the entire Teamsters Union," said Zuckerman, who served as President of Local 89 for more than 20 years. "I've known this unit for years. They are a strong and dedicated group, and we wanted to let them know that they had every tool and resource at their disposal."
Teamsters International Vice President and Local 89 President Avral Thompson noted that the company struggled with the loss of their experienced and skilled workforce after workers went on strike and immediately brought in scab labor.
"The company released numerous press statements insisting all was well, but the plant was running far below 50 percent production. Management was constantly dealing with a revolving door of scab temporary employees who quit almost as quickly as they were brought in," Thompson said. "In the end, our members showed this company their true value and worth. These folks stood together, said 'enough is enough' and showed their employer what real union power looks like. This victory is a testament to our members that they were able to endure all of this and still come out as winners."
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.2 million hardworking men and women throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Visit www.teamster.org for more information. Follow us on Twitter @Teamsters and "like" us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/teamsters.
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- Develops unique and innovative business models that respond to specific market needs
- Drives expansion of joint marketing and sales initiatives as well as deploys a deep bench of technical talent into the market
LONDON, April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The EY organization today announces an alliance between the EIS Group Inc (EIS), a global digital insurance platform provider, and Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) to help clients in implementing and integrating EIS' cloud-native, digital insurance platform, which is primarily an application programming interface, to address challenges and future needs in the insurance industry. The Alliance is also active in Ernst & Young LLP (EY UK) with plans for alliance geographic footprint expansion over time.
Following a significant surge in activity across the group insurance software marketplace, the EY–EIS Alliance helps clients implement detailed services that reduce time to market and enable new business. It also supports underwriting, servicing and policy administration capabilities across multiple lines of business, including group benefits, life, annuity, healthcare, property and casualty, dental and disability products.
EIS is expanding to become a full value chain solution while continuously strengthening its core administration platform. Many insurance carriers currently undertake manual steps that give rise to a host of inefficiencies. Therefore, there is a growing need for carriers to leverage digital and analytical solutions while redesigning customer operations and service models.
In addition to bringing in consulting and technology experience, EY teams complement EIS' capabilities by integrating the EY Nexus platform, which facilitates faster deployment of services for clients.
Ted Epps, Life Technology and Group Alliance Leader, Ernst & Young LLP, says:
"Through the alliance with EIS, EY teams are looking forward to expanding their technology footprint, thought leadership and brand recognition in the insurance industry. This Alliance also allows EY teams to explore opportunities to strengthen their ecosystem by developing a comprehensive core platform strategy for EY Nexus, which is offered as a digital transformation solution."
Chris Payne, EY EMEIA Insurance Technology Leader, says:
"The alliance with EIS is an exciting proposition with much potential. There is so much dynamic innovation still to be found within the insurance market. Having worked together on leading-class insurance business and technology transformation programs centered around the customer and digital enablement, I have faith that this Alliance can bring significant and innovative digital progress to insurers."
Jim Caruso, EIS EVP of Customer and Partner Success, says:
"As the needs of consumers continue to evolve, ambitious insurers are searching for cloud-native, open, flexible and interconnected technologies that enable them to respond unimpeded and power their next phase of growth. The collaboration with EY teams represents a significant milestone in addressing this need. We are excited about the numerous transformational opportunities that will arise from combining EIS technology with EY teams' consulting knowledge, and we look forward to sharing these benefits with even more leading insurance organizations."
For more information, visit ey.com/alliances.
About EY
EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.
Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate.
Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.
EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more, of the member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients. Information about how EY collects and uses personal data and a description of the rights individuals have under data protection legislation are available via ey.com/privacy. EY member firms do not practice law where prohibited by local laws. For more information about our organization, please visit ey.com.
This news release has been issued by EYGM Limited, a member of the global EY organization that also does not provide any services to clients.
About EIS
EIS is the first choice for ambitious insurers focused on future proofing their businesses and building the customer-centric insurance platforms of tomorrow.
Founded in 2008, EIS provides a digital insurance platform that has been specifically engineered to remove every obstacle and give insurers the freedom to pursue and achieve their most important strategic goals. Its open, flexible, cloud-native Coretech platform liberates insurers to grow market share and enter new markets, develop new products and build engaging experiences, while lowering acquisition costs, boosting retention and delivering greater revenue and profits for the long-term.
Headquartered in San Francisco, EIS powers premium growth for insurers in all lines of business worldwide. For more information, visit EISGroup.com.
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LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has recommended the authorization of a tweaked booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine that includes protection against two of the latest versions of omicron, as countries look to bolster their immunization programs ahead of winter.
The EU regulator said Monday that laboratory studies suggest the combination vaccine — which targets both the original COVID-19 virus as well as the omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 — should trigger an effective immune response. The vaccine is expected to be as safe as the original version, but the agency will continue to track its rollout globally since the data is limited.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave the modified vaccine shot the green light last month.
According to the World Health Organization, the BA.5 version of omicron is responsible for most of the COVID-19 spreading globally; it made up about 87% of all virus sequences shared with the biggest public database.
Earlier this month, the European Medicines Agency also cleared two combination vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Inc. which aimed at protecting against the earlier omicron subvariant BA.1.
It’s unclear how well the updated boosters will work since experts are still gathering data. But there’s evidence that they are safe, so waiting for more study on their effectiveness would risk another mutation appearing before people are immunized.
Scientists warn that the coronavirus will linger far into the future, partly because it is getting better and better at getting around immunity from vaccination and past infection.
Globally, coronavirus cases and deaths have been dropping for weeks, but experts expect a surge of hospitalizations and deaths with the coming winter in the northern hemisphere. So far the virus has killed over 6.5 million people worldwide.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
8-2-9
(eight, two, nine)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
8-2-9
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BROWNSVILLE, Pa., Jan. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
What does it mean to be Influential in the Pharmacy Profession?
To be influential in pharmacy means to have the power to influence or shape the opinions, actions, or policies of others within our profession and throughout healthcare ecosystems. The Pharmacy 50 recognizes an individual that has a significant impact on the thoughts, behaviors, or decisions of others within pharmacy. Our Top 50 Influencers have all created positive energy and impact throughout pharmacy in many different ways, such as through leadership, advocacy, persuasion, and the sharing of ideas and information to help transform pharmacy care. Ultimately these Top 50 Pharmacy Professionals are impacting people's lives through their work, missions, and passion.
The Pharmacy Podcast Network (PPN); the first podcast about the profession of pharmacy, is proud to announce the winners of the 2nd Annual 50 Most Influential Leaders in Pharmacy Awards. The PPN launched the awards program in 2021 to recognize people who've made their mark through innovation, momentum, and distinction throughout the pharmacy profession. This list of Rising Stars, Innovators, Trailblazers, Visionaries, and Leaders have been recognized for 2022.
"It's thrilling that we had a 900% increase in voter participation from the inaugural Pharmacy 50 Awards program last year," commented Todd Eury, CEO of the Pharmacy Podcast Network and awards creator. "The people on this list are extraordinary and are an example of how pharmacy is drastically transforming to become more customized and patient-focused. We hope these award winners will inspire others throughout the pharmacy profession and health sector to keep innovating."
"50 Most Influential Leaders in Pharmacy" sets out to inspire and advocate for the pharmacy profession and recognize people in the pharmacy industry making a significant impact on pharmacy care. The list was developed based on votes collected during the month of December 2022 by industry peers. The number of votes were totaled for each nominee and listed in order of number of votes, 1 through 50.
2022 "Pharmacy 50" Award Winners
- Brian Leonard, PharmD
- Alysa Vereen, PharmD
- Mariya Farooqi, PharmD
- Antonio Ciaccia
- Shahida Choudry PharmD
- Cecelia Byers, PharmD
- Tara Newton Schneider, PharmD
- Mary Douglass Smith, PharmD
- Bled Tanoe, PharmD
- Salematou Traore-Uwalaka, PharmD
- Lisa Faast, PharmD
- Jamie Wilkey, PharmD
- Jabeen Ahmed, PharmD
- Loretta Boesing
- Theresa Tolle, RPh
- Jessica Nouhavandi, PharmD
- Kyle McCormick, PharmD
- Chris Antypas, PharmD
- AJ Loiacono
- Anthony Minniti, PharmD
- Mark Garofoli, PharmD
- Shawn Bjorndal, PharmD
- Jason Mordino, PharmD
- Behnaz Sarrami, PharmD
- Christina Fontana, PharmD
- Steve Moore, PharmD
- Kenneth Oshea, PharmD
- Earl L. "Buddy" Carter, RPh
- Adam Robinson, PharmD
- Anne Arvizu, PharmD
- Ken Thai, PharmD
- Mayank Amin, PharmD
- Christina Madison, PharmD
- Kevin DeMass, RPh
- Blair Thielemier, PharmD
- Jay Holloway, PharmD
- Parisa "Risa" Vatanka, PharmD
- Swathi Varanasi, PharmD
- Delon Canterbury, PharmD
- Gabrielle Pierce Cranford, PharmD
- Nishaminy Kasbekar, PharmD
- Scott Kjelson, PharmD
- Melissa Murer Corrigan
- Darshan Kulkarni, PharmD Esq
- Sara Izadi, PharmD
- Ramita Tandon
- Ethan Melillo, PharmD
- Robin Barrett, PharmD
- John Kim, PharmD
- Phil Cowley, Rph
To learn more about the #Pharmacy50 - the TOP 50 Most Influential Leaders in Pharmacy, please visit pharmacypodcast.com/news/.
About PPN
Started in 2009, PPN is the pharmacy profession's leading podcast network dedicated to pharmacists and industry professionals. Building supportive audio communications for pharmaceutical manufacturers, technology companies, and industry trade associations is part of PPN's strategy to support the pharmacy profession. Continuing education, journal reviews, and editorial conversations are part of the 5 to 6 episodes per week that are available on all podcasting directories. RxInfluencer Magazine, the news section of the website, and PPN's publishing partnership with Medika Life are several other media avenues helping PPN advance the role and voice of pharmacists. Learn more at pharmacypodcast.com.
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AUBURN — The Community Foundation DeKalb County has awarded $142,150 in scholarships to area graduating seniors, homeschooled students, and adults.
Each year, local students have access to over 50 scholarships for post-high school education through the Community Foundation of DeKalb County’s website at cfdeKalb.org. While the majority of the scholarships are geared to current high school seniors, several scholarships are available to adults.
“The Community Foundation DeKalb County appreciates the opportunities to positively impact traditional and non-traditional students through scholarship offerings. Due to our donors’ generosity, we can support our future leaders,” said foundation executive director Tanya Young.
In addition, the Foundation is proud to be able to support various types of continued education. Thanks to its donors, the foundation offers scholarships for vocational and technical training and associate’s and bachelor’s degrees.
Eligibility for foundation scholarships varies widely. Some require the applicant to reside in DeKalb County or to pursue a particular career path. Others have few requirements and allow study in any field. For traditional high school students, completing one application form and essay qualifies students for multiple scholarships, while other scholarships require a specific essay.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Willson Contreras’ goodbye turned out to be a bit premature.
The Chicago Cubs are keeping their catcher — along with Ian Happ — at least for now after Tuesday’s trade deadline passed with no deal for the three-time All-Star.
“I do understand the emotional toll that it takes when you’re waiting on a phone call and reading rumors,” president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer said. “I know that would be difficult for me if I was that in that situation. I do really understand the human toll that that takes on guys.”
With the Cubs rebuilding and free agency looming, Contreras seemed sure to be traded. Fellow All-Star Happ also appeared a good bet to be dealt.
“We never found that a deal that came close to the right value,” Hoyer said.
He would not say if the Cubs will try to re-sign Contreras and build around him after the season. But the past couple weeks sure felt like one big goodbye.
Contreras got a standing ovation in what many thought would be his final home game at Wrigley Field against Pittsburgh on July 26. Teammates hugged him following Sunday’s 4-0 loss at San Francisco, thinking that might have been his last game for the Cubs.
“I’ve always had a really high opinion of how hard he plays,” Hoyer said. “And I feel like there’s no one that cares more than he does. He has an energy that is infectious and he’s a really talented catcher. I don’t think our opinion is changed at all.”
Contreras helped Chicago win the World Series and end a 108-year championship drought as a rookie in 2016.
“I’ve always had a high opinion about how hard he plays,” Hoyer said. “He’s a really talented catcher.”
This year, he got selected to his third All-Star team. Making it even sweeter, Willson and William Contreras of the Atlanta Braves also became the fifth set of brothers to start together in a Midsummer Classic and the first since Roberto and Sandy Alomar Jr. in 1992.
But the trade talk took a toll.
The 30-year-old Contreras was hitting .252 with 14 home runs, 38 RBIs and an .818 OPS prior to Tuesday’s game at St. Louis. He slumped badly in July with a .149 average, one homer and four RBIs in 19 games, and acknowledged the trade deadline was weighing on him.
Happ is arbitration-controlled through the 2023 season, then he can become a free agent.
The 27-year-old has been versatile this season, starting games in left field, center field and designated hitter. He also has experience playing right field, first base, second base and third base. Entering Tuesday, Happ was hitting .279 with nine homers, 46 RBIs and a .796 OPS.
In the locker room before Chicago’s game Tuesday against the Cardinals, both players’ uniforms hung by their lockers. Contreras made a brief stop in the room about 2 1/2 hours before the deadline and said he didn’t know anything about his situation. His lone comment: “I’m waiting, too.”
That wait is over. He and Happ will continue to call Wrigley Field home and wear Cub uniforms through the end of this season. They will return to Wrigley Field on Friday to play the Miami Marlins.
Contreras is one of three players remaining from the championship team along with pitcher Kyle Hendricks and outfielder Jason Heyward. The Cubs traded stars Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo and Javier Baez prior to last season’s deadline.
“Last year at the deadline things lined up for us where we had really motivated buyers at the right times,” Hoyer said. “I think this year in some ways makes me realize how fortunate we were last year from a prospect standpoint to be able to accomplish what we did.”
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Freelancer Warren Mayes contributed from St. Louis.
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NEW DELHI (AP)Marcel Siem ended his long wait for a fifth European tour title with victory at the Hero Indian Open by a single shot on Sunday.
The German’s last win on the tour came eight years and 116 days ago at the 2014 BMW Masters but a closing 68 saw him edge out countryman Yannik Paul to return to the winner’s circle with a 14-under 274.
The 42-year-old golfer, who secured his card for the 2023 season at qualifying school in November, went into the final round one shot behind overnight leader Paul.
He took a share of the lead after sinking a 20-foot birdie putt at the fourth. After picking up another shot on the par-five eighth, Siem made back-to-back gains on the 10th and 11th to establish a two-shot cushion.
But a bogey on the 13th led to a two-shot swing, with Paul birdieing the same hole to join Siem at the top on 13 under.
After saving par on the tough 14th, Siem holed from 15 feet for a birdie at the next to regain the outright lead.
And he closed his round with three more pars, rolling in a 3-foot par putt on No. 18 to win moments after Paul slid his birdie putt wide from about 12 feet.
He threw his cap to the ground then, with his arms outstretched, shouted ”wow.”
”This means a lot because two years ago I wasn’t even sure if I could still compete… and now I’m a winner again, come on,” he said.
Paul finished alone in second on 13 under, with Dutchman Joost Luiten another shot further back in third.
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Updated June 8, 2023 at 1:43 PM ET
PARIS — As bystanders screamed for help, a man with a knife stabbed four young children at a lakeside park in the French Alps on Thursday, assaulting at least one in a stroller repeatedly. The children between 22 months and 3 years old suffered life-threatening injuries, and two adults also were wounded, authorities said.
The helplessness of the young victims and the savagery of the attack sickened France.
A suspect, identified by police as a 31-year-old Syrian, was detained in connection with the morning attack in the Alpine and lakeside town of Annecy. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said he had refugee status in Sweden.
Witnesses reported scenes of terror as the man roamed the park, ambushing victims with his blade.
"I said to the police, 'Shoot him, kill him! He's stabbing everyone,' " Anthony Le Tallec, a former professional soccer player who was jogging when he came across the attacker, said.
Lead prosecutor Line Bonnet-Mathis said the man's motives were unknown but did not appear to be terrorism-related. He was armed with a folding knife, she said.
She said all four children suffered life-threatening knife wounds. The youngest is 22 months old, two are age 2 and the oldest is 3, she said. Two of them are French, the other two were tourists — one British, the other Dutch, she said.
Two adults also suffered knife wounds — life-threatening for one them, the prosecutor said. One of the adults was hurt both with the attacker's knife and later by a shot fired by police as they were making the arrest, Bonnet-Mathis said.
Video appearing to show the attack in and around a children's play park was posted on social media. The footage showed a man in dark glasses and with a blue scarf covering his head brandishing a knife, as people screamed for help.
The man appeared to shout "on name of Jesus Christ" as he waved his knife in the air, while people nearby could be heard screaming: "Police! Police!"
He slashed at a man carrying rucksacks who tried to approach him. Inside the enclosed play park, a panicked woman frantically pushed a stroller as the attacker approached, yelling "Help! Help!" and ramming the stroller into the barriers around the site in her terror.
She tried to fend off the attacker but couldn't keep him from leaning over the stroller and stabbing downward repeatedly. Afterward, the man strolled almost casually out of the park, letting himself out through a gate, with the man carrying two rucksacks still chasing after him.
"The nation is in shock," President Marcon says
French President Emmanuel Macron described the assault as an "attack of absolute cowardice." Of the victims, he said "children and an adult are between life and death."
"The nation is in shock," Macron tweeted.
Le Tallec, the ex-soccer player who witnessed the attack while on a lakeside jog, said in an Instagram video that he first came across "a mother who said to me, 'Run! Run! There's someone stabbing everyone."
"I saw him sprinting straight for some grandpas and grandmas. And there, he attacked, he attacked the grandpa, he stabbed him once. The police behind couldn't catch him."
The police then opened fire and the attacker fell to the ground, having stabbed the older man a second time, Le Tallec said.
The prosecutor said the suspect had been living in the Annecy area since last fall and had no fixed address. An ice cream seller who works in the waterside park said he'd seen the attacker there several days earlier, looking out at the lake ringed by mountains.
The suspect was a political refugee in Sweden, the prosecutor said. The Swedish Migration Agency said he was granted permanent residency in 2013. The agency did not identify the suspect but said he subsequently sought Swedish citizenship in 2017 and 2018, both denied, and applied again in August 2022.
Eleanor Vincent, an American author vacationing in Annecy, told The Associated Press of her shock at seeing an emergency helicopter descending to the picturesque park.
"As soon as I heard the sirens and saw police running, I knew something horrible was happening. I am in shock. It's a park where they take children out to walk," Vincent said.
Crowds stood in "absolute silence," dumbfounded as the tragedy unfolded, she said.
"As a parent who has lost a child, I know what these parents are experiencing. It's a horror beyond belief," Vincent added.
In Paris, lawmakers interrupted a debate to hold a moment of silence for the victims.
The assembly president, Yaël Braun-Pivet, said: "There are some very young children who are in critical condition, and I invite you to respect a minute of silence for them, for their families, and so that, we hope, the consequences of this very grave attack do not lead to the nation grieving."
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While the Mariners haven’t officially announced the report date for pitchers and catchers — the unofficial start to any baseball season — the common thinking around Major League Baseball is that it will come on Valentine’s Day.
With the World Baseball Classic taking place this spring, there might have been a push to have players, specifically those participating in the WBC, arrive a little earlier, perhaps on a “volun-told” philosophy, to get a few a days at their complex. However, in the Phoenix area, Super Bowl LVII, which is being played at StateFarm Stadium in Glendale, is making that somewhat impossible, with hotels and temporary residences either booked or charging astronomical prices in the days surrounding the big game.
So on Thursday, it will be 41 days until the expected Feb. 14 report date, 51 days until the Mariners’ Cactus League opener vs. the Padres at the Peoria Sports Complex and 85 days until the they open the 2023 season at T-Mobile Park on Thursday, March 30, vs. the Cleveland Guardians.
Obviously, a lot can and will change for the Mariners — both good and bad — until those noted dates.
Jerry Dipoto, the Mariners president of baseball operations, has made it quite clear that he’s still trying add pieces to the roster and organization — specifically one right-handed hitting position player — to bolster the team’s offensive production and also adding experienced upper-level depth to offset any potential injuries or struggling performers.
“I don’t think we have to, but I think we’d like to,” Dipoto said at the MLB winter meetings. “We’re going to continue to try to, but I do think that we are we’re about as balanced as any team that I think I’ve ever had. We have young in-their-prime players at every position on the field, including the upside of Jarred Kelenic in left field. Our challenge now becomes how to take that how to add another player, who can take some of that pressure off of JK, or Taylor Trammell and give us the ability to rotate at designated hitter. That’s the piece and we do need that. That player doesn’t play for us right now. If we start the season today, I feel confident that over 162-game season, somewhere along the way we’re going to find that player, whether he’s currently in-house, I can’t say.”
The Mariners should be considered an unfinished product by all involved.
It makes the idea of projecting the Mariners’ 26-man roster seem sort of silly. Common sense tells you that there will be at least five things that happen over those time spans that will greatly affect the expected active roster.
And yet, by doing this way-too-early exercise, it does highlight what is missing or lacking with the current roster by narrowing down the whole of the organization and into an actual team.
Right now, if you had to pencil out a lineup, who would you use at designated hitter? Even with a rotational plan to keep your regulars healthy, the lineup would be lacking in at least one other spot if not multiple spots. How about if there is a leverage situation late in a game that could feature dangerous lefty hitters — like maybe Yordan Alvarez and Kyle Tucker — in two of the three spots with runners on base? Which pitcher do they turn to? Insert your Robbie Ray joke.
Starting rotation (5)
- Luis Castillo, RHP
- Robbie Ray, LHP
- Logan Gilbert, RHP
- George Kirby, RHP
- Marco Gonzales, LHP
Notes: Those five projected starters combined to make 132 of the team’s 162 starts. None of those five pitchers missed a scheduled start with the Mariners due to injury. In fact, if you include Chris Flexen’s 22 starts and the five starts before Matt Brash pitched his way out of the rotation, those seven pitchers combined for 159 starts with none of them spending a single moment on the injured list. Kirby was optioned to Tacoma over the All-Star break to give him a break from his heavy usage and overall workload.
Common sense and baseball logic says that likely won’t happen again. Seattle considered moving Gonzales and Flexen at the trade deadline and could so again. Though keeping Flexen is a major insurance policy. Brash will come to spring training stretched out as a starter as additional insurance but is expected to shift to the bullpen.
Bullpen (8)
- Paul Sewald, RHP
- Andres Munoz, RHP
- Matt Brash, RHP
- Diego Castillo, RHP
- Penn Murfee, RHP
- Chris Flexen, RHP
- Trevor Gott, RHP
- Matt Festa, RHP
Notes: Gott, who is the Mariners only free agent signing to an MLB contract this offseason, essentially replaces Erik Swanson, who was sent to Toronto as part of the trade that netted Teoscar Hernandez. This projected bullpen doesn’t include a left-handed pitcher, which isn’t surprising after the Mariners went without a lefty reliever for much of last season until acquiring Matthew Boyd at the deadline.
Lefty Brennan Bernardino, who signed with the Mariners out of the Mexican League last season, and made a handful of appearances is still on the 40-man along with lefty Gabe Speier, who was claimed off waivers from the Royals.
Outfielders (5)
- Julio Rodriguez, CF
- Teoscar Hernandez, RF
- Jarred Kelenic, OF
- Sam Haggerty, OF
- Taylor Trammell, OF
Notes: Rodriguez is locked in center field until he doesn’t he decides not to be. Hernandez replaces Mitch Haniger in right field. But with this roster, the Mariners would likely platoon left field with Jarred Kelenic facing right-handed starting pitchers and switch-hitter Sam Haggerty, who is a better hitter from the right side, starting vs. lefty pitchers. Realistically any consistent production and some semblance of viable defense will be better than what they got from Jesse Winker last season. But the Mariners would much rather use Haggerty off the bench, feeling he could be more effective with his baserunning skills late in games. Keeping Trammell as the extra outfielder is a little redundant considering he has similar shortcomings to Kelenic, but there are few options on the current 40-man or Class AAA Tacoma roster to use instead.
Infielders (6)
- Ty France, 1B
- Kolton Wong, 2B
- J.P. Crawford, SS
- Eugenio Suarez, 3B
- Dylan Moore, IF
- Jacob Nottingham, 1B/C
Notes: Wong replaces Adam Frazier as the primary second baseman and could be an upgrade both on offense and defense if he returns to his typical form. The rest of the starting infield returns for another season. The Mariners hope to use Moore at shortstop more than past season, particularly vs. tough lefty starters. They believe it will keep Crawford a little healthier and more productive over the course of the season. Nottingham, who signed a minor league deal, is tossed into this projection due to his right-handed bat and his ability to catch and play first base. Evan White’s status is an unknown. The Mariners expect/hope he will be healthy in spring training. But he’s played 58 total games — 30 MLB games in 2021 and 28 minor league games in 2022 — over the last two seasons due to hip and hernia surgery. Even if he’s fully healthy, he has yet to establish himself as viable MLB hitter.
Catchers (2)
- Cal Raleigh
- Tom Murphy
Notes: Raleigh is the starting catcher and will see most of the playing time with Murphy serving as the backup. Seattle wants to try and keep Raleigh as healthy as possible. He needed offseason thumb surgery after playing the last six weeks of the season with a torn ligament in his thumb. Pitchers trust Murphy when he’s behind the plate, and he’s solid vs. lefty pitching. Having a third “catcher” on the roster like Nottingham or Cooper Hummel, would allow for Seattle to rest Raleigh more with DH days and keep his bat in the lineup. | https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/mariners/analysis-what-mariners-roster-would-look-like-if-season-started-tomorrow/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2023-01-05 01:05:26 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/mariners/analysis-what-mariners-roster-would-look-like-if-season-started-tomorrow/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Mandy Cohen, a former North Carolina official, will be the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the White House announced Friday.
Unlike the last two people to serve as head of the nation’s top federal public health agency, Cohen has prior experience running a government agency: She was secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services from 2017 until last year. Before that, she held health-related jobs at two federal agencies.
“Dr. Cohen is one of the nation’s top physicians and health leaders with experience leading large and complex organizations, and a proven track-record protecting Americans’ health and safety,” President Joe Biden said in a statement.
She succeeds Dr. Rochelle Walensky, 54, who last month announced she was leaving at the end of June. Cohen’s starting date has not been announced. Her appointment does not require Senate confirmation.
Walensky, a former infectious disease expert at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, took over at the CDC in 2021 — about a year after the pandemic began.
Cohen, 44, will take over after some rough years at the CDC, whose 12,000-plus employees are charged with protecting Americans from disease outbreaks and other public health threats.
The Atlanta-based federal agency had long been seen as a global leader on disease control and a reliable source of health information. But polls showed the public trust eroded, partly as a result of the CDC’s missteps in dealing with COVID-19 and partly due to political attacks and misinformation campaigns.
Walensky started a reorganization effort that is designed to make the agency more nimble and to improve its communications.
Cohen was raised on Long Island, New York. Her mom was a nurse practitioner. Cohen has a medical degree from Yale and a master’s in public health from Harvard.
She also has been an advocate. She was a founding member and former executive director of Doctors for America, which pushes to expand health insurance coverage and address racial and ethnic disparities. Another founder was Dr. Vivek Murthy, the U.S. surgeon general. The group formed in the midst of an effort to organize doctors into political action and support Barack Obama’s candidacy for president.
Cohen started working for the federal government in 2008 at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, where she served as deputy director for women’s health services. She later held a series of federal jobs, many of them with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, rising to chief operating officer.
In 2017, she took the health and human services job in North Carolina. A top adviser to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, Cohen was the face of her state’s response to the coronavirus, explaining risks and precautions while wearing a gold chain adorned with a charm of the Hebrew word for “life.”
Some residents dubbed her the “3 W’s lady” for her constant reminders to wear a mask, wash hands frequently, and watch the distance from other people. One man even wrote a country-rock ballad praising her with the refrain: “Hang on Mandy, Mandy hang on.”
In 2020, Cohen refused to support President Donald Trump’s demands for a full-capacity Republican convention in Charlotte with no mask wearing. Her office later said it would accommodate the GOP by relaxing the state’s 10-person indoor gathering limit, but it remained adamant about masks and social distancing. Trump ultimately moved the main events from Charlotte.
Cohen resigned the state post in late 2021, saying she wanted to spend more time with her family and pursue new opportunities. She then took a leadership post at Aledade Inc., a Maryland-based consulting company.
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Former AP writers Bryan Anderson and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar contributed to this report.
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Membership Offers Guaranteed Availability, Hourly Rates and Highest Safety Standard
OMAHA, Neb., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jet Linx, the only locally-focused, global private jet management and Jet Card company with 21 Base locations nationwide, today announces the return of its Enterprise Jet Card Membership, designed uniquely to serve its corporate clients, and a Tier II Executive Jet Card Membership for leisure travelers who fly less frequently than its Tier I Executive Membership offering.
The relaunched Enterprise Membership comes as 81% of companies are planning to resume domestic business travel in the next several months, according to a recent Global Business Travel Association survey. The Enterprise Membership guarantees business travelers the highest level of flexibility, safety and service, while its Tier II Executive Membership allows leisure travelers to have access to its Members-only fleet. The announcement was made by Jamie Walker, President and CEO of Jet Linx.
"We made the decision to temporarily pause these Jet Card Membership programs last October to ensure we could properly serve our existing Members as we experienced a surge in demand for our private jet services coming out of the pandemic. Now that we have optimized the fleet to comfortably operate in this new marketplace, we are opening up sales again to serve these types of Members," said Walker. "Through our unparalleled standards of safety and service excellence, both on the ground and in the air, we are proud to reintroduce the Enterprise and Tier II Executive Jet Card Membership programs and serve as a trusted partner for business and leisure travelers."
Jet Linx remains the only private aviation company to deliver expansive resources at the national level with the service and personal attention of a local team. Exclusive to Jet Linx clients, the Company offers private, executive terminals across 21 Base locations nationwide, which provide safe and secure environments and maximum privacy for business teams before and after their flight. Each terminal is outfitted with high-speed Wi-Fi, conference rooms, secured entries, and local, dedicated flight concierge services available 24/7.
In addition to exceptional service and unmatched privacy, safety is of the utmost importance to Jet Linx. The Company boasts numerous national and international safety accreditations, including ARGUS Platinum Elite, IS-BAO Stage 3 and Wyvern Wingman safety ratings. Less than 1% of all aircraft operators in the world have earned all three safety ratings.
Jet Linx is also the first and only private aviation company to partner with Forbes Travel Guide to expertly train all flight concierge personnel and flight crew in their proprietary luxury service standards, unmatched in private aviation.
For more information on Jet Linx's Enterprise Jet Card Membership and Tier II Executive Jet Card Membership, visit www.jetlinx.com.
About Jet Linx Aviation
Jet Linx Aviation is a locally-focused private jet company founded in Omaha, NE in 1999 as a more personalized approach to national private jet companies. Jet Linx offers three different ways to experience private aviation — a guaranteed Jet Card, Joint Ownership, and Aircraft Management program — providing its clients with an all-encompassing, local solution to all of their private jet travel needs. Jet Linx is an IS-BAO Stage 3, ARGUS Platinum Elite and Wyvern Wingman safety rated operator, an accomplishment earned by less than one percent of all aircraft operators in the world. In 2019, Jet Linx became the only Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star trained and accredited private aviation company in the world. In addition to establishing the independent global rating system's preeminent and unparalleled service standards for the in-flight experience, Jet Linx also collaborated with Forbes Travel Guide to develop their own customized, proprietary Jet Linx standards of service excellence. Jet Linx is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska and has Base locations in Atlanta, Austin, Boca Raton, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Ft. Worth, Houston, Indianapolis, Miami, Minneapolis, Nashville, New York, Omaha, San Antonio, Scottsdale, St. Louis, Tulsa and Washington D.C. For additional information, please visit the Jet Linx website (www.jetlinx.com).
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"The Voice Of Columbia," Darren Hellwege has hosted NPR's “Morning Edition” for over 30 years on KBIA, and serves as host/producer of the award-winning “Thinking Out Loud” programs. He also hosts “Vox Humana” on Classical 90.5 FM. Darren is also a marketing representative for KBIA and Classical 90.5, helping businesses connect with their customers using public radio. | https://www.kbia.org/show/thinking-out-loud/2023-05-17/thinking-out-loud-odyssey-chamber-kids-concert | 2023-05-17 15:04:39 | 0 | https://www.kbia.org/show/thinking-out-loud/2023-05-17/thinking-out-loud-odyssey-chamber-kids-concert |
Pioneering Rental Platform Takes Over Leasing of 200+ Units Across 9 Rastegar Developments in Austin, Texas
NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- REZI, the pioneer of Occupancy-as-a-Service, has launched in Austin with a partnership with the city's leading developer, Rastegar Property Company. Rastegar is a technology-enabled private real estate investment firm focused on value-add and development in all asset classes throughout Austin and the Southwest US. The partnership between REZI and Rastegar was announced today by Sean Mitchell, Co-Founder and CEO of REZI.
This deal contracts over 200 apartments across 9 buildings with floor plans ranging from studios to 3-bedrooms in West Lake Hills, Mueller, Hyde Park, Highland Heights, Clarksville, South Austin. All units will be onboarded to REZI's innovative AI-powered leasing platform, where REZI will take ownership over all marketing and leasing — providing Rastegar with a turnkey guaranteed leasing solution delivering higher asset NOIs across their portfolio.
"We are thrilled to be partnering with the "King of Austin Real Estate" not only because Austin is a key market for us, but Rastegar and REZI share the mission of using technology and innovation to make finding and acquiring housing fair, transparent, and accessible for everyone," said Mitchell.
"We were immediately impressed with REZI and what they have provided the previous markets in which they've launched," said Ari Rastegar, Founder & CEO of Rastegar Property Company, "In just a few years, they have become a highly reputable brand with nationwide outreach and a service that aligns perfectly with our needs and philosophy."
The announcement of this partnership coincides with REZI's launch of their Texas Headquarters at 1920 Mckinney Ave in Uptown, Dallas.
Founded in 2016, REZI leverages state-of-the-art leasing and financial technology to improve and optimize renters' leasing experience and improve property owners' leasing performance. REZI is a privately held company based in New York City.
Rastegar Property Company is a technology-enabled private real estate investment firm focused on value-add and development in all asset classes throughout Austin and the southwest United States. Rastegar and its affiliates have co-invested in or directly own and operate over 13.8 million square feet of real estate across projects in 13 states and 35 cities. The firm specializes in acquiring complex or undervalued assets with opportunities to create value through repositioning, redevelopment, and/or improved operational efficiencies.
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A Hampton Police Department cruiser hit a pedestrian in Hampton, N.H. Sunday night, officials said.
Around 7:15 p.m., New Hampshire State Police responded to a car crash on Ashworth Avenue by the intersection of Ocean Boulevard and Nudd Avenue, State Police said in a statement.
The pedestrian was injured and was taken by ambulance to an area hospital. The officer was not injured.
The identities of the officer and pedestrian have not been released, State Police said.
The area where the accident occurred was blocked off until around 11:30 p.m.
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LANCASTER, Calif. (KTLA/NEXSTAR) — Pop star Aaron Carter has died at 34 at his California home, according to Associated Press and other outlets. As originally reported by TMZ, Carter was found dead at his home in Lancaster, reportedly after drowning in his bathtub.
Deputies responded around 11 a.m. following reports of a medical emergency at the home in Lancaster, said Deputy Alejandra Parra with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Parra said the deputies found a deceased person at the residence, but she could not immediately confirm it was Carter.
Carter’s fiancé, Melanie Martin, asked for privacy as the family grieves.
“We are still in the process of accepting this unfortunate reality,” Martin said in a statement Saturday. “Your thoughts and prayers are greatly appreciated.”
Carter, the younger brother of the Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter, rose to fame as a child star, first as a singer and later as an actor in film and television shows like “Lizzie McGuire” and “7th Heaven.”
Carter is perhaps most well known for his sophomore album “Aaron’s Party (Come Get It),” which was released in 2000 and has been certified triple-platinum. The album included the title track as well as a cover of “I Want Candy” and a basketball-themed song called “That’s How I Beat Shaq.”
He opened world tours for both the Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Carter notably battled addiction for many years, facing legal troubles and entering rehabilitation while continuing with his music career, according to E!. Carter’s final studio album, “Love,” was released in 2018.
He also publicly feuded with many, including his brother Nick Carter, whom he accused of trying to put him under a conservatorship. The two brothers appeared together in E!’s “House of Carters” in 2006. The show featured several Carter family members as they worked to smooth out their relationships.
In 2019, Carter revealed on “The Doctors” that he was diagnosed with “multiple personality disorder, schizophrenia, acute anxiety and manic depression,” according to CNN.
Carter leaves behind a son, Prince.
“Fame at a young age is often more a curse than a blessing and surviving it is not easy. RIP Aaron Carter,” Grammy-winning songwriter Diane Warren tweeted Saturday afternoon as news broke.
Carter’s final tweet, sent Nov. 3, reads: “Yo Kanye let’s talk…. man to man,” in reference to rapper Ye, better known as Kanye West, who recently made several antisemtic comments.
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Technology Helps Police Departments Comply with Civilian Data Privacy Laws
CHICAGO, March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Truleo, the leading provider of automated body camera review and analysis technology for law enforcement, today announced the release of Responsible Transcription™, a process that automatically separates and redacts civilian data during body camera transcription.
Truleo processes body camera videos for departments across the country to help automate supervision, facilitate coaching, and promote police professionalism. The technology automatically detects risky events such as use of force, pursuits, frisking, and non-compliance incidents, and screens for both professional and unprofessional officer language for supervisors to praise or review.
Many police departments around the country transcribe their body camera videos but do not separate officer language from civilian language. Raw transcription not only creates an administrative burden of having to sort through false positives trying to decipher what was said by the officer, but it may soon also require the department to redact any personally identifiable civilian data (PII) that was transcribed.
Since the start of 2023, at least 15 biometric privacy law proposals have emerged across 11 states with the stated goal of protecting civilian privacy. Earlier this month, on March 3 California Assembly Member Lori Wilson amended her bill AB 1034, on facial recognition and other biometric surveillance, to include banning law enforcement from installing "surveillance systems" in connection with their body cameras. "Surveillance information" is defined as personally identifiable civilian data. If this bill passes, it may change the way police departments currently transcribe their body cameras.
Truleo has released a set of capabilities referred to as Responsible Transcription™ that uses several layers of protection to ensure civilian privacy, such as auto-redaction of any civilian PII and filtering out civilian speech entirely. Truleo's multilayer approach to responsible transcription enables the highest level of civilian privacy within the industry.
"If police departments transcribe their body camera videos, they will likely have to redact civilian PII," said Anthony Tassone, CEO of Truleo. "We need to dramatically lessen the administrative burden we place on officers. Our ability to separate officer speech from civilian speech, which drives our auto-redaction capability, is another example of our commitment to innovation that helps police officers to do their jobs well while continuing to help protect the public."
About Truleo
Less than 1% of police body camera videos are reviewed, because there is simply too much data. Truleo automatically processes and converts this data into a training asset for supervisors to help automate supervision and coaching and promote police professionalism. To learn more about Truleo's mission to improve trust in the police with body camera analytics, visit www.truleo.co.
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‘Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.’ review: A megachurch mockumentary masterclass
Chicago - Editor's note: This review originally ran as part of our coverage of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 26, 2022. It has been expanded and republished in light of the film's upcoming debut in theaters and on Peacock.
The initial pitch for "Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul." seems simple enough. The film opens as a Christopher Guest-style mockumentary about a Southern Baptist megachurch in Atlanta trying to stage a comeback following allegations of misconduct against its peacocking pastor Lee-Curtis Childs (Sterling K. Brown). Anchored by a hilarious turn from comedienne extraordinaire Regina Hall as his put-upon wife and dutiful "first lady" Trinitie, the opening act of "Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul" coasts along on familiar but well executed jokes about megachurch culture.
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Writer/director Adamma Ebo has a keen ear for the details of this world, including the passive aggressive daggers hidden behind every "bless your heart" and "god is good" — not to mention the innate hypocrisy of prosperity gospel. "There’s something about a pastor in Prada," the Childs gloat as they give the film’s in-world documentary crew a tour of the massive designer-filled walk-in closet the church keeps onsite.
Sterling K. Brown stars as Lee-Curtis Childs in HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL., a Focus Features release. Credit: Steve Swisher / © 2021 Pinky Promise LLC
In fact, if "Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul." had simply maintained its opening act’s broad comedic tone throughout, it likely still would’ve emerged as one of the most captivating entries in this year’s Sundance Film Festival line-up. But Ebo has something more complex up her sleeve as she expands her 2018 short of the same name into a formally inventive, tonally bold debut feature.
About "Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.": A boldly ambitious comedy
A subtle shift in aspect ratio indicates when the film has stepped away from the mockumentary format to show us Trinitie and Lee-Curtis in their private lives, where the forced smiles are gone but the self-delusion remains. There’s a core of unexpected drama here as the film slowly reveals the exact nature of Lee-Curtis’ offenses and the weight that Trinitie bears as the loyal wife who’s chosen to stick by her husband — both to protect his sense of pride and her own sense of identity. (A simple aside about hats is one of the most quietly devastating cinematic moments of the year.)
Yet Abo refuses to ever let her film settle into just one mood, perpetually flitting between comedy, drama and full-on absurdism to capture the swirling mindset of Trinitie’s increasing cognitive dissonance. It’s an unusual approach to a character study, but one that proves to be an ideal showcase for Hall’s impressive range as both a comedic and dramatic actor.
Regina Hall stars as Trinitie Childs in HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL., a Focus Features release. Credit: Steve Swisher / © 2021 Pinky Promise LLC
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If not every tonal shift in "Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul." works, the pure ambition on display is exhilarating. By the time the film has built to one of the best tragi-comic mime-related sequences in cinema history, it’s clear that Ebo has the confidently idiosyncratic voice of a filmmaker to watch. And she’s found the perfect collaborators in Hall and Brown, two of the most dexterous actors working today. Together Ebo, Brown and Hall make for a heck of a trio, gracefully dancing up and down the entire comedic spectrum, from broad gags to surrealist dark comedy. The Childs may be out of sync as a couple, but this tour de force satire is perfectly in tune.
Grade: B+
Rated R. 98 minutes. Dir: Adamma Ebo. Featuring: Regina Hall, Sterling K. Brown, Nicole Beharie, Conphidance, Austin Crute, Devere Rogers.
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But I'm a Cheerleader (2000): For a romantic comedy that’s just a little bit off the beaten path, try this delightful cult classic starring a 19-year-old Natasha Lyonne. Lyonne plays Megan Bloomfield, an all-American cheerleader who’s sent away to a gay conversion camp when her parents and friends start to suspect that she’s secretly a lesbian. Ironically, it’s not until Megan is at the oppressive "True Directions" conversion program that she begins to realize she does actually like women — specifically Clea Duvall’s rebellious bad girl Graham Eaton. And while that sounds like the plot of a heavy drama, director Jamie Babbit takes a whimsical, satirical approach in a colorful rom-com that rejects repression and reclaims queer romantic joy. Rated R. 85 minutes. Dir: Jamie Babbit. Also featuring Cathy Moriarty, RuPaul Charles, Melanie Lynskey.
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"Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul." arrives in theaters and streaming exclusively on Peacock on Sept. 2.
About the writer: Caroline Siede is a film and TV critic in Chicago, where the cold never bothers her anyway. A member of the Chicago Film Critics Association, she spent four years lovingly analyzing the romantic comedy genre one film at a time in her column When Romance Met Comedy for The A.V. Club. She also co-hosts the movie podcast, Role Calling, and shares her pop culture opinions on Twitter (@carolinesiede).
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This Bravo cast may be from the South, but the last thing they'll be doing at the season eight reunion is minding their manners.
The two-part Southern Charm special kicks off on Oct. 6, and if the trailer is any indication of just how impolite the Charleston residents are going to get, viewers are in for quite the wild ride.
The same could be said for Shep Rose, Austen Kroll and Craig Conover, as they're outnumbered by their female co-stars "seven to three," Austen points out. Among them are Naomie Olindo, Kathryn Dennis, Madison LeCroy, Leva Bonaparte, Venita Aspen, Taylor Ann Green and Olivia Flowers. Shep's cousin Marci Hobbs, meanwhile, is noticeably absent, as are Kathryn's ex, Chleb Ravenell, and Whitney Sudler-Smith.
The latter being MIA won't get Naomie out of the hot seat, though. Much to the surprise of Southern Charm's other cast members, she and Whitney hooked up early on this season. Now, host Andy Cohen is ready to ask the important questions (all while giving Whitney's mom, Patricia Altschul, a special shout-out): "How many times did you have to sneak out of Pat's house before breakfast?"
We don't get to hear Naomie's answer, but we do get to witness Madison launch into a tirade against two people she's almost always been friendly with. "F--k you, Leva," Madison says, "and f--k you, Venita, because then I saw what you said which is a bold f--king lie."
Venita, for her part, is confused. "How did I talk s--t about you?" she asks, to which Madison snaps back, "Venita, are you watching the same show?"
The reunion drama only ramps up from there, culminating in an emotional exchange between Shep and Taylor, who ended their two-year relationship in late July. "You f--ked another person in Texas, Shep," a tearful Taylor yells. "It's been two months since we broke up!"
Andy asks why she cares if they're no longer together, to which Taylor responds, "I don't care! He's f--ked allegedly over 300 whores! I was the whore that stuck around for long enough."
Her feelings for Shep haven't changed, though. "I f--king love him," she admits, prompting Shep to do the same. "I'll always love Taylor," he tells the group. "Always."
Watch the rollercoaster of a reunion trailer in the above clip.
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On Thursday, the last four players in the women’s draw at the U.S. Open take to center court, hoping to punch their ticket to the championship contest this weekend.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
- Where: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (Flushing, N.Y.)
- Time: 11 a.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Channel: ESPN, ESPN Deportes (12 p.m.)
- Stream: DirecTV Stream, FuboTV, Sling, ESPN+ (Individual Courts)
(5) ONS JABEUR vs. (17) CAROLINE GARCIA (7 p.m. ET)
After making history at Wimbledon in becoming the first Arab player to have made it to a Grand Slam championship match, Jabeur is looking for more in Queens. In what has certainly her best run in the U.S. Open, the Tunisian star has only shown slight points of weakness to her second major semifinal, losing one set along the way. She did have a tough time getting through Ajla Tomljanovic in the quarterfinals, needing a tiebreak in the second set to advance.
Garcia might not be getting a welcome wagon Thursday night, despite having a dominating tournament. The Frenchwoman has not lost a set in this run in New York, including rather convincing wins over Alison Riske and rising fan favorite Coco Gauff in her last two matches. This is the farthest the veteran has ever gone in a major, as she had only made it to the quarterfinals once before, that coming back at the 2017 French Open. Garcia had also not made it beyond the third round at the U.S. Open prior to this year.
This will be the third time these two have faced off, with their previous two matches also coming in Grand Slam tournaments. Jabeur defeated Garcia in the opening round of the 2019 U.S. Open, before winning in their second round encounter at the Australian Open in 2020.
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(1) IGA SWIATEK vs. (6) ARYNA SABALENKA (8:15 p.m. ET)
After a stunning third round exit at Wimbledon back in July, Swiatek is back in contention for major title. The two-time French Open champion has only dropped one set so far in New York, certainly the best performance at the U.S. Open in here career. She is coming off her eighth win over a top-10 opponent in straight-sets, where she took down no. 8-seed Jessica Pegula on Wednesday. Swiatek, who is trying to become in the first woman to win two majors in one calendar year since Angelique Kerber in 2016, is making just her second semifinal appearance at a hard court Grand Slam.
For the second year in-a-row, Sabalenka has punched her ticket to the semis at the U.S. Open. It has not been an easy run for the player from Russia, as she has had to go the distance in a couple of her matches prior to Thursday, including defeating American Danielle Rollins in the fourth round. However, she seemed very comfortable in her quarterfinal contest against Karolina Pliskova in straight-sets (6-1, 7-6). Sabalenka has lost in each of her first two Grand Slam Semifinals, including losing to last year’s runner-up Leylah Annie Fernandez in Queens last year.
This will be the fifth meeting between the two, but first in a Grand Slam Tournament. Swiatek is 3-1 against Sabalenka, including a straight-sets win at the Italian Open back in May.
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Structure fire near University of New Mexico
Structure fire near University of New Mexico
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Structure fire near University of New Mexico
A structure fire started near the University of New Mexico campus as smoke clouds are visible in Albuquerque.The fire is located at 1801 Mesa Vista NE. UNM sent out an advisory to avoid the area. Albuquerque Fire Rescue is on the scene, as well as its hazmat squad. This is a breaking news story, stay with KOAT for further updates
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A structure fire started near the University of New Mexico campus as smoke clouds are visible in Albuquerque.
The fire is located at 1801 Mesa Vista NE. UNM sent out an advisory to avoid the area. Albuquerque Fire Rescue is on the scene, as well as its hazmat squad.
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Denton County Transportation Authority will be hosting free rides to and from polling locations on election day within the DCTA service area.
The free ride services include A-train, Connect Bus, UNT Campus Shuttle and GoZone.
Free rides will be available all day Saturday, May 6. Voting kicks off at 7 a.m. and ends at 7 p.m.
In a press release, CEO Paul Cristina said DCTA is simply doing its part to make it easy for people to get to the polls.
“We feel strongly that offering free rides to the polls will help our neighbors take an active part in electing our leaders and having their voices heard,” Cristina said in the release.
However, DCTA pointed out that the GoZone free rides will only apply to the Denton and Lewisville/Highland Village locations where it operates. Polling locations have also been programmed into the GoZone system, according to the release.
GoZone rides that don’t include a polling location as a start or end point will still incur regular charges, DCTA claimed.
On election day, Denton County voters must vote at their assigned polling location. To find your precinct and view a sample ballot, visit VoteDenton.gov.
Early voting in Denton County runs through May 2. As a reminder, during early voting, residents can vote at any polling location.
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MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Last week, cybersecurity firm Ascent Solutions celebrated the grand opening of another campus in Carlsbad, San Diego County, California. The new location at 1902 Wright Place adds a West Coast presence to the firm's headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota and its center for cyber excellence in Coppell, Texas.
"Our mission to save the world from cybercrime starts in America," JD Harris, CEO, said. "We're strategically expanding our business in the Federal space, our center for cybersecurity excellence in Texas, and our presence on the West Coast in San Diego. I had the privilege of speaking at our Carlsbad ribbon-cutting ceremony and visiting the completed space. Our investment in California is part of a definitive goal to expand across the U.S. and internationally. We will become the world's top cybersecurity provider."
Josh Decker, Ascent's Senior Director of Cybersecurity Services and head of the Carlsbad office, said, "We're committed to spreading our cyber expertise across the country. This office is already poised for further expansion, providing space for our consultants to collaborate and an even higher rate of client interaction. Our West Coast team is thrilled to continue to drive Ascent's expansion."
Choosing San Diego County continues to channel investment toward Ascent's geographic expansion. This is the firm's third strategic addition in 2022, building on a revolutionary cyber facility in Coppell, Texas and the creation of a Federal cybersecurity venture. The third office location allows for closer partnership with technology and security organizations and benefits Ascent through proximity to college campuses with cybersecurity programs like the University of San Diego, Palomar College, and other recognized schools with grads looking for cybersecurity positions.
Ascent plans to continue its high-growth trajectory, providing the best service to customers and key Microsoft partners and heavily influencing the West Coast tech scene.
Ascent is the partner to solve the most challenging cybersecurity problems. The firm is built to evolve cybersecurity posture, modernize Microsoft solutions, and manage entire security ecosystems. With constantly advancing capabilities, including incident response and CMMC, Ascent provides organizations with the consulting excellence and operational expertise needed to build a safer tomorrow. For more information visit www.meetascent.com.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the test of a newly developed intercontinental ballistic missile confirmed that his country has another “reliable and maximum-capacity” weapon to contain outside threats, as he warned the United States and its allies that their alleged provocative steps would lead to “their self-destruction,” state media reported Saturday.
North Korea’s state media said Kim oversaw the launch of the Hwasong-17 missile, a day after its neighbors said they had detected the launch of an ICBM that showed a potential ability to reach anywhere in the United States.
The North’s Korean Central News Agency said Kim observed the launch with his wife Ri Sol Ju and their “beloved daughter” as well as senior officials. State media photos showed Kim walking hand-in-hand with his daughter clad in a white jacket and a pair of red shoes, and watching together a huge missile loaded on a launch truck. It’s the first time for North Korea to publish the photo of Kim’s daughter. Observers say Kim observing a weapons launch with his family suggests that he was confident in its success.
Kim, 38, is the third generation of his family to rule North Korea. South Korean media reported he has three children born in 2010, 2013 and 2017 respectively. It wasn’t immediately known which child he took to the launch site.
Much of Kim’s private life is still unknown, but in 2013, after a trip to Pyongyang, retired NBA star Dennis Rodman told the British newspaper the Guardian that he and Kim had a “relaxing time by the sea” with the leader’s family and that he held Kim’s baby daughter, named Ju Ae.
Friday’s launch was part of the North’s ongoing barrage of missile tests that are seen as an attempt to expand its weapons arsenal and boost its leverage in future diplomacy. Some foreign experts said the Hwasong-17 missile is still under development but is the North’s longest-range ballistic weapon designed to carry multiple nuclear warheads to defeat U.S. missile defense systems.
KCNA said the missile fired from the Pyongyang International Airport traveled up to a maximum altitude of about 6,040 kilometers (3,750 miles) and flew a distance of about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) before it landed on the preset area in international waters off the country’s east coast.
“The test-fire clearly proved the reliability of the new major strategic weapon system to be representative of (North Korea’s) strategic forces and its powerful combat performance as the strongest strategic weapon in the world,” KCNA said.
Kim said his country is compelled to further bolster its “overwhelming nuclear deterrence” because U.S.-led military threats have been getting more transparent. Kim stressed the need to have the U.S. and its allies realize that their military steps against North Korea would “lead to their self-destruction,” KCNA said.
“Kim Jong Un solemnly declared that if the enemies continue to pose threats to the DPRK, frequently introducing nuclear strike means, our Party and government will resolutely react to nukes with nuclear weapons and to total confrontation with all-out confrontation,” KCNA said.
Kim’s statement suggests North Korea will continue its weapons testing activities as the United States is pushing to bolster its security commitment to its allies South Korea and Japan.
The United Nations Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting for Monday morning on North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch at Japan’s request.
North Korea’s weapons testing spree this year was possible partly because China and Russia have opposed the United States and its allies’ moves to adopt fresh U.N. sanctions on North Korea. There are concerns that North Korea could soon conduct its first nuclear test in five years.
U.S. National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson condemned Friday’s launch and said the United States will take “all necessary measures” to guarantee the safety of its territory and South Korea and Japan. Vice President Kamala Harris separately met with the leaders of those countries and of Australia, Canada and New Zealand who are attending a regional forum in Bangkok to discuss a joint response to North Korea.
South Korea and Japan also criticized the launch and held separate aerial drills with U.S. forces. South Korea’s military said it also staged unilateral exercises simulating aerial strikes on North Korean mobile missile launchers at a firing range near its land border with North Korea.
Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada said Friday that depending on the weight of a potential warhead, the missile had a range exceeding 15,000 kilometers (9,320 miles), “in which case it could cover the entire mainland United States.”
The North’s nuclear and missile arsenals are shrouded in secrecy. Some experts say North Korea is still years away from possessing a functioning nuclear missile, saying it has yet to prove technologies to ensure that warheads survive the harsh conditions of atmospheric reentry. But others say North Korea has likely already acquired such capacities given the number of years spent on its nuclear program.
In recent months, North Korea has performed dozens of shorter-range missile tests that it called simulations of nuclear attacks on South Korean and U.S. targets. North Korea said its tests were aimed at issuing a warning to the United States and South Korea over their military training that the North views as an invasion rehearsal.
North Korea halted weapons launches for about a week before it fired a short-range ballistic missile on Thursday. Before that launch, North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui threatened to launch “fiercer” military responses to steps by the U.S. to bolster its security commitment to South Korea and Japan.
U.S. President Joe Biden met with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts on the sidelines of a regional gathering in Cambodia, issuing a joint statement that strongly condemned North Korea’s recent missile tests and agreed to work together to strengthen deterrence. Biden reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to defend South Korea and Japan with a full range of capabilities, including nuclear weapons. | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/kim-says-icbm-test-proves-capacity-to-contain-us-threats/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_world | 2022-11-19 03:24:55 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/kim-says-icbm-test-proves-capacity-to-contain-us-threats/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_world |
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Police in Mexico City say they believe three U.S. citizens found dead at a rented apartment were victims of gas inhalation.
The city police department said Tuesday the three were found unresponsive Oct. 30 in an upscale neighborhood on the city's west side. They had apparently rented the dwelling for a short visit.
Post-mortem examinations suggested the two men and one woman died of carbon monoxide poisoning. The gas is often produced by improperly vented or leaky gas water heaters and stoves.
Police said security guards at the apartment building called “after they detected an intense smell of gas in an apartment.”
Police did not give the victims' hometowns, but local media reported that one was from New Orleans and the other two from Virginia, and were visiting Mexico for the Nov. 1-2 Day of the Dead holiday.
Tourists dying of gas inhalation has been a persistent problem in Mexico, where proper gas line installations, vents and monitoring devices are often lacking.
In March, a gas tank exploded at a beachside restaurant on Mexico’s Caribbean coast resort of Playa del Carmen, killing two restaurant employees and injuring 18 people.
In 2018, a gas leak in a water heater caused the deaths of an American couple and their two children in the resort town of Tulum, south of Playa del Carmen.
An inspection revealed that the water heater at the rented condominium was leaking gas. Prosecutors said the gas leak was perhaps caused by a lack of maintenance or the age of the equipment.
In 2010, the explosion of an improperly installed gas line at a hotel in Playa del Carmen killed five Canadian tourists and two Mexicans.
In that case, prosecutors said the gas line, apparently meant to fuel a pool heating unit, was not properly installed or maintained. They said gas leaking from the line may have been ignited in an explosion by a spark from an electric switch or plug. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/3-American-tourists-die-of-gas-inhalation-in-17571598.php | 2022-11-09 18:49:05 | 1 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/3-American-tourists-die-of-gas-inhalation-in-17571598.php |
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Southwest Airlines pilot is suing the company, her union and a former colleague who pleaded guilty last year to dead-bolting the cockpit door during a flight and stripping naked in front of her.
Christine Janning alleges that Southwest retaliated by grounding her after she reported Michael Haak to the company and the FBI, that it kept him employed despite an alleged history of sexual misconduct and that managers disparaged her in memos.
She also alleges that the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association conspired with the airline and refused to support her. She is suing Haak for sexual assault. He pleaded guilty last year to a federal misdemeanor charge of committing a lewd, indecent or obscene act and was sentenced to probation.
Haak’s attorney, Michael Salnick, said Wednesday that his client disrobed only after Janning encouraged him to and never did anything else. Neither Southwest nor the union responded to phone calls seeking comment.
The Associated Press doesn’t normally identify people who say they are victim’s of sex crimes, but Janning through her attorney agreed to the use of her name.
According to the lawsuit filed last week in Orange County, Florida, Janning had never met Haak before August 2020, when she was his co-pilot on a flight from Philadelphia to Orlando. She says Haak, a 27-year veteran of the airline, had used his seniority rights the previous day to bump another pilot who had been scheduled to command the flight. Janning believes that’s because he saw a woman was the scheduled co-pilot.
Janning said that when they reached cruising altitude, Haak told her this was his final flight and there was something he wanted to do before retirement.
She said he bolted the door so no flight attendant could enter. He then put the plane on autopilot, stripped off his clothes, began watching pornography on his laptop and committed a lewd act for 30 minutes while taking photos and videos of himself.
Salnick said it was Janning who asked Haak if there was anything he wanted to do before retiring. When he replied he wanted to fly naked, she told him to go ahead and then made sexual advances after he disrobed, Salnick said. He said Haak rejected those and adamantly denied a lewd act occurred.
At his sentencing hearing last year, Haak called the incident “a consensual prank” that got out of hand.
Janning’s attorney, Frank Podesta, denied she encouraged Haak or made any advances.
Janning said in the lawsuit that she was “horrified,” but she kept flying the plane while taking photos “to create a record.” The plane landed safely.
And that wasn’t Haak’s final flight — he flew for three more weeks.
Meanwhile, Janning didn’t report the incident to a Southwest employee relations investigator until three months later. She said she waited because her boss had disparaged her to a male colleague previously. She said she asked the investigator not to inform her boss, but she did.
Janning says she was soon told that because Haak had retired, the airline’s investigation was closed. Janning then went to the FBI, who charged Haak. She alleges Southwest had sent Haak to a Montreal sexual harassment counseling center after a 2008 incident with a flight attendant.
Janning said as retaliation for the FBI report, she was grounded for more than three months, costing her part of her salary. She was then required to take “unnecessary” flight simulator training before she could work again.
She also said that on the day she was grounded, the airline stranded her in Denver and the FBI had to book her a United Airlines flight so she could return home to Florida. She said a Southwest manager sent a memo to more than 25 employees “that made baseless allegations” about her flying competency.
She said that when she contacted the union, its leaders did nothing to help her but did write a letter to Haak’s judge during his misdemeanor case saying he had a “spotless” record.
No hearings have been scheduled. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/ap-pilot-sues-southwest-after-colleague-exposes-himself/ | 2022-10-05 19:50:01 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/ap-pilot-sues-southwest-after-colleague-exposes-himself/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily blocked the counting of some mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania, an order that could affect the tight Republican Senate primary between former hedge fund CEO David McCormick and celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz.
An order from Justice Samuel Alito paused a lower-court ruling in a lawsuit over a disputed 2021 local court election that would have allowed the counting of mail-in ballots that lacked a handwritten date.
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia had ruled that the state election law’s requirement of a date next to the voter’s signature on the outside of return envelopes was “immaterial.”
Based on that ruling, the state had advised counties to count those ballots in the race between McCormick and Oz.
As McCormick scrounges for ballots to make up the gap with Oz, Alito’s order also could freeze a separate federal lawsuit in Pennsylvania in which McCormick is fighting to force counties to count the ballots.
The high court’s action, called an administrative stay, freezes the matter until the court can give it further consideration.
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The Arizona Cardinals and owner Michael Bidwill deny they are liable to front office executive Terry McDonough for any claims he made against the team in a demand for arbitration, and say his “erratic behavior eventually damaged his career."
In a response filed Monday and obtained exclusively by The Associated Press, the team cites several instances of what it says was McDonough’s volatile behavior, including a text exchange in which he apologizes to Bidwill for a confrontation.
McDonough filed an arbitration claim against the team this month accusing Bidwill of cheating. McDonough claims he was eventually demoted after he objected to a scheme that would involve the use of so-called “burner phones” to circumvent the 2018 suspension of then-GM Steve Keim, who had been arrested for DUI.
McDonough says he still has the phone used in the scheme. He has worked 10 seasons for the Cardinals front office, including several years as vice president of player personnel.
The team says the contract McDonough signed with the team in May 2022 included a waiver of all his legal claims. The Cardinals contend that when new general manager Monti Ossenfort informed McDonough he was not being retained after his contract expires in 2024, “in retaliation (McDonough) filed his arbitration demand and launched a publicity campaign, both of which are full of exaggerations and falsehoods about the Cardinals organization and its President."
“Mr. McDonough’s filing is full of allegations and assertions that, while colorful, are not true and do not state viable legal claims,” the team’s attorneys said in the response. “Mr. McDonough has been hanging onto this salacious yet fictitious story since the summer of 2018 and occasionally threatened to make it public."
Team attorneys say the “burner phones” were distributed shortly after Keim’s team-imposed suspension by a senior football executive who is no longer with the organization. When Bidwill learned about it, he ordered the phones to be collected and told the executive the disposable phone idea was misguided and inconsistent with terms of Keim’s suspension.
Bidwill was permitted by the NFL to speak to Keim during the suspension. Then-Cardinals head coach Steve Wilks refused to accept a phone and McDonough was the only person who didn’t turn his in.
The first example of McDonough’s behavior cited by the team occurred when he was passed up for the GM job with the San Francisco 49ers in early 2017. When Bidwill went to offer “words of encouragement,” McDonough was “livid and indignant.”
“The club later learned that Terry made an inappropriate phone call to the 49ers to vent his anger about their decision and later had to call them back, more than once, to apologize,” attorneys said in the response.
McDonough engaged in a heated confrontation with Keim in June 2018, “taking an aggressive physical posture and gesturing with his index finger in (his) face” after Keim admonished him for having an extended conversation with the media instead of paying attention to practice the day before.
Another one took place during training camp on July 23, 2018, while Keim was suspended.
Afterward, Bidwill sent McDonough the following text: “What was very disturbing today was the unprofessional and argumentative reaction you had to my comment to you after practice to not let me ‘be an afterthought.’ Your reaction was completely disproportionate to my statement. You had no reason to lose your temper. I can’t remember the last time I had that kind of interaction with any member of our staff, say nothing of an executive. It was juvenile and unbecoming. Puffing out your chest, pointing your finger at me, raising your voice and repeating yourself in an attempt to intimidate me into agreeing with you. Telling me to ‘prove’ my concern. Really?!”
McDonough replied immediately: “I apologize for the interaction today. You have been a big advocate and supporter of mine. I have a great amount of respect for you. … It will not happen again.”
The team’s general counsel followed up by sending McDonough a memorandum that referenced his “unprofessional, argumentative conduct in the workplace” with Keim and Bidwill.
When Kyler Murray and his family arrived at the team’s practice facility after he was drafted with the No. 1 overall pick in 2019, McDonough walked into the lobby wearing flip flops, cargo shorts, and a T-shirt.
Bidwill sent him a text saying: “Walking in at noon in front of Kyler Murray, his family and cameras looking like you just stepped off a beach was embarrassing and unacceptable.”
McDonough initially apologized but later didn’t show up to work the remainder of the draft — what the team characterized in its filing as “a serious violation of the terms of Terry’s employment” for which it “had good cause to fire him immediately.”
McDonough also sent Bidwill a “threatening” text, according to the response.
“You continue for some reason to come after me even though (I) have done a great job for you. You can ruin my reputation with all the BS you want. Everyone in America is going to find out you are a liar and a cheat and (I) have all the evidence to prove it. Your move….,” McDonough wrote to Bidwill.
In May 2019, the team offered McDonough a demotion that would allow him to work remotely from his home in North Carolina. His May 2022 contract included another demotion and pay decrease.
On Jan. 24, McDonough was informed the team had no football-related job for him under Ossenfort. He filed his arbitration claim almost three months later but still remains a team employee under his 2022 contract.
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Which teeter-totters are best?
A playground favorite, the teeter-totter, or seesaw, is more than just a fun distraction. It can teach children how to work and play together, help them develop their muscles and core and teach proper balance. There are several types of teeter-totters, including some that can hold more than two children at once. The best part is that there’s no need to dig any holes or install them in a set place. Most use weight distribution to keep them safe while being reasonably easy for an adult to move around as needed.
What to know before you buy a teeter-totter
Teeter-totter motion types
There are three methods a teeter-totter can use.
- Fulcrum: This is the classic method and the one most commonly employed. It works by placing the center of the pole on top of, well, a fulcrum. It makes for an unsteady back-and-forth that requires plenty of leg strength to keep going.
- Pendulum: This is a more modern take on teeter-totters, with the back-and-forth being centered on the top. It’s smoother than fulcrums and still requires leg strength.
- Rocking: This type works like rocking chairs in that it has bent bars that rock. This makes them smooth like pendulums but most require core strength rather than leg strength.
Seats
Teeter-totters can sit more than just two children. Some fulcrum teeter-totters double up with a second perpendicular bar to seat four. Rocking teeter-totters often have a third miniature or full-sized seat in the center. Then, there are specialty teeter-totters that take on wild shapes such as an airplane that have five-plus seats.
Age range
Teeter-totters are not created equal in terms of the intended age range. Most are meant for toddlers and the slightly older, saying they’re for ages 3 to 8 if it specifies to that degree. Some are big enough to handle kids as old as 10, but anything larger is typically sold to commercial parks.
Weight limit
You also need to consider the weight limit. This is usually given as both a per-seat limit and a total limit. The average per-seat limit is roughly 75 pounds.
How much you can expect to spend on a teeter-totter
Basic teeter-totters typically cost $50-$100. Ones made of better materials or that have more features or special designs cost up to $300 or more.
What are the best teeter-totters to buy?
Gym Dandy TT-320 Pendulum Teeter-Totter
Most teeter-totters work by tilting on a fulcrum. This one sways like a pendulum, leading to a much smoother back-and-forth motion. It also has a safety lock for when playtime is over.
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This has an extra seat in the middle so a third child can join in the fun, plus the rocking design offers a smoother up-and-down motion than a classic teeter-totter. It’s designed for kids ages 3 to 8 and has a 200-pound weight limit.
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Hearthsong Rocking Teeter-Totter
This solves the dilemma of where you’re supposed to put your feet with, well, a footrest. It also uses padded bars as backrests and holds a maximum of 140 pounds.
Sold by Amazon
Simplay3 Rock And Roll Teeter-Totter Seesaw
This has comfortable seats and handles so toddlers can rock for ages. It’s plastic and weighs 8.8 pounds, so two children can drag it where they want it.
Sold by Amazon, Home Depot and Wayfair
Platports Backyard Playground Seesaw
This brightly colored teeter-totter is a great addition to your yard. The alloy steel is rust-resistant and can hold up to 77 pounds on each end, or 154 pounds combined. It’s designed for kids ages 3 to 10.
Nova Microdermabrasion Swivel Teeter-Totter (Two Seats)
If you don’t need four seats, this two-seater is the same as the four-seat version. Each seat can hold up to 150 pounds, making it great for older kids.
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Lifetime Ace Flyer Teeter-Totter
This is among the most extravagant teeter-totters and is sure to be a huge hit for big groups as it can hold up to seven kids at once with a 700-pound total weight limit.
Gym Dandy TT-210 Teeter-Totter
This is a smaller version of the TT-320 for younger children. It still swings like a pendulum and it has a 300-pound weight limit, plus padded chairs and a bump stop under the seat.
Gym Dandy TT-360 Spinning Teeter-Totter
This is back to tilting on a fulcrum, but it also spins in circles with a wheel on each seat to help it move. The chairs are elongated and padded and have backrests.
Sold by Amazon
Nova Microdermabrasion Swivel Teeter-Totter (Four Seats)
If you run a day care or just have a bunch of kids, this four-person teeter-totter is a lifesaver. Each two-seat pair is on its own fulcrum and the whole thing swings around 360 degrees.
Sold by Amazon
Platports Indoor Rocking High Chair Seesaw
This is excellent for kids who like to stay mobile while playing with other things thanks to the pouch in the center that can hold plenty of toys. The backrests make it comfortable to use for long periods.
Simplay3 Two-Sided Rock and Roll Teeter-Totter and Climbing Bridge
The main function of this is to let up to four kids rock together, but it can also be inverted to become a step-up bridge. It weighs 20 pounds, so there’s less risk of children flipping it on their own and getting hurt.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Affirm Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFRM).
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The lawsuit seeks to recover losses for shareholders who purchased Affirm between February 12, 2021 and December 15, 2021.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until February 6, 2023 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Affirm Holdings, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Affirm's "buy-now, pay-later" service facilitated excessive consumer debt, regulatory arbitrage, and data harvesting; (ii) the foregoing subjected Affirm to a heightened risk of regulatory scrutiny and enforcement action; and (iii) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
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Hereford residents emphasize the importance of fire safety
By Faith Abercrombie
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HEREFORD, Arizona (KGUN) — It has been more than a week since the Williams Fire in Cochise County burned more than 1,300 acres.
Fry Fire District tells KGUN 9 they believe this all started by an illegal burn by a resident.
“This used to be a storage barn,” said Liz Roy, a Hereford resident.
“Nothing recoverable in here,” she added.
Mark and Liz Roy’s house was able to be saved in the Williams Fire. However, they lost many personal items in their storage barn that burned to the ground.
“The fire burnt right up to the house and the strange thing about fire is it has its own mind on where it’s going to burn,” said Roy.
When the fire broke out last week, Mark and Liz immediately ran to their neighbor’s house to make sure they were evacuating.
“I woke up to about 20 minutes later to Liz and her husband banging on my bedroom window,” said Katherine McDonnell.
Leaving as quickly as possible, the flames and smoke grew bigger.
“The sky got pretty dark and then the air temperature changed,” said McDonnell.
“Really appreciative of all of those first responders who were headed toward the danger as I was running away so thank you to all of them,” said McDonnell.
One of the responders running towards the flames was Captain Jared Haros with the Fry Fire District.
“You feel a little helpless with the houses that you can’t save, but with the houses that you can, you got to shift all your attention to them, and really start hitting the high threat, immediate hazard areas as quickly as possible,” said Captain Haros.
About five structures burned down, including Roy and McDonnell’s neighbor’s house just next door.
“We’re really thankful for the protection, but just, it just makes me want to make sure I extend that care and concern to the people in our community that didn’t have the same experience I did,” said McDonnell.
Although no one was injured, McDonnell and Roy said some of their neighbors lost their animals to the fire.
They both emphasized the importance of taking fire warnings seriously and creating an efficient evacuation plan.
The neighbors said they are thankful to be standing here today.
“I’m very thankful for that. And also, just so thankful for this community, how important it is, in whatever community you live in to get to know your neighbors and really be involved in your community so that you can help each other when times are difficult like this,” said McDonnell.
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NEW YORK, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Credit Suisse Group AG ("Credit Suisse" or the "Company") (NYSE: CS) and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and docketed under 22-cv-02477, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than Defendants that purchased or otherwise acquired Credit Suisse securities between March 19, 2021 and March 25, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), seeking to recover damages caused by Defendants' violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.
If you are a shareholder who purchased or otherwise acquired Credit Suisse securities during the Class Period, you have until June 28, 2022 to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class. A copy of the Complaint can be obtained at www.pomerantzlaw.com. To discuss this action, contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888.476.6529 (or 888.4-POMLAW), toll-free, Ext. 7980. Those who inquire by e-mail are encouraged to include their mailing address, telephone number, and the number of shares purchased.
Credit Suisse, together with its subsidiaries, provides various financial services in Switzerland, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and Asia Pacific. The Company offers private banking and wealth management solutions, including advisory, investment, financial planning, succession planning, and trust services, and financing and lending, and multi-shore platform solutions.
Credit Suisse has a history of business dealings with Russian oligarchs, or ultra-high net worth business leaders possessing significant political influence. For example, an article published by Financial Times on February 7, 2022, entitled "Credit Suisse securitizes yacht loans to oligarchs and tycoons", cited a recent investor presentation for a synthetic securitization deal, in which Credit Suisse sold off $80 million worth of risk related to a $2 billion portfolio of loans backed by assets owned by certain of the bank's ultra-high net worth clients (the "Securitization Deal"), which disclosed that, in 2017 and 2018, Credit Suisse experienced 12 defaults on yacht and aircraft loans, a third of which were related to U.S. sanctions against Russian oligarchs. Press reports at the time indicated that Russian billionaires Oleg Deripaska, Arkady Rotenberg, and Boris Rotenberg had to terminate private jet leases with Credit Suisse in those years.
Beginning in or around October 2021, Russia commenced a major military build-up near the Russo-Ukrainian border, in apparent preparation for an invasion of Ukraine. Although the Russian government repeatedly denied it had plans to invade or attack Ukraine, the U.S. later released intelligence of Russian invasion plans, including satellite photographs showing Russian troops and equipment near the Russo-Ukrainian border.
In November 2021, as Russia's military buildup on the Russo-Ukrainian border continued, the Company entered the Securitization Deal.
Just months later, on February 24, 2022, Russian military forces invaded Ukraine. In the immediate aftermath of the invasion, Western governments including, among others, the U.S., Canada, and the European Union, imposed significant sanctions on Russia. The sanctions included, inter alia, measures targeting Russia's ultrawealthy oligarchs by denying them access to the global financial system and by, in some cases, authorizing the seizure of certain of their high-value assets located outside of Russia.
Barely a week after the commencement of the Russian invasion and the retaliatory sanctions imposed by Western nations, news outlets reported that Credit Suisse had requested non-participating investors who received information about the Company's loan portfolio to destroy and permanently erase any confidential information that Credit Suisse provided to them regarding the Securitization Deal.
The complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operations, and compliance policies. Specifically, Defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Credit Suisse had deficient disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting; (ii) Credit Suisse's practice of lending money to Russian oligarchs subject to U.S. and international sanctions created a significant risk of violating rules pertaining to those sanctions and future sanctions; (iii) the foregoing conduct subjected the Company to an increased risk of heightened regulatory scrutiny and/or enforcement actions; (iv) the Securitization Deal concerned loans that Credit Suisse made to Russian oligarchs previously sanctioned by the U.S.; (v) the purpose of the Securitization Deal was to offload the risks associated with these loans and mitigate the impact on Credit Suisse of sanctions likely to be implemented by Western nations in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine; (vi) Credit Suisse's request that non-participating investors destroy documents related to the Securitization Deal was intended to conceal the Company's noncompliance with U.S. and international sanctions in its lending practices; (vii) the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to subject the Company to enhanced regulatory scrutiny and significant reputational harm; and (viii) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
On March 28, 2022, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform sent Credit Suisse a letter asking the Company to turn over information and documents about a portfolio of loans backed by yachts and private jets owned by clients, potentially including sanctioned Russian individuals. In the letter, House Oversight Chair Carolyn Maloney and Rep. Stephen Lynch, chair of the Subcommittee on National Security, questioned Credit Suisse's request that hedge funds and other non-participating investors "destroy documents" related to yachts and private jets owned by the bank's clients. "Given the timing of this request and its subject matter," the House Democrats wrote, "Credit Suisse's action raises significant concerns that it may be concealing information" about whether participants in the deal may be "evading sanctions" imposed by the West after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
On this news, Credit Suisse's stock price fell $0.21 per share, or 2.58%, to close at $7.94 per share on March 28, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
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Did mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin have inside help from the military and political elite in his armed rebellion that rattled Russia?
A week after the mutiny raised the most daunting challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s rule in over two decades, key details about the uprising are still unknown.
Uncertainty also swirls around the fate of Prigozhin and his Wagner private military forces, along with the deal they got from the Kremlin, and what the future holds for the Russian defense minister they tried to oust.
Finally, and perhaps the biggest unknown: Can Putin shore up the weaknesses revealed by the events of last weekend?
DID PRIGOZHIN HAVE INSIDE HELP?
Many observers argue that Prigozhin wouldn’t have been able to take over military facilities in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don so easily on June 24 and mount his rapid march toward Moscow without collusion with some members of the military brass.
Thousands of members of his private army drove nearly 1,000 kilometers (about 620 miles) across Russia without facing any serious resistance and shot down at least seven military aircraft, killing at least 10 airmen.
Prigozhin said they got as close as 200 kilometers (about 125 miles) from Moscow when he ordered them to turn back under a deal brokered by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. That agreement granted amnesty to him and forces from his Wagner Group of private contractors, allowing them to move to Belarus.
Some Kremlin watchers believe senior military officers could have backed his push for the ouster of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and the chief of the General Staff, Gen. Valery Gerasimov. Or they simply decided to wait and see what happened.
“The Wagner mercenary boss was counting on solidarity from senior army officers, and since he came close to reaching Moscow without encountering any particular resistance, he might not have been completely mistaken,” analyst Mikhail Komin wrote in a commentary for Carnegie Endowment.
“It’s entirely possible that by the start of his ‘march for justice,’ Prigozhin believed he would find solidarity among many officers in the armed forces, and that if his uprising was successful, they would be joined by certain groups within the ruling elite."
Russian law enforcement agencies might share this belief. Some military bloggers reported that investigators were looking at whether some officers had sided with Prigozhin.
One senior military official, Gen. Sergei Surovikin, who had longtime ties with Prigozhin, is believed to have been detained, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press, citing U.S. and Ukrainian intelligence assessments. It's not clear whether Surovikin faces any charges or where he is being held.
Russian military bloggers reported that some border guards were accused of failing to put up resistance to Wagner's convoy as it crossed into Russia from Ukraine, and some pilots also are facing possible charges for refusing to halt the convoy movement toward Moscow.
There was no official confirmation of those claims, however, and it was impossible to verify them.
In noting the lack of a more forceful military response to the mutiny, some have cited the chaotic and uncertain situation and the Kremlin’s doubts about using force in populated areas.
Mark Galeotti, a London-based expert on Russian security affairs, said the government system is “hierarchical and slow,” and doesn’t encourage initiative.
“In that context, people would just not be willing to act without direct orders, either because they just feared being hanged out to dry if they guessed wrong or else because actually, they had a certain sympathy for Prigozhin,” he added.
Pro-Kremlin analyst Sergei Markov said some in the Russian military might have been reluctant to confront Prigozhin initially but their attitude hardened after Wagner forces downed several military helicopters.
A MURKY DEAL AND A MURKY FUTURE
Another mystery is the deal ending the mutiny. Russia's main intelligence agency opened an investigation against Prigozhin for the rebellion, but the case was later dropped as part of that agreement. Putin, Prigozhin and Lukashenko all described it as a compromise intended to avoid bloodshed, but few details have been released.
Also uncertain is the future of Prigozhin and Wagner. Putin said the mercenaries who didn’t participate in the mutiny can sign contracts with the Defense Ministry, retire or move to Belarus, but it's unknown how many will join him and whether they will continue to be a single force.
Prigozhin may not feel fully safe under Lukashenko, who is known for his harsh rule and relies on Putin's political and financial support. The mercenary chief's exact whereabouts are unknown. Lukashenko confirmed he is in Belarus; Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov wouldn't say where he is.
Lukashenko can be expected to maintain tight control over Prigozhin's troops.
“I suspect the way Moscow hopes this will play out is the commanders will move to Belarus and then possibly decamp for operations in Africa," said Michael Kofman, an expert with the Center for Naval Analyses. "Meanwhile, they will try to get back Wagner’s heavy equipment, and then figure out how to use the rank and file that chooses to stay,”
Others believe the Kremlin won't allow Prigozhin to operate independently abroad as he did before. Reports from Syria this week indicated that Wagner troops were told to report to the main Russian military base in the country.
Even though Russia closed its criminal inquiry into the mutiny, Putin signaled the authorities will look into Wagner’s books for any wrongdoing. That could set the stage for potential charges of financial crime.
In a stunning revelation, Putin declared that the government poured billions of dollars into Wagner, a statement that followed his previous denials of any link between the state and the mercenary group.
“It turns out that Vladimir Putin actually paid for the mutiny with taxpayers’ money,” analyst Andrei Kolesnikov wrote.
WILL THE DEFENSE MINISTER SURVIVE?
While Prigozhin’s stated goal was the ouster of the top military leaders, including the defense minister, some see that Shoigu could emerge strengthened.
“Intriguingly, the main beneficiary seems to be Shoigu: With Prigozhin and Wagner out of the picture, Putin is now immunized against a similar mutiny and any sort of experiences with private military companies,” said analyst Tatiana Stanovaya.
Shoigu could use the showdown to get rid of any sign of dissent among the brass, she said.
But Komin, of the Carnegie Endowment, said Prigozhin’s mutiny "revealed the scale of the crisis within the Russian armed forces, which are disillusioned by constant failures and tired of war, and within the military and security elites.”
It could set the stage for more such tests of authority.
“When senior and mid-ranking officers effectively respond to an armed mutiny with a ‘go slow’ strike, there can be little doubt that the Wagner boss will not be the last challenger to square off against Shoigu and his allies and seek to capitalize on the unspoken but growing resentment within the Russian armed forces,” Komin added.
There also is a debate about the future of military contractors in Russia.
Vladislav Surkov, a former senior aide to Putin, strongly argued that they pose a major threat to Russia's integrity, saying private armies like Wagner could turn Russia into a “Eurasian tribal zone.”
WILL PUTIN BE ABLE TO RECOVER FROM THIS?
Even though the quick deal with Prigozhin averted a battle for Moscow that could have plunged the whole country into chaos, the crisis revealed shocking weaknesses in Putin’s government.
After a stumbling response to the mutiny, Putin tried to repair the damage to his standing with a series of events aimed at projecting strength and authority. State television hammered home the message that a quick end to the rebellion made Putin even stronger.
He spoke to army troops and law enforcement officers in a Kremlin ceremony that mimicked the pomp-laden military rites of the Russian empire.
He traveled to the city of Derbent in the mostly Muslim region of Dagestan, on the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha on Wednesday. He walked among cheering crowds, talking to people and shaking hands, and even posed for a photo — extremely rare behavior for a secretive and reserved leader who was notoriously cautious about social contacts during the coronavirus pandemic.
In an apparent bid to turn the page on the rebellion, Putin focused on issues such as the development of tourist industries in Derbent or technological innovations.
But despite such attempts and damage-control efforts by the state propaganda machine, Putin's weakness and vulnerability has become obvious.
“This mutiny was so shocking that the regime appeared to many as near to collapse, which significantly undermines Putin’s ability to secure control in the eyes of the political class,” Stanovaya said.
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A U.S. Postal Service carrier died Tuesday as much of Texas has encountered dangerously extreme heat.
According to KXAS-TV,Eugene Gates died while making deliveries in the Dallas area. Gates was a 40-year employee of USPS, the outlet reported.
KXAS-TV said a cause of death has not been determined but reported heat could be a factor.
The National Weather Service reported a high temperature of 96 at Dallas' Love Field on Tuesday. The heat index reached 115 for several hours.
USPS released a statement on Wednesday following the carrier's death.
"The Postal Service is deeply saddened by the loss of life suffered yesterday involving a Lakewood Post Office Letter Carrier," USPS said. "Our thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues at this time."
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The issue of protecting carriers at USPS and elsewhere has been a growing issue in recent years. UPS employees recently voted to authorize a strike. One of the union's main sticking points is better access to air conditioning and ventilation for UPS workers.
The National Association of Letter Carriersurged its members to familiarize themselves with the Heat Illness Prevention Program.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited USPS multiple times in the last decade for violating workplace safety standards due to heat-related illnesses and deaths.
According to OSHA, USPS was cited in 2019, months after a carrier died in Southern California in 2018. OSHA said the carrier experienced hyperthermia as the outdoor temperature reached 117 degrees.
“The U.S. Postal Service knows the dangers of working in high-heat conditions and is required to address employee safety in these circumstances,” said then OSHA Oakland Area Office Director Amber Rose in 2019. “USPS is responsible for establishing work practices to protect mail carriers who work outdoors from the hazards of extreme temperatures.”
In 2016, OSHA cited USPS after multiple carriers reported heat-related illnesses that summer. One Iowa mail carrier asked to be relieved after walking halfway through her 11-mile route in 93-degree heat. Another carrier that summer was hospitalized after walking 5 miles when the heat index reached 111 degrees in Illinois, OSHA reported.
OSHA also issued a citation in 2013 after carrier James Baldassarre died after walking his route for five hours when heat indices reached 100 degrees in Arkansas.
USPS has not responded to questions over what policy changes it made in response to these alleged violations.
A request for comment was left with the National Association of Letter Carriers.
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New study finds that competitive threats—particularly from nontraditional rivals—will grow, and healthcare organizations must find ways to meaningfully personalize care, including forging innovative partnerships, to thrive.
CHICAGO, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chartis Group, a leading healthcare advisory and analytics firm, found that despite ongoing financial concerns, nearly half (46%) of health systems plan to move into the implementation phase of digital transformation in the next five years, with 44% reporting plans to partner with competitors to personalize care delivery. To thrive in the new era of care, organizations must execute on plans now to establish a market-leading position, according to the Chartis Future of Healthcare research report, out today.
- The competitive landscape is broadening beyond peer hospitals and health systems, and non-traditional rivals pose growing competitive threats. Healthcare executives expect their biggest competition in digital services and technologies over the next five years to include virtual health companies (48%), payers (45%), retail care providers (41%), and large tech companies (41%).
- Forty-four percent of hospitals and health systems said they're planning to partner with competitors in the personalization of digital offerings, signaling that partnerships are emerging as a key strategic avenue to accelerate speed to market for their digital care experiences.
- Many hospitals and health systems plan to implement a suite of digital services offerings in the next five years, including remote patient monitoring (55%), digitally enabled contact/service center (50%), digital specialty care initiatives (49%), digital-first primary care (49%), digital front door (47%), and hospital at home (39%), signaling a shift from simple point solutions to a holistic, digitally enabled care journey.
"Speed, focus, and an enterprise-wide transformation process driven by ROI will be essential as healthcare providers transition their leadership position in the historical context into a differentiated and enduring leadership position in the digitally transformed—and personalized—future state of healthcare delivery," said Tom Kiesau, Chief Innovation Officer and Digital Transformation Leader at The Chartis Group.
Ninety-eight percent of health systems indicated they expect to be planning or executing on their efforts to personalize care in the next five years. As trusted stewards of patient data, hospitals and health systems have a unique opportunity to translate their caches of information into meaningful insights that create more impactful interactions between the patient and provider. However, emerging and deep-pocketed rivals will continue to bring innovative infrastructure options to market faster than many legacy healthcare organizations can.
To win the race, traditional providers may consider partnering with their new competitors to quickly come to market with tailored digital experiences that unlock new access points, expand patient segments, and ultimately deliver more efficient and effective patient care.
The Chartis Group released proprietary research into the future of health systems' digital transformation as part of the HIMSS Trust partnership. Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, Inc. (HIMSS) is a global advisor and thought leader supporting the transformation of the health ecosystem through information and technology. Survey respondents represented a mix of geographies; most were from urban and suburban areas, stand-alone community hospitals, or regional health systems, with $500 million to $5 billion in revenue.
The Chartis Group® (Chartis) is a leading healthcare advisory services firm serving healthcare providers, payers, service organizations, and investors. Different by design, Chartis brings an unparalleled breadth and depth of expertise in strategy, performance transformation, digital and technology, clinical quality and patient safety, workforce, and strategic communications. Learn how Chartis is helping to build a healthier world at www.chartis.com.
The HIMSS Trust partnership is a consortium of leaders from across the healthcare and technology space who are collecting, analyzing, and reporting on in-depth, data-driven market intelligence. Insights gathered by the Trust will unveil trends and challenges to help the industry prepare and predict for the next three to five years.
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There are nearly 400 million civilian-owned guns in the U.S., according to an estimate by the Small Arms Survey.
Americans often lament how everyone seems to be looking down at the screen of a smartphone, reading, texting, or watching videos. But in fact, we have more guns than smartphone users. We gripe about the time we spend in cars, backed up along highways and roadways, going to work, running errands, eating takeout between obligations, and lined up for gas. But there are more guns in America than registered motor vehicles.
Is that how we see ourselves? A country with more guns than cars or smartphones?
There have already been 131 mass shootings across America this year, according to The Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit group that tracks these incidents.
This week began, of course, with news of the shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville. Three adults were killed: Katherine Koonce, Cynthia Peak, and Mike Hill. And three students, nine-year olds: Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney. Police killed the shooter.
The Gun Violence Archive counted 646 mass shootings last year in the United States. This means that on average, four or more people, not including the shooter, were shot or killed in a single incident more than 12 times each week of 2022.
646 mass shootings. That's more than the number of movies released in American theaters last year, or triples hit in Major League Baseball games.
I spoke this week with Pam Simon. She is a former teacher who was shot in the arm and chest, near her heart, at an event for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in 2011. 19 people were shot that sunny morning — including the Congresswoman. Six died, one of them a little girl. Pam Simon is no relation, but we met in Tucson after she was shot. We call each other "Cousin" now.
Pam says when she hears of some new mass shooting, "Each and every time it sucks the air out of me. ... I let myself be numb to avoid the full impact of the new horror unfolding. Yet I also feel duty bound to honor each life. After all, someone prayed for me or spent time thinking about me, an injured person they did not know ...
"All we know," Pam Simon told us, "is that there are new members of the 'club that no one wants to belong to' beginning the agonizing journey of grief."
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In a new survey of nearly 8,000 educators in the U.S., conducted by Kahoot!, educators point to student-centered and playful learning as keys to boosting student engagement and learning outcomes.
AUSTIN, Texas, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In a new survey of thousands of U.S. educators, teachers validate concerns over student engagement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but believe that technology and student-centered approaches to teaching can help to reinvigorate students in the fall. Seven in 10 teachers believe that their students are more engaged when lessons involve play, and 68% of teachers said that their students are more likely to remember what they learn during learning activities they choose themselves. The survey of 8,000 was conducted by Kahoot!, whose learning platform is used by millions of educators and students worldwide, in order to surface promising practices for the new school year.
"Even with most schools back to fully in-person learning, educators are reporting that their students continue to struggle. So much was out of students' control for so long, and it's no surprise that we're seeing teachers pick up on the importance of student choice in their own learning," said Louisa Rosenheck, Director of Pedagogy for the Kahoot! Group. "And teachers are right. The learning science is clear that when students demonstrate agency and choice over their learning, they're more engaged, and more likely to retain knowledge. As we go into the new school year, we should be listening to teachers and giving them the agency, tools, and flexibility to prioritize student engagement and joy."
The data is clear that the stresses of the global pandemic have had an outsized impact on students' academic, emotional, and social wellbeing. As schools prepare for a new school year,
Kahoot! conducted the survey of K-12 and higher education educators in May 2022 to understand what practices and tools can best support students in the year ahead.
Among the key findings:
- Student engagement is still suffering: Despite many schools being back in person this past year, 59% of teachers surveyed noted that their students are less engaged and motivated in class than before the pandemic. And, 6 in 10 teachers said that their students have struggled with feeling a lack of control.
- Teachers see student choice as critical to supporting engagement and learning: 7 in 10 educators said their students are more likely to remember what they learn during learning activities they choose themselves. Likewise, 70% also reported that their students are more engaged when they're able to explore a variety of learning experiences and choose what they're interested in.
- Technology can play a role in facilitating student-centered learning: As more teachers use educational technology in their daily classrooms, 3 in 4 educators surveyed said technology has been an important tool for making learning more active and student-centered, primarily by enabling students to learn through play.
"I think teachers are willing to try new things to bring joy and excitement back into the classroom. What we're seeing in this survey resonates with my experience supporting educators in our district. There's an enthusiasm to leverage edtech to give students experiences that make learning fun," said Ashley Morrison, an Innovative Teaching and Learning Coach at Indian Hill School District in Ohio. "Motivating students is top of mind for all of us as we go into the new school year. The good news is, there are so many tools now at our fingertips that make it possible to find what clicks for each student."
Kahoot! is on a mission to make learning awesome! We want to empower everyone, including children, students, and employees to unlock their full learning potential. Our learning platform makes it easy for any individual or corporation to create, share, and host learning sessions that drive compelling engagement. Launched in 2013, Kahoot!'s vision is to build the leading learning platform in the world. Since launch, Kahoot! has hosted hundreds of millions of learning sessions with 8 billion participants (non-unique) in more than 200 countries and regions. The Kahoot! Group includes Clever, the leading US K-12 EdTech learning platform, together with the learning apps DragonBox, Poio, Drops, Actimo, Motimate, and Whiteboard.fi. The Kahoot! Group is headquartered in Oslo, Norway with offices in the US, the UK, France, Finland, Estonia, Denmark, Spain and Poland. Kahoot! is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker KAHOT. To learn more, visit us at kahoot.com. Let's play!
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