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CAIRO (AP) — Iranian authorities arrested one of the country’s most renowned actresses Saturday on charges of spreading falsehoods about nationwide protests that grip the country, state media said.
The report by IRNA said Taraneh Alidoosti, star of the Oscar-winning movie “The Salesman,” was detained a week after she made a post on Instagram expressing solidarity with the first man recently executed for crimes allegedly committed during the protests.
The announcement is the latest in a series of celebrity arrests, that have included footballers, actors and influencers, in response to their open display of support for anti-government demonstrations now in their third month
According to the report published on the state media’s official Telegram channel, Alidoosti was arrested because she did not provide ’’any documents in line with her claims.″
It said that several other Iranian celebrities had also ″been summoned by the judiciary body over publishing provocative content,″ and that some had been arrested. It provided no further details.
In her post, the 38-year-old actress said: ”His name was Mohsen Shekari. Every international organization who is watching this bloodshed and not taking action, is a disgrace to humanity.”
Shekari was executed Dec. 9 after being charged by an Iranian court with blocking a street in Tehran and attacking a member of the country’s security forces with a machete.
In November, Hengameh Ghaziani and Katayoun Riahi, two other famous Iranian actresses, were arrested by authorities for expressing solidarity with protesters on social media. Voria Ghafouri, an Iranian soccer player, was also arrested last month for ‘’insulting the national soccer team and propagandizing against the government.” All three have been released.
Since September, Alidoosti has openly expressed solidarity with protesters in at least three posts on Instagram. Her account, which had some 8 million followers, has been suspended.
Last Week, Iran executed a second prisoner, Majidreza Rahnavard, in connection with the protests. Rahnavard’s body was left hanging from a construction crane as a gruesome warning to others. Iranian authorities alleged Rahnavard stabbed two members of its paramilitary force.
Both Shekari and Rahnavard were executed less than a month after they were charged, underscoring the speed at which Iran now carries out death sentences imposed for alleged crimes related to the demonstrations. Activists say at least a dozen people have been sentenced to death in closed-door hearings. Iran is one of the one the world’s top executioners.
Iran has been rocked by protests since the Sept. 16 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died after being detained by the morality police. The protests have since morphed into one of the most serious challenges to Iran’s theocracy installed by the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Alidoosti had previously criticised the Iranian government and its police force before this year’s protests.
In June 2020, she was given a suspended five-month prison sentence after she criticized the police on Twitter in 2018 for assaulting a woman who had removed her headscarf.
At least 495 people have been killed in the demonstrations amid a harsh security crackdown, according to Human Rights Activists in Iran, a group that has been monitoring the protests since they began. Over 18,200 people have been detained by authorities.
Other well-known movies Alidoosti has starred in include “The Beautiful City” and “About Elly.” | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-iran-authorities-arrest-actress-of-oscar-winning-movie/ | 2022-12-18 03:47:01 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-iran-authorities-arrest-actress-of-oscar-winning-movie/ |
Hornets vs. Raptors: Betting Trends, Odds, Records Against the Spread, Home/Road Splits
Published: Apr. 4, 2023 at 8:23 AM EDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
The Toronto Raptors (39-39) play the Charlotte Hornets (26-53) as heavy, 14.5-point favorites on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET on BSSE and TSN. The matchup's point total is 223.5.
Hornets vs. Raptors Odds & Info
- When: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET
- Where: Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina
- TV: BSSE and TSN
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Hornets Betting Records & Stats
- Charlotte and its opponents have combined to score more than 223.5 points in 50 of 79 games this season.
- The average total for Charlotte's games this season has been 228.7, 5.2 more points than this matchup's over/under.
- Charlotte has gone 37-42-0 ATS this year.
- The Hornets have won in 18, or 28.6%, of the 63 contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs in this year.
- Charlotte has not entered a game this season with longer moneyline odds than +850.
- Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that Charlotte has a 10.5% chance of pulling out a win.
Hornets vs. Raptors Over/Under Stats
Additional Hornets Insights & Trends
- Charlotte has gone 4-6 in its past 10 games, with a 5-5 record against the spread in that span.
- The Hornets have gone over the total in four of their last 10 games.
- Against the spread, Charlotte has had better results away (22-18-0) than at home (15-24-0).
- The Hornets score an average of 111.2 points per game, only 0.5 fewer points than the 111.7 the Raptors give up to opponents.
- Charlotte has put together a 28-13 ATS record and a 21-20 overall record in games it scores more than 111.7 points.
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US sending more warships, Marines to Gulf to counter Iran’s efforts to seize commercial ships
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending additional warships and thousands of Marines to the Middle East to increase security in the wake of Iranian attempts to seize commercial ships there.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday approved the deployment of the USS Bataan amphibious readiness group and the 26th Marine Expeditional Unit to the Gulf region, according to U.S. officials. The readiness group consists of three ships, including the Bataan, an amphibious assault ship. An expeditional unit usually consists of about 2,500 Marines.
In an announcement, U.S. Central Command said the deployment will provide “even greater flexibility and maritime capability in the region.” The announcement did not name the ships, but U.S. officials detailed the units involved in the deployment on condition of anonymity to discuss troop movements.
Along with the Bataan, the group includes two other warships, the USS Mesa Verde and the USS Carter Hall. The group left Norfolk, Virginia, earlier this month. It was unclear Thursday if all three ships would continue into the Gulf region.
The deployment comes on the heels of decisions in recent weeks to send the USS Thomas Hudner, a destroyer, and a number of F-35 and F-16 fighter jets to the region. There also have been A-10 attack aircraft there for several weeks in response to the Iranian activity.
Iran tried to seize two oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz early this month, opening fire on one of them. The fighter aircraft are intended to give air cover for the commercial ships moving through the waterway and increase the military’s visibility in the area, as a deterrent to Iran.
Gen. Erik Kurilla, who heads Central Command, said the additional forces “provide unique capabilities, which alongside our partner nations in the region, further safeguard the free flow of international commerce and uphold the rules based international order, and deter Iranian destabilizing activities in the region.”
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SAN ANTONIO — On this episode of Locked On Spurs, host Jeff Garcia welcomes Sweep The League's Rudy Campos to discuss the latest San Antonio Spurs news from Lonnie Walker IV, a company selling its ownership stake in the team, Keita Bates-Diop and more.
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Cizikas' backhander breaks the ice for the Isles
Casey Cizikas takes advantage of a scramble in front of the net, collecting the loose puck and sneaking a backhand shot past Igor Shesterkin to open the scoring and put the Islanders up 1-0 over the Rangers. | https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/nhl/cizikas-backhander-breaks-the-ice-for-the-isles | 2023-06-27 17:13:58 | 1 | https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/nhl/cizikas-backhander-breaks-the-ice-for-the-isles |
Nutritional powerhouse announces new products - including a revolutionary nutrient rich skincare line - and continues its goal to dominate the industry at THRIVEpalooza 2023 in Denver, Colorado
FRISCO, Texas, April 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Le-Vel, the world leader in nutritional innovation, presented their annual convention, THRIVEpalooza 2023 from April 20-22 at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Denver, Colorado. This amazing event was attended by thousands and featured training from 50 of Le-Vel's Brand Promoters & World Renowned Speakers, an unprecedented number of innovative new product launches & nightly themed parties.
The weekend began with an exclusive Millionaire Award Recipient Dinner, including a stunning black tie reception and a hilarious show from stand up comedian, Don Freisen. Friday morning started with all day training for Le-Vel's Brand Promoters with multi-course training sessions available with notable speakers: Mike Ganino, Brock Johnson and Rob Sirstins. Brand Promoters could also enjoy a hydration station where they could sample Le-Vel's premium nutritional beverages, have fun in an interactive social media room and shop in the LV Gear Store.
Friday evening included a Wild West "Le-Vel Meets Yellowstone!" party where hundreds danced the night away after the first big product launch of the weekend: THRIVE Rebuild, a premium blood orange Colostrum beverage designed to support immune health. Additional product releases included three new decadent Lifestyle Mix flavors, Chocolate Covered Strawberry, ELITE Chocolate, and ELITE Strawberry, that are delicious protein shakes a part of the THRIVE and THRIVE ELITE Experience and new THRIVE ELITE Sample Packs to help Brand Promoters get product samples into the hands of potential customers.
Kicking off the main event on Saturday, Le-Vel corporate team members, Cliff Gallagher, Senior Director of Operations and Business Integration and Liz Reuth, Executive Director of Digital Marketing, acted as the masters of ceremonies for an action-packed day of awards and training including keynote speeches from: podcast host and business coach, Jasmine Star and former collegiate athlete and motivational speaker, Inky Johnson. The brand also released their annual STRIVE magazine - a print publication that delves into the lives of Brand Promoters, provides thoughtful articles, training and product information.
Once Le-Vel Co-Founder & CEO, Jason Camper, took the stage, the product announcements continued as Camper revealed the highly anticipated THRIVE Her Daily Support, an AM/PM Kit curated for all women to help balance the female body & system, support mood, energy, comfort and ease during life's natural transitions.
And the final product drop of the weekend was Le-Vel SKIN, a brand new luxurious, nutrient-rich skincare line created for all skin types to cleanse, repair and improve the skin's appearance. After a ten year history specializing in premium nutrition for the body, Le-Vel is proud to announce its new skincare line that specializes in supporting nutrition for healthy skin.
Perhaps one of the most exciting moments of the event was when the eight Ultimate THRIVER ELITE Season 4 Winners were also announced and called on stage on Saturday to receive their awards adding up to a total of $250,000 in prizes - the largest amount Le-Vel has offered in four years of running the transformation Competition. This annual 12-Week Competition began in January and encouraged thousands of participants to get toned and become the best version of themselves by using the THRIVE ELITE Experience daily.
Concluding the event, Le-Vel held a VIP cocktail party at Meow Wolf in Denver to celebrate the final night of a truly transformative weekend. Many of the attendees remarked that this year's event was the best convention on record.
"This year's event brought together thousands of THRIVERS and felt like our best convention in years. I could not be happier with this incredible company, community and culture. We dared to dream a dream ten years ago, and now with renewed dreams and vision, we commit to the fight of pursuing those dreams in this next chapter," said Le-Vel Co-Founder & CEO, Jason Camper.
Founded in 2012, Le-Vel formulates and sells health and wellness products and skincare. Le-Vel products include the THRIVE Experience and THRIVE ELITE Experience (consisting of the three core products, THRIVE Premium Lifestyle DFT, THRIVE Premium Lifestyle Capsules and THRIVE Premium Lifestyle Mix), and a nutritional skincare system. All of Le-Vel's products contain premium vitamins and nutrients made with the highest quality ingredients. In 2019, less than seven years after the company's inception, Le-Vel reached a milestone of $2 billion in lifetime orders. Today, Le-Vel has over 10 million Customer and Brand Promoters and currently ships within the United States, Canada, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
To learn more about Le-Vel, please visit: www.le-vel.com
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MHS 40
ANDREWS 29
Briana Tarango scored a game-high 15 points to lead Midland High to its second straight win with a victory over Andrews, Friday at the MHS gym.
Tyleah Taylor had seven points and Kayden Young added six for the Lady Bulldogs (2-1), who visit Crane at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Jayci Richters led the Lady Mustangs (0-2) with 12 points.
MHS held Andrews to one point in the third quarter and led 35-16 at that point.
MCS 41
PECOS 33
Midland Christian improved to 2-0 with a victory over Pecos during a non-district game, Friday at McGraw Event Center.
Kaylee Peeler led the Lady Mustangs with 10 points, followed by nine points apiece from McKenzie Ramirez and Amara Odukwu.
Leading 22-20 at halftime, MCS went on a 15-7 run in the third quarter to extend its lead to 37-27.
The Lady Mustangs visit Midland Classical at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
COMPASS 23
TRINITY 16
Odessa Compass Academy beat Trinity in a low-scoring affair, Friday at Beal Gymnasium.
Alina Lujan posted a team-high seven points for the Lady Chargers, while teammate Amelia Edwards had four.
Trinity hosts Sanderson on Nov. 29.
Compass Academy’s Autumn Garza led all scorers with 13. | https://www.mrt.com/sports/highschool/article/HS-GIRLS-BASKETBALL-Roundup-from-Nov-11-17579024.php | 2022-11-12 09:14:04 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/sports/highschool/article/HS-GIRLS-BASKETBALL-Roundup-from-Nov-11-17579024.php |
MIAMI, March 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Luxury Hotel Association (ILHA) has started the new year with a series of webinars designed to provide insights into the latest trends in the luxury hotel industry. The latest webinar, titled "2023: The Future of Events & Group Travel," sponsored by Tripleseat, focused on the evolution of events and group travel, attendee expectations, staffing challenges, and ways to enhance the luxury experience. The webinar was moderated by Whitney Spratt, Senior Director of Hotels at Tripleseat, and featured speakers Lisa Bush, Director of Sales and Marketing at Thompson Nashville, Joel Costa, Director of Sales & Marketing at 1 Hotel San Francisco, and Priya Rajamani, VP Implementation & Support at StayNTouch.
To watch a recording of the webinar visit the ILHA website here
We are thrilled to announce our new partnership with Anytime Postage. This customizable self-service postal kiosk enables hotels to offer convenient shipping services to their room guests and tradeshow participants anywhere in the world. The self-service kiosk is easy to use and provides guests real-time shipping rates, package tracking, and label printing.
The Anytime Postage kiosk also supports hotel staff by providing a fast and straightforward shipping option to return items left behind by guests or ship vacation purchases made by guests ahead to a guest's home or next destination.
Matt Going, CEO and Co-Founder of Anytime Postage, added, "Anytime Postage was very well received by Inspire 2022 attendees because of the multiple ways our shipping kiosk can improve the guest experience while making hotel staff jobs easier. We look forward to growing our partnership with ILHA and the luxury hotel industry in 2023 and beyond."
Our partnership with Anytime Postage will allow hotels to meet the growing demand in exceeding expectations around the guest experience by providing a seamless and hassle-free automated shipping solution for guests and the supporting hotel staff. To learn how Anytime Postage works, click here to watch their demonstration video.
The ILHA's East Coast Chapter will also hold its first chapter event of the year at the Carillon Miami on the Seagrape Terrace on Tuesday, April 11, from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. The event will provide attendees with the opportunity to network with other luxury hotel professionals while enjoying preferred room rates of $349 at the venue. Anyone interested in attending should register here and contact the hotel directly for the preferred room rate.
We would like to extend a special thanks to ILHA partner, Avendra, for securing the venue and working with us on making the event a success.
"2023: The Future of Events & Group Travel" and the upcoming East Coast Chapter event are part of the ILHA's ongoing efforts to connect luxury hotel professionals and provide them with insights and resources to succeed in today's ever-changing market. "We are thrilled to offer these opportunities for professionals to come together, share their knowledge, and learn from each other," said Barak Hirschowitz, President of the ILHA. "We look forward to announcing the details of INSPIRE 2023 soon, which promises to be another fantastic event for luxury hotel leaders."
About the International Luxury Hotel Association
The International Luxury Hotel Association is the luxury hospitality's preeminent association promoting, unifying and advancing the industry through insight, opinion and research. ILHA reaches an audience of more than 500,000 hotel professionals in 90+ countries and produces LUXURY HOTELIERS Magazine, ILHA SmartBrief and the INSPIRE SUMMITS in Europe and North America. They also run LinkedIn's largest hospitality and travel group which ranks in the top 100 of the more than 10 million professional groups on LinkedIn. Connect with us on theilha.com, hospitality and travel forum, ILHA Facebook, ILHA Instagram, ILHA Twitter, ILHA YouTube
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Rangers vs. Rays: Odds, spread, over/under - July 19
Marcus Semien and the Texas Rangers (57-39), who are trying for a series sweep, will host Wander Franco and the Tampa Bay Rays (60-38) at Globe Life Field on Wednesday, July 19. The game will start at 2:05 PM ET.
The Rays are favored in this one, at -115, while the underdog Rangers have -105 odds to win.
Rangers vs. Rays Time and TV Channel
- Date: Wednesday, July 19, 2023
- Time: 2:05 PM ET
- TV: BSSW
- Location: Arlington, Texas
- Venue: Globe Life Field
- Probable Pitchers: Zack Littell - TB (0-1, 6.05 ERA) vs Jon Gray - TEX (6-5, 3.45 ERA)
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Rangers vs. Rays Betting Odds, Run Line and Total
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Rangers vs. Rays Betting Trends and Insights
- This season, the Rays have won 54 out of the 80 games, or 67.5%, in which they've been favored.
- When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -115 or shorter, the Rays have gone 54-26 (67.5%).
- The implied probability of a win from Tampa Bay, based on the moneyline, is 53.5%.
- The Rays were favored on the moneyline in seven of their last 10 games, and they finished 3-4 in those matchups.
- Over its last 10 outings (all 10 of them had set totals), Tampa Bay and its opponents combined to go over the run total three times.
- The Rangers have been chosen as underdogs in 28 games this year and have walked away with the win 15 times (53.6%) in those games.
- The Rangers have a mark of 10-11 in contests where oddsmakers favor them by -105 or worse on the moneyline.
- The Rangers have been underdogs once in the past 10 games and won that contest.
- When it comes to hitting the over, Texas and its opponents are 4-6-0 in the last 10 games with a total.
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DULLES, Va., May 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SOFIE Biosciences (SOFIE), an established US manufacturer and developer of radiopharmaceuticals, has dosed and imaged the first patient with [18F]FAPI-74 in its US Clinical Trial of flourine-18 labeled Fibroblast Activation Protein Inhibitor (FAPI). This study is a Phase 2, Multicenter, Non-randomized Study of [18F]FAPI-74 PET for imaging patients with gastrointestinal cancers, including hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, gastric, pancreatic and colorectal cancer (NCT05641896).
The clinical trial comes after the US FDA granted SOFIE an active IND in support of this study in November of 2022. The study was launched at its first site in Boston under Principal Investigator, Shadi Esfahani, MD, MPH. Additional sites are in the process of activation and anticipated to begin recruitment in the coming weeks.
Sherly Mosessian, Ph.D., SOFIE's Chief Scientific Officer, commented, "We are thrilled to see the launch of the study and imaging of the first patient in this prospective study. Tremendous promise exists in diagnostic and companion diagnostic use of FAPI family of compounds, especially in gastrointestinal cancers. Flourine-18 labeled FAPI opens up many possibilities in FAP targeting, and we are excited to be driving this product forward to unlock more of its potential." The commitment to improving patient care through utilization of radiopharmaceuticals for imaging and therapy is a professional and personal mission of SOFIE's. Frank Valla, SOFIE's Director of Clinical Development and FAPI CMC lead, added, "The promise of FAP targeting in gastrointestinal cancers and the recognition of this important milestone for patient care brings great excitement to the field as well as sense of personal fulfillment after having lost my father to Colorectal Cancer in 2007."
This study is the second SOFIE FAPI product in a clinical study. SOFIE is currently conducting a Phase 2 clinical study with the lead Galium-68 labelled FAPI product, [68Ga]FAPI-46, in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma patients (NCT05262855).
About SOFIE
SOFIE's vision is to improve patient outcomes by developing and delivering molecular diagnostics and therapeutics (theranostics). With its robust radiopharmaceutical production and distribution network, mature contract manufacturing services, and now, high value theranostic intellectual property, SOFIE is poised to deliver on the promise of radiopharmaceuticals. For more information, contact info@sofie.com.
About FAPI
Fibroblast Activation Protein (FAP) is highly expressed in cancer associated fibroblasts (CAF) across several tumor entities. Developed by the team at the Heidelberg University, quinoline-based PET tracers that act as FAP inhibitors (FAPI) have shown encouraging results in pre-clinical and clinical studies. SOFIE has licensed the rights for diagnostic and companion diagnostic use of FAPI family of compounds from Heidelberg University.
About [18F]FAPI-74
[18F]FAPI-74 is the lead Fluorine-18 radiolabeled PET tracer of FAPI family of compounds. It has demonstrated favorable dosimetry, avidity, safety and biodistribution profile amenable for detection of FAP-expressing cells in patients with various cancers. This radioligand for imaging is currently optimized for production within SOFIE and its clinical trial partners.
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NO_FG Lutz 56, 9:34. Drive: 11 plays, 41 yards, 5:26. Key Plays: Harty kick return to New Orleans 22; Dalton 11 pass to Olave; Hill 4 run on 3rd-and-1.
Sea_Metcalf 50 pass from G.Smith (Myers kick), 6:41. Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:53. Key Play: G.Smith 15 pass to Fant.
Sea_FG Myers 56, 1:13. Drive: 6 plays, 36 yards, 2:57. Key Play: Penny 32 run.
NO_Hill 8 run (Lutz kick), 10:54. Drive: 11 plays, 69 yards, 5:19. Key Plays: Hill kick return to New Orleans 31; Kamara 3 run on 3rd-and-2; Dalton 13 pass to Ju.Johnson; Hill 15 run.
NO_Hill 9 run (Lutz kick), 3:34. Drive: 2 plays, 13 yards, 00:45.
Sea_FG Myers 31, 1:42. Drive: 10 plays, 62 yards, 1:52. Key Plays: G.Smith 15 pass to Dissly; G.Smith 32 pass to Fant; G.Smith 13 run.
Sea_Lockett 35 pass from G.Smith (kick failed), :07. Drive: 3 plays, 50 yards, 00:13. Key Play: G.Smith 11 pass to Lockett.
NO_Olave 16 pass from Dalton (Lutz kick), 12:03. Drive: 6 plays, 31 yards, 2:47. Key Play: Hill 5 run on 3rd-and-1.
NO_Trautman 22 pass from Hill (Lutz kick), :40. Drive: 4 plays, 79 yards, 2:10. Key Play: Dalton 54 pass to Kamara.
Sea_Lockett 40 pass from G.Smith (pass failed), 14:08. Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 1:28. Key Play: G.Smith 10 pass to Lockett.
Sea_Walker 69 run (Myers kick), 6:54. Drive: 2 plays, 78 yards, 00:46.
NO_Hill 60 run (Ingram run), 5:22. Drive: 4 plays, 69 yards, 1:32. Key Play: Hill kick return to New Orleans 31.
A_70,003.
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RUSHING_Seattle, Walker 8-88, Penny 8-54, G.Smith 3-13, Dallas 1-4, Dickson 1-(minus 8). New Orleans, Hill 9-112, Kamara 23-103, Ingram 9-16, Dalton 7-4.
PASSING_Seattle, G.Smith 16-25-0-268. New Orleans, Dalton 16-24-1-187, Hill 1-1-0-22.
RECEIVING_Seattle, Lockett 5-104, Metcalf 5-88, Fant 3-49, Dissly 2-21, Dallas 1-6. New Orleans, Kamara 6-91, Olave 4-54, Trautman 2-32, Callaway 2-5, Johnson 1-13, Smith 1-10, Kirkwood 1-4.
PUNT RETURNS_Seattle, None. New Orleans, Callaway 2-25.
KICKOFF RETURNS_Seattle, Dallas 1-21. New Orleans, Hill 3-69, Harty 2-31.
TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS_Seattle, Barton 7-5-0, Brooks 7-4-0, Diggs 4-3-0, Woolen 4-0-0, Woods 3-2-1, Nwosu 3-2-0, M.Jackson 3-0-0, Neal 2-6-0, Mone 2-3-0, Mafe 2-0-0, Taylor 2-0-0, Ford 1-2-0, Bryant 1-1-0, Harris 1-1-0, Jefferson 1-0-0, J.Jones 1-0-0, M.Adams 0-1-0, Gillaspia 0-1-0, Dallas (minus 1)-1-0. New Orleans, Adebo 6-2-0, Werner 5-2-0, Mathieu 4-1-0, Davenport 3-1-0, D.Davis 2-2-.5, Evans 2-2-0, Jordan 2-1-1.5, Granderson 1-2-0, J.Gray 1-0-1, Olave 1-0-0, Onyemata 1-0-0, Roby 1-0-0, Smith 1-0-0, Street 1-0-0, Tuttle 1-0-0, Elliss 0-4-0, Roach 0-2-0, Washington 0-1-0.
INTERCEPTIONS_Seattle, Woolen 1-0. New Orleans, None.
MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.
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OFFICIALS_Referee Brad Allen, Ump Duane Heydt, HL Sarah Thomas, LJ Daniel Gallagher, FJ Rick Patterson, SJ Boris Cheek, BJ Greg Yette, Replay Artenzia Young-Seigler. | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/New-Orleans-39-Seattle-32-17497846.php | 2022-10-09 21:53:31 | 0 | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/New-Orleans-39-Seattle-32-17497846.php |
CAROLINE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A Virginia gas station mistakenly put diesel fuel in its pumps, costing some drivers hundreds of dollars in repairs.
The fuel mix-up happened at a Shell gas station in the Ruther Glen area in Caroline County on Wednesday. Grayson Ang, who was traveling from Maryland to Richmond for Thanksgiving, was one of several who reported the issue.
He said his car issues began shortly after he stopped to fill up his tank with what he thought was unleaded gas.
“It would turn on, then turn right off. Then I tried to hit the gas and it would rev but turn off,” Ang said. “The next morning, it wouldn’t start. So, I had it towed to a local mechanic, and they told me it was filled with diesel, and I was like, ‘What? That’s impossible.’”
He added, “As far as I know, you can’t even pump diesel because the nozzle doesn’t fit, so I knew it wasn’t our fault.”
It cost $848.26 to fix the issue, according to receipts obtained by WRIC.
Mechanics said in a case like this, it is vital to get an emergency tow so technicians can pump the diesel fuel out then rinse away any residue. Estimates for this service range from $500 to $1000.
“They had to drop the tank, empty it, clean it out, and fill it,” said Ang. “I called Shell corporate because I couldn’t reach the gas station. They sent me an email and a form.”
Store clerk Cindy Rioja said she, too, was a victim.
“Diesel guy comes, pumps it into our system, leaves … all of a sudden we have problems,” she said. “Went to start my car back up, it wouldn’t start. I had to hold my foot to the floor.”
Rioja said she and Ang are likely just two of hundreds of drivers impacted by the fuel mix-up, which involved all four of the station’s gas pumps for nearly 24 hours.
It wasn’t until Thursday morning when Rioja returned that she found the pumps covered in trash bags.
“People were traveling through here for Thanksgiving. Some of them got stranded, so it’s just a big mess,” she said.
Rioja and Ang said the company has been slow to respond to damage reports.
“I’m frustrated,” Rioja said.
WRIC reached out to Shell to find out how many drivers were impacted and whether they will be reimbursed for damages, but the company did not immediately respond.
“I’m just hoping I get my money back,” Ang said. “The only concern is if I have any long-term damage.” | https://www.wfla.com/news/diesel-mistakenly-put-into-virginia-gas-station-pumps-possibly-costing-drivers-hundreds/ | 2022-11-29 15:48:53 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/news/diesel-mistakenly-put-into-virginia-gas-station-pumps-possibly-costing-drivers-hundreds/ |
"Avatar: The Way of Water" is poised to become one of the year's biggest film releases. It's the sequel to the 2009 blockbuster "Avatar," which is the highest grossing Hollywood film in history.
Copyright 2022 NPR
"Avatar: The Way of Water" is poised to become one of the year's biggest film releases. It's the sequel to the 2009 blockbuster "Avatar," which is the highest grossing Hollywood film in history.
Copyright 2022 NPR | https://www.iowapublicradio.org/2022-12-15/the-long-awaited-sequel-to-avatar-is-more-than-3-hours-long | 2022-12-15 11:10:13 | 0 | https://www.iowapublicradio.org/2022-12-15/the-long-awaited-sequel-to-avatar-is-more-than-3-hours-long |
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Hit 5" game were:
06-29-34-39-41
(six, twenty-nine, thirty-four, thirty-nine, forty-one)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Hit 5" game were:
06-29-34-39-41
(six, twenty-nine, thirty-four, thirty-nine, forty-one) | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Hit-5-game-17688124.php | 2023-01-01 05:35:01 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Hit-5-game-17688124.php |
(WFRV) – Number One New York Times Bestselling Author Daniel Silva has released his 25th book.
He spoke with Local 5 Live about this career milestone, his writing methods and more on the fascinating story in “Portrait of an Unknown Woman” on sale now.
For more, head to danielsilvabooks.com. | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/local5live/bestselling-author-daniel-silva-releases-new-book-portrait-of-an-unknown-woman/ | 2022-07-18 16:05:09 | 0 | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/local5live/bestselling-author-daniel-silva-releases-new-book-portrait-of-an-unknown-woman/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Good news for fans of “The Goonies:” the old Victorian home featured in the film is on sale in Astoria, Oregon, and potential buyers are considering making it more accessible to the public.
“We have a few interested parties right now,” said realtor Jordan Miller, the listing agent for the property. “It seems to be everybody's intention to be able to open up the house a little bit more and have more access.”
The 1896 home with sweeping views of the Columbia River flowing into the Pacific Ocean has been listed with an asking price of $1.7 million on Zillow, where it's described as “fully loaded with history, nostalgia and iconic level of fame.”
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Since the movie hit theaters in 1985, fans have flocked to the home in northwestern Oregon's historic port of Astoria. The city celebrates Goonies Day on June 7, the film's release date, and welcomes thousands of people for the event.
Owner Sandi Preston was known to have been largely welcoming to visitors. But she lived in the house full time, and the constant crowds were a strain that prompted her at times to close it to foot traffic.
After the film's 30th anniversary drew about 1,500 daily visitors in 2015, Preston posted “no trespassing” signs prohibiting tourists from walking up to the property. She reopened it to the public this past August.
City officials, who restricted parking in the area, have long sought to mediate the tensions between residents and the fans hoping to see and photograph the location.
“While the owner of this location from The Goonies is a fan of the movie and enjoys chatting with visitors making the trek to Astoria to see the film locations, as you can imagine, it gets hard having hundreds of people crowding into your personal space every single day,” the Astoria-Warrenton Chamber of Commerce wrote in August on a Facebook page they administer called Goonies Day in Astoria, Oregon.
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In the coming-of-age film, based on a story by Steven Spielberg and featuring a young Sean Astin, a group of friends fight to protect their homes from an expanding country club and threats of foreclosure. In the process, they discover an old treasure map that leads them on an adventure and allows them to save their “Goon Docks” neighborhood.
Astoria and its rugged coastline served as the backdrop for several well-known films from the 1980s and ’90s, including “Kindergarten Cop” starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
For now, potential buyers of the iconic Goonies house don't seem to want to make the house their primary residence, said listing agent Miller, suggesting it has drawn interest from people who want to “make it their passion.”
“It’s kind of a fun buy,” Miller said. “Whoever buys the house is going to have a relatively steady stream of extremely happy people walking up outside to fulfill their childhood dreams.” | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/11/22/arts/famed-goonies-house-sale-coastal-astoria-oregon/ | 2022-11-22 18:10:39 | 0 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/11/22/arts/famed-goonies-house-sale-coastal-astoria-oregon/ |
TX Lubbock TX Zone Forecast for Wednesday, November 16, 2022
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Zone Forecasts for the South Plains Area
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
304 AM CST Thu Nov 17 2022
TXZ035-171630-
Lubbock-
Including the cities of Lubbock, Wolfforth, and Slaton
304 AM CST Thu Nov 17 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Cold with lows in the mid 20s. South winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming
northeast 15 to 20 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Much cooler with highs in the lower 30s.
East winds 15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of very light
freezing drizzle and flurries. Cold with lows around 20.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 40s. North winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows around 30.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ026-171630-
Childress-
Including the cities of Childress and Kirkland
304 AM CST Thu Nov 17 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. East winds 15 to 20 mph,
becoming northeast after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. Much cooler with highs in the lower 30s.
Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of very light
freezing drizzle and flurries. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming north after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper
40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming north in the
afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ021-171630-
Parmer-
Including the cities of Friona, Bovina, and Farwell
304 AM CST Thu Nov 17 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 20s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. Much colder with highs in the upper 20s. East
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of very light
freezing drizzle and flurries. Cold with lows around 15. East
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph after
midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower
40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph
in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ022-171630-
Castro-
Including the cities of Dimmitt and Hart
304 AM CST Thu Nov 17 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Cold with lows in the lower 20s. Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Much colder with highs in the upper 20s.
East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of very light
freezing drizzle and flurries. Cold with lows around 15. East
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northwest after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Not as
cool with highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 60.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ023-171630-
Swisher-
Including the cities of Tulia and Happy
304 AM CST Thu Nov 17 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 20s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Much colder with highs in the upper 20s.
East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of very light
freezing drizzle and flurries. Cold with lows around 16. East
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northwest after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Not as
cool with highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows around 30.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 60.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ024-171630-
Briscoe-
Including the cities of Silverton and Quitaque
304 AM CST Thu Nov 17 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the mid 50s. Southwest winds
15 to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the mid 20s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. Much colder with highs around 30. Northeast
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of very light
freezing drizzle and flurries. Cold with lows around 18.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northwest after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 40s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming north 10 to 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows around 30.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 60.
$$
TXZ025-171630-
Hall-
Including the cities of Turkey and Memphis
304 AM CST Thu Nov 17 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. Northeast winds 15 to
20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. Much cooler with highs in the lower 30s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of very light
freezing drizzle and flurries. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northwest after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper
40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming north in the
afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs around 60.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ027-171630-
Bailey-
Including the city of Muleshoe
304 AM CST Thu Nov 17 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Cold with lows in the lower 20s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming northeast after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. Much colder with highs in the lower 30s. East
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of very light
freezing drizzle and flurries. Cold with lows around 16. East
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 40s. North winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 60.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ028-171630-
Lamb-
Including the cities of Littlefield, Amherst, and Olton
304 AM CST Thu Nov 17 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Cold with lows in the lower 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming northeast after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. Much colder with highs in the lower 30s. East
winds around 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of very light
freezing drizzle and flurries. Cold with lows around 16.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 40s. North winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ029-171630-
Hale-
Including the cities of Plainview and Hale Center
304 AM CST Thu Nov 17 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Cold with lows in the lower 20s. South winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming northeast after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Much colder with highs around 30. East
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of very light
freezing drizzle and flurries. Cold with lows around 17. East
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming north 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 40s. North winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows around 30.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 60.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ030-171630-
Floyd-
Including the cities of Floydada and Lockney
304 AM CST Thu Nov 17 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 20s. South winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming northeast 15 to 20 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Much colder with highs in the upper 20s.
Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of very light
freezing drizzle and flurries. Cold with lows around 17.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming north 5 to 10 mph after
midnight.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 40s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northeast in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs around 50.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ031-171630-
Motley-
Including the cities of Matador and Roaring Springs
304 AM CST Thu Nov 17 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Cold with lows in the mid 20s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming northeast 15 to 20 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. Much cooler with highs in the lower 30s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of very light
freezing drizzle and flurries. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 40s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming north in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ032-171630-
Cottle-
Including the cities of Paducah and Cee Vee
304 AM CST Thu Nov 17 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Cold with lows in the upper 20s. South winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming northeast 15 to 20 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Much cooler with highs in the mid 30s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of very light
freezing drizzle and flurries. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper
40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ033-171630-
Cochran-
Including the cities of Morton and Whiteface
304 AM CST Thu Nov 17 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 50s. Southwest
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Cold with lows in the lower 20s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Much cooler with highs in the lower 30s.
East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of very light
freezing drizzle and flurries. Cold with lows around 18. East
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows around 30.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ034-171630-
Hockley-
Including the cities of Levelland and Sundown
304 AM CST Thu Nov 17 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Cold with lows in the lower 20s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Much cooler with highs in the lower 30s.
East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of very light
freezing drizzle and flurries. Cold with lows around 18.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 40s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows around 30.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ036-171630-
Crosby-
Including the cities of Ralls and Crosbyton
304 AM CST Thu Nov 17 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Cold with lows in the mid 20s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming northeast 15 to 20 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Much cooler with highs in the lower 30s.
Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of very light
freezing drizzle and flurries. Cold with lows around 20.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 40s. North winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows around 30.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ037-171630-
Dickens-
Including the cities of Spur and Dickens
304 AM CST Thu Nov 17 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Cold with lows in the upper 20s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming northeast 15 to 20 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Much cooler with highs in the mid 30s.
Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of very light
freezing drizzle and flurries. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 40s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ038-171630-
King-
Including the cities of Dumont and Guthrie
304 AM CST Thu Nov 17 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Cold with lows in the upper 20s. South winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming north after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Much cooler with highs in the upper 30s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of very light
freezing drizzle and flurries. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper
40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 40.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ039-171630-
Yoakum-
Including the cities of Denver City and Plains
304 AM CST Thu Nov 17 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Cold with lows in the mid 20s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Much cooler with highs in the mid 30s.
East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of very light
freezing drizzle and flurries. Cold with lows around 20. East
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ040-171630-
Terry-
Including the cities of Brownfield, Meadow, and Wellman
304 AM CST Thu Nov 17 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Cold with lows in the mid 20s. South winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
northeast 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Much cooler with highs in the mid 30s.
East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of very light
freezing drizzle and flurries. Cold with lows around 20.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ041-171630-
Lynn-
Including the cities of Tahoka, New Home, and ODonnell
304 AM CST Thu Nov 17 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Cold with lows in the mid 20s. South winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
northeast 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Much cooler with highs in the mid 30s.
Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of very light
freezing drizzle and flurries. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 40s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Cold with lows around 30.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ042-171630-
Garza-
Including the cities of Post and Lake Alan Henry
304 AM CST Thu Nov 17 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Cold with lows in the upper 20s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Much cooler with highs in the upper 30s.
Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of very light
freezing drizzle and flurries. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 50.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ043-171630-
Kent-
Including the city of Jayton
304 AM CST Thu Nov 17 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Cold with lows in the upper 20s. South winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming north 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Much cooler with highs in the upper 30s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of very light
freezing drizzle and flurries. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 40.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ044-171630-
Stonewall-
Including the cities of Aspermont and Old Glory
304 AM CST Thu Nov 17 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Cold with lows around 30. South winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming north
10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Much cooler with highs around 40.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of very light
freezing drizzle and flurries. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 60s.
$$
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NEW YORK, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Tupperware Brands Corporation (NYSE: TUP) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: November 3, 2021 to May 3, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: August 15, 2022
No obligation or cost to you.
Learn more about your recoverable losses in TUP:
https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/tupperware-brands-corporation-loss-submission-form-2?id=30431&from=4
CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Tupperware Brands Corporation made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Tupperware was facing significant challenges in maintaining its earnings and sales performance; (ii) accordingly, Tupperware's full-year 2022 guidance was unrealistic and/or unsustainable; (iii) all the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to have a material negative impact on Tupperware's financial condition; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Tupperware you have until August 15, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Tupperware securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the TUP lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/tupperware-brands-corporation-loss-submission-form-2?id=30431&from=4.
J. Klein, Esq. represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. The Klein Law Firm is a boutique litigation firm with experience in a wide range of areas including securities law, corporate finance and commercial litigation. Since 2011, our experienced attorneys have achieved superior results for our clients with a personalized focus. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
J. Klein, Esq.
Empire State Building
350 Fifth Avenue
59th Floor
New York, NY 10118
jk@kleinstocklaw.com
Telephone: (212) 616-4899
www.kleinstocklaw.com
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Non-tapered metal-alloy support catheter platform receives FDA clearance for use in coronary and peripheral vasculature. Transit Scientific now has one of the largest platforms of FDA cleared microcatheters in the industry.
PARK CITY, Utah, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Transit Scientific announced the FDA clearance of its XO Cross® Support Catheter Platform to include coronary use. The platform is indicated to guide and support a guidewire during access of the peripheral or coronary vasculature, allow for wire exchanges, and provide a conduit for delivery of saline solutions or diagnostic contrast agents.
Support catheters are used to help navigate guidewires through complex lesions and facilitate guidewire exchanges during interventional procedures in patients with coronary or peripheral artery disease. Legacy technologies often fail to provide sufficient guidewire support, are prone to kinking, and lack the pushability needed to successfully cross severe calcifications and plaque.
The XO Cross Support Catheter platform is designed to deliver new levels of pushability, trackability, flexibility, and torque response for access in challenging lesions and tortuosity. The non-tapered metal-alloy and polymer construction delivers high fatigue-resistance against tough complex lesions found in advanced coronary artery disease (CAD), peripheral artery disease (PAD), and critical limb ischemia (CLI).
"We need better more controllable, and more durable microcatheters and technology for use in complex coronary lesions and chronic total occlusions (CTO)," said Vasili Lendel, MD Interventional Cardiologist, Arkansas Heart Hospital, Little Rock, AR. "The trackability and high-torque response of the XO Cross Platform will help us gain wire access in challenging coronary tortuosity and worst-case calcium and plaque. We've seen great results with XO Cross in our peripheral vascular procedures, so we look forward to using this platform for Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI)."
Transit Scientific will launch the 2Fr Coronary XO Cross 014 Microcath for use with standard 0.014" guidewires in 90cm, 135cm, 150cm, and 175cm working lengths. The non-tapered shaft and tapered polymer tip offer a low crossing profile and facilitate coaxial use through any 035 compatible coronary guiding catheter.
"This new coronary 510k clearance helps us continue to build on the clinical success we've had with our XO Cross for peripheral platform," said Greg Method, President & CEO of Transit Scientific in Park City, Utah. "This is an important milestone for our team as it further expands our mission of delivering novel and effective technologies for the treatment of arterial and venous disease."
Transit Scientific is a commercial stage medical device company that designed, developed, and commercialized 34 FDA and CE Mark cleared products between the XO Cross® Support Catheter Platform and XO ScoreÒ Scoring Sheath Platform. www.XOCross.com
Transit Scientific Media contact: Kelly Himle (414) 736-1654, info@XOScore.com.
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WFO SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, December 14, 2022
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FREEZE WARNING
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
119 PM PST Tue Dec 13 2022
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM PST
WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected.
Temperatures in the coldest inland areas will dip into the mid
to upper 20's.
* WHERE...North Bay Interior Mountains, North Bay Interior
Valleys, Southern Salinas Valley, Arroyo Seco, and Lake San
Antonio and Mountains of San Benito and Interior Monterey
County including Pinnacles National Park.
* WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM PST Wednesday.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other
sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
plumbing.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent
freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should
be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have
in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above-
ground pipes to protect them from freezing.
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
* WHERE...East Bay Interior Valleys, Santa Clara Valley,
including San Jose, Eastern Santa Clara Hills and East Bay
Hills.
* WHERE...Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest.
...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM PST
* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 32 will result in frost
formation.
* WHERE...Northern Monterey Bay and Southern Monterey Bay and
Big Sur Coast.
* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if
left uncovered.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
* WHERE...Northern Salinas Valley, Hollister Valley, and Carmel
Valley.
* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost
* WHERE...Coastal North Bay, Including Point Reyes National
Seashore, San Francisco Bay Shoreline and San Francisco
Peninsula Coast.
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Bringing New Opportunities To Market Around Top Women's Soccer Leagues
IRVINGTON, N.Y., Feb. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cast Iron Media, a premier sports solutions company tailoring custom programs to engage fans around live sports both at home and at the event, today announced a strategic partnership with ata football, a women's soccer community that is home to over 140+ live and on-demand women's soccer matches from the top leagues in the world, exclusive highlights, premium content partnerships, instructional videos and virtual events with elite players.
As a leader in local media sales surrounding live sports on Connected TV platforms, Cast Iron seeks to add to, and supplement, their existing inventory and relationships with new engaging content built around live games.
"It is important for Cast Iron to stay aggressive in securing strategic relationships with content providers, streaming live events," explained Trent Staley, President of Cast Iron Media. "ata football is a great fit for our portfolio. We believe in the power of women's sports and are excited about the continued growth of the women's game, especially with the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup on the horizon."
As the global home of women's professional soccer, ata football delivers monumental live coverage of matches from around the world, including the top leagues in France, Italy, Germany, and select matches from the UEFA Women's Champions League. Featuring the greatest soccer clubs in the world, ata offers free access to 140+ live and on-demand matches, highlights and premium content all on one platform for the first time.
"ata football is proud to bring women's football to the world through one streaming platform," said Esmeralda Negron, Co-founder and General Manager of ata football. "In thinking about our next steps and how we monetize our inventory, Cast Iron Media was an obvious choice, and we're very excited about the partnership."
Cast Iron will be the exclusive seller of ata football on a local and regional level, and will also support sponsorship opportunities on digital and social media, nationally.
About Cast Iron Media
Cast Iron Media is a premier live sports media company empowering marketers and brands to reach fans where they are. SportStream Live™, the company's Connected TV media-buying-platform, gives advertisers access to live MLB, NBA, NHL and NCAA games. CrowdConnect Live™ provides curated experiential marketing programs and national branding campaigns across all of sports and entertainment.
Media Contact: comms@castiron.media
Visit: www.castiron.media.
About ata football
ata football is home to over 140 live and on-demand women's soccer matches from the top leagues in the world, exclusive highlights, premium content partnerships, instructional videos and virtual events with elite players. Users can register for free to watch live matches from Serie A Femminile TIM, FLYERALARM Frauen-Bundesliga and D1 Arkema. ata football's mission is to unite, engage and inspire a global community for women's soccer. Through its partnerships with premium broadcasters, grassroots and fan engagement, ata has built a digital hub and marketing network to holistically promote and support the growth of the women's game. For more information, visit www.atafootball.com.
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ANN ARBOR – The Ann Arbor area was well represented at the Michigan high school girls tennis state finals last weekend.
Pioneer won its third consecutive state championship in Division 1, while Greenhills repeated as state champion in D4.
There were several players who won state titles and had strong performances. See the top finishers from the area below.
RELATED: Perennial powerhouses lay siege at 2023 Michigan girls tennis state finals
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DIVISION 4
(Place, name, school, record)
No. 1 Singles
1. Maddie Morgan, Ann Arbor Greenhills (4-0)
2. Jenny Florea, Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard (3-1)
No. 2 Singles
1. Shangyang Xia, Ann arbor Greenhills (4-0)
2. Vivian Heegan, Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard (3-1)
No. 3 Singles
1. Danica Rakic-Dennis, Ann Arbor Greenhills (4-0)
2. Kenna Trost, Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard (3-1)
No. 4 Singles
1. Manassa Gollapalli, Ann Arbor Greenhills (4-0)
No. 1 Doubles
2. Sophie Chen/Lauren Ye, Ann Arbor Greenhills (3-1)
No. 3 Doubles
2. Meera Pandey/Meera Tewari, Ann Arbor Greenhills (3-1)
No. 4 Doubles
1. Arya Prabhakar/Aoife Tang, Ann Arbor Greenhills (4-0)
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DIVISION 1
No. 1 Singles
1. Sari Woo, Ann Arbor Skyline (4-0)
No. 3 Singles
1. Juliana Pullen, Ann Arbor Pioneer (4-0)
2. Maddie Slade, Ann Arbor Skyline (3-1)
No. 4 Singles
1. Sophia Lang, Ann Arbor Pioneer (4-0)
No. 2 Doubles
2. Eleanor Vogel/Casey Roe, Ann Arbor Pioneer (3-1)
No. 3 Doubles
2. Elita You/Arella He, Ann Arbor Pioneer (3-1)
No. 4 Doubles
1. Noa Gluskin/Jessica Primus, Ann Arbor Pioneer (4-0)
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Steve Bannon surrenders in NY court in wall donor case
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's longtime ally Steve Bannon surrendered Thursday to face fresh charges that he duped donors who gave money to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Bannon's state-level charges in New York are expected to closely resemble an attempted federal prosecution that ended abruptly, before trial, when Trump pardoned Bannon on his last day in office. Presidential pardons apply only to federal crimes, not state offenses. In Bannon's case, any double jeopardy argument would likely fall flat because his federal case didn't involve an acquittal or conviction.
Bannon, 68, arrived at the Manhattan district attorney's office shortly after 9 a.m. Thursday.
"This is an irony," Bannon told reporters as he entered the building.
"On the very day the mayor of this city has a delegation down on the border, they are persecuting people here, that try to stop them at the border," he said, referring to a recent trip by New York City officials to Texas.
"This is all about 60 days from the day," he said, referring to the upcoming national election in November.
In an earlier, written statement, Bannon accused Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg of pursing "phony charges" against him ahead of the midterm election, saying the Democratic prosecutor targeted him because Bannon and his radio show are popular among Trump's Republican supporters.
Bannon said federal prosecutors "did the exact same thing in August 2020 to try to take me out of the election," referring to his arrest months before Trump's reelection loss. "This is nothing more than a partisan political weaponization of the criminal justice system."
Bragg and New York Attorney General Letitia James planned a 1 p.m. news conference to announce charges against Bannon.
In 2020, federal agents pulled Bannon from a luxury yacht off the Connecticut coast and arrested him on charges he pocketed more than $1 million in wall donations. Prosecutors alleged thousands of investors were tricked into thinking all of their donations would go toward the border wall project, although Bannon instead paid a salary to one campaign official and personal expenses for himself.
The states of Texas and Arizona recently began busing asylum-seekers to New York and Washington D.C. in an attempt to ratchet up political pressure on President Joe Biden's administration to stop people from crossing into their states from Mexico. New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently dispatched a fact-finding team to Texas, partly to find out whether migrants were getting on the buses voluntarily.
While the wall Bannon's group proposed was to be built on the U.S. southern border, more than 1,000 miles from the Big Apple, Manhattan prosecutors have jurisdiction to pursue charges against Bannon because some donors to the effort lived in New York.
Federal prosecutors, in the trial of a former Bannon co-defendant, noted that some residents of the New York City area had donated to the wall-building project. One witness that testified was an official with the charities bureau of the New York attorney general's office who said that a charity backing the wall project had filed paperwork to accept donations in the state. The attorney general's office is also involved in Bannon's state criminal case.
Bannon, who had pleaded not guilty to the federal charges, was dropped from the federal case when Trump pardoned him.
Two other men involved in the "We Build the Wall" project pleaded guilty in April. They had been scheduled to be sentenced this week, but that was recently postponed to December.
A third defendant's trial ended in a mistrial in June after jurors said they could not reach a unanimous verdict.
In another case not covered by Trump's pardon, Bannon was convicted in July on contempt charges for defying a congressional subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. He is scheduled to be sentenced in October and faces up to two years in federal prison. | https://www.krgv.com/news/steve-bannon-surrenders-in-ny-court-in-wall-donor-case | 2022-09-08 16:34:15 | 0 | https://www.krgv.com/news/steve-bannon-surrenders-in-ny-court-in-wall-donor-case |
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Mary Znidarsic-Nicosia and her husband, Nicholas Nicosia, wanted to clear their names after being accused of throwing a racist party. So, they made a plan and held a press conference this week.
Step one: The wealthy, white couple from Rochester, N.Y., adamantly defended themselves against what Znidarsic-Nicosia called "false claims of racism."
Step two: Znidarsic-Nicosia confessed to a room full of reporters that she also happens to run a racist, anonymous Twitter account.
"In full disclosure, I do have a Twitter parody account that operates under a veil of a persona — and I have made blatantly racist comments under that persona," she admitted.
"The culture of Twitter operates that way. It gives you an opportunity to be someone you're not," she explained.
The couple came under fire after being named in a notice to sue filed by Jerrod Jones, a Rochester firefighter, against the city and the fire department. Jones, who is Black, said his former captain, Jeffrey Krywy, ordered him and other firefighters to attend the party thrown by the Nicosias on July 7, while they were all on duty.
Jones is seeking $3 million for emotional distress and at least $1 million in compensatory damages. Meanwhile, Krywy took an early retirement before the city could begin termination procedures.
Legal filing details alleged racist tropes on display at the July party
When the group arrived at the party, the filing states, "Jones felt immediately uneasy, and his uneasiness intensified as he walked up the driveway and noticed a large cut out of former President Donald Trump. Turning the corner at the end of the driveway and viewing the backyard he became completely shocked."
The large backyard was decorated with Juneteenth flags and cups that were placed near buckets of KFC and bottles of Hennessy cognac, according to the document.
The Nicosias' lawyer, Corey Hogan, told NPR that theme of the party was anti-liberal – the invitation called it the "1st annual Liberal Smashin Splish Splash Pool Party."" – but that it was being misconstrued by Jones as racist.
Lawyer argues there is no evidence that his clients are racist
Hogan has repeatedly challenged reporters — including this reporter — to find any evidence supporting the claims that either of his clients are bigots, arguing that Znidarsic-Nicosia's Twitter account does not count.
While the real estate agent did not disclose her anonymous Twitter handle, the now-defunct @HoHoHomeboyROC account used the image of a bust of a Black mammy that she admitted she owns. Screengrabs of previous posts include other anti-Black imagery, reposts of other accounts trolling Black people – often in an offensive interpretation of Black vernacular – and several fake ads for KFC.
Hogan also indicated that Znidarsic-Nicosia runs additional Twitter accounts. "I think she has a number of different handles," he said.
During the press conference, the pair broke down into tears. Znidarsic-Nicosia cried, saying, "The allegations of this narrative have caused my family almost unbearable pain." Her husband, a dentist, wept as he said, "Cancel culture can be cruel."
He then added that he has lost patients at his dental practice because of Jones' allegations. "The only thing I hate more than racism, is allegations of racism," he said.
On Friday, their lawyer suggested that neither holds a single racist belief. He remarked several times that Rochester Mayor Malik Evans attended a function at the Nicosia residence about a year and a half ago, and that the couple also has a Black Jamaican woman living in a guest house on the property.
"She was not invited to the party," he later clarified, adding that of the dozen or so guests in attendance, Jones was the only African American.
Hogan also said that Znidarsic-Nicosia's apology at the press conference was sincere and heartfelt. Additionally, he said, "some members of the Black community, have reached out to see whether we can now use this as an excuse to do some healing."
Jones' lawyer told NPR that his client "is in talks with the city and the fire department," and that it is too soon to decide whether to move forward with a lawsuit.
Meantime, Znidarsic-Nicosia has since been removed as a member of the Landmark Society of Western New York, and Nicosia announced his resignation from the Highland Hospital board of directors.
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NEW YORK, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Teladoc Health, Inc. ("Teladoc" or the "Company") (NYSE: TDOC) of a class action securities lawsuit.
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By TOM KRISHER
AP Auto Writer
DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co.’s net income rose 19% in the second quarter as the company pulled together enough computer chips to boost factory output and sales.
The Dearborn, Michigan, automaker said Wednesday it made $667 million from April through June. Adjusted earnings per share were 68 cents, beating Wall Street estimates of 45 cents, according to FactSet.
Revenue was $40.19 billion, also beating analyst estimates of $36.87 billion.
The company stuck with its full-year outlook for pretax earnings of $11.5 billion to $12.5 billion. The company still expects 10% to 15% growth in vehicle sales to dealers for the full year.
Ford said in a statement that it expects to keep getting strong prices for its vehicles for the rest of the year, which will help offset about $4 billion in added costs from commodities.
Sales in the U.S., Ford’s most profitable market, rose just under 2% for the quarter. That boosted profits when coupled with strong demand and high prices for trucks and SUVs.
In the same period last year, Ford sales fell when its factories slowed due to the global semiconductor shortage, cutting net income to $561 million.
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BOSTON — The mastermind of the nationwide college admissions bribery scheme that ensnared celebrities, prominent businesspeople and other parents who used their wealth and privilege to buy their kids’ way into top-tier schools was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison Wednesday.
The punishment for Rick Singer, 62, is the longest sentence handed down in the sprawling scandal that embarrassed some of the nation’s most prestigious universities and put a spotlight on the secretive admissions system already seen as rigged in favor of the rich.
Prosecutors had sought six years behind bars, noting Singer’s extensive cooperation that helped authorities unravel the entire scheme. Singer began secretly working with investigators in 2018 and recorded hundreds of phone calls and meetings that helped authorities build the case against dozens of parents, athletic coaches and others arrested in March 2019.
Those sent to prison for participating in the scheme include “Full House” actor Lori Loughlin, her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli, and “Desperate Housewives” star Felicity Huffman. Coaches from schools including Yale, Stanford, Georgetown University and the University of California, Los Angeles, admitted to accepting bribes.
“It was a scheme that was breathtaking in its scale and its audacity. It has literally become the stuff of books and made-for-TV movies,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Frank told the judge Wednesday.
The prosecutor called Singer’s cooperation in the case “unparalleled” but said it was also problematic, noting that Singer admitted to obstructing the investigation by tipping off several of his clients who were under government scrutiny.
Defense attorney Candice Fields said Singer took great personal risk by wearing a wire to record meetings and “did whatever was necessary” to assist the government in its investigation. Fields had requested three years of probation, or if the judge deemed prison time necessary, six months behind bars.
Singer apologized to his family, the schools he embarrassed in the public eye and others. He also promised to work every day of his life going forward to make a positive impact in people’s lives.
“My moral compass was warped by the lessons my father taught me about competition. I embraced his belief that embellishing or even lying to win was acceptable as long as there was victory. I should have known better,” he said.
Singer pleaded guilty in 2019 — on the same day the massive case became public — to charges including racketeering conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. Dozens of others ultimately pleaded guilty to charges, while two parents were convicted at trial.
Authorities in Boston began investigating the scheme after an executive under scrutiny for an unrelated securities fraud scheme told investigators that a Yale soccer coach had offered to help his daughter get into the school in exchange for cash. The Yale coach led authorities to Singer, whose cooperation unraveled the entire scheme.
For years, Singer paid off entrance exam administrators or proctors to inflate students’ test scores and bribed coaches to designate applicants as recruits in order to to boost their chances of getting into the school.
Coaches in such sports as soccer, sailing and tennis took bribes to pretend to recruit students as athletes, regardless of their ability. Fake sports profiles were made to make students look like stars in sports they sometimes didn’t even play. The bribes were typically funneled through Singer’s sham charity, allowing some parents to disguise the payments as charitable donations and deduct the payments from their federal income taxes.
Singer took in more than $25 million from his clients, paid bribes totaling more than $7 million, and used more than $15 million of his clients’ money for his own benefit, according to prosecutors.
“This defendant was responsible for the most massive fraud ever perpetuated on the higher education system in the United States,” prosecutor Frank told the judge Wednesday.
Before Singer, the toughest punishment had gone to former Georgetown tennis coach Gordon Ernst, who got 2 1/2 years in prison for pocketing more than $3 million in bribes.
Punishments for the parents have ranged from probation to 15 months behind bars, although the parent who received that prison sentence remains free while he appeals his conviction.
One parent, who wasn't accused of working with Singer, was acquitted on all counts stemming from accusations that he bribed Ernst to get his daughter into the school. And a judge ordered a new trial for former University of Southern California water polo Jovan Vavic, who was convicted of accepting bribes. | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/nation-world/college-scam-mastermind-to-be-sentenced/507-226f6419-af01-487c-8bd8-29eae7c26c15 | 2023-01-04 21:37:52 | 0 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/nation-world/college-scam-mastermind-to-be-sentenced/507-226f6419-af01-487c-8bd8-29eae7c26c15 |
Calling all freshmen!
We’re at the end of the line in taking a deep dive into each graduating class and highlighting some of the best of the best.
We’re now accepting nominations for the best freshmen in New Jersey!
Here’s what you need to do.
- Send an email to Brian at the address below with BEST FRESHMEN in the subject line.
- Tell us who you’re nominating, what position they play, why they should be selected and a photo to go with it. Photos MUST NOT be from another media outlet. Permission to use the photo must be given from the person who took the photo in order for us to use it.
- On Thursday, Oct. 20 we’ll release our poll of the top freshmen in the state.
- You’ll have one week to vote for your favorite before the poll closes at noon on Wednesday, Oct. 26.
Nominations are being accepted now through noon on Thursday, Oct. 20.
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Updated May 10, 2023 at 12:58 PM ET
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan can be held for eight days, a court ruled Wednesday, a day after the popular opposition leader was dragged from a courtroom and arrested on corruption charges, deepening the country's political turmoil.
Khan's arrest Tuesday set off violent clashes involving his supporters and police in several cities, including Islamabad, that left at least six people dead, and his continued detention raised the prospect of more unrest.
Following a Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif denounced the attacks on public property and military installations, and he approved the deployment of troops in the capital of Islamabad, in the country's most populous province of Punjab, and in the volatile northwest, according to a government statement.
In the latest unrest, thousands of protesters stormed a radio station and offices of the state-run agency in the northwestern city of Peshawar.
The military weighed Wednesday with a strongly worded statement, vowing to take stern action against those seeking to push Pakistan toward a "civil war." It called the organized attacks on its installations a "black chapter" in the country's political history.
"What the eternal enemy of the country could not do for 75 years, this group, wearing a political cloak, in the lust for power, has done it," the statement said, adding that troops had exercised restraint but they will respond to further attacks, and those involved will bear the responsibility.
It said those who facilitated or planned attacks on military installations had been identified, and "strict action will be taken against them as per the law, and all these evil elements will now be responsible for the consequences."
The military did not directly name Khan, the 70-year-old politician who was ousted in a no-confidence vote last year.
His dramatic arrest on Tuesday — he was pulled out of a hearing in Islamabad's High Court on one set of charges, only to be arrested on another set — was the latest confrontation to roil Pakistan. He is the seventh former prime minister to be arrested in the country, which has also seen interventions by the powerful military over the years. The move comes at a time of economic crisis, when the cash-strapped nation is trying to avoid a default.
Khan's Islamabad appearance was on multiple graft charges brought by police. As he showed up, the courtroom was stormed by dozens of agents from the anti-corruption agency, the National Accountability Bureau, backed by paramilitary troops. They broke windows after Khan's guards refused to open the door.
The former cricket star has denounced the cases against him, which include corruption and terrorism charges, as a politically motivated plot by Sharif, his successor, to keep him from returning to power in elections to be held later this year. Khan has campaigned against Sharif and demanded early elections.
Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party has appealed for calm, but the standoff put the country on high alert after Tuesday's clashes. Police were deployed in force across the country, and they placed shipping containers on a road leading to the sprawling police compound in Islamabad where Khan is being held.
Khan supporters in Peshawar raided a building housing Radio Pakistan, damaging equipment and setting fire to it, said police official Naeem Khan. Some employees were trapped inside, he said, and police were trying to restore order.
In eastern Punjab province, the local government asked the army to step in after authorities said 157 police were injured in clashes with protesters.
Police have arrested 945 Khan supporters in eastern Punjab province alone since Tuesday — including Asad Umar and Sarfraz Cheema, two senior leaders from Khan's party.
Amid heightened security, Khan appeared Wednesday before a judge at a temporary court in the police compound. Pakistan's GEO television broadcast video showing him seated in a chair, holding documents. He appeared calm but tired.
In the new charges, Khan was accused of accepting millions of dollars worth of property in exchange for providing benefits to a real estate tycoon. The National Accountability Bureau asked to hold him for 14 days, but the tribunal granted eight days.
Khan's legal team has challenged the arrest in an Islamabad court and is considering doing the same at the country's Supreme Court.
Khan was finally indicted Wednesday in the original graft case for which he appeared at the Islamabad court on Tuesday, pleading not guilty. In that case, he faced multiple graft charges brought by Islamabad police.
As he showed up, the courtroom was stormed by dozens of agents from the accountability bureau, backed by paramilitary troops, breaking windows after Khan's guards refused to open the door.
The National Accountability Bureau has detained and investigated former officials, including former prime ministers, politicians and retired military officers. But some view it as a tool used by those in power, especially the military, to crack down on political opponents. When Khan was in power, his government arrested Shahbaz Sharif, then the opposition leader, through the bureau. Sharif faced multiple corruption cases when he ousted Khan, and the charges were later dropped for lack of evidence.
Mobs angered by the dramatic arrest set fire to the residence of a top army general in the eastern city of Lahore, and supporters attacked the military's headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi near Islamabad. They did not reach the main building housing the offices of army chief Gen. Asim Munir.
Demonstrators also tried to reach the prime minister's residence in Lahore, but were driven off by baton-wielding police. Still others attacked vehicles carrying troops, hitting armed soldiers with sticks. So far, police and soldiers have not opened fire at protesters.
None of the leaders from Khan's party denounced the attacks on the military, although they have appealed to their supporters to be peaceful.
By morning, police in Lahore said about 2,000 protesters still surrounded the fire-damaged residence of Lt. Gen. Salman Fayyaz Ghani, a top regional commander. They chanted slogans, including, "Khan is our red line and you have crossed it." Ghani and his family were moved to a safer place Tuesday when the sprawling house was attacked Tuesday.
The unrest happened at a time when cash-strapped Pakistan is struggling to avoid a default amid stalled talks with the International Monetary Fund for the revival of a bailout. The rupee traded Wednesday at a record 290 to the dollar amid a weekly inflation rate of at least 46%, also a record.
"Political stability is linked to economic stability and I don't see any sign of revival of the economy," said Shahid Hasan, a former adviser to Pakistan on economic affairs.
He said political leaders should set aside their egos and "sit together and think about Pakistan, which is on the verge of a default."
Amid the violence, Pakistan's telecommunication authority blocked social media, including Twitter. The government also suspended internet service in Islamabad and other cities. Classes at some private schools were canceled Wednesday, and several social media sites remained suspended.
Amnesty International said it was alarmed by reports of authorities blocking access to internet networks and social media. It urged authorities to show restraint, saying clashes between law enforcement and Khan's supporters risk human rights violations.
As the violence spread, many stayed home. The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad canceled all its Wednesday consular appointments following Khan's arrest and issued a nationwide alert, telling Americans to review their personal security plans and avoid large crowds.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday that a high school football coach who knelt and prayed on the field after games was protected by the Constitution, a decision that opponents said would open the door to “much more coercive prayer” in public schools.
The court ruled 6-3 for the coach with the conservative justices in the majority and the liberals in dissent. The case was the latest in a line of rulings for religious plaintiffs.
The case forced the justices to wrestle with how to balance the religious and free speech rights of teachers and coaches with the rights of students not to feel pressured into participating in religious practices. The liberal justices in the minority said there was evidence that Bremerton (Washington) High School Coach Joseph Kennedy’s prayers at the 50-yard-line had a coercive effect on students and allowed him to incorporate his “personal religious beliefs into a school event.”
Dissenting Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that the decision “sets us further down a perilous path in forcing states to entangle themselves with religion.”
But the justices in the majority emphasized that the coach’s prayers came after the games were over and at a time when he wasn’t responsible for students and was free to do other things.
The coach and his attorneys at First Liberty Institute, a Christian legal group, were among those cheering the decision. Kennedy said in an interview that his first reaction was one of pure joy.
“Just like in all my football games I just threw my arms up, you know, ‘touchdown,’” he said. He described the seven years since the dispute began as tough on his family but “absolutely worth it.”
Justice Neil Gorsuch, writing for the majority in the ruling, declared, “The Constitution and the best of our traditions counsel mutual respect and tolerance, not censorship and suppression, for religious and nonreligious views alike.
Gorsuch noted that the coach “prayed during a period when school employees were free to speak with a friend, call for a reservation at a restaurant, check email, or attend to other personal matters” and “while his students were otherwise occupied.”
It would be wrong to treat everything public school teachers and coaches say and do as speech subject to government control, he wrote. If that were the case, “a school could fire a Muslim teacher for wearing a headscarf in the classroom or prohibit a Christian aide from praying quietly over her lunch in the cafeteria,” he wrote.
He closed by writing that: “Respect for religious expressions is indispensable to life in a free and diverse Republic—whether those expressions take place in a sanctuary or on a field, and whether they manifest through the spoken word or a bowed head.”
The decision continues a pattern in which the court has ruled in favor of religious plaintiffs. Last week the court ruled that Maine can’t exclude religious schools from a program that offers tuition aid for private education, a decision that could ease religious organizations’ access to taxpayer money.
In dissent, Sotomayor wrote Monday that players “recognize that gaining the coach’s approval may pay dividends small and large, from extra playing time to a stronger letter of recommendation to additional support in college athletic recruiting.” And she said “some students reported joining Kennedy’s prayer because they felt social pressure to follow their coach and teammates.”
Sotomayor was joined in her dissent by Justices Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan.
Paul Clement, the attorney who argued the case on behalf of Kennedy, said in a statement that the decision would allow the coach “to finally return to the place he belongs – coaching football and quietly praying by himself after the game.”
Kennedy now lives in Florida, and it was unclear when — or if — he might move back across the country to Washington state for a part-time job that had paid him less than $5,000. He said in the interview that he is in Florida to help his father-in-law but his family remains in Washington and it was never his intention to remain in Florida permanently. He said his lawyers and the school district would need to work things out for him to return to coaching.
He started coaching at the school in 2008 and initially prayed alone on the 50-yard line at the end of games. Students started joining him, and over time he began to deliver a short, inspirational talk with religious references. Kennedy did that for years and also led students in locker room prayers. The school district learned what he was doing in 2015 and asked him to stop out of concerns the district could be sued for violating students’ religious freedom rights.
He stopped leading students in prayer in the locker room and on the field but wanted to continue kneeling and praying on the field himself after games. The school asked him not to do so while still “on duty” as a coach after the games. When he continued, the school put him on paid leave. The head coach of the varsity team later recommended he not be rehired because, among other things, he failed to follow district policy.
In a statement, the Bremerton School District and its attorneys at Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, said the decision undermines the separation required by the Constitution. The school district said in a statement that it had “followed the law and acted to protect the religious freedom of all students and their families.”
Rachel Laser, the head of Americans United, said the decision “opens the door to much more coercive prayer in our public schools” and undermines the religious freedom of students.
The school district’s attorney, Richard Katskee, said it is studying the decision and considering its next steps.
Three justices on the court — Breyer, Kagan and Justice Samuel Alito — attended public high schools, while the other six attended Catholic schools.
The case is Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, 21-418. | https://www.wowktv.com/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/supreme-court-sides-with-coach-who-sought-to-pray-after-game/ | 2022-06-28 10:20:35 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/supreme-court-sides-with-coach-who-sought-to-pray-after-game/ |
Report also finds generational differences in oral care knowledge and habits
OAK BROOK, Ill., May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Dental released its 2023 State of America's Oral Health and Wellness Report, a nationwide analysis of consumer opinions and behaviors relating to oral health.
The report shows oral health knowledge and habits vary across generational groups, despite a strong understanding of the critical connection between oral health and overall health. Delta Dental commissioned the research, which included more than 2,000 U.S. adults and parents of children 12 and under.
The report further indicates that adults and children plan to keep up with positive dental hygiene habits that were cultivated during the pandemic, and a notable portion of adults are turning to alternative oral care products.
"I am encouraged to see this year's report finds most adults understand the critical connection between oral and overall health and remain dedicated to practicing proper preventive dental care," said James W. Hutchison, President & CEO, Delta Dental Plans Association. "Delta Dental remains committed to supporting whole person health through research on new methods of health care delivery and innovative ways to achieve equitable access to dental care."
Below are key findings from the 2023 State of America's Oral Health and Wellness Report:
A generational knowledge gap exists
- Most U.S. adults (92%) and parents (96%) say they consider oral health to be very important to overall health.
- However, when asked if maintaining good oral health enables a healthier lifestyle, 73% of Gen Z agreed compared to a higher average of 90% for Millennials, Gen X, and Boomers.
Gen Z seeks oral care products outside of medicine cabinet staples
- Gen Z is a driving force behind alternative oral care product usage, as they are almost twice as likely as Boomers (66% versus 36%) to use eco-friendly or non-traditional dental products.
- One in 10 adults turn to eco-friendly oral care products such as bamboo or plant-based toothbrushes.
Preventive care helps avoid serious dental issues and expenses
- Approximately 4 in 5 adults (81%) who maintained regular dental visits said they did not require future unexpected care, showing that prevention works.
- Top motivators of practicing proper oral health care among adults include saving money (87%) and preventing dental issues such as cavities and gum disease (66%).
To read the full 2023 State of America's Oral Health and Wellness Report and learn more about the report's methodology and findings, click here.
About the report
The 2023 State of America's Oral Health and Wellness Report is based upon Delta Dental Plans Association-commissioned research conducted between January 6 and January 23, 2023, by Material Holdings, LLC, a global insights and strategy consultancy, using an email invitation and online surveys of two audiences recruited through an opt-in panel:
- 1,000 nationally representative Americans ages 18+
- 1,253 parents of children ages 12 and under
Geographic distribution quotas were set to ensure a reliable and accurate representation of the U.S. population of adults and parents with children 12 and under. Research in this report has a margin of error of +/- 3%.
About Delta Dental Plans Association
Based in Oak Brook, Illinois, Delta Dental Plans Association is the not-for-profit national association of the 39 independent Delta Dental companies. Through these companies, Delta Dental is the nation's largest dental benefits provider, covering more than 89 million Americans and offering the country's largest dental network with approximately 152,000 participating dentists. Over the last decade, Delta Dental companies provided over $1.88 billion in direct and in-kind support to improve the oral health of our communities.
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KEYCORP REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER 2022 NET INCOME OF $356 MILLION, OR $.38 PER DILUTED COMMON SHARE
Published: Jan. 19, 2023 at 5:35 AM CST|Updated: 18 minutes ago
Results reflect provision for credit losses of $265 million, which exceeded net charge-offs by $224 million, or $.20 per share
Loan and deposit growth across commercial and consumer businesses
Solid credit quality with net charge-offs to average loans of 14 basis points
Annual positive operating leverage for the ninth time in the last ten years
CLEVELAND, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) today announced net income from continuing operations attributable to Key common shareholders of $356 million, or $.38 per diluted common share for the fourth quarter of 2022. This compared to $513 million, or $.55 per diluted common share, for the third quarter of 2022 and $601 million, or $.64 per diluted common share, for the fourth quarter of 2021.
Our fourth quarter results marked a solid finish to another successful year for Key. We continued to leverage our distinctive business model to add clients and deepen relationships in both our consumer and commercial businesses. Additionally, we are seeing substantial traction from recent investments we have made in niche businesses, digital, analytics, and importantly, our teammates.
The quality of our balance sheet continues to be a strength, as we focus on delivering sound, profitable growth. Credit quality remained strong with net charge-offs to average loans near historically low levels. Our results include a significant build in our allowance for credit losses, primarily reflecting a change in our economic outlook.
Looking forward, we will continue to unlock the value of our differentiated business model by delivering revenue growth while maintaining our expense discipline. We are focused on creating additional capacity to make investments in our targeted scale strategy and in businesses and capabilities that will propel future growth.
I am very proud of all we accomplished this year. I want to thank our teammates for their dedication and commitment to serving our clients, our communities, and our shareholders, while growing our business.
- Chris Gorman, Chairman and CEO
Taxable-equivalent net interest income was $1.2 billion for the fourth quarter of 2022 and the net interest margin was 2.73%. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2021, net interest income increased $189 million and the net interest margin increased by 29 basis points. Net interest income and net interest margin benefited from higher earning asset balances and higher interest rates. Net interest income and the net interest margin were negatively impacted by higher interest-bearing deposit costs and lower loan fees from the Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP").
Compared to the third quarter of 2022, taxable-equivalent net interest income increased by $24 million, while the net interest margin decreased by one basis point. Both net interest income and the net interest margin reflect the impact of strong loan growth and higher interest rates, offset by higher interest-bearing deposit costs, and a shift in funding mix.
Compared to the fourth quarter of 2021, noninterest income decreased by $238 million. The decrease was largely driven by investment banking and debt placement fees, down $151 million, reflecting a slowdown in capital markets activity. Other income decreased $35 million as a result of market-related gains in the year-ago period. Service charges on deposit accounts decreased $19 million, primarily reflecting a planned reduction in overdraft and non sufficient funds fees. The decline also reflected lower account analysis fees related to the interest rate environment. Additionally, consumer mortgage income decreased $16 million, reflecting lower saleable volume and gain on sale margins, while operating lease income decreased $13 million, reflecting a continued decline in operating lease balances. Trust and investment services income decreased $9 million, primarily reflecting the decline in the equity markets. Partially offsetting the decrease was an increase in corporate services income of $13 million, primarily reflecting higher derivatives income.
Compared to the third quarter of 2022, noninterest income decreased by $12 million. The decline was driven partly by service charges on deposit accounts, which decreased $21 million, primarily reflecting a planned reduction in overdraft and non sufficient funds fees. It was also driven by corporate services income, which decreased $7 million, primarily reflecting a valuation adjustment benefit in the prior quarter. Partially offsetting the decline was an increase in investment banking and debt placement fees of $18 million due to seasonality.
Key's noninterest expense was $1.2 billion for the fourth quarter of 2022, a decrease of $14 million from the year-ago period. The decline was driven by a decrease of $14 million in nonpersonnel expense reflecting lower professional fees and operating lease expenses, down $10 million and $9 million, respectively. Personnel expense remained flat compared to the year-ago period, reflecting higher salaries and employee benefits, offset by lower incentive and stock based compensation.
Compared to the third quarter of 2022, noninterest expense increased $50 million. The increase was primarily driven by nonpersonnel expense, which increased $31 million, reflecting a $17 million increase in other expense related primarily to a pension settlement charge and a $13 million increase in professional fees. Personnel expense was also up $19 million, reflecting lower deferred costs from slower loan originations.
Average loans were $117.7 billion for the fourth quarter of 2022, an increase of $18.3 billion compared to the fourth quarter of 2021. Commercial loans increased by $11.7 billion, reflecting core commercial and industrial loan growth and an increase in commercial mortgage real estate loans, which mitigated the impact of a $2.2 billion decline in PPP balances. Consumer loans increased $6.6 billion, largely driven by Key's consumer mortgage business and student loan originations from Laurel Road.
Compared to the third quarter of 2022, average loans increased by $3.3 billion. Commercial loans increased $2.6 billion, reflecting growth in commercial and industrial loans and commercial mortgage real estate loans. Consumer loans increased $703 million, driven by Key's consumer mortgage business.
Average deposits totaled $145.7 billion for the fourth quarter of 2022, a decrease of $5.3 billion compared to the year-ago quarter. The decrease reflects declines in non-operating commercial deposit balances and retail balances.
Compared to the third quarter of 2022, average deposits increased by $1.4 billion, reflecting higher commercial balances, and a shift in mix from noninterest-bearing to interest-bearing balances, partly offset by declines in retail balances.
Key's provision for credit losses was $265 million, compared to $4 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 and provision of $109 million in the third quarter of 2022. The increase from prior periods primarily reflects the change in the economic outlook as well as growth in loans.
Net loan charge-offs for the fourth quarter of 2022 totaled $41 million, or 0.14% of average total loans. These results compare to $19 million, or 0.08%, for the fourth quarter of 2021 and $43 million, or 0.15%, for the third quarter of 2022. Key's allowance for credit losses was $1.6 billion, or 1.31% of total period-end loans at December 31, 2022, compared to 1.20% at December 31, 2021, and 1.15% at September 30, 2022.
At December 31, 2022, Key's nonperforming loans totaled $387 million, which represented 0.32% of period-end portfolio loans. These results compare to 0.45% at December 31, 2021, and 0.34% at September 30, 2022. Nonperforming assets at December 31, 2022, totaled $420 million, and represented 0.35% of period-end portfolio loans and OREO and other nonperforming assets. These results compare to 0.48% at December 31, 2021, and 0.36% at September 30, 2022.
CAPITAL
Key's estimated risk-based capital ratios included in the following table continued to exceed all "well-capitalized" regulatory benchmarks at December 31, 2022.
Key's capital position remained strong in the fourth quarter of 2022. As shown in the preceding table, at December 31, 2022, Key's estimated Common Equity Tier 1 and Tier 1 risk-based capital ratios stood at 9.1% and 10.6%, respectively. Key's tangible common equity ratio increased ten basis points to 4.4% at December 31, 2022.
Key elected the CECL phase-in option provided by regulatory guidance which delayed for two years the estimated impact of CECL on regulatory capital and phases it in over three years beginning in 2022. Effective for the first quarter 2022, Key is now in the three-year transition period. On a fully phased-in basis, Key's Common Equity Tier 1 ratio would be reduced by 12 basis points.
During the fourth quarter of 2022, Key declared a dividend of $.205 per common share, representing a 5% increase from the prior quarter. In the third quarter of 2022, the KeyCorp Board of Directors approved an extension of the remaining $790 million existing share repurchase authorization through the third quarter of 2023.
LINE OF BUSINESS RESULTS
The following table shows the contribution made by each major business segment to Key's taxable-equivalent revenue from continuing operations and income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Key for the periods presented. For more detailed financial information pertaining to each business segment, see the tables at the end of this release.
Consumer Bank Summary of Operations (4Q22 vs. 4Q21)
Key's Consumer Bank recorded net income attributable to Key of $73 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, compared to $161 million for the year-ago quarter
Taxable-equivalent net interest income increased by $104 million, or 18.2%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2021, driven by higher earning assets and interest rates
Average loans and leases increased $5.3 billion, or 14.0%, from the fourth quarter of 2021, driven by loan growth in consumer mortgage and Laurel Road, partly offset by a decline in home equity loans
Average deposits decreased $3.1 billion, or 3.5%, from the fourth quarter of 2021, driven by lower retail deposits
Provision for credit losses increased $91 million compared to the fourth quarter of 2021, due to an increase in the provision in the current quarter, reflecting the change in the economic outlook, as well as growth in the consumer loan portfolio
Noninterest income decreased $43 million from the year-ago quarter, driven by lower consumer mortgage income, reflecting lower saleable volume and gain on sale margins, lower service charges on deposit accounts reflecting a planned reduction in overdraft and non sufficient funds fees, and a decline in trust and investment services, reflecting lower equity markets
Noninterest expense increased $86 million, or 14.0%, from the year-ago quarter, primarily driven by continued investments in technology and cybersecurity capabilities
Commercial Bank Summary of Operations (4Q22 vs. 4Q21)
Key's Commercial Bank recorded net income attributable to Key of $250 million for the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to $448 million for the year-ago quarter
Taxable-equivalent net interest income increased by $106 million, or 25.5%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2021, reflecting growth in commercial and industrial loans and commercial real estate loans, as well as higher interest rates
Average loan and lease balances increased $13.0 billion, or 21.3%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2021, due to growth in commercial and industrial loans and commercial mortgage real estate loans
Average deposit balances decreased $5.0 billion compared to the fourth quarter of 2021, driven by a decline in non-operating deposits
Provision for credit losses increased $177 million compared to the fourth quarter of 2021, due to an increase in the provision in the current quarter, primarily reflecting the change in the economic outlook, as well as growth in the commercial loan portfolio and a reserve release in the year-ago period as uncertainty caused by the pandemic subsided
Noninterest income decreased $205 million from the year-ago quarter, primarily driven by lower investment banking and debt placement fees and market-related gains in the year-ago period, partially offset by an increase in corporate services income primarily reflecting higher derivatives income
Noninterest expense decreased $41 million from the fourth quarter of 2021, primarily driven by lower incentive compensation and lower operating lease expense
KeyCorp's roots trace back nearly 200 years to Albany, New York. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Key is one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $189.8 billion at December 31, 2022.
Key provides deposit, lending, cash management, and investment services to individuals and businesses in 15 states under the name KeyBank National Association through a network of approximately 1,000 branches and approximately 1,300 ATMs. Key also provides a broad range of sophisticated corporate and investment banking products, such as merger and acquisition advice, public and private debt and equity, syndications and derivatives to middle market companies in selected industries throughout the United States under the KeyBanc Capital Markets trade name. For more information, visit https://www.key.com/. KeyBank is Member FDIC.
Notes to Editors: A live Internet broadcast of KeyCorp's conference call to discuss quarterly results and currently anticipated earnings trends and to answer analysts' questions can be accessed through the Investor Relations section at https://www.key.com/irat 10:00 a.m. ET, on January 19, 2023. A replay of the call will be available through January 28, 2023.
GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations (Dollars in millions)
The table below presents certain non-GAAP financial measures related to "tangible common equity," "return on average tangible common equity," "pre-provision net revenue," and "cash efficiency ratio."
The tangible common equity ratio and the return on average tangible common equity ratio have been a focus for some investors, and management believes these ratios may assist investors in analyzing Key's capital position without regard to the effects of intangible assets and preferred stock.
The table also shows the computation for pre-provision net revenue, which is not formally defined by GAAP. Management believes that eliminating the effects of the provision for credit losses makes it easier to analyze the results by presenting them on a more comparable basis.
The cash efficiency ratio is a ratio of two non-GAAP performance measures. As such, there is no directly comparable GAAP performance measure. The cash efficiency ratio performance measure removes the impact of Key's intangible asset amortization from the calculation. Management believes this ratio provides greater consistency and comparability between Key's results and those of its peer banks. Additionally, this ratio is used by analysts and investors as they develop earnings forecasts and peer bank analysis.
Non-GAAP financial measures have inherent limitations, are not required to be uniformly applied, and are not audited. Although these non-GAAP financial measures are frequently used by investors to evaluate a company, they have limitations as analytical tools, and should not be considered in isolation, or as a substitute for analyses of results as reported under GAAP.
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Seattle Fire Department fights 2-alarm blaze in Lake City
May 10, 2023, 7:23 AM | Updated: 9:23 am
(Photo from KIRO 7)
The Seattle Fire Department (SFD) was called to Seattle’s Lake City neighborhood Wednesday morning to fight a two-alarm fire at a vacant building.
Reports of a fire at NE 135th Street and Lake City Way NE came in just before 4:45 a.m. Wednesday. Firefighters responded to find heavy smoke and flames coming from the building.
Seattle expands protections to firefighters, first responders
Around 5:11 a.m., Seattle Fire said it had escalated its response to a two-alarm fire in order to get additional resources.
Crews fought the fire at a distance from the building because the floors inside were thought to be unstable.
The fire happened at an unoccupied residential building no one had lived in for years, an SFD spokesperson said.
By around 6 a.m., the fire was under control, but crews will remain at the scene to watch for possible flare-ups.
Three ladder trucks, five fire trucks, and about 50 firefighters responded to the scene to help extinguish the flames.
Both directions of Lake City Way are closed between NE 137th and NE 135th streets.
No injuries have been reported yet, but firefighters could not immediately search the building because of high heat and smoke.
SFD has asked local area business owners to call 911 if they see anything suspicious and said people should secure doors and garbage bins as a precaution. Crews have reportedly been called to fires at the building before, but never for one this large.
KIRO 7 contributed to this report | https://mynorthwest.com/3887158/seattle-fire-department-fights-2-alarm-blaze-in-lake-city/ | 2023-05-10 18:35:10 | 0 | https://mynorthwest.com/3887158/seattle-fire-department-fights-2-alarm-blaze-in-lake-city/ |
Blue jays second. Teoscar Hernandez singles to left field. Bo Bichette doubles to deep right center field. Teoscar Hernandez scores. Matt Chapman called out on strikes. Raimel Tapia strikes out swinging. Santiago Espinal flies out to right field to Max Kepler.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Blue jays 1, Twins 0.
Blue jays third. Cavan Biggio doubles to deep right center field. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. singles to center field. Cavan Biggio scores. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. grounds out to shortstop. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. out at second. Alejandro Kirk called out on strikes.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Blue jays 2, Twins 0.
Twins eighth. Jorge Polanco singles to right field. Max Kepler lines out to left field to Lourdes Gurriel Jr.. Jose Miranda singles to center field. Jorge Polanco scores. Nick Gordon pops out to shallow left field to Matt Chapman. Gio Urshela flies out to Teoscar Hernandez.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Blue jays 2, Twins 1.
Twins ninth. Carlos Correa pinch-hitting for Jake Cave. Carlos Correa hit by pitch. Byron Buxton pinch-hitting for Gilberto Celestino. Byron Buxton called out on strikes. Gary Sanchez singles to center field. Tim Beckham to third. Luis Arraez singles to right field. Gary Sanchez to second. Tim Beckham scores. Jorge Polanco reaches on a fielder's choice to second base. Luis Arraez out at second. Gary Sanchez to third. Max Kepler grounds out to first base to Cavan Biggio.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Blue jays 2, Twins 2.
Blue jays tenth. Santiago Espinal flies out to center field to Byron Buxton. Whit Merrifield to third. Cavan Biggio out on a sacrifice fly to left field to Tim Beckham. Whit Merrifield scores. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. doubles to deep left field. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is intentionally walked. Danny Jansen singles to second base. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to second. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. out at home.
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What is a hedge trimmer?
IN THIS ARTICLE:
- Echo 24-Inch 2-Stroke Gas Hedge Trimmer
- DeWalt 22-Inch 27 cc 2-Stroke Gas Articulating Hedge Trimmer
- Troy-Bilt 22-Inch 2-Stroke Gas Articulating Hedge Trimmer
Hedge trimmers are powered yard machines with one or two rows of cutting teeth that slice through small-diameter foliage. People use hedge trimmers to cut back growth, level the tops and sides of hedges and even sculpt shrubs into geometric and fanciful shapes.
How does a hedge trimmer work?
Most hedge trimmers cut the same way as a big pair of scissors, with two cutting blades moving in opposite directions. Budget hedge trimmers have one moving blade and one fixed blade, half as efficient and not as well-balanced.
How to choose the best hedge trimmers
There are three important measurements to keep in mind when choosing a hedge trimmer.
- Cutting width: The length of the blades on the cutting bar determine how wide a swath you can trim with one path.
- Cutting diameter: The spaces between the teeth are what limit the thickness of branches you can cut. Residential hedge trimmers typically have short gaps between their teeth while commercial trimmers are capable of cutting thicker branches.
- Weight: People use hedge trimmers with their arms extended or overhead, positions that can quickly tire you out.
Gas-powered
When assessing gas hedge trimmers, look at the engine displacement, usually shown in cubic centimeters, where larger numbers mean bigger engines and more power.
Best gas-powered hedge trimmers
Echo 24-Inch 2-Stroke Gas Hedge Trimmer
The 24-inch RazorEdge blade is reciprocating and double-sided. The 21.2-cubic-centimeter engine uses a 50:1 ratio of 89 or higher octane fuel to motor oil and has a highly efficient air filter for longer engine life.
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DeWalt 22-Inch 27 cc 2-Stroke Gas Articulating Hedge Trimmer
The articulating head has a 135-degree range of motion and is usable with DeWalt string trimmers and other attachments. The ergonomic handles make it easy to guide and control this 17-pound machine.
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Troy-Bilt 22-Inch 2-Stroke Gas Articulating Hedge Trimmer
This 25 cc machine starts easily with its prime, flip and go system and fits all Troy-Bilt attachment accessories. It weighs 11 pounds and has a head that rotates a full 135 degrees for getting in tight spots.
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Battery-powered
Check the numbers for volts and amperes. The larger the numbers, the greater the power and the longer the battery will last on a single charge.
Best battery-powered hedge trimmers
Ryobi 24-inch 40 Volt Cordless Battery Hedge Trimmer
The dual-action steel blades reduce vibration, the rotating gear handle is made for trimming at all angles and the debris remover clears clippings while you trim so you don’t have to. This 8-pound trimmer has the power to cut through 1-inch limbs.
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Black and Decker 20-Volt Max Cordless Battery-Powered Hedge Trimmer
This 5.4-pound Black and Decker trimmer is easy to handle and control with its built-in T handle and full-length trigger. The 18-inch dual action blade is made of hardened steel for reduced vibration.
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DeWalt 22-inch 20-Volt Max Lithium-Ion Cordless Hedge Trimmer
The 22-inch blade on this 6.4-pound trimmer has laser-cut hooked teeth for clean, quick cuts up to three-quarters of an inch thick. The battery has a built-in power indicator and a no-load run time of up to 75 minutes per charge.
Sold by Home Depot
Corded
All corded electric hedge trimmers operate on standard 120-volt household current.
Best corded hedge trimmers
Sun Joe 4 Amp 120-Volt Corded Pole Electric Hedge Trimmer
This trimmer has 21-inch hardened steel blades, an adjustable pivoting head and a 95-inch shaft that gives you an effective reach of 13 feet for safe trimming without climbing a ladder. It has a 50-foot cord, weighs 8.8 pounds and can handle branches up to seven-tenths of an inch thick.
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Makita 25-inch 4.8 Amp 120-Volt Corded Electric Trimmer
The two-hand operating design means the motor runs only when the grips are held with both hands. The built-in clutch protects the gears by automatically disengaging when the blade binds and the transparent hand guard gives you a clear view of the work area.
Sold by Home Depot
Earthwise 18-inch 4.5 Amp Pole/Hedge Trimmer Multi-Tool
You get a hedge trimmer and a pole saw with a 16-foot cord and an 8-foot reach in a single tool that weighs less than 10 pounds with the shoulder support strap attached. The trimming head angle adjusts from 60- to -20 degrees to fit in tight places.
Sold by Home Depot
Old school
If you are really interested in sculpting bushes and hedges, use a hand-powered hedge trimmer to get the level of detail you won’t get with a powered hedge trimmer.
Best old-school hedge trimmer
Fiskars 9-inch Power-Lever Steel Telescoping Handle Hedge Shears
You get twice the cutting power with the power-lever technology that extends the handle from 24 to 32 inches and locks at any length in between. The serrated blades are self-sharpening and grip the twigs and branches for clean, sure cuts.
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Auburn star gymnast Suni Lee revealed Monday that a kidney issue is what brought an abrupt end to her college gymnastics career.
The sophomore and reigning Olympic all-around gold medalist had not competed for Auburn since late-February, missing the Tigers’ final two regular-season meets as well as the SEC championship and NCAA Regional while dealing with what was previously described as a “non-gymnastics health issue.” Lee took to Twitter on Monday to disclose it was a kidney ailment that sidelined her late in Auburn’s season, which ended over the weekend in the NCAA Regional in Los Angeles.
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“I have been dealing with a non-gymnastics health related issue involving my kidneys,” Lee wrote. “For my safety, the medical team did not clear me to train and compete over the last few weeks. I am blessed and thankful to be working with the best specialized medial team to treat and manage my diagnosis. My focus at this time is my health and recovery.
“It’s been challenging to end my Auburn career early, but I am thankful for all the love and support. I will not stop pursuing my dreams for a bid to Paris in 2024. In fact, this experience has sharpened my vision for the future. I appreciate all the love and support, and I want to especially thank my doctors, coaches, and the Auburn medical staff for their care during this time. War Eagle forever.”
Lee announced in November that she planned for her sophomore season to be her last competing for Auburn, as she planned to shift her focus toward training for the 2024 summer Olympics in Paris, where she hopes to defend the all-around attempt to defend her all-around gold medal she won at the Tokyo games in 2021 prior to enrolling at Auburn. Lee also took home silver with Team USA and won bronze on the bars in Tokyo, which set the stage for an unprecedented freshman campaign on the Plains.
In quick order, Lee became one of the most accomplished gymnasts in Auburn history. Along with her three Olympic medals, Lee finished as runner-up in the all-around at the NCAA championship as a freshman, finishing just behind Florida’s Trinity Thomas. She also won the individual title on beam to go along with an SEC championship on bars last season. Lee earned first-team All-America honors in the all-around, beam and floor, as well as second-team All-America recognition on bars.
Along with those accomplishments, Lee owns the Auburn career record for most perfect-10s, with nine across her two seasons with the Tigers. She earned five 10s as a freshman: on bars against LSU and in the SEC championship, plus a trio of 10s on beam against Kentucky, Florida and in the NCAA Regional. This year, prior to her kidney issue, Lee added four more perfect-10s to her resume, including two during the program’s road meet against rival Alabama on bars and beam. Her other two this season came on beam in the Super 16 Challenge to open the season in Las Vegas, as well as on bars against LSU.
Without Lee in the mix, Auburn’s season fell apart on the bars in the NCAA Regional in Los Angeles over the weekend. The Tigers endured three consecutive falls on bars and posted a 195.900 overall score to finish fourth behind Utah, Washington and Southern Utah. Senior Derrian Gobourne advanced to the NCAA championship as an individual qualifier on floor after posting a 9.925.
“I am so proud of my team and the way they showed determination and resilience this season,” Lee wrote. “Auburn, thank you for the best two years of my life and for giving me the opportunity to make history alongside this amazing group. I am forever grateful for this community.”
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- Mars CEO Grant F. Reid has taken the decision to retire from Mars after more than 8 years in the role & 34 years in the business. Under his leadership, Mars has seen unprecedented growth & transformation combined with a focus on sustainability and purpose, and significant expansion into newer areas including veterinary health services.
- Poul Weihrauch, current Global President at Mars Petcare, will succeed as CEO from the end of September.
- Reid, who will remain with Mars until the end of the year, informed the Board of his decision to leave 18 months ago and has worked with the Board to ensure a smooth and orderly succession.
- Mars Board Chair, Frank Mars paid tribute to Reid's "extraordinary" legacy, heralding his leadership on climate action & sustainability on the global stage.
MCLEAN, Va., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mars Chief Executive Officer, Grant F. Reid, has announced he is to hand over the reins as CEO after leading the business through a period of unprecedented growth, impact and transformation.
Reid – who will remain at Mars until the end of the year – informed the Board of his intentions to retire from Mars 18 months ago and has been closely involved in helping ensure a best-in-class succession. He has served in the role since 2014. Poul Weihrauch, Global President at Mars Petcare, will succeed as CEO, effective from the end of September.
Mars Board Chair, Frank Mars, paid tribute to Reid's "extraordinary legacy" – highlighting his countless achievements – fusing performance with purpose, delivering sustainable growth, ramping up Mars digital capabilities, building its iconic brands, and expanding into newer territories like veterinary health, pet services and healthy snacking. As a result, Mars said, sales had grown by over 50% to nearly $45B under Reid's tenure and the number of Associates had increased from 60,000 to more than 140,000.
Frank Mars added: "While he is too modest to admit it, our significant transformation and record growth as a business would not have happened without Grant's leadership. He has visibly lived our principles and embedded purpose at the heart of our business strategy. The Mars Family are tremendously grateful for his dedication and service.
"He has been a tower of strength, helping us charter new courses and pushing us beyond what we thought possible. He's represented Mars on the global stage, particularly around climate change, and he has ensured that we are known for acting, not just making commitments.
"We will greatly miss his principled leadership, his highly collaborative and engaging style and – not least – his dry Scottish sense of humor."
Reid said: "It has been a privilege to lead the Mars team and work closely with the Mars Family. We have built on our core strengths and moved into new areas, setting the business up for a brilliant, sustainable future. But the biggest difference we make starts with our 140,000 Associates, the hundreds of communities we operate in, and the billions of consumers we serve. I'm proud that, in the face of challenges such as a global pandemic, we have never lost sight of our strategic path or our ambition to help create the world we want tomorrow – and to drive both purpose and performance. Whether that be challenging ourselves to deliver a truly net zero supply chain, ensuring our most impactful raw materials like palm are deforestation-free, or innovating with packaging solutions to help ensure our products do not turn up as waste."
He added: "Having worked closely with Poul for many years I consider him and his family to be close friends. I am very excited about the future of the business under his leadership and congratulate him on his appointment as CEO of this incredible company."
Reid and Weihrauch have been working together closely for several months to ensure a smooth and orderly succession that maintains the considerable business momentum. Reid will continue to represent Mars until the end of 2022, including at critical events such as UNGA/Climate Week, COP27 and more.
From next year onwards, Reid will devote more time to following his passion as a champion for climate action, the sustainability agenda, and the broader role for business in society.
Poul Weihrauch will succeed Reid from the end of September. He has worked in many parts of the business since joining in 2000 as European brand leader for Snickers. Having led the Mars Food business, he became President of Global Petcare in 2014 and, during that time, has overseen significant growth and diversification into veterinary health, diagnostics, data, and platforms, doubling the size of the business. Weihrauch has also driven significant focus and investment into the Petcare sustainability agenda.
Frank Mars said: "I have known Poul for 22 years, working closely with him for the last 10, and I know that he will be a wonderful leader for the next stage of our evolution.
"He is known for his inspirational and inclusive leadership style, for growing businesses and renovating brands and for his deep commitment to Associate engagement and development. Following Grant's decision, the Board and I are grateful to be able to appoint such a strong Mars leader and are confident that Poul will both protect our legacy, while leading us into what promises to be a bright and exciting future."
Weihrauch said: "I am honored and humbled by this opportunity to serve the organization and our 140,000 Mars Associates. This is an incredible company which has consistently demonstrated that doing good is good business. It is that relationship that will ensure we keep delivering sustainable growth and performance.
"We live in challenging times but I'm an optimist and I believe in the power of business to have a positive impact and, in particular, the freedom we have at Mars to do the right thing for our Associates and the world we operate in."
He added: "I thank Grant for his friendship, counsel, and collaboration over the years, and I congratulate him on his exceptional career at Mars. Many thanks to the Board of Directors as well for entrusting me to lead the next chapter in our evolution and growth."
As a result of Weihrauch's appointment, Mars today announced a series of subsequent senior appointments. Loic Moutault, President at Royal Canin, is to become Mars Global Petcare President, and Cecile Coutens will take over as Global Royal Canin President.
For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This common purpose unites our 140,000+ Associates. It is at the center of who we are as a global, family-owned business, and it fuels how we are transforming, innovating, and evolving to make a positive impact on the world.
Every year, our diverse and expanding portfolio of quality confectionery, food, and pet care products and services delight millions of people and supports millions of pets. With almost $45 billion in annual sales, we produce some of the world's best-loved brands including Ben's Original™, CESAR®, Cocoavia®, DOVE®, EXTRA®, KIND®, M&M's®, SNICKERS®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, and WHISKAS®. We are creating a better world for pets through nutrition, breakthrough programs in diagnostics, wearable health monitoring, DNA testing, pet welfare and comprehensive veterinary care with AniCura, BANFIELD™, BLUEPEARL™, Linnaeus and VCA™.
We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to act every day to help create a better world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive.
For more information about Mars, please visit www.mars.com. Join us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube.
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The highest-ranking soldier charged in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal is sentenced to eight years in prison for abusing inmates. Staff Sgt. Ivan "Chip" Frederick pleaded guilty Wednesday to eight counts of abusing and humiliating Iraqi detainees.
His penalty is the longest prison sentence yet in connection with the scandal that broke worldwide in April with the publication of photos and video that showed U.S. soldiers abusing naked detainees in the prison on the western outskirts of Baghdad. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.
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War crimes again investigated in Darfur
UNITED NATIONS -- The International Criminal Court prosecutor said Thursday he is investigating new allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan's western Darfur region during the current conflict that has killed and displaced thousands.
Karim Khan told the U.N. Security Council that fighting between government forces and the paramilitary Rapid Security Forces has spilled into Darfur where war crimes and crimes against humanity were committed back in 2003. He said the country is now "in peril of allowing history to repeat itself," Khan said.
In 2005, the Security Council referred the situation in Darfur to the international court and Khan said it still has a mandate under that measure to investigate crimes. He said people in the vast region are living in fear of their lives, in the middle of conflict and with their homes burning.
Water thrown; Kosovo lawmakers brawl
PRISTINA, Kosovo -- A brawl erupted in the Kosovo parliament on Thursday after an opposition lawmaker threw water on Prime Minister Albin Kurti while he was speaking about government measures to defuse tensions with ethnic Serbs in the country's north.
Kosovo opposition parties have criticized Kurti's policies in the north that have strained relations with key Western allies.
The United States and the European Union have pressured Kurti to help calm the situation after violence broke out in May after police-backed ethnic Albanian mayors took office following an election that the ethnic Serb majority in the area had widely boycotted.
Dozens of people were injured in clashes between local Serbs and Kosovo police and NATO-led peacekeepers, fueling fears of a conflict similar to the one in 1998-99 that killed more than 10,000 people.
On Wednesday, Kurti announced he would reduce the number of special police officers stationed outside four municipal buildings in ethnic Serb-majority areas in northern Kosovo, and hold new mayoral elections in each of the towns.
A number of special police forces has withdrawn from the municipal buildings. The move angered the opposition, who argued that Kurti "experimented" for months and jeopardized Kosovo's international position only to back down later.
Lawmaker Mergim Lushtaku from the Democratic Party of Kosovo approached Kurti while he was speaking and threw water at him, triggering the brawl. Earlier, Kurti's deputy Besnik Beslimi had torn up a drawing mocking Kurti that the opposition had given the prime minister.
Local media said Kurti was escorted out of the assembly hall during the chaos.
Ghana deporting refugees, U.N. says
ACCRA, Ghana -- Ghana has forcibly deported hundreds of people fleeing violence from Burkina Faso, the United Nations refugee agency said Thursday.
Approximately 251 people were expelled, most of them women and children seeking safety in northern Ghana, according to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.
"It's not a voluntary repatriation," Alpha Seydi Ba, senior communications officer for the office, told The Associated Press.
In a statement Wednesday, the U.N. called on Ghana to cease these expulsions "and guarantee access to the territory and asylum to nationals of Burkina Faso seeking international protection."
Under international human rights law, the principle of nonrefoulement guarantees that no one should be returned to a country where they would face torture, cruel or degrading treatment, or punishment. The U.N.'s statement said Ghana was violating the principle.
Extremist violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group has ravaged Burkina Faso for years, killing thousands and displacing more than 2 million people internally. Thousands more have fled across the border.
As of last July, nearly 40,000 people had left, with half going to Mali, more than 11,000 to Niger and 8,000 to Ghana.
Iran's leader tightens ties on Africa tour
HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi was welcomed in Zimbabwe on Thursday by people singing songs criticizing the West as he made his last stop on a three-nation Africa trip aimed at finding new trade alliances to soften the impact of U.S. sanctions on his nation.
Raisi was greeted at Harare's international airport by Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa and dozens of supporters waving Zimbabwe and Iran flags and holding placards with Raisi's image.
Both countries are under U.S. sanctions and Raisi's trip to Africa, which has already included stops in Kenya and Uganda, highlights Iran's efforts to counter those heavy economic punishments.
Iran and Zimbabwe already have a joint permanent commission on political and trade relations and officials on Thursday signed 12 new memorandums of understanding, including agreements on agriculture, pharmaceuticals, telecoms, gas, energy and education.
Iran also signed agreements with Kenya and Uganda on Wednesday.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Farmers protested around the Netherlands as lawmakers voted Tuesday on proposals to slash emissions of damaging pollutants, a plan that will likely force farmers to cut their livestock herds or stop work altogether.
The government says emissions of nitrogen oxide and ammonia, which livestock produce, must be drastically reduced close to nature areas that are part of a network of protected habitats for endangered plants and wildlife stretching across the 27-nation European Union.
As tractors gathered outside the parliament building, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said farmers have the right to protest but not to break the law.
“Freedom of speech and the right to demonstrate are a vital part of our democratic society, and I will always defend them,” Rutte said. “But … it is not acceptable to create dangerous situations, it is not acceptable to intimidate officials, we will never accept that.”
WHAT IS THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSING?
The ruling coalition wants to cut emissions of pollutants, predominantly nitrogen oxide and ammonia, by 50% nationwide by 2030. Ministers call the proposal an “unavoidable transition” that aims to improve air, land and water quality.
They warn that farmers will have to adapt or face the prospect of shuttering their businesses.
“The honest message … is that not all farmers can continue their business,” and those who do will likely have to farm differently, the government said in a statement this month as it unveiled emission reduction targets.
Livestock produce ammonia in their urine and feces. The government in the past has called on farmers to use feed for their animals that contains less protein as a way of reducing ammonia emissions. The problem is compounded in the Netherlands, which is known for its intensive farming practices, with large numbers of livestock kept on small areas of land.
It is not only farmers being targeted. In the past, the government also has cut the national maximum speed limit on highways from 130 kilometers per hour (80 miles per hour) to 100 kmh during the day as a way of reducing nitrogen oxide created by vehicle engines.
The government has been forced to take action after a series of court rulings that blocked infrastructure and construction projects because of fears they would cause emissions that breach environmental rules. It is giving provincial authorities a year to work out ways to meet the emission reduction targets.
WHAT ARE FARMERS DOING?
Some 40,000 farmers gathered last week in the central Netherlands’ agricultural heartland to protest the government’s plans. Many arrived by tractor, snarling traffic around the country.
On Monday and into Tuesday, farmers again took their protests to crowded highways, driving slowly along the roads or stopping altogether. Some have dumped hay bales on roads, and small groups demonstrated at town and city halls, in some cases starting bonfires outside the buildings.
Some farmers set hay bales ablaze Tuesday alongside highways, while others gathered in towns and cities, including The Hague.
Farmers argue that they are being unfairly targeted as polluters while other industries, such as aviation, construction and transport, also are contributing to emissions and face less far-reaching rules. They also say the government is not giving them a clear picture of their futures amid the proposed reforms.
WHAT ARE THE NATURE AREAS THAT ARE THREATENED?
The government has published a map with reduction targets across the country based on proximity to areas designated as part of the EU’s Natura 2000 network of vulnerable and endangered plant and animal habitats. There are Natura 2000 sites across the 27 member states, covering 18% of the bloc’s land area and 8% of its marine territory.
On its website, the European Commission says conservation and sustainable use of Natura 200 areas is “largely centered on people working with nature rather than against it. However, Member States must ensure that the sites are managed in a sustainable manner, both ecologically and economically.”
Dutch farmers argue that other EU countries are not clamping down on the agricultural industry as hard as the Netherlands. During a protest Monday, a group of farmers at a Dutch Natura 2000 region near the German border put up flags and a “Welcome to Germany” sign to symbolically make it part of the neighboring country.
HOW IMPORTANT IS AGRICULTURE TO THE DUTCH ECONOMY?
Agriculture — from dairy farming to growing crops in fields and greenhouses — is a significant part of the Dutch economy.
According to a national farming lobby group, LTO, there are nearly 54,000 agricultural businesses in the Netherlands with exports totaling 94.5 billion euros in 2019. | https://www.koin.com/news/business/ap-business/explainer-why-are-dutch-farmers-protesting-over-emissions/ | 2022-06-28 20:01:28 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/news/business/ap-business/explainer-why-are-dutch-farmers-protesting-over-emissions/ |
SHANGHAI, Dec. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Daqo New Energy Corp. (NYSE: DQ) ("Daqo New Energy" or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer of high-purity polysilicon for the global solar PV industry, today announced that its Phase 5B polysilicon expansion project in Inner Mongolia is expected to increase the Company's annual polysilicon production capacity by 100,000 MT to a total of 305,000 MT by the end of 2023.
The Company's existing polysilicon facilities in Xinjiang with nameplate capacity of 105,000 MT are expected to produce approximately 130,000 to 132,000 MT of polysilicon in 2022. The Phase 5A project with nameplate capacity of 100,000 MT in Inner Mongolia, currently under construction, is expected to be completed in Q2 2023. The newly announced Phase 5B project will add another 100,000 MT capacity and increase the Company's total annual production capacity to 305,000 MT by the end of 2023. The capital expenditures for the Phase 5B project are estimated to be approximately RMB9.2 billion.
Mr. Longgen Zhang, Chief Executive Officer of Daqo New Energy, commented, "We are very excited to announce the Phase 5B project in Inner Mongolia, which is expected to increase our total annual production capacity to 305,000 MT by the end of 2023. Upon the completion of the Phase 5B, our Inner Mongolia manufacturing base will contribute approximately two-thirds of our polysilicon capacity. In addition, we plan to build 300,000 MT of metallurgical silicon capacity in two phases which will enable us to self-supply our raw materials in future. We believe that our Phase 5B project and the metallurgical silicon projects will further enhance our leadership with increased capacity, improved quality, lower cost, and better management of supply chains."
ABOUT DAQO NEW ENERGY CORP.
Daqo New Energy Corp. (NYSE: DQ) ("Daqo" or the "Company") is a leading manufacturer of high-purity polysilicon for the global solar PV industry. Founded in 2007, the Company manufactures and sells high-purity polysilicon to photovoltaic product manufactures, who further process the polysilicon into ingots, wafers, cells and modules for solar power solutions. The Company has a total polysilicon nameplate capacity of 105,000 metric tons and is one of the world's lowest-cost producers of high-purity polysilicon.
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(WJHL) Registered Dietitian Kirby Moir shares some ideas for using some of the seasonal fruits like strawberries and blackberries is your dinner salads. She also shares some nutritional benefits of fruit.
CHERRY SMOOTHIE BOWL
This cherry berry smoothie bowl is a delicious combination of sweet & tart flavor
- 1 cup pitted cherries
- 1 cup frozen blueberries
- 1 cup frozen blackberries or raspberries
- 1 banana, sliced and frozen
- 2 tbsp chia seeds
- ¾ cup milk
- Combine all ingredients in a blender.
- Blend on high speed until smooth and creamy.
- Transfer smoothie into a bowl and add your favorite toppings.
Kirby Moir, Registered Dietitian with Food City shares some ideas and recipes for using some seasonal items like squash and tomatoes.
SQUASH & TOMATO CASSEROLE
- 1 clove garlic, peeled
- 1 1/2 cup Food Club Whole wheat panko breadcrumbs
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 6 medium summer squash (about 3 pounds), cut into rounds
- 2 medium ripe tomato, diced
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil, plus more for garnish
- 1 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
- Freshly ground pepper to taste
- 1 cup shredded Italian blend cheese
- ½ cup Culinary Tours shredded Parmesan cheese
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Combine half of the breadcrumbs (3/4 cup), squash, tomato, basil, salt and pepper in a large bowl to combine.
- Coat a 9 by 13 inch casserole dish with cooking spray. Spread half of the squash mixture in the casserole dish. Top with half (½ cup) of the Italian cheese blend. Add the remaining squash mixture and cover the casserole with foil. Bake until the squash is fork tender, about 50 to 55 minutes.
- Increase oven temperature to 450 degrees F. Remove foil, top with the remaining Italian cheese blend, Parmesan, and the remaining breadcrumbs. Bake uncovered until the cheese is melted and the topping is golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes. | https://www.wjhl.com/daytime-tri-cities/food-city-friday-seasonal-fruits-vegetables/ | 2023-07-07 15:11:50 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/daytime-tri-cities/food-city-friday-seasonal-fruits-vegetables/ |
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers can adorn their office with a crucifix, but they can't pound the nail into the state Capitol's wall, a legislative oversight board clarified on Tuesday as part of a policy regulating how religious symbols can mark the state's seat of government.
The Legislature's Executive Board took up the issue after two Republican lawmakers stained five chairs in a Capitol meeting room with oil as they marked chairs with crosses ahead of a meeting last month to elect caucus leaders. It took the Capitol's groundskeepers about three hours to clean, but five chairs were left slightly discolored.
The executive board appeared content with the lawmakers, who were not named, covering the $79.80 in wages for the time spent cleaning the chairs. At least one offender expressed regret at the decision to mark the chairs, said Republican state Sen. Lee Schoenbeck, who chairs the executive board.
But the episode — which came alongside a rift in the Republican caucus between moderates and a right-wing — also raised questions about who had access to the Statehouse rooms where laws are formed and to what degree lawmakers, often compelled by their Christian convictions, can leave a mark in the Capitol.
Republican state Rep. Sue Peterson told The Dakota Scout that she marked chairs with oil crosses as an act of prayer before last month's Republican caucus meeting. She said many lawmakers often pray as they craft state laws.
Peterson did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the new policy.
Schoenbeck proposed a policy that instructs lawmakers they “may not mark on or damage in any fashion the real or personal property of the Citizens’ Capitol." And if they want to “modify” their workspaces, they have to make a request to the state agency that maintains the building.
“There’s a crucifix in my office, and I’m not the one who pounds the nail in the Capitol to hang it,” Schoenbeck said, giving an example of how lawmakers should walk the line between allowing religious expression while respecting the century-old building.
Lawmakers have long been comfortable with an atmosphere imbued with Christianity. They bow their heads in prayer before starting each session, dozens show up to the Capitol with their foreheads marked by crosses on Ash Wednesday and the Bible is sometimes invoked during bill debates.
But Schoenbeck also said it was important to clarify how First Amendment rights are respected on government property. He said if one religious group is given space for expression, any other group needs to be granted access as well.
The board's policy establishes a process by which legislators and citizens can request to use one of the Capitol's meeting rooms if it complies with the Legislature's work and policies. Citizens would need to make a $500 deposit.
Schoenbeck said he hopes people will pause to think about the history of the building: “People don’t step back and think about, we’re just passing through this place.” | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/South-Dakota-Legislature-tackles-Christian-marks-17635902.php | 2022-12-07 00:26:50 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/South-Dakota-Legislature-tackles-Christian-marks-17635902.php |
DOUGLAS — On the morning of Aug. 3, two gentlemen in dressed-to-kill sport coats walked into the Converse County Courthouse prepared to meet with the five county commissioners. With their presentation ready, it was indisputable that this discussion was of great relevance to the residents of Converse County, considering Douglas’ mayor, police chief and city officials were also in attendance.
Founder and CEO of 307 Horse Racing, Jack Greer, and COO of Wyoming Financial Group, Kyle Ridgeway, were there to discuss pari-mutuel wagering, more specifically, the legalization of off-track horse race betting in Converse County.
The idea obviously sparked some interest from the county commissioners, who have already drafted a resolution to place the measure before voters on the November general election ballot.
While the commissioners won’t decide whether to approve the resolution until Aug. 16 (coincidentally on primary election day), to have pari-mutuel betting in a county requires a public vote.
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However, Commission Chairman Jim Willox cautioned it is not a done deal but simply a placeholder for the commissioners to discuss it at their next regular meeting, so it may or may not show up on the November ballot.
Currently, there are two additional companies with facilities located in the state focused on horse racing and off-track betting: Wyoming Downs and Wyoming Horse Racing. However, 307 Horse Racing is the first Wyoming owned and operated entity.
And with five successful facilities currently up and running in Gillette, Casper, Cheyenne, Rawlins and Sheridan, its sights are now set on Converse County.
“I talk about this like I was around in the ‘70s when horse racing was a big deal in Wyoming and we had all these tracks like I was there. I wasn’t there. But I have read the history about that,” Ridgeway said. “In Wyoming, (the late) Sen. (John) Schiffer and (state Rep.) Sue Wallace and the folks in the legislature looked at some models of other states and they brought the horse racing industry back. And they passed these laws in 2013 where we have this alternative form of pari-mutuel wagering.”
According to Ridgeway, the ‘70s and ‘80s brought about the idea of simulcasting, which allowed people to bet on a live track from somewhere else.
“ They’ve now taken a lot of that historical horse racing data and turned it into what are known as historical horse racing terminals,” Ridgeway explained. “What these terminals do is they basically ‘gamified’ betting on a horse race, but they still allow you to essentially bet on a de-identified historical horse race.”
Although pari-mutuel wagering has been legalized in Wyoming, each county is given some regulatory authority.
As Ridgeway explained to the commissioners, the first step to having pari-mutuel wagering in Converse County is to have an election by the citizens.
And if passed, both Ridgeway and Greer would visit yet again to discuss obtaining a resolution for a specific site.
To sway the commissioners, both men dove right into the benefits a 307 Horse Racing facility would bring to the county.
One of those benefits goes to those who breed and raise race horses in the county, with .3% of the total bet collected via a tax.
“It’s called the Wyoming Breeders Fund, and it’s a pool of money to raise and breed horses in Wyoming. This year I think we’re going to hit $5 million in this .3% for the fund. That’s a huge number; it’s a huge incentive to breed and raise horses here,” Greer said.
Ridgeway added that as the gaming locations grow, as the bet grows and as the industry matures, the number in this breeding fund goes up.
In addition, 1% of the total bet goes directly to the county, and if a facility resides within a city or town borders, such as Glenrock, Douglas or Rolling Hills, the 1% is split fifty-fifty with the municipality.
“To give you an example of what numbers would look like, our Rawlins facility is relatively a similar-sized community to Douglas, so if we do a facility here, then that’s projecting to generate $75-$100,000 per year for each entity. So, the city receives $100,000, and the county receives $100,000. So, that . . . basically, (the) gaming commission sending you that check,” Ridgeway said.
County Commissioner Robert Short questioned the type of crime experienced in these facilities, as well as if there will be an increased need for law enforcement.
Ridgeway said 307 Horse Racing’s model has been able to partner with the nicest place in each community they are able to find.
The Wyoming Gaming Commission requires these facilities to operate with security cameras and to have access to those cameras at all times. The facility will also be subject to random audits from the gaming commission and its law enforcement, and all locations require the employment of federally background checked employees.
“In our experience, these are the safest facilities you can have in a community if liquor is available, because most bars don’t require a background check, drug testing, and all of these other types of things you must have,” Ridgeway said.
“The speech that I give to everybody is, I can only speak about our operation. We were informed that Teton County commissioners and the Chief of Police in Jackson did a bunch of research on our facilities, and, based on their research on every community we’ve been in, there has been zero impact,” he added. “And I think the quote was, ‘We have no greater use of police resources than any other business.’”
According to Ridgeway and Greer, these horse race betting facilities have terminals that cost $25,000-$35,000. With 30 to 40 terminals per facility, they are averaging a seven figure investment per location.
When considering the addition of federally background checked employees and the amount of eyes necessary in terms of cashing out winning bets, they referred to these as “professional, first-class facilities.”
And to add a sense of family engagement, most of their facilities offer a restaurant that is completely segregated.
“I took my 2-year-old down there (Casper) with my family on Monday and had dinner, and it’s because gaming is on a different side,” he added. “We haven’t been able to do that in every facility, but you can do it in a way that allows people to eat.”
Greer currently operates his live horse race events at the Cam-Plex in Gillette, which is part of the requirements of having a live events license.
“ The way it works in Wyoming is you have to get a live events license first to be an operator in the state. Then you have to run a minimum of 16 live race days,” he explained. “That gives you the ability to hold a HHR (Historic Horse Racing) simulcast license.”
Greer encouraged those interested to visit the CamPlex, noting his races average a few hundred attendees.
“Every local community has its own thing in Wyoming. We try to approach each of these communities with the sensitivity of what they are,” Ridgeway said.
Both gentlemen concluded their presentation by stating yet again that their presence was to request for the commission to pass a resolution authorizing a pari-mutuel wagering question to be placed on the 2022 general election ballot, and the commission agreed to draft the resolution. | https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/want-to-place-bets-on-gambling-coming-to-converse-voters-may-decide-in-november/article_6a644824-18f9-11ed-b6a7-2bfef933e802.html | 2022-08-11 00:16:50 | 1 | https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/want-to-place-bets-on-gambling-coming-to-converse-voters-may-decide-in-november/article_6a644824-18f9-11ed-b6a7-2bfef933e802.html |
FBI: Jetliner evacuated in Albuquerque after security threat
Published: Oct. 2, 2022 at 1:56 PM CDT|Updated: 44 minutes ago
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say an American Airlines flight from Texas to New Mexico was evacuated after landing at the Albuquerque airport because of a security threat.
Officials at Albuquerque International Sunport say all 179 people aboard Flight 928 from Dallas-Fort Worth were taken off the jet Sunday morning. They were taken by bus to the terminal, and no injuries were reported.
FBI officials say that the matter is being investigated and are not disclosing the nature of the security threat.
Airport officials say American Airlines passengers flying out of the airport are expected to see flight delays while the episode is investigated.
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Mr. Garrett honored with prestigious ranking for 3rd year in a row for advancing health equity and building stronger communities
EDISON, N.J., July 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey's largest and most integrated health network, is proud to announce that CEO Robert C. Garrett is ranked No. 1 in the prestigious CEO Forum's 10 CEOs Transforming Healthcare'' in the U.S. for the third year in a row.
In selecting Mr. Garrett as No. 1, the editorial board noted the network's remarkable advances to improve health equity and praised "Mr. Garrett's leadership in identifying social determinants, analysis of demographics and creating new levels of access, and methodology of inclusivity in training medical students.''
In the recently released magazine, Mr. Garrett is once again honored among an impressive roster of leading CEOs from prestigious organizations including the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the American Medical Association, and Jefferson Health.
"Everyone in this extraordinary organization can claim ownership to this honor, our heroic front-line teams who continue to put patients first, our leadership teams who execute our winning strategies, our educators and our board members,'' Mr. Garrett said.
The network was recognized for a robust and rapidly growing social determinants of health strategy which addresses issues that greatly impact health in five areas: food insecurity, housing insecurity, transportation issues, caregiver support, and mental health/substance abuse treatment.
The network created two separate digital platforms which were built into the electronic medical record to help providers collect information about social needs from patients. In just two years, the network has screened 700,000 people and provided more than 2.4 million referrals to community resources many people in need did not even know existed.
Additionally, the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine offers an innovative and nationally acclaimed Human Dimension program to teach future physicians about the importance of the social determinants of health. While many schools offer courses or classes, this approach is foundational to the curriculum. Students go out in pairs to underserved patients throughout the entirety of their medical education. They do this while they are also mastering the hard sciences required of any M.D. candidate in the nation. By viewing healthcare through a broader lens, including non-medical issues, we add a human dimension to the training of future physicians.
"Every person in this nation should have equal access to high-quality healthcare providers and be given all the tools necessary to achieve optimal health," Mr. Garrett said.
ABOUT HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH
Hackensack Meridian Health is a leading not-for-profit health care organization that is the largest, most comprehensive and truly integrated health care network in New Jersey, offering a complete range of medical services, innovative research and life-enhancing care.
Hackensack Meridian Health comprises 17 hospitals from Bergen to Ocean counties, which includes three academic medical centers – Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, JFK Medical Center in Edison; two children's hospitals - Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital in Hackensack, K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital in Neptune; nine community hospitals – Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel, Mountainside Medical Center in Montclair, Ocean Medical Center in Brick, Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen, Pascack Valley Medical Center in Westwood, Old Bridge Medical Center in Old Bridge, Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy, Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, and Southern Ocean Medical Center in Manahawkin; a behavioral health hospital – Carrier Clinic in Belle Mead; and two rehabilitation hospitals - JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute in Edison and Johnson Rehabilitation Institute in Brick.
Additionally, the network has more than 500 patient care locations throughout the state which include ambulatory care centers, surgery centers, home health services, long-term care and assisted living communities, ambulance services, lifesaving air medical transportation, a fitness and wellness center, rehabilitation centers, urgent care centers and physician practice locations. Hackensack Meridian Health has more than 36,000 team members, and 7,000 physicians and is a distinguished leader in health care philanthropy, committed to the health and well-being of the communities it serves.
The network's notable distinctions include having more top-ranked hospitals than anyone in New Jersey, as recognized by U.S. News & World Report. Hackensack University Medical Center is the only hospital in New Jersey with the #1 adult and children's hospital rankings.
The Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, the first private medical school in New Jersey in more than 50 years, welcomed its first class of students in 2018 to its campus in Nutley and Clifton. The Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI), housed in a fully renovated state-of-the-art facility, seeks to translate current innovations in science to improve clinical outcomes for patients with cancer, infectious diseases and other life-threatening and disabling conditions.
Additionally, the network partnered with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to find more cures for cancer faster while ensuring that patients have access to the highest quality, most individualized cancer care when and where they need it.
Hackensack Meridian Health is a member of AllSpire Health Partners, an interstate consortium of leading health systems, to focus on the sharing of best practices in clinical care and achieving efficiencies. To learn more, visit www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Georgina Beyer, a trailblazing New Zealand politician who in 1999 became the world’s first openly transgender member of Parliament, died Monday at the age of 65.
Friends of Beyer said she died peacefully in hospice care. They did not immediately give a cause of death, although Beyer had previously suffered from kidney failure and underwent a kidney transplant in 2017.
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said he didn’t know Beyer well personally but knew she had a large following within New Zealand and had made a lasting impression on the nation’s parliament.
“I certainly think that Georgina has blazed a trail that has made it much easier for others to follow,” Hipkins said.
Friend Malcolm Vaughan said Monday he was still with Beyer, who he had known for decades, and didn’t yet feel ready to talk about her life. He and husband Scott Kennedy instead put out a statement.
“Georgie was surrounded by her nearest and dearest 24/7 over the past week, she accepted what was happening, was cracking jokes and had a twinkle in her eye, right until the final moment,” they wrote.
They said she was a national treasure, or “taonga” in Indigenous Māori.
“Farewell Georgie, your love, compassion and all that you have done for the rainbow and many other communities will live on for ever,” they wrote.
Beyer, who was Māori, worked as a sex worker and nightclub performer before turning to politics. In 1995 she was elected mayor of the small North Island town of Carterton. Four years later, she won national office for the liberal Labour Party and remained a lawmaker until 2007.
She helped pass the landmark 2003 Prostitution Reform Act, which decriminalized sex work.
In a speech to lawmakers at the time, she said the protections the new law offered might have spared her being dragged into the sex industry at the age of 16, and from sex workers being threatened and raped without being able to seek help from police.
“I think of all the people I have known in that area who have suffered because of the hypocrisy of our society, which, on the one hand, can accept prostitution, while, on the other hand, wants to push it under the carpet and keep it in the twilight world that it exists in,” she told lawmakers.
In 2004, she helped pass a law allowing same-sex civil unions. Nine years later, New Zealand passed a law allowing same-sex marriage.
Politicians from both sides of the aisle mourned her death Monday. Nicola Willis, the deputy leader of the conservative National Party, recalled Beyer as brave and gracious.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The annual holiday tradition of Panto returns to San Francisco's Presidio Theatre with a new Sleeping Beauty full of magic, humor, music, dance and a message of hope for all ages in 23 performances December 1 through 30. The over-the-top musical re-imagining of the classic fairytale brings to the Bay the traditional British holiday entertainment combining slapstick humor, one-line zingers and outrageous characters with plenty of audience interaction. Sleeping Beauty features live music, lavish costumes, innovative sets and familiar characters including the princess and prince, an evil witch and fairy godmothers, and adds a chorus of singing chickens and a lovable rooster named Pecker. Tickets and information at http://www.presidiotheatre.org/2022sleepingbeauty.
"Our annual Panto productions are a great way to let loose, bring the kids and find the kid in all of us," says Executive Producer Peggy Haas. "One of the world's most popular theater traditions, Panto does not take itself too seriously, but delivers an uplifting message of coming together and hope. We look forward to seeing familiar audiences members and welcoming newbies to the raucous and purely fun delights of Panto!"
Director Liam Vincent adds, "This Sleeping Beauty is a fast-paced, audience-interactive experience full of magic, fairy-tale mystery, laughs, spell casting, pop-songs that you know and love and fun for the whole family."
Sleeping Beauty features many of the Bay Area's most versatile, acclaimed and popular performers including Rotimi Agbabiaka, Andre Amarotico, Jaime Miller Bardacke, Daniel Benitez, Phaedra Tillery Boughton, Curt Branom, Jen Brooks, Maggie Connard, Ruby Day, Merrill Grant, M. Javi Harnley, Matthew Kropschot, Renee Lubin, Kaylee Miltersen, Sara Toby Moore, Scott Reardon, Danny Scheie, Sharon Shao, Gary Stanford Jr., Jeffrey "Mercury" van Sciver, Ryan Patrick Welsh and Eiko Yamamoto
The all-star creative team includes Executive Producer Peggy Haas and director Liam Vincent. The show will feature magnificent costumes by Alina Bokovikova and production design by Sean Riley. International music legend Mason Williams and musical director Bill Keck will create a whimsical score for the show featuring pop and classic rock songs with re-written lyrics. Writers are Stephanie Brown and Richard Ciccarone along with production dramaturgs Christine Nicholson and Luther Hanson. Technical director Jeff Gregory, production manager Patty Ann Farrell, choreographer Stacey Printz and casting director Annie Stuart complete the team.
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LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., March 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE: GBX) will host an Investor Day on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 in New York, NY. During the event, Lorie L. Tekorius, Greenbrier's Chief Executive Officer and President, and other executives will address the company's business strategy, leading market position and unique value proposition, as well as outline its future growth plans.
Due to limited capacity, in-person attendance is by invitation only. Institutional investors wishing to attend may register by sending an email to gbx@roseandco.com. Webcast registration details are available at Greenbrier's investor relations website at investors.gbrx.com. A live webcast of the Investor Day, including presentation materials, will be accessible through Greenbrier's website. A replay of the webcast will be available following the live presentations.
About Greenbrier
Greenbrier, headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon, is a leading international supplier of equipment and services to global freight transportation markets. Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries and joint ventures, Greenbrier designs, builds and markets freight railcars and marine barges in North America, Europe and Brazil. We are a leading provider of freight railcar wheel services, parts, maintenance and retrofitting services in North America through our maintenance services business unit. Greenbrier manages 408,000 railcars and offers railcar management, regulatory compliance services and leasing services to railroads and other railcars owners in North America. GBX Leasing (GBXL) is a special purpose subsidiary that owns and manages a portfolio of leased railcars that originate primarily from Greenbrier's manufacturing operations. GBXL and Greenbrier own a lease fleet of approximately 14,100 railcars. Learn more about Greenbrier at www.gbrx.com.
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SAN JOSE, Calif., May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cisco today announced that it will participate in the following conferences with the financial community during the month of June. These sessions will be webcast. Interested parties can view these events on Cisco's Investor Relations website at investor.cisco.com.
Bank of America Securities 2022 Global Technology Conference
June 8, 2022
2:20 p.m. PT / 5:20 p.m. ET
Liz Centoni, EVP, Chief Strategy Officer and General Manager, Applications
Nasdaq Investor Conference
June 14, 2022
1:00 a.m. PT/ 4:00 a.m. ET / 9:00 a.m. BST
Scott Herren, EVP and Chief Financial Officer
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LONDON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pushed for fighter jets to ensure his country's victory over Russia in a dramatic speech before the U.K. Parliament, where he also thanked the British people for their support since “Day One” of Moscow's invasion.
The embattled leader's daring visit to Britain in a bid for more advanced weapons comes as Ukraine braces for an expected Russian offensive and hatches its own plans to retake land held by Moscow's forces. Support from Western allies thus far has been key to Ukraine's surprisingly stiff defense — and now the two sides are engaged in grinding battles.
Hundreds of lawmakers and parliamentary staff packed the 900-year-old Westminster Hall, the oldest — and unheated — part of Parliament for Zelenskyy’s speech. It was only his second confirmed journey outside Ukraine since Russia invaded nearly a year ago.
Zelenskyy, wearing his trademark olive drab sweatshirt, urged allies to send his country jets, saying combat aircraft would be “wings for freedom.”
The president, who planned to meet later with King Charles III, noted that the British monarch was a qualified military pilot.
“The king is an Air Force pilot,” Zekenskyy said, and “in Ukraine today, every Air Force pilot is a king.”
He brought a gift of a Ukrainian Air Force helmet, inscribed by a Ukrainian pilot with the phrase: “We have freedom. Give us wings to protect it.”
In past wars, “evil lost,” Zekenskyy told lawmakers. “We know Russia will lose and we know victory will change the world.″
He also called for stronger sanctions against Moscow, until “Russia is deprived of any possibility to finance this war.”
He said he was speaking on behalf of the brave people of his own country — and thanked Britons for their bravery.
“London has stood with Kyiv since Day One,” he said, handing over a combat helmet as a thank you to Britain.
Zelenskyy has rallied support for his country repeatedly through such speeches — mostly given remotely — to Western lawmakers. Support from allies has helped Ukraine mount a surprisingly stiff defense — and now the two sides are engaged in grinding battles.
The Ukrainian leader arrived on a Royal Air Force plane in London on Wednesday. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak greeted him on the tarmac, tweeting a photo of him embracing the Ukrainian leader.
“The United Kingdom was one of the first to come to Ukraine’s aid. And today I’m in London to personally thank the British people for their support,” Zelenskyy said on Instagram.
A large convoy of vehicles left the airport and headed straight to Downing Street in central London. Both leaders posed briefly for photos in front of the famous black door that leads into the U.K. prime minister's residence.
The U.K. is one of the biggest military backers of Ukraine and has sent the country more than 2 billion pounds ($2.5 billion) in weapons and equipment.
The visit comes as Sunak announced that Britain will train Ukrainian pilots on “NATO-standard fighter jets.” Ukraine has urged its allies to send jets, though the U.K. says it’s not practical to provide the Ukrainian military with British warplanes.
More than 10,000 Ukrainian troops have also been trained at bases in the U.K., some on the Challenger 2 tanks that Britain is sending.
“I am proud that today we will expand that training from soldiers to marines and fighter jet pilots, ensuring Ukraine has a military able to defend its interests well into the future," Sunak said.
Coinciding with the visit, the U.K. government announced a new round of sanctions against six entities that Britain said supplied equipment to the Russian military.
CST, a manufacturer of Russian drones and parts for helicopters used against Ukraine, were among those sanctioned. Others targeted included five individuals linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s luxury residences, including Boris Titov and Aerostart owner Viktor Myachin.
Zelenskyy addressed the U.K. Parliament remotely in March, two weeks after the start of the invasion. He echoed World War II leader Winston Churchill’s famous “never surrender” speech, vowing that Ukrainians “will fight till the end at sea, in the air. We will continue fighting for our land, whatever the cost.”
Before Sunak took office, Zelenskyy had formed a bond with Boris Johnson, who was one of Ukraine’s most vocal backers while he was prime minister. Sunak took office in October and has pledged to maintain the U.K.’s support.
Zelenskyy visited the U.S. in December.
On Wednesday, he may be seeking Western pledges of more advanced weapons before potential spring offensives by both Russia and Ukraine. Zelenskyy will also meet with King Charles III and U.K. military chiefs during his visit.
In Brussels, there were increasing expectations that the Ukrainian leader might also make his first visit to European Union institutions since the war began.
Leaders from 27-nation bloc will be gathering for a summit in Brussels on Thursday. That would enable Zelenskyy to meet with all major leaders of the bloc in one day. Zelenskyy has often addressed EU summits only through video calls from Ukraine.
The EU's legislature has also slated a special plenary session in Brussels for Thursday in the hopes that Zelenskyy will come following his trip to Britain.
The London visit came as Russian forces blasted areas of eastern Ukraine with more artillery bombardments, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday, in what Kyiv authorities believe is part of a new thrust by the Kremlin’s forces before the invasion anniversary.
Russian forces over the past day launched major shelling attacks on areas near the front line in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, killing a 74-year-old woman and wounding a 16-year-old girl in the border town of Vovchansk, local Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said.
Russian forces in Ukraine are focusing their efforts on “waging a counteroffensive” in the country’s industrial east, with the aim of taking full control of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions that make up the Donbas, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.
Russian troops launched assaults near Bakhmut and Vuhledar, two mining towns in the Donetsk region that have been among Moscow’s key targets, Ukrainian officials said.
Seizing Bakhmut could severely disrupt Ukraine’s military supply routes. It would also open a door for Moscow’s forces to drive toward key Ukrainian strongholds in Donetsk.
Ukrainian authorities say the Kremlin’s goal is to complete full control of the Donbas, an expansive industrial area bordering Russia. That would give Russian President Vladimir Putin a major battlefield success after months of setbacks and help him rally public opinion behind the war.
Military analysts say that after a Ukrainian counteroffensive that started last summer and recaptured large areas from Russia, the war has been largely static in recent months.
Moscow, meanwhile, believes Ukraine is preparing its own battlefield push.
The Russian-installed leader of the occupied Luhansk region said Wednesday the situation in some areas is “very difficult” because Kyiv is mustering forces for a counterattack.
Leonid Pasechnik told Russian state TV that the situation is “very difficult” in areas around a key Russian supply route. “Unfortunately, the enemy is accumulating sufficient reserves there, forces to counterattack, to return the lost territories,” he said.
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Leading Smart Technology Companies Show Improved Customer Engagement Driven by Adtarg's Data Insights
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- WeBranding Global announced today the company's newest version of Adtarg, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered marketing platform, will debut at the Consumer Technology Association's CES 2023. With millions generated in seed funding this year, the company's industry-leading Customer Insight System (CIS) now includes Market Listening System (MLS) and Voice of the Customer (VoC), designed to improve customer experiences and enhance e-commerce marketing strategies for global brands.
Adtarg is a revolutionary SaaS platform powered by AI that is helping companies accelerate growth and compete in the global tech ecosystem. It captures and analyzes big data, provides curated customer insights, and accelerates innovation in customer engagement products and services designed to strengthen brand loyalty and improve customer satisfaction.
WeBranding Global's innovative digital marketing tool is designed for global brands and supports digital transformation, while improving data-driven decision making to enhance brand strategy and customer lifecycle management. Companies use Adtarg to uncover powerful data insights, strengthen brand loyalty, enhance product marketing results, and engage customers across global markets and digital platforms.
The platform's 3-in-1 system not only improve social media monitoring in real time, tracking brand mentions and delivering competitor analysis for a more comprehensive view of the digital marketplace, but increases customer engagement with data-driven user profiles that improve marketing strategy. With Adtarg (AI)-powered marketing platform, brands can also improve data collection and analysis across e-commerce platforms, from Amazon to Walmart, to better manage customer feedback.
"Adtarg uses the latest AI-powered digital marketing and data analytics technologies to help brands stand out in the marketplace and solve the problems that come from serving customers around the world, across different cultures, time zones, and borders," said Rebecca Ding, founder and CEO, WeBranding Global. "WeBranding Global is helping companies build stronger, more personal relationships with customers across e-commerce platforms and improving product satisfaction and customer retention success. Adtarg helps businesses grow with the power of data, creating more unified experiences people love."
Adtarg allows companies to better track and respond to customer patterns and insights across digital channels. Backed by machine learning and big data analytics, the SaaS digital marketing platform delivers customized, real-time customer expectation, experience, preference, and aversion data. With more customer-driven marketing plans, companies are improving brand development and shopping experiences online. Trusted by the world's valuable brands, Adtarg delivers real-time data insights, driven innovation, identifies gaps in the market and helps companies influence customer behaviors and strengthen brand loyalty across channels.
CES 2023 visitors can experience the hands-on Adtarg exhibit and receive a free brand consultation at WeBranding Global's booth #9272 at the LVCC North Hall, from January 5-8, 2023. WeBranding Global will showcase leading technology companies from around the world who use Adtarg to build responsive, personal brand experiences online.
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Washington on Friday announced it is imposing visa restrictions for Ugandans it accuses of “undermining the democratic process” in Uganda after the enactment of an anti-gay law in the East African country.
A statement from the State Department did not name any targeted individuals.
It said the U.S. will consider other possible actions “to promote accountability for Ugandan officials and other individuals responsible for, or complicit in, undermining the democratic process in Uganda, abusing human rights, including those of LGBTQI+ persons, or engaging in corrupt practices.”
Uganda’s new law, adopted last month, punishes homosexuality, including with the death penalty in some cases. The legislation has been widely condemned by rights activists and others abroad, but it has wide support in Uganda, including among religious leaders and lawmakers.
LGBTQ rights campaigners note homosexuality already was illegal in Uganda under a colonial-era law criminalizing sexual activity “against the order of nature.” The punishment for that offense is life imprisonment.
Homosexuality is criminalized in more than 30 of Africa’s 54 countries. Some Africans see it as behavior imported from abroad and not a sexual orientation. | https://who13.com/news/politics/ap-politics/us-imposes-visa-restrictions-for-some-ugandans-following-adoption-of-anti-gay-law/ | 2023-06-17 16:13:33 | 1 | https://who13.com/news/politics/ap-politics/us-imposes-visa-restrictions-for-some-ugandans-following-adoption-of-anti-gay-law/ |
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — If you missed out on Willie Nelson’s 90th birthday concerts last month in Los Angeles, you can see all the special performances honoring the 12-time Grammy winner in a limited theatrical run.
“Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90” will be shown in theaters on June 11, with an encore presentation on June 13 and 14. Recorded at the Hollywood Bowl over two nights in April, the concert film will include performances by Nelson, Keith Richards, Neil Young, George Strait, Miranda Lambert, Snoop Dogg and many more.
Nelson, who was also inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year, is having a banner year as a nonagenarian. He was honored with an educational endowment at the University of Texas’ LBJ School of Public Affairs and will have a new book about his songwriting called “Energy Follows Thought: The Stories Behind My Songs,” coming out on Oct. 31 through William Morrow.
The Texas actor, activist and songwriter penned hits like “Crazy,” “Funny How Times Slips Away” and “On the Road Again” over his seven-decade career, as well as co-founded Farm Aid.
Tickets for the concert film, presented by Blackbird Presents, Joe Hand Promotions and Nelson’s manager Mark Rothbaum, go on sale today at willienelson90experience.com | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/willie-nelsons-90th-birthday-concerts-getting-theatrical-release/ | 2023-05-17 14:40:37 | 0 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/willie-nelsons-90th-birthday-concerts-getting-theatrical-release/ |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that a state law mandating life sentences for juvenile homicide offenders is unconstitutional, saying it amounts to “cruel and unusual punishment” and violates the Eighth Amendment.
In a sweeping 21-page opinion, the justices declared Tennessee a “clear outlier” as the only U.S. state to require that juvenile homicide offenders serve more than 50 years in prison before they can be considered for parole. In most other states, they are eligible for release in less than 35 years.
“In short, Tennessee is out of step with the rest of the country in the severity of sentences imposed on juvenile homicide offenders,” Supreme Court Justice Sharon Lee wrote in the 3-2 majority opinion. “Automatically imposing a fifty-one-year-minimum life sentence on a juvenile offender without regard to the juvenile’s age and attendant circumstances can, for some juveniles, offend contemporary standards of decency.”
Justices Jeffrey Bivins and Roger Page argued in a dissenting opinion that state courts should not make “broad moral and social policy judgments” and juvenile sentencing decisions should be left to the legislative branch.
Tennessee has long been criticized for its unusually harsh prison terms for juveniles. More than 100 people have been sentenced to serve 60 years after being convicted when they were children.
National attention particularly grew when criminal justice reform advocates began highlighting the case of Cyntoia Brown-Long, who says she was a sex trafficking victim when she was convicted in 2006 of murdering a 42-year-old Nashville real estate agent. Brown-Long was 16 at the time.
Republican former Gov. Bill Haslam granted her clemency in 2019 and said having to wait 51 years in prison for a parole hearing was “too harsh.”
Under Friday’s ruling, judges may now adjust sentences for young people convicted of first-degree murder. The court also encouraged state lawmakers to consider legislation that would allow for more “discretionary, individualized sentencing.”
However, Republicans control both chambers and have pushed for stricter sentencing requirements. Justice reform experts counter that such tough-on-crime policies don’t reduce crime rates.
A spokesperson for Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, whose office defended the now-unconstitutional law, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The court’s decision stems from the case of Tyshon Booker, who was convicted as an adult while 16 years old for the first-degree murder of G’Metrik Caldwell in 2015.
The ruling does not mean Booker’s 60-year sentence will be overturned. Instead he will be eligible for a parole hearing sometime between 25 and 36 years into his sentence, and his age and other circumstances will be allowed to be considered. | https://www.qcnews.com/news/national-news/ap-tennessee-court-juvenile-life-sentencing-unconstitutional/ | 2022-11-19 18:07:17 | 1 | https://www.qcnews.com/news/national-news/ap-tennessee-court-juvenile-life-sentencing-unconstitutional/ |
RALEIGH, N.C., May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CAPTRUST Financial Advisors (CAPTRUST) announced today the addition of Aevitas Wealth Management (Aevitas).
Aevitas provides financial planning and advisory services to individuals, families, and small businesses, in addition to advice and investment services for endowments, foundations, and retirement plans.
Based in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, Aevitas is led by President and Chief Investment Officer Michael Schreiber. The wealth management firm brings $567 million in assets to CAPTRUST, along with four new colleagues.
"The way CAPTRUST acts as a fiduciary to its clients was an immediate draw for us. High client contact and care is a priority for our team at Aevitas, and we saw the same priority in CAPTRUST," said Schreiber.
Since 2007, Aevitas has focused on custom financial and estate planning for clients, and the firm ensures holistic planning and advice by coordinating with clients' other advisors like attorneys and accountants.
"By joining forces with CAPTRUST, we can create more customized and high-quality financial and investment planning for our clients," said Schreiber.
Aevitas will join two existing offices in Massachusetts, following the recent additions of Boston Advisors Private Advisory Group, Cammack Retirement Group, and RINET Company.
"Our presence in the Northeast continues to grow, especially in the greater Boston area. The addition of Aevitas makes us even more competitive in that market," said Rush Benton, CAPTRUST's senior director of strategic growth.
"Michael and the Aevitas team focus on building relationships to create their success—a key value of CAPTRUST, making them a great fit to join the firm," said Benton.
This deal is CAPTRUST's third of 2023 and the 66th since 2006. Consistent with other transactions, Aevitas will take on CAPTRUST branding. FP Transitions served as the financial advisor to Aevitas in the transaction.
About CAPTRUST
CAPTRUST was founded in 1997 and registered CapFinancial Partners, LLC as an independent registered investment advisor in 2003 in Raleigh, North Carolina. The firm provides investment management, financial planning, estate planning, and tax advisory and compliance services for individuals and families. The firm also offers a comprehensive suite of services for ultra-high-net-worth individuals to simplify their financial lives, mitigate risk, and perpetuate their legacies. For retirement plan sponsors, endowments, foundations, and religious entities, CAPTRUST offers investment advisory services, fiduciary support, plan design, provider analysis and fee benchmarking, and employee advice programs. With more than 1,300 employees across 75 locations nationwide, CAPTRUST oversees more than $714 billion in assets, including just over $598 billion in nondiscretionary assets under advisement and just under $116 billion in discretionary managed account assets. (as of December 31, 2022). For more information, visit www.captrust.com.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The summer months are upon us, and with that comes bugs finding their way into homes.
An added level of moisture in the past month has contributed to an increase in insects. One local pest control company says they have seen a huge demand for treatments, sometimes receiving over 100 calls in one day.
“A lot of people are concerned about brown recluses,” Gerry Marsh, president of Patton Termite and Pest Control, said. “And those are certainly becoming active as it heats up, but you’re also getting a lot of just house spiders, wolf spiders, that are moving around right now, that we’re getting a lot of calls about.”
The active season for these spiders is typically from March to October.
A common place for brown recluses to hide in your home is piles of clothes on the floor. Exterior hiding places can be piles of firewood or cracks on the side of your home.
If you want to take matters into your own hands, use sticky traps or use a bulb duster and fill it with clove or cinnamon to spray in the crevices around your home.
If you think you’ve been bitten by a brown recluse, watch out for a red bump and decomposing skin. Treatments exist for brown recluse bites, so get the bite checked out by a doctor. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/brown-recluse-calls-on-the-rise-in-wichita-as-summer-begins-pest-control-company-says/ | 2023-06-23 12:51:28 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/brown-recluse-calls-on-the-rise-in-wichita-as-summer-begins-pest-control-company-says/ |
Recent shootings in Levy County create uneasy feelings
The two shootings in East Williston are related
LEVY COUNTY, Fla. (WCJB) - Two related shootings in East Williston have raised concerns about safety in the area.
The shootings stem from a dispute between two groups of teenagers, according to Levy County Sheriff’s Deputies.
“We don’t have any direct ties to gang violence in this particular case,” said LCSO’s Public Information Officer Scott Tummond. “We just know there are two different groups of young individuals over there that had a disagreement over what I believe may be monies owed.
One of the incidents took place in late September, the other on October 12. Both happened near County Road 318 and involved reckless gunfire.
“In those two incidents in September, over 70 rounds of firearms have been fired, including high-powered rifles,” said Tummond. “Those two rounds will go through somebody’s home and into the interior and if you’re just sitting there watching TV you can get struck by a round.
“This most recent one was right during the middle of the day when we have people that are home, people that are in businesses that are nearby. And it was a running gunfight, we had a group of individuals in a vehicle and another group that were on foot and they were running from each other and exchanging gunfire in the process.”
Some residents were too scared to speak in front of cameras in fear of danger to their safety. They said things are very rough in the neighborhood and show no signs of slowing down.
The Mayor of neighboring Williston says he is monitoring the situation.
“Williston is one of the safest places in the country to live,” said Mayor Charles Goodman. “Our crime rate is very low. We still are concerned about it, any crime is one crime too many.
“We had hoped being a small municipality on the outskirts of larger cities like Gainesville and Ocala that it wouldn’t come here, but it has. And we’re aware of it.”
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — As a sex worker and adult film actor, Roc was relieved when he was among the first Spaniards to get a monkeypox vaccine. He knew of several cases among men who have sex with men, which is the leading demographic for the disease, and feared he could be next.
“I went home and thought, ‘Phew, my God, I’m saved,’” the 29-year-old told The Associated Press.
But it was already too late. Roc, the name he uses for work, had been infected by a client a few days before. He joined Spain’s steadily increasing count of monkeypox infections that has become the highest in Europe since the disease spread beyond Africa where it has been endemic for years.
He began showing symptoms: pustules, fever, conjunctivitis and tiredness. Roc was hospitalized for treatment before getting well enough to be released.
Spanish health authorities and community groups are struggling to check an outbreak that has already claimed the lives of two young men. They reportedly died of encephalitis, or swelling of the brain, that can be caused by some viruses. Most monkeypox cases cause only mild symptoms.
Spain has had 4,577 confirmed cases in the three months since the start of the outbreak, which has been linked to two raves in Europe, where experts say the virus was likely spread through sex.
The only country with more infections than Spain is the much larger United States, which has reported 7,100 cases.
In all, the global monkeypox outbreak has seen more than 26,000 cases in nearly 90 countries since May. There have been 103 suspected deaths in Africa, mostly in Nigeria and Congo, where a more lethal form of monkeypox is spreading than in the West.
Health experts stress that this is not technically a sexually transmitted disease, even though it has been mainly spreading via sex among gay and bisexual men, who account for 98% of cases beyond Africa. The virus can be spread to anyone who has close, physical contact with an infected person, their clothing or bedsheets.
So part of the complexity of fighting monkeypox is striking a balance between not stigmatizing men who have sex with men while also ensuring that both vaccines and pleas for greater caution reach those currently in the greatest danger.
Spain has distributed 5,000 shots of the two-shot vaccine to health clinics and expects to receive 7,000 more from the EU in the coming days, its health ministry said.
To ensure that those shots get administered wisely, community groups and sexual health associations targeting gay men, bisexuals and transgender women are taking the lead.
In Barcelona, BCN Checkpoint, which focuses on AIDS/HIV prevention in gay and trans communities, is now contacting at-risk people to offer them one of the precious vaccines.
Pep Coll, medical director of BCN Checkpoint, said the vaccine rollout is focused on people who are already at risk of contracting HIV and are on preemptive treatment, men with a high number of sexual partners and those who participate in “chemsex” (sex with the use of drugs), as well as people with suppressed immune responses.
But there are many more people who fit those categories than doses.
“If we just consider the number of people (on prophylactic HIV treatment) plus the number of people with HIV, we are talking about some 15,000 people (just in Barcelona),” Coll said.
The lack of vaccines, which is far more severe in Africa than in Europe and the U.S., makes social public health policies key, experts say.
As with the coronavirus pandemic, contact tracing to identify people who could have been infected is critical. But, while COVID-19 could spread to anyone simply through the air, the close bodily contact that serves as the leading vehicle for monkeypox makes some people hesitant to share information.
“We are having a steady stream of new cases, and it is possible that we will have more deaths. Why? Because contact tracing is very complicated because it can be a very sensitive issue for someone to identify their sexual partners,” said Amós García, epidemiologist and president of the Spanish Association of Vaccinology.
Spain says that most of its cases are among men who have sex with men and only 5% are women. But García insisted that will even out unless the entire public, regardless of gender or sexual orientation, grasps that having various sexual partners creates greater risk.
“The same thing happened with AIDS/HIV, when at one moment the group of men who had sex with men was the most affected (before spreading to other groups), and that can become the path that this takes if we are not able to send a strong message to society,” García said.
Given the dearth of vaccines and the trouble with contact tracing, more pressure is being put on encouraging prevention.
From the start, government officials ceded the leading role in the get-out-the-word campaign to community groups.
Sebastian Meyer, president of the STOP SIDA association dedicated to AIDS/HIV care in Barcelona’s LGBTQ community, said the logic was that his group and others like it would be trusted message-bearers with person-by-person knowledge of how to drive the health warning home.
While community associations that represent gay and bisexual men have bombarded social media, websites and blogs with information on monkeypox safety, Meyer says there is still a lot to be done.
Meyer, who is on the monkeypox advisory boards for both Spain’s national government and for regional authorities covering Barcelona, believes fatigue from the COVID-19 pandemic has played a part. Doctors advise people with monkeypox lesions to isolate until they have fully healed, which can take up to three weeks.
“When people read that they must self-isolate, they close the webpage and forget what they have read,” Meyer said. “We are just coming out of COVID, when you couldn’t do this or that, and now, here we go again … People just hate it and put their heads in the sand.”
Meyer said that his group is currently brainstorming ways to revamp and relaunch their message.
“If you haven’t been selected for a vaccine, the answer is not to desperately hope that you’ll get one,” he said. “The answer is to be more careful. That is much better than any vaccine.” | https://www.wfla.com/news/international/ap-international/spain-leads-europe-in-monkeypox-struggles-to-check-spread/ | 2022-08-05 14:00:37 | 1 | https://www.wfla.com/news/international/ap-international/spain-leads-europe-in-monkeypox-struggles-to-check-spread/ |
China's leader Xi Jinping will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week about the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and other "regional topics" while at a summit in Uzbekistan, according to the Russian government.
It will be President Xi's first trip overseas since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Xi is seeking a historic third term as China's leader.
On Wednesday, the BBC reported that Xi made his first international stop in Kazakhstan for the first leg of his trip. After, he traveled to Uzbekistan to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit, where he was scheduled to meet with Russia's leader.
Putin, who faces rock-bottom approval ratings from the West, needs allies as Russian troops suffered their worst losses in their invasion of Ukraine since the start of the war. Ukraine has recently been able to recapture more than 2,300 square miles of its territory from Russian occupying troops, CNN reported.
Observers have taken note that even among Putin supporters in Russia, criticism has been growing.
Velina Tchakarova, director of the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy in Vienna, said, “Russia relies on China to demonstrate to the world that their strong bond is a symbol of unsuccessful international isolation, despite the severe Western sanctions.”
Tchakarova said, “China’s backing helps Moscow disseminate Russian narratives, such as blaming EU sanctions for the food crisis, blaming NATO for the start of the war. It creates a common denominator: dissatisfaction with the US-led West and the positive case for closer ties to China.”
The invasion of Ukraine has spiraled into a global situation as many experts noted, it was Putin who believed at the beginning of the invasion that it might all be over in a couple of days, CNN noted. That has not been the case. | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/chinas-xi-to-meet-with-russias-putin-in-uzbekistan-about-ukraine-invasion | 2022-09-15 00:54:22 | 0 | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/chinas-xi-to-meet-with-russias-putin-in-uzbekistan-about-ukraine-invasion |
Green Bay Packers CEO Mark Murphy caused quite the stir the last time he commented on the Aaron Rodgers situation, so when the topic was approached again this week, he remained tight-lipped.
During a Tech Summit at Lambeau Field Monday, Murphy was asked a general question about the NFL Draft next month and free agency when he interrupted with the obvious.
"Yeah, and you know, we've got no other news really going on," he said sarcastically.
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"I would love to tell you everything you want to know about Aaron Rodgers and the Jets, but I'm sworn to secrecy not to say anything."
After weeks of speculation over his future plans, Rodgers revealed during Wednesday’s episode of "The Pat McAfee Show" that he did meet with the Jets in California and that his "intention" is to play in New York.
"At this point, as I sit here, I think since Friday, I made it clear that my intention was to play and my intention was to play for the New York Jets," he said.
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But before Rodgers expressed those intentions, Murphy hinted that a trade was near when asked if there is a world where Rodgers is the Packers' starting quarterback.
"Yeah, I mean, unless things don't work out the way we want them," Murphy said.
Rodgers said last week that heading into his darkness retreat last month he was "90%" leaning toward retirement and "10%" sure he wanted to return to playing, but something changed with the Packers after he emerged from isolation.
"I was interested in where [the Packers] would be at mentally, and everything that I was told in the week that I was in Green Bay was, ‘Take as long as you want, and we want you to retire a Packer. You want to come back and play, obviously the door is wide open,'" Rodgers said. "So, that was the information I was going on. Now, when I came out of the darkness, something changed. I’m not exactly sure what that was, but something changed."
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An animal sanctuary in rebel-held Syria rescued a cat trapped inside its human’s shop for three days, a chicken stuck in the middle of a flooding river and a dog bleeding profusely from its leg. But it couldn’t save them all.
As hopes for rescuing earthquake survivors in northwest Syria dwindle, roughly a dozen of Ernesto’s workers continued pulling out dogs, cats, goats and chickens from underneath the rubble. With few tools, they worked mostly by hand.
In a region devastated by tragedy upon tragedy, returning lost pets to owners can bring emotional comfort, and gathering up displaced farm animals ensures a steady source of food for a people largely cut off from international trade.
Ernesto’s founder, Alessandra Abidin, said her group was the only one in northwest Syria focused on finding animals — others, like the Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, concentrated on finding humans in the rubble before ending those recovery missions Saturday. Without Ernesto’s, the animals left behind by their humans fleeing for their lives, or by those who were killed by collapsed buildings, would likely die.
The team has already brought roughly 35 animals to the sanctuary in Idlib city and treated dozens more in the region, driving 20-30 miles to find animals on farms and affected by floods. The rescue operation will continue for roughly another week, Abidin said.
“Humans cannot exist without dogs, without cats, without goats, without chickens,” Youssef said in Arabic. “They are part of our families, like a mom or a dad. They give us food, they give us happiness, they give us comfort. We would not be without them.”
After a traumatic event like an earthquake, Youssef added, pets provide a love that few humans can match, a psychological support that can be a lifeline following so much loss. Earlier this week, the team heard a meow underneath a pile of stones. The team rushed over and dug the cat out with their hands. They later found puppies, too, whose owners had been killed or had fled.
Abidin started Ernesto’s in 2016 at the height of the civil war in Aleppo. Across the country, animals were being left behind by the millions fleeing their homes or the hundreds of thousands who were killed in the conflict. Named after the founder’s late cat, the sanctuary was the only place in northwest Syria dedicated to taking care of animals. What started with 20 cats rose to over 180 a year later.
Then the sanctuary was bombed and gassed with chlorine, its owners said. Many of the cats were killed. Millions in Syria were internally displaced. The sanctuary relocated west to Kafarna, near the Turkish border, but was bombed again.
They finally built the facility that would be their home in Idlib city and now have roughly 2,000 cats, 30 dogs, five monkeys, three donkeys, a horse, a fox, a chicken and a goat, saved from deserted homes or ravaged villages. Ernesto’s hopes to change the culture of violence toward animals that roam the region in part by going out to villages to sterilize ownerless dogs and other rabid animals. They also offer a free clinic.
When the earthquake woke Youssef Monday morning, he, his wife and kids dashed outside, where it was pouring and cold. They didn’t know if there’d be an aftershock, so they stayed outside for hours, feeling attacked from below by the earthquake and above by the rain. The electricity went out, and so did the internet.
At Ernesto’s, the cats made strange meows between eerie silences and rumbles. Though none of its animals were hurt, the sanctuary sustained some minor damage.
Youssef and the rest of the team soon decided they had to go out and find surviving animals. The rescue efforts began in full on Wednesday at 6 a.m. with a team of a dozen bringing a makeshift animal ambulance, a hammer, metal cutters and little else.
“We have just our hands, our hearts and our eyes,” Abidin said.
The team found neighborhoods utterly destroyed. In the region, the quake toppled nearly 500 buildings and damaged roughly 1,500 more. Over 2,000 people were killed and nearly 3,000 were injured in what the U.N. aid chief on Saturday described as the “worst event in 100 years in this region.” No one is sure how many animals have died. It looked like a tsunami of earth had taken over the city, Youssef said.
The team quickly got to work in towns outside Idlib city like Haram, Salqin and Al Atarib, walking by piles of stone that used to be buildings as quietly as they could, listening. They set up a Facebook group for locals to contact them about beloved pets trapped or lost. When they heard an animal crying for help, they stopped and zeroed in on where it was, often under rocks or in the middle of a flooded river.
They tended to a dog with a severed groin and bandaged another with a broken leg. They found two cows sitting next to rubble, alive but alone. The large numbers of cats they saved were in shock and wouldn’t eat for days.
“This kind of damage and trauma, we had never seen anything like this before, even with the war,” said Ahmed Khalaf Alyousef, the group’s other veterinarian.
People stopped them on the street to ask for help. Wading through water, three members of a team found a cat that had climbed a tree in the middle of a flooded river. In the leveled villages, Alyousef focused on finding trapped or dying creatures. When he did, he retrieved medicine from his vet pack, treating larger animals in the field and vowing to return with food.
“We are the only team doing what we were doing,” Alyousef said. Like those searching for humans, there was no international aid or other veterinarians there to help treat the injured animals.
In a particularly triumphant moment, they found a cat trapped inside his human’s shop — his owner had not returned since the earthquake — so the rescue workers got down on their stomachs to try to lift the garage door off the ground. It was locked, so it would only go inches off the ground. Little by little, first by its front paws and head, and then its body, they pulled the cat under the door.
Youseff, the other vet, said they need more people and tools to find animals, and more food and vets to keep them alive. Electricity at the animal clinic cuts out frequently, making it near impossible to perform any major operations. They do what they can, stitching wounds, fixing bandages and offering food.
They search for nine or 10 hours a day, until it gets dark, but then have to go home, leaving the trapped animals alone for another day.
“We cried for the animals that died,” he said. “But we cry for the animals that are still out there. We want to find their humans, too. But we don’t have enough people or time to help everyone. We want to help, but we also need help.” | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/11/syria-earthquake-animal-rescue-sanctuary/ | 2023-02-12 02:29:48 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/11/syria-earthquake-animal-rescue-sanctuary/ |
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TOKYO (AP) — Armed with a new law that boosts U.S. support for computer chip manufacturing, Vice President Kamala Harris is seeking new investments and partnerships as she sits down with Japanese technology executives.
Harris was meeting with the CEOs on her last full day in Tokyo on Wednesday, a reflection of the administration’s focus on boosting semiconductor manufacturing and expanding the supply chain for critical materials.
With China investing in computer chips of its own, the U.S. is working to solidify its technology relationships with South Korea, Taiwan and Japan.
Legislation signed by President Joe Biden, known as the CHIPS and Science Act, includes $52 billion for grants and incentives for semiconductor companies, plus a 25% tax credit when they invest in U.S. facilities. There’s also about $200 billion over the next decade to support research programs.
Jimmy Goodrich, vice president for global policy at the Semiconductor Industry Association, said “there’s no one country or company that can do everything on its own.”
When it comes to Japan, he said, “there’s a big opportunity and significant space for future investment.”
Although Japan was once a world leader in computer chip manufacturing, its status has eroded over the last two decades, and the country is increasingly worried about falling behind.
Much like the United States has done, Japan has set up its own fund to support semiconductor production. Out of $4.3 billion, $3.3 billion is being provided in subsidies for a new factory in Kumamoto, in the country’s southwest.
The facility is slated to begin production by the end of 2024, and it’s a partnership between the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Sony Group and Denso.
The companies participating in the meeting with Harris include Tokyo Electron, Nikon, Hitachi High Tech Group, Fujitsu Limited, Micron and others.
When Biden was in Japan earlier this year, the two nations agreed to work together on computer chips, including through a joint group focused on developing more powerful technologies.
There are worries that if Japan is slow to act, the fruits of the Biden initiative may likely be snatched up by another, and more ready, Asian ally, South Korea.
Yasutoshi Nishimura, the Japanese minister for economy, trade and industry, has repeatedly stressed the U.S.-Japan alliance on semiconductors, as well as energy and other issues.
In recent meetings with U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and U.S. Ambassador Rahm Emanuel, Nishimura has promised to set up a facility for semiconductor chips research in Japan this year, and expand the partnership on semiconductors with other allies, including Europe and Taiwan.
Atsushi Sunami, who teaches at The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, or GRIPS, in Tokyo, noted that the drawbacks to Japan tackling advanced semiconductor technology may be rooted in the view that Japan should not get involved in defense studies.
That view stems from Japan’s role in World War II and the prevalent pacifist views, both in Japan and in international circles, that came after its defeat. But Sunami stressed a quick rethinking was in order, and the U.S. moves, given the U.S.-Japan alliance, could be an opportunity for Japan.
“As the U.S.-China hegemonic competition escalates, how Japan hopes to position itself in the jockeying for international standards and rule-making, and the strategic formation of alliances among nations, as well as among companies, will be critically meaningful,” he said in a report earlier this year. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/VP-Harris-seeks-computer-chip-partners-in-Tokyo-17470799.php | 2022-09-27 20:35:33 | 0 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/VP-Harris-seeks-computer-chip-partners-in-Tokyo-17470799.php |
As former Vice President Mike Pence and other Republicans are set to launch presidential campaigns, NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with conservative commentator Al Cardenas about the GOP field.
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NEW YORK, March 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, continues to investigate potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of Surmodics Inc. (NASDAQ: SRDX) resulting from allegations that Surmodics may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public.
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On this news, Surmodic's price fell $10.57, or 28.31%, to close at $26.77 on January 19, 2023.
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Roadway reopened after major gas leak in Kershaw County
Published: Apr. 30, 2023 at 11:05 AM EDT|Updated: 42 minutes ago
KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. (WIS) - The Kershaw County Fire Service reports a roadway has reopened after a major gas leak was fixed.
Officials say the South Carolina Highway Patrol and Dominion Energy worked at Steven Campbell Road and Highway Church Road to fix a significant gas leak.
The Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office and the South Carolina Department of Transportation were at the scene to assist.
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Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Nuria Fernandez, Federal Transit Administrator
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Join us for a LIVE and VIRTUAL event, The Environmental Summit: Green Transportation & Clean Energy! Learn and hear new insights on climate solutions from our energy experts and Panel discussions.
The event will be held Saturday, September 10, 2022 (more details below).
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and Santa Clara County
"Transportation and energy create over 60% of California's global warming gases that create climate change," said former American Public Transportation Association President Rod Diridon, Sr.
"This summit will provide important information and resources for us all to use to assure a more sustainable future," he added.
Keynote speakers:
Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
and Nuria Fernandez Federal Transit Administrator
They will be joined by a panel of international experts discussing sustainable transportation and energy used to fight climate change.
"Some may be virtual if schedules are impacted by fiduciary conflicts."
Topics include the need to immediately shift from carbon-based energy for transportation and the need to provide new clean energy.
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Saturday, September 10, 2022
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Ticket Cost for Live Event: $20.00 (includes Refreshments and Lunch)
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Guided Tours Available
We offer guided tours following the end of the Summit to three different organizations, that underscore our theme of developing active solutions in green transportation, policy, technology, practice, and equity.
Here are the 3 tours to choose from the registration page:
- Valley Transportation Authority's new multimodal Berryessa BART Station.
- Caltrain's just-finished overhead catenary system, at the San Jose Diridon Station, for their new electric trains.
- Tesla's massive, state-of-the-art Fremont manufacturing facility.
Buses will be available to take you on the tour you choose, and back to the Board of Supervisors Chambers. The tour buses leave after the event ends at 2:00 PM and return approximately by 5:00 PM
Each bus has 45-person capacity; so, sign up for a tour when you register to attend - only if you are attending the event in-person.
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Here are the Class 1A six-man high school football playoff sites and times for the area round, provided by Texas Football magazine and texasfootball.com and distributed by The Associated Press.
CLASS 1A SIX-MAN DIVISION I
Region I
Area
Nazareth vs. Springlake-Earth, 7:30 p.m. Friday at Petersburg
Knox City vs. Happy, 7 p.m. Friday at Motley County
Region II
Area
Whiteface vs. Rankin, 6 p.m. Friday at Borden County
Westbrook vs. Imperial Buena Vista, 7 p.m. Friday at Garden City
Region III
Area
Gordon vs. Blum, 7 p.m. Friday at Hico
Abbott vs. Gilmer Union Hill, 7 p.m. Friday at Mabank
Region IV
Area
Mertzon Irion County vs. Leakey, 6 p.m. Thursday at Sonora
Medina vs. Jonesboro, 6:30 p.m. Friday at San Saba
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CLASS 1A SIX-MAN DIVISION II
Region I
Area
Groom vs. Balmorhea, 6 p.m. Friday at Hermleigh
Klondike vs. Whitharral, 7:30 p.m. Friday at Lubbock Trinity
Region II
Area
Jayton vs. Throckmorton, 7 p.m. Friday at Hamlin
Newcastle vs. Benjamin, TBD
Region III
Area
Oakwood vs. Oglesby, TBD
Bluff Dale vs. Morgan, 7 p.m. Friday at Dublin
Region IV
Area
Loraine vs. Richland Springs, TBD
Cherokee vs. Blackwell, 6:30 p.m. Friday at Strawn | https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/article/Texas-Class-1A-six-man-high-school-football-17580316.php | 2022-11-13 02:00:53 | 0 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/article/Texas-Class-1A-six-man-high-school-football-17580316.php |
Report: Man shot at least five times in Lexington County during road rage argument
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - One man was shot at least five times in Lexington County early Thursday morning after a road rage argument turned violent, according to an incident report.
The 31-year-old man, who was not named in the report, told deputies he was driving in the Lexington area when a car in front of him swerved on the road. The man told deputies the driver stopped, got out of the car, “ran up on him,” and shot him, the incident report said.
The injured man then crashed into the Circle K store sign on 1100 South Lake Drive, the incident report said. Another person was seen running away from the scene of the crash, according to a deputy who was nearby.
The deputy found the 31-year-old man lying near the front door of the Circle K, surrounded by people, with at least five gunshot wounds, the report said.
The deputies who responded quickly worked to apply pressure to the man’s gunshot wounds. According to the sheriff’s department, the 31-year-old man is still alive and being treated at a local hospital.
Deputies were able to respond to the crash and shooting fast because one deputy was parked near the county’s social services building on South Lake Drive when the crash happened, according to the report.
The injured man was not clear about exactly where the shooting happened but told deputies he was also armed during the road rage incident. During the road rage incident, he said he threw his gun in the road, the incident report said.
“We have made no arrests in this case, nor are we searching for any potential suspects or persons of interest,” said Adam Myrick, public information officer with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department. “Detectives have interviewed all the people known to have been involved in the incident.”
Myrick said deputies have spoken with the driver accused of shooting at the 31-year-old man. That’s all the information on the investigation that authorities were willing to share with the public.
WIS-TV asked if investigators believe the driver shot the 31-year-old man in self-defense, and the sheriff’s office declined to comment.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A judge’s order that would eliminate requirements that health insurance plans include cost-free coverage of HIV-preventing drugs, cancer screenings and various other types of preventive care should remain on hold while it is appealed, the Biden administration argued before an appellate panel Tuesday.
It’s the latest legal skirmish over mandates in former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, commonly known as “Obamacare,” which took effect 13 years ago.
Enforcing the judge’s order could jeopardize preventive care for at least some of an estimated 150 million insured people, Alisa Klein, arguing for the administration, told three 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges in New Orleans.
Jonathan Mitchell, arguing for the law’s challengers, said a stay on the ruling is unnecessary. Insurers and employers who provide employee health insurance would be unlikely to drop preventive coverage before the case is finally resolved because they would risk prosecution if they lose, he argued. “No rational employer or insurer can take the risk,” he said.
That drew a skeptical response from Judge Leslie Southwick. “I don’t quite see how that fits into our analysis,” said Southwick, who during the hearing asked attorneys to try to reach an agreement on how and when the lower court ruling should be enforced pending appeal. “You may be right, but it really is speculation if you want us to apply some of our sense of how insurance companies react.”
The March ruling by U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor affected requirements for coverage driven by recommendations by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. O’Connor ruled that because the task force is made up of volunteers, enforcing its recommendations violates the Constitution’s Appointment Clause, which lays out how government officials can be appointed.
As appeals continue, the administration isn’t attempting to block immediate enforcement of O’Connor’s ruling as it applies to the handful of Texas plaintiffs who filed suit. But it should not apply to the millions of people affected nationwide, Klein argued.
Southwick questioned that assertion. “Once the district court decided that all these decisions were beyond the authority of the body that made it, I’m not sure what relief would have been appropriate,” he said.
Not all preventive care is affected under the judge’s ruling. An analysis by the nonprofit KFF foundation found that some screenings, including mammography and cervical cancer screening, would still be covered without out-of-pocket costs because the task force recommended them before the health care law was enacted in March 2010.
O’Connor, a nominee of former President George W. Bush, is the same judge who ruled more than four years ago that the entire Obama health care law was unconstitutional. That ruling was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Those suing the federal government in this case include a conservative activist and a Christian dentist who oppose coverage for contraception and HIV prevention on religious grounds. The appellate judges are Edith Brown Clement and Southwick, who were also nominated by Bush; and Stephen Higginson, nominated by Obama.
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MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — A Mobile County teenager who’s been in medical care for the last two years has passed away.
Kaylee Carmichael was seriously hurt in a car crash in the summer of 2020 and passed away Tuesday, Aug. 23. Her mother held out hope that her daughter could continue to improve. Her mother said Kaylee Carmichael passed away after a bout with COVID.
“It was definitely a shock because I thought we were doing so good,” said mother Brittany Carmichael. Her mother had been documenting Kaylee’s small victories and setbacks on their “Team Kaylee” Facebook page.
Kaylee suffered a TBI or traumatic brain injury. She went from the hospital to home care and showed signs she would respond to family voices and the TV.
“You can’t always keep your child safe but a TBI can happen to anybody at any time, and there’s not a lot of information on it because the brain is so unpredictable to begin with,” said Brittany Carmichael. The last two years have not been easy for this family but Kaylee’s mother says it was important to keep her daughter alive to give her daughter a chance.
“We wanted to give her a fighting chance because that’s what I would want and I would hope someone would want for me,” Brittany Carmichael said.
They hope Kaylee’s story can teach others about the challenges of TBI and critical injuries.
“Life is precious and there’s someone that cares for each and every one of you and every moment you spend with your child or loved one is something you want,” Carmichael said.
The funeral is this coming Tuesday, an obituary link for funeral arrangements is here. Monday, Aug. 29 would have marked two years since the crash that changed everything for this family. | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/teen-dies-nearly-two-years-after-car-crash/ | 2022-08-29 23:09:49 | 1 | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/teen-dies-nearly-two-years-after-car-crash/ |
Which Barbie car is best?
Barbie is an iconic children’s toy line by Mattel. There are countless Barbie dolls and playsets, but a car set is one of the most popular. Barbie car playsets let children take their imaginations to another level and head out on a fun road adventure with Barbie and friends.
The best ones have a durable build and offer a versatile way for children to play with Barbie. For example, the Barbie Dream Camper Vehicle Playset comes with over 60 accessories and multiple play areas, including a pool and a kitchen.
What to know before you buy a Barbie car
Your child’s age
Barbie toys are generally geared toward a specific age range of children. Children under 3 years old shouldn’t play with Barbies since there may be smaller parts they could swallow. However, children over 7 years old may find them uninteresting. Barbie cars are best suited for children between ages 3 and 8. That said, it’s still best to steer clear of playsets with small accessories for children on the younger side.
Vehicle type
Barbie playset vehicle types vary, so consider what kind your child would appreciate the most. Popular cars include beach cruisers and sports convertibles, but there are also sets that come with motorcycles, RV trailers and vans.
Collectible cars
As with most toys, some Barbie cars are considered collectible items. Collectible toys can cost well over $100, depending on how rare they are. However, they’re not commonly found at traditional toy retailers, and if you’re looking to buy a Barbie car for your child, it’s best to avoid collectibles since they’re not meant to be played with.
But if you’re looking to start a toy collection, keep in mind you can preserve a toy’s value by keeping it in its original packaging.
What to look for in a quality Barbie car
Style
Most Barbie cars come in hot pink with black or white accents. For example, the most popular Barbie beach cruisers have a pink exterior body, white seats, gray wheels and black accents. However, if you or your child prefer a different color, you can find Barbie cars in black, white, purple or red.
Accessories
Accessories make Barbie playsets even more intriguing for children, as they allow for more play options. For example, a Barbie beach cruiser playset can include several beach accessories, such as flip-flops, swimsuits, sunglasses, beach balls and surfboards. However, not all Barbie car playsets come with accessories; some only include the vehicle.
Remote control cars
Remote control cars are excellent for ramping up play. They usually require a handful of replaceable batteries to power the car’s motor and the remote control. Remote control Barbie cars go relatively fast for their size, and many models have a long life span. Also, since they can be slightly more hazardous than traditional Barbie cars, remote-control ones are best suited for children between 4 and 8 years old.
How much you can expect to spend on a Barbie car
Pricing depends on the car’s size and features. You can get one for as low as $10-$30. However, the more accessories it has and the larger the vehicle, the more expensive it is. For more comprehensive sets, expect to spend anywhere between $30-$80.
Barbie car FAQ
Can I wash a Barbie car?
A. You shouldn’t submerge a Barbie car in the water, but since they’re made of plastic, you can run water over them and scrub them with a cloth to clean them. Note any stickers, which may not be waterproof.
Do I need to purchase Barbie dolls separately?
A. Some playsets only come with a vehicle, but most come with at least one Barbie. Other sets come with two dolls.
What’s the best Barbie car to buy?
Top Barbie car
Barbie Dream Camper Vehicle Playset
What you need to know: The Dream Camper Playset has everything for the ultimate Barbie camping experience.
What you’ll love: The camper has rolling wheels, a two-seater cab and seven play areas, including a kitchen, pool, dining area and more. It has an epic waterpark-style slide and over 60 accessories, including a sheet of bumper stickers for customization, two puppies, furniture and more.
What you should consider: It doesn’t come with any Barbie dolls, so you’ll have to purchase them separately. Also, some reports that the slide is challenging to set up.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Barbie Brunette Doll and Convertible Sports Car Playset
What you need to know: This playset is perfect for imagining adventures on the road with Barbie and is suitable for children ages 3 to 7.
What you’ll love: The two-seater car has a personalized license plate, a silhouette hood emblem, rolling wheels and meticulous detailing, such as silvery accents and a matte black grille. Barbie stands 11.5 inches tall and has a fashionable dress with a star-pattern print and trendy pink shoes.
What you should consider: The vehicle is slightly smaller than other Barbie sports cars sold at comparable prices.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Barbie Beach Cruiser Barbie and Ken Doll Playset
What you need to know: A child can hit the road with Barbie and Ken and head to the beach in this stylish cruiser.
What you’ll love: It has a signature pink paint job, black accents and modern white seats. The silver wheels add a stylish touch, and both dolls are clad in beach gear, including a tank top and flip-flops for Ken and a sundress and pink shoes for Barbie.
What you should consider: Many users report that Ken’s flip-flops fall off too easily, and getting the dolls out of the seatbelts is challenging for younger children.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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- Tetra strengthens its intellectual property position with PCT and provisional patent applications for its innovative therapeutic, ARDS-003.
MONTREAL, Nov. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Tetra Bio-Pharma Inc. ("Tetra" or the "Company") (TSX: TBP) (OTCQB: TBPMF) (FRA: JAM1), a leader in cannabinoid-derived drug discovery and development today announced the filing of three patent applications for its novel therapeutic, ARDS-003.
- The Company filed an international patent under PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) related to the methodology, including improvements, for the synthesis of target synthetic cannabinoid derivatives, specifically HU308 (known as Onternabez) and HU433. (Methods, Processes, and Compositions for Improved Preparation of HU308 and HU433 Application No. PCT/CA2021/051327)
- The Company filed an international PCT application related to the pharmaceutical methods of production and uses of the compositions comprising Onternabez, suitable for parenteral delivery. (Parenteral Cannabinoid Formulations and Uses Thereof Application No. PCT/CA2021/051882).
- The Company filed a provisional patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office related to crystalline Onternabez and uses thereof. This application covers identification of novel polymorphs and cocrystals of Onternabez, which will allow for extended patent protection on Onternabez and may lead to improvements in stability and solubility when formulating Onternabez for future drug products.
Guy Chamberland, CEO and Chief Regulatory Officer at Tetra commented "This is a significant step in protecting our novel therapeutic, ARDS-003. It is especially significant, considering the potential use of this novel cannabinoid molecule in antiviral and immunomodulator therapies. These patents would be enforceable once granted and provide additional protection to investors for up to 20 years from the filing date."
These three patent applications become part of Tetra's growing IP portfolio, which includes, 14 granted/issued patents, as well as one (1) provisional and five (5) PCT applications pending across international and national jurisdictions.
ARDS-003 is a novel First in Human (FIH) drug product containing the active pharmaceutical agent, Onternabez, a potent and selective full agonist of the type 2 cannabinoid receptor (CB2R), an essential immunomodulatory target. ARDS-003 is positioned to modulate acute systemic inflammation and prevent sepsis, ARDS, and organ damage. While the clinical profile of ARDS arising from viral (COVID) or bacterial sepsis can vary, hyperinflammation involving a dysfunctional immune response is a common mediator of lung damage. Tetra's pre-clinical studies have demonstrated that ARDS-003 decreases this hyperinflammatory response and slows disease progression.
Tetra Bio-Pharma (TSX: TBP) (OTCQB: TBPMF) (FRA:JAM1) is a leader in cannabinoid-derived drug discovery and development with a FDA and a Health Canada cleared clinical program aimed at bringing novel prescription drugs and treatments to patients and their healthcare providers. Their evidence-based scientific approach has enabled them to develop a pipeline of cannabinoid-based drug products for a range of medical conditions, including pain, inflammation, and oncology. With patients at the core of what they do, Tetra Bio-Pharma is focused on providing rigorous scientific validation and safety data required for inclusion into the existing biopharma industry by regulators, physicians and insurance companies.
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Some statements in this release may contain forward-looking information. All statements, other than of historical fact, that address activities, events or developments that the Company believes, expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future (including, without limitation, statements regarding potential acquisitions and financings) are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by use of the words "may", "will", "should", "continue", "expect", "anticipate", "estimate", "believe", "intend", "plan" or "project" or the negative of these words or other variations on these words or comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company's ability to control or predict, that may cause the actual results of the Company to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things, without limitation, the inability of the Company to obtain sufficient financing to execute the Company's business plan; competition; regulation and anticipated and unanticipated costs and delays, the success of the Company's research and development strategies, including the success of this product or any other product, the applicability of the discoveries made therein, the successful and timely completion and uncertainties related to the regulatory process, the timing of clinical trials, the timing and outcomes of regulatory or intellectual property decisions and other risks disclosed in the Company's public disclosure record on file with the relevant securities regulatory authorities. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results or events not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements included in this news release are made as of the date of this news release and the Company does not undertake an obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect new information, subsequent events or otherwise unless required by applicable securities legislation.
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Little league officials implement new rule to crack down on umpire abuse
DEPTFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (WPVI) – A new rule is being implemented for a little league organization in New Jersey to cut down on spectators fighting with volunteer umpires.
Officials with the Deptford Township Little League say some parents or spectators yell at the umpires for calls they don’t like.
“They think that the call was bad, which always amazes me that they can see a strike better over there than the umpire can right there one foot in back of them,” league president Don Bozzuffi said.
It’s gotten so bad that two volunteer umpires have quit in the past week.
“They’re coming here, they’re being abused, they don’t need that. So they’re walking away,” Bozzuffi said.
“It’s bad sportsmanship but also a lot of times teaches like winning is everything rather than like playing hard competing,” said Pop Little, who played football through high school and college.
This season, Deptford Township Little League is trying out a new rule: if you fight with the umps during a game, you have to umpire three games before you’re allowed back as a spectator.
“The main purpose is not for them to be able to call a baseball game and for them to see what’s going on out here. It’s not that easy,” Bozzuffi said.
A lot of parents said they like the idea.
“But if the parents are going to be sitting there yelling the whole entire game, they might as well use the energy like out on the field,” parent Kateland Tokley said.
Officials said they’re trying to keep it a positive experience for the kids.
“They’re not baseball players, they’re children. So always keep that in the back of your mind and let them play,” Bozzuffi said.
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MODENA, Italy (AP) — As far-right leader Giorgia Meloni ’s push to become Italy’s first female premier gathers momentum, the country's fractured left is offering voters a contrasting style of feminist politics.
Elly Schlein, a 37-year-old U.S.-Italian national who grew up in Switzerland, cut her political organizing chops on two campaigns for former U.S. President Barack Obama. She is often compared with U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez because of her platform advocating social justice.
Schlein, a former deputy in the European Parliament, gained national attention in Italy 2½ years ago when she played a key role in blocking the right from taking power in her traditionally left-leaning region of Emilia-Romagna.
She famously confronted right-wing League leader Matteo Salvini at the time for his repeated failure to vote on immigration policy while sitting in the European Parliament, even though he gave fiery speeches at home against migrants.
Schlein is now taking on Meloni, bringing a thoughtful, policy-packed voice to the Italian left’s national campaign in a bid to prevent what opinion polls suggest is an inevitable victory for a right-wing coalition.
The 45-year-old Meloni's Brothers of Italy Party consistently has led polls going into the Sept. 25 parliamentary vote, putting her in position to be tapped as premier.
“Not all female leadership helps women,’’ Schlein told an audience of several hundred at a weekend campaign rally at the Festa dell’Unita in Modena.
“It helps nothing to have a female premier if all the rights for other women are overturned, including control over their own bodies,” she said, referring to growing concerns that Meloni would move to limit abortion.
As vice president of Emilia Romagna in charge of equality and environmental programs since 2020, Schlein has championed the rights of women, youth, migrants and the LGBTQ community.
She faults Italy’s current political class with creating “paternalistic” policies that fail to consult the people they affect. In 2015, she quit the center-left Democratic Party (PD) over differences in the direction it was taking under Matteo Renzi, who was party leader and premier at the time.
In this election, Schlein remains outside the party structure, running as an independent candidate on the PD’s Democratic and Progressive Italy list.
Drafting in Schlein to excite undecided voters and tap the youth vote is part of Democratic Party chairman Enrico Letta’s long-term efforts to create a progressive coalition that might heal the Italian left's divisions.
But that effort failed miserably to bring into being an electoral coalition on the left for this vote. That has handed a clear advantage to the right-wing coalition made up of Meloni's far-right Brothers of Italy, Salvini’s right-wing League and three-time former Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s center-right Forza Italia.
“It is not a secret that I hoped for a broader coalition,’’ Schlein told The Associated Press in Modena, speaking in her preferred language, Italian. “This didn’t happen because of some tactical decisions, which I think were a mistake.”
Letta ruled out an election alliance with one-time ally, the populist 5-Star Movement, after it helped topple Premier Mario Draghi’s national unity government in July, against the wishes of the left.
And centrist parties refused to join Letta after he aligned with smaller parties further to the left.
On the campaign trail, the left’s proposals — including a minimum salary, limiting short-term jobs and moving toward renewable energy sources — are often drowned out by right-wing rhetoric and tactics.
Meloni shocked opponents by posting on social media a video that purported to show a woman being raped in the street by an asylum-seeker. Salvini, meanwhile, has made repeated visits to overcrowded migrant centers, highlighting the problem even as arrivals are far below previous peaks.
“It is clear that we need to try to invert that right-wing rhetoric," Schlein said. "That is a rhetoric that finds an enemy a day, against which to hurl all the social anger, but which in reality does not give any solutions to the problems of the people. It is a strategy as old as it is cynical.’’
“You can dress things up and try to trick people," she added. "It is up to us to unmask this deceit for a better future.”
In her appearances, Schlein spouts policy in rapid-fire speeches. She doesn't shy away from addressing fears, particularly among Italy's allies, and especially in Europe, that Meloni and her party's neo-fascist roots present a threat to democracy.
“Giorgia Meloni’s models are (former U.S. President Donald) Trump, who fomented the attack on the Capitol ... and (Hungarian President Viktor) Orban, who as recently as a month and a half ago said that races shouldn’t be mixed and who has substantially canceled the right of asylum in his country and who creates laws against the LGBTQ community," Schlein told the AP.
Schlein cut a popular figure at Modena's Fest dell'Unita, a traditional leftist gathering that combines the atmosphere of a country fair with politicking. She was greeted with applause when she entered a food tent, and was stopped by admirers as she walked along the midway.
Her political message, not unexpectedly, won praise in the heartland of Emilia-Romagna, which she adopted as her home region after graduating from law school in Bologna.
Martina Lolli, a 24-year-old hairstylist from Modena, found strength in Schlein's feminist message. She said, “As a woman, I have hope that feminine solidarity, which I believe in, can change something, as Elly said.''
”I am very worried, if the other woman wins,'' Lolli added, referring to Meloni. “If she wins I will not feel represented. At least I don't want to be represented by a political party that denies my rights.”
Alessandro Corradi, a lifetime left-wing voter, walked away from the rally clutching a signed copy of Schlein's just-published book, impressed by her ideas.
“She has proposals, unlike politicians who only listen to polls and try to win votes, saying trite and coy things that are dull and repetitive,'' said Corradi, a bank employee who said the fractious state of the left ”makes me want to cry."
Schlein’s politics are untested on the national stage, and like Ocasio-Cortez, her emphasis on redistributing resources to the most fragile is broadly seen as left of the mainstream. But the fact that Letta not only tapped her, but has highlighted her role in his own appearances, suggests bigger things await.
“I think she has a lot of potential, because she has this mix of grassroots support and international connections, and she is actually not ideological,’’ said Natalie Tocci, director of the International Affairs Institute, a think tank.
Schlein believes the left can still prevail in this month's election. She is focusing on the 40% of voters who, polls indicate, are undecided or are considering abstaining.
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Experienced Financial Technology Executive Joins Payment Processing Services Provider
TULSA, Okla., June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Holdings, LLC ("Global Holdings" or "the Company"), a provider of payment processing and account management services to the consumer debt settlement industry, announced today that it has named Steven Petrevski as Chief Executive Officer. He replaces Kurt Grossheim, who departed the Company to pursue a new opportunity. Global Holdings is a portfolio company of New State Capital Partners ("New State").
Prior to joining Global Holdings, Mr. Petrevski advanced digital distribution, established global analytics capabilities, and launched new risk solutions as General Manager of Data and Analytic Solutions at Aon. Previously, he was General Manager of Security and Fraud Solutions at First Data, securing payments across one million merchants and one thousand banks. While at JPMorgan Chase and UBS, he focused on driving technology strategy and business development across the cyber security, fraud, and analytics sectors. Mr. Petrevski began his career as a technology consultant at IBM. He holds a Bachelor of Science in engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Georgia.
"Steve is a seasoned executive with more than 25 years of experience driving innovation in technology and financial services, and we're pleased to welcome him to Global Holdings in his new role," said John Beauclair, Senior Principal at New State. "We believe Steve's extensive leadership experience in fintech will help the Company continue to innovate as it evolves to meet the needs of its customers." Beauclair added, "We thank Kurt for his excellent leadership and contributions to Global Holdings and wish him success in his new role."
"Over the past 20 years, Global Holdings has handled millions of debt settlement payments simply and safely, becoming a trusted third-party processor for consumers," said Mr. Petrevski. "I'm honored to lead the Company's outstanding management team, and I look forward to working together to develop the innovative solutions our customers require, provide secure services consumers can depend on, and identify strategic opportunities for growth."
About New State Capital Partners
New State Capital Partners is an entrepreneurial-minded private equity firm that strives to be nimble, decisive, and cooperative. New State prides itself on a long-term outlook, approaching each potential investment as an opportunity to create lasting and valuable relationships with company founders and especially independent sponsors. The firm has the ability to invest up to $100 million in equity per transaction and seeks to invest in market-leading companies with services-based business models and $8 million to $40 million of EBITDA. New State and its affiliates have invested in almost 40 companies to date. For more information visit www.newstatecp.com
About Global Holdings
Global Holdings LLC was founded in 2003 by a team of payment-processing industry veterans and is now the leading payment processor for the consumer debt-relief market. Leveraging a robust technology platform and artificial intelligence, Global Holdings specializes in making debt settlement payments simple and safe for consumers. For more information visit https://ghllc.com/.
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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Turkey’s president said Monday that any deal resolving Cyprus’ nearly half-century ethnic division must be based on recognition of a breakaway Turkish Cypriot state in the island nation’s northern third.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s remarks in the north during his first overseas visit after his reelection last month aren’t new, but suggest that Ankara’s policy line on Cyprus remains unwavering, despite international condemnation of the two-state deal proposal that runs contrary to U.N. resolutions calling for a single, federated Cyprus.
“No one can bear to waste another 50 years of time,” Erdogan said during a joint news conference with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar. “If there is to be a return to the negotiating table, the only way to do this is to recognize the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.”
It also dashes hopes harbored by Cyprus’ internationally-recognized government of a speedy return to negotiations, although a spokesman for President Nikos Anastasiades said Monday that Erdogan will be judged by his deeds rather than his words.
Cyprus was split in 1974 when Turkey invaded in the wake of a coup by supporters of union with Greece. Turkish Cypriots declared independence nearly a decade later, but that’s only recognized by Turkey, which maintains more than 35,000 troops and an array of armaments in the north.
U.N.-led peace talks haven’t resolved the dispute. The most recent round in July 2017 broke down over a Turkish insistence on maintaining military intervention rights and a permanent troop presence under any new arrangement. Another stumbling block was a Greek Cypriot rejection of a Turkish Cypriot demand for the right to veto all government decisions on a federal level. Turkish Cypriots number approximately about a quarter of Greek Cypriots.
Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots say it would be pointless to carry on negotiations based on a federated Cyprus and have instead pushed a two-state deal as a new starting point. Greek Cypriots say they can’t agree to a deal that would formalize the country’s division.
“The just demands of the Turkish Cypriots are clear and unequivocal. Turkish Cypriots have never been a minority and never will be,” Erdogan said.
The Turkish president said Ankara would also push ahead with plans to supply Turkish Cypriots with electricity through an undersea cable. The north has for years experienced chronic power supply issues.
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Albuquerque police say they have detained the “primary suspect” in the killings of four Muslim men in New Mexico’s largest city.
Police Chief Harold Medina on Tuesday announced the update on Twitter. The killings have sent ripples of fear through Islamic communities in New Mexico and beyond and fueled a race to find who was responsible.
“We tracked down the vehicle believed to be involved in a recent murder of a Muslim man in Albuquerque. The driver was detained and he is our primary suspect for the murders,” the tweet said.
No other information was immediately available. Police say they will provide an update on Tuesday afternoon.
Naeem Hussain was killed Friday night, and the three other men died in ambush shootings.
Hussain, 25, was from Pakistan. His death came just days after those of Muhammad Afzaal Hussain, 27, and Aftab Hussein, 41, who were also from Pakistan and members of the same mosque.
The earliest case involves the November killing of Mohammad Ahmadi, 62, from Afghanistan.
Authorities on Monday sought help searching for a vehicle that appeared to be the one discovered on Tuesday. The common elements in the deaths were the victims’ race and religion, officials said, and police in Albuquerque are trying to determine if the deaths are linked.
Debbie Almontaser, a Muslim community leader in New York, said that a female friend who lives in Michigan and wears the hijab head covering shared with her over the weekend just how rattled she was. “She’s like, ‘This is so terrifying. I’m so scared. I travel alone,’” Almontaser said.
Aneela Abad, general secretary at the Islamic Center of New Mexico, described a community reeling from the killings, its grief compounded by confusion and fear of what may follow.
“We are just completely shocked and still trying to comprehend and understand what happened, how and why,” she said.
Some people have avoided going out unless “absolutely necessary,” and some Muslim university students have been wondering whether it is safe for them to stay in the city, she said. The center has also beefed up its security.
Police said the same vehicle is suspected of being used in all four homicides — a dark gray or silver four-door Volkswagen that appears to be a Jetta or Passat with dark tinted windows. Authorities released photos hoping people could help identify the car and offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.
Investigators did not say where the images were taken or what led them to suspect the car was involved in the slayings. Police spokesperson Gilbert Gallegos said in an email Monday that the agency has received tips regarding the car but did not elaborate.
“We have a very, very strong link,” Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller said Sunday. “We have a vehicle of interest … We have got to find this vehicle.”
Gallegos said he could not comment on what kind of gun was used in the shootings, or whether police know how many suspects were involved in the violence.
President Joe Biden said he was “angered and saddened” by the killings and that his administration “stands strongly with the Muslim community.”
“These hateful attacks have no place in America,” Biden said Sunday in a tweet.
The conversation about safety has also dominated WhatsApp and email groups that Almontaser is on.
“What we’ve seen happen in New Mexico is very chilling for us as a Muslim minority community in the United States that has endured so much backlash and discrimination” since the 9/11 attacks, she said. “It’s frightening.”
Few anti-Muslim hate crimes have been recorded in Albuquerque over the last five years, according to FBI data cited by Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism and a professor of criminal justice at California State University at San Bernardino.
From 2017 through 2020, there was one anti-Muslim hate crime a year. The highest recent number was in 2016, when Albuquerque police recorded six out of a total of 25 hate crimes.
That largely tracks with national trends, which hit the lowest numbers in a decade in 2020, only to increase by 45% in 2021 in a dozen cities and states, Levin said.
Albuquerque authorities say they cannot determine if the slayings were hate crimes until they have identified a suspect and a motive.
Louis Schlesinger, a forensic psychology professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, said bias killings are often perpetrated by a small group of people, typically young white men. A lone perpetrator is rare.
“These are basically total losers by every dimension, whether it’s social, economic, psychological, what have you,” he said. “They’re filled with hatred for one reason or another and target a particular group that they see, in their mind, to blame for all their problems in life.”
It was not clear whether the victims knew their attacker or attackers.
The most recent victim was found dead after police received a call of a shooting. Authorities declined to say whether the killing was carried out in a way similar to the other deaths.
Muhammad Afzaal Hussain had worked as a field organizer for a local congresswoman’s campaign.
Democratic Rep. Melanie Stansbury issued a statement praising him as “one of the kindest and hardest working people” she has ever known. She said the urban planner was “committed to making our public spaces work for every person and cleaning up legacy pollution.”
As land-use director for the city of Española — more than 85 miles (137 kilometers) north of Albuquerque — Hussain worked to improve conditions and inclusivity for disadvantaged minorities, the mayor’s office said.
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California Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein says she won't seek reelection in 2024.
At 89, she's the oldest sitting member of Congress, serving 30 years in the Senate.
In her retirement announcement Tuesday afternoon, she promised to seek "as much for California as I can through the end of next year when my term ends."
"Each of us was sent here to solve problems. That's what I've done for the last 30 years, and that's what I plan to do for the next two years," she said in a statement.
Feinstein told reporters Tuesday that she's not yet endorsing a candidate for her seat but that a decision could come in the next few months.
Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Katie Porter have announced their 2024 Senate bids for her seat. Reps. Ro Khanna and Barbara Lee may also be considering a run to replace Feinstein.
Feinstein is hailed for her historic firsts
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer applauded Feinstein for her impactful career in the chamber, breaking "innumerable glass ceilings" along the way. Feinstein, for example, was the first woman to chair the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and later, the first woman to serve as the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
"As the longest-serving senator from California, Dianne Feinstein's long, distinguished career stands out for the sheer width and breadth of what she accomplished," Schumer said in a statement. "Throughout her career she has always been pragmatic in her approach to every issue and has our country and her beloved California top of mind."
She served a host of other firsts: the first woman president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the first woman mayor of San Francisco and the first woman elected senator of California.
She has a lengthy legislative record
One of Feinstein's major pieces of legislation that she authored was the Federal Assault Weapons Ban, enacted in 1994. The law prohibited the sale, manufacturing and import of military-type assault weapons; it expired in 2014.
While serving as the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee she released a five-year review of the CIA's detention and interrogation programs. In the report's executive summary, Feinstein wrote that it was her "personal conclusion that, under any common meaning of the term, CIA detainees were tortured" during a time period that followed the 9/11 attacks.
In 2020, Feinstein received criticism from liberal groups following the confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. She hugged Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham at the conclusion of the Senate Judiciary panel's hearings, saying, "This has been one of the best set of hearings that I've participated in."
For the remainder of her term, Feinstein said she plans to focus on "passing commonsense legislation to fight the epidemic of gun violence, preserving our pristine lands and promoting economic growth."
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(The Hill) – Elon Musk on Friday said Twitter is tentatively planning to relaunch its paid verification check service next week after delays over impersonation concerns.
Musk indicated the platform will roll out gold checks for companies, grey checks for government accounts and blue checks for individuals.
The new Twitter CEO has garnered controversy for introducing an $8-per-month subscription service that includes a verified check after a series of users quickly leveraged it to impersonate prominent companies and public figures.
The issues led one account posing as pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company to claim insulin was free, while others impersonated brands like Lockheed Martin and American Girl.
Musk stopped the program and on Monday indicated it would not relaunch until Twitter has a “high confidence of stopping impersonation.”
“All verified accounts will be manually authenticated before check activates,” Musk wrote on Friday. “Painful, but necessary.”
He added that paid users will have the same blue check as those previously given to verified accounts, which were given to signify a “notable” account. Musk has previously said those verified users will eventually lose their checkmarks.
“All verified individual humans will have same blue check, as boundary of what constitutes “notable” is otherwise too subjective,” Musk tweeted. “Individuals can have secondary tiny logo showing they belong to an org if verified as such by that org. Longer explanation next week.”
Musk has made the paid verification service a hallmark of his tenure atop the social media platform as a number of advertisers have slowed or stopped spending on Twitter.
Musk has also sharply reduced Twitter’s workforce, first laying off about half of the company’s 7,500 employees before telling those remaining to either accept a hardcore work environment or accept severance pay.
He reportedly fired a number of additional employees on Wednesday night.
Ikuhiro Ihara, a software engineer who had been at Twitter for a decade, said he was let go after a code review.
“I was planning to go back to Japan next week and work from Japan, but it turned into a complete winter vacation. Isn’t the timing too much?” he wrote on Twitter. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/musk-says-twitter-will-relaunch-verified-service-with-3-different-check-marks/ | 2022-11-25 16:01:13 | 1 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/musk-says-twitter-will-relaunch-verified-service-with-3-different-check-marks/ |
For decades, Sprite has come in green bottles, but the company says clear plastic is more easily recycled. Environmentalists say the issue is not the color but the single-use plastic.
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For decades, Sprite has come in green bottles, but the company says clear plastic is more easily recycled. Environmentalists say the issue is not the color but the single-use plastic.
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CT Albany NY Zone Forecast for Tuesday, June 28, 2022
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.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers in the evening, then
mostly clear after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then mostly cloudy with showers likely with a chance of
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Showers. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows
in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.INDEPENDENCE DAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the upper
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.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds around
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.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
west after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 90. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. A chance of showers after midnight. Lows around 70. Chance
of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY...Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the
morning, then showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance
of rain 80 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Showers, mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance
of rain 80 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the morning. Highs in
the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.INDEPENDENCE DAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the lower
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit was expected to remain leader of the eastern Caribbean island of Dominica after snap general elections Tuesday that the main opposition party and its supporters boycotted.
Twenty-one of 32 seats in the House of Assembly were up for grabs, with several automatically going to Skerrit’s Dominica Labor Party since the opposition parties did not submit candidates. The remaining nine members are chosen by the assembly or president and two other positions are ex-officio, held by the speaker and attorney general.
As of late Tuesday, Skerrit's party had won 15 seats, according to preliminary results released by Dominica's electoral office.
The opposing United Workers Party and the Dominica Freedom Party rejected Tuesday’s election as they called for electoral reform, including a new voter list. The Organization of American States and the Caribbean Court of Justice, among others, also have recommended electoral reform to fight potential voter fraud.
Skerrit, 50, was first elected in 2004 and has said this will be his last term. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Dominica-s-leader-expected-to-stay-following-snap-17636151.php | 2022-12-07 01:58:27 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Dominica-s-leader-expected-to-stay-following-snap-17636151.php |
SYRACUSE, NY (WSYR) – November chill is with us on this Election Day into tonight, but does it last? Find out below.
TONIGHT:
Clear and very cold tonight as high pressure crests over the region. Lows are expected to drop into the low to mid 20s for most, but some spots could very well drop into the teens by sunrise Wednesday! Yes, it is going to be a very frosty start to Wednesday in CNY so have those ice scrapers ready to go!
MIDWEEK:
The area of high pressure that builds in to start the week will continue to give us a rare November treat: a streak of sunny days heading through much of the week!
Dry, pleasant November weather is likely to hold through Thursday with temperatures warming back up some. After highs only reaching to near 50 on Tuesday, we should be well into the 60s at least both Thursday and Friday!
LATE WEEK:
Our next shot of wet weather doesn’t likely come until Friday afternoon/Friday night. The source of this moisture is actually the tropical Atlantic. Tuesday Tropical Storm ‘Nicole’ was spinning towards the Northern Bahamas and destined to make landfall near Melbourne, Florida possibly as a hurricane late Wednesday night/early Thursday before heading north.
That should bring a good, soaking rain to Central New York with 1 to 2 inches of rain with locally higher totals by Saturday morning. That would be more rain than Syracuse has seen in the last five weeks! Although rivers are running very low and aren’t expected to flood, there could be some localized flash flooding. If you live near a storm drain it might be wise to take advantage of the sunny dry weather tomorrow and Thursday and help out your local DPW by making sure there are no leaves clogging it.
The steadiest rain is tapering by Saturday morning and there are just a few showers the rest of the day.
Stay tuned for updates! | https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/central-new-york-weather-stays-quiet-for-now/ | 2022-11-08 21:53:11 | 0 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/central-new-york-weather-stays-quiet-for-now/ |
CHICAGO (AP) — Newton N. Minow, who as Federal Communications Commission chief in the early 1960s famously proclaimed that network television was a “vast wasteland,” died Saturday. He was 97.
Minow, who received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, died Saturday at home, surrounded by loved ones, said his daughter, Nell Minow.
“He wanted to be at home,” she told The Associated Press. “He had a good life.”
Though Minow remained in the FCC post just two years, he left a permanent stamp on the broadcasting industry through government steps to foster satellite communications, the passage of a law mandating UHF reception on TV sets and his outspoken advocacy for quality in television.
“My faith is in the belief that this country needs and can support many voices of television — and that the more voices we hear, the better, the richer, the freer we shall be,” Minow once said. “After all, the airways belong to the people.”
Minow was appointed as FCC chief by President John F. Kennedy in early 1961. He had initially come to know the Kennedys in the 1950s as an aide to Illinois Gov. Adlai Stevenson, the Democrats’ presidential nominee in 1952 and 1956.
Minow laid down his famous challenge to TV executives on May 9, 1961, in a speech to the National Association of Broadcasters, urging them to sit down and watch their station for a full day, “without a book, magazine, newspaper, profit-and-loss sheet or rating book to distract you.”
“I can assure you that you will observe a vast wasteland,” he told them. “You will see a procession of game shows, formula comedies about totally unbelievable families, blood and thunder, mayhem, violence, sadism, murder, Western bad men, Western good men, private eyes, gangsters, more violence and cartoons. And, endlessly, commercials — many screaming, cajoling and offending.”
As he spoke, the three networks were just about all most viewers had to choose from. Pay television was barely in the planning stage, PBS and “Sesame Street” were several years away, and HBO and niche channels such as Animal Planet were far in the future.
The speech caused a sensation. “Vast wasteland” became a catch phrase. Jimmy Durante opened an NBC special by saying, “Da next hour will be dedicated to upliftin’ da quality of television. … At least, Newt, we’re tryin’.”
Minow became the first government official to get a George Foster Peabody award for excellence in broadcasting. The New York Times critic Jack Gould (himself a Peabody winner) wrote, “At long last there is a man in Washington who proposes to champion the interests of the public in TV matters and is not timid about ruffling the industry’s most august feathers. Tonight some broadcasters were trying to find dark explanations for Mr. Minow’s attitude. In this matter the viewer possibly can be a little helpful; Mr. Minow has been watching television.”
CBS President Frank Stanton strongly disagreed, calling Minow’s comments a “sensationalized and oversimplified approach” that could lead to ill-advised reforms “on the ground that any change is a change for the better.”
For the criticism over his speech, Minow said he didn’t support censorship, preferring exhortation and measures to broaden public choices. But he also said a broadcasting license was “an enormous gift” from the government that brought with it a responsibility to the public.
His daughter, Nell Minow, told The Associated Press in 2011 that her father loved television and wished he would have been remembered for championing the public interest in television programming, rather than just a few words in his much broader speech.
“His No. 1 goal was to give people choice,” she said.
Among the new laws during his tenure were the All-Channel Receiver Act of 1962, that required that TV sets pick up UHF as well as VHF broadcasts, which opened up TV channels numbered above 13 for widespread viewing. Congress also passed a bill that provided funds for educational television, and measures to foster communications satellites.
In a September 2006 interview on National Public Radio, Minow recalled telling Kennedy that such satellites were “more important than sending a man into space. … Communications satellites will send ideas into space, and ideas live longer than people.” On July 10, 1962, Minow was one of the officials making statements on the first live trans-Atlantic television program, a demonstration of AT&T’s Telstar satellite.
Children’s programming was a particular interest of Minow, a father of three, who told broadcasters the few good children’s shows were “drowned out in the massive doses of cartoons, violence and more violence. … Search your consciences and see if you cannot offer more to your young beneficiaries whose future you guide so many hours each and every day.”
Minow resigned in May 1963 to become executive vice president and general counsel for Encyclopedia Britannica Inc. in Chicago.
Nell Minow said her father also was instrumental in getting presidential debates televised, starting with Kennedy and Richard N. Nixon, after watching Stevenson struggle to use the new medium during his 1956 presidential run.
“Minow was appalled by … the whole charade of having to image-make on television,” said Craig Allen, a mass communications professor at Arizona State University who wrote a 2001 book about Minow.
In 1965, Minow returned to his law practice in Chicago, and later served as board member at PBS, CBS Inc. and the advertising company Foote Cone & Belding Communications Inc. He was director of the Annenberg Washington Program in Communications Policy Studies of Northwestern University.
He also gave Barack Obama a summer job at the law firm, where the future president met his wife, Michelle Robinson. Minow also was one of Obama’s earliest supporters when the then-Illinois senator considered running for president, Nell Minow said.
Television is one of our century’s most important advances “and yet, as a nation, we pay no attention to it,” Minow said in a 1991 Associated Press interview.
He continued to push for reforms such as free airtime for political ads and more quality programming while also praising advances in diversity in U.S. television.
“In 1961, I worried that my children would not benefit much from television. But in 1991 I worry that my grandchildren will actually be harmed by it,” he said.
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Former Associated Press writer Polly Anderson in New York contributed to this story. | https://www.wric.com/entertainment-news/ex-fcc-chief-public-tv-advocate-newton-minow-dead-at-97/ | 2023-05-07 00:25:40 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/entertainment-news/ex-fcc-chief-public-tv-advocate-newton-minow-dead-at-97/ |
BRUSSELS (AP) — Expecting that Russian President Vladimir Putin will cut off vast natural gas supplies to the European Union, the bloc’s head office is set to propose energy cuts and savings Wednesday that might make for a much colder winter, but one without massive disruptions.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, the EU has approved bans on Russian coal and most oil to take effect later this year but did not include natural gas because the 27-nation bloc depends on it to power factories, generate electricity and heat homes. Now, it fears that Putin will cut off gas anyway to try to wreak economic and political havoc in Europe this winter.
“We are working on the worst possible scenario,” said Eric Mamer, spokesman for the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm. “And that scenario — an assumption, therefore — is that Gazprom would no longer deliver any gas — any gas — to Europe.”
Experts were still plotting how to spread the pain of cuts equally among member states under the plan. Up to the last hours, EU officials were putting final touches on how the proposals would look, including how far guidance would go and where mandatory rules would have to kick in.
Early leaks said the plan for call for EU nations to limit gas consumption by as much as 15%, but changes could still come at the last moment.
The aim is to ensure essential industries and services like hospitals could keep functioning, while others would have to cut back. That could include lowering heat in public buildings and enticing families to use less energy at home.
EU nations and the Commission have gone on a buying spree to diversify its natural gas sources away from Russia, but they are still expected to fall far short of providing businesses and homes with enough energy in the cold months.
Just Monday, the leaders of Italy, France and the 27-nation EU sealed energy deals with their counterparts in Algeria, Azerbaijan and the United Arab Emirates.
Even if the EU has enough gas to keep the lights on and factories running right now, it does so at painfully high prices that have fueled runaway inflation and caused public uproar.
Russia has cut off or reduced gas to some EU countries, and there are fears that the energy crisis will get worse if Moscow does not restart a key pipeline to Germany after scheduled maintenance ends Thursday.
“We already have 12 countries or in certain cases, companies within countries that, from one day to the next, have experienced disruptions, either full or partial flow from gas from Gazprom,” Mamer said. “It is impossible for us to predict how Gazprom is going to act.”
Reliance on Russian gas varies greatly among member states, with Germany heavily affected by any possible cutoff.
Germany’s biggest importer of Russian gas, Uniper, said it had received a letter from Russia’s Gazprom claiming “force majeure” — events beyond its control — as the reason for past and current shortfalls in gas deliveries, a claim that the Uniper rejected.
Analysts say the impact of the move on future gas deliveries is uncertain.
Gazprom reduced gas deliveries through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany by 60% last month. The Russian state-owned gas company cited alleged technical problems involving equipment that partner Siemens Energy sent to Canada for overhaul and couldn’t be returned because of sanctions.
German and other European leaders reject that reasoning, saying the reductions were political. | https://www.kron4.com/news/business/ap-business/eu-expects-russian-gas-cutoff-to-release-winter-energy-plan/ | 2022-07-19 18:53:05 | 0 | https://www.kron4.com/news/business/ap-business/eu-expects-russian-gas-cutoff-to-release-winter-energy-plan/ |
LOCKHART, Texas (KXAN) — A bright fireball streaking across the Sunday night sky dazzled Central Texas residents whose home security cameras captured the rare sighting.
The American Meteor Society (AMS), a nonprofit that tracks meteor astronomy, received at least 219 reports of people seeing the fireball Sunday mostly in Texas, but some even spotted it in such states as Oklahoma and Louisiana.
A post from the organization stated, “The initial computer generated trajectory shows that this fireball entered the atmosphere over Cistern, Texas and its flight ended Just a few miles west of Austin. Several witnesses near the flight path reported hearing a delayed sonic boom, indicating that meteorites from this fireball may have survived down to the ground. Any meteorites found are probably just small fragments of the original fireball.”
John Roescher passed along a video taken outside his home in Lockhart. His surveillance camera pointing eastward showed a dot appearing in the sky at about 10:23 p.m. Sunday and then growing much brighter when it passed overhead, illuminating the trees.
Eric Lunsford’s doorbell camera at his south Austin home showed the fireball illuminated in blue light when it streaked across the sky Sunday at about 10:22 p.m.
The AMS characterized a fireball as a meteor that is larger and brighter than normal that is usually only the size of a small rock.
“This particular fireball was probably the size of a small car prior to entering the atmosphere,” the AMS stated. “The reason for the brightness is the extreme velocity at which these objects strike the atmosphere. Even the slowest meteors are still traveling at 10 miles per SECOND, which is much faster than any round fired from a firearm.”
Robert Lunsford, with the AMS, said it’s rare for a fireball to create such a bright streaking light for several seconds rather than simply a quick flash in the sky.
“The fact that this is traveling in the neighborhood of about 40 miles per second, that’s very impressive this one lasted so long,” Lunsford said. “We’re talking about a sizable object and the fact that several of our reports indicate hearing a sonic boom after this object disappeared. That indicates that fragments of this fireball may have survived all the way to the ground and landed just west of Austin.”
The AMS is asking anyone else who may have witnessed the fireball in the Austin area to report it by filling out a form on its website.
Keep your eyes to the Texas sky for the next meteor shower coming up in three weeks. The Perseid meteor shower is expected to reach maximum activity on Aug. 12 and 13. | https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/watch-texans-dazzled-by-late-night-fireball-sightings/ | 2022-07-26 12:31:52 | 0 | https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/watch-texans-dazzled-by-late-night-fireball-sightings/ |
CHICAGO (AP)Michael Kopech pitched six innings of one-hit ball, pinch-hitter AJ Pollock delivered a two-run double against his former team and the Chicago White Sox beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-0 on Tuesday night.
Pollock’s clutch swing off the bench sparked a four-run sixth that sent the White Sox to their third consecutive victory.
The NL West-leading Dodgers dropped their third straight.
”For what could be possible down the road is why there is that rise-to-the-occasion mantra,” Kopech said. ”I think we want to beat these guys at the end of the season in October.
”Obviously, we’ve got to get there first. These are teams that are very capable of being playoff teams, more than likely going to be playoff teams. So for us to compete well against them, it goes a long way.”
It was the fourth time this season Kopech worked at least five innings and limited an opponent to one hit. He also did it against the Rays on April 16 and against the Yankees on May 15 and in the second game of a May 22 doubleheader.
Kopech (2-2) struck out eight and walked one, lowering his ERA to 1.94 and earning his second win in his last three starts. The right-hander retired 11 of his first 12 batters – six on strikeouts – before Will Smith hit a soft single to left-center.
”To be honest, I’ve tried not to look at my stats the entire year,” Kopech said. ”My dad was telling me my stats were good a couple weeks ago. I said, `Dad, listen, I don’t want to talk about this.’ So with all due respect, I’m going to say the same to you.”
Pollock, traded from the Dodgers to the White Sox on April 1 for closer Craig Kimbrel, was summoned to bat for Gavin Sheets after the Dodgers lifted reliever Phil Bickford (0-1) in favor of left-hander David Price with two outs in the sixth. Pollock was 4 for 31 (.129) in his last nine games before snapping the scoreless tie.
”I had a lot of intrasquad battles the last few years with COVID and the weird preseason,” Pollock said. ”It’s always fun battling those guys, and it’s good to get a win against anyone. But yeah, that’s a good ballclub over there. I know that’s a tough team and a little extra special.”
Jake Burger followed with an RBI double. After the Dodgers elected to walk switch-hitter Yoan Moncada, who had six hits in his last 55 at-bats (.109), Reese McGuire foiled the strategy by hitting an RBI single to cap the rally.
Dodgers starter Mitch White, making his eighth career start and 32nd major league appearance, retired his first 12 batters. He loaded the bases in the fifth before striking out McGuire and Josh Harrison.
”(White) kept a good lineup at bay,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. ”That fifth inning was a lot of stress, and he found a way to get two strikeouts to finish that inning off. I just felt that was all we could get out of him.”
Reynaldo Lopez, Aaron Bummer, Kendall Graveman and Liam Hendriks combined to pitch the final three innings to secure Chicago’s fifth shutout of the season.
Justin Turner singled in the seventh for his 1,000th hit with the Dodgers.
SPREADING THE BLAME
White Sox general manager Rick Hahn declined to put the team’s disappointing start exclusively on manager Tony La Russa. ”We are in this as an organization, and none of us as an organization are satisfied with where we are at right now,” Hahn said. ”To a man and to a woman, we feel good about what the next several months hold for us potentially.”
TRANSACTIONS
Kimbrel was placed on paternity leave and the Dodgers recalled Bickford from Triple-A Oklahoma City.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Dodgers: LHP Clayton Kershaw (lower back inflammation) anticipates he’ll return Sunday at San Francisco. ”Unless something changes, I’ll be ready to go,” said Kershaw, who hasn’t pitched in a major league game since May 7. Roberts said Kershaw is projected to pitch five innings.
White Sox: RHP Lance Lynn will make his third rehab start Wednesday for Triple-A Charlotte, and his status will be reassessed with the chance he could be activated soon, Hahn said. . SS Tim Anderson (right groin strain) and RHPs Vince Velasquez (left groin strain) and Joe Kelly (left hamstring strain) could start rehab assignments next week.
UP NEXT
Dodgers: RHP Tony Gonsolin (6-0, 1.59 ERA) will face the White Sox on Wednesday. Gonsolin threw six innings of two-hit ball Thursday in a 2-0 win over the Mets.
White Sox: RHP Johnny Cueto (0-2, 2.92) allowed four runs over six innings Thursday in an 8-3 loss to the Blue Jays.
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP-Sports | https://www.fox16.com/mlb/kopech-pollock-lead-white-sox-to-4-0-win-over-dodgers/ | 2022-06-08 11:56:04 | 1 | https://www.fox16.com/mlb/kopech-pollock-lead-white-sox-to-4-0-win-over-dodgers/ |
Elon Musk’s Twitter has dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the advisory group of around 100 independent civil, human rights and other organizations that the company formed in 2016 to address hate speech, child exploitation, suicide, self-harm and other problems on the platform.
The council had been scheduled to meet with Twitter representatives Monday night. But Twitter informed the group via email that it was disbanding it shortly before the meeting was to take place, according to multiple members.
The council members, who provided images of the email from Twitter to The Associated Press, spoke on the condition of anonymity due to fears of retaliation. The email said Twitter was “reevaluating how best to bring external insights” and the council is “not the best structure to do this.”
“Our work to make Twitter a safe, informative place will be moving faster and more aggressively than ever before and we will continue to welcome your ideas going forward about how to achieve this goal,” said the email, which was signed “Twitter.”
The volunteer group provided expertise and guidance on how Twitter could better combat hate, harassment and other harms but didn’t have any decision-making authority and didn’t review specific content disputes. Shortly after buying Twitter for $44 billion in late October, Musk said he would form a new “content moderation council” to help make major decisions but later changed his mind.a
“Twitter’s Trust and Safety Council was a group of volunteers who over many years gave up their time when consulted by Twitter staff to offer advice on a wide range of online harms and safety issues,” tweeted council member Alex Holmes. “At no point was it a governing body or decision making.”
Twitter, which is based in San Francisco, had confirmed the meeting with the council Thursday in an email in which it promised an “open conversation and Q&A” with Twitter staff, including the new head of trust and safety, Ella Irwin.
That came on the same day that three council members announced they were resigning in a public statement posted on Twitter that said that “contrary to claims by Elon Musk, the safety and wellbeing of Twitter’s users are on the decline.”
Those former council members soon became the target of online attacks after Musk amplified criticism of them and Twitter’s past leadership for allegedly not doing enough to stop child sexual exploitation on the platform.
“It is a crime that they refused to take action on child exploitation for years!” Musk tweeted.
A growing number of attacks on the council led to concerns from some remaining members who sent an email to Twitter earlier on Monday demanding the company stop misrepresenting the council’s role.
Those false accusations by Twitter leaders were “endangering current and former Council members,” the email said.
The Trust and Safety Council, in fact, had as one of its advisory groups one that focused on child exploitation. This included the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, the Rati Foundation and YAKIN, or Youth Adult Survivors & Kin in Need.
Former Twitter employee Patricia Cartes, whose job it was to form the council in 2016, said Monday its dissolution “means there’s no more checks and balances.” Cartes said the company sought to bring a global outlook to the council, with experts from around the world who could relay concerns about how new Twitter policies or products might affect their communities.
She contrasted that with Musk’s current practice of surveying his Twitter followers before making a policy change affecting how content gets moderated.
“He doesn’t really care as much about what experts think,” she said. | https://pix11.com/news/us-world-news/musks-twitter-disbands-its-trust-and-safety-advisory-group/ | 2022-12-13 15:05:42 | 0 | https://pix11.com/news/us-world-news/musks-twitter-disbands-its-trust-and-safety-advisory-group/ |
MIAMI (AP) — Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout had dreamed of this moment, along with millions of fans throughout Japan and the United States: the two biggest stars on the planet, longtime teammates, facing each other at 60 feet, 6 inches, the world title at stake.
Of course, the count went full.
And then Ohtani got Trout to swing under a slider on the outside corner, sealing Japan’s 3-2 win Tuesday night and its first World Baseball Classic title since 2009.
“This is the best moment in my life,” Ohtani said through a translator.
Ohtani, the two-way star who has captivated fans across two continents, was voted MVP of the WBC after batting .435 with one homer, four doubles, eight RBIs and 10 walks while going 2-0 with a save and a 1.86 ERA on the mound, striking out 11 in 9 2/3 innings.
“I think every baseball fan wanted to see that. I’ve been answering questions about it for the last month-and a-half,” said Trout, Ohtani’s Los Angeles Angels teammate since 2018.
“Did you think it was going to end in any other way?”
Watching the eighth and ninth innings unfold, Japan first baseman Kazuma Okamoto was in disbelief.
“I thought it was like a Manga,” he said through an interpreter, referring to a Japanese comic book.
U.S. manager Mark DeRosa savored the matchup — except for the ending.
“I just would have liked to have seen Mike hit a 500-foot homer,” he said.
Ohtani had given a pregame pep talk in Japan’s clubhouse.
“Let’s stop admiring them,” he said, according to a Los Angeles Times translation of the video posted on the website Samurai Japan. “If you admire them, you can’t surpass them. We came here to surpass them, to reach the top. For one day, let’s throw away our admiration for them and just think about winning.”
Japan then joined the Dominican Republic in 2013 as the only unbeaten champions of baseball’s premier national team tournament. The Samurai Warriors went 7-0 and outscored opponents 56-18, reaching the final for the first time since winning the first two WBCs in 2006 and 2009. No other nation has won the title more than once.
Trea Turner put the U.S. ahead in the second against Shota Imanaga (1-0) with his fifth home run of the tournament, tying the WBC record set by South Korea’s Seung Yuop Lee in 2006.
Munetaka Murakami tied the score on the first pitch of the bottom half off Merrill Kelly (0-1) driving an up fastball 432 feet into the right-field upper deck, a 115.1 mph bullet. Japan loaded the bases and Lars Nootbaar, the first non-Japanese-born player to appear for the Samurai Warriors, followed with a run-scoring groundout off Aaron Loup for a 2-1 lead.
Okamoto boosted the lead in the fourth when he sent a flat slider from Kyle Freeland over the wall in left-center for another solo homer. Kyle Schwarber pulled the Americans within a run when he went deep in the eighth off Yu Darvish.
Ohtani was Japan’s designated hitter and first went to the bullpen ahead of the sixth inning. He returned to the dugout and beat out an infield single in the seventh before again walking down the left-field line to Japan’s bullpen and warming up for his third mound appearance of the tournament.
He walked big league batting champion Jeff McNeil to begin the ninth, then got six-time All-Star Mookie Betts to ground into a double play.
That brought up Trout, the U.S. captain, a 10-time All-Star and a three-time MVP.
“I saw him take a big deep breath to try and control his emotions,” DeRosa said. “I can’t even imagine being in that moment, the two best players on the planet locking horns as teammates in that spot.”
Ohtani started with a slider low, then got Trout to swing through a 100 mph fastball. Another fastball sailed outside and Trout missed a 99.8 mph pitch over the middle. A 101.6 offering, the fastest of Ohtani’s 15 pitches, was low and way outside.
Ohtani stepped off the mound and blew on his pitching hand. He went back to a offspeed option, a slider.
Trout grimaced after his futile swing, his 12th strikeout of a tournament in which he hit .296 with one homer and seven RBIs. Ohtani raised both arms and threw his glove, then his cap, as teammates mobbed him.
Ohtani got his second career save, the first since a 2016 playoff game with the Pacific League’s Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. He and Trout had hugged behind the batting cage during pregame workouts, then held their nation’s flag while leading their teams toward home plate in single file during the introductions, Trout down the right-field line and Ohtani in left.
Several thousand fans had arrived hours early to watch Ohtani take batting practice and applauded when he hit a drive off the video board above the second deck in center.
“What he’s doing in the game is what probably 90% of the guys in that clubhouse did in Little League or in youth tournaments, and he’s able to pull it off on the biggest stages,” DeRosa said. “He is a unicorn to the sport. I think other guys will try it, but I don’t think they’re going to do it to his level.”
MONEY MATTERS
Japan gets $3 million in prize money and the U.S. $1.7 million. Half of each goes to players, the other half to the national baseball federaton.
UP NEXT
MLB openers are March 30, the same day the season starts in Japan. ___
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BRUSSELS (AP) — From his days stoking anti-European Union sentiment with exaggerated newspaper stories, to his populist campaign leading Britain out of the bloc and reneging on the post-Brexit trade deal he signed, outgoing U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been the bane of Brussels for all so many years.
Such was his impact on breaking the bonds between Britain and the EU that after Johnson was forced to announce Thursday that he would step down, the news brought little public jubilation in EU circles. Instead, there was just the numb acceptance of the inevitable and resignation that things will never be the same.
“I will not miss him,” French finance minister Bruno Le Maire said, highlighting an open disdain unseen since the Europeans welcomed the U.S. election loss of Donald Trump in 2020. And while trans-Atlantic relations picked up quickly since the arrival of President Joe Biden, don’t expect anything similar with a new British leader, politicians and experts said.
“Even with a new prime minister, I believe there will likely be few changes in the British government’s position” on the main Brexit issues causing current divisions, said David McAllister, the leading EU legislator dealing with the United Kingdom.
Guy Verhofstadt, who was the top EU parliamentarian during the whole Brexit divorce proceedings, said Johnson’s impact was such there is little to no chance another Conservative prime minister could steer a fundamentally different course.
“No one is under any illusion that Johnson’s departure from Downing Street solves any of the underlying problems in the U.K.-EU relationship,” Verhofstadt wrote in an opinion piece for The Guardian. “The damage done by the outgoing prime minister, through the project that he instrumentalized to achieve power, lives on.”
The United Kingdom was always a halfhearted EU member since joining the bloc in 1973. When Johnson joined the Brussels press corps some three decades ago, he often enthralled his home readership with stories that had two fundamental elements: they put the EU in the darkest of lights, and they had little connection to reality.
As a Conservative politician, he threw his weight in the 2016 referendum on the U.K.’s EU membership behind arguments to leave the bloc. Johnson used his breezy manner and jokey style to sell the benefits of withdrawing from the EU, sometimes disregarding the facts. He was key to the Brexit campaign’s victory in the cliff-edge 2016 Brexit referendum vote.
Yet disdain never ran deeper than earlier this year when he started moves toward unilaterally rewriting parts of the post-Brexit deal he signed with the 27-nation bloc. The agreement set up a special system in Northern Ireland, which is part of the U.K., so trade with the Republic of Ireland — an EU member — could go on without setting up a physical border.
“I was there face to face with him. Line for line, comma for comma, and he doesn’t want to respect it,” EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier reminisced Friday, still showing bafflement at Johnson’s tactics.
“The reputational damage has been huge to a country and society which has long been proud of its deep culture of ‘My word is my bond’ without even a written contract, let alone an international treaty,” said Michael Emerson of the Center for European Policy Studies.
The bill to unilaterally break the agreement on trade in Northern Ireland is still in the House of Commons, and some lingering hope is left that London might step back from the brink.
“They have this law in the Parliament, so they are doing steps in that direction. But they have not crossed the line,” said Jan Lipavský, the foreign minister of Czechia, which holds the EU presidency and is more widely known in English as the Czech Republic.
Yet a quick glance at the likely contenders to take over doesn’t inspire hope for any fundamental change since it includes several Conservatives who have spent years steeping in Johnson’s confrontational Brexit strategies.
“If you look at possible successors, there is no one who will fundamentally break with the Brexit line,” said Rem Korteweg of the Clingendael Institute in The Hague, Netherlands. “The Conservative Party has a dominant Brexit core that you will have to convince to become prime minister.”
Although the first years of Brexit have yielded anything but the bounty Johnson promised, any possible quest to return the U.K. to the EU is also as good as out of the question, with the main opposition Labour Party now centering to make the best of the Brexit situation instead.
Not that the EU would even want to welcome back the country with open arms.
With Ukraine, inflation-spurred economic issues and migration problems, “their plate is full,” Korteweg said. “They are really not waiting for talks with the British, who will be looking for exceptions and exemptions anyway,” he said.
Barnier, who led the EU in Brexit talks for years, doesn’t see it happening either.
“It is not an issue at hand,” Barnier said on Sud Radio. “Very frankly, what we need is a state of mind where the British government respects the treaties it negotiated.”
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Samuel Petrequin reported from Prague. Jill Lawless in London, and Frank Jordans in Berlin, contributed to this report.
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Arkin, who died June 29, got his start creating characters with the comedy troupe Second City and later won an Oscar for his role in Little Miss Sunshine. Originally broadcast Sept. 29, 1989.
Copyright 2023 Fresh Air
Arkin, who died June 29, got his start creating characters with the comedy troupe Second City and later won an Oscar for his role in Little Miss Sunshine. Originally broadcast Sept. 29, 1989.
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Before the pandemic, many venture capitalists weren't convinced that child care was a worthwhile investment.
Is this really a problem? they'd ask founders in the industry. Aren't people figuring it out?
"It was frustrating as parents who were experiencing the problem firsthand to hear that feedback," said Melanie Wolff, co-founder of Playa Vista, Calif. child-care startup Brella, of early conversations with investors.
But of course, the pandemic laid bare all of the shortfalls of the child-care industry. That's when investors took notice. In 2022, Brella raised a $5-million seed round, bringing its total venture funding to $8 million. Wolff and her co-founder and co-chief executive Darien Williams say they have seen significantly more inbound inquiries in the past year from investors actively looking to fund child-care companies -- and they're not the only ones.
Last year, child-care startups raked in almost $108 million in venture capital funding, a 128% increase compared with 2019 and the highest total in 10 years, according to PitchBook data. The increase for child care came in stark contrast to last year's overall decline in venture funding.
Despite the new influx of money and interest, researchers and industry insiders alike say more needs to be done from all angles to truly wrangle the problems of the child-care industry.
"Government will absolutely need to make this a priority," said Shadiah Sigala, co-founder and chief executive of San Francisco-based child-care startup Kinside. "Employers must also be present at the table, as they are stakeholders. We have to collectively accept that child care is a public good, and we will be funding it as a society."
The pandemic forced employers to see child care as a core benefit, rather than a perk. Front-line workers couldn't do their jobs unless they had child care. Women dropped out of the workforce in droves, as child-care issues forced them to put their own careers on hold. From March 2020 to June 2022, more than 8,600 child-care providers in California permanently closed, according to data released in November by the state Department of Social Services.
"Just like healthcare is an employer issue, so is child care," said Jessica Chang, chief executive of Los Angeles-based startup WeeCare. "If I want a good workforce, well, what is the biggest blocker for a workforce to be there? It's generally child care."
Founded in 2017, WeeCare is a marketplace that connects parents with home day-care providers. The company has more than 6,000 providers in its nationwide network, as well as an additional 60,000 nannies and baby-sitters, Chang said. The company also provides home day cares with the back-end technology to run their business operations.
WeeCare changed its business model during the pandemic to focus on employers instead of individual families.
"Affordability was still a big crisis," Chang said. "We couldn't just depend on families to pay for that or providers to cut costs to allow families to do that. And that was made apparent that both employers and government had to be involved."
In April, WeeCare raised $12 million in a Series A round. Anna Barber, a partner at M13, which led the round, said the venture capital firm was attracted to the "massive market opportunity."
"When you think about how big of a problem this is, and the fact that employers are now motivated and willing to help provide child care, that's just a massive and exciting market," she said.
Sigala of Kinside also sees employer participation as one of the keys to fixing the child-care system. The company is a marketplace that matches families with child-care providers and is marketed specifically to employers as a benefit for their workers. For a fee, child-care providers get access to software for their back office.
Kinside has worked with thousands of employers across the country and more than 10,000 families, Sigala said. The startup closed a $12-million Series A funding round in June, led by investors who are also parents.
"The employer benefits from having a healthy child-care ecosystem," she said. "The child-care ecosystem ... is in a precarious state constantly. They have very, very thin margins ... the child-care provider can barely make a living wage. There is a huge imbalance in the value chain here."
Startup Brella is trying to solve another facet of the child-care industry -- flexibility. Founded in 2019, the company owns two child-care centers in Playa Vista and Hollywood, with a third under construction in Pasadena. Under Brella's business model, parents can sign up for the hours of care they need and utilize any of the centers. The company's technology also highlights open spaces in centers so that parents can get drop-in child care when they need it.
"Not all families fit into this working 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., working Monday to Friday model," said Wolff, the company's co-chief executive. "The pandemic really accelerated this shift of dynamic work styles."
Child-care researchers say these innovations are important, but that the widespread demand for child care necessitates more than just private sector dollars.
"You have this huge, huge challenge, and it makes sense the private sector is engaging," said Julie Kashen, director for women's economic justice at the progressive Century Foundation think tank. "To me, it's a drop in the bucket, as to the need, and the need really needs to be filled by public dollars."
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Educating Oklahoma
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Then-Gov. Frank Keating said he would hunt down those involved in the Murrah Building bombing.
Now 27 years later, Republicans are taking up the mantle of domestic terrorists by destroying our republic from within, positioning themselves for political offices that control the levers of our elections in Oklahoma.
They openly say they are planning to usurp the will of the people, if need be, by putting their handpicked lackeys in office that will do as they are told.
Oklahoma holds one of the most secure elections in the nation. There is no widespread voting fraud in Oklahoma.
Our state Legislature recognizes that they cannot win elections on the issues, so perpetuating lies and conspiracy theories about the election of Joe Biden takes center stage.
This damages Oklahoma’s image. No company wants to bring their business here with all the malfeasance bubbling up in our state Legislature’s actions and executive office patronage of friends and family that has wasted millions of tax dollars.
Just the fact that Oklahoma cannot fill hundreds of teaching positions and has to lower the requirements for applicants to instruct our children should raise red flags.
Oklahomans passed the lotto with the understanding that monies generated would go to the education budget, increasing the budget for teacher pay, retirement funding and building upgrades.
Our state office holders put the money into the education budget as we had voted for. Then they withdrew a matching amount from the proposed next budget, making it a zero net gain.
For many years, our children have been cheated out of extra funding we voted for. Having to deal with interference from some concerned parents in the curriculum must be soul crushing to teachers.
Fear for repercussions for teaching the truth about the Tulsa riots is understandable.
Nobody wants to do a job that is not satisfying and goes against all you know is true, subject to be changed and interrupted by uninformed zealots.
Until recently, I knew nothing about Black Wall Street or the riots either. Teaching about Tulsa today is only common sense and the right thing to do.
This is all very important to the citizens of Oklahoma, because there is a general election coming in November but also a runoff election at the end of this month between two Republicans vying for Inhofe’s Senate seat, both election 2020 deniers, making both of them unsuitable for such a high office.
Inhofe does not support the frontrunner.
What we in Norman need to know is that at the end of the month, there will be questions on the ballot that, if passed by the zealots, will disenfranchise us the citizens by giving the council the power to increase our water rates any time they want to.
One of our council members is said to be willing to give her soul for a business district in her ward. Dana Carvey’s “Church Lady” from SNL would ask, “Could it be Satan?”
Lake Thunderbird, our drinking water source, cannot survive unchecked continued growth just for profit.
JIM AMMERMAN
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By HARVEY VALENTINE
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Austin Riley homered twice, rookie Spencer Strider allowed one hit over 5 2/3 innings, and the Atlanta Braves won their 14th straight game, 8-2 over the last-place Washington Nationals on Wednesday night.
Orlando Arcia, starting at second base in place of the injured Ozzie Albies, had a homer, three singles and a walk for the Braves, who went deep 13 times while outscoring the Nationals 27-11 in sweeping the three-game series.
The Braves matched their 14-game run from July 26-Aug. 9, 2013, and are one win away from tying the franchise’s post-1900 record, a 15-game streak from April 16-May 2, 2000.
Surging Atlanta pulled within four games of the NL East-leading Mets, who lost to the Brewers.
Riley, who also had a single, hit two-run blasts in the seventh and eighth innings, giving him 18 homers this year.
Strider (3-2) didn’t allow a hit until Luis Garcia homered to right-center with two outs in the fifth. The right-hander was lifted with two outs in the sixth and a runner on first, who later scored.
Making his 15th appearance of the season and fourth start, Strider gave up two runs on one hit with a career-high 11 strikeouts and two walks.
Washington starter Erick Fedde (4-5) went 5 1/3 innings, allowing three runs on seven hits.
With the Braves leading 1-0 in the fourth, Michael Harris II extended his hitting streak to eight games with a two-run single.
After the Nationals pulled within 3-2 in the sixth, Dansby Swanson walked to open the seventh and Riley followed with his first homer of the game to make it 5-2.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Braves: Albies had surgery to stabilize the fracture in his left foot. … Manager Brian Snitker said RHP Collin McHugh, placed on the COVID-19 injured list on June 7, will rejoin the team this weekend in Chicago.
Nationals: RF Juan Soto missed his second game after banging his right knee against the dugout bench Monday night. … SS Alcides Escobar (right hamstring strain) went 1 for 3 with a homer in his first rehab game with Triple-A Rochester on Wednesday.
UP NEXT
Braves: RHP Charlie Morton (4-3, 5.67 ERA) pitches the opener of a three-game series against the Cubs in Chicago. Morton is 4-6 with a 5.44 ERA in 16 career starts against the Cubs.
Nationals: LHP Patrick Corbin (3-8, 6.65 ERA) opposes visiting Philadelphia on Thursday. Corbin, seeking his third straight win, is 3-3 with a 4.05 ERA in 10 starts versus the Phillies since joining Washington in 2019.
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