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This morning we are waking up to freezing temperatures in the mid to upper 20s and partly cloudy skies. This is thanks to a high pressure system moving across our area and bringing down cold air from the North. Fortunately, temperatures will warm up quite a bit with afternoon highs reaching into the 50s. Saturday is expected to remain dry although it will be partly to mostly cloudy in some areas, especially as the evening approaches. This cloud cover will help our overnight temperatures be warmer than they were last night with lows in the mid to upper 30s expected for Sunday morning. Sunday will be a clear day with high temperatures reaching into the lower 60s, a nice break from the wet and icy conditions of last week. The high pressure and clear skies are expected to dominate our weather until about midway through next week when rain returns. Even with the rain it will still be quite a warm week with highs in the 60s from Monday through Friday, a few days may even approach the 70s.
Cool Temperatures and Partly Cloudy Skies Expected Saturday
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House Republican leadership could hold another vote to advance legislation Wednesday after an extraordinary conservative revolt blocked the bills from moving to the floor one day earlier — but it is still unclear if there is enough support to move the measures forward.
The House is scheduled to vote on a rule to advance four bills related to gas stoves and regulatory reform at 12:20 p.m., according to the office of House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.).
But it is possible that leadership pulls the vote if the conservative impasse does not break in time. Asked Wednesday morning if the House would vote that day, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) said: “I don’t know, we’ll find out.”
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told reporters Wednesday morning he was “hopeful” when asked about a potential vote that day, but conservative anger over the debt limit compromise bill that passed last week was still apparent.
“House Leadership couldn’t Hold the Line,” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), one of the conservatives who opposed the rule, wrote on Twitter on Wednesday morning. “Now we Hold the Floor.”
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), who also opposed the rule, retweeted Gaetz and added, “HOLD THE FLOOR!”
The vote is scheduled to take place less than 24 hours after 11 conservative lawmakers — most of who are members of the House Freedom Caucus — opposed that same rule, a rare move for members of the majority party that was done in retaliation for the debt limit deal McCarthy cut with President Biden that was signed into law over the weekend.
That opposition was enough to tank the rule, blocking the legislation from moving to the floor for a vote and delivering an embarrassing rebuke to McCarthy. It was the first time since 2002 that a rule vote failed on the floor.
Because of the slim majority in the House, GOP leadership can only afford to lose a handful of members on partisan votes.
Conservatives have been up in arms about the level of spending cuts and lack of GOP priorities in the bill, pointing out the differences between the McCarthy-Biden agreement and the measure House Republicans passed in April.
Tuesday’s protest made for a stunning scene on the House floor, where Scalise and Emmer huddled with more than a dozen conservatives in the back of the chamber in a tense effort to get them to flip their positions.
Part of the conservative fury stemmed from Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) alleging that GOP leadership threatened to keep his bill from coming to the floor if he voted against the rule for the debt limit bill last week. Scalise said Tuesday morning that he had discussed with Clyde that his bill to repeal a federal rule banning pistol braces did not yet have the support to pass in the House.
Moments before the vote closed, Scalise joined the conservatives in opposing the rule, a procedural move that allows him to bring the measure to the floor again in the future. The final vote was 220-206.
Conservatives huddled with McCarthy in the Capitol on Tuesday afternoon, after the failed rule vote. Emerging from that meeting, a solution to the floor impasse had not been reached.
“There’s still some conversations to have,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), another conservative who opposed the rule, told reporters when asked if there would be a vote that night.
“We had a breakdown in the process last week, we think we need to restore the process that was working,” he added.
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), a member of the Freedom Caucus who supported the rule Tuesday, said discussions that afternoon were “productive.”
“Everything is fine. You know, members are just talking, kind of going through things, and I think what — our discussions were productive. But look, we’re really focused on doing the right thing on behalf of the American people,” he told reporters while leaving McCarthy’s office.
Emily Brooks and Mike Lillis contributed. | https://www.wfla.com/hill-politics/after-conservative-revolt-gop-aims-to-try-again-on-rule-vote/ | 2023-06-07 16:49:19 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/hill-politics/after-conservative-revolt-gop-aims-to-try-again-on-rule-vote/ |
Defending parental rights in education has become a fan favorite state-level policy move among Republicans, and the GOP-majority House is set to shine a national spotlight on the issue this week with a vote on the “Parents Bill of Rights Act.”
The measure will receive neither time nor attention in the Democratic-controlled Senate, but Republicans clearly think they’ve found a winning message.
“The pandemic brought to light for a lot of us moms and dads for the first time ever, we sat down and we saw what our children were being taught through the virtual classroom. And when we saw that, so many of us were disheartened with what we were viewing,” said Rep. Julia Letlow (R-La.), the bill’s lead sponsor. “Then we did the right thing, right? We went to our school boards and we voiced our displeasure. But we were turned away.”
This is not the first time Republicans have pushed a parental bill of rights on Capitol Hill. Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) introduced the bill back in 2021 when he was the House minority leader, but it didn’t go far with Democrats in control of the chamber.
Letlow’s version, introduced at the beginning of the month, would require schools to publish curricula publicly, give parents information about violence that occurs in schools and allow parents to meet with educators in person.
Democrats have to no avail submitted dozens of amendments, including prohibiting book bans in schools, to what they call the “Politics over Parents Act.”
In a fact sheet provided by Democrats on the House Education and the Workforce Committee, the party says Republicans’ bill “(1) creates unnecessary and burdensome reporting requirements on schools; (2) diverts essential resources and personnel away from meeting families’ real needs; and (3) opens the door to dictate what students can and cannot read or learn.”
Along with the rejected amendments, Democratic Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (Ore.) introduced a counterproposal to the GOP bill called the “Bill of Rights for Students and Parents,” saying “we need an inclusive, affirmative vision for public education.” It is backed by teachers’ unions and human rights organizations.
“I worked closely and carefully with organizations that represent parents, educators, civil rights advocates and more to develop this resolution so it is inclusive of parents and students from all backgrounds. Fostering collaboration between parents and their children’s educators will make our schools and communities safer and advance opportunities for all students to obtain a well-rounded education that prepares them for the future regardless of what path they take in life,” Bonamici said.
After advancing out of the Rules Committee in a party-line vote Wednesday, Republicans’ Parents Bill of Rights Act is set to be up for debate on Thursday, with a final floor vote likely on Friday.
While it stands no chance of becoming law, the bill will be used as ammo for Republicans trying to paint Democrats as seeking to cut parents out of their children’s education.
The most well-known version of similar legislation was signed into law last year in Florida as the Parental Rights in Education bill, popularly called by opponents as the “Don’t Say Gay” law.
“Parents’ rights have been increasingly under assault around the nation, but in Florida we stand up for the rights of parents and the fundamental role they play in the education of their children,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said at the time. “Parents have every right to be informed about services offered to their child at school, and should be protected from schools using classroom instruction to sexualize their kids as young as 5 years old.”
In the Democrats’ fact sheet about the Parents Bill of Rights, they point to GOP attempts at the state level “to give a vocal minority the power to impose their beliefs on all parents and students.” They say many of these bills have aimed to ban books in schools and “punish teachers for accurately recounting our nation’s history.”
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona recently shined a spotlight on the debate, promoting an op-ed he wrote called “We are Raising the Bar for Parent Partnership in Our Schools.”
“That’s exactly what we’re focused on. From Day One of President Joe Biden’s tenure, we have made authentic parent engagement a top priority, not only embedding the needs of parents and families into most of our programs, but also creating new opportunities for parents to engage directly with the Department of Education and with their own school communities,” the secretary wrote.
The battle over parental rights in education on the state level has been successful for Republicans in several states, starting with Virginia in 2021 with Glenn Youngkin, who became the first Republican to win the governorship there in more than a decade after running on a platform largely revolved around education and parental choice in schools.
In 2022, FutureEd, a nonpartisan education policy organization, identified 26 different states that had bills in their legislature that sought to “expand parents’ rights in schools.”
And the idea of parental rights in education has already hit the 2024 presidential stage, with both former President Trump and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley highlighting it in their campaigns. | https://cbs4indy.com/hill-politics/with-house-parental-rights-vote-a-gop-favorite-state-policy-reaches-national-stage/ | 2023-03-23 12:33:24 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/hill-politics/with-house-parental-rights-vote-a-gop-favorite-state-policy-reaches-national-stage/ |
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium — (AP) — Defending Formula One champion Max Verstappen enters the mid-season break in unstoppable form, after emphatically winning the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday for an eighth straight win and 10th overall of a crushingly dominant season.
Despite starting from sixth place he finished 22.3 seconds ahead of teammate Sergio Perez to give Red Bull an easy 1-2. It moved Verstappen ominously closer to a third straight world title and his own F1 record of 15 wins from last year.
Verstappen is 125 points ahead of Perez after just 12 races, and his next target is matching Sebastian Vettel’s F1 record of nine straight wins with a victory at the Dutch GP when the lopsided season resumes on Aug. 27.
“I just want to have a nice time now, have a bit of time with family and friends,” Verstappen said.
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc finished in third spot for a third podium of the season, with Lewis Hamilton in fourth for Mercedes ahead of Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso.
George Russell was sixth for Mercedes, with Lando Norris (McLaren), Esteban Ocon (Alpine), Lance Stroll (Aston Martin), and Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) completing the top 10.
Leclerc started on pole ahead of Perez, with Hamilton and Ferrari's Carlos Sainz Jr. behind them. McLaren rookie Oscar Piastri was on the next row alongside Verstappen — who was fastest in Friday's qualifying but took a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change and had to avoid early traffic.
“It was just about surviving turn one. I could see it was all getting really tight,” Verstappen said. “I’ve been in that position before myself so I am just going to stay out of that and it worked out. From there onwards I made the right overtakes.”
Last year Verstappen won from 14th, and once he overtook Perez on Lap 17 of 44 his 45th career win was seemingly inevitable.
“Really enjoyable to drive once I got in the lead,” Verstappen said. “It was again a great race.“
Red Bull extended its record to 13 straight wins, including the final race of last season.
Hamilton came in on the penultimate lap for a tire change and the move paid off as he took the bonus point for fastest lap from Verstappen — a very minor blip for the dominant Dutchman.
It was yet another stellar weekend for Verstappen, who also won Saturday's sprint race. The only issue was some more bickering with his race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase over radio, as they continued their spat from Friday's qualifying.
“Don’t forget Max, use your head, please,” Lambiase told Verstappen when he questioned why Perez was making his first tire change on Lap 14.
Verstappen defused any talk of tension with Lambiase.
“It’s fine. We know each other very well and we have a very good relationship,” he said. “I think it’s really important."
With some rain forecast, Verstappen boxed on the next lap and came out about 2 seconds behind Perez. Just minutes later he cruised past Perez and, as so often this season, the rest was just about control.
Perez, meanwhile, pledged to stay on the podium for the rest of the season.
“It’s been a bit of a rough patch," the 33-year-old Mexican said. "I really need this summer break, it’s been really intense. I’ll come back really strong for Zandvoort.”
Conditions were dry for the race start, in stark contrast to the two previous days, which were impacted by heavy rain at the 7-kilometer (4.3-mile) Spa-Francorchamps circuit.
Leclerc, who won his first F1 race here in 2019, made a solid start but Perez’s extra pace soon put him in front.
“I knew it was quite crucial for my race to get Charles on Lap 1,” Perez said.
Verstappen rose two places to fourth after Sainz bumped into Piastri on the first corner.
Piastri had to retire, while Verstappen overtook Hamilton on Lap 6, Leclerc three laps later and made short work of Perez just before some rain fell briefly.
Some good overtaking from Ocon moved the Frenchman up from 10th to eighth in the closing stages.
It was an early end for Piastri, who had impressed with a second place in Saturday’s sprint race.
A bad day for Sainz saw him retiring on Lap 25 and Leclerc moving above him in the standings.
“Of course the race was good on my side, a shame for Carlos as we had good pace,” Leclerc said. "When you look at the Red Bulls we still have a lot of work to do ... This was the best we could achieve today, no doubt.”
After the F1 break there will be 10 races left, but most of the competition for places will be behind Verstappen.
Alonso is one point ahead of Hamilton in third overall, with Leclerc and Russell level and Sainz seven points behind them.
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Happy birthday (Nov. 18): You'll go with the fun choices. Even your idealistic notions will pan out at times this year, so shoot for what you really want.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): You have a talent for fixing things. Part of your secret is that you act immediately. The best time to mend or clean things up is right at the moment they happen. There's no time to waste in blame. You focus on solutions.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Fortune favors the bold, though the risk is more than many will be able to stomach. It's acceptable, and perhaps wise, to hang back and study what's working, and not working, for the others.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21): You'd be hard-pressed to find anything more valuable than the unconditional support of a true friend. You'll experience the rare love of an exchange that is without expectation of reciprocity.
CANCER (June 22-July 22): When you make something with your hands, you put your heart into it too. Those who experience your creation will feel this tug on their own heart — a strange and very real phenomenon.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Is it possible to rebuild a relationship by remembering things differently? You'll entertain alternate versions of what happened and rewrite your memories to think of things in a more helpful way.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): If you're going to do nothing, you won't do it idly. Your version of doing nothing involves a state of readiness. To be alert and observant is not inaction; rather, it just might be the best action.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): Compromise will be an integral part of your day and is a skill you should give yourself props for being so good at. Compromise requires humility and careful listening, creativity and cooperation.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): Everyone has shortcomings, including the people you'll deal with today. To identify a weakness isn't necessarily a negative thing because it allows you to work on finding the opposite strength.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Those who bring something to the table enjoy the dinner better. In today's case you may feel you're bringing the whole meal, and you'll enjoy it all the more because of your proud contribution.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): There's great comfort in knowing what to expect and feeling confident you can give what's expected of you. You may stand at a distance, pausing to collect yourself and assess things.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Because you've already shown that you're willing to work hard, others will support your quest. Deciding what exactly that quest should be is the tricky part, of course. Success is a matter of knowing what to focus on.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Changing the future is easy. Just do one thing differently. This is all it takes to alter the entire course. Also, note that the way you meet someone sets a direction for the entire relationship.
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Anyone can say “I’m right” and go into defense mode. But to advance to higher levels of thinking takes humility and willingness to ride out the tension of uncertainty. Who has the guts to question things instead of jumping into the first logical idea? Who is open to mystery and possibility? Lunar trines and squares mix up the Milky Way. The cream rises to the top. | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/nov/18/horoscopes-by-holiday/ | 2022-11-18 08:16:55 | 0 | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/nov/18/horoscopes-by-holiday/ |
CHICAGO — With just 19 days left in the campaign, it’s crunch time ahead of the election.
With the debates now in the rearview mirror, the campaigns of Darren Bailey and JB Pritzker have increased their focus on voter turnout.
In Springfield Wednesday, Republican Darren Bailey launched a four-day 16-stop bus tour across Illinois.
“We’re less than three weeks away from firing JB Pritzker and it’s getting better every day. The movement is growing,” Bailey said.
Since securing the GOP nomination in late June, Bailey has struggled to raise money. His financial disadvantage is staggering — during the third quarter, Bailey spent $1.6 million compared to $38 million spent by Pritzker.
Overnight, the downstate farmer turned lawmaker received a $1 million boost from Republican mega donor Dick Uihlein.
Polls show Pritzker holding a commanding lead over Bailey, but the incumbent said he’s not taking his foot off the gas pedal.
“I don’t take anything for granted,” Pritzker said. “We’ve got a field operation that’s working all across the state.”
Over the next week, the Pritzker campaign says the candidate try to lift up Democrats down the ballot making various stops throughout Illinois.
As of Wednesday afternoon, nearly 250,000 Illinoisans have already voted. | https://wgntv.com/news/politics/with-debates-over-pritzker-and-bailey-focus-on-voter-turnout/ | 2022-10-19 22:49:44 | 0 | https://wgntv.com/news/politics/with-debates-over-pritzker-and-bailey-focus-on-voter-turnout/ |
- Singapore's largest taxi operator ComfortDelGro will allow ride-hailing app Gojek access to its taxis to address the shortage of private-hire drivers in Singapore.
- Private-hire companies have been rushing to attract more drivers to meet surging passenger demand after the city-state lifted pandemic restrictions.
- It's a win-win situation, say both companies, to boost earnings opportunities for drivers and shorten waiting times for passengers.
Singapore's largest taxi operator ComfortDelGro and ride-hailing app Gojek said they would work together to tackle issues in the transportation industry, including a shortage of private-hire drivers.
As part of a two-year collaboration, the companies said Monday they will explore letting users book ComfortDelGro's taxis via the Gojek app.
ComfortDelGro operates a combined fleet of about 9,000 Comfort and CityCab taxis.
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Gojek-competitor Grab already offers SMRT Taxis as the standard taxi option in Singapore.
ComfortDelGro and Gojek said they will also look into sharing resources like "electric vehicle and ancillary revenue opportunities, as well as support solutions like insurance, driver training and vehicle maintenance."
Private-hire and taxi companies have been trying to attract more drivers in Singapore to meet passenger demand, which surged after the city-state lifted pandemic restrictions. Many drivers left the industry during the pandemic as Covid measures hurt demand and increasing costs cut into margins. This led to longer waiting times and high fares when Singapore reopened.
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"By looking at how we can improve the fulfilment rates, we are essentially improving driver welfare. Better fulfilment rates translate to more earnings for drivers, and that in turn, will encourage vocational licence holders to consider rejoining the P2P (point-to-point) industry," said ComfortDelGro private mobility group CEO Jackson Chia, in the press release.
Gojek Singapore's general manager, Lien Choong Luen, said the partnership is "a win-win for all."
"[Combining] our fleets will enable us to better meet the increasing demand for rides and boost the availability of orders for drivers, increasing their earning opportunities while at the same time reducing waiting times for passengers," he said.
The joint statement further added that more details will be announced over the next few months.
Last week, Grab and Gojek said they are "supportive" of the Singapore government's move to expand gig worker protection, including in CPF contributions and injury compensation, starting in 2024. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/business/money-report/comfortdelgro-gojek-partner-to-tackle-driver-shortage-as-ride-demand-surges-in-singapore/3136221/ | 2022-11-29 09:02:47 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/business/money-report/comfortdelgro-gojek-partner-to-tackle-driver-shortage-as-ride-demand-surges-in-singapore/3136221/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — The family of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X marked on Tuesday the anniversary of his 1965 assassination by announcing plans to sue agencies including the CIA, FBI, the New York Police Department and others for $100 million, accusing them of playing a role in his death.
Two of his daughters, Ilyasah Shabazz and Qubilah Shabazz, were joined by attorney Ben Crump at a news conference at the site of the former Audubon Ballroom in upper Manhattan, where Malcolm X was fatally shot as a crowd gathered to hear him speak on Feb. 21, 1965.
For decades questions have circulated over who was responsible for his death.
Three men were convicted, but two were exonerated in 2021 after a renewed investigation into the cases against them showed the evidence used to gain convictions was shaky and that authorities had held back some information.
Ilyasah Shabazz, the co-administrator of her father’s estate, filed notices of claim, which is the first step in the process, saying that the agencies “conspired with each other and with other individuals and acted, and failed to act, in such a way as to bring about the wrongful death of Malcolm X.”
“For years our family has fought for the truth to come to light,” she said at the news conference. “We want justice served for our father.”
Emails seeking comment were sent to the CIA, FBI, Department of Justice and New York City’s legal department. The DOJ and NYPD declined to comment.
Crump noted the anniversary date and said that ever since then, “there has been speculation as to who was involved in the assassination of Malcolm X.”
He cited the 2021 exonerations and said that government agencies including the Manhattan district attorney, the NYPD and the FBI “had factual evidence, exculpatory evidence that they fraudulently concealed from the men who were wrongfully convicted for the assassination of Malcolm X.”
Asked if he believes government agencies conspired to assassinate Malcolm, Crump said, “That is what we are alleging, yes. They infiltrated many civil rights organizations.” | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/malcolm-xs-family-to-sue-cia-and-fbi-for-wrongful-death/ | 2023-02-22 13:50:18 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/malcolm-xs-family-to-sue-cia-and-fbi-for-wrongful-death/ |
As the platform passes one year since its Bitcoin NFT marketplace was released, Gamma.io has launched a .btc domain marketplace for web3 decentralized identities.
PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Gamma.io, the leading open marketplace for Bitcoin NFTs, has announced the launch of its BNS marketplace for .btc decentralized identities and domains, built on the Stacks programming layer for Bitcoin. Within hours, the domain marketplace was trending, with .btc domains becoming the most popular NFTs on the platform.
In April, the company announced its new brand, Gamma, and its plan to become the world's web3 social hub centered around NFTs. As digital asset ownership proliferates, Gamma will provide a platform to serve as the home for collectors, creators, and investors to come together to explore, trade, and showcase extraordinary NFTs through the Bitcoin ecosystem. Decentralized identities are a natural evolution and expansion of the kinds of use cases that the company is facilitating.
"At Gamma, we strongly believe in the future of decentralized identities, and we're excited to take this step in furthering their adoption on the most secure blockchain, Bitcoin," said Founder and CEO, Jamil Dhanani. He continued, "Bitcoin was the original home for decentralized identities on the blockchain. Recent technological breakthroughs using the Stacks programming layer have unlocked the user experience needed to make them a reality, in a way web3 users have come to expect from other decentralized identities, like those on Ethereum."
In recent months, the Ethereum Name Service, ENS, has exploded in growth and popularity as more web3 users discover the power of decentralized identity. BNS seeks to revitalize the initial vision of human-readable Bitcoin addresses and a user-owned internet.
Gamma is the leading open marketplace for Bitcoin-secured NFTs, powered by Stacks. Gamma consists of three core platforms: its user-first marketplace for exploring and collecting NFTs, its creator-first launchpad for artists to deploy fully-tested no-code, smart contracts in minutes, and its social platform, which brings together creators and collectors in an engaging and Web3-native way. Gamma supports over a thousand NFT collections, nearly 70% of which were deployed using its no-code portal. Its marketplace has facilitated millions of dollars of transactions and supports trading the largest number of NFT contracts of any platform built on Bitcoin.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Midday Daily 4" game were:
5-4-3-9
(five, four, three, nine)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Midday Daily 4" game were:
5-4-3-9
(five, four, three, nine) | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Midday-Daily-4-game-17640808.php | 2022-12-08 19:34:00 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Midday-Daily-4-game-17640808.php |
The new collection features styles inspired by iconic architects throughout history
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DUCHATEAU, the luxury brand known for its European-style wide-plank wood flooring is excited to announce its first ever designer collaboration with internationally recognized, award-winning interior designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard. Rooted in architectural references and reinvented for today's lifestyles, the new collection features six impeccable finishes inspired by iconic architects throughout history, all with the durability and style for which DUCHATEAU is known.
Designed in California, the collection includes styles Niemeyer, Lutyens, Neutra, Napoleon III, Jeanneret, and Palladian, each with a distinctive hue based on its architectural reference. Niemeyer features a sun-soaked finish, inspired by colors found throughout Brazil, the homeland of famed architect Oscar Niemeyer. The matte-like style of Lutyens has a luminosity within, inspired by the English countryside residences designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. Neutra features light tones with a touch of warm gold as seen in the mid-century homes of legendary Southern California architect Richard Neutra. The blond to mid-tan tones of Napoleon III capture the style that re-invigorated Parisian architecture by Georges-Eugene Haussmann, who Napoleon III enlisted to revitalize the City of Lights. Jeanneret is a full rich honey brown, a hue inspired by the furniture Swiss master Pierre Jeanneret designed for the extraordinary Chandigarh city in India. Palladian, the darkest of the line, features a dark espresso palette inspired by Italy's most important classical architect, Andrea Palladio.
"My collection with DUCHATEAU is inspired by some of history's greatest architects who have had a dramatic impact on the world of design, each with his own amazing story and aesthetic vision. These designs, rooted in historical reference, are timeless, offering a nod to the past while feeling completely modern and complementary to today's styles," explains Martyn Lawrence Bullard.
Bullard, recently named to Architectural Digest's prestigious AD100 list for the fifteenth consecutive year, is best known for the vibrant, sexy interiors he designs for his A-list clientele including Kylie Jenner, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani, Tommy and Dee Hilfiger, and Cher among others. His high-profile hospitality work includes the new Four Seasons Private Residences in Los Angeles, the award-winning Hotel Californian in Santa Barbara, and the beloved Sands Resort & Spa in Palm Springs, as well as several luxury properties throughout the US, Europe, Asia and the Caribbean. Beyond his iconic interiors, Bullard is also recognized for his celebrated collections of products for the home which include textiles, wallcoverings, tile, furnishings, appliances, fixtures, rugs, and lighting for the world's finest manufacturers.
"For years, we have admired Martyn's incredible vision and passion, and knew that, for our first collaboration with an interior designer, he would be the perfect partner for DUCHATEAU. Martyn looked to six distinguished architects as the touchstones of his collection, and we spent months developing the distinctive finishes and colorways, to bring to market colors and textures that showcase Martyn's eye for style and quality," adds Patrick Bewley, Vice President of Marketing, DUCHATEAU.
The Martyn Lawrence Bullard Collection by DUCHATEAU is engineered from European white oak with a width of 9.5" and a length up to 86-5/8", featuring a UV lacquer and a brushed surface treatment—available for both commercial and residential applications. For more information, please visit www.duchateau.com.
ABOUT MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD
Martyn Lawrence Bullard is a multi-award-winning Los Angeles-based interior designer renowned for his broad range of styles and eclectic, yet sophisticated and inviting interiors. Martyn has been consistently named one of the world's top 100 interior designers by Architectural Digest, featured permanently in Elle Décor's A-List, and named one of the top 25 designers by The Hollywood Reporter. His celebrity clientele includes Kylie Jenner, Khloe Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Cher, Tommy Hilfiger, and Ellen Pompeo.
ABOUT DUCHATEAU
DUCHATEAU is a lifestyle brand specializing in the fine manufacture and design of luxury architectural finishes, including wood and wood-alternative flooring, 3D wood wall panels, and DUCHATEAU-branded kitchens, closets, bathrooms, and more. Founded in 2008, DUCHATEAU is known for its unparalleled marriage of old-world, traditional craftsmanship with natural materials and state-of-the-art technology. Its timeless, curated design statements reflect its passion for innovation, bridging nature with fashion and architecture. Today, DUCHATEAU is appreciated by some of the most well-respected brands, including Whole Foods, Saks Fifth Avenue, Ian Schrager hotels, and The Ritz Carlton. DUCHATEAU is also proud to support the environment through the DUGOOD initiative, which plants a tree for every hardwood floor sold. Visit duchateau.com for more information.
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BEREA, Ohio — Browns defensive end Myles Garrett stayed home to rest and recover from injuries suffered in a car crash as his status for Cleveland’s game on Sunday at Atlanta remains in doubt.
Garrett was hospitalized for several hours, and sheriff’s bodycam footage showed him looking dazed while being treated by medical personnel while sitting on the ground near his overturned vehicle.
The team said he cleared concussion protocol.
Several of Garrett’s teammates expressed gratitude that he wasn’t more seriously hurt in the mishap, which also injured an unidentified female passenger.
“In the grand scheme of life the best thing is that’s he’s OK,” said quarterback Jacoby Brissett, who has been in touch with Garrett. “When I texted him, I was like, ‘Man, I’m just glad you’re all right.’”
The Browns said in a statement on Tuesday night that their doctors will evaluate Garrett throughout the week before determining whether he’ll play against the Falcons.
The 6-foot-4, 275-pound Garrett has a history of playing through minor injuries and ailments, and safety John Johnson III said he wouldn’t be surprised to see him on the field Sunday. However, Johnson hopes that’s not the case.
“I know he probably wants to (play),” Johnson said. “But if you asked me, I think he just personally should just sit it out. But I have no idea. Just knowing him, he probably wants to play, I wouldn’t be surprised at all if he did, but that’s a tricky situation.
“I think he should just take it easy, man.”
Cleveland’s defense is dealing with several injuries beyond Garrett’s. Edge rusher Jadeveon Clowney missed last week with a sprained ankle while starting linebacker Anthony Walker Jr. suffered a season-ending quadriceps injury in Thursday’s win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Also, All-Pro guard Joel Bitonio (biceps), cornerback Denzel Ward (back, ribs) and linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah (groin) did not practice Wednesday.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man who served a hit-and-run sentence in a California prison until his release earlier this year remained jailed Tuesday, awaiting charges after a crash killed five young women in Minneapolis when a speeding driver blew past a state trooper, ran a red light and slammed into their car.
Derrick John Thompson, 27, of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, was evaluated at a hospital and then booked into the Hennepin County Jail on Monday in the aftermath of Friday’s crash. The victims — Salma Abdikadir, Siham Adam, Sabiriin Ali, Sahra Gesaade and Sagal Hersi — were all between 17 and 20 years old.
Thousands of mourners from the area’s large Somali American community attended the young women’s funeral Monday at the Dar Al-Farooq mosque in Bloomington, where the five had been active members. They were returning home from a Somali mall where they had henna applied in preparation for a friend’s wedding scheduled for the next day when their car was struck.
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said her office was reviewing the case and would make a charging decision soon. Prosecutors have until noon Wednesday due to the holiday weekend.
“Our community is grieving the loss of the five bright young people whose lives were cut short in a senseless, selfish act of reckless driving,” Moriarity said in a statement. “Instead of celebrating a joyous wedding, these families were forced to plan funerals and deal with the devastation of this tragedy.”
California court records show that Thompson was released from a prison there earlier this year after serving part of an eight-year sentence for his conviction in a 2018 hit-and-run that severely injured a woman in Montecito, California. Minnesota court records also show he was convicted twice of fleeing police in his own state. Jail records don’t show whether he currently has an attorney.
In Friday’s crash, a state trooper first spotted a speeding driver on Interstate 35W in Minneapolis around 10 p.m., police said in a statement. The driver exited the highway before the trooper could attempt a traffic stop and crashed into another vehicle with four women and a girl inside. All five died at the scene.
Police said the driver ran from the scene. Officers searched the area before taking Thompson into custody. He was evaluated at a hospital and then booked into the jail Monday.
Minnesota court records show that Thompson is the son of former state Rep. John Thompson, of St. Paul, who was a sharp critic of police during his one term in office. The elder Thompson became a Black Lives Matter activist following the police killing of his friend, Philando Castile, in suburban St. Paul in 2016. Minnesota House Democrats expelled him from their caucus in 2021 after old allegations of domestic abuse resurfaced, following an acrimonous traffic stop in St. Paul in which he claimed he was racially profiled, and he lost his primary election last year. A working number for the father could not immediately be found.
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SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Balance Money announced the launch of its new digital banking service. The company has positioned itself at the intersection of banking and budgeting to provide real-time financial insights and control for their customers. The lack of solutions in the marketplace sparked the creation of this innovative technology that enables automated real-time spend management for consumers looking to improve their financial health.
Currently, there are nearly 100 million Millennials and Gen Z'rs living in the United States that can benefit from this solution.
In the age of digital transformation, nobody wants to do the mental gymnastics of looking at their bank account to figure out how much money is safe to spend. With Balance Money that is all a thing of the past, the app will calculate in real-time what is safe to spend. A majority of banks either lack a budgeting solution altogether or fail to provide one with a meaningful experience. Additionally, dedicated budgeting apps provide no financial control, require constant relinking and do not provide real-time visibility. Balance Money combines banking and budgeting into one to overcome those challenges.
The Balance Money app helps its users organize their money automatically with Balance Money Autopilot - think envelope budgeting but digital and automated. When a user gets paid, The Balance Money app automatically divides their paycheck based on upcoming bills, savings goals, and budgeted spending.
Balance Money is not simply another savings app. Instead Balance Money provides spend management tools built for the individual's lifestyle. This personalized experience is based on their spending habits and provides a path to improving their financial health.
While Balance Money is focused on innovative financial technology, the company offers many of the services expected from traditional banks. This includes Fee-Free ATMs, check deposit and savings accounts.
The Balance Money app is available now for both iOS and Android on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Please visit https://balancemoney.com to learn more and sign-up!
Balance Money is a digital banking service built to help people organize their money digitally. Balance Money is a financial technology company, not a bank. The Balance Money Visa® Debit Card is issued by Community Federal Savings Bank, Member FDIC, pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. For more information, please visit: https://balancemoney.com.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay area has a spelling whiz to cheer for as he gets closer to taking home the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee Championship.
It's all in the hands of 14-year-old Dev Shah from Largo, who advanced to Thursday night's final round.
He is set to compete again 10 other students with the final round starting at 8 p.m. The Scripps Spelling Bee will be available on ION.
Spellers will receive a number of awards and prizes from both the Bee and prize sponsors. Awards include a $50,000 cash prize for the champion, followed by $25,000 for second place and $15,000 for third. Cash prizes continue for spellers that make it to the semifinals.
Shah is competing for the third time. Previously, the 8th grader from Morgan Fitzgerald Middle School competed in 2019 and tied for 51st place and again in 2021 in which he tied for 76th place.
In Shah's "Meet the Sellers" bio, he said his hobbies include reading, playing tennis, playing the cello and solving math problems. The 8th grade student from Morgan Fitzgerald Middle School's favorite athlete is Roger Federer and he, too, has been sucked into the Wordle craze that swept the nation last year. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/largo-teen-scripps-national-spelling-bee-finals/67-32c9aa4e-7f85-47e9-b3fa-c3d4dd5275c9 | 2023-06-02 00:27:11 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/largo-teen-scripps-national-spelling-bee-finals/67-32c9aa4e-7f85-47e9-b3fa-c3d4dd5275c9 |
Colossal sets out to raise money and awareness for the culinary arts
PHOENIX, April 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The heat is on for culinary experts, professional chefs, and home cooks worldwide to sharpen their knives and compete for the ultimate prize. The 2023 Favorite Chef Competition will be powered by Colossal Management, LLC, a nationally registered professional fundraiser, and will benefit James Beard Foundation.
Under Colossal, the Favorite Chef Competition is set to be bigger and better than ever. For one, two-time 'Top Chef' competitor, author, television host, member of the James Beard Foundation's Women's Leadership Advisory Committee, and champion of many child-hunger-focused charities, Carla Hall, has signed on as the Competition host. The fun-loving, always-honest personality will help guide competitors along their Favorite Chef journey by offering industry insights and tips to hone their skills.
Another prize elevation includes an in-person, one-on-one cooking experience with Hall at Platform by James Beard Foundation, a brand-new dining destination in New York City located within a reimagined Pier 57 at West 15th Street and Hudson River Park between Little Island and Chelsea Piers. A cash prize of $25,000 will be awarded to the Competition winner, who will also be featured in a two-page advertorial in Taste of Home Magazine.
The online Competition will be operated as part of a fundraising campaign where donations from votes cast during the Competition will be received directly by DTCare, a US 501(c)(3) charity organization, and then subsequently granted to the James Beard Foundation (JBF) after the conclusion of the Competition. Colossal has a strong relationship with JBF and has helped raise awareness for the organization's mission to celebrate, support, and elevate the people behind America's food culture while championing a standard of good food anchored in talent, equity, and sustainability. In addition to general support for the Foundation, Colossal has aided in JBF's National Scholars Program and Women's Leadership Workshop.
"We are absolutely delighted to see how the Colossal competitions bring so many people together around food, and we are deeply grateful that this initiative will benefit the Foundation's efforts to champion a standard of good food anchored in talent, equity, and sustainability," said Clare Reichenbach, CEO of the James Beard Foundation.
To learn more about the impact of Colossal, visit www.colossal.org.
About Colossal
Colossal is the global leader in online competitions and one of the most effective fundraising solutions available for charities that lack the bandwidth to operate large-scale campaigns. While offering extraordinary opportunities to men and women around the world, each competition operated by Colossal is designed to raise money for a unique and important cause. colossal.org.
About Favorite Chef
In 2021, Favorite Chef, LLC donated over $1.1 million to Feeding America, where an estimated 11.5 million meals were dispersed to communities in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chef Semone Hopkins, an Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) and Culinary Institute of Virginia (CIV) alumna, took the 2021 title and was awarded the grand prize.
About the James Beard Foundation
The James Beard Foundation (JBF) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that celebrates and supports the people behind America's food culture, while pushing for new standards in the restaurant industry to create a future where all have the opportunity to thrive. Established over 30 years ago, the Foundation has highlighted the centrality of food culture in our daily lives and is committed to supporting a resilient and flourishing industry that honors its diverse communities. By amplifying new voices, celebrating those leading the way, and supporting those on the path to do so, the Foundation is working to create a more equitable and sustainable future—what we call Good Food for Good®. JBF brings its mission to life through the annual Awards, industry and community-focused programs, advocacy, partnerships, and events across the country. For the first time in the Foundation's history, exceptional culinary talent, industry leaders, and visitors from NYC and beyond can experience unforgettable dining and educational programming at Platform by JBF—and be the first to try new food concepts at the Good To Go by JBF kiosk—inspiring food and beverage devotees for decades to come. Learn more at jamesbeard.org, sign up for our newsletter, and follow @beardfoundation on social media.
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Germany’s Sono Motors announced Friday that it will “terminate its Sion passenger car program,” effective immediately, and will instead focus on its solar solutions.
Buried within the announcement was a glimmer of hope for those who would like to see the affordable solar car make it to market: Sono intends to sell its Sion program.
The Sono Sion was scheduled to start production in Finland in the second half of 2023, with a claimed price as low as $25,000, including EU incentives. It has been a standout idea and a potentially disruptive product from the start as it aimed to employ every body panel as a solar panel.
Sono started in 2016 and raised more than $600,000 with the claim that it could bring a “family friendly car” providing up to 25 miles a day on solar power only to market for about $18,000. The Sion made its prototype debut in 2018, with a production-bound version shown a year later. The vehicle was originally due to be made in Trollhättan, Sweden.
Through that and some innovative technology for capturing the very low-voltage charge coming from the solar cells most of the time, Sono claimed solar could bring up to 152 miles per week—adding to the estimated 190 miles from its LFP battery pack. It also configured the Sion for bidirectional charging tech and the capability for it to become a mobile home-power bank.
Sono didn’t give a clear picture of entirely why it’s dropping the program so close to launch, but funding is the obvious answer. It pointed to “depressed capital market conditions” and the “resource-intensive nature of the Sion program.” The company is laying off about 300 employees as part of the decision.
Sono has already said that its solar solutions, which include a solar retrofit kit for semis and buses, will allow it to enter the U.S., Europe, and Asia markets. Sono would have faced costly regulatory barriers in attempting to bring its passenger vehicles to those markets. Last year it took that tech on a U.S. tour focusing on fleet operators.
“Fleet operators can benefit from integrating Sono Motors’ technology to save fuel, costs, and CO2, thereby contributing to the fight against climate change through a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions,” the company explained, pointing out how it already has 23 customers for the tech.
With the change, Sono announced that it is shifting to a “capital light” business model, as 90% of its funding in 2023 was related to the Sion program.
The company made 18 vehicles as part of a series-validation program, and it says that it served as “proof that the concept of a solar electric vehicle (SEV) works.”
Sono just earlier this month announced that it has completed some crash tests of the Sion, reporting that the panels “behave as predicted” in a collision.
Reservations have continued to roll in. Just last summer Sono reported that it had hit 20,000 reservations; on Friday it reported 45,000 reservations. Alongside that were 12,000 claimed pre-orders from car subscription firm Finn, and 9,800 “partially paid preorders” that the company had reported earlier.
Sono isn’t the only solar-car project that has recently encountered difficulties. Netherlands-based Lightyear last month halted production of its Lightyear 0 solar EV over financial difficulties and what appears to be a bankruptcy. Lightyear claimed it would be the first production solar car in the world. Instead it’s pivoting to a new company for its Lightyear 2 follow-up.
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court could soon vote to legalize abortion and end gerrymandering now that Janet Protasiewicz, backed by Democrats, has defeated GOP-backed Dan Kelly for a seat on the bench.
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Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz (Fla.) will support a GOP-sponsored resolution to create a House Select Committee on China aimed at investigating U.S. competition with the Chinese Communist Party.
Moskowitz, a freshman congressman, said his experience serving as Florida’s director of emergency management during the COVID-19 pandemic — which gave him a direct look at supply chain issues — influenced his decision to support the establishment of the panel.
The resolution is scheduled to come to the floor for a vote on Tuesday. It remains unclear how many Democrats will support the measure.
“In Florida, I saw firsthand the dire impact that our reliance on PPE and medical equipment from the CCP had on the safety and health of Floridians and the American people. We should never again be dependent on other countries in order to protect American citizens,” Moskowitz said in a statement first provided to The Hill. “We have made progress since those days, but we need to find smart, strategic ways to improve our supply chain and establish a competitive edge against the CCP.”
“It is my hope and vision that the select committee stays clear of partisanship and submits policy recommendations that will strengthen our edge over the CCP. There are clear bipartisan steps we can take to make America more competitive,” he added.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has pushed to establish a select committee on China for some time. He came close to achieving that goal with Democrats in 2020 until, according to Republicans, Democrats pulled out of the effort.
McCarthy this year teased the possibility of creating the panel should Republicans take control of the chamber in the midterm elections.
The select committee, which will be chaired by Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), is meant to “investigate and submit policy recommendations on the status of the Chinese Communist Party’s economic, technological, and security progress and its competition with the United States.” It has the ability to hold public hearings connected to “any aspect of its investigative functions.”
The panel will be made up of seven Republicans and five Democrats. Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is tasked with naming the members on the select committee after consultation with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.).
In an op-ed published by Fox News last month, McCarthy and Gallagher said the Chinese Communist Party is “The greatest threat to the United States.”
“To win the new Cold War, we must respond to Chinese aggression with tough policies to strengthen our economy, rebuild our supply chains, speak out for human rights, stand against military aggression, and end the theft of Americans’ personal information, intellectual property, and jobs. We must recognize that China’s ‘peaceful rise’ was pure fiction and finally confront the CCP with the urgency the threat demands,” the lawmakers wrote.
“To do that, House Republicans will establish a Select Committee on China in the new Congress,” they added.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) tapped Moskowitz to serve as the state’s director of emergency management in 2018 despite their ideological differences. He was in the role when the COVID-19 pandemic began, which he called “the worst case scenario” on his official website.
In his statement on Tuesday, Moskowitz also called on the select committee to “find ways for us to address the rise of hate crimes we saw against the Asian community” amid the pandemic.
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In Uvalde, closeness complicates accountability for school shooting
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — After the massacre at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary School in May, Jesse Rizo was worried about his old friend, police chief Pete Arredondo.
Blame for the botched police response was being directed heavily at Arredondo when Rizo texted him just days after the shooting: “Been thinking of and praying for you.”
Two months later, with investigations and body-camera video spotlighting the hesitant and haphazard response by police to the killing of two teachers and 19 students, Rizo remains worried about Arredondo. He also wants him fired.
Rizo’s complicated feelings toward his Uvalde High School classmate capture the type of mixed emotions that families of victims and many residents of this close-knit community are navigating as they channel their grief and fury into demands for change.
“I care about Pete. I care that he’s mentally OK. I don’t want a human to start to lose it,” said Rizo, who is distantly related to a 9-year-old girl who was killed at Robb Elementary. “But I also want to hold people accountable who don’t perform their jobs properly.”
The 50-year-old Arredondo, who was one of the first officers on the scene, has taken much of the blame for not immediately storming the classroom and confronting the shooter. He has not responded to repeated requests for comment from The Associated Press.
This week, the Uvalde school board abruptly scheduled a meeting to discuss firing Arredondo, only to cancel it days later. As officials weigh their options, residents are growing impatient with unanswered calls to hold people accountable for the bewildering 77 minutes of inaction by nearly 400 police officers who responded to the school shooting.
But the mere possibility of his firing after months of resistance from local officials stands as a demonstration of the victims’ families’ rising political clout.
The strain over how to move forward is visible in the signs that have popped up all over town. “Uvalde United.” “Uvalde Must Stand Together.” While those signs mean different things depending on whom you ask, other signs are more pointed: “Prosecute Pete Arredondo.”
Family ties and political struggles go back generations in Uvalde, a community where nearly three-quarters of the residents are Hispanic. Locals had largely revered the police before the shooting. Uvalde’s leaders, many of whom are white, share church pews with their fiercest critics. And demanding accountability can mean calling for the job of your friend, neighbor or employer.
It’s a town with a “power structure” and “unwritten rules” that make it hard for many people to speak out, said Michael Ortiz, a local college professor who moved to Uvalde 13 years ago and said his tenure allows him to be vocal in a way that’s not viable for many of the community’s mostly working-class residents.
“Someone’s boss might not like that,” Ortiz said. “They are afraid even to march.”
Since the shooting, the mostly Hispanic parents of the victims have struggled to make their demands heard by the city and school district. Local officials initially resisted releasing information and calls to fire officers. But things are shifting.
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In a sign of growing political activism, more than 300 people have registered to vote in Uvalde since the shooting -- more than double the number in the same period during the last midterm election season. And in July, over 100 protesters braved 106-degree heat to call for stronger gun regulations — including raising the minimum age to buy an assault weapon — and for greater transparency from local and state authorities investigating the shooting.
That was the largest local demonstration since 1970, when the school district’s refusal to renew the contract of a popular Robb Elementary teacher prompted one of Texas’ longest school walkouts over demands for equal education for Mexican American residents. That teacher’s son is Ronnie Garza, a Uvalde County commissioner.
Garza said the shooting has changed the community, uniting people in grief but dividing them on questions of accountability. “We are a desperate people right now. We are yelling here that way, we are yelling (the other) way, for somebody to listen to us, to come and help us,” said Garza.
Faced with incomplete and contradictory accounts from local and state law enforcement, the families of those killed in Uvalde have begun to make people listen.
After state lawmakers issued a damning report that found “systemic failures and egregiously poor decision making” by both police and school officials, the Uvalde school board held a special session to hear from parents. Superintendent Hal Harrell apologized for previously being “too formal” and not letting the victims’ families say their piece.
“Trying to find the right time, the right balance out of respect, I did not do well,” said Harrell, who is white and spoke in an auditorium named for his father, who was also superintendent.
For the next three hours, grieving parents and community members upbraided the board, saying that if it didn’t hold people accountable they would lose their jobs. Some told Harrell he wasn’t living up to his father’s legacy, while others referenced the 1970 lockout and said they hoped he would do better, drawing applause. People called for the whole school police force to be fired and jeered at state troopers standing at the room’s edges.
Rizo, who was at that meeting, said he cannot respect how the police chief or the many other officers he knows handled their jobs that day. “There are consequences to that,” he said. “I can’t understand why he wouldn’t just resign.”
But the long history between them tugs at Rizo too. In the text he sent Arredondo days after the shooting, he said: “Please be strong and be patient.”
Arredondo responded: “Good to hear from you, bro. Thank you and please keep praying for the babies.” They haven’t spoken since.
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By SCOTT BAUER
Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats looking to unseat Republican Sen. Ron Johnson focused their attacks on him Sunday, and not each other, as the eight candidates made their case to party activists at the state convention held six weeks before the primary.
The Democratic Senate candidates blasted Johnson for his attempt to deliver fake Republican Electoral College ballots to then-Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6, 2021, his skepticism over COVID-19 vaccines, his voting for a tax law that benefited him, and his support for overturning Roe v. Wade.
The race in Wisconsin, which Donald Trump carried in 2016 but President Joe Biden won in 2020, could determine which party control the Senate. Polls show a tight Democratic primary between Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes and Alex Lasry, who is on leave from his job as an executive for the Milwaukee Bucks.
Barnes highlighted his upbringing in a “hard working union household” in Milwaukee and contrasted that with Johnson, who is a millionaire and former owner of a plastics company.
“It feels like the deck is stacked against us,” Barnes said at the convention in La Crosse. “We don’t want a hand out, we just want a fair shot. And we know we will never get that fair shot as long as Ron Johnson is in the Senate.”
Lasry, a millionaire, touted his union support, his work to build the Fiserv Forum where the Bucks play and his role getting the Democratic National Convention to be in Milwaukee in 2020. He also contrasted himself with Johnson and blasted him for not fighting to persuade Oshkosh Defense to locate 1,000 jobs in Wisconsin rather than South Carolina.
“He’s attacked organized labor,” Lasry said. “Spread lies about COVID. Tried to overthrow the government. And he’s even advocating to ship Wisconsin jobs to South Carolina.”
Other candidates include state Treasurer Sarah Godlewski, Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson, political organizer Steven Olikara, restaurant owner Kou Lee, state emergency management administrator Darrell Williams and attorney Peter Peckarsky.
Godlewski, the only woman in the race, said she would work to pass a law legalizing abortion now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade.
“If we had more Democratic women at that U.S. Senate table, we would have gotten this done a long time ago,” Godlewski said.
Nelson, who has tried to run a humor-infused, folksy campaign similar to former Sen. Russ Feingold’s first bid for office 30 years ago, had some of the strongest words for Johnson. He likened his candidacy to a “strong Wisconsin beer,” holding up a bottle of Spotted Cow from New Glarus Brewing Co. and compared Johnson to a bottle of Bud Light.
He called Johnson a “lying, treason-loving, woman-hating, Putin stooge.”
Olikara, running his first campaign for office, emphasized his work leading the Millennial Action Project, which lobbied Congress to enact bipartisan legislation. He said the best ideas in Congress should be coming from regular people, “not the big money special interests.”
The candidate were largely united on the issues, voicing support not for abortion rights, also gun control, ending the Senate filibuster, expanding voter rights and fighting climate change.
The winner of the Aug. 9 primary will advance to face Johnson, who is seeking a third term after previously promising to not run again. Johnson is also one of Trump’s loudest backers and has been endorsed by the former president. He has espoused conspiracy theories related to the Jan. 6 insurrection and attempted to shift blame for what happened away from Trump supporters.
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K-State recognized as diversity, inclusion leader for nearly a decade
MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) - Kansas State University has been recognized as a leader in diversity and inclusion for nearly a decade now with its latest award from Insight Into Diversity magazine.
For the ninth year in a row, Kansas State University says its diversity and inclusion efforts have been recognized as among the best in the nation as it was honored with the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine.
The University noted that it is one of 104 higher education institutions in the U.S. to earn the award and the only institution in the Sunflower State to be honored. It said Insight Into Diversity is the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.
As a recipient of the award, K-State said it will be featured in the November issue of the magazine.
“This award is significant as K-State has made diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging a priority with its strategic plan, Our Lens, Our Focus, Our K-State,” said Richard Linton, K-State president. “K-State is dedicated to providing equitable access to an ever-more diverse and mutually inclusive public university by building and enriching safe, respectful environments and learning communities that value everyone. The HEED Award shows we are making progress on our vision.”
K-State indicated that several key steps in the diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging strategic plan and underway in 2022. Among those, include the creation of the DEIB Student Advisory Board - whose members will serve as liaisons, advisors and problem-solvers to the new vice president for diversity and inclusion - student-led dialogues on DEIB issues and chances to hear and learn from local, national and international DEIB leaders.
The University said it continues to invest in several programs which encourage the recruitment, retention and graduation of multicultural and first-generation students, including First Scholars, Project IMPACT, Multicultural Academic Success and the Kansas Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation.
K-State also said it has been nationally recognized for its LGBTQ+ inclusion programs, policies and practices by Campus Pride, which named it to its most recent list of the Best of the Best Colleges and Universities for LGBTQ+ Students.
K-State said its more than 40 multicultural student organizations have also gained a reputation for excellence, including the Black Student Union, which has been recognized as the best Black student leadership council in the Big 12, and K-State’s chapter of MANRRS - Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences - whose members earned several national honors at the annual convention in the spring.
On campus, the University indicated that the new Morris Family Multicultural Student Center has become a hub for intercultural learning and multicultural enrichment at K-State since it opened in 2020.
The University noted that diversity and inclusion efforts also include the recruitment of faculty and staff. It said it has been ranked as one of the top diverse workforce employers in the nation for three years straight by DiversityJobs.com.
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NFT Launch Continues Orange Comet's Expansion Into International Markets; First Drop Scheduled for October 2022
LOS ANGELES, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Orange Comet, Inc., a premium NFT (Non-Fungible Token) creative media and Web3 experience company today announced its continued global expansion with a worldwide, multi-year partnership with Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, a leading professional wrestling organization based in Mexico City, Mexico, with fans around the world. The initial drop will take place in October 2022.
The NFT partnership coincides with the 30th anniversary of Lucha Libre AAA in 2022, with special Triplemanía XXX pay-per-view events taking place throughout the year. The first NFT drop will coincide with the final Triplemanía XXX deathmatch event of 2022 on October 15 in Mexico City where a mask will fall.
"We're honored that Orange Comet's next advancement in the global NFT marketplace is with such a deep-rooted phenomenon as Lucha Libre AAA," said Dave Broome, CEO, Orange Comet. "Luchadores are important cultural symbols with diverse, rich histories, incredible stories, and most of all passion for their sport and their fans. Our NFT collection will hold this passion and dedication as the top priority."
"Orange Comet is one of the most trusted names in sports NFTs and we're thrilled to be partnering with them on creative, vibrant new ideas for Lucha Libre AAA and our incredible fanbase," said Dorian Roldan, General Manager of Lucha Libre AAA. "Bringing luchadores to the metaverse has never been done before and we're looking forward to seeing the reaction from our audiences around the globe."
Sign up to stay informed around upcoming Lucha Libre AAA drops at http://www.OrangeComet.com/collection/lucha-libre-aaa.
ABOUT ORANGE COMET
Orange Comet is a premium content creation company focused on producing high quality and disruptive NFT digital collectibles and Web3 experiences. The Company's team brings together some of the world's leading and award-winning media creators, producers, and artists to partner with the biggest brands, IP and talent across music, sports, arts and entertainment. By blending super-creative content and game-changing technology, our mission is to create groundbreaking NFT experiences for the passionate fan bases of our clients, simultaneously unlocking new levels of interest, engagement and revenue. Co-founded by Hollywood veteran producer, Dave Broome, NFL Hall of Famer Kurt Warner and Grammy award-winning music icons Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Orange Comet is powered by a passionate group of people that believe the future of all entertainment and media is on the verge of major disruptive change through a variety of blockchain experiences. Dedicated to blockchain sustainability, Orange Comet runs on green servers and builds a carbon-negative solution in the NFT space, including partnering with eco-conscious blockchains. Our collective diversity in background, expertise and industries, works to help our clients shape their businesses for the emerging Metaverse of opportunities that awaits. For more information, visit us at OrangeComet.com, as well as on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
ABOUT LUCHA LIBRE AAA WORLDWIDE
Considered as the top leading Mexican company in Lucha Libre production and promotion, with a presence of 30 years in the entertainment industry, AAA was founded in 1992 by Antonio Peña Herrada. AAA produce international events in several countries including México, United States, Canada, Colombia and Japan. Among the innovative milestones of the franchise are the animated movie "Sin Límite de Tiempo"; and the videogame known as "La Lucha Libre Héroes del Ring" or its most recent partnership with Garena´s Battle Royale game "Free Fire" and Amazon´s Alexa Division for a Lucha Libre AAA Skill. AAA as a Live Touring company has more than 450 events a year, generating more than 260 hours of content for a captive and recurrent audience, with more than 400M viewers and enthusiasts tuning AAA shows on FITE, Pro Wrestling TV, TBS´s SPACE Channel, TV Azteca, MultimediosTV, Facebook Watch, Meta Quest, Oculus TV, YouTube and PLUTO TV. Bardhal, USG, Charlie Group, are blue chip sponsor brands present in Lucha Libre AAA. For more info please visit www.luchalibreaaa.com.
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TORONTO and LONDON, May 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Overbond, the leading API-based credit trading automation and execution service in the global capital markets, and Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services (MD+S), have entered into an agreement relating to the recently launched Clearstream Bond Liquidity Data offering. The agreement will provide Overbond customers with market insights on instrument liquidity and trading activity through a fixed-income post-trade data set on Eurobonds settled by Clearstream.
In the fixed-income trading space, data gaps remain a challenge for efficient, profitable fixed income trading and automation. This is especially true in Europe, where transparency in fixed-income instruments hardly exists. Amidst this broad data gap, bond desks may use and aggregate any existing but incomplete data sources available in the market.
However, aggregating the available data into executable prices and liquidity measures requires sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud-based processing. Most bond trading desks lack the resources and expertise to do this in-house. Overbond partners with the world's largest exchanges and capital markets data providers to bring cloud-based AI aggregated data and automated trading solutions to fixed-income trading desks around the globe.
Through the partnership with Deutsche Börse and Clearstream, Overbond will gain access to settlement-level fixed-income transaction data derived from the 170 million transactions that Clearstream processes annually across 100 currencies and 60 domestic markets. As the bond market is an over-the-counter market and most bonds are still traded over the phone, the addition of settlement-layer records significantly supplements the data sourced from electronic platforms.
Overbond utilises six months of historical data to train its AI model, in order to generate pre-trade pricing and liquidity analytics. Combining Clearstream transaction data for European instruments with data from Overbond partners that provide binding quote data from all-to-all trading platforms will create the most robust European AI training data set available for the benefit of a better informed fixed-income trading in the EU.
"Complete and accurate data is a foundational tool for achieving consistent profitability in the bond markets. Incorporating Clearstream data into the training set for Overbond AI is a game-changer. It allows us to create a great tool for traders of European debt and enables them to automate up to 40% of their trades using Overbond," said Vuk Magdelinic, CEO of Overbond.
"This partnership is a great milestone for the fixed-income industry as it combines our bond settlement data with Overbond's AI and cloud-based technology," said Alireza Dorfard, Head of Market Data + Services at Deutsche Börse. "It is in line with our ongoing efforts to collaborate with partners on providing state-of-the-art solutions in financial markets."
"Being at the heart of the Eurobond market, Europe's largest securities market, it is Clearstream's mission to increase transparency and therefore efficiency for all participants. This partnership is a great step on this journey, providing the market with comprehensive, up-to-date and high-quality bond settlement data," added Guido Wille, Head of Eurobonds Business at Clearstream.
Overbond AI will use this data set to generate a robust European fixed-income trading data set and enhance the precision of Overbond liquidity scoring, risk tiering and margin modeling―all of which will be available to Clearstream clients.
Overbond is a developer of process-redefining, AI-driven data and analytics and trade automation solutions for the global fixed income markets. Overbond performs market surveillance, data aggregation and normalization, and deep AI quantitative observation on more than 100,000 corporate bonds and fixed income ETFs. Applying proprietary artificial intelligence to pricing, curve visualization, market liquidity, issuance propensity, new issuance spreads, default risk and automated reporting, Overbond enables trade automation and enhances trade performance and portfolio returns. Clients of Toronto-based Overbond include global investment banks, broker-dealers, institutional investors, corporations and governments across the Americas, Europe and Asia. For more information, please visit www.overbond.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials said Monday they are investigating a recent close call between an Allegiant Air plane and a private jet in which pilots of both aircraft received collision-threat warnings and took evasive action.
The Federal Aviation Administration said the incident happened July 23 near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida. It’s the latest in a series of close calls that led the FAA to convene a special safety summit earlier this year.
The FAA said an air traffic controller in Miami told the crew of Allegiant flight 485 that had taken off from Fort Lauderdale to turn east at 23,000 feet, and it crossed in front of a Gulfstream business jet that was heading north.
Pilots of the Allegiant Airbus A320 took evasive action after getting an automated alert about another aircraft at the same altitude. The pilot of the Gulfstream jet got a similar warning and also took evasive action.
The Allegiant plane returned to the Fort Lauderdale airport, and a flight attendant was treated for injuries, the FAA said.
The National Transportation Safety Board said Monday that it was gathering information about the incident before deciding whether to open an investigation.
The FAA and NTSB are investigating about a half-dozen incidents this year in which planes came closer together than they should. In many cases, one or both planes were still on the ground.
The closest occurred in February, when a FedEx cargo plane coming in to land passed over the top of a Southwest Airlines that had been cleared to take off from the same runway. The head of the NTSB said the planes came within about 100 feet of each other.
The number of close calls in rapid succession led the then-acting administrator of the FAA to convene a “safety summit” in March. The official, who has since left the FAA, defended the nation’s safety record, but he called for more data about the incidents and cautioned everyone in aviation to pay more attention to safety procedures.
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Highlights
- Assays achieved expected grades over entire core length of 354 metres: 0.24% nickel including 15 metres of 0.39% nickel and 6 metres of 0.57% nickel
- Confirmed same mineralogy as Company's flagship Crawford Project
- Reid property has larger geophysical footprint than Crawford
- Crawford resource update expected to be released by July 6, 2022
TORONTO, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Canada Nickel Company Inc. ("Canada Nickel" or the "Company") (TSXV: CNC) (OTCQX: CNIKF) announced today assay results at its Reid property, where two drill holes have been completed as part of its regional exploration program. Drilling was highlighted by hole REI21-02 which intersected 354 meters of 0.24% nickel and includes 15 meters of 0.39% nickel and 6 meters of 0.57% nickel. Mineralogy completed on samples from these holes confirmed that they contain the same heazlewoodite-pentlandite-awaruite minerals as Crawford.
Mark Selby, Chair and Chief Executive Officer said, "We are very pleased with our drilling on the Reid target. The assay results from the second hole achieved expected grades over 354 metres and contains a core of higher grade mineralization of 15 metres of 0.39% nickel, and the first hole intersected a PGM zone similar to that at Crawford.
We are continuing to drill Reid as we highlight the resource potential of this target with a larger geophysical footprint than our original Crawford discovery. Additionally, we are looking forward to the release of our updated resource estimate for Crawford expected to be released by July 6, 2022."
The Reid Property is located just 16 kilometres southwest of Crawford and contains an ultramafic target that measures 3.3 kilometres north-south by 2.1 kilometres east-west based on the total magnetic intensity ("TMI") (see Figure 1). Hole REI-22-02 collared on dunite in the SE corner of the target, and was drilled to the NW. It remained in dunite for a total length of 354 metres grading 0.24% nickel, with a higher-grade section near the bottom of the hole intersecting 0.39% nickel over 15 metres (see table 1A). The hole ended in mineralized dunite, and the contact is open to the north.
REI22-01 collared on dunite in the same setup, drilling towards the south contact where the magnetic anomaly is at its highest. The hole transitioned from dunite to a sequence of peridotite-pyroxenite-gabbro similar to that seen at Crawford. The pyroxenite in the sequence yielded 1.6g/t Pt+Pd over 4.5 metres (see Table 1B) similar in grade and thickness to PGM zone at Crawford.
Mineralogy completed on samples from these holes confirmed that they contain the same heazlewoodite-pentlandite-awaruite minerals as Crawford.
As of June, drilling at Reid resumed with a helicopter supported program that will test the extent of the anomaly.
Canada Nickel also announces that it has agreed to issue 100,000 common shares pursuant to the terms of an exploration agreement relating to the Company's Crawford Project and 34,200 common shares pursuant to the settlement of certain matters with a third party service provider. These issuances are subject to the prior approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.
The common shares described in this news release will be subject to a statutory four-month hold period from the date of issuance under applicable securities laws.
Edwin Escarraga, MSc, P.Geo., a "qualified person" as defined by National Instrument 43-101, is responsible for the on-going drilling and sampling program, including quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC). The core is collected from the drill in sealed core trays and transported to the core logging facility. The core is marked and sampled at 1.5 metre lengths and cut with a diamond blade saw. Samples are securely shipped for analysis to SGS Burnaby (Canada) and SGS Callao (Peru). All ISO/IEC 17025 accredited labs. Analysis for precious metals (gold, platinum and palladium) are completed by Fire Assay while analysis for nickel, cobalt, sulphur and 17 other elements are performed using a peroxide fusion and ICP-OES analysis. Certified standards and blanks are inserted at a rate of 3 QA/QC samples per 20 core samples making a batch of 60 samples that are submitted for analysis.
Stephen J. Balch P.Geo. (ON), VP Exploration of Canada Nickel and a "qualified person" as is defined by National Instrument 43-101, has verified the data disclosed in this news release, and has otherwise reviewed and approved the technical information in this news release on behalf of Canada Nickel Company Inc.
Canada Nickel Company Inc. is advancing the next generation of nickel-sulphide projects to deliver nickel required to feed the high growth electric vehicle and stainless steel markets. Canada Nickel Company has applied in multiple jurisdictions to trademark the terms NetZero NickelTM, NetZero CobaltTM, NetZero IronTM and is pursuing the development of processes to allow the production of net zero carbon nickel, cobalt, and iron products. Canada Nickel provides investors with leverage to nickel in low political risk jurisdictions. Canada Nickel is currently anchored by its 100% owned flagship Crawford Nickel Sulphide Property in the heart of the prolific Timmins-Cochrane mining camp. For more information, please visit www.canadanickel.com.
Mark Selby, Chair and CEO
Phone: 647-256-1954
Email: info@canadanickel.com
This press release contains certain information that may constitute "forward-looking information" under applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward looking information includes, but is not limited to, drill results relating to the Crawford Nickel Sulphide Property, the potential of the Crawford Nickel Sulphide Property, timing of economic studies and mineral resource estimates, the ability to sell marketable materials, strategic plans, including future exploration and development results, and corporate and technical objectives. Forward-looking information is necessarily based upon a number of assumptions that, while considered reasonable, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the actual results and future events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Factors that could affect the outcome include, among others: future prices and the supply of metals, the future demand for metals, the results of drilling, inability to raise the money necessary to incur the expenditures required to retain and advance the property, environmental liabilities (known and unknown), general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties, results of exploration programs, risks of the mining industry, delays in obtaining governmental approvals, failure to obtain regulatory or shareholder approvals, and the impact of COVID-19 related disruptions in relation to the Company's business operations including upon its employees, suppliers, facilities and other stakeholders. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. All forward-looking information contained in this press release is given as of the date hereof and is based upon the opinions and estimates of management and information available to management as at the date hereof. Canada Nickel disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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WFO MEDFORD Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, January 14, 2023
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Medford OR
216 PM PST Fri Jan 13 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST
SATURDAY ABOVE 5000 FEET...
* WHAT...Moderate snow expected above 5000 feet. Total snow
accumulations of 6 to 14 inches above 5000 feet elevation with
locally higher amounts of 15 to 20 inches above 6000 feet. Winds
gusting around 40 to 60 mph in exposed areas.
* WHERE...South Central Siskiyou County above 5000 feet. This
includes the Mount Shasta Ski Park.
* WHEN...Until 4 PM PST Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be difficult. The hazardous conditions
could impact the evening commute. Strong winds could cause tree
damage.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Additional light to moderate snow is
expected Saturday night into Sunday with snow levels lowering to
around 3500 to 4000 feet on Sunday.
* View the hazard area in detail at
https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?wfo=mfr
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* Slow down and allow extra time to reach your destination.
* Carry tire chains and be prepared for snow covered roads and
limited visibilities.
* See http://quickmap.dot.ca.gov for latest road conditions.
* A Winter Weather Advisory for snow means that periods of snow
will cause travel difficulties.
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- Hundreds of Aspen Dental offices to open doors for annual Day of Service, honoring veterans
- Veterans and their families can call 1-844-277-3646 to schedule an appointment
CHICAGO, May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday, June 11, participating Aspen Dental locations nationwide will open their doors to provide free care to military veterans across the country. Now in its 8th year, the Aspen Dental Day of Service provides much-needed dental care for veterans and their families at no cost to honor their service and break down barriers to health care.
Appointments are still available for veterans in Pennsylvania, at the following Aspen Dental locations:
- Altoona, Pennsylvania
- Cranberry Township
- Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
- Greensburg, Pennsylvania
- Johnstown, Pennsylvania
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Lebanon, Pennsylvania
- Meadville, Pennsylvania
- Monaca, Pennsylvania
- Mt. Pocono, Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Red Lion)
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (North Hills)
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Robinson)
- Pottstown, Pennsylvania
- Quakertown, Pennsylvania
- Springfield, Pennsylvania
- Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
- Uniontown, Pennsylvania
- Washington, Pennsylvania
- Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
- Wyomissing, Pennsylvania (Reading)
Veterans and their families can call 1-844-277-3646 (1-844-ASPENHMM) to find a participating Aspen Dental office in their community and schedule an appointment. Advance appointments are required. During the Day of Service, Aspen Dental doctors and their teams focus on treating the most urgent dental needs for veterans and their families - with a focus on getting them out of pain, from fillings and extractions to dental hygiene and basic denture repairs.
Millions of Americans struggle to access dental care every year, and veterans are no exception. In fact, U.S. veterans are ineligible for dental benefits through the Veterans Administration unless they're 100% disabled, have a service-related mouth injury, or were a prisoner of war.
Visit www.HealthyMouthMovement.com to learn more.
About Aspen Dental
Aspen Dental was founded in 1998 in New York by Bob Fontana with a simple goal in mind: to break down the barriers that doctors and patients face when it comes to dental care. Today, more than 20 years later, with nearly 1,000 Aspen Dental locations nationwide, the mission of the company remains the same – to bring better care to more people. Aspen Dental is the largest group of branded dental offices in the world. For more information, visit aspendental.com, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
About TAG – The Aspen Group
TAG – The Aspen Group was built on the simple idea of bringing better health care to more people. TAG and the independent health care practices it supports operate more than 1,100 locations in 45 states through its four health care support companies: Aspen Dental®, ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers®, WellNow Urgent Care® and Chapter Aesthetic StudioSM. Combined, the companies serve more than 35,000 patients a day and more than 8 million patients each year. TAG is headquartered at 800 W. Fulton Market in Chicago. For more information, visit teamtag.com, and follow us on LinkedIn and
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Mission Impossible: Why media are pummeling CNN’s Chris Licht
At CNN, it’s hard to regain the troops' confidence once you’ve lost it, but most bosses at media conglomerates aren’t loved to begin with
The press is having a fine old time kicking around CNN chairman Chris Licht. I’m a bit more sympathetic, since I think he’s basically taking on Mission Impossible.
But there’s a sense of glee and gloating about Licht that I don’t fully understand. His goal, when he took the job a year ago, was to restore the network’s shredded reputation and return to down-the-middle journalism. He’s made plenty of mistakes, but steering that ocean liner in a different direction is a gargantuan task.
CNN long had the problem, including the years when I worked there, that people tuned in when there was a war or impeachment or natural disaster, but the numbers dropped when things were calm.
Plenty of pundits are dunking on Licht in the wake of a deep-dive Atlantic piece that casts him as a man whose job is in jeopardy. That seems overstated, given that he just needs the approval of the man who hired him, David Zaslav, the head of Warner Brothers Discovery, which bought CNN’s parent company. Zaslav’s hiring of a loyalist as chief operating officer last week has fueled the rumors that Licht is on shaky ground, though every corporation needs a COO.
WHY THE MEDIA HAVE TURNED ON RON DESANTIS
Licht granted unusual access to author Tim Alberta because he envisioned a triumphal piece a year later. Instead, with ratings and profits way down, "Licht had lost the confidence of his own newsroom … Every move he made, big programming decisions and small tactical maneuvers alike, seemed to backfire."
Chief among these, for the guy who helped create "Morning Joe," was moving anti-Trump, anti-Republican host Don Lemon from prime time to the new morning show – only to have to fire him for being excessively opinionated and consistently clashing with his female co-hosts.
A smaller example: Abandoning the newsroom-level office of his predecessor, Jeff Zucker, and moving up to the 22nd floor – where he’s an unseen presence for most CNN staffers.
Perhaps his most frustrated complaint about critics who lean left is that pushing for more Republican guests "doesn’t make me a fascist right-winger who’s trying to steal Fox viewers."
The chairman’s constant criticism of the Zucker era – when CNN’s ratings were generated by slamming Trump and being MSNBC Lite – was not appreciated by anchors and other people hired by Zucker who think he shouldn’t have been fired.
"Licht told friends he was convinced that Zucker – whose legacy he was undermining daily with rhetorical recriminations about past damage to CNN’s brand – was retaliating by pushing hit pieces on him."
Zucker is increasingly criticizing CNN’s performance since his ouster, and his spokeswoman doesn’t deny it. "It is wholly unsurprising that Jeff Zucker, the architect of CNN’s unprecedented success, would have deep misgivings about the direction the network has taken since he left," Risa Heller told the New York Times.
(Zucker has also told people that CNN used his failure to disclose his relationship with his top deputy, Allison Gollust, as a pretext to dump him. "I gave them a gun, and they shot me with it," he’s quoted as saying.)
Perhaps the low point of Licht’s tenure was the town hall with Donald Trump, who steamrolled moderator Kaitlan Collins despite her best efforts. Licht hoped the event would show that they could be fair to the Republican front-runner while holding him accountable.
Instead, there was a mini-revolt within the network: "Republicans were angry at CNN. Democrats were angry at CNN. Journalists were angry at CNN. The only one who wasn’t angry, it seemed, was Trump."
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Only Zaslav knows his level of confidence in Licht, and Alberta turned down his offers to speak on background or with quote approval, saying he had to be on the record.
It’s been a rocky year, including 300 layoffs that Licht had to announce, and it’s hard to regain the confidence of the troops once you’ve lost it, but most bosses at media conglomerates aren’t loved. I still don’t quite grasp the Licht-must-go crowd, but they have a lot of friends in the press.
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Licht told the Atlantic: "I would say that for anyone who does want me to fail – what are you going for? Who would you want in this seat? You want a journalist? You want someone who has a direct line to the corporation and can make a phone call and go, ‘Hey, what the f***?’ Do you want someone who’s done the job? Who’s done a lot of the jobs? Who understands exactly what it takes to do what I’m asking?"
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Florida lawmakers hope to aid ailing home insurance market
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers are scheduled to meet Monday to consider ways to shore up the state’s struggling home insurance market in the year’s second special session devoted to the topic.
Lawmakers are considering legislation to help keep private insurers solvent by creating a $1 billion reinsurance fund, reducing litigation costs and compelling some customers out of the state-created insurer of last resort and back into the private market. It also would force insurers to respond to claims more promptly and boost state oversight of insurers’ conduct following hurricanes.
The 123-page bill on home insurance was filed late Friday ahead of Monday’s opening of a session that is expected to last three to five days while also considering property tax relief for Hurricane Ian victims and toll reductions for frequent commuters.
Florida has struggled for years to curb surging home insurance premiums and hold onto private insurers in a market where devastating hurricanes weigh heavily on the cost of business. Six insurers have left the state this year.
Hurricane Ian, which slammed into the southwest coast in late September and inflicted widespread damage to homes and businesses across the state, caused an estimated $40 billion to $70 billion in insured losses.
The insurance bill seeks to build on legislation passed during a special session in May, but legislative leaders have warned residents not to expect swift reductions in rates from either package of reforms.
Lawmakers will vote on speeding up the claims process and eliminating the state’s assignment of benefits laws, in which property owners sign over their claims to contractors who then handle proceedings with insurance companies.
The proposal also would force people with state-created Citizens Property Insurance policies to pay for flood insurance and require moves to private insurers if they offer a policy up to 20% more expensive than Citizens.
The legislation would remove “one-way” attorney fees for property insurance, which require property insurers to pay attorney fees of policyholders who successfully file lawsuits over claims while shielding policyholders from paying such fees of insurers when they lose.
The legislation would provide $1 billion in taxpayer funds for a program to provide carriers with hurricane reinsurance — coverage bought to help ensure they can pay out claims. It would offer “reasonable” rates in a market where companies have complained of rising costs.
The Senate and House bills on home insurance are identical, meaning the measure should sail through the Republican-dominated Legislature.
Another bill to be taken up during the special session would provide property tax relief for people whose homes and business were made uninhabitable by the storm. Again, the House and Senate have identical legislation.
Lawmakers also will look to provide 50% refunds for commuters who pay more than 35 tolls in a month and pay with a transponder.
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Body found wrapped in plastic in Ohio house; homeowner arrested
PARMA, Ohio (WOIO) - An Ohio homeowner is facing a murder charge after police say the body of a man missing since August was found wrapped in plastic in the basement of the home.
The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the body as 30-year-old Ryan Krebs, who had been reported missing on Aug. 25.
Police found Krebs’ body Wednesday morning wrapped in plastic in the basement of a home in Parma, Ohio. They initially responded to the home for a domestic violence complaint.
Several neighbors told WOIO that’s not uncommon for the married couple, a 40-year-old man and 31-year-old woman.
Officers took the man into custody and the woman to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The names of the couple have not been released.
Police say later that morning, a family member went to the home to retrieve some weapons and discovered Krebs’ body. Officers added it appeared the victim had been deceased for some time.
The homeowner is charged with murder and was given a $1 million bond on Friday, according to Cuyahoga County Court Dockets.
A court date has not been set for the charges.
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Greg Schiano knows a lot about defense with more than three decades of experience coaching that side of the football.
Schiano, the Rutgers head coach, can appreciate how Penn State’s defense has performed lately.
“They played extremely well last week (in a 30-0 win over Maryland),” he said. “Suffocating. They can cover. They play a lot of man or matchup, which turns into man once the routes declare.
“They’re getting after the passer. Pass coverage and pass rush usually go hand in hand. They’re doing both very well.”
The visiting Nittany Lions (5-2 Big Ten, 8-2) hope to continue their success on defense against Rutgers (1-6, 4-6) Saturday at 3:30 p.m. (TV-BTN) at sold-out SHI Stadium.
No. 11 Penn State held Maryland and Indiana to a combined 14 points and 330 total yards the last two weeks and sacked quarterbacks 13 times to increase its season total to 30, second in the Big Ten and 16th nationally.
The Lions lead the country with 69 pass break-ups, rank sixth in pass defense efficiency and are 16th in scoring defense (19.0) in their first season with Manny Diaz as defensive coordinator.
“I’m very, very pleased with Manny,” Penn State coach James Franklin said. “There are some schematic differences with what Manny is doing compared to Brent (former defensive coordinator Brent Pry, now the head coach at Virginia Tech).
“I think you’re seeing the guys getting more comfortable and more confident each week.”
The Lions have looked fresher than their opponents lately because they have tremendous depth on the line and in the secondary.
Fourteen players have registered sacks, and 23 players have one full tackle for loss. Chop Robinson has a team-high four sacks, and Adisa Isaac has a team-high eight tackles for loss.
“We’re at a point now where we’re pretty much on a roll,” safety Ji’Ayir Brown said. “Our defense is a great defense. Guys bought in and are playing for each other, trusting each other, are out there free and having fun. When you’re doing that, you will have an unstoppable defense.”
The Rutgers offense, on the other hand, has struggled much of the season. It ranks 114th in scoring (19.9), 120th in passing (164.0) and 121st in total yards (308.3).
The Scarlet Knights, though, gained 460 yards in a 27-21 loss last week at Michigan State. Kyle Monangai has rushed for 391 yards, including 162 against the Spartans.
Rutgers has been much better on defense, ranking 21st nationally in total yards allowed (324.8). The Knights will face a stiff challenge from a Penn State offense that has found its groove and has averaged more than 37 points a game the last four games.
Nick Singleton has rushed for 801 yards and 10 touchdowns, a school record for freshmen. Kaytron Allen, his classmate, has 631 yards and eight TDs behind an offensive line that looks better and better despite coping with injuries.
“I think their freshman tailback (Singleton) is an elite player,” Schiano said. “They’re really good at the skill positions. I think the line has really developed quite a bit. If that was a weakness at one point early in the year, it’s not anymore.”
Penn State has a 15-game winning streak against Rutgers and has a 30-2 series advantage, losing only in 1988 and 1918.
The Lions also are looking to give Franklin his 100th victory overall, including three years at Vanderbilt, and to stay in contention for a 10-win season and a New Year’s Six bowl berth.
“They’re one of the top 15 teams in America,” Schiano said. “They’ve gotten better over the course of the season and they’re playing at a high level right now.”
Rutgers Gameday
WHO: No. 11 Penn State (8-2, 5-2, No. 11 CFP ) at Rutgers (4-6, 1-6)
WHEN: Saturday, 3:30 p.m., SHI Stadium, Piscataway
TV/ RADIO: Big Ten Network/ 660 WFAN
LAST TIME OUT: Rutgers lost to Michigan State, 27-21; Penn State def. Maryland, 30-0
LINE: Penn State by 19 1/2
SERIES HISTORY: Penn State leads 30-2, winning the last 15.
WHAT’S AT STAKE?: The Nittany Lions are going to play in a good bowl game. Winning out against Rutgers and Michigan State will help them land in a better one. The Scarlet Knights need to win their final two games to have a shot at a second straight bowl game.
KEY MATCHUP: Rutgers offensive line against Penn State’s defensive front. If Scarlet Knights freshman QB Gavin Wimsatt is going to have any success, he needs a running game. If the Nittany Lions take that away, the offense is going to have a long day. Maryland was limited to 60 rushing yards on 37 carries last weekend and Penn State recorded seven sacks. The Nittany Lions have held seven opponents to less than 100 rushing yards.
PLAYERS TO WATCH: Penn State: RB Nick Singleton. The freshman seemingly gets better each week. A month ago, he had a tendency to bounce all runs to the outside, even when there wasn’t space. He’s been much more efficient with his cuts lately, and his straight-line speed will be tough to handle. Rutgers has allowed an average of 244 yards rushing the last three weeks.
Rutgers: RB Kyle Monangai. The sophomore set a program record for a Big Ten game with 162 yards rushing against Michigan State. He opened the season as a starter but lost the job to Sam Brown. When the freshman was hurt against Indiana, he got the job back.
FACTS & FIGURES: Penn State has held the Scarlet Knights to single-digit points in seven straight. … QB Sean Clifford became the Nittany Lions’ all-time leading passer last week (10,023 yards). … Singleton averaged 11.1 yards per carry against Maryland. His 11 rushing scores are the most by any freshman in school history. … The Scarlet Knights lead the Big Ten and they are third in the country with five blocked kicks. DB Max Melton is tied for the national lead with three blocks. … Rutgers P Adam Korsak and his coverage team have limited opponents to minus-10 yards on returns. There has not been a return for positive yards. The Australian has a 43.57 yard net average, third nationally. … Rutgers gained 224 yards rushing at Michigan State, the most against an FBS opponent.
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4 World Cup matches in 1 day? An AP reporter’s challenge
LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Qatar’s World Cup is the most compact in history, with all eight stadiums radiating from the capital city in a country smaller than the U.S. state of Connecticut and the two farthest stadiums barely 41 miles (66 kilometers) apart.
That led to a question during the tournament’s group stage: Can a fan actually go to all four matches in a single day? On Monday, I decided to find out.
FIRST MATCH – CAMEROON VS SERBIA
After downing two large coffees, my odyssey began. It was 11:22 a.m. and I had over an hour and a half until the first game: Cameroon versus Serbia with a 1 p.m. kickoff at Al Janoub Stadium, located about 19 miles (30 kilometers) and a 90 minute ride south from my hotel in central Doha.
I took Doha’s brand new metro, free for World Cup ticket holders, to the stadium. The underground tunnel spit me out onto the city’s bright desert outskirts. It was so hot — 32 degrees Celsius or nearly 90 degrees Fahrenheit — that you understand why this tournament had to start in November, another first for the World Cup. Security guards clad in neon vests whisked us onto buses.
Despite the teeming crowds, it was a smooth ride to the gates. “Stadium, this way!” the guards chanted in unison, a tune that has formed a hypnotic soundtrack to this World Cup. It was 12:35 p.m. The match was starting soon.
When Cameroon scored the first goal, the crowd went wild. But their fast start faded as Serbia fired back with two goals. Then a third. Cameroon scored a second time. Then a third! This was no normal game. I was riveted. The match was tied, 3-3.
But I had a tough choice. If I wanted to make Ghana versus South Korea at 4 p.m. in Al Rayyan — 17 miles (27 kilometers) back north — I had to get out of there. Fast. I bolted at the 80th minute, just as Cameroon’s Georges-Kevin N’Koudou took a corner kick.
There was just an hour between games and the metro to Education City Stadium would take over two full hours. There was no way I’d make it in time.
SECOND MATCH – SOUTH KOREA VS GHANA
I pounded the pavement and hailed a cab instead. Fans choked the roads with traffic. It was an anxious 40 minutes in the car. When I arrived at Education City Stadium it was 3:51 p.m. I sprinted through an entrance for journalists, as Korean and Ghanaian fans settled in their seats. When I reached the stands, the kickoff countdown sounded out: “Three, two, one!”
The Ghanaians sang constantly. Red-clad Korea fans beat giant drums and jumped up and down with unyielding loyalty, even as Ghana scored twice.
The action picked up in the second half as Korea scored off two headers back-to-back. Ghana scored a third goal.
As much as I wanted to get swept up in the color and noise, I kept checking traffic on my phone. At the 75th minute, with Ghana leading 3-2, I forced myself out of the stadium and sprinted to the metro before it could become the chokepoint it often does after games — not even knowing who won.
The frenzied Ghanaians rejoicing in the station told me everything about the final score. The metro train could have been a night club. Afrobeat music blared. Annan-Mettle Ebenezer, a 36-year-old security guard from Ghana, cut loose in dance as his friends cheered him on.
“We were the best! Our strength, our muscles!” he shouted, moved by the moment in a way you rarely see outside the World Cup.
THIRD MATCH – BRAZIL VS SWITZERLAND
I made it to Stadium 974, located near Doha’s Hamad International Airport and named both for Qatar’s international telephone code and the 974 shipping containers composing it that will be disassembled after the World Cup. I’d timed this well, with 15 minutes to get to my seat ahead of the 7 p.m. kickoff. Brazilian stragglers in yellow and blue wigs hurried to the entrance, their excitement palpable.
Unlike the last two, this game lacked excitement. After an hour, no goal had been scored. Brazil’s first try was disallowed for offside, frustrating fans.
At the 75th minute, I thought I wouldn’t miss anything. As I rushed out of the stadium and onto the street in the dying minutes of the match, I heard the crowd burst into hysterics. Echoing behind me was unmistakable roar of a World Cup goal.
FOURTH MATCH – PORTUGAL VS URUGUAY
I felt crushed to have missed it. But there was no time for regret. Lusail Stadium, the final destination hosting Portugal versus Uruguay, was still 12 miles (20 kilometers) and an hour’s metro ride away.
In the train, elbows pressed into strangers’ torsos, heads squeezed under armpits. I wasn’t the only one trying to make both matches.
Rodrigo Gonzalez Cejas, a 42-year-old Argentine lawyer on the metro, said he didn’t mind missing Brazil’s last-minute goal. It was more important, he said, to see as many matches as possible.
He said he has frequently made it to three matches a day at this World Cup, leaving in the final minutes and running for his life to the next destination. I told him of my experiment and tried to understand why he put himself through such a grueling routine. “I love football,” Gonzalez Cejas replied simply, then rushed out of the train.
I was exhausted, my feet dragging. According to my phone, I’d walked just about nine miles (15 kilometers). But the sight of thousands upon thousands of spirited fans from all over the world converging on the gleaming stadium revived me.
With the thought that I had nowhere to run to next — other than my hotel bed long after midnight — I absorbed the atmosphere and stayed until the end to see Portugal beat Uruguay 2-0 to advance to the round of 16.
The lesson?
It is possible to see four World Cup matches in one day in Qatar. But in the future, I think I’ll stick to just one.
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Driver entered wrong lane in deadly Clermont crash with 2 semi-trucks: troopers
CLERMONT, Fla. - Three people were killed in a crash after a vehicle entered the wrong lane, causing two trucks to flip over in Lake County on Friday morning, according to a new report from the Florida Highway Patrol.
The Florida Highway Patrol said the crash happened shortly after 5:30 a.m. on State Road 33 and Bakers Lane in Clermont. Three different vehicles – a 2019 Chevrolet Silverado and two semi-trucks – were involved in the crash, according to officials.
Fire and rescue personnel pronounced the three people dead at the scene.
Who are the victims?
The three victims – all from Mascotte – were all riding in the Chevrolet Silverado at the time of the crash. FHP identified them as a 21-year-old female (driver), 50-year-old woman and 59-year-old man.
No passengers were wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash, officials said.
Three different vehicles were involved in a crash that left three people dead in Clermont on Friday morning.
Deadly crash: What happened?
FHP said the crash happened at 5:37 a.m. on State Road 33 approaching Bakers Lane.
A Chevy Silverado was traveling southbound on SR-33 while a 1999 Freightliner semi tractor trailer and 2018 Kenworth truck were traveling northbound on the same road.
For unknown reasons, the pick-up truck entered the northbound lane and collided with the front of the Freightliner, causing it to run off the road to the left and turn over onto its right side.
The Silverado continued to travel in the northbound lane after the initial impact. That's when it collided head-on with the Kenworth truck, which veered off the road to the right. It continued to travel in a northeasterly direction, eventually colliding with trees and overturning on its right side.
Semi-truck drivers only suffered minor injuries
The male drivers of both semi-trucks, a 53- and 57-year-old, suffered minor injuries from the crash, according to officials. They were transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The crash remains under investigation. | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/3-killed-in-crash-involving-overturned-asphalt-truck-in-clermont-troopers-say | 2023-06-11 18:04:32 | 1 | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/3-killed-in-crash-involving-overturned-asphalt-truck-in-clermont-troopers-say |
Honda has come a long way over the years. Appearing on a recent episode of “Jay Leno’s Garage,” this Honda Z600 is an example of one of the automaker’s earliest production models.
Either a 1970 or 1971 model, the car was rebuilt by Buck Woodruff and his son Harrison. The elder Woodruff was one of the first Honda dealers in the U.S., and still sells the automaker’s wares today in Georgia. The two thought it would be nice to find an early Honda to display in the showroom to represent both their family history and Honda’s.
The Z600 was marketed as a coupe version of the N600, the first Honda car sold in the U.S., which in turn was a larger-engined version of the Japanese-market N360. The N360 launched in 1967 with a 360-cc twin to comply with the then-current version of Japan’s kei-car standards which incentivize small cars with small-displacement engines. For export markets like the U.S., Honda developed a 598-cc version of the N360’s engine, which went into both the N600 and the Z600 and developed a mighty 36 hp in the N600. And, as you’ll hear in the video it does that with a buzz of revs.
This car hasn’t been restored, but simply returned to running condition with its original paint and many original parts—including, remarkably, a 1970s-vintage washer fluid bag. It had sat for three years before the Woodruffs got their hands on it and still needs some shaking down, as shown during the test drive when a blocked fuel vent caused the flow of fuel to be interrupted.
While it didn’t have as much of an impact as its follow-up act, the Z600 helped Honda establish itself as an international automaker. Honda only sold the Z600 in the U.S. from 1970-1972, after which it was pulled from this market to make way for the Civic, which launched in 1973 with Honda’s revolutionary CVCC engine. Short for “Compound Vortex Controlled Combustion,” it used clever engineering tricks like pre-chamber combustion to meet the first round of U.S. emissions standards (which came into effect for the 1975 model year) without a catalytic converter. But that’s a story for another time.
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Greetings everyone and a Merry Christmas to you all. As Christmas approaches again I have a few thoughts from the scripture I want to share with you concerning the birth of Christ and in particular the visit of the wise men to see Him who was born a King.
Religious Viewpoint 12/14
- By Ronnie Barefield Pastor Unity Baptist Church
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TALBOT COUNTY, Ga. (WRBL) — A former employee of a Woodland gas station is charged with four dozen theft-related charges after he may have caused a $127,954 loss for the store over the course of five years, partially through a lottery-ticket-related scam.
On Feb. 24, Talbot County deputies responded to a theft at Geo Foodmart. At the scene, deputies spoke with the owner, Georgia Joseph, who said an employee, Harish Bhatia, was stealing from the store.
Joseph told deputies he saw Bhatia on camera place marked money from the cash register into his front pocket. Joseph also says when he sent someone into the store with winning lottery tickets, Bhatia paid the customer out in cash without scanning the tickets through the lottery machine, thereby leaving them uncounted. Those winning, uncounted tickets were hidden in Bhatai’s pants, says Talbot County Sheriff’s Office.
When searched, deputies say Bhatia was found in possession of $1,400 in marked $100 bills from the store’s register, along with unscanned and paid-out winning lottery tickets totaling up to $830.
Upon further investigation, it was determined Bhatia was taking these winning tickets to an unknown store in Columbus where he cashed them in for personal gain. Investigation confirmed Bhatia ran this scam through the entire month of February, leading to a total of $22,910.
Joseph states he believes Bhatia ran this scam for the entire five years of his employment at the store, totaling up to $127,954 lost. Joseph became aware of the alleged scam when someone left an anonymous letter at his store referencing Bhatia’s uncounted, winning lottery tickets.
Bhatia was arrested and charged with 24 counts of theft by taking and 24 counts of theft by conversion. Deputies say he may face more charges in the future. | https://www.cbs42.com/regional/georgia-news/georgia-gas-station-employee-facing-48-theft-related-charges-involving-lottery-tickets/ | 2023-03-01 22:49:32 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/regional/georgia-news/georgia-gas-station-employee-facing-48-theft-related-charges-involving-lottery-tickets/ |
INDIANAPOLIS — On Thursday, heartache within the Haughville neighborhood spoke volumes as friends, family and neighbors rushed to comfort each other.
“It’s so heartbreaking to come to scenes like this,” said Officer William Young, IMPD, “and as you can see, you see family members… They’re upset.”
Just after 2 p.m. Wednesday, IMPD said officers were called to the 700 block of King Avenue. That’s where police found an adult male, who was shot, outside. Police say he died at the scene.
At this time, police have not released information on a suspect and continue to encourage community members to reach out with any information.
“I would encourage anybody, if you were in this area before the 2 p.m. mark or after 2 p.m. and you saw something, please give our homicide investigators a call,” said Young.
The deadly shooting was the latest in a series of others, stemming from Wednesday night into Thursday afternoon.
Around 3 a.m. Thursday morning, police said 21-year-old Robert McCullum was found shot in the parking lot of a gas station along East 38th street. Police said he died at the scene, while another person was also hurt.
Just after 11 p.m. on Wednesday, IMPD said two men were shot on Hillside Avenue, near 25th and Keystone. Police said one man was found dead at the scene, the other was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Later Thursday night, police confirmed that person died at the hospital.
At the scene on King Avenue, Young expressed the frustration in seeing people resort to gun violence to solve problems.
“Folks have got to learn how to resolve conflict resolution without picking up a firearm and hurting someone,” he said. “We’ve got peacemakers, we’ve got life coaches, and all those things. We’ve seen a progression, and all those things are working, we just wish that we were able to reach those folks before we turn to gun violence.”
The city continues to push its multi-million dollar violence reduction strategy.
Also Thursday, Mayor Joe Hogsett announced the city’s latest round of Elevation Grants. More than $8.6 million will go to three grassroots organizations to help support their mission in addressing root causes to violence in the city.
During his remarks Thursday, Mayor Hogsett also said the continued support for similar organizations and investments, like new technology, to IMPD have shown results in reduced gun violence. Officials confirmed the city’s homicide count still remains lower than last year.
As police continue to investigate these shootings, they’re also calling on communities to come together and forward with information to help hold those responsible accountable.
“We just ask that the community continue to stand with us,” said Young.
As always, if you have any information about any of these shootings contact IMPD. That information can also be given anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers at (317) 262-TIPS. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/4-dead-in-indy-shootings-from-wednesday-night-to-thursday-afternoon/ | 2022-10-07 02:56:11 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/4-dead-in-indy-shootings-from-wednesday-night-to-thursday-afternoon/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — People who get their water from the City of Florence’s public water supply system must boil the water before drinking it.
On Tuesday, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) issued a boil water advisory for the Florence public water supply system in Marion County. KDHE officials said the water might be at risk for bacterial contamination because the city cannot maintain the minimum required chlorine residual.
The advisory means customers should take these precautions until further notice:
- Boil water for one minute before drinking or food preparation, or use bottled water.
- Dispose of ice cubes, and do not use ice from a household automatic icemaker.
- If your tap water appears dirty, flush the water lines by letting the water run until it clears.
- Disinfect dishes and other food contact surfaces by immersion for at least one minute in clean tap water that contains one teaspoon of unscented household bleach per gallon of water.
- Water used for bathing does not generally need to be boiled. Supervision of children is necessary while bathing so that water is not ingested. Persons with cuts or severe rashes may wish to consult their physicians.
The boil water advisory will remain until the system is fixed and the water passes testing at a certified laboratory. Only the KDHE can cancel a boil water advisory.
For consumer questions, please get in touch with the water system at 620-878-4296 or KDHE at 785-296-5514. For consumer information, click here for the KDHE’s PWS Consumer Information website.
Restaurants and other food establishments that have questions about the impact of the boil water advisory on their business can contact the Kansas Department of Agriculture’s food safety and lodging program at kda.fsl@ks.gov or call 785-564-6767. | https://www.ksn.com/news/state-regional/boil-water-advisory-issued-for-florence/ | 2023-06-06 15:54:26 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/state-regional/boil-water-advisory-issued-for-florence/ |
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Classic Vacations™, the #1 rated global luxury travel platform, is proud to welcome Ryan Seacrest as a strategic advisor. Seacrest will work with Classic Vacations to support their global expansion and collaborate on innovative products, marketing, and services for their customers.
"I've always been a big fan of travel because it allows me to see the world through a different lens, learn about origin stories, and create special memories with our family and friends," says Seacrest. "It makes me feel a great sense of joy to create cherished moments with my loved ones. It's also no secret that I love food and immersing myself in the different cuisines of the world. Classic Vacations shares this same commitment to making unforgettable experiences for its customers. I'm excited to collaborate with their team and support their mission "to bring people closer together, one vacation at a time."
Seacrest is not new to the travel industry. He often shares his love of travel, culture, and world cuisine through his socials and his radio show, and has investments in restaurants, wine-making, and olive oil production.
Melissa Krueger, CEO of Classic Vacations, expressed her gratitude for Ryan Seacrest's support of Classic Vacations, and the travel industry overall. She stated, "Ryan Seacrest is one of the most recognizable and trusted voices in media today. He understands the value of a trusted brand with a global community, high quality offerings, strong customer engagement, and storytelling. His passion for travel and adventure is contagious along with his unique perspectives, network, and expertise in hospitality. We are delighted to welcome Ryan as a strategic advisor as we continue to evolve and grow."
Classic Vacations, which celebrates 45 years in business this year, is owned by The Najafi Companies, and offers more than 1300 hand-picked, prestigious properties worldwide, a curated portfolio of tours and activities, a robust Groups business, and has long been known for its commitment to providing the highest level of service.
The company works hand in hand with Consortia and Travel Advisors and boasts a discerning clientele which includes high-net-worth individuals and high-profile celebrities. From managing flight bookings and accommodations to arranging exclusive transportation and activities, Classic Vacations attends to every detail, ensuring a luxurious and seamless vacation.
Exciting new initiatives are on the horizon for Classic Vacations, including expanding their global offering and presence of hotels and cities, and launching features on their new BEYOND platform, a self-service online booking engine for Travel Advisors which boasts over 500,000 hotels and 275,000 rentals.
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ABOUT RYAN SEACREST
Ryan Seacrest is an Emmy-winning television host, radio personality, mega producer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. As one of the most recognizable and trusted voices in media today, Seacrest is the host and producer of the #1 Los Angeles morning drive-time show for iHeartMedia's 102.7 KIIS-FM, the nationally syndicated "On Air with Ryan Seacrest" and "American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest." Seacrest also co-hosted and co-executive produced ABC's award-winning show "Live with Kelly and Ryan," for which he earned an Emmy for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host.
For 21 seasons, Seacrest has hosted television's ground-breaking singing competition series, ABC's American Idol, and earned several Emmy Award nominations for his work on the show. Additionally, Seacrest continues to be a television fixture as the host of the annual live broadcast of "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest" since 2005.
Seacrest launched his Emmy award-winning company Ryan Seacrest Productions in 2006. Since then, the production banner has been behind countless hit series including E!'s Keeping Up With The Kardashians, and its spinoffs, as well as E!'s E! Live From The Red Carpet, Netflix's Insatiable, NBC's Shades of Blue starring Jennifer Lopez, and the Emmy Award-winning series Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution for ABC.
Seacrest's philanthropic efforts include serving as chairman of the Ryan Seacrest Foundation (RSF), which has successfully installed twelve broadcast media centers – Seacrest Studios – in pediatric hospitals nationwide, with two more to open in 2023. Seacrest Studios reaches an estimated 2.3 million patients and families through its programming annually. He also serves on the board of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), and on the board of trustees of the Paley Center for Media.
ABOUT CLASSIC VACATIONS®
Founded in 1978, Classic Vacations is the #1 rated luxury vacation platform. Over the past four decades, Travel Advisors have relied on Classic to help create and support millions of exceptional travel experiences for their clients. In doing so, Classic not only facilitates special vacation memories, but also helps travelers see a world beyond their immediate community. Classic has grown to represent over a hundred destinations around the world and offers a full line of accommodations, from mid-tier to luxury, competitive pricing, private transportation, and unique tours and excursions in Abu Dhabi, Asia, Canada, Caribbean, Costa Rica, Dubai, Europe, Fiji, Hawaii, Mainland USA, Maldives, Mexico, Oman, Seychelles, and Tahiti. For more information, visit www.classicvacations.com or call (800) 221-3949.
ABOUT THE NAJAFI COMPANIES
The Najafi Companies is an entrepreneurially driven private investment firm which makes highly selective investments across industries with significant holdings in consumer, hospitality, sports, media, ecommerce and technology. By funding its investments with internally generated capital and utilizing a strategy of concentration, not diversification, Najafi is empowered to think long-term, remain highly flexible and operate in true alignment with management. The team's passion is to create value in areas that are underserved or undergoing rapid transformation. The Najafi Companies continues its mission to "do well and do good" and partner with world-class, entrepreneurial teams. Headquartered in Phoenix with offices in LA and NY. For more information, visit www.najafi.com
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Colorado Woman’s Living Nightmare
October 10, 2022 6:53AM CDT
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Colorado has some odd squatting laws and if you don’t believe us, you may after reading this story. B. Lin was forced to live in her car and a homeless shelter because she could not get the squatters out of her house. At one point, more than 30 homeless people were living in it. If you are considering moving there, you may want to think again. Read her story HERE.
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NYPD searching for man caught on video approaching woman from behind, groping her before fleeing
The NYPD released photos of the suspect and is asking for the public's help finding him
The New York City Police Department is searching for a suspect caught on video approaching a woman from behind and groping her.
The police department says it is asking for the public’s help to find an unidentified male seen on surveillance camera approaching a 34-year-old female from behind on Sept. 25 in Brooklyn and squeezing her buttocks.
The suspect then fled the scene, near Farragut Road and East 35th Street, and his current location is unknown.
The NYPD told Fox News Digital that the suspect is a male with light skin complexion, appears to be in his 30s, and has a medium build. The suspect was wearing blue pants with a white strip on the sides along with a black short sleeve T-shirt, black hat and a ski mask.
Police added that no injuries were reported during the forcible touching attack.
Along with the video of the attack, the NYPD released several photos of the suspect, including one snapshot of him crossing through a subway turnstile.
NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY RIDER STABBED IN BACK BY MAN AFTER WALKING AWAY FROM AN ARGUMENT: POLICE
The NYPD is asking anyone with information about the incident to call their Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
New York City has seen a 34% increase in total crime since 2020, with robbery up 38%, burglary up 32% and assault up 18%, according to New York City Police Department figures released in September.
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MADRID (AP) — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shocked NATO back to first principles.
Seven decades after it was founded, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is meeting in Madrid this week with an urgent need to reassert its original mission: preventing Russian aggression against Western allies.
Leaders of the world’s most powerful military alliance are aiming to increase support for Ukraine’s fight against the Russian invasion, boost forces on NATO’s eastern flank and set priorities for the coming decade — with a new emphasis on checking China’s growing international ambitions.
But the gathering will also showcase the difficulties in keeping 30 nations — from tiny Iceland and Luxembourg to huge Turkey and the United States — aligned in an organization that must make decisions by consensus.
FOCUS ON UKRAINE
NATO was formed after World War II to counter the threat from the Soviet Union and foster cooperation in a shattered Europe. In the years after the collapse of the USSR, the alliance recast Russia not as an adversary but as a “strategic partner.”
No longer.
Russia is NATO’s dominant issue and main adversary, and the Madrid summit will be dominated by how to support Ukraine and bolster defenses along the bloc’s eastern borders, where countries from Romania to the Baltic states worry they may be next in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s sights.
Until late last year, only around 5,000 NATO troops were deployed in the Baltic states and Poland on a rotational basis. Now hundreds of thousands of troops are on heightened alert, with 100,000 U.S. troops in Europe, and 40,000 under direct NATO command, supported by air and naval power.
The summit is set to agree to stockpile weapons and equipment in eastern Europe and to dramatically increase the number of troops based in the region or on standby in their own countries as a rapid-reaction force. There will also be more support for Ukraine to upgrade its military, still reliant on Soviet-era equipment, to modern NATO-standard gear.
The alliance is trying to strike a delicate balance, letting its member nations arm Ukraine without sparking a direct confrontation between NATO and nuclear-armed Russia. That’s one reason Ukraine will not be joining NATO in the foreseeable future, despite being put on the pathway to membership, along with Georgia, in 2008.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is scheduled to address the summit by video, but he has acknowledged joining NATO is a distant prospect and is instead focusing on seeking European Union membership.
Expansion of the alliance is on the cards, however. Finland and Sweden have both abandoned their nonaligned status and asked to join NATO as protection from Russia.
TURKEY AS SPOILER?
But Turkey, which has NATO’s second-largest army after the U.S., is set to play spoiler to the aspirations of Sweden and Finland — at least for now.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has insisted that he will only allow the Nordic pair to enter NATO if they change their stance on Kurdish rebel groups that Turkey considers terrorists.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg hosted talks with Turkey, Sweden and Finland last week to work toward a breakthrough, and will meet with the three countries’ leaders on Tuesday, but there’s no guarantee the breakthrough will come in Madrid.
“Turkey has legitimate security concerns over terrorism that we need to address,” Stoltenberg said. “So we will continue our talks on Finland and Sweden’s applications for NATO membership, and I look forward to finding a way forward as soon as possible.”
A UNITED FRONT?
Russia’s invasion upended European security, but NATO’s members take comfort in the fact that the U.S. is back as the pillar of Western defense after four years in which President Donald Trump derided and undermined the alliance.
But there are differences within NATO on military spending. Currently only nine of the 30 members meet the organization’s target of spending 2% of Gross Domestic Product on defense. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently urged others to commit more, saying the 2% target is “a floor, not a ceiling.”
Cracks also could emerge over strategy on Russia and Ukraine as the war drags on and debate intensifies over what, if any, concessions Ukraine should make to end the fighting.
“There are still unresolved questions around how NATO as an alliance should deal with Russia in the long term,” said Alice Billon-Galland, research fellow at the Chatham House think-tank. “Do we consider that it’s unredeemable as a neighbor? And what does that mean? Or do we think that at some point we will have to sit down and negotiate a new security architecture with Russia? Allies have been on different pages when it comes to that.”
CHECKING CHINA
With the world in turmoil, the alliance will try to craft a long-term strategy that can stand the test of time. NATO will set out its goals for the coming decade in a new Strategic Concept, the document that identifies its most pressing security concerns and how it will tackle them.
While Russia will remain the top issue, the document will see NATO grapple for the first time with the growing military reach of China, which has set out on an ambitious plan to expand naval bases in the Pacific and in Africa.
The leaders of Japan, Australia, South Korea and New Zealand have been invited as guests to the summit for the first time. All four have been supportive of Ukraine, and Japan has its own territorial disputes with Moscow.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will discuss efforts toward achieving a “free and open” Indo-Pacific, because security in Europe and Asia is inseparable, according to Japan’s chief cabinet secretary, Hirokazu Matsuno.
Insecurity in Africa’s Sahel region and its threats to southern Europe could also earn a mention, as could the threats caused by climate change and the growing waves of migration driven by global warming.
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Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo and David Rising in Bangkok contributed. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/international/explainer-nato-holds-summit-with-gaze-on-russia-and-china/ | 2022-06-29 06:19:40 | 1 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/international/explainer-nato-holds-summit-with-gaze-on-russia-and-china/ |
Couple find rare pearl while eating clams, turn it into engagement ring
WESTERLY, R.I. (WJAR) - A Rhode Island woman feels like the luckiest girl in the world for two reasons: her recent engagement and her one-in-a-million ring, made from a pearl she and her fiancé found while eating clams.
Sandra “Sandy” Sikorski and Ken Steinkamp have been regulars at The Bridge Restaurant and Raw Bar in downtown Westerly for the past four years. The couple enjoys the quahogs, also known as hard clams.
While the couple was eating at the restaurant in December 2021, Steinkamp was a gentleman when he offered Sikorski the last quahog from their order.
“That’s when I tasted this big, round thing in my mouth, and I’m thinking, ‘What the heck is this?’ So, I take it, spit it down in my hand and put it on the table. My sister-in-law goes, ‘Is that a tooth?’” Sikorski said.
The couple soon realized it wasn’t a tooth but instead a beautiful, 9.8-millimeter pearl that came out of the clam. Just like an oyster, clams can produce a mineral of something similar.
“What are the odds of a pearl being inside this shell?” Sikorski said.
A local jeweler told Sikorski she found a Mercenaria pearl and said the odds of finding one that size are extremely rare, calling it a one-in-a-million find.
“He said the weight of this and the size of it is probably 50 years [to make],” Sikorski said.
With the perfect pearl and the perfect partner, Steinkamp got down on one knee July 8 and popped the question. The ring was made from their rare pearl with input from Sikorksi on the setting.
“We felt this was, in a way, kind of a signal, an odd bit of synchronicity, and we said, ‘This would be a great engagement ring,” Steinkamp said.
To celebrate, the newly engaged couple returned to the restaurant where they found the pearl to let them know the good news.
“It’s a fairy tale. It’s magical. You hear about, ‘Oh, I hope to find something in there, but you never do,’” said Myra Dioisio, a hostess at the restaurant.
The couple say they never would have expected something like this to happen.
“Not in a million years,” Sikorski said.
Sikorski says in the future, she would like to have the pearl appraised, just for fun. She hopes to eventually hand the ring down to her 8-year-old granddaughter, Nora.
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NEW YORK, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Bakkt Holdings, Inc. f/k/a VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings (NYSE: BKKT).
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — James Harden had 29 points and 10 assists against his former team while Tyrese Maxey scored 26 off the bench as the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Houston Rockets 123-104 on Monday night.
Joel Embiid scored 23 points in 31 minutes for the Sixers, who have won three in a row and improved to 22-8 at home.
“Once you hit shots and make 3s, it kind of opens up everything,” said Maxey, who is averaging 16 points and 28.6 minutes in 15 games since being placed in a reserve role.
Jalen Green scored 29 points for the Rockets, who have lost six straight to fall to a league-worst 13-44. KJ Martin added 15 for Houston.
“To me, it's about being more decisive and trying to make the play instead of reading the play," Rockets coach Steven Silas said. “We have to do a better job of that.”
It was Harden's fifth game against the Rockets since he forced a trade with Brooklyn at the beginning of the 2020-21 season. Harden had played nine seasons with Houston, winning three scoring titles and the 2017-18 MVP award. In those five games, Harden is averaging 24.2 points. nine assists and seven rebounds. Harden now has 218 games in which he's scored at least 20 points and recorded 10 or more assists.
Harden declined to speak to reporters after the game.
The Sixers controlled the action from the outside, shooting 15 for 34 (44.3%) from beyond the arc while holding the Rockets to 6 for 24 (25%) from 3-point range. Maxey helped kick-start an 18-3 fourth-quarter scoring run that stretched Philadelphia's lead to 26 points.
“I feel like I've fixed my spirit, talked to my people and back in the space of having fun,” Maxey said. “That's what helps me help my teammates. The spirit is contagious when I am out there, having fun and being energetic. And I think it helps my teammates as well.”
Houston entered the game as the second-worst 3-point shooting team in the NBA, converting only 32.8% from beyond the arc.
“We don't have a way to do kick-out 3s and guys are feeling pressure when they are trying to shoot 3s, it seems,” Silas said. “Shot creation is what I'm most concerned about.”
TIP-INS
Rockets: Guard Kevin Porter Jr. missed his 16th game with a left foot contusion. ... Forward Jabari Smith Jr. posted an Instagram video on Sunday night, complaining about the noise levels coming from Eagles fans on Broad Street in front of Houston's team hotel after the Eagles' 38-35 loss to Kansas City in the Super Bowl. Silas said the Rockets had no other issues in their Center City hotel. “Jabari was just kidding,” Silas said.
76ers: PJ Tucker left the game with right calf tightness and did not return in what Sixers coach Doc Rivers called a precautionary move. Tucker is averaging 3.4 points and four rebounds through 54 games. ... According to multiple reports, the Sixers will sign backup center Dewayne Dedmon to a contract for the rest of the season on Tuesday. Dedmon became a free agent after being waived by San Antonio last Thursday and playing in 30 games for Miami earlier in the year. Dedmon would fill a size gap behind Embiid in the middle. Philadelphia has struggled on the boards, starting the day 28th in the NBA with 40.6 per game.
UP NEXT
Rockets: At Oklahoma City Wednesday night in their final game before All-Star Break.
76ers: Host Cleveland on Wednesday night before the break.
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CALGARY, AB, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Vermilion Energy Inc. ("Vermilion", "We", "Our", "Us" or the "Company") (TSX: VET) (NYSE: VET) is pleased to announce that the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") has approved the notice of Vermilion's intention to commence a normal course issuer bid ("NCIB") through the facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX"), New York Stock Exchange and other alternative trading platforms in Canada and USA.
The NCIB allows Vermilion to purchase up to 16,076,666 common shares, representing approximately 10% of its public float as at June 22, 2022, over a twelve month period commencing on July 6, 2022. The NCIB will expire no later than July 5, 2023. The total number of common shares Vermilion is permitted to purchase on the TSX is subject to a daily purchase limit of 513,299 common shares, representing 25% of the average daily trading volume of 2,053,198 common shares on the TSX calculated for the six-month period ended May 31, 2022; however, Vermilion may make one block purchase per calendar week which exceeds the daily repurchase restrictions. Any common shares that are purchased under the NCIB will be cancelled upon their purchase by Vermilion.
In connection with the NCIB, Vermilion will enter into an automatic purchase plan ("ASPP") with its designated broker to allow for purchases of its common shares during self-imposed blackout periods. Such purchases would be at the discretion of the broker based on parameters provided by the Company prior to any self-imposed blackout period or any period when it is in possession of material undisclosed information. The ASPP has been pre-cleared, as required by the TSX. Outside of these blackout periods, common shares may be purchased under the NCIB in accordance with Management's discretion.
Vermilion has a long history of returning capital to its shareholders as we have paid out over $40 per share in dividends since 2003. Our primary focus over the past two years has been on debt reduction and we have made significant progress allowing us to reinstate shareholder returns. In addition, we have increased our European gas production which has increased our international cash flows to 60%, consistently delivered production within market guidance and significantly increased the depth and quality of our North America drilling inventory. As a first step in resuming our return of capital to shareholders, we implemented a modest quarterly dividend earlier this year and we were clear about our intention to further augment shareholder returns as debt targets were achieved. With a clear line of sight to achieving our next mid-cycle(1) debt target of $1.2 billion, a greater proportion of free cash flow(2) can now be directed to our shareholders. Share buybacks continue to screen as one of the most compelling options for returning capital as we believe our common shares are trading at a price that does not appropriately reflect value relative to the $1.8 billion(3) pro forma free cash flow projected for 2022. At our current share price, the full execution of this NCIB would represent less than one-quarter of our projected 2022 pro forma free cash flow. Our international and diversified portfolio generates robust free cash flow due to the top decline netback, low decline and strong capital efficiencies.
We look forward to sharing further details on our return of capital framework with our Q2 2022 release in August.
About Vermilion
Vermilion is an international energy producer that seeks to create value through the acquisition, exploration, development and optimization of producing assets in North America, Europe and Australia. Our business model emphasizes free cash flow generation and returning capital to investors when economically warranted, augmented by value-adding acquisitions. Vermilion's operations are focused on the exploitation of light oil and liquids-rich natural gas conventional resource plays in North America and the exploration and development of conventional natural gas and oil opportunities in Europe and Australia.
Vermilion's priorities are health and safety, the environment, and profitability, in that order. Nothing is more important to us than the safety of the public and those who work with us, and the protection of our natural surroundings. We have been recognized by leading ESG rating agencies for our transparency on and management of key environmental, social and governance issues. In addition, we emphasize strategic community investment in each of our operating areas.
Employees and directors hold approximately 4% of our outstanding shares and are committed to delivering long-term value for all stakeholders. Vermilion trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol VET.
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Certain statements included or incorporated by reference in this document may constitute forward-looking statements or financial outlooks under applicable securities legislation. Such forward-looking statements or information typically contain statements with words such as "anticipate", "believe", "expect", "plan", "intend", "estimate", "propose", or similar words suggesting future outcomes or statements regarding an outlook. Forward looking statements or information in this document may include, but are not limited to: capital expenditures and Vermilion's ability to fund such expenditures; Vermilion's additional debt capacity providing it with additional working capital; the flexibility of Vermilion's capital program and operations; business strategies and objectives; operational and financial performance; estimated volumes of reserves and resources; petroleum and natural gas sales; future production levels and the timing thereof, including Vermilion's 2022 guidance, and rates of average annual production growth; the effect of changes in crude oil and natural gas prices, changes in exchange rates and significant declines in production or sales volumes due to unforeseen circumstances; the effect of possible changes in critical accounting estimates; statements regarding the growth and size of Vermilion's future project inventory, and the wells expected to be drilled in 2022; exploration and development plans and the timing thereof; Vermilion's ability to reduce its debt, including its ability to redeem senior unsecured notes prior to maturity; statements regarding Vermilion's hedging program, its plans to add to its hedging positions, and the anticipated impact of Vermilion's hedging program on project economics and free cash flows; the potential financial impact of climate-related risks; acquisition and disposition plans and the timing thereof; operating and other expenses, including the payment and amount of future dividends; royalty and income tax rates and Vermilion's expectations regarding future taxes and taxability; and the timing of regulatory proceedings and approvals.
Such forward-looking statements or information are based on a number of assumptions, all or any of which may prove to be incorrect. In addition to any other assumptions identified in this document, assumptions have been made regarding, among other things: the ability of Vermilion to obtain equipment, services and supplies in a timely manner to carry out its activities in Canada and internationally; the ability of Vermilion to market crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas successfully to current and new customers; the timing and costs of pipeline and storage facility construction and expansion and the ability to secure adequate product transportation; the timely receipt of required regulatory approvals; the ability of Vermilion to obtain financing on acceptable terms; foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates; future crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas prices; and management's expectations relating to the timing and results of exploration and development activities.
Although Vermilion believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements or information are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements because Vermilion can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Financial outlooks are provided for the purpose of understanding Vermilion's financial position and business objectives, and the information may not be appropriate for other purposes. Forward-looking statements or information are based on current expectations, estimates, and projections that involve a number of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by Vermilion and described in the forward-looking statements or information. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the ability of management to execute its business plan; the risks of the oil and gas industry, both domestically and internationally, such as operational risks in exploring for, developing and producing crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas; risks and uncertainties involving geology of crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas deposits; risks inherent in Vermilion's marketing operations, including credit risk; the uncertainty of reserves estimates and reserves life and estimates of resources and associated expenditures; the uncertainty of estimates and projections relating to production and associated expenditures; potential delays or changes in plans with respect to exploration or development projects; Vermilion's ability to enter into or renew leases on acceptable terms; fluctuations in crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas prices, foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates; health, safety, and environmental risks; uncertainties as to the availability and cost of financing; the ability of Vermilion to add production and reserves through exploration and development activities; the possibility that government policies or laws may change or governmental approvals may be delayed or withheld; uncertainty in amounts and timing of royalty payments; risks associated with existing and potential future law suits and regulatory actions against Vermilion; and other risks and uncertainties described elsewhere in this document or in Vermilion's other filings with Canadian securities regulatory authorities.
The forward-looking statements or information contained in this document are made as of the date hereof and Vermilion undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements or information, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, unless required by applicable securities laws.
Financial data contained within this document are reported in Canadian dollars unless otherwise stated.
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HONG KONG — Lawyers for a jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher have asked for an urgent meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, a leading member of his international legal team said Tuesday.
Jimmy Lai, the 75-year-old founder of the now-defunct newspaper Apple Daily, was arrested in 2020 during a crackdown on the city's pro-democracy movement. He is fighting collusion charges under a Beijing-imposed national security law and faces up to life in prison if convicted.
Last month, the team called for the U.K. government to take immediate action to secure Lai's release ahead of his high-profile national security trial after he was sentenced to five years and nine months in prison on fraud charges linked to lease violations. The meeting request is the latest attempt from his legal team to urge the British government to step into the case of Lai, who is a dual Hong Kong and British citizen.
Caoilfhionn Gallagher, leader of the team, said Lai's son was in London this week to call on British officials to protect his father.
"He is being subjected to 'lawfare' – multiple prosecutions and lawsuits, all designed to silence and discredit him and send a clear message to others that they should not dare to criticize the Chinese or Hong Kong authorities," she said in an email reply to The Associated Press.
British officials did not comment immediately on Tuesday.
Lai is accused of conspiring with others to call for an imposition of sanctions or blockade, or engage in hostile activities against Hong Kong or China. He also faces a charge of collusion with foreign forces to endanger national security, and a separate sedition charge under a colonial-era law that is increasingly used to crush dissent.
His trial - originally slated to begin last month - was postponed to September after the Hong Kong leader asked Beijing to make a ruling that could effectively block Lai from hiring a veteran British lawyer, Timothy Owen, to represent him.
Britain, along with other Western nations, has been critical of China's crackdown on political freedoms in Hong Kong, which was handed over from the U.K. to China in 1997 with a promise by Beijing to keep Western-style liberties under a "one country, two systems" framework.
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WFO BROWNSVILLE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, May 31, 2022
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RIP CURRENT STATEMENT
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
330 AM CDT Mon May 30 2022
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.
* WHERE...Kenedy Island, Cameron Island and Willacy Island
Counties.
* WHEN...Through Tuesday evening.
* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
from shore into deeper water.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.
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Dec. 16, 1934—July 3, 2022
DECLO — DeLores Jean (Kowitz) Smyer, an 87-year-old longtime resident of Declo, passed away Sunday, July 3, 2022, at her home with her husband, Norman, by her side.
DeLores was born December 16, 1934, in her parents’ home near Burley, Idaho. She was the eldest of five children born to Fredrick Otto Kowitz and Emma Gerlach Kowitz. In 1944, her family moved to a small farm north of Declo. She completed her education in Declo and graduated Salutatorian of the Class of 1953.
It was in 1951 when her path would cross with Norman Lee Smyer of Albion. The closure of the Albion Normal School brought Albion secondary students to Declo and would mark the opening chapter of a love story that would span 70-plus years. Norman and DeLores were married on November 27, 1953, in the old Declo gymnasium. Together they built a life in this community. They purchased their current property just north of Declo in 1955, then proceeded to welcome four children, build a comfortable and welcoming home, and establish a legacy of service and love.
In 1968, DeLores began her career working with the Cassia County School District, where she spent 46 years at Declo Elementary. In her role as secretary, she served numerous principals and teachers and countless students and families.
After retiring at the age of 82, she continued to volunteer with school registration. Her commitment to community was exemplified through countless hours of service to the Declo schools and Alumni Association, Declo Days planning committee, PTA, Cub Scouts, 4-H, and student programs including Odyssey of the Mind and Renaissance.
Family was of the utmost importance to DeLores. She was exceptional at gathering both immediate and extended family together. Sunday dinners and holidays were always filled with great food, conversation and love.
She is survived by her husband, Norman Smyer of Declo; children, Gaylen (Carolyn) Smyer of Declo, Kevin (Arlene) Smyer of Albion, Debra (Rhett) Matsen of Declo, and Lesa (Jay) Fox of Declo; 14 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; her siblings, Doreen Leonard of Filer, Chuck (Arlene) Kowitz of Declo, Jolene (Joel) Johnstun of Boise, and Lynette (Craig) Brackenbury of Declo; as well as many nieces, nephews and extended family members.
DeLores is preceded in death by her parents; her sister and brother-in-law, Juneal and Walter Quast, Jr.; nephew, Brian Michel; and niece, Teresa Bailey.
A special thank you to the staff of the Idaho Kidney Center Home Dialysis, Horizon Home Health & Hospice, and Minidoka Home Health for their care and services.
The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 7, 2022 at Rasmussen-Wilson Funeral Home, located at 1350 E. 16th St., in Burley, where family and friends will be received from 5 until 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 6, 2022 and from 10 until 10:45 a.m. prior to the service on Thursday. Burial will be in Declo Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Cassia County Education Foundation in memory of DeLores Smyer and designated for Declo Elementary.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden took office looking to reshape U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, putting a premium on promoting democracy and human rights. In reality, he has struggled on several fronts to meaningfully separate his approach from former President Donald Trump’s.
Biden’s visit to the region this week includes a meeting with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the oil-rich kingdom’s de facto leader who U.S. intelligence officials determined approved the 2018 killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey.
Biden had pledged as a candidate to recalibrate the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia, which he described as a “pariah” nation after Trump’s more accommodating stand, overlooking the kingdom’s human rights record and stepping up military sales to Riyadh.
But Biden now seems to be making the calculation that there’s more to be gained from courting the country than isolating it.
Biden’s first stop on his visit to the Mideast will be Israel. Here, again, his stance has softened since the firm declarations he made when running for president.
As a candidate, Biden condemned Trump administration policy on Israeli settlements in the West Bank. As president, he’s been unable to pressure the Israelis to halt the building of Jewish settlements and has offered no new initiatives to restart long-stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
Biden also has let stand Trump’s 2019 decision recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which reversed more than a half-century of U.S. policy.
The Biden administration ”has had this rather confusing policy of continuity on many issues from Trump — the path of least resistance on many different issues, including Jerusalem, the Golan, Western Sahara, and most other affairs,” says Natan Sachs, director of the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution.
Now Biden appears to be trying to find greater equilibrium in his Mideast policy, putting focus on what’s possible in a complicated part of the world at a time when Israel and some Arab nations are showing greater willingness to work together to isolate Iran — their common enemy — and to consider economic cooperation.
“Biden is coming in, in essence making a choice,” Sachs said. “And the choice is to embrace the emerging regional architecture.”
Biden on Saturday used an op-ed in the Washington Post — the same pages where Khashoggi penned much of his criticism of Saudi rule before his death — to declare that the Middle East has become more “stable and secure” in his nearly 18 months in office and he pushed back against the notion that his visit to Saudi Arabia amounted to backsliding.
“In Saudi Arabia, we reversed the blank-check policy we inherited,” Biden wrote. He also acknowledged “there are many who disagree” with his decision to visit the kingdom.
He pointed to his administration’s efforts to push a Saudi-led coalition and Houthis to agree to a U.N.-brokered cease-fire — now in its fourth month — after seven years of a war that has left 150,000 people dead in Yemen. Biden also cited as achievements his administration’s role in helping arrange a truce in last year’s 11-day Israel-Gaza war, the diminished capacity of the Islamic State terrorist group in the region and ending the U.S. combat mission in Iraq.
But Biden’s overall Mideast record is far more complicated. He has largely steered away from confronting some of the region’s most vexing problems, including some that he faulted Trump for exacerbating.
Biden often talks about the importance of relationships in foreign policy. His decision to visit the Mideast for a trip that promises little in the way of tangible accomplishments suggests he’s trying to invest in the region for the longer term.
In public, he has talked of insights gained from long hours over the years spent with China’s Xi Jinping and sizing up Russia’s Vladimir Putin. He’s relished building bonds with a younger generation of world leaders including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Japan’s Fumio Kishida
Biden has met every Israeli prime minister dating back to Golda Meir, has a long-standing relationship with Jordan’s King Abdullah II and was deeply involved as vice president in helping President Barack Obama wind down the Iraq War. But Biden, who came of age on the foreign policy scene during the Cold War and sees the rise of China as the most pressing crisis facing the West, has been less oriented toward the Middle East than Europe and Asia.
“He doesn’t have the personal relationships. He doesn’t have the duration of relationships,” said Jon Alterman, director of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
He arrives at an uncertain moment for Israeli leadership. Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid last month dissolved the Knesset as their politically diverse coalition crumbled. Lapid, the former foreign minister, is now the caretaker prime minister.
Biden also will face fresh questions about his commitment to human rights following the fatal shooting of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Independent investigations determined that she was likely shot by an Israeli soldier while reporting from the West Bank in May.
The Abu Akleh family, in a scathing letter to Biden, accused his administration of excusing the Israelis for the journalist’s death. The State Department last week said U.S. security officials determined that Israeli gunfire likely killed her but “found no reason to believe that this was intentional.”
Two of the most closely watched moments during Biden’s four-day Middle East visit will come when he meets with Israeli opposition leader and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and when he sees the Saudi crown prince.
But neither encounter is likely to dramatically alter U.S.-Mideast political dynamics.
Both leaders seem to have set their eyes on a post-Biden America as the Democratic president struggles with lagging poll numbers at home driven by skyrocketing inflation and unease with Biden’s handling of the economy, analysts say.
“Both of these leaders in my judgment are now looking past the Biden administration, and looking very much forward to the return of Donald Trump or his avatar,” said Aaron David Miller, who served six secretaries of state as an adviser on Arab-Israeli negotiations and now is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “I think it’s a complex trip, and I think we should be extremely realistic about these expectations.”
Biden’s prospects for progress on returning the U.S. to the Iran nuclear deal, brokered by Obama in 2015 and withdrawn from by Trump in 2018, remain elusive. The administration has participated indirectly in Vienna talks aimed at bringing both Washington and Tehran back into compliance with the deal. But the talks have thus far proved fruitless.
As a candidate, Biden promised the Saudis would “pay the price” for their human rights record. The sharp rhetoric helped Biden contrast himself with Trump, whose first official foreign trip as president was to the kingdom and who praised the Saudis as a “great ally” even after the Khashoggi killing.
Biden’s tough warning to the Saudis came at a moment when oil was trading at about $41 barrel; now, prices are closer to $105. The elevated oil prices are hurting Americans at the gas pump and driving up prices on essential goods, while helping the Saudis’ bottom line.
White House officials have said energy talks would make up one component of the Saudi leg of the president’s visit, but they have played down the prospect of the Saudis agreeing to further increase oil production because the kingdom says it is nearly at production capacity.
But Bruce Riedel, who served as a senior adviser on the National Security Council for four presidents, said the Saudi Arabia visit is “completely unnecessary” under the circumstances.
“There’s nothing that Joe Biden is going to do in Jeddah that the secretary of state or the secretary of defense, or frankly, a really good ambassador couldn’t do on his own.,” Riedel said. “There’s no outcome that’s going to come from this that really warrants a presidential visit.”
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Delaware woman pleads guilty to killing 3-year-old daughter, dumping remains on softball field
DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware woman is facing decades in prison after pleading guilty to killing her 3-year-old daughter and dumping her burned remains on a softball field.
Kristie Haas, 31, pleaded guilty Thursday to murder by abuse or neglect, abuse of a corpse, and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Prosecutors are recommending a sentence of 50 years in prison on the murder charge, suspended for non-custodial supervision after 30 years behind bars. The murder charge carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. Prosecutors are recommending probation for the other counts and will drop several other felony and misdemeanor charges.
“Yes, your honor,” Haas repeatedly intoned softly as Superior Court Judge Noel Primos asked whether she understood the nature of the charges and the consequences of entering a guilty plea.
At the request of attorneys, Primos, who is not bound by the sentencing recommendation, deferred sentencing until July 10, the date on which a trial for Haas was to begin.
Prosecutor Kevin Smith said the delay will allow time for relatives of the victim, Emma Grace Cole, to make arrangements to travel from out of state to attend the sentencing.
Attorneys, in the meantime, will prepare sentencing memoranda. Smith said prosecutors are recommending a mental health evaluation of Haas. Defense attorney Patrick Collins told the judge that Haas is already being treated for bipolar disorder and depression.
“She is current on her medications,” he said.
The defense and prosecution disagree on whether Haas should be barred from having any contact with her three other children, as recommended by prosecutors, or whether she should be allowed contact pursuant to court orders.
Collins declined to comment as he left the courtroom. The court entered a partial gag order in June 2021 restricting what attorneys could say about the case, which has drawn widespread media attention.
The child’s body was found in September 2019 by a person walking a dog through Smyrna-Clayton Little Lass Fields, a softball park near Smyrna Middle School in central Delaware. At the time, Emma lived with her parents and siblings less than a mile from the ball field. Authorities believe Emma had been dead for several weeks before her body was found.
Haas and her husband, Brandon Haas, who was the child’s stepfather, were arrested in Pennsylvania in October 2020, more than a year after the child’s body was found. Both were originally indicted on felony charges of child abuse, child endangerment and hindering prosecution involving Emma’s death, as well as misdemeanor child endangerment charges involving her siblings.
Kristie Haas also was charged with felony assault, abusing a corpse and reckless burning. The charges against her were later upgraded to include two counts of murder.
Authorities alleged that the couple withheld food and medical care from Emma and subjected her to “torture or maltreatment,” while also subjecting her and her siblings to excessive forced exercise and inappropriate physical discipline.
A trial for Brandon Haas is set to begin July 10. He faces more than 40 years in prison if convicted on all charges.
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WFO BINGHAMTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, December 23, 2022
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NEW YORK – To the casual viewer, competing at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show might look pretty simple: Get a dog. Groom it. Pose it. Lead it around a ring.
But there's a lot more than that to getting to and exhibiting in the United States' most prestigious canine event, now in its 147th year.
So here are the ins and outs of the show, which starts Saturday at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.
HOW MANY DOGS COMPETE?
Twenty-five hundred dogs from 210 different breeds and varieties signed up to vie for the best in show trophy that gets awarded Tuesday night. (Varieties are subsets of breeds. Think smooth, longhaired and wirehaired dachshunds.)
Hailing from 49 states and 13 countries, contestants range from tiny Chihuahuas to giant Great Danes. They include familiar breeds like Labrador retrievers, rarities such as the sloughi, and a newcomer, the bracco Italiano. Agility and obedience contests Saturday involve a few hundred more dogs, including some mixed-breed ones.
HOW DO DOGS GET INTO THE SHOW?
All the dogs are champions, meaning they've racked up a certain amount of prior wins and points. Certain top dogs in the sport's complicated rankings are invited, but other pooches also can enter.
The process of becoming a potential best in show begins when breeders suss out which puppies in a litter have the physical attributes and disposition to shine in what's known as “conformation” competition.
Some pups eventually get to Westminster with owners who learned the ropes after unexpectedly getting a show-quality dog. Other canine contestants crisscross the country by road or even air, hitting shows every weekend with big-name professional handlers and a strategy that can entail gathering intel about rivals' schedules, pondering judges' past picks and even running ads to celebrate the animal's accomplishments and boost its profile. They don't call it “campaigning a dog” for nothing!
WHAT’S A DOG SHOW DOING AT A TENNIS FACILITY?
It’s a new venue for Westminster, which was held for decades all or partly at Madison Square Garden. The pandemic prompted a move to outdoor digs at an estate in suburban Tarrytown, New York, for the past two years. Organizers were keen to return to New York City this year. Amid construction plans at a pier building that used to house the show’s early rounds, organizers linked up with the U.S. Open tennis tournament’s base in Flushing Meadows. “An iconic dog show event in an iconic venue,” Westminster President Donald Sturz enthuses.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
“Conformation” dogs first face off against others of their breed – sometimes dozens of others, sometimes few or even none. Each breed's winner moves on to a semifinal round of judging against others in its “group,” such as hounds, herding dogs or terriers. In the final round, the seven group winners compete for best in show.
WHAT DO JUDGES LOOK FOR?
They're tasked with determining which dog best matches the ideal, or “standard,” for its breed.
The standard is derived from the breed’s original function and may speak to anything from teeth to tail to temperament. For example, a hound developed to hunt in rough terrain might be required to have thick paw pads. A herding dog might need proportions that allow for quick, tight turns.
Judges do hands-on examinations and watch the dogs in motion, taking in each dog's assets and imperfections. Especially in the finals, distinctions can be very subtle. Show folk often say that victory can go to "the dog on the day” — or as the rest of us might say, the one that just brings it.
WHAT BREEDS HAVE WON THE MOST?
In records going back to 1907, Wire fox terriers have scampered away with the top prize 15 times, most recently in 2019. Scottish terriers, English springer spaniels, standard poodles and Pekingeses all have five or more wins.
Many breeds have yet to triumph, including such popular ones as the Labrador retriever. But winless breeds should never say never: A bloodhound took best in show for the first time just last year.
Westminster's agility and obedience competitions were added only within the last decade. So far, almost all the agility championships have gone to border collies, and nearly all the obedience titles to Labs. One Lab, named Heart, won five times in a row.
HAS A MIXED-BREED DOG EVER WON?
While Westminster has said there a few mixed-breed entrants in early shows, the best in show prize wasn't awarded until 1907 and has gone only to purebreds. The pedigreed set also has won all the agility and obedience trials to date, but there's a special prize every year for the top mix (or “all American dog," in show parlance).
The focus on purebreds irks groups such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which regularly protests Westminster as a reprehensible canine beauty pageant. The kennel club says it celebrates all dogs while highlighting “preservation breeding” of those with skills and traits that have been honed over generations.
WHAT DO WINNERS GET?
Bragging rights and trophies. There are no cash prizes, though the agility and obedience winners each get to direct a $5,000 Westminster donation to a training club or to the American Kennel Club Humane Fund.
SO WHAT’S THE POINT?
Showcasing dogs, particularly breeds that many people don't see regularly, participants say. Many also value the friendships that develop at shows that bring dog lovers together across miles and backgrounds.
“We can all talk about dogs,” says dog expert David Frei, who hosted the Westminster telecast for over two decades. “That's the beauty of the sport, and the beauty of dogs.” | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/2023/05/05/dog-show-101-whats-what-at-the-westminster-kennel-club/ | 2023-05-05 05:40:34 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/2023/05/05/dog-show-101-whats-what-at-the-westminster-kennel-club/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — Teachers are heading back to the classrooms to begin a new school year and Dunkin’ wants to give them a free pick me up.
On Thursday, Sept. 1, teachers can get a free medium hot or iced coffee from participating Dunkin’ restaurants.
“Teachers play an invaluable role in our communities and help provide their students with the means for a better future,” Shannon Durkin, Dunkin’ Field Marketing Manager, said in a news release. “We’re excited to offer our deserving educators a coffee break and recognize them for their passion and dedication to our youth.”
The coffee chain will also be hosting its “Raise A Cup to Teachers” Sweepstakes. From Sept. 1 to Oct. 5, Texans can nominate a deserving Texas teacher for their chance to win free coffee for a year and a coffee break for their school.
The coffee break will be a delivery of $300 worth of Dunkin’ products to keep their school running on Dunkin’. The first 50 teachers nominated will also get 200 $1 Medium Hot or Iced Coffee VIP cards to share with their school’s staff.
The nomination website dunkinraiseacup.com will be live Thursday with instructions to complete the nomination and registration forms. | https://cw33.com/news/teachers-can-get-a-free-hot-or-iced-coffee-from-dunkin-on-thursday/ | 2022-08-29 23:19:29 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/teachers-can-get-a-free-hot-or-iced-coffee-from-dunkin-on-thursday/ |
Trump ally Tom Barrack acquitted of foreign agent charges
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s inaugural committee chair, Tom Barrack, was acquitted on all counts Friday at a federal trial in which he was accused of using his personal access to the former Republican president to secretly promote the interests of the United Arab Emirates.
The jury deliberated three days before finding Barrack not guilty of acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government, obstruction of justice and making false statements. Barrack had vehemently denied the charges.
Barrack, 75, is an old friend of Trump and is a California billionaire who chaired Trump’s inaugural committee. He was among of a long line of Trump associates to face various criminal charges.
In closing arguments on Tuesday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Harris told jurors that Barrack schemed to become the “eyes, ears and the voice” for the Emirates as part of a criminal conspiracy to manipulate Trump’s foreign policy. At the same time. he leveraged his back-channel connections to get the UAE to funnel tens of millions of dollars into an office building he was developing and into one of his investment funds, he added.
The prosecutor pointed to what he characterized as a steady steam of shady texts and other communications that showed that Barrack was under the direction and control of Rashid al Malik, a businessperson from the UAE who acted as a conduit to the rulers the oil-rich Persian Gulf state.
Barrack “marketed himself as politically connected. Someone who could open doors for the UAE. Someone who could offer access to Donald Trump. ... He was going to be their man on the inside,” Harris said.
Al Malik asked Barrack “to do things for the UAE again and again,” he said.
Defense attorney Randall Jackson said Barrack made no attempt to conceal his relationships with Al Malik, someone in a network of business connections he had cultivated throughout the Middle East. He also said it “makes no sense” that his client would try to infiltrate the Trump campaign on the behalf of the UAE at a time when Trump’s chances of winning the presidency were considered a longshot.
“He was involved in the campaign because he’s loyal to his friends — maybe to a fault,” the lawyer said.
Last week, Barrack testified that “dozens” of people asked him for help in getting pardons from the former president. He also said he never sought a pardon for himself, even after he learned he was under investigation.
Asked why, he responded, “I never did anything wrong.”
Barrack, an Arabic speaker of Lebanese descent, also described efforts to arrange for Trump to meet with UAE national security adviser Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan and other officials from more moderate governments in an effort to persuade Trump to tone down his his anti-Muslim rhetoric.
“I was trying to get common ground, to try to get him to step back from what he didn’t believe,” he said.
The defense called former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to testify there was nothing suspicious about his interactions with Barrack over Trump’s stance on UAE relations. Mnuchin described Barrack as a friend who was among hundreds of businesspeople offering him “thoughts and advice” while he served in the Cabinet. In those discussions, “I would never share anything … that I thought was confidential,” he testified.
Before being indicted, Barrack drew attention by raising $107 million for the former president’s inaugural celebration following the 2016 election. The event was scrutinized both for its lavish spending and for attracting foreign officials and businesspeople looking to lobby the new administration.
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CALGARY, AB, Dec. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Neoflow, a Calgary based blockchain, has successfully completed U.S. Department Homeland Security Red Team Testing of the Neoflow Platform for Crude Oil.
Red Team testing is an in-depth review conducted by a team of security experts engaged by the U.S. Department of Homeland security under the SVIP program. This review includes functional tests, penetration testing, data privacy and vulnerability testing among other things. This test is required by the government to provide assurances of the correct functionality and level of security and platform robustness necessary to become a long-term technology provider to the U.S. CBP.
Patrick Mandic, CTO at Neoflow, commented, "We are excited to announce the successful completion of this DHS review. Having an external validation at this level of detail is the culmination of the impressive work conducted by the Neoflow technical team over the past three years. We are especially proud to have met the performance expectations required by the U.S. DHS, which are internationally recognized."
The Neoflow Platform for Crude Oil is being developed by Neoflow with the support of the DHS, through their Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP). Neoflow was awarded a contract in 2019 under the auspices of the DHS Preventing Forgery & Counterfeiting of Certificates and Licenses solicitation to develop the Platform. The Platform will modernize the movement of oil and natural gas between Canada and the United State through the development of standards-based technologies that utilize Verifiable Credentials (W3C) and distributed ledger technology (DLT). The development of the Platform utilizes a 4-stage process. The positive Red Team report is an important milestone that signifies that the Neoflow Platform for Crude Oil has successfully completed the first 3 stages of development.
SVIP is one of S&T's programs and tools to fund innovation and work with private sector partners to advance homeland security solutions. Companies participating in SVIP are eligible for non-dilutive funding over four phases to develop and adapt commercial technologies for homeland security use cases.
Neoflow Inc. is a Calgary based company, a team of digital innovators, entrepreneurs and energy industry experts. We have a common passion for transformation in the energy industry along with a common belief that the Neoflow platform will create opportunities to transform the energy value chain. To learn more about Neoflow visit our website www.neoflow.energy and follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Medium.
The SVIP is one of S&T's programs and tools to fund innovation and work with private sector partners to advance homeland security solutions. Companies participating in the SVIP are eligible for non-dilutive funding over four phases to develop and adapt commercial technologies for homeland security use cases.
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Innovative technology and emotional wellbeing program converge to educate, empower teens, and normalize mental health conversations.
LANCASTER, Pa., Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Metrics and Samaritan Counseling Center today announced the release of QUALO Behavioral Health, a cloud-based software designed to proactively screen teens for mental and emotional wellbeing.
- In the 21-22 school year, Samaritan's screening program, TeenHope, found that over 34% of all students screened had thoughts of suicide or self-harm within two weeks of their screening date.
- According to SAMHSA, in 2020, 1 in 3 high school students experienced persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness and more than half a million youth made a suicide attempt. These numbers have continued to rise over the past two years.
As a result, QUALO Behavioral Health offers a proactive rather than reactive solution.
"An easy to implement mental health screening strategy gives schools a targeted opportunity to engage and empower students who need connected to community resources because they are struggling with feelings of depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts." Steve Schedler, Samaritan Counseling
QUALO Behavioral Health software revolutionizes teen mental health screening by innovatively simplifying the entire screening process. The software guides youth through industry standard screening tools to understand their current emotional wellbeing. Mental health professionals are immediately provided with data supporting an "at-risk" or "not at risk" identification and are guided through an intentional follow-up process.
"With the mental health crisis facing teens today, we knew it was critical to develop a software that supports teen's mental well-being and normalizes conversations about mental health. We designed this software so schools can implement it independently or through collaboration with an outside agency. Either way, the platform will support students, inform administrators, and enhance any mental health strategy a school is implementing." Steven Herr PhD, Advanced Metrics
To learn more about QUALO Behavioral Health features and implementation go to: advancedmetrics.net/mental-health-screening
Advanced Metrics is a Software as a Service (SaaS) company dedicated to improving the health of individuals and communities through science informed software and human centered data analysis. Advanced Metrics designed QUALO, a comprehensive web-based solution, to empower human service organizations to deliver services that generate quality life outcomes.
TeenHope is a student mental and emotional wellbeing education and screening program in Lancaster, PA. TeenHope is supported by Samaritan Counseling Center, which provides professional counseling, consultation and education for individuals, couples, businesses, and clergy.
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Welcome to the second edition of The Inquirer’s newsletter on the 2023 Philadelphia mayor’s race. March will be a crucial period, one that will separate the viable contenders from the also-rans.
This week, we’ll answer a complicated question on lots of people’s minds: Is there a front-runner? We’ll also take a look at what some Gen Z voters think about the election, use data to explore the Philly electorate, and meet the longest-serving mayor in city history.
There are 77 days 🗓 until the primary. Let’s dive in.
— Anna Orso and Sean Collins Walsh ( @anna_orso and @sbcmw)
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Wait, is there a front-runner?
Mayoral elections aren’t like high-profile Senate or presidential races. We don’t have tons of polling to gauge how people are feeling about the candidates, so it can be hard to say who is pulling away from the pack in this huge field. (You may have seen a poll floating around that was put out by Jeff Brown’s campaign and says Brown is in the lead. Go figure.)
What we can offer is some conventional wisdom, which suggests three candidates are in the strongest positions right now.
Brown has been running television commercials for the longest amount of time, which could give him a big leg up. 🔑 He’s also won some major labor endorsements, which separates him from the other candidate spending big on TV early, Allan Domb. Only time will tell if Brown and Domb end up like Tom Wolf, a relative unknown who spent big earlier to win the 2014 governor’s race, or Tom Knox, who did the same but lost in the 2007 race for mayor.
Former Councilmember Helen Gym has a fervent base of support, and many of her supporters won’t vote for anyone else. Progressives have coalesced around her and will undoubtedly launch a strong voter education and turnout program. (Gym was within striking distance of Brown in that poll he put out, a strong showing given she hasn’t run any TV ads.)
While Brown and Gym have grabbed more headlines, former Councilmember Cherelle Parker picked up what she called a “game-changing” endorsement last week when a coalition of building trades unions backed her. The group spent millions to elect Jim Kenney mayor in 2015.
We can’t emphasize enough: It’s early! We’ve seen come-from-behind wins in this city before, and many voters are likely undecided. What could sway them? Read more here about how millions of dollars are expected to be spent by outside groups trying to influence the race. 🔑
Spotlight on: The youngest voters
“[Politicians] all say that they will win the election and change the city, but to me, that’s lies, because I think you guys just make promises you can’t keep.”
That’s what high school senior Alyssa Perren said last week when four mayoral candidates appeared at Paul Robeson High School in West Philadelphia. About 75 students peppered them with questions about crime, public education, and their lack of trust in elected officials.
A significant chunk of the students had recently turned 18 or will soon, meaning they can cast their first-ever ballot in the May primary. Read our dispatch from Robeson for more about how the candidates tried to court some of Philadelphia’s youngest voters.
The 50th mayor: Wharton is Philly’s (reluctantly) longest serving chief executive
Kenney has taken a lot of heat — from constituents and now mayoral candidates — for saying he’d be happy 🔑 when he was no longer mayor. Robert Wharton might know what that’s like. He was mayor for 14 years — elected 16 times from 1798 to 1824 (back then terms were one year, and mayors were elected by the City Council).
And Wharton wasn’t particularly interested in politics. He declined to run for reelection several times but kept getting pulled back in, including while serving as a colonel in the War of 1812. He got word he’d been reelected while on the base and resigned his post to head back to Philadelphia.
What else do we know about him?
Wharton served on Philadelphia City Council from 1792 to 1795 and became an alderman in 1796.
He’s famous for quelling several riots — a sailor’s riot at the harbor and a prisoner’s riot at Walnut Street Prison, the prison that predated Eastern State Penitentiary.
He was originally trained as a hatter, a lucrative biz in the 1800s when everybody wore a hat, but he never really worked in the trade.
And a hat tip to Julie Wertheimer for correctly guessing Wharton in the last newsletter.
Want to guess which ex-mayor we’ll feature next? Henry Avenue in Roxborough was named in his honor. Email us the answer if you know.
— Julia Terruso
Data dive: The six types of Philly Democratic voters
🎤 This week, we’re going to pass the mic to our colleague Aseem Shukla, a journalist with our data-driven storytelling team, for a look into what past election results say about Philly voters.
Candidates in this year’s crowded mayoral field need to reach voters and communities that are likely to find their messages appealing.
That gave us the idea to try to understand how different Philly neighborhoods vote, so we used an algorithm to group precincts based on past results.
What we found was fascinating: There are six groups of Philly Democrats who tend to vote for the same candidates, and those groups align closely to differences in race and class:
Pro-establishment Black voters
Less politically affiliated Black voters
White working-class moderate voters
Wealthy, liberal white voters
Younger, progressive white voters
Poor voters and Latino voters
To identify the groups, we fed the last eight years of primary results (2015-2022) into an algorithm. We wanted to find patterns purely based on how precincts voted. The algorithm wasn’t told anything about race or class, but it happened upon those patterns anyway.
Demographically similar precincts often vote together regardless of where they are in the city. Dive into the maps with us.
What we’re reading
City Council President Darrell L. Clarke is retiring. The 40-year City Hall veteran has reshaped Council and built up its power. His decision not to run for reelection sets off multiple succession battles and adds to a period of massive turnover in City Hall. 🔑
The super PAC backing Jeff Brown put Tom Wolf in ad. The former governor’s people told the Inquirer they’re not fans of the ad.
There’s another mayor’s race going on. It’s in Chicago, and one of the front-runners is Paul Vallas, who was once the polarizing “CEO” of Philadelphia’s public school system.
🧠 Trivia time 🧠
City Council president Darrell Clarke announced this week that he won’t seek reelection, meaning the mayor and the city’s top legislator will change at the same time. When’s the last time that happened?
A) 1952
B) 1972
C) 1980
D) 2000
Find out if you know the answer. 🔑
Scenes from the campaign trail
It’s still petition season! Candidates for mayor (like Gym, above) and City Council (like incumbent Jamie Gauthier, in the pink hat) are asking residents for support and signatures. Candidates who garner enough siggys officially get their names on the ballot.
Thank you so much for joining us for this week’s edition of The 100th Mayor. We’ll see you next Tuesday, which happens to be the petition deadline. We predict a couple candidates will drop like flies.
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Kings get second straight shootout win, beat Sharks 3-2
By DAN GREENSPAN
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trevor Moore scored the shootout winner for the second straight game, giving the Los Angeles Kings a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night.
Phillip Danault had a power-play goal and Jaret Anderson-Dolan also scored in regulation as the Kings won consecutive games for the first time since the end of their four-game win streak on Nov. 12 Pheonix Copley made 23 saves and had an assist, getting his fourth win in five games since he was called up to Los Angeles.
“I think we were consistent, stuck with it the whole time,” Moore said. “Shootout wins are shootout wins, and we’ll take ’em.”
Timo Meier had a goal and an assist, and Kevin Labanc also scored for the Sharks, who failed to get their first three-game winning streak of the season. James Reimer had 39 saves.
“I thought we played OK,” Meier said. “Wasn’t our best game, but obviously frustrating when you have to go to penalty shots and lose it like that.”
Moore won it in the fourth round of the tiebreaker after Kevin Fiala and Labanc each made their tries in the third. Moore also had the decisive look in a seven-round shootout at Boston on Thursday, leading McLellan to crack a joke when asked if he considered using Moore earlier.
“He seems to do really well at that four or five spot, so why mess with success?” McLellan deadpanned.
It was tied 2-all after two periods, with Anderson-Dolan scoring 50 seconds after Labanc put the Sharks ahead with 4:34 to go.
Meier drew the attention of two Kings off the rush before finding Labanc alone in the slot for his seventh goal off a ferocious one-timer.
But Anderson-Dolan got his second goal and third point in two games against San Jose this season, putting in a rebound from the slot.
“The shift after a goal for or against is always huge for momentum, and to respond like that was obviously good to get the momentum even keel right after,” he said.
Both teams traded power-play goals in the first period.
Danault got the Kings on the board 5:54 into the game, building up a speed from the neutral zone to get behind three Sharks penalty-killers before beating Reimer with a backhand.
Meier tied it up with 6:37 left in the period. Kings defenseman Mikey Anderson couldn’t clear Logan Couture’s pass through the paint, giving Meier an easy tap-in at the post for his 15th goal.
Meier drew a penalty early in overtime, but Los Angeles was effective on the penalty kill, with Couture’s shot from the high slot that Copley saw all the way and allowed to hit the outside of the post marking San Jose’s best look.
“They gave us a chance to stay in the game,” McLellan said.
Reimer came up big with saves to deny Jordan Spence with 32 seconds to go and Danault with less than 2 seconds remaining, with both shots from close range.
“It’s good to see him being back to the goalie we know he’s capable of being after being hurt, so it was a good night for him,” Sharks coach David Quinn said.
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Copley has allowed two goals in all four of his wins, offering a degree of stability that had been lacking from veteran Jonathan Quick and Cal Petersen, who was put on waivers and sent to the AHL after clearing them at the start of December.
“He’s made some really big saves, he’s made some simple easy saves. Obviously, in the shootout, he’s had success back-to-back nights,” McLellan said of Copley. “Right now, he’s running hot, and we’ll likely keep going there.”
WORTH NOTING
Sharks D Erik Karlsson had an assist for the sixth straight game. … Copley got his second career assist on Danault’s goal. His first came with Washington at Arizona on Dec. 6, 2018.
UP NEXT
Sharks: Host Calgary on Sunday night.
Kings: Host Anaheim on Tuesday night.
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In 1992, Sinéad O’Connor destroyed a photo of Pope John Paul II on U.S. national television. The pushback was swift, turning the late Irish singer-songwriter’s protest of sex abuse in the Catholic Church into a career-altering flashpoint.
More than 30 years later, her “Saturday Night Live” performance and its stark collision of popular culture and religious statement is remembered by some as an offensive act of desecration. But for others — including survivors of clergy sex abuse — O’Connor’s protest was prophetic, forecasting the global denomination’s public reckoning that was, at that point, yet to come. O’Connor, 56, died Wednesday.
The SNL moment stunned David Clohessy, a key early member of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. In his 30s at the time, he had only recently recalled the repressed memories of the abuse he suffered. He found O’Connor’s act deeply moving. It was something he and other survivors never thought possible.
That night O’Connor, head shaved and looking straight into the camera, stood alone singing Bob Marley’s song “War” a capella. She finished the final lines, “We know we will win/ We have confidence in the victory/of good over evil,” and then moved an off-screen photo of Pope John Paul II in front of the camera.
Then O’Connor ripped it to pieces. She called out, “Fight the real enemy,” before she threw the scraps to the ground. Clohessy remembers it well.
“We were all just deeply convinced that we would go to our graves without ever seeing any public acknowledgment of the horror and without any kind of validation whatsoever,” Clohessy said. “That’s what made her words so very powerful.”
The SNL performance appalled Thomas Plante, a Catholic psychology professor at California’s Santa Clara University, and his wife who is Jewish. Plante was well aware of the issue since he was researching, evaluating and treating clerical sex offenders at the time.
“It is understandable that people would want to make strong statements about their issues with the Catholic Church, but tearing up a picture of the Pope on live TV was way over the top,” Plante said in an email. “Many people feel free to ‘throw the baby out with the bathwater’ when it comes to criticism of the Catholic Church.”
He also noted the prevalence of anti-Catholic hate, especially following the Boston Globe’s 2002 report revealing widespread abuse and cover-up by the church. Plante said the clergy abuse crisis was horrible, but people often fail to recognize that it is a problem of the 20th century and earlier — cases are extremely rare in this century, he said.
“Much progress has been made and current policies and procedures are actually working,” he said.
The quarter-century legacy of John Paul II — then pope, now a saint — has been badly tarnished by evidence he turned a blind eye to abuse even when the Vatican had copiously well-documented cases and even when bishops in the U.S., facing mounting legal liability, begged the Vatican for fast-track ways to defrock abusers in the 1980s.
Vatican officials have long excused John Paul’s attitude by arguing that he had seen first-hand how priests in his native Poland were intentionally discredited with false accusations by Communist authorities, and thus believed any accusations against clerics were mere “calumnies” intended to harm the church.
O’Connor was found unresponsive Wednesday at her home in southeast London. Saddened by her passing, Brenna Moore, a theology professor at Fordham University in New York and a big fan of O’Connor, described her as “a kind of prophetic truth-teller.”
Society, especially in the English-speaking world, is used to men taking on this role, Moore said, but when a woman does it, she’s accused of being crazy and angry. Moore, referencing O’Connor’s memoir, said the singer was more than a rebel with a shaved head.
“She sort of stands in a long line of artists and poets who have a kind of rebellious punk ability to speak truth to power in a very performative way,” Moore said. “She was a profoundly spiritual person, a profound seeker of transcendence and the truth.”
Jamie Manson, president of Catholics for Choice, was a teen living on Long Island with her traditional Catholic Italian family in 1992; she recalled just how horrified they were by O’Connor’s protest. But for Manson, who was feeling a call to the priesthood at the time, looked at it more with curiosity.
Manson called O’Connor a visionary, especially given that neither the Irish or U.S. Catholic hierarchy had yet publicly reckoned with the pervasiveness of clergy sex abuse.
“Not many people that we would call prophetic are willing to risk everything, and she was. … And she lost almost everything as a result,” Manson said. “It is very, very scary to challenge the church in a very public way. And it takes enormous bravery and a willingness to be able to let go of everything.”
Clohessy also depicted the 1992 protest as courageous: “I think young people can’t know — and older people to some extent have forgotten — just how extraordinarily powerful the Catholic hierarchy was in those days.”
Invoking the famous Martin Luther King Jr. quote, Clohessy said that “the moral arc of the universe bends toward justice. She’s proof of that. And it bends so slowly — and it bends backwards along the way.”
Attorney Jeff Anderson, who has represented victims of Catholic clergy sex abuse in numerous cases across the U.S., connected with O’Connor around the time of her SNL appearance. In a statement, Anderson called her wise and ahead of her time.
“Sinéad saw predator priests not as a ‘couple bad apples’ but as signs and proof of a deeply corrupt and almost untouchable clerical system,” Anderson said. “It took tremendous courage for her to be one of those early, lonely voices for the voiceless.”
Michael McDonnell, interim executive director of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, said O’Connor “wore the anguish of victims of clergy abuse and it seems as though she knew in 1992 the horrors that hadn’t yet been revealed.
“Ultimately,” he said, “she relieved the pain for tens of thousands of victims with rebellion.”
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Reflects Firm's Ongoing Commitment to Environmental Sustainability
NEW YORK, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- W. P. Carey Inc. (W. P. Carey, NYSE: WPC), a leading net lease REIT specializing in corporate sale-leasebacks, build-to-suits and the acquisition of single-tenant net lease properties, today announced it has been named a 2022 Green Lease Leader by the Institution for Market Transformation (IMT) and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Better Buildings Alliance. Launched in 2014, Green Lease Leaders sets national standards for what constitutes a green lease, while recognizing landlords and tenants who modernize their leases to spur collaborative action on energy efficiency, cost-savings, air quality and sustainability in buildings.
W. P. Carey achieved GOLD recognition for green leasing, which requires the establishment of foundational policies and practices that encourage reduced energy and water consumption in leased spaces. To receive this recognition, W. P. Carey qualified for credits in energy efficiency and sustainability best practices such as utility data tracking and sharing, cost recovery for capital improvements and sustainability training.
Brooks Gordon, Head of Asset Management, W. P. Carey, said: "We are honored to be among the first net lease REITs to receive the Green Lease Leader recognition at the GOLD level. By incorporating green leasing into our standard lease form, we're able to improve utility data collection, providing additional visibility into the power consumption and carbon footprint of our portfolio, which then enables us to better partner with our tenants on sustainability projects. We remain intensely focused on improving the sustainability of our portfolio and look forward to continuing to build on our green leasing efforts."
In 2021, W. P. Carey executed eight green leases, which include cost recovery clauses for energy efficiency upgrades, the ability to install on-site renewable energy, annual tenant disclosure of environmental metrics and required minimum energy efficiency fit-out guidelines. In addition to green leasing, W. P. Carey had several other sustainability accomplishments in 2021, including:
- Issuing its inaugural green bond with all $350 million of proceeds earmarked for green projects
- Initiating a tenant energy management program and collecting electricity usage data from tenants representing approximately 25% of annualized base rent
- Investing over 10% of its 2021 investment volume in green-certified buildings
- Receiving the first BREEAM In-Use Very Good certification for a life science building in the U.S.
For more information on W. P. Carey's broader ESG strategy, view our newly published 2021 ESG Report.
W. P. Carey Inc.
W. P. Carey ranks among the largest net lease REITs with an enterprise value of approximately $22 billion and a diversified portfolio of operationally critical commercial real estate that includes 1,336 net lease properties covering approximately 157 million square feet as of March 31, 2022. For nearly five decades, the company has invested in high-quality single-tenant industrial, warehouse, office, retail and self-storage properties subject to long-term net leases with built-in rent escalators. Its portfolio is located primarily in the U.S. and Northern and Western Europe and is well-diversified by tenant, property type, geographic location and tenant industry.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of U.S. Federal securities laws. A number of factors could cause W. P. Carey's actual results, performance or achievement to differ materially from those anticipated. Among those risks, trends and uncertainties are the general economic climate, including the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; the supply of and demand for commercial properties; interest rate levels; and other risks associated with the acquisition and ownership of properties, including risks that the tenants will not pay rent, or that costs may be greater than anticipated. For further information on factors that could impact W. P. Carey, reference is made to its filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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WFO ALBANY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, September 19, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
310 PM EDT Mon Sep 19 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL SARATOGA AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
At 310 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Saratoga
Springs, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Saratoga Springs, Salem, Fort Edward, Greenwich, Gates, Wilton,
Porter, Northumberland, Schuylerville, Victory, Argyle, Cossayuna,
Center Falls, Goose Island, Grangerville, Kings Station, East Hebron,
Middle Falls, West Pawlet and Fitch Point.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of eastern Otsego and
northeastern Delaware Counties through 345 PM EDT...
At 314 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Springfield to near Meridale. Movement was
northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Oneonta, Delhi, Davenport, Worcester, Middlefield, Maryland,
Cooperstown, Westville, Kortright and Meredith.
This includes the following highway exits...
Interstate 88 between 15 and 19.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Heavy rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 4222 7509 4282 7498 4284 7494 4283 7490
4287 7489 4289 7484 4283 7465 4276 7467
4263 7463 4252 7471 4243 7463 4240 7457
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 243DEG 38KT 4279 7491 4237 7500
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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Which NBA team has LeBron scored the most points against? originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
There’s not many better duos than LeBron James and points.
One of the NBA’s all-time greats is looking to enter the history books yet again very soon: the league’s all-time scoring record.
He’s on pace to eclipse Kareem Abdul Jabbar’s 38,387 record sometime before the All-Star Weekend in February, and it begs the question: Which teams has he scored the most points against?
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From his days running the Eastern Conference as a Cleveland Cavalier and later with the Miami Heat to going to Hollywood as a Los Angeles Laker, let’s take a look at how he’s performed against every team:
Which NBA team has LeBron James scored the most points against?
Games played against is certainly a factor in this, with four teams being above 1,700 in points scored on by LeBron – expectedly, the top half comprises 14 Eastern Conference teams, with the Milwaukee Bucks at the wrong end of the leaderboard.
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Here’s a team-by-team look as of January 24:
1. Milwaukee Bucks: 1,751 points in 61 games
2. Indiana Pacers: 1,717 points in 63 games
3. Chicago Bulls: 1,709 points in 60 games
4. Atlanta Hawks: 1,707 points in 62 games
5. Boston Celtics: 1,644 points in 57 games
6. Brooklyn Nets: 1,632 points in 59 games
7. Toronto Raptors: 1,577 points in 58 games
8. Orlando Magic: 1,537 points in 60 games
9. Charlotte Hornets: 1,533 points in 54 games
10. Washington Wizards: 1,530 points in 56 games
11. New York Knicks: 1,489 points in 56 games
12. Philadelphia 76ers: 1,486 points in 54 games
13. Detroit Pistons: 1,471 points in 61 games
14. Miami Heat: 1,206 points in 43 games
15. New Orleans Pelicans: 1,190 points in 44 games
16. Portland Trail Blazers: 1,115 points in 40 games
17. San Antonio Spurs: 1,125 points in 40 games
18. Memphis Grizzlies: 1,094 points in 43 games
19. Phoenix Suns: 1,061 points in 39 games
20. Dallas Mavericks: 1,058 points in 39 games
21. Denver Nuggets: 1,056 points in 40 games
22. Utah Jazz: 1,043 points in 37 games
23. Golden State Warriors: 1,024 points in 37 games
24. Minnesota Timberwolves: 1,018 points in 39 games
25. Sacramento Kings: 1,017 points in 38 games
26. Houston Rockets: 1,006 points in 39 games
27. Los Angeles Clippers: 963 points in 40 games
28. Oklahoma City Thunder: 956 points in 34 games
29. Los Angeles Lakers: 829 points in 30 games
30. Cleveland Cavaliers: 580 points in 20 games
How many points per game has LeBron James averaged against every NBA team?
Maintaining the same order above for further context, here’s a look at how James’ point-per-game average has played out against every team:
1. Milwaukee Bucks: 28.7 PPG
2. Indiana Pacers: 27.3 PPG
3. Chicago Bulls: 28.5 PPG
4. Atlanta Hawks: 27.5 PPG
5. Boston Celtics: 28.8 PPG
6. Brooklyn Nets: 27.7 PPG
7. Toronto Raptors: 27.2 PPG
8. Orlando Magic: 25.6 PPG
9. Charlotte Hornets: 28.5 PPG
10. Washington Wizards: 27.3 PPG
11. New York Knicks: 26.6 PPG
12. Philadelphia 76ers: 27.5 PPG
13. Detroit Pistons: 24.1 PPG
14. Miami Heat: 28.0 PPG
15. New Orleans Pelicans: 27.0 PPG
16. Portland Trail Blazers: 28.9 PPG
17. San Antonio Spurs: 28.1 PPG
18. Memphis Grizzlies: 25.4 PPG
19. Phoenix Suns: 27.2 PPG
20. Dallas Mavericks: 27.1 PPG
21. Denver Nuggets: 26.4 PPG
22. Utah Jazz: 28.2 PPG
23. Golden State Warriors: 27.7 PPG
24. Minnesota Timberwolves: 26.1 PPG
25. Sacramento Kings: 26.8 PPG
26. Houston Rockets: 25.8 PPG
27. Los Angeles Clippers: 24.1 PPG
28. Oklahoma City Thunder: 28.1 PPG
29. Los Angeles Lakers: 27.6 PPG
30. Cleveland Cavaliers: 29.0 PPG | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/which-nba-team-has-lebron-james-scored-the-most-points-against/3480928/ | 2023-01-24 21:42:44 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/which-nba-team-has-lebron-james-scored-the-most-points-against/3480928/ |
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (Border Report) — Nearly 4,000 migrants have been apprehended in Brownsville, Texas, so far this week, border agents tell Border Report.
Overnight, about 2,000 asylum-seekers crossed the Rio Grande from Matamoros, Mexico, into this South Texas city, Brownsville police investigator Martin Sandoval told Border Report.
On Tuesday, Border Report watched as hundreds more crossed into the area and were grouped in the same area.
They ended up on a dirt levee behind a baseball complex owned by Texas Southmost College and less than a mile from the Gateway International Bridge.
Sandoval live-streamed the situation on Facebook overnight. He said the apprehensions were “peaceful.” The video shows them seated in groups.
Sandoval says 70% are Venezuelans and there are many family units.
Agents estimated 400 were apprehended on Tuesday, and by the early evening, hundreds could be seen standing in a line on the levee waiting to board buses.
Armed Texas National Guard walked migrants to the larger group as several smaller groups of migrants turned themselves in throughout the day.
Texas DPS and local police also helped to secure the area. Tents were set up and migrants were kept in orderly groups as officials filled white buses filled with migrants throughout the day.
This came after 1,600 migrants were apprehended in Brownsville over the weekend, according to RGV Sector Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent Gloria Chavez.
Chavez told media on Monday that Brownsville and Cameron County were seeing an increase in migrant activity.
Traditionally, large groups, of over 100, have crossed in neighboring Hidalgo County near the town of Mission, not this far east.
Law enforcement pat down and separate asylum seekers on a dirt levee in Brownsville, Texas, on April 25, 2023. A wire fence is on the north side of the levee separating it from Texas Southmost College. (Sandra Sanchez/Border Report Photos)
But migrant advocates say upwards of 2,000 migrants now are living in a tent encampment in Matamoros, Mexico, and they desperately want to come to the United States.
Last week, about 1,000 migrants caused a shutdown of the Gateway International Bridge after they stormed the bridge and began walking in vehicle lanes. The bridge was reopened early Friday morning, but Sandoval told Border Report he believed more desperate migrant activity soon would follow.
Andrea Rudnik, volunteer coordinator for the nonprofit Team Brownsville, told Border Report her group was to expect 12 bus loads of released migrants today at the welcome center, which they staff across from the Brownsville bus station.
She said the center, which gives out toiletries and supplies to migrants who are released by DHS, is in need of water pallets, and snacks.
They are expecting over 550 migrants on Tuesday, which she said is a huge increase from the 50 to 125 they were receiving daily just a couple weeks ago. | https://phl17.com/national-news/thousands-of-migrants-cross-into-brownsville-texas-from-mexico/ | 2023-04-26 14:07:16 | 0 | https://phl17.com/national-news/thousands-of-migrants-cross-into-brownsville-texas-from-mexico/ |
Communities along the Upper Mississippi River scrambled Wednesday as the always-massive river swelled to near-record levels, forcing some to evacuate while others downstream stacked sandbag walls and closed off flood-prone areas.
The river has grown so large because of a huge snowpack in northern Minnesota that began to quickly melt last week because of rising temperatures.
A small number of people had to leave their homes in Wisconsin as the river kept rising. Others stacked sandbags in the small community of Buffalo, Iowa, in anticipation of flooding this weekend and early next week.
The Mississippi was expected to be especially high along parts of Wisconsin and to crest Wednesday or early Thursday in La Crosse. In Iowa, forecasts predict the river will reach the third-highest level ever recorded when it crests Saturday about 160 miles to the south in Davenport, Iowa.
Improved floodwalls and other temporary measures should prevent significant problems, but crews were constantly monitoring the river, officials in the Iowa cities of Dubuque, Davenport and Burlington said. Forecasts call for only a chance of light showers later in the week.
The river already flooded low-lying parks and streets in La Crosse, a city of 50,000, by Wednesday. One of the hardest-hit communities has been Campbell, a nearby town of about 4,000 people on French Island that lies in the Mississippi and Black rivers just west of the city.
The far north end of the island is underwater, with people using canoes to reach their homes, Campbell Fire Chief Nate Melby said Wednesday. Pumps supplied by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are protecting 70 homes on the island’s low-lying south end.
Melby estimated about a half-dozen people have decided to evacuate after the rising waters forced emergency workers to cut power and gas to their homes. Emergency officials have not issued mandatory evacuation orders, though, he said.
“We’re putting up a good fight,” Melby said. “We’re hanging in there.”
Amy Werner, who lives on the northern tip of French Island, has been using six pumps to remove river water from a crawl space. Werner, whose husband is in Africa, said it's been a 24-hour-a-day battle, with friends and her parents taking turns monitoring the pumps during the nights.
She estimated the pumps are removing 25,000 to 30,000 gallons of water per hour.
“It’s pretty stressful,” Werner said. “It’s bubbling up from the ground. I’ve been living my life by every hour for about 10 days now, and it’s not over yet. (But) so far we’re holding our own.”
About 60 miles (100 kilometers) downriver at Prairie du Chien, the Mississippi was a little more than 6 feet (1.8 meters) above flood stage Wednesday morning. The water was expected to continue rising each day until Saturday, when it’s expected to crest at just under 25 feet (7 meters). The record high was 25 feet, 3 inches (7.7 meters) in April 1965.
Video footage shot by WKBT-TV on Tuesday showed water at least a foot deep covering city streets and yards.
Crawford County Emergency Management Specialist Marc Myhre said that some families have evacuated and are staying with other family members, but as of Tuesday officials hadn’t issued mandatory evacuation orders. A message left at the county emergency management offices on Wednesday morning wasn’t immediately returned.
Crews in Dubuque had closed 13 of the city’s 17 floodgates and started up four permanent pumping stations and three temporary pumps to suck water over the floodwall and back into the river by Wednesday.
“Now we’ve got to get through the next three or four days of rain, but I think we will be in good shape,” Dubuque Public Works Director John Klostermann told the Des Moines Register.
Downstream, officials in Davenport and Bettendorf have closed roads near the river, and Davenport workers set up temporary sand-filled barriers to protect downtown. In 2019, barriers failed and allowed water to rush into parts of downtown, but officials said this time the barrier will be much deeper and higher.
In the small riverfront community of Buffalo, residents have started building walls of sandbags, wary after significant flooding when the river reached record highs a few years ago.
“What happened in 2019 kind of snuck up on us,” resident Jacob Klaman told the Quad-City Times during a break from stacking sandbags Tuesday. “We are definitely going to be ready this year." | https://www.clickorlando.com/tech/2023/04/26/mississippi-river-flooding-prompts-evacuations-sandbagging/ | 2023-04-26 20:29:55 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/tech/2023/04/26/mississippi-river-flooding-prompts-evacuations-sandbagging/ |
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.
* WHERE...Portions of southeast Alabama, Florida and Georgia,
including the following areas, in southeast Alabama, Coffee, Dale,
Geneva, Henry and Houston. In Florida, Calhoun, Central Walton,
Coastal Bay, Coastal Dixie, Coastal Franklin, Coastal Gulf,
Coastal Jefferson, Coastal Taylor, Coastal Wakulla, Gadsden,
Holmes, Inland Bay, Inland Dixie, Inland Franklin, Inland Gulf,
Inland Jefferson, Inland Taylor, Inland Wakulla, Jackson,
Lafayette, Leon, Liberty, Madison, North Walton, South Walton and
Washington. In Georgia, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun,
Clay, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Irwin,
Lanier, Lee, Lowndes, Miller, Mitchell, Quitman, Randolph,
Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Turner and Worth.
* WHEN...Through Friday evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.
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Cailee Spaeny stars in "Priscilla." Famed director Sofia Coppola is bringing forth a fresh cinematic take on Elvis and Priscilla Presley’s iconic relationship in “Priscilla.”
Cailee Spaeny stars in "Priscilla." Famed director Sofia Coppola is bringing forth a fresh cinematic take on Elvis and Priscilla Presley’s iconic relationship in “Priscilla.”
(CNN) — Famed director Sofia Coppola is bringing forth a fresh cinematic take on Elvis and Priscilla Presley’s relationship in “Priscilla,” one year after Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” biopic.
“Priscilla” stars “Euphoria” actor Jacob Elordi as Elvis and Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla. The film is based on the 1986 memoir “Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N’ Roll,” which Priscilla Presley co-wrote with author Sandra Harmon. | https://www.albanyherald.com/entertainment/priscilla-trailer-revisits-elvis-and-priscilla-presley-s-love-story/article_532f58a6-543c-5b1c-96c8-2be69b36033b.html | 2023-06-21 21:45:09 | 1 | https://www.albanyherald.com/entertainment/priscilla-trailer-revisits-elvis-and-priscilla-presley-s-love-story/article_532f58a6-543c-5b1c-96c8-2be69b36033b.html |
A Trenton school that gained notoriety last year for a brutal mob beat down of a student added a new chapter of violence yesterday.
Parents stormed The Ninth Grade Academy on Perry Street as a brawl developed. Adults reportedly faced off against security personnel and assaulted guards who needed rescue from city police.
The parents came to the school in response to a Monday incident that involved a fight between students, according to a source with knowledge of the incident. Parents allegedly pushed their way into the school and toward the cafeteria, where they tried to confront students involved in the previous day’s fight.
A Trenton Board of Education email sent to city student households described the incident.
The release noted, “The original incident involved district students only; however, unauthorized non-Trenton Public Schools adults came to the school to become involved in the conflict.
“The TNGA security team attempted to keep the doors to the building closed but students opened the door allowing unauthorized adults to enter the building. Security officers attempted to remove these adults and were assaulted by them as they entered the school.
“The Police Department responded quickly and assisted the TNGA security team in removing the unauthorized adults. The district and Police Department are currently investigating the incident to determine who was involved and what the next steps will be.
“We ask parents and guardians to encourage their children not to use violence to resolve conflicts. Students should not open doors and allow unauthorized adults to enter. Incidents like this endanger the safety of students and innocent adults in our schools. We are committed to eliminating these acts of violence within the educational environment and creating a safe space for teaching and learning. Our schools will not be a battlefield. Any student who chooses to engage in violent behavior will be permanently removed from the school setting.
“As always, the safety of our employees and students will always be our highest priority.”
In June, Olvin Alejandro Perdomo-Ulloa, 16, suffered a major after-school attack as about eight boys pinned him against a fence. They kicked and punched Perdomo-Ulloa and stopped only when Lawrence Kelliher, a history teacher, intervened.
A video of the incident circulated on social media. That attack attracted national attention and received similar condemnation.
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UFC fighter Michael Chandler and Olympian Lauren Sesselmann help build buzz as Speede launches on Indiegogo
CHICAGO, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Speede Fitness, a Chicago-area strength training startup that is launching a revolutionary connected fitness machine in fall 2022, stunned the crowd at the IHRSA convention as the first company to make isokinetic, eccentric and isotonic training available in one machine. Now available for purchase on Indiegogo, the groundbreaking Speede Challenger quickly became the talk of Miami Beach during the fitness industry's premiere event.
"From the show floor to the after-parties, people I talked to were buzzing about Speede," said Debra Strougo Frohlich, founder of Rowhouse and member of the National Health & Fitness Alliance Advisory Council. "They drew a huge crowd and were the clear consensus as the most innovative and disruptive company at IHRSA this year."
Speede's live training session with Michael Chandler drew over 200 attendees to its booth on Thursday, June 23, when the UFC lightweight contender demonstrated a variety of movements in Speede's isotonic and isokinetic modes, including upper body and lower body exercises. Leveraging Speede's ability to handle the demands of elite athletes, Chandler briefly squatted with over 1,100 lbs of resistance.
"I've been talking about it and working out on it, but it was time for the whole world to see it," said Chandler, who serves as Speede's Chief Athletic Officer. "This machine is going to help everyone get stronger faster, and it was an honor to help share Speede's technology with so many people."
During the event, attendees also took part in their own personal demos, talked with Speede's engineering team, and met Speede Pro Athlete Lauren Sesselmann, a professional soccer player and former member of the Canada National Team.
In addition to Chandler and Sesselmann, Speede has earned praise from athletes across major sports leagues, including Justin Fields, Cole Kmet and Jaylon Johnson from the Chicago Bears, Justin Simmons from the Denver Broncos, Marquez Valdes-Scantling from the Kansas City Chiefs, and Mason Plumlee from the Charlotte Hornets, all of whom have become equity holders in the company.
"Our breakthrough technology has been one of the best-kept secrets in fitness and recovery—until now," said Dan Mooney, Co-Founder of Speede. "We were blown away by the response at IHRSA, and we can't wait to reach more people through our Indiegogo campaign which goes live today. People everywhere are about to discover Speede for themselves and find out what we've known for so long: that this is going to be the most effective and efficient machine that the strength training industry has ever seen," said Greg Tepas, Co-Founder of Speede.
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DICKINSON COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) — A motorcyclist from Virginia was seriously injured in a crash in Dickinson County Monday morning.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, around 8:20 a.m., the 74-year-old man from Virginia Beach was riding a 2016 Can-Am three-wheeled motorcycle.
He was headed eastbound on Interstate 70, six miles west of Junction City when he left the roadway and entered the south ditch. The KHP said he hit an embankment and overturned.
The man was taken with suspected serious injuries to a regional hospital.
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Seoul: North Korea fires suspected long-range missile
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired a suspected long-range missile designed to strike the mainland U.S. on Friday, South Korea’s military said, a day after the North resumed its testing activities in an apparent protest over U.S. moves to solidify its alliances with South Korea and Japan.
The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that it detected a ballistic missile launch off the North’s eastern coast on Friday morning. It later said the missile launched is likely an intercontinental ballistic missile.
If confirmed, it would be North Korea’s first ICBM launch in about two weeks. Outside experts said that an ICBM launched by North Korea on Nov. 3 failed to fly its intended flight.
The Nov. 3 test was believed to have involved a new type of developmental ICBM. North Korea has two other types of ICBM — Hwasong-14 and Hwasong-15 and their test-launches in 2017 proved they could potentially reach parts of the U.S. homeland.
Japan’s prime minister’s office also said it detected a possible ballistic missile launch by North Korea.
The launch is the latest in a slew of missile tests by North Korea in recent weeks. But the country had halted weapons launches for about a week before it fired a short-range ballistic missile on Thursday.
Before Thursday’s launch, the North’s foreign minister, Choe Son Hui, threatened to launch “fiercer” military responses to the U.S. bolstering its security commitment to its allies South Korea and Japan.
Choe was referring to U.S. President Joe Biden’s recent trilateral summit with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts on the sidelines of a regional gathering in Cambodia. In their joint statement, the three leaders strongly condemned North Korea’s recent missile tests and agreed to work together to strengthen deterrence. Biden reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to defend South Korea and Japan with a full range of capabilities, including its nuclear arms.
Choe didn’t say what steps North Korea could take but said that “the U.S. will be well aware that it is gambling, for which it will certainly regret.”
The North has argued a U.S. military presence in the region as proof of its hostility toward the country. It has said its recent series of weapons launches were response to what it called provocative military drills between the United States and South Korea.
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Christian groups have long protested the 666 bus because the number signifies the devil. The bus will be changed to 669, but it will still go to Hel which sounds like the word "hell" in English.
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A climber was missing and two others were injured after a rockfall and avalanche on Mount Meeker in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park on Sunday morning, park authorities said in a news release.
One of the male climbers was rescued by Rocky Mountain National Park Search and Rescue team members with the help of the Colorado National Guard, the release said.
The man was flown to the Medical Center of the Rockies by medivac where he is being treated. A female climber had minor injuries, according to the release.
Authorities continued to search for the third climber who was missing in the area where the avalanche happened, according to the release.
Other area climbers witnessed the rockfall and the avalanche, park authorities said in the release.
So far this year, 16 people have died in avalanches in the United States -- significantly below the 37 people who died last year, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.
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North Iowa is a growing destination for a certain outdoor activity: geocaching.
In geocaching, participants use a GPS receiver or mobile phone and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers — called "geocaches" — at specific locations marked by coordinates all over the world.
More than 200 participants will come to North Iowa Sept. 9 for a three-day event. Terry and Mary Balek, both avid geocachers, are organizing the gathering for the Iowa Geocachers Organization.
"Terry would tell you that he always thought that geocaching was for the young people. We have met people all the way into their 70s and 80s," said Mary. "There are all ages with this and family groups."
The annual event — called Hike-n-Seek — is held in a different Iowa location each year. Each event is unique, hosted by geocachers who want to showcase their part of the state, according to the IGO website. This year's theme — "Let There Be Music!" — reflects Cerro Gordo County's rich musical history, according to Terry.
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"Mason City has always been big with music and with the band festival, plus Mason City schools has always been big on music. Clear Lake, with the Surf Ballroom, it's music-oriented," said Terry.
Geocaching started in 2000 when the use of GPS and satellite systems was opened up for public use. The first geocache was in Oregon, a container that held a piece of paper and additional items in it, according to Mary. She said that first cache had a can of baked beans inside it, but placing food items in the container is now a "no-no."
There are now millions of geocaches around the world, including one on the International Space Station. There are several popular geocache spots in North Iowa, one in the Baleks' yard.
"We had a couple there from Canada. We had a couple there from the Netherlands," said Mary.
There are a variety of geocache types and levels of difficulty. Some require an individual to complete a certain task or traverse through woodland areas. There is a cache for every type of person, Mary says.
Caches can be as small as the tip of someone's little finger or as large as a small room. Each one has a slip that people can sign to show they found it. People also can take items from a cache and move them to other locations.
"A lot of people call this a game or a treasure hunt. I've always called it an adventure, because every time we go out it's an adventure," said Terry.
Items you need to geocache include a smartphone with the "Geocaching" app or a GPS receiver. Certain geocaches, depending on terrain and difficulty, might require gear like hiking boots or climbing tools.
The Baleks have made close friends and are well-known in the geocaching community. The couple is responsible for setting up more than 200 caches that plotted on a map form the shape of Mr. Toot, Mason City's mascot. The will reveal a new music-related cache artwork Sept. 10 north of Clear Lake.
One of the unique caches that will be featured during this year's event is at the Buddy Holly crash site, which has been dubbed "Flash to the Crash." Terry said a large group will meet to pay their respects and take a group photo. The flash mob will gather at 3:15 p.m. Sept. 9.
A big part of geocaching is cleaning up the environment as a person searches for a cache. Hike-n-Seek has dedicated a gathering, known as a "CITO" event, at McIntosh Woods State Park at 9:45 a.m. Sept. 11.
The full Hike-n-Seek itinerary can be found on geocaching.com. Sept. 10 will be a full day of caching. Mary said parts of the event require purchasing a meal ticket, with a deadline of Sept. 3.
The Baleks said beginners can be a part of the fun and recommended checking out the "Last Song" community celebration event, at 1 p.m. Sept. 11 at Georgia Hanford Park, as a good opportunity to learn about geocaching.
"Our reason for doing this is because we want to bring people to Mason City and into the North Iowa area. (We want) them to be able to see the neat things and see all that we have to offer," said Mary.
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Officials: 8 displaced after fire tears through Sicklerville home, damages nearby properties
SICKLERVILLE, N.J. - A devastating fire in Camden County left families running for safety and numerous displaced, officials say.
According to authorities, emergency crews responded to Villanova Court in Sicklerville around 1:30 a.m. on Monday.
Officials say police and fire arrived on scene and found a home fully engulfed in flames.
The three residents who live in the home were able to escape the flames through a second-story window, police say.
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About eight residents were displaced as a result, according to fire officials. | https://www.fox29.com/news/officials-8-displaced-after-fire-tears-through-sicklerville-home-damages-nearby-properties | 2023-07-31 11:36:01 | 1 | https://www.fox29.com/news/officials-8-displaced-after-fire-tears-through-sicklerville-home-damages-nearby-properties |
- Existing, single-family home sales totaled 377,790 in May on a seasonally adjusted annualized rate, down 9.8 percent from April and down 15.2 percent from May 2021.
- May's statewide median home price was, $898,980 up 1.6% percent from April and up 9.9% percent from May 2021.
- Year-to-date statewide home sales were down 8.9 percent in May.
LOS ANGELES, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- California's housing market started showing signs of a market shift in May, as the monthly average 30-year fixed rate mortgage surpassed 5 percent for the first time since April 2010 leading to the lowest sales level since June 2020, and the largest year-over-year decline in five months, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) said today.
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Closed escrow sales of existing, single-family detached homes in California totaled a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 377,790 in May, according to information collected by C.A.R. from more than 90 local REALTOR® associations and MLSs statewide. The statewide annualized sales figure represents what would be the total number of homes sold during 2022 if sales maintained the May pace throughout the year. It is adjusted to account for seasonal factors that typically influence home sales.
May's sales pace was down 9.8 percent on a monthly basis from 419,040 in April and down 15.2 percent from a year ago, when 445,660 homes were sold on an annualized basis. Home sales dipped below the 400,000 level for the first time since June 2020. While public health concerns and market uncertainty were the triggering factors that resulted in the sales decline two years ago, tight supply and the higher cost of borrowing were responsible for the near double-digit decline this time around.
"We're beginning to see signs of a more balanced housing market with fewer homes selling above list price and homes remaining on the market a little longer than in previous months," said C.A.R. President Otto Catrina, a Bay Area real estate broker and REALTOR®. "What this tells us is that there is slightly more supply, fewer- and less-intense bidding wars, and those who've experienced 'buyers' fatigue' may now have a window of opportunity."
California's median home price set another record in May at $898,980 — surpassing the record set in April of $884,890. The May price was 1.6 percent higher than the April median price and 9.9 percent higher than the $818,260 recorded last May. This can largely be attributed to the mix of sales with the high-end market continuing to outperform the more affordable market segments.
The share of million-dollar home sales increased for the fourth straight month and reached the highest level on record at 35.3 percent, while home sales priced below $500,000 dipped again in May and hit the lowest level of all time.
Home prices could be leveling off though, as the monthly gain in price appears to be moderating. The month-over-month increase of 1.6 percent in the May median price was still higher but only slightly above the long run average of 1.1 percent recorded between April and May in the last 43 years.
"Pending home sales declined 30.6 percent in May – the biggest drop since the first month of the pandemic – likely due to eroding affordability, rising mortgage rates and home prices, and the increased risk of a recession," said C.A.R. Vice President and Chief Economist Jordan Levine. "The combined effect of the aforementioned factors resulted in a record increase in the average monthly mortgage payment to a typical home by more than 40 percent in May. With the Fed expected to raise rates further in the second half of the year, the 30-year fixed rate mortgage could surge past 6 percent by year's end and lead to more affordability challenges for potential homebuyers."
Other key points from C.A.R.'s May 2022 resale housing report include:
- At the regional level, all major regions declined in sales from last year, with four of the five regions falling by double-digits on a year-over-year basis. The Central Coast region continued to have the biggest decline of all regions, with sales dropping 21.8 percent from a year ago. Compared to the pre-pandemic average calculated using sales from May 2017, May 2018, and May 2019, the region's sales in May 2022 were also down 19.8 percent. Southern California (-14.3 percent), the Central Valley (-12.2 percent) and the San Francisco Bay Area (-11.5 percent) also dipped in sales from last May by double-digits, while the Far North (-4.0 percent) was the only region with a more moderate decline year-over-year.
- Three quarters (74.5 percent) of all counties tracked by C.A.R. experienced a decline in sales from a year ago in May 2022, compared to 80.4 percent in the prior month. Thirty counties in California fell more than 10 percent from last year, with Plumas dropping the most at -46.3 percent, followed by Mono (-33.3 percent) and Santa Barbara (-29.0 percent). Counties with a sales decline had an average decrease of -15.7 percent in May. Twelve counties increased in sales on a year-over-year basis in May, compared to nine counties in April. Del Norte (200.0 percent) had the largest sales growth from last year, followed by Siskiyou (53.5 percent) and Mariposa (50.0 percent). On a year-to-date basis, Plumas had the largest decline in sales of -35.5 percent so far this year, while Yuba (+41.2 percent) continued to have the best sales performance of all counties.
- At the regional level, home prices in all major California regions increased in price from last year by more than 10 percent, with the Far North and Southern California setting new record medians in May. The Far North also had the highest year-over-year growth in price with a surge of 16.4 percent, followed by the Central Valley (12.4 percent), the San Francisco Bay Area (12.3 percent), Southern California (11.9 percent), and the Central Coast (10.6 percent).
- At the county level, home prices continued to rise across the state,15 counties in California set new record median highs in May. Forty-five out of 51 counties tracked by C.A.R. increased in their median prices in May, with 31 of them rising 10 percent or more from a year ago. Marin had the biggest year-over-year gain in median price at 28.7 percent, followed by Siskiyou (27.3 percent) and Napa (25.2 percent). Five counties dipped in median price from last year, with Santa Barbara dropping the most at -30.7 percent, followed by Mono (-23.7 percent) and Del Norte (-22.9 percent).
- The overall supply condition in California improved further in May, with the statewide unsold inventory index (UII) surging from the prior month and from the same month of the prior year. The UII climbed back above 2 months for the first time in three months, and the improvement in the index was partly due to an increase in supply and partly due to a pullback in demand. With both closed sales and pending sales slowing by double-digits, total active listings experienced a gain of 46.7 percent in May, the largest year-over-year growth in at least the last 89 months. Active listings in May also climbed to the highest level since July 2020 and had a month-to-month increase of 26.4 percent from April.
- Forty-four of the fifty-one counties tracked by C.A.R. increased in active listings on a year-over-year basis in May, compared to forty counties in April. For the third straight month, Yuba had the biggest increase in supply with a gain of 191.8 percent in active listings from last May. Placer (108.2 percent), Nevada (106.0 percent), and Contra Costa (102.4 percent) were three other counties that also experienced a triple-digit increase in active listing from a year ago. On the other end of the spectrum, seven counties declined in for-sale properties when compared to the same month of last year, with Del Norte dropping the most at -30.5 percent, followed by Plumas (-26.6 percent) and Napa (-23.9 percent).
- The median number of days it took to sell a California single-family home was 9 days in May and 7 days in May 2021.
- C.A.R.'s statewide sales-price-to-list-price ratio* was 103.4 percent in May 2022 and 103.8 percent in May 2021.
- The statewide average price per square foot** for an existing single-family home was $436, up from $387 in May a year ago.
- The 30-year, fixed-mortgage interest rate averaged 5.23 percent in May, up from 2.96 percent in May 2021, according to Freddie Mac. The five-year, adjustable mortgage interest rate averaged 4.06 percent, compared to 2.62 percent in May 2021.
Note: The County MLS median price and sales data in the tables are generated from a survey of more than 90 associations of REALTORS® throughout the state and represent statistics of existing single-family detached homes only. County sales data are not adjusted to account for seasonal factors that can influence home sales. Movements in sales prices should not be interpreted as changes in the cost of a standard home. The median price is where half sold for more and half sold for less; medians are more typical than average prices, which are skewed by a relatively small share of transactions at either the lower end or the upper end. Median prices can be influenced by changes in cost, as well as changes in the characteristics and the size of homes sold. The change in median prices should not be construed as actual price changes in specific homes.
*Sales-to-list-price ratio is an indicator that reflects the negotiation power of home buyers and home sellers under current market conditions. The ratio is calculated by dividing the final sales price of a property by its last list price and is expressed as a percentage. A sales-to-list ratio with 100 percent or above suggests that the property sold for more than the list price, and a ratio below 100 percent indicates that the price sold below the asking price.
**Price per square foot is a measure commonly used by real estate agents and brokers to determine how much a square foot of space a buyer will pay for a property. It is calculated as the sale price of the home divided by the number of finished square feet. C.A.R. currently tracks price-per-square foot statistics for 50 counties.
Leading the way…® in California real estate for more than 110 years, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (www.car.org) is one of the largest state trade organizations in the United States with more than 217,000 members dedicated to the advancement of professionalism in real estate. C.A.R. is headquartered in Los Angeles.
May 2022 County Sales and Price Activity
(Regional and condo sales data not seasonally adjusted)
May 2022 County Unsold Inventory and Days on Market
(Regional and condo sales data not seasonally adjusted)
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LONDON, UK — A protester lit a portion of the court and his arm on fire during a match at the Laver Cup tennis event Friday, hours before Roger Federer was scheduled to play for the final time before retiring.
The episode briefly delayed the action at the start of the second set of Stefanos Tsitsipas' 6-2, 6-1 victory for Team Europe over Diego Schwartzman of Team World at the O2 Arena.
The activist, carrying a lighter and wearing a white T-shirt with a message about private jets, made his way onto the black court and sat down near the net. The person eventually was carried away by security guards.
“It came out of nowhere. ... I never had an incident like this happen on court,” Tsitsipas, the runner-up at the 2021 French Open, said afterward. “I hope he's all right.”
Tsitsipas spoke to the chair umpire to make sure it would be safe to continue to play and asked that a mark left on the court be cleaned up.
The protester “has been arrested and the situation is being handled by the police,” Laver Cup organizers said in a statement.
Federer, a 20-time Grand Slam champion, was slated to compete hours later Friday, teaming up with longtime rival Rafael Nadal in a doubles match.
The 41-year-old Federer hasn't played an official match since Wimbledon in July 2021 and is ending his playing career after a series of operations on his right knee.
There have been other instances of high-profile tennis matches being interrupted in recent years, including during the 2009 final at Roland Roland Garros, when a man went up to Federer and tried to put a hat on his head.
At this year's French Open, in June, a protester wearing a T-shirt with the message “We have 1028 days left” interrupted the men’s semifinal between Casper Ruud and 2014 U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic by attaching herself to the net with metal wires and glue and kneeling on the court. | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/nation-world/protester-set-himself-on-fire-delays-laver-cup-match/507-633a964d-4c86-4613-8eec-1193950425bb | 2022-09-23 21:38:38 | 0 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/nation-world/protester-set-himself-on-fire-delays-laver-cup-match/507-633a964d-4c86-4613-8eec-1193950425bb |
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Prime Data Centers, a data center solutions provider on a rapid growth trajectory, announces the appointment of Renee Dowis as Vice President of Procurement. In this role, Renee will partner with the company's Construction & Design team to support all aspects of procurement, from strategic sourcing and supply chain operations to contract management. Dowis will also lead the implementation of Prime's procurement best practices, leveraging emerging technologies and strong supplier relationships.
Renee joins Prime with over two decades of industry experience. Prior to joining the company, she worked at Lumen Technologies, where she led over $3.5B in managed spend for Network Technology & Construction, Real Estate and Critical Infrastructure in the build-out and support of Lumen's Global Network. She also previously held leadership positions at CenturyLink and Sprint.
"Renee's expertise in improving procurement best practices, combined with her focus on emerging technologies and leadership skills, make her the perfect addition to the team," states Jonathan Gibbs, SVP of Design and Construction, Prime Data Centers. "Her wealth of experience will accelerate Prime's growth as she manages all critical aspects of development and execution."
Dowis' announcement comes on the heels of several executive team additions, including Kristen Bejarano's appointment to Vice President of Construction, and cements Prime's commitment to delivering diverse talent in leadership roles within the digital infrastructure industry.
With over 800MW of IT capacity under development, Prime Data Centers is positioned to rapidly expand its reach and deliver critical data center solutions to customers on a global scale. Securing necessary materials and equipment will be crucial to the success of these projects, particularly amid current and expected supply chain constraints.
"As the digital infrastructure industry continues to expand to meet today's demands, I'm thrilled to join Prime and collaborate with leadership to develop and execute a high-performing procurement team," comments Dowis. "Prime is growing rapidly, and it's an exciting time to apply my experience and deliver holistic solutions to support the company's growth."
To learn more about Prime Data Centers and its facilities spanning two continents, including a 175MW campus in the Chicago market, visit primedatacenters.com.
Prime Data Centers is a wholesale data center developer and operator with a global footprint. The company excels at designing and delivering custom large-scale data center solutions for leading enterprise clients. Prime's core product portfolio ranges from 5MW to 175MW hyperscale facilities that can be build-to-suit, powered shell, or turnkey. Its unique partnership model offers flexibility across financial arrangements, from a standard lease to sale/leaseback to unique joint ventures. To learn more about Prime Data Centers, visit primedatacenters.com. And follow Prime on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune vs. Casper Ruud: Live Stream, TV Channel, How to Watch | French Open
In the quarterfinals at the French Open on Wednesday, Casper Ruud, the No. 4-ranked player, and Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune, the No. 6-ranked player, will be battling it out for a crack at the tournament semifinals.
You can see Rune attempt to knock out Ruud on Tennis Channel.
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Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune vs. Casper Ruud Date and TV Info
- Round: Quarterfinal
- Date: Wednesday, June 7
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- Court Surface: Clay
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Rune vs. Ruud Matchup Info
- In the Round of 16 on Monday, Rune took down Francisco Cerundolo 7-6, 3-6, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6.
- Rune was eliminated in the final of his most recent tournament (the Internazionali BNL d'Italia) 5-7, 5-7 by No. 3-ranked Daniil Medvedev on May 21.
- Ruud won 7-6, 7-5, 7-5 versus Nicolas Jarry in the Round of 16 on Monday.
- Ruud was eliminated in the quarterfinal of his most recent tournament (the Gonet Geneva Open) on May 25, when he lost 6-3, 6-7, 5-7 to Jarry.
- When these two competitors have met on the court, Ruud has tallied four wins, while Rune has one. In their last meeting on May 20, 2023, Rune took care of business with a 6-7, 6-4, 6-2 win.
- Ruud has won 10 sets versus Rune, good for a 76.9% win rate, while Rune has taken home three sets.
- Ruud and Rune have matched up for 124 games, and it's been Ruud who has emerged with the upper hand, winning 74 of them. Rune has won 50 games.
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A cold snap blanketing the Deep South has upended water systems as local officials struggle to repair widespread leaks and broken pipes, forcing some people to take drastic measures to get by without reliable access to running water.
Breakdowns in infrastructure arose in rapid succession after days of freezing temperatures in areas where extended periods of frigid weather are abnormal.
The water woes are acute in places like Jackson, Mississippi, where the water system partially collapsed in late August and has had repeated weather-related breakdowns. Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said the city is dealing with a “worst case scenario” on Tuesday.
Lumumba declared a local state of emergency Monday evening as Jackson’s troubled water system failed to produce adequate pressure because of broken and leaking pipes. Crews have spent days working to identify leaks, but city officials said pressure remains low or nonexistent. The Environmental Protection Agency is assisting with the effort to repair broken water lines, Lumumba said.
“We are dealing with an old, crumbling system that continues to offer challenge after challenge,” he said.
Tekemia Bennett said she hasn’t had any water since Friday. She and her four children woke up with no water on Christmas day.
“Christmas was very much like the Grinch came and stole it. I could not cook for my children. It was more like we were in survival mode,” Bennett said.
People flocked to water distribution sites set up by the city, but the lines were “as long as the eye could see,” Bennett said. She got on line two days in a row before eventually giving up.
Flushing a toilet without any pressure requires large quantities of water, a hot commodity in Jackson. So she began to cover her toilet bowl with plastics bags and trash can liners.
“We are actually defecating in bags and tying them up and throwing them in the trash,” Bennett said.
Throughout the Deep South, hundreds of leaks from broken pipes were draining water towers faster than treatment plants could replenish them.
Selma, Alabama, was in the third day of trying to find leaks and started Monday to shut down major lines and interrupting service to try to isolate where the biggest leaks were happening, Mayor James Perkins Jr. said in a statement.
Water crews in Florence, South Carolina, finally succeeded Tuesday in getting the water pressure back up after having to follow just about every water line in the city to find a large, but hidden, leak, officials said.
Widespread water problems also continued in Georgia. Sara Lips, a spokesperson for the Georgia Environmental Protection Division, said at least 16 water systems statewide were experiencing problems.
Officials on Monday began distributing water in Clayton County, a suburb just south of Atlanta, after burst pipes caused many customers to lose water on Sunday.
“It’s not a great feeling, and we are sad because on Christmas, I woke up to make tamales and realized we had no water,” Maria Landeros, a 30-year-resident of Forest Park, told WXIA-TV in Spanish.
Bottled water was being distributed Tuesday in Memphis, Tennessee, where authorities urged people “to limit all non-essential water uses.” An NBA game went on as planned Tuesday night in the city, though the water issues meant only canned or bottled drinks were available.
Up to 15% of Memphis Light, Gas and Water water customers are without water in Shelby County, the most populous county in Tennessee, because of inadequate water pressure. “Most of the cause of that lack of pressure are the water leaks in privately owned buildings, particularly from fire-suppression equipment,” Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said.
The utility said late Monday that leaks had been found in more than 2,400 leaks in private facilities, including 45 broken commercial sprinkler systems.
The water issues started on Dec. 24 when the utility said it experienced multiple line breaks because of freezing weather and power outages. The breaks resulted in a significant loss of pressure to the drinking water system.
The publicly owned utility, which serves more than 440,000 customers in Memphis and Shelby County, ordered an emergency drought management plan on Monday, barring non-essential water uses such as washing cars while the utility works to find, fix or isolate main breaks and broken water services.
Memphis Light, Gas and Water CEO Doug McGowen said in a statement Tuesday that “we are heading in the right direction to recover from this water distribution crisis,” with pressure being restored, but urging continued conservation for now. He said 31 water main breaks had been repaired, with work continuing on eight more. After asking businesses to let workers stay home Tuesday, McGowen said they could return to normal operation Wednesday.
In Kentucky, the Meade County Water District asked its 5,000 customers to conserve water. But then it said in a statement that because of the cold temperatures and increased demand, it was unable to keep up and would temporarily cut off service to some areas so that tanks could refill.
Parts of Asheville, North Carolina, were experiencing water outages or were advised to boil water. The city said Tuesday afternoon that a water production facility in the southern part of the city has been unable to produce water since Dec. 24, and the problem has been exacerbated by line breaks because of extremely cold temperatures.
The city said in a news release late Tuesday that it anticipated the water facility to produce water at reduced capacity on Wednesday. Those without water, however, shouldn’t expect to receive it for another 24 to 48 hours, according to the news release.
Officials encouraged people across the South to drip faucets during the prolonged cold snap because water moving through pipes is less likely to freeze. But as soon as the temperature rose above 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 Celsius), they said people need to stop the drip. That thaw also means frozen, broken pipes will suddenly begin leaking.
Water expands when it freezes, bursting pipes that aren’t protected. Then when the temperature rises, those broken pipes start leaking hundreds or thousands of gallons of water.
In Sun Belt cities like Jackson, water systems aren’t standing up the tumultuous weather. Tens of thousands of Jackson residents in the Mississippi capital were also left without running water for days during a cold snap in 2021, only for the water system to fail again in late August.
Jackson’s water system is set to receive $600 million from the federal government after it was included in the $1.7 trillion spending package passed by Congress last week. But Bennett vowed that she won’t be living in the city this time next year.
“I know they say it get’s worse before it gets better. But I can’t wait until it gets better no more,” she said.
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FISHERS, Ind. — It was a huge crowd at Hamilton Southeastern Friday night as the Royals hosted the Fishers Tigers on Operation Football.
It was the annual Mudsock Game, and it didn't disappoint.
Fishers got off to a 14-0 lead, but HSE came back to win it in overtime, 28-27.
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LIBERTYVILLE, Illinois – Valent BioSciences LLC President and CEO Ted Melnik will retire effective in July. Salman Mir, currently executive vice president and chief operating officer, has been named president and CEO effective in July.
Melnik joined Valent BioSciences in 2013 as chief operating officer and was promoted to his current position in 2022. Melnik oversaw significant company growth through business acquisitions.
Business milestones he directed include the construction of Valent BioSciences’ biorational manufacturing facility in Osage, as well as the opening of the Biorational Research Center and Global Headquarters in Libertyville, Illinois.
In his new role as president and CEO of the company, Mir will be responsible for overseeing the entire spectrum of global activities at Valent BioSciences. He has extensive experience in sales, marketing, operations, and business development roles with several major global crop protection companies.
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How to Watch College Baseball Streaming Live - Tuesday, May 16
Published: May. 16, 2023 at 5:31 AM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
For big NCAA baseball fans who want to catch every game, see the article below to find out how to watch or live stream the five games that are airing on Fubo on May 16.
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College Baseball Games Streaming Live Today
Watch UMass-Lowell at Northeastern Baseball
- Game Time: 3:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: NESN
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Watch UMass-Lowell vs Northeastern Baseball
- Game Time: 3:00 PM ET
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Watch Evansville at Indiana Baseball
- Game Time: 6:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: Big Ten Network
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Watch UC San Diego at San Diego State Baseball
- Game Time: 9:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: Stadium
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Watch UC San Diego vs San Diego State Baseball
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Make sure you're following along with all the College Baseball action all season long on Fubo and ESPN+!
Every team's path to the College World Series begins with the NCAA Tournament selection show on Monday, May 29 at 12:00 PM ET on ESPN2. Tournament play kicks off the next weekend with Regionals action from June 2-5, followed by Super Regionals from June 9-12, and concludes with the College World Series from June 16-26, taking place at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha.
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‘Help us’ carved into snow after winter storm buries California residents
LOS ANGELES (Gray News/TMX) – A California resident wrote “HELP US!!” in the snow of the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles on Thursday after a winter storm buried the region under feet of snow.
A photo shared by David Honeywell shows the message written in fresh snow over the parking lot at Lake Gregory Regional Park near Crestline.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office said on late Sunday they were still conducting rescues, taking people from the mountains to shelters, and delivering food and emergency supplies.
The California Department of Transportation said crews had to use heavy equipment to clear snow that was too deep for regular snowplows.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom last week declared a state of emergency across 13 counties, including San Bernardino County, as a result of the winter storms. The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services coordinated with Caltrans and San Bernardino County officials to bring in additional snowplows, crews, and California National Guard members.
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NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ClaimsFiler, a FREE shareholder information service, reminds investors that they have until February 6, 2023 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against NeoGenomics, Inc. (NasdaqCM: NEO), if they purchased the Company's securities between February 27, 2020 and April 26, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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About the Lawsuit
NeoGenomics and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws.
On March 28, 2022, the Company disclosed that its CEO was stepping down effective immediately, that it expected 1Q2022 revenue and EBITDA below the low end of its prior guidance, and that it had withdrawn its 2022 annual financial guidance. On this news, shares of NeoGenomics fell $5.30 per share, or 29.8%. Then, on April 27, 2022, the Company disclosed its 1Q2022 financial results confirming revenue and EBITDA below its prior guidance, among other things, that the market "was moving towards larger, more comprehensive panels" and that the Company was "seeing bigger and bigger panels coming from…emerging companies . . . where we have not kept up." On this news, shares of NeoGenomics fell $0.41 per share, or 3.8%.
The case is Goldenberg v. NeoGenomics, Inc., No. 22-cv-10314.
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5 things to know for May 10: Trump, Title 42, George Santos, Pakistan, Debt limit
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN
If you need some help deciding what to wear today, my recommendation is anything purple. Many people around the world will sport the color in honor of World Lupus Day, a global annual event that calls attention to the mysterious disease impacting more than 5 million people in the US alone.
Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.
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1. Trump
A federal jury on Tuesday found that former president Donald Trump sexually abused E. Jean Carroll in a luxury department store dressing room in 1996 and awarded her $5 million for battery and defamation. Trump has denied all wrongdoing and called the verdict a “total disgrace.” Carroll, on the other hand, called the verdict a victory for her and other victims of abuse. Trump does not face any jail time as a result of the civil verdict, but it does add to his mounting legal troubles — with probes in New York, Washington, DC, and Georgia still underway and primary debates set to begin in August. Separately, Trump is set to participate in a CNN town hall today in New Hampshire, where he’ll take questions as the frontrunner in the 2024 GOP presidential primary field. It will be Trump’s first appearance on CNN since the 2016 presidential campaign.
2. Title 42
Title 42, the Trump-era policy that became a key tool used by officials to turn back migrants at the US-Mexico border, is set to expire Thursday. When that happens, it will likely spur a significant increase in the number of migrants trying to cross into the US. Officials in several cities, including El Paso, Texas, have declared a state of emergency ahead of Title 42’s expiration. With detention facilities at capacity, thousands of migrants are living on the streets and aid organizations say they are concerned they won’t have the resources to help everyone if that number grows. Meanwhile, politicians on both sides of the aisle and local officials have expressed skepticism that the Biden administration truly is prepared to handle the crisis when immigration authorities return to decades-old protocols in the coming hours.
3. George Santos
The Justice Department filed criminal charges Tuesday against New York Rep. George Santos, the embattled GOP lawmaker facing several federal and local investigations into his finances. Santos has faced scathing criticism for lying extensively about his resume, education and family background. The exact nature of the charges couldn’t immediately be learned but the FBI and federal prosecutors in New York and Washington have been examining allegations of Santos’ false statements in campaign filings and other claims. Top Democrats, joined by some New York Republicans, have been calling on the freshman congressman to resign over allegations ranging from criminal behavior to petty personal dishonesty stretching back more than a decade. He is expected to appear as soon as today at federal court in New York’s eastern district, where the charges have been filed under seal.
4. Pakistan
Pakistan is on edge after the country’s former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, was dramatically arrested Tuesday by paramilitary troops in a significant escalation of a yearlong political standoff. The troops smashed their way into a courthouse in Islamabad to detain Khan on multiple corruption charges, igniting violent protests between his supporters and the military. In a pre-recorded statement released on YouTube by Khan’s political party after his arrest, the former prime minister said he was “detained on incorrect charges” and told his supporters “the time has come for all of you to come and struggle for your rights.” Hundreds of Khan’s supporters responded to his call to take to the streets and deadly protests broke out in several cities.
5. Debt limit
President Joe Biden will meet again Friday with top congressional leaders amid a standoff over the federal debt ceiling after they emerged from their meeting Tuesday with little to show that they’re moving toward an agreement to prevent a default that would have catastrophic economic consequences. “I made clear during our meeting that default is not an option,” Biden said, adding that he’s “absolutely certain” the US can avoid defaulting on its obligations because an “overwhelming number of members of … Congress know it would be a disaster.” Biden has also been considering using the 14th Amendment to unilaterally raise the debt ceiling without the help of Congress, he said Tuesday. However, he implied that the process of litigation may take too long to make a difference.
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TODAY’S NUMBER
4.4 million
That’s roughly how many people will soon receive checks from TurboTax, following a $141 million settlement with parent company Intuit for allegedly steering millions of low-income Americans away from free tax-filing services. The checks will automatically be mailed throughout this month and are expected to range from $30 to $85.
TODAY’S QUOTE
“I think I’m gonna cry.”
— Pat Sajak, host of “Wheel of Fortune,” saying he may shed a few happy tears today as his daughter steps in to spin letters for co-host Vanna White. Maggie Sajak, 28, took to social media to share the news she will be helping out on “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” while White competes on the show.
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One of fall's most pear-fect foods, high in fiber and naturally sweet, is in stores now
MILWAUKIE, Ore., Oct. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fall is in full swing, and fresh Pacific Northwest–grown USA Pears are available now in produce sections from coast to coast. As the leaves change colors, Oregon and Washington growers are harvesting an estimated 16 million standard box equivalents of fresh, USA-grown pears. The versatile, high-in-fiber fruit boasts an extended shelf life, helping consumers avoid food waste, and is the perfect complement for any meal — from charcuterie boards and salads to main dishes, baked goods or desserts.
"This year's harvest was slow to start, due to a prolonged cold and wet spring, but the pears coming off the trees were worth the wait," said Jim Morris, marketing manager at Pear Bureau Northwest. "This year's crop is sweet and juicy and boasts a mouth-watering crunch."
Despite the wet spring, USA Pears anticipates a crop on par with its five-year average.
The harvest was bolstered by the Pacific Northwest's extra-long stretch of dry, warm weather. With 10 varieties of fresh pears grown in the Northwest fresh pears can be found in the store almost year-round, from Anjou to Starkrimson.
"Pears are a healthy and nutritious selection for the whole family that can be enjoyed a bit longer, when stored properly," continued Morris. "Simply move your ripe pears to the refrigerator to extend their life 3-5 more days. With food prices on the rise, choosing produce that keeps and that offers a nutritious bang for the buck is all the more important."
Pears rank higher than almost any other fruit when it comes to dietary fiber, with 6 grams or 21% of the recommended daily value in just one pear. Fiber aids in gut health and supports bowel regularity. Fiber-rich diets can also help in the prevention of various conditions and diseases, such as heart disease and some types of cancer.
Further, pears contain other essential nutrients, such as vitamin C and potassium. These compounds are vital for normal metabolism, tissue repair, proper immune function and protection from infectious diseases.
Pears are among the few fruits that don't ripen on the tree. Rather, they reach maturity when stored at room temperature. This makes pears a perfect choice for decorative fruit bowls or weekend produce shopping that will last throughout the week. To determine when a pear is at its juiciest, USA Pears suggests to "check the neck." If a pear yields when gentle pressure is applied with a thumb to its neck near the stem, then it's ripe and ready to eat. Once ripe, pears can be stored in the refrigerator to slow aging and extend the fruit for a few more days.
To learn more about the health benefits of pears and explore recipes, visit USAPears.org.
The Pear Bureau Northwest, promoted under the brand USA Pears, was established in 1931 as a nonprofit marketing organization to promote and develop markets for top-quality fresh pears grown in Washington and Oregon. The organization represents nearly 900 grower families and 50 packers and shippers. Combined, Washington and Oregon are the nation's largest pear producing region. They produce approximately 88% of all fresh pears grown in the United States, and more than 96% of all winter pears (non-Bartlett varieties such as Bosc and Anjou). They also account for 92% of America's fresh pear exports.
Pear Bureau Northwest prohibits discrimination in all of its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, political beliefs, or disability. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact the Pear Bureau at (503) 652-9720.
To file a complaint of discrimination, write the USDA, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Stop 9410, Washington, DC, 20250-9410, or call toll-free at (866) 632-9992 (English) or (800) 877-8339 (TDD) or (866) 377-8642 (English Federal-relay) or (800) 845-6136 (Spanish Federal-relay).
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LOUISVILLE — Monarch boys basketball coach Tim DeBerry acknowledged that it’s around that time when the good teams separate themselves from the just OK ones.
With a little more than a month remaining in the regular season, the Coyotes know they need to find answers, and somewhat quickly, to find out where they stand following a third straight loss.
“We got to start knocking down shots again,” said DeBerry, whose team fell to Class 6A No. 10 Fort Collins, 80-60, Tuesday night — part of a losing skid that also included a loss to No. 1 Fossil Ridge on Friday and Mountain Range Saturday.
“We were really hot early and won nine games early,” he said. “We got to knock down shots. That’s our equalizer.”
Without it, the undersized Coyotes (9-6, 3-4 6A Front Range League) probably have little chance against bigger, more physical teams like the Lambkins (12-2, 6-0).
Fort Collins seniors Luke Wagstaff and Jamar Mitchell looked like men among boys on the court against Monarch. Played like it, too.
Wagstaff — listed at 6-foot-8, 230 pounds — was nearly automatic inside the paint, bullying through defenders, finishing through outstretched arms as if they were cobwebs.
Early in the third quarter, he broke between a pair of defenders, calling out “and one” after another powerful finish. Mitchell followed with six straight for his team, getting just about anything he wanted from inside 5 feet.
The Fort Collins lead pushed into the 20s late in the quarter. Monarch got as close as 17 in the fourth.
Wagstaff finished with 24 points for the Lambkins, Jayce King had 22 and Mitchell 18.
“I tell you what, exactly what I told my kids, I thought we played really well in the fourth quarter,” DeBerry said. “We didn’t back down and got used to it. We’ve played some pretty good teams in this three-game stretch and even though you lose, you got to take some positives from it.”
As for the Coyotes’ outside shooting … they need it.
Van Nellessen hit four of his team’s eight 3s, finishing with a team-high 18 points. Aidan Kennedy hit three 3s and had 11.
It was the third straight game Monarch had eight or fewer 3s. It had double-digit makes from deep in six of its first 12 games, starting 9-3.
DeBerry thinks part of the shooting blues is something that will take care of itself.
“Our motto is shooters shoot,” said DeBerry, whose team went 8 of 26 from 3 against Fort Collins. “And we’re just going to keep shooting it. Is there anything we can do? Yeah, screen a little better, move the ball around a little quicker.”
Nellessen said the fix might be as simple as just getting a few more shots up in the gym.
“When our shots are falling, we will win every game,” he said.
Monarch is at Horizon Friday.
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After years of pressure, U.S. Soccer announced Wednesday an agreement with the men’s and women’s national teams to provide equal pay for the two clubs.
The agreement allows U.S. Soccer to pool and share a portion of prize money paid for the teams’ participation in the 2022 and 2026 Men’s World Cups and the 2023 and 2027 Women’s World Cups. Generally, FIFA, the organizer of the two World Cup tournaments, has a larger prize purse for the Men’s World Cup compared to the Women’s World Cup.
The players will be paid an equal percentage of the collective prize money paid by FIFA for the teams’ participation and performance in their respective World Cups, U.S. Soccer said.
Aside from equal pay arguments, members of the U.S. Women’s National Team and their advocates have long complained about substandard stadium selection and accommodations. U.S. Soccer said it promises to provide equal quality venues and field playing surfaces to the USWNT and USMNT. U.S. Soccer also said it would provide equal travel budgets.
The agreement runs through 2028. | https://www.wmar2news.com/sports/u-s-soccer-agreement-provides-equal-pay-for-men-women | 2022-05-18 12:20:10 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/sports/u-s-soccer-agreement-provides-equal-pay-for-men-women |
NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Core Scientific, Inc. ("Core" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: CORZ). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Core and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On March 3, 2022, Culper Research issued a report alleging, among other things, that Core Scientific "has wildly oversold both its mining and hosting businesses, which it cobbled together in a series of questionable transactions before dumping onto the market via SPAC." Moreover, the Company had "waived the 180-day lockup on over 282 million shares, making them free to be dumped just 5 trading days" from the time of the report, showing that "insiders have abandoned any pretense of care for minority shareholders."
On this news, Core Scientific's stock price fell $0.72 per share, or 9.4%, to close at $6.98 per share on March 3, 2022.
Then, on September 28, 2022, Celsius Network LLC and related entities filed a motion to enforce the automatic stay and for civil contempt in bankruptcy proceedings alleging that Core Scientific "has knowingly and repeatedly violated the automatic stay provisions" by refusing to perform its contractual obligations, threatening to terminate the companies' agreement, and adding improper surcharges.
On this news, Core Scientific's stock price fell $0.15 per share, or 10.3%, to close at $1.30 per share on September 29, 2022.
Finally, on October 27, 2022, Core Scientific disclosed that "given the uncertainty regarding the Company's financial condition, substantial doubt exists about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern," and that it is exploring alternatives to its capital structure. Moreover, the Company held 24 bitcoins, compared to 1,051 bitcoins as of September 30, 2022.
On this news, Core Scientific's stock price fell $0.79 per share, or 78.1%, to close at $0.22 per share on October 27, 2022.
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‘Empty the Shelter’ event at Santa Fe animal shelter
Beginning Monday, the overcrowded Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society will participate in an “Empty the Shelter” event by offering fee-waived adoptions on animals over 5 months old. Kittens and puppies are $25.
The event, sponsored by Bissell Pet Foundation, runs through May 15.
The adoption process is the same; adopters are required to complete an in-person adoption counseling, and no appointments are necessary.
The animal shelter is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. For more information, visit, SFHumaneSociety.org.
‘Empty the Shelter’ event is May 5-9 at Española Humane
Española Humane will participate in an “Empty the Shelter” event from May 5-9 at the shelter, 108 Hamm Parkway, Española, by offering fee-waived adoptions for cats and dogs ages 6 months and older. Puppies and kittens are available for an adoption fee of $25.
Start the adoption process at espanolahumane.org. The event is sponsored by Bissell Pet Foundation.
Dew Paws Rescue to be in Eldorado
Dew Paws Rescue will hold an adoption event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at La Tienda, 7 Caliente Road, in the True Value Hardware building.
Española Humane to be in Santa Fe
Foster puppies and adult dogs will highlight Española Humane’s adoption event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Petco, 2006 Cerrillos Road in Santa Fe.
All pets are spayed or neutered and vaccinated.
To get a jump-start on an adoption, start the application process at espanolahumane.org.
Santa Fe animal shelter on the road
The Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society’s mobile adoption team will be at PetSmart, 3561 Zafarano Drive, from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday with adoptable animals. The Spring into Love promotion includes $5 dogs and $25 puppies. Shelter heroes are excluded. For more information, visit SFHumaneSociety.org.
Española Humane hosts foster parties
Española Humane is offering fun and informative parties for those interesting in learning about short- and long-term fostering.
The shelter’s team, along with people who have fostered pets, will be available for questions and to teach about fostering opportunities from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday in the Rufina Tap Room at Second Street Brewery, 2920 Rufina St., Santa Fe; and from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Bathtub Row Brewing Co-Op, 163 Central Park Square, Los Alamos.
The shelter offers a range of fostering opportunities, including day fosters, overnight fosters and long-term fosters for puppies, kittens and adult dogs and cats. To learn more about fostering or to sign up to foster, visit espanolahumane.org or email foster@espanolahumane.org.
‘Pet Chat’ discusses how to be ready in an emergency
It’s a special week on Pet Chat with Murad & Bobbi. Bobbi Heller is in Australia and will discuss the pets that live down under. Plus, are you and your pets ready for an emergency? The show details what to do to prepare if you are told to evacuate your home.
Pet Chat airs 9 a.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sundays on 1260 AM and 103.7 FM.
Pet tips on being prepared for emergencies
Several New Mexicans have had to recently evacuate their homes at a moment’s notice due to wildfires.
The Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society, which has a plan in case of emergencies, wants to remind pet owners to make sure they also have a plan for their household pets.
“Like other family members, pets require their own disaster preparedness grab-and-go kit that includes an ample supply of food and water,” shelter spokesman Murad Kirdar said. “The kit should also include items such as a crate or travel carrier, required medications, veterinary records, grooming items and sanitation needs like kitty litter and plastic pet waste bags.”
Pets should always have a collar with an ID tag that lists the owner’s contact number. Make sure the pet’s microchip has updated information.
Recent photos of your pets are essential.
Group helps aid pets belonging to homeless people
For over 23 years, Northern New Mexico Street Homeless Animal Project has strived to be available 24/7 for the animals of homeless people.
The group began in 1999. The group’s primary expense goes toward assistance with veterinarian care, both preventive and emergency, for the animals of homeless people. The organization also assists with food and other supplies.
The Street Homeless Animal Project team meet with homeless people to assess if a pet is in need of emergency care or preventative care, such as shots, checkups, or spaying or neutering.
For more information or to alert to emergency care or assistance, call 505-501-4933 or email nnmshap@gmail.com.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Denver Broncos’ offense is stuck in mud — and it appears no one is coming to help pull it out.
Russell Wilson turned in yet another lackluster performance on Sunday, managing just one late touchdown pass in a 23-10 loss to the Carolina Panthers. The Broncos fell to 3-8 since he was acquired in a blockbuster offseason trade with the Seattle Seahawks and later signed a $245 million contract extension.
The combination of Wilson and rookie coach Nathaniel Hackett — the source of offseason optimism in Denver — is not working out. The Broncos have scored fewer than 17 points in nine of 11 games and are last in the league in scoring.
Wilson, who finished 19 of 35 for 142 yards and was sacked three times, called the team’s offensive performance “unacceptable.”
“This organization, this tradition here, everything else, we got to honor it,” Wilson said. “We got to honor it by winning. We got to honor it by our work ethic. Continue to work hard. We got to go out there and play. Play great and be able to find ways to score touchdowns.”
Latavius Murray rushed for 92 yards — 52 on one run — after Melvin Gordon was released earlier in the week because of fumbling issues, and Courtland Sutton had six catches for 75 yards.
But no one else stepped up to make big plays for the Broncos, who have lost seven of eight.
“We got to get the losing out of our system,” Wilson said. “Winning is a habit. Losing can be too. We got to make sure we have winning habits throughout the process. Not just throughout the week, but throughout the whole game.”
Hackett, who is facing weekly questions about his job status, said his team’s lack of production on third down is what bothers him the most.
The Broncos came into the game ranked 31st in the league in third-down conversion percentage, and they were 4 of 14 against the Panthers.
Hackett referenced the injuries to starting receivers Jerry Jeudy and KJ Hamler as factors in the team’s offensive falloff since its 21-17 win over Jacksonville in London on Oct. 30.
Both players sat out again Sunday.
“We’ve had a lot different personnel with people going in and out,” Hackett said. “That’s no excuse. We got to get those guys caught up to speed. They got to be able to contribute and we got to continually work with the guys that we have that are going to be out there.”
Defensive end Brian Burns playfully mocked Wilson after a strip-sack, imitating the QB’s pregame ritual by putting his arms out to the side, palms up, and closing his eyes.
Wilson has thrown multiple touchdown passes in just one game and has eight for the season.
“We got to keep believing in it,” Wilson said. “We got to keep not blinking. You got to believe that at any point, something great is going to happen.”
So far this season, that hasn’t happened much for the Broncos’ offense. | https://www.krqe.com/sports/denver-broncos/broncos-league-worst-scoring-offense-loses-again/ | 2022-11-28 13:03:06 | 1 | https://www.krqe.com/sports/denver-broncos/broncos-league-worst-scoring-offense-loses-again/ |
ATLANTA, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rollins, Inc. (NYSE:ROL) ("Rollins" or the "Company"), a premier global consumer and commercial services company, announced today that Kenneth Krause was named Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer, effective September 1, 2022.
About Rollins, Inc.
Rollins, Inc. is a premier global consumer and commercial services company. Through its family of leading brands, Orkin, HomeTeam Pest Defense, Clark Pest Control, Northwest Exterminating, McCall Service, Trutech, Critter Control, Western Pest Services, Waltham Services, OPC Pest Services, The Industrial Fumigant Company, PermaTreat, Crane Pest Control, Missquito, Orkin Canada, Orkin Australia, Safeguard (UK), Aardwolf Pestkare (Singapore), and more, the Company and its franchises provide essential pest control services and protection against termite damage, rodents and insects to more than 2.8 million customers in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia from more than 800 locations. You can learn more about Rollins and its subsidiaries by visiting our web site at www.rollins.com, where you can also find this and other news releases by accessing the news releases button.
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Our actual results could differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements because of various risks, timing and uncertainties including, without limitation, the failure to maintain and enhance our brands and develop a positive client reputation; our ability to protect our intellectual property and other proprietary rights that are material to our business and our brand recognition; actions taken by our franchisees, subcontractors or vendors that may harm our business; general economic conditions; the impact of the extent and duration of economic contraction related to COVID-19 on general economic activity for the remainder of 2022 and beyond; the impact of future developments related to the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company's business, results of operations, accounting assumptions and estimates and financial condition, including, without limitation, inflation and restrictions in customer discretionary expenditures, disruptions in credit or financial markets, increases in fuel prices, raw material costs or other operating costs; potential increases in labor costs; labor shortages and/or our inability to attract and retain skilled workers; competitive factors and pricing practices; changes in industry practices or technologies; the degree of success of our termite process reforms and pest control selling and treatment methods; our ability to identify, complete and successfully integrate potential acquisitions; unsuccessful expansion into international markets; climate change and unfavorable weather conditions; a breach of data security resulting in the unauthorized access of personal, financial, proprietary, confidential or other personal data or information about our customers, employees, third parties, or of our proprietary confidential information; damage to our brands or reputation; possibility of an adverse ruling against us in pending litigation, regulatory action or investigation; changes in various government laws and regulations, including environmental regulations; the adequacy of our insurance coverage to cover all significant risk exposures; the effectiveness of our risk management and safety program; general market risk; management's substantial ownership interest and its impact on public stockholders and the availability of the Company's common stock to the investing public; and the existence of certain anti-takeover provisions in our governance documents, which could make a tender offer, change in control or takeover attempt that is opposed by the Company's Board of Directors more difficult or expensive. All of the foregoing risks and uncertainties are beyond our ability to control, and in many cases, we cannot predict the risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake to update its forward-looking statements.
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For more than 10 years, Twitter has been recognizable for its blue and white bird logo, which became a symbol of the social network’s distinctive culture and lexicon. To “tweet” became a verb. A “tweet” referred to a post. “Tweeps” became the moniker for Twitter employees.
Late Sunday, Elon Musk began getting rid of it.
The tech billionaire, who bought Twitter last year, renamed the social platform X.com on its website and started replacing the bird logo with a stylized version of the 24th letter of the Latin alphabet. Inside Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco, X logos were projected in the cafeteria, while conference rooms were renamed to words with X in them, including “eXposure,” “eXult” and “s3Xy,” according to photos seen by The New York Times.
Musk had long said he might make the name change, but he hastened the process in a tweet early Sunday morning when he declared that “soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds.” He has said he hopes to turn Twitter into an “everything app” called X that would encompass not only social networking, but also banking and shopping.
Early Monday, Musk also shared a photo of a giant X projected on Twitter’s San Francisco office building with the caption: “Our headquarters tonight.”
The moves, which are continuing, are the most visible changes that Musk has made to Twitter since he closed the deal to buy the company in October. Behind the scenes, he has taken many steps to overhaul the firm, eliminating thousands of Twitter’s employees and changing the platform’s features, including badges that were meant to verify users, as well as the rules governing what can and can’t be said on the service.
Yet the name and logo change were impossible to ignore. And by starting to remove the Twitter name, Musk tossed out an entrenched brand that had been around since 2006 — when the company was founded — and that had delighted and frustrated celebrities, politicians, athletes and other users in equal measure. Twitter introduced its blue bird mascot in 2010 and updated it two years later.
Many Twitter users, who have spent years tweeting and building up their presence on the site, appeared alienated by the shift. “Has everybody seen the (eXecrable) new logo?” actor Mark Hamill tweeted Monday, with the hashtag #ByeByeBirdie. Others saw the move as Musk’s latest blow to the site, with some stubbornly saying they would still call the site Twitter and would continue to “tweet.”
When brands become verbs, it’s the “holy grail,” said Mike Proulx, a vice president and research director at Forrester, because it means they have become part of popular culture.
“The app itself has become a cultural phenomenon in all sorts of ways,” he said. “In one fell sweep, Elon Musk has essentially wiped out 15 years of brand value from Twitter and is now essentially starting from scratch.”
Musk risked the wrath of Twitter’s users even as he can ill afford to upset them. His company faces financial difficulties and increased competition, with rival Meta releasing an app this month for real-time, public conversations called Threads. The new app quickly racked up 100 million downloads in less than a week, though usage of the app is under scrutiny.
Mike Carr, a co-founder of the branding company NameStormers, said Musk’s X logo could be interpreted as having an ominous “Big Brother” tech overlord vibe. Unlike the blue bird, which he described as warm and cuddly but perhaps a bit dated and weighed down by bad press, the new logo was “very harsh,” he said.
Still, it conjured phrases like “X marks the spot” and could help Musk differentiate the platform from its Twitter baggage, Carr said.
“If they do this wrong and it was anybody other than Elon Musk, he’d be running a higher risk because people could start making fun of it,” said Carr, who has helped come up with names for thousands of clients, including CarMax, the used car company.
Musk has long been interested in the X name. In 1999, he helped found X.com, an online bank. The company changed its name after it merged with another startup to form what would become the online payments company PayPal.
In 2017, Musk said he repurchased the X.com domain from PayPal. “No plans right now, but it has great sentimental value to me,” he tweeted at the time.
Tesla, Musk’s electric automaker, also has an SUV called the Model X. One of Musk’s sons, X Æ A-12 Musk, is often called “X” for short. The holding companies created to close the acquisition of Twitter were named X Holdings. Musk also leads an artificial intelligence company called xAI.
“I like the letter X,” he posted Sunday.
Musk has shown a disdain toward Twitter’s previous corporate culture. He has quibbled with the number of bird references in the company’s internal team names and products. At one point, he changed the name of a crowdsourced fact-checking feature to “Community Notes” from “Birdwatch.” He recently also had someone cover the “w” on Twitter’s name at its San Francisco headquarters.
Among those who didn’t seem bothered by the change was Jack Dorsey, a Twitter founder and former CEO. He said in a tweet Monday that while a rebrand was not “essential” to achieving Musk’s vision, there was an argument for it.
“The Twitter brand carries a lot of baggage,” Dorsey wrote. “But all that matters is the utility it provides, not the name.”
Martin Grasser, a San Francisco-based artist who was part of a team in 2011 that helped design the most recent Twitter bird logo, said it was meant to convey “simplicity, brevity and clarity.” The goal was to have a logo that was as memorable as Apple’s or Nike’s, he said.
Grasser said Musk could do whatever he wanted with the brand, but “I hope the bird occupies a space in culture that is a happy memory or becomes one of those logos that belongs to culture rather than a company.” | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/from-twitter-to-x-elon-musk-begins-erasing-an-internet-brand/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business | 2023-07-24 22:47:42 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/from-twitter-to-x-elon-musk-begins-erasing-an-internet-brand/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business |
WASHINGTON — The Senate approved a bill Thursday aimed at easing the baby formula shortage for families participating in a government assistance program that accounts for about half of all formula purchased in the United States.
The House passed the bill the day before, so it now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.
Participants in a program known as WIC get vouchers that are redeemed for specific foods to supplement their diets. The vouchers usually can only be used to purchase one brand of infant formula, which encourages the manufacturer to offer big discounts to secure a state's business.
The bill makes it possible in extenuating circumstances for the Department of Agriculture to waive certain requirements so that WIC participants can purchase whatever brand is available.
“Now, millions of parents will have an easier time finding the baby formula that they need," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said after the bill was passed.
Also Thursday, the administration said the Defense Department is working to book commercial aircraft to fly about 246 pallets of Nestlé formula from Zurich, Switzerland, to Plainfield, Indiana.
The shipments will include the equivalent of up to 1.5 million 8-ounce bottles of three formulas — Alfamino Infant, Alfamino Junio, and Gerber Good Start Extensive HA, all hypoallergenic formulas for children with cow’s milk protein allergy. The White House said these are a priority because they serve a critical medical purpose and are in short supply.
Lawmakers are also considering boosting staffing at the Food and Drug Administration with a $28 emergency spending bill. That legislation also passed the House this week, but faces uncertain prospects in the Senate.
The baby formula shortage was caused by the safety-related closure of the country’s largest formula manufacturing plant. The head of the FDA told lawmakers Thursday that the factory could be up and running as soon as next week. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/nation-world/biden-administration-working-fly-nestle-formula-to-us-from-europe/507-dc235a69-234f-4880-8eb0-cf76b7d19dc8 | 2022-05-19 23:51:37 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/nation-world/biden-administration-working-fly-nestle-formula-to-us-from-europe/507-dc235a69-234f-4880-8eb0-cf76b7d19dc8 |
Even now, all these years later, the Miami Dolphins next problem traces to a Pembroke Pines Optimist practice where Cheryl Bosa sat between two fields watching two youth football teams.
Joey, her 10-year-old son, was on one field. Nick, the 8-year-old, was on the other field, tugging on the shirt of a coach to get his attention. Nick said something. The coach shrugged, pointing to a group of players where Nick then walked.
“I asked him after practice what that was about,’’ mom says now. “He said, ‘Oh, they were trying to make me play offense and I wanted to play defense.”
That’s how the Bosa brothers began their journey to facing the Dolphins on successive weeks. Their journey was an overlapping and overarching success: Pembroke Pines Optimist, St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Ohio State, top NFL draft picks (Joey third, Nick second), NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, multiple Pro Bowl selections and now chasing Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.
Nick, who ranks second in the NFL with 11 sacks, is up first as his San Francisco 49ers play the Dolphins. Joey, a four-time Pro Bowl pick, could be ready to return from September groin surgery when his Los Angeles Chargers play the Dolphins on Dec. 11.
It’s a South Florida story set on the West Coast, these reunions with their hometown team that were set in motion long ago. Joey, too, started on offense in his youth league.
“He was a quarterback his first two years,’ his father, John, says.
Just like his brother, he preferred defense.
“He wanted to hit people,’ dad says.
Maybe they came by that desire naturally. John Bosa was the Dolphins’ first-round pick in 1988 at defensive end. Cheryl’s brother, Eric Kumerow, was Dolphins’ first-round pick in 1987 at linebacker.
Don’t get the wrong idea. Their parents, now divorced, tried to hold their sons out of football for as long as possible, preferring they play other sports. Baseball. Basketball. Soccer. They even got a trampoline for an athletic outlet.
Joey still talked his way into playing football by fifth grade. Nick didn’t last that long. He threw a tantrum on the floor at age 7 kicking and screaming, “If I don’t get to play, I’ll die!”
Dad never coached or pushed them. He understood to play at the level they soon dreamed it had to come from inside. His role was to help them find good people – good coaches in their youth and then a good agent and financial advisor when that time came.
“I wanted to be their father, not their coach,’ says John, a South Florida real-estate investor.
The brothers remained as close as brothers could be through their rise. They started together on the St. Thomas teams – Joey a senior, Nick a freshman. They didn’t overlap at Ohio State, but when Nick suffered knee injury his final college season he moved to Southern California and worked out with Joey
Their offseasons now consist of working out in Broward in a 4,000-square-foot warehouse that Joey converted into a gym. A former Chargers trainer, Todd Rice, was hired by Joey and moved to South Florida to work with them.
“They’ve taken commitment to another level,’ dad says.
No alcohol. No sugar. A regimen of speed and stretching in addition to weights. That didn’t prevent Joey from tearing the right side of his core, or abdominal muscles early this season.
“It was a kind of a blessing in disguise,’ John Bosa says. “He’d been dealing with a lot of pain on his left side, too, and they went in and repaired that.”
The idea is Joey will return this season, though he hasn’t begun practicing. Nick, however, is a prime part of San Francisco’s top-rated defense with 55 quarterback hits – 20 more than his closest teammate.
Sunday’s added focus involves Dolphins left tackle Terron Armstead’s pectoral injury. Will he play? What adjustments will be needed? Several teams have lost left star tackles early this season – Tennessee, New York Jets, and Joey’s Chargers – and remain in the playoff hunt.
You don’t have to play the Bosa brothers every week, though. The Dolphins do the next two Sundays. Nick one week. Joey, if he’s healthy, the next.
Their parents talk of enjoying seeing how they’ve reached their dreams.
“It’s priceless,’ says Cheryl, a realtor in Broward.
“There’s a lot of pride seeing what they’ve done, to be sure,’ says John.
Isn’t that every parent’s hope? Their hope comes with another one each Sunday, one that runs right over the Dolphins offense coming up: A win for their sons.
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BEIJING (AP) — Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates says he is in Beijing, joining a series of foreign business figures who have visited China as the ruling Communist Party tries to revive investor interest in the country.
Gates, who stepped down as Microsoft chairman in 2014, said on Twitter late Wednesday that he would meet partners who have worked with his charitable foundation. However, Gates is revered in China as an entrepreneur, giving Chinese leaders a chance to show their interest in foreign business by publicizing any meetings with him.
CEOs of global companies including Elon Musk of Tesla Ltd. and Apple Inc.’s Tim Cook have visited China this year and met Premier Li Qiang, the top economic official, and Cabinet ministers following the end of anti-virus controls that blocked most international travel.
“I’m excited to visit with partners who have been working on global health and development challenges with @gatesfoundation for more than 15 years,” Gates wrote on Twitter. He gave no details.
The ruling party is trying to revive foreign interest in China’s slowing economy and reassure companies that have been rattled by anti-monopoly and data-security crackdowns, raids on consulting firms, tension with Washington and pressure to align their plans with official development goals. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/bill-gates-visits-china-as-leaders-try-to-revive-foreign-business-interest/ | 2023-06-15 18:21:31 | 1 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/bill-gates-visits-china-as-leaders-try-to-revive-foreign-business-interest/ |
WESLACO, Texas (Border Report) — In what he is calling an “unprecedented” state response to a “migration crisis,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced a set of sweeping border security initiatives that include busing migrants to the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., blocking the Rio Grande and conducting extensive searches of commercial trucks coming from Mexico.
Abbott made the announcement Wednesday afternoon during a news conference at the Texas Department of Public Safety’s regional headquarters in the border city of Weslaco, Texas. He was joined by state leaders from DPS, the Texas Military and National Guard, and Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM).
But he was sparse on specifics and that left some border leaders telling Border Report that they wonder how the State of Texas will execute these initiatives.
The plans come just days after the Biden administration announced that it was revoking Title 42 on May 23. That’s the public health law put in place by the Trump administration in March 2020 that prevented asylum-seekers from crossing onto U.S. soil in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
He said that when Title 42 is disbanded, an estimated 18,000 undocumented migrants per day will try to cross the Southwest border. That’s more than 500,000 per month, he said.
And he said Texas was getting ahead of the potential surge by spending Texas taxpayer funds “to do what the Biden administration has failed to do,” he said.
“With the Biden administration ending Title 42 in May, Texas will be taking its own unprecedented actions this month to do what no state in America has ever done in the history of this country to better secure our state, and our nation,” Abbott said.
This includes sending migrants via charter buses to Washington, D.C. “to the steps of the U.S. Capitol,” Abbott said.
“To help local officials, whose communities are being overwhelmed by hordes of illegal immigrants who are being dropped off by the Biden administration, Texas is providing charter buses to send these illegal immigrants who have been dropped off by the Biden administration to Washington, D.C. We are sending them to the United States Capitol where the Biden administration will be able to more immediately address the immediate needs of people they are allowing to come across our border,” Abbott said.
A news release issued by Abbott’s office after his news conference clarified that the state will “charter buses and flights to transport migrants who have been processed and released from federal custody to Washington, D.C.” The release also specifies that in order to “board a bus or flight, a migrant must volunteer to be transported and show documentation from DHS.”
TDEM Chief Nim Kidd said the state has access to up to 900 buses to use for emergencies but it is unclear exactly how many buses will be deployed and how and where the migrants will board them.
Abbott also said the state “would deploy boat blockades at appropriate regions in the Rio Grande River,” as well as putting up razor wire in low-water crossings, and high-traffic areas, and putting up “container blockades to drive people away from low-water crossings.”
Starting Thursday, Texas National Guard troops will begin “mass migration rehearsals” for “a potential mass influx of people coming across the border,” Abbott said.
Maneuvers and maritime activities will take place in five border areas, including Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Laredo, Zapata and at the Anzalduas Bridge south of Mission, Texas, Abbott said.
Since last year, Abbott’s Operation Lone Star initiative has set up miles of razor wire along the border, as well as boat blockades in high-trafficked areas, like Roma, Texas.
Abbott said DPS troopers stationed on the border also will conduct extensive searches of commercial vehicles and trucks crossing from Mexico right after the vehicles cross into U.S. ports of entry “and once they are on Texas land” to ensure there are no migrants being smuggled.
Abbott acknowledged truck and trade traffic is vital to Texas’ economy, and to deliver goods to the nation.
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Democrat from Laredo, told Border Report that he doubts Abbott “is trying to stop trade.”
Over 18,000 trucks cross through Laredo daily, Cuellar said, “and that has an impact on the chain supply all the way to the Canadian border.”
Zapata County Judge Joe Rathmell told Border Report that he has been told there would be increased vehicle inspections on vehicles coming in from Mexico at international crossings. Zapata County has no port of entry and Rathmell was uncertain how inspections would be conducted in his county, which is an hour-drive east of Laredo.
As for the busloads of migrants being sent by Texas to the U.S. Capitol, Cuellar told Border Report “I have no idea how that will work.”
Cuellar said he believes Abbott is trying “to highlight the frustration that is felt along here, along the state of Texas border. He’s trying to highlight the large numbers” of encounters by Border Patrol agents since 2021.
“Whether he can send those charter buses and drop them off there at the Capitol, we’ll see,” Cuellar said.
When asked by Border Report about reports Wednesday that the governor would call the situation an “invasion” and deputize National Guard troops and DPS officers to send back migrants to Mexico, Abbott said to “question your sources because they’re not good.” But he added that he plans to make more border security announcements next week. | https://www.wane.com/border-report-tour/texas-to-bus-migrants-to-d-c-create-boat-blockades-and-inspect-trucks-from-mexico-governor-says/ | 2022-04-07 02:06:04 | 1 | https://www.wane.com/border-report-tour/texas-to-bus-migrants-to-d-c-create-boat-blockades-and-inspect-trucks-from-mexico-governor-says/ |
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