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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A candlelight vigil to honor George Floyd ‘s memory at the intersection where he died was among the remembrances scheduled for Wednesday’s second anniversary of the Black man’s killing at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.
Activists planned the vigil, along with a rally at the governor’s residence in St. Paul, for the two-year anniversary of Floyd’s death on May 25, 2020, which ignited protests in Minneapolis and around the world as bystander video quickly spread.
The intersection of 38th and Chicago streets became known informally as George Floyd Square in the wake of his death, with a large sculpture of a clenched fist as the centerpiece of memorials. The city planned to unveil a street sign officially dubbing the corner George Perry Floyd Square just ahead of the vigil, with Floyd’s brother Terrence among those attending.
“Today we honor two years since George Floyd was murdered by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said in a statement. “Each day since, we have remembered George Floyd’s life and legacy as a friend, father, brother, and loved one. His name has been heard in every corner of our world.”
Colten Muth, 32, visited the intersection Wednesday to “make sure I’m paying homage because his sacrifice made a huge impact on the world.”
Muth, who identifies as mixed race, recalled watching the bystander video of Floyd’s dying moments from his home in the Minneapolis suburb of Burnsville. He said it hit him especially hard because he grew up just blocks from the corner, walking to the convenience store there many times as a kid.
“That could’ve been me facedown in the pavement,” he said. “It shook me to the point like even where I was living I had a sense of fear just walking around my own neighborhood.”
Muth called Chauvin’s conviction a “first step” toward holding police accountable, but said the city has done nothing substantial to improve policing and the conditions that led to Floyd’s killing. And he said the lack of federal policing reforms after two years was disappointing.
On Wednesday in Washington, with Congress deadlocked over how to address racism and excessive use of force, President Joe Biden signed an executive order on policing to mark the second anniversary.
Later events in Minneapolis include a Thursday gathering of families of loved ones who have died in interactions with police and a fundraising gala Friday aimed at raising money to preserve offerings left by protesters and mourners at the intersection where Floyd was killed.
An all-day festival and a concert at the intersection were also planned for Saturday.
Floyd, 46, died after Chauvin, who is white, pinned his knee on Floyd’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes as Floyd was handcuffed and pleaded that he couldn’t breathe.
Chauvin is serving 22 1/2 years in prison after being convicted of state charges of murder and manslaughter last year. The ex-officer also pleaded guilty to violating Floyd’s civil rights in a federal case, where he now faces a sentence ranging from 20 to 25 years.
Former officers J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao are scheduled to stand trial on state charges in June. Thomas Lane pleaded guilty last week to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter for his role in Floyd’s killing, months after all three former Officers were convicted in February of federal charges of willfully violating Floyd’s rights.
“In Minneapolis, we will continue to say his name and honor his spirit,” Frey said. “In these days of reflection and remembrance, we must lead with kindness towards one another – and especially look out for and support our Black friends and neighbors.”
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Mohamed Ibrahim is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
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Melanie Lynskey didn’t hold back about body shaming in Hollywood.
The actress, 44, told The Hollywood Reporter she felt pressured to lose weight while on the set of “Coyote Ugly” in which she played New Jersey-based friend to Piper Perabo’s Violet.
“All the girls had this regimen they had to go on. It was ridiculous,” the actress said. “I was already starving myself and as thin as I could possibly be for this body, and I was still a (size) four.”
“There were already people putting a lot of Spanx on me in wardrobe fittings and being very disappointed when they saw me, the costume designer being like, ‘Nobody told me there would be girls like you.’ Really intense feedback about my physicality, my body, people doing my makeup and being like, ‘I’m just going to help you out by giving you a bit more of a jawline and stuff.’ Just the feedback was constantly like, ‘You’re not beautiful. You’re not beautiful.’”
The comments were part of a bigger story, featuring Lynskey “Yellowjackets” co-stars Tawny Cypress, Juliette Lewis and Christina Ricci.
“In your early 20s, so much of it is about beauty, and how people respond to you, and do people want to f— you?” she added. Do people think you’re their best friend? Even the best friend thing, I started to be like, ‘I don’t want to do that too many times.’”
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (WFLA) – Splash Mountain will have a new name — and a completely new look — at Disney Parks in 2024.
On Friday, the Disney Parks Blog revealed new details of the “reimagined” ride, which will be themed after Disney’s animated film “The Princess and the Frog.” The revamped attraction, scheduled to open at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom and Disneyland in late 2024, will be known as Tiana’s Bayou Adventure.
The announcement was made at Essence Fest in New Orleans on Friday, though Disney had initially announced intentions to re-theme the ride after 2009’s “The Princess and the Frog” back in June 2020.
The decision came following an outcry on social media to change the ride, which originally contained elements from Disney’s controversial 1946 film “Song of the South.” The movie, which had been heavily criticized for its depiction of Black people, came into the spotlight once again amid civil unrest in the wake of the killing of George Floyd.
“The retheming of Splash Mountain is of particular importance today,” a representative for Disney Parks wrote in a blog post in June 2020. “The new concept is inclusive — one that all of our guests can connect with and be inspired by, and it speaks to the diversity of the millions of people who visit our parks each year.”
As revealed in Friday’s blog post, the new ride will take visitors on a trip with Tiana and other “Princess and the Frog” characters as they navigate the bayou toward a Mardi Gras celebration.
Riders will also be treated to new music inspired by the film.
According to the blog, Disney Imagineers traveled to Louisiana multiple times in order to bring more authenticity to the ride.
“Walt Disney Imagineers have been frequent travelers to Louisiana while conducting extensive research to ensure Tiana’s Bayou Adventure preserves the heart and soul of the city that inspired Princess Tiana’s story,” the blog post said. “From exploring the French Market and the bayou, to consulting with academics, chefs, musicians and cultural institutions, Imagineers have received inspiration from all over the region and learned from local experts along the way.”
Disneyland’s Splash Mountain opened at Disneyland in 1989, and at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom in 1992. | https://phl17.com/nmw/disney-is-giving-splash-mountain-a-new-name-in-2024/ | 2022-07-02 16:49:38 | 1 | https://phl17.com/nmw/disney-is-giving-splash-mountain-a-new-name-in-2024/ |
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday sought to strengthen his hold on New Hampshire GOP primary voters as he and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) held dueling campaign events in the Granite State.
Trump spoke at a luncheon for the New Hampshire Federation of Republican Women, where he took aim at DeSantis on foreign policy, trade and on the governor’s past comments on entitlement reform.
“Unlike Ron DeSanctimonious, who voted to gut Medicare and Social Security and voted 3 times to raise the retirement age to 70, I will always protect Medicare and Social Security for our great seniors,” Trump said, referencing DeSantis’s votes as a congressman for non-binding budget resolutions to raise the retirement age to 70 for seniors to collect Social Security benefits.
The former president on Tuesday also unveiled his campaign’s New Hampshire leadership team and boasted of dozens of state lawmakers who had previously endorsed him. The former president also attended a “grand opening” of his New Hampshire campaign headquarters in Manchester.
Earlier Tuesday, DeSantis held a town hall in Hollis, N.H., where he sought to further draw a contrast with the former president as a conservative who could get done some of the things Trump left unaccomplished upon leaving the White House.
DeSantis has in recent days focused particularly on immigration policy, vowing to finish a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and to crack down on drug dealers.
“We’re actually going to build the wall,” DeSantis said. “A lot of politicians chirp. They make grandiose promises and then fail to deliver the actual results. The time for excuses is over. Now is the time to deliver results and finally get the job done.”
DeSantis’s presence down the road did not go unnoticed by Trump and his team, and they have tried to quash any sense of momentum the governor might be building in the Granite State.
“By the way, he’s holding an event right now which is considered not nice,” Trump told supporters. “He’s holding an event right now to compete with us. Well guess what? Nobody showed up.”
Trump won the 2016 New Hampshire GOP primary, which helped put him on track for the party’s nomination. Strategists believe a challenger who will unseat Trump will likely need to win or have a strong showing in Iowa or New Hampshire next year.
Trump and DeSantis visited the state on the same day a new poll indicated the former president’s lead was expanding, despite his recent indictment on federal charges.
A Saint Anselm poll of New Hampshire Republicans released to coincide with the Republican candidates’ dueling visits showed Trump had expanded his lead in the Granite State, drawing the support of 47 percent of those surveyed, compared to 19 percent who backed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). A March poll from Saint Anselm had Trump leading DeSantis 42-29.
“We’re leading by a lot,” Trump said of primary polls. “I mean, I’d have to work really hard to blow this one.” | https://www.yourbasin.com/hill-politics/trump-looks-to-drown-out-desantis-in-new-hampshire/ | 2023-06-27 20:44:26 | 1 | https://www.yourbasin.com/hill-politics/trump-looks-to-drown-out-desantis-in-new-hampshire/ |
Video shows daytime shootout between rival groups in Brooklyn
NEW YORK - A wild Brooklyn shootout in broad daylight on Coney Island between members of two rival groups was caught on camera.
Bullets began to fly at about 5:30 p.m. on May 29 in front of 2417 Mermaid Avenue. At least 36 rounds were fired, according to police.
The two groups of four individuals fled the scene.
There were no reports of injuries. Only property damage was reported.
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One group fled into 2926 West 25 Street. The second group fled eastbound on Mermaid Avenue.
On Wednesday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was asked about the rampant gun violence across the state and, particularly, the shooting on Coney Island.
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"We're not stopping," said Hochul during FOX 5 NY morning program, ‘Good Day New York.’ "We are going to be working tirelessly to work with law enforcement, our mayors to get the guns off the street. That is job number one for us: to protect New Yorkers."
The NYPD shared a photo of five of the eight suspects.
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Weekend forecast has ups and downs
50-50 Weekend has wintry look and feel
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -This Friday evening some melting snow flurries are dotting the DOPPLER RADAR scan at wsaz.com. Air and ground temperatures are still several degrees above freezing. Meanwhile a dusting of snow has occurred in mountainous West Virginia where sub-freezing air will create some slick spots of roads and bridges as new flurries pass. Away from the ski lodges only a coating of snow will occur in low mountain towns like Richwood, Buckhannon, Webster Springs and Elkins.
Saturday’s morning cloud deck will thin with afternoon partial sunshine breaking through as highs shoot for the low 40s. Saturday night clear skies early will allow for sub-freezing air before clouds return late.
Sunday a mix of snow, sleet and rain to start will go over to a chilly daytime rain shower pattern as highs make it back to 40 degrees.
Sunday night as it turns colder… a period of wet snow into Monday morning will coat the grass and leave some areas with an inch or so of snow. Monday snow flurries and cold winds will keep temperatures in the 30s all day long.
Tuesday is the pick day of next week. After a frosty start sunshine will propel readings into the 40s.
By Wednesday a southern storm will arrive with rain then as colder air wraps in snow showers are likely on the back side of the storm on Thursday and Friday in time for the Z, the WSAZ Wrestling Invitational!
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- A novel drug candidate for anthrax received orphan drug designation (ODD) by the US FDA.
BOSTON and SEOUL, Korea, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- iNtRON Biotechnology ("iNtRON" or "Company") announced today that the company has successfully completed the GLP toxicology studies of BAL200.
The company has completed the general GLP toxicology and safety pharmacology studies with final test reports and has obtained data essential for a licensing deal discussion of BAL200.
iNtRON has conducted a single-dose toxicity study in rodents, a repeated-dose finding and toxicity study in rodents and non-rodents as part of the general toxicity study. The company has also completed safety pharmacology studies on the cardiovascular, respiratory and central nervous system. In particular, iNtRON performed a non-human primate (NHP) study in consideration of future licensing deals. The company also has secured key CMC data necessary for the subsequent drug development and regulatory process along with safety and efficacy data.
"Due to recent development progress including the completion of the GLP-TOX studies, most of required data are now secured for business development," said Sang Hyeon KANG, CTO of iNtRON. "Once the efficacy data against various anthrax that are currently being conducted through the US CRO are obtained, BAL200 will be ready for an Investigational New Drug Application (IND). Then, we plan to initiate specific activities for a global licensing deal discussion."
BAL200 is a new biological drug candidate being internally developed by iNtRON based on its various biotechnologies including bacteriophage, endolysin, protein engineering, and immunology technology. The US FDA has granted orphan drug designation (ODD) to BAL200 in 2018, and iNtRON is entitled to enjoy the number of benefits such as expedited drug approval, 7-year marketing exclusivity, waiver of BLA application fee, and tax credit during the development.
Currently, four types of FDA approved post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) are allowed to be used in combination with anthrax vaccines, and antitoxin therapy that treats toxins produced by anthrax also can be used concurrently. However, because not only are bacteria getting resistant to the currently used PEPs, but the approved PEPs also do not have perfect bactericidal antibiotic properties, doubts about their effectiveness are increasing.
"Since relevant studies including GLP-TOX with CROs and related companies in overseas are getting back on track from the delay due to the COVID-19 shut- down, we were able to complete the related studies for BAL200 recently," said Kyung Won YOON, CEO of iNtRON. "BAL200 is a drug candidate will be developed under the Animal Rule of the US FDA, and we plan to highlight it during future global licensing discussion. We have high expectations for BAL200, because it has characteristics to overcome the therapeutic limitations of existing treatments and is effective against resistant bacteria even with a very low risk of resistance development."
About Orphan Drug Designation
The Orphan Drug Designation program provides orphan status to drugs and biologics which are defined as those intended for the treatment, prevention or diagnosis of a rare disease or condition, which is one that affects less than 20,000 persons in the US or meets cost recovery provisions of the act.
About Animal Efficacy Rule
The regulations commonly known as the Animal Rule (21 CFR 314.600-650 for drugs; 21 CFR 601.90-95 for biologics; effective July 1, 2002) allow for the approval of drugs and licensure of biological products based on the results for animal studies when human efficacy studies are not ethical and field trials to study the effectiveness of drugs or biological products are not feasible.
About iNtRON Biotechnology, Inc.
iNtRON is a leader in bacteriophage-based technology with aim to develop and investigate into the 'Immune & Immunotherapeutics' market. While pursuing global research and business development (R&BD) investments since their foundation and accelerated development after entering its IPO in KOSDAQ, the company honed in on innovating BIO New Drugs by developing various 'First-in-Concept' bio-drugs and conducting clinical studies in phases. The Company is committed to development of innovative innovation in the infectious diseases and 'Immune & Immunotherapeutics' area.
About iNtODEWORLD, Inc.
iNtRON has established its wholly owned US subsidiary, iNtODEWORLD, Inc. in 2017. iNtODEWORLD was initially registered in Delaware and the headquarter office is currently located in Boston. iNtODEWORLD provides news, updates and platform development progresses of iNtRON to its potential global partners and collaborators along with its own R&BD works in the US.
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PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman accused of illegally collecting early ballots in the 2020 primary election pleaded guilty Thursday in an agreement with state prosecutors that saw the more serious forgery and conspiracy charges dismissed and limited any potential for a lengthy prison sentence.
Guillermina Fuentes, 66, could get probation for running what Arizona attorney general’s office investigators said was a sophisticated operation using her status as a well-known Democratic operative in the border city of San Luis to persuade voters to let her gather and in some cases fill out their ballots.
Prosecutors were apparently unable to prove the most serious charges, dropping three felony counts alleging that Fuentes filled out one voter’s ballot and forged signatures on some of the four ballots she illegally returned for people who were not family members.
Republicans who have rallied around the possibility of widespread voting fraud in the 2020 election where former President Donald Trump was defeated have pointed to the charges against Fuentes as part of a broader pattern in battleground states. But there’s no sign her illegal ballot collection went beyond the small-town politics Fuentes was involved in.
Fuentes and a second woman were indicted in December 2020 on one count of ballot abuse, a practice commonly known as “ballot harvesting” that was made illegal under a 2016 state law. The conspiracy, forgery and an additional ballot abuse charge against Fuentes were added last October.
Fuentes said little during a change of plea hearing in southwestern Arizona’s Yuma County on Thursday, just acknowledging the judge’s questions with “yes” as he asked whether she had read and understood the plea agreement.
Fuentes, a former San Luis mayor who serves as an elected board member of the Gadsden Elementary School District in San Luis, could be sentenced to up to two years in prison, but that would require a judge to find aggravating circumstances. The plea agreement leaves the actual sentence up to a judge, who could give her probation, home confinement and a hefty fine for her admission to illegally collecting and returning four voted ballots.
Sentencing was set for June 30. She will lose her voting rights and must give up elected office.
Attorney Anne Chapman said in an email Thursday that she had no comment on the charges against her client.
But she slammed Arizona’s ballot collection law, saying it impedes minority voters who have historically relied on others to help them vote. She said “this prosecution shows that the law is part of ongoing anti-democratic, state-wide, and national voter suppression efforts.”
Attorney general’s office investigation records obtained by The Associated Press through a public records request show that fewer than a dozen ballots could be linked to Fuentes, not enough to make a difference in all but the tightest local races.
The office of Attorney General Mark Brnovich, a Republican seeking his party’s U.S. Senate nomination, provided the records after delays of more than 15 months.
It is the only case ever brought by the attorney general under the 2016 “ballot harvesting” law, which was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court last year.
Investigators wrote that it appeared Fuentes used her position as a powerful figure in the heavily Mexican American community to get people to give her or others their ballots to return to the polls. Fuentes and her co-defendant were seen with several mail-in envelopes outside a cultural center in San Luis on the day of the 2020 primary election, the reports show. The ballots were taken inside and dropped in a ballot box.
She was videotaped by a write-in candidate who called the Yuma County sheriff. The reports said the video showed her marking at least one ballot, but that charge was among those dropped.
An investigation was launched that day, and about 50 ballots checked for fingerprints, which were inconclusive. The investigation was taken over by the attorney general’s office within days, with investigators collaborating with sheriff’s deputies to interview voters, Fuentes and others.
Although Fuentes was charged only with actions that appear on the videotape and involve just a handful of ballots, investigators believe the effort went much farther.
Attorney general’s office investigator William Kluth wrote in one report that there was some evidence suggesting Fuentes actively canvassed San Luis neighborhoods and collected ballots, in some cases paying for them.
Collecting ballots in that manner was a common get-out-the-vote tactic used by both political parties before Arizona passed the 2016 law. Paying for ballots has never been legal.
There’s no sign she or anyone else in Yuma County collected ballots in the general election, but investigators from the attorney general’s office are still active in the community.
The Arizona Republic reported Tuesday that search warrants were served last month at a nonprofit in San Luis. The group’s executive director is chair of the Yuma County board of supervisors and said the warrant sought the cell phone of a San Luis councilwoman who may have been involved in illegal ballot collection.
And at a legislative hearing Tuesday where election conspiracy theorists testified, the Yuma primary election case was again a highlight.
“It’s all about corruption in San Luis and skewing a city council election,” Yuma Republican Rep. Tim Dunn said. “This has been going on for a long time, that you can’t have free and fair elections in south county, for decades. And its spreading across the country.” | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/records-show-coordinated-arizona-ballot-collection-scheme/ | 2022-06-03 17:45:39 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/records-show-coordinated-arizona-ballot-collection-scheme/ |
Congressional Democrats reintroduce election reform bill
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - House and Senate Democrats reintroduced a bill Tuesday they say will strengthen federal protections of voting rights. The legislation is in response to a proposal House Republicans put forward last week encouraging states to make their own changes.
“We want to show Americans who in Washington is fighting for them and who is fighting against democracy,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) at a press conference.
Schumer said democracy is facing unprecedented threats like we have not seen in more than a century. That is why Democrats have reintroduced the Freedom to Vote Act.
“The Freedom to Vote Act would fundamentally right size our democracy, advancing access to the ballot, ending the scourge of concentrated money in our politics and giving voice to everyday Americans,” Schumer said.
The bill would set national standards for voting by expanding early and mail-in voting while strengthening rules about election security, redistricting and campaign finance. It would also establish how states could require voter identification and make Election Day a federal holiday.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said this is necessary because Republicans in states across the country have shrunk the voting pool after nearly 160 million people voted in the 2020 election.
“When people lose elections, what are they supposed to do? They’re supposed to change our candidates and change their policies instead what we do we have, we have the Donald Trump looming above us, his shadow with the same rhetoric, the same stuff and the same policies. So instead, what are they trying to do? They are trying to change who votes,” said Klobuchar.
The Freedom to Vote Act was supported by every Senate Democrat in the last Congress and will likely again. Instead of backing this plan, Republicans last week introduced their own election reform bill.
Rep. Bryan Steil (R-Wisc.) said the GOP proposal would “make it easy to vote, and hard to cheat.”
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Find the best Nespresso VertuoLine pods for your daily life
Going back to school and possibly starting back in the office is an exciting and somewhat hectic time. Remove some of the guesswork and hassle with a coffee pod that was made to create the perfect cup of coffee in every little pod. Brewing coffee in the morning can take unnecessary time and stopping at a coffee shop each and every morning can cost an unreasonable amount of money by the end of the year. Cut out the cost and hassle with Nespresso VertuoLine pods. Check out these other coffee pods in order to get a broader idea about what’s available on the market.
What are coffee pods?
Coffee pods usually give one cup of coffee per pod. The pods contain most of the ingredients needed to create a quick and tasty cup of coffee within a timely fashion. Pods are not to be confused with the K-Cup. The K-Cup works with Keurig machines and usually comes in single-use material like plastic. The coffee pods are also only for one cup of coffee, but the pouches are generally recyclable and made from materials like paper. However, the materials for both K-Cups and coffee pods can vary, depending on the individual company that makes the single-serve beverages.
What is dark roast?
Dark roast coffee has a bolder and more smoky taste because the beans are generally roasted longer than medium roast and light roast beans. The beans are also visibly darker than others because they have been roasted for a longer amount of time.
Best dark roast Nespresso VertuoLine pods
Odacio Dark Roast Coffee – 30 Count Coffee Pods
The Odacio is rated a seven on the Nespresso intensity scale meaning that it is full bodied and relatively strong with slight hints of fruit. The product is a combination of both Nicaraguan and Ethiopian coffee beans.
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Stormio Dark Roast Coffee – 10 Count (Pack of 3)
Stormio is a much bolder coffee made from beans that were roasted for a longer period of time. The beans make a woodsy profile made from both Nicaraguan and Guatemalan Arabica coffee. It ranks an eight on the Nespresso intensity scale of the woodsy flavor.
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Diavolitto Dark Roast Espresso Coffee – 50 Count Coffee Pods
Boost your morning energy with a bold blend of Brazilian coffee in an aromatic espresso dark roast. It ranks near the top of the Nespresso intensity scale at an 11 with a roasted flavor that’s reminiscent of oak wood.
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What is a medium roast?
A medium roast usually means that the beans look a little browner than light roast beans due to the roasting process. The flavor is a little stronger than that of a light roast and also lacks the oil that is typically found only on dark roast beans.
Best medium roast Nespresso VertuoLine pods
Melozio Medium Roast Coffee – 30 Count Coffee Pods
Melozio combines both Brazilian Bourbon and Central American Arabicas in order to create a smooth flavor from lightly roasted beans. It ranks as a six in Nespresso intensity and has a somewhat balanced flavor that’s available for purchase in different quantities.
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Caramel Cookie Mild Roast Coffee – 30 Count Coffee Pods
Caramel Cookie offers slight hints of coconut and almond in each delicious sip. This medium roast split roast is buttery in nature and ranks a six on the Nespresso intensity scale.
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What is a light roast?
Light roast beans tend to have a sweeter taste and lacks the bold characteristic flavor of a dark roast. The light roast has less heat exposure compared to both medium roast and dark roast beans and therefore has technically more caffeine by scoop.
Best light roast Nespresso VertuoLine pods
Giornio Mild Roast Coffee – 30 Count Coffee Pods
Giornio is a breakfast blend coffee that has white floral notes and comes with a medium body. It is a four on the Nespresso scale that ranks all the way past 12 in terms of intensity so it is a relatively lighter coffee.
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Elvazio Light Roast Coffee – 30 Count Coffee Pods
The Elvazio displays fruity notes from lightly roasted South American Arabica coffee. It’s a four on the Nespresso intensity scale for the delicate flavors in a variety of different cup sizes and available quantities such as a 10 count pack of 3 and a complete pack of thirty.
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Best variety Nespresso VertuoLine pods
Medium and Dark Roast Coffee Variety Pack – 10 Count (Pack of 3)
This variety pack contains 10 Stormio, 10 Melozio, and 10 Odacio. The least intense coffee offered within this variety pack is the Melozio as it ranks a six on the Nespresso intensity scale with its smooth body.
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LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- A crowd at Georgia Gwinnett College cheered loudly as 72-year-old Sam Kaplan received his Cinema and Media Arts Diploma in Lawrenceville, Georgia on May 11.
"This is my first undergraduate degree," said Kaplan. "I'm the first of my seven siblings to earn a degree."
Kaplan, who graduated from high school in 1969, had not considered college, according to GGC. The father of five worked in various roles including running a cleaning service, a telemarketing company, and a part-time taxi driver.
At 68 years old, Kaplan decided to go back to school.
"I was riding down 316 and heard on the radio that Georgia Gwinnett College was offering a degree that involved script writing," Kaplan said. "Five minutes later, I was registering for the fall semester."
The new graduate said the best part of the day was having his 99-year-old mother in the audience.
More than 650 GGC students graduated at the college's spring 2023 commencement.
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FAYETTEVILLE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — A question that the Your Stories Team has received for years, centers around a proposed grocery store in the Village of Fayetteville.
The YS Team was recently sent an email asking for an update on the project.
A proposal to bring a grocery store to the old O’Brien & Gere manufacturing site on E. Genesee Street is still on the table.
Fayetteville Mayor, Mark Olson, said the grocery store proposal is going through the approval process by the village planning board.
He said the scope of the project has changed over the years. Town Homes and apartments that were first proposed to be built with the grocery store on the property have been scrapped. Now, just a 56,000 sq ft grocery store is being considered.
Olson said the project has faced legal challenges from residents. He also said concerns about environmental issues, traffic, lighting, and noise have been raised through the years.
Olson said the project has cleared some major hurdles but still must get the green light from the planning board. He said construction likely wouldn’t begin until spring 2023 at the earliest.
Back in 2020, the YS Team confirmed through sources that Hannaford Supermarket was the chain looking to open in Fayetteville. The Maine-based chain has several stores in New York, including locations in Utica and Rome. This would be the first Hannaford in Onondaga County.
The mayor said the proposed grocery store has been nameless to this point. A spokesperson for Hannaford told the YS Team, “We have no information to share.”
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Chris Pratt may be a movie star, but to his kids, he's just dad.
You would think starring in some of the biggest movie franchises of all time would be a major flex, but Chris' kids—Jack Pratt, 9, Lyla Schwarzenegger Pratt, 1, and newborn Eloise Schwarzenegger Pratt—aren't too impressed.
"I think every kid probably, in a way, builds their parents up to be something huge," he told E! News' Daily Pop's Justin Sylvester while chatting about the new film Jurassic World: Dominion. "I think if I've done that in my kids' life, it's not ‘cause of the movies that I've done, hopefully. It's just because I'm dad, which is my favorite role that I've ever played."
Chris' co-star Bryce Dallas Howard revealed that she was in a similar situation. Per Bryce, her kids—Theodore, 15, and Beatrice Howard-Gabel—don't view her as "being badass in any way, shape, or form," despite having run from a T-Rex in high heels.
For fans hoping to see Bryce's character, Claire Dearing, once again run for her life in impractical footwear, she told Daily Pop, "You will be gravely disappointed if you came to Dominion to see me in heels ‘cause it doesn't happen. Not once."
Running in heels is quite the acquired skill, one which Bryce says Chris has surprisingly mastered. "He could do it," she said. "I've seen him run in heels that were the size of his feet, which those were some big heels."
Chris is certainly up for the challenge, as he added, "Give me some pumps in 13 and I'll prove it to you."
Though he won't get the chance to showcase that particular talent onscreen, Chris did learn one funny thing from the set: taming Velociraptors is not so different than taming kids.
"I use a lot of the same techniques," Chris joked, "like physical force and dominance—you know what I mean—intimidation."
And though Bryce ditched the heels for the latest Jurassic World film, that doesn't mean her stunts were any easier. Chris revealed that one of Bryce's most dangerous stunts could have been much worse.
"She jumps out of a plane," said Chris, "and I think, for a long time, they were talking about maybe really kicking her out of a real plane."
Thankfully, Bryce didn't have to take the jump, even though Chris joked that "it'd be so good for the film."
Check out the full interview above.
Be sure to tune in tonight to E!'s Live From E!: Jurassic World Dominion coverage, which starts at 9:30 p.m. ET, for exclusive interviews with the film's cast and other celeb guests. Afterwards, head to E! News' YouTube page at 10 p.m. ET for more red carpet action on Live From E! Stream: Jurassic World Dominion, hosted by The Rundown's Erin Lim Rhodes.
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Editorial: Don’t stop composting. California can’t afford to abandon its methane-busting law now
This year, Angelenos were invited to start discarding potato peels, chicken bones and other food scraps in the green yard waste curbside bin rather than the trash can.
But it’s not exactly optional. A state law passed in 2016 requires every city and community in California to divert 75% of organic waste from landfills and to recover and redistribute 20% of edible food before it can be thrown away by 2025. Those that don’t comply can be fined up to $10,000 starting next year. Even individual households and businesses can be fined for noncompliance.
It’s a heavy lift, so to speak. Food scraps, food-soiled paper products, lawn clippings, tree trimmings and other organics typically make up about half of the 41 million tons of waste California sends to the dump each year. Or at least they did before the law went into full effect this year, though it’s not clear how much is being diverted quite yet. When organic waste rots it produces methane, a particularly potent greenhouse gas that traps about 80 times as much heat as carbon dioxide. Composting is an important tool to fight global warming.
On Monday, a city holiday, Los Angeles announced that the long-awaited curbside composting program was available citywide. Did anyone notice?
California has already missed the law’s first deadline to divert 50% by 2020. Worse, the amount of organic material going to the landfill increased between 2014, which is the starting point to calculate reductions, and 2020. Now it is looking like the state will blow the 2025 deadline as well.
That is at least part of the reason the bipartisan Little Hoover Commission has called for the 2016 law, Senate Bill 1383, to be temporarily paused. In a report released earlier this month, the commission, which is composed of members of the public and legislators, wrote that “significant changes are needed if the state is to meet its target of reducing the amount of organic material going into landfills. We believe the state should reaffirm its goal, while reconsidering its method.”
There’s nothing wrong with reaffirming the state’s organic recycling goal. And if the method of implementation can be improved upon, we’re all for it. But stopping the organics recycling law now after cities and private industry have invested so much time and money into compliance would be a huge mistake. If California is lagging in carrying out this crucial climate change policy, the response should be to try harder, not to give up.
Metro announced the 2030 climate goal with much fanfare but now wants to quietly push back plans by five years. The board should intervene.
Happily, that’s the position of CalRecycle, the state agency overseeing and guiding local governments’ compliance with the law. CalRecycle Director Rachel Machi Wagoner said pausing the law would send a terrible message to the waste industry that has been investing in building new facilities, such as those to do large-scale organic composting, and to local governments that have been setting up recycling and food recovery programs to meet the 2025 deadline.
Besides, she says it is too soon to say whether the 2025 deadline will be met. Cities and communities have made significant improvements this year to catch up after being stalled by the pandemic. “We have made so much progress in the last 18 months, and that is not reflected in their review,” Wagoner said of the commission report. For example San Diego, the state’s second-largest city, was behind in implementation but now expects to roll out curbside organics collection to all residents by August, she said.
The report makes clear that the commission’s intention is to help the state reach its organics recycling goal, and many of its recommendations to improve compliance — such as increasing public education and providing extra consideration for rural counties — are welcome. The suggestion that California become a model of waste management that other countries can follow is certainly right on.
State regulators should embrace the commission’s ideas for improvement — and forge full speed ahead to reach the 2025 goal.
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JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
PRODUCTION AND SALES METRICS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
Sasol has published its production and sales performance metrics for the 6 months ended 31 December 2022 on the Company's website at www.sasol.com, under the Investor Centre section: https://www.sasol.com/investor-centre/financial-results
UPDATE ON RENEWABLE POWER INTEGRATION IN SOUTH AFRICAN OPERATIONS
Sasol has committed to reduce its absolute Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from South African operations by at least 30% by 2030, off a 2017 baseline. Renewable power is a key lever towards Sasol's GHG emission reduction, as part of their transition towards a more sustainable product portfolio.
Sasol is pleased to announce the signing of three power purchase agreements (PPA) for the supply of renewable power to their South African operations, which are subject to meeting certain conditions precedent.
Sasol South Africa Limited (SSA) and Msenge Emoyeni Wind Farm (Pty) Ltd (Msenge) have signed a long-term PPA for the supply of 69MW of wind powered renewable power to our Sasolburg operations. This is key in achieving the first production of green hydrogen generated from renewable energy sources at Sasolburg and progressing their ambition to lead the development of a green hydrogen economy in Southern Africa. The renewable capacity is anticipated to be operational within the first quarter of CY24.
In addition, as part of the decarbonisation of their Southern African value chain, Sasol and Air Liquide have signed two long-term PPA's with Enel Green Power for the supply of a total capacity of 220MW of wind powered renewable power to their Secunda operations. The projects are expected to be operational in 2025. The concluded agreements are the first as part of a joint procurement initiative with Air Liquide and demonstrates Sasol's commitment to procuring 1 200MW of renewable energy capacity by 2030.
For further information, please contact:
Sasol Investor Relations,
Tiffany Sydow, VP Investor Relations
Telephone: +27 (0) 71 673 1929
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"Leaders from All Walks of Life"
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BRUNSWICK, Maine, April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kenneth I. Chenault, a member of the Class of 1973 and a 1996 honorary degree recipient, and his wife, Kathryn C. Chenault, have made a $2 million gift to Bowdoin College, the bulk of which will be used to establish an endowed fellowship that will bring exemplary leaders to campus to engage with the Bowdoin community.
The Chenaults have named the fellowship in honor of Herman S. Dreer, Class of 1910, who was the second Black man to graduate from Bowdoin, eighty-four years after John Brown Russwurm, Class of 1826. Dreer's life story—and, in particular, his relationship with the College—is revealed in The Blackman at Bowdoin, the history honors thesis Chenault wrote in 1973.
Dreer graduated in just three years as the second-highest-ranked student in his class. Even so, he was isolated socially because of his race. In his honors thesis, Chenault wrote that "The fact that he was left alone and not intimidated physically by his classmates was all he could expect or ask for. . . . Slavery may have ended but Dreer was tolerated for the most part rather than accepted socially, just as Russwurm had been eighty-one years earlier." Chenault went on to write that "according to Dreer, he tried through all his actions to convey to Bowdoin the humanity of the Black man. . . . The mere fact of his presence 'exploded' many of the stereotypes of Blacks commonly held by whites at that time."
In spite of the significant racism Dreer experienced, he led a remarkable life as an academic, educational reformer, author, minister, and civil rights leader. Chenault wrote that Dreer had "a lifelong mission: helping Black people in any way he possibly could, be it educating them, tending to their spiritual needs, or as he did in November of 1972, engaging in a fierce political struggle to help Blacks gain elective office in St. Louis." Along with historian Carter G. Woodson, Dreer initiated the observance of Black History Month in the United States.
"I stand on the shoulders of people like Herman Dreer who, despite being denied the opportunities they deserved, paved the way and valiantly forged ahead," said Ken Chenault. "Kathy and I are privileged to honor Herman Dreer and give him the long overdue recognition that he so justly deserves. The Herman S. Dreer Leadership Fellowship will ensure that Herman's legacy lives on to inspire future generations of trailblazers."
Fifty years ago, in preparation for graduation, Chenault encouraged the Bowdoin Afro American Society—of which he was a member—to acknowledge an African American leader annually at the Baccalaureate ceremony. Chenault presented Dreer with the Afro-American Society's first Outstanding Alumnus Award that year, in 1973.
The Herman S. Dreer Leadership Fellowship will support individuals from any professional field—leaders "from all walks of life"—in business, technology, government, law, the arts, the military, the nonprofit sector, and other disciplines.
Dreer Fellows will be named for a semester or an academic year, with the general expectation that they will visit campus several times, deliver a public lecture, and engage with students and the greater Bowdoin community, both inside and outside the classroom. Additionally, they may also attend classes at faculty invitation, hold office hours for students to provide career and mentoring advice, and meet with alumni (particularly young alumni). They will be invited to engage in the life of the College by meeting with student groups and by sharing meals with students, faculty, and staff in the dining halls.
The Dreer Fellows Program complements the work Bowdoin is doing in several areas of the College—academically, culturally, and in career planning—to significantly expand the sense of possibility for students, especially students from under-resourced and marginalized backgrounds, as they consider their professional aspirations, their leadership potential, and their ability to effect change. The College will seek Dreer Fellows from across society, including bringing leaders to campus who rose from similar under-resourced backgrounds.
"This is both a generous gift and a beautiful idea that will bring to the fore an incredible alumnus who had largely been forgotten at the College—a person very important to Ken, whose life he and Kathy want us to understand and celebrate," said Bowdoin president Clayton Rose. "Dreer Fellows will be an essential part of a new and deliberate effort at the College to further develop leadership skills in our students, to underscore that a Bowdoin education prepares them to accomplish anything they want in their lives, and to aim high— very high."
The president will oversee the selection and visits of Dreer Fellows, working with the campus and alumni community.
Media contact: Doug Cook
dcook@bowdoin.edu
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Judge rules man accused of trying to open jet’s door, attacking crew, not competent for trial
Jul 13, 2023, 9:51 AM
(Massachusetts State Police via AP, File)
BOSTON (AP) — A man charged with attacking a flight attendant with a broken metal spoon and attempting to open an airliner’s emergency door on a cross-country flight in March is not currently competent to stand trial, a federal judge ruled.
Magistrate Judge Judith Dein, basing her decision on a mental health evaluation of Francisco Severo Torres and her own observations in court, determined Wednesday that further treatment is warranted, according to court records.
“The Court hereby finds … that the defendant is presently suffering from a mental disease or defect rendering him mentally incompetent to the extent that he is unable to understand the nature and consequences of the proceedings against him or to assist properly in his defense,” Dein wrote in her decision.
She also wrote that she denied a request by Torres to be freed so he could “further investigate the conspiracy which eventually led to his actions on the plane.”
Torres, of Leominster, Massachusetts, is charged with a felony related to using a dangerous weapon to interfere with flight crew members in the incident on United Airlines Flight 2609 from Los Angeles to Boston on March 5.
The evaluation was conducted at the Federal Medical Center in Devens, Massachusetts, where he was sent after an initial court appearance days after the attack. He has not entered a plea.
Torres’ attorney said in court Wednesday that he has no evidence in opposition to the evaluation’s findings, but told Dein that his client objects to the finding and asserts he is competent to stand trial, according to court records. The defense attorney requested that his client remain at FMC Devens.
Federal public defender Joshua Hanye declined comment on Wednesday’s proceedings when reached by email Thursday.
U.S. Bureau of Prisons records indicate that Torres remains at FMC Devens.
According to prosecutor and witness accounts, Torres went on a midair rant and tried to stab the crewmember with a modified metal spoon.
The plane was about 45 minutes from Boston when the crew received an alarm that a side door on the aircraft was disarmed, according to court documents. One flight attendant noticed the door’s locking handle had been moved. Another saw Torres near the door and believed he had moved the handle. Cabin pressure during flight prevents airplane doors from opening.
Torres started loudly rambling that his father was Dracula, that he wanted to be shot so he could be reincarnated and that he would kill everyone on board, another passenger said.
He punched a male flight attendant, who felt the metal spoon in Torres’ hand hit him on his shirt collar and tie three times, according to court documents. No one was injured.
Torres was eventually subdued and restrained by other passengers.
If convicted, he could be sentenced to life in prison.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I needed to clean out my fire box on my smoker," said the inventor from Emporia, Kansas. "We created this invention to help eliminate difficulties when reaching and cleaning out any type of smoker or grill."
They created a prototype for the patent-pending U-SCOOP SYSTEM that allows an individual to quickly and easily gather and remove ash and other debris from the bottom interior of a grill or smoker. These tools would help save time and effort while enhancing convenience for the user. This set of accessories would be beneficial for outdoor cooking enthusiasts and ensure that the housings of the grill or smoker remain clean and free of debris. Additionally, this would eliminate the need for an individual to collect ash from within the unit with their bare hands.
The original design was submitted to the Kansas City sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-JKK-146, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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AURORA, Colo., May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Oman Investment Authority (OIA) and MycoTechnology, Inc. have established a groundbreaking joint venture that will use locally-grown dates to produce high-quality mushroom-based protein. The two parties will collaborate on building a state-of-the-art production facility in Oman to scale up and commercialize this novel source of nutritious, sustainable protein. It represents the next generation of innovation driven by MycoTechnology's proprietary fermentation platform, which harnesses mushroom mycelia to create transformative ingredients.
The strategic partnership between OIA and MycoTechnology is in line with Oman Vision 2040, which aims to attract modern technologies to the country. It links OIA's local knowledge and public sector relationships with MycoTechnology's cutting-edge technology. It aspires to transform the food supply landscape in the region and reflects OIA's commitment to achieving a sustainable future by increasing local food production.
Oman is one of the world's top 10 producers of dates, growing about 400 thousand tonnes per year. However, more than half goes to waste or animal feed. The new joint venture is expected to upcycle a significant portion of these excess dates, using the natural sugar present in the fruit as a source of carbon to fuel the production of mushroom-based protein.
Construction of the new facility is due to start in the first half of 2023 on a 10-hectare site. Commercial production is scheduled to begin by the second quarter of 2025, with up to 16,000 tonnes of dates to be processed each year. Once operational, the partners intend for the new facility to evolve into the Middle East's leading innovation hub for food technology.
Alan Hahn, MycoTechnology CEO, commented:
"MycoTechnology is excited to be co-operating with Oman Investment Authority to build this highly innovative food oasis in the desert. It represents a breakthrough in the quest to bring food security to Oman and the wider region. This initiative will be transformative – and not just for the Middle East. We are foraging for the future, unlocking the ancient power of culinary mushrooms to feed the world's growing population with a solution that's been beneath our feet all along."
Ibrahim Al Eisri, Director of Private Equity at OIA, said:
"In our international investments at OIA, we target localizing advanced modern technologies. Our partnership with Mycotechnology will deliver substantial local benefits as we pioneer the proteins of tomorrow. It will support our mission to enhance food security, diversify the Omani economy, and create well-paying jobs in an eco-friendly new sector. This joint venture will be the foundation that enables Oman to foster a new generation of talent in the sphere of food technology, here and further afield."
Colorado-based MycoTechnology is the world's leading explorer of mycelia – the powerful but invisible mushroom 'root system'. OIA is a sovereign wealth fund located in Muscat, the capital of Oman. The new joint venture will operate as Vital Foods Technologies LLC.
For more information, contact:
Richard Clarke, Ingredient Communications
Tel: +44 (0)7766 256176 | Email: richard@ingredientcommunications.com
About MycoTechnology, Inc.
Established in 2013 and based in Aurora, Colorado, MycoTechnology creates products from mushroom mycelia that solve the biggest challenges in the food industry. The world's leading explorer of mycelia, MycoTechnology is dedicated to increasing the availability of healthy, sustainable, clean label, and high-quality food options through natural mushroom fermentation. Its product portfolio includes ClearIQ™ flavor, a line of transformative mushroom-derived flavor modulation tools that decrease the perception of bitter and off-notes, enable the formulation of products with higher nutrient density, and reduce salt and sugar across a broad spectrum of applications. MycoTechnology also offers FermentIQ™ protein, a line of plant protein products produced via a proprietary fermentation process that harnesses the power of mushroom mycelia to make plant proteins that are more functional and easier to digest, and more delicious. MycoTechnology is a team of nearly 100 employee-shareholders and continues to recruit additional colleagues to aid expansion and growth.
About Oman Investment Authority (OIA)
Oman Investment Authority (OIA) is Oman's sovereign wealth fund. It is entrusted with managing, investing, and developing the Sultanate's national and international assets. It has diverse investment portfolios both nationally and internationally, whereby it invests in over 40 countries across various sectors including food, energy, logistics, ICT, public services, finance and investment, food security, tourism, mining, industry, and aviation.
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WFO SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, January 5, 2023
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Hanford CA
716 AM PST Thu Jan 5 2023
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM PST THIS MORNING...
* WHAT...Urban and small stream flooding caused by excessive
rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of central California, including the following
counties, Fresno, Kings, Madera and Tulare.
* WHEN...Until 1015 AM PST.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Some low-water crossings may become impassable. Ponding of water
in urban or other areas is occurring or is imminent.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 716 AM PST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain. This is
causing urban and small stream flooding. Between 0.5 and 1
inch of rain has fallen.
- Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are expected
over the area. This additional rain will result in minor
flooding.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Fresno, Visalia, Clovis, Tulare, Porterville, Hanford,
Sanger, Reedley, Selma, Dinuba, Orosi, Parlier, Earlimart,
Lindsay, Kingsburg, Farmersville, Exeter, Orange Cove,
Woodlake and Terra Bella.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
In hilly terrain there are many low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.
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Willis and standout quarterback Derek Lagway rolled up more than 600 yards and posted 73 points last week against Bryan Rudder. Temple is not Rudder and quickly made that point Friday night.
Julian White sacked Lagway on the Wildkats’ first snap, setting the tone for what turned into a mostly stingy defensive performance that was backed by a pair of breakout offensive performances in Temple’s 34-20 home-opening victory at Wildcat Stadium.
“We’re just overcoming all the odds,” said Wildcats senior defensive back Naeten Mitchell, who had an interception in each half. “We work really hard in practice. We knew we had to step up in the secondary and we did that. So I’m really proud of us.”
Temple limited Lagway — a 6-foot-4, 230-pound junior signal-caller with multiple Division I offers — to just one big play before he exited early in the third quarter with what appeared to be a lower body injury, and the Wildkats finished with 317 yards, half of their total from Week 1.
With a narrow 10-7 lead after the first half, Temple outscored Willis 24-0 in the third quarter to pull away and take a 34-7 advantage into the fourth.
Willis scored twice in the final period, with backup quarterback Hutton Hoegemeyer and Jalen Mickens connecting for a 27-yard TD and Daylin Robinson rushing for a 7-yard touchdown to close the margin just enough to irk Temple head coach Scott Stewart in the aftermath of an otherwise convincing victory.
“That was a big challenge. That group of skill is as good as we’ll see and I thought our kids played lights out, for a while. The game is still 48 minutes the last I checked, so we have to finish it,” said Stewart, whose team won a home opener for the first time since 2019 and started a season 2-0 for the fifth time in seven years.
“I thought we took the foot off the gas, and that’s going to be the challenge to them next week. We’ve seen that bite us before,” Stewart added. “Kids are kids sometimes, and that’s on me. We can’t take our foot off the gas. Temple kids don’t take their foot off the gas, and they won’t again under my watch.”
One week after gaining just 72 yards on the ground, Temple piled up 185 yards rushing behind Deshaun Brundage’s 165 on 28 carries. Sophomore receiver Christian Tutson had five catches for 129 yards, including touchdowns of 65 and 31 yards from quarterback Reese Rumfield.
“Tutson is going to be special,” Stewart said. “He had some growing pains last week and really took it personal. I saw him work really hard in practice. It’s good to see a young kid see the fruits of his labor.”
Rumfield finished 12-of-26 for 231 yards, adding a third passing TD to Jaquon Butler, who juked a defender and dashed for a 49-yard third-quarter TD. Rumfield also had a 5-yard scoring run, and Marcos Garcia made field goals of 40 and 35 yards.
Temple’s defense, which forced four turnovers on downs last week in a win over McKinney, picked up Friday where it left off, halting Willis’ lengthy opening drive when Lagway threw incomplete on fourth-and 25 at the Wildcats 29 on the 15th play and 7:20 into the contest.
After an exchange of punts, Temple turned to Brundage and fellow running back Jervonnie Williams for some offensive traction. Brundage had a 24-yard run and Williams went for 19 to get the Wildcats to the Wildkats 10. A bad snap on second-and-goal interrupted the possession, but Garcia sneaked a 40-yard field goal try over the crossbar for a 3-0 lead at 11:50 of the second quarter.
Willis, which was 4-for-8 on third down in the first half, hit pay dirt on third-and-10 when Lagway kept on a draw and sprinted up the middle for an untouched 75-yard touchdown. It was the Wildkats’ longest play from scrimmage and gave them a 7-3 lead.
Temple responded on the fourth snap of its next drive when Rumfield connected with a wide-open Tutson for the 65-yard score with 10:28 to go in the second quarter.
The teams then combined for three punts, Garcia had a 35-yard field goal blocked by Jermaine Bishop, and Mitchell intercepted Lagway on the final play of the half to leave Temple with its three-point advantage at the break.
Linebacker Taurean York had two sacks in the first half when the Wildcats forced Lagway and Willis into seven negative-yardage plays.
“We knew how great (Lagway) was and how fast he was, so we had to make sure we did our assignments perfectly,” White said.
TEMPLE 34, WILLIS 20
Willis 0 7 0 13 — 20
Temple 0 10 24 0 — 34
Tem — Marcos Garcia 40 field goal
Wil — Derek Lagway 75 run (Alexander Burns kick)
Tem — Christian Tutson 65 pass from Reese Rumfield (Garcia kick)
Tem — Jaquon Butler 41 pass from Rumfield (Garcia kick)
Tem — Rumfield 5 run (Garcia kick)
Tem — Tutson 31 pass from Rumfield (Garcia kick)
Tem — Garcia 34 field goal
Wil — Jalen Mickens 27 pass from Hutton Hoegemeyer (Burns kick)
Willis — Daylin Robinson 7 run (kick failed)
TEAM STATISTICS
Wil Tem
First downs 15 21
Rushes-yards 26-130 40-185
Passing yards 187 231
Comp.-Att.-Int. 12-29-2 12-26-0
Punts-average 6-25.1 4-29.5
Fumbles-lost 3-1 2-1
Penalties-yards 13-96 9-90
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — Willis: Lagway 13-59, Terri Lawrence 8-69, Robinson 3-6, Debraun Hampton 1-(-2), Hutton Hoegemeyer 1-(-2); Temple: Deshaun Brundage 28-165, Jervonnie Williams 5-28, Rumfield 4-5, Ryond Johnson 1-2, team 2-(-15).
PASSING — Willis: Lagway 7-21-1-119, Hoegemeyer 5-8-1-68; Temple: Rumfield 12-26-0-231.
RECEIVING — Willis: Mickens 4-76, Hampston 4-52, A’Tavian Friend 1-21, Robinson 1-6, A’Mauree Holmes 1-6, Lawrence 1-(-1); Temple: Tutson 5-129, Butler 2-69, Mikal Harrison-Pilot 2-15, Jeremiah Lennon 2-6, Pharrell Hemphill 1-12. | https://www.tdtnews.com/sports/article_24f21cc4-2b48-11ed-9ff1-c7dd39543e2b.html | 2022-09-03 08:04:57 | 1 | https://www.tdtnews.com/sports/article_24f21cc4-2b48-11ed-9ff1-c7dd39543e2b.html |
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Shohei Ohtani has provided Angels fans with plenty of highlights this season. The two-way phenom almost topped them all Thursday night.
The reigning AL MVP pitched no-hit ball into the eighth inning and extended his hitting streak to 14 games as Los Angeles pushed its winning streak to four with a 4-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics.
“Every time he takes the mound, you can anticipate something special happening,” Angels interim manager Phil Nevin said. “He had everything working. When he got through the seventh, I thought it was going to happen. Unfortunately, we'll wait until next time.”
Ohtani said through translator Ippei Mizuhara that he was surprised he got through eight innings. The right-hander wasn't happy with his fastball and went with more breaking balls than normal.
“To be honest, the velocity on my fastball wasn’t as fast as normal. But my slider was doing its thing and was working. I'm kind of surprised with my stuff today,” he said.
Ohtani allowed two hits and struck out 10 in eight scoreless innings to match his longest outing of the season.
In his final home start of the year, Ohtani (15-8) issued a leadoff walk to Tony Kemp before retiring the next 22 batters in order. Conner Capel broke up the no-hit bid with a sharp grounder that deflected off sliding shortstop Livan Soto’s glove and into left-center field with two outs in the eighth.
Even if Soto had been able to field it, he would have had trouble throwing out Capel.
Dermis Garcia followed with a clean single to left before Ohtani retired Shea Langeliers on a grounder to third to end the inning.
“It was going to take a special at-bat and Conner stayed on a ball away and put a good swing on it,” Oakland manager Mark Kotsay said. “There’s always that exhale, and then Garcia gets ahead and we get some momentum.”
Ohtani ran his hitting streak to 14 games — the longest current streak in the majors — by going 2 for 4 with an RBI. The Japanese superstar has 26 hits this season in games he also pitched.
Luis Rengifo, Taylor Ward and Max Stassi had solo home runs for the Angels, who have won five of six.
It was Oakland’s 100th defeat of the season, marking the first time since 1979 it has reached triple digits in the loss column. Seth Brown had an RBI grounder and Jonah Bride scored on a wild pitch in the ninth to avert the shutout.
After winning the American League MVP award last season, Ohtani is a leading contender again this year — probably the top challenger to New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge, who hit his 61st home run Wednesday night to match the AL record set by Roger Maris in 1961.
“I feel like you guys are more of an expert on the voting. I'll leave it up to you guys,” Ohtani said of the MVP race. “I enjoy watching Judge and saw him hit his 61st."
Ohtani is at 161 innings pitched, one inning shy of assuring he will qualify among the league leaders when the season ends. Ohtani is likely to pitch in the season finale at Oakland next Wednesday so he does.
On the mound, Ohtani's 15 victories are tied for third in the AL, his 213 strikeouts are third and 2.35 ERA is fourth. At the plate, he is fourth in the league with 34 home runs and sixth with 94 RBIs.
“I know I got MVP last year but I’m having a better season this year, which is just leading to a lot more confidence,” he said.
Ohtani had a perfect game through 5 1/3 innings at Houston on April 20 before Jason Castro lined a single to left field in the sixth. It was Houston’s only hit in the game.
QUICK START
The Angels immediately jumped on Cole Irvin (9-13). The first four batters reached, putting Los Angeles up 2-0. Rengifo led off with a homer into the Angels' bullpen in left field, then Mike Trout drove a double to the center-field wall and scored on Ohtani's base hit.
Ward hit a solo shot in third and Stassi went deep in the sixth.
Irvin pitched four innings and allowed three runs on nine hits with six strikeouts.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Angels: RHP Archie Bradley (right forearm strain) and OF Mickey Moniak (bruised left hand) were placed on the injured list, ending their seasons. ... INF David Fletcher was activated off the IL after missing 10 games due to a bruised right hand.
UP NEXT
Athletics: Head to Seattle for a weekend series. LHP Ken Waldichuk (1-2, 7.15 ERA) picked up his first big league win last Saturday in Oakland's 10-4 victory over the New York Mets.
Angels: Host Texas for three games. LHP Reid Detmers (6-6, 3.88 ERA) is 4-3 with 69 strikeouts in 12 starts since being recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake on July 8.
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Dodgers apologize and invite Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to Pride Night
Less than a week after removing the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from their lineup, the Dodgers on Monday re-invited the organization to Pride Night amid backlash from LGBTQ+ and civil rights groups as well as local politicians and even Dodgers employees.
“After much thoughtful feedback from our diverse communities, honest conversations within the Los Angeles Dodgers organization and generous discussions with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the Los Angeles Dodgers would like to offer our sincerest apologies to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, members of the LGBTQ+ community and their friends and families,” the Dodgers said in a statement. “We have asked the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to take their place on the field at our 10th annual LGBTQ+ Pride Night. We are pleased to share that they are agreed to share the gratitude of our collective communities for the lifesaving work they have done tirelessly for decades.”
The Dodgers’ 10th annual Pride Night is scheduled for June 16 at Dodger Stadium during a game against the San Francisco Giants. The L.A. chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a satirical performance and activist organization with a decades-long history of raising awareness and money for LGBTQ+ causes while providing comfort and resources to AIDS patients and unhoused queer and trans youth, were set to receive the team’s Community Hero Award in a pregame ceremony.
Conservative organizations the Catholic League and CatholicVote protested, saying the Sisters’ long history of lampooning church traditions amounted to bigotry.
R.M. Vierling, a Catholic priest with a large social media following, posted on Twitter that he had written to MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred about “this outrageous insult to Catholics” and listed Manfred’s email address online.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) also sent a letter to Manfred expressing dismay that the Dodgers would honor the Sisters. Producer Burt Sugarman and his wife, former “Entertainment Tonight” host Mary Hart, are longtime Dodgers season-ticket holders who have supported Rubio at least since hosting a fundraiser for him in L.A. in 2015. The couple’s son, AJ Sugarman, worked for Rubio during his 2016 presidential campaign.
The Dodgers and the commissioner’s office in New York were inundated with calls and emails that two Dodgers employees familiar with the team’s thinking said were a factor in the decision not to give the Sisters the Community Hero Award.
“They caught people off guard; we had to handle the phones and get yelled at on the front lines,” said one of the employees, who requested anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly. “It sends everyone in a tizzy.”
However, the outrage triggered by that decision threatened to derail Pride Night entirely, an outcome unacceptable to the Dodgers, whose senior vice president for marketing, communications and broadcasting, Erik Braverman, is gay and a respected voice in championing LGBTQ+ acceptance throughout baseball. He spearheaded the implementation of Dodgers Pride Night in 2013.
By removing the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from their Pride Night, the Dodgers’ effort to profit off their legacy of inclusion has backfired.
“As it stands now, we’d lose our Pride Night,” one of the employees who requested anonymity said Thursday, the day the Dodgers cut ties with the Sisters. “I don’t know how we’d come back from that.”
Dodgers staffers across all sexual orientations were vocal in their dismay at the decision.
“We knew the Sisters would react, but we didn’t have a feel for how swift and strong the response was going to be and how it would pull in others,” an employee said. “And a lot of employees are upset.”
The L.A. LGBT Center demanded the Dodgers reverse course or cancel Pride Night altogether. The ACLU posted on Twitter, “In unity with @SFSisters, we will not participate in Pride Night,” and L.A. County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath tweeted, “If they’re not invited, I’m not going. Celebrating Pride is about inclusion. Do better.”
L.A. City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez, whose district includes Dodger Stadium, posted on Twitter: “Los Angeles must be a place where everyone feels empowered to express themselves, and this move undermines that.”
Here’s an idea, Dodgers president Stan Kasten: Invite the people who actually follow the tenets of Catholicism.
Support for the Sisters continued. On Friday, the L.A. County Delegation (LACD), a group of 39 members of the California State Senate and State Assembly, express support, saying in a statement that the Community Hero Award would celebrate the Sisters’ “countless hours of community service, ministry, and outreach to those on the edges, in addition to promoting human rights and respect for diversity and spiritual enlightenment. These are values that should be celebrated, not suppressed.”
On Saturday, Anaheim Mayor Ashleigh Aitken tweeted that she was inviting the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to join her for Angels Pride Night at Anaheim Stadium on June 7.
Now it’s possible the Sisters will be guests at two Pride Nights in nine days.
“In the weeks ahead we will continue to work with our LGBTQ+ partners to better educate ourselves, find ways to strengthen the ties that bind, and use our platform to support all of our fans who make up the diversity of the Dodger family,” the Dodgers statement said.
The Dodgers faced serious consternation after the franchise announced it would no longer honor satirical LGBTQ+ group the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence during its annual Pride Night event.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Quarterback Joshua Dobbs will make a second straight start Saturday night in Jacksonville with the Titans' playoff hopes on the line despite being signed Dec. 21 off Detroit's practice squad.
“Josh will be our quarterback,” Titans coach Mike Vrabel said Monday. "I’ve talked to both quarterbacks and let them know that Josh will be our quarterback for this week, and then Malik (Willis) has to continue to prepare like a starter.”
The Titans (7-9) can win their third straight AFC South title with a victory Saturday night. That would give them a home playoff game along with snapping a six-game skid that has seen Dobbs as the third different quarterback to start since Tennessee's previous win Nov. 17 at Green Bay.
Tennessee started Dobbs, who just made his first NFL start in a 27-13 loss to Dallas last Thursday night hours after putting 11-year veteran Ryan Tannehill on injured reserve. Willis was the Titans' third-round draft pick by general manager Jon Robinson, who was fired Dec. 6.
The six-year veteran had more yards passing by halftime of his Titans' debut than Willis managed in any of his three starts and eight appearances.
Dobbs finished with 232 yards passing, almost as much as Willis had had combined (276) this season. Willis has been intercepted three times with his only TD off a run.
Vrabel made it clear they've been impressed with Dobbs' work ethic, noting the quarterback has worked hard the past couple of days.
Helping the former University of Tennessee star is he has a degree in aerospace engineering and spent two years at NASA’s Kennedy Space Flight Center as part of the NFLPA’s program.
Dobbs was a fourth-round pick by Pittsburgh in 2017 and now has appeared in seven games. He played in five with the Steelers in 2018 and one in 2020. He spent 2019 with Jacksonville after the Jaguars traded for him to help back up Gardner Minshew after Nick Foles broke his collarbone.
The newest Titans starter also will have a full week of practice as compared to prepping for one game as a backup signed four days before his Tennessee debut. Dobbs then had five days to prepare for the first start of his NFL career.
Now the Titans can see how much Dobbs can absorb with an emphasis on red zone plays.
“There’ll be some things that we will try to add or maybe things that we practiced last week that we didn’t run," Vrabel said. “Well, I think it’s just going to be good to have a full week.”
The Jaguars (8-8) won the first game between these teams Dec. 11 thanks to four turnovers leading to 20 points in a 36-22 victory in Nashville with Tannehill starting. The Titans rested Derrick Henry along with six other starters against Dallas. Vrabel said that will only help depending on how the Titans play.
“Hopefully we’ve taken advantage of the time,” Vrabel said.
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Cleanings aren’t supposed to lead to the displacement of any encampment residents. This isn’t true for closures, in which city staff will try to get camp residents into some form of housing. During some of these sweeps, homeless residents will lose personal belongings, such as forms of identification that may be needed to get into local shelters.
When city staff turned out for a cleanup of an encampment under Interstate 45 in July, they were met by dozens of activists, some of whom were armed with rifles. They used their bodies and cars to keep city staff from cleaning the encampment, according to a Dallas Morning News editorial condemning the activists’ armed response.
In a recent memo, Deputy City Manager John Fortune laid out a plan for how staff may handle future sweeps faced with resistance, armed or otherwise.
“City employees have recently encountered resistance from activists and armed individuals at the site of homeless encampment clean ups,” the memo says. So, the Dallas City Marshal’s Office, Dallas Police Department, Code Enforcement, and Office of Homeless Solutions created a tiered response for what they might see at future encampment cleanings or closures.
Tier 1 scenarios won’t see the closure of an encampment. In this scenario, if resistance isn’t expected, there will only be city marshals, and DPD neighborhood police officers on standby.
Tier 2 could involve a cleaning or closure of an encampment, and advanced knowledge that activists will be on the scene. In this case, the marshals and neighborhood officers would be on standby, on top of a separate DPD response team.
Tier 3 level responses will always involve an encampment closure with advanced knowledge of activists and open-carry protesters on the scene. With a high likelihood of active resistance and possible arrests, according to the memo, the marshals, neighborhood officers and DPD response team will all be on standby for tier 3 scenarios.
In these events, DPD will notify the mayor and responsible City Council member about the planned resistance and possibility for arrests. DPD would also send out “advance messaging,” according to the memo, encouraging people to protest peacefully and advise that “destruction of property, interference with city workers, threats and/or violence will not be tolerated.”“Armed and/or aggressive activists intimidating and harassing city staff both on and off the job compound the problems our unsheltered residents face and threaten public safety.” – Page Jones, Dallas spokesperson
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The encampment sweeps are meant to be a part of the Dallas R.E.A.L Time Rapid Rehousing Initiative, which has helped remove hundreds of people from the streets and get them into housing since last September.
But the city doesn’t always have a place to put the homeless after sweeping them from encampments, and local shelters are routinely at capacity. When they can get into local shelters, some homeless people say they feel like they’re losing their autonomy because of strict rules that may be in place, such as curfews, not allowing pets and separating genders.
In a written statement to the Observer, a Dallas spokesperson said the city doesn’t sweep encampments. Page Jones, the spokesperson, said the city schedules cleanings of the encampments, giving residents a 72-hour notice.
“In special circumstances, individuals are given a longer period of time, which is dependent on multiple factors such as size of the encampment population, logistics of vendor and partner availability, housing placement, and individual needs of the clients,” Jones said. “Outside of the Dallas R.E.A.L Time Rapid Rehousing (DRTRR), encampments are only shut down if there is an immediate health or safety hazard dictating that the site cannot remain because of the danger posed to the residents themselves and the larger community or if it is on private property and the owner enforces a closure.”
Jones said staff have found that armed resistance usually depends on people’s relationships with different camps. Staff is working on establishing relationships with residents to “deter the issue of armed resistance,” Jones said. City staff have been met with armed resistance at encampments three times this year. Jones also said some activists have showed up to community meetings with the intention to aggressively approach city staff.
“To that point, the City’s Office of Homeless Solutions and other departmental professionals are always willing to engage, educate, and partner with residents and organizations serious about addressing challenges facing our unsheltered population to make our community safer,” Jones said. “Armed and/or aggressive activists intimidating and harassing city staff both on and off the job compound the problems our unsheltered residents face and threaten public safety.”
The Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club, one of the groups involved in the July incident, told the Observer that "everyone possesses a right to defend their home from those who mean to harm them."
“Why should that home be relegated to the differentiation between a roof and a tent?” the group said in a statement by email, also criticizing the city for not implementing “concrete policy to [provide] transitionary and long-term housing.”
“The city manager’s office own tiered plans for displacement include the level of violence they are willing to inflict on their own citizens, from partnership with Dallas Marshalls up to and including Dallas Police response teams,” the group said. “Can you imagine a world where elected bureaucrats devoted the same energy to housing folks as they did building memos on how many armed people to bring?”
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Broadens development and access to Trodelvy for patients in Greater China and certain Asia Pacific Markets
Strengthens balance sheet and streamlines resources to advance robust pipeline of first-in-class and best-in-class drug candidates, and expand product portfolio through strategic transactions and internal drug discovery efforts
SHANGHAI, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Everest Medicines (HKEX 1952.HK, "Everest", or the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing transformative pharmaceutical products to address critical unmet needs in Asia Pacific markets, announced that it has entered into an agreement with Immunomedics, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD), whereby Immunomedics will obtain exclusive rights to develop and commercialize Trodelvy® (sacituzumab govitecan) in Greater China, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Mongolia (the "Agreement").
Under the terms of the Agreement, Everest will receive up to $455 million in total considerations with $280 million in upfront payments payable subject to, among other things, certain regulatory approvals, and up to $175 million in potential future milestone payments. In addition, Everest will be released from payment obligations for up to $710 million in remaining milestone payments under a licensing agreement entered into with Immunomedics in April 2019 to develop, register, and commercialize Trodelvy® in Greater China, South Korea and certain other countries and territories. Under the Agreement, the licensing agreement will be terminated.
Everest received approval in mainland China and Singapore in June and January 2022, respectively, for Trodelvy® in adult patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) who have received two or more prior systemic therapies, at least one of them for metastatic disease. Everest has also submitted applications for commercial approval for Trodelvy in metastatic TNBC with regulatory bodies in South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
"We welcome the opportunity to restructure our partnership with Gilead, which has been built on a shared vision of providing innovative oncology solutions for patients in need. With capital resources and a track record of successful therapeutic development and commercialization for Trodelvy in the United States, Gilead is an ideal partner to further develop and commercialize Trodelvy in Asia Pacific regions to maximize patient access," said Kerry Blanchard, MD, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of Everest Medicines. "I am exceedingly proud of what Everest has accomplished in advancing Trodelvy in China and other Asia territories, and we will continue to bring more transformational therapies to patients in China and worldwide with our extensive pipeline of clinical and pre-clinical stage assets."
"Trodelvy is approved for second-line metastatic TNBC in over 35 countries. We thank Everest Medicines for their partnership and important contributions in the development of Trodelvy in Asia. Their collaboration has brought us closer to bringing Trodelvy to patients who need alternative options," said Bill Grossman, MD, PhD, Senior Vice President, Oncology Clinical Research, Gilead Sciences. "Trodelvy is the cornerstone of our solid tumor portfolio, and we are committed to bringing this transformative therapy to as many patients as possible. We look forward to rapidly advancing our development program in Asia and to realizing the clinical potential of Trodelvy across diverse tumor types."
"After the completion of this transaction, Everest's resources will be more streamlined to invest into the ongoing development of our remaining pipeline of clinical-stage drug candidates with first-in-class or best-in-class potential. We will have a stronger balance sheet to advance our internal drug discovery efforts and execute synergistic strategic transactions," said Ian Woo, President and Chief Financial Officer of Everest Medicines. "We will strive to deliver sustained value to our shareholders and to patients in Asia and worldwide."
Gilead will have the opportunity to recruit Everest employees working directly on the Trodelvy program.
Goldman Sachs served as financial advisor to Everest Medicines while Ropes & Gray LLP served as legal counsel to the Company.
Conference Call Information
A live conference call will be hosted on August 16, 2022 at 8:30 AM Beijing Time (August 15, 2022 at 8:30 PM U.S. Eastern Time).
The live webcast of the conference call will be available at https://www.acecamptech.com/eventDetail/60502830. Participants need to register in advance of the conference call.
Alternatively, participants may dial in to the conference call using below dial-in information:
United States: +1 646 254 3594 English
Mainland China: +86 10 5808 4166 English
+86 10 5808 4199 Chinese
Hong Kong: +852 3005 1313 English
+852 3005 1355 Chinese
United Kingdom: +44 20 7660 0166 English
International: +1 866 636 3243 English
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A replay will be available shortly after the call and can be accessed by visiting the Company's website at http://www.everestmedicines.com.
About Trodelvy® (Sacituzumab Govitecan)
Trodelvy is a first-in-class Trop-2 directed antibody-drug conjugate. Trop-2 is a cell surface antigen highly expressed in multiple tumor types, including in more than 90% of breast and bladder cancers. Trodelvy is intentionally designed with a proprietary hydrolyzable linker attached to SN-38, a topoisomerase I inhibitor payload. This unique combination delivers potent activity to both Trop-2 expressing cells and the microenvironment.
Trodelvy is approved in more than 35 countries, with multiple additional regulatory reviews underway worldwide, for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic TNBC who have received two or more prior systemic therapies, at least one of them for metastatic disease. Trodelvy is also approved in the U.S. under the accelerated approval pathway for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer (UC) who have previously received a platinum-containing chemotherapy and either programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1) or programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibitor.
Under Everest's licensing agreement with Immunomedics, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gilead Sciences, Inc., Everest Medicines has exclusive rights to develop, register, and commercialize Trodelvy for all cancer indications in Greater China, South Korea, and certain Southeast Asian countries. In October 2020, Trodelvy was included in the updated 2020 China Guidelines for the Standardized Diagnosis and Treatment of Advanced Breast Cancer and was also included in the updated 2022 Guidelines for Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment of the Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology in April.
*The TRODELVY trademark is used under license from Gilead Sciences, Inc.
About Everest Medicines
Everest Medicines is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing transformative pharmaceutical products that address critical unmet medical needs for patients in Asian markets. The management team of Everest Medicines has deep expertise and an extensive track record of high-quality clinical development, regulatory affairs, CMC, business development and operations both in China and with leading global pharmaceutical companies. Everest Medicines has built a portfolio of eleven potentially global first-in-class or best-in-class molecules, many of which are in late-stage clinical development. The Company's therapeutic areas of interest include oncology, autoimmune disorders, cardio-renal diseases and infectious diseases. For more information, please visit its website at www.everestmedicines.com.
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Election conspiracies frame contests for secretary of state
Among the myriad offices gaining attention on the ballot Tuesday, the normally obscure post of secretary of state stands out.
In most states, that position is the top election official who oversees the state’s voting system. In some of the nation’s pivotal swing states, Republicans have nominated candidates for that office who supported overturning the 2020 presidential election to keep Donald Trump in the White House.
All told, half of the 22 Republicans running for secretary of state positions that oversee elections have repeated Trump’s election lies, and seven of them supported his attempts to overturn the will of the people and remain in power in 2020.
“If they win, we’re going to have someone who’s run on a platform of election denial, saying, ‘Actually, elections are only legitimate when my candidate wins,’” said David Becker, executive director of The Center for Election Innovation & Research and co-author of “The Big Truth,” a book warning of the dangers of Trump’s election lies.
In Arizona, state Rep, Mark Finchem, who attended Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021, rally that preceded the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol, is running for secretary of state after saying he wouldn’t have certified Democrat Joe Biden’s 2020 win in that state. The GOP nominee in Nevada, Jim Marchant, made the same promise. In New Mexico, Republican secretary of state challenger Audrey Trujillo cheered on a failed appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2020 to overturn Biden’s win.
And in perennial swing state Michigan, Republican Kristina Karamo insists Biden didn’t actually win her state, even though he did — by more than 154,000 votes.
The candidacies from election conspiracists have triggered an avalanche of spending in the contests, predominantly by Democrats and their allies. They have bombarded the races with millions of dollars in ads pleading for voters to think carefully before entrusting such candidates with the job of running elections.
There are a bevy of other election conspiracy theorists almost guaranteed to win in less competitive states Tuesday night. In Wyoming, state Rep. Chuck Gray is running unopposed. After he won the GOP primary, the state’s election director resigned and the GOP-controlled state legislature mulled taking election administration away from the office but balked. In Alabama, state Rep. Wes Allen, the GOP nominee in the solidly conservative state, backed a lawsuit to overturn Biden’s win that was thrown out by the U.S. Supreme Court.
In some states, the secretary of state doesn’t oversee elections. In others, like Pennsylvania, the governor appoints the secretary of state to oversee voting. There, Republican nominee Doug Mastriano arranged for buses to transport people to Trump’s Jan. 6 rally and has promised to appoint someone who will wipe clean the state’s voter rolls, forcing the state’s roughly 8.8 million voters to re-register.
In Wisconsin, the state’s bipartisan elections commissions oversees elections, but some Republicans want to change that. The state’s Democratic governor, Tony Evers, has blocked bills from the GOP-controlled legislature trying to wrest control of voting away from the commission. Evers is facing Republican Tim Michels, a businessman backed by Trump who has his own plan for making the commission friendlier to Republicans.
Many Republican incumbents, in contrast, rebuffed Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election and won primaries against those who questioned that contest. The most prominent example is in Georgia, where Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger rejected Trump’s private entreaties to “find” enough votes to declare him winner of the state Biden actually won.
Raffensperger’s refusal infuriated Trump, who recruited a primary challenger who lost badly in the May primary. Raffensperger now faces Democratic state Sen. Bee Nguyen on Tuesday.
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Ford last week posted a teaser video to social media showing a Mustang-based drag racer due for a reveal on April 13.
A sticker on the rear reveals it as a Mustang Super Cobra Jet 1800, and the sound the vehicle makes points to its powertrain being electric. Ford also included the tag “upgraded” alongside the video in the social media posts.
The clues point to a more potent successor to the Mustang Cobra Jet 1400 unveiled in 2020. That car was a one-off prototype to explore the potential for electric powertrains in the world of drag racing. It developed a peak 1,502 hp at the wheels, or enough to rocket the car down the quarter-mile in 8.27 seconds at 168 mph.
Ford has since launched a redesigned Mustang, and it looks like the new car is getting an electric drag racer of its own. Considering Ford is calling the new drag racer the Mustang Super Cobra Jet 1800, the car will likely have 1,800 hp or more.
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Ford is working with NHRA organizers to identify ways to introduce electrification to professional drag racing. Given the performance already demonstrated by the previous Mustang Cobra Jet 1400, it seems like only a matter of time.
Ford isn’t the only automaker exploring electric dragsters. In 2019, Chevrolet’s eCOPO Camaro approached nines in its runs and its performance potential was never truly tapped. Let the electric drag wars begin.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — For the United Nations’ new climate chief, the fight is personal.
As a former engineer who says he knows “how to make things work and get things done,” it wasn’t just what Simon Stiell did before he became a top U.N. official, it was where.
Stiell was the environment and climate resilience minister on the small island nation of Grenada until he started his job as the executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change a few weeks ago. It’s now his job to make sure the world cuts about half emissions of heat-trapping gases — which are helping trigger unprecedented frequent weather disasters — in just eight years, or as he puts it, two World Cups or two Olympics away.
“Living half my life in a climate-vulnerable nation gives me a deep appreciation,” Stiell, 53, said in an interview with The Associated Press. “I’ve lived through two hurricanes ( Ivan in 2004 and Emily in 2005). I’ve seen my country flattened through hurricanes. I’ve seen sea level rise around my ankles. … And I’ve also been in government finding solutions and responsible as the lead policymaker in how we build a more resilient nation with the limited resources that we have.”
And Grenada, which had losses that doubled its annual gross domestic product, is far from alone. In Pakistan, for example, a third of the country is under water.
“Billions of dollars in damages, lives lost, millions displaced. How do they recover from that?” Stiell asked from the 10th floor of the U.N. headquarters, overlooking the East River. Rich polluting countries will have to pay to help poorer countries that are climate victims, like his, he said.
Polluters paying for what their emissions have done is just as important as cutting what comes out of smokestacks and tailpipes, Stiell said. High-emitting countries reimbursing poorer, vulnerable nations — called “loss and damage” in the world of climate negotiations — is now so important it is one of four pillars of the fight against climate change. The others are cutting emissions, adapting to a warmer and wilder world, and rich nations financially aiding poor nations to develop green energy and adapt.
“Loss and damage has to be addressed,” Stiell said. “It’s a very difficult conversation, but it’s a conversation that has to be had. Positions have softened over the years from nonacceptance and refusal to discuss this to a point now where these are agenda items in the negotiations. So that is a step forward.”
Rich nations pledged several years ago to spend $100 billion a year in aid to poor nations to help them adapt to climate change and develop cleaner energy systems, though not as compensation for damage. Even those pledges, however, especially from the United States, have not been fulfilled. Stiell hopes they are getting close.
Coming from a country hit hard by climate gives him “a deep understanding,” but Stiell says his new job means “I also have to factor in the positions of some of those richer nations” and bring everyone together.
Poorer countries see an ally.
“It’s a huge job, and it’s good to see someone from a climate vulnerable country taking the helm. As someone from Grenada, he doesn’t need reminding what is at stake,” said Mohamed Adow of think tank Power Shift Africa. “For too long the perspectives of the global north have held sway at the climate talks and led to foot dragging and inaction. We’re starting to see this change, but it really needs to be accelerated.”
Since 2015, small island nations with little economic and political power have been using their moral authority to get big concessions from the rest of the world, said longtime climate negotiations analyst Alden Meyer of the think tank E3G.
In Paris for the 2015 agreement, small island nations forced the rest of the world to agree to a stricter temperature goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times and a mechanism that requires nations to increase their emission cut targets every five years, Meyer said.
“They have clear moral authority and are showing they can build pressure on the bigger players,” Meyer said.
Stiell is living out of a hotel in Germany, where the U.N. climate agency is based, until international climate negotiations in Egypt in November. He isn’t as focused on wins from the upcoming climate talks as he is about something longer term. He said he’s aiming at 2030 and the need for dramatic pollution cuts to keep temperatures from passing the 1.5 degree goal — something that’s looking less likely because it is only a few tenths of a degree away and approaching fast. The world has already warmed 1.1 degrees Celsius (2 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times.
“We tend to look at incremental progress. And incremental progress isn’t going to provide us with the transformational shifts that we need,” Stiell said.
Taking that 2030 goal and “working backwards will actually increase the pressure,” Stiell said. “So it is not to say let us kick the can down the road. It’s the complete opposite. It’s bringing the can forward right at our feet. … We’re close to running out of time.”
Because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the energy crisis it triggered, countries have stepped backwards on their commitments to phase out coal, Stiell said. “But hopefully it is a temporary regression, and those countries are going to accelerate as the crisis diminishes, which it will.”
The United States, the second biggest carbon polluter, took “a major step forward” and is sending a signal to the rest of the world with the Inflation Reduction Act that President Joe Biden signed this summer. China, the top carbon emitting nation, is also doing more, Stiell said.
“Is it as far as they need to go? Is it as fast as it needs to go? No. But this requires collective effort,” Stiell said.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres regularly ratchets up the rhetoric. This week, he has called on nations to institute a windfall profits tax o n fossil fuel companies that could then be used to help compensate climate-change victims and people facing high energy and food prices.
Stiell said Guterres’ role is that of a “truth-teller” in carrot-and-stick negotiations with countries, while his new job is that of an arbiter “bringing parties together.”
“It’s hard. It’s frustrating,” Stiell said. “But ultimately the critical focus is achieving that goal of limiting global temperatures to 1.5 degrees. And that requires extraordinary action.”
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NEW YORK, June 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of GDS Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: GDS) between April 12, 2021 and April 3, 2023, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important August 21, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline in the securities class action commenced by the Firm.
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Dallas weather: North Texas could see record-high temperatures this week
This summer in Dallas-Fort Worth has been scalding, and this week some heat records could be tied or even broken.
Temperatures at DFW Airport are expected to reach 106 on Monday, which would tie an all-time high.
At midnight, temperatures will likely still be above 90 degrees!
READ MORE: High school football players practice early to beat the heat
Tuesday will be more of the same for heat.
Things are expected to start out warm and muggy on Tuesday morning
The high temperature on Tuesday is predicted to reach 107, which would also tie an all-time high.
An Excessive Heat Warning has been issued by the National Weather Service for Monday and Tuesday and will likely be extended.
There is also a very high fire danger for much of North Texas, especially from the I-35 corridor to the west.
When temperatures are this hot be sure to keep an eye on your pets.
Sidewalks can be dangerous to paws and dog houses can quickly turn into hot boxes.
7-Day Forecast
The rest of the week is not expected to set records, but the start of August will still be very hot.
Highs are expected to hit 108, 107 and 106 degrees on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday respectively.
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Marelli Executive Chairman, Dinesh Paliwal led inauguration ceremony
BANGALORE, India, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marelli inaugurated its new Technical R&D Center in Bangalore, Southern India, further boosting the company's innovation capability, particularly in software engineering.
When fully operational, the new technical R&D center, together with the company's established engineering center in Gurugram (Delhi area), will increase Marelli India's R&D capability boosting its research team to more than 1,600 members. In particular, the Bangalore center is expected to employ around 600 engineers in 2 years' time.
The main activities of the Bangalore center will be focused on major technology areas of Marelli such as electronics, automotive lighting and both internal combustion powertrain and electric powertrain. In particular, it will develop solutions for:
- Software for Cockpit DCU (Domain Control Units), Digital Clusters, Powertrain, and Electric Powertrain products;
- System validation for Electronic Systems, Powertrain and Electric Powertrain products and Automotive Lighting in the future, including sensing technologies;
- Mechanical Design Simulations for Electronics and moving forward for Automotive Lighting products.
The official opening was held at the presence of Dinesh Paliwal, Executive Chairman of Marelli, Ravi Tallapragada, President of Marelli India and the Electronic Systems Division of Marelli, and members of Marelli India leadership team, with ribbon cutting, a traditional Indian oil lamps lighting ceremony and further activities to welcome employees into the new facility.
"I am absolutely delighted to celebrate this major new strategic step for Marelli. India is one the most important R&D and innovation hubs in the world, and we are very excited about the deep talent pool here." said Dinesh Paliwal, Executive Chairman, Marelli. "Marelli is not investing in India for cost arbitrage – those days are long gone - we are investing for the combination of brain arbitrage, humility, hunger, innovation and speed that India uniquely offers. Our mission in India is to help our customers differentiate their vehicles of the future based on vehicle performance and vehicle personality, leveraging technologies for which India will play a crucial role."
"As a partner to our customers in co-creating the future of mobility, our focus is on developing breakthrough technologies responding to the evolving needs of OEMs and end users. That's why further expanding Marelli's R&D capabilities is key to our success" said David Slump, President and CEO, Marelli. "Together with our strong and competent team in Gurugram, the new Technical R&D center in Bangalore will be strategically important to boost technology evolution in crucial fields such as new vehicle architectures, software-defined vehicles and innovative cloud-based solutions."
"With software becoming a key element in enabling the vehicle of the future and a crucial differentiator in the automotive market, it will be critically important for Marelli to boost our capabilities in this technological field, to develop highly competitive and attractive products" said Ravi Tallapragada, President of Marelli India and Electronic Systems division of Marelli. "The know-how offered by our two Indian R&D centers will make a decisive contribution in achieving this, complementing the work of our other R&D centers globally."
The new facility is located in the Embassy Manyata Tech Park of Bangalore, a city which is recognized as a major engineering and software hub at global level, thus offering Marelli the opportunity to leverage a wide talent pool in crucial technical domains of core competencies.
The Bangalore center, along with the well-established engineering center in Gurugram, will work in close collaboration with all the existing Marelli innovation centers in Japan, Italy, China, Germany, United States and the other Countries where the company is present, to accelerate the evolution of products and solutions on a technological and competitiveness perspective, for the Indian and global market.
Marelli has a significant presence in India: with this new opening, now the company's Indian footprint includes 14 production sites and 2 R&D centers in 7 cities. As a huge, fast-growing market and a recognized technology hub globally, India is core to Marelli strategy and technology evolution, offering deep technical know-how, strong focus on innovation and great speed of execution. Leveraging well-established partnerships, strong customers relations and an advanced technological offer, with leading market position in the AMT business and relevant developments in other crucial domains, Marelli is uniquely positioned to capture the opportunities offered by the Indian market and foster the company's future growth.
About Marelli
Marelli is one of the world's leading global independent suppliers to the automotive sector. With a strong and established track record in innovation and manufacturing excellence, our mission is to transform the future of mobility through working with customers and partners to create a safer, greener, and better-connected world. With around 54,000 employees worldwide, the Marelli footprint includes 170 facilities and R&D centres across Asia, the Americas, Europe, and Africa, generating revenues of 1,380 billion JPY (10.6 billion EUR) in 2021.
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EL PRAT DE LLOBREGAT, Spain (AP) — Where once the population of Barcelona drank mostly from its rivers and wells, Spain’s second city now relies upon a labyrinth-like mesh of green, blue and purple pipes inside an industrial plant to keep it from going thirsty amid a prolonged drought.
Water is pumped from two kilometers (1.2 miles) into the Mediterranean Sea to where the Llobregat desalination plant sits on an isolated stretch of beach. After journeying through several cleaning and filtering systems it reaches its final stop: the twisting and turning multi-colored channels that squeeze every drop of water free of its salt.
Barely used after being built in 2009, Europe’s largest desalination plant for drinking water is running at full throttle to help the greater Barcelona area and some five million people adapt to the impact of climate change, which has contributed to the drying up of southern Europe’s fresh water reserves through heat waves and drought.
In April 2021, before the drought, rivers provided 63% of Barcelona’s drinking water, wells provided 34% and desalination just 3%. Two years later desalination makes up 33% of Barcelona’s drinking water, while wells provide 23% and its shrinking rivers just 19%, according to Barcelona’s municipal water company.
With the reservoirs fed by Catalonia’s northern river basins at just 25% capacity, limits have been placed on the amount of water available for agriculture, industry and some municipal uses. But authorities have not had to take drastic action like during the 2006-2008 drought when tanker vessels shipped in drinking water.
“We knew that sooner or later a drought would come,” Carlos Miguel, plant manager, told The Associated Press during a recent visit to the Llobregat plant.
“As long as the drought continues the plant will keep running. That is clear.”
While the building of the Llobregat plant is the result of authorities heeding warnings from climate experts and planning ahead, it comes at high economic and environmental costs.
In the desalination process at the Llobregat plant, for every 0.45 liters of fresh water, around 0.55 liters of extremely salty brine is produced as waste. The reverse osmosis process, where high pressure forces seawater through membranes which separates the salt, also requires a lot of energy that doesn’t yet come entirely from renewable energy sources.
The Mediterranean region is heating up at a faster rate than many other areas of the globe, leading to a record-hot 2022 in Spain and a widespread drought that is hurting agriculture. The lack of water is particularly acute in northeast Catalonia, whose water agency forecasts that its water resources will shrink by 18% before 2050.
Water authorities predict that the Barcelona area is heading for an official “drought emergency”, which will imply tighter restrictions, by September.
“We forecast that for the rest of May rainfall will be above average, but that does not make up for 32 months of drought,” Samuel Reyes, head of the Catalan Water Agency, said recently.
Desalination has formed a key part of Spain’s water policy for over half a century. The island of Lanzarote in Spain’s Canary Islands archipelago installed Europe’s first desalination plant back in 1964, and the industry has kept growing in the southern European country prone to long, dry summers. The development and spread of the reverse osmosis technique in the 1980s and 90s, along with reduced costs, led to its buildout across many areas of mainland Spain.
Spain is now fourth in the world for its desalination capacity, about 5% of the global total, behind Saudi Arabia, the United States and the United Arab Emirates, according to the Spanish Association of Desalination and Water Re-utilization. Desalination capacity has steadily gone up worldwide in the past decade, with the technology seeing a bigger uptick in Europe and Africa.
Spain has some 800 desalination plants that can produce 5 million cubic liters a day of water for drinking, agriculture, and industry. If that were dedicated solely for human consumption, it would quench the thirst of 34 million people — over 70% of Spain’s population.
As part of a 2.2-billion euro ($2.4-billion) drought response package, Spain’s national government said this week that it was setting aside 220 million euros ($238 million) to expand another desalination plant north of Barcelona, plus another 200 million euros ($216 million) for a plant on Spain’s southern coast. It also pledged to spend 224 million euros ($242 million) on improving water purification systems in southern Spain.
This small miracle of scientific innovation, however, includes even more costs.
According to the public company that runs the Llobregat plant, a thousand liters of desalinated water costs 0.70 euros to produce, compared to 0.20 euros for the same quantity of water pulled from the Llobregat river and purified for drinking. That means a heavier tax burden and, possibly, higher water bills.
Xavier Sánchez-Vila, professor of civil engineering and groundwater expert for the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, said that while desalination plants like the one in Barcelona have provided a lifeline in a time of crisis, authorities should continue to diversify their strategies and focus on improving water purification and reuse.
“Of course, with climate change we know that droughts are going to be more frequent and therefore there is this need (for desalination),” he said. “But in economic terms, I am not completely sure whether it makes sense to keep building them. A few more maybe, but knowing that these are a really expensive solution.”
Instead, Sánchez-Vila applauds the boost in Barcelona’s use of treated sewage water in a separate treatment plant sitting next to the Llobregat desalination facility. This treated water that is reintroduced upstream and then available to be pulled back into the city’s supply now accounts for 25% of Barcelona’s water.
The more pressing problem for the planet is the energy-intensive processes involved in desalination.
Spain generated 42% of its electricity from renewable energy sources in 2022 and it hopes to reach 50% this year, but it still uses large amounts of planet-warming natural gas. The electricity generated by the solar panels on the Llobregat plant goes into the electrical grid, not directly to the site’s operations.
Julio Barea, water expert for Greenpeace in Spain, insists that desalination is not a panacea.
Barea cited the steady increase of water use in Spain over past decades to support two of the country’s economic pillars: agriculture and tourism. Some 80% of Spain’s water goes to agriculture, Greenpeace calculates, while coastal areas including Barcelona are huge tourist magnets, many offering hotels with swimming pools that need filling. Soon-to-be implemented water restrictions in Catalonia will prohibit the filling of private pools, while hotels will still be able to fill theirs.
And then there is the impact of dumping the brine waste product into the sea, where its super salty load can hurt the ecosystem.
“(Authorities) have to provide drinking water for people, but desalination plants have an impact because they are essentially water factories that need a lot of energy,“ Barea said. “It should be a last resource, and we should ask ourselves how we have gotten into this situation.”
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say an overnight standoff with an armed man barricaded in a Philadelphia home ended when he was shot and wounded by officers who had been fired upon and struck by bullets in their protective vests.
First Deputy Commissioner John Stanford told WPVI-TV that officers were called to the Germantown home at about 4 p.m. Saturday after a report of an armed man and were given access to the property by a relative but were fired upon by the man.
Officials say the barricade situation lasted overnight into Sunday, and SWAT negotiators tried to talk with the man but at some point they lost communication with him. Stanford said they were concerned about the man’s safety and went inside Sunday morning and found him on the third floor when he opened fire.
Stanford said two officers were hit but “luckily in their vest area and so they were saved by their vest.” They returned fire, striking the man and he was transported to the hospital, he said. WPVI-TV reported that the two SWAT officers were treated at Temple University Hospital and later released.
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Maine is slated to see $280 million more in state revenue than previously expected, a state panel said in a Tuesday forecast that will determine the size of a heating aid bill being crafted by Gov. Janet Mills and key lawmakers.
It continues a good fiscal run for the Democratic governor, who has benefited from a raft of federal COVID-19 aid that helped states stave off trouble in the early pandemic. It allowed Mills and the Legislature to pass a $1.2 billion spending bill atop the regular budget that included $850 relief checks sent over the summer to most Mainers.
That response to high costs and inflation could be a model for a heating fuel relief program that Mills is expected to unveil soon. Her office has promised direct aid for low-income and middle-class families struggling with near-record prices for heating oil, but Mills and lawmakers were waiting for Tuesday’s forecast before digging in on specifics.
Most of the new revenue will come from increases in income taxes, with the state Revenue Forecasting Committee saying 14 percent more than last projected had come in through October. Also prominent was corporate taxes at 17 percent over, sales and use taxes at 2 percent and the estate tax at 167 percent over.
In a statement, Mills said she will release a plan this week to provide aid “particularly for middle-class and low-income Maine people” to help them remain safe in their homes over the winter.
“Looking forward, we will continue to budget in a responsible and prudent manner as we address Maine’s most pressing needs,” she said.
While he had not dived into the figures on Tuesday afternoon, Rep. Sawin Millett, R-Waterford, a key budget committee member, said the surplus would allow for a large, direct appropriation for lower and middle-income Mainers.
The increase “makes me very optimistic that we can, in a bipartisan manner, agree to a significant commitment to help people get through the energy costs they are now facing,” he said.
Maine’s rosy budget picture comes amid fears of a national recession, with one Bloomberg model calling one a certainty in the next year. The surplus is expected to be smaller than the revision that led Mills to increase her last relief check proposal from $500 to $850. Those checks went to single tax filers making less than $100,000 and families below $200,000.
The currently projected surplus is less than half of what that program cost, making it likely that the next relief round will be less sweeping than the last one. Policymakers could shrink the size by tightening up income limits, something Mills and others have teased so far.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — After a mystifying five-game skid that included a 26-inning scoreless streak, the new-look San Diego Padres finally played the way they're supposed to after last week's blockbuster trade that brought Juan Soto to town.
Manny Machado hit a game-ending, three-run homer and Soto connected for his first long ball with the Padres, who overcame a blown save by Josh Hader to beat the San Francisco Giants 7-4 on Tuesday night.
Machado capped the night in dramatic fashion with his one-out shot off Tyler Rogers (2-4), a half-inning after Hader allowed three runs to let the Giants tie it.
“We were looking for something to ignite our offense and our big boys got some big hits tonight," San Diego manager Bob Melvin said. “Certainly no more than Manny, who’s got a flair for the dramatic. We all know that. It was a good one to put away after looking like we had it in the ninth."
The Padres started their winning rally when Jurickson Profar hit a one-out single off Rogers and Soto reached on catcher's interference. Machado then drove his 20th homer to left field and was welcomed by a wild celebration at home plate.
“We definitely broke that ice today offensively, defensively,” Machado said. “Our staff as well. You know, we had a little hiccup in the ninth, but overall I think it was a good, productive day for us.”
The Padres, whose offense looked miserable in two straight shutouts, had been 1-5 since acquiring Soto and Josh Bell from Washington. They hadn’t scored since the fourth inning Saturday at Dodger Stadium.
Hader blew the save in his first opportunity with the Padres, allowing three runs as the Giants tied it at 4 in the ninth. He walked in two and allowed Evan Longoria's tying sacrifice fly.
Profar, the left fielder, made a nice diving catch on Longoria's fly ball to save multiple runs. Hader faced seven batters and got just two outs on 37 pitches before making way for Tim Hill (3-0), who struck out Joc Pederson.
Hader was trying for his major league-leading 30th save. The All-Star lefty was acquired from Milwaukee on Aug. 1, a day before the Padres landed Soto and Bell in that huge deal with the Nationals.
“You pick up your teammates,” Melvin said. "Hader’s going to close plenty of games for us. Some things are kind of meant to be. We come back and pick him up. That’s what good teammates do.”
Soto led off the fourth with a homer deep into the seats in right to tie the game at 1 and end San Diego's scoreless streak. He watched the ball sail out of the yard and threw his bat down while starting his trot. It was his 22nd this season.
“It was very exciting, a moment like that just to get the team going,” Soto said. “It was real special for me.”
It was also special that he did it at Petco Park, where fans have welcomed Soto as the jolt the Padres need with an eye toward October.
"Incredible. I love the energy they bring every day, so why not do it here?” Soto said.
Brandon Drury, obtained from Cincinnati last Tuesday, was robbed of a home run on a leaping catch by center fielder Mike Yastrzemski to end the inning.
When the heart of the order came up in the sixth, Soto hit a leadoff double into the right field corner, advanced on Machado’s single to left and scored the go-ahead run on Bell’s single to center. Jake Cronenworth added a sacrifice fly.
Bell doubled and scored on Kim Ha-seong's ground-rule double in the eighth for a 4-1 lead.
Right-hander Joe Musgrove held the Giants to one run and six hits in seven innings while striking out four and walking none.
Musgrove allowed LaMonte Wade Jr.'s solo homer with two outs in the first, his fifth.
Giants starter Alex Cobb allowed three runs and six hits in five-plus innings, struck out seven and walked two.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Padres: SS Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a double, triple and walked twice in the third game of his rehab assignment with Double-A San Antonio. He had been scheduled to play CF but played SS because of slick outfield grass. The Padres anticipate the rehab assignment to last 7-10 days. He had his fractured left wrist surgically repaired in mid-March. ... C Jorge Alfaro should be able to avoid the injured list with the sore right knee that forced him out of Monday night's game, Melvin said.
UP NEXT
Giants RHP Jakob Junis (4-3, 3.05 ERA) and Padres LHP Sean Manaea (6-6, 4.74) are scheduled to start the series finale Wednesday afternoon.
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There are all kinds of really delightful indicators that a bright, hot Texas summer has arrived: Patio burgers and first swims. Sunsets so late you feel like you’ve gotten away with something. The stars that fly among us.
Fireflies, I mean, or (if you’re wrong) lightning bugs. The light-emitting beetles have been known to captivate Texans as early as April and, depending on weather and rainfall, as late as October. The soothing sight of the little critters, bobbing and glowing through tall grass, often feels as reliable as the changing of the seasons. But some Texans have noticed that this June has seemed dimmer. Right?
Well, maybe not for everyone. Although we might think of and speak about fireflies as though they’re one large conglomerate, there are more than forty different species in Texas alone—and those are just the ones we know about. Ross Winton, an invertebrate biologist with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department who serves as the organization’s point person for anything without a backbone “except for mussels and crawfish,” doesn’t think it sounds all that unlikely that you yourself could stumble upon a previously unknown variant in your own yard. “When you look at the map of where fireflies appear, there are so many holes and so many unique habitats within those holes. People think you have to go to the upper Amazon or Southeast Asia to find new species, but you can find them in your own backyard,” Winton says. He says this sort of discovery is a fairly regular occurrence with invertebrates, of which there are upward of 80,000 known species just in Texas.
All of that to say, a lot of what determines how twinkly this summer’s looking depends on the health of whichever specific species or population is closest to you. If the kind of firefly that calls your favorite viewing spot home has recently faced any of the most common threats—such as habitat loss or fragmentation by way of development, an increase in light pollution or pesticide use, and extreme weather swings caused by global warming—things might be looking notably dimmer for you this year, too. On the brighter side (wink), this spring’s copious rainfall could lead to a showy firefly season for species that have managed to avoid conventional threats.
If it sounds like there are a lot of unknowns when it comes to where Texas’s firefly population stands across the board, you’re doing a great job of reading this story. “Fireflies have been declining broadly. But across all the species, we really don’t have a grasp to what degree,” Winton says. “Most invertebrates end up in a category that we call ‘data deficient,’ where there’s just not enough data for us to know what’s happening with their population. That’s true for the majority of fireflies in the United States.”
In 2021, the Xerces Society, a nonprofit that works to preserve invertebrate species, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List teamed up to take a sort of firefly census. As painfully adorable as it sounds, the census yielded some discouraging results. The organizations found that 14 percent of all species studied were categorized as threatened, and warned that the number could be misleading and the reality much more dire due to data deficits.
There are a number of reasons researchers are so hard up for invertebrate data. The most obvious is the sheer quantity of species—a plenitude Winton calls “overwhelmingly diverse.” Another reason is general interest. Winton says, for instance, that casual and research-level bird watchers comprise a highly interested, active scientific community. Accordingly, the health and standing of bird species is often thoroughly researched and documented. That same level of interest and “search effort” is harder to achieve for bugs—though, among their insect brethren, fireflies are often regarded by researchers like Winton as one of the more charismatic invertebrates in the state.
“It’s the bioluminescence,” Winton says. “It’s so intriguing. Seeing something glowing on the landscape that is not man-made is not common, so going back hundreds of years there’s references to fireflies.” He estimates there are about a half-dozen firefly researchers in Texas, two of whom will join him this August in West Texas’s Davis Mountains for a pulse check on one of two species in the state that were categorized as threatened in the Xerces Society’s census. “It’s like triage in the ER,” Winton says of the process to label a species as threatened. “We go through this internal prioritization process and ask ‘Which one should we address first?’”
Winton and his fellow researchers will explore the habitat of sky island fireflies, which are currently considered vulnerable by the IUCN. The sky island habitat in the Davis Mountains is threatened by nearby oil and gas extraction development and by drought—something the area has experienced particularly severely in recent years. There’s a chance that, after digging in further, researchers may recommend that the threatened status be removed completely; conversely, they might conclude that the threat is more imminent than was previously thought and the species should be categorized as endangered.
With so many species of fireflies likely facing active and growing threats, and the world of Texas fireflies so vast and still uncharted, the future of nature’s arguably most beloved “fly” (they’re beetles) feels uncertain. But Winton stresses the importance and impact of the microhabitats Texans can host and foster in our own yards and neighborhoods. Plus, you can help contribute data to fill knowledge gaps.
“If you see fireflies or you know an area in your community where fireflies frequent, sharing that on platforms like iNaturalist or the Firefly Atlas is going to be really helpful,” Winton says. “Take a video and share it, if you can.”
How to Lend a Firefly a Hand
Keep things dark. Avoid using bright outdoor lights after dusk, and if you do need outdoor lighting, be mindful of the colors you opt for and keep them facing downward and toward your house. (This is good advice for keeping skies dark for stargazing, too.)
Avoid pesticide use. Even if you’re using a pesticide that claims to target a certain pest, it will likely have a broader effect on a wide range of species, including fireflies.
Let your yard grow. Fostering an environment where pollinators can prosper will similarly benefit fireflies. Plant native species, mow your lawn infrequently (many firefly species prefer tall grasses), and allow for mixed vegetation.
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PITTSBURGH, Jan. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- "I could not get my children to focus long enough to eat their food at mealtime," said an inventor from Delaware, Ohio. "I knew that I had to come up with a fun and engaging way to get them to eat, which inspired me to develop this playful spoon."
She developed the SILLY SPOON to feature that fun and engaging design. It draws the attention of the child, allowing them to focus on their meal with less distraction. This helps during meals when busy parents are trying to stay on schedule, yet still making sure their child is eating. Knowing that a child is eating a full meal provides added peace of mind to parents and caregivers.
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Women’s clothing store coming soon to Ammon
AMMON, Idaho (KIFI) – Women’s clothing store ROOLEE will be opening a location in Ammon. The new store will be located in the Sandcreek Commons shopping center between Blaze Pizza and
Costa Vita.
ROOLEE was first established in Logan, Utah in 2013. Since then, ROOLEE has grown into a wellknown women's clothing brand that inspires self-love and genuine sisterhood.
“We have chosen Ammon for our next retail location because we believe our brand resonates with the locals in the Idaho Falls area. Our business is built around family, and we truly hope you feel like family when you shop with us," Kylee Champlin said.
ROOLEE’s grand opening will be held on Nov. 11, 2022. The first 50 people in line will receive a goodie bag filled with local deals and items from the store. ROOLEE also announces they will be starting Black Friday sales early at the Ammon store with 40% off store-wide (some exclusions apply) starting opening day. | https://localnews8.com/life/growing-east-idaho/2022/10/28/womens-clothing-store-coming-soon-to-ammon/ | 2022-10-28 17:23:53 | 0 | https://localnews8.com/life/growing-east-idaho/2022/10/28/womens-clothing-store-coming-soon-to-ammon/ |
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s conservative opposition Popular Party made significant gains in Sunday’s local and regional elections, offering a dire assessment of public feeling towards the ruling left-wing coalition ahead of general elections in December.
In the local vote, the Popular Party, or PP, won 31.5% of votes compared with 28.2% for the Spanish Socialist Workers Party, or PSOE, which leads the central government, with more than 97% of votes counted, according to results published by the Interior Ministry. This was a 1.2 percentage point decrease for PSOE on 2019, but almost a 9 point increase for the PP, which benefited from the collapse of the centrist Citizens party.
The PP also dominated several regions previously won by PSOE including Valencia, Aragon and La Rioja. Spain’s regional governments have enormous power and budgetary discretion over education, health, housing and policing.
The party also swung important cities including Valencia and Seville from the Socialists, and achieved an absolute majority for the mayor of the capital, Madrid.
The far-right Vox movement more than doubled their share of local councilors to 7.2%, meaning they will have significant influence on policy in cities where the PP will need their votes.
More than 35 million people were eligible to vote in the local elections. Turnout was 63.9%, slightly down on 2019 on a day of torrential rains for some parts of the country. | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/ap-spain-swings-right-in-local-and-regional-elections/ | 2023-05-28 23:38:58 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/ap-spain-swings-right-in-local-and-regional-elections/ |
Indigenous communities in Taiwan celebrate summer with the harvest festival By Emily Feng Published July 29, 2023 at 7:05 AM CDT Facebook LinkedIn Pinterest Email Print A visit to a harvest festival in Taiwan, a celebration of summer by the island's indigenous communities. Copyright 2023 NPR | https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-07-29/indigenous-communities-in-taiwan-celebrate-summer-with-the-harvest-festival | 2023-07-29 13:42:53 | 1 | https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-07-29/indigenous-communities-in-taiwan-celebrate-summer-with-the-harvest-festival |
NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Block, Inc. ("Block" or the "Company") (NYSE: SQ) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Block investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between November 4, 2021 and April 4, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
SQ investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) the Company lacked adequate protocols restricting access to customer sensitive information; (2) as a result, a former employee was able to download certain reports of the Company's subsidiary, Cash App Investing, containing full customer names and brokerage account numbers, as well as brokerage portfolio value, brokerage portfolio holdings and/or stock trading activity; (3) as a result, the Company was reasonably likely to suffer significant damage, including reputational harm; (4) and as a result of the foregoing, defendant's positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Block during the relevant time frame, you have until December 12, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will present the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 people, including actor Denzel Washington, gymnast Simone Biles and the late John McCain, the Arizona Republican with whom Biden served in the U.S. Senate.
Biden will also recognize Sandra Lindsay, the New York City nurse who rolled up her sleeve on live television in December 2020 to receive the first COVID-19 vaccine dose that was pumped into an arm in the United States, the White House announced Friday.
Biden’s honors list, which the White House shared first with The Associated Press, includes both living and deceased honorees from the worlds of Hollywood, sports, politics, the military, academia, and civil rights and social justice advocacy.
The Democratic president will present the medals at the White House next week.
Biden himself is a medal recipient. President Barack Obama honored Biden’s public service as a longtime U.S. senator and vice president by awarding him a Presidential Medal of Freedom in January 2017, a week before they left office.
The honorees who’ll receive medals from Biden “have overcome significant obstacles to achieve impressive accomplishments in the arts and sciences, dedicated their lives to advocating for the most vulnerable among us, and acted with bravery to drive change in their communities, and across the world, while blazing trails for generations to come,” the White House said.
The honor is reserved for people who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values or security of the United States, world peace or other significant societal public or private endeavors, the White House said.
Biles is the most decorated U.S. gymnast in history, winning 32 Olympic and World Championship medals. She is an outspoken advocate on issues that are very personal to her, including athletes’ mental health, children in foster care and sexual assault victims.
Lindsay became an advocate for COVID-19 vaccinations after receiving the first dose in the U.S.
McCain, who died of brain cancer in 2018, spent more than five years in captivity in Vietnam while serving in the U.S. Navy. He later represented Arizona in both houses of Congress and was the Republican presidential nominee in 2008. Biden said McCain was a “dear friend” and “a hero.”
Washington is a double Oscar-winning actor, director and producer. He also has a Tony award, two Golden Globes and the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a longtime spokesperson for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
The other 13 medal recipients are:
— Sister Simone Campbell. Campbell is a member of the Sister of Social Service and a former executive director of NETWRK, a Catholic social justice organization. She is an advocate for economic justice, overhauling the U.S. immigration system and health care policy.
— Julieta Garcia. A former president of the University of Texas at Brownsville, Garcia was the first Latina to become a college president, the White House said. She was named one of the nation’s best college presidents by Time magazine.
— Gabrielle Giffords. A former U.S. House member from Arizona, the Democrat founded Giffords, an organization dedicated to ending gun violence. She was shot in the head in January 2011 during a constituent event in Tucson and was gravely wounded.
— Fred Gray. Gray was one of the first Black members of the Alabama Legislature after Reconstruction. He was a prominent civil rights attorney who represented Rosa Parks, the NAACP and Martin Luther King Jr.
— Steve Jobs. Jobs was the co-founder, chief executive and chair of Apple Inc. He died in 2011.
— Father Alexander Karloutsos. Karloutsos is the assistant to Archbishop Demetrios of America. The White House said Karloutsos has counseled several U.S. presidents.
— Khizr Khan. An immigrant from Pakistan, Khan’s Army officer son was killed in Iraq. Khan gained national prominence, and became a target of Donald Trump’s wrath, after speaking at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
— Diane Nash. A founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Nash organized some of the most important 20th century civil rights campaigns and worked with King.
— Megan Rapinoe. The Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women’s World Cup soccer champion captains the OL Reign in the National Women’s Soccer League. She is a prominent advocate for gender pay equality, racial justice and LGBTQI+ rights who has appeared at Biden’s White House.
— Alan Simpson. The retired U.S. senator from Wyoming served with Biden and has been a prominent advocate for campaign finance reform, responsible governance and marriage equality.
— Richard Trumka. Trumka had been president of the 12.5 million-member AFL-CIO for more than a decade at the time of his August 2021 death. He was a past president of the United Mine Workers.
— Wilma Vaught. A brigadier general, Vaught is one of the most decorated women in U.S. military history, breaking gender barriers as she has risen through the ranks. When Vaught retired in 1985, she was one of only seven female generals in the Armed Forces.
— Raúl Yzaguirre. A civil rights advocate, Yzaguirre was president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza for 30 years. He served as U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic under Obama. | https://www.koin.com/news/biden-to-award-medal-of-freedom-to-17-including-biles-mccain-and-giffords/ | 2022-07-01 17:17:24 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/news/biden-to-award-medal-of-freedom-to-17-including-biles-mccain-and-giffords/ |
Former Obama economist Jason Furman rejected any inflation happy talk on Tuesday, emphasizing that a recession was likely and high prices were not going away "anytime soon."
"I think the markets are just ridiculously complacent about the inflation situation right now. I look at tips, I look at swaps, they have break-evens of inflation of around 2%, I just don’t see that. I don’t see how we have inflation much below 3% this year, I don’t see it coming down below that without a decent-sized recession. And nothing in this number gives me comfort," he said.
Furman joined CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Tuesday to discuss January's inflation numbers and the market's reaction. Inflation rose 6.4% in January on an annual basis and came in higher than expected. The Consumer Price Index, a broad measure of the price of gasoline, groceries and rent, rose 0.5% in January.
Furman also added that anyone who was "calm" about inflation was making him nervous.
JANUARY RENTS HAD THE SMALLEST INCREASE SINCE MAY 2021
"So I think this inflation issue is real. I don’t think it’s going away anytime soon and I think anyone who’s overly calm about it is making me nervous," he continued.
CNBC host Becky Quick said the January numbers prompted a situation where "the market looks at it and says ‘no news is good news.’"
Former Treasury official Nada Eissa told Quick that she expected us to be further along.
"I would have expected that we be further along. It is good news that inflation is not going up, but it’s also not really coming down very much and what worries me still is the labor market. We’ve seen no signs at all that the labor market has slowed down we had a very strong jobs report last month and I still worry that we’re not getting a good handle on that," she said.
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President Biden celebrated the January numbers and touted the Inflation Reduction Act while acknowledging that there is still more work to do.
"Inflation in America is continuing to come down, which is good news for families and businesses across the country. Today’s data confirm that annual inflation has fallen for seven straight months. Inflation for food at the grocery store came down again last month," a statement from the president read.
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The president also accused Republicans of wanting to take us in the "opposite direction" in his statement on January's inflation numbers.
"They are threatening to raise costs for seniors by threatening to cut Medicare and Social Security, and other critical programs that American seniors and families count on. And some are threatening to default on the full faith and credit of the U.S., which would raise costs and create economic chaos. I will stand firmly against any effort to make inflation worse and increase costs for families. Today’s data reinforces that we have made historic progress and are on the right track, and now we need to finish the job," he said. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/former-obama-economist-rejects-inflation-happy-talk-not-going-away-anytime-soon/article_6c28578e-e6ad-5ddf-a6ab-4050fa1d7bc9.html | 2023-02-14 18:27:54 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/former-obama-economist-rejects-inflation-happy-talk-not-going-away-anytime-soon/article_6c28578e-e6ad-5ddf-a6ab-4050fa1d7bc9.html |
NORCROSS, Ga. — Two people were charged with the murder of a Norcross man after he was shot to death back in December.
Requel Rayshawn Johnson, 20, and Antonio Montez Payne, 17, were charged with aggravated assault and felony murder, according to a news release from the Gwinnett County Police Department.
The pair is accused of killing Nelson Cisneros, who was found shot at his home at Stanfield Court in Norcross, according to the release. When officers arrived on scene, they found the 22-year-old dead in the doorway of his home.
Law enforcement charged Johnson and Payne Wednesday, Jan. 4. Currently, the two are being held in the Gwinnett Detention Center without bond, according to Gwinnett Police.
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As Pride Month approached last year, Lyons High School students Grace Farrell and Jane Harker wanted to make sure their town’s residents would have a local celebration to be part of.
Over the course of roughly two weeks, the students created a local Pride parade. A band of 40 people joined them in marching down Main Street to Sandstone Park.
“My biggest reason, personally, was to make Lyons a more welcoming ally to the LGBTQ community,” Farrell said.
Thanks to their efforts, a host of partners are joining forces with them this year to create an amplified Lyons Pride that will take place June 18.
Grace and Jane, both 16, will be juniors at Lyons High School next year.
“We don’t have any Pride celebrations in Lyons that are really public and big and celebrated as a community, so this will kind of be a first, and I think people will be excited for that,” Farrell said.
Helping them to put on the event are representatives from Out Boulder County, a nonprofit that provides services and support for LGBTQ+ people; Open and Affirming Sexual Orientation, a youth support group; Wide Spaces Community Initiative, a Lyons Regional Library program that hosts events, classes and groups with the aim of creating an inclusive community, and the town of Lyons.
Jackie Hibbard, a Lyons resident, pastor and volunteer with Wide Spaces Community Initiative, contacted Grace early this year to ask her if the youths would like to collaborate on a Pride celebration. From there, the partnerships grew.
“Jane and I were superopen to the idea,” said Grace, who describes herself as an ally. “We’re excited how … over one year, the event has evolved. We have had so much help from multiple sponsors and organizations and different local people, so we’re superexcited for what’s to come this year.”
Hibbard noted that Wide Spaces Community Initiative has hosted Pride events for the past two years in Lyons but that this is their first time partnering with youths for a festival.
“I love that the youth are ahead of adults and really eager to support their peers and find ways to educate themselves and others on how to be good allies,” Hibbard said. “Part of the mission of Wide Spaces, the main mission, is creating a culture of community and belonging.”
To further create visibility, youths painted the crosswalks along High Street in the colors of the progressive flag. The activity was facilitated by OASAS and the town of Lyons.
Tomi Weinbaum, OASOS program specialist, said having a celebration in a small town such as Lyons is especially important, because there’s a misconception that “LGBTQ+ folks only live in big cities.”
“In small towns, LGBTQ+ people often navigate challenges around inclusivity and lack affirming spaces, services and opportunities,” Weinbaum wrote in an email. “It is essential to create opportunities for visibility, representation, connection and joy for more rural LGBTQ+ folks, especially young people. This Pride celebration is only one piece of that — it is needed every day of the year, in settings from schools to businesses to doctors’ offices.”
Farrell said youths have received some positive feedback from their community.
During an intermission at the kickoff of Lyons’ Sandstone Summer Concert Series on Wednesday in Sandstone Park, Farrell addressed the crowd to tell them about the upcoming Pride celebration.
“The whole entire crowd cheered at that,” Farrell said.
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What: Lyons Pride
When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 18.
Events will include coffee, tea and conversation from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Stone Cup, 442 High St.; a sidewalk Pride Parade at noon starting at Sandstone Park; a rally at the park at 1 p.m.; and a happy hour from 3 to 5 p.m. at MainStage Brewing Company, 450 Main St. | https://www.dailycamera.com/2022/06/11/partners-join-youth-led-lyons-pride-for-amplified-celebration/ | 2022-06-12 07:45:50 | 1 | https://www.dailycamera.com/2022/06/11/partners-join-youth-led-lyons-pride-for-amplified-celebration/ |
HENDERSON, Nev., July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- VolitionRx Limited (NYSE AMERICAN: VNRX) ("Volition"), a multi-national epigenetics company, announced today that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of its common stock. All of the shares of common stock are being offered by Volition. In addition, Volition intends to grant the underwriter in the offering a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the number of shares of common stock offered in the offering at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The final terms of the proposed offering will depend on market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offering.
Newbridge Securities Corporation is acting as the sole book-running manager of the offering.
The securities are being offered by Volition pursuant to a "shelf" registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-259783) previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on September 24, 2021 and declared effective by the SEC on November 8, 2021. The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus supplement and an accompanying base prospectus, as may be further supplemented by any free writing prospectus and/or pricing supplement that the Company may file with the SEC. A preliminary prospectus supplement and an accompanying base prospectus describing the terms of the proposed offering have been filed with the SEC and are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus relating to the offering can also be obtained, when available, from Newbridge Securities Corporation, Attn: Equity Syndicate Department, 1200 North Federal Highway, Suite 400, Boca Raton, FL 33432, by email at syndicate@newbridgesecurities.com, or by telephone at (877) 447-9625. The final terms of the offering will be disclosed in a final prospectus supplement to be filed with the SEC.
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Volition is a multi-national epigenetics company that applies its Nucleosomics™ platform through its subsidiaries to develop simple, easy-to-use, cost-effective blood tests to help diagnose and monitor a range of life-altering diseases, including some cancers and diseases associated with NETosis such as sepsis and COVID-19. Early diagnosis and monitoring have the potential to not only prolong the life of patients but also improve their quality of life. The tests are based on the science of Nucleosomics™, which is the practice of identifying and measuring nucleosomes in the bloodstream or other bodily fluid—an indication that disease is present. Volition is primarily focused on human diagnostics and monitoring, but also has a subsidiary focused on animal diagnostics and monitoring.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Many local crafters and vendors set up shop on Saturday for Small Business Saturday.
The Child Advocacy Center of Sedgwick County hosted the Local and Global Holiday Market.
All items for sale were handmade by either a local women-owned business or from somewhere across the world where workers are paid a fair wage.
“This is a big deal for Wichita because we need to think on purpose with our shopping we are trying to highlight that we can be more intentional about who we impact and where our goods are coming from when we shop during the holidays or any time of year,” said Organizer of Women Empowered Market, Katy Munden.
Nonprofits like the International Rescue Committee were there to share how they are helping the community, plus some Ukrainian refugees were there selling items to help support them in their new lives.
“To help them I need to see that they want to do something to help themselves and If I ask Maria if she would like to do anything to support herself, she said yes I can crochet. I ask Anna what she can do so she made the bars, I asked Nadea and she is not a crafter but she said I will help you set up the table so it makes me so inspired because they are helping themselves also,” said Galyna Golyshevska with IRC.
Over in downtown Wichita, the new holiday market ‘Bringing it Black’ opened its doors.
The shop will be open through the end of December at 600 E. Douglas Ave.
“It is a good opportunity for businesses and organizations to really get the word out and then making sure that in the downtown area you are going to hit a lot of different folks. And so while we are black centered, we also want to ensure that other groups minorities the majority have the opportunity to connect across as you grow your community you grow culture and it turns dollars in our community,” said Danielle Johnson with Bringing it Black.
Black-owned businesses featured you can buy everything from jewelry, clothes, and greeting cards.
“I always wanted to make cards that looked like the people that I knew whether that is African American people or people of other ethnicities I really wanted to focus on cards that you wouldn’t see in stores and communities that weren’t represented because it means so much to get something that looks like you,” said Paris Cunningham with Paris Jane Creates.
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Gambling's place in campus culture portends scandals to come
With the proliferation of legal wagering in the United States the past five years, it wasn't a question of if but when a college sports gambling scandal would become public.
Two have come to light in the past week, the first at Alabama involving its head baseball coach and then an investigation of Iowa and Iowa State athletes participating in online gambling.
“This is probably just the tip of the iceberg,” Keith Whyte, executive director of the National Council on Problem Gambling, said Tuesday. “In surveys, the athletes self-report a high rate of gambling participation and sports betting. It wouldn't surprise us if there's more problems that surface.”
East Carolina assistant professor Michelle L. Malkin, who researches ties between gambling and criminality, said placing sports bets has become a part of college culture, more so since the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 cleared the way for states to legalize sports wagering.
"We can’t think our student-athletes would be acting any different than their friends and peers who are engaged in similar activity that’s been normalized through this mass expansion of legalized gambling,” Malkin said.
NCAA rules prohibit athletes, coaches and staff from betting on sports in which the NCAA conducts a championship. For example, athletes aren't allowed to bet on NFL games even if state laws would legally allow them to do so. It is illegal for a person under 21 to wager on sports in Iowa and most of the other 32 states where legal sportsbooks are now operating.
Still, it's a confusing landscape. Gonzaga basketball star Drew Timme made headlines in 2021 when he signed a NIL deal with a casino in Spokane, Washington.
The most recent NCAA study on college wagering, in 2016, found that 24% of male athletes reported violating NCAA rules within the previous year by wagering on sports for money; 9% reported they had bet on sports at least once a month. About 5% of female athletes reported wagering on sports in the previous year.
The NCAA had planned to conduct a study of athlete gambling habits in 2020, but it was suspended due to the pandemic, spokeswoman Michelle Hosick wrote in an email to The Associated Press.
“Understanding the impact that the gaming industry’s multi-billion dollar ad campaigns may have on student-athletes is a top priority for the NCAA,” she said. Hosick said new NCAA president Charlie Baker has requested a new survey be done as soon as possible.
Whyte and Malkin both said anecdotal evidence suggests the rate of gambling by college athletes is much higher than the one-in-four reported in 2016.
Whyte said it's common for teenage boys to tell him they have apps on their phones for daily fantasy sports games or offshore sportsbook accounts where age verification is easy to get around.
“When they say they’re betting sports, it doesn’t always mean they’re betting with a legal, regulated operator,” Whyte said.
EPIC Risk Management, based in the United Kingdom, began a five-year contract with the NCAA last year to provide what was described as a “customized sports wagering gambling harm prevention program.” The NCAA said more than 10,000 athletes and administrators attended in-person programming last year.
What triggered the investigations at Iowa and Iowa State has not been disclosed.
The Hawkeyes said 26 athletes across five sports are suspected of wagering on sports in violation of NCAA rules and more than 100 people have been linked to the investigation. Iowa State, meanwhile, said that some 15 of its athletes across three sports also are suspected of violating gambling rules.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation is the lead agency, and a spokesperson said no charges have been filed. Brian Ohorilko, director of gaming for the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission, told The Associated Press he knows of no evidence indicating match fixing or suspicious wagering activity on Iowa or Iowa State games.
Last week, Alabama fired its baseball coach, Brad Bohannon, following a report of suspicious bets made at an Ohio casino on a game involving his team.
College sports administrators say many athletes have more disposable income than ever because of endorsements-for-pay opportunities for use of their name, image or likeness, cost-of-attendance payments and academic achievement awards of up to almost $6,000 per year.
Malkin said athletic departments entering partnerships with gambling operators has been one of the most disturbing developments. LSU, Michigan State and Maryland were among the schools that struck lucrative deals, though the future of the two Big Ten deals was unclear.
The American Gaming Association, the national trade group representing the U.S. casino industry, last month updated its Responsible Marketing Code for Sports Wagering to prohibit college partnerships that promote, market or advertise sports wagering as well as sportsbook NIL deals with college athletes.
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IOWA — The University of Iowa’s Cancer Registry has released a new report on the prevalence of the disease in our state, and predictions on how many Iowans will be impacted by it in the future. Roger Riley has more on what the numbers show, and the factors that are fueling cancer deaths in Iowa.
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Nationally recognized leader in private jet operational safety
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- At a ceremony held during the National Business Aviation Association conference last week in Orlando Florida, Alerion Aviation was awarded "Platinum Elite" designation by the Air Research Group /US aka ARGUS. Alerion is one of four air carriers worldwide to achieve this significant milestone. Platinum Elite is the aviation industry's first continuous monitoring safety evaluation system. As the worldwide leader in specialized aviation services ARGUS helps organizations improve their operational and business decision-making practices. The ARGUS Platinum Elite rating signifies the highest levels of dedication to world-class safety standards are met and provides customers with increased visibility and peace of mind when it comes to selecting a provider for private jet travel.
The ARGUS Platinum Elite standard represents the highest commercial business aviation standard in the world. For Alerion it represents validation of continuous adherence to the highest standards by the organization. Alerion clients and employees now have validation of the commitment to operating to the highest levels of safety and operational processes, not just during biannual audits, but continuously. This also allows Alerion to combine their data and experience with other great operators and ARGUS to collectively propel business aviation standards to the highest sustainable levels.
Alerion Aviation has partnered with ARGUS in providing exceptional standards in operational safety and is one of only a handful of companies with an ARG/US Platinum Elite rating. "We are committed to the highest standards of operational safety for our customers and industry partners. We are extremely proud to be partnered with ARGUS and their 25 years of leadership in benchmarking operating standards," said Bob Seidel, CEO of Alerion Aviation.
For over 26 years, Alerion Aviation has demonstrated its commitment to safety and has established itself as a leader in private jet operations. Achieving the ARG/US Platinum Elite rating and IS-BAO stage 3 requires an unrelenting attention to details, dedication to the highest operational standards, and personal commitment to excellence you will find in every member of the Alerion team. We are proud to provide our management and charter customers with the highest levels of safety in your private sky.
Alerion Aviation provides an unmatched level of service, safety, and privacy for private jet charters as well as aircraft management, maintenance, and worldwide aviation consulting. It manages and operates 19 midsize, super-mid, and heavy jets, all available for charter. The company's commitment to safety has garnered prestigious, third-party ratings, including the ARGUS Platinum Elite Rating, Wyvern and IS-BAO Stage 3 certification. For more information, please call (855.fly.alrn) or visit flyalerion.com.
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PERRY, Iowa — The season has come to an abrupt end for the Perry High School varsity football team, with just three games remaining in the regular season.
The announcement was made in a joint statement released by activities director Katelyn Whelchel and head football coach Bryce Pierce on the district's website.
After consulting with coaches, the Iowa High School Athletic Association, future opponents and medical professionals, they decided to forfeit the rest of their varsity games.
They cited injuries as being one of the main factors in the decision.
The statement reads in part:
"Over the last six weeks of the season the varsity squad has sustained injuries, especially within the offense, that have impacted the depth of healthy bodies available on Friday nights. Our goal as coaches and administrators is to provide our student athletes with opportunities to compete while maintaining their health and safety."
The announcement also mentioned that this decision also affects the marching band, cheerleading program and the athletic department budget as well as concession stand funds.
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The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes involving accusations that Russia has forcibly taken Ukrainian children.
The ICC also issued a warrant for Putin's commissioner for children's rights, Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova.
The court said in a news release Friday the two are "allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation."
The move by the criminal court at the Hague marked a significant, rare step, requesting the arrest of a sitting world leader, analysts said.
Russia is not a party to the court and a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said there's no significance to this arrest warrant. Ukraine called it "historic."
A report released last month by Yale University researchers and the U.S. State Department accused the Russian government of operating a systematic network of custody centers for thousands of Ukrainian children.
Russian officials have not denied the arrival of Ukrainian children in Russia, but have previously characterized the children centers as part of a large humanitarian project for abandoned, war-traumatized orphans.
ICC President Piotr Hofmanski said the judges decided to make these warrants public to try to deter further crimes.
"It is forbidden by international law for occupying powers to transfer civilians from the territories where they live to other territories," he said. "Children enjoy special protection under the Geneva Convention."
Experts appeared surprised by the news.
"This is a stunning move by the court, which has moved right to the top of the Russian state," says David Bosco, author of Rough Justice: The International Criminal Court in a World of Power Politics.
However, he cautions, "The arrest warrant won't have immediate implications because no trial can move forward without Putin being in custody and there's no chance of that happening in the near future."
Despite the difficulty of trying Putin, human rights advocates hailed the news as a major step.
"This is a big day for the many victims of crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine since 2014," Human Rights Watch said in a statement. "With these arrest warrants, the ICC has made Putin a wanted man and taken its first step to end the impunity that has emboldened perpetrators in Russia's war against Ukraine for far too long."
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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Enhancements continue Prism WorkPath Connect's leadership role for low-cost RESTful API integrations
IRVINE, Calif., May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WorkPath Connect, a no-code data integration application by Prism Software, continues expanding its capabilities, ease-of-use, and value with its recent update v4.2.
WorkPath Connect is a low-cost, rapid data integrator that enables organizations to connect different applications through their RESTful APIs. It is designed to seamlessly exchange data between different applications without having to utilize developers. Easily pass data between cloud and on-prem CRM, ERP, accounting, HR, ECM, shopping, payment, messaging, and other applications.
This update adds additional features that continue enabling a rapid and easy data transfer. Enhancements include refinements to its already-intuitive interface, quicker addition of multiple endpoints in a single session, and easier endpoint configuration and testing.
Prism WorkPath Connect is a module of Prism WorkPath, an advanced work process automation platform.
About Prism WorkPath: Prism WorkPath is a low-cost work process automation platform that eliminates organizations' complex repetitive manual processes. WorkPath utilizes both RPA (robotic process automation) and ETL (extract-transform-load) capabilities enabling the rapid design and automation of intelligent and comprehensive work processes. WorkPath greatly reduces an organization's costs by decreasing labor and substantially improving processing speeds.
WorkPath Standard is designed for document-centric work processes and WorkPath Advanced is for both data-centric and document-centric requirements. WorkPath Advanced includes a wider range of additional input, processing, and output capabilities. Inputs: Includes web pages, databases, JSON, HTML, and other data sources. Processing: Includes data extraction, correction, and validation. Additionally, it can map HTML web page data and perform data clean up. Outputs: Extensive integration with SharePoint, Google Drive, One Drive, Dropbox, Box, and more. This output includes file manipulations such as uploading, downloading, moving, deleting, renaming, and many, many more. Learn more at https://www.prismsoftware.com/solutions/workpath and https://www.prismsoftware.com/solutions/workpath-connect.
About Prism Software: Prism provides software solutions that greatly improve and automate how organizations get their work done while substantially lowering costs. Prism specializes in: ECM with work process automation, advanced work process automation, easy no-code REST API integrations and connections, advanced data capture, and automated business communications. Learn more at www.prismsoftware.com.
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The sun has risen over the Sunshine State, and soon we will know more about the trail of destruction Hurricane Ian has left behind in southwest Florida. Many of the hardest hit areas lost all communications during the height of the storm, and we just don't know yet how bad it was there.
"It's hard to tell exactly what you have until you're able to start to access these places," Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno told CNN Thursday morning on "New Day."
"There are people that I know that did not evacuate, they're in their homes. They've tried to take cover. They've gone to the second floor, and possibly even the attic, because the water got so high here with the surge of approximately 15 feet give or take."
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And Ian isn't over.
It has weakened into a robust tropical storm still unleashing feet of rain as the center of the storm moves off the east coast of Florida.
Multiple areas around the Orlando metro area are under a flash flood emergency where flooding is already occurring.
Between 10 to 15 inches of rain have fallen in the area and another 2 to 4 inches are possible.
Ian will move off the east-central coast of Florida later Thursday and then approach the coast of South Carolina on Friday.
Top wind speeds with Ian are at 65 mph, with higher gusts, but tropical storm-force winds (39 mph+) are stretching all the way from Tampa, Florida, to north of Charleston, South Carolina.
The tropical-storm-force wind field stretches for more than 550 miles on Thursday, which is around 200 miles more than when Hurricane Ian made landfall on Wednesday.
"Some slight re-intensification is forecast, and Ian could be near hurricane strength when it approaches the coast of South Carolina on Friday," the Hurricane Center says.
While not as strong as when it hit the west coast of Florida, it will bring strong damaging winds, storm surge and flooding rains to these coastlines.
We are monitoring this restrengthening closely but, whether it does or not, those in the storm's path should be ready for these tropical conditions.
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When it comes to beloved and revered rappers, Snoop Dogg is close to the top of the list. Officially stepping into the game in 1992 with his feature on Dr. Dre’s ‘Deep Cover,’ The Doggfather has seen it all. In a clip that has recently resurfaced, The Doggfather shares a fact that many of his fans or fans of the late 2Pac might not have known. Click inside to get the scoop.
Yesterday (January 25), the legendary DJ Pooh tweeted a clip from when Snoop Dogg visited the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast with Gillie Da Kid and Wallo. When asked how long it took for the All Eyez On Me album (rap’s first double album) to get done, Snoop shares that it only took Pac and Daz like two weeks to complete half of the album. He went on to add that when 2Pac was released from prison, Daz was working on Snoop’s second album The Doggfather. Snoop selflessly told Daz to give Pac everything. Once he did, Pac went straight to work.
Snoop recalls hearing Pac rapping on one of the DJ Pooh beats that was once in his possession. Understandably, the Long Beach, California native’s first thoughts were “Damn, that’s my beat.” After Snoop heard Pac and the Outlawz on the track, he gave them their props and conceded that giving them the beat was the right idea. The song that Snoop is referencing is titled ‘When We Ride.’ You can check it out here!
All Eyez On Me was 2Pac’s fourth studio album and the last to be released during his lifetime. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and spawned certified classics including ‘California Love,’ ‘2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted,’ ‘How Do U Want It,’ and ‘I Ain’t Mad at Cha.’ All Eyez On Me is considered one of the greatest albums of all time. In 2014, it was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), having sold over 5 million copies. We all should wish for friends like Snoop. He is the epitome of teamwork making the dreamwork!
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia county has filed a lawsuit seeking to force a company to sell land on which the county has long planned to build a launchpad for commercial rockets.
Commissioners in coastal Camden County said in a statement Thursday that Union Carbide Co.’s refusal to sell the 4,000 acre (1,600 hectare) property, if allowed to stand, “will cause the County the loss of the Spaceport Project as well as an enormous financial loss in excess of $11 million.”
County officials have spent that sum over the past decade seeking to license and build Spaceport Camden, a site for launching satellites into space. Opponents say the project would pose safety and environmental risks that outweigh any economic benefits. The county held a referendum in March in which a large majority voted to kill the land deal.
Commissioners opted to disregard the vote, which they contend violated Georgia’s constitution. But Union Carbide balked at the county’s efforts to move forward with closing on the property. The company said last week that the deal was off because it had been “repudiated” by voters.
The county filed a civil suit Wednesday in Camden County Superior Court in hopes of keeping the spaceport project alive. Commissioners said the company still has a “contractual obligation to sell the property.”
“The County believes that Union Carbide’s real reason for repudiating the contract had nothing to do with the referendum but was instead to allow Union Carbide to make more money on the property than what the County had agreed to pay,” the commissioners’ statement said. “That is not a legitimate reason for repudiating a contract.”
Union Carbide declined to comment Thursday on the accusations by Camden County. The company had not yet been served with a copy of the lawsuit, said spokesman Tomm Sprick.
The county government in 2015 entered into an option agreement with the company to buy the land once the county obtained a spaceport operator license from the Federal Aviation Administration.
The FAA awarded the license in December. But before county commissioners could close on the land, opponents forced a referendum on the project by gathering more than 3,500 petition signatures. The project was put to a vote in March, and 72% cast ballots to block the deal.
Commissioners have insisted the spaceport project would bring economic growth not just from rocket launches, but also by attracting related industries and tourists to the community of 55,000 people on the Georgia-Florida line.
Opponents say building the spaceport on an industrial plot formerly used to manufacture pesticides and munitions would pose potential hazards.
Critics, including the National Park Service, have said rockets exploding soon after launch could rain fiery debris onto Little Cumberland Island, which has about 40 private homes, and neighboring Cumberland Island, a federally protected wilderness visited by about 60,000 tourists each year.
County commissioners hired consultants to study potential threats to the island. Their report concluded that “after routine operational risk mitigations are applied the overall risk for fire to Cumberland Island from a failed rocket launch was found to be so low as to not be credible.”
Meanwhile, county officials are trying to have the referendum declared invalid by the Georgia Supreme Court. Their legal appeal argues that Georgia’s constitution doesn’t allow voters to veto government projects such as the spaceport. The court is scheduled to hear the case Aug. 23. | https://phl17.com/business/ap-business/georgia-county-files-suit-to-force-land-sale-for-spaceport/ | 2022-07-29 11:09:29 | 0 | https://phl17.com/business/ap-business/georgia-county-files-suit-to-force-land-sale-for-spaceport/ |
LONDON (AP) — Presented with a golden boot before kickoff, Harry Kane’s golden touch continued for England on Sunday as he struck a record-extending 55th goal for his country.
The Tottenham striker had already surpassed Wayne Rooney as the Three Lions’ outright leading scorer with his penalty in Thursday’s 2-1 win against Italy in Naples.
Back at Wembley, he got the chance to celebrate in front of his home fans with another goal in England’s 2-0 win against Ukraine in European Championship qualifying.
“It has been crazy over the last few days,” Kane said. “My dad and brother were in Naples so I shared that moment with them. I had my wife and kids here today and those are memories that will always stay with me.”
The England captain struck in the 37th minute, converting Bukayo Saka’s cross at the far post.
Saka deservedly got on the scoresheet himself three minutes later when turning on the edge of the area and curling a shot into the top corner.
With that double strike England effectively secured the victory and ensured a 100% start to qualifying for Euro 2024 in what has been an impressive response to the disappointment of being eliminated from last year’s World Cup at the quarterfinal stage.
“It shows the type of team we are. We were all disappointed after the World Cup but the sign of a good team is to come back,” Kane said. “We are at the bottom of the hill again, but we’ve put in two great performances and it shows the mentality of the team.”
Kane, whose penalty miss in the 2-1 loss to France proved so costly in Qatar, has also proven he is not suffering a hangover from one of the most painful moments of his career.
While he is still waiting to win his first trophy for club or country, the personal honors continue to come.
In February he overtook the late Jimmy Greaves as Tottenham’s all-time leading scorer. In international soccer, he equaled Rooney’s England total at the World Cup before setting a new record against Italy.
The English Football Association marked that achievement before kickoff against Ukraine when its chair, Debbie Hewitt, presented Kane with a commemorative golden boot. For the match, Kane also wore Nike boots with a gold swoosh on the side.
“He is somebody that I think it would be easy for us to get drawn into not challenging,” England coach Gareth Southgate said. “But we’ve got to challenge him as well. The individual accolades are well deserved and are amazing. But he wants to be part of a team that is successful.
“That’s the drive with England, for us to achieve that. He will be just as happy that we’ve got the six points and got ourselves in a good position in the group as getting the two goals this week as well.”
Kane’s hunger to further extend his record was immediately evident as he went in search of more goals.
There was an early penalty claim when he hit the ground in the box and then an unusual air shot when just a couple of meters out from goal.
He didn’t have to wait long, however, for his latest strike in England colors. Drifting to the far post, he was perfectly placed to turn in Saka’s cross for one of the easiest goals he is ever likely to score.
The same cannot be said of Saka’s effort. First the Arsenal forward showcased his control when spinning with the ball at his feet to leave Mykola Matviyenko trailing. Then he looked up before picking out the top corner of Anatoliy Trubin’s goal.
“It is a top-level finish,” Southgate said. “That is the ruthless part he has added to his game in the last 18 months or so. There were times you weren’t sure he was going to finish but now he has that confidence in front of goal.”
Ukraine was playing for the first time in six months and never looked like finding a way back into the game after conceding twice in quick succession. Yet it was cheered on throughout by an away contingent of around 4,200 fans.
The FA had invited more than 1,000 Ukrainian refugees to the match, as well as the families hosting them under the U.K. government’s Homes for Ukraine Scheme.
It is estimated that more than 150,000 Ukrainians have arrived in the U.K. since the war with Russia began last year.
Ahead of kickoff Ukraine’s fans sang along to a stirring rendition of the country’s national anthem, with one corner of Wembley awash with the blue and yellow colors of its flag.
Despite being heavily outnumbered inside a crowd of around 85,000, the away supporters made sure they were heard as they chanted and sang for their team.
“It was an atmosphere like no other international game I have ever experienced,” Ukraine coach Ruslan Rotan said.
It was Kane who got England’s fans out of their seats, as he continues to set new standards in front of goal.
JACK LESLIE HONORED
The family of Jack Leslie, the first Black player to receive an England call-up in 1925, was presented with a posthumous honorary cap ahead of the game.
The Plymouth inside left was deselected after facing adversity because of his skin color and never played for his country.
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Senate votes to create legislative oversight of relief funds
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – The Kentucky Senate has voted to create a layer of legislative oversight for relief funds, like the ones created by Gov. Andy Beshear to help people recover from tornadoes and flooding.
The bill cleared the Senate Wednesday; it goes to the House next.
The Democratic governor insists there’s been full transparency of the funds, but the measure started advancing in the Republican-led Legislature following reports that some checks supported by the tornado relief fund went to people unaffected by the tragedy.
Republican Sen. Whitney Westerfield says it’s appropriate to get answers to those questions. He’s the bill’s lead sponsor. | https://www.wtvq.com/senate-votes-to-create-legislative-oversight-of-relief-funds/ | 2023-02-23 13:32:53 | 0 | https://www.wtvq.com/senate-votes-to-create-legislative-oversight-of-relief-funds/ |
CLARK COUNTY, Wash. — Health officials announced the first confirmed case of monkeypox in Clark County, Wash. on Monday but stressed that the risk to public health remains low.
The person who tested positive is a man who lives in Clark County and has no recent travel history. He is isolating at home, Clark County Public Health (CCPH) said in a news release.
CCPH is working to identify people who were in close contact with this individual while he was contagious. Close contacts will be notified of their possible exposure and health officials will facilitate vaccinations for those who are eligible.
Health officials said the vaccine may prevent infection or reduce symptoms of monkeypox, but it's only recommended for close contacts who have not been infected.
“While we have identified the first case of monkeypox in Clark County, the risk to the public remains very low,” said Dr. Alan Melnick, health officer and director of CCPH. “Anyone can get monkeypox. But unlike COVID-19, monkeypox virus does not spread easily between people.”
Monkeypox is spread through close contact with an infected person who has symptoms. Brief interactions that do not involve physical contact are not high risk, health officials said.
The virus can spread through:
- Direct contact with rash, scabs or body fluids of an infected person
- Respiratory droplets (saliva) during direct and prolonged face-to-face contact with an infected person
- Contact with bedding, clothing or other objects that have been contaminated by body fluids or sores of an infected person
Monkeypox illness often begins with flu-like symptoms, such as fever, headache, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes and exhaustion. A few days later, a person develops a rash, which then turns into raised bumps that fill with fluid, health officials said. Typically, the rash is mostly on the face, arms, legs and hands. However, if a person was infected during sexual contact, the rash might only be on the genitals or anus.
Symptoms usually begin seven to 14 days after exposure to an infected person but can appear as early as five days and up to 21 days after exposure. People with monkeypox are contagious as soon as they develop symptoms and continue to be contagious until the rash has fully healed.
Most people recover within two to four weeks, but the disease can be serious, especially for children and people who are immunocompromised or pregnant.
People who feel sick or have any rashes or sores should avoid sex and gatherings. Before visiting a hospital or clinic, people should notify their medical provider that they are concerned about having monkeypox due to close contact with an infected person or a person with a similar rash. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/health/clark-county-1st-monkeypox-case/283-276b9c03-7baa-455f-8a34-928f86005340 | 2022-07-26 03:58:39 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/health/clark-county-1st-monkeypox-case/283-276b9c03-7baa-455f-8a34-928f86005340 |
Uvalde marks one year since deadly Robb Elementary mass shooting
UVALDE, Texas - Wednesday marks one year since the deadly mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
19 students and two teachers died on May 24, 2022, making the Uvalde mass shooting the deadliest at a U.S. grade school since Sandy Hook almost a decade before and the deadliest in Texas history. 16 people were also injured in the shooting.
Salvador Ramos, the 18-year-old gunman, was later killed in a shootout with law enforcement at the scene.
The victims
19 Robb Elementary students were killed in the shooting.
- Xavier Javier Lopez, 10
- Amerie Jo Garza, 10
- Uziyah Garcia, 8
- Rojelio Torres, 10
- Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez, 10
- Nevaeh Bravo, 10
- Makenna Lee Elrod, 10
- Eliahana 'Elijah Cruz' Torres, 10
- Eliana 'Ellie' Garcia, 9
- Alithia Ramirez, 10
- Jacklyn "Jackie" Cazares, 9
- Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, 10
- Jailah Nicole Silguero, 11
- Jose Flores Jr, 10
- Alexandria "Lexi" Aniyah Rubio, 10
- Maite Yuleana Rodriguez, 10
- Tess "Tessy" Marie Mata, 10
- Maranda Gail Mathis, 11
- Layla Salazar, 10
Fourth-grade co-teachers 48-year-old Irma Garcia and 44-year-old Eva Mireles were also killed. Family members said at the time both died trying to protect their students.
It took two-and-a-half weeks for all the victims to be buried, with Amerie Jo Garza buried first on May 31, 2022. Layla Salazar was the last victim to be buried in Uvalde. Uziyah Garcia was later buried in his hometown of San Angelo.
Family members shared photos and names on social media before authorities formally identified the victims.
Two days after the shooting, Irma Garcia's husband Joe collapsed and died from a heart attack after dropping off flowers at her memorial. The couple, who would have been married 25 years the month after the shooting, were buried together and left behind four children.
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According to the Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit online archive of gun violence incidents since 2013, 11 children, two adults, and three law enforcement officers were also injured in the shooting. The last injured victim was released from a San Antonio hospital more than two months after the shooting.
One of those injured was 11-year-old Miah Cerrillo, who testified in a U.S. House committee hearing that she had smeared her friend's blood on her and went into "survival mode" after seeing her classmates and teacher shot to death. According to her pediatrician, who also testified in that hearing, she had suffered a shrapnel injury.
The shooting
On the morning of May 24, 2022, the gunman reportedly shot his grandmother in the face at their home, then drove to the school and crashed his pickup truck into a concrete ditch behind the school.
Two funeral attendants at the Hillcrest Memorial Funeral Home across the street told authorities they had witnessed the crash and walked towards it, seeing a man dressed in all black beside the passenger door.
The pair retreated when they saw the man, later identified as Ramos, putting a magazine into a rifle. Ramos then fired multiple times at them, according to authorities.
The gunman then entered the school through a door that hadn't locked when a teacher pulled it shut. He entered a classroom with a broken door lock and then began firing into rooms 111 and 112, shooting more than 100 rounds. Students inside the classrooms called 911 multiple times asking for police to respond.
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Authorities originally released a timeline of events, saying that nearly 20 officers were in the hallway outside for more than 45 minutes before a master key was used to open the door and officers confronted and killed the gunman. However, the Texas House and Senate investigations and committee hearings later revealed a different version of events.
It took 1 hour, 14 minutes, and 8 seconds from when police made entry into the school to the time they confronted the gunman and killed him, according to a timed DPS log released in June 2022.
The investigation
The police response sparked outrage and investigations for months following the shooting, including from the Texas Legislature, the Justice Department, and Congress.
Texas State University's Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) Center released an initial report in July 2022, which alleged there were several missed opportunities to engage or stop the gunman before he entered the school.
Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin later disputed the report, saying that no Uvalde police officer saw the gunman prior to him entering the school or had any opportunity to take a shot at him.
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The week after the shooting, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan established an investigative committee to look into what happened in Uvalde. The three committee members were tasked with collecting and analyzing evidence from law enforcement, making comprehensive findings, and reporting their conclusions.
The committee released an initial 77-page report the following month, citing "systemic failures" that created a chaotic scene that lasted more than an hour before the gunman was killed. The report was also the first to criticize not only local authorities, but state and federal law enforcement for the "bewildering inaction" of officers on scene.
The report followed weeks of closed-door interviews with more than 40 people, including witnesses and law enforcement.
In total, 376 law enforcement officers — a force larger than the garrison that defended the Alamo — descended upon the school in a chaotic, uncoordinated scene, says the Texas Tribune. The group was devoid of clear leadership, basic communications and sufficient urgency to take down the gunman, the report says.
The report also came shortly after a nearly 80-minute hallway surveillance video published by the Austin American-Statesman publicly showed for the first time a hesitant and haphazard tactical response, says the Tribune.
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The report also sparked an internal review by Texas DPS into the actions of state police as its findings put more than 90 state troopers at the school during the shooting.
Before this, Texas DPS director Steve McCraw called the law enforcement response an "abject failure," but placed more of the blame on then-Uvalde CISD police chief Pete Arredondo, who he described as the incident commander. According to the Texas House report, Uvalde CISD's own active shooter plan also identified Arredondo as the incident commander.
Arredondo later told the Texas Tribune that he did not consider himself the person in charge, but rather a frontline first responder and had assumed someone else had taken control. He also stated at the time that he had intentionally left behind both his police and campus radios.
The aftermath
To date, only a handful of people have been fired or have resigned in the wake of the Uvalde shooting.
Uvalde CISD
The first was Arredondo, who was placed on administrative leave a month after the shooting and then fired two months later. Arredondo also later resigned from his Uvalde City Council position, which he had been elected to just weeks before the shooting.
In October 2022, Uvalde CISD officials fired Crimson Elizondo after CNN reported that she was heard in police body camera footage telling other officers at the scene: "If my son had been in there, I would not have been outside. I promise you that." Elizondo had previously resigned from Texas DPS after the shooting and had been hired by the school district.
The next day, Uvalde CISD announced it had suspended its entire district police department pending investigation results. Two employees were also placed on administrative leave at that time: acting district police chief Lt. Miguel Hernandez and director of student services Ken Mueller, who "elected to retire," according to the district.
Just hours after that announcement, Superintendent Dr. Hal Harrell announced plans to retire in a staff memo. He had served in the position since November 2018, and had spent three decades with the district in various roles.
City of Uvalde
At the city level, the acting Uvalde police chief was placed on administrative leave following the Texas House report's release. Lt. Mariano Pargas later left the department voluntarily.
Uvalde community members spoke out at a city council meeting following this, calling for all city police officers who responded that day to be placed on administrative leave. The council responded by saying all responding officers would be interviewed as part of an internal investigation into the department's actions, policies and procedures.
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In April, the city announced it had hired a new assistant police chief, a role created at the direction of Mayor McLaughlin the previous August. There had been no such position at the time of the shooting and the mayor was adamant that the person selected not be from the existing department.
Former Dilley police chief Homer Delgado was selected for the position and assumed the role on May 8.
State of Texas
In September 2022, Texas DPS announced five of its officers were under investigation for their response to the shooting. Two were suspended, and the cases for all five were sent to the Office of the Inspector General for a formal investigation.
That same month, Texas Rangers Chief Chance Collins retired amid the investigation, which Texas DPS confirmed to FOX 7 Austin almost a month later.
In October 2022, Texas DPS fired Sgt Juan Maldonado, the first state police officer to be fired. Maldonado was the highest-ranking state trooper to initially respond and according to body-camera footage, was outside the school within four minutes of the shooting.
Months later, in January, Texas DPS also fired a Texas Ranger who responded to the shooting. Christopher Ryan Kindell was told in a letter from DPS Director McCraw that his actions following the shooting "did not conform to department standards." Kindell had been previously suspended in September, according to the Texas Tribune.
In February, a Texas DPS spokesperson confirmed to the Associated Press that Texas state police would not be disciplining any more officers over the shooting.
Families of the victims have also called for DPS Director McCraw to resign.
The lawsuits
Several lawsuits have been filed by the families of both victims and survivors against Uvalde CISD, the Uvalde Police Department, city officials and Daniel Defense, the manufacturer of the gun used in the shooting.
California-based law firm Bonner & Bonner served a $27 billion claim to Uvalde CISD and the Uvalde City Council requesting compensation for the victims. Charles Bonner told the Texas Tribune at the time that he also intended to seek damages from law enforcement agencies present at the school during the shooting and Daniel Defense.
In September 2022, the families of three survivors filed the first federal lawsuit related to the shooting. One of the children in the lawsuit was wounded and was best friends with one of the victims, according to the lawyers. The suit named 10 defendants, including the city of Uvalde and Arredondo.
Sandra Torres, the mother of 10-year-old shooting victim Eliahana Torres, also filed a federal lawsuit in November 2022, which alleged that Daniel Defense violated the Federal Trade Commission Act. The lawsuit also accused gun seller Oasis Outback of "reckless dereliction" of selling weapons to the 18-year-old gunman and various law enforcement officers of failing "to follow active shooter protocols."
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In addition to seeking damages, there have been suits filed over the release of information and documents related to the shooting.
In June 2022, state Sen. Roland Gutierrez (D-San Antonio), whose district includes the city of Uvalde, filed a lawsuit against Texas DPS for withholding video from the scene, saying on FOX News: "We are getting half-truths, innuendo and snippets of body cam video that [McCraw] chooses to give."
Two months later, in August 2022, the Associated Press and other news outlets also filed suit, asking a court to force the city, school district, and sheriff's department to turn over 911 recordings, personnel records, and other documents. Newsrooms had been requesting them under Texas open records laws since the shooting.
In December 2022, the city of Uvalde filed a lawsuit against Uvalde County DA Christina Mitchell-Busbee, claiming she had been blocking its efforts to obtain "necessary investigative materials" for its ongoing internal affairs investigation into the Uvalde Police Department.
Legislative changes
In the wake of the shooting, there were renewed pushes for gun control legislation at both the state and national level, as had been seen previously after Sandy Hook in 2012, Parkland in 2018, and Santa Fe in 2018.
Texas
Texas Democrats called for Gov. Greg Abbott to convene a special session shortly after the shooting, asking for legislation raising the purchase age for guns, adding red flag laws, tightening background checks, and closing the gun show loophole. However, a special session was not called.
In February, state Sen. Gutierrez filed Uvalde-related gun legislation including SB 911, which would create a bulk ammunition database; SB 912, which would increase penalties for violating safe storage laws; SB 913, which would require gun owners to have liability insurance; and SB 914, which would add restrictions for legal ammunition sales. All four have been stuck in committee since March.
In March, the Texas Senate passed SB 728, which requires county clerks to send information on juvenile mental health cases to Texas DPS, so they can be entered into the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. The bill was later approved by the Texas House and now awaits Abbott's signature.
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HB 2744, also known as the Raise the Age bill, passed through the House Community Safety Committee just two days after another deadly mass shooting at the Allen Premium Outlets in North Texas. The bill would raise the age to buy an assault-style rifle in Texas from 18 to 21.
However, the bill was left off the Texas House's calendar and has been stuck since May 10. The Texas legislative session is set to end on May 29.
U.S.
At the national level, more gun control legislation was proposed.
In June 2022, the U.S. House passed H.R. 7910, also known as the Protecting Our Kids Act, on a mostly party-line vote. The bill would raise the age limit nationally for purchasing a semi-automatic rifle to 21 and prohibit the sale of ammunition magazines with a capacity of more than 15 rounds.
The bill has not moved forward in the Senate.
That same month, a bipartisan gun violence bill came forward, which called for toughening background checks for the youngest gun buyers, keeping firearms from more domestic violence offenders, and helping states put in place red flag laws. Most of its $13 billion cost will also help bolster mental health programs and aid schools.
The bill did fall short of more robust gun restrictions, such as bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, but it has been touted as the most impactful gun violence measure from Congress since the now-expired 1993 assault weapons ban.
Within days, the bill passed the Senate and the House and was signed into law by President Joe Biden.
Government response
In addition to legislation, the state of Texas has funded resources for trauma and recovery for survivors, victims' families, and the Uvalde community, as well as increased funding for mental health resources and pushed more school safety initiatives.
Resources for trauma and recovery
The week following the shooting, Abbott established a long-term Family Resiliency Center for Uvalde County with a $5 million investment.
The center was designed to serve as a hub for community services such as psychological first aid, crisis counseling, behavioral health services for survivors, first responders and those in the community experiencing vicarious trauma including school-based mental health services for students and staff.
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Other resources included crime victim services, consulate services, death benefits, counseling and spiritual care, funeral services, childcare and family services, transportation, and language translation.
Different state agencies were also tasked with helping victims and the community with funeral costs, insurance, workers comp, food assistance, and more.
Uvalde CISD also received a $1.25 million grant to provide trauma counseling for students and faculty affected by the shooting. The grant, provided by Abbott's Public Safety Office, was to fund counseling, trauma-informed care, crisis intervention, and community outreach efforts, as well as establish a district-wide trauma-informed counseling program.
Funding and mental health
In addition to funding mental health services specifically for the Uvalde community, the state looked at boosting mental health programs across the state and in schools.
A couple of weeks after the shooting, Speaker Phelan proposed redirecting more than $100 million in state funding to quickly boost mental health and school safety programs before the start of the 2022-23 school year.
Later on that same month, Abbott's office announced the transfer of $105.5 million to support additional school safety and mental health initiatives through August 31, 2023.
In September 2022, the state gave Uvalde County a $295,562 discretionary state aid grant to fund services for at-risk youth exhibiting emotional or behavioral problems at school who need additional help beyond school-based interventions during fiscal years 2023 and 2024
The program was also to provide community-based counseling, skill building, and case coordination to kids on probation and those at risk of juvenile justice involvement due to truancy and behavioral problems at school or have siblings already involved in the justice system.
The program was also expected to work closely with schools to prevent kids from becoming involved in the justice system.
School safety initiatives
State officials also pushed for funding and directives to boost school safety in districts across Texas.
The week following the shooting, Abbott requested the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to provide strategies to make public schools safer, including weekly inspections of exterior doors and increased law enforcement presence on campus.
Abbott also directed the TEA to create the position of Chief of School Safety and Security within the agency, who would report directly to the TEA Commissioner and have a direct line to the governor's office.
John P. Scott, former US Secret Service agent in Dallas, was announced in October as the one to fill the position.
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In July 2022, Texas State's Texas School Safety Center (TxSSC) announced plans to start "random intruder detection audits" of public schools in the fall, with a goal of inspecting 100% of school districts and 75% of campuses across the state by the end of the school year.
In their Fall 2022 report, the Center says they audited just under 2,900 campuses between September and December 2022. Inspectors at 95.3% of those campuses did not gain unauthorized access and 28.4% of those campuses received corrective actions.
More funding was announced in October 2022 to enhance school safety, including $400 million to assist school districts in replacing or upgrading doors, windows, fencing, communications, and other safety measures and $15 million to assist in the construction of a new elementary school in Uvalde.
Community response
Communities, organizations, businesses, and individuals also came together to support the victims' families, survivors and the Uvalde community at large through fundraising, memorials, donations, and special appearances.
Community fundraising
The first big fundraising effort was the Robb School Memorial Fund, established by the OneStar Foundation with the First State Bank of Uvalde to directly benefit those impacted by the mass shooting. The fund has since stopped accepting donations.
Three major businesses also held donation campaigns in the days and weeks after the shooting.
AT&T launched a text-to-donate campaign to provide financial support for mental health and grief support services. AT&T and the AT&T Foundation also contributed $50,000 to the Robb School Memorial Fund.
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Beloved Texas grocery chain H-E-B and its founding family pledged $10 million to help build a new elementary school campus to replace Robb Elementary, with enhanced educational offerings, state-of-the-art safety and security measures, and infrastructure to support new technology.
More than 1,000 Texas McDonald's restaurants held a donation drive that raised over $250,000 for the Robb School Memorial Fund and Ronald McDonald House Charities-San Antonio, which had been serving family members from Uvalde and had created a special fund to support those families.
Texas State also set up the Uvalde Memorial Scholarship Fund to provide financial support to current and future students affected by the shooting. The University said at the time that a current student and recent graduate had lost family members in the shooting.
Memorials
Several memorials popped up for the shooting victims, including 18-foot murals in Uvalde by Austin artist Ruben Esquivel and crosses and flowers set up next to the Robb Elementary School sign.
In June 2022, almost 300 Uvalde High School seniors, school and district officials, and community members. 21 "Uvalde Strong" placards were displayed in front of the graduating class, each one representing a person killed in the shooting, and the victims' names were read out to the crowd.
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The memorials also carried on through to the new school year.
The El Progresso Memorial Library in Uvalde hosted a back-to-school celebration in August 2022, where the families received handmade wooden figures of each victim made by Pflugerville artist Kimberly Morgan with GIGGLI Creations.
In September 2022, Texas school districts joined together to honor and show their support for Uvalde CISD as students began the new school year. Students, parents, teachers and community members wore maroon and white, Uvalde CISD's colors, to show support for the district on the first day of the new year.
Organizational support
Several organizations in Texas stepped up to show support for the Uvalde community, including Austin nonprofit Operation Get Out, which gifted 800 brand-new bicycles to 3rd-6th grade students at Flores Elementary in late August. Students from Robb were moved to Flores after Robb was shut down.
The Houston Texans donated $400,000 to the Robb School Memorial Fund shortly after the shooting, as well as had members of their organization visit Uvalde and meet with the high school football team. The team also surprised the players with new jerseys, pants, cleats, socks, gloves and other gear provided by Nike.
The Texans later displayed special "Uvalde Strong" helmet decals during their 2022 season opener and hosted the Uvalde HS football team as their guests, with H-E-B helping pay for travel and a suite to watch the game.
Austin FC, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo FC and Houston Dash wore remembrance patches during their Memorial Day weekend matches shortly after the shooting. The four Texas teams also donated to the Robb School Memorial Fund, which was also the beneficiary for Austin FC's Verde Store roundup program for June 2022.
Austin FC also donated a mini-pitch to the Uvalde community through its nonprofit arm, the 4ATX Foundation, which opened a fall soccer camp in Uvalde for over 700 young players at no cost to their families.
In October 2022, the San Antonio Spurs made a stop in Uvalde where elementary school students and families got to join in on a practice ahead of the 2022-23 season. Players and students shot baskets and practiced their dribbling skills, with players even lifting little ones up to dunk. Players also signed autographs for the kids.
Individual support
One of the first individuals to voice support following the shooting was Uvalde native and actor Matthew McConaughey, who visited his hometown and appeared with Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas). McConaughey was also among one of the first high-profile celebrities to address the tragedy in a plea to "control" the "epidemic" of school shootings.
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That same day, actress and Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle paid a visit to Uvalde and was spotted placing a bouquet of white roses at a memorial for the victims.
Country music artist and Amarillo native Kevin Fowler visited Mayah Zamora, one of the students injured in the shooting, in the hospital. Fowler wrote on social media that Zamora was a big fan and that her family had planned to come see him perform.
In July 2022, former NFL and MLB superstar Bo Jackson came forward and revealed he and a friend had donated $170,000 to help pay for the funerals for the victims. He told the Associated Press that he felt compelled to support the victims' families after the loss of so many children.
The Texas Tribune, Associated Press, KSAT, Uvalde Leader-News, FOX News, FOX TV Digital Team, FOX 26 Houston, and FOX 4 Dallas contributed to this report. | https://www.fox4news.com/news/uvalde-texas-deadly-robb-elementary-mass-shooting-anniversary | 2023-05-24 15:17:12 | 1 | https://www.fox4news.com/news/uvalde-texas-deadly-robb-elementary-mass-shooting-anniversary |
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Easy 5" game were:
15-17-19-24-25
(fifteen, seventeen, nineteen, twenty-four, twenty-five)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Easy 5" game were:
15-17-19-24-25
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What's playing at Bloomington's Starlite Drive-In on 'Retro Tuesdays'
Longing for a simpler time when a date night consisted of a Coke, a box of Milk Duds and a drive-in movie in your dad's Thunderbird convertible? Wish there was a way to show your kids the movies you grew up with on the big screen? Maybe you're just looking for some low-cost family entertainment this summer.
Whatever your reason for going, the Starlite Drive-In Theatre, 7640 Old State Road 37 in Bloomington, recently announced free showings of films from the '80s, '90s and '00s on "Retro Tuesdays" beginning May 30. Movies start after 9 p.m. Check the Starlite's Facebook page or website for more details. So borrow that classic with a bench seat, put the top down and enjoy a movie under the stars.
See Forrest Gump at the Starlight on May 30
Help your kids understand why you pronounce "Jenny" like that, say things like "life is like a box of chocolates" and fawned over that Bubba Gump Shrimp shirt you saw on vacation last year by taking them to see "Forrest Gump." This 1994 comedy-drama, a since-christened cult classic and winner of six Academic Awards, stars Tom Hanks and Robin Wright.
See The Dark Crystal at the Starlight on June 6
Jim Henson's pioneering film that brought puppets to life on the big screen was a bit dark for audiences when it was released in 1982, but your kids may be familiar with it since Netflix rebooted it in 2019. Show them how terrifying the Skeksis truly are and what it means to have courage and make sacrifices.
See How to Train Your Dragon at the Starlight on June 13
It's been more than a decade since audiences first connected with Hiccup and Toothless in this 2010 DreamWorks film. The popular franchise has since spawned two movie sequels (with another on the way in 2025) as well as numerous television spin-offs and video games. Take your kids all the way back to the beginning with this introduction.
See Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at the Starlight on June 20
Whether you first knew them from comic books, cartoon clips or one of their many film iterations, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael have been enduring childhood heroes of several generations now. While a brand new reboot of the franchise will hit the silver screen in just a few months, you can your kids back to where it all started — for you, at least. Cowabunga, dude!
See Spaceballs at the Starlight on June 27
Mel Brooks directed and played two roles in this wacky, cult classic '80s space opera parodying a litany of sci-fi movies. May the Schwartz be with you!
See A League of Their Own at the Starlight on July 4
While the tale is fictional, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was the real inspiration for this 1992 film, which was added to the National Film Registry in 2012 and has since inspired an Amazon Prime reboot. Remember: There's no crying in baseball!
See Batman at the Starlight on July 11
Surely your kids know of Batman, either as the brooding Christian Bale or the more recent equally-brooding Robert Pattinson, but do they know Michael Keaton's spin on the character from the late 1980s? In this film, directed by Tim Burton, you can watch Batman struggle against The Joker, played by Jack Nicholson, to defend Gotham from a litany of evil schemes.
See Shrek at the Starlight on July 18
Everyone's favorite grumpy green ogre first captured our hearts in 2001. Take a trip back in time to where the entire Shrek franchise started and watch Shrek and Fiona fall in love all over again.
See How the Grinch Stole Christmas at the Starlight on July 25
It's Christmas in July! Watch the Grinch's heart grow three sizes when he learns the true meaning of Christmas in this holiday classic.
See The Lost Boys at the Starlight on Aug. 1
The Lost Boys took vampires from creepy to sexy. Sleep all day and party all night while watching this comedy horror film sure to take you back to 1987. | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/entertainment/local/2023/05/19/whats-showing-at-bloomingtons-starlite-drive-in-on-retro-tuesdays/70199231007/ | 2023-05-19 16:03:51 | 0 | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/entertainment/local/2023/05/19/whats-showing-at-bloomingtons-starlite-drive-in-on-retro-tuesdays/70199231007/ |
(NEXSTAR) – Millions of Americans are expected to hit the road during the July Fourth weekend, according to AAA. Drivers in some states may want to take extra precautions, a new study has found.
Reviewing data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the FBI, and the Insurance Research Council, as well as Google Search trends, SmartAsset ranked each state based on how irresponsible its drivers are.
States were ranked using three metrics: the percentage of uninsured drivers, the number of driving under the influence arrests per 1,000 drivers, and the number of deaths per 100 million vehicle miles driven. As a control for the number of drivers, SmartAsset used how often residents were searching terms like “traffic ticket” or “speeding ticket” on Google over the last year.
With the largest rate of uninsured drivers at nearly 30% and the second-most fatalities, Mississippi topped out the list. Four states within the southeastern U.S. ranked among the top five in SmartAsset’s analysis – Mississippi, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Arkansas. Also landing in the top five was California.
Here are the 10 states with the most irresponsible drivers:
- Mississippi
- Tennessee
- California
- South Carolina
- Arkansas
- Missouri
- Nevada
- Kentucky
- Arizona
- Colorado and Florida (Tie)
Alternatively, states primarily in New England were found to have the fewest irresponsible drivers. Massachusetts has the least, according to SmartAsset, followed by Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Nebraska.
These 10 states were found to have the fewest irresponsible drivers:
- Massachusetts
- Pennsylvania
- Connecticut
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- Nebraska
- Delaware
- New York
- Maine
- Utah
South Carolina had the highest fatalities per 100 million miles driven at 1.97, based on data from 2020. Close behind was Mississippi at 1.9. Only eight states had fewer than one fatality with Massachusetts reporting the fewest at 0.63.
According to SmartAsset’s analysis, South Dakota reported the most DUI arrests per 1,000 drivers in 2020. Overall, South Dakota ranked 23rd on the list. Pennsylvania, the state with the second-fewest irresponsible drivers, had the fewest DUI arrests at 0.02 per 1,000 drivers. Close behind was Illinois at 0.03.
While Mississippi has the highest rate of uninsured drivers in the U.S., New Jersey was found to have the lowest at just over 3%. Massachusetts was a close second at 3.5%. Only 19 states have uninsured driver rates at or below 10%, SmartAsset found. | https://who13.com/news/national-news/these-states-have-the-most-irresponsible-drivers-study/ | 2022-07-01 12:30:13 | 1 | https://who13.com/news/national-news/these-states-have-the-most-irresponsible-drivers-study/ |
VIENNA (AP) — The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog urged Iran on Monday to cooperate with his inspectors amid a standoff over its atomic program and a threat by Western nations to censure Tehran over its noncooperation.
“We have to recognize that we have not been able to get the results we were expecting,” Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told reporters in Vienna.
“This will be a reminder for Iran, and for us, and for everybody, that we really need to get down to work and clarify these issues that have been outstanding for too long,” Grossi added.
Grossi spoke during the first day of the IAEA board of directors meeting in Vienna, which runs until Friday.
The meeting comes at a tense time for the future of the negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program. Iran has limited the IAEA’s monitoring activities for more than a year, and has failed to provide what Grossi called “credible information” about discovered nuclear material at three of Iran’s sites.
Additionally, talks between senior diplomats from Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia to discuss bringing Tehran back into compliance with the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action stalled earlier this year. The pact eased sanctions on Iran in return for curbs on its nuclear program.
The United States pulled out of the accord under former President Donald Trump and reimposed sanctions on Iran, prompting Tehran to resume its uranium enrichment.
Grossi said he was neither for nor against a possible vote to censure Iran during this week’s meeting, stressing the importance of continued cooperation with Iran despite recent tensions.
“I believe that it’s in no one’s interest that the cooperation between the agency and Iran diminishes even further,” he said.
Still, without adequate cooperation on Iran’s part, there is an “impasse” between the agency and Iran’s leadership, Grossi said. “These issues will not go away – they are not solved, they are not clarified.”
Grossi repeated his warnings that Iran is nearing the amount of nuclear material necessary to create a bomb, saying Monday they are “very, very close” to acquiring a “significant quantity” of this material.
He said Iran could reach this amount in a matter of weeks. Still, he stressed that having enough material for a bomb and building a bomb are two different things.
As of Feb. 19, the IAEA says Iran’s stockpile of all enriched uranium was nearly 3,200 kilograms (7,055 pounds). Some has been enriched up to 60% purity — a short technical step from weapons-grade levels of 90%. Meanwhile, Iran has stopped the IAEA from accessing its surveillance camera footage.
While Iran insists its program is peaceful, the IAEA and Western governments say Iran had an organized military nuclear program up until 2003. | https://www.wane.com/news/un-nuclear-watchdog-urges-iran-to-comply-with-monitoring/ | 2022-06-06 20:31:13 | 0 | https://www.wane.com/news/un-nuclear-watchdog-urges-iran-to-comply-with-monitoring/ |
Weston Timberman Captures CNFR Bareback Title
Clarendon College freshman bareback rider Weston Timberman was born the summer his uncle Kelly Timberman won the pro bareback riding gold buckle and Weston spurred for the top prize last Saturday night at the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper. The Clarendon men's team finished first nationally with 855 points. Timberman earned 320 on his own saving his best ride for the championship round with an 84.5. He enjoyed a terrific rodeo and led the average of the bareback going into the short-go on Saturday.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than a week after Tom Sizemore suffered a brain aneurysm, a representative says the actor’s family is “now deciding end of life matters.”
“Today, doctors informed his family that there is no further hope and have recommended end of life decision,” Sizemore’s manager Charles Lago said in a statement issued Monday night. Lago said another statement would be issued Wednesday.
Sizemore collapsed early Feb. 18 at his home in Los Angeles and has been hospitalized since, remaining “in critical condition, in a coma and in intensive care.” The brain aneurysm was the result of a stroke, Lago’s statement said.
Sizemore, 61, has acted in films like “Saving Private Ryan,” “Heat” and “Black Hawk Down.” While he received accolades for his acting, his career foundered amid a litany of drug abuse arrests and run-ins with law enforcement, including domestic violence and abuse allegations. In 2003, he was convicted of domestic violence charges against his ex-girlfriend, former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss.
In 2017, a woman accused Sizemore of abusing her as an 11-year-old during production on the film “Born Killers.” No charges were filed.
Sizemore has two children, 17-year-old twin boys. | https://www.kxnet.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-tom-sizemores-family-deciding-end-of-life-matters/ | 2023-03-01 12:22:29 | 0 | https://www.kxnet.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-tom-sizemores-family-deciding-end-of-life-matters/ |
MONTREAL, Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Keystone Energy Services (KES) LLC, a leading pipeline construction company primarily focused on the Permian Basin region, has placed an order for a fully integrated fleet management solution from Coencorp. KES previously managed its fleet maintenance, fleet fueling, and fleet telematics using three separate vendors. Integrating the information from each platform to gain efficiency and meaningful insights proved to be difficult. In addition, this arrangement meant dealing with three different companies for varying levels of support. The need to ensure the health and safety of KES personnel, to continuously enhance operational efficiency, and to implement the safest work practices for their clients necessitated the complete overhaul of the existing fleet management scheme.
After an extensive process of researching integrated fleet management solutions, KES awarded an order worth approximately CAD 200,000 for Coencorp's SM2-FUEL fully automated fleet fuel system, SM2-MAINTAIN maintenance management solution, SM2-LOCATE fleet telematics and real-time GPS asset tracking. KES also wanted a gate and building access control, so they added SM2-SECURE access control and time tracking for fleets.
Coencorp President, Mr. Ali Tavassoli, comments, "We are proud to be the sole provider of a fully integrated fleet management solution for Keystone Energy Services. What caught the eye of KES was the end-to-end integration that our fleet management system delivers. Keystone also required some customization to address their unique operating parameters and we can deliver that as well. We build the hardware and software in-house so we have the capacity to accommodate special operating demands. All of this is backed by our unparalleled fleet management support."
For over 31 years, Coencorp has developed a complete fleet management system that seamlessly combines software and hardware to integrate fuel management, maintenance and work order management, automatic vehicle location or AVL, telematics, asset tracking, and yard and building access control including employee time and attendance tracking.
The project will be installed and become operational in the coming months.
About Coencorp: Founded in 1991, Coencorp is a leading provider of automated fleet and fuel management solutions. Coencorp develops, manufactures, markets, and supports sophisticated hardware/software systems that efficiently manage fleets of 50 or more vehicles. Coencorp's mission is to improve its clients' bottom line by reducing their highest operating expenses, namely labor, fuel, and asset tracking & maintenance.
Coencorp systems are used globally in over 1000 sites, managing hundreds of thousands of vehicles in various sectors, including municipalities, public transit, national defense, oil & gas, mining, construction, transportation, utilities, private fleets, and automobile dealerships.
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North Dakota medical panel sanctioned 5 doctors in 2022
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The state Board of Medicine brought five formal disciplinary actions against North Dakota licensed doctors in 2022, including three sanctions that resulted in physicians losing their credentials to practice indefinitely in the state.
The number of disciplinary actions in 2022 was six fewer than each of the previous two years, said Sandra DePountis, the board’s executive director.
The North Dakota Board of Medicine was established in 1890 to license physicians and discipline them if they violate rules or law. The 13-member, governor-appointed panel is made up of 10 doctors, a physician assistant and two lay members.
DePountis said the panel does not meet in December and no other sanctions are currently pending.
The board reviewed 174 complaints this year, down from 202 last year.
Alcohol-related incidents typically make up the bulk of the board’s sanctions, DePountis said. Doctors are given a chance to enter a program that requires them to submit to random drug and alcohol screening before more serious sanctions are sought, she said.
Doctors in the state also were disciplined for such things as substandard care, and criminal offenses, DePountis said.
North Dakota has 2,043 licensed doctors who live in the state, and 3,657 who are licensed but live out of state.
DuPountis did not know if the doctors who lost their licenses in North Dakota had ever actually practiced in the state.
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(The Hill) – Senators agree on the need for comprehensive crypto regulation, but they don’t appear to have a clear pathway to bipartisan legislation.
At a Senate Banking Hearing on Tuesday, Democrats expressed doubt about the value of crypto, while Republicans pushed for a more industry-friendly regulatory environment that encourages crypto firms to set up shop in the U.S.
Partisan differences over how to regulate crypto reduce the chance that Congress will pass a comprehensive bill anytime soon, despite the high-profile collapse of FTX and numerous other crypto firms that weren’t subject to major consumer protection and financial transparency rules.
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), the committee’s chairman, said that Congress should focus on legislation to protect consumers and ensure that crypto doesn’t become integrated into the broader financial system, citing the recent failures.
“The lessons learned here are the product of hard-earned experience — experience that is born of real people losing real money and of dreams shattered,” Brown said.
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), the committee’s ranking member, said that regulators aren’t being clear about whether they have the authority to properly regulate crypto assets, adding that Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler must testify before the committee soon.
He also blamed the SEC for a failure to implement clear guidance that may have pushed firms like FTX to operate outside of the U.S., a talking point often repeated by the crypto industry.
“The American people deserve to know why no action was taken prior to FTX’s collapse and how millions of dollars of Americans’ hard-earned money just vanished into nothing,” Scott said.
Senators don’t appear close to a comprehensive bill to regulate the crypto industry. The first bipartisan proposal to regulate crypto, introduced last year, was written with the help of disgraced FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, dooming its chances.
Still, senators floated the possibility of smaller bills to fill regulatory gaps.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said he is pushing for a bill to require crypto companies to show proof of reserves, noting that a comprehensive framework is “not likely to occur.”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a leading critic of the crypto industry, is working with Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) on a bill to subject crypto to anti-money laundering rules.
“Big-time financial criminals love crypto,” Warren said Tuesday, noting that it’s the currency of choice for ransomware gangs and hackers in North Korea and Russia.
Crypto’s market cap is sitting right around $1 trillion, down from its peak of $3 trillion in November 2021.
The industry is coming under threat from state and federal regulators. New York regulators on Monday ordered blockchain firm Paxos to stop issuing a major so-called stablecoin that is tied to the U.S. dollar. | https://www.wivb.com/hill-politics/senators-appear-divided-on-how-to-regulate-crypto/ | 2023-02-15 00:05:32 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/hill-politics/senators-appear-divided-on-how-to-regulate-crypto/ |
Crime Stoppers of Southeast Texas awards $1K scholarships to area graduates
Published 5:21 pm Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Crime Stoppers of Southeast Texas is overjoyed to announce the 2023 Larry Beaulieu Scholarship Recipients who’ve gained $1K scholarships.
The Larry Beaulieu Scholarship was once created to facilitate and inspire the schooling and building of the kids of area regulation enforcement officials and to acknowledge the visionary management of the group’s founding chairman, Larry Beaulieu.
The listing of this 12 months’s recipients is given underneath:
Kailey Carraway, Nederland High School, daughter of Jeremy Carraway with Texas Department of Public Safety.
Brynn Courts , Vidor High School, daughter of Jeff Courts with Vidor Police Department.
Jordan Fowler, Lumberton High School, son of Derrick Fowler with Beaumont Police Department.
Madison Kokenes, Lumberton High School, daughter of Brian Kokenes with Beaumont Police Department.
Jesson Moses, Woodville High School, son of Shane Moses with Texas Department of Public Safety.
Landon Proenza, PNG High School, son of Justin Proenza with Beaumont Police Department.
Kenzie Schroeder, West Hardin High School, daughter of Chief Aaron Burleson with Sour Lake Police Department.
Kinley Thompson , Warren High School, daughter of Nicholas Thompson with Beaumont Police Department. | https://blackchronicle.com/crime-stoppers-of-southeast-texas-awards-1k-scholarships-to-area-graduates-port-arthur-news/ | 2023-04-26 23:52:54 | 1 | https://blackchronicle.com/crime-stoppers-of-southeast-texas-awards-1k-scholarships-to-area-graduates-port-arthur-news/ |
CHICAGO (AP) _ Gatx Corp. (GATX) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $48.4 million.
The Chicago-based company said it had profit of $1.36 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to $1.54 per share.
The equipment finance company posted revenue of $322.7 million in the period.
For the year, the company reported profit of $155.9 million, or $4.35 per share. Revenue was reported as $1.27 billion.
Gatx expects full-year earnings to be $6.50 to $6.90 per share.
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Federal regulators have cleared the way for the removal of major dams along the Klamath River in Oregon. Local tribes and environmental groups have worked for decades to bring the dams down.
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Federal regulators have cleared the way for the removal of major dams along the Klamath River in Oregon. Local tribes and environmental groups have worked for decades to bring the dams down.
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Mets third. Mark Canha walks. Starling Marte grounds out to shortstop, Jose Barrero to Joey Votto. Mark Canha to second. Francisco Lindor homers to left field. Mark Canha scores. Pete Alonso called out on strikes. Darin Ruf grounds out to third base, Kyle Farmer to Joey Votto.
2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Mets 2, Reds 0.
Mets fourth. Jeff McNeil homers to center field. Eduardo Escobar called out on strikes. Luis Guillorme grounds out to shortstop, Jose Barrero to Joey Votto. Tomas Nido lines out to shortstop to Jose Barrero.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Mets 3, Reds 0.
Mets sixth. Pete Alonso lines out to shortstop to Jose Barrero. Darin Ruf doubles to deep left field. Jeff McNeil singles to center field. Darin Ruf scores. Eduardo Escobar singles to left field. Jeff McNeil to second. Luis Guillorme grounds out to shallow infield. Eduardo Escobar out at second.
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Mets 4, Reds 0.
Reds seventh. Donovan Solano singles to left field. Aristides Aquino flies out to deep left field to Jeff McNeil. Jake Fraley homers to center field. Donovan Solano scores. Jose Barrero strikes out swinging. Austin Romine singles to left field. Jonathan India singles to right center field. Austin Romine to second. Nick Senzel strikes out swinging.
2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Mets 4, Reds 2.
Mets seventh. Tomas Nido singles to right field. Mark Canha hit by pitch. Tomas Nido to second. Starling Marte strikes out swinging. Francisco Lindor grounds out to second base, Joey Votto to Joel Kuhnel. Mark Canha to second. Tomas Nido to third. Pete Alonso is intentionally walked. Darin Ruf singles to right field. Pete Alonso to third. Mark Canha scores. Tomas Nido scores. Jeff McNeil lines out to left center field to Nick Senzel.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Mets 6, Reds 2. | https://www.mrt.com/sports/article/Cincinnati-N-Y-Mets-Runs-17363354.php | 2022-08-10 04:38:52 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/sports/article/Cincinnati-N-Y-Mets-Runs-17363354.php |
HOUSTON — From his perch in the third-base dugout at Minute Maid Park, just as he had hours earlier on the team bus from the hotel, Phillies president Dave Dombrowski intoned an advisory.
The Phillies have charted an unexpected course this postseason, ending an 11-year playoff drought to climb from the third and final wild card to the World Series.
What lies ahead, however, Dombrowski said while gesturing toward the field, is a bit different.
“I said, ‘you haven’t seen the World Series yet. The LCS is great. The World Series is different,’” Dombrowski said Thursday. “… It’s just a different intensity level. It’s great.”
For so many in the visitors clubhouse, Thursday’s workout in Houston marked their first taste of the Fall Classic. They approached it with the same demeanor that has steered them throughout the postseason, keeping it loose and fun.
That tracks with the advice of the two players in the locker room with World Series rings. David Robertson and Kyle Schwarber have been there before, with the Yankees in 2009 and the Cubs in 2016, respectively. And their message, if the team’s young players need it, is to embrace what this week brings.
“I think it speak for itself in terms of, ‘hey, this is it. You’re at your end goal, now it’s time to get four wins and try to reach your goal,’” Schwarber said during media day. “We’re definitely not going to approach it differently, but we also have to make sure that you appreciate it as well. If you are out there, go out there, take a minute to yourself, enjoy it and then it’s time to go.”
“It’s not any different,” Robertson said. “It’s the same game you’ve been playing all season long, it’s just elevated at a higher level. You’re the final two teams. You have to do everything right to win.
“Other than that, the crowds are going to be louder, the atmosphere is going to be more electric. It’s a matter of taking a deep breath and making a pitch or putting together a good at-bat or just staying focused throughout the game and on the task that you need to do to help the team win.”
On paper, the experience advantage belongs to the Astros, as the banners above Minute Maid Park indicate. They won the World Series in 2017, albeit under a shroud of controversy, and lost in the Series in 2019 and 2021. There hasn’t been an ALCS without Houston since 2016.
However many of that group that includes Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman, Justin Verlander and company remain in the Houston dugout, the past has little bearing on what begins Friday night. Neither do the seven straight wins to open the postseason or the 25 days since their last loss, dating to the Phillies’ playoff clincher in the final series of the regular season.
Dombrowski, leading his fourth club to a fifth pennant, doesn’t seem to mind the state of play.
“Sometimes being an underdog can be good, too,” he said. “I like our club. I like our club a lot. I think it’s a different club than it was early in the season.”
The Phillies have embraced who they are throughout this adventure of a season. From the managerial firing that installed Rob Thomson to injuries to starters Jean Segura and Bryce Harper to the struggles of high-priced additions like Schwarber and Nick Castellanos early in the season, it all coalesced down the stretch. The result has been a 9-2 mark in the postseason, including 4-2 on the road, to pull what the seeds say are three straight upsets.
Winning a world title would require a fourth. It would also necessitate doing the same things that have gotten them here, which is exactly the message of how to approach the World Series.
“I feel like these guys have done a fantastic job throughout this postseason of that,” Schwarber said. “We’ve played in some really big games and some really big atmospheres, and no one seems to be fazed by any noise or anything like that. Everyone’s just kind of bought into us, and that’s what it’s supposed to be.”
One inextricable part of this run is its effect beyond the ballpark. Dombrowski has seen how baseball can revitalize a market – he brought championships baseball to South Florida, after all, and two pennants to Detroit. The homefield advantage at Citizens Bank Park has factored into the last two series wins, and the team hopes it will weigh heavily on the outcome of this series.
Particularly for a fanbase that stomached a fallow decade, it’s what Dombrowski wanted to restore.
“I think it’s just tremendous,” he said. “That’s what you want to do if you can. Baseball is more than just a game on the field in many ways. That’s what I’m in it for – wins and losses, you want to win as many games as you can and end up in this place, and we want to win four more games. But it’s also a seed of community. It brings you together, and sports can do that. It’s really something.”
The common refrain among the Phillies Thursday is that nothing strategic will change once Justin Verlander delivers his first pitch Friday. They’ll still depend on the horses in their starting rotation, Aaron Nola in Game 1 and Zack Wheeler in Game 2. They’ll still attack bullpen outs by committee. They’ll still pass the baton in the lineup, alternating responsibility one through nine.
“Just because we’re here and it’s the World Series, it’s not going change the brand of baseball that we’re going to try to play, and that’s going to be our brand,” Schwarber said. “And we’re going to be ready whenever we cross that line.”
“It’s stay loose. And really that’s what it gets down to,” Thomson said. “It is the World Series, it is a big stage, but they’ve been loose the entire time through this whole process. They haven’t gotten caught up in the moment, they’ve stayed in the moment, and they’ve just got to carry on in the same way, go out, put your game on autopilot and just go play.”
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READING, Pa. (WXIN) – An infant formula manufacturer is recalling an entire run of its product due to the possibility of cross-contamination with dangerous bacteria.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the recall involves ByHeart’s Whole Nutrition Infant Formula. The recall was initiated after a sample conducted by a third-party packager tested positive for Cronobacter sakazakii. However, no product distributed ByHeart has tested positive for the bacteria.
This bacteria can cause severe, life-threatening infections such as sepsis or meningitis. Meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes that protect the brain and spine.
The FDA says symptoms of sepsis and meningitis may include poor feeding, irritability, temperature changes, jaundice, grunting breaths, and abnormal movements. The infection may also cause bowel damage and spread through the blood to other body parts.
It is important to note that this voluntary recall is not related to our own manufacturing in any way, and we remain confident in our safety testing and quality program. We own our entire manufacturing supply chain, with the exception of final canning, which is conducted by a reputable third-party packager.
Statement from ByHeart
After learning about the positive sample, ByHeart isolated all products packaged that day, and the first production of the next day. The company said out of an abundance of caution, it is now recalling all products produced during the entire production run.
Recalled product batches are 22273 C1, 22276 C1, 22277 C1, 22278 C1, and 22280 C1 printed with use by 01 JAN 24 or 01JUL 24.
So far, the company has not heard from anyone indicating any illness. The FDA said if a baby has already consumed all the formula, there is no reason for concern. However, if parents are concerned, they should consult their pediatrician.
Anyone with the recalled formula should throw it away and contact ByHeart. They can email the company at notices@byheart.com or text it at 1-909-506-2354. The company will also reach out directly to all customers who purchased orders from these identified batches via email
In the meantime, our priority is to make sure that all customers have what they need to keep their babies fed and healthy, no matter what brand of formula they use. While we work diligently to meet the demand for formula, the fastest way we can replace the formula that you purchased is to cover the cost of two cans of alternate formula. Additionally, affected customers will receive two cans of their next order of ByHeart Whole Nutrition Formula for free. We will also be reaching out directly to all customers via email who recently purchased orders from ByHeart.
Statement from ByHeart
Anyone whose infant is experiencing symptoms related to Cronobacter infection is urged to contact their health care provider to report their symptoms and receive immediate care. To report an illness or adverse event, you can
- Call an FDA Consumer Complaint Coordinator if they wish to speak directly to a person about their problem.
- Complete an electronic Voluntary MedWatch form online.
- Complete a paper Voluntary MedWatch form that can be mailed to the FDA. | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/recalled-infant-formula-may-have-been-contaminated-by-bacteria-that-cause-sepsis-meningitis/ | 2022-12-12 14:56:59 | 0 | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/recalled-infant-formula-may-have-been-contaminated-by-bacteria-that-cause-sepsis-meningitis/ |
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tuya Inc. ("Tuya" or the "Company") (NYSE: TUYA; HKEX: 2391), a global leading IoT cloud development platform, today announced that its board of directors (the "Board") has authorized a share repurchase program under which the Company may repurchase up to US$50 million of its Class A ordinary shares ("Ordinary Shares"), including in the form of American depositary shares ("ADSs"), pursuant to the general mandate granted to the Board to exercise all powers of the Company to repurchase Ordinary Shares (including in the form of ADSs) by the shareholders of the Company on the annual general meeting on June 20, 2023 (the "Share Repurchase Program"). The Share Repurchase Program will commence on June 29, 2023 and end on the date on which a new general repurchase mandate is granted by the shareholders to the Board on the Company's next annual general meeting which is due to be held by June 30, 2024 under the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Listing Rules").
Mr. Xueji (Jerry) Wang, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Tuya, commented, "The Share Repurchase Program is a strong indication of the Board's confidence in the Company's fundamentals and long-term business prospects. We believe that the Share Repurchase Program will ultimately benefit Tuya as well as create value for its customers and shareholders, and our strong cash positions will enable us to continuously invest in our technology leadership and business development".
The Company's proposed repurchases may be made from time to time through open market transactions at prevailing market prices and/or through other legally permissible means, depending on the market conditions and in accordance with applicable rules and regulations. The timing and dollar amount of the repurchase transactions will be subject to Rule 10b-18 and/or Rule 10b5-1 requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and applicable requirements under the Listing Rules. The Board will review the Share Repurchase Program periodically, and may authorize adjustment of its terms and size or suspend or discontinue the program. The Company plans to fund repurchases from its existing cash balance.
About Tuya Inc.
Tuya Inc. (NYSE: TUYA; HKEX: 2391) is a global leading IoT cloud development platform with a mission to build an IoT developer ecosystem and enable everything to be smart. Tuya has pioneered a purpose-built IoT cloud development platform that delivers a full suite of offerings, including Platform-as-a-Service, or PaaS, and Software-as-a-Service, or SaaS, to businesses and developers. Through its IoT cloud development platform, Tuya has enabled developers to activate a vibrant IoT ecosystem of brands, OEMs, partners and end users to engage and communicate through a broad range of smart devices.
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Developer Chose Boviet Solar's Vega Series™ Bifacial PV Modules
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Boviet Solar, a leading global solar energy technology company specializing in the manufacturing of Monocrystalline PERC PV cells, Monofacial and Bifacial PV Modules, has signed a contract to provide 255 MW of PV Modules to a leading global renewable energy developer. The PV modules will be used at a utility-scale solar project in the United States.
The developer chose Boviet Solar's high-performance and high-efficiency Vega Series™ 550W PERC Monocrystalline - Bifacial Double-Glass PV Modules.
"Our Monofacial and Bifacial PV modules are designed with better technology in mind, made from robust products components under stringent quality control steps and using high-tech manufacturing processes. As a result, clients can mitigate their project risk, lower their balance of system (BOS) cost, lower the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE), receive a great return on investment (ROI), and realize long-term, reliable energy generation and savings," said Sienna Cen, President of Boviet Solar USA.
Boviet Solar's PV modules feature high-purity monocrystalline wafer technology combined with PERC, half-cut, multi-busbar, large cell design and robust product components.
"That combination of technologies means our modules capture more photons, produce more energy, and ultimately pack more power per module. And it means developers can rely on our modules to perform reliably regardless of the installation scenario and environmental conditions," Cen added.
Boviet Solar's PV Modules have been listed on the PVEL top performance PV Module scorecard since 2019. The company has achieved BloombergNEF's Tier 1 status since 2017.
Founded in 2013 in Vietnam, Boviet Solar is part of Boway Alloy and a global Tier 1 solar technology company that specializes in the manufacturing of Monocrystalline PERC cells, Monofacial and Bifacial PV modules, as well as solar project development. The company works with IPPs, EPCs, project developers, solar installers, and contractors to deliver top-performing PV modules for utility-scale, commercial, industrial, and residential solar projects. With a proven track record of success working with many of the industry's leading players, Boviet Solar has maintained its position as a BloombergNEF Tier 1 solar module manufacturer and supplier since 2017. The company offers financial stability, technology know-how, manufacturing excellence and supply chain transparency. Its PV Modules are known for their power, performance and quality and have been rated as top performers on the PVEL/DNV-GL module reliability scorecard since 2019. Boviet Solar's USA headquarters are in San José, California and its global headquarters are located in Vietnam. For more information, please visit www.bovietsolar.com.
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Man’s ankle monitor places him at site where wife’s body found, police say
PLANO, Texas (KTVT) - Police arrested a Texas man who became a suspect in his wife’s disappearance after an ankle monitor he was wearing for an unrelated case put him in the exact location where her body was found.
Before his wife, Sarah Dudley, disappeared, Karlton Dudley was awaiting a grand jury decision on whether to indict him for sexual assault of a child.
In an arrest warrant, Frisco Police detail how Karlton Dudley would see a friend’s daughter, who was under the age of 14, about twice a week. He would take her out to do things, often bring her back to his apartment and even have her stay the night.
After the girl’s mother discovered what she considered suggestive and inappropriate anime photos that Karlton Dudley sent on her daughter’s tablet, police say the girl claimed he had sexually abused her.
Karlton Dudley has denied having any sexual contact with the girl, but he was arrested in September. He was released on bond 10 days later wearing a GPS monitor on his ankle.
That monitor was still around his ankle this past Saturday when Plano Police say he was in the water at Lake Lewisville, the spot where his wife’s body, stuffed in a black duffel bag, was found Monday.
An affidavit states Karlton Dudley told police he was at the lake to go kayaking, but police records show he was in the same area where his wife’s body was found. Police also say the duffel bag matched the description of one Karlton Dudley had reported missing from his apartment.
Karlton Dudley is now charged with abuse of a corpse for allegedly disposing of a body. His bail was set at $500,000.
The Tarrant County medical examiner has not yet reported how exactly Sarah Dudley died, but should her manner of death be ruled a homicide, police will be looking at filing more serious charges against her husband.
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CHICAGO, Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Feeding America®, the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief organization, announced a $14.1 million investment from the Elevance Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Elevance Health, Inc., to continue the 'Food as Medicine' program through 2025. This phase of the program will help over 20 Feeding America member food banks and health care partners implement enhanced data collection, sharing and analysis to better understand the needs of people facing hunger and deliver effective solutions.
"Nearly 34 million people, including 9 million children, are food insecure in America," said Mark Stephens, executive vice president of innovation at Feeding America. "As we embark on the third phase of the 'Food as Medicine' program, we continue to fortify our evaluation efforts to better understand how we can help neighbors improve health outcomes, while preserving their privacy and ensuring every person has a dignified and seamless experience based on their unique needs. This program is transforming the charitable food experience for neighbors and the health care system, while promoting the well-being of people facing hunger. This initiative enables people with chronic diseases to have access to nutritious food that facilitates better health."
Food security and health are inextricably linked. The lack of access to nutritious foods can have serious, long-term effects on health and well-being, and it can make managing existing chronic conditions more difficult for people facing hunger.1 The 'Food as Medicine' program will support Feeding America member food banks as they collaborate with health care partners to screen patients for food insecurity during health care visits. Health care partners will then connect patients who screen positive for food insecurity to food assistance resources onsite at health care facilities and at community-based food pantries and meal programs.
The program will provide food banks and health care partners with data collection capabilities that will help identify learnings and best practices to enable positive health outcomes in participants. Food banks and health care partners will leverage the data, while protecting patients' privacy, for organizational strategy, operations and program development to best support neighbors with chronic health conditions, who also are experiencing food insecurity. Additionally, the 'Food as Medicine' program will offer new food distribution options and enroll more participants into public benefits programs, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
'Food as Medicine' will strengthen existing partnerships for 14 member food banks and their affiliated health care partners that participated in the first two phases of the program. Participating health care partners aim to screen 900,000 patients for food insecurity during the three-year partnership.
"The Elevance Health Foundation believes that food is medicine and through consistent access to nutritious food, we can improve health outcomes," said Shantanu Agrawal, M.D., Chief Health Officer of Elevance Health. "As the largest grant in our Foundation history, Feeding America will be able to continue its 'Food as Medicine' program, leading us to have a better understanding of how food – as medicine – impacts clinical outcomes among people at risk of or suffering from a diet-related health condition, such as diabetes, high cholesterol, or high blood pressure."
Since 2004, the Elevance Health Foundation has supported hunger-relief efforts at food banks across the country and provided funding to Feeding America for the first two phases of the 'Food as Medicine' program. This latest three-year partnership represents Elevance Health Foundation's sustained investment in supporting food bank and health care partnerships and addressing the intersections of food insecurity and health. The grant is part of the Foundation's commitment of up to $30 million over the next three years toward programs that advance health equity and encourage food as medicine.
Feeding America® is the largest hunger-relief organization in the United States. Through a network of more than 200 food banks, 21 statewide food bank associations and over 60,000 partner agencies, food pantries and meal programs, we helped provide 6.6 billion meals to tens of millions of people in need last year. Feeding America also supports programs that prevent food waste and improve food security among the people we serve; brings attention to the social and systemic barriers that contribute to food insecurity in our nation; and advocates for legislation that protects people from going hungry. Visit www.feedingamerica.org, find us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.
Elevance Health Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Elevance Health, Inc. The Foundation works to advance health equity by focusing on improving the health of the socially vulnerable through partnerships and programs in our communities with an emphasis on maternal child health; substance use disorder; and food as medicine. Through its key areas of focus, the Foundation also strategically aligns with Elevance Health's focus on community health and becoming a lifetime, trusted health partner that is fueled by its purpose to improve the health of humanity. To learn more about Elevance Health Foundation, please visit www.elevancehealth.foundation or follow us @ElevanceFND on Twitter and Elevance Health Foundation on Facebook.
- "Causes and Consequences of Food Insecurity." Hunger and Health, 5 May 2022, https://hungerandhealth.feedingamerica.org/understand-food-insecurity/hunger-health-101/.
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Veteran Theater Director Aims to Give the Production of “Our Town” an Unexpected Twist
November 6, 2022
After months of planning and rehearsing, the Marshall University School of Theater is ready to bring the audience to Grover’s Corners with their production of “Our Town” opening on Wednesday, Nov. 9.
The play will run from Nov. 9-12 and Nov. 16-19 with nightly showings at 7:30 p.m. On Saturday, Nov. 12, they will also feature a 2:00 p.m. matinee.
The production is directed by Marshall theater professor Jack Cirillo, who has directed university plays for almost 25 years. “Our Town” is a simplistic play in terms of set design and costuming, giving the actors a chance to really showcase their skills to bring the play to life, according to Cirillo.
“One of the tenants of the piece is that it doesn’t have a lot of bells and whistles,” Cirillo said. “It is classic storytelling, so the actors get to rely on themselves and their own creativity. In a way, it reinforces the collaborative spirit of the art form, which I think we can never get enough of.”
With Cirillo already having experience producing “Our Town,” he has made sure to give this production a unique spin.
“I have worked on the piece before, and I wanted to do something a little different with it,” Cirillo said. “So we kicked around some ideas, and without giving too much away, there are some things that we are doing in the third act that are going to be quite unexpected.”
While Marshall’s theater productions and auditions are open to all university students, the cast of “Our Town” features primarily theater majors who have built a history in collegiate theater. As a director, being able to witness an actor’s development over time is one of the most fulfilling parts of the process, according to Cirillo.
“More than anything else, I enjoy the process of watching young actors begin and where they get to by the time we are in performance,” Cirillo said. “I enjoy seeing that sense of growth and satisfaction along with the camaraderie and collaboration that goes on in the productions.” | https://marshallparthenon.com/30642/news/veteran-theater-director-aims-to-give-the-school-of-theaters-production-of-our-town-an-unexpected-twist/ | 2022-11-07 20:35:59 | 1 | https://marshallparthenon.com/30642/news/veteran-theater-director-aims-to-give-the-school-of-theaters-production-of-our-town-an-unexpected-twist/ |
PLAINS, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The District II wrestling championships took place at Wilkes-Barre Area High School on Saturday. Among the winners were Luke Sirianni of Abington Heights, Jaden Pepe of Wyoming Area, and Lexi Schechterly of Lake-Lehman.
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As crazy as it seems, it's back-to-school time again! If you or someone you know will be moving into a dorm or new apartment in the upcoming months, we've got a home sale you don't want to miss.
Pottery Barn Teen is having a major sale right now where you can save on dorm room essentials from cozy beddings to laundry baskets, and everything in between. In addition to that, backpacks and lunch boxes are on sale for up to 50% off. As if that weren't already enough, they're also holding a huge summer clearance sale where you can score deals up to 70% off. There are hundreds of items discounted right now, and we even found deals as low as $8.
Whether you need new back-to-school gear or you want to make your home look extra chic, Pottery Barn Teen's summer clearance sale is one you'll want to shop ASAP. We've rounded up some of our favorite deals and items from the sale. Check those out below.
West Elm x Pottery Barn Teen Ceramic Wallscape Planter
Brighten up your space with these chic ceramic wallscape planters from the West Elm x Pottery Barn Teen collaboration. There are two sizes available and sale prices start at $23.
West Elm x PB Dorm Metal Wallscape Planters
We aren't sure which wallscape planters we love more: the classy and cute ceramic ones above or the ultra-glam gold planters here. Either way, they're both on sale for a really great price! Like the above, these planters were made in collaboration with West Elm.
No Nails Wall Jewelry Holder & Photo Ledge
Hang jewelry and display your photos in the chicest way possible with this jewelry holder and photo ledge. It's originally $39, but it's on sale now for $31. Best part is, no nails are required and it even comes with 3M tape so you can stick it to your wall right away.
Cozy Pom Sherpa Throw
These sherpa throws are not only cozy and adorable, they're also made of 100% recycled polyester and each one is made from over 20 recycled plastic water bottles. There are five colors to choose from, and several colors are on sale starting at $32.
West Elm x PB Dorm Curl Task Lamp
Illuminate your space with this stylish lamp from the West Elm x Pottery Barn Dorm collab. It's originally $79, but you can get it on sale today for $40.
Expandable Metal Over-the-Door Hook Rack
Hang up your coats, totes and more in this classy and cool over-the-door hook rack in gold. It's originally $49, but you can get add it to your home today for $39.
Faux-Fur Super Storage Lapdesk
This super chic and plush lap desk is perfect for days when you just want to work or study on your bed. It's originally $129, but you can score one for $64.
The Hug Cozy Lounge Around Pillow
This "hug-worthy" lounge around pillow is just the thing you need for studying, reading or well, lounging around. It's originally $139, but it's on sale now for $111.
Bedside Drawer
Got limited space? Forget the nightstand! This bedside drawer easily attaches to your bed frame to give you easy access to your phone, a glass of water or your journal. It's originally $69, but right now, it's on sale for $48.
Vegan Leather-Trim Canvas Bins
These canvas and vegan leather bins were made for you to "stash in style." It's perfect for storing books, clothes, blankets and more. There are two sizes currently available and prices start at $35 for the catchall.
Classic Short Robe with Hood
You won't regret getting these snuggly short robes once the cooler weather hits. These classic short robes come in four colors and they're all on sale for $55.
Wizarding World Nagini Earring Holder
If you or someone you know is a fan of Harry Potter and the greater Wizarding World, this very cool Nagini Earring Holder is a must-have. It's made from aluminum and features a 24 hooks to rings, earrings and more. It's originally $129, but you can get it on sale today for $70.
West Elm x PB Dorm Over-the-Door Moon Mirror with Hooks
Everything from the West Elm x PB Dorm collab is obsession-worthy and practical, and this cute over-the-door mirror with hooks is no exception. It's perfect for anyone with limited space. Plus, it's originally $129 but on sale for $65. Such a great deal!
Cozy Study Buddy Sherpa Pillow
This study buddy sherpa pillow will make your study seshes feel a lot more comfortable. Right now the cute pink option is on sale for $59.
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Ninth-ranked Jennifer Kupcho claimed her third LPGA Tour championship of the season on Saturday, teaming with fellow American Lizette Salas to hold on and win the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational at Midland Country Club. Kupcho and Salas, who entered Saturday’s final round with a four-stroke lead, shot a 9-under-par 61 in the four-ball format to finish the tournament at 26-under, five strokes ahead of second-place Matilda Castren and Kelly Tan, who finished at 21-under.
For Kupcho, the GLBI championship is her second Tour victory in Michigan this season, having also won the Meijer LPGA Classic.
“I think, after I got my first win, I felt a lot more confident in my game. It's so hard to win out here, so to know that I could do it, I think that kind of helped my confidence,” said Kupcho, who is the first player to reach three wins this year. “And then to get the second win against a really stacked leaderboard and a playoff at Meijer, it made me all that more comfortable.
“I think that's kind of how amateur golf was for me. I started out really slow, and then I was able to win and kind of just went off on it,” she added. “It is a lot of fun to win, and I am a very competitive person.”
For Salas, Saturday marked her second career Tour victory and her first since winning the 2014 Kingsmill Championship. She made six birdies Saturday en route to becoming the 42nd player in LPGA Tour history to top the $7 million mark in career earnings.
Salas said she was pleased to share the win with Kupcho.
“It's been a long time (since I last won a tournament). I couldn't have done it without her,” Salas said. “You know, she's a great competitor, a great friend, and an amazing partner on the golf course. We played some amazing golf this week.
“My job was, or my goal was, to play well for her. We showcased how our games can complement each other,” added Salas, who turns 33 on Sunday. “But for myself to finally get another win after eight years, it's been a long journey. (I’ve had) lots of up and downs, and (I’m) just really happy.”
Finland’s Castren and Malaysia’s Tan shot an 8-under 62 on Saturday to secure second place, marking Castren’s second runner-up finish on the Tour and Tan’s career-best finish.
U.S. Solheim Cup captain Stacy Lewis and partner Maria Fassi carded the second 11-under round of 59 of the tournament to finish third at 20-under, which is Lewis’s best finish since winning the 2020 Women’s Scottish Open and Fassi’s career-best finish.
The team of Elizabeth Szokol and Cheyenne Knight and the team of Haeji Kang and Tiffany Chan tied for fourth place at 19-under, while the team of Hye Jin Choi and Na Rin An and the team of Pauline Roussin and Dewi Weber, all Tour rookies, tied for sixth at 18-under.
Third-ranked Nelly Korda and sister Jessica Korda tied with the team of Karis Davidson and Daniela Darquea for eighth at 17-under. | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/Americans-Kupcho-Salas-win-GLBI-championship-17310016.php | 2022-07-17 07:20:47 | 0 | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/Americans-Kupcho-Salas-win-GLBI-championship-17310016.php |
NEW YORK, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Mullen Automotive, Inc. f/k/a Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: MULN, NETE) between June 15, 2020 and April 6, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important July 5, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline in the securities class action commenced by the Firm.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Mullen securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Mullen class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=5459 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than July 5, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources, or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Mullen overstates its ability and timeline regarding production; (2) Mullen overstates its deals with business partners, including Qiantu Motors; (3) Mullen overstates its battery technology and capabilities; (4) Mullen overstates its ability to sell its branded products; (5) Net Element did not conduct proper due diligence into Mullen Technologies; (6) the Dragonfly K50 was not (solely) delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and (7) as a result, defendants' public statements were materially false and/or misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Mullen class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=5459 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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NEW YORK — You could tell by the smile on Gerrit Cole’s face and perkiness in his voice how psyched he was after the Yankees beat the Blue Jays 3-2 in walk-off fashion Saturday.
The early American League Cy Young co-favorite along with Shohei Ohtani tired in the sixth because he’d labored in the early innings and his pitch count already was in the mid-90s, but the Blue Jays never got to him. His 5 2/3 scoreless ran his streak of not allowing a run up to 20 2/3 counting six in Cleveland on April 11 after he spotted the Guardians a 2-0 first-inning lead in a Yankees 11-2 waltz plus his two-hit, complete-game shutout last Sunday against the Twins.
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What really excited Cole during his short post-game presser in the Yankees clubhouse was when Anthony Volpe’s name came up.
Cole grinned and blurted out the first thing that came to his mind about 30 minutes after watching Volpe wow everyone again, this time with an eighth-inning, two-run homer off Blue Jays reliever Yimi Garcia that turned a scoreless affair into 2-0 Yankees.
“Stud,” Cole said.
He laughed at his comment, then thought for a brief moment to come up with something better.
“Um … stud,” Cole said again with a bigger smile before expanding on his answer. “He’s a winning player. He’s a great complement to the clubhouse. He’s a great defensive player and obviously put a great swing on a good pitch today and gave us a jolt that we needed.”
The 21-year-old isn’t playing like a rookie. Volpe looked that part at times during his first 10 games when he hit .129 with four hits, no RBI and 12 strikeouts in 31 at-bats, but even then he was making every play at shortstop, some of them not easy.
Plus, Volpe mostly was having good at-bats. He chased at times, but usually made pitchers work to get him out. And when got on first base, he made it look easy stealing second base and sometimes third, too.
The last 10 games, Volpe has resembled one of his baseball heroes. He was compared to a young Derek Jeter when he was a kid from New Jersey and during his very quick rise through the Yankees farm system. And now in these last 10 games, he’s doing it as the Yankees shortstop.
Volpe has been on base in all 10, reaching 17 times in 42 plate appearances with nine hits and eight walks for a .405 on-base average. This hot streak has his season batting average up to the Mendoza Line at an even .200, which isn’t where he wants it to be but is a lot higher than it was a week earlier.
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The game is slowing down for Volpe, who is getting more comfortable with each passing day.
“I think coming back home (from the first roadtrip) and being here for the homestand and just getting settled in definitely feels a lot better,” Volpe said. “But we have such a good lineup that if I just stay within myself and take my pitches, swing at good ones and take bad ones, then there’s a lot more pressure to pitch to me knowing that there’s really good hitters behind me.”
Now that Volpe is leading off every day, one of the best is behind him. Aaron Judge bats second. Before that, when Volpe started out batting ninth, he hit after two-time batting champion DJ LeMahieu, who came off the bench to win Saturday’s game with a pinch-hit, bases-loaded, walk-off single.
Volpe started taking off at the plate immediately after the one game that he didn’t start the season, the one he didn’t get in until playing defense in the ninth inning.
The next day, Volpe hit leadoff for the first time. That’s where he hit — and excelled — during his three minor-league seasons. He also looked at home there right away that Wednesday afternoon in Cleveland. His first time up, Volpe doubled off the left-field wall at Progressive Field.
Two games later, Volpe led off again against the Twins at Yankee Stadium. His first at-bat, he hit his first homer. Another two games later, Volpe hit first for a third time and contributed a hit and stolen base on the day that Cole and the Yankees shut out the Twins 2-0.
Ever since, Volpe’s has hit leadoff every game with LeMahieu batting fifth for all of his starts.
“I feel like the last 10 days you’ve really started to see consistent at-bat quality,” manager Aaron Boone said. “Whatever the result ends up being, it’s been that. He’s a heavy at-bat. He’s a tough at-bat whether you get him out or not.”
Through Friday, Volpe’s 4.22 pitches per plate appearance ranked 14th in the AL. The only Yankee ahead of him was Judge, who was seventh at 4.34. Also, Volpe’s 13 walks were tied for second on the club through Saturday and his eight steals (in eight attempts) were tied for second in the league and one behind the AL leader.
At short, Volpe has made every single play after making no errors in spring training.
Like everyone else on the Yankees, LeMahieu already is a big Volpe fan.
“He’s impacted the game in so many ways since the beginning of the year … defense, baserunning, big homer,” LeMahieu said. “He just continues to impact the game one way or the other.”
Cole sees the same things and says he’s not surprised.
Going into spring training, Cole was told what to expect from Volpe, who went to camp seemingly a longshot to beat out Oswald Peraza and Isiah Kiner-Falefa for the starting shortstop job because he had no big-league time and just 22 games in Triple-A,
Cole was clued in during an offseason talk he had with Yankees scouting director Damon Oppenheimer. They’d been close since Oppenheimer drafted Cole as a high school senior even though he opted to play college baseball at UCLA instead of signing with the Yankees.
“The first person that told me that (Volpe) was a winning player before I even got to play with him was Damon Oppenheimer,” Cole said.
During their talk, Oppenheimer told Cole, “I think you’re really going to like this kid this spring. He’s won at every amateur level, and every professional level his teams always seem to be good and always seem to be competitive.”
Cole already agrees. It’s still April, but he’s seen enough to believe Volpe indeed is a winning player.
“That’s just a testament to the type of standard he sets,” Cole said, “playing every pitch and being a great teammate and making a difference outside of the lines, as well.”
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Randy Miller may be reached at rmiller@njadvancemedia.com. | https://www.nj.com/yankees/2023/04/yankees-anthony-volpe-already-has-won-over-teammates-in-so-many-ways.html | 2023-04-23 11:28:58 | 0 | https://www.nj.com/yankees/2023/04/yankees-anthony-volpe-already-has-won-over-teammates-in-so-many-ways.html |
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A Ugandan court has charged an American couple with child trafficking in a case that might see them serve life in prison if convicted.
According to the charge sheet presented by the state prosecution before Buganda Road Court on Monday, the couple allegedly tortured and held a 10-year-old boy in a small, cold room without clothes.
The court document alleged that Mackenzie Leing Mathias Spencer and Nicholas Spencer in the district of Kampala “recruited, transported and maintained” the foster child “for the purpose of exploitation.”
The couple earlier had been charged with aggravated torture and was alleged to have kept the boy in the room fitted with cameras to monitor his “stubbornness” and “hyperactive behavior.” Police were alerted to the case by a worker at the couple’s home.
The couple has pleaded not guilty to the earlier charge and they will have the chance to plead to the new charge when the case moves to a higher court. They remain in custody.
The prosecution told the court the couple had been staying with three foster children, including the boy. The other two children are now in the care of the police.
The case has an element of child trafficking because the couple was allegedly keeping and using the children to solicit money from donors, said Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesman Patrick Onyango.
It’s not clear what the couple was doing in Uganda because they didn’t have work permits, he said.
The law allows foreigners in Uganda to have foster children, Onyango said. | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-ugandan-court-charges-us-couple-in-case-of-foster-child/ | 2022-12-22 06:45:45 | 0 | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-ugandan-court-charges-us-couple-in-case-of-foster-child/ |
ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Cornell University has announced the temporary suspension of fraternity parties after a student reported being sexually assaulted Sunday and four others were reportedly drugged at off-campus housing in recent weeks, university leaders said this week.
All of the incidents occurred at residences affiliated with registered fraternities, according to a statement to students Monday by President Martha Pollack and Vice President Ryan Lombardi.
Police investigations are ongoing.
The suspension of fraternity parties and other social events at the Ivy League university follows an emergency meeting Sunday between the Interfraternity Council, which governs recognized fraternities, and staff, the statement said. IFC student leaders made the decision voluntarily.
“Fraternity leaders will take this time to implement stronger health and safety plans,” the university statement said. “No IFC-affiliated social events will resume until student leaders and Cornell staff are confident activities can take place responsibly and safely.”
The IFC did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.
A Cornell University Police alert Friday warned of at least four incidents since Sept. 24 in which students reported they had become incapacitated while attending parties off campus, despite having consumed little or no alcohol. The individuals believed they were exposed to Rohypnol, the alert said. Commonly called “roofies,” the illegal sedative is known as a date-rape drug.
On Sunday, university police said a student reported being sexually assaulted at an event between 2:30 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. that morning.
“Like you, we are outraged and saddened by the Cornell University Police Department (CUPD) crime alerts issued this weekend,” Pollack and Lombardi said. | https://www.kark.com/news/national/ap-cornell-frat-parties-on-hold-druggings-assault-reported/ | 2022-11-09 12:20:01 | 0 | https://www.kark.com/news/national/ap-cornell-frat-parties-on-hold-druggings-assault-reported/ |
What to watch as Indiana Midget Week coming to Bloomington Speedway
The 19th annual USAC Indiana Midget Week taking place June 4-11 brings together the best USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship drivers and teams in the nation for their most rigorous exam of the season across the Hoosier state.
Friday, the action returns to Bloomington Speedway. Pits open at 4 p.m., grandstands at 5. Hot laps start at 6:30 followed by qualifying and racing. Adult general admission tickets at the gate are $30 with ages 10 and under free. Pit passes are $35 for adults while ages 10 and under are $15.
The entire week of events can be watched LIVE on FloRacing at https://flosports.link/3Kdc2na.
Here are the story lines to watch:
Ohio native on top
It's been 32 seasons since an Ohio native last led the USAC Midget National Championship standings. That was Findlay’s Mike Streicher in 1991 as he went on to capture his first and only series title later that same year.
Jacob Denney (Galloway, Ohio) holds that distinction at the moment after capturing a victory in the most recent round of the season on May 21 at Missouri’s Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex, and now brings a seven-point edge into USAC Indiana Midget Week.
Denney’s early season momentum is something he’d prefer to keep rolling throughout Indiana Midget Week. On seven occasions, the IMW champion has gone on to win the USAC National Midget title later that same season.
History makers
Perhaps we’ve never been closer to having a woman win her first career USAC National Midget feature.
Jade Avedisian and Taylor Reimer have both earned best career USAC finishes this season inside the top-four. In the month of May, Avedisian (Clovis, Calif.) scored a second on the Belleville (Kan.) Short Track while Reimer (Bixby, Okla.) notched a fourth at Sweet Springs.
Women made great deal of history during the 2022 edition of Indiana Midget Week. Both Avedisian and Reimer were front and center of an unprecedented occurrence when the four fastest qualifiers were all women, along with Kaylee Bryson and Mariah Ede. Avedisian was quickest among the group and currently resides third in the series standings after briefly leading a few weeks ago.
The best finish by a woman during Indiana Midget Week belongs to Holly Shelton who finished third in 2017 at Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway.
New blood at the top
Buddy Kofoid has owned USAC Indiana Midget Week over the past two seasons in 2021-22. However, his team has plans to only run him in the first four events of this year’s USAC Indiana Midget Week series at Tri-State, Circle City, Gas City and Lincoln Park, which practically takes him out of contention to retain his throne.
That opens the door for a first-time USAC Indiana Midget Week champ. Just in the top-10 of the current standings alone are Denney, Daison Pursley, Avedisian, Bryant Wiedeman, Thomas Meseraull, Justin Grant, Ryan Timms, Jake Andreotti and Chase McDermand, plus 2022 Kokomo Indiana Midget Week feature winner Cannon McIntosh and Kevin Thomas Jr.
A first-time USAC winner has emerged on three occasions over the past two editions of IMW and a total of 13 drivers since the inaugural running of Indiana Midget Week in 2005 have captured their first USAC National Midget scores during the week.
Rookie watch
The difficult part of the Indiana Midget Week tour for most rookies is visiting all seven tracks for the first time in their careers. However, both Jake Andreotti and Gavin Miller had successful performances in their first visits to the Belleville Short Track back in May.
Andreotti finished as the runner-up on the opening night of this season. Miller, meanwhile, made a charge from the tail of the field to transfer in a big semi-feature lineup before going on to finish 10th in the main event. He followed up with a ninth at Sweet Springs.
Also, plug in current ARCA Menards Series stock car point leader Jesse Love, who last appeared in a USAC National Midget event in 2020.
USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1. Jacob Denney 201, 2. Daison Pursley 194, 3. Jade Avedisian 182, 4. Bryant Wiedeman 168, 5. Thomas Meseraull 167, 6. Justin Grant 160, 7. Ryan Timms 154, 8. Logan Seavey 151, 9. Jake Andreotti 141, 10. Chase McDermand 134. | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/sports/motorsports/2023/06/08/indiana-midget-week-coming-to-bloomington-speedway/70300776007/ | 2023-06-08 15:34:05 | 1 | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/sports/motorsports/2023/06/08/indiana-midget-week-coming-to-bloomington-speedway/70300776007/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The World Trade Organization has rejected the 2018 import taxes that then-President Donald Trump imposed on foreign steel and aluminum, saying they violated global trade rules.
Trump’s tariffs of 25% on foreign steel and 10% on aluminum outraged America’s long-standing allies, including the European Union and Japan, because he relied on a little-used provision of U.S. trade law to declare their steel and aluminum a threat to U.S. national security.
China and other trading partners challenged the tariffs at the 164-nation WTO.
In a ruling issued Friday, the WTO said it was “not persuaded’’ that the United States faced “an emergency in international relations’’ that would justify the tariffs.
Friday’s decision, however, will likely have little real-world impact. If the United States appeals the ruling, it will go nowhere. That’s because the WTO’s Appellate Body hasn’t functioned for three years, ever since the U.S. blocked the appointment of new judges to the panel.
And the Biden administration already reached agreements with the EU, Japan and the United Kingdom to essentially drop the tariffs and replace them with import quotas under which the Trump taxes do not apply. In return, the trading partners dropped their own retaliatory tariffs agianst the United States.
Still, the Biden administration criticized Friday’s WTO decision.
“The United States strongly rejects the flawed interpretation and conclusions,’’ said Adam Hodge, spokesman for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. “The United States has held the clear and unequivocal position, for over 70 years, that issues of national security cannot be reviewed in WTO dispute settlement.” The WTO, he said, “has no authority to second-guess’’ the national security decisions of member countries.
Biden’s trade team has attempted to find a balance between mending fences with U.S. allies angry over Trump’s “America First” trade policies, and keeping tariffs that are popular with many U.S. steel and aluminum producers and their workers.
Christine McDaniel, a trade analyst with George Mason University’s Mercatus Center, said the ruling against the Trump tariffs was not a surprise.
“Everybody knew that it was clear protectionism,’’ she said. “Technically speaking, countries are able to act in their own self-interest when it comes to national security.’’ The WTO just didn’t buy the U.S. reasoning, she said. | https://who13.com/business/ap-business/ap-wto-rules-against-trumps-steel-and-aluminum-tariffs/ | 2022-12-09 21:25:51 | 1 | https://who13.com/business/ap-business/ap-wto-rules-against-trumps-steel-and-aluminum-tariffs/ |
The 12 students who completed Harford County Public Schools’ Future Link post-secondary program in 2022 were honored during a farewell celebration June 3 at Harford Community College.
Future Link is a two- to three-year program for young adults ages 18 to 21 who have special needs and have completed four to five years at a county public high school. Students who complete Future Link earn a Maryland High School Certificate of Program Completion.
Kiera Daughtry, 21, of Havre de Grace, was one of the 12 students honored during the ceremony. She was Future Link’s valedictorian for the Class of 2022, recognized for completing the two-year program under personally challenging circumstances.
Daughtry’s brother died at age 32 from cancer in March and dealing with the loss of her brother weighed heavily on her studies.
“Her brother’s death certainly put strain on her, but she and her family have a strong sense of faith and it is that plus the realization that she has a strong community of supporters at work and school that got her through the tough time,” said Christie Hall, special needs teacher for the Future Link program.
Despite the loss, Daughtry remained focused. She held down a full-time job as a cafeteria worker at John Archer School through Future Link’s work-based program and took classes in the afternoon when her shift ended.
Her diligence paid off. Daughtry was named Student Employee of the Year for Harford County. Daughtry looks back on her high school experience fondly and looks forward to the future.
Q: What were some challenges you faced as you headed towards graduation?
A: One challenge I faced was not knowing what the future held for me, or even if I was ready to venture out into society on my own. The biggest challenge was becoming an adult and learning how to do just that.
Q: How was your experience at Future Link?
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A: My experience at Future Link was very interesting, because they taught me important things. It has prepared me for the real world. Like, how to apply for jobs. I now know how to write a resume, fill out job applications, prepare for an interview and dress to impress. It has also taught me how to survive on my own. I am able to manage my money. Now I know how to use a debit card or money to pay for things and know how much to pay on taxes. I am so thankful for my teacher, job coaches and faculty, who have helped me get ready for the world.
Q: Who helped you the most during this journey?
A: There were many people who helped my journey. Three successful women really stand out: Ms. Christie Hall, Mrs. Sarah Kilian and Mrs. Kristen Hite.
Ms. Christie Hall was my teacher. She is the one who taught me everything, from being independent, how to pay bills, to how to fill out a job application. Mrs. Sarah Kilian helped me by helping me to get a job at John Archer working in the cafeteria. Miss Kristen Hite, who is my boss, is teaching me about food nutrition and food preparation. She even taught me how to be a better co-worker.
These three women played the most part of my journey. I learned a lot from them, and I am truly grateful for them being in my life. Of course, my parents and family played the biggest part. And, my boyfriend has always supported me.
Q: What was your motivation to finish?
A: What motivated me was the fact that I knew that I wasn’t ready to go out in the world. If I didn’t go to Future Link, I wouldn’t have the knowledge and experience that I have now. Future Link has given me the opportunity to explore new things, meet new people, and make friendships along the way.
Q: How was your overall experience at Future Link?
A: Amazing! I have learned so much in my time with Future Link.
Q: What’s next for you?
A: I am focusing on getting my driver’s license. After that, I want to get a GED, then go to college. I hope in two years to save enough money to get my own place. | https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/harford/aegis/graduations/cng-ag-future-link-2022-graduation-story-20220615-ictns4ghnvgr5owhlipw6bsf4q-story.html | 2022-06-15 10:08:56 | 1 | https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/harford/aegis/graduations/cng-ag-future-link-2022-graduation-story-20220615-ictns4ghnvgr5owhlipw6bsf4q-story.html |
Daniel Thomason never expected that suiting up for a basketball game 10 years ago would lead to this.
The 16-year-old big man for the Fruita Monument High School boys basketball team is developing into an all-around talent who can dunk, dish, block, rebound, steal and shoot. At 6-foot-5, 180 pounds, Thomason has become a show-stealer with his one- and two-handed dunks for the best team in the Southwestern League.
“I definitely want to play in college. Any college is good, whether it’s Division I or like a juco because college ball is something not everyone can do,” Thomason said. “The end goal is the pros, whether it’s the NBA or overseas somewhere. I just always want to be involved in basketball.”
Thomason started basketball at six years old playing rec ball and eventually fell in love with the game. His father, Doug, played for then-Mesa State College in the 1970s.
Thomason, an athlete at heart, balanced basketball with football and track and field last year as a freshman. In football, one of his first loves, he was an all-conference cornerback and he won the Class 5A state high jump title.
But basketball connects with Thomason in a way those sports don’t.
“Basketball is always there. I have a hoop at my house so if I’m ever stressing out, I can always put some shots up and clear my head,” Thomason said. “Sometimes, you don’t even need a hoop. You just need a ball. Basketball is always there and it’s something I can rely on.”
And that passion drives Thomason to work his tail off for the sport.
Thomason was timid as a freshman on the boys basketball team. It was tough for him to find how he fit on a team full of seniors, but he found his groove as the season wore on. Over the summer, Thomason spent a lot of time in the gym and joined a travel team on a trip to California.
Then, he made the decision to drop football. It was tough to stop playing a sport he loved but he knew it was right for him and felt supported from parents, Doug and Cari.
That gave Thomason more time to improve his basketball craft.
His game in the paint and underneath the basket are among the best in the SWL but he has been working on his jump shot to be a more well-rounded player, just like his favorite big men — Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jayson Tatum.
“I’ll work on my shot wherever and whenever I can. Sometimes, I’ll leave class to get some time in at the gym,” Thomason said with a smirk. “Over the summer Austin (Reed)’s dad helped me get my feet right, my hands right and my release right.”
The amount of work Thomason puts in can be draining but he makes sure to take a day or two off to avoid burnout. He also has felt pressure to meet expectations.
“I just try not to think about it. Before a game, I don’t think ‘Oh, I need to do well so that these people know that I’m good.’ I just think about winning the game,” Thomason said.
Work hard, play hard
As a seventh grader, Ian Summers met the then-fifth grader Thomson playing basketball.
The two have since become close friends. Last year, Summers would drive Thomason to the CMU gym to shoot basketballs and lift weights.
Basketball is the sun of Thomason’s solar system, it’s what he always thinks about and always works on.
“He’s a real team leader,” Summers said. “I didn’t play last year but I came to a couple of games and watched him and it was cool to see a freshman step up … The biggest thing that sticks out as his teammate is his ability to jump. And his defense.”
Fruita coach Jake Higuera was similarly impressed by Thomason’s work ethic when he first met him as a freshman.
“He came in for the freshman open gym and he was by far the best player … He doesn’t walk around like he’s something big, he’s working hard every day … I was blown away by what he does,” Higuera said. “A lot of big guys who are ahead of their class just go through the motions because they’re good enough to make it. Daniel wants to be the best he can be every day, and that’s pretty cool.”
Thomason, a team captain, may pull off the highlight plays but he’s team-oriented.
Thomason and his teammates bonded last summer while at a tournament in Utah. While hanging out at an AirBNB, they all shared their goals for the upcoming season. Now the Wildcats (15-1, 2-0 SWL) are off to one of their best starts in recent memory.
“Everybody there was locked in and said they were going to put the work in,” Thomason said. “From there, I knew we could be good.”
Fruita averages nearly 68 points per game this season, has won 11 games by double figures and has surpassed 70 points seven times, including two games scoring 80.
Thomason is the top scorer at 14.2 points per game, double what he averaged last season. He’s also shooting at a better clip in all facets, and has a better per game average in rebounds, assists, steals and blocks, per MaxPreps.
But he’s not the only scorer thriving for the Wildcats. Three other players — Max Orchard, Austin Reed and Jhett Wells — average at least nine points per game and have scored 100-plus points this season, per MaxPreps. Those figures are likely higher since Fruita only has stats from the first 11 games on the website.
On Saturday, Thomason scored 17 points in limited minutes as Fruita thrashed Durango 75-32.
And while he stole the show, Thomason kept a level head and focused on the team.
“I think it’s big to have a team have the same goal,” he said. “Everyone here wants to go all the way.” | https://www.gjsentinel.com/sports/thomason-using-big-frame-to-reach-big-dreams/article_117c6cee-9f7e-11ed-bba6-274837ecabc6.html | 2023-01-29 07:53:39 | 1 | https://www.gjsentinel.com/sports/thomason-using-big-frame-to-reach-big-dreams/article_117c6cee-9f7e-11ed-bba6-274837ecabc6.html |
Multiple people call police on ‘suspicious’ person dressed in ‘Scream’ costume
SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. (Gray News) – A viral marketing ploy for the newest “Scream” movie is causing concern in a California county.
Coming on the heels of 2022′s “Scream 5,” the newest installment in the iconic slasher franchise, “Scream 6,” is set to hit theaters this Friday, March 10.
To raise awareness for the movie’s premiere, multiple people have donned the infamous Ghostface costume in Sonoma County, California, concerning citizens and authorities alike.
The Sonoma Police Department responded to the historic town square near First Street East and East Napa Street on Monday. There, they made contact with the “suspicious” individual wearing the Ghostface mask and hood.
The individual was also caught on live webcam video operated by Visit Sonoma.
After speaking with the person, authorities said they were hired to promote the upcoming Paramount Pictures film.
The original 1996 film starring Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard, and Drew Barrymore filmed scenes in Sonoma Plaza, and several other locations in Sonoma County.
Copyright 2023 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. TMX contributed to this report. | https://www.wymt.com/2023/03/07/multiple-people-call-police-suspicious-person-dressed-scream-costume/ | 2023-03-07 23:49:54 | 0 | https://www.wymt.com/2023/03/07/multiple-people-call-police-suspicious-person-dressed-scream-costume/ |
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The federal government announced Tuesday a program that will provide $1.3 billion in debt relief for about 36,000 farmers who have fallen behind on loan payments or face foreclosure.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the farm loan relief program funded from $3.1 billion set aside in the Inflation Reduction Act allocated toward assisting distressed borrowers of direct or guaranteed loans administered by USDA. The law was passed by Congress and signed by President Joe Biden in August.
The USDA provides loans to about 115,000 farmers and livestock producers who cannot obtain commercial credit. Those who have missed payments, are in foreclosure or are heading toward default will get help from the USDA. Financial difficulties for farmers may be caused by a variety of issues including drought and transportation bottlenecks.
“Through no fault of their own, our nation’s farmers and ranchers have faced incredibly tough circumstances over the last few years,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “The funding included in today’s announcement helps keep our farmers farming and provides a fresh start for producers in challenging positions.”
About 11,000 farm borrowers delinquent on direct or guaranteed loan payments for 60 days or longer are receiving automatic electronic payments to get them current on their loans. Each farmer with a direct loan received about $52,000 and those with guaranteed loans received about $172,000. The total cost for this group is nearly $600 million. Farmers who received this help will get a letter informing them that their payments have been made and they will remain current until their next annual payment is due in 2023, Vilsack said.
Another $200 million has been used to immediately help 2,100 farm borrowers after their loans had been foreclosed but who still owed money and had their tax refunds and other resources taken by the U.S. Treasury. The money will be used to pay the money these farmers owe to give them a fresh start, Vilsack said. The USDA said farmers in this category received an average of $101,000.
Another $571 million will be used help several additional groups including:
—7,000 farmers who during the COVID pandemic delayed loan payments to the end of their loans. This will cost $66 million.
—1,600 farmers that face bankruptcy or foreclosure will get help on a case-by-case basis with individual meetings to assess their problem and find solutions at a cost of $330 million.
—14,000 financially distressed farm borrowers facing cash flow problems who ask for help to avoid missing a loan payment will receive additional assistance. Vilsack said these issues could be brought on by drought or by low levels on the Mississippi River that is slowing barge traffic causing grain transportation issues. Up to $175 million will be available for this program.
The money announced Tuesday is the first round of payments designed to help insure the farmers stay in business or re-enter farming.
The remainder of the $3.1 billion will be used to help relax unnecessary loan restrictions and provide further assistance to be announced later, the USDA said.
Farmers assisted by the program have been found by the USDA to be distressed borrowers hard hit by pandemic-induced market disruptions exacerbated by more frequent, more intense, climate-driven natural disasters, the USDA said.
President Joe Biden and his administration continue to endure criticism for enacting a program to forgive some college loans but some of the Republican politicians who have criticized that program did not respond to questions about whether they support the farm loan help.
The USDA also provided $31 billion to help nearly a million farmers offset lower sales, prices and other losses due to the coronavirus pandemic in 2021 and 2022, the U.S. Government Accountability Office has said. | https://pix11.com/news/national-news/ap-national/ap-usda-announces-1-billion-debt-relief-for-36000-farmers/ | 2022-10-19 20:03:23 | 0 | https://pix11.com/news/national-news/ap-national/ap-usda-announces-1-billion-debt-relief-for-36000-farmers/ |
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