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MERIBEL, France (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin has ruled out skiing the downhill at the world championships — keeping to her pre-announced schedule of four events.
Shiffrin inspected the course before the opening downhill training session Tuesday just to take a look at the layout ahead of Wednesday’s super-G race. But she did not enter the training session.
Then she performed a few runs of super-G training.
Shiffrin straddled a gate in the slalom leg and was disqualified from the combined race Monday that opened the championships.
After the super-G, she also plans to ski her preferred events of giant slalom and slalom at the end of next week. Shiffrin had left open a small possibility that she would race the downhill but now she has decided not to.
World Cup downhill leader Sofia Goggia led the training session, placing 0.26 seconds ahead of Italian teammate Elena Curtoni and 0.44 ahead of two-time world champion Ilka Stuhec.
“The time doesn’t reflect how it felt, because on the top part, which is full of bumps, I was a bit wide in a few areas. The same thing midway down. Clearly, it’s a course that needs to be dissected well. There needs to be the right mix of intensity and tactics,” Goggia said.
“Fortunately there are two more training sessions before Saturday’s race, split up by the super-G,” Goggia added. “I’ve got a lot to study and visualize over these next few days.”
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The cost of college is not skyrocketing — at least for now, when factoring in the average amount of grant aid students receive.
Most schools offer grants, money that students don't have to pay back, making the actual amount they pay for college, known as the "net cost," lower than the published sticker price.
A combination of factors — including an increase in grant aid, pandemic-related tuition freezes and soaring inflation — mean that the average net cost has been declining for the last six years.
The average net cost for one year at a public, four-year college is $3,090 less than it was during the 2016-2017 school year when adjusting for inflation, according to The College Board's latest report on college pricing and student aid.
After peaking at $22,340 during the 2016-2017 school year, the average net cost of attendance at public, four-year schools has declined to $19,250 for the current school year, in 2022 dollars.
This is the lowest the average annual net cost has been since the 2006-2007 school year.
Private, nonprofit four-year colleges tend to be more expensive than public, four-year schools, but the average cost for private schools is also on the decline. The average net cost of attendance for private schools is currently $32,800.
One big factor is that many schools froze tuition during the Covid-19 pandemic. Some schools didn't raise the cost because classes were moved online, and others may have lowered it to attract students as enrollment declined, said Jennifer Ma, a senior policy research scientist at The College Board and co-author of the annual "Trends in College Pricing and Student Aid" report.
Another reason the net cost of college has gone down is because the amount of grant aid students are getting from their schools and the government has increased. This increase predates the pandemic.
Overall, the current average grant aid per student at a four-year public college, at $8,690, is nearly $4,000 bigger than it was during the 2006-2007 school year, after adjusting for inflation.
The increase in grant aid is largely driven by grants provided by the schools, Ma said. Total federal grant aid decreased by 32% in inflation-adjusted dollars between 2011-2012 and 2021-2022.
A third reason college is costing less, relatively speaking, is because the cost of everything else has gone up even faster, rising 7.7% over the past year.
Pell grants for low-income students are covering less of the cost
The fact that college is costing less than it used to may surprise many Americans, especially those for whom an education is out of reach without taking on student debt.
Pell grants, a key federal student aid program for low-income families, are covering a smaller share of the cost of college. That means that students with the most financial need may be paying more for their degrees if the difference isn't made up by grant aid from other places.
At its peak in the 1970s, the maximum Pell grant award covered nearly 80% of the average cost of tuition, fees, and room and board. Now, the maximum Pell grant — which is worth $6,895 — covers just 30% of the average annual cost, according to a CNN analysis of data from The College Board and the Department of Education.
About 6.1 million students received a Pell grant last academic year.
Pell grants are solely based on financial need, which is determined based on a student's family's income, family size, the number of family members enrolled in college and the cost of attendance. Not every recipient receives the full amount. The value of the grant shrinks for families with a smaller estimated need. Unlike loans, the Pell grant does not have to be paid back.
A majority of Pell grant recipients had a family income of less than $40,000 during the 2019-2020 award year, the latest data available.
Earlier this year, Congress passed a significant $400 increase to the Pell grant — but still fell short of Biden's campaign pledge to double the value.
If Biden's one-time student debt cancellation plan is allowed by the courts to move forward, Pell grant recipients will be eligible for up to $20,000 of debt relief — up from the $10,000 of relief that other qualifying borrowers can receive.
Families are borrowing less
While the amount of outstanding student loan debt has topped $1.6 trillion, overall borrowing for college declined for the 11th consecutive year in the 2021-2022 academic year, according to The College Board.
That may mean good news for some families, but there are some nuances when you look at the type of loan borrowed over time, warned Ma.
While annual borrowing of federal undergraduate loans has remained fairly level over the past 15 years, the amount of money borrowed by parents and graduate students from the federal PLUS loan program has risen consistently, even after adjusting for inflation.
The PLUS loans come with a higher interest rate, currently set at 7.54%, and are typically borrowed after a student has tapped out the amount of subsidized and unsubsidized loans a borrower is allowed.
Limits on PLUS loans are less restrictive. Generally, a parent or graduate student can borrow up to the cost of attendance minus any other financial aid received.
If the cost of attendance increases, a bigger PLUS loan can be borrowed.
Student loans continue to make up nearly 10% of all US household debt
Americans hold more student loan debt than they do auto debt or credit card debt, according to the New York Federal Reserve.
As a share of US household debt, student debt steadily rose between 2004 and 2021, jumping from just over 3% to 10.8% — before dipping down again to 9.5% in July 2022.
At about $1.6 trillion, overall student loan debt remains well below the more than $11 trillion Americans owe in mortgage debt.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the household share of student debt has fallen — in part because the growth in mortgage debt has outpaced the growth in student loan debt since the beginning of the pandemic. Also, the growth in student loan balances has slowed, largely because college enrollment has declined and interest on federal student loans has been frozen since March 2020, thanks to a pandemic-related pause, according to New York Fed researchers.
It's worth nothing that compared with other kinds of debt, it's historically been extremely difficult to discharge student loans in bankruptcy, though the Biden administration recently issued new guidance to simplify the process. Prior to the pandemic, thousands of borrowers had their Social Security checks garnished because their student loans were in default.
The share of US household debt that student loans take up could shrink if Biden's student loan program survives its legal challenges and takes effect. It's estimated to cancel roughly $525 billion of federal student loan debt, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
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SOUTHLAKE, Texas, May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sabre Corporation ("Sabre") (NASDAQ: SABR) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023. Sabre has posted its first quarter 2023 earnings release and earnings presentation to its Investor Relations webpage at investors.sabre.com/results.cfm. The earnings release is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov.
As previously announced, Sabre will host a live webcast of its first quarter 2023 earnings conference call today at 10:00 a.m. ET. Management will discuss the financial results, as well as comment on the forward outlook. The webcast is expected to last approximately one hour and will be accessible by visiting the Investor Relations section of Sabre's website at investors.sabre.com.
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Emergency workers have removed all but three of the cars in a Canadian National freight train that partially derailed Wednesday afternoon in St. James Parish and leaked hydrochloric acid, sending up a harmful vapor cloud that forced the evacuation of about 200 homes.
Early Thursday, workers were trying to determine how to upright the leaking car and prevent more acid from spilling out onto the tracks from the large gash that opened up when the car derailed, the parish sheriff said.
Sheriff Willy Martin Jr. said workers are considering neutralizing the acid remaining in the car first before the damaged car is shifted.
"They're going to do everything in their power to not spill any more product," Martin said in a news conference early Thursday near the spill site.
The Sheriff's Office posted video of the news conference on Facebook.
The damaged tank car was holding more than 20,000 gallons of hydrochloric acid, a corrosive liquid that can burn the skin on contact and damage the respiratory system when inhaled. Much of the acid has spilled onto the ground already, officials have said.
Martin told reporters Thursday that workers suffered a bit of delay overnight Wednesday because of the fuming vapors around the work site. Crews brought in air boats to blow away the harmful cloud.
Martin said much of the ground around the spill has been neutralized and doesn't appear to have seeped into the ground as deeply as feared, based on early testing, but Martin couldn't give a time line about when residents might return home.
As of Thursday morning, it doesn't appear the evacuation zone along La. 642 and River Road needs to be expanded but he couldn't give a precise time when the evacuation may end.
"Look, as soon as it's safe, we're going to try to get people back to their houses, but nothing's going to happen until the facts are in place, that the chemical is neutralized, there will be no more possibility of having to let people in and moving them out again," he said.
He added the workers are making progress and officials will give updates throughout the day.
He also urged residents not to come back to the evacuation area until notified because he doesn't want people waiting around roadblocks while the cleanup work continues.
Parish official originally evacuated about 150 homes Wednesday but expanded the evacuation area further on Wednesday night to include another 50 homes. Residents have been provided hotel rooms and parish officials are saying their bills will be reimbursed.
Parish officials said six cars derailed and one broke open when it came off its wheels and hit the tracks.
Martin said air monitors have been stationed through the community.
Eric Deroche, St. James Parish's homeland security and emergency preparedness director, said the Mississippi River is open to traffic and the U.S. Coast Guard is monitoring safety on the river.
Parish officials said that La. 44 west of La. 3193 is open to residents only.
Several road closures remained in place early Thursday:
• La. 44 from Antioch Street to Rev. Dr. Samuel Jones.
• La. 642 from La. 44 to Sugarhouse Street.
• All streets within the evacuation zone.
Evacuated streets in Paulina are the following:
• Rev. Dr. Samuel Jones St
• MBA Lane
• KirkLin Lane
• KirkLin Drive
• Snyder Drive
• Elaine Road
• Perry Road
• Bourgeois Road
• Duperclay Street
• Alex Scott Street
• Albert Street
• Washington Street
• Buddy-Dorothy Street
• Jennie Road
• Stella Road
• A & G Street
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NEW YORK, May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Lucid Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LCID).
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Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until May 31, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
The filed complaint alleges that defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements and failed to disclose material adverse facts about Lucid's business and operations. Specifically, the Company overstated its production capabilities while concealing that "extraordinary supply chain and logistics challenges" were hampering Lucid's operations. As a result of the defendants' wrongful acts and omissions, and the significant decline in the market value of Lucid's common stock, Lucid investors have suffered significant damages.
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WASHINGTON, June 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFP Board) announced that it has imposed an interim suspension of the CFP® certification against Lisa A. Ditkowsky, which is effective as of June 12, 2023.
On May 4, 2023, CFP Board Enforcement Counsel filed a Motion for Interim Suspension Order (Motion) pursuant to Article 2.1.a.1. of CFP Board's Procedural Rules, requesting that a Hearing Panel of the Disciplinary and Ethics Commission (DEC) issue an Interim Suspension Order against Ms. Ditkowsky. CFP Board staff became aware that Ms. Ditkowsky had made statements containing sensitive and confidential information about a former deceased client in postings and comments on a public-facing LinkedIn account. Ms. Ditkowsky made similar statements containing sensitive and confidential information in messages sent from her personal email account to known and unknown individuals and groups with no apparent right to this information and with no apparent consent. During the pendency of the Motion, Ms. Ditkowsky continued to make statements containing sensitive and confidential information about her former deceased client, as well as unprofessional comments about others, in public posts and videos on YouTube and in numerous widely distributed email messages. Following a hearing on the matter, a Hearing Panel of the DEC determined that CFP Board Enforcement Counsel demonstrated by a preponderance of the evidence that Ms. Ditkowsky's conduct poses a significant threat to the public or significantly impinges upon the reputation of the profession or the CFP® certification marks and issued an Interim Suspension Order to Ms. Ditkowsky. Pursuant to the Interim Suspension Order, Ms. Ditkowsky's right to use the CFP® certification marks is suspended pending CFP Board's completed investigation and possible further disciplinary proceedings.
An interim suspension is a suspension of a CFP® professional's certification and trademark license during the pendency of CFP Board enforcement proceedings. A Respondent subject to an Interim Suspension Order must not use the CFP® certification marks or state or suggest that the Respondent is a CFP® professional while the Interim Suspension Order is in effect. An Interim Suspension Order is a temporary sanction and does not preclude CFP Board from imposing a final sanction. An Interim Suspension Order will remain in place until the DEC or, if an appeal is filed, CFP Board's Appeals Commission, issues a final order. A Hearing Panel of the DEC may issue an Order to vacate an Interim Suspension Order upon a successful Petition to Vacate an Interim Suspension Order by Respondent.
The basis for this decision also may be found on CFP Board's website at CFP.net/verify. At that website, CFP Board provides the public with:
- The ability to check on any individual's CFP Board disciplinary history and CFP® certification status.
- Links to other sources of information about CFP® professionals that may be more recent or that may contain information that has not led to CFP Board discipline and does not appear on CFP Board's website. This information may include customer disputes, disciplinary actions taken by a regulator or employer, certain criminal matters and certain financial matters (such as bankruptcy proceedings and unpaid judgments or liens).
- Links to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.'s (FINRA's) BrokerCheck and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC's) Investment Adviser Public Disclosure databases for individuals who are subject to FINRA or SEC oversight.
CFP Board's Enforcement Process
As part of their certification, CFP® professionals make a commitment to CFP Board to abide by CFP Board's Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct (Code and Standards), or its predecessor, the Standards of Professional Conduct (Standards), which included the Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Rules of Conduct and Financial Planning Practice Standards. CFP Board's Procedural Rules set forth the process for investigating matters and imposing sanctions where violations have been found.
CFP Board enforces its ethical standards by investigating alleged violations and, where there is probable cause to believe there are grounds for sanction, presents a Complaint containing the alleged violations to CFP Board's DEC. The DEC meets at least six times a year to review any matter in which CFP Board has alleged that a CFP® professional has violated the Code and Standards or its predecessor Standards. The DEC functions in accordance with the Procedural Rules and reviews all matters on a case-by-case basis, considering the details specific to an individual case. If the DEC determines there are grounds for sanction, then it may impose a sanction. DEC orders may be appealed by a CFP® professional or CFP Board pursuant to the Procedural Rules.
In certain circumstances, such as when a CFP® professional is in default due to failure to acknowledge receipt of a Notice of Investigation or file an Answer, CFP Board staff must deliver an Administrative Order of Suspension, Temporary Bar, Revocation or Permanent Bar. Administrative Orders also are subject to appeal.
More information on CFP Board's enforcement process can be found at CFP.net/ethics/enforcement.
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — If his injured throwing elbow is fine, as Josh Allen insisted following his and the Bills’ latest second-half meltdown, then it might be fair to suggest the issue with the quarterback’s recent rash of turnovers rests more between his ears.
Buffalo (6-3) has lost two straight and tumbled out of first place in the AFC and sits third in its division following a 33-30 overtime loss to Minnesota on Sunday in which Allen’s three turnovers (two interceptions and a lost fumble in his own end zone) contributed heavily to the Vikings overcoming a 17-point third-quarter deficit.
There Allen was, with his head down, conducting his postgame news conference by once again acknowledging he must be smarter with the ball.
“Horrendous second half. I gotta be better,” Allen lamented.
If it sounds familiar, it is, because Allen issued similar sentiments following his two previous outings.
After throwing two interceptions in a 20-17 loss at the New York Jets a week earlier, Allen said: “It’s tough to win in this league when you’re playing a good team and your quarterback plays like (expletive).”
Two weeks ago, after throwing two second-half interceptions in a 27-17 win over Green Bay, Allen said: “Can’t put our team in a situation where the only way that team gets back in it is by turning the ball over — and two stupid ones that I really had no business throwing.”
Perhaps, an intervention of sorts might be in order for Allen who in one month has gone from leading the NFL in yards passing and touchdowns passing entering Buffalo’s bye week, to entering Monday leading the league with 10 interceptions — six coming in his past three outings.
Sure, blame can be placed elsewhere for Buffalo’s midseason slump.
The defense has allowed a combined 529 yards rushing in its past three outings. An injury-depleted secondary was unable to contain Vikings receiver Justin Jefferson, who had 10 catches for 193 yards and a touchdown.
Clock management is an issue, too. Up 27-23, the Bills ate up just 68 seconds of game time by attempting three passes (two of them incompletions) in giving the Vikings back the ball with 3:26 left in regulation.
And yet, much of the troubles go directly to Allen for attempting to do too much in forcing the ball when he shouldn’t be, and placing the burden on the defense to bail him out. The defense has actually held up in allowing just 47 points (six TDs, two field goals and a missed extra point) off Buffalo’s 18 giveaways.
Four of Allen’s past seven turnovers have come in the red zone.
His fumbled snap recovered by Minnesota’s Eric Kendricks for a touchdown came one play after Buffalo stopped Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins for no gain on fourth down at the half-yard line with 49 seconds left. And he closed overtime by slamming his helmet to the turf after being intercepted in the end zone on second down with Buffalo in position to at the very least come away with a tie.
Much of the Bills’ success the previous two seasons — consecutive AFC East titles and three playoff victories — can be attributed to Allen. It’s only fair, too, he shoulders the blame for what’s gone wrong of late.
Von Miller said there’s no reason to panic.
“It’s Week 10 and we’ve got seven games left. Hey, we’re not finished then,” the edge rusher said.
And yet, receiver Stefon Diggs cited one of Miller’s familiar mantras by raising a sliver of concern.
“Von always says don’t blink,” Diggs said. “And I feel like we might be blinking a little bit.”
WHAT’S WORKING
First-half scoring. The Bills have outscored their past three opponents before halftime by a combined 62-27.
WHAT NEEDS HELP
Second-half scoring. The Bills have been outscored after halftime in their past three outings by a combined 43-12.
STOCK UP
S Jordan Poyer. If the veteran starter in the final year of his contract is making a point regarding his value to the defense by missing his second straight game with an elbow injury, he’s certainly succeeded. Buffalo is 1-3 when Poyer doesn’t play.
STOCK DOWN
Allen. In the second half and overtime of his past three outings, he’s combined to go 25 of 55 for 337 yards with five interceptions, one lost fumble and no TDs.
INJURIES
LB Tremaine Edmunds didn’t return after aggravating a groin injury.
KEY NUMBER
4-3 — Buffalo’s record this season when tied or leading at the half.
NEXT STEPS
Two winnable games, perhaps, over a short week. After hosting the Cleveland Browns (3-6) on Sunday, Buffalo travels to play Detroit (3-6) on Thanksgiving Day.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — After a historically wet winter and a cloudy spring, California’s summer was in full swing Thursday as a heat wave that’s been scorching much of the U.S. Southwest brings triple digit temperatures and an increased risk of wildfires.
Blistering conditions will build Friday and throughout the weekend in the central and southern parts of California, where many residents should prepare for the hottest weather of the year, the National Weather Service warned.
Midday highs were mostly expected to be above 100 degrees (37.7 C), and desert areas could reach 120 (48.8 C), forecasters said. Little relief was expected overnight, when temperatures could remain in the 80s (above 26.6 C). An excessive heat watch was in effect through Sunday for interior Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.
“Please plan accordingly, this is not the time to be hiking or be outside for long durations,” the weather service’s LA office said on Twitter. “If you need to work outside, shift hours to the early morning, take frequent breaks and hydrate!”
Employers were reminded to adhere to regulations that require outdoor workers are given water, shade and regular breaks to cool off. The state will be performing spot checks at work sites to make sure the rules are being followed, said Jeff Killip with the Division of Occupational Safety & Health.
Across the U.S., more than 111 million people were under extreme heat advisories, watches and warnings, mostly in the Southwest, the National Weather Service reported Wednesday.
Forecasters said the long-duration heat wave is extremely dangerous, especially for elderly people, homeless residents and other vulnerable populations. The heat could persist into next week as a high pressure dome moves west from Texas. In Arizona, temperatures have hit 110 degrees (43.3 C) for more than a dozen consecutive days.
Horse racing events were canceled at the California State Fair near the state capital over concerns for animal safety.
Meanwhile, California’s wildfire season was ramping up amid the hot, dry conditions with a series of blazes erupting across the state this week, said Secretary Wade Crowfoot of the Natural Resources Agency.
“As we get deeper into the summer and vegetation that grew up during the wet spring dries out, we are seeing an uptick in wildfire activity,” Crowfoot said Wednesday during a state media briefing.
Crowfoot said global climate change was “supercharging” heat waves. California has instituted a $400 million extreme heat action plan to protect workers, help vulnerable communities and assist local communities in opening cooling centers.
Officials said the state’s power system, which was strained to the point of widespread blackouts in recent years, has been fortified and should be able to withstand the latest heat wave. The California Independent System Operator, which runs the electricity grid, said battery storage capacity reached 5,600 megawatts on July 1 — enough to power more than 3.8 million homes for up to four hours before recharging.
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(The Hill) — Republicans are sharpening their knives while the Senate prepares to hunker in for a long weekend as Democrats deploy a special process to pass the party’s sprawling healthcare, tax and climate plan without buy-in from across the aisle.
Republican leaders fumed over the Democratic effort at a press conference on Friday, one day before the Senate is prepared to begin consideration of the plan while taking aim at Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), two key centrist holdouts, for backing the effort.
“So, what will vote-a-rama be like?” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C) told reporters on Friday, referring to the voting marathon senators are set to be subjected to in the next few days as part of the process Democrats are using to pass the bill. “It’d be like hell.”
“They deserve this. As much as I admire Joe Manchin and Sinema up for standing up to the radical left at times, they’re empowering legislation that will make the average person’s life more difficult,” Graham said.
The senator, along with Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), also threatened not to vote for a critical funding measure ahead of a September deadline, when government funding is set to lapse, over the effort.
Democrats are using a complicated procedure known as budget reconciliation to try to pass the party’s Inflation Reduction Act, a massive legislative package that would advance key pieces of President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda.
The procedure, which Republicans used to pass former President Donald Trump’s signature tax law in 2017, will allow Democrats to pass a bill in the 50-50 split Senate with a simple majority, bypassing the usual 60-vote threshold.
But to pass the bill using the maneuver, Democrats have to jump through a series of hoops before they bring the bill to the floor for a vote. That includes what’s known as vote-a-rama — an often lengthy and messy voting marathon in which senators can offer a series of amendments for a chance to influence legislation before a final vote on the overall bill.
Republicans have been strategizing in recent days on how to make Democrats feel as much pain as possible during the coming voting session, promising to line up tough votes for the party, which could be used as ammunition for the coming campaign season.
During the recent press conference, Sen. John Barrasso (Wyo.), a member of Republican leadership, said the GOP will be focusing specifically on areas like “energy, inflation, border, and crime.”
Many Republicans have been keeping their cards close to the vest on what amendments they plan to bring up during the voting marathon.
Pressed by The Hill on Thursday about which ones he’ll offer, Sen. John Kennedy (La.) declined to divulge, saying he wants “it to be a surprise.”
“My colleagues will all have plenty of time to read my amendments,” Kennedy said. “But I don’t believe in leading with my chin.”
Republicans have expressed hopes of attaching some of their amendments to the overall bill, despite their overwhelming opposition to the package, in the event it could make the legislation tougher to pass in the House.
Still, there is concern among GOP members around the chances Democrats will introduce what’s known as a wraparound amendment, which could allow for erasure of all amendments adopted during the session.
Sen. John Thune (S.D.), the No. 2 Republican, acknowledged the issue during the press conference on Friday, questioning whether Manchin and Sinema would vote for such an amendment.
“Because they both said that they won’t vote after they felt like, in the American Rescue Plan, they voted for a wraparound amendment, and felt like they were misled by their leadership at the time that they would never vote for one of those again,” Thune said.
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Airports and airlines brace for a major impact from Hurricane Ian
Airlines, airports and the federal government are bracing for aviation infrastructure to take a major blow from Hurricane Ian. Cancellations and closures are already piling up across the Florida peninsula.
The storm is forecast to make landfall Wednesday afternoon on Florida's west coast as a major hurricane.
Tampa International Airport, where officials are preparing for a major impact, suspended operations at 5 p.m. Tuesday. The airport will only be open for emergency aircraft, according to a publicly available notice to pilots. The airport typically handles 450 flights daily.
Miami International Airport was open on Wednesday morning, according to a notice on the airport's website, although some flights have been delayed or canceled.
Airlines ceased operations at 10:30 a.m. ET at Orlando International Airport, according to the airport's website. The airport sees nearly 130,000 passengers daily, according to its website.
The terminal at St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport closed at 1 p.m. on Tuesday "due to mandatory evacuation orders from Pinellas County and remain closed until the evacuation order is lifted," according to the verified tweet from the airport.
Sarasota Bradenton International Airport closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday night.
Florida airports lead in U.S. cancellations
FlightAware data showed more than 1,900 cancellations nationwide by early Wednesday. Orlando, Miami and Tampa airports were the top three trouble spots, with cancellations also mounting at Fort Lauderdale International Airport and Southwest Florida International Airport.
Effects could ripple through the southeastern United States with Atlanta and Charlotte already seeing cancellations.
Video below: Category 4 Hurricane Ian approaching SW Florida
FAA closely monitoring Ian
The Federal Aviation Administration said it was holding a Tuesday evening teleconference about the impact of Hurricane Ian on air travel, according to a notice on an agency website.
"The FAA is closely monitoring Hurricane Ian and its path," the agency said in a statement, underscoring that it does not cancel commercial flights.
"Before any storm hits, we prepare and protect air traffic control facilities and equipment along the projected storm path so operations can quickly resume after the hurricane passes to support disaster relief efforts."
American Airlines said it had proactively canceled 175 flights as of Tuesday morning, including both mainline and regional flights. By Wednesday morning, FlightAware data showed that American had canceled more than 480 U.S. flights on Wednesday.
American customers traveling through 20 airports in the hurricane's path can rebook flights without change fees. The airline has also added "reduced, last-minute fares for cities that will be impacted" in hopes of helping people who are trying to "evacuate via air."
Moving aircraft to safer places
Multiple airlines are moving aircraft out of harm's way and note it will take time to reestablish service after the storm. First, officials and the airlines must determine when and where it is safe to resume flights, and then they must have crews on the ground available.
"Our in-house weather forecasting is a powerful tool to aid in ops decision making, but equally important are the conditions of ground infrastructure after the storm passes," Delta spokesman Morgan Durrant told CNN.
United Airlines and Southwest Airlines are suspending operations at the Fort Myers and Sarasota airports. United is also canceling all Tuesday and Wednesday flights to and from Key West and is canceling some flights out of Orlando "as to minimize crew layovers."
As of early Wednesday morning, United had canceled more than 150 flights and Southwest had canceled 375, according to FlightAware data.
Video below: Hurricane Ian FEMA announcement at White House press briefing
Riding out the storm in Tampa
At Tampa International Airport, a team of 120 airport employees have volunteered to stay on site and ride out the storm, airport executive John Tiliacos said Tuesday. The team includes tradesmen like plumbers and electricians who will be essential to restoring service at the airport.
"Once the storm has passed, our team will conduct a damage assessment of our airfield and terminal facilities and determine whether we can reopen immediately or whether we have issues that we need to address as a result of the hurricane impact," Tiliacos said.
He raised the possibility of the runways reopening to essential flights before the passenger terminal reopens. The facilities are rated for a Category 4 storm, but the airfield could see flooding from the nearby bay. | https://www.koat.com/article/airports-airlines-hurricane-ian/41424240 | 2022-09-28 16:42:01 | 1 | https://www.koat.com/article/airports-airlines-hurricane-ian/41424240 |
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NEW YORK (AP) — The United States’ new favorite dog breed — the comical, controversial French bulldog — has never won the nation’s pre-eminent dog show.
Yet here, at an ambling trot, comes Winston. The Frenchie with NFL connections is a strong contender at this week’s Westminster Kennel Club dog show, less than two months after the release of rankings showing that his kind has become the country’s most prevalent dog breed.
Frenchies’ rise has been stunning: from 83rd most popular to No. 1 in three decades. It also has been dogged by concerns about their health, debate over the ethics of breeding, denunciations of a gold-rush-like market with ever more “exotic” variations, and a recent spate of high-profile and sometimes fatal robberies.
If all that says something about these stumpy-snouted, pointy-eared, deep-chested, quizzical little bulldogs, what does it say about the culture that loves them?
THEIR MEDIA IMAGE IMPACTS THEIR POPULARITY
“Just like humans, dogs get characterized for what they can do, but more importantly what they can symbolize,” says Cameron Whitley, a Western Washington University sociology professor and the chair-elect of the American Sociological Association’s Animals and Society section. Whitley argues that breeds’ popularity depends less on their traits than on their portrayal in media and pop culture.
Indeed, a 2013 study found no indication that longer lifespans, better behavior or other desirable characteristics make a dog breed more sought-after. One of the authors, Western Carolina University psychology professor Hal Herzog, also has observed that parabolic spikes in dog breeds resemble those in baby names, hit songs and other boom-and-bust commodities of pop culture. In short, they’re canine memes.
“The dogs have become a form of fashion,” says Herzog, who wrote a book about human attitudes and conduct toward animals.
French bulldogs have a colorful, centuries-long history involving English lacemakers, the Parisian demimonde and Gilded Age American tourists who brought the dogs home. (One even died in the 1912 sinking of the Titanic. ) But the breed’s U.S. heyday soon ended.
Then Americans got a fresh look at Frenchies in the current century. They turned up on domesticity maven Martha Stewart’s TV show, then in narrative series and movies (such as “Modern Family” and “Due Date”), ads (including Super Bowl spots for Skechers in 2012 and Bud Light this year) and the social media accounts of celebrity owners (Lady Gaga, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and many more).
French bulldog fans point to attributes beyond camera-readiness to explain the dogs’ appeal. They boast easy-care coats, modest exercise needs, an apartment-friendly size and a demeanor memorably described as “a clown in the cloak of a philosopher.”
Yet that hasn’t translated into wins at Westminster, where each dog is judged against an ideal for its own breed, not against others.
Still, longtime breeder and French Bull Dog Club of America spokesperson Patty Sosa posits that Frenchies “might have been out-flashed” by showier-looking breeds, such as poodles. (Labrador retriever partisans harbored similar theories during the 31 years their breed topped the popularity charts; it’s still winless at Westminster.)
Winston, however, came within a whisker of the trophy last year, taking runner-up to the first bloodhound ever to win. The Frenchie later won another prominent competition, the National Dog Show in Philadelphia in November. He heads into Westminster Monday as one of the show world’s most-winning dogs (the top prize will be awarded Tuesday night).
If a pooch can get a competitive edge through osmosis, the cream-colored 4-year-old probably has. He lives with part-owner Morgan Fox, a Los Angeles Chargers defensive end, when not on the show circuit with handler and part-owner Perry Payson.
Moreover, Winston “has the structure, he has the outline, he has the head, and he has the movement” of a winner, says Sosa. “And by God, he has the attitude.”
PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT THEIR HEALTH
While applauding Winston’s success, she says Frenchie folk have mixed feelings — one part joy, one part misgivings — about seeing the dogs get any more recognition.
Longtime breeders who adhere to health testing and other guidelines feel that Frenchie fever already has attracted opportunistic, slapdash people producing anything-goes, possibly unhealthy pups. There’s concern that “we’re losing the battle with education and just promoting a well-bred dog,” Sosa said.
Some veterinarians also are worried for Frenchies — all of them.
Partly because of their pushed-in, wrinkly faces, the animals are susceptible to breathing, eye, and other problems. While other breeds also have predispositions and mixed-breed dogs can be a question mark, recent research in Britain suggested Frenchies’ health is “largely much poorer” than that of other canines.
The British Veterinary Association has “strongly” recommended against buying any flat-faced dogs, and the Dutch government has prohibited breeding very short-snouted canines. In the U.S., the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association — a professional group with a focus on animal welfare advocacy — wants “to counter the dramatic increase in demand” for push-faced dogs, partly by discouraging their use in advertising.
“Owners who really love these dogs don’t understand how much the dogs are suffering,” says the group’s education director, Dr. Lorna Grande. (The broader American Veterinary Medical Association, meanwhile, has said it’s exploring ways to improve flat-faced dogs’ well-being.)
Dr. Carrie Stefaniak has seen French bulldogs with breathing difficulties in her practice in Glendale, Wisconsin. She urges would-be owners to understand the breed’s health risks and the potential expense of treatment. She emphasizes researching breeders carefully.
But she’s quick to add that Frenchies can flourish.
“The general public talks about the unhealthy ones,” Stefaniak says, “but we don’t often hear about the 13-year-olds that are still out there, doing great, or the ones that are doing agility or taking long hikes.”
Her own two French bulldogs do both those things.
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa., May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KCF Technologies announced today their newest software release, SMARTdiagnostics; a complete redesign of the current platform and the richest, most intuitive machine health optimization software yet.
Built in parallel with world class manufacturing partners, the all new SMARTdiagnostics 4 has moved the software from a place to pull data to a feature rich, intuitive, and connected platform delivering visualizations and integrations that had previously only been on the industries' wish list.
Completing KCF's new platform is enhanced AI/Machine Learning, Automated Fault algorithms, integration with CMMS providers to generate workorders, and the ability to integrate PLC data to deliver even more powerful insights.
"The modern plant may produce more data than tangible goods, and yet most of it gets left on the shop floor. We developed the SMARTdiagnostics platform to turn overwhelming amounts of manufacturing data into actionable machine health insight." – Dr. Jeremy Frank, CEO
New Features include:
MachineIQ automatically classifies and makes recommendations to solve issues. It facilitates workflows to schedule maintenance work.
DAMAGE SCORE evaluates all assets and relatively weights them in regard to machine health. Quickly understand the health of your equipment with a simple 1-10 Metric
SensorAI is designed to consistently monitor data to search for deviations and sudden changes that will drive the immediacy of action for a plant's most critical assets. (Coming Q4 2022)
Benefits include:
The all-new SMARTdiagnostics ingests the right data, performs the right analysis, and recommends—or automatically executes—the right action. SMARTdiagnostics 4 became available to customers on May 23, 2022.
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KCF is on a mission to permanently solve the complex asset problems that have plagued industry. Our team develops technology and services that empower industrial businesses to eliminate unplanned downtime, optimize their operations, and outpace their competition.
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VANCOUVER, BC, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. ("West Fraser" or the "Company") (TSX: WFG) (NYSE: WFG) announced today the preliminary results of its substantial issuer bid ("SIB"), pursuant to which West Fraser offered to purchase for cancellation up to US$1.25 billion of its common shares ("Shares"). The SIB expired at 5:00 p.m. (Vancouver time) on Thursday, June 2, 2022.
In accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the SIB and based on the preliminary calculations of Computershare Investor Services Inc. ("Computershare"), as depositary for the SIB, West Fraser expects to take up and pay for approximately 11.898 million Shares at a price of approximately US$95 per Share, representing an aggregate purchase price of approximately US$1.130 billion.
West Fraser currently expects that all shareholders who made auction tenders and purchase price tenders will have 100% of their successfully tendered Shares purchased by West Fraser at the purchase price.
The number of Shares to be purchased and the purchase price referred to above are preliminary, remain subject to verification by Computershare and assume that all Shares tendered through notice of guaranteed delivery will be delivered within the two trading day settlement period. Upon take up and payment of the Shares purchased, West Fraser will release the final results.
For Canadian federal income tax purposes, a deemed dividend arises on the repurchase of Shares under the SIB. To assist shareholders in determining the Canadian tax consequences of the SIB, West Fraser estimates that for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada), the paid-up capital per Share is C$17.49. West Fraser designates the entire amount of the deemed dividend arising from its repurchase of the Shares under the SIB as an "eligible dividend" for purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada) and any corresponding provincial and territorial tax legislation.
For the purposes of subsection 191(4) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), the "specified amount" in respect of each Share is US$79.95.
The full details of the SIB are described in the offer to purchase and issuer bid circular dated April 26, 2022, as well as the related letter of transmittal and notice of guaranteed delivery, copies of which were filed and are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on EDGAR at www.sec.com.
This press release is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell West Fraser's shares.
West Fraser is a diversified wood products company with more than 60 facilities in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe. From responsibly sourced and sustainably managed forest resources, the Company produces lumber, engineered wood products (OSB, LVL, MDF, plywood, and particleboard), pulp, newsprint, wood chips, other residuals, and renewable energy. West Fraser's products are used in home construction, repair and remodelling, industrial applications, papers, tissue, and box materials.
This news release contains forward-looking information or forward-looking statements (collectively, "forward-looking statements") within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including statements relating to the SIB, the actual number of Shares to be taken up and paid for in connection with the SIB, the purchase price and other statements that are not historical facts, are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Canadian and United States securities laws. Any such forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to us and are based on assumptions and analyses made by us in light of our experience and our perception of historical trends and current conditions, including the assumption that the conditions to completion of the SIB will be satisfied. Readers should also refer to the risk factors set forth in the Company's annual information form and management's discussion and analysis for the year ended December 31, 2021, each dated February 15, 2022, available at SEDAR (www.sedar.com) and EDGAR (www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml). There can be no assurance that the plans, intentions or expectations upon which forward-looking statements are based will be realized. Actual results may differ, and the difference may be material and adverse to the Company and its shareholders.
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Former friends and relatives said they knew for years the place on Curry Road in Texico, New Mexico, was a house of horror. They recently told New Mexico State Police how they notified authorities that the hungry children who lived there were physically abused, locked in dog kennels, and more recently, chained to their beds.
But nothing seemed to change.
Their disturbing allegations have led to the arrest of a third woman in the alleged child abuse conspiracy, which was discovered after New Mexico State Police and investigators with the state Children Youth and Families Department went to the home July 22 after receiving an anonymous report.
A subsequent State Police search recovered chains, wooden paddles and cellphone video showing the abuse, including an 11-year-old boy in a fetal position chained to his bunk bed.
Based on interviews with witnesses who have come forward since the Aug. 22 arrests of Jayme Kushman and Jaime Sena, who lived at the home with her children, State Police have also questioned the Texico police chief. They wanted to know why his agency never found abuse at the home, or followed up on reports that the home had alarms that State Police found were attached to chains used to restrain the children to their beds.
Court records show the investigation is now delving back to at least 2016, when State Police allege Kushman and her then-girlfriend Lora Melancon were living together.
Melancon, 41, of Clovis, was arrested Sept. 2 on four counts of abuse of a child and bonded out of jail Sept. 7. She is set for a preliminary hearing on Thursday. Kushman and Sena, meanwhile, are being held without bond on multiple child abuse and obstruction of an investigation charges. Six children have been removed from the home.
“The reaction I get from people that I talk to is really one of horror,” 9th Judicial District Attorney Brian Stover told the Journal last week. “They can’t believe this happened first of all, and that it happened for as long as it did.”
He said his office is working with the state Attorney General’s Office to help with forensic interviews of the children and with CYFD to ensure the children are receiving the proper services and counseling.
It’s also clear from the documents and a redacted State Police lapel camera video that CYFD had responded to the home multiple times and removed the children at least once after they were found in dog cages.
Since the more recent removal, the 11-year-old boy has now gained more than 10 pounds. Seized video from Kushman’s cellphone shows him saying he hadn’t eaten in two days, State Police reported at a Sept. 2 detention hearing for Kushman.
CYFD, local police
Asked about allegations involving Texico Police Chief Douglas Bowman, Stover said, “At this point, all I can say about that is every aspect of this case is being investigated by the New Mexico State Police and if we have sufficient evidence that there were individuals who knew the abuse was happening and did not report it or did not take steps to stop it, we will pursue that.” He added that Bowman has been cooperative with State Police.
Lawyers for Melancon, Kushman and Sena couldn’t be reached for comment, but Kushman testified at a Sept. 2 preliminary hearing that she chained up two of her children, not to torture them, but because they had emotional disorders.
Police Chief Bowman told the Journal in a phone interview on Monday that he never saw any evidence that there was abuse in the home.
He told State Police investigators last month “if he knew something like this was happening, he would’ve acted on it,” according to the criminal complaint in Melancon’s case. During the State Police interview, Bowman said there was a time “he felt CYFD was targeting” Kushman.
“Bowman went on to say ‘If I was there by myself, it was one thing, but I was always there with CYFD’ and they felt like it was fine,” according to the complaint. Bowman said “every time he responded there was water and food and (the children) never appeared malnourished.”
One State Police investigator reported asking Bowman “how something like this (was) happening for numerous years and numerous CYFD referrals (and) nobody knew anything or did something for these children. It is surreal and baffling that this was happening and nobody acted until New Mexico State Police got involved,” the criminal complaint states.
In the interview with the Journal, Bowman questioned whether someone tipped off Kushman and others before the visits “for us not to find anything.”
“I’m maintaining I’ve done what I was able to do at the time. Had there been more, I assure you I would have made an arrest. The people of this community know that,” said Bowman, who has been police chief for 14 years.
A State Police lapel camera video of the July 22 encounter at the home suggests CYFD had been involved in inspecting the home in the past. And at least one CYFD investigator on the scene was already familiar with Kushman, Melancon, and the layout of the home.
At one point, the CYFD investigator told a State Police officer “they used to keep them in dog cages. We’ve taken these kids away from them before for being in dog cages.”
There was no explanation of why the children were returned to the home.
Conflicting reports
So far, the criminal complaints filed in the case, along with other court records, show:
Since 2012, Kushman has been appointed kinship guardian for three of the six children found in her care – a boy who is 11 and receives Social Security disability, and two nieces, ages 14 and 15, whose mother Kristina Kushman was charged with child abuse in 2015. Those charges were dropped after Kristina was found to be incompetent to stand trial.
The three Kushman children and Sena’s two children were removed from the home July 22, along with a 16-year-old who told authorities she had been staying there for a few months.
The criminal complaint filed Sept. 2 against Melancon by Sgt. Jerry Hernandez, the lead State Police criminal investigator on the case, documents interviews with six people in recent weeks who said they wished they could have stopped the abuse. One produced a photo she took of a wooden kennel she saw at the home in 2016 with a pillow and blanket inside. Two broke down in tears during their interviews.
One was a former babysitter for the boy, AB, and one of the girls, CK, who came forward the day after Kushman’s arrest to say that she had witnessed abuse of the children when Kushman was living with her longtime girlfriend Melancon as far back as 2016.
The babysitter told State Police she saw CK placed inside a dog kennel at the home and she saw then Chief Bowman “go by the residence and look …(at)CK inside a dog kennel with a single blanket while in the winter and do nothing about it.” Bowman denied that account in his interview with State Police.
The babysitter also recounted visiting Kushman and Melancon in the nearby town of Farwell, Texas, and recalled the time she said they poured about seven gallons of milk and a pudding mixture into a baby pool outside. Both AB and CK were placed inside the pool because Kushman and Melancon “thought it was funny.” But the boy got into trouble after he began to eat the pudding from the pool because he was hungry, she reported to the State Police.
In early 2020, the same former babysitter returned to the Texico home and noted the dog kennels with CK and AB locked up inside. She left the home, and called CYFD three times over the next two weeks and had called CYFD in the past as well, the complaint states.
The woman, now 29, said Bowman had responded to the Texico household multiple times in reference to the child abuse allegations.
Numerous complaints
A former best friend of Kushman’s told officers she and her mother went to the home in 2016, couldn’t find CK anywhere, and discovered the girl in what was appeared to be a 4 x 4 locked cage located on the front porch. When the girl asked to get out to use the restroom, Kushman reportedly told her to sit back down or lay down. “At the time it was about 25 degrees outside, and the girl had no jacket on.” When the former friend left the home she called Child Protective Services “but does not know what happened to the case,” the complaint states.
The woman’s mother confirmed that account in her recent State Police interview, noting that Kushman “has cheated the State System for years, and has had the Texico Police Chief Douglas Bowman in her ‘back pocket.'” Other witnesses said Bowman and Kushman were friends, which Bowman denies.
A man who knew Kushman and Melancon told State Police that he alerted CYFD as far back as 2018 or 2019 that he saw the boy, AB, chained by his ankle to the fireplace inside the home. One time, he said, the boy began to eat leftover rice from a dog’s bowl after the dogs had finished eating.
But he said he knew “that every time CYFD was called Kushman and Lora would get a heads up from Bowman or someone else. When the women were alerted they immediately began to clean the residence and dress AB and CK in matching outfits, unchained.”
That man told State Police he knew the two women “were untouchable because of them being alerted CYFD was going to check on them.”
In 2019, the man said he called the dispatch for the Clovis police to report the abuse and “specifically told the dispatcher not to notify the Texico Police Department.” The small town of Texico is about 20 miles from Clovis.
But the complaint states the man got a call from a Texico police officer anyway. He explained what he saw, only to be confronted by Kushman later “for what he had done.”
No action was taken, he contended, telling State Police that “he didn’t know who to call that he could trust.” Later the man had to pick up an engine he had left at Kushman’s home and Bowman showed up.
The man contended he asked the police chief about the status of his child abuse complaint, and the police chief told him his “story did not check out, but Kushman’s did,” the State Police complaint stated.
Bowman told the Journal he doesn’t recall the man asking him about the case, which was assigned to an officer who has since died of COVID-19.
Bowman told State Police he had been at the Kushman residence numerous times years back “when CYFD claimed children at the residence were being kept inside cages on the front porch.”
He said he learned from one of his officers about the alarm that would alert Kushman and Melancon when AB and CK would leave their room.
But his agency didn’t follow up on the alarm, he told State Police, noting it wasn’t against the law to have an alarm or motion detector in the house.
“I then explained to Bowman a follow-up was required to see what type of alarm was being used,” State Police Sgt. Hernandez said in his complaint. He told the police chief that the alarm was attached to a chain used to restrain two of the children to their beds by their ankles.
“So, if there was to be a follow-up, maybe this would’ve been discovered sooner but there wasn’t,” Hernandez wrote.
In the Journal interview, Stover underscored the importance of reporting suspected child abuse to CYFD and law enforcement.
Asked about CYFD’s response in the Texico case, Stover said, “I do have opinions about things with that agency but I know a lot of times they’re fighting with at least one, maybe two arms, tied behind their back.”
“To realize that it (the Texico abuse) went on for this long is heartbreaking to us, and that we didn’t get to it sooner.”
CYFD response to Journal questions
Here is the full statement New Mexico Children, Youth and Families sent in response to Journal questions about the Texico case:
“We are grateful that we were able to work with our partners at the State Police in order to get these children out of this situation,” said CYFD Cabinet Secretary Barbara J. Vigil.
“CYFD’s new critical-incident review process focuses on how we can improve our work and how agencies, including law enforcement, can better work in tandem to collaboratively protect New Mexico children. The Department will now examine every action taken or failed to be taken – and why. We are committed to building a stronger system which is capable of responding rapidly and effectively based on safety science. That in-depth review of this particular case is ongoing,” she said.
CYFD makes every effort to take appropriate action in response to complaints or referrals regarding harm to children.
Incident reports require a safety assessment, and may require intake, investigation, prevention services or intervention services.
That said, New Mexico Children’s Code, which protects the rights and privacy of New Mexico’s children and families, requires that the Department keep confidential specific case information about steps taken in any case, so we cannot comment on the specifics referred to by the witnesses in the complaint.
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Sacheen Littlefeather, the actor and activist who declined Marlon Brando’s 1973 Academy Award for “The Godfather” on his behalf in an indelible protest of Hollywood’s portrayal of Native Americans, has died. She was 75.
Littlefeather’s niece, Calina Lawrence, confirmed that she died peacefully Sunday, surrounded by loved ones at her Marin County, California, home. The cause was breast cancer, the family said.
Littlefeather’s appearance at the 1973 Oscars would become one of the award show’s most famous moments. Clad in buckskin dress and moccasins, Littlefeather took the stage when presenter Roger Moore read Brando’s name as the winner for best actor.
Speaking to the audience, Littlefeather cited Native American stereotypes in film and the then-ongoing weekslong protest at Wounded Knee in South Dakota as the reason for Brando’s absence. She said Brando had written “a very long speech” but she was restricted by time to brief remarks. Producer Howard Koch had allegedly warned Littlefeather, then 26, that he would have her arrested if she spoke for more than a minute.
“I beg at this time that I have not intruded upon this evening and that we will in the future, our hearts and our understandings will meet with love and generosity,” Littlefeather said, becoming the first Native American woman to appear onstage at the Oscars.
Although brief, straightforward and courteous, Littlefeather’s appearance was contentious, receiving a mix of applause and boos from the audience. In the years after, Littlefeather endured considerable scorn and abuse for her speech, she said.
“I spoke from my heart,” she told The Associated Press days after the Oscars. “Those words were written in blood, perhaps my own blood. I felt about like Christ carrying the weight of the cross on his shoulders.”
Only recently did the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences officially address the treatment Littlefeather received following her appearance. In August, the film academy apologized to Littlefeather. Two weeks ago, it held an evening of “conversation, healing and celebration” in her honor.
“The abuse you endured because of this statement was unwarranted and unjustified,” the academy’s president, David Rubin, wrote in a letter to Littlefeather. “The emotional burden you have lived through and the cost to your own career in our industry are irreparable. For too long the courage you showed has been unacknowledged. For this, we offer both our deepest apologies and our sincere admiration.”
Littlefeather responded in a statement: “We Indians are very patient people — it’s only been 50 years!”
“We need to keep our sense of humor about this at all times,” she added. “It’s our method of survival.”
Littlefeather was born Marie Cruz on Nov. 14, 1946, in Salinas, California. Her father was from the White Mountain Apache and Yaqui tribes and her mother was white. She took the name Sacheen Littlefeather after high school.
Littlefeather’s entry into acting corresponded with her activism. She was part of the Native American occupation of Alcatraz Island in 1969, her website said, and began acting with San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater shortly thereafter.
Littlefeather, who was neighbors with “Godfather” director Francis Ford Coppola, had known Brando for about a year before they decided, the night before the 1973 ceremony, that she should attend in his place.
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Political speeches at the Oscars were then still a rarity, and some in attendance saw it as a break in decorum – and raised a subject not everyone was eager to consider. Later in the evening, when Clint Eastwood presented the best-picture award, he said, “I don’t know if I should present this award on behalf of all the cowboys shot in all the John Ford Westerns over the years.” Presenting best actress, presenter Raquel Welch cracked: “I hope they haven’t got a cause.”
“I went up there thinking I could make a difference,” she told People magazine in 1990. “I was very naive. I told people about oppression. They said, ‘You’re ruining our evening.’”
Littlefeather described the overwhelming white crowd as “a sea of Clorox.” She said some audience members did the so-called “tomahawk chop” and that Brando’s house was later shot at.
Over the years, Littlefeather added to the lore, describing John Wayne, who was in the theater wings as she spoke, as “ready to have me taken off stage.” In 2016, Littlefeather told The Los Angeles Times that Wayne “had to be restrained by six security guards.” The film scholar Farran Smith Nehme has since researched the supposed incident and found no evidence it occurred.
But it was indisputable that Littlefeather’s life was altered by those 60 seconds. Following the Oscars, her credentials as an actor and activist — Littlefeather had posed in 1972 for Playboy, which she defended as proof that “red was beautiful” — were questioned in tabloid reports and elsewhere. Her opportunities as an actor dried up; Littlefeather said she was “red-listed” from the industry. She fell out of show business.
At the academy event last month, Littlefeather, then in wheelchair, said despite all the hardship she faced after the Oscars, she would do it all again.
“I was representing all Indigenous voices out there, because we had never been heard in that way before,” Littlefeather said. “And if I had to pay the price of admission, then that was OK, because those doors had to be opened — like Yosemite Sam. Somebody had to do it.” | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/ct-ent-sacheen-littlefeather-20221003-igsmv65koraalg2c5uhkk7f7my-story.html | 2022-10-03 17:21:13 | 0 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/ct-ent-sacheen-littlefeather-20221003-igsmv65koraalg2c5uhkk7f7my-story.html |
ASHEVILLE, N.C., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Quility, an award-winning insurtech company, has partnered with Life Happens, a non-profit dedicated to educating consumers on the importance of life insurance. This collaboration marks Quility's inaugural college scholarship.
Since 2005, Life Happens has provided financial support to college-bound seniors and college students who have experienced the death of a parent or guardian with little to no life insurance. To date, they've awarded more than $2.5M among 750+ students. Quility is thrilled to collaborate with Life Happens and to announce MaKayla Cook as the recipient of the 2022 Quility Life Lessons Scholarship.
"These days, receiving a college education is a huge financial burden for many families," says Whit Zeh, Quility's Senior Director of Corporate Well Being and Community Outreach. "I cannot begin to imagine the added financial hardship of losing a parent, with little to no life insurance, while simultaneously navigating the cost of higher education. The Life Happens Scholarship Program offers both an incredible way to support students who have suffered loss, and an opportunity to remind everyone about the importance of life insurance. The student Quility selected has shown grace and perseverance that is, and will continue to be, a wonderful lesson in life for us all. We are truly grateful to Life Happens for creating such an impactful program and we look forward to supporting many more students in the years to come."
Makayla's mother passed away unexpectedly on August 5, 2021. Just two weeks before her passing, her mother lost her job and all employer-provided benefits, including life insurance. MaKayla paid for her mother's funeral with money she had saved throughout high school and friends and family pulled resources to help with other immediate expenses.
MaKayla's resilient spirit and determination have carried her through grief and the collective stress brought forth by the pandemic. Today, she is working 40 hours per week in addition to her coursework at Appalachian State University. When she graduates, MaKayla will be the first in her family to achieve a college degree.
As a corporate sponsor, Quility will financially support MaKayla for one full academic year. The company plans on sponsoring additional students in the coming years and is encouraging its large network of agents to do the same.
You can learn more about applying for a scholarship, making a donation, or becoming a corporate sponsor by visiting the Life Lessons Scholarship Program.
You can also explore the many ways Quility serves its communities through sustainable engagement by reviewing Quility's Impact.
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At least seven state, federal and congressional entities have received formal complaints about or are said to be looking into embattled Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) as he faces mounting questions about his background and finances.
The New York Republican has admitted to embellishing parts of his resume.
Lawmakers in both parties have called on Santos to resign amid the growing controversy, but the congressman insists he has not committed any crimes and has remained intent on serving out his term representing New York’s 3rd Congressional District.
“Let me be very clear, I’m not leaving, I’m not hiding and I am NOT backing down,” Santos wrote on Twitter Tuesday. “I will continue to work for #NY03 and no amount of Twitter trolling will stop me. I’m looking forward to getting what needs to be done, DONE!”
Here are the groups who have received complaints or launched probes into the congressman:
Groups looking into Santos
Nassau County District Attorney
The Nassau County district attorney’s office announced it was looking into Santos in December, days after The New York Times published a report highlighting questionable aspects of the then-incoming congressman’s background.
Since then, more evidence has emerged showing that Santos fabricated parts of his background, including claims about his religion, work history and education.
Asked for an update this week, the district attorney’s office — which is led by a Republican — referred The Hill to its statement from December.
“The numerous fabrications and inconsistencies associated with Congressman-Elect Santos are nothing short of stunning,” Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly said at the time. “The residents of Nassau County and other parts of the third district must have an honest and accountable representative in Congress. No one is above the law and if a crime was committed in this county, we will prosecute it.”
U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of New York
Multiple sources reported in December that the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of New York was looking into Santos’s finances and financial disclosures.
That inquiry now appears to include whether Santos was part of an alleged scheme to steal thousands of dollars from a fundraiser set up for a veteran’s dying service dog.
Last month, U.S. Navy veteran Richard Osthoff and retired police Sgt. Michael Boll told Patch.com that Santos helped raise money through a GoFundMe for a surgery for Osthoff’s dog. But the pair said that once the fund reached $3,000, Santos closed it and disappeared.
Osthoff told Politico earlier this month that two agents, working on behalf of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of New York, had contacted him about the incident. He gave the agents text messages sent between him and Santos in 2016, according to Politico.
Asked about the Politico report earlier this month, Santos said “clearly they talk more to you guys than to my legal team.”
“I can’t give you anything ‘cause they don’t talk to us,” he added.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of New York declined to comment this week when asked by The Hill if the office has opened an investigation into Santos.
New York State Attorney General
The New York state attorney general’s office confirmed to The Hill that it is “looking into some of the issues that were raised” regarding Santos, but would not say what matters are under scrutiny.
Queens District Attorney
The Queens district attorney’s office told the Queens Chronicle in January that it was reviewing whether District Attorney Melinda Katz (D) has jurisdiction over any allegations against Santos.
“While as a matter of course we do not comment on open investigations, we are reviewing whether Queens County has jurisdiction over any potential criminal offenses,” Katz’s office told the outlet.
Reached for comment this week, the office told The Hill, “Our statement remains the same.”
Brazilian prosecutors
Authorities in Brazil have reportedly reopened a criminal investigation into Santos that dates back to 2008.
A spokeswoman for the Rio de Janeiro prosecutor’s office told The New York Times last month that it planned to formally request that the Justice Department notify Santos of the charges against him.
According to Brazilian court records cited by the Times, Santos in 2008 — when he was 19 years old — stole a checkbook that belonged to a man his mother cared for. Santos then reportedly made illicit purchases totaling almost $700, including a pair of shoes, using the checkbook and a fake name.
He admitted to the crime to police in 2010, according to the Times, and in 2011, a judge approved a charge against him. The court and Brazilian prosecutor told the newspaper the case was still unsettled.
Santos told The New York Post in December, “I am not a criminal here — not here or in Brazil or any jurisdiction in the world.”
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y. on Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Groups likely to look into Santos
House Ethics Committee
The House Ethics Committee is widely expected to open an investigation into Santos after receiving two complaints regarding the congressman. The panel, however, has not officially organized yet, so it is unable to launch a probe.
In January, two New York Democrats — Reps. Ritchie Torres and Daniel Goldman — filed an ethics complaint against Santos, accusing him of failing to file timely, accurate and complete financial disclosure reports.
The complaint zeroed in on Santos’s claims that he earned more than $1 million in dividends from his company, the Devolder Organization, per year, while noting that his financial data company Dun & Bradstreet estimated the company to have a revenue of $43,688 as of July 20, 2022.
Asked about the complaint the morning it was filed, Santos said “I have done nothing unethical,” adding that “they’re free to do whatever they want to do.”
In a separate complaint to the Ethics Committee this month, a prospective staffer of Santos’s accused the congressman of sexual misconduct. Derek Myers also requested an ethics probe “into the violation of allowing a volunteer to work in the workplace and offload work from paid staff members onto the volunteer with the promise of future employment.” He posted a copy of the Ethics complaint on Twitter.
Santos said he “a hundred percent” denies the sexual misconduct allegations, calling them “comical.”
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has stopped short of calling on Santos to resign, telling reporters last month, “If there is a concern, and he has to go through the Ethics, let him move through that.”
The Speaker caused a stir last week when he told CNN that the panel was investigating the congressman. Shortly after, however, he walked back the claim and said he meant to say that complaints have been filed about Santos.
“There are questions. I expect them to get answered,” he said when asked if he expects the panel to launch an investigation into Santos.
It is unclear when the Ethics Committee will officially organize and kick off business for the 118th Congress. According to House rules, committees must hold an open meeting at the beginning of a new Congress to establish rules before beginning official business.
In 2021 the panel held the organizational meeting on Feb. 25, in 2019 it took place on Feb. 27 and, in 2017, it occurred on March 9.
Groups that have received a complaint about Santos
Federal Elections Commission (FEC)
The Campaign Legal Center — a nonpartisan ethics watchdog — filed a complaint against Santos with the FEC in January, alleging the first-term congressman and his 2022 campaign committee violated federal campaign finance laws.
The group accused Santos of taking part in a straw donor scheme to hide the sources of a loan he made to his campaign, of purposely falsifying numbers on his disclosure reports and of wrongfully using his campaign funds for personal reasons.
Asked this week if the agency has opened an investigation into Santos, the FEC told The Hill it is “unable to disclose any information about a potential or existing enforcement matter until after the matter has been resolved” because of “the confidentiality requirements surrounding the enforcement process.”
But late last month, The Washington Post reported that the Justice Department asked the FEC to hold off on taking enforcement action against Santos, since prosecutors were working on a similar criminal investigation. The Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section made the request, two people familiar with the matter told the Post.
The Justice Department also asked the FEC to hand over any relevant documents, according to the Post. | https://www.wfla.com/hill-politics/here-are-the-groups-looking-into-george-santos/ | 2023-02-17 13:14:20 | 1 | https://www.wfla.com/hill-politics/here-are-the-groups-looking-into-george-santos/ |
Dallas Fuel - Your 2022 Overwatch League World Champions!
(Gray News) - The Overwatch League (OWL) Playoffs tournament concluded with Dallas Fuel defeating San Francisco Shock 4-3 in the Grand Finals. The tournament took place in Anaheim from October 30th to November 4th. The result was no surprise to many considering Dallas Fuel had an outstanding regular season and dominated the Summer Showdown.
The starting five for the Fuel during their victory run in the OWL Playoffs were Taehun ‘Edison’ Kim, Yeonghan ‘SP9RK1E’ Kim, Euiseok ‘Fearless’ Lee, Jun ‘Fielder’ Kwon, and Hyeonseok ‘ChiYo’ Han. The alternates for the tournament were Dongha ‘Doha’ Kim, Hanbeen ‘Hanbin’ Choi, and Minseo ‘guriyo’ Kang. Yun ‘RUSH’ Hee-won is the Fuel’s head coach.
Dallas Fuel had an incredible regular season winning 20 out of 24 matches. These regular season matches operate as qualifiers for the four standalone tournaments. A team has six regular season matches leading up to each tournament, and every match win earns a point towards their total League Points. A top-three finish at a standalone tournament also accrues points for a team, and League Points determine a team’s seeding in tournaments.
The Overwatch League is divided into East and West regions because teams battle across North America, Europe, and Asia. Dallas Fuel competes in the West region alongside 12 other teams from Europe and North America. Of the four standalone tournaments, The Kickoff Clash and Summer Showdown are regional tournaments, while Midseason Madness and The OWL Playoffs are interregional. The format of these four significant tournaments is Double Elimination Bracket play.
In the Kickoff Clash, Dallas Fuel made it to the second round of the Winners bracket before falling 3-1 to the Los Angeles Gladiators. The Fuel fought through the Loser’s Bracket and made it to the Finals. They again met the Gladiators and lost in a 4-0 sweep, earning Fuel a second-place finish.
The Midseason Madness tournament was an unfortunate blemish on the Fuel’s season. Seeded high enough to skip round 1 in the Winner’s bracket, they were swept 3-0 by the Shanghai Dragons in round 2, dropping them to the Loser’s bracket. A 3-1 defeat to the Philadelphia Fusion would eliminate them from the Midseason Madness tournament altogether. It was a tough loss, given that Midseason Madness was the only interregional tournament outside of OWL Playoffs. So, could the Fuel stand up to a deeper pool of teams across both regions?
First, Dallas Fuel would have to finish their last regional tournament. They came into the Summer Showdown tournament with something to prove, and a shaky round one saw the Fuel beat Washington Justice 3-2. Continuing, they took down London Spitfire and San Francisco Shock to make it to the Finals. San Francisco Shock battled back from the Loser’s bracket to face the Fuel again. It was too little too late, as the Fuel beat the Shock 4-0 to win Summer Showdown.
The OWL Playoffs would give Dallas Fuel another shot to show they could compete in an interregional tournament. The Fuel entered the Playoffs as the first seed, a prime position to make a run at success. Skipping Winners Bracket round one, they beat Hangzhou Spark 3-1 in round two, and the Fuel swept Seoul Dynasty 3-0 in round three. Round four saw a 3-1 victory over Houston Outlaws; a big win considering the Outlaws were two of the four losses the Fuel had during regular season matches.
Dallas Fuel had made it to the OWL Grand Finals, and only San Francisco Shock stood in their way. The Fuel took map one and looked to have things under control. However, the Shock and their lead damage player, Dong-Hyun ‘Proper’ Kim, charged back and won maps two and three handily. Kim’s stellar play appeared to be a thorn in the Fuel’s side and potentially their downfall. The Fuel recovered and took map four, but the Shock poked back with a win on map five. Down 3-2 in the best-of-seven, the Fuel had to do something about Kim. A joint final push and an MVP-winning performance by Euiseok ‘Fearless’ Lee was the answer. Dallas Fuel took maps six and seven, finalizing all the hard work they had done throughout the season.
Dallas Fuel are your 2022 Overwatch League World Champions. You can follow their ongoing journey and preparation for the 2023 OWL Season here.
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STOCKHOLM, Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- H2 Green Steel and Hydro Havrand have signed an agreement to explore opportunities for developing new large-scale green hydrogen production facilities.
Hydro Havrand, Hydro's green hydrogen company, is teaming up with H2 Green Steel with the aim to accelerate the decarbonization of heavy industry through green hydrogen. Under the agreement, the companies will explore the possibility of producing green hydrogen for off-takers in the Nordics and Brazil.
"With this partnership H2 Green Steel takes an even clearer direction into the green hydrogen economy. When we choose partners to work with, we go to companies that share our values and that truly want to take action to transform hard-to-abate industries. We find that in Hydro Havrand and we complement each other's competences and capacities," says Kajsa Ryttberg-Wallgren, Executive Vice President and Head of Business Unit Hydrogen at H2 Green Steel.
Replacing natural gas and other fossil fuels with hydrogen made from renewable electricity is the key to reducing CO2 emissions in several industrial processes. By investing in hydrogen production, the two companies are aiming to both cut emissions and create sustainable jobs.
"For the hard-to-abate sectors, green hydrogen is key to reach net zero. This partnership is built on our companies' complimentary capabilities in green hydrogen and combine Hydro Havrand's industrial and energy expertise with H2 Green Steel's capabilities in the decarbonization of the steel industry. This demonstrates our resolve to decarbonize hard to abate industry through strong industrial partnerships," says Per Christian Eriksen, Head of Hydro Havrand.
The agreement, in the shape of a Memorandum of Understanding, covers:
- Investigating opportunities in Brazil: The companies are looking into possibilities for a green field project for production of green hydrogen. If realised, the hydrogen production facility will enable approximately 5 million tonnes of green steel through direct iron reduction, in a plant owned by H2 Green Steel, abating approximately 9,5 million tonnes of CO2 per year. In addition, the parties are evaluating supplying green hydrogen to other offtakers in hard to abate sectors.
- Investigating opportunities in the Nordics: As both companies have their base in Nordic countries, they will also explore the potential for a large-scale hydrogen production facility the Nordics.
- Collaborating in areas such as definition of hydrogen production plant design requirements, system standardization and optimization. In addition, combined efforts plan to be dedicated to ensuring security of supply and safe operation of hydrogen production, storage and utilization.
All projects are pending successful feasibility studies and will be subject to obtaining any necessary regulatory clearances. The ambition is to execute projects from the second half of the decade.
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Karin Hallstan, Head of Public and Media Relations, phone: +46 76 842 81 04, email: press@h2greensteel.com
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Judge rejects plea agreements in submarine secrets sale case
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Navy nuclear engineer and his wife withdrew their guilty pleas Tuesday in a case involving an alleged plot to sell secrets about American nuclear-powered warships after a federal judge rejected plea agreements that had called for specific sentencing guidelines.
Jonathan and Diana Toebbe of Annapolis, Maryland, pleaded guilty in February in federal court in Martinsburg, West Virginia, to one count each of conspiracy to communicate restricted data.
The sentencing range agreed to by lawyers for Jonathan Toebbe had called for a potential punishment between roughly 12 years and 17 years in prison. Prosecutors said Tuesday that such a sentence would be one of the most significant imposed in modern times under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Prosecutors also sought three years for Diana Toebbe.
U.S. District Judge Gina Groh said that while she generally honors plea agreements, in this case she said the sentencing options were “strikingly deficient” considering the seriousness of the charges.
Groh said the act to which the couple pleaded guilty was done “for selfish and greedy reasons, but could have caused great harm” to the Navy and others.
“I don’t find any justifiable reasons for accepting either one of these plea agreements,” Groh said.
Wearing orange jail jumpsuits and seated at separate tables, the couple then separately withdrew their guilty pleas, leading Groh to set a trial date for Jan. 17.
Prosecutors said Jonathan Toebbe abused his access to top-secret government information and repeatedly sold details about the design elements and performance characteristics of Virginia-class submarines to someone he believed was a representative of a foreign government but who was actually an undercover FBI agent.
Diana Toebbe, who was teaching at a private school in Maryland at the time of the couple’s arrest last October, was accused of acting as a lookout at several prearranged “dead-drop” locations at which memory cards containing the secret information were left behind.
The memory cards were devices concealed in objects such as a chewing gum wrapper and a peanut butter sandwich. The couple was arrested after he placed a memory card at a dead drop location in Jefferson County, West Virginia.
None of the information was classified as top secret or secret, falling into a third category considered confidential, according to testimony Tuesday.
The FBI has said the scheme began in April 2020, when Jonathan Toebbe sent a package of Navy documents to a foreign government and wrote that he was interested in selling to that country operations manuals, performance reports and other sensitive information. He included in the package, which had a Pittsburgh return address, instructions to his supposed contact for how to establish a covert relationship with him, prosecutors said.
That package was obtained by the FBI in December 2020 through its legal attaché office in the unspecified foreign country. That set off a monthslong undercover operation in which an agent posing as a representative of a foreign country made contact with Toebbe, ultimately paying $100,000 in cryptocurrency in exchange for the information Toebbe was offering.
Jonathan Toebbe, who held a top-secret security clearance through the Defense Department, had agreed as part of the plea deal to help federal officials with locating and retrieving all classified information in his possession, as well as the cryptocurrency paid to him.
The country to which Jonathan Toebbe was looking to sell the information has not been identified in court documents and was not disclosed in court.
FBI agents who searched the couple’s home found a trash bag of shredded documents, thousands of dollars in cash, valid children’s passports and a “go-bag” containing a USB flash drive and latex gloves, according to court testimony last year.
During a December 2021 hearing, Diana Toebbe’s lawyers denied prosecution assertions that cited 2019 messages exchanged by the couple in which she had contemplated fleeing the United States to avoid arrest. Instead, the defense said it was contempt for then-President Donald Trump as the reason behind the couple’s emigration plans.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Divers searched a pond in a north Fort Wayne subdivision for the second time Wednesday, reportedly in search of a missing 81-year-old man.
Crews were at the pond in the Woodland Lake neighborhood off Auburn Road Wednesday afternoon searching for Steven Clemmer, who was was last seen walking in the area Friday evening.
A statewide Silver Alert was issued for Clemmer on Saturday. It said he was believed to be in extreme danger. Police confirmed later that Clemmer has Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
Authorities searched the pond – off Sevan Lake Court and Hera Court – on Saturday.
On Wednesday then, search crews were at the pond again, and divers were in the water.
WANE 15 has a crew at the scene. This story will be updated when more information comes to light. | https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/divers-search-pond-again-for-missing-man/ | 2022-06-08 20:12:04 | 0 | https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/divers-search-pond-again-for-missing-man/ |
US officials: Griner now considered wrongfully detained
By ERIC TUCKER and MATTHEW LEE
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has determined that WNBA star Brittney Griner is being wrongfully detained in Russia, meaning the United States will more aggressively work to secure her release even as the legal case against her plays out, two U.S. officials said Tuesday.
Griner was detained at an airport in February after Russian authorities said a search of her bag revealed vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis. Since then, U.S. officials had stopped short of classifying the Phoenix Mercury player as wrongfully detained and said instead that their focus was on ensuring that she had access in jail to American consular affairs officials.
Now, though, U.S. officials have shifted supervision of her case to a State Department section — the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs — that is focused on negotiating for the release of hostages and other Americans deemed wrongfully detained.
“Brittney has been detained for 75 days and our expectation is that the White House do whatever is necessary to bring her home,” said Griner’s agent, Lindsay Kagawa Colas.
It was unclear what prompted the shift in Griner’s case, though President Joe Biden’s administration had been under pressure from members of Congress and others to make Griner’s release a priority.
The U.S. last week secured the release of Marine veteran Trevor Reed as part of a prisoner swap that also resulted in a convicted Russian drug trafficker being freed from prison in the U.S.
Besides Griner, another American regarded as unjustly detained in Russia is Paul Whelan, a corporate security executive from Michigan who was arrested in December 2018 while visiting for a friend’s wedding and was later sentenced to 16 years in prison on espionage-related charges his family says are bogus.
ESPN first reported the classification in Griner’s case. Two U.S. officials confirmed it on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it by name.
Meanwhile, the WNBA announced Tuesday that it would honor Griner with a floor decal and allow the Mercury to pay her without it counting against the team’s cap. The decal will feature Griner’s initials, B.G., as well as her No. 42. All 12 teams will have the decal on their home courts starting with the season opener Friday night. The Mercury open their season at home that night against the Las Vegas Aces.
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LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — A planned concert by Slovenia’s popular bank Laibach in Ukraine next month has been cancelled after the group angered Ukrainians by remarks interpreted to suggest that Kiyv was a client state fighting a war for its Western masters.
The iconic band known for using military-style imagery and totalitarian symbols, was due to perform in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv on March 31.
The band said the concert aimed to show support for the Ukrainian people during the war, but organizers said its remarks caused “controversy” and discord, forcing the cancellation.
Ukrainians were apparently angered by Laibach’s statement to The Guardian newspaper that called the war “a cynical proxy war for the geostrategic interests” of world powers.
Slovenia’s STA news agency said many Ukrainians posting on Facebook compared Laibach’s statement to Russian state propaganda that portrays the invasion as a conflict with NATO and reduces Ukraine to a puppet state of the West.
“While the team showed support for Ukraine and Ukrainians and condemned the Russian regime, a large part of the audience came out categorically against Laibach’s visit,” the Bel Etage Music Hall said on Facebook late on Sunday.
“In order to prevent the unnecessary division of Ukrainians into different camps and to eliminate the cause of discord, we have decided to cancel the Laibach concert at Bel Etage,” the statement added.
Laibach told STA Monday that they were “categorically asked to declare that all Russians are bad and that all Russian art is worthless, which of course they did not agree to do.”
The band had earlier addressed the issue on Facebook, saying “to all those who doubt our views, let us therefore once again make it very clear that Russia is the main aggressor in this clash of destructive political and geostrategic interests.”
“Not to be mistaken – we love Russian literature, music and art,” said Laibach in a post last week. “But in this senseless war between Russia and Ukraine, we are wholeheartedly on the side of Ukraine and its people who – as in the old biblical story of David and Goliath – are fighting with dignity against a stronger enemy.”
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JACKSON COUNTY, MI – A major highway intersection in Jackson County is closing for the better part of two days for construction.
The Michigan Department of Transportation is closing the M-50 and U.S. 127 intersection near Vandercook Lake from 9 a.m. Thursday, May 11, to 7 p.m. Friday, May 12, officials said.
This closure will allow construction crews to complete bridge maintenance, officials said. Motorists should expect traffic delays and seek alternate routes.
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RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Prosecutors won’t seek the death penalty for a New York man charged with killing three people in Rapid City.
Pennington County State’s Attorney Mark Vargo told a judge Tuesday that he wasn’t aware the 45-day deadline for making a decision had passed four days earlier, the Rapid City Journal reported.
Thirty-seven-year-old Arnson Absolu faces three counts of premeditated first-degree murder in connection with the August 2020 deaths of Charles Red Willow and Dakota Zaiser, both of Rapid City, and Ashley Nagy of Greeley, Colorado.
Red Willow and Nagy were found shot to death in a vehicle at a park on Aug. 24, 2020. Zasier's body was discovered Sept. 24 near Sheridan Lake. According to court documents, he had been killed sometime between Aug. 24 and Aug. 25, 2020. He was initially identified as possible witness in Red Willow and Nagy's deaths. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/State-won-t-seek-death-penalty-in-triple-homicide-17211789.php | 2022-06-01 13:59:25 | 0 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/State-won-t-seek-death-penalty-in-triple-homicide-17211789.php |
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SIFCO ASC, a Quaker Houghton company, has continued its commitment to improving the selective plating process by revolutionizing its heated flow system. The newly redesigned TechnoFlow gives operators and technicians data logging capabilities as well as improved safety features.
The TechnoFlow units are designed to work with SIFCO Process® solutions that are best plated at an elevated temperature. The TechnoFlow 600 can hold over seven liters of solution, while the 1200 unit has a solution capacity of up to 12 liters. Both sizes contain no fuses and have internal circuit breakers as well as 24-volt finger-safe switches meeting UL and CE requirements.
One major improvement is the pump adapter plate which provides better access to the frame mounting screws, making removing the large 14 GPM pump easier. Improvements have also been made to the pump connector plugs. The new twist lock system guarantees a safe power connection, yet easy removal when needed. The TechnoPlate is also now equipped with CPVC plumbing lines - providing both sizes a bypass filter and allowing technicians to change the filter mid-operation for large applications.
SIFCO ASC's Engineering Manager, Derek Kilgore, said: "As well as making the overall electroplating process more efficient and user friendly in the redesign, we improved the safety features for operators. The system is now equipped with a PID temperature controller with auto-tuning functions, resulting in less overshoot of the set temperature and has the ability to log temperatures throughout the operation for post plating review."
The TechnoFlow has recently been incorporated into SIFCO ASC's new all-in-one plating system featuring dripless technology called the Advanced Solution Control System (ASCS).
As the world leader in selective plating technology, SIFCO ASC has been providing practical, cost-effective brush plating solutions for both OEM components and parts requiring refurbishment in the aerospace, oil and gas, general industry, and power generation sectors for over 50 years.
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SIFCO ASC surface enhancement technologies and brush plating services have been utilized for over 50 years on both OEM components and parts requiring refurbishment in the aerospace, oil and gas, general industry, and power generation sectors. www.sifcoasc.com
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BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Friday that his country wants to strengthen ties to Mongolia, citing the country’s wealth of key commodities such as copper and rare earth metals.
Speaking after a meeting in Berlin with Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene, he said the two leaders had agreed to “deepen and also expand cooperation between our two countries.”
Scholz said combating climate change and transforming the energy sectors would be the focus of a meeting in Mongolia next year, adding that the country has “enormous potential when it comes to wind and solar power.”
Germany, meanwhile, is keen to strike deals to import more commodities from the landlocked Asian nation to reduce its reliance on countries such as Russia and China.
“Mongolia will become an important partner for many raw materials in our diversification strategy,” said Scholz, adding that concrete projects now need to be identified and legal certainty for investments ensured. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/business/ap-germany-hopes-to-get-key-raw-material-from-mongolia/ | 2022-10-15 15:04:00 | 1 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/business/ap-germany-hopes-to-get-key-raw-material-from-mongolia/ |
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine found a way to hit deep behind enemy lines with a series of mysterious explosions in Russian-held territory early Wednesday, even as Ukrainians themselves were warned that Moscow appears poised to unleash a new barrage of attacks.
Half a year after the southern port city of Mariupol fell to a fierce Russian siege, nearly a dozen explosions were reported there overnight into Wednesday. Russian-occupied areas of the Donetsk, Luhansk and Kherson regions were also hit, according to reports and video.
What targets were struck was perhaps less intriguing than how Ukrainian forces had managed to hit them.
After taking control of Mariupol in the spring, Moscow gradually turned the city into a major garrison, apparently because it was thought to be out of the range of powerful U.S.-provided missiles in the nearest Ukrainian stronghold, near the ruined mining town of Vuhledar.
But at least 11 explosions were reported Wednesday by the exiled City Council. One of them destroyed a Russian ammunition warehouse in the district near the airport, the council said.
It was not the first time explosions have been reported deep behind enemy lines during the war, but questions swirled Wednesday about what had happened. In the past, the Ukrainians have used drones, special operators working behind enemy lines and a vast network of partisans loyal to Kyiv to wage war on the occupiers.
The Ukrainian General Staff said only that Ukraine’s air force had launched eight attacks on the temporary bases of Russian troops and two strikes on the positions of Russia’s anti-aircraft missile systems.
For Moscow’s part, the Russian-appointed local administrator in Mariupol claimed that everything was fine and said Russian air defenses had shot down two Ukrainian drones attacking the city overnight.
Explosions also sounded Wednesday in Kharkiv, a Ukrainian city still under government control, as the authorities issued nationwide air alerts and warnings that Russia was planning a large-scale missile barrage timed to Friday’s anniversary of its invasion.
In Kharkiv, a half-dozen thunderous booms echoed through the city shortly before 11 a.m. It was not immediately clear what was hit. A few minutes later, an air alert was canceled.
There was no way to know whether the volley of missiles that hit the city was a prelude to a larger attack or simply more of the same. The city lies near the Russian border, and it is often struck by shorter-range missiles that cannot reach more distant cities such as Kyiv, the capital.
Taking no chances, the government has advised Ukrainian schools to operate remotely later this week.
The school system has already been upended because of the war. Schools struggled to operate during the major power outages caused by Russian strikes on critical infrastructure, and explosions have left many classrooms across Ukraine unusable. School officials said that Russian attacks have damaged 3,128 educational institutions, 441 of which are beyond repair.
Since October, Russia has launched volleys of missiles and exploding drones every week into Ukraine, mostly aimed at electrical plants, transmission lines and transformer substations. The goal is to knock out power and heat during the winter months, demoralizing the populace.
In recent days, with the start of the war’s anniversary nearing, the Ukrainians say they have detected stepped-up enemy activity, including frequent flights by Russian planes capable of launching missiles and balloons being floated over Ukraine, possibly as decoys to confuse air defenses.
In a war where civilian areas have often been targeted, tensions tend to increase around anniversaries and holidays.
In August, as Ukraine celebrated its Independence Day, a Russian missile strike hit a rail station east of the city of Dnipro, crushing passenger cars and setting them afire. At least 22 civilians were killed and 50 were wounded. And on New Year’s Eve, strikes rained down on Kyiv, killing one person and partially destroying a hotel.
Now, with the Kremlin staging celebrations of the war in Moscow, some analysts have suggested that Russia might soon fire a larger than typical barrage not just to mark the anniversary of the Feb. 24 invasion but to try to overshadow the military setbacks it has suffered in a year of war.
A barrage might also serve as a pointed rejoinder to the West, coming just days after Ukraine’s allies pledged to maintain their military support and President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Kyiv.
Kyiv has also been casting an anxious eye on Russian threats via two neighboring countries, Belarus and Moldova.
Experts say they appear to pose minimal immediate risks, and military analysts have expressed doubt about Russia’s ability to open and sustain a new front in the war. But Western officials warn that Moscow could try and divert Ukrainian resources through feints and deceptions — which could come from anywhere.
Still, the main thrust of Moscow’s offensive operations remains in eastern and southern Ukraine, where Russian forces are trying to break through Ukrainian defenses in five directions.
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VINCENNES, Ind. — A former Indiana police chief is accused of stealing more than $35,000 from an evidence vault and using it for their own personal use.
Former Vincennes Police Chief Dustin Luking, 48, was arrested in Lawrenceville, Illinois, on Wednesday and faces felony charges of theft, official misconduct and forgery. Luking’s wife, Bethany J. Shelton Luking, was also arrested and charged with obtaining a controlled substance by fraud or deceit, a Level 6 felony.
According to an investigation by Indiana State Police, the money stolen from the evidence vault isn’t the only funds alleged to have been stolen by Dustin Luking. An audit by the Indiana State Board of Accounts also revealed other discrepancies involving former Police Chief Luking including over $14,000 being used for his own personal use between 2013 and 2016.
Bethany Luking’s charges stem from an August 2019 investigation that accused the former chief’s wife of stealing prescription medication from the McCormick Senior Center in Vincennes where Bethany was an employee.
State police said both were arrested without incident and are awaiting extradition from the Lawrence County Jail in Illinois. | https://cbs4indy.com/indiana-news/former-ind-police-chief-accused-of-stealing-over-35k-from-evidence-vault/ | 2022-05-25 19:02:03 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/indiana-news/former-ind-police-chief-accused-of-stealing-over-35k-from-evidence-vault/ |
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.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 44 to 54. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
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.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 48 to 58. Southwest wind 5 to
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.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a 10 percent chance of showers. Highs
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.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 76 to 81. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
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.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 77 to 82. South wind 5 to 15 mph.
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a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows 52 to 62. West wind
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.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Lows 55 to 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A 30 percent chance of showers in the
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5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs
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evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows 43 to 53.
Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers. Highs
52 to 70.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Lows 33 to 52. Chance of rain
60 percent. Rainfall up to a half of an inch possible.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning,
then mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers in the afternoon.
Cooler. Highs 47 to 63. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear and colder. Lows 27 to 43.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 49 to 63.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 29 to 45.
.VETERANS DAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 52 to 64.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 30 to 44.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 53 to 67.
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The current sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro bows out with the 2024 model year, and while Chevy hasn’t announced a retirement of the nameplate, there isn’t a direct successor in sight.
To mark the end of the current car’s run, Chevy will celebrate with a special Collector’s Edition package available on the 1LT, LT1, SS, and ZL1 grades. The package doesn’t bring any performance to the table but focuses on enhancing the style of the Camaro.
For the 1LT, LT1, and SS grades, the package adds a unique black paint finish called Panther Black Metallic Tintcoat. The Panther name is a reference to the Camaro’s original code name used during the early development days in the 1960s, and at one point was considered for the final name of the car.
“We found it fitting for this Collector’s Edition Camaro to officially recognize the significance of the original code name and share it with Camaro enthusiasts,” Rich Scheer, Chevrolet Performance’s design director, said in a statement.
Also included in the Collector’s Edition package are satin black accent stripes, 20-inch wheels, a front splitter borrowed from the 1LE package, and a rear spoiler (coupe only) borrowed from the ZL1 grade.
For the Camaro ZL1, the Collector’s Edition package brings the same Panther Black paint but with a unique matte finish. The package will also add the front splitter and rear wing (coupe only) from the hardcore ZL1 1LE, a black metallic stripe and red brake calipers. The ZL1 Collector’s Edition will also be limited to 350 units, and each will feature a serialized steering wheel badge.
All Collector’s Edition cars will also come with custom badging on the outside, custom floor mats, and a welcome kit with posters and a matching watch from Shinola.
The prices for the package are $4,995 for the 1LT, which also requires the $1,950 RS package; $5,495 for the LT1, which requires the $1,495 RS package; $5,995 for the 1SS, and $14,995 for the ZL1. That brings the total prices for Camaros with the Collector’s Edition package to $39,440 for the 1LT, $47,385 for the LT1, $49,890 for the SS, and $88,690 for the ZL1. The prices include destination but the gas-guzzler tax is excluded from the ZL1’s price.
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The Most Unique, Live Fitness Experience Is Back for its 6th Year with Epic Performances by Alesso and Loud Luxury
NEW YORK, June 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Movement LIVE by Michelob ULTRA is back for its sixth year and is inviting consumers from all over the nation to join its most unique, live workout experience yet. Michelob ULTRA, the premium beer for those who live an active lifestyle, is hitting the road this summer in partnership with Live Nation, the world's leading live entertainment company, and Rumble Boxing for an epic Movement LIVE Tour, featuring live music performances by Alesso and Loud Luxury.
For the first time ever, this unconventional fitness experience will debut at iconic Live Nation venues across Charlotte, Houston, and Denver, setting the stage for an epic fusion of fitness, fun, and live music. During this year's Movement LIVE Tour by Michelob ULTRA, fitness enthusiasts will participate in a live 45-minute shadow boxing and strength workout hosted by Team ULTRA fitness pros and led by Rumble trainers, followed by an electrifying post-workout celebration and dance party with special musical performances. The tour will also make stops in Atlanta, Chicago, and Dallas with special performances by local DJs.
"We are thrilled to be able to bring together fitness enthusiasts from across the nation with these one-of-a-kind, live experiences that fuel the joy of working out together," said Ricardo Marques, Vice President of Marketing, Michelob ULTRA. "This year's tour marks a new era for Movement LIVE and is a refreshing reminder that it's only worth it if you enjoy it."
"Live music fans embrace a healthy and balanced lifestyle and proudly pioneer the latest fitness trends," said Tyler Phillips, Live Nation's Vice President of Brand Marketing. "By teaming up with Michelob ULTRA to bring the Movement Tour to music venues nationwide, fans have a unique opportunity to blend their love for live music and fitness in an exhilarating and memorable way."
Since starting Movement LIVE in 2018, Michelob ULTRA has been committed to offering fans who live an active lifestyle an unforgettable and joyful workout experience all while uniting fitness enthusiasts and music fans from around the world.
Dates, locations and musical performances include:
- July 12: Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte, featuring musical guest Loud Luxury (tickets available for purchase)
- July 20: Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena, with a special performance by a local DJ (free live 45-minute shadow boxing and strength workout)
- July 26: Chicago, IL – Wrigley Field, with a special performance by a local DJ (free live 45-minute shadow boxing and strength workout)
- August 2: Dallas, TX – American Airlines Arena, with a special performance by a local DJ (free live 45-minute shadow boxing and strength workout)
- August 9: Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium, featuring musical guest Loud Luxury (tickets available for purchase)
- August 16: Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall, featuring musical guest Alesso (tickets available for purchase)
This can't miss tour will feature exclusive, never-before-seen merch and products from Movement LIVE partners including Brooks Running, BYLT Basics, and more. Additionally, for fitness enthusiasts who want to attend Movement LIVE, Cash App is offering Cash App Card holders access to its Pumped Up Pass. At only $50, the pass includes additional perks like a VIP viewing area at the concert, $35 to go towards your next Rumble class*, express check-in and 20% off of all food and beverages at the event. To purchase the Pass, check out using your Cash App Card.
"Merging the high-energy and explosive experience of Rumble Boxing workouts with the incredible music artists at Movement LIVE will be a night to remember," says Rumble Chief Marketing Officer, Rachelle Dejean. "And even better yet, we get to share these unforgettable moments in 6 markets this year!"
For tickets for each city and to learn more about how Michelob ULTRA is encouraging joy through fitness, visit MichelobUltra.com/movementlivetour.
For more information, visit MichelobULTRA.com or follow @MichelobULTRA on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
ABOUT MICHELOB ULTRA
Introduced in 2002, Michelob ULTRA is the No. 2 beer in the industry by volume. With just 95 calories, 2.6 carbs and no artificial flavors or colors, it is a superior light beer that celebrates the active, balanced lifestyle of its drinkers that includes both fitness and fun. Michelob ULTRA's choice of grains and extended mashing process leads to its refreshing taste and fewer carbohydrates. It is brewed with the finest barley malt, rice, hops, and a pure-cultured yeast strain, all of which reflect Anheuser-Busch's commitment to brewing quality. Michelob ULTRA reminds you to always drink, and sweat, responsibly.
ABOUT ANHEUSER-BUSCH
At Anheuser-Busch, our purpose is to create a future with more cheers. We are always looking to serve up new ways to meet life's moments, dream big to move our industry forward, and make a meaningful impact in the world. We hope to build a future that everyone can celebrate, and everyone can share. For more than 160 years, Anheuser-Busch has carried on a legacy of brewing great-tasting, high-quality beers that have satisfied beer drinkers for generations. Today, we own and operate more than 120 facilities, including breweries, wholesaler distribution centers, agricultural facilities and packaging plants, and have more than 19,000 colleagues across the United States. We are home to several of America's most loved beer brands, including Budweiser, Bud Light, and Michelob ULTRA, as well as a number of regional brands that provide beer drinkers with a choice of the best-tasting craft beers in the industry. From responsible drinking programs and emergency drinking water donations to industry-leading sustainability efforts, we are guided by our unwavering commitment to supporting the communities we call home. For more information, visit www.anheuser-busch.com or follow Anheuser-Busch on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
ABOUT LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT
Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the world's leading live entertainment company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Sponsorship. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.
ABOUT RUMBLE
Founded in New York City in 2017, Rumble is a group fitness concept delivering a combination of boxing-inspired circuits and the transformative power of resistance training. Pro and amateur fighters glove up together, no matter their fitness level or skill, to reveal their inner fighter. The experience is a 45-minute, 10-round, full-body cardio and strength workout crafted around specially designed water-filled, teardrop-style boxing bags. Rumble was founded by Noah Neiman (former Barry's Bootcamp Master Trainer, and cast member of Bravo's Work Out New York), Eugene Remm (Co-Founder of Catch Hospitality Group: Catch Restaurants, CATCH STEAK, Lexington Brass), Andy Stenzler (Co-Founder Cosí, Kidville), and Anthony DiMarco (13-time IRONMAN, former Managing Director, Google). Ranked in Entrepreneur Magazine's Top New Franchises List in 2023, Rumble is headquartered in Irvine, CA and backed by Xponential Fitness, the largest franchisor of boutique fitness brands.
ABOUT BROOKS RUNNING
Brooks Running creates market-leading performance footwear, apparel, run bras, and accessories distributed to runners worldwide. Brooks' purpose is to inspire everyone to run their path by creating the best gear, tools, and experiences. Founded in 1914, the company continues to deliver accelerated product innovation and engagement with runners, walkers, and everyone who puts one foot in front of the other. Brooks is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Visit www.brooksrunning.com for more information or follow @brooksrunning.
ABOUT CASH APP
Cash App is the money app. It's the easy way to spend, send, store, and invest money. Sending and receiving money is free and fast, and most payments can be deposited directly to a bank account in just a few seconds. With Cash App, customers can also invest in their favorite companies with as little as $1, buy and sell Bitcoin instantly, get a paycheck deposited right to the app, create a unique $cashtag to share with anyone to get paid fast, and use the Cash App Card to spend the money anywhere Visa is accepted. Download Cash App for free at cash.app/download
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Two teams that may already be looking to the future conclude their three-game series Sunday afternoon when the Chicago Cubs go for a sweep over the visiting Miami Marlins.
The Cubs have used strong pitching mixed with a dash of power hitting to record 2-1 and 4-0 victories the last two days in games that featured a total of just 26 hits.
On the same day that the club designated preseason projected starting shortstop Andrelton Simmons for assignment, Nico Hoerner demonstrated why the Cubs trusted the current roster enough to make the move by registering three hits in Saturday’s win.
Now in his fourth major league season, Hoerner improved his average to .298 with his 3-for-4 outing.
That’s the type of production the Cubs had hoped to get from Simmons this season after signing him in free agency in March. But after hitting just .173 in 34 games while battling shoulder issues, the 11-year veteran was cut from the roster Saturday.
“There’s no room for him, to be honest,” Cubs manager David Ross said. “This year hasn’t gone the way any of us expected.”
Hoerner will attempt to get his average over .300 when he faces Marlins left-hander Jesus Luzardo (2-4, 3.97 ERA) in the series finale.
The 24-year-old returned from a strained left forearm to throw five innings of three-hit, two-run ball in a 3-1 home loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Monday. He was limited to 81 pitches in his first outing since May 10.
He will be facing the Cubs for just the second time in his career. He allowed five runs in five innings in a 14-10 home win last August.
Luzardo has never faced Hoerner, but they do have one thing in common: Oakland. Luzardo pitched his first 2 1/2 seasons for the Athletics, beginning in 2019, which was one year after Hoerner, who grew up in Oakland, was drafted by the Cubs out of nearby Stanford.
The Cubs are expected to counter with righty Adrian Sampson (0-2, 3.74), who is coming off a 4-0 road loss to the San Francisco Giants last Sunday in which he allowed four runs in four innings.
He’s never faced the Marlins in his career.
Like Justin Steele and Drew Smyly the last two days, Sampson will be seeing new Marlins outfielder Peyton Burdick for the first time.
Burdick went 0-for-3 with a walk and three strikeouts in his major league debut on Friday before singling to left field for his first big-league hit in his first crack at Smyly on Saturday.
“To get that first hit, that’s a good thing. Get that monkey off your back. Don’t let that thing grow game after game,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly said afterward. “To be able to do that I think is going to be big for him, and then we just let him play.”
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Karen Cohen Khazon: "Turpaz continues to implement its integrated growth strategy, which includes organic growth and acquisitions that are synergistic for the group's activities; Turpaz strengthens its activities, its presence and its position as a major player in the field of fragrances in North America by signing an agreement to acquire control of the Klabin company, which is strategic for the company. This purchase will allow For Turpaz to merge its current activity in the field of fragrances in the USA together with Klabin's activity
Turpaz will complete its fourth acquisition since the beginning of 2022 and in total has made seven acquisitions since becoming a public company in May 2021
HOLON, Israel, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Turpaz Industries (TASE: TRPZ), which develops, manufactures and markets fragrance extracts, flavor extracts, intermediates for the pharmaceutical industry and raw materials for the agro industry and fine chemicals and citrus products and aromatic chemicals, announced today (Sunday) that it has signed an agreement to acquire control (81%) in Klabin, an American custom fragrance, natural oil blends, and extracts company, for a total of $24.3 million, subject to adjustments based on Klabin's business performance during the year 2022. The company intends to finance the transaction partly from independent sources and partly from bank financing. The purchase agreement includes options to purchase the remaining shares of Klabin (19%) depending on performance, exercisable starting January 2026 for a period of one year.
The Klabin company was founded in 1994, by Saul Klabin and began operations in 1998. The company is engaged in the research, development, production, marketing, sale and supply of custom fragrance, natural oil blends, extracts, natural and synthetic ingredients, raw materials, applications and functional solutions for the cosmetics, toiletries, candles, body and hair care, diffusers, detergents and fine fragrances markets. Klabin's sales in 2021 totalled $9.7 million and EBITDA totalled $2.4 million.
Its founders and managers, Saul Klabin and Justin Klabin, will join the global management team of the Turpaz Industries group and will continue to manage and lead its activities in the coming years, as well as the activities of Turpaz USA in the field of fragrance extracts, which will be merged with it.
Karen Cohen Khazon, Chairman of Turpaz Industries said today: "We are very happy about Klabin joining the Turpaz group and congratulate its employees and managers who are joining the Turpaz family. Saul Klabin's many years of experience and skills in the field of development and marketing of fragrance extracts have led to Klabin's success and we are sure that they will contribute greatly to the continued development of the perfume segment within the Turpaz group. Turpaz strengthens its activity, its presence and its position as a major player in the field of fragrances in North America by signing an agreement to acquire control of Klabin, which is strategic for the company. This acquisition will allow Turpaz to merge its current activities in the field of fragrances in the USA together with Klabin activities. Turpaz under my management will continue to implement its integrated growth strategy, which includes organic growth and synergistic acquisitions for our operations made possible thanks to a strong capital structure, low leverage and experienced and strong global management ".
Justin Klabin, VP and operations manager of Klabin: "We found a synergistic partner with the Turpaz group. Combining the capabilities and resources of the two companies will lead to maximizing efficiencies and capabilities, while expanding joint growth in the American market. Together we will combine resources to deepen the range of solutions and products for our customers. Our long history with the CEO and managers at the Turpaz Group gave us the confidence to bring this partnership together. We look forward to maximizing our capacity and potential at our New Jersey facility."
For more information about Turpaz visit ir.turpaz.co.il
Contact:
Yoni Adini, General counsel
Yoni@turpaz.co.il
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NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marpai, Inc. ("Marpai" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: MRAI), a deep learning technology company transforming third-party administration (TPA) in the self-funded health insurance market, will host a conference call and webcast on Thursday, November 10 at 8:30 a.m. ET to answer questions about the Company's operational and financial highlights for its third quarter in 2022. The Company will report its third quarter results after the close of trading on Wednesday, November 9, 2022.
Event: Marpai Q3 2022 Financial Results Conference Call
Date: Thursday, November 10, 2022
Time: 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time
Live Call: US: 1-800-289-0459 / CAN: 1-647-484-0473 / INT TOLL: 1 929-477-0443
Participant Passcode: 404193
Webcast: https://app.webinar.net/0EJlBnd6mVz
Marpai, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRAI) is a technology company bringing AI-powered health plan services to employers that directly pay for employee health benefits. Primarily competing in the $22 billion TPA (Third Party Administrator) sector serving self-funded employer health plans representing over $1 trillion in annual claims, Marpai maximizes the value of the health plan as measured in health outcomes. Marpai takes a member-centric approach that uses AI and big data to connect members to health solutions predicted to have a high probability of positive outcomes, and aims to bring value-based care to the self-insured market. With effective early intervention, disease management, claims processing and proactive member outreach, Marpai works to deliver the healthiest member population for the health plan budget. Operating nationwide, Marpai offers access to provider networks including Aetna and Cigna and all TPA services. For more information, visit www.marpaihealth.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements, as that term is defined in the Private Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that involve significant risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements can be identified through the use of words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "may," "can," "could", "will", "potential", "should," "goal" and variations of these words or similar expressions. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect Marpai's current expectations and speak only as of the date of this release. Actual results may differ materially from Marpai's current expectations depending upon a number of factors. These factors include, among others, adverse changes in general economic and market conditions, competitive factors including but not limited to pricing pressures and new product introductions, uncertainty of customer acceptance of new product offerings and market changes, risks associated with managing the growth of the business. Except as required by law, Marpai does not undertake any responsibility to revise or update any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
More detailed information about Marpai and the risk factors that may affect the realization of forward-looking statements is set forth in Marpai's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Investors and security holders are urged to read these documents free of charge on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.
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WILKES-BARRE (WBRE/WYOU) — Eyewitness News is committed to helping children in our community, as part of our station’s “children first initiative,” we’re making donations to help children in NEPA.
One organization leading the way in that effort is the Luzerne Foundation.
Eyewitness News and our parent company, Nexstar Media, are proud to join forces with the Luzerne Foundation to provide badly needed aid to local children.
It was a big check for a mighty charitable organization. The Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation donated $5K to the Luzerne Foundation in Wilkes-Barre.
The money will go a long way toward addressing community needs by connecting donors to causes that matter to them. Every little bit helps fill the gaps for families who simply can’t do it by themselves.
“Maybe it will help buy a car seat for kids who need it. Maybe we’ll be able to help a kid who is sick get the travel back and forth to a hospital they need. These are all the opportunities we have and this money will help those in need,” said David Pedri, President & CEO of the Luzerne Foundation.
The Luzerne Foundation works to enhance the lives of county residents by addressing specific community needs through grantmaking, philanthropy, and connecting donors to causes.
The foundation supports more than 390 separate funds and 35 local kids charities.
While not everyone can afford donations like this one, the idea is to set an example in the hope that more people will get involved.
“I’d love to see people join in and say, hey I want to get active in helping children too because there’s nothing we can do that’s more important than making sure children have a great future because that’s going to build the next generation of NEPA,” Andrew Wyatt, Vice President and General Manager at WBRE-TV stated.
“What we’re trying to do every single day is to help those who help others. This money from Nexstar is exactly what we need to move the needle for children’s charities right here in Luzerne County,” Pedri added.
In total, Eyewitness News and Nexstar Media will commit $100k in cash and in-kind services to the Luzerne Foundation over the next two years. | https://www.pahomepage.com/nepas-children-first/eyewitness-news-donates-thousands-to-the-luzerne-foundation/ | 2022-10-05 18:45:06 | 0 | https://www.pahomepage.com/nepas-children-first/eyewitness-news-donates-thousands-to-the-luzerne-foundation/ |
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vial, a global tech-enabled CRO providing next-generation clinical trial management services, announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the clinical trial TLL018-205, a Phase II, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of TLL-018 in human subjects with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. This study is sponsored by Hangzhou Highlightll Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd (Highlightll Pharmaceutical, USA), a pharmaceutical company focusing on drug development for immune and inflammatory diseases.
TLL-018 is a novel, highly potent, and selective TYK2/JAK1 inhibitor. TYK2 and JAK1 are the key regulators of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Patient screening and enrollment is underway, the first patient has been enrolled and has received the first dose. Screening was completed within 6 days by the site team at Integrative Skin Science and Research in Sacramento, CA, run by principal investigator, Dr. Raja Sivamani. Integrative Skin Science and Research is a full-spectrum adult and pediatric medical, surgical, and cosmetic dermatology practice with unique expertise in integrative skin health and wellness and cutting-edge clinical trial research.
"We are elated to have enrolled our first patient in the TLL018-205 trial. This is a significant milestone for the trial and a noteworthy achievement for our clinical operations team. The investigators on this trial are exceptional and have done a remarkable job pre-screening and using modern patient recruitment tactics," said Joshua Ondatje, VP of Clinical Operations at Vial.
"We are pleased to hear that Vial has enrolled the first patient for the study. We hope that with the help of Vial's tech-enabled clinical management services, we can complete this trial expeditiously and with high quality," said Vance Oertel, VP of Clinical Operations at Highlightll Pharmaceutical, USA.
To learn more about Vial, visit our website.
See the full release here.
About Vial: Vial is a tech-enabled, next-generation CRO that promises faster and higher-quality execution of trials for less cost. The Vial Contract Research Organization (CRO) delivers on the promise of more efficient trials through its innovative technology platform that powers trials end-to-end from site startup to database lock. Vial's technology platform combines modern, intuitive eSource, EDC, and ePRO into one connected system, streamlining site processes and enabling considerable efficiencies. Vial operates across multiple Therapeutic Areas (Dermatology CRO, Ophthalmology CRO, Oncology CRO, Gastroenterology CRO, Neurology CRO, and Cardiology CRO). Vial is a San Francisco, California-based company with over 125 employees.
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Was actress Zendaya driving around Providence this weekend?
PROVIDENCE — Was that Zendaya who an Instagram user and General Motors employee spotted driving a Chevy Tahoe through downtown Providence this weekend?
Yes, it was, according to Steven Feinberg, executive director of the Rhode Island Film & Television Office.
The 25-year-old actress, known for Spider-Man and Dune movies and the TV series "Euphoria" and "Shake It Up," among dozens of credits, was not in town long, Feinberg said.
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She was doing a one-day shoot for a commercial for Smart Water at the Graduate Hotel, which was formerly the Biltmore, he said. Filming was at least in front of the hotel, Feinberg said, referring a reporter to hotel management when asked whether shooting was inside as well.
The hotel's general manager could not comment immediately, pending checking with the chain's corporate office.
More:RI native Olivia Culpo and her sisters, Sophia and Aurora, have a new show on Discovery+
Dailymail.com reported on the actress's visit to Providence and posted photographs of her being filmed on the steps of Providence City Hall. | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/05/24/zendaya-filming-commercial-providence-rhode-island/9906615002/ | 2022-05-24 17:47:28 | 1 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/05/24/zendaya-filming-commercial-providence-rhode-island/9906615002/ |
Tennessee highway crash death toll rises to 4 youths, 2 adults
Only one of the eight individuals in the vehicle was wearing a seatbelt
Authorities on Monday revised the number of youths killed over the weekend in a Tennessee highway crash, saying that four girls ages 1 to 12 died instead of the six they originally reported.
Emergency crews found a car upside down with extensive damage early Sunday when they responded at about 2 a.m. to the crash site on Interstate 24 in Robertson County, said Brent Dyer, chief of the county’s emergency management services office.
In a news release sent after the crash, Robertson County EMS said first responders found six females ranging in age from 1 to 18 who had been thrown from the car and could not be resuscitated.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol released a report Monday identifying the car as a Toyota Camry and placing the number of people who were in the vehicle at eight.
The report revised the ages of those killed from six youths to four girls and two adults. All six were riding in the Camry. The highway patrol said the girls' ages were 1, 3, 5 and 12. Their names were not released.
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Also killed was the driver of the Camry, the highway patrol said. She was identified as Tania Rodriguez, 21.
A sixth person who was killed was identified as Rina Reyes, 35, who was a passenger in the Camry. Two other passengers, Saira Reyes, 34, and Anthony Gellardo, 18, were injured, the highway patrol said.
Of the eight people in the Camry, only Gellardo was wearing a seat belt.
A car that crashed with the Camry was found nearby, officials said. The driver, identified as Matthew Flint, 23, was not injured, the highway patrol said.
The crash took place on I-24 near Pleasant View and Springfield, north of Nashville. A section of the highway was closed for hours before reopening later Sunday. The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of the crash.
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IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — One building in the recaptured but devastated Ukrainian town of Izium is filled with those at the end of their lives. It reeks of unwashed sheets and unbathed skin and needs more heat to fend off the approaching winter. Despair weighs on its occupants like a blanket and the sound of weeping echoes in its rooms.
Now an orphan wanders the cold hallways among the elderly and infirm, his eyes firmly upon the phone in his hand. Until a few days ago, 13-year-old Bohdan had a father. Now he has no one.
Bohdan’s father wasted away for weeks in the corridor room of a shelter for the injured and homeless before stomach cancer finally claimed him on Oct 3. During every dwindling waking moment at the end of his life, Mykola Svyryd worried about his son.
“He runs to me and says, ‘Papa, I love you.’ I tell him, ‘Who else could you love?’” said Svyryd, cheeks sunken and skin pale, in a bedside interview only a few days before his death at 70. “His mother is dead, his father is old. … When his father is gone, I won’t know if there is someone with him and where they will send him.”
The small compound in the eastern town opened in January as a rehabilitation center for people recovering from surgeries or injury. When the war started a month later, Russian forces quickly engulfed the town. Within a matter of weeks, airstrikes, artillery and fires had left their mark on nearly every building.
Those who didn’t have the means to flee the city quickly enough cowered in its basements, surviving — but only just — without electricity, gas or running water. In early September, a Ukrainian counteroffensive swept through the Kharkiv region, sending the Russians into a disorganized retreat from Izium and other towns.
But their departure did little to lessen the deprivation in Izium. The 39 people sleeping in the rehab center have nowhere else to go. They are infirm and impoverished , their homes are destroyed, and the rest of their families are dead or gone.
The realization of all that is what brings on the tears.
And this is how Mykola Svyryd and Bohdan ended up here. Svyryd was already dying when the war started, and cancer had taken Bohdan’s mother two years earlier.
The boy himself was born with a brain injury that his father had hoped doctors could eventually treat with surgery. Between timid glances and shy smiles, Bohdan says little, only a few short words at a time.
“He was born disabled. He never went to school. I taught him to read a little, to write numbers and letters,” Svyryd said of his son.
A retired former worker in a factory that made eyeglass lenses, Svyryd sheltered with his son from the Russian assault on the town, which had blown out all the windows in their apartment. Neighbors helped where they could as his health gradually failed.
“We had to sit in a basement for three months. When we came out, my health became worse and worse. And then my legs stopped working,” Svyryd said. By the time he spoke to AP reporters, he was bedridden and emaciated, his voice barely rising above a whisper.
Bohdan embraced his father tenderly and often in the older man’s last days. He whispers along with Ukrainian pop music and plays small-screen video games as avidly as any teen.
He seems to find nothing odd about being the only child in a building filled with the elderly, but nor does he particularly interact with them. Standing in a knit cap and blue hooded parka beneath the trees in the rehab center’s small front courtyard, he shuffles about uncertainly.
Svyryd was buried in a simple grave in a cemetery on the outskirts of Izium, a wooden cross and colorful bouquet of artificial flowers marking his final resting place.
Since his father’s death, Bohdan has often sat in the room they shared at the shelter, staring out distantly. He sleeps elsewhere in the shelter now, and the staff hope that a new environment will dull his pain a little.
The surgery that had been postponed because of war and his father’s illness is finally scheduled for the coming days. Ultimately, Bohdan will go up for adoption, one more Ukrainian orphan among so many.
But sometimes, he still asks where his father is.
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“It took everything in me not to vomit,” Julianna, the political strategist for an organization called Gen-Z for Change, said by email.
Advocates on both sides of the abortion debate had anticipated the reversal after Politico reported on a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion in May. But what little hope Texas pro-choice activists had held out for Roe’s future all but evaporated with Friday’s 5-4 decision.
Last year, Texas Republican lawmakers virtually outlawed the procedure in one of the strictest pieces of anti-abortion legislation in the country, Senate Bill 8. The so-called “Heartbeat Act,” which doesn’t provide exceptions for rape or incest, bans abortion after around six weeks, before many realize they’re pregnant.
In a statement, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott celebrated Roe's reversal, something he believes will “allow states to protect the lives of all unborn babies in America.”
Julianna, meanwhile, is hell-bent on getting voters to the polls to elect local and state leadership who will fight to protect abortion rights. She said certain Republican lawmakers have already begun to target abortion funds and clinic workers.
“I am so angry,” Julianna said. “I will make sure that Greg Abbott is never elected in this state again or I will die trying, and that goes for every Republican legislator who has sided with him.”
Even in conservative Texas, one recent survey found that 78% of respondents think that abortion should be permitted in some form, according to The Texas Tribune.
Still, recent polling also shows that Abbott, who’s up for reelection in November, is 5 points ahead of his Democratic opponent, Beto O’Rourke.
Abbott has campaigned heavily on the issue of abortion. He's claimed that Texas has made women’s health care a priority and has allocated resources so that people will “choose life for their child.”“We want Texas to be pro-life and not just abortion-free.” – Dr. John Seago, Texas Right to Life
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The governor also pointed to his past pushes to provide funding for a program called "Alternatives to Abortion,” which purports to give resources to moms in need. (Critics, meanwhile, have called the program “secretive” and “predominantly a waste of taxpayer dollars,” according to The Texas Tribune.)
“Texas will always fight for the innocent unborn,” Abbott wrote, “and I will continue working with the Texas Legislature and all Texans to save every child from the ravages of abortion and help our expectant mothers in need.”
But Brianna Brown, the Texas Organizing Project’s co-executive director, said the Supreme Court’s decision will harm the country’s marginalized communities, particularly those who are Latino and Black. The fight for abortion access is also a battle for racial justice, she said in a statement.
“Our presence will be felt in the streets, and our rage will be channeled at the ballot box as we will stop at nothing to win,” Brown continued, “because future generations deserve so much more than regressive policies holding us back from living the full, happy lives we all have a right to live.”
On its website, the anti-abortion organization Texas Right to Life argued that abortion is immediately outlawed because of the state’s “pre-Roe laws” and a newer “trigger ban,” which will impose criminal penalties on providers 30 days after Roe’s reversal.
Texas Right to Life President John Seago praised Friday’s decision, calling it a “phenomenal moment for the pro-life movement.” He said his organization will aim to clear up confusion about abortion’s legal status so that providers don’t break the law while waiting for the trigger ban to take effect.
Seago also noted that some district attorneys, such as Dallas County's John Creuzot, have vowed to not seek criminal charges related to abortion. Legislators must work to ensure that such laws are enforced across the board, he said.
But the state has more work to do to remove hurdles for Texans facing unexpected and difficult pregnancies, Seago added: “We want Texas to be pro-life and not just abortion-free.” | https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/future-of-texas-abortion-rights-supreme-court-overturn-roe-v-wade-14284386 | 2022-06-25 11:55:50 | 0 | https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/future-of-texas-abortion-rights-supreme-court-overturn-roe-v-wade-14284386 |
GRAPHIC: Police officer facing lewdness charges after allegedly masturbating during massage
LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) - A police officer in Las Vegas is facing lewdness charges after allegedly masturbating during a chiropractic massage.
KVVU reports Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officer Richard Landahl is facing the charges after a reported incident on Sept. 20.
According to authorities, a woman went to a police station on Sept. 21 to file a report. She said Landahl was at her work the day before, around 11 a.m., when he requested a massage and for her to be his massage therapist.
The woman told Landahl to dress down to his level of comfort in the private massage room. He reportedly dressed down to his underwear and laid face down, with a sheet over him.
According to warrant documents, the woman started the massage and Landahl began masturbating in front of her. When the massage therapist realized what was happening, she said she stopped the massage.
Authorities said the woman told an assistant, a receptionist and a doctor at the practice about what happened.
While speaking with the doctor, Landahl reportedly apologized for making the therapist uncomfortable but didn’t outright admit to the lewd act, the report said. The doctor asked Landahl to leave the practice.
According to warrant documents, Landahl claimed he fell asleep during the massage and ejaculated in his sleep.
Landahl has been with the Las Vegas police department for five years. The department said Landahl was on-duty as a police officer at the time of the incident.
According to court records, Landahl is scheduled to appear in court on Oct. 27. He has been placed on suspension of police powers with pay pending the outcome of the investigation.
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By STEVE DOUGLAS
It’s looking increasingly like Arsenal is the real deal in the Premier League this season.
It’s also looking like Liverpool hasn’t got what it takes to mount another title challenge in England’s top division.
Arsenal made it seven wins from eight games to open the season by beating Tottenham 3-1 in the north London derby on Saturday, ensuring Mikel Arteta’s team will stay top for at least another week.
The only defeat for Arsenal came at Manchester United, but that was only after an encouraging and dominant performance for large spells of the game at Old Trafford.
On current form, it looks well within Arsenal’s grasp to finish in the top four and qualify for the Champions League for the first time since the 2016-17 season.
Getting in the top four might be the extent of Liverpool’s ambitions after a 3-3 home draw against an entertaining Brighton team already molded in the bold style of its new Italian coach, Roberto De Zerbi.
Leandro Trossard scored twice in the opening 17 minutes and completed his hat trick in the 83rd at Anfield after Roberto Firmino’s double had sparked Liverpool’s fightback.
Liverpool, the 2020 champion and the biggest Premier League rival of dominant Manchester City in recent years, is already 11 points behind Arsenal and has only won two of its first seven games.
Conor Gallagher scored a 90th-minute winner for Chelsea in its 2-1 victory at Crystal Palace, the team where the midfielder spent last season on loan.
Newcastle won 4-1 at 10-man Fulham, Everton rallied to beat Southampton 2-1 away, while Bournemouth and Brentford drew 0-0.
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2 killed in shooting at Colorado Jehovah’s Witnesses hall
Published: Dec. 25, 2022 at 10:16 PM EST|Updated: 17 minutes ago
THORNTON, Colo. (AP) — A man killed his wife and then himself at a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in suburban Denver, Thornton police said Sunday.
A fire was reported at the hall around 9 a.m. before another caller told police that a man had shot a woman and then himself, authorities said.
The man and woman were former members of the congregation, police said. Their names have not been released.
Luis Sanchez lives across the street and heard two gunshots Sunday morning. He told The Denver Post that he looked outside and saw a woman lying on the ground.
“It’s very sad,” he said.
A hazmat team with the Adams County Sheriff’s Office is investigating suspicious devices at the hall.
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Flood warnings were issued, thousands of homes lost power and a man was missing as heavy rain lashed southeast Australia on Thursday.
Rivers across Australia’s most populous states, New South Wales and Victoria, and the island state of Tasmania were rising dangerously with catchments soaked by months of above-average rainfall.
Hundreds of people in the the New South Wales city of Forbes, west of Sydney, were ordered to evacuate their homes by Thursday night ahead of major flooding.
The State Emergency Service issued an order for 17 streets including the central downtown precinct to be evacuated by 8 p.m., (0900 GMT) with the Lachlan River expected to reach a major flood peak of 10.6 meters (34 feet, 9 inches) by Friday.
Police said a 63-year-old man was last seen on Tuesday on a rural property on the Lachlan River near the New South Wales town of Hillston, west of Sydney.
He was reported missing hours later but emergency crews have failed to find any sign of him.
Police on Tuesday found the body of a 46-year-old man in his submerged car in floodwater near the city of Bathurst, west of Sydney.
To the south in Victoria, emergency crews rescued at least five people driving through floodwaters in rural areas after heavy overnight rain, officials said.
Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews urged people not to drive or walk into floodwaters.
“It’s very dangerous for you, and it’s also very dangerous for the person who has to come to rescue you,” Andrews told reporters.
State Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp said the heavy rain would reach metropolitan Melbourne, Victoria’s capital and Australia’s most populous city after Sydney, late Thursday.
Officials have been door-knocking along the Maribyrnong River in inner-Melbourne to ensure residents were ready to evacuate if necessary.
Sarah-Jane Gill, a manager at the Rochester Riverside Holiday Park in the town of Rochester, north of Melbourne, said she had evacuated guests on Thursday as the Campaspe River rose.
“It is scary. You laugh in the face of it all, but we’re very nervous,” Gill said.
Nearly 10,000 homes in Victoria were without power overnight, with hundreds yet to be restored, said the State Control Center, which manages Victoria’s emergencies, and electricity distributor Powercor.
In the northern Tasmanian town of Railton, 90 homes were threatened by floodwaters after overnight rain.
The State Emergency Service issued an emergency warning for Railton, urging residents to prepare to evacuate.
The state’s northern half was on high alert for flash flooding, with heavy rain forecast to continue into Friday morning.
State Emergency Service director Leon Smith said flood peaks in northern Tasmania might reach levels last experienced in 2016 when three people drowned.
“It is a very dynamic situation that we’re monitoring, but inevitably we will see flooding that will have significant consequences,” Smith said. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Flood-warnings-as-southeast-Australia-lashed-by-17505791.php | 2022-10-13 05:35:20 | 0 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Flood-warnings-as-southeast-Australia-lashed-by-17505791.php |
KOLKATA, India, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TCGLS is a global CRO and CDMO company with operations in Kolkata, Hyderabad, Richmond, VA, and Princeton, NJ; offering seamless and integrated R&D services to pharma, biotech, agriscience, animal health, specialty chemicals, and related industries. It employs more than 1,200 scientists and other technical personnel from the best talent pool around its strategic locations.
Pune, Maharashtra, with its proximity to Mumbai and Gujarat, offers a great ecosystem of talents, scientific institutions, and relevant industry players which TCGLS plans to leverage to build a major presence there. It is taking up approximately 100,000 SFT of space to build a comprehensive discovery services center. Starting with an efficient team of chemists and support personnel in July 2022, TCGLS foresees the ability to accommodate a sizeable batch of chemists, biologists, and formulation scientists in the coming years. It is also looking at opportunities in specialty chemicals and polymer sciences activities in line with its parent company, The Chatterjee Group's investments in those domains.
"Pune, being an education hub of the country, produces a large number of postgraduates. We want to induct and nurture these young talents coming from the reputed academic institutes and research laboratories and provide them an excellent foundation for their career growth," commented Mr. Anirban Mitra, Head of Human Resource Development at TCGLS.
The current team is headed by existing and highly experienced TCGLS leadership team members. The center is equipped with high-end scientific infrastructure, equipment, and analytical instruments to address the diverse and complex requirements of its clients and partners. The labs are equipped with automation devices, safety instrumentation, and regular and walk-in fume hoods. It is supported by general access to scientific journals/databases, IT systems with secured networks, human resource officers, and best practices in safety and supply chain.
"Setting up this new facility in Pune further demonstrates our commitment towards building a world-class provider of CRO and CDMO services. In particular, we will strive to provide our customers and partners with cutting-edge science, best-in-class practices and on-time deliveries," says Dr. Goutam Saha, Vice President and site head of the Pune operations.
About TCG Lifesciences Pvt. Ltd.
TCG Lifesciences Pvt. Limited (formerly "Chembiotek Research International") is a leading global Contract Research and CDMO company delivering innovative R&D services in the areas of pharmaceutical, biotech and related industries. We started our operations in 2001 in Kolkata, India, and currently have our presence in the United States, Europe, and Japan.
TCGLS and its subsidiaries have a strong talent pool of approximately 1200 scientists, of which over 280 have PhDs and the balance hold master's degrees; drawn from leading global academic institutions and industry. Our services span chemistry synthesis, in vitro and in vivo pharmacology, DMPK, analytical development and validation and data science. We offer specific/functional solutions to integrated projects across multiple therapeutic areas with a specific focus on Inflammation & Pain, Infectious Diseases, Central Nervous systems, and Oncology. Our infrastructure includes world-class chemistry and biology laboratories, AAALAC certified animal facility, electrophysiology laboratory, BSL 2 laboratory, and cGMP kilo labs and US FDA accredited manufacturing company.
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New York City officials on Tuesday night urged at-risk residents to wear high-quality masks outdoors as smoke blankets the city.
“Currently, we are taking precautions out of an abundance of caution to protect New Yorkers’ health until we are able to get a better sense of future air quality reports,” Adams said.
New York City’s air quality early Wednesday was considered “very unhealthy,” according to the U.S. Air Quality Index maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The city’s AQI was 226 as of 12 a.m., a level that the EPA characterizes as Code Purple and signifies an elevated health risk for everyone.
Adams and other officials are set to give a news conference at 10 a.m. Wednesday outlining their safety recommendations. Smoke from Canadian fires is expected to engulf the city for several days, with officials warning that while conditions could improve Wednesday morning, they are expected to worsen by the afternoon and evening.
New York City officials on Tuesday night said that it was the first time in recent years — and possibly in decades — that the city was recommending that residents wear masks outdoors to protect against poor air quality.
The air quality in New York City is “historically bad,” Adams press secretary Fabien Levy said in a text message.
Officials also continue to encourage vulnerable residents to wear high-quality masks in crowded indoor spaces as a form of protection against covid-19, although New York City has largely reduced its masking messages amid frustration with pandemic precautions. The city rolled back its indoor mask mandates for the coronavirus last year, and Adams in March called on business owners to encourage shoppers to remove their face masks indoors as a crime-prevention tactic.
New York City’s air quality early Wednesday was the second-worst in the United States, according to the EPA, trailing only the Susquehanna Valley region of Pennsylvania, which is near New York City and had an AQI of 272.
Other areas in the Northeast also had poor air quality and had triggered Code Purple under the EPA’s monitoring system; Philadelphia’s AQI was 217 and Lehigh Valley, Pa., had an AQI of 213. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/06/07/nyc-mask-guidance-air-quality-canada-wildfire/ | 2023-06-07 05:43:15 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/06/07/nyc-mask-guidance-air-quality-canada-wildfire/ |
9 Activities Police in New Jersey Consider Distracted Driving
Being 'distracted' is so much more than just texting while driving.
These days, when you think 'distracted driving', you probably think that means texting while driving, or talking with your phone in your hand while driving. But, police in New Jersey consider a bunch of other activities being distractions behind the wheel.
In 2019, there were more than 3,000 fatalities in the U.S. traced to accidents where distracted driving was a factor, according to the NHTSA, and more than 400,000 injured.
Most years, during the month of April, many police municipalities here in South Jersey participate in a campaign that puts them on heightened patrol for distracted drivers, and they're unlikely to let you off with just a warning.
'UDrive. UText. UPay.' is meant to send a message to motorists that it only takes a few seconds for a distraction to turn into an accident that hurts you and/or someone else.
Below are a few examples of distracted driving activities police watch for. Please be careful out there, and pull over to accomplish whatever it is you're trying to do in your vehicle. | https://catcountry1073.com/9-activities-police-new-jersey-distracted-driving/ | 2022-09-23 21:42:36 | 0 | https://catcountry1073.com/9-activities-police-new-jersey-distracted-driving/ |
Police: Truck runs over man accused of throwing rocks at passing cars
LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) - Police in Las Vegas are investigating an incident where a man accused of throwing rocks at passing vehicles during the early morning commute was hit by a car.
KVVU reports a man was on a sidewalk Tuesday morning throwing rocks at vehicles in traffic.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Lt. David Gordon said a rock hit and broke a window on a Ford pickup truck. Shortly after, a dark-colored Dodge truck drove onto the sidewalk and struck the rock thrower before driving away.
Gordon said the man accused of throwing rocks was taken to a hospital with complaints of chest pain. The driver of the Dodge remained outstanding immediately following the incident.
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UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Facing massive public pressure, Uvalde’s top school official has recommended the firing of the school district police chief who has been blamed for the botched law enforcement response to the elementary school shooting nearly two months ago that killed two teachers and 19 students.
The South Texas city’s school board announced Wednesday that it will consider firing Chief Pete Arredondo at a special meeting Saturday. Arredondo has been accused by state officials of making several critical mistakes during the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
School officials have previously resisted calls to fire Arredondo. The announcement comes two days after a meeting where the school board members were lambasted for more than three hours by members of the public, who accused them of not implementing basic security at Robb, of not being transparent about what happened and of failing to hold Arredondo to account for his actions.
Confronted with parents’ vociferous demands to fire Arredondo and warnings that his job would be next, Superintendent Hal Harrell said Monday that the police chief was a contract employee who could not be fired at will. The agenda for Saturday’s meeting includes the board discussing the potential firing with its lawyer.
Arredondo, who has been on leave from the district since June 22, has faced blistering criticism since the massacre, most notably for not ordering officers to immediately breach the classroom where an 18-year-old gunman carried out the attack. If fired, Arredondo would become the first officer ousted from his job following the deadliest Texas school shooting in history.
Although nearly 400 officers from various agencies were involved in the police response that took more than an hour to confront and kill the shooter, Arredondo is one of only two known to have faced discipline. His attorney did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The move to potentially fire the chief follows the release of a damning 80-page report by a Texas House committee that blamed all levels of law enforcement for a slow and chaotic response. The report found that 376 law enforcement officers massed at the school, with more than half coming from state and federal agencies, but that they “failed to adhere to their active shooter training, and they failed to prioritize saving innocent lives over their own safety.”
According to the committee, Arredondo told lawmakers he didn’t consider himself the on-scene commander in charge and that his priority was to protect children in other classrooms. The committee report called that decision a “terrible, tragic mistake.”
Body camera footage released by the Uvalde officials shows Arredondo in the hallway trying multiple sets of keys on other classroom doors, but not the one where the massacre took place. The classroom door could not be locked from the inside, but there is no indication officers tried to open the door while the gunman was inside.
“Our thought was: ‘If he comes out, you know, you eliminate the threat,’ correct?” Arredondo told the committee, according to the report. “And just the thought of other children being in other classrooms, my thought was: ‘We can’t let him come back out. If he comes back out, we take him out, or we eliminate the threat.’”
Arredondo, 50, grew up in Uvalde and spent much of his nearly 30-year career in law enforcement in the city. He took the head police job at the school district in 2020 and was sworn in as a member of the City Council in a closed-door ceremony May 31. He resigned from his council seat July 2.
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Associated Press writer Paul J. Weber in Austin, Texas, contributed to this report.
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The spelling of the police chief’s last name has been corrected in several places in the story.
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Andrew Taylor’s 27 points helped Marshall defeat Troy 88-78 on Saturday night.
The Trojans (17-12, 9-7) were led in scoring by Nelson Phillips, who finished with 22 points, seven rebounds and three steals. Darius McNeill added 18 points, four assists and two steals for Troy. Zay Williams also had 12 points and eight rebounds.
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Both teams next play Wednesday. Marshall visits James Madison while Troy visits UL Monroe.
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There has been an over 10 percent jump in rent costs compared to this time last year, according to Realtor.com data.
Their economist is predicting it will be at least another year before rent increases go back to the average pace of growth before the pandemic.
Renter advocates say they've been hearing from so many people recently who can't afford these types of rent hikes.
“Research for the last several years has indicated that minimum wage workers working full time can't afford a two-bedroom apartment in any American county,” said Tara Raghuveer, director of KC Tenants. “That's still the truth now, and that truth is exacerbated. And now doesn't just apply to minimum wage workers, low-wage workers, but people up and down the income brackets as well.”
Raghuveer is now part of a national push to help renters who have been facing big hikes when they renew their leases.
“We're saying, you know there should be a reasonable cap on how much you can expect your rent to go up between these periods,” Raghuveer said.
Renter advocacy group House Us and the Homes Guarantee Campaign are talking with federal leaders about a possible cap of about 2 to 3 percent.
They're proposing this would apply to properties that receive federal financing through Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac as a loan condition.
It's unclear whether this could apply to apartments with existing loans, or just new ones receiving loans.
Renter advocates hope we could see some kind of federal action around rent in the next few months. | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/rents-up-over-10-in-the-last-year-groups-advocate-for-a-cap | 2022-10-21 16:12:49 | 0 | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/rents-up-over-10-in-the-last-year-groups-advocate-for-a-cap |
Sarasota County Fire dispatches unit to hard-hit Ft. Myers
Published: Oct. 17, 2022 at 4:08 PM EDT|Updated: 56 minutes ago
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Ft. Myers was hit incredibly hard by Hurricane Ian. The death toll in Lee County was over 50 as of last week.
The Sarasota County Fire Department was tasked by the state of Florida to deploy a Special Operations team to deal with Hazardous Materials in the Ft. Myers region.
The eight-person team left Monday morning for a 15-day deployment to assist local fire agencies and residents with incidents resulting from the impact of the storm.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland voters will decide next year whether to enshrine the right to abortion in the Maryland Constitution, after the House of Delegates voted Thursday to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot.
The House voted 98-38 for a bill that already has cleared the state Senate by the three-fifths margin needed to bring the question before voters in 2024. A simple majority would be needed by voters to approve it.
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, giving control over abortion to the states. Since then, states have been working to either restrict or strengthen abortion access.
Since November, three states have affirmed abortion protections in their constitutions, including California, Vermont and Michigan. Kentucky voters rejected a ballot measure aimed at denying any constitutional protections for abortion.
Missouri voters could decide on whether to restore abortion rights, if constitutional amendments make it to the 2024 ballot. The proposals would amend the state’s constitution to protect abortion rights and pregnant patients, as well as access to birth control. Now, most abortions are outlawed in the state. There are exceptions for medical emergencies, but not for cases of rape or incest.
In Ohio, supporters of a proposal to enshrine abortion rights in the Ohio Constitution are in the signature-collecting phase to get more than 413,000 voters to put the issue on the fall ballot.
The right to abortion already is protected in Maryland law. The state approved legislation in 1991 to protect abortion rights if the Supreme Court allowed abortion to be restricted. That law was petitioned to the ballot and voters approved the right in 1992 with 62% of the vote. Advocates argue that adding the protection to the state constitution would make it even harder for opponents to try to strip away abortion rights in the future.
Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-1 in Maryland.
A constitutional amendment in Maryland doesn’t require approval by the state’s governor, though Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, has expressed support for it, as well as other bills the General Assembly is advancing to protect abortion rights this year.
Another Maryland measure is designed to protect patients and providers from criminal, civil and administrative penalties relating to abortion bans or restrictions in other states.
A separate data-privacy bill aims to protect medical and insurance records on reproductive health in electronic health information exchanges that can be shared quickly and widely across state lines.
Another measure would ensure public colleges and universities in Maryland have a plan for student access near campuses to birth control, including emergency contraception and abortion pills.
Maryland lawmakers have said the state already is seeing an increase in patients from other states. A new abortion provider is opening this year in western Maryland — just across from deeply conservative West Virginia, where state lawmakers recently passed a near-total abortion ban.
The Women’s Health Center of Maryland in Cumberland, roughly 5 miles (8 kilometers) from West Virginia, will open its doors in June to provide abortions to patients across central Appalachia, a region clinic operators say is an “abortion desert.”
Last year, Maryland lawmakers enacted a law over then-Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto to expand abortion access by ending a restriction that only physicians could provide abortions and requiring most insurance plans to cover abortion care without cost. The law enabled nurse practitioners, nurse midwives and physician assistants to provide abortions with training.
Moore, in one of his first acts as governor, announced in January he was releasing $3.5 million to expand abortion training in the state. Hogan, a Republican, had declined to release the money while he was in office. | https://www.yourbasin.com/health-2/ap-health/maryland-voters-to-decide-abortion-constitutional-amendment/ | 2023-03-31 05:57:34 | 1 | https://www.yourbasin.com/health-2/ap-health/maryland-voters-to-decide-abortion-constitutional-amendment/ |
An introduction to handball
A popular European team sport with a history dating back hundreds, if not thousands, of years, handball is an increasingly enjoyed activity worldwide. Requiring strength, endurance and dexterity, handball is a fairly straightforward yet demanding game.
For the uninitiated, there are plenty of similarities with basketball and soccer, so those familiar with those sports may find it easy to adapt. There isn’t much required to get started: you need people to play, a place to play, some athletic apparel and, of course, a handball. Here is how to play.
What is handball?
Handball origins
The first modern handball game is believed to have been played in Germany, inspired by games played throughout Northern Europe in the decades prior. There is even evidence of games similar to handball having been played as far back as Ancient Greece as well as medieval times around Europe.
Handball setup
Team handball is played on an indoor court slightly larger than a basketball court, extending 40 meters in length by 20 meters. Each team has seven players on the floor at a time, including one goalie per side. The six players running on the floor are referred to as court players or fielders. There is a center line dividing the court into two halves, and a semicircle surrounds each goal.
The main piece of equipment is the ball itself, typically a 32-panel leather ball. A men’s handball is slightly larger than the women’s handball, measuring 58-60 centimeters in circumference compared to about 54-56 centimeters.
Handball objective
The aim of handball is simple: score more goals than your opponent. This is done by advancing the ball up the court and throwing the ball completely across the goalline into the net. Handball is typically played in two 30-minute halves; the team ahead at the end is the winner.
How to play handball
Court players
Court players can touch the ball with any body part above the knee; they cannot kick the ball. When a player has the ball, they are allowed three seconds to stand in place and three steps in any direction before they must get rid of the ball — passing or shooting — or begin to dribble. Dribbling, like in basketball, extends the time a player may possess the ball.
Field players cannot enter the goal crease unless they land in it after throwing the ball. Conversely, goalies may exit their crease provided they follow the rules for field players.
Handball throws
There are several types of throws in handball.
- Throw-in: Like in soccer, if the ball goes out of bounds, a player stands on the sideline and throws it into their teammate.
- Free-throw: A player gets a chance to throw it from a specific spot if they were interrupted illegally by the other team.
- Seven-meter throw: Like a penalty in soccer or a free throw in basketball, this is awarded to a player when they are interrupted during a clear scoring chance. They stand seven meters away from the goal line and take a shot to score.
- Goal-throw: The goalie is awarded a throw when they block a shot out of bounds or the attacking team misses the mark.
Handball equipment
The game’s main component is the ball; depending on whether you are playing competitively or recreationally, the ball may vary in size. Many players wear goggles to protect their eyes, while proper footwear, such as basketball shoes, is also required.
Players on the same team typically wear the same colored jerseys. To differentiate themselves from field players, goalies should wear jerseys in a unique color.
Handball variations
American handball, also referred to as wallball, is a popular game variation. It can be played with two or four players on a small court with one, three or four walls. The game plays out similarly to tennis or racquetball. One player serves the ball, hitting it against the wall, while the other player attempts to return it against the wall to their opponent. If a player falls to return the ball, a point is scored.
What you need to buy for playing handball
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It’s important to protect your eyes while playing this fast-paced game as the ball moves at high speeds. These comfortable and inexpensive glasses by Head are light and shatterproof, perfect for a variety of games. Sold by Amazon and Dick’s Sporting Goods
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Cô could barely speak English. I wasn’t sure if she understood what “miss” meant.
That morning, I shivered in a thin hoodie as I waited for Cô outside her apartment building. After a few minutes, a plump-looking woman appeared wearing many layers of sweaters and jackets. It was Cô, opened the gate and let me in.
I followed her through the lobby, past minimalist modern art backlit with light boxes. The hallway walls, covered in deep mulberry color, looked freshly painted. A janitor was cleaning the in-house laundromat, making sure that the washers and dryers would remain pristine white. With rent control, Cô spent less than $1,000 a month on these amenities and her home.
I was getting warm as we walked through the hallway. Underneath all her layers, she must have been scorching.
As Cô opened her apartment door, it clanged against a bag of aluminum cans and glass bottles. She told me that every morning, she’d exchange the recyclables for 5 cents to 10 cents each, but hadn’t enough time to visit the recycling center that morning. She let out a nervous laugh before quickly stuffing them in a cabinet.
As I stepped into her home, the pricey aesthetic of the building’s lobby and hallways gave way to the faded and peeling gray wallpaper of her unit. Adhesive mouse traps on the floor were oxidizing from white to ferric orange — the unmistakable sign of a long-time rodent infestation. Many of the light sockets in the apartment were dead. It’d be pitch black at night.
Cô moved to the kitchen to make herself a cup of tea. Feeling a draft, I traced the cool air back to an open window behind her. I tried closing it, but the rusty window wouldn’t budge.
The unit couldn’t have been insulated — I was cold in every room. Cô told me she loved the nighttime because that was when she could retreat to her bedroom, where a small space heater kept her warm.
After making her tea, Cô went to her living room and sat on a fold-out chair. She was using the steam of the scalding tea to warm her palms when her wrist slipped out of her sweater layers. It was only then that I realized how gaunt she was. Inspecting her appearance more closely, I could see her cheeks were abnormally hollow. With little fat, she must have felt especially cold in her home.
Cô had to know that this was no way to live, but she told me she was hesitant to report the safety violations to the building manager. She could barely verbalize her complaints in English and more importantly, she feared doing so would get her evicted — an outcome she couldn’t afford to risk.
The city didn’t want her to live like that. San Francisco’s Rent Board recently amended the San Francisco Housing Code to force landlords to provide adequate heating systems for tenants. Landlords must also keep their apartments vermin-free and the light fixtures functional. Of course, reporting these violations aren’t grounds for eviction, but Cô didn’t know that.
If self-advocacy was out of the question, surely the city’s Department of Building Inspection’s Housing Inspection Services Program would catch the apartment’s egregious safety violations and enforce the housing code. Decades ago, the department even created the Code Enforcement Outreach Program to find non-English speakers living in squalor and advocate for them.
However, Cô couldn’t recall any comprehensive unit inspections during her multi-decade stay. It was up to her to file a tenant petition at San Francisco’s Rent Board to protest her living conditions. But government forms and technology were too complex for her to navigate.
What she didn’t know was that her plight was likely unwinnable. The inactive Department of Building Inspection had a history of corruption; recently, an inspector accepted generous loans to allegedly pass building inspections and ignored blatant fire hazards.
Money spoke volumes in the city and Cô didn’t have much of it.
A couple of weeks ago, I saw Cô sitting in a hair salon only a block away from her apartment. A quick glance at her was all I needed to understand how her life was going. Her face was more hollow than when we last met years ago. Even in the 70-degree weather, she was bundled up in a thick beige jacket.
After a short conversation, we wished each other well and said our goodbyes. I watched her walk back to into that same modern apartment building, knowing her own unit within couldn’t be any more different from its gleaming lobby and hallways.
Cô doesn’t have many years ahead of her. With legal help, she could enter a battle with the stubborn building owner either through the Rent Board or small claims court. But she no longer has the stamina for that. The city’s inactive, unnavigable bureaucracy has already claimed her life.
Danny Nguyen is a writer and recent graduate from Vanderbilt University where he studied molecular and cellular biology, and medicine, health and society. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/San-Francisco-government-17256592.php | 2022-06-22 11:40:56 | 0 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/San-Francisco-government-17256592.php |
Legally blind runner from Warren sets personal best at Boston Marathon
Rob Sanchas of Warren, a legally blind runner who completed his 14th marathon on Monday, crossed the Boston Marathon finish line at 5:09:09 — beating his previous Boston best by over 90 minutes.
Sanchas, 54, ran the entire 26.2 miles with the assistance of Jeremy Howard, of Little Compton. Howard is an ultra-marathoner and first-time marathon guide. The duo teamed up to raise money for The Play Brigade — a Boston-based nonprofit which advocates for inclusive recreational and play opportunities for people of all abilities. The team raised $24,631 for The Play Brigade.
“We are grateful for Rob and Jeremy’s dedication to each other and to The Play Brigade,” said Dawn Oates. Oates founded The Play Brigade after her daughter Harper was paralyzed during a catastrophic spinal cord injury at birth. “Completing the Boston Marathon is a feat worth celebrating no matter what, but for Rob to best his previous time by over an hour and a half is a testament to his grit as well as the trust he has in Jeremy.”
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“It was an amazing journey with Jeremy through a kaleidoscope of sensory input and runners from all sides,” said Sanchas. “Finishing with a Boston personal best time of 1 hour and 31 minutes faster than I did in 2019 was incredible.”
"This was my fifth Boston, but my first time guiding, and it goes down, without a doubt, as my most memorable,” said Howard.
“Rob poured his heart out on the course and his completion of a personal best is a testament to this." | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/sports/outdoors/2022/04/19/legally-blind-runner-rob-sanchas-warren-sets-personal-best-boston-marathon-jeremy-howard/7367164001/ | 2022-04-20 00:40:04 | 0 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/sports/outdoors/2022/04/19/legally-blind-runner-rob-sanchas-warren-sets-personal-best-boston-marathon-jeremy-howard/7367164001/ |
WARSAW, Poland — A gift that a Polish police commander received during a recent visit to Ukraine exploded at police headquarters in Warsaw, causing the commander and a civilian employee to suffer minor injuries, the Polish Interior Ministry said Thursday.
The commander met with leaders of the Ukrainian Police and Emergency Situations Service on Sunday and Monday, the ministry said.
Following the explosion, “the Polish side has asked the Ukrainian side to provide relevant explanations,” it said.
It added that the police commander has been in a hospital since Wednesday for observation, while the civilian employee did not require hospitalization.
Poland is an ally of Ukraine and has been offering it different forms of support since Russia’s full-scale invasion on Feb. 24. Poland has sent military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine and accepted large numbers of refugees. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/gift-from-ukraine-explodes-at-polish-police-headquarters/2022/12/15/68126b06-7c80-11ed-bb97-f47d47466b9a_story.html | 2022-12-15 14:12:13 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/gift-from-ukraine-explodes-at-polish-police-headquarters/2022/12/15/68126b06-7c80-11ed-bb97-f47d47466b9a_story.html |
The Senate has officially received the debt ceiling bill after the House overwhelmingly passed it last night.
Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with NPR congressional correspondent Claudia Grisales about how it passed the House and what’s next in the Senate.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Monday announced she will seek a third term in office in 2024 and laid out an ambitious to-do list for the coming years.
In a video released on social media, Warren laid out a series of policy items on which she hopes to make progress, including passing stricter rules on banks, a wealth tax, universal child care and boosting her state’s transportation system and coastal communities.
“I first ran for Senate because I saw how the system is rigged for the rich and powerful and against everyone else. I won because Massachusetts voters know it, too. And now I’m running for Senate again because there’s a lot more we’ve got to do,” Warren said in the video announcement.
“We know it won’t be easy. We’ve seen the powerful forces against us and how extreme the Republicans are. But the last ten years have taught us that when we organize, when we hold those in power accountable, when we fight righteous fights — then we can make positive change,” Warren continued.
The 2:30-minute clip also featured a number of Massachusetts political figures, including Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.)
Warren won her seat in 2012 and has since become a leading voice for progressives on myriad issues. After defeating incumbent Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) by 7 percentage points, she coasted to her first reelection victory in 2018 by a 24-point margin.
Her 2020 presidential run never quite took off, however. She dropped out after failing to win a single state and coming in third in her home state on Super Tuesday.
Warren has found herself in the center of the conversation once again in recent weeks over the banking downturn, headlined by the failing of Silicon Valley Bank.
In total, Democrats hold 23 seats that are up for reelection in 2024, while Republicans have only 10. | https://www.wdtn.com/hill-politics/elizabeth-warren-announces-senate-reelection-bid/ | 2023-03-27 14:36:55 | 0 | https://www.wdtn.com/hill-politics/elizabeth-warren-announces-senate-reelection-bid/ |
Wolters Kluwer Analysis: More than Half of U.S. States to Increase Minimum Wage in 2023
Published: Dec. 15, 2022 at 3:00 PM CST|Updated: 4 hours ago
Several other states have increases set to take effect in later years
NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Several states across the country are days away from implementing increases in minimum wage, according to payroll experts at Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. So far, a total of 26 states have announced raises in minimum wage in 2023, and at least one state is likely to see an increase in July. To support employers, labor attorneys, and employees across the country, Wolters Kluwer has prepared a comprehensive analysis of legislative updates to outline the states that will raise their minimum wage in the coming years.
"The biggest factor in the minimum wage adjustments for 2023 is the high rate of inflation seen in the last year," said Deirdre Kennedy, senior payroll analyst at Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. "Different states are setting their own rules – including a cap on the percentage the minimum wage can increase – given the intense impact that inflation can have."
Key takeaways from the analysis of upcoming minimum wage changes include:
The highest state rate is in Washington, at $15.74 per hour while the District of Columbia's minimum wage is $16.10.
Thirteen states, the District of Columbia, and numerous cities and counties tie their minimum wage rate to the Consumer Price Index (CPI), resulting in a significant increase in pay for hourly employees in those areas. Some states have implemented a cap on the percentage that the minimum wage can increase to protect against big jumps in the minimum wage in times of high inflation. More states will begin inflation-based increases in future years after concluding schedules of fixed-rate increases.
Several states will continue with their scheduled increases to the minimum wage, with both Delaware and Maryland seeing an increase of $1.25, reaching $11.75 and $13.25 (for large employers) respectively. Massachusetts' minimum wage is $15.00 as of January 1 and Connecticut's will reach $15.00 on June 1. More states are still on track to reach a minimum wage of $15 per hour within the next few years, including New Jersey by 2024; Delaware, Illinois, Maryland (large employers), and Rhode Island by 2025; and Florida and Maryland (small employers) by 2026.
Michigan may see two increases to its minimum wage in the first two months of 2023. A scheduled increase from the current $9.87 to $10.10 will go into effect January 1. The laws that established the scheduled increase were struck down by the Michigan Court of Claims, however, returning the minimum wage to that established by two prior voter-initiated laws which would have brought the minimum wage to $12.00 in 2022 and tied future increases to inflation. The court has delayed the effective date of its ruling to February 19, 2023, at which time the minimum wage will increase to $13.03 per hour should an appeal of the court's ruling fail.
Two states and the District of Columbia saw ballot measures affecting minimum wage pass in the November midterm elections. Nebraska voters supported Initiative 433, which increases the state's minimum wage to $15 per hour, up from $9 per hour, by 2026. The minimum wage will adjust annually based on inflation after 2026. Voters in Nevada approved a measure raising the minimum wage to $12 per hour in 2024. The measure also removes the existing provision that sets different rates for the minimum wage based on whether the employer offers certain health benefits to employees. In D.C., voters approved Initiative 82, a ballot measure that eliminates the tip credit by 2027. At that time, tipped employees' wages will align with wages for non-tipped employees.
Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. analysis on upcoming state minimum wage increases can be found on its research platform VitalLaw and below:
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You can find more from all of today’s “Life.Style.Live!” guests at the links below:
Mixologist Brett Butler
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Fit 4 Mom
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Circus, Calliope and Mechanical Music Festival
You can find more from all of today’s “Life.Style.Live!” guests at the links below:
Mixologist Brett Butler
Juneteenth Foodways Festival
Fit 4 Mom
Silly Safaris – Amazon John
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Author Rick Riordan is letting anyone who calls themselves a fan of his Percy Jackson franchise that racism will never be tolerated. On Tuesday, the writer published a blog post condemning the racist backlash against Leah Sava Jeffries, the 12-year-old actress cast to play Annabeth Chase in the upcoming Disney+ series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
"If you have a problem with this casting, however, take it up with me. You have no one else to blame," the author wrote. "We should be able to agree that bullying and harassing a child online is inexcusably wrong. As strong as Leah is, as much as we have discussed the potential for this kind of reaction and the intense pressure this role will bring, the negative comments she has received online are out of line. They need to stop. Now."
"I have been clear, as the author, that I was looking for the best actors to inhabit and bring to life the personalities of these characters, and that physical appearance was secondary for me. We did that," he added. "We took a year to do this process thoroughly and find the best of the best. This trio is the best. Leah Jeffries is Annabeth Chase."
The author also tackled the comments from fans who decried the racist label of their criticisms, pointing out the fallacy of those arguments when the key difference between Jeffries and Annabeth is their race. If fans were truly upset about the character's blonde hair and gray eyes, they would simply ask that those features be included, not protest the actress' casting.
"You are upset/disappointed/frustrated/angry because a Black actor has been cast to play a character who was described as white in the books. 'She doesn’t look the way I always imagined,'" he mused. "You refuse to believe her selection could have been based on merit. Without having seen her play the part, you have pre-judged her (pre + judge = prejudice) and decided she must have been hired simply to fill a quota or tick a diversity box... You are judging her appropriateness for this role solely and exclusively on how she looks. She is a Black girl playing someone who was described in the books as white. Friends, that is racism."
He later concluded, "Watch the show or don't. That's your call. But this will be an adaptation that I am proud of, and which fully honors the spirit of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, taking the bedtime story I told my son twenty years ago to make him feel better about being neurodivergent, and improving on it so that kids all over the world can continue to see themselves as heroes at Camp Half-Blood."
Variety first broke the news of Jeffries' casting on May 5. She will star show alongside Walker Scobell as the titular character and Aryan Simhadri as Grover. The series adaptation of the book series was ordered at the streamer back in January and will tell the fantastical tale of the titular 12-year-old modern demigod (Scobell), who's just coming to terms with his newfound supernatural powers when the sky god Zeus accuses him of stealing his master lightning bolt. With help from his friends, Grover and Annabeth, Percy must embark on an adventure of a lifetime to find it and restore order to Olympus.
Annabeth is a true daughter of the Greek goddess, Athena. In a press release from Disney+, she's described as a brilliant strategist with an active and curious mind. She trains Percy to survive the mythological world, and in turn, he helps her connect with her humanity after she's spent the last five years at Camp Half-Blood.
Despite none of the three actors resembling the characters as they were originally written in Riordan's novels, Jeffries' casting specifically faced outrage online because she is Black and Annabeth has been portrayed as white.
"Making an explicitly white character [Black] feels like he’s forcing and trying too hard in the wrong places," wrote one Twitter user after the announcement.
"I like Grover and I like percy, ok, but annabeth. I'm sure she's a great actress, but just WHY go against a DESCRIPTION YOU gave US," another tweeted.
The wave of negativity spread quickly, with Jeffries revealing on an Instagram Live that her Tik ok had been banned after people reported her account, upset about her casting. "They literally took down my whole account," she said.
But the actress has since received support from others, including Riordan's wife, Rebecca Riordan, and Alexandra Daddario, who formerly played the fictional character.
The 36-year-old actress sent love for her successor on Wednesday, writing, "Leah Jeffries is going to be an incredible Annabeth!!!"
Rebecca, who serves as an executive producer for the new Disney+ program, criticized the hatred directed toward Jeffries, writing on Twitter, "Leave Leah alone."
"Demagoguery is a good word to know," Rebecca said in a quote tweet of her own message from May 6 reminding fans that there is "no room" for such treatment online.
"Do we need to have a talk about the intersectionality of misogyny and racism? Misogyny is equally a problem here. We condemn both," she wrote. "Getting yelled at? Annabeth doesn't belong to you. She never did."
During her recent Instagram Live, Jeffries thanked her supporters for showing her love while she copes with the racist backlash. She also vowed to not let her critics bring her down.
"To whoever is hating, stop doing that! Like, I know you think that's going to hurt me though. It's not. You're just wasting time," she said in a clip of the Live shared by a user on Twitter. "I'm still confident in myself. Everybody else is confident. Everybody else is happy for me. So don't try to bring me down. It's not going to work."
Jeffries, Scobell and Simhadri will begin filming the highly anticipated Disney+ series this summer.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — In his campaign for a crucial U.S. Senate seat, Democrat John Fetterman takes credit for reinventing Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor’s office, transforming it from a political pit stop into a “bully pulpit” from which he’s advanced progressive causes.
Records from Fetterman’s four years in office, however, offer a different portrait of his time in the $179,000-a-year elected job. They show Fetterman typically kept a light work schedule and was often absent from state business, including presiding over the state Senate, which is one of his chief duties, according to an Associated Press review of his daily calendars and attendance records.
The review found that Fetterman’s daily schedule was blank during roughly one-third of workdays from January 2019, when he first took office, to May of this year, when he suffered a serious stroke. Even on days where his schedule showed he was active, a typical work day for Fetterman lasted between four and five hours, the records show.
The findings, which focus entirely on his tenure before his stroke, are notable because Fetterman points to his time as lieutenant governor as a leading credential in his Senate campaign. And as his bid for a seat that could swing the Senate majority becomes more competitive, some Democrats privately worry that Fetterman is proving a lackluster candidate and losing ground in the campaign.
Fetterman’s campaign didn’t explain the gaps in his schedule. In a statement, his spokesman, Joe Calvello, said that “this report is a misleading and inaccurate reflection of John’s actual schedule that totally fails to capture the breadth of his official work and his accomplishments.”
Fetterman didn’t respond to interview requests, but he said in a statement that he’s “shown I can have an impact beyond the prescribed power of a given office.”
“As lieutenant governor,” he said, “my record of showing up and shaking up this office has transformed the Board of Pardons, saved Pennsylvania millions in taxpayer dollars, and grown support in our state for defending LGBTQIA+ rights, weed legalization, union workers, and raising the minimum wage.”
The job of lieutenant governor is typically a stopover for politicians seeking higher office and often comes with limited duties. In Pennsylvania, the primary legal responsibilities for a lieutenant governor are presiding over Senate sessions, chairing the Board of Pardons and heading up the governor’s emergency management committee.
There’s no suggestion that Fetterman’s absences prevented the state from conducting important business, and his formal calendars may not capture the full range of his activities.
And, due at least in part to Fetterman’s criminal justice advocacy, the state agency that handles applications for pardons and commutations of life sentences saw a surge in activity while he chaired it. That produced a big jump in grants of clemency by Gov. Tom Wolf.
Fetterman’s defenders say the pandemic sapped opportunities for him to take a more active role and note that Wolf did not call on him to take on a bigger workload.
“I believe he … would have to liked to,” state Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa, D-Allegheny, said of Fetterman. “Every time (Wolf) called on John to communicate, he did.”
In a statement, Wolf said Fetterman’s office has “limited responsibilities” but called him “a dedicated public servant who has supported my priorities over the past four years.”
Fetterman’s daily schedules offer a window into his time in office, detailing his obligations including meetings, phone calls, hearings and even drive time to events around the state.
In 2019, Fetterman’s first year in office, he regularly attended ribbon cuttings and conducted a statewide listening tour focused on legalizing marijuana. Still, on 47 different work days he had nothing on his schedules.
His workload plummeted after the coronavirus pandemic hit, the schedules show.
For months, starting in March 2020, his work days often consisted of a morning meeting focused on the pandemic that typically lasted 45 minutes, sometimes followed by interviews with local and national journalists. Occasionally he would attend virtual events.
But Fetterman also did not take an active role and seldom participated in the daily Cabinet meetings, even though he was tapped to head a task force on disparities in the COVID-19 response. It produced a 32-page report.
In some cases, he booked national media interviews during times he otherwise had state business to attend to, including presiding over the Senate, or pandemic work group meetings.
During a one-month period beginning in October 2020, the vast majority of events listed on Fetterman’s calendar were interviews with national or Washington-based news outlets, with a scattering of official duties and events mixed in, the records show.
In 2021, Fetterman’s calendars showed 115 work days with no activities or events listed. That includes a period that stretched from the end of June to mid-September where Fetterman’s schedules were largely blank, listing a total of about 11 hours worked during that period.
In the first half of 2022, lasting up to his stroke, there are nearly 70 days with nothing on listed on his schedule.
Fetterman’s work ethic has been a persistent focus of attack in the Senate campaign by Republicans who characterize the 53-year-old as a trust fund beneficiary who never had a paying job until he was elected lieutenant governor. Fetterman’s father was a partner in an insurance firm.
Asked on a radio program Wednesday to respond to the claim that he’d “never worked a day in your life,” Fetterman said it wasn’t true.
For 13 years he was the mayor of Braddock, a tiny, struggling steel town of 2,000 residents outside Pittsburgh.
He called being mayor “a full-time job, fighting to bring (back) a community that was abandoned, left behind.” Fetterman has also told of working for an insurance firm in Connecticut in the 1990s. He also held a job helping young people get GED certificates.
Still, Fetterman’s 2015 financial disclosure when he first ran for U.S. Senate showed that he was paid just $1,800 a year to be Braddock’s mayor and lived off $54,000 given to him by his parents that year alone. Property records show that he bought his home in Braddock from his sister for $1.
That has fueled a 25-second digital ad from the campaign of Republican nominee Mehmet Oz that touts the legend “Freeloading Fetterman” over the vague image of a man in a black hoodie — Fetterman wears hoodies just about everywhere he goes. The narrator finishes, “Thank goodness for daddy’s deep pockets.”
At a rally in Wilkes-Barre last month, former President Donald Trump called Fetterman “a spoiled and entitled socialist loser who leeched off his parents’ money — you know he lives on his parents’ money — until he was 49 years old.”
It’s a line of criticism first used by Fetterman’s Democratic rivals in past campaigns, whispering that he blew off city council meetings rather than face critics while serving as mayor of Braddock.
Records show that Fetterman skipped at least 53 city council meetings during his 13 years as the town’s mayor, or roughly one-third of the meetings held during his tenure.
It’s a trend that extends to his duties presiding over the Pennsylvania state Senate.
In 2020, Fetterman did not preside during 27 of the 53 Senate sessions that year, according to Senate journals, a period when the chamber adapted to the pandemic by letting numerous members connect to sessions through video links.
Fetterman did not show up for one-third of the Senate’s 59 session days in 2021. This year, he was present for 15 of 16 session days before suffering a stroke in May.
He came back to preside over the Senate’s session on Sept. 21 — then skipped the next two days of Senate sessions as he returned to the campaign trail.
Fetterman’s campaign attributes 20 of his absences in 2020 to COVID-19 restrictions — although that did not stop a number of senators from attending sessions in person. It also attributed 10 absences to conflicts with Board of Pardons meetings or other official business.
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Nebraska’s Leading Economic Indicator Shows Ongoing Decline
(KFOR NEWS January 6, 2023) Lincoln, NE Nebraska’s leading economic indicator fell again in November, according to the most recent report from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The indicator, designed to predict economic activity six months into the future, dropped 0.16%.
“The leading indicator has dropped in four of the past six months, suggesting that there will be no growth in the Nebraska economy in the first half of 2023,” said economist Eric Thompson, director of the Bureau of Business Research, department chair and K.H. Nelson Professor of Economics.
The six components of the indicator are business expectations, building permits for single-family homes, airline passenger counts, initial claims for unemployment insurance, the value of the U.S. dollar and manufacturing hours worked.
Initial claims for unemployment insurance rose in November. “Increasing claims for unemployment insurance indicate that the Nebraska labor market is softening,” Thompson said.
Manufacturing hours worked also dropped. “Manufacturing is a cyclical industry, with declines spilling over to other sectors of the economy,” Thompson said.
The full report and a technical report describing the indicators are available at the Bureau of Business Research website, https://bbr.unl.edu.
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Experts say ease of payment is convenient, but could overwhelm shoppers during holiday season
Payment plan is free to use, but late fees and missed payment fees apply
InvestigateTV - According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), from 2019 to 2021 the amount of money spent using Buy Now, Pay Later financing grew over 1,000% from $2B to over $24B.
By Now, Pay Later is when you finance a small amount, typically $50-$1,000, interest free, over the course of four payments over six weeks, with the first payment coming when you make the purchase.
There is no cost to use Buy Now, Pay Later, but there could be fees for missed or late payments.
Kim Palmer with NerdWallet pointed out that the challenge for consumers is it’s still a form of debt.”You still have to pay it back and it can be overwhelming, especially when you’re signing up for multiple buy now, pay later purchases,” Palmer said.
She pointed out the payment plan could be useful, especially if you suddenly need to make an essential purchase and you have no other way to fit it in your budget.
“But when we’re talking about the holiday shopping season, it can be really dangerous because you’re making all kinds of purchases that are not necessarily essential, and you want to try to avoid taking on so much debt that it makes it hard for you to pay it back,” Palmer said.
She said instead of turning to credit cards and Buy Now, Pay Later services this holiday, have a conversation with your family and friends about scaling back this year. She said we’re all facing financial stress this year from inflation and economic uncertainty, so tempering expectations and restraining your budget may be your best move right now.
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US adds a healthy 236,000 jobs despite Fed’s rate hikes
WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added a solid 236,000 jobs in March, reflecting a resilient labor market and suggesting that the Federal Reserve may see the need to keep raising interest rates in the coming months.
The unemployment rate fell to 3.5%, not far above the 53-year low of 3.4% set in January. Last month’s job growth was down from February’s gain of 326,000.
Friday’s government report suggested that the economy and the job market remain on solid footing despite nine rate hikes imposed over the past year by the Fed.
The March job gain may lead the Fed to conclude that the pace of hiring is still putting upward pressure on wages and inflation and that further rates hikes will be necessary. When the central bank tightens credit, it typically leads to higher rates on mortgages, auto loans, credit card borrowing and many business loans.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
WASHINGTON (AP) — For more than a year, the Federal Reserve’s inflation fighters have been tightening their grip on the American economy with nine straight interest rate hikes. A key goal has been to slow the sizzling pace of hiring to help cool price pressures.
So far, the job market has refused to crack.
Hiring was surprisingly robust in both January and February, confounding forecasters. The unemployment rate remains barely above half-century lows.
The latest economic signs, though, increasingly suggest that an economic slowdown may be upon us. Employers are posting fewer job openings. More Americans are lining up for unemployment aid. Manufacturers are in retreat. America’s trade with the rest of the world is shrinking. And though restaurants, retailers and other services companies are still growing, they are doing so more slowly.
“The economic data seem to show the economy slowing down dramatically in the first quarter of 2023, bolstering the hopes of Fed officials that less demand will somehow bring inflation down,″ Christopher Rupkey, chief economist at the research firm FWDBONDS LLC, wrote this week.
On Friday morning, the government will reveal whether the recent signs of weakness have finally caused hiring managers to begin a retreat. The Labor Department is expected to report that employers added 240,000 jobs in March, according to a survey of economists by the data firm FactSet.
That would be down from 504,000 jobs in January and 311,000 in February. But it would probably still be too much for the Fed, which might conclude that the pace of hiring is still putting upward pressure on wages and prices and that further interest rates hikes are necessary.
For Fed officials, taming inflation is Job One. They were slow to respond after consumer prices started surging in the spring of 2021, concluding that it was only a temporary consequence of supply bottlenecks caused by the economy’s surprisingly explosive rebound from the pandemic recession.
Only in March 2022 did the Fed begin raising its benchmark rate from near zero. In the past year, though, it has raised rates more aggressively than it had since the 1980s to attack the worst inflation bout since then.
And as borrowing costs have risen, inflation has steadily eased. The latest year-over-year consumer inflation rate — 6% — is well below the 9.1% rate it reached last June. But it’s still considerably above the Fed’s 2% target.
Complicating matters is turmoil in the financial system. Two big American banks failed in March, and higher rates and tighter credit conditions could further destabilize banks and depress borrowing and spending by consumers and businesses.
The Fed is aiming to achieve a so-called soft landing — slowing growth just enough to tame inflation without causing the world’s biggest economy to tumble into recession. Most economists doubt it will work; they expect a recession later this year.
So far, the economy has proved resilient in the face of ever-higher borrowing costs. America’s gross domestic product — the economy’s total output of goods and services — expanded at a healthy pace in second half of 2022. Yet recent data suggests that the economy is losing momentum.
On Monday, the Institute for Supply Management, an association of purchasing managers, reported that U.S. manufacturing activity contracted in March for a fifth straight month. Two days later, the ISM said that growth in services, which accounts for the vast majority of U.S. employment, had slowed sharply last month.
On Wednesday, the Commerce Department reported that U.S. exports and imports both fell in February in another sign that the global economy is weakening.
The Labor Department on Thursday said it had adjusted the way it calculates how many Americans are filing for unemployment benefits. The tweak added nearly 100,000 claims to its figures for the past two weeks and might explain why heavy layoffs in the tech industry this year had yet to show up on the unemployment rolls.
The Labor Department also reported this week that employers posted 9.9 million job openings in February, the fewest since May 2021 but still far higher than anything seen before 2021.
In its quest for a soft landing, the Fed has expressed hope that employers would ease wage pressures by advertising fewer vacancies rather than by cutting many existing jobs. The Fed also hopes that more Americans will start looking for work, thereby adding to the supply of labor and reducing pressure on employers to raise wages.
The unemployment rate can tick up when more people look for jobs and can’t find them right away. That’s because only people who are actively looking for a job are counted as unemployed.
Rubeela Farooqi, chief U.S. economist at High Frequency Economics, said that “a rise in payrolls close to (200,000), a modest uptick in the unemployment rate — on a rise in the civilian labor force — and a deceleration in average hourly earnings would be a ‘Goldilocks’ scenario from the Fed’s perspective.”
It would indicate, Farooqi said, “that the threat from wages to inflation is diminishing.”
On the other hand, she said, a March hiring gain closer to 300,000 would suggest that the Fed needs to do more to fight inflation.
“We don’t really have an accurate way to assess how the labor market is going to evolve in response to tighter monetary policy,” Farooqi said. “We have been expecting a loosening in labor market conditions for some time. Maybe that is now imminent.”
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Invasive 'Jesus Christ Lizard' could be harmful to people, Florida's environment
TAMPA, Fla. - A lizard with a unique nickname could be harmful to Florida's environment and possibly harmful to people, according to biologists.
Some people refer to it as the "Jesus Christ Lizard," because the creature can walk on water. More accurately, it runs atop the water.
The actual name of the animal is the Brown Basilisk lizard. It’s native to parts of Mexico, Central America and South America. University of Florida IFAS Extension Agent Ken Gioeli said they’re now living in the wild in South and Central Florida, because people have bought them as pets, and they’ve escaped or have been released.
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He said they tend to live along fresh water canals.
Gioeli said Brown Basilisks are carnivores, and they feed on insects, including invasive mosquitos, which also bite the lizards.
"They have the potential to transmit these mosquito borne diseases, so there’s a possible human health impact there," Gioeli said.
The Basilisks may also be eating native butterflies and native lizards, which could negatively impact the Florida environment.
Online videos from National Geographic and other sources show "Jesus Christ Lizards" running atop the water. Scientists said the size and shape of their feet allow this "miracle" of nature.
Gioeli and other scientists are calling on Floridians who see the lizards to snap photos and upload them on a state app called "IveGot1."
He said the app also provides biologists with the location of the lizards so that they can chart the spread of the invaders and recommend further action. | https://www.fox13news.com/news/invasive-jesus-christ-lizard-could-be-harmful-to-people-floridas-environment | 2023-02-21 01:10:17 | 1 | https://www.fox13news.com/news/invasive-jesus-christ-lizard-could-be-harmful-to-people-floridas-environment |
Jan. 9, 2023 College Football Championship — Georgia 65, TCU 7
Dec. 31, 2022 Fiesta Bowl — TCU 51, Michigan 45
Dec. 26, 2018 Cheez-It Bowl — TCU 10, California 7, OT
Dec. 28, 2017 Alamo Bowl — TCU 39, Stanford 37
Dec. 30, 2016 Liberty Bowl — Georgia 31, TCU 23
Jan. 2, 2016 Alamo Bowl — TCU 47, Oregon 41, 3OT
Dec. 31, 2014 Peach Bowl — TCU 42, Mississippi 3
Dec. 29, 2012 Insight Bowl — Michigan St. 17, TCU 16
Dec. 21, 2011 Poinsettia Bowl — TCU 31, Louisiana Tech 24
Jan. 1, 2011 Rose Bowl — TCU 21, Wisconsin 19
Jan. 4, 2010 Fiesta Bowl — Boise St. 17, TCU 10
Dec. 23, 2008 Poinsettia Bowl — TCU 17, Boise St. 16
Dec. 28, 2007 Texas Bowl — TCU 20, Houston 13
Dec. 19, 2006 Poinsettia Bowl — TCU 37, Northern Illinois 7
Dec. 31, 2005 Houston Bowl — TCU 27, Iowa St. 24
Dec. 23, 2003 Fort Worth Bowl — Boise St. 34, TCU 31
Dec. 31, 2002 Liberty Bowl — TCU 17, Colorado St. 3
Dec. 28, 2001 Galleryfurniture.com Bowl — Texas A&M 28, TCU 9
Dec. 20, 2000 Mobile Alabama Bowl — Southern Miss. 28, TCU 21
Dec. 22, 1999 Mobile Alabama Bowl — TCU 28, East Carolina 14
Dec. 31, 1998 Sun Bowl — TCU 28, Southern Cal 19
Dec. 28, 1994 Independence Bowl — Virginia 20, TCU 10
Dec. 31, 1984 Bluebonnet Bowl — West Virginia 31, TCU 14
Dec. 31, 1965 Sun Bowl — UTEP 13, TCU 12
Dec. 19, 1959 Bluebonnet Bowl — Clemson 23, TCU 7
Jan. 1, 1959 Cotton Bowl — TCU 0, Air Force 0, tie
Jan. 1, 1957 Cotton Bowl — TCU 28, Syracuse 27
Jan. 2, 1956 Cotton Bowl — Mississippi 14, TCU 13
Jan. 1, 1952 Cotton Bowl — Kentucky 20, TCU 7
Jan. 1, 1948 Delta Bowl — Mississippi 13, TCU 9
Jan. 1, 1945 Cotton Bowl — Oklahoma St. 34, TCU 0
Jan. 1, 1942 Orange Bowl — Georgia 40, TCU 26
Jan. 2, 1939 Sugar Bowl — TCU 15, Carnegie Mellon 7
Jan. 1, 1937 Cotton Bowl — TCU 16, Marquette 6
Jan. 1, 1936 Sugar Bowl — TCU 3, LSU 2
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MIDLAND, Texas — High school graduation is a milestone into adulthood for a lot of teenagers.
However, there are some adults who didn’t get the chance to earn their diploma.
But for one Midland woman who didn’t get the chance either, she wasn’t going to let it stand 43 years later.
61-year-old Teresa Ramirez was just months away from graduation back in 1980, but that just didn’t end up happening at the time.
“I was in high school, and it was my last semester, and I was just going through a lot of things," said Ramirez. "I was working and struggling, so I just dropped out. I always wanted to graduate, but things just didn’t go that way.”
It wasn’t until this year that she fulfilled the promise she made to herself. To earn a high school diploma.
Best of all, she got to graduate alongside her grandson.
She's so happy to have gotten to this point.
"It means a whole lot, because I know my mom and dad wanted me to graduate," said Ramirez. "You know, family of eight, they wanted all their children to graduate, and for myself as well. I just felt like I accomplished a lot, I got my diploma and it's just awesome. It's a great feeling." | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/nation-world/61-year-old-high-school-diploma-43-years-later/513-cfee9256-c41c-485d-adb9-156a5728fff6 | 2023-06-08 22:20:55 | 1 | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/nation-world/61-year-old-high-school-diploma-43-years-later/513-cfee9256-c41c-485d-adb9-156a5728fff6 |
Union organizers at Bates College are calling on the National Labor Relations Board to count election ballots that have been sealed for more than a year.
Bates employees voted in the union election in January of 2022. But the ballots have yet to be counted because the school filed a request to review the structure of the union and its inclusion of all Bates staff and non-tenure faculty.
A previous rule required that the election ballots be held and impounded while the board reviews the college's request.
But Jeffrey Young, an attorney representing the organizers, said that the NLRB announced last week that it would rescind that rule — opening the door for the ballots to be counted.
"My understanding is that, in two similar instances, the NLRB has already ordered the opening and counting of ballots. We're hopeful they'll do the same here," Young said.
Union organizers have now filed a motion with the National Labor Relations Board requesting that the board order that the ballots be opened and counted.
In a statement, Bates President Clayton Spencer said that the college opposed a request earlier this month for the NLRB's Regional Director to count the ballots.
"We opposed this request, because, among other things, it is not clear whether the change in the rule applies retroactively to cases, like ours, already pending before the Board or whether it applies only to future cases."
"Additionally, since our case questions the way the bargaining unit—and by extension the voting unit or units—is defined, opening ballots before the full Board in Washington has ruled on the underlying question of whether the unit is appropriate is particularly problematic in this case," Spencer wrote in a letter to employees.
Spencer added that she recognized "the frustration of union-eligible employees, regardless of how you voted," in not yet knowing the final outcome of the union vote. | https://www.mainepublic.org/news/2023-03-17/bates-union-organizers-call-for-count-of-election-ballots-that-have-been-sealed-for-more-than-a-year | 2023-03-17 19:02:51 | 0 | https://www.mainepublic.org/news/2023-03-17/bates-union-organizers-call-for-count-of-election-ballots-that-have-been-sealed-for-more-than-a-year |
WFO SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, December 27, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Hanford CA
718 PM PST Tue Dec 27 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM PST THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of central California, including the following
counties, Kern and Tulare.
* WHEN...Until 915 PM PST.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 718 PM PST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain. Minor
flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the
advisory area.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Bakersfield, Wasco, Arvin, Shafter, Tehachapi, Taft,
Maricopa, Lamont, Weedpatch, Mettler, Stallion Springs,
Rosedale, Golden Hills, Bodfish, Tupman, Dustin Acres,
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Daily Game" game were:
1-8-9
(one, eight, nine)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Daily Game" game were:
1-8-9
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VANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Ritchie Bros. (NYSE: RBA) (TSX: RBA) announces that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of US$0.27 per common share, payable on March 3, 2023 to shareholders of record on February 10, 2023. This dividend is considered an eligible dividend for Canadian income tax purposes.
About Ritchie Bros.:
Established in 1958, Ritchie Bros. (NYSE and TSX: RBA) is a global asset management and disposition company, offering customers end-to-end solutions for buying and selling used heavy equipment, trucks and other assets. Operating in a number of sectors, including construction, transportation, agriculture, energy, mining, and forestry, the company's selling channels include: Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, the world's largest industrial auctioneer offering live auction events with online bidding; IronPlanet, an online marketplace with weekly featured auctions and providing the exclusive IronClad Assurance® equipment condition certification; Marketplace-E, a controlled marketplace offering multiple price and timing options; Ritchie List, a self-serve listing service for North America; Mascus, a leading European online equipment listing service; Ritchie Bros. Private Treaty, offering privately negotiated sales; and sector-specific solutions GovPlanet, TruckPlanet, and Ritchie Bros. Energy. The Company's suite of solutions also includes Ritchie Bros. Asset Solutions and Rouse Services LLC, which together provides a complete end-to-end asset management, data-driven intelligence and performance benchmarking system; SmartEquip, an innovative technology platform that supports customers' management of the equipment lifecycle and integrates parts procurement with both OEMs and dealers; plus equipment financing and leasing through Ritchie Bros. Financial Services. For more information about Ritchie Bros., visit RitchieBros.com.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- eHealth, Inc. (Nasdaq: EHTH), a leading private online health insurance marketplace, today announced that the company plans to release first quarter 2023 financial results on Tuesday, May 9, 2023.
The company will hold an earnings conference call beginning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on May 9th to discuss these results. The call will be hosted by eHealth's chief executive officer, Fran Soistman and eHealth's chief financial officer, John Stelben.
Individuals interested in listening to the conference call may do so by dialing (888) 259-6580. The participant passcode is 22387816.
A live webcast of the earnings call will be available at eHealth.com under the Investor Relations section. The webcast replay will also be available on our investor relations website two hours following the conclusion of the call and will be archived for a period of one year. The company suggests participants for both the conference call and those listening via the web dial in or sign on at least 15 minutes in advance of the call.
About eHealth, Inc.
For over 25 years, eHealth, Inc. (Nasdaq: EHTH) has expertly guided American consumers with innovative technology and licensed advisor support to help them find health insurance and related options. Through its proprietary health insurance marketplace at eHealth.com, eHealth has connected more than eight million members with quality, affordable coverage. eHealth offers Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, Medicare Part D, individual, family, small business, and ancillary plans from approximately 200 health insurance companies nationwide. For more information about eHealth, please visit us at eHealth.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Environmentalists lost the first round of their legal battle over a major oil project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope on Monday as a judge rejected their requests to halt immediate construction work related to the Willow project, but they vowed not to give up.
The court’s decision means ConocoPhillips Alaska can forge ahead with cold-weather construction work, including mining gravel and using it for a road toward the Willow project. Environmentalists worry that noise from blasting and road construction could affect caribou.
U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason said she took into account support for the project by Alaska political leaders — including state lawmakers and Alaska’s bipartisan congressional delegation. She said she also gave “considerable weight” to the support for Willow by an Alaska Native village corporation, an Alaska Native regional corporation and the North Slope Borough, while also recognizing that project support among Alaska Natives is not unanimous.
Environmental groups and an Alaska Native organization, Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic, had asked Gleason to delay construction related to Willow while their lawsuits are pending. They ultimately want Gleason to overturn the project’s approval, saying the U.S. Bureau of Land Management failed to consider an adequate range of alternatives.
Gleason said the construction work that ConocoPhillips Alaska plans for this month is “substantially narrower in scope than the Willow Project as a whole,” and the groups did not succeed in showing it would cause irreparable harm before she makes a decision on the merits of the cases.
Rebecca Boys, a company spokesperson, said ConocoPhillips Alaska appreciates the backing it has received from those “who recognize that Willow will provide meaningful opportunities for Alaska Native communities and the state of Alaska, and domestic energy for America.”
To prevent the worst of climate change’s future harms, including even more extreme weather, the head of the United Nations recently called for an end to new fossil fuel exploration and for rich countries to quit coal, oil and gas by 2040.
A ConocoPhillips Alaska executive, Stephen Bross, warned in court documents that an order blocking construction could make it “impossible” for the project to begin production by Sept. 1, 2029, and the company risks having its leases expire if the unit hasn’t produced oil by then.
One of the suits, filed by Earthjustice on behalf of numerous environmental groups, says the government analyzed an inadequate range of alternatives “based on the mistaken conclusion that it must allow ConocoPhillips to fully develop its leases.” It also says the environmental review underlying Willow’s approval didn’t assess the full climate consequences of authorizing the project because it didn’t analyze greenhouse gas emissions from other projects in the region that could follow.
The Willow project is in the northeast portion of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, where there has been debate over how much of the region should be available to oil and gas development.
The Biden administration in 2022 limited oil and gas leasing to just over half the reserve, which is home to polar bears, caribou, millions of migratory birds and other wildlife. There are multiple exploration and development projects within 50 miles (80 kilometers) of the Willow project, including other discoveries being pursued by ConocoPhillips Alaska, the state’s largest oil producer.
The other lawsuit, filed by Trustees for Alaska on behalf of Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic and environmental groups, said federal agencies failed to take a “hard look at the direct, indirect and cumulative impacts” of the Willow project and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service failed to address impacts to polar bears, a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.
Bridget Psarianos, lead staff attorney with Trustees for Alaska, said in a statement that Gleason’s decision is “heartbreaking for all who want to protect local communities and prevent more devastating climate impacts in the Arctic and around the world. We will do everything we can to protect the region while the merits of our case get heard.”
Erik Grafe, deputy managing attorney for Earthjustice in Alaska, said while this round of legal challenges “did not produce the outcome we had hoped for, our court battle continues.”
Justice Department lawyers had argued that last month’s decision by the Biden administration approving Willow was “based in science and consistent with all legal requirements.” They also said the environmental review thoroughly analyzed emissions related to the use of oil produced by the project and called the analysis sought by Earthjustice overreaching.
State political leaders, including Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy, and labor unions have touted Willow as a job creator, expected to produce up to 180,000 barrels of oil a day. That’s significant, because major existing fields are aging and the flow of oil through the trans-Alaska pipeline is a fraction of what it was at its peak in the late 1980s.
Many Alaska Native leaders on the North Slope and groups with ties to the region have argued that the project is economically vital for their communities. Nagruk Harcharek, president of the Voice of Arctic Iñupiat, whose members include leaders from across much of the North Slope, called Gleason’s decision “another step forward for Alaska, Alaska Native self-determination, and for America’s energy security.”
But some Alaska Native leaders in the community closest to the project, Nuiqsut, have expressed concerns about impacts to their subsistence lifestyles and worried that their voices haven’t been heard.
Using the oil that Willow would produce over the 30-year life of the project would emit roughly as much greenhouse gas as the combined emissions from 1.7 million passenger cars over the same period. Climate activists say the project flies in the face of President Joe Biden’s pledges to cut carbon emissions and move to clean energy.
The administration has defended the decision on Willow and the president’s climate record. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, who opposed Willow when she was a New Mexico congresswoman, last month called the project a “difficult and complex issue” involving leases issued by prior administrations. She said there was “limited decision space” and the administration had “focused on how to reduce the project’s footprint and minimize its impacts to people and to wildlife.”
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Keno" game were:
01-03-05-08-14-19-20-25-26-32-33-35-40-45-50-55-57-62-69-72-77-80
(one, three, five, eight, fourteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-five, twenty-six, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-five, forty, forty-five, fifty, fifty-five, fifty-seven, sixty-two, sixty-nine, seventy-two, seventy-seven, eighty) | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/winning-numbers-drawn-in-keno-game-17748899.php | 2023-01-29 02:38:41 | 1 | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/winning-numbers-drawn-in-keno-game-17748899.php |
Today in History
Today is Thursday, April 27, the 117th day of 2023. There are 248 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On April 27, 1994, former President Richard M. Nixon was remembered at an outdoor funeral service attended by all five of his successors at the Nixon presidential library in Yorba Linda, California.
On this date:
In 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed by natives in the Philippines.
In 1810, Ludwig van Beethoven wrote one of his most famous piano compositions, the Bagatelle in A-minor.
In 1813, the Battle of York took place in Upper Canada during the War of 1812 as a U.S. force defeated the British garrison in present-day Toronto before withdrawing.
In 1865, the steamer Sultana, carrying freed Union prisoners of war, exploded on the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee; death toll estimates vary from 1,500 to 2,000.
In 1941, German forces occupied Athens during World War II.
In 1973, acting FBI Director L. Patrick Gray resigned after it was revealed that he’d destroyed files removed from the safe of Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt.
In 1978, 51 construction workers plunged to their deaths when a scaffold inside a cooling tower at the Pleasants Power Station site in West Virginia fell 168 feet to the ground.
In 1992, Russia and 12 other former Soviet republics won entry into the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
In 2010, former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was extradited from the United States to France, where he was later convicted of laundering drug money and received a seven-year sentence.
In 2011, powerful and deadly tornadoes raked the South and Midwest; more than 60 tornadoes crossed parts of Alabama, leaving about 250 people dead and thousands of others injured in the state.
In 2015, rioters plunged part of Baltimore into chaos, torching a pharmacy, setting police cars ablaze and throwing bricks at officers hours after thousands attended a funeral for Freddie Gray, a Black man who died from a severe spinal injury he’d suffered in police custody; the Baltimore Orioles’ home game against the Chicago White Sox was postponed because of safety concerns.
In 2019, a gunman opened fire inside a synagogue near San Diego as worshippers celebrated the last day of Passover, killing a woman and wounding the rabbi and two others. (John Earnest, a white supremacist, has been sentenced to both federal and state life prison terms.)
Ten years ago: North Korea announced that Kenneth Bae, an American missionary detained for nearly six months, was being tried in the Supreme Court on charges of plotting to overthrow the government (Bae was later sentenced to 15 years of hard labor; he was released in November 2014 along with another American, Matthew Miller). Center-left leader Enrico Letta forged a new Italian government in a coalition with former Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s conservatives.
Five years ago: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made history by crossing over to South Korea to meet with President Moon Jae-in; it was the first time a member of the Kim dynasty had set foot on southern soil since the end of the Korean War in 1953. The Republican-led House Intelligence Committee released a lengthy report concluding that it found no evidence that Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia in the 2016 presidential campaign. The members of the Swedish pop supergroup ABBA announced that they had recorded new material for the first time in 35 years, with two new songs.
One year ago: Russia cut off natural gas to NATO members Poland and Bulgaria and threatened to do the same to other countries, using its most essential export as an attempt to punish and divide the West for its united support of Ukraine. The United States and Russia carried out an unexpected prisoner exchange in a time of high tensions over the war in Ukraine, trading a Marine veteran jailed by Moscow for a convicted Russian drug trafficker serving a long prison sentence in America. World leaders and the U.S. political and foreign policy elite gathered at Washington's National Cathedral to pay their respects to the late Madeleine Albright, America's first female secretary of state.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Anouk Aimee (ah-NOOK’ EM’-ee) is 91. Rock musician Jim Keltner is 81. Rock singer Kate Pierson (The B-52’s) is 75. R&B singer Herb Murrell (The Stylistics) is 74. Actor Douglas Sheehan is 74. Rock musician Ace Frehley is 72. West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is 72. Pop singer Sheena Easton is 64. Actor James Le Gros (groh) is 61. Rock musician Rob Squires (Big Head Todd and the Monsters) is 58. Singer Mica (MEE’-shah) Paris is 54. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., is 54. Actor David Lascher is 51. Actor Maura West is 51. Actor Sally Hawkins is 47. Rock singer Jim James (My Morning Jacket) is 45. Rock musician Patrick Hallahan (My Morning Jacket) is 45. Rock singer-musician Travis Meeks (Days of the New) is 44. Country musician John Osborne (Brothers Osborne) is 41. Actor Francis Capra is 40. Actor Ari Graynor is 40. Rock singer-musician Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy) is 39. Actor Sheila Vand is 38. Actor Jenna Coleman is 37. Actor William Moseley is 36. Singer Lizzo is 35. Actor Emily Rios is 34. Singer Allison Iraheta is 31. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/today-in-history-april-27-deadly-alabama-17900962.php | 2023-04-17 07:19:51 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/today-in-history-april-27-deadly-alabama-17900962.php |
NEW YORK, Nov. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: EIGR) between March 10, 2021 and October 4, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important January 9, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Eiger securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Eiger class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=9654 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than January 9, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, throughout the Class Period, defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) defendants overstated Eiger's clinical and regulatory drug development expertise; (2) defendants failed to properly assess, and/or ignored issues with, the design of the TOGETHER study and its ability to support the peginterferon lambda Emergency Use Authorization ("EUA"); (3) there were issues with the conduct of the TOGETHER study and/or the TOGETHER study was not properly designed for the peginterferon lambda EUA in the current context of the pandemic; (4) as a result, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was unlikely to approve the submission of a peginterferon lambda EUA; (5) as a result of all the foregoing, peginterferon lambda's regulatory and commercial prospects for the treatment of COVID-19 were overstated; and (6) as a result, Eiger's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Eiger class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=9654 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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BEIJING (AP) — Moves by several countries to mandate COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving from China reflect global concern that new variants could emerge in its ongoing explosive outbreak — and that the government may not inform the rest of the world quickly enough.
There have been no reports of new variants to date, but China has been accused of not being forthcoming about the virus since it first surfaced in the country in late 2019. The worry is that it may not be sharing data now on any signs of evolving strains that could spark fresh outbreaks elsewhere.
The U.S., Japan, India, South Korea, Taiwan and Italy have announced testing requirements for passengers from China. The U.S. cited both the surge in infections and what it said was a lack of information, including genomic sequencing of the virus strains in the country.
Authorities in Taiwan and Japan have expressed similar concern.
“Right now the pandemic situation in China is not transparent,” Wang Pi-Sheng, the head of Taiwan’s epidemic command center, told The Associated Press. “We have a very limited grasp on its information, and it’s not very accurate.”
The island will start testing everyone arriving from China on Jan. 1, ahead of the expected return of about 30,000 Taiwanese for the Lunar New Year holiday later in the month. The new Japanese rules, which restrict flights from mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao to designated airports beginning Friday, are already disrupting holiday travel plans.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin noted Thursday that many countries have not changed their policies for travelers from China and said that any measures should treat people from all countries equally.
Every new infection offers a chance for the coronavirus to mutate, and it is spreading rapidly in China. Scientists can’t say whether that means the surge will unleash a new mutant on the world — but they worry that might happen.
Chinese health officials have said the current outbreak is being driven by versions of the omicron variant that have also been detected elsewhere, and a surveillance system has been set up to identify any potentially worrisome new versions of the virus. Wu Zunyou, the chief epidemiologist at China’s Center for Disease Control, said Thursday that China has always reported the virus strains it has found in a timely way.
“We keep nothing secret,” he said. “All work is shared with the world.”
Italy’s health minister told the Senate that sequencing indicates that the variants detected in passengers arriving from China are already in circulation in Europe. “This is the most important and reassuring news,″ Orazio Schillaci said.
That squares with what the European Union’s executive branch has said. The EU refrained Thursday from immediately following member Italy in requiring tests for visitors from China, but is assessing the situation.
More broadly, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said the body needs more information on the severity of the outbreak in China, particularly on hospital and ICU admissions, “in order to make a comprehensive risk assessment of the situation on the ground.”
China rolled back many of its tough pandemic restrictions earlier this month, allowing the virus to spread rapidly in a country that had seen relatively few infections since an initial devastating outbreak in the city of Wuhan. Spiraling infections have led to shortages of cold medicine, long lines at fever clinics, and at-capacity emergency rooms turning away patients. Cremations have risen several-fold, with a request from overburdened funeral homes in one city for families to postpone funeral services until next month.
Chinese state media has not reported the fallout from the surge widely and government officials have blamed Western media for hyping up the situation.
The global concerns, tinged with anger, are a direct result of the ruling Communist Party’s sudden exit from some of the world’s most stringent anti-virus policies, said Miles Yu, director of the China Center at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington.
“You can’t conduct the lunacy of ‘zero-COVID’ lockdowns for such a long period of time … and then suddenly unleash a multitude of the infected from a caged China to the world,” risking major outbreaks elsewhere, Yu said in an email.
Dr. David Dowdy, an infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said the move by the U.S. may be more about increasing pressure on China to share more information than stopping a new variant from entering the country.
China has been accused of masking the virus situation in the country before. An AP investigation found that the government sat on the release of genetic information about the virus for more than a week after decoding it, frustrating WHO officials.
The government also tightly controlled the dissemination of Chinese research on the virus, impeding cooperation with international scientists.
Research into the origins of the virus has also been stymied. A WHO expert group said in a report this year that “key pieces of data” were missing on the how the pandemic began and called for a more in-depth investigation.
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Average Trip Length Expected to Grow to 4.5 Nights
As Average Spend on Room Nights Increases Up to 30%
RICHMOND, Va., July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Americans are planning to set their status to "out of office" for longer stretches and open their wallets a little wider this summer, according to this year's 15th Annual Vacation Confidence Index from Allianz Partners USA. While the traditional week-long vacation is still elusive, new research indicates travel is becoming a priority again based on longer trips and increased spend.
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As both travel and confidence have rebounded in recent years, the average number of nights spent away has been steadily creeping up and now sits at 4.5 versus 4.3 (2022) and 4.1 (2021). The shift is beginning to erode the "micro-cation" trend coined by the travel insurance and assistance company in 2019 that defined a leisure trip of four nights or fewer and at least 100 miles away from home. This year, nearly two-thirds of respondents (64%) say their next vacation will still be squeezed into a micro-cation and a quarter (23%) are planning more than one, both in line with last year.
Between May and September, seven in ten (71%) Americans will travel away from home for at least one night, averaging 1.4 trips away from home again this summer. Two in five of those surveyed (39%, consistent with 2022) also are planning multiple getaways of two or more nights away from home, resulting in a busy summer travel season. While the majority of all getaways still qualify as a micro-cation, overall trip length begins to shrink as the number of trips passes three.
Length of time away isn't the only travel indicator that's creeping up. With summer vacation spending expected to hit an all-time high of $214.1 billion in 2023, it's no surprise that average cost per night also is on the rise. Those who go away only one night are more likely to splurge, spending $622 on the trip. When adding a second night, travelers plan to spend $775 total, plunging the average nightly rate to just $388. In a reversal from 2022, those committing to three, four or five nights away have displayed solid growth year-over-year with average nightly spend jumping nearly $100 compared to last year (up as much as 30%) at $418, $422 and $445 respectively.
"A 'micro-cation' affords more opportunity to make a quick getaway and justify a splurge, and many Americans are planning multiple trips to soak in all summer has to offer from the mountains to the beaches and everywhere in between," said Daniel Durazo, director of external communications at Allianz Partners USA. "For frequent travelers, an annual travel insurance policy delivers both convenience and value by protecting every trip from budget to binge for a full year."
The Vacation Confidence Index has been conducted each summer since 2009 by national polling firm Ipsos Public Affairs on behalf of Allianz Partners USA.
Allianz Partners offers travel insurance through most major U.S. airlines, leading travel agents, online travel agencies, hotel companies, cruise lines and directly to consumers. For more information on Allianz Partners and available travel policies, please visit http://www.allianztravelinsurance.com/.
*Methodology: These are the findings of an Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of Allianz Partners. For this survey, a sample of 2,010 Americans aged 18+ was interviewed from May 2 to 4, 2023 via the Ipsos Online Omnibus. The precision of Ipsos online polls is measured using a credibility interval. In this case, the results are accurate to within +/- 2.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, of what the results would have been had all American adults been polled. Quota sampling and weighting were employed in order to balance demographics and ensure that the sample's composition reflects that of the actual U.S. population, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Credibility intervals are wider among subsets of the population.
About Allianz Partners
In the United States, Allianz Partners USA (AGA Service Company) offers Allianz Travel-branded travel protection plans and serves millions of customers each year. In addition to travel protection, the company offers event ticket protection, registration protection for endurance events and unique travel assistance services such as international medical assistance and concierge services. AGA Service Company is doing business as Allianz Global Assistance Insurance Agency in California (License # 0B01400) and Massachusetts. Allianz Partners USA is part of the Allianz Partners group. Allianz Partners is a world leader in B2B2C insurance and assistance, offering global solutions that span international health and life, travel insurance, mobility and assistance. Customer driven, our innovative experts are redefining insurance services by delivering future-ready, high-tech, high-touch products and solutions that go beyond traditional insurance. Present in over 75 countries, our 19,400 employees speak 70 languages, handle over 58 million cases each year, and are motivated to go the extra mile to offer peace of mind to our customers around the world.
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The city of Keene and Ashuelot River Hydro, Inc., flipped the switch on Thursday on a 1.36 MW ground-mount solar array at the Keene Wastewater Treatment Plant.
KEENE -- The city of Keene celebrated its newest and largest solar installation last week.
The 1.36 MW ground-mounted solar project is located at the city’s Wastewater Treatment Plant, which is owned and operated by Ashuelot River Hydro, Inc.
“As a longtime resident of Keene, I’m proud to see our city take the lead in harnessing both water and sun to meet a growing share of our energy needs,” Bob King, president of Ashuelot River Hydro said in a press release.
“With heat waves, floods and hurricanes imposing ever higher tolls and with the cost of fossil fuels going through the roof, Keene is proving that we can power a clean and sustainable future with abundant homegrown renewables like solar.”
The 3,584-panel solar farm is helping the city further its commitment to sustainability. In January of 2019, the Keene City Council adopted a resolution to move to 100% renewable energy use by the year 2030.
Keene also has an existing 643 kW solar array installed on the roof of the Keene Public Works and Police Departments. Combined, the solar installations are estimated to generate 2.4 million kWh of clean, solar electricity each year, which will be enough to offset a majority of Keene’s total municipal electric needs.
Both solar arrays were installed by ReVision Energy, a local employee-owned solar company. The new Wastewater Treatment Plant array is Keene’s largest solar installation.
On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan joined city officials for a ceremonial flipping of the switch.
"We've seen how events on the other side of the globe can impact energy costs for Granite Staters, making it imperative that we build an economy that isn't dependent on Big Oil or foreign countries," Hassan said in the press release. "Keene's solar array is part of the solution, helping lower energy costs and saving taxpayers money, while also contributing to our collective efforts to combat the existential threat of climate change. It was wonderful to be in Keene to celebrate the ribbon-cutting of this solar array, and I will keep working in the Senate to strengthen our clean-energy economy, bring down energy costs, and protect our environment." | https://www.unionleader.com/news/business/energy/keenes-newest-solar-array-at-wastewater-treatment-plant-is-completed/article_fd3a451e-9c43-577c-a47b-33538a251166.html | 2022-07-06 03:05:37 | 0 | https://www.unionleader.com/news/business/energy/keenes-newest-solar-array-at-wastewater-treatment-plant-is-completed/article_fd3a451e-9c43-577c-a47b-33538a251166.html |
After five separate incidents in which patrons at Encore Boston Harbor’s Memoire nightclub, some of them underage, were served more alcohol than they should have been, the Mass. Gaming Commission has fined the nightclub operator $25,000 and the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission is upping its presence there.
The fine and required corrective actions, which Big Night Entertainment Group agreed to and worked with the commission to develop, are meant to clamp down on things like excessive service of shots in a short period of time and bottle service no-nos like patrons drinking straight from a bottle or having alcohol poured directly into their mouths, regulators said.
“The fine was assessed following alcohol over-service incidents on five separate occasions between October of 2021 and this past June of 2022. One of the incidents involved over-service at the bar in Memoire, and four of the five incidents involved over-service during bottle service and the over-service was as a result of improper administration of bottle service during those times,” Heather Hall, the Gaming Commission’s chief enforcement counsel, said during a meeting last week.
In addition to the $25,000 fine, the Gaming Commission’s Investigations and Enforcement Bureau is requiring that Memoire conduct more staff training and change its policies around both bottle service (when patrons reserve a table at the nightclub with a server dedicated to pouring them drinks) and also alcohol service generally. The changes specify that a server must take all bottles of alcohol with them whenever they leave a bottle service area, that patrons are prohibited from pouring their own drinks and that no patron is ever allowed to drink directly from a bottle, Hall said.
“The conditions also include a provision that free-pouring alcohol into a patron’s mouth is strictly prohibited — and that this is considered egregious conduct — and that Memoire has agreed to discipline its employees accordingly,” Hall said.
Managers at the nightclub are now required to remind staff of these new requirements during the pre-shift briefing that happens each night before the nightclub opens for business.
The Memoire fine and agreement was a headlining example of the enforcement power wielded by regulatory agencies in Massachusetts. The Cannabis Control Commission also flexed its regulatory enforcement muscle last week: it warned marijuana businesses to be on high alert for scams and robbery attempts, and warned consumers that it’s looking into a product that might be making people sick.
On the gaming side especially, Massachusetts regulators have a reputation for being more conservative and more particular than many of their counterparts around the country. When Wynn Resorts changed the name of its Everett casino from Wynn Boston Harbor to Encore Boston Harbor in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against Steve Wynn, one company official said the change might not have been necessary in another state, but that “there seems to be more sensitivity” to things like that in Massachusetts.
“We have learned over at least the time that I’ve been here, that as the casino business and industry has evolved in Massachusetts — still relatively young — complying with our standards and our regulatory oversight can be difficult. It can be a challenge even for the most experienced of operators,” MGC Chairwoman Cathy Judd-Stein said last week.
Judd-Stein said she is “very pleased” by Big Night’s cooperation with the Memoire corrective action plan.
“Doing business in a gaming establishment is highly regulated and a good challenge. So we appreciate this,” she said. “And the challenge of the bottle service, the fact that there’s going to be so many additional resources now, I suspect that we will see very few reports going forward on any continued non-compliance.”
In the cannabis realm, regulators at the CCC last week issued two bulletins — one to businesses to remind them of security regulations in light of reports of attempted armed robberies and scams, and the other an alert to consumers that a marijuana-infused product for sale here, 1906 Midnight Drops, contains an ingredient allegedly tied to “potential adverse health effects.”
“The Commission has become aware of a recent notification from the Colorado Department of Revenue’s Marijuana Enforcement Division indicating that consumption of a [marijuana-infused product] in Colorado marketed as 1906 Midnight Drops may have led to certain adverse health issues, including potential liver injury. A similar report was recently received from a Massachusetts medical provider concerning 1906 Midnight Drops, an MIP available for sale in the Commonwealth and manufactured using the ingredient Corydalis,” the CCC wrote in the bulletin. “Because Corydalis has been associated with an elevated risk of liver injury, a.k.a., hepotoxicity, and may pose a risk to the public health, safety, and welfare, the Commission is currently investigating this ingredient, including one of its alkaloids, tetrahydropalmatine (THP).”
The CCC said that it was stopping short of using its full authority to issue a product recall notice, but wanted “to inform the public of its active and ongoing investigation into this ingredient.”
Anyone who experiences negative health effects from consuming 1906 Midnight Drops or any other marijuana product containing Corydalis should seek immediate medical attention, the CCC said, and should report the event to the commission by calling (774) 415-0200 or by emailing Inspections@CCCMass.com.
Earlier in the week, CCC Executive Director Shawn Collins sent a bulletin to marijuana businesses warning that the agency “has received reports regarding armed robberies, attempted break-ins, thefts and social engineering schemes and frauds committed at various Licensees’ Marijuana Establishments and Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers.”
The bulletin reminded operators of the safety and security measures they are required to take and suggested some additional steps, like more training for staff regarding emergency standard operating procedure, verifying that all email domain names, phone calls and text messages are coming from a reliable source before taking action, and paying special attention to any misspellings, grammatical errors and the time and date that a phone call, text message or email was received.
Collins reminded businesses that they are required to report any criminal activity to the local police and CCC within 24 hours, and that they must also report to police and the CCC any time an alarm is activated or in the event of any response by public safety personnel, including but not limited to local law enforcement, police and fire departments, public works or municipal sanitation departments, and municipal inspectional services departments, or security personally privately engaged by the marijuana company.
“The health and safety of patients, caregivers, consumers, Licensees, Licensee agents and the general public is of paramount concern and importance to the Commission. Adherence to the regulations and measures outlined in this Bulletin will help to ensure that Licensees not only maintain compliance with Commission regulations, but will also assist to ensure that Licensees and Licensee agents are able to operate in safe, confident manner,” Collins said.
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RILEY, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — Indiana State University is reacting following the news of five students being involved in a car crash in Riley that killed three and left two seriously injured.
In a release, the school says that the campus is grieving the tragic loss of Christian Eubanks, Jayden Musili, and Caleb Vanhooser.
Musili, 19, was a sophomore from Fort Wayne, and part of the Pathway to Blue program who enrolled at ISU this year after attending Ivy Tech Community College previously.
Pathway to Blue Director Sadé Walker called Musili a hard worker who had a positive attitude.
“His smile was infectious,” Walker said of Musili. “He worked very hard to navigate college. He was very excited about his classes and becoming a Sycamore.”
Four of the 5 victims were members of the ISU football team, and two of them died as a result. Those two were Christian Eubanks, 18, a freshman from Waukegan, Ill., as well as Caleb VanHooser, 19, a freshman from Liberty Township, OH.
Sycamores Head Football Coach Curt Mallory said simply saying these students will be missed would be an understatement.
“It is a terrible day for Indiana State football and a devastating loss for both the Eubanks and the VanHooser families,” Mallory said. “Both young men were quality individuals who were loved and respected by their teammates and this staff. To say they will be missed is an understatement. Our continued prayers and support are with their families, friends, and teammates during this difficult time.”
The two left injured reportedly have been moved out of intensive care units, but remain in serious condition. The injured individuals were Omarion Dixon and John Moore.
The football team did not practice Monday.
“My heart is broken at the loss of these three souls,” said Sherard Clinkscales, Director of Athletics. “Life is so precious, and it is very difficult to comprehend when tragic events like this happen. They will always be remembered. My heartfelt condolences and prayers go to each of their families.”
The Student Government Association released the following statement:
“The Indiana State University community is deeply saddened by the news of three Sycamores who have passed away and two severely injured in a car accident early Sunday morning. Our thoughts are with the families and friends of those involved in this tragedy. The Sycamore family is strong and here to support one another during this time of mourning. Please take care of each other.”
State Representative Tonya Pfaff (D-Terre Haute) released the following statement:
“I want to send my deepest condolences to the families and friends impacted by this horrible tragedy,” Pfaff said. “The Sycamore community has lost three bright young souls that had their whole lives ahead of them. May God bring peace to all those in mourning during this difficult time and help them cherish the memories of their loved ones.”
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Weather Authority: Temperatures chill quickly Thursday night, leading into blustery and cool Friday
PHILADELPHIA - The cold front has passed through the region, bringing a dose of rain for all and ending Thursday with autumn-like temperatures, just in time for the autumnal equinox.
Temperatures overnight into Friday should drop into the mid-40s to low-50s, under mostly clear skies.
FOX 29’s Scott Williams is saying Friday is sweater weather, as the Delaware Valley will see temperatures head only into the mid-60s, under partly cloudy skies. But, it will be a windy day, with winds out of the northwest at 15 to 25 mph, making it feel much cooler.
In the tropics, Fiona remains a Category 4 hurricane that caused significant damage to Puerto Rico and is making its way to Bermuda. Forecasters are watching closely as the storm slides past the East Coast and is expected to cause dangerous rip currents over the weekend. An additional disturbance is being monitored for possible tropical storm development, as well.
Saturday is expected to be pleasant while temperatures inch up Sunday, with a chance of showers Sunday night.
For the latest forecasts and conditions, download the FOX 29 Weather Authority app.
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SEVEN-DAY FORECAST
THURSDAY: Mostly clear. Low: 52
FRIDAY: Feeling like fall. High: 65, Low: 49
SATURDAY: Sunny, crisp. High: 72, Low: 58
SUNDAY: Warmer, a shower. High: 79, Low: 61
MONDAY: Sun, clouds. High: 75, Low: 57
TUESDAY: Mostly sunny. High: 73, Low: 54
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NEW YORK (AP) —
Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit a game-ending single with one out in the 10th inning as the New York Yankees beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 on Saturday.
After Anthony Volpe and Aaron Judge hit into double plays in the eighth and ninth, the Yankees got their fifth walk-off win when Kiner-Falefa sent Nick Martinez’s 2-0 pitch down the line just past the glove of third baseman Rougned Odor to score Greg Allen.
“I was just trying to see if he was gonna come after me,” Kiner-Falefa said. “He threw two balls out of the zone and I was just looking for something. I thought he was going to throw something elevated and I was going to be able hit a pop fly to left field right there, but I was a little bit out front and I was able to hook it in the line.”
It was Kiner-Falefa’s third career walk-off hit and first since joining the Yankees to play shortstop last season. This time, he got the hit while continuing to play as an outfielder for the first time in his career.
“Whatever role it’s been in, he’s worked his tail off to acclimate himself to it and be ready for it,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “And now he’s gotten some more starts lately. You get him in matchups where you feel like he can be really successful and he’s done a really nice job here for us.”
After getting the hit, Kiner-Falefa was doused with a water bath by Judge and Anthony Rizzo while conducting his postgame interview by the New York dugout.
“What a gamer, he’s played multiple positions now, hasn’t complained once,” New York’s DJ LeMahieu said of Kiner-Falefa. “Wants to be out there. Great hit today. It was one of those at-bats you knew he was going to get a hit.”
LeMahieu, who had an RBI double in the first, homered off Padres starter Michael Wacha to tie it in the seventh as the Yankees avoided a fourth straight loss. It was LeMahieu’s 11th career homer that either tied a game or gave his team the lead in the seventh or beyond.
Fernando Tatis Jr. homered for the second straight game, and ninth time this season, for San Diego’s only hit in Luis Severino’s 6 2/3 innings. Ha-Seong Kim hit an RBI single in the seventh off Michael King.
The Padres were held to three hits, went 1 for 6 with runners in scoring position and were unable to win three straight for the first time since April 29-May 1.
“You knew it was going to come down to one play at the end,” San Diego manager Bob Melvin said. “We got a guy with a good ground ball rate up there. He hits a ground ball, it finds the line.”
Severino allowed two runs, one earned, in his second start since returning from a strained right lat.
Clay Holmes (3-2), who came on in the top of the 10th, retired Tatis on a soft grounder that was initially ruled an infield hit before being overturned on replay to end the inning.
Wacha allowed two runs and five hits before turning the game over to Martinez (2-2) for the final 2 1/3 innings.
“We’re in a tie game like that, at that point I think he’s our best option,” Melvin said of using Martinez in the 10th.
After Severino retired the first 10 hitters, Tatis blasted an 0-1 slider off the back of the San Diego bullpen. He admired the 426-foot shot, did a hop and stutter step at third and clapped his hands upon crossing the plate before doing a handshake with Juan Soto near the on-deck circle.
DROPPED:
Rookie SS Anthony Volpe batted ninth for the first time since April 15 and went 0 for 3. Volpe is hitting .197 and is 5 for 38 (.132) over his last 12 games.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Padres: SS Xander Bogaerts, who is dealing with wrist soreness, was given the day off before batting in the ninth. Melvin said he expects Bogaerts will play Sunday … RHP Luis García (strained left oblique) was placed on the injured list and RHP Domingo Tapia was recalled from Triple-A El Paso.
Yankees: RHP Matt Krook was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
UP NEXT
Yankees RHP Gerrit Cole (5-0, 2.53 ERA), who is winless in his last five starts, opposes San Diego RHP Yu Darvish (3-3, 3.67) Sunday.
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Highlights:
- IHL-42X reduced primary endpoint apnoea hypopnea index relative to baseline at all three doses that were assessed
- Low dose IHL-42X exhibited superior safety and efficacy metrics to mid and high doses
- Low dose IHL-42X reduced AHI by an average of 50.7% compared to baseline with 25% of participants experiencing a reduction in the apnoea hypopnea index of greater that 80%
- Oxygen desaturation index was reduced by 59.7% relative to baseline while taking low dose IHL-42X, improving sleep quality and reducing cardiovascular stress
- In low dose IHL-42X samples, THC concentrations in blood were well below the limits for impaired driving the morning after dose administration
- IHL-42X was well tolerated – low dose IHL-42X was observed to have a lower number of total treatment emergent adverse events than placebo
- Low dose IHL-42X reduced AHI substantially more effectively than is reported for the component active pharmaceutical ingredients, dronabinol and acetazolamide, as unregistered monotherapies.
MELBOURNE, Australia, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Incannex Healthcare Limited (NASDAQ: IXHL) (ASX: IHL), ('Incannex' or the 'Company') a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing unique medicinal cannabinoid pharmaceutical products and psychedelic medicine therapies for unmet medical needs, is pleased to announce that it has completed analysis of data from the phase 2 proof-of-concept clinical trial investigating IHL-42X for treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea ('OSA'). IHL-42X reduced apnoea hypopnoea index ('AHI'), improved patient reported sleep quality and was well tolerated.
The clinical trial assessed three doses of IHL-42X at reducing the AHI in patients who suffered from OSA. Data was also collected for other aspects of sleep quality, THC clearance and safety. Trial participants received each of the three doses of IHL-42X and placebo across four seven-day treatment periods, separated by one week washout periods. At the end of each treatment period, they attended the clinic for an overnight sleep study where AHI was determined, along with other measures of sleep quality, quality of life and drug safety.
The study was conducted at the University of Western Australia Centre for Sleep Science and The Alfred Hospital. A total of eleven participants were recruited to the study and ten participants completed treatment periods. The crossover design of the study permitted Incannex to generate high quality data with a reduced participant number compared to a conventional parallel arm study. Each participant serves as their own internal control and inter-participant variation is eliminated. Data analysis was completed by Novotech, the contract research organisation responsible for management of the study, as well as the Incannex scientific research team, led by Chief Scientific Officer Dr Mark Bleackley. The findings of the clinical trial are presented below.
Effect of IHL-42X on apnoea hypopnoea index (AHI)
AHI is a measure of the number of times per hour a subject's airway is blocked (apnoea) or partially blocked (hypopnoea). It is the main criteria used to diagnose and monitor OSA. AHI data was collected during overnight polysomnography on night seven of the treatment periods.
- All doses of IHL-42X reduced AHI in patients with sleep apnoea compared to baseline (Table 1). This reduction was substantially greater than observed for placebo.
- At the group level the difference relative to baseline with low dose and medium dose was statistically significant (p<0.05)
- When comparing directly to baseline within subjects the difference in AHI compared to baseline between all three doses and placebo was statistically significant (p<0.001) (Table 2)
- Low dose IHL-42X reduced AHI by >50% relative to baseline in 62.5% of subjects and by >80% in 25% of subjects (Table 2).
- Low dose IHL-42X reduced AHI to the greatest extent at both the group level and when comparing the within subject reduction relative to baseline
- Low dose IHL-42X reduced AHI to a greater extent than predicted based on published data for dronabinol and acetazolamide alone (Table 3).
The reduction in AHI observed during IHL-42X treatment periods means that when treated with Incannex's proprietary drug, subject's breathing was interrupted less frequently during sleep. This supports Incannex's hypothesis that IHL-42X is an effective treatment for OSA. The observation that low dose IHL-42X was the most effective at reducing AHI is encouraging for the development of IHL-42X as a pharmaceutical as a lower dose will reduce risk of side effects and the cost of goods.
Furthermore, greater reduction in AHI with low dose IHL-42X compared to dronabinol and acetazolamide at equivalent doses supports Incannex's hypothesis that the two drugs are acting synergistically to reduce AHI and provides confidence that IHL-42X will meet the FDA's combination rule where both APIs must contribute to the therapeutic effect of a fixed dose combination product.
Table 1. Average AHI data for baseline and each treatment period
Table 2. Change in AHI from baseline within subject (least square mean)
Table 3. Comparison of reduction in AHI relative to baseline with low dose IHL-42X and the predicted reduction with component drugs as monotherapies at equivalent doses based on reported data.
Effect of IHL-42X on oxygen desaturation index (ODI)
Oxygen desaturation index ('ODI') is the number of episodes of oxygen desaturation per hour of sleep, with oxygen desaturation defined as a decrease in blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) to lower than 3% below baseline. Reduced oxygen uptake is a key component of the pathology of OSA and contributes to daytime sleepiness and the long-term health consequences associated with OSA. ODI data was collected during overnight polysomnography on night seven of the treatment periods.
- All three doses of IHL-42X reduced ODI compared to baseline to a greater extent than placebo.
- For low and medium dose IHL-42X the difference in reduction in ODI relative to baseline compared to placebo was statistically significant (p<0.05)
The greater reduction in ODI during IHL-42X treatment periods compared to placebo means that there is more oxygen in the subject's blood during sleep while taking IHL-42X. This improves sleep quality and reduces risks of oxidative stress, bursts of the stress hormone cortisol, insulin resistance, altered metabolism and cardiovascular disease.
Table 4. Reduction in ODI compared to baseline during each treatment period.
Plasma THC levels the morning after IHL-42X dosing
Countries that have set limits for THC above which driving is illegal have set those limits at 1-2 ng/mL (3-6). It is important to understand the clearance of THC after dosing with IHL-42X to determine where there will be an impact on ability to drive in countries where THC limits are in place. Plasma samples were collected 2 hours post dose 1 and the morning after dose 7 for each treatment period. Samples were analysed for concentration of THC using liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS-MS).
The morning after dose 7, THC levels in the low dose IHL-42X samples had an average of 0.20 ng/mL and a maximum of 0.45 ng/mL. Both of which are below the thresholds for impaired driving. With medium and high dose IHL-42X the average THC concentrations the morning after dose 7 were 0.86 and 0.52 respectively.
Effect of IHL-42X on patient reported sleep quality
Each morning of the clinical trial, subjects recorded their sleep quality for the previous night as very poor, poor, fair, good, or very good. To compare patient reported sleep quality, the proportion of subjects who reported good or very good sleep each night was averaged across each treatment period. During the IHL-42X treatment periods subjects more frequently reported that their sleep quality was good or very good than placebo. The highest level of patient reported sleep quality was observed with low and high dose IHL-42X (Table 5).
Table 5. Patient reported sleep quality during each treatment period
Sleep metrics captured by actigraphy
For the duration of the clinical trial, subjects wore an Actiwatch, a watch-like device that uses actigraphy to capture data on activity and sleep. IHL-42X at all doses improved sleep efficiency (what percentage of time in bed a subject is asleep), the number of awakenings per night, and the total minutes the subject was awake during the night (WASO) compared to placebo (Table 6). These improvements were greatest for low and high dose IHL-42X. This means that while taking IHL-42X subjects were asleep for a greater proportion of time they were in bed and woke up less often.
Table 6. Sleep metrics captured by actigraphy
Safety considerations
Adverse events were recorded from the time the subjects enrolled in the trial until their end of study visit. After recording of treatment emergent adverse events (TEAE) the study team, including investigators and medical monitors, reviewed the TEAEs to determine whether they were likely related to the investigational product. The TEAEs were consistent with what has been reported for dronabinol and acetazolamide alone. For each treatment period the proportion of subjects reporting one or more TEAEs (Table 7) as well as the total number of TEAEs (Table 8) were extracted from the clinical study report. Low dose IHL-42X had a similar proportion of subjects reporting TEAEs and a lower number of total TEAEs than placebo. This indicated that low dose IHL-42X is well tolerated.
Table 7. Proportion subjects of TEAEs reported for each treatment period
Table 8. Total number of TEAEs reported during each treatment period
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This announcement has been approved for release to ASX by the Incannex board of directors.
About Incannex Healthcare Limited
Incannex is a clinical stage pharmaceutical development company that is developing unique medicinal cannabis pharmaceutical products and psychedelic medicine therapies for the treatment of anxiety disorders, obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), traumatic brain injury (TBI)/concussion, lung inflammation (ARDS, COPD, asthma, bronchitis), rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease. U.S. FDA approval and registration, subject to ongoing clinical success, is being pursued for each drug and therapy under development. Each indication represents major global markets and currently have no, or limited, existing registered pharmacotherapy (drug) treatments available to the public.
Incannex has a strong patent filing strategy in place as it develops its products and therapies in conjunction with its medical and scientific advisory board and partners. Incannex is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) with stock code "IHL" and also has American Depository Shares listed on NASDAQ under code "IXHL".
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CAMARILLO, Calif. — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline plunged 32 cents over the past two weeks to $4.54 per gallon.
Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that the continued decline comes as crude oil costs also fall.
“Further drops at the pump are likely as the wholesale gasoline price cuts continue making their way to street level,” Lundberg said in a statement.
The average price at the pump is down 55 cents over the past six weeks, but it’s $1.32 higher than it was one year ago.
Nationwide, the highest average price for regular-grade gas was in Los Angeles, at $5.65 per gallon. The lowest average was in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at $3.90 per gallon.
According to the survey, the average price of diesel dropped 22 cents over two weeks to $5.55 a gallon. | https://www.fox43.com/article/money/economy/average-us-gasoline-price-falls-32-cents-to-454-per-gallon/289-424500ea-f4a1-4f1d-9985-04c8166dbd36 | 2022-07-26 13:52:34 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/money/economy/average-us-gasoline-price-falls-32-cents-to-454-per-gallon/289-424500ea-f4a1-4f1d-9985-04c8166dbd36 |
Olympia High School sophomore Emily Knopfle is the No. 1 ranked cross country runner in the Orlando area, just ahead of Ava Wyant of The Master’s Academy, according to FlRUnners.com.
But Knopfle’s best sport is three sports rolled into one. She is one of the best 15-year-old female triathletes in the nation, blending her distance running skills with swimming and bicycling.
The slender sophomore is on the pathway to what could be an Olympic and professional career.
“I ran my first triathlon when I was four,” Knopfle said in a recent interview. “I started training really hard about three years ago. That’s when I found that I truly loved it.”
Knopfle said she is focused on preparing for the Nov. 5 cross country state meet as a top 4A championship contender. But she makes time to work in swimming and biking workouts all while holding a weighted 4.6 grade point average.
“Lots of late nights,” Knopfle said of maintaining that lofty GPA.
In a typical week, she follows weekday cross country practices with evening swim sessions with the Southwest Aquatics club. Knopfle does skip one cross country practice to bicycle on Tuesdays, and also does “another hour easy bike ride on Sunday just to spin out my legs”.
[ Florida high school cross country runners must beat the heat ]
Seventh-year Olympia head coach Stephanie Manny is happy to allow the day “off”.
“It’s not like she’s home playing video games,” said Manny, who came to Olympia in 2005 as an athletic trainer and now teaches sports medicine and anatomy and physiology classes. “I’ve been in athletic training all my life and I’ve never coached, nor seen someone who is as self motivated as Emily is.”
In USA Triathlon 13-15 age division competitions Knopfle ran 2,500 meters, swam 375 meters and biked 10,000 meters. All of those distances will double as she moves to the 16-17 age group next year.
Knopfle’s triathlon coach is Sara McLarty, who excelled in cross country, swimming and track for DeLand High before becoming an All-American swimmer at UF and then an accomplished professional tri-athlete.
“I think it’s great for Emily that it’s not a 365-days of the year 100% focus on one thing,” said McLarty, who trains swimmers and triathletes in her Swim Like a Pro (SLAP) club, based in Clermont. “It keeps things fresh. It keeps motivation high.”
After grueling summers on the triathlon circuit Knopfle has excelled in her two high school fall cross country seasons and a 2022 track season last spring that saw her break Olympia school records in the 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs.
In cross country, she won her high school debut at the 2021 Trinity Prep Invitational and went on to win five more cross country races and place third behind two seniors in the FHSAA Class 4A state final. This year she has clocked a time of 18 minutes, 40.6 seconds for 5,000 meters and won her first three races heading into Saturday’s Pre-State Invitational elite meet, which is part of the FSU Invitational on the state meet course in Tallahassee.
Golf showdown
Five of last season’s six golf state title teams are in a loaded lineup for this weekend’s Qdoba golf event at Providence Golf Club in Davenport.
The field includes all three reigning FHSAA boys champions: Ponte Vedra (3A), Plantation American Heritage (2A) and Bradenton St. Stephen’s (1A). Lake Mary and Winter Park tied for second in 3A and are also participating alongside third place Miami Columbus and Windermere High, which finished fourth.
Lake Mary Prep, Circle Christian, and Palm Beach Benjamin were second, third and fourth in 1A.
[ Windermere Prep claims FHSAA 1A girls golf championship ]
The 2021 girls state champ entries are Lake Mary (3A) and Windermere Prep (1A). The First Academy, Circle Christian and Lake Mary Prep are 2-3-4 in the current iWanamaker state rankings.
Teams competing own 54 state championships (29 boys and 25 girls).
Play for boys and girls is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. Friday.
The Qdoba Burrito Challenge for girls is a one-day, 18-hole tournament.
Round two of the boys 36-hole Qdoba Tournament of Champions tees off at 8 a.m. Saturday.
The Winter Park Invitational boys golf tournament, postponed due to Hurricane Ian, will be played next Monday at Rio Pinar, starting at 9 a.m.
Teams entered are Bishop Moore, Boone, Circle Christian, Dr. Phillips, Lake Mary, Olympia, The First Academy, Windermere and the host Wildcats.
Cure tournament
The Bishop Moore Swing for the Cure Invitational brings 32 girls volleyball teams to the Game Point Event Center in Orlando this weekend.
Reigning 3A state champ Alachua Santa Fe (14-1), which is undefeated against Florida teams, is the No. 1 seed in the top-tier Premier Division. Unbeaten Jensen Beach (19-0) is No. 2.
Bishop Moore, Horizon, Lake Brantley, Lake Mary, Orangewood Christian and Trinity Prep are locals in the Premier pool.
The Elite Division has Harmony, Lake Howell, Sanford Seminole, West Orange, Windermere Prep and Winter Springs.
Play tips off with pool play matches at 5 p.m. on Friday.
Four pool winners in each division advance to Saturday’s 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. semifinals, which set up 1:30 p.m. championship matches.
Dig it
The girls volleyball season resumed Monday and not without drama.
Sarah Gooch had 25 digs and 16 kills as Lake Brantley (13-5) won a back-and-forth 19-25, 26-24, 18-25, 26-24, 15-9 match against Hagerty (14-7).
Sentinel Sports Final
Winter Springs came from two sets down to win 19-25, 13-25, 25-12, 25-19, 15-13 against Oviedo.
Windermere Prep senior Julian Kane, a Purdue commit, set a school record last week with 215 kills for the season. Making that even more impressive is that she is projected to play as a libero defender at the college level.
Trinity Prep (9-7) has a chance to wrap up The Citrus League championship by winning Thursday night at Lake Highland Prep (9-5), 6:30 p.m. The Saints are 4-0 in league play. The Highlanders are 3-1 and tied with Bishop Moore for second place.
Oviedo (9-7) flies to San Diego to play in the 19th Annual Southern California Invitational this weekend.
Big bowl numbers
Lyman’s boys bowling team improved to 10-0 with a 2,608 to 2,491 win against Hagerty (6-2) on Monday. Manny Vargas continued his strong play with a 481 two-game series for the unbeaten Greyhounds. Jason Sanguinetti had a 288 game and 484 series for the Huskies.
Like Sanguinetti, Orlando University’s Michael Castro-Cortez bowled 10 consecutive strikes in a 280 game at the Kegel High School Challenge in Lake Wales. The Cougars finished a strong second behind undefeated Apopka. The Blue Darters are 18-0 if you count every team they defeated in that 12-team tournament.
This report was first published at Orlandosentinel.com. Varsity Content Editor Buddy Collings can be reached by email at bcollings@orlandosentinel.com. | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/highschool/os-sp-hs-collings-insider-1006-20221005-r5ss5unfq5ghhndg6itcbolyyy-story.html | 2022-10-05 15:08:38 | 0 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/highschool/os-sp-hs-collings-insider-1006-20221005-r5ss5unfq5ghhndg6itcbolyyy-story.html |
CA San Francisco Bay Area Zone Forecast for Tuesday, August 16, 2022
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159 FPUS56 KMTR 171001
ZFPMTR
San Francisco Bay Area/Central California Zone Forecast
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
300 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
This is an automatically generated product that provides average
values for large geographic areas. For a more site specific
forecast...please visit weather.gov/sanfrancisco
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CAZ505-180100-
Coastal North Bay...Including Point Reyes National Seashore-
300 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Areas of fog. Lows in the lower
to mid 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Areas of fog in the morning. A slight
chance of thunderstorms in the morning. Highs in the upper 60s to
mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows
in the mid 50s. West winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the 60s to lower 70s.
West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the mid 60s to upper 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
Highs in the 60s to mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
mid 50s. Highs in the 60s to mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 60s to mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Point Reyes 54 75 54 69 / 20 20 0 0
$$
CAZ503-180100-
Sonoma Coastal Range-
300 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Light
winds.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
morning. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds around 5 mph...
becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Light winds...becoming
west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 80s.
Lows in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
CAZ502-180100-
Marin Coastal Range-
300 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of fog. A slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Areas of fog in the morning. A slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower to mid 80s. Southwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 5 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 70s to
lower 80s. Lows in the upper 50s.
$$
CAZ506-180100-
North Bay Interior Valleys-
300 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s to mid 60s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of thunderstorms.
Highs in the upper 70s to lower 90s. Southwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s to mid
60s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to lower 90s. Southwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s to mid 60s.
Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the lower 80s to mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 50s to mid 60s.
.SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 70s to
lower 90s. Lows in the 50s to lower 60s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Santa Rosa 57 93 55 91 / 20 20 0 0
San Rafael 58 89 58 86 / 20 20 10 0
Napa 57 87 57 86 / 20 20 10 0
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CAZ504-180100-
North Bay Interior Mountains-
300 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s to lower 70s. Northwest winds
around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of thunderstorms.
Highs in the mid 80s to upper 90s. West winds up to 5 mph...
becoming southwest 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s to lower 70s.
Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to 90s. Northwest winds
around 5 mph...becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 60s to lower 70s. Northwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs mid 80s to 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear. Lows in the 60s to lower 70s.
Highs in the lower 80s to mid 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 70s
to lower 90s. Lows in the 60s.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Clear. Highs in the upper 70s to lower
90s. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lake Berryessa 72 98 72 97 / 20 20 10 0
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CAZ006-180100-
San Francisco-
300 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Areas of dense fog. A slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the 50s. Southwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Areas of dense fog in the morning. A slight chance of
thunderstorms in the morning. Highs in the lower 60s to mid 70s.
Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds 10 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the 60s to lower 70s. West winds 10 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the 60s to lower 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs in the 60s to lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s to mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the 60s to lower 70s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
San Francisco 57 71 57 68 / 20 20 10 10
Ocean Beach 53 66 56 65 / 20 20 10 10
$$
CAZ509-180100-
San Francisco Peninsula Coast-
300 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Areas of dense fog. A slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the 50s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Areas of dense fog in the morning. A slight chance of
thunderstorms in the morning. Highs in the lower 70s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.
West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. West winds around 5 mph
increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds
5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of thunderstorms.
Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
CAZ508-180100-
San Francisco Bay Shoreline-
300 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest winds around
5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning. Highs in
the 70s to upper 80s. Northwest winds around 5 mph increasing to
10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest winds 10 to
20 mph...becoming 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the 70s to lower 80s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph
increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 60. West winds 10 to 20 mph...becoming
5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the 70s to mid 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. Highs
in the 70s to lower 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
SFO Airport 59 77 60 73 / 20 20 10 10
Oakland 59 77 60 75 / 20 20 10 0
Fremont 60 85 61 80 / 20 20 10 0
Redwood City 59 87 60 83 / 20 20 10 0
Mountain View 60 80 61 76 / 20 20 10 0
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CAZ510-180100-
East Bay Interior Valleys-
300 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of thunderstorms in
the morning. Highs in the upper 90s. West winds 5 to 10 mph
increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s. West winds
10 to 20 mph...becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. West winds 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph...becoming 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 93 to 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs
in the 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs near 90.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
Highs near 90.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Concord 62 95 62 93 / 20 20 10 0
Livermore 62 97 63 93 / 20 20 10 0
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CAZ513-180100-
Santa Clara Valley...including San Jose-
300 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. A
slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning. Highs in the upper
80s to mid 90s. Southeast winds around 5 mph...becoming northwest
5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. West
winds 10 to 15 mph...becoming southwest up to 5 mph after
midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to mid 90s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph decreasing to around 5 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
Highs in the 80s to lower 90s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
San Jose 62 88 62 86 / 20 20 10 0
Morgan Hill 61 95 61 94 / 20 20 0 0
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CAZ512-180100-
Santa Cruz Mountains-
300 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s to mid 70s. Light winds.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. A
slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning. Highs in the 70s
to upper 80s. South winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to lower
70s. Northwest winds up to 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to upper 80s. Light
winds...becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to upper 60s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to upper 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s to
mid 60s. Highs in the lower 70s to mid 80s.
$$
CAZ515-180100-
East Bay Hills-
300 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds around
15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of thunderstorms in
the morning. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds around
15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower
90s. Lows around 60.
.SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 80s.
Lows in the lower 60s.
$$
CAZ514-180100-
Eastern Santa Clara Hills-
300 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the 60s to upper 70s. Light winds.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of thunderstorms in
the morning. Highs in the lower 90s. East winds up to 5 mph...
becoming northwest in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s to upper 70s.
West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 60s to mid 70s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear. Lows in the 60s to mid 70s.
Highs in the upper 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 50s to lower 70s. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s to
upper 60s. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
CAZ529-180100-
Northern Monterey Bay-
300 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Areas of fog. A slight chance
of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Light winds.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Areas of fog in the morning. A slight chance of
thunderstorms in the morning. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.
South winds around 5 mph in the evening...becoming light.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the 70s. Light winds...
becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.
Southeast winds around 5 mph in the evening...becoming light.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Patchy fog. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog.
Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the lower to mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly clear except patchy fog. Lows
in the mid 50s. Highs in the upper 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
Highs in the mid 70s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Santa Cruz 54 78 55 79 / 20 20 0 0
$$
CAZ530-180100-
Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast-
300 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Areas of fog. A slight chance
of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Areas of fog in the morning. A slight chance of
thunderstorms in the morning. Highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s.
West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
Highs in the lower 70s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Monterey 56 75 58 72 / 20 20 0 0
Big Sur 58 77 57 78 / 20 20 0 0
$$
CAZ528-180100-
Northern Salinas Valley...Hollister Valley...and Carmel Valley-
300 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Northwest winds
around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. A
slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning. Highs in the mid
70s to upper 80s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to
20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds 10 to
20 mph decreasing to around 5 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s to mid 80s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds 10 to
20 mph decreasing to up to 5 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the lower 70s to mid 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
Highs in the 70s to lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 70s to
mid 80s. Lows in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s to
lower 60s. Highs in the 70s to lower 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Salinas 54 74 56 73 / 20 20 0 0
Carmel Valley 60 88 59 85 / 20 20 0 0
Hollister 57 87 57 86 / 20 20 0 0
$$
CAZ516-180100-
Southern Salinas Valley...Arroyo Seco...and Lake San Antonio-
300 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Light winds.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. A
slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning. Highs 94 to 102.
Light winds...becoming west 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph...becoming north around 5 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 93 to 104. North winds 5 to 10 mph...
becoming northwest 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds
15 to 20 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 93 to 104.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the 80s to mid
90s. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to upper 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to upper 90s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
King City 56 94 57 93 / 20 20 0 0
$$
CAZ517-180100-
Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest-
300 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s to mid 70s. Southeast winds
up to 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. A
slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning. Highs in the mid
80s to upper 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid
70s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to 90s. North winds around
5 mph...becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s to lower 70s.
Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s to
lower 70s. Highs in the upper 70s to lower 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s to
60s. Highs in the mid 70s to upper 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s to upper
60s. Highs in the upper 70s to lower 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s to 60s.
Highs in the upper 70s to lower 90s.
$$
CAZ518-180100-
Mountains of San Benito and Interior Monterey County including
Pinnacles National Park-
300 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the 60s to mid 70s. Light winds.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. A
slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning. Highs upper 80s to
102. South winds up to 5 mph increasing to west 10 to 15 mph in
the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s to lower 70s.
Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph...becoming 5 to 10 mph after
midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs upper 80s to 102. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 60s to lower 70s. Northwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs upper 80s to 102.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear. Lows in the 60s to lower 70s.
Highs in the mid 80s to upper 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 50s to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 50s to
mid 60s. Highs in the 80s to 90s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s to mid 90s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Pinnacles NP 64 102 63 101 / 20 20 0 0
$$
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — General manager Rob Pelinka says Russell Westbrook doesn’t deserve all the blame for the Lakers’ struggles throughout his time in Los Angeles.
Pelinka still has renewed optimism about the Lakers’ future following a flurry of trades, including the deal that sent away Westbrook after less than two seasons.
“I think all teams at times take risks, trade for a player, and our aspirations when we did the Westbrook trade was that it would lead to a championship-contending team,” Pelinka said.
“We didn’t meet that goal, so you have to then look to pivot if something is not working, to correct it,” he added Saturday in his first extensive comments since adding six new players. “I think with this trade deadline, there was an opportunity there. And I think it’s really unfair to put the last year and a half (on) one player. The whole roster had to come together and fit, and part of sports sometimes is if things aren’t working, you have to fix them.”
After returning to his hometown through a pricey trade in the summer of 2021, Westbrook played some of the worst basketball of his career while struggling to fit into a complementary role alongside LeBron James and Anthony Davis, the big man whose constant injury problems made everything much worse. The trio played together for only 44 of a possible 138 games, going 22-22.
Pelinka says he swapped out nearly half of the Lakers’ roster at the deadline to improve their chances for a late playoff run, but also because the moves will make Los Angeles much more likely to be a contender next year and into the future. After losing six of nine, Los Angeles is 25-31 and in 13th place in the 15-team Western Conference heading into Saturday’s game at Golden State.
“I think we showed at the trade deadline a willingness to be very aggressive with our future assets to make the team better and to also plan for the future,” Pelinka said. “I’m glad we were able to put action to words.”
Pelinka traded Westbrook, the 2017 NBA MVP, in a three-team deal that brought D’Angelo Russell, Malik Beasley and Jarred Vanderbilt to the Lakers. Los Angeles also acquired big man Mo Bamba and wing Davon Reed at the deadline after acquiring Rui Hachimura late last month.
The Lakers swapped out six players in four trades to land at least five potential long-term contributors, all for the added cost of a protected first-round draft pick in 2027.
“You could almost look at it as pre-agency,” Pelinka said. “We very intentionally planned these moves to provide optionality in July, and some of these players have team options or team-controlled years on their contract. It gives us the ability to see how these last 26 regular-season games go and how potential postseason games go, and then we can go into this offseason with a higher collection of data points and a real-time analysis of how the pieces fit to make decisions for the future.”
Pelinka felt he needed to blow up the Lakers’ supporting cast because the team’s initial plan wasn’t working for the second consecutive season: The Lakers got off to a 2-10 start under new coach Darvin Ham, and their flashes of standout play never lasted long enough to make any headway in the standings. Davis has missed 24 games due to injury, while James will miss his 13th against the Warriors.
While praising Beasley as “one of the most elite snipers in the game” and Vanderbilt as “one of the most unique young defenders in our game,” Pelinka also was clearly thrilled to land Russell, who spent his first two NBA seasons with the Lakers before Magic Johnson and Pelinka traded him away in 2017.
Russell can be a free agent this summer, but Pelinka made it clear the Lakers want to keep him.
“We do see him as a player that’s not just a short-term rental,” Pelinka said. “We do think he’s a player that could really fit nicely with our core pieces, just bringing spacing and shooting and playmaking and high efficiency.”
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AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | https://www.wane.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-gm-pelinka-dont-blame-westbrook-for-all-of-lakers-woes/ | 2023-02-12 01:33:34 | 1 | https://www.wane.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-gm-pelinka-dont-blame-westbrook-for-all-of-lakers-woes/ |
Massachusetts voters narrowly approved a law that allows those in the U.S. illegally to obtain a driver’s license.
The bill passed by a slim margin in the heavily Democratic state, which was on the receiving end of a plane full of migrants who were sent to the state by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Massachusetts will remain one of 18 states that allow those in the U.S. illegally to access driver’s licenses.
The state’s Gov. Charlie Baker was among those leading the efforts to oppose the measure.
Baker argued that officials do not have the capability or expertise necessary to verify documents from other countries. He claimed that the law would hurt the state’s ability to share citizenship information with entities responsible for ensuring only citizens register to vote. Opponents added it would be “unfair to those who have taken the time to immigrate.”
Supporters said similar laws led to declines in uninsured drivers and hit-and-run crashes in other states. | https://www.ksby.com/news/national/massachusetts-voters-approve-drivers-licenses-for-undocumented-immigrants | 2022-11-09 17:45:28 | 0 | https://www.ksby.com/news/national/massachusetts-voters-approve-drivers-licenses-for-undocumented-immigrants |
PERRYTON, Texas (AP) — A tornado tore through the Texas Panhandle town of Perryton, killing three people, injuring dozens more and causing widespread damage as another series of fierce storms carved its way through Southern states.
The National Weather Service in Amarillo confirmed that a tornado hit the area shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday. Local officials said Thursday night that two people were missing.
Perryton Fire Chief Paul Dutcher said three people were killed, including at least one person who died in a mobile home park that took a “direct hit” from a tornado. Dutcher said at least 30 trailers were damaged or destroyed.
First responders from surrounding towns and cities and from neighboring Oklahoma descended on the town, which is home to more than 8,000 people and about 115 miles (185 kilometers) northeast of Amarillo, just south of the Oklahoma line.
Mobile homes were ripped apart and pickup trucks with shattered windshield were slammed against mounds of rubble in residential areas.
Perryton’s downtown also was walloped. About two blocks of businesses were heavily damaged, including an office supply store, a floral shop and a hair salon along the town’s Main Street. A minivan was shoved into the outer wall of a theater.
With a few hours of daylight left after the storm passed through, broken windows were being boarded up.
The Ochiltree County Sheriff’s Department said it would enforce a curfew from midnight to 6 a.m. Friday because of downed power lines and other dangers that might not be visible in the dark.
Storm chaser Brian Emfinger told Fox Weather that he watched the twister move through a mobile home park, mangling trailers and uprooting trees.
“I had seen the tornado do some pretty serious destruction to the industrial part of town,” he said. “Unfortunately, just west of there, there is just mobile home, after mobile home, after mobile home that is completely destroyed.”
There was no immediate word on the tornado’s size or wind speeds, meteorologist Luigi Meccariello said.
About 475,000 customers were without electricity in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma as of Friday morning, according to the poweroutage.us website.
Ochiltree General Hospital in Perryton on Facebook said “Walking/wounded please go to the clinic. All others to the hospital ER.”
“We have seen somewhere between 50 and 100 patients,” said Kelly Judice, the hospital’s interim CEO. Those include about 10 people in critical condition who were transferred to other hospitals.
Patients had minor to major trauma, ranging from “head injuries to collapsed lungs, lacerations, broken bones,” she said.
The hospital also said an American Red Cross shelter had been set up at the Ochiltree County Expo Center.
Chris Samples of local radio station KXDJ-FM said the station was running on auxiliary power.
“The whole city is out of power,” he said.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday he had directed the state Division of Emergency Management to help with everything from traffic control to restoring water and other utilities, if needed.
By evening, the weather front was moving southeast across Oklahoma. On Friday, scattered strong to severe thunderstorms were forecast for parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and some other states.
Elsewhere in Texas and other Southern states including Louisiana, heat advisories were in effect Friday and were forecast into the Juneteenth holiday weekend with temperatures reaching toward 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius). It was expected to feel as hot as 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius).
The storm system also brought hail and possible tornados to northwestern Ohio.
A barn was smashed and trees toppled in Sandusky County, Ohio, and power lines were downed in northern Toledo, leaving thousands without power. The weather service reported “a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado” over Bellevue and storms showing “signs of rotation” in other areas.
It was the second day in a row that powerful storms struck the U.S. On Wednesday, strong winds toppled trees, damaged buildings and blew cars off a highway from the eastern part of Texas to Georgia.
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Jablon reported from Los Angeles. Associated Press journalists Alina Hartounian in Phoenix, Lisa Baumann in Seattle and Adam Kealoha Causey in Dallas contributed. | https://www.qcnews.com/news/national-news/tornado-causes-widespread-damage-in-texas-panhandle-town/ | 2023-06-16 14:05:59 | 1 | https://www.qcnews.com/news/national-news/tornado-causes-widespread-damage-in-texas-panhandle-town/ |
(AP) – After more than two decades as America’s best-selling beer, Bud Light has slipped into second place.
Modelo Especial, a Mexican lager, overtook Bud Light in U.S. retail dollar sales in the month ending June 3, according to Nielsen data analyzed by Bump Williams Consulting. Modelo controlled 8.4% of U.S. grocery, convenience and liquor store sales; Bud Light fell to 7.3%.
It’s a milestone in the months-long sales decline Bud Light has experienced since early April, when critics vowed to boycott the brand after it sent a commemorative can to Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender influencer. Bud Light has also faced backlash from Mulvaney’s fans, who think the brand didn’t do enough to support her.
Dave William, Bump Williams’ vice president of analytics and insights, said Bud Light has been the top-selling U.S. beer since 2001, and it could still retain that crown this year. He noted that Bud Light’s year-to-date market share of 9% is still outpacing Modelo’s, at 8%. And Bud Light’s sales volumes are higher.
But Modelo appears to have the advantage, with its dollar sales increasing by double-digit percentages every week. The launch of a new light beer, Modelo Oro, in May is also boosting awareness of the brand.
Sales in bars and restaurants, which are harder to track, aren’t included in the retail numbers, and Bud Light far outpaced Modelo in those venues prior to April. But David Steinman, the vice president and executive editor of Beer Marketer’s Insights, said Modelo’s bar and restaurant sales have been growing quickly, and it’s believed that Bud Light took an even steeper sales hit in bars and restaurants than in groceries.
Bud Light’s U.S. retail sales were down 24% the week ending June 3, while Modelo Especial sales were up 12%, according to Dave Williams.
Scott Scanlon, an executive vice president at the consulting firm Circana who follows the alcohol market, said Mexican imports like Modelo and Corona have been the biggest bright spots in the otherwise stagnant U.S. beer market for years.
When Modelo first went on sale in the U.S. in the 1990s, it was primarily marketed to Hispanic drinkers, Scanlon said. It launched English-language ads in 2015 and has broadened its consumer base significantly since then. It’s especially popular among younger drinkers, who like its fuller flavor, Scanlon said.
Scanlon said Modelo is already the top seller in markets like Los Angeles and Chicago, but it could still see a lot of growth ahead on the East Coast.
“Modelo was going to become the No. 1 beer brand. It was destiny because the growth numbers we are seeing and have been seeing are astonishing,” Scanlon said. “The only question was time.”
Scanlon said the pandemic accelerated Modelo’s U.S. sales, since it sees more of its sales from retail stores than from bars and restaurants. And Bud Light’s missteps further accelerated its rise.
Grupo Modelo, the Mexican brewer, is owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev, the same parent company of Bud Light. Constellation Brands, a Rochester, New York-based company, has been licensed to sell Modelo in the U.S. since 2013 as part of an agreement with antitrust regulators after InBev bought Grupo Modelo.
Constellation said Wednesday it has nearly doubled its marketing spending on Modelo over the past five years and continues to see a “runway for growth” in the U.S. But Bud Light will try to counter that.
Last month, InBev said it will triple its marketing spending in the U.S. this summer, with a focus on sports and music festivals. Bud Light also continues to be a high-profile sponsor of LGBTQ+ Pride events.
Messages seeking comment were left Wednesday with Anheuser-Busch. | https://wgntv.com/business/bud-light-no-longer-top-selling-beer-in-us-first-time-in-over-two-decades/ | 2023-06-14 23:33:33 | 1 | https://wgntv.com/business/bud-light-no-longer-top-selling-beer-in-us-first-time-in-over-two-decades/ |
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