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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away succeeded in shifting its orbit, NASA said Tuesday in announcing the results of its save-the-world test.
The space agency attempted the test two weeks ago to see if in the future a killer rock could be nudged out of Earth’s way.
“This mission shows that NASA is trying to be ready for whatever the universe throws at us,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said during a briefing at the space agency’s headquarters in Washington.
The Dart spacecraft carved a crater into the asteroid Dimorphos on Sept. 26, hurling debris out into space and creating a cometlike trail of dust and rubble stretching several thousand miles (kilometers). It took consecutive nights of telescope observations from Chile and South Africa to determine how much the impact altered the path of the 525-foot (160-meter) asteroid around its companion, a much bigger space rock.
Before the impact, the moonlet took 11 hours and 55 minutes to circle its parent asteroid. Scientists had anticipated shaving off 10 minutes, but Nelson said the impact shortened the asteroid’s orbit by 32 minutes.
“Let’s all just kind of take a moment to soak this in … for the first time ever, humanity has changed the orbit” of a celestial body, noted Lori Glaze, NASA’s director of planetary science.
Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart, a co-founder of the nonprofit B612 Foundation, dedicated to protecting Earth from asteroid strikes, said he’s “clearly delighted, no question about that” by the results and the attention the mission has brought to asteroid deflection.
The team’s scientists said the amount of debris apparently played a role in the outcome. The impact may also have left Dimorphos wobbling a bit, said NASA program scientist Tom Statler. That may affect the orbit, but it will never go back to its original location, he noted.
The two bodies originally were already less than a mile (1.2 kilometers) apart. Now they’re tens of yards (meters) closer.
Neither asteroid posed a threat to Earth — and still don’t as they continue their journey around the sun. That’s why scientists picked the pair for this all-important dress rehearsal.
Planetary defense experts prefer nudging a threatening asteroid or comet out of the way, given years or even decades of lead time, rather than blowing it up and creating multiple pieces that could rain down on Earth.
“We really need to also have that warning time for a technique like this to be effective,” said mission leader Nancy Chabot of Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory, which built the spacecraft and managed the $325 million mission.
“You’ve got to know they’re coming,” added Glaze.
Launched last year, the vending machine-size Dart — short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test — was destroyed when it slammed into the asteroid 7 million miles (11 million kilometers) away at 14,000 mph (22,500 kph).
“This is huge feat, not only in achieving the first step in possibly being able to protect ourselves from future asteroid impacts,” but also for the amount of images and data collected internationally, Daniel Brown, an astronomer at Nottingham Trent University in England, said via email.
Brown also said that it’s “particularly exciting” that the debris tail can be seen by amateur skygazers with medium-size telescopes.
Team scientists cautioned more work is needed to not only identify more of the countless space rocks out there, but to ascertain their makeup — some are solid, while others are rubble piles. Scouting missions might be needed, for instance, before launching impactors to deflect the orbits.
“We should not be too eager to say one test on one asteroid tells us exactly how every other asteroid would behave in a similar situation,” Statler said.
Nonetheless, he and others are rejoicing over this first effort.
”We’ve been imagining this for years and to have it finally be real is really quite a thrill,” he said.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After filling our her mailed ballot, Kathryn Guerriero, of Carmichael walked into a vote center located in the Citrus Heights Community Center to drop it off, Friday afternoon.
“It makes me feel like I actually voted,” she said with a laugh. “I've been voting since I was 18 and I don't think I've missed an election, and it just makes me feel like I part of the whole picture. Part of these great United States.”
She was part of a steady stream of voters opting to drop off their mailed ballot at a vote center instead of a U.S. Postal Service box.
“I want to make sure that they get to the place they're supposed to be,” said Citrus Heights voter Donna Thomas.
Retired U.S. Army Maj. Celia Acido of Carmichael said, “You know, I really wanted to make sure that I handed it to someone. You hear all kinds of stories of things going on with mail-in ballots. I brought my mail-in ballot, handed it in.”
“It struck me as very secure,” said Citrus Heights voter John McWade, who dropped off his and his wife’s ballots Friday afternoon.
Mindy Romero, Director of the Center for Inclusive Democracy at USC’s Price School of Public Policy, said “in-person opportunities to vote are really important for everyone, but particularly for historically underrepresented groups.”
In California, Romero said, studies show mail-in ballots are widely used by people across all demographics.
“Vote-by-mail is still used predominantly by everyone,” she said. “But even looking at likelihoods – voters of color, young voters or low-income voters are more likely to need or choose an in-person voting location.”
Romero says for some, it’s a matter of services available at voting sites.
“You might need language assistance. You might be a voter that has a disability and you want to use an in-person, accessible voting machine,” said Romero.
For others, history is a driving factor.
“Some of it is just wanting to be seen and wanting to represent the community. Especially, we found in our research, among Black voters,” she said.
Voter Donna Thomas shared her thoughts on voting and whether she thinks her vote counts with ABC10.
“I feel like I have a right to vote. As an African American woman in this country — I was born and raised here — and so I know that my people have died for the right to vote. So I do have a right,” she said. “Do I think it makes a difference? That's a hard question. Sometimes. And sometimes not, you know? Are the people where these votes are going 'is everybody honest?' I don't believe so. But it is my right. And so, yeah, I'm going to vote.”
Thanks to a law passed last year, every registered voter in the state of California now receives a ballot in the mail for statewide elections in June and November.
But even with that, experts and voters alike say keeping the physical vote locations is important.
“You have to have access different ways, right? Whether it's mail-in, walk-in access, the day-of voting access,” said Acido. “There's nothing wrong with having different ways to get your ballot in.”
“Our research has shown that, you know, some of the main reasons are people don't trust the mail system, even a drop-box. They don't know if it's actually going to get there even though it's not going through the mail system, as a drop box is, as you know, run by the registrar's office,” said Romero. “They want to see it physically go into a staffed location, where they know that it's safe and secure.”
“Voting is really our voice. That sounds kind of lofty, but it's true,” Citrus Heights voter John McWade said. “It's serious. I mean, the privileges we have here in this country and the freedom we have in this country…was won for us by other people at that cost lives, blood and vision and all of that, you know. We're the inheritors of that, all of us. We don't want to take that lightly.”
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SPRINGFIELD, Miss., Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Convoy of Hope has served more than 200 million people since its founding in 1994. The announcement was made on Saturday at a community back-to-school event held in the organization's hometown of Springfield, Missouri.
The event included partners from Springfield Public Schools. Families and students who attended received backpacks, groceries, hygiene kits, sports physicals, immunizations and help in making connections with community organizations.
"To think this all started with bags of groceries for a few families in 1994 is overwhelming," said Convoy of Hope President Hal Donaldson. "We understand that each one of those 200 million individuals is a life that was changed in a positive way by kindness. It's important to celebrate these milestones with gratitude."
Since 1994, Convoy has served communities in the wake of some of the most devastating events in recent history, including the terror attacks of 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Harvey, the 2010 and 2021 Haiti earthquakes, the Joplin tornado, the Flint water crisis, Superstorm Sandy, the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing refugee crisis in Ukraine. Convoy also feeds more than 465,000 children in its education-based feeding programs, empowers women, teaches agriculture and hosts events that help people with groceries, shoes, socks and more.
Donaldson added, "We are incredibly grateful to the people who have made this possible: our generous individual and corporate partners, volunteers, team members and the people we serve. We believe this is just the beginning as God gives us the ability to impact more lives, strive toward ending generational poverty and give people hope."
Convoy currently is ranked 48th on Forbes list of "America's Top Charities" and has been awarded the top honor of Four Stars by Charity Navigator since 2002.
Convoy of Hope is a faith-based organization with a driving passion to feed the world. With a long history as an early responder in times of natural disasters, Convoy of Hope has been a Four Star Charity as recognized by Charity Navigator every year since 2002. Convoy of Hope has served more than 200 million people since it was founded in 1994. For more information, please visit convoyofhope.org.
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CHANDLER, Ariz. — An East Valley community is rallying around a long-time teacher after her life took a 180-degree turn overnight.
Kim Shuck has spent her entire career, nearly 20 years, inspiring hundreds of elementary students. And now she has had to do something she never thought she’d do at this stage of her life - step away from teaching for a moment.
Now, generations of classroom dedication are surrounding her when she needs it most.
“I was walking to the nurses office and suddenly my whole left leg started to go numb," Shuck said.
Shuck, a young and healthy mom of four, was teaching her kindergarten class at Carlson Elementary in Chandler when she started experiencing shocking symptoms in the middle of the school day.
“The whole time I’m thinking this isn’t really happening," she said. "I’m going to cause a scene and everything is going to be fine.”
Miraculously, Shuck was able to find coverage for her classroom, leave and walk to the nurses office just in time for the worst to hit.
“I had a grand mal seizure," she said. "She (the nurse) held me in the chair until the principal who just got on campus helped lower me to the ground.”
Andy Morgan, the Carlson Elementary principal, happened to be nearby and made it to the nurses office too, to help Shuck.
“(I) just kind of stepped in and all of a sudden kind of caught her as she was falling and going into a seizure," Morgan said.
With the seizure finally ending, Shuck was rushed to the hospital, her diagnosis, unthinkable.
“It wasn’t a stroke, you did have a seizure, and it’s a brain tumor," she said. "All within 45 minutes. So it’s like I was teaching an hour ago and then hearing just my whole world definitely changed that day.”
An educator, now spending more time in hospitals and at home than in the classroom. Since November, Shuck has had brain surgery and is now preparing for months of chemo, radiation and side effects.
“My plan is to be wearing some beanies for a while even in April and May when it’s a little too hot and weird," she said. "It might just be hat day every day in Mrs. Shuck's class, and that’s OK.”
While she can’t teach, her school team and families have been working behind the scenes.
The day after her birthday, they planned a big surprise at the park next to their school. Tiny hands and hugs of current and former students surrounded Shuck, the best medicine.
Teacher Christine Tellez has taught with Shuck for more than a decade and was at the park to see her.
“It was super emotional," Tellez said. "It’s been hard to stay happy and just be there for her because she would be the same for any one of us.”
Angie Rivas is Shuck's "work-wife" and said she is always the one behind the scenes giving back to others.
“I did tell her that I feel like it’s a full circle of kindness coming back to her," Rivas said. "For years and years she’s just been the kindest most nurturing caring person.”
A GoFundMe, started by Shuck's team, has also raised thousands of dollars for her while medical bills rack up.
“I was just blown away," she said. "I never expected something like that. I just feel so fortunate to be loved by so many, because I’m usually the one on the other side trying to rally the troops.”
Shuck is feeling the army fighting for her in every way, so she can focus on the fight of her life. The dedicated teacher said she hopes to be able to return to the classroom and teach as soon as she can and doctors allow.
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ST. LOUIS (KTVI) – The season of giving is also a season of shipping. Here are some companies’ shipping deadlines you should know to make sure your package is delivered before Christmas, with some according to BlackFriday.com.
Let’s start with the United States Postal Service. Retail ground and first-class mail should be sent by Dec. 17; for priority mail, ship by Dec. 19; and for priority express, the cut-off is Dec. 23.
Over at UPS, Dec. 20 is your deadline for Three-Day Select; for 2nd-Day Air, it’s Dec. 21; and for Next-Day Air, the shipping deadline is Dec. 22. You’ll need to visit the UPS website for an estimate on the cutoff for ground shipping.
At FedEx, there’s a Dec. 14 deadline for ground shipping. Express Saver and Three-Day Freight packages should be mailed by Dec. 20. Two-day and One-day Freight have a Dec. 21 deadline. Last-minute options exist too, but you’ll have to check online.
“It’s really become so run-of-the-mill to get these text messages that, I think, people have almost become a little immune to the understanding of how much risk it really does pose,” said Hank Schless, who works for cybersecurity company Lookout.
Schless says package delivery scams are on the rise. The scammers pose as shipping services, sending fake confirmation text messages trying to get you to click a link and share personal information.
“A big red flag should be if you click on one of these links and it says ‘please log in with your Google account,’ ‘log in with some other account,’ or ‘use your credit card number’ to validate your identity,” he said.
Lookout recommends making a list of what you’ve bought and checking it twice to confirm who’s shipping it.
“The idea of keeping a quick little list of everything you’ve ordered and where you’ve ordered it from is a lot less painful than getting your identity back,” Schless said.
Armed with that advice, here are some shipping deadlines from major retailers. Amazon will provide a delivery estimate at checkout for its standard shipping. Dec. 23 is the one-day delivery deadline for Prime members. Same-day delivery is available on Dec. 24, but only in select areas.
At Walmart, Dec. 20 is the deadline for free, standard shipping for non-Walmart+ members. Dec. 22 is the cutoff date for Walmart+ members to get expedited shipping.
FedEx Holiday Shipping Deadlines
See FedEx’s full list of deadlines for the 2022 season.
• Dec. 14: FedEx Ground deadline.
• Dec. 20: FedEx Express Saver, FedEx three-day freight.
• Dec. 21: FedEx two-day, FedEx one-day freight.
• Options exist at the VERY last minute, too
UPS Holiday Shipping Deadlines
See all of UPS’s shipping deadlines for the 2022 holiday season.
• Ground: UPS isn’t providing a cutoff for ground shipping — you’ll need to get an estimate via UPS’s website, and that estimate will vary depending on where you are and where you’re shipping to.
• Dec. 20: UPS 3-Day Select.
• Dec. 21: UPS 2nd Day Air.
• Dec. 22: UPS Next Day Air.
USPS Holiday Shipping Deadlines
See the full list of the U.S. Postal Service’s holiday shipping deadlines for 2022.
• Dec. 17: USPS Retail Ground.
• Dec. 17: First-Class Mail.
• Dec. 19: Priority Mail.
• Dec. 23: Priority Mail Express.
Military Shipping Deadlines for Christmas 2022
• If you need to send a gift to a loved one stationed at a military base, plan to ship much earlier. Shipping deadlines, as provided by USPS (the only carrier authorized to deliver to bases), vary by the base’s ZIP code.
Store Shipping Deadlines 2022
Amazon
• Free/Standard shipping deadline: See delivery estimate at checkout for free economy shipping and free two-day shipping
• Expedited shipping deadline: Dec. 23 for one-day delivery (free for Prime members, no minimum). Dec. 24 for same-day delivery (available in select areas)
American Girl
• Free/Standard shipping deadline: Dec. 12
• Expedited shipping deadline: Dec. 20
Apple Store
• Free/Standard shipping deadline: Shipping deadline varies by item
• Expedited shipping deadline: Shipping deadline varies by item. Expedited shipping fees vary based on weight
Barnes and Noble
• Free/Standard shipping deadline: Dec. 17 by noon EST
• Expedited shipping deadline: Dec. 20 a.m. by 11:59 a.m. ET for expedited
Bass Pro Shops
• Free/Standard shipping deadline: Dec. 14
• Expedited shipping deadline: Check the website
Bath & Body Works
• Free/Standard shipping deadline: Dec. 16 for Standard
• Expedited shipping deadline: Dec. 21 for Expedited
Bed Bath & Beyond
• Free/Standard shipping deadline: Dec. 19. for Standard
• Expedited shipping deadline: Dec. 21 for Expedited; Dec. 22 for Express
Belk
• Free/Standard shipping deadline: Dec. 16
• Expedited shipping deadline: Dec. 21 for overnight (fees apply)
Best Buy
• Free/Standard shipping deadline: Dec. 20 by 10:30 a.m. CST
• Expedited shipping deadline: Dec. 24 by noon local for same-day
Cabela’s
• Free/Standard shipping deadline: Dec. 14
• Expedited shipping deadline: Dec. 21 at 4 p.m. EST for Two-Day; Dec. 23 at 4 p.m. EST for Overnight
Costco
• Free/Standard shipping deadline: See shipping estimate at checkout
• Expedited shipping deadline: See shipping estimate at checkout
Dell
• Free/Standard shipping deadline: Dec. 14 by 2 p.m. CT
• Expedited shipping deadline: Dec. 21 by 2 p.m. CT (next day)
Gap
• Free/Standard shipping deadline: Dec. 15
• Expedited shipping deadline: Dec. 22 by 1 p.m. EST for priority shipping
Harry & David
• Free/Standard shipping deadline: Dec. 18 for standard
• Expedited shipping deadline: Dec. 20 for 3-Day Express; Dec. 21 for 2-Day Express; Dec. 22 for Overnight
Home Depot
• Free/Standard shipping deadline: Dec. 16
• Expedited shipping deadline: Dec. 16
JCPenney
• Free/Standard shipping deadline: Dec. 15
• Expedited shipping deadline: See the website for options
Kohl’s
• Free/Standard shipping deadline: Dec. 19 by 1:00 p.m. CST
• Expedited shipping deadline: Dec. 20 by 1:00 p.m. CST for one-day shipping (fees apply)
L.L.Bean
• Free/Standard shipping deadline: Dec. 18 by midnight ET
• Expedited shipping deadline: Dec. 18 by midnight ET
Lowe’s
• Free/Standard shipping deadline: Dec. 14
• Expedited shipping deadline: Check the website
Macy’s
• Free/Standard shipping deadline: Dec. 21 by 5:00 p.m. EST
• Expedited shipping deadline: Dec. 22 by noon EST for express
Old Navy
• Free/Standard shipping deadline: Dec. 15
• Expedited shipping deadline: Dec. 22 by 1 p.m. EST for priority shipping
Overstock
• Free/Standard shipping deadline: Look for “Delivered by Christmas” icon
• Expedited shipping deadline: Look for “Delivered by Christmas” icon
Pottery Barn
• Free/Standard shipping deadline: Dec. 18 by 10:00 p.m. PST
• Expedited shipping deadline: Dec. 21 by 11:00 p.m. PST for next-day shipping
REI
• Free/Standard shipping deadline: See shipping estimate on the website
• Expedited shipping deadline: See shipping estimate on the website
Sam’s Club
• Free/Standard shipping deadline: Dec. 18 for Ground; Dec. 8 for freight
• Expedited shipping deadline: Dec. 23 or 24 at 12 p.m. local time for same-day ($12 for Club members)
Sephora
• Free/Standard shipping deadline: Dec. 20 by 6:00 a.m. EST
• Expedited shipping deadline: Dec. 21 by 6:00 a.m. for flash two-day
Target
• Free/Standard shipping deadline: Dec. 22
• Expedited shipping deadline: Same-day delivery is available, but slots may be limited on Dec. 24
Walmart
• Free/Standard shipping deadline: Dec. 20 for non-Walmart+ members
• Expedited shipping deadline: Dec. 22 for next-day (Walmart+ members)
Hanukkah 2022 Shipping Deadlines
The first night of Hanukkah is Dec. 18, which is a Sunday. A few stores have announced Hanukkah shipping deadlines. For those that haven’t announced specific deadlines, please check the retailer’s shipping guarantees to see how long it takes to ship packages.
Kwanzaa 2022 Shipping Deadlines
The celebration of Kwanzaa begins on Dec. 26. Because Dec. 25 is a national holiday (and therefore a day on which all U.S. carriers cease shipping and delivery services), it won’t be possible to receive your packages on that day. Plus, Sunday, Dec. 26 is not a regular shipping day for FedEx, UPS, and USPS. So, for Kwanzaa, we suggest planning for delivery on Dec. 23 at the latest. In other words, use our Christmas deadlines above to ensure on-time Kwanzaa delivery.
In-Store Pickup Options
Over the past few years, stores expanded their in-store pickup options — and the pandemic only accelerated that. Heading into the holiday shopping season, several major retailers have announced that they will be providing shoppers with the option to get orders via curbside pickup, in-store pickup and ship to store.
Avoid Shipping Pitfalls
• Always get tracking numbers for items you buy online, so you can validate any notifications you get about the shipment.
• If you receive a message from a shipping company, and you aren’t expecting a package, do not click the link attached to the message. Check your email for any shipping confirmation you might have forgotten about.
• Inspect the URL of the link in any email or text messages you receive. For example, FedEx explains that fraudsters can use links that are misspelled or slightly altered website addresses that may trick recipients into believing the link is real (fedx.com, fed-ex.com, etc.).
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WFO SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, January 10, 2023
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AREAL FLOOD WATCH
Flood Watch
National Weather Service San Francisco CA
946 AM PST Sat Jan 7 2023
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
...FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE RUSSIAN AND NAPA RIVERS...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.
* WHERE...A portion of northern California, including the following
areas, Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore,
Marin Coastal Range, North Bay Interior Mountains, North Bay
Interior Valleys and Sonoma Coastal Range, including the Russian
and Napa Rivers.
* WHEN...Through Tuesday afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur
in poor drainage and urban areas. Low-water crossings may be
flooded. Storm drains and ditches may become clogged with debris.
Extensive street flooding and flooding of creeks and rivers are
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Several streams, creeks, rivers and main stem rivers are
forecast to rise above flood stage.
- 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.
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
...FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE GUADALUPE...PAJARO...SALINAS...AND
CARMEL RIVERS...
* WHERE...Portions of central California and northern California,
including the following areas, in central California, Mountains of
San Benito County And Interior Monterey County including Pinnacles
National Park, Northern Salinas Valley/Hollister Valley and Carmel
Valley, Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest,
Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast and Southern Salinas
Valley/Arroyo Seco and Lake San Antonio. In northern California,
East Bay Hills, East Bay Interior Valleys, Eastern Santa Clara
Hills, Northern Monterey Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay
Shoreline, San Francisco Peninsula Coast, Santa Clara Valley
Including San Jose and Santa Cruz Mountains, including the
Guadalupe, Pajaro, Salinas, and Carmel Rivers.
* WHEN...From 4 PM PST this afternoon through Tuesday afternoon.
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO
4 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...Heavy snow possible due to a couple of systems. With the
first system on Saturday night into Sunday, expect snow amounts
of 6 to 18 inches above 6,000 feet. With the second system on
Monday morning until Tuesday night, expect 3 to 6 feet of snow
with locally heavier amounts above 8,000 feet and 18 inches to 3
feet between 6,000 and 8,000 feet. Winds could gust as high as
50 mph.
* WHERE...Sierra Nevada above 6,000 feet from Yosemite National
Park to Tulare County.
* WHEN...From 1 AM Sunday to 4 AM PST Wednesday.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult to impossible. The
hazardous conditions could impact the morning or evening
commute. Gusty winds could bring down tree branches.
If you must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food, and water in
your vehicle in case of an emergency.
The latest road conditions for the state you are calling from can
be obtained by calling 5 1 1.
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SINGAPORE, Jan. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2020, CoinBase reportedly made $1.3 billion in revenue and had a net income of $322 million while 2021 was even higher at $1.8 billion in revenue and an annual net income of $3624 million. As appetizing as those profits might sound, creating a cryptocurrency exchange can be a costly and complex endeavor, and development costs are one of the main financial barriers to entry that can make it difficult for ordinary entrepreneurs to start their own exchange.
The costs of operating a cryptocurrency exchange can be mainly divided into 3 categories:
- Development Costs of the Complete Trading System
Cryptocurrency exchanges require specialized software to handle the buying and selling of digital assets. This software can be complex and costly to develop, especially for smaller exchanges and doesn't include the costs for security systems.
- Long-term Fixed Expenses such as Wallet, Liquidity, and Server Operation Maintenance
Liquidity costs refer to the ability of an exchange to have enough funds so buyers and sellers can be quickly and easily matched. Other related costs include server and wallet maintenance, which both are to ensure trades can safely occur without issues.
- Human Resources Cost for R&D, Operational, and Technical Support
Hiring staff and keeping highly professional employees trained in both web3 and experienced in technical exchange support becomes more expensive due to the high demands of such individuals.
All these costs together can be extremely high and possibly price out an ordinary entrepreneur from creating their own exchange, making it almost impossible to enter the market and own a portion of the industry. These 3 costs can be greatly reduced by using label services. Enter TraderX.
TraderX, Your Turnkey Solution to Building A Cryptocurrency Exchange
Headquartered in Singapore, TraderX, a global blockchain and fintech company, offers a solution to the financial barriers to entry for creating a cryptocurrency exchange for ordinary entrepreneurs. The company provides turnkey solutions, which means that it provides entrepreneurs with all the necessary software and infrastructure for running a successful cryptocurrency exchange. This eliminates the need for entrepreneurs to develop their own technology and security systems, reducing development costs.
Additionally, TraderX provides liquidity solutions, which help ensure that the exchange has adequate trading volume and can attract customers. This eliminates the need for entrepreneurs to invest in expensive liquidity provision strategies. The platform also includes marketing and advertising tools that help entrepreneurs promote their exchange and attract customers, reducing the need for large marketing and advertising expenses.
The all-inclusive turnkey solution contains their comprehensive SAAS service and shared liquidity while the customizable packages are ideal for those who already have their own market making and liquidity for their trading pairs. The support services don't stop there as marketing packages for new exchanges are also readily available, making TraderX undeniably useful for entities who aren't interested in building a team from scratch for the various operations required of a centralized cryptocurrency exchange.
Having prominent and existing exchanges invested in TraderX and years of business experience within the field, the company offers its services at more reasonable rates compared to fellow competitors, making them one of the few options to thoroughly consider when looking for technical back-end solutions for new centralized exchanges. Enterprises can focus on the operations, sales, and marketing part of their exchange business without needing to onboard web3 technical staff for back-end development and network maintenance.
Deployment & Transaction Speeds Beyond the Industry Average
Applying for a banking or exchange license in applicable countries might take years but setting your cryptocurrency exchange shouldn't. Based on cutting-edge technology and an innovative backend management system, TraderX seeks to revolutionize how exchanges should be and the minimal amount of time required to deploy an MVP and even shorter for the fully functioning version. With a minimal outlay of 1 month, all back-end work for perpetual futures, delivery futures, and other prediction markets can be up and running with assistance for both software and liquidity.
Speed isn't just involving your ability to join the market. Competing services mostly provide an average API capacity of 100 transactions per second. This can drastically limit the scalability of an exchange's business down the road. TraderX provides 10,000 TPS to avoid any bottlenecks at the API front and ensures clients can focus on running their exchange business regardless of how big they scale their business.
Goodbye to Absurd Fees
No longer are the days when integrating a new chain or trading pair on a weekly basis would be too costly to imagine. Clients who also wish to deploy their tokens on a variety of exchanges would also enjoy the added benefit and guidance from TraderX without the absurd time required for contract deployment or ridiculous fees. TraderX's SAAS structure includes all back-end functionalities required for a functional working product. This also includes support for server hosting, supporting new chains for wallet management, and liquidity management for trading depth without clients needing to pay for each add-on.
24hr Technical Support, on the House
For anyone who might already have experienced using exchanges, you'd know if something could go wrong, they sooner or later will. 24/7 customer support is paramount for any black swan events that occur in the web3 industry. TraderX believes such emergency support for all who run exchange businesses should be the norm.
TraderX dedicates a team of professionals to provide prompt resolutions during duress. This is achieved by relying on the company's in-house team of technical staff and customer support staff working as one during potential times of emergencies. Supported languages for emergency customer support are as follows: English, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Turkish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, and Spanish.
TraderX & Security
Security is paramount for any centralized exchange to thrive. Almost half of the top hacks involving the most liquidity lost happened to exchanges for their poor security protocols and policies. All of these issues can be properly addressed with data encryption, hardware wallet management, and frequent security audits to test the robustness of the exchange's security practices. TraderX ensures such practices are regularly taken, helping clients to avoid making similar mistakes that failed exchanges have in the past.
TraderX provides a comprehensive, cost-effective solution that eliminates the need for entrepreneurs to invest in expensive technology, security, liquidity, and marketing and advertising. This makes it possible for ordinary entrepreneurs to enter the cryptocurrency exchange market and start their own exchange, putting the future of finance within reach of your fingertips.
For more information, visit their website or email TraderX directly to speak with one of their representatives. Emails can be in any language and the right representative will respond promptly. The next bull cycle and mass crypto adoption by enterprises and governments. Are you ready to own a piece of the newly evolving exchange industry?
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Which Christmas throw pillow cover is best?
Instead of switching out pillows that take up a lot of space in the closet this holiday season, consider picking up some new Christmas throw pillow covers. A pillow cover is easy to slip over the pillows you already have, and when it comes time to put them away again, they fold up nicely for easy storage. The Afirmly Christmas Blessing Throw Pillow Cover Pair is a festive set with a fun wintry pattern perfect for getting into the Christmas spirit.
What to know before you buy a Christmas throw pillow cover
Cover size vs. pillow size
The standard square throw pillow is 18 inches or 20 inches, but the size can range from 16-24 inches. The dimensions for rectangular pillows are different, so be sure to check the size of your pillow against the size of the cover before purchasing.
To make the pillow look fluffy and full, it should be 2 inches bigger than the cover you are using for it. For example, if you have a 20-inch pillow insert you should use an 18-inch pillow cover.
Fabrics
A Christmas throw pillow cover is usually made from a soft, washable material. Popular options include polyester, linen, canvas, cotton or a cotton-blend. All of these materials are durable, making them excellent choices for throw pillows that get a lot of use on the couch.
Style
Christmas decor tends to lean toward a modern design with clean lines and elegant accents or vintage-inspired iconography with classic imagery and text. Some covers can even be embroidered with your family’s name for an extra personal touch, though these personalized covers are often more expensive.
Modern, vintage-inspired and personalized covers can all feature fun imagery or phrases like “Merry Christmas” across the front, so it depends on the vibe you’re going for. If you can’t quite decide which way to go, plaid patterns are a practical compromise that invoke the modern and the vintage vibes with a farmhouse feel to it.
What to look for in a quality Christmas throw pillow cover
Full set of four
A full set of four pillow covers gives you more for your money and guarantees that all your throw pillows will match. Full sets can come in one print or four different designs, the latter of which is great if you have fewer than four pillows to cover but want to change up the design year after year.
Embroidery
An embroidered pillow cover looks extra cozy, especially for the holiday season when cozy goes a long way. Embroidery can mean a soft, raised design to give the presentation a little depth or well-detailed sewing that sits flat on the fabric but adds a homemade feel to it. Embroidered designs look high-end but don’t always cost more.
Invisible zipper
The zipper closure should be well-concealed so that it looks just like the other seams. This is best achieved by an ultra-thin, perfectly aligned lip of fabric over the zippered area so that you can’t see the line of the zipper or the metal hardware.
How much you can expect to spend on a Christmas throw pillow cover
A standard single throw pillow cover costs $6-$13, while a set of two or four can cost up to $25. A single personalized throw pillow costs $20-$50.
Christmas throw pillow cover FAQ
What’s the best way to spot clean?
A. Mix a little water with a little dish soap and blot the stain as needed until it is gone. Leave the throw cover out to dry.
Can you iron a throw pillow cover?
A. This depends on the material and how any images or texts are applied to it. Check the care instructions and if ironing is permitted, set the iron on a low setting. For polyester, make sure to set the iron to the “synthetic” setting so it doesn’t get too hot.
What’s the best Christmas throw pillow cover to buy?
Top Christmas throw pillow cover
Afirmly Christmas Blessing Throw Pillow Cover Pair
What you need to know: This set features two identical 18-inch cotton covers with a raised snowflake pattern and a zipper closure.
What you’ll love: These throw pillow covers are durable and well-made. The snowflake embroidery is raised and soft to the touch, and they come in white, gray, blue and red, so if you need four, you can get two sets in different colors. They are machine-washable on a gentle cycle and you can put them in the dryer.
What you should consider: Additional sizes are not available.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Christmas throw pillow cover for the money
Joybest Christmas Throw Pillow Cover Set
What you need to know: This set features four 18-inch cotton-blend covers each with a different design and zipper closures.
What you’ll love: There is a festive red-and-black plaid theme across all four covers. Imagery includes a reindeer silhouette, Christmas ornaments, and Christmas tree in the back of a red pickup truck. It’s a great value for four covers, all of which are machine-washable on a gentle cycle.
What you should consider: There are no additional size options and they might shrink if you put them in the dryer.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Creative in the Clouds Personalized Christmas Pillow
What you need to know: This single polyester cover comes in four sizes with your family name personalized on the front and a concealed zipper closure.
What you’ll love: There is a decorative Christmas tree design and the words “Merry Christmas” above your family name. The fabric is durable and attractive, and if you pay a little more you can get the pillow insert with it. The cover is machine-washable and safe to iron or put in the dryer.
What you should consider: It’s a little expensive for a single pillow cover and there aren’t more color options.
Where to buy: Sold by Etsy
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Medicare beneficiaries overwhelmingly support policies to protect access to Medicare home health
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (the Partnership) today announced the results of a newly conducted national public opinion poll on the Medicare Home Health Program. The poll found widespread and deep support for Medicare home health care services and the need to prevent Medicare cuts to home healthcare.
The poll, conducted by Morning Consult on behalf of the Partnership, found that nearly all Medicare beneficiaries (97 percent) want the federal government to maintain Medicare coverage for at-home health care services and nine in ten (88 percent) believe it is important for Congress to pass legislation that would prevent the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) proposed cuts to Medicare home health services.
Other key findings from the poll include:
- 91 percent of older Americans and Medicare beneficiaries express the highest preference for receiving short-term recovery or rehabilitation health care at home.
- 92 percent of registered voters believe it is important for the federal government to maintain Medicare coverage for at-home health care to allow seniors to recover and rehabilitate at home. There is also wide bipartisan agreement among registered voters with 94 percent of Democrats and 93 percent of Republicans expressing their support for the Medicare home health program.
- 65 percent of voters oppose CMS implementing a cut to Medicare home health services, while only 20 percent support the cut.
- Three in five voters (60 percent) and more than three in four (76%) voters 65+ would be less likely to support their Member of Congress if they were in favor of making these cuts to Medicare home health services.
- More than three in four voters (78 percent) believe it is important for Congress to pass legislation to push back on CMS' proposed payment cuts to Medicare home health services, including nine in ten voters 65+ (88 percent), Medicare beneficiaries (88 percent), and caregivers for 65+ adults (89 percent).
"The American people have made it clear that they overwhelmingly support and prefer home health care services. We must continue to protect access for Medicare beneficiaries by preventing these vital services from facing permanent and temporary reductions as proposed in the CY 2023 Prospective Payment System," said Joanne Cunningham, CEO of the Partnership. "I hope lawmakers in Congress listen to the voters and quickly pass the Preserving Access to Home Health Act (H.R. 8581/S.4605), which will ensure that the Medicare Home Healthcare Program is preserved and protected. Without action, Medicare home health services are at severe risk."
The Partnership supports the bipartisan Preserving Access to Home Health Act, which if enacted will delay the proposed 7.69% cut from being implemented until 2026 and block an additional $2 billion "clawback" cut on services provided during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic from taking effect.
The poll was conducted by Morning Consult from July 22 to July 24, 2022, with a sample of 2,005 registered voters. The results have a margin of error of +/- 2 percent.
To learn more about Medicare's proposed cuts to home health, click here.
About the Partnership
The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare represents community- and hospital-based home healthcare agencies across the U.S. and is dedicated to developing innovative reforms to improve the quality, efficiency and integrity of home healthcare. To learn more, visit www.pqhh.org.
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Several top editors at Penguin Random House accept buyout offers, layoffs also underway
By HILLEL ITALIE
AP National Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Some of publishing’s most celebrated and enduring editors are leaving their posts at Penguin Random House after accepting buyout packages. The publishing company says Monday that editors of Nobel laureates Alice Munro and Elie Wiesel, as well as authors Anne Rice and Lorrie Moore, are stepping down. Editors Vicky Wilson, Jonathan Segal and Ann Close have worked for decades at the Penguin Random House imprint Alfred A. Knopf, one of the industry’s premier publishing houses. Meanwhile, an undetermined number of layoffs began at Penguin Random House, The Associated Press has learned. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2023/07/17/several-top-editors-at-penguin-random-house-accept-buyout-offers/ | 2023-07-17 23:48:50 | 1 | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2023/07/17/several-top-editors-at-penguin-random-house-accept-buyout-offers/ |
The backers of a new gas-fired electrical plant proposed for Iberville Parish bought more than 112 acres along the Mississippi River for the complex.
The 730-megawatt Magnolia Power Generating Station would be an important, stable source of power for a collection of Louisiana electrical cooperatives also eyeing solar power as part of the mix for their future needs.
The $2.1 million land purchase along the Mississippi River was filed Tuesday, about a month and a half after state regulators had granted Magnolia Power critical air permits that authorized the plant to begin operations.
Kyle Marionneaux, an attorney for the collection of electrical cooperatives, known as 1803 Electric Cooperative Inc., said the land purchase combined with the recent closing on financing suggest the gas plant remains on schedule for the cooperatives' plans. The cooperative is alliance of five utility groups: Beauregard Electric Cooperative, Claiborne Electric Cooperative, Northeast Louisiana Power Cooperative, South Louisiana Electric Cooperative Association and Washington-St. Tammany Electric Cooperative Inc.
"My understanding is they're on pace," Marionneaux said Friday. "The 1803 cooperatives don't need it until 2025, and my understanding is they're hitting their benchmarks to get there."
Executives with Kindle Energy of New Jersey, which is behind the Magnolia Power station, didn't return a request for comment Friday sent to the company's general email box.
The cooperatives plan to use a little more than half of the Magnolia station's power. Separately, they have inked agreements to take power from three future solar installations: the 98 megawatt Bayou Galion Solar in Morehouse Parish, 95 megawatt Bayou Teche Solar in St. Mary Parish and 150 megawatt Bayou Chicot Solar in Evangeline Parish.
Bayou Galion Solar is owned by Recurrent Energy and Bayou Teche Solar and Bayou Chicot Solar are owned by ibV Energy Partners.
The electrical cooperatives have 20-year agreements with the natural gas plant and the solar farms, which are supposed to be ready to supply power by first quarter of 2025.
With additional agreements with two other power providers, the cooperatives plan to have 1,000 megawatts of power in total for their 120,000 customers by 2025. The cooperatives' overall plan is part of historic agreement state regulators adopted earlier this year.
Entergy and other power utilities are eying solar and other renewable power as part of their energy mix as they try to shift gradually from fossil fuels.
During air permit hearings in February for the gas plant, a collection of residents and activists argued against the Magnolia power station. They argued its new greenhouse gas emissions would fly in the face of Gov. John Bel Edwards' long-term climate goals and represent another industrial facility with fine particulate and hazardous air emissions located near poor minority communities along the river.
In a their final decision in early June, state Department of Environmental Quality officials found that the high-efficiency plant would replace power from less efficient, higher polluting plants that produce more greenhouse gases per unit of energy and, thereby, would improve air quality on a net basis.
At the same time, DEQ found carbon capture technology, which Edwards is pushing as part of his climate plan, was too expensive and technically infeasible for the gas plant, though it could transition to carbon-free hydrogen fuel at some point in the future.
DEQ officials also found that the plant's annual hazardous and fine particulate emissions didn't rise to set significance levels that would have required deeper analysis and modeling of their impact on surrounding areas.
Environmental groups challenged DEQ's use of those significance levels as an improper evasion of more rigorous air modeling, a charge DEQ flatly disputed as not in keeping with their internal guidance and the law.
In comments, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency also questioned aspects of the air permits, including that the state's review of whether the plant posed a disparate impact on minority communities, also known as environmental justice analysis.
DEQ officials pointed out that Magnolia Power shifted its location, from an original site on River Road to one closer to plants like Shintech and power lines and farther from communities and wetlands.
Greg Langley, DEQ spokesman, said agency officials believe they addressed the EPA concerns before the final air permits were issued.
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Angler sets world record after reeling in 12-pound largemouth bass
Published: Jul. 5, 2023 at 3:21 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
PAINT ROCK, Texas (Gray News) - An angler in Texas has set a new world record thanks to her latest catch.
According to the International Game Fish Association, Lea Anne Powell became a world record holder after reeling in a huge largemouth bass out of O.H. Ivie Lake in Texas.
The association verified Powell’s catch as a 12-pound largemouth bass, setting the record for the biggest largemouth bass ever caught in her line class.
Powell was fishing with Capt. Dalton Smith when the record fish was caught.
According to the association, Powell’s fish tops the previous record by nearly 3 pounds.
Officials said the lake is known for producing bass exceeding the coveted 10-pound mark.
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Brooke Proscia, Sara Tortoriello, and Anabella DiGiovanni lifted Mount St. Dominic to a 3-0 win against Koinonia in Caldwell.
Mount St. Dominic (4-8) led 2-0 at halftime before adding another goal in the third quarter. Bella LaCapra and Finola Giblin combined to make four saves for the shutout.
Koinonia fell to 2-10.
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76ers vs. Nets Prediction & Picks: Line, Spread, Over/Under - NBA Playoffs Game 2
Published: Apr. 17, 2023 at 10:54 AM MST|Updated: 1 hour ago
The Brooklyn Nets are 10-point underdogs heading into Game 2 of the opening round of the NBA Playoffs against the Philadelphia 76ers at Wells Fargo Center on Monday, starting at 7:30 PM ET on TNT, NBCS-PH, and YES. The 76ers have a 1-0 series lead.
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76ers vs. Nets Game Info & Odds
- Date: Monday, April 17, 2023
- Time: 7:30 PM ET
- How to Watch on TV: TNT, NBCS-PH, and YES
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Venue: Wells Fargo Center
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76ers vs. Nets Score Prediction
- Prediction: 76ers 117 - Nets 109
Spread & Total Prediction for 76ers vs. Nets
- Pick ATS: Nets (+ 10)
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Over (213)
- The 76ers' .585 ATS win percentage (48-34-0 ATS Record) is higher than the Nets' .524 mark (43-39-0 ATS Record) in 2022-23.
- When the spread is set as 10 or more this season, Philadelphia (9-2) covers a lower percentage of those games when it is the favorite (81.8%) than Brooklyn (1-0) does as the underdog (100%).
- Brooklyn and its opponents have exceeded the point total 45.1% of the time this season (37 out of 82). That's less often than Philadelphia and its opponents have (44 out of 82).
- As a moneyline underdog this year, the Nets are 14-24, while the 76ers are 41-15 as moneyline favorites.
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76ers Performance Insights
- Philadelphia is scoring 115.2 points per game this season (14th-ranked in NBA), but it has really thrived defensively, ceding only 110.9 points per contest (third-best).
- This season, the 76ers rank 16th in the league in assists, dishing out 25.2 per game.
- The 76ers are making 12.6 threes per game this year (11th-ranked in NBA), and they own a 38.7% three-point percentage (best).
- When it comes to shot breakdown, Philadelphia has taken 61.1% two-pointers (accounting for 69.1% of the team's buckets) and 38.9% from beyond the arc (30.9%).
Nets Performance Insights
- Brooklyn is 19th in the NBA in points scored (113.4 per game) and eighth in points allowed (112.5).
- This season the Nets are ranked 13th in the league in assists at 25.5 per game.
- The Nets are ninth in the NBA in 3-pointers made (12.8 per game) and fifth-best in 3-point percentage (37.8%).
- Brooklyn attempts 60.3% percent of its shots from inside the 3-point line, and 39.7% percent from beyond it. In terms of makes, 69.2% of Brooklyn's baskets are 2-pointers, and 30.8% are 3-pointers.
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SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The Dallas Stars scored four goals in the first period and held off the Florida Panthers 6-4 on Thursday night despite losing starting goalie Scott Wedgewood to injury.
Wedgewood was carted off the ice by local paramedics not long after making a save on Anton Lundell in the second period.
After being attended to by Dallas medical personnel, paramedics were called onto the ice to put Wedgewood onto a backboard before placing him on a stretcher.
Wedgewood ended his night with 21 saves as the Stars held a 5-2 lead at the time of the injury.
There was no update on Wedgewood’s condition from the team immediately following the conclusion of the game, although Bally Sports Southwest reported he was being treated in the arena and not transported to a local hospital.
The Stars took control of the contest by scoring three goals in the final five minutes of the first period upon taking a 1-0 lead.
Roope Hintz scored his first of two goals 4:58 into the game before teammates Nils Lundqvist, Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin all scored to close out the opening period.
Seguin’s goal came with 8.3 seconds remaining and was the final shot Sergei Bobrovsky (7 saves) faced as he was pulled for Spencer Knight to start the second.
Florida got back into the game with three goals in the second period — although Hintz scored at 10:56 to help give the Stars a two-goal lead after 40 minutes.
The Panthers, playing without captain Aleksander Barkov due to an undisclosed illness, got goals from Carter Verhaeghe, Eetu Luostarinen and Sam Reinhart in the second period.
Reinhart’s power play goal with 1:33 remaining in the second came against goalie Matt Oettinger.
The Panthers cut the deficit to a single goal with 6:03 remaining on a goal from Matthew Tkachuk. Dallas ended the comeback bid on Ty Dellandrea’s empty-net goal with 17.9 seconds remaining.
NOTES: With Barkov out of the lineup, Florida was forced to play a skater down as the team only has 20 players on its active roster due to salary cap constraints. … Hintz and Jason Robertson extended their individual point streaks to 10 consecutive games. Dave Gagner holds the Dallas franchise record with points in 13 consecutive games set in 1993. … The Panthers celebrated Roberto Luongo’s recent induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Thursday. Luongo, the only player to have his number retired by Florida, is currently in the team’s front office.
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The code leader's enterprise and free developer tool recognized for innovation and ability to enable developers to code more securely
LOS ALTOS, Calif., Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Contrast Security (Contrast), the code security platform built for developers and trusted by security, today announced that its enterprise platform, Secure Code Platform, and its free developer tool, CodeSec, have been recognized in the 2022 DevOps Dozen Awards by TechStrong Media Group.
The Secure Code Platform, the only unified platform for enterprises to protect across the complete software development lifecycle (SDLC), was named a finalist in the Best End-to-End DevOps Tool/Service category. CodeSec, a free tool that empowers individual developers to harness Secure Code Platform's enterprise-level capabilities, was named a finalist in the Best New DevOps Tool/Service Provider category.
"I am honored that Contrast was named a finalist for two DevOps Dozen Awards for our Secure Code Platform and CodeSec," said Steve Wilson, Chief Product Officer at Contrast Security. "This recognition is a testament to the innovation behind the Secure Code Platform to ensure it is the most robust and dynamic platform on the market. We are also thrilled by the outstanding feedback we've received since launching CodeSec in June 2022. We look forward to the feedback on our new Learning Hub and Community tools as well."
The DevOps Dozen Awards recognize companies that develop and deliver outstanding solutions to empower developers, DevOps, cybersecurity, cloud-native, digital transformation and IT operations teams. The winners and finalists have made significant contributions to the DevOps community and are driving businesses forward and revolutionizing the industry in the process.
"We are proud to recognize these outstanding leaders for their groundbreaking efforts in the DevOps community," said Techstrong Group CEO Alan Shimel. "These companies and individuals have made a significant impact on the tech industry through their leadership, innovation and determination. Congratulations to all those nominated and to the honorees. Thank you for your hard work and service to our community!"
DevOps Dozen winners were announced during TechStrong's Predict 2023 Virtual Summit, which streamed live on January 12. Contrast Co-founder and CTO Jeff Williams joined one of the conference's panels along with Mike Rothman, General Manager, Techstrong Research; David DeSanto, Chief Product Officer, GitLab; Tanya Janca, Founder and CEO, Author, WeHackPurple; and John Pescatore, Director of Emerging Security Trends, SANS Institute, where they discussed code security and securing the software supply chain.
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Kyle Kallander has a unique perspective on the latest round of chaos in college athletics.
As the final commissioner of the late, great Southwest Conference, he knows nothing is sacred.
Certainly not these days, when everyone is chasing the almighty dollar more than ever.
History and tradition? Those terms carry no weight in what has essentially become a game of Risk, with the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference taking turns rolling the dice to determine how to divvy up the world of college football.
"Depressing is the first word that comes to mind,” said Kallander, who now leads the Big South Conference, an FCS league based in North Carolina.
With Southern Cal and UCLA bolting for the Big Ten — and every indication that more jarring changes are coming — the Pac-12 could very well join the Southwest Conference in the dustbin of history.
For that matter, the Atlantic Coast Conference might soon become unrecognizable to its long-time fans, if it even survives. And the Big 12 is looking more and more irrelevant, scurrying around like a mouse looking for whatever crumbs will keep it alive.
Back in 1995 and '96, Kallander took over the thankless duties of overseeing a dead man walking as the Southwest Conference completed its final, lame-duck year.
He knew what he was signing up for, but it was still a bit jarring to deal with the reality of a historic conference — which had been around since 1914, producing some of the greatest teams, rivalries and players in college football history — going out of business.
“That last year was a great in a lot of ways. We had a great celebration of the history of the conference. We had a lot of success athletically that year,” Kallander recalled in a phone call Friday.
“But then,” he added, “we got to March and April. It was like overseeing a funeral, and holding an estate sale, and giving last rites. It got a little bizarre at the end.”
The Pac-12 was apparently caught totally off guard when USC and UCLA defected to the Big Ten, much like the Big 12 was a deer in headlights when its two most prominent programs, Texas and Oklahoma, stunningly announced plans last summer to abandon ship for the SEC.
The downfall of the Southwest Conference proceeded in much the same fashion, pushed along largely by the same issue — college football television revenues — that's driving the current state of affairs.
While the Southwest shot itself in the foot with plenty of scandals in the 1980s (resulting most notably in the death penalty for SMU), and was clearly on shaky ground after Arkansas left for the SEC in 1991, Kallander arrived at the conference office in Dallas a year later to find plenty of hope for survival.
False hope, it turned out.
“All of us still felt there was no way the conference was going away,” he said. “There was too much history.”
Indeed, for those who may have forgotten, the Southwest Conference produced five Heisman Trophy winners and four Associated Press national football champions during its storied existence.
But none of that mattered when the Big Eight, which had been in talks with the Southwest over a joint media venture, decided instead to just pluck off the four most lucrative SWC members — Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Baylor — and carry on as the Big 12.
The four remaining Southwest members found new homes in less prominent conferences.
And that was that.
“We had the rug pulled out from under us by the announcement of the Big 12,” Kallander conceded. “It was shocking to everybody, including some league ADs who didn't see it coming.”
That sounds very much like today's Pac-12, which didn't seem to sense at all that its two Los Angeles behemoths were chatting up the Big Ten.
Now, the vulture are hovering overhead, eager to pick through the remains.
Oregon and Washington could soon follow USC and UCLA to the Big Ten, which has become a 16-school monstrosity stretching from coast to coast. The Big 12, which has more lives than a cat, is reportedly eyeing Oregon and Washington, as well, along with other Pac-12 scraps such as Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah. No one seems to want Oregon State or Washington State, while academic powerhouses Stanford and Cal-Berkeley may have to decide whether to downgrade their football programs rather than join de facto pro leagues, especially in the wild, wild world of Name, Image and Likeness.
On the opposite coast, the ACC could soon find itself in a similar predicament to the Pac-12.
ACC powerhouse Clemson has long been reported to have its sights on the SEC, and Florida State could be another defector (though the Seminoles' football program has recently fallen on hard times).
If the Big Ten wants to expand its national footprint even more, North Carolina (perhaps in tandem with Duke), Virginia and Georgia Tech are potential targets.
The ACC's best hope for survival would appear to be somehow persuading Notre Dame to join as a football-playing member, but that's likely nothing more than a pipe dream. If the Fighting Irish give up their treasured gridiron independence, it almost certainly will be to the Big Ten.
The ACC might have enough schools — and potential new members — to carry on in some format, but the league would be a hollow shell of where it stands today.
No one knows how this will all shake out, but there are plenty of reasons to be discouraged at the potential outcome.
Kallander already had a front-row seat the last time a major conference threw in the towel. He saw how it destroyed so many glorious traditions.
Now, he's watching it all again, which is especially painful since he's also a graduate of Washington.
“I think of all the great history, the rivalries and traditions of USC," Kallander said. “They were a huge rival of ours in football when I was back in Washington in the 1980s and early '90s. To see that fracture is real unfortunate.”
He's not naive, of course. Kallander knows that dollar signs have always been the driving force behind college athletics.
A privileged group of schools are going to be much richer when this dust finally settles.
But at what cost?
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Paul Newberry is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at pnewberry(at)ap.org or at https://twitter.com/pnewberry1963
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Initial pilot in the operational area of Ben Gurion Airport
PETAH TIKVAH, Israel, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SaverOne 2014 Ltd. (Nasdaq: SVRE) (TASE: SVRE), a technology company engaged in transportation safety solutions, today shared the following announcement made by the Israel Airports Authorities, operator of Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, a summary of which appears below:
The fighting of traffic accidents with the help of the SaverOne system in Israel: an initial pilot in the operational areas of Ben Gurion Airport will prevent drivers from using their cell phones, sending messages, etc.
The technology will help prevent accidents in the operational area of Ben Gurion Airport, an area which is full of vehicles and planes.
The SaverOne system, from an Israeli early-stage company with a solution for preventing mobile phone distraction while driving, was installed as a pilot trial in vehicles in the operational areas of Ben Gurion Airport.
The system installed in the vehicle disables a driver's ability to use their cell phone while driving, except for receiving incoming calls, navigation and listening to music. The advantage of the pilot is that it does not interfere with receiving work instructions but does not allow unwanted active use of the cell phone. The system only affects the driver's area, while other passengers are unrestricted and able to use their mobile phones as usual.
To date, the SaverOne system has also been installed by the Israel Electric Company, Osem, Tnuva, Strauss, ICL, Electra Afikim, as well as other companies.
Hagai Topolansky, CEO of the Israel Airport Authority, who instructed that the pilot should be implemented, commented, "An important element in improving our services, is the focus on safety in our operational areas and the improvement of services that we provide to the planes and airlines. We intend to fight accidents that may be caused by human distraction with the help of advanced technologies, combined with innovation and efficiency for passenger service."
Following the announcement, Mr. Gilboa, CEO of SaverOne commented, "This represents our first penetration into an airport, a closed facility with highly sensitive, expensive, and critical equipment where potentially an accident will be very costly. Drivers use their phones for managing their workload and our system will ensure that this is done safely and they can drive without distraction within the sensitive areas of the airport. Airports are another highly strategic market for us and we see this as a first penetration into another vertical. We look forward to working closely with other airport authorities around the world to reduce accidents caused by distracted drivers within their sensitive operational areas."
About the SaverOne System
SaverOne systems can be installed in private vehicles, trucks and buses and provide a solution to the problem of driver distraction away from the road, that results from drivers using specific distracting applications on the mobile device while driving, in a way that endangers their safety and the safety of passengers. This phenomenon is considered one of the main causes of road accidents in the world. According to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the annual cost of road accidents just in the United States, stands at about $870 billion each year, excluding the costs of serious injury or death, with a quarter of those accidents estimated to be related to the use of the mobile device while driving.
SaverOne's technology specifically recognizes the driver area in the vehicle and prevents the driver from accessing distracting applications such as messaging while allowing navigation, without user intervention or consent, creating a safer driving environment.
SaverOne's primary target markets include commercial and private vehicle fleets, as well as insurance and leasing companies that are very interested in reducing potential damages and significant costs. SaverOne is initially addressing car fleets with focus on the Israeli, European and US markets, as well as other markets around the world. SaverOne believes that ultimately increased focus on monitoring and prevention of cellular distraction systems in vehicles, in particular driven by upcoming expected EU regulation, will likely have a dramatic positive impact on the demand for its systems in the future. The Company's longer-term strategy is to address vehicle manufacturers, to install the Company's protection technologies in the vehicle manufacturing process as an OEM.
About SaverOne
SaverOne is a technology company engaged in the design, development and commercialization of transportation safety solutions designed to save lives by preventing car accidents resulting from distraction, by the use of mobile phones while driving. The SaverOne system provides an advanced driver safety solution that can identify and monitor mobile phones located in the driver's vicinity and selectively block use of distracting applications that may become life-threatening.
Learn more at https://saver.one/
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This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act and other securities laws that are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, contained in this press release are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release may be identified by the use of words such as "anticipate," "believe," "contemplate," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "seek," "may," "might," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "target," "aim," "should," "will" "would," or the negative of these words or other similar expressions, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. Forward-looking statements are based on SaverOne's current expectations and are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Further, certain forward-looking statements are based on assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate. Many factors could cause SaverOne's actual activities or results to differ materially from the activities and results anticipated in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: the ability of our technology to substantially improve the safety of drivers; our planned level of revenues and capital expenditures; our ability to market and sell our products; our plans to continue to invest in research and development to develop technology for both existing and new products; our intention to advance our technologies and commercialization efforts; our intention to use local distributors in each country or region that we will conduct business to distribute our products or technology; our plan to seek patent, trademark and other intellectual property rights for our products and technologies in the United States and internationally, as well as our ability to maintain and protect the validity of our currently held intellectual property rights; our expectations regarding future changes in our cost of revenues and our operating expenses; our expectations regarding our tax classifications; interpretations of current laws and the passage of future laws; acceptance of our business model by investors; the ability to correctly identify and enter new markets; the impact of competition and new technologies; general market, political and economic conditions in the countries in which we operate; projected capital expenditures and liquidity; our intention to retain key employees, and our belief that we maintain good relations with all of our employees; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and resulting government actions on us; and other risks and uncertainties, including those listed in the section titled "Risk Factors" in the final prospectus on Form 424b4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 6, 2022. Forward-looking statements contained in this announcement are made as of this date, and SaverOne undertakes no duty to update such information except as required under applicable law.
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PARIS — Firefighters struggled on Sunday to contain wildfires raging out of control in France and Spain as Europe wilts under an unusually extreme heat wave that authorities link to a rise in excess mortality.
Two huge blazes that have been consuming pine forests for six days just south of the city of Bordeaux in southwest France have forced the evacuation of some 14,000 people, including many who were set to spend their vacation at campsites.
In Spain, firefighters supported by the armed forces' emergency brigades are trying to stamp out over 30 fires consuming forests spread across the country. Spain's National Defense Department said that "the majority" of its fire-fighting aircraft have been deployed. Many areas are rugged, hilly terrain that makes it difficult for ground crews to access.
So far, there have been no fire-related deaths in France or Spain. In Portugal, a pilot of a firefighting plane died when his aircraft crashed on Friday.
But as temperatures remain unusually high, heat-related deaths have soared.
In Spain the second heat wave of the summer has kept highs above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in many areas. According to Spain's Carlos III Institute, which records temperature-related fatalities daily, 237 deaths were attributed to high temperatures from July 10-14. That was compared with 25 temperature-related deaths the previous five days.
In France, the fire in La Teste-de-Buch near the Atlantic coast has forced 10,000 people to flee. The Gironde regional government said on Sunday that "the situation remains unfavorable" due to gusting winds that, combined with hot and dry conditions, have fanned more flare-ups overnight.
A second fire near the town of Landiras, south of a valley of Bordeaux vineyards, has forced authorities to evacuate 4,100 people this week, including some 1,900 on Saturday. Authorities said that one flank has been brought under control by the dumping of white sand along a two-kilometer (1.2-mile) stretch. Another flank, however, remains unchecked.
Some of the most worrisome blazes in Spain are concentrated in the western regions of Extremadura and Castilla y León. Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska announced a joint command that will take over coordinating the efforts to battle the fires that are active in the adjoining regions.
Firefighters have been unable to stop the advance of a fire that broke out near the city of Cáceres that is threatening the Monfragüe National Park and has kept 200 people from returning to their homes.
Another fire in southern Spain near the city of Malaga has forced the evacuation of a further 2,500 people. There are more fires near the central city of Ávila, in northwest Galicia, among other areas.
Hungary, Croatia and the Greek island of Crete have also fought wildfires this week, as have Morocco and California.
The scorching temperatures have reached as far north as Britain, where its weather agency has issued its first-ever "red warning" of extreme heat for Monday and Tuesday, when temperatures in southern England may reach 40 C (104 F) for the first time.
That will still be relatively bearable compared with the 47 C (117 F) recorded in Portugal's northern town of Pinhao on Wednesday, establishing a new national record.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — In a legal victory for former President Donald Trump, a federal judge on Monday granted his request for a special master to review documents seized by the FBI from his Florida home and temporarily halted the Justice Department’s use of the records for investigative purposes.
The decision by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon authorizes an outside legal expert to review the records taken during the Aug. 8 search and to weed out from the rest of the investigation any that might be protected by claims of attorney-client privilege or executive privilege. Some of those records may ultimately be returned to Trump, but the judge put off a ruling on that question.
The order came despite the strenuous objections of the Justice Department, which said a special master was not necessary in part because officials had already completed their review of potentially privileged documents. The department said Monday that it was reviewing the decision but did not indicate if and when it might appeal.
The order almost certainly slows the pace of the department’s investigation into the presence of top-secret information at Mar-a-Lago, particularly given the judge’s directive that the Justice Department may not for the moment use any of the seized materials as part of its investigation into the storage of government secrets at the Florida property. The injunction is in place until the yet-to-be-named special master completes his or her work, or until “further court order.”
“The Court is mindful that restraints on criminal prosecutions are disfavored, but finds that these unprecedented circumstances call for a brief pause to allow for neutral, third-party review to ensure a just process with adequate safeguards,” Cannon, a Trump appointee, wrote in her 24-page order.
Even so, it is not clear that the decision will present a long-term impediment to the investigation’s progress or significantly affect investigative decisions or the ultimate outcome of the probe. And a separate assessment by the U.S. intelligence community of the risk posed by the apparent mishandling of classified records will continue under the judge’s order.
“While this is a victory for the former President, it is by no means an overwhelming win for him,” David Weinstein, a Florida criminal defense lawyer and former Justice Department prosecutor, said in an email. “While it is a setback for the government, it is also not a devastating loss for them.”
He noted, for instance, that the judge did not immediately order the seized documents returned to Trump or suppress any of the evidence.
Justice Department spokesman Anthony Coley said Monday that “the United States is examining the opinion and will consider appropriate next steps in the ongoing litigation.” A lawyer for Trump did not respond to a request for comment.
The department and Trump’s lawyers are to submit by Friday a list of proposed special master candidates.
FBI agents in August seized roughly 11,000 documents and 1,800 other items from Mar-a-Lago as part of a criminal investigation into the retention of national defense information there, as well as into efforts to obstruct the probe. About 100 of the documents contained classification markings.
Trump’s lawyers had argued that a special master, usually an outside lawyer or former judge, was necessary to ensure an independent review of records taken during the search and so that any personal information or documents could be filtered out and returned to Trump.
In this case, the seized records “include medical documents, correspondence related to taxes, and accounting information,” the judge’s order said.
Cannon said it was too soon to know whether Trump will be entitled to the return of any of the records, but “for now, the circumstances surrounding the seizure in this case and the associated need for adequate procedural safeguards are sufficiently compelling to at least get Plaintiff past the courthouse doors.”
She also said she found persuasive his lawyers’ arguments that he faced potentially “irreparable injury” by being denied access to records that might be of significant personal interest to him. She said the investigative process had, so far, been “closed off” to him.
“As a function of Plaintiff’s former position as President of the United States, the stigma associated with the subject seizure is in a league of its own,” Cannon wrote. “A future indictment, based to any degree on property that ought to be returned, would result in reputational harm of a decidedly different order of magnitude.”
The Justice Department had argued against the appointment, saying it was unnecessary because it had already reviewed potentially privileged documents and identified a limited subset that could be covered by attorney-client privilege.
The department had been using a separate “privilege review team” for that work, but Cannon cited at least two instances in which members of the investigative team were “exposed” to potentially privileged material, something she said raised questions about the adequacy of the process.
The department had also said Trump was not entitled to the return of any of the presidential records that were taken since he is no longer president and the documents therefore do not belong to him. And personal items that were recovered were commingled with classified information, giving them potential evidentiary value, the department said.
Though prosecutors had argued that Trump, as a former president, had no legal basis to assert executive privilege over the documents, the judge said he was entitled to raise it as a concern and permitted the special master to look for records that might be covered by that privilege.
“The major sticking point, I think, is that the executive privilege documents were included” in the judge’s decision, said Florida criminal defense lawyer Richard Serafini, a former Justice Department prosecutor.
Cannon, who was nominated by Trump in 2020, had signaled last month that she was inclined to appoint a special master and did so again during arguments last week, asking at one point, “Ultimately, what is the harm in the appointment of a special master to sort through these issues without creating undue delay?”
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Semi trailer catches fire on U.S. 301 in Orange Heights
Published: Jul. 29, 2022 at 10:54 AM EDT|Updated: 40 minutes ago
ORANGE HEIGHTS, Fla. (WCJB) - Traffic was backed up on a busy road as Alachua County Fire Rescue crews battled a semi-truck trailer fire on Thursday.
Crews say the commercial vehicle caught fire on U.S. Highway 301 near State Road 26 in Orange Heights.
Law enforcement blocked the highway northbound while crews extinguished the semi-fire.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC) General Counsel Douglass Selby confirmed that lawyers hired by the church filed a lawsuit against former AMEC Department of Retirement Services Executive Director Rev. Dr. Jerome Harris ("Dr. Harris") and ten other individuals and entities some of which were involved in a sophisticated scheme to embezzle funds and defraud the AMEC's Ministerial Retirement Annuity Plan. Other defendants named in the complaint are cross-defendant Symetra Financial Corporation, and third-party defendants Robert Eaton, Jarrod Erwin, Randall Erwin, Financial Freedom Group, Inc., Motorskill Asia Venture Group, Motorskill Asia Ventures 1, LP, Motorskill Venture Group, Motorskill Ventures 1, LP, and Rodney Brown & Company. The nine-count complaint (2:22-cv-02136) was filed in United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee in Memphis.
The complaint details a complex scheme perpetrated over more than two decades by Dr. Harris in his role as Executive Director of the AMEC Department of Retirement Services. Along with Robert Eaton and Financial Technologies, LLC, who were retained by Dr. Harris as the AMEC's exclusive broker, and other parties, Dr. Harris is alleged to have used his position to "defraud and steal from AMEC, including using "Department and/or Annuity Plan funds to make payments to himself and other individuals."
As part of this scheme, Dr. Harris repeatedly represented to the AMEC "a deceptive, false, and grossly inflated value for the Annuity Plan." The discrepancy between the value of Annuity Plan funds invested in Symetra reported by Dr. Harris verses the actual value of the plan was significant. The complaint states, "only about $37,000,000.00 of Dr. Harris's previously reported $128,000,000.00 valuation of the Annuity Plan was held by Symetra." There is no evidence that the total value of the retirement fund reported by Dr.. Harris was ever the actual value of the funds. As stated in the complaint, "The $128,000,000.00 valuation reported by Dr. Harris was a baseless representation recklessly and deceptively made to plan participants without any third-party verification."
"This financial crime has been committed against the AME Church community, and specifically our clergy, lay and Church employees," said Anne Henning Byfield, President of the AMEC Council of Bishops. "With the help of our legal team, the AMEC community is committed to holding those responsible accountable and recovering embezzled funds."
The AMEC has also committed to restoring the full initial investment plus interest to each retirement plan participant.
AMEC uncovered the fraudulent scheme following the 2021 election of a new Executive Director. AMEC immediately engaged experienced legal professionals and forensic experts to conduct a comprehensive and independent investigation. The findings of the investigative team led to AMEC's decision to bring this lawsuit against Dr. Harris and other defendants. The actions of Dr. Harris and others are also the subject of an ongoing law enforcement investigation.
Please direct all media inquiries to mediainquiries@amecnational.org.
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HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — Helen of Troy Ltd. (HELE) on Wednesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of $36.2 million.
The Hamilton, Bermuda-based company said it had profit of $1.50 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $2.01 per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.89 per share.
The personal and household products company posted revenue of $484.6 million in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $456.2 million.
For the year, the company reported profit of $143.3 million, or $5.95 per share. Revenue was reported as $2.07 billion.
Helen of Troy expects full-year earnings in the range of $8.50 to $9 per share, with revenue in the range of $1.97 billion to $2.02 billion.
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CHICAGO (AP) — A jury on Wednesday found a man guilty of first-degree murder in the 2016 slayings of six members of his family — including two young boys — inside their Chicago home in 2016.
The jury deliberated for about a day before finding 28-year-old Diego Uribe Cruz guilty of all six counts of first-degree murder of four adults and two children inside their bungalow in the Gage Park neighborhood on the city’s Southwest Side. With the conviction, Uribe Cruz faces a sentence of life in prison without parole, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office said.
During the trial, prosecutors alleged that Uribe Cruz shot his aunt, 32-year-Maria Martinez, after he tried to rob her before he fatally stabbed her sons, ages 10 and 13, and stabbed or beat to death other relatives to make sure there were no witnesses. — the last of which was her father, whom he stabbed after he returned from a store with snacks.
“These were women, children, brothers, sisters, grandparents, cousins. They were a family,” Jason Fisher, an assistant state’s attorney, told the jury, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Evidence against him included DNA recovered from under Maria Martinez’s fingernails and a small amount of blood that matched that of Uribe Cruz. Prosecutors also showed the jury a video in which Uribe Cruz confessed to some of the details to Chicago police detectives.
Also, Uribe Cruz’s former girlfriend, Jafeth Ramos, testified against him. Ramos, who was originally charged with murder as well as Cruz, testified as part of a plea deal that called for her to plead guilty to armed robbery and agree to cooperate with authorities. According to the Tribune, she is expected to be sentenced to 25 years in prison.
She testified that when Uribe Cruz came to the house he asked to talk to Maria Martinez upstairs. There he held her at gunpoint and shot her when she did not give him money. When her brother, Noe Martinez, Jr., came upstairs, Uribe Cruz beat him with the gun and put a knee to his neck when he lost consciousness.
She testified that when Martinez’s mother, 58-year-old Rosaura Martinez, came upstairs, he pushed her down the stairs before stabbing her. Then, she testified, he forced Alexis Cruz, 10, and his 13-year-old brother, Leonardo Cruz search the house for things of value before he stabbed them to death.
The last member of the family to die, prosecutors told the jury, was 62-year-old Noe Martinez Sr., who was stabbed when he walked into the house. | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-chicago-man-found-guilty-in-murder-of-6-family-members/ | 2022-10-06 17:35:13 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-chicago-man-found-guilty-in-murder-of-6-family-members/ |
The Times’ boys’ basketball rankings
A look at The Times’ top 25 boys’ basketball teams in the Southland:
Rk. SCHOOL (W-L); Comment (rk. last week)
1. CORONA CENTENNIAL (6-1); Big win over Bishop Gorman (1)
2. HARVARD-WESTLAKE (10-0); Quick road trip to Arizona works out (2)
3. BISHOP MONTGOMERY (8-0); Coach Doug Mitchell gearing up team (3)
4. WEST RANCH (7-0); Jaqari Miles is a model of consistency (4)
5. SHERMAN OAKS NOTRE DAME (7-2); Suffered loss in Texas to Duncanville (5)
6. SIERRA CANYON (6-1); Big game vs. New York Christ the King on Monday (6)
7. SANTA ANA MATER DEI (3-1); Plays Heritage Christian on Friday (7)
8. ST. JOHN BOSCO (9-0); Kade Bonam leads team to tournament title (8)
9. ST. BERNARD (8-0); Tajh Ariza is very good freshman player (9)
10. ANAHEIM CANYON (10-0); 66-62 win over Sonora (10)
11. JSERRA (8-0); Sebastian Rancik keeps delivering (11)
12. ETIWANDA (8-1); Amare Campbell earns tourney MVP honors (13)
13. SANTA MARGARITA (8-1); Impressive win over Chula Vista Mater Dei (15)
14. RANCHO CHRISTIAN (3-3); Won in Arizona (14)
15. LA MIRADA (9-4); Julien Gomez is the real deal (NR)
16. RANCHO CUCAMONGA (12-1); Setback against La Mirada (12)
17. VILLAGE CHRISTIAN (9-1); Ready to play West Ranch on Friday (22)
18. BEVERLY HILLS (8-1); Suffered first defeat to Windward (19)
19. NARBONNE (3-2); Open Marine League against Carson on Friday (17)
20. OXNARD (8-0); Best in Ventura County (23)
21. WALNUT (10-1); Good performance at St. John Bosco tourney (NR)
22. MIRA COSTA (10-0); vs. Culver City on Monday (25)
23. ST. FRANCIS (11-2); Rivalry game with La Cañada on Friday (24)
24. OAKS CHRISTIAN (10-0); Stevie Amar tourney MVP for Lions (NR)
25. CAMPBELL HALL (5-3); Two losses at Beverly Hills tournament (20)
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GOP opens long-promised investigation into Biden family
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House Republicans on Wednesday opened their long-promised investigation into President Joe Biden and his family, wielding the power of their new majority to demand information from the Treasury Department and former Twitter executives as they laid the groundwork for public hearings.
“Now that Democrats no longer have one-party rule in Washington, oversight and accountability are coming,” Rep. James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said in a statement.
The Republican-led committee sent a series of letters requesting financial information from the Treasury Department about financial transactions by members of the Biden family that were flagged as suspicious activity. Those reports are routine, with larger financial transactions automatically flagged to the government, and are not evidence on their own of misconduct.
Lawmakers also requested testimony from multiple former Twitter executives who were involved in the company's handling of an October 2020 story from the New York Post about Hunter Biden, the president's younger son. Republicans say that story was suppressed for political reasons.
Moving quickly after taking control of the House, Republicans are setting up a messy, politically explosive showdown with the White House that could delve deeply into the affairs of the president’s family and shape the contours of the 2024 race for the White House.
“In their first week as a governing majority, House Republicans have not taken any meaningful action to address inflation and lower Americans’ costs, yet they’re jumping out of the gate with political stunts driven by the most extreme MAGA members of their caucus in an effort to get attention on Fox News," Ian Sams, a White House spokesman, said in a statement, referring to former President Donald Trump's campaign slogan, Make America Great Again.
In a statement, Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, the senior Democrat on Oversight, echoed the White House sentiment, saying Democrats will work with Republicans “when they get serious about tackling problems that affect the American people.”
The Treasury Department declined to comment.
Comer and other Republicans set out their plan for probing the Biden family the day after clinching a slim majority in the November midterm elections. The Kentucky Republican told reporters there are “troubling questions,” specifically about the business dealings of Hunter Biden and one of the president’s brothers, James Biden, that require deeper investigation.
GOP investigations into the Biden family are nothing new. Republican lawmakers and their staff have been analyzing messages and financial transactions found on a laptop that belonged to Hunter Biden for the past year. Comer told reporters late Wednesday that he's been in touch with GOP Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, who led the investigative efforts against Hunter Biden in the Senate, and there is information sharing between the two chambers.
But Republicans now have subpoena power in the House, giving them the authority to compel testimony and conduct a far more aggressive investigation.
Republicans have discussed issuing congressional subpoenas to foreign entities that did business with Hunter Biden, and they recently brought on James Mandolfo, a former federal prosecutor, to assist with the investigation as general counsel for the Oversight panel.
Hunter Biden’s taxes and foreign business work are already under federal investigation, with a grand jury in Delaware hearing testimony in recent months. While he never held a position on the presidential campaign or in the White House, his membership on the board of a Ukrainian energy company and his efforts to strike deals in China have long raised questions about whether he traded on his father’s public service, including reported references in his emails to the “big guy.”
Joe Biden has said he’s never spoken to his son about his foreign business. And there are no indications that the federal investigation involves the president in any way.
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Associated Press writers Zeke Miller, Fatima Hussein and Lisa Mascaro contributed to this report. | https://www.kcra.com/article/gop-opens-investigation-into-biden-family/42468053 | 2023-01-12 04:20:38 | 0 | https://www.kcra.com/article/gop-opens-investigation-into-biden-family/42468053 |
A young cartoon girl wearing large headphones hunches over a softly lit desk. She's scribbling in a notebook. To her side, a striped orange cat gazes out on a beige cityscape.
The Lofi Girl is an internet icon. The animation plays on a loop on the "lofi hip hop radio — beats to relax/study to" YouTube stream.
It's a 24/7 live stream that plays low-fidelity hip hop music — or lofi for short.
"I would say lofi music is the synthesis of golden era rap aesthetic with the Japanese jazz aesthetics that is then put through this lens of nostalgia," says Hixon Foster, a student and lofi artist.
He describes listening to lofi as a way to escape. Some songs are lonely or melancholy, others remind him of his school years in Michigan and toiling away at homework while listening to tunes.
The genre has become increasingly popular in the last few years. There are countless people making lofi music, fan art, memes, spin-off streams, and Halloween costumes.
Basically, Lofi Girl is everywhere. And with nearly 11 million people subscribed to the channel, the Lofi Girl stream has been the go-to place to find this music.
But last weekend, she went missing. YouTube had taken down the stream due to a false copyright claim.
Fans were not happy.
"There were camps that were confused and camps that were angry," Foster said. "I mainly saw kind of, at least through the lofi Discord, various users being like, 'Oh my God what is this? What's really going on with this?'"
YouTube quickly apologized for the mistake, and the stream returned two days later. But this isn't the first time musicians have been wrongfully shut down on YouTube.
"There's been a lot of examples of copyright going against the ideas of art and artistic evolution," Foster said. "It feels like a lot of the legal practices are going towards stifling artists, which is interesting when the main idea of them is to be protecting them."
The rise of bogus copyright claims
Lofi Girl made it through the ordeal relatively unscathed, but smaller artists who don't have huge platforms may not be so lucky.
"They are at the mercy of people sending abusive takedowns and YouTube's ability to detect and screen for them," said James Grimmelmann, a law professor at Cornell University.
He said false copyright claims were rampant.
"People can use them for extortion or harassment or in some cases to file claims to monetize somebody else's videos," he said.
YouTube gets so many copyright claims that they can't carefully evaluate whether each one is legitimate, Grimmelmann said.
They leave it up to the artist to prove the claims are wrong — sometimes in court — which can be a long process.
Grimmelmann said it's up to Congress to fix copyright law for it to work better for artists. The current laws incentivize YouTube to err on the side of removing artists' content, rather than being precise in their enforcement of copyright claims.
"We ended up with this system because in the 1990s, when the contours of the internet and copyright are still coming into view, this is the compromise that representatives of the copyright industries and the internet industries worked out," Grimmelmann said.
"It's a compromise that hasn't destroyed anybody's business and has made it possible for artists to put their stuff online," Grimmelmann said. "And there has not been the appetite to try to upend that compromise because somebody's ox will get gored if they do."
Luckily, Lofi Girl and her millions of subscribers were able to make a big enough stink to get YouTube's attention quickly and get the issue resolved.
For now, lofi fans can get back to relaxing and studying. Lofi Girl will be right there with you.
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As events take place across southeastern Wisconsin, experts are cautioning people to limit their time outside due to the continued wildfires in Canada.
An air quality advisory, issued by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Friday, remains in effect until noon Sunday. Several counties in southeastern Wisconsin, including Milwaukee County, are within zones where the air is in the “Unhealthy For Sensitive Groups” index, meaning “those with heart or lung disease, older adults, children, those who are pregnant, and those who work outdoors,” should refrain from being outside for extended periods of time, while those not in those groups should limit time outside.
Other counties in northern and western Wisconsin are seeing “Unhealthy” levels of air quality where residents should remain inside as much as possible.
The DNR says symptoms of extended exposure to unhealthy air include coughing and shortness of breath. They also suggest closing windows and doors to prevent smoke from entering the house.
The quality is still much better than at the end of June, when air quality was considered “hazardous,” as Milwaukee at one point had some of the worst air quality in the nation. The DNR believes conditions will improve by later in the day Sunday. | https://wtmj.com/news/2023/07/15/air-quality-remains-concern-through-midday-sunday/ | 2023-07-16 03:44:34 | 0 | https://wtmj.com/news/2023/07/15/air-quality-remains-concern-through-midday-sunday/ |
Peloton to pay $19 million in fines over dangerous treadmill defect
NEW YORK (AP) — Exercise equipment maker Peloton Interactive has agreed to pay roughly $19 million in fines related to its delay in reporting a defect for its treadmills that caused one death and multiple injuries, the federal consumer watchdog said Thursday.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission said that the fine resolves the agency’s charges that Peloton knowingly failed to immediately report to the Commission as required by law, that its Tread+ treadmill contained a defect that could create a substantial product hazard and created an “unreasonable risk of serious injury to consumers. "
The civil penalty also settles charges that Peloton knowingly distributed recalled treadmills in violation of the Consumer Product Safety Act.
The Commission noted that beginning in December 2018 and continuing into 2019, Peloton received more than 150 reports of incidents where users were pulled under or entrapped. That included the death of a child and 13 injuries, including broken bones, lacerations, abrasions and friction burns.
CPSC said that Peloton didn’t immediately report those incidents to the Commission, despite being armed with such information. Peloton and the Commission jointly announced the recall of the Tread+ treadmill on May 5, 2021.
CPSC also charged that after the public announcement of the recall, Peloton knowingly distributed 38 Tread+ recalled treadmills using Peloton personnel and through third-party delivery firms.
As part of the settlement, Peloton is also required to file annual compliance reports for the next five years.
The fines comes as Peloton is struggling to turn around its business after it enjoyed booming sales during the early part of the pandemic when homebound consumers turned to exercise bikes and treadmills in their homes.
Peloton said in a statement that it “remains deeply committed to the safety and well-being of our members and to the continuous improvement of our products.” It said that it looks forward to working cooperatively with the CPSC to further enhance member safety.
Peloton noted that it continues to pursue the CPSC’s approval of a Tread+ rear guard that would further enhance its safety features.
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Young children found in parked car along with bodies of 2 adults, police say
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (WITN/Gray News) - Police in North Carolina said two small children were found in a car along with the dead bodies of two adults.
Officers in Rocky Mount were called to a parking lot early Thursday morning, where they found the vehicle with the bodies of 28-year-old Devone Brown and 24-year-old Destiny Wiggins inside. Police said the two were both shot.
Officials said employees of Barnhill Contracting Company who were arriving at work discovered the victims inside the parked car, along with the two children in the back seat.
WITN reports the children were not physically harmed, but they were still taken to a hospital since they were exposed to cold temperatures for a length of time.
Officials said the children are stable and with family members.
Police have not released any information on possible suspects or a motive.
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47of 48 Yvonne Gray shops for her 6-year-old with help from volunteer Delores Darby on the opening day of the Enterprise Empty Stocking Fund toy distribution for registered families Tuesday at the Major Event Center. Photo made Tuesday, December 6, 2022 Kim Brent/Beaumont Enterprise
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Enterprise Empty Stocking Fund families made their way to the Major Event Center last week to pick up toys and other gift items for their children.
Volunteers with the fund and the Christmas Bureau assisted in selecting the new and gently used toys, as well as age-appropriate books, for children aged newborn to 14 that would eventually make their way beneath Christmas trees throughout the Golden Triangle, making the holidays merrier and brighter for many.
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As families made their way through the tables piled with gifts, filling large bags with their presents, volunteers continued filling the empty spaces with donation boxes, while a stockpile of extra gifts nearly filled a back storage room.
All leftover items were subsequently taken to other venues that are holding toy drives or are in need of gifts for children in their care. Those venues include Legacy Health, Family Services of Southeast Texas, Save Our Children, Franklin House, Hardin County's toy drive and the Major Event Center.
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Kim Brent is a photojournalist with The Beaumont Enterprise.
She came to Beaumont in September 2014 amid a search for full-time positions after her previous paper in Michigan reduced many staff members, Kim included, to part time.
"I managed to eke out a living by getting a second job in my off time working at the deli counter of a local grocery store," she said. "And let me just say, slicing meat for hours on end is no fun for a vegetarian."
When she's not out covering our community, she loves to paint, knit, read, write and love and be loved by my two kitties, Memphis and Skeets.
"And yes, I also like to take pictures for the pure joy and creativity of it." | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Stocking-Fund-families-Christmas-17654153.php | 2022-12-14 21:30:08 | 0 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Stocking-Fund-families-Christmas-17654153.php |
Paolo Banchero’s rookie season will include a trip to NBA All-Star weekend.
The Orlando Magic forward and No. 1 pick in last year’s draft was announced Tuesday as a participant in this year’s Rising Stars Game, to be held in Salt Lake City on Feb. 17, two nights before the All-Star Game.
Banchero — who leads all rookies with a 20.7 points-per-game average — may still be selected as an All-Star reserve. Those players will be revealed Thursday.
“Anytime you can get a chance to be a part of All-Star weekend, you can’t say no,” Banchero said. “Especially me, being a rookie, first year, never experienced it before, it’s always been the dream to just be a part of that whether it was Rising Stars or as a reserve. I’m definitely excited to get there and just see what it’s like.”
Banchero is on pace to be the first rookie to average 20 points per game since Luka Doncic in 2018-19. He also is fourth among rookies in rebounds per game entering Tuesday and third among them in steals per game.
Magic coach Jamahl Mosley said the All-Star experience — whether just for Rising Stars or not — will have an impact on Banchero.
“Just being around other young players that have found themselves in that position, it does so much because it’s your peers,” Mosley said. “You’re around a group of young men who are the elite of the league in that class. I think it says something to the work that you’ve put in, the work that he’s put in. It’s going to do wonders for how he continues to believe in himself, what we’re doing as a team and his continued growth.”
Also picked for the game from this year’s rookie class: Detroit’s Jalen Duren and Jaden Ivey, Atlanta’s A.J. Griffin, Utah’s Walker Kessler, Indiana’s Bennedict Mathurin and Andrew Nembhard, Sacramento’s Keegan Murray, Houston’s Jabari Smith Jr., San Antonio’s Jeremy Sochan and Oklahoma City’s Jalen Williams.
The second-year players selected were New Orleans’ Jose Alvarado and Trey Murphy III, Toronto’s Scottie Barnes, Oklahoma City’s Josh Giddey, Houston’s Jalen Green and Alperen Sengun, New York’s Quentin Grimes, Denver’s Bones Hyland, Cleveland’s Evan Mobley and Orlando’s Franz Wagner.
There also will be a team of G League players in the Rising Stars event, composed of Sidy Cissoko, Mojave King, Scoot Henderson, Kenneth Lofton Jr., Mac McClung, Leonard Miller and Scotty Pippen Jr.
The 21 NBA players will be drafted into three seven-player teams. Pau Gasol, Joakim Noah and Deron Williams will serve as coaches for those teams, while Jason Terry will coach the G League team.
All four teams will play a semifinal game with a target score of 40, and the two winners will then play the championship game with a target score of 25.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Republican presidential contender Ron DeSantis is cutting campaign staff as he struggles to catch former President Donald Trump in the GOP’s crowded primary contest while facing unexpected financial pressure.
DeSantis, the Florida governor, let go fewer than 10 paid staffers late last week to help reduce operating expenses, according to a DeSantis aide granted anonymity to discuss internal campaign strategy. The staffers were involved in event planning and may soon join a pro-DeSantis super PAC.
The moves, first reported by Politico, come as DeSantis struggles to meet expectations that he represents the Republican Party’s strongest alternative to Trump. The Florida governor’s political organization has raised more money than the other Republicans seeking the 2024 nomination, but he has shown little movement in the polls amid fierce opposition from Trump and persistent questions about his far-right policies, his political skills and his readiness for the national stage.
DeSantis spokesman Andrew Romeo did not deny reports of staffing cuts, but offered an optimistic outlook about the campaign’s road ahead.
“Americans are rallying behind Ron DeSantis and his plan to reverse Joe Biden’s failures and restore sanity to our nation, and his momentum will only continue as voters see more of him in person, especially in Iowa,” Romeo said. “Defeating Joe Biden and the $72 million behind him will require a nimble and candidate-driven campaign, and we are building a movement to go the distance.”
Despite such optimism, some within DeSantis’ team are privately acknowledging that the political playbook that led to a dominant reelection in Florida last fall may not work on the national stage. To that end, DeSantis will host a press conference and is scheduled to sit down with CNN’s Jake Tapper on Tuesday, eschewing his yearslong practice of granting interviews almost exclusively to conservative media.
The staffing and strategy shakeup comes less than two months after DeSantis launched his presidential campaign.
“He’s going down,” Trump said of DeSantis during a Sunday interview on Fox News Channel. The former president also suggested he may not participate in next month’s debate given his lead over DeSantis and the other Republicans running against him.
As the DeSantis campaign publicly refocuses on Iowa, some in his team are already privately acknowledging that he must win Iowa’s Jan. 15 caucuses to have any realistic chance of denying Trump the GOP’s presidential nomination. Without a clear victory in the GOP’s opening primary contest, they fear that Trump would likely become an unstoppable force in the months-long primary march across the country, where momentum is often more consequential than money.
DeSantis sought to strengthen his connections in the state during a Saturday appearance. He described Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds as a potential running mate and dismissed Trump’s recent complaints about her as “totally out of hand.”
“Of course,” DeSantis said when asked whether he would consider the second-term Republican as his vice president should he win the GOP nomination. “I mean, she’s one of the top public servants in America.”
And while DeSantis’ political team is flush with cash compared to many other Republican rivals, Saturday’s quarterly filing with the Federal Election Commission revealed some cause for concern.
DeSantis raised more than $20 million over the first six weeks he was in the race, according to the federal report. While a massive sum, he also burned through nearly $8 million over the same period, leaving his campaign with $12.2 million at the end of June. And of that total, roughly $3 million is earmarked for general election and cannot be used in the GOP primary contest.
The report also revealed that the DeSantis campaign has dozens of paid staffers and is spending far more on payroll than others in the race.
For the first six weeks of his campaign, DeSantis spent more than $890,000 on payroll, including benefits, insurance, payroll taxes and processing fees, according to an AP analysis. The campaign also spent more than $845,000 on travel expenses, which included DeSantis regular use of private jets.
Still, a pro-DeSantis super PAC, which is legally barred from coordinating with the campaign, said it raised a stunning $130 million since the committee launched in March. More than half of that came from a state-level political committee once controlled by DeSantis.
The Never Back Down super PAC has been spending for months to build out pro-DeSantis infrastructure in the first four states on the presidential nominating calendar and even those in so-called “Super Tuesday” states that vote in early March.
Trump’s MAGA movement was giddy about DeSantis’ struggles.
“The more he shows himself, the less appealing he is,” tweeted longtime Trump ally Roger stone. He added the hashtag, “DeLoser.”
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Associated Press reporters Chad Day in Washington and Michelle L. Price in New York contributed. | https://www.wivb.com/news/u-s-headlines/ap-desantis-presidential-campaign-is-cutting-staff-as-new-financial-pressure-emerges/ | 2023-07-16 18:55:31 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/news/u-s-headlines/ap-desantis-presidential-campaign-is-cutting-staff-as-new-financial-pressure-emerges/ |
NOVI, Mich., May 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- All American Pet Resorts, the premier luxury pet care brand, is thrilled to announce the addition of two new Resort locations to its growing family in North Carolina.
Joining the New Bern, North Carolina Resort, which is scheduled to open this summer, are Resorts in Greensboro and Asheville. According to Stephan Dimitroff, Executive Vice President of All American Pet Resorts, "Each of our new, North Carolina franchisees brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to their new role as an All American Pet Resorts owner. They are committed to delivering the highest standards of care and ensuring each pet's comfort and happiness."
In addition to its standard pet care services, which include spacious and comfortable overnight boarding suites, interactive daycare, pampering grooming services and more, each North Carolina Resort location will also offer specialized care for senior pets and those with special needs, and work to ensure they receive the attention and care they need. Timing for the opening of the Greensboro and Asheville Resort locations is to be determined at the time of this writing.
Dimitroff goes on to say "All American Pet Resorts continues to aggressively expand its nationwide footprint with new Resort locations in key markets targeting areas with high demand for pet care services like North Carolina. Our newest franchisees here in New Bern, Greensboro and Asheville, have a commitment to excellence that aligns perfectly with our brand values. We have no doubt that they will provide pet owners in their respective communities with an outstanding pet care experience."
For more information about All American Pet Resorts and their range of services, or becoming an All American Pet Resorts franchisee, please visit allamericanpetresorts.com
About All American Pet Resorts
All American Pet Resorts is a successful and growing pet care franchise. With a focus on providing premiere pet care services to dogs and cats, All American Pet Resorts has built a loyal customer base and a reputation for quality care. All American Pet Resorts offers its franchisees comprehensive training, ongoing support, and access to its proprietary systems and processes. Franchisees can also benefit from the company's established brand recognition, marketing expertise, and economies of scale.
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Man charged for exposing himself at Bay Co. park
BAY CO., Mich. (WNEM) - A man is awaiting to be arraigned after police say he was seen touching himself in the view of children at a park in Bay County.
Deputies from the Bay County Sheriff’s Office were sent to the Monitor Township Park at 1:52 p.m. on Friday, April 29 for a man who was masturbating. About four to five children were at the park at the time, according to Sheriff Troy Cunningham.
The suspect, a man in his late 20s, was inside a white minivan with its sliding door open when the incident happened, the sheriff’s office said. A citizen reported the minivan’s license plate number to authorities, which Cunningham noted greatly helped deputies find the suspect.
The suspect was later arrested during a traffic stop in Kawkawlin Township, Cunningham said.
The suspect has been charged with one count of aggravated indecent exposure, and has not been arraigned yet.
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CA San Francisco Bay Area Zone Forecast for Thursday, September 1, 2022
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164 FPUS56 KMTR 021001
ZFPMTR
San Francisco Bay Area/Central California Zone Forecast
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
301 AM PDT Fri Sep 2 2022
This is an automatically generated product that provides average
values for large geographic areas. For a more site specific
forecast...please visit weather.gov/sanfrancisco
(1) Select a location from the drop down menu above the map...
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(2) Click a location on the map.
You can refine your selection by clicking on the map displayed on
the resulting page.
CAZ505-030100-
Coastal North Bay...Including Point Reyes National Seashore-
301 AM PDT Fri Sep 2 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the 60s to mid 70s. West winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s to lower 80s. Northwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s to lower 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
mid 50s to lower 60s. Highs in the lower 70s to mid 80s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 60s to upper 70s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Point Reyes 52 69 56 74 /
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CAZ503-030100-
Sonoma Coastal Range-
301 AM PDT Fri Sep 2 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 8 PM PDT
TUESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Light
winds.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds
around 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. West winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds
5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
CAZ502-030100-
Marin Coastal Range-
301 AM PDT Fri Sep 2 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 8 PM PDT MONDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. West winds 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds 10 to
20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds 10 to
20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower
60s. Highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
Highs in the lower to mid 80s.
$$
CAZ506-030100-
North Bay Interior Valleys-
301 AM PDT Fri Sep 2 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 8 PM PDT
TUESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the 50s to lower 60s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the upper 70s to lower 90s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s to lower 60s. West
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s to mid 90s. West winds
10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s to mid 60s.
West winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 50s to lower 70s. Highs upper 80s to 102.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper
70s to mid 90s. Lows in the 50s to lower 60s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Santa Rosa 52 92 55 96 /
San Rafael 56 88 59 92 /
Napa 55 88 57 91 /
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CAZ504-030100-
North Bay Interior Mountains-
301 AM PDT Fri Sep 2 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 8 PM PDT
TUESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s to lower 70s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to 90s. Southwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 60s. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to 90s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph...becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s to lower 70s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming north after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs upper 80s to 102.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 70s.
Highs 91 to 106.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs mid 80s to
100. Lows in the 60s to lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s to mid 90s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lake Berryessa 69 98 67 97 /
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CAZ006-030100-
San Francisco-
301 AM PDT Fri Sep 2 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds 10 to
20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Breezy. Highs in the 60s to lower 70s. West winds 10 to 20 mph
increasing to 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Breezy. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds 20 to 30 mph
decreasing to 10 to 20 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s to upper 70s. West winds
10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds
10 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s to upper 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
San Francisco 56 69 58 75 /
Ocean Beach 54 66 57 70 /
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CAZ509-030100-
San Francisco Peninsula Coast-
301 AM PDT Fri Sep 2 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s. Northwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy. Highs
in the lower to mid 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.LABOR DAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid to upper 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the mid to upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the upper 60s.
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CAZ508-030100-
San Francisco Bay Shoreline-
301 AM PDT Fri Sep 2 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 8 PM PDT MONDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the 70s to lower 80s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph increasing
to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 60. West winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s to upper 80s. West winds
10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. West winds 10 to
20 mph...becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to lower 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
60s. Highs in the 80s to mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the 70s to
upper 80s. Lows around 60.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
SFO Airport 56 73 59 78 /
Oakland 57 76 60 82 /
Fremont 58 80 60 84 /
Redwood City 57 83 60 88 /
Mountain View 59 78 61 81 /
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CAZ510-030100-
East Bay Interior Valleys-
301 AM PDT Fri Sep 2 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 8 PM PDT
TUESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower to mid 60s. West
winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. West winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower to mid 60s. Southwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. West winds 5 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest winds
5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs around 103.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper
60s to mid 70s. Highs around 108.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper
90s. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Concord 58 96 62 98 /
Livermore 59 96 60 98 /
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CAZ513-030100-
Santa Clara Valley...including San Jose-
301 AM PDT Fri Sep 2 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 8 PM PDT
TUESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to upper 90s. Northwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to upper 90s. Northwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 92 to 102.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper
60s. Highs 96 to 105.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 96 to 105. Lows
in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the 80s to
upper 90s. Lows around 60.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
San Jose 60 86 61 89 /
Morgan Hill 62 97 62 99 /
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CAZ512-030100-
Santa Cruz Mountains-
301 AM PDT Fri Sep 2 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 8 PM PDT
TUESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s to mid
70s. North winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to lower 90s. West winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to lower 70s.
Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 90s. North winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s to mid 70s. North
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s to mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s to
upper 70s. Highs in the mid 80s to upper 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
60s to mid 70s. Highs in the upper 70s to lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower
70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s to mid 80s.
$$
CAZ515-030100-
East Bay Hills-
301 AM PDT Fri Sep 2 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 8 PM PDT
TUESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds
around 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. West winds 10 to
20 mph...becoming 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds around
20 mph decreasing to around 10 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
Highs around 105.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
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CAZ514-030100-
Eastern Santa Clara Hills-
301 AM PDT Fri Sep 2 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 8 PM PDT
TUESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 60s to lower 80s.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 60s to mid 70s. West winds
5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 60s to lower 80s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Clear. Lows in the 70s to 80s.
Highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
70s to mid 80s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s to mid
70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
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CAZ529-030100-
Northern Monterey Bay-
301 AM PDT Fri Sep 2 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 8 PM PDT MONDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Light
winds.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the lower 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming northeast after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Light winds...becoming
south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph in the evening...becoming light.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 60s. Highs around 90.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the upper 70s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Santa Cruz 56 82 58 86 /
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CAZ530-030100-
Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast-
301 AM PDT Fri Sep 2 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the mid 70s to upper 80s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds
10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to upper 80s. Northwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Northwest winds
5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s to upper 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
60s. Highs in the lower 80s to mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 70s.
Lows in the upper 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Monterey 57 73 58 76 /
Big Sur 63 89 67 88 /
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CAZ528-030100-
Northern Salinas Valley...Hollister Valley...and Carmel Valley-
301 AM PDT Fri Sep 2 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 8 PM PDT MONDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows near 60. Northwest winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the mid 70s Salinas Valley and in the lower 90s Hollister
Valley. Northwest winds around 5 mph increasing to west 10 to
20 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds
10 to 15 mph decreasing to around 5 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s to mid 90s. Northwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 25 mph...becoming north
after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s
to lower 70s. Highs in the upper 80s Salinas Valley and around
102 Hollister Valley.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper
70s to lower 90s. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the lower 70s to mid 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Salinas 56 76 58 80 /
Carmel Valley 59 90 60 90 /
Hollister 60 93 60 94 /
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CAZ516-030100-
Southern Salinas Valley...Arroyo Seco...and Lake San Antonio-
301 AM PDT Fri Sep 2 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT TUESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Light
winds.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 96 to 109. Northwest winds around 5 mph
increasing to 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph in the
afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph decreasing to around 5 mph with gusts to
around 20 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 97 to 109. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest
winds around 20 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 100 to 110.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 60s. Highs 102 to 111.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 95 to 106.
Lows around 60.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs upper 80s to 100.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
King City 61 96 62 97 /
$$
CAZ517-030100-
Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest-
301 AM PDT Fri Sep 2 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT TUESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s to lower
80s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs upper 80s to 102. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s to 70s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs upper 80s to 103. Northwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s to lower 80s.
Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 91 to 104.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s to
mid 80s. Highs 94 to 107.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
60s to lower 80s. Highs upper 80s to 101.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid
70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s to mid 90s.
$$
CAZ518-030100-
Mountains of San Benito and Interior Monterey County including
Pinnacles National Park-
301 AM PDT Fri Sep 2 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT TUESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s to upper 70s.
West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 93 to 108. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph
increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s to mid 70s.
Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 91 to 106. North winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 60s to upper 70s. North
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 93 to 108.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Clear. Lows in the 70s to lower
80s. Highs 96 to 111.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s to
upper 70s. Highs 90 to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to lower
70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to upper 90s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Pinnacles NP 64 105 63 105 /
$$
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Exploring Xanamem® and the "cortisol hypothesis" for more than 6 million Americans suffering from Alzheimer's Disease[1]
SYDNEY, Dec. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Actinogen Medical Limited (ASX: ACW) is pleased to announce receipt today of agreement from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to proceed with its six-month, Phase 2b, placebo-controlled clinical trial of Xanamem in patients with early stages of Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
This agreement comes in the context of the Company recently updating its FDA Investigational New Drug (IND) dossier with new nonclinical and clinical information to support the trial protocol.
The planned Phase 2b trial will enrol 330 patients with mild AD and progressive disease, using clinical criteria and confirmed by an elevated level of pTau181 protein in the blood. Patients will be randomized to treatment over six months with 5 mg, 10 mg or placebo once a day.
Key efficacy endpoints will be those that have shown Xanamem effect in prior trials: the Clinical Dementia Rating scale – Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB) and the Cogstate computerized test battery of attention and working memory.
The trial will commence in the first half of 2023 with results expected in late 2024.
Actinogen Chair, Dr Geoff Brooke, said:
"The FDA approval of our upcoming Phase 2b Alzheimer's Disease trial is a significant milestone for the Company. This is a testament to the expertise of our management team, advisors and clinical investigators around the world.
"The Company, guided by CEO Steven Gourlay, has delivered two positive clinical results this year as well as the successful completion of nonclinical and manufacturing activities. We look forward to more good news in 2023 as we commence enrolment in the XanaMIA Phase 2b Alzheimer's Disease trial and continue with the XanaCIDD Phase 2 Depression trial."
ENDS
About Actinogen Medical
Actinogen Medical (ACW) is an ASX-listed, biotechnology company developing a novel therapy for neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases associated with dysregulated brain cortisol. There is a strong association between cortisol and detrimental changes in the brain, affecting cognitive function, harm to brain cells and long-term cognitive health.
Cognitive function means how a person understands, remembers and thinks clearly. Cognitive functions include memory, attention, reasoning, awareness and decision-making.
Actinogen is currently developing its lead compound, Xanamem, as a promising new therapy for Alzheimer's Disease and Depression and hopes to study Fragile X Syndrome and other neurological and psychiatric diseases in the future. Reducing cortisol inside brain cells could have a positive impact in these and many other diseases. The cognitive dysfunction, behavioural abnormalities, and neuropsychological burden associated with these conditions is debilitating for patients, and there is a substantial unmet medical need for new and improved treatments.
About Xanamem
Xanamem's novel mechanism of action is to block the production of cortisol inside cells through the inhibition of the 11β-HSD1 enzyme in the brain. Xanamem is designed to get into the brain after it is absorbed in the intestines upon swallowing its capsule.
Chronically elevated cortisol is associated with cognitive decline in Alzheimer's Disease, and Xanamem has shown the ability to enhance cognition in healthy, older volunteers. Cognitive impairment is also a feature in Depression and many other diseases. Cortisol itself is also associated with depressive symptoms and when targeted via other mechanisms has shown some promise in prior clinical trials.
The Company has studied 11β-HSD1 inhibition by Xanamem in more than 300 volunteers and patients, so far finding a statistically significant improvement in working memory and attention, compared with placebo, in healthy, older volunteers in two consecutive trials and clinically significant improvements in patients with biomarker-positive mild AD. Previously, high levels of target engagement in the brain with doses as low as 5 mg daily have been demonstrated in a human PET imaging study. A series of Phase 2 studies in multiple diseases is being conducted to further confirm and characterize Xanamem's therapeutic potential.
Xanamem is an investigational product and is not approved for use outside of a clinical trial by the FDA or by any global regulatory authority. Xanamem® is a trademark of Actinogen Medical.
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NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks to pianist-composer Dan Tepfer about his new album --Inventions/Reinventions — featuring Bach's 15 Two-Part Inventions alongside improvisations for a full, 24-key cycle.
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Members of Congress on TikTok defend app’s reach to voters
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Jeff Jackson of North Carolina has used it to explain the complex fight over raising the debt limit. Rep. Robert Garcia of California has used it to engage with members of the LGBTQ+ community. And Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania has used it to give an overview of Election Day results.
As pressure against TikTok mounts in Washington, the more than two dozen members of Congress — all Democrats — who are active on the social media platform are being pushed by their colleagues to stop using it. Many defend their presence on the platform, saying they have a responsibility as public officials to meet Americans where they are — and more than 150 million are on TikTok.
“I’m sensitive to the ban and recognize some of the security implications. But there is no more robust and expeditious way to reach young people in the United States of America than TikTok,” Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota told The Associated Press.
Yet the lawmakers active on TikTok remain a distinct minority. Most in Congress are in favor of limiting the app, forcing a sale to remove connections to China or even banning it outright. The U.S. armed forces and more than half of U.S. states have already banned the app from official devices, as has the federal government. Similar bans have been imposed in Denmark, Canada, Great Britain and New Zealand, as well as the European Union.
Criticism of TikTok reached a new level last week as CEO Shou Zi Chew testified for more than six hours at a contentious hearing in the House. Lawmakers grilled Chew about the implications of the app for America’s national security and the effect on the mental health of its users. And the tough questions came from both sides of the aisle, as Republicans and Democrats alike pressed Chew about TikTok’s content moderation practices, its ability to shield American data from Beijing and its spying on journalists.
“I’ve got to hand it to you,” said Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, as members questioned Chew over data security and harmful content. “You’ve actually done something that in the last three to four years has not happened except for the exception of maybe (Russian President) Vladimir Putin. You have unified Republicans and Democrats.”
While the hearing made plain that lawmakers view TikTok as a threat, their lack of first-hand experience with the app was apparent at times. Some made inaccurate and head-scratching comments, seemingly not understanding how TikTok connects to a home Wi-Fi router or how it moderates illicit content.
Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., who is active on the app and opposes a nationwide ban, called the hearing “cringeworthy.”
“It was just so painful to watch,” he told the AP on Friday. “And it just shows the real problem is Congress doesn’t have a lot of expertise, whether it be social media or, for that matter, more importantly, technology.”
Garcia, who said he uses TikTok more as a consumer, said most of his colleagues who are proposing a nationwide ban told him they had never used the app. “It gets hard to understand if you’re not actually on it,” the freshman Democrat said. “And at the end of the day, a lot of TikTok is harmless people dancing and funny videos.”
“It’s also incredibly rich educational content, and learning how to bake and learning about the political process,” he said.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., who has more than 180,000 followers on the app, held a news conference with TikTok influencers before the hearing. He accused Republicans of pushing a ban on TikTok for political reasons.
“There are 150 million people on TikTok and we are more connected to them than Republicans are,” Bowman said. “So for them, it’s all about fear-mongering and power. It’s not TikTok, because, again, we’ve looked the other way and allowed Facebook and other platforms to do similar things.”
Critics of TikTok in Congress say their opposition is rooted in national security, not politics. TikTok is a wholly owned subsidiary of Chinese technology firm ByteDance Ltd., which appoints its executives. They worry Chinese authorities could force ByteDance to hand over TikTok data on American users, effectively turning the app into a data-mining operation for a foreign power. The company insists it is taking steps to make sure that can never happen.
“The basic approach that we’re following is to make it physically impossible for any government, including the Chinese government, to get access to U.S. user data,” general counsel Erich Andersen said during an interview with the AP on Friday at a cybersecurity conference in California.
TikTok has been emphasizing a $1.5 billion proposal to store all U.S. user data on servers owned and maintained by the software giant Oracle. Access to U.S. data would be managed by U.S. employees through a separate entity run independently of ByteDance and monitored by outside observers.
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina took the unusual step of releasing a public statement urging all members of Congress to stop using TikTok, including from his home state — seemingly a jab at Jackson, who is one of the more active members with more than 1.8 million followers.
“I was just saying if we’re having a discussion about TikTok then I think we ought to at least reduce the pull factor by elected officials who can simply come off of it,” Tillis said this week, when asked about his statement. “I don’t have a TikTok account. So that was an easy separation for me.”
Loud warnings about TikTok have also been coming from President Joe Biden’s administration. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and FBI Director Christopher Wray have told Congress in recent weeks that TikTok is a national security threat. Blinken told lawmakers the threat “should be ended one way or another.”
But some members are unconvinced.
“It’s like turning your cell phone off on an airplane. You’re supposed to do. And if it was super dangerous, I don’t think we will be allowed to have the phone on the plane,” Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, said Wednesday, “So if it was super dangerous for members of Congress to have this app on their phone, you have to imagine the administration or our government would say absolutely not, you can’t have it on a government phone.”
Concerns about what kind of content Americans encounter online, or how their data is collected by technology companies, also aren’t new. Congress has been wanting to curtail the amount of data tech companies collect on consumers through a national privacy law, but those efforts have stalled repeatedly over the years.
Supporters of TikTok on Capitol Hill are urging their colleagues to educate themselves about social media as a whole so Congress can pass legislation that deals with broader issues of data privacy, instead of hyper-focusing on a ban of TikTok, which could risk political backlash and a court fight over the reach of the First Amendment.
“We are uninformed and misinformed. We don’t even understand how social media works. We don’t know anything about data brokers and how data brokers sell our data to foreign countries and foreign companies right now,” Bowman said. “So ban TikTok tomorrow, this stuff is still going to be happening.”
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Rare first edition of Harry Potter for sale
(CNN) – Harry Potter fans do not need a magic wand to own a piece of the fictional wizard’s history, but they may need deep pockets.
Christie’s in London is selling a first edition of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.”
It is a part of the auction house’s “Art of Literature: Lean and Selling Exhibition.”
The edition is one of 500 copies of the book initially printed in 1997.
Author J.K. Rowling signed the book, and it even includes errors that were fixed in later printings. For example, the word “philosopher’s” is misspelled on the book’s back cover. There’s another error involving “wand” found inside of the book.
Christie’s says it is receiving offers starting at around $250,000 for the edition.
The private sale and auction is slated to run through July 15.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Stagwell Technologies today announced the appointment of Jason Brandt as Managing Partner, Commercial. Brandt – a global leader in innovating digital experiences through bridging creative technology and business requirements – will join the leadership team alongside Peter Corsell to drive a renewed focus on scaling Stagwell Tech's vision for enabling enterprise growth through technology.
Stagwell Tech has historically supported tech development across sister Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) agencies and products within the Stagwell Marketing Cloud, and now has broadened that remit to engineering digital experiences directly to brands.
"Everywhere you look, the impact of digital transformation is being felt and enterprise investments in creating unique consumer experiences are not stopping anytime soon. Our goal is simple – to help brands get closer to their customers by transforming static digital roadmaps into tangible consumer experiences. We are uniquely positioned to not only design those solutions but engineer the end-to-end creation," says Brandt. "It's an honor to be part of the Stagwell Tech story as we further scale our team to directly work with brands' as their digital transformation partner.".
Jason Brandt is a seasoned digital executive with over 30 years of experience in the industry. Before Stagwell, he served as the Global Executive Director of Digital at Grey Group, where he spent 8 years leading the digital efforts for Grey's Procter & Gamble brands and other Grey global clients. In this role, he focused on delivering the highest quality digital output, training and maintaining a digital culture focused on agile delivery, evaluating and negotiating partnerships, managing acquisition integrations, and working with platforms to develop effective ideas and optimal omnichannel paths.
Jason has also served as the WPP Team P&G Chief Innovation Officer. In this role, he was responsible for bringing the best imaginable digital solutions to P&G offered across WPP. Prior to his time at Grey Group, he held various leadership positions at companies such as Zemoga, Y&R Enfatico , Gartner, Havas, and Chiat/Day. He is skilled in information technology, product marketing, and digital media and is an active judge for The Webby Awards among additional industry-related activities.
About Stagwell
Stagwell is the challenger holding company built to transform marketing. We deliver scaled creative performance for the world's most ambitious brands, connecting culture-moving creativity with leading-edge technology to harmonize the art and science of marketing. Led by entrepreneurs, our 13,000+ specialists in 34+ countries are unified under a single purpose: to drive effectiveness and improve business results for their clients. Join us at www.stagwellglobal.com.
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Just Eat Takeaway.com NV’s shares jumped the most in almost four years after Amazon.com Inc. agreed to take a stake in its Grubhub business.
The stake is part of a partnership where Amazon will offer US Prime users a one-year membership to the food delivery service, the Dutch company said in a statement on Wednesday.
The deal is a vital boost for Just Eat Takeaway, which has seen its share price crash more than 65% this year hitting a record low on Tuesday. The company also faces internal turmoil after it launched an investigation into its chief operating officer’s personal conduct and its chairman stepped down in May.
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Amazon will receive options for a 2% stake in Grubhub and will have the opportunity to increase the holding to 15%, Just Eat said. Amazon’s stake is in the form of warrants, which will vest depending on how well the partnership performs and how many new customers it attracts.
Just Eat shares jumped as much as 20% in Amsterdam on Wednesday, the biggest intraday gain since December 2018, and were up 17% at 11:06 a.m. local time. The stock has declined 67% this year.
“The Amazon partnership is both material and welcome,” Jefferies analyst Giles Thorne said in a note to investors. “Grubhub has secured not just a very powerful partner, but also a very efficient acquisition channel. For a hitherto stranded asset and dead-weight to the JET equity, this is positive news.”
The membership agreement will renew every year unless Amazon or Grubhub terminates it, and Just Eat will continue to explore a full or partial sale of the US business, Just Eat said. The company announced plans to find an investor or bidder for the US business in April, less than a year after buying Grubhub for $7.3 billion.
Grubhub also attracted preliminary interest from private equity firms including Apollo Global Management Inc., Bloomberg reported in June.
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Just Eat Chief Executive Officer Jitse Groen is under pressure to find a way to reignite growth after a slew of competitors took market share and restaurants that had been closed during the Covid-19 lockdowns reopened to diners.
In a presentation to analysts and investors in October, Groen laid out a strategy to grow in the US, targeting suburbs in key markets and trialling mini warehouses in New York for faster order fulfillment.
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JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — President Salva Kiir of South Sudan says his country’s long-delayed elections will take place in 2024 and that he will be on the ballot.
Kiir, who has led South Sudan since the territory became independent of Sudan in 2011, accepted the endorsement of the ruling party at a stadium event Tuesday in Bahr el Ghazal.
“I am deeply touched by your endorsement and your continued support to our historic party,” Kiir told tens of thousands of supporters at the Wau Stadium.
Kiir is expected to face his long-time rival, First Vice President Riek Machar, who has yet to confirm his candidacy.
The opposition has accused the government of lacking the political will to hold elections.
But Kiir said he was committed to free and fair elections.
The vote would be the country’s first and the culmination of the peace agreement signed nearly five years ago to pull the young nation out of fighting that killed some 400,000 people.
While large-scale clashes have subsided, violence in parts of the country persists, killing 2,240 people last year, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project. | https://www.kark.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-south-sudan-president-says-he-will-be-a-candidate-in-long-delayed-elections-set-for-2024/ | 2023-07-05 21:49:14 | 0 | https://www.kark.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-south-sudan-president-says-he-will-be-a-candidate-in-long-delayed-elections-set-for-2024/ |
MIAMI GARDENS — Dolphins left tackle Terron Armstead, who hasn’t practiced all week due to a toe ailment, wasn’t seen at the portion of Friday’s practice the media is allowed to watch. Cornerback Xavien Howard, who sat out practice Wednesday and Thursday due to groin injuries, was participating.
However, Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said for experienced players such as Armstead and Howard, it’s not necessary to practice every day to be eligible to play Sunday at the New York Jets.
“Philosophically, generally when players don’t practice you don’t play them,” McDaniel said, before later adding, “With players like Armstead and X, guys that have played at a high-caliber NFL level for a long time there are exceptions so if X is able to go, kind of like in that Armstead fashion, if he’s able to go on Sunday I won’t treat it like my general philosophy. Him not fully practicing [Friday] won’t be a component to make that decision on Sunday.”
Based on the seasonlong trend, it’s xpected Armstead will play Sunday. However, as far as reserves, the Dolphins could activate tackle Brandon Shell, who has been on the practice squad since he was signed Sept. 19. Tackle Larnal Coleman has already been elevated from the practice squad three times and rules say he’d have to be placed on the 53-man roster if he gets elevated again.
Guard Robert Jones, who missed Wednesday and Thursday practices due to a back ailment, was seen participating in Friday’s practice.
As for the secondary, cornerback Keion Crossen, who missed Wednesday and Thursday practices due to glute and shoulder ailments, was seen participating in Friday’s practice.
“We’re being careful not to push the envelope,” McDaniel said of Crossen.
Wide receiver Tyreek Hill (quad) was participating in Friday’s practice. Hill was limited Thursday after being full speed Wednesday.
“He had something come up,” McDaniel said of Hill. “We’re treating it and we’re very hopeful he’ll play.”
Wide receiver Jaylen Waddle, who didn’t practice Wednesday due to a groin ailment and was limited Thursday, was also practicing Friday.
Among those who missed Friday’s practice are quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (concussion protocol, back, ankle), running back Salvon Ahmed (back), and tight end Cethan Carter (concussion protocol).
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Tagovailoa update
McDaniel said Tagovailoa is progressing well.
“He’s been diligently going through the process,” he said. “He’s still in the protocol, obviously. There’s several outside specialists that we’re also utilizing and we’ll just take it from there.”
McDaniel added it’s good to see Tagovailoa around the facility.
“It’s nice when I walk down the hallway and I hear, ‘What up, Beast?’ ” McDaniel said. “For whatever reason he calls me ‘Beast’ all the time. I don’t think I give off the ‘Beast’ vibe.”
McDaniel said Tagovailoa won’t travel to the Jets game and added Tagovailoa won’t be added to the injured reserve list Friday or Saturday.
How they were built
Tight end has been injury-slowed among injuries to Carter (concussion protocol), Hunter Long (ankle) and Tanner Conner (knee). But Jon Embree, assistant head coach/tight ends coach, said the roster and scheme were built with enough flexibility to compensate.
Some of the tight ends have obvious limitations, even when the contingent is fully healthy, which isn’t a slight toward anyone. The Dolphins work around those limitations.
“It’s just more of trying to get guys to fit their skill sets,” Embree said. “We’re not going to ask Mike [Gesicki] to block power. So when we’re doing some of the heavy running stuff, that’s obviously going to be Durham [Smythe].”
Embree pointed out wide receiver Trent Sherfield sometimes blocks like a tight end, and tight ends do fullback duties, and tight ends line up as wideouts.
“When you look at like where we came from in San Francisco with [tight end George] Kittle and [wide receiver] Deebo [Samuel] and all those guys, all these different moving pieces,” Embree said, “that’s what you want in this scheme is to have guys that can play multiple positions and do multiple things, so that when you do have injuries or that you’re in a situation where you might be down on something, someone else can step up and keep the machine moving forward.”
Keep an eye out for Fejedelem
One of the Dolphins’ best special teams players, safety Clayton Fejedelem, could be activated this week from the injured reserve, and special teams coach Danny Crossman said it’d be “big” if that happens. Fejedelem’s impact would likely be felt immediately, because he’s a core special teams player.
“He’s been a good player for us,” Crossman said. “He’s been a good player in this league, so any time you get a good veteran player, not only for his performance, but leadership. We’re happy to have him back practicing and we’ll see where that goes here this week and over the next couple of weeks.”
By the way, Crossman confirmed the Dolphins made changes to the up man against Cincinnati in the punt formation, a spot held by Sherfield, also a core special teams player, in the infamous “butt punt” incident.
Crossman seemed to downplay the significance, saying they’ve played “a couple of different guys” as the up man in punt formation this season.
“But yes, in the last game particularly, yeah,” Crossman said, “there was a switch, and that involved a lot of things offensively.”
Praise for Phillips
Outside linebacker Jaelan Phillips, who had 8.5 sacks as a rookie last season, has six tackles, one sack, one pass defended and one fumble recovery this season. But outside linebackers coach Ty McKenzie said Phillips has been playing well.
“It’s been pretty impressive,” McKenzie said. “He’s been setting the edge, he’s been using his length, knock-back on those guys.
“We want to set the edge in the backfield, not on the side of the defensive line of scrimmage. He’s doing a great job and he’s improving. He’s accountable and we can use him in many different ways for our defense, depending on what we got that week for our scheme.”
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Assessing Zach Wilson
Jets quarterback Zach Wilson returned from a knee injury last week to lead New York to a 24-20 victory at Pittsburgh, and that’s got the Dolphins’ attention. The Dolphins’ have a banged-up secondary, and the pass rush has only produced seven sacks, tied for 29th in the league.
Wilson provided a spark to the Jets offense and looked good doing so, according to Dolphins defensive coordinator Josh Boyer.
Wilson showed athleticism, arm strength and an ability to go through his progressions quickly, Boyer said.
Sentinel Sports Final
“The fourth-and-7 comes in mind last week against Pittsburgh,” Boyer said of Wilson’s pass to wide receiver Corey Davis in the fourth quarter. “That was a good throw that was right on target and it was a great read. He has the ability to get the ball downfield. He has an incredibly strong arm. I would say he’s very athletic and he’s really slippery in the pocket, for sure.”
Reppin’ South Florida QBs
Four quarterbacks who played their high school football in South Florida are scheduled to make starts Sunday, including Dolphins quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, who attended Miami Northwestern.
The others are Cleveland’s Jacoby Brissett, who attended Dwyer, Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson, who attended Boynton Beach, and Seattle’s Geno Smith, who attended Miramar.
That’s a pretty strong showing.
By the way, the other two NFL quarterbacks on 53-man rosters who played high school football in South Florida are Baltimore’s Tyler Huntley, who attended Hallandale, and Mike White of the New York Jets, who attended University School.
And not to be snobbish by drilling down, but five of the six South Florida quarterbacks in the NFL are from Broward and Palm Beach counties.
Practice players of the week
The outstanding practice players for the week wear camouflage practice jerseys and this week those players were backup quarterback Skylar Thompson, linebacker Sam Eguavoen and safety Verone McKinley, who is on the practice squad. | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/fl-sp-dolphins-notes-fri-20221007-7l3uksxgzndfnhpecnvvpbtbga-story.html | 2022-10-07 17:40:33 | 1 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/fl-sp-dolphins-notes-fri-20221007-7l3uksxgzndfnhpecnvvpbtbga-story.html |
- Experts selected EV6 for its modern, spacious interior and advanced safety technology
- Kia's first dedicated EV continues to earn accolades within months of launch
IRVINE, Calif., May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2022 Kia EV6 has been named to the list of "Best Hybrid and Electric Cars" by U.S. News & World Report. The EV6 beat out dozens of competitors to earn the designation of Best Electric Vehicle in this year's awards.
"The EV6 has been lauded as a success since its launch earlier this year and represents an important first step toward Kia's transformative 'Plan S' electrification strategy that will deliver 11 all-new electrified models across the world by 2026," said Steven Center, COO and EVP, Kia America. "We are honored to receive this recognition from U.S. News, which reinforces the brand's future direction and leadership in the space."
To determine the winner in each category, U.S. News analyzed each vehicle's overall score, starting price, Level 2 charging rate, and EPA fuel economy and range estimates for the 82 hybrid, plug-in-hybrid, and electric vehicles under consideration. The winners had the best combination of quality, value, and efficiency in their segment.
"We've seen a lot of growth in the electric SUV segment this year, and the all-new Kia EV6 is a top choice with a comfortable and attractive interior, as well as a comprehensive suite of active safety features," said Jim Sharifi, managing editor of U.S. News Best Cars. "Perhaps the biggest selling point, however, is the EV6's exceptional driving range of up to 310 miles."
The EV6 continues to rise in popularity, with deliveries rising 49-percent in its second month in showrooms. More than 3,100 of the all-electric EV6 models were sold in March, contributing to Kia's electrified models securing best-ever monthly and quarterly performances.
Headquartered in Irvine, California, Kia America continues to top automotive quality surveys and is recognized as one of the 100 Best Global Brands. Kia serves as the "Official Automotive Partner" of the NBA and offers a range of gasoline, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electrified vehicles sold through a network of nearly 750 dealers in the U.S., including several cars and SUVs proudly assembled in America. For media information, including photography, visit www.kiamedia.com. To receive custom email notifications for press releases the moment they are published, subscribe at www.kiamedia.com/us/en/newsalert.
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NEW YORK, June 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Oscar Health, Inc. (NYSE: OSCR) pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and prospectus (collectively, the "Registration Statement") issued in connection with the Company's March 2021 initial public offering ("IPO" or the "Offering"), of the important July 11, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Oscar securities pursuant and/or traceable to the Registration Statement you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
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DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, the Registration Statement was materially false and misleading and omitted to state that: (1) Oscar was experiencing growing COVID-19 testing and treatment costs; (2) Oscar was experiencing growing net COVID-19 costs; (3) Oscar would be negatively impacted by an unfavorable prior year Risk Adjustment Data Validation (RADV) result relating to 2019 and 2020; (4) Oscar was on track to be negatively impacted by significant Special Enrollment Period (SEP) membership growth; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about Oscar's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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(KTLA) — Actress Denise Richards and her husband escaped unharmed Monday when a driver fired a shot at their vehicle in an apparent road-rage incident in Los Angeles, reported TMZ.
Richards and husband and fellow actor Aaron Phypers were driving to Popsicle Studio LA when Phypers, who was behind the wheel, was having trouble finding the studio.
A driver behind them became agitated and started shouting at them and eventually opened fire on the couple’s truck, hitting the back end on the driver’s side, according to TMZ, which obtained a photo of the bullet hole.
No one was hurt.
USA Today reported that a representative for Richards confirmed the incident in an email Tuesday.
A production worker at the studio called 911, although it was not immediately known if the couple filed a police report.
“Denise powered through the emotions of it all and worked for 12 hours … Aaron stayed with her the whole time. When she was ready to leave, an off-duty cop who was on set escorted Denise and Aaron back to the freeway, where they made their way home,” the TMZ report said.
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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police were called to an early morning deadly shooting in Frankford.
It happened just before 4 a.m. Monday at Kennedy and Jackson streets.
The Action Cam showed investigators found multiple shell casings at the intersection.
Police say an adult man was killed in the shooting.
A 15-year-old victim was wounded and taken to Temple University Hospital. The teen is listed in stable condition.
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MERRILLVILLE — After about two decades in entertainment, Barry Brewer has been applauded multiple times.
He received another ovation recently, but it wasn’t from a performance.
Merrillville residents attending last week's Town Council meeting applauded after Brewer and his wife Jasmine received a variance of use authorizing them to operate a movie and television production company at 8762 Louisiana St.
The business will be known as Only Believe Entertainment, which carries a special meaning to Barry Brewer.
“I’ve been chasing this dream for a while and am fortunate to be successful in this entertainment industry, so my goal is to inspire people through television and film,” he said.
He said he’s been a comedian and professional actor for more than 20 years, and he’s been featured in Tyler Perry’s “Bruh” as well as “S.W.A.T.”
Brewer said he’s a native of Chicago’s south side. He moved to Los Angeles in 2004 and came back to the Chicagoland area during the pandemic.
He’s been making independent films for the last 10 years, and that led to him deciding to search for his own place to house productions.
“We’ll be creating sets, shooting television and film,” he said of the 10,000-square-foot facility on Louisiana Street.
When looking for a site for Only Believe Entertainment, Brewer said he “felt like I got guided here.”
He said the project represents a $3.5 million investment, and work already has taken place to renovate the facility for movie and television production.
“We’re right here ready to go,” Brewer said.
Besides movies and shows, the studio could be used to film commercials and infomercials for local businesses and companies from across the country.
As he starts the movie and television production endeavor, Brewer believes there are opportunities to grow in his area.
Brewer said there’s a large sound stage in Chicago.
“So the goal is to be the second largest in the Midwest, and we would love to build here,” Brewer said.
Merrillville Planning and Building Director Sheila Shine said town staff is working with Brewer on locating a potential site to eventually expand so he can have backlots to create larger sets for larger productions.
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Councilman Shawn Pettit, D-6th, said the total investment for the initiatives exceeds $130 million. It’s anticipated the projects will create hundreds of jobs in town.
Town Manager Patrick Reardon said Midwest Aerospace Casting acquired the building in the AmeriPlex at the Crossroads business park along Broadway and between 93rd and 101st avenues.
The Town Council will soon meet with the Code Enforcement Department to discuss instances in which existing ordinances aren’t strong enough and issues that aren’t currently covered in town code.
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NEW YORK, April 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ReserveBar, the leading e-commerce platform for premium and luxury beverage alcohol, has partnered with Destination Distillery, a tourism initiative by the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS). Utilizing its technology and fulfillment prowess, ReserveBar will enable consumers to shop for their favorite spirits and brands through the Destination Distillery website, enhancing their overall experience.
Destination Distillery offers a tourism-driven experience and educational journey into the cultural heritage and history of various spirits categories in America. As part of the partnership, ReserveBar is furthering its "e-commerce everywhere" strategy allowing consumers to purchase premium spirits compliantly from home, making it easier than ever before to discover new brands and products while supporting the distillery industry.
"Distilleries play a critical role in the American economy, providing jobs and driving economic growth in communities across the country," said Chris Swonger, president and CEO of DISCUS. "Our partnership with ReserveBar will not only help us highlight the cultural significance of distilled spirits, but it will also increase consumer convenience and support the growth of distilleries nationwide."
"Through our partnership with Destination Distillery, ReserveBar is not only supporting distillery discovery and exploration, but also making the journey shoppable, allowing consumers to easily bring home the spirits and stories they love," said Derek Correia, ReserveBar president. "As a DISCUS partner member, we are thrilled to enhance the distillery tourism experience and to support the overall growth of the beverage alcohol industry."
A growing trend and an economic impact driver for distilleries, Destination Distillery, allows consumers to explore the world of distillery tourism and learn about the history and production of spirits.
By clicking through the website, customers can not only discover many of America's most famous and off-the-beaten-path operating distilleries alike, state-by-state trails, as well as important sites connected to the history of distilling and spirits in the U.S. but now shop and order products from over forty-two distilleries across the country.
About ReserveBar
Founded in 2013, ReserveBar is the established e-commerce leader in rare, luxury, and ultra-premium spirits, specializing in customization, personalization, and innovative gifting. In addition to its content-rich, on-brand experience, ReserveBar specializes in new and limited-edition products, celebrity brands and is the go-to platform for new launches. ReserveBar is a destination for today's modern, convenience-driven adult shopper, delivering the most curated offerings to enthusiasts across the United States. ReserveBar is a technology platform at its core, utilizing cutting-edge software, analytics, and an exceptional retail network to deploy solutions that simplify the compliant purchase of beverage alcohol on ReserveBar.com and numerous partner sites, including spirits brands, publishers, e-commerce partners, and gifting platforms. For more information, please visit www.reservebar.com. In November 2021, ReserveBar acquired Minibar Delivery, a pioneer in providing on-demand delivery of over two million SKUs. ReserveBar successfully integrated the Minibar Delivery technology and retailer network in less than a year post-acquisition, allowing ReserveBar to offer customers the choice of on-demand delivery, as well as shipping, as the method of fulfillment via ReserveBar.com. Most recently, ReserveBar Holdings Corp. has expanded its portfolio with Get Stocked, which will serve as a content-centric destination dedicated to exploring and purchasing a curated selection of the best craft beer, ready-to-drink cocktails (RTDs), and hard seltzers available.
About Distilled Spirits Council
The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States is the leading voice and advocate for the distilled spirits industry and adult spirits consumers in the United States. For 50 years, DISCUS has effectively advocated on behalf of its members on legislative, regulatory and public affairs issues at the local, state, federal and international levels. DISCUS members are committed to responsibility and encourage adults who drink to do so in moderation.
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BOSTON (AP) — Michael Wacha and the last-place Red Sox made short work of the AL East-leading New York Yankees.
Pitching for the first time in almost seven weeks, Wacha returned from a shoulder injury to limit New York to a pair of singles in seven innings, and Boston beat the Yankees 3-0 on Sunday night.
It all lasted 2 hours, 15 minutes — tying for the shortest game between the two teams since 1994.
“I feel like I work better that way,” said Wacha, who took a perfect game into the fifth inning. “That’s the mentality that I was facing: Get back in the dugout as quick as possible and let the guys keep getting a crack at their guy.”
Rafael Devers homered, and Tommy Pham had three hits for the Red Sox, who took two of three from New York — their first win in a multigame series against a division foe in 13 tries.
Officially, Boston is credited with a “series” win when it beat the Orioles in a one-game visit on Thursday. But manager Alex Cora was hesitant to count that one.
“Finally we won against the East,” he said with a smirk. “Or, that’s two in a row. Sorry.”
New York has lost nine of its last 11 games but still has a double-digit lead in the division; the Red Sox are seventh in the race for the AL’s three wild-card spots.
Activated from the injured list earlier in the day and pitching for the first time since June 28, Wacha (7-1) allowed one walk and struck out nine — including major league home run leader Aaron Judge twice.
Ryan Brasier pitched a perfect eighth and Garrett Whitlock pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his fourth save, striking out Judge to end a nine-pitch at-bat and then getting Josh Donaldson on a slow bouncer that second baseman Christian Arroyo bare-handed to make the throw to first and end it.
Jameson Taillon (11-3) allowed three runs on six hits, striking out four to pick up his first loss since July 5.
The Red Sox and Yankees on national television often runs over four hours. But the teams finished in 2:15 on Aug. 3, 2018; they hadn’t played a shorter game since a 2:13 matchup in 1994.
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Judge was 0 for 4 with three strikeouts, snapping a string of 14 straight games of reaching base. He had walked at least twice in each of the previous four games.
“He’s having a heck of a season this year, and he’s one of the best in the league,” Wacha said. “I try to keep the guys off of base in front of him and make quality pitches to that type of guy.”
THANKS, PHAM
Asked about the offense, Cora said, “Tommy did a good job.”
A trade deadline acquisition, Pham doubled and scored Boston’s first run to lead off the bottom of the first. He has 14 hits in 23 at-bats over his last five games, including a walk-off single in the 10th against the Yankees on Friday.
BROOKS DEVERS
Devers hit his 25th homer of the season — a two-run shot in the sixth — that was just his second since Aug. 2. It’s his third career 25-homer season, tied with Ted Williams, Tony Conigliaro, Jim Rice and Nomar Garciaparra for most in Red Sox history through his age 25 year.
But Devers also made a big stop at third base in the fifth, when the Yankees had two of their three baserunners in the game for their only real rally.
With runners on first and second and two outs, Kyle Higashioka hit a hard line drive down the third base line that Devers backhanded and threw to first for the out.
“That’s something people don’t often talk about,” Cora said. “(Yankees manager Aaron Boone) always says that he plays like Brooks Robinson against the Yankees. When he hears people say he struggles (on defense), he’s like, ‘Not against us.’”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Yankees: OF/DH Giancarlo Stanton (Achilles tendon) will take batting practice on Monday at Yankee Stadium. If all goes well, he will begin a minor league rehab assignment.
Red Sox: Kiké Hernández (hip) and Rob Refsnyder (knee) are expected to be activated for the start of the series in Pittsburgh on Tuesday.
UP NEXT
Yankees: Gerrit Cole (9-4) will start against Tampa Bay.
Red Sox: After an off day on Monday, the Red Sox open a three-game series against the Pirates. Nick Pivetta is expected to start the opener.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The popular social media app Twitter appears to be down for users across the world Wednesday.
Website status monitoring program, “Downdetector,” showed a spike in Twitter outage reports around the 10,000 mark late Wednesday afternoon.
Users attempting to post a tweet were met with a message that reads, “Tweet from [user’s account] failed: You reached your daily tweet limit. Please try again tomorrow.”
Others received the error, “You are over the daily limit for sending Tweets.”
Nearly an hour after initial outage reports appeared, Twitter Support acknowledged the problem tweeting, “Twitter may not be working as expected for some of you. Sorry for the trouble. We’re aware and working to get this fixed.”
Some users reported successfully sending their tweets using the scheduling feature built into the program. The tweets could be scheduled to automatically post as little as one minute from the actual time.
According to technology news outlet 9to5Mac, the outage comes shortly after Twitter launched an update increasing the maximum character count per tweet to 4,000. It is unclear if the outage and the update are connected. | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/national-news/twitter-experiencing-outages-nationwide/ | 2023-02-09 00:54:32 | 1 | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/national-news/twitter-experiencing-outages-nationwide/ |
BEIJING, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "To both the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains you can see lush pasture; The Gobi Desert has been turned into fertile fields with melted snow irrigating farms..." The lyrics of the popular folk song named "Xinjiang Is a Wonderful Place" offer a true picture of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
The Tianshan Mountains, stretching for thousands of miles across China's northwestern frontier, divides Xinjiang in half. Chinese President Xi Jinping has always held great affection for the Tianshan Mountains as well as Xinjiang. During his recent visit, Xi witnessed both the peace and stability of Xinjiang's society and the prosperity resulting from its flourishing economy, on both sides of the Tianshan Mountains.
President Xi visited Xinjiang between July 12 and 15. He inspected nine places in three cities and attended a debriefing session and seven meetings. The president's high expectations were clearly shown by his packed schedule and the vigor and intensity of discussions he attended.
From a remote corner to a core hub
Xinjiang, the relatively enclosed hinterland, now plays a vital role in the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with the foreign trade value reaching over 67.4 billion yuan ($9.99 billion) in the first five months of this year, up 30.9 percent year on year.
Containing the Urumqi China-Europe Railway Express Hub and a comprehensive bonded zone, the Urumqi International Land Port area is a landmark project in the construction of the BRI in the region.
Since its construction in 2015, the land port area has drawn over 30 billion yuan (about $4.44 billion) in investment and attracted more than 340 enterprises. A cross-border e-commerce project has also been implemented.
By June 2022, the land port area had operated more than 5,900 China-Europe freight train trips via 21 routes linking 26 cities in 19 European and Asian countries and regions. The trains carry over 200 categories of goods, ranging from daily necessities and garments to mechanical equipment and building materials.
"With Belt and Road cooperation advancing, Xinjiang is no longer a remote corner but a core area and a hub," Xi said while visiting the Urumqi International Land Port area.
A new vision
Accounting for one-sixth of China's land territory, Xinjiang is home to 13 ethnic groups, six major religions and more than 25 million people. It has always been a region with strategic value.
"On our journey in the new era, we will endeavor to build Xinjiang into a beautiful place that is united, harmonious, and prosperous, with an advanced culture, a happy life for all and sound ecological environment," Xi noted in the tour, calling for striking a proper balance between economic and social development and eco-environmental protection.
The region has seen a robust ecological development from 2010 to 2019, with a net increase of over 113 million mu (around 7.53 million hectares) of ecologically functional land as the latest land and resource survey of Xinjiang showed.
By 2019, the region had registered over 183 million mu (around 12.2 million hectares) of forests, 780 million mu (about 52 million hectares) of grasslands, 22.87 million mu (about 1.52 million hectares) of wetlands, and 33.18 million mu (about 2.21 million hectares) of rivers and lakes.
Xinjiang has planned to establish Kalamaili National Park and Kunlun Mountains National Park, the first of their kind in the region, to protect endangered species and local ecosystems.
According to the local government, it has set the region's average annual GDP growth target for above 6 percent during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25) and planned to create an average of 460,000 new urban jobs each year and bring the urban unemployment rate under 5.5 percent.
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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile’s President Gabriel Boric shook up his cabinet Tuesday in an effort to relaunch his government less than 48 hours after he was dealt a resounding blow when citizens overwhelmingly rejected a new progressive constitution he had championed.
Boric, 36, changed the leadership of five ministries in what marked the first cabinet shake-up since he became Chile’s youngest president in March and has since suffered a precipitous plunge in his approval ratings.
“I’m changing this cabinet, thinking about our country,” Boric said, qualifying the shake-up as “painful but necessary.”
“This is, maybe, I don’t think I have to hide it, one of the most politically difficult moments that I’ve had to face,” he aded.
The shake-up does not come as a surprise. Boric, who had been a big proponent of adopting the proposed constitution, had previewed there would be changes coming to his administration during a televised address Sunday night, shortly after results showed Chileans had voted overwhelmingly against the proposed constitution.
The opposition had also said they were expecting changes to Boric’s team with some conservative leaders refusing to meet with the president to begin talking about a new constitutional process until there was a change in his government.
While the press waited for Boric to unveil his new ministers, sirens could be heard and the smell of tear gas was evident from a nearby protest as hundreds of students marched through the streets of Chile’s capital of Santiago.
There were isolated clashes between demonstrators downtown with law enforcement that tried to disperse protesters in what marked the first important street demonstration since the constitution lost in Sunday’s plebiscite.
Izkia Siches, the former interior minister, was the biggest name to leave the cabinet but probably the most expected as her tenure had been marked by controversy. Carolina Tohá is taking her place.
Another strong Boric ally, Giorgio Jackson, was ousted from the post of secretary general of the presidency and will take on the role of social development minister. Ana Lya Uriarte is taking his place.
Boric also swore in new health, energy and science ministers.
Although polls had predicted Chileans would vote against the proposed constitution, the 24-point margin of victory for the rejection camp was a shocking repudiation of a document that was three years in the making and crafted by a constitutional convention that had been engulfed in controversy.
“We must listen to the voice of the people and walk alongside the people,” Boric said.
The process to write the constitution that Chileans rejected on Sunday began in 2019, when the country exploded in student-led street protests sparked by a hike in public transportation prices that quickly morphed into broader demands for greater equality and more social protections.
The following year, just under 80% of Chileans voted in favor of changing the constitution. Then in 2021, they elected delegates to a constitutional convention to write a new charter that would replace the one imposed by a military dictatorship led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet 41 years ago.
Boric had been a big proponent of the document that would have enshrined a string of new rights and at least some voters saw the plebiscite on the constitutional proposal as a referendum on his administration.
Despite the rejection, political leaders on all sides, as well as Chileans as a whole, largely agree that the constitution needs to change but it remains unclear how a new proposal will be written.
Whatever document the new convention comes up with is also likely to be far less ambitious than the 388-article proposed charter. The charter draft characterized Chile as a plurinational state, would have established autonomous Indigenous territories, prioritized the environment and gender parity and introduced rights to free education, health care and housing, among other issues. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/ap-chiles-boric-shakes-up-cabinet-after-constitution-loss/ | 2022-09-07 10:02:30 | 0 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/ap-chiles-boric-shakes-up-cabinet-after-constitution-loss/ |
Organizers announced plans Friday to launch a new women’s professional hockey league in January that they hope will provide a stable, economically sustainable home for the sport’s top players for years to come.
The North American league is expected to start with six teams — three in the U.S. and three in Canada — according to a person with knowledge of the league’s plans. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the details were not made public.
There are still unanswered questions — where exactly teams will play, will the economic model work after earlier leagues fell short, will there be a broadcast deal — but an initial framework is in place as the new league prepares to join a crowded sports landscape. The effort also has deep pockets behind it: Los Angeles Dodgers co-owner Mark Walter and wife Kimbra, team President Stan Kasten and tennis legend Billie Jean King will help run the league.
“I don’t think there’s a more significant moment for the game since women’s ice hockey became an Olympic sport in 1998,” Professional Hockey Federation Commissioner Reagan Carey said. “I think it will forever change the landscape of our sport — and certainly for the better.
The agreement ends a long standoff between the seven-team PHF and the Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association. The latter group includes Kendall Coyne Schofield, Sarah Nurse, Hilary Knight and many other U.S. and Canadian national team players who were unwilling to join the PHF, whose assets were purchased by Walter’s firm.
“We’re not celebrating dissolving a league,” said Nurse, who helped Canada win Olympic gold last year. “We’re excited that we can continue forward together with a league that women’s hockey has really never seen before. There’s been so much hard work and time that has been put into this project, so we’re excited that it is paying off.”
The deal also could bring the National Hockey League to the table, perhaps in a way similar to how the NBA supports the WNBA. Commissioner Gary Bettman has said the NHL did not want to get involved in a dispute between leagues and would throw weight behind one, once it was formed.
“The National Hockey League congratulates the Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association and the Premier Hockey Federation on their agreement,” the NHL said. “We already have initiated discussions with representatives of this unified group regarding how we can work together to continue to grow the women’s game.”
Kasten said he called Bettman to deliver the news, which was greeted with satisfaction and excitement.
“He offered all the help he could give us,” Kasten said. “We are going to take him up on that. It’s going to help make our runway a little smoother because we’re playing in January and I have a lot to do between now and January. I don’t even have a name for this league yet.”
The PWHPA had been working with the Mark Walter Group and Billie Jean King Enterprises over the past 14 months on the new venture. King in a statement called it “an extraordinary opportunity to advance women’s sports.”
The new league is expected to bring together North America’s most accomplished female players as well as players from Europe and Asia who have played in the PHF. Carey and PWHPA chief Jayna Hefford are expected to have leadership roles.
“This is exactly what we envisioned — maybe better,” Hefford said. “It’s been hard work to get here and challenging at times, but I’m so happy for the players who stuck it out and really made this happen.”
The PWHPA, which was certified as a union this spring, has completed negotiations on a collective bargaining agreement. A 62-page CBA was presented to PWHPA members on Thursday night, and they have until Sunday night to ratify it and the new league’s constitution, according to a person familiar with the details who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity before the deal was announced.
If approved, the deal will run through 2031 and features a salary range of $35,000 to $80,000 for players on active rosters, the person said Friday. Rosters are expected to include 23 players.
Among the many issues that need to be sorted out is where the six teams will play. The PHF, which had recently doubled each team’s salary cap to $1.5 million, had seven — in Boston, Toronto and Montreal, along with East Rutherford, New Jersey; Hartford, Connecticut; Buffalo, New York; and Richfield, Minnesota.
The top sites being considered for the new league are Washington, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and London, Ontario, according to one of the people who spoke to AP.
Kasten said the league was waiting at least a month before releasing details — many of which are still being worked out.
“We’re going to pick a name soon, we’re going to get a logo, we’re going to land on our cities, we’re going to pick our venues, we’re going to come out with our schedule,” Kasten said.
In the meantime, existing PHF player contracts have been voided, though an agreement is in place to pay those under contract a portion of their salary through September, two people with knowledge of the information told AP. One of the people said players will receive half their salaries or $5,000, whichever is greater, and that there will be $1 million earmarked to spread around to those who do not make one of the new teams.
“Our hearts definitely go out to their players and staff because we know what it’s like to have a league fold and get that phone call,” Nurse said. “It’s a bittersweet day.”
North American women’s pro hockey has seen leagues come and go, with the Canadian Women’s Hockey League folding in 2019 after 12 seasons featuring some of the best players in the world. Dani Rylan Kearney launched the National Women’s Hockey League in 2015 as an investor-funded, four-team league, but it scuffled at times and was later rebranded as the PHF.
The PWHPA was formed in 2019 in the fallout of the CWHL demise. Its members balked at joining the NWHL and instead pursued their vision of a league with a sustainable economic model and better compensation.
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AVONDALE, Ariz. — A family of ducklings is safe and sound after two DPS troopers escorted them across Interstate 10 and Fairway Drive in Avondale early Saturday morning, Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) pictures showed.
The roadway camera pictures captured the guiding efforts of the troopers as they controlled traffic around the ducks on the I-10 exit to Fairway Drive. The troopers also made sure to give the ducks some much needed hydration after their "waddle."
"The ducks were safely escorted off, given some water, and continued their journey," a post on ADOT's Facebook page said.
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This isn't the first time ducks have needed saving in the Valley of the Sun. In fact, there have been numerous rescues done in the name of keeping ducks safe, mostly trying to get them out of storm drains.
Here's a list of some of our favorites:
Arizona Humane Society rescues ducks trapped in (another) storm drain
AHS received a call of the ducklings crying for help after falling into the drain near a large pond in East Mesa.
Arizona Humane Society technician Andy Gallo went to the scene and managed to free the ducklings and return them to their worried mom within an hour.
Phoenix firefighters rescue ducks from storm drain
A distressed mama paced around a parking lot, her babies shrieking out for her while stuck at the bottom of a storm drain.
The situation would have any parent anxious. However, lucky for this mom, her babies were cute, little ducklings and saving them was a top priority for the Phoenix Fire Department.
Glendale firefighters rescue ducklings from (yet another) storm drain
Residents called the Glendale Fire Department concerned about the nine ducklings stuck in a storm drain, firefighters said.
After the firefighters completed the rescue, they made their way to a resident in a nearby neighborhood who had the mama duck.
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Two oddball comedies are back on TV after a long hiatus. Do they still work?
Once upon a time in the music business, it was normal for a band to put out two records a year. Then, as budgets went wild and groups wrote albums in the studio, they might‘ve started taking a year or two to deliver the next. Then, as schedules were filled with solo albums or touring or getting off the drugs they got on making that last record, it became customary for major artists to spend several years between releases, without anyone calling it a comeback or a reunion.
Likewise, in the olden days of television, series were not only prompt in delivering new seasons, but the seasons ran so long that the shows took only the summer off, spelled by reruns or “summer replacements.” They were hardly gone at all. In the new, short-run TV economy — and lately amplified by the pandemic — absence is usual. It’s true that one greets some slow-to-return series with the same surprise as finding out that a celebrity you had believed dead turns out to be living; but at other times, especially when a show lives large in your mind, you think, “Well, that’s just how long it takes.”
This week, two long-in-returning, and for some long-awaited, oddball comedies come back to television. It has been three and a half years since the last season of “Documentary Now!” (Wednesday, IFC) and six and a half since a new episode of “Inside Amy Schumer” (Thursday, Paramount+). Neither series could be called mainstream, though the former, created by Bill Hader, Fred Armisen, Seth Meyers and director Rhys Thomas, attracts top talent, and the latter was the springboard for Schumer’s bigger-time career.
Schumer has kept busy in the interim, with movies and other television series — including her quasi-autobiographical romantic comedy “Life and Beth,” “Amy Schumer Learns to Cook” and the difficult-pregnancy documentary “Expecting Amy,” as well as a couple of comedy specials and a recent, memorable appearance as “herself” in the second season of “Only Murders in the Building.” She also finished a memoir, co-hosted the Oscars, got married and had a baby.
Because she had been under contract for a fifth season of “Inside Amy Schumer” all those years, this is not even technically a revival, notwithstanding a change of venue, to Paramount+. (Episodes will later air on its earlier home, corporate cousin Comedy Central.) First envisioned as a string of five specials, they have been drawn, quite sensibly, into a close-quartered season. Fans will find the same puckish feminist flavor as before, with perhaps a few more politically pointed punchlines. (Not surprising, given the times.) These can seem a little obvious — as in a Hallmark Christmas movie parody, in which busy city person Ellie Kemper, called home for the holidays, remembers why she left her small town, or a Texas-set horror movie — without necessarily killing the bit. A “Come to Colorado” promotional piece — for its access to abortion, it is never explicitly stated — is nearly a PSA, if a worthwhile one.
There are sketches about body image, as imposed on women by society (an extended riff on Spanx) and by women upon themselves (“I love me, I just wanted to add more of me to me”), and collegiate sexual assault. That isn’t to call the show doctrinaire. At its best, Schumer’s work goes off on unexpected tangents, as when what begins as a sunny ad for psoriasis medicine veers off into domestic drama when Schumer’s character, having made a horrible ceramic cup, considers giving up being a judge to open a pottery shop. (“Warning: Flatuda may cause overconfidence in women.”) And then there is the second episode’s titular sketch, “Fart Park” — like a dog park, but for people wishing to break wind out of doors in a “judgement-free,” “COVID-friendly” space — which pivots in extremely short order from a weird idea, to a rom-com, to a police procedural, to a literary success.
The new season does not exactly replicate the earlier ones, which along with the sketches featured short standup bits and interview segments with interesting ordinary folks that revealed Schumer as an engaged, curious person. Here, the sketches are accompanied less effectively by short “behind the scenes” comments from Schumer and her team. And each of the two episodes available for review ends with a half-animated music video featuring writer Ron Weiner singing his own songs, which suggest familiarity with They Might Be Giants.
Given the demands of its production, which involves a variety of locations, the creation of props and ephemera and meticulous attention to detail, it’s hardly surprising that “Documentary Now!” has taken a while to launch its fourth season. Framed as a public television anthology, ostensibly in its 53rd season, with a straight-faced Helen Mirren back again as host, it highlights great documentaries from across film history. (The first season included a parody of Robert Flaherty’s 1922 “Nanook of the North.”)
Early episodes featured Hader and Armisen extensively; the new season finds Hader out of sight and Armisen in a few small parts, behind an international guest cast that includes Cate Blanchett and Harriet Walter working in a salon in the north of England (“Two Hairdressers in Bagglyport”), Alexander Skarsgård standing in for Werner Herzog (“Soldier of Illusion”) and Liliane Rovère for Agnès Varda (“Trouver Frisson,” all in French). There’s even a complement of authentic Welshmen — including Jonathan Pryce, John Rhys-Davies and, wait for it, Tom Jones — in “How They Threw Rocks,” a Wales-set variation on the Muhammad Ali documentary “When We Were Kings”).
Most episodes take off specifically from an actual documentary, and it’s obviously a bonus to be familiar with the source material in order to appreciate the formal jokes and audio-visual perfection of the cracked re-creations — to recognize that the two-part opener, “Soldier of Illusion,” is modeled on Les Blank’s “Burden of Dreams,” about Werner Herzog’s troubled production of “Fitzcarraldo”; or to have seen Jean-Luc Godard’s “Bande à Part” and so to nod approvingly when characters in an Agnès Varda-inspired episode go into a dance. (It would be good too to have seen an Agnès Varda documentary.)
And yet it is not at all necessary. While full of specific references, each episode is dramatically coherent and unerringly funny in its own right. (The premise of “Soldier of Illusion,” written by John Mulaney and set in the early 1980s, is that the Herzog stand-in is at once directing a documentary on the Dushkir people of the Ural Mountains and making a CBS comedy pilot, “Bachelor Nanny,” “the story of a single guy who after agreeing to take in his sister’s twin newborns had to juggle babies and babes.”) If there is a fine line between stupid and clever, as Michael McKean’s David St. Hubbins observed in that long-haired daddy of mockumentaries “Spinal Tap,” there is also a line between smart and merely clever, and “Documentary Now!” falls on the side of smart — while also being, enthusiastically, more than a little silly.
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This week’s recipes from CookingBride.com.
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Ingredients
For the cauliflower:
- 1 large head of cauliflower broken into florets
- 3/4 cups shredded Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup shredded Colby-Monterey Jack cheese
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter cubed
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon Montreal steak seasoning
- 1/4 teaspoon thyme leaves chopped
- Salt and pepper to taste
For the breadcrumb topping:
- 1 cup Italian-style panko (Japanese) bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter melted
Instructions
- Fill a large stockpot about 1/4 the way with water. Bring to a boil over high heat
- Place cauliflower florets in a large steam basket over the pot. Cover. Reduce heat to medium. Steam cauliflower until very tender, about 20 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Transfer cauliflower to a large bowl. Mash with a potato masher, or process through a foodmill using the blade with the largest opening.
- Stir in the cheeses, butter, garlic powder, salt and pepper to taste. Pour cauliflower into a greased 8 x 8 x 2-inch greased casserole dish.
- Combine breadcrumbs and melted butter. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Spread over the top of mashed cauliflower.
- Bake uncovered for 40-50 minutes until cheeses are melted and topping is golden brown.
TUESDAY
Ingredients
Marinade:
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
- 1/3 cup water
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 large garlic clove finely minced
- 3 teaspoon distilled white vinegar
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon liquid smoke
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
Fajitas:
- 1 pound flat iron steak
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 onion thinly sliced
- 1 red bell pepper coarsely chopped
- 1 green bell pepper coarsely chopped
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh lime juice
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 6-8 10- inch flour tortillas
- Shredded cheese salsa, sour cream, or other garnishments, optional
Instructions
- Combine marinade ingredients in a medium bowl. Whisk until thoroughly blended.
- Place flank steak in a large resealable plastic bag. Pour marinade over steak and seal bag. Allow to marinate - refrigerated- for 12-24 hours. Remove meat from marinade and discard remaining marinade.
- Grill over medium hot coals for 4-6 minutes on each side, or sear in a hot skillet until steak reaches desired doneness. Allow steak to rest for 10-15 minutes. Slice into thin strips across the grain.
- Preheat oil a large skillet over medium high heat. Sauté' onions and bell pepper in oil until vegetables are crisp/tender, approximately five minutes. Add soy sauce, water, and lime juice. Continue to cook until onion begins to caramelize and peppers begin to char slightly. Stir in sliced meat. Season with salt and pepper.
- Wrap tortillas in plastic wrap. Microwave for 15-20 seconds until tortillas become pliable. Remove from plastic wrap. Spoon fajita mixture down the center of each tortilla.
- Garnish with your favorite toppings.
WEDNESDAY
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour divided
- 1/4 cup white cornmeal
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 cup milk
- 8 hot dogs cut into thirds
- Vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large skillet to 375 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine 2/3 cup of flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, salt, garlic powder, and onion powder.
- Stir in milk.
- Place remaining 1/3 cup of flour in a shallow bowl.
- Dredge hot dog pieces in flour. Coat with cornmeal batter and allow any excess to drip off.
- Place in hot oil. Fry for 3-5 minutes until both sides are golden brown.
- Drain on paper towels.
THURSDAY
Ingredients
Bourbon marinade:
- 1 cups chicken broth
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup bourbon
Teriyaki Sauce:
- 1/2 cup low sodium chicken broth
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons mirin
- 2 tablespoons white granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
- 1 ½ tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/4 cup cold water
Additionally:
- 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts, cubed
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2 green onions thinly sliced
Instructions
For the marinade:
- Combine first six ingredients in a large bowl or resealable plastic bag.
- Add chicken pieces.
- Marinate for up to eight hours.
For the sauce:
- Bring chicken broth to a boil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the soy sauce, mirin, and sugars. Stir until sugars are dissolved. In a small bowl, combine cornstarch and water. Add to soy sauce mixture and continue to boil until sauce begins to thicken, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Drain and discard chicken marinade. Add flour to chicken pieces and stir to coat.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Working in batches, spread chicken pieces in a single layer in the pan. Cook until chicken begins to brown, about 3-5 minutes. Using a spatula, flip chicken pieces over to brown the other side.
- Add ¼ cup of the teriyaki sauce to the pan. Cook for an additional 3-5 minutes, stirring often, until the sauce reduces and darkens in color and begins to coat the chicken. Remove chicken from the skillet and set aside.
- Repeat with remaining chicken. Afterwards, return all the chicken to the skillet. Add another ¼ cup teriyaki sauce. Cook until chicken is heated through and coated with the sauce.
- Serve chicken over hot white rice. Sprinkle with sliced green onions if desired.
FRIDAY
Ingredients
For the chocolate pastry cream:
- 4 large egg yolks
- 1-1/4 cups whole milk
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 Tbs. cornstarch
- 1 Tbs. Dutch-processed cocoa powder
- 1/4 tsp. table salt
- 4 oz. unsweetened chocolate finely chopped
- 1/2 oz. 1 Tbs. unsalted butter
- 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 2 to 3 Tbs. unsalted butter softened
- 3 to 4 Tbs. granulated sugar
For the meringue:
- 8 large egg whites at room temperature
- 1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
- 1 oz. 1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar; more for dusting
Instructions
For the pastry cream:
- Fill a large bowl about 2/3 full with ice water. Set aside. Have a slightly small bowl ready. You are going to pour your cooled pastry cream into the smaller bowl to cool once it’s done cooking.
- In a large saucepan, combine egg yolks, milk, sugar, cornstarch, cocoa powder, and salt. Heat pan over medium heat and whisk until the mixture begins to form bubbles, about 4 minutes. Reduce heat to a simmer and continue to cook, whisking constantly, until mixture is smooth and very thick, approximately 2 minutes.
- Remove pan from the heat and whisk in the chocolate, butter, and vanilla. Continue whisking until the cream is smooth and glossy.
- Transfer pastry cream to the smaller bowl you have on standby. Set the smaller bowl in the bowl full of ice water. Allow the pastry cream to sit for about 10 minutes until it comes to room temperature, whisking often. At this point you can cover the surface of the pastry cream with plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator for up to one day. Be sure to bring it back to room temperature before proceeding with the rest of the recipe.
For the soufflés:
- Position your oven rack to the lower third of your oven. Then preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Grease eight (6 oz.) ramekins with the softened butter. Coat the inside with granulated sugar and gently tap out an excess.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat egg whites at high speed until foamy, about 30 seconds. Add cream of tartar and beat for an additional 30-60 seconds or until very soft peaks form. Add the confectioners’ sugar, one tablespoon at a time, and beat until stiff peaks form, about 30 seconds more.
- Stir the room-temperature meringue with a spatula to loosen it. Gently add a third of the meringue to the pastry cream bowl. Gently run the spatula around the edge of the bowl, then bring it through the middle. Continue “folding” the mixture until it is mostly incorporated, however there will be a few streaks left. Continue this process with the remaining pastry cream – one third at a time – until all of the meringue is incorporated and and there are no white streaks remaining.
- Fill the prepared ramekins with the soufflé mixture, being sure to smooth the tops with an offset spatula. Run your index finger the edge of each ramekins to create a small trench around the edge of the soufflé (this will help the soufflé rise). At this point you can store the prepared soufflés in the refrigerator for up to two hours.
- Place the ramekins on a rimmed baking sheet and gently place them in the oven. Bake for about 15-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out with just the tip wet.
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The salacious murder trial of a prominent South Carolina attorney took a new twist when Alex Murdaugh (alek - mur-dock) took the stand in his own defense in the killings of his wife and son.
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PARIS, Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- « Maison Aubade » is a french brand created in 1958 by Claude Pasquer. It specializes in the creation and specialization of luxury lingerie and bathing suits.
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For the occasion of the Aubade x Iris Van Herpen collaboration, a first campaign, embodied and interpreted by 14 muses, has already taken place, while a second one is on its way to be launched during an evening at the Philanthro-Lab during the Fashion Week.
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Biden: Nearly 22M have already requested student loan relief
DOVER, Delaware (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that nearly 22 million people have applied for federal student loan relief in the week since his administration made its online application available — more than half of the number the White House believes are eligible for the program.
Speaking at Delaware State University, a historically Black university where the majority of students receive federal Pell Grants, Biden touted the first-week statistics since the application was beta-launched last Friday. He officially unveiled it at the White House on Monday.
Biden’s plan calls for $10,000 in federal student debt cancellation for those with incomes below $125,000 a year, or households that make less than $250,000 a year. Those who received federal Pell Grants to attend college are eligible for an additional $10,000. The plan makes 20 million eligible to get their federal student debt erased entirely.
Biden highlighted the ease of the application, which doesn’t require users to upload any forms or to create an account.
“Folks, it takes less than 5 minutes,” Biden said. He said the “vast majority” of applicants are able to submit for relief from their phones.
Biden blasted Republicans who have criticized his relief program, saying “their outrage is wrong and it’s hypocritical.” He added, “I don’t want to hear it from MAGA Republican officials” who had millions of debt and pandemic relief loans forgiven, naming GOP lawmakers like Reps. Vern Buchanan and Marjorie Taylor Greene, who received loan forgiveness, and Sen. Ted Cruz, who called some beneficiaries of student loans “slackers.”
Asked Biden, “Who the hell do they think they are?”
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Brett Favre got help from former Mississippi gov to get volleyball complex built using welfare funds: report
Favre was questioned by the FBI about his involvement in the case
There’s been a new development in the ongoing Mississippi civil lawsuit regarding Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre, who is allegedly involved in a welfare fraud case.
Text messages entered the case on Monday, which shows former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant pushed for a volleyball complex to be built at the University of Southern Mississippi using the welfare money, a project the Green Bay Packers legend was heavily invested in, Mississippi Today reported. Favre's daughter played volleyball at USM.
Bryant texted Favre about how to draft a funding proposal that he was pushing on Nancy New, a nonprofit founder who plead guilty in April to misusing public money. Attorneys for New’s nonprofit were the ones who sent in the text messages.
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"Can we help with his project[?]" Bryant asked New in July 2019 about Favre’s volleyball complex at the school. "We should meet soon to see how I can make sure we keep your projects on course."
Bryant reportedly told Favre that he would "handle" the funds being made available despite there being a new director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services, as Bryant let John Davis go.
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At least $5 million worth of state funds were raised for the new volleyball stadium at the university, and Bryant denied any involvement in it for years.
New’s guilty plea came on 13 felony counts related to the scheme, which misspent at least $77 million in funds, according to Mississippi Today. While Davis awaits trial for his role in it, Bryant and Favre both have yet to be charged with a crime. New has been aiding prosecutors as part of the plea deal.
There is also the $1.1 million welfare contract that the messages show was given to Favre to promote the USM program.
"I could record a few radio spots…and whatever compensation could go to USM," Favre had texted New.
Texts show that Favre was also worried that the media could find out about where the funding was coming from.
The name of the welfare program is the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Favre reportedly received money from them in 2017 and 2018, and while he has repaid that money, he has not paid the $228,000 in interest demanded by a Mississippi state auditor, according to NBC News.
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The FBI had questioned Favre about the scandal, as Budd Holmes, Favre’s lawyer, admitted.
"I am doing all that I can to support this investigation to make things right for the people of Mississippi and I have shared all that I know, which is that I was paid for three years of commercials that I did, and I paid taxes on the money, as I should," Favre posted to Twitter.
Favre had also reportedly sought out a $3.2 million grant for a drug company that he is a shareholder of as well as the volleyball stadium.
Shad White is the state auditor who first discovered the misspending and fraud, according to NBC News. White responded to Favre's October 2021 tweet, defending the findings that Favre was also supposed to give motivational speeches to which he received payment.
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"These are lies, [Brett Favre]," White said on Twitter at the time. "I am not going to hide how much you were paid, why you were paid, or conduct back room meetings to make this go away … You did not give the speeches. You have acknowledged this in statements to my agents."
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Whether presenting a closing argument to a jury as a lawyer or singing on stage as a professional musician, Valerie Giglio of Stoneham, Massachusetts, knows how to work a crowd.
"You're performing either way," she said.
When she was 42, she lost the ability to do both. All because of a sudden head turn.
The motion caused a sharp pain in her neck that persisted for several days. It bothered Giglio enough that she went to the hospital. Doctors told her it was probably a pulled muscle and sent her on her way.
The next morning, she felt dizzy and had double vision; the world was spinning. Her husband called 911. The ambulance transported her to the same local hospital she had just visited.
Still unable to definitively diagnose the cause of her symptoms, doctors transferred her to another hospital. Testing revealed a stroke caused by bleeding in her brain. Known as a hemorrhagic stroke, it was caused by a weakened vessel that ruptured. About 13% of strokes are caused by such hemorrhages. Her delayed diagnosis likely happened because strokes aren't expected among people her age and with her overall health.
"About one out of every six to seven strokes actually affects young people, but this isn't the sort of fact that is widely recognized, even by physicians," said Dr. Aneesh Singhal, a neurologist who treated her that night. "As a result, there's often a missed opportunity to give lifesaving treatments."
The longer it takes to treat the problem, the more time there is for physical problems to set in. Giglio couldn't swallow for a week. Speaking clearly was difficult, and singing was impossible. Her left side was paralyzed.
"It was like somebody had taken a pen and made a line right down the middle of my body. I was robbed of almost everything," she said. "But luckily, I had my mind."
Giglio spent a week in the hospital followed by two months at an inpatient rehabilitation facility. The magnitude of her disability became clear when during a music therapy class she struggled to bang on a cup as if it were a drum.
"I cried my eyes out," she said.
But she improved week by week. Walking with a cane was one of her first big milestones. Walking without one was an even bigger one. And simply opening her left hand felt like a major victory.
"I wanted my life back, and I went the extra mile," she said. "I did everything they told me to do and more."
Determined to regain her singing voice, Giglio also started working with a voice coach, relearning how to breathe properly and practicing one note at a time. "I had no tone, no vibrato, nothing that would make me a professional singer," she said.
The stroke occurred in 2014. By 2016, she felt confident enough to audition for the Berklee College of Music in Boston as a vocal principal. They offered her admission.
"That felt triumphant," she said.
It's one of Giglio's many accomplishments in the years since her stroke.
She's published a book about her stroke journey and she's advocated for legislation to improve critical care for stroke patients. Inspired by her classes at Berklee, she founded her own music publishing company to produce her own songs, a fusion of old-timey classics and electronic dance music called electro-swing.
Earlier this year, at the invitation of the American Heart Association, she performed the national anthem at a Boston Bruins NHL game. Televised to millions, it was by far her largest audience.
"It was great hearing the audience cheer when I made those high notes," she said. "Hopefully I can shatter some stereotypes about what's possible."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has formally announced he’s seeking reelection. But he’s also still the president, with roughly 20 months left in his term regardless of whether he wins a second one on Election Day 2024.
With Tuesday’s campaign video release, Biden is following through on months of saying he intended to seek reelection. Top Democrats have remained solidly unified behind the president, despite his low approval ratings and many Americans saying they’d rather not see the 80-year-old Biden try for four more years in the White House.
But all that has meant Biden faced relatively little pressure to make his 2024 bid official. Here’s a look at why he announced now and how things will, and won’t, change for him going forward:
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WHY NOW?
A formal reelection announcement means the president is now allowed to raise money directly for his campaign. It’s a change from his speeches at donor events benefiting the Democratic National Committee or other outside political groups that he has given since entering the White House.
Biden will spend campaign funds on salaries and logistics building out a 2024 staff and holding events outside his official presidential business. He plans to have dinner in Washington on Friday with leading Democratic donors and DNC leaders, paying special attention to those who write big checks to ensure his reelection campaign stays well funded.
Some party donors and organizers had begun grumbling about a lack of movement on the reelection front, and the announcement, followed by Friday’s gathering, will allow the president to reassure them.
Another reason why Biden waited until April was that it allowed him to avoid releasing publicly how much his reelection campaign raised during the year’s first quarter. That’s when donors typically slow down their contributions — and some top Democratic givers wanted a break after a busy election season during last fall’s midterms and before next year’s presidential race kicks into high gear.
President Barack Obama waited to announce his 2012 reelection bid until early April of the previous year. Tuesday also marks the fourth anniversary of Biden’s announcement of his 2020 presidential campaign.
President Donald Trump, meanwhile, first filed for reelection on Jan. 20, 2017, the day of his inauguration, and held his first campaign rally in February 2017. But his second White House campaign didn’t formally kick off until June 2019 with an Orlando, Florida, rally that fell roughly four years after he first entered the 2016 presidential race.
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WHAT ABOUT HIS AGE?
Biden is the oldest president in U.S. history and would be 86 by the end of a second term. He has acknowledged that age is a “legitimate” concern but scoffed at questions about whether he will have the stamina for another campaign, much less four more years in the White House. “Watch me,” he has repeatedly declared.
Voters will now get the chance to do just that — but that is unlikely to make such questions go away.
Republicans have often highlighted Biden’s age, and even some Democrats have questioned whether the president is living up to promises he made during the 2020 campaign to be a “bridge” to a new generation of leadership.
One Republican running for president, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, has called for mental competency testing for candidates over 75 — a category that would include both Biden and Trump, who announced his own 2024 campaign in November. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre brushed aside such testing, noting that Biden helped lead Democrats to a surprisingly strong midterm showing.
“Maybe they’re forgetting the wins the president got over the past few years, but I’m happy to remind them anytime,” Jean-Pierre said in February.
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WILL SEEKING REELECTION CHANGE HOW BIDEN HANDLES BEING PRESIDENT?
There won’t be big changes, Biden aides insist, at least for now.
The president is still hosting South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at the White House for a state dinner on Wednesday and planning overseas travel later this summer. As he has done in recent months, Biden also will continue to hit the road domestically to highlight legislation his administration helped push through Congress.
Biden has already visited many parts of the country, highlighting how a bipartisan public works package will help repair roads, highways, bridges, ports and train tunnels and how increased federal spending approved as part of other legislation will bolster U.S. manufacturing, lower prescription drug prices and improve broadband internet access in rural areas.
Such events often blur the line between official business and promoting the president and his party politically, and the distinction will only get murkier going forward.
Since the weeks leading up to the midterms, Biden has frequently denounced “extreme” Republicans loyal to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement as posing a threat to America’s core democracy. It’s a message he will continue to champion as the 2024 race begins heating up.
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WILL BIDEN HAVE TO COMPETE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION?
Probably not much.
Self-help author Marianne Williamson and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are the only Democrats to challenge the president. Neither of them presents the type of primary opposition that wounded previous incumbents, such as Sen. Ted Kennedy’s campaign against President Jimmy Carter in 1980 or Pat Buchanan’s run against President George H.W. Bush in 1992.
The DNC is so fully committed to Biden this year that it is not planning to schedule primary debates, sparing the president from sharing a stage with Williamson, Kennedy or any other potential challenger.
Also benefiting Biden is the fact that South Carolina’s primary is set to replace Iowa’s caucuses in leading off the Democratic primary voting next year. Biden revived his 2020 campaign after losing the first three contests with a resounding South Carolina primary victory, and he personally directed that the state go first in 2024 — solidifying his popularity among Democrats there. That may counterbalance Democrats’ deep ambivalence to Biden elsewhere.
An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll last week found that only 26% of Americans — and only about half of Democrats — said they wanted to see Biden run again. But the poll found that 81% of Democrats said they would at least probably support the president in a general election.
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WHO WILL BIDEN’S REPUBLICAN OPPONENT BE?
Trump is the 2024 Republican presidential field’s early leader, setting up a potential general election rematch with Biden.
Although Trump announced his bid back in November, the rest of the 2024 Republican primary field has been slow to form around him. The only other declared GOP candidates in the race include Haley, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchison, businessman Perry Johnson, “Woke, Inc.” author Vivek Ramaswamy and radio host Larry Elder.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is widely expected to be a leading Trump alternative but is in no hurry to announce his campaign. Also expected to join the race but not officially in yet are former Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina.
Biden’s political team has for months been preparing to face Trump again. But even if an alternative like DeSantis wins the GOP nomination, Biden’s aides argue, many of the same criticisms about adherence to MAGA extremism apply since so many top Republicans agree with Trump on key policy and social issues.
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WAYNE — A former Huntington police officer has been indicted on charges of sexual abuse and assault of minors.
Christopher Adam Boyer, 34, resigned from the Huntington Police Department on Feb. 13 with no reason given, according to the department. The department found out later that day Boyer was the subject of a criminal investigation being conducted by the West Virginia State Police.
Boyer was indicted on four assault and abuse counts in Wayne County against two minors — a 12-year-old and 14-year-old.
The former officer was charged with first-degree sexual assault, first-degree sexual abuse, and two counts of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, custodian or person in position of trust to a child.
The indictment stated Boyer committed the offenses against one of the minors by “unlawfully and feloniously engaging in or attempting to engage in sexual exploitation, sexual intercourse, sexual intrusion or sexual contact (of the minor) being a child under his care, custody or control.”
All counts refer to the crimes being committed in Wayne County on or about Feb. 13 — the same day of Boyer’s resignation.
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The District’s 59 homicides in 2023 as of Friday represent a 31 percent increase over the same period last year, according to the D.C police. Each represents senseless loss to a family, a neighborhood — the community as a whole. Each is worthy of note. Yet the slaying of Christy Bautista, 31, a visitor from Harrisonburg, Va., on March 31 seems especially anguishing because of its context. George Sydnor Jr., 43, who allegedly entered her hotel room in Northeast and killed her, was on the street despite a long record of arrests, including for a D.C. robbery on Oct. 25. Just 25 days earlier, on March 6, D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III had said at a news conference: “If we really want to see homicides go down . . . keep bad guys with guns in jail.” Though the alleged weapon in Ms. Bautista’s death was a kitchen knife — she suffered 30 stab wounds, police say — the case is otherwise tragically consistent with the chief’s words.
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Based on court records and The Post’s own reporting, here’s how Mr. Sydnor avoided prison for the October incident: The victim told police that he took her car keys and phone at gunpoint — an armed robbery, with which he was initially charged. But prosecutors agreed on Dec. 27 to accept Mr. Sydnor’s guilty plea to a lesser crime — attempted robbery — partly because police did not find the weapon on him when he was arrested. For that offense, the maximum penalty is three years, but sentencing guidelines called for probation because Mr. Sydnor’s record consisted mostly of misdemeanor convictions and his most recent violent felony was almost two decades ago. Judge Sean C. Staples agreed Mr. Sydnor could be released from jail, wearing a tracking device and subject to a 10 p.m. curfew, pending his appearance at a final sentencing hearing on Feb. 27. “I’m willing to take a chance on you,” the judge said, according to an official transcript. Prosecutors acquiesced.
Meanwhile, though, Mr. Sydnor faced an outstanding arrest warrant for alleged larceny in Prince George’s County. For technical reasons, Judge Staples determined he could not impose the curfew and apply the location device until Mr. Sydnor first appeared in the neighboring jurisdiction. At a Jan. 5 hearing, he allowed Mr. Sydnor time to sort that matter out, provided he came back to court in D.C. on Jan. 13 to get his tracking device. Mr. Sydnor kept the Maryland court appointment but then absconded — returning to the District’s custody only when police reportedly found him, covered in blood, next to Ms. Bautista’s body.
Horrible as its outcome was, it’s hard to find any point in this process where anyone involved — police, prosecutor or judge — did anything out of the ordinary, much less improper. Even if he were wearing a tracking device, Mr. Sydnor might still have committed a crime. And if he had shown up to receive his sentence, it would not have included incarceration, so he still could have gone to Ms. Bautista’s room on Mar. 31. Yet if this can happen when the District’s criminal justice system is operating normally, the city needs a new normal. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/07/christy-bautista-murder-criminal-justice/ | 2023-04-07 21:24:25 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/07/christy-bautista-murder-criminal-justice/ |
INDIANAPOLIS — Oscar Johnson and Ai'Dis Thomas have really grown to embody the mantra of "no excuses."
They'll be running together, side by side, in the OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon this Saturday, May 6.
Johnson has run the race a few times before, but this is only his second time since he's been visually impaired.
"I have Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy" he explained. "I went to work at 6:30. I was sitting there eating my breakfast...I got ready to go to my job site and at 7:01 my sight was completely gone. It just disconnect like a TV."
Johnson knew he had the genetic disorder before losing his sight completely, but at 52, he found himself living a very new normal.
He admits it's been a tough journey with plenty of lows at times, but he's found light in his love for running.
"It gives me that freedom of just being in the outdoors, that freshness, that openness," he shared. "I'm not giving up."
He worked with Thomas for years, but their close friendship was one that neither of them saw coming.
For the second year now, Johnson and Thomas will run the OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon together – with Thomas as Johnson's guide.
"It gets fearful because you don't know what's in your way. But with him being my guide, the fear is not there because I know he's with me," Oscar said.
Thomas may serve as Johnson's eyes during the race, but he'll be the first to tell you it's Johnson that's been guiding him.
"I said, 'Hey look...first of the year, I want to get my body back,'" Thomas said. "I was sitting there at 315 pounds, literally just wasting away. So first of the year 2021, we started off in his garage."
Johnson certainly didn't go easy on him.
"Being the persuasive man that he knows how to push my buttons," said Thomas, sharing that at many times he wanted to give up. But his friend kept pushing him further, declaring a challenge that Thomas thought he would never be up for. "Oscar was like, 'We should run a mini-marathon.' And I was like, 'That's a hard no.'"
Well, that "hard no" eventually softened into a "yes" because the two not only ran but finished the Indy Mini in 2022 – crossing the finish line 13.1 hard-fought miles later.
"And I mean, I wore my medal for like two weeks straight just saying, 'Hey, this is one of the greatest things of my life,'" Thomas said.
It's a moment the pair looks forward to recreating this year.
"It's joy and happiness," Johnson said, sharing his favorite part about participating in the Mini-Marathon. "It gives me a chance to be around 30,000 people. You know...the excitement".
The excitement will be waiting for him at the starting line on Saturday.
While Johnson said it can be easy to focus on what he's lost – he likes to focus on what he's gained. He said he's learned that "going through the training and going through...life experience is you don't have to give up, you can still do the things that you want to do. You just have to do it a different way." | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/community/500-festival/visually-impaired-runner-and-his-guide-share-unique-journey-to-race-day-oneamerica-500-festival-mini-marathon-indianapolis/531-67065e40-ae72-4c00-a995-6766131ae99c | 2023-05-03 23:46:23 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/community/500-festival/visually-impaired-runner-and-his-guide-share-unique-journey-to-race-day-oneamerica-500-festival-mini-marathon-indianapolis/531-67065e40-ae72-4c00-a995-6766131ae99c |
Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards was cited for assault after allegedly striking two women with a folding chair after his team was eliminated from the playoffs Tuesday.
The 21-year-old guard, whose stellar series went to waste against the Denver Nuggets, is accused of misdemeanor third-degree assault, according to TMZ. That charge carries an 18-month maximum sentence and $1,000 fine.
“We are aware of the alleged incident regarding Anthony Edwards following Game 5 in Denver and are in the process of gathering more information,” the Timberwolves said in a statement. “We have no further comment at this moment.”
Edwards is an explosive 6′4 scorer drafted with the first pick in the 2020 NBA draft. He was previously a star baller at the amateur level in Atlanta.
“Ant-Man,” as he’s known by basketball fans, scored 158 points in his team’s five game series against Denver, where he was cited.
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Newark anti-violence activists went to the scene of the crime Thursday, leading a march that stopped at locations of three shootings on Sunday, including one that left a grocery store owner dead.
“Let the community know that you are outraged by the violence in your community,” Shariff Amenhotep, a co-founder of the Newark Anti-Violence Coalition, urged about 85 marches who paused at the intersection of South 10th Street and 13th Avenue. | https://www.nj.com/essex/2022/07/newark-anti-violence-activists-take-their-message-to-the-scene-of-the-crime.html | 2022-07-22 00:06:21 | 0 | https://www.nj.com/essex/2022/07/newark-anti-violence-activists-take-their-message-to-the-scene-of-the-crime.html |
DELTONA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida man was arrested Saturday after a father reported he repeatedly catcalled his daughter and harassed neighbors over a period of several months.
According to a post on the Volusia Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, Mark Greenburg, 55, was arrested in Deltona on a warrant for aggravated stalking. Deputies sought the warrant after the girl’s father claimed Greenburg walked to his driveway and made several inappropriate comments toward the girl as she played outside.
Deputies said the alleged comments included “words to the effect of ‘I’m going to make you famous’ and ‘I’m going to turn you into a woman’ or a ‘big girl.'” Several witnesses reportedly corroborated the story, with some claiming Greenburg said he was “going to pick her up and take her to Disney World.”
“The arrest followed a series of complaints from close to a dozen witnesses who have reported his behavior, including at least 11 incidents reported to the Sheriff’s Office over the past 8 months,” the sheriff’s office wrote. They said these alleged incidents include Greenburg yelling at his neighbors with a megaphone and filming their children playing outside.
The father reportedly told deputies that the alleged harassment was getting progressively worse and his daughter is now afraid to go outside. The family said they suspect Greenburg followed the girl to her grandmother’s house, where he allegedly parked outside twice in two days and took photos.
Deputies said they attempted to contact Greenburg on Friday, but he refused. They then obtained a warrant for his arrest. Greenburg faces charges of aggravated stalking of a person under 16. | https://who13.com/news/national-news/im-going-to-turn-you-into-a-woman-florida-man-55-accused-of-stalking-6-year-old-girl/ | 2022-09-05 18:10:42 | 0 | https://who13.com/news/national-news/im-going-to-turn-you-into-a-woman-florida-man-55-accused-of-stalking-6-year-old-girl/ |
Grants Build on Company's Commitment to the Health and Well-Being of Local Communities and Supports Innovative Work at Schools and Nonprofit Organizations
LOS ANGELES, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Wonderful Company is pleased to announce that its $1 million Wonderful Community Grants application process is now live, building on a long-standing commitment to help local organizations and schools in the Central Valley further their missions and programs. Over the last seven years, The Wonderful Company and its co-owners, Lynda and Stewart Resnick, have awarded over $5 million in Wonderful Community Grants to more than 71 area nonprofits and 165 schools in California's San Joaquin Valley.
Designed to help spark increased engagement with local and regional organizations, the Wonderful Community Grants program encourages initiatives that support health and wellness, recreation, art, social services, and community beautification. The funds will directly support game-changing programs that demonstrate community need and yield tangible and visible results. Every year, The Wonderful Company and its co-owners invest more than $30 million in community development, education, and health and wellness initiatives across the Central Valley and beyond. This program is at the center of the company's ongoing Wonderful Neighbor commitment to support the communities its employees call home.
"Giving back is an essential part of the way we operate every day," said Andy Anzaldo, chief operating officer, corporate social responsibility at The Wonderful Company. "The Central Valley is the heart of our business, and we have always been a company focused on making the communities we serve more equitable places to live, work, and play. Whether it's through the grants we provide or inspiring volunteer efforts of Wonderful employees, we believe in leading through action and we're passionate about helping our neighbors make a profound difference."
Organizations are encouraged to apply. To learn more about the application process and eligibility requirements, join the Wonderful Philanthropy team at one of the following upcoming virtual information sessions:
- Thursday, July 7: 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. PDT (RSVP here)
- Thursday, July 21: 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. PDT (RSVP here)
- Wednesday, August 10: 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. PDT (RSVP here)
All applications must be received by Wednesday, August 31, at midnight PDT for priority consideration and will be reviewed on an ongoing basis past the August deadline. The 2022–2023 class of Wonderful Community Grants recipients will be announced in October 2022.
For additional information and to submit an application, please visit www.wonderfulcommunitygrants.com or email communitygrants@wonderful.com.
The Wonderful Company and its co-owners, Lynda and Stewart Resnick, have a long-standing commitment to invest in the communities their employees call home, especially in California's Central Valley. In addition to the millions of dollars the Resnicks and The Wonderful Company invest in the Central Valley every year, the Wonderful Community Grants program provides critical funding to organizations impacting change throughout the area. Local governments, area nonprofits, schools, and faith-based organizations can apply for grants in the categories of health and wellness, recreation, art, social services, community beautification, and COVID-19 recovery efforts for amounts between $1,000 and $100,000. Funds are available for program development/expansion, innovation, small scale capital improvements, technology, and equipment. More information about Wonderful Community Grants can be found at www.wonderfulcommunitygrants.com.
The Wonderful Company is a privately held $5 billion global company dedicated to harvesting health and happiness around the world. Its iconic brands include FIJI® Water, POM Wonderful®, Wonderful® Pistachios, Wonderful® Halos®, Wonderful® Seedless Lemons, Teleflora®, JUSTIN®, JNSQ™, and Landmark® wines.
The Wonderful Company's connection to consumers has health at its heart and giving back in its DNA. To learn more about The Wonderful Company, its products, and its core values, visit www.wonderful.com, or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. To view the current Corporate Social Responsibility report, visit www.wonderful.com/csr.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sotheby's International Realty has announced that LAH Real Estate, Inc. has joined the network and will now operate as LAH Sotheby's International Realty. The addition marks the brand's continued growth in Alabama and its seventh office in the state.
The firm, co-owned by Maurice Humphries, Tom Carruthers, Charles Robinson, Mike Graham, and Coke Williams, will serve the city of Birmingham and the surrounding area, with offices in Homewood, Mountain Brook, and Hoover.
"The luxury market in Birmingham has seen tremendous growth, according to local records," said Philip White, president and CEO, Sotheby's International Realty. "The area is known for its medical and research community and growing tech presence with notable companies such as, Shipt, making Birmingham their home. We are thrilled to welcome LAH Sotheby's International Realty and the entire team to our global network and we look forward to putting the strength of the Sotheby's International Realty brand behind their business."
"Our mission is to be a company where clients and our associates always come first," said Humphries. "Our vision has always been to be the leading team of real estate professionals committed to quality service and results. Our affiliation with Sotheby's International Realty offers our firm unprecedented levels of support, as well as the opportunity for global exposure and recognition. We look forward to continuing to provide our clients with the highest level of service and expertise as a part of the Sotheby's International Realty family."
The company consists of 160 sales associates and currently operates four offices in the region.
The Sotheby's International Realty® network currently has more than 26,000 affiliated independent sales associates located in over 1,000 offices in 81 countries and territories worldwide. LAH Sotheby's International Realty listings are marketed on the sothebysrealty.com global website. In addition to the referral opportunities and widened exposure generated from this source, the firm's brokers and clients will benefit from an association with Sotheby's auction house and worldwide Sotheby's International Realty marketing programs. Each office is independently owned and operated.
Sotheby's International Realty
Sotheby's International Realty was founded in 1976 as a real estate service for discerning clients of Sotheby's auction house. Today, the company's global footprint spans more than 1,000 offices located in 81 countries and territories worldwide, including 50 company-owned brokerage offices in key metropolitan and resort markets. In February 2004, Anywhere Real Estate Inc. entered a long-term strategic alliance with Sotheby's, the operator of the auction house. The agreement provided for the licensing of the Sotheby's International Realty name and the development of a franchise system. The franchise system is comprised of an affiliate network, where each office is independently owned and operated. Sotheby's International Realty supports its affiliates and agents with a host of operational, marketing, recruiting, educational and business development resources. Affiliates and agents also benefit from an association with the venerable Sotheby's auction house, established in 1744. For more information, visit www.sothebysrealty.com.
The affiliate network is operated by Sotheby's International Realty Affiliates LLC, and the company owned brokerages are operated by Sotheby's International Realty, Inc. Both entities are subsidiaries of Anywhere Real Estate Inc. (NYSE: HOUS) a global leader in real estate franchising and provider of real estate brokerage, relocation and settlement services. Both Sotheby's International Realty Affiliates LLC and Sotheby's International Realty, Inc. fully support the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act.
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melissa.couch@sothebys.realty
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NEW YORK (AP) — From the moment he left the White House in defeat last year, Donald Trump has teased the prospect of a third presidential campaign. But in the week since he officially declared his candidacy, the former president has been uncharacteristically low key.
There has been no massive stadium kickoff rally, notable for someone who has turned such events into a signature of his public life. His newly reinstated Twitter account, which helped fuel his political rise nearly a decade ago, sits silent with its more than 87 million followers.
He hasn't announced plans to visit the key early voting states that will shape the contest for the Republican nomination, nor has he sat for a round of high-profile interviews. Indeed, since his announcement speech, Trump hasn't held a public event.
“His lack of a schedule makes you wonder if he’s really running or if this is just a business development opportunity or a diversion from the DOJ activity,” said veteran GOP strategist Scott Reed, referring to Department of Justice probes into Trump's handling of classified documents and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, which are expected to intensify in the coming weeks.
Trump, who never held public office before winning the presidency in 2016, has never valued the cadence and organization associated with traditional campaigns. And several aides noted that Trump, who made his announcement unusually early and a week before the Thanksgiving holidays, is wary to draw attention away from the Dec. 6 Senate runoff in Georgia, which will close out this year's midterm elections. The aides, who insisted on anonymity to discuss campaign strategy, said Trump will ramp up his schedule soon.
But the light-touch start to the campaign reflects the rushed and chaotic nature of his announcement, which came as midterm election votes were still being counted and even as some of his closest aides and allies had urged him to postpone until after the Georgia runoff. It also comes at a moment of unique political vulnerability for Trump.
The former president, who has spent his post-White House years positioning himself as the undisputed leader of the GOP, is now facing heated criticism inside the party for contributing to a disappointing showing in this month's midterms. And other Republicans are openly teasing presidential runs of their own, making clear they won't stand aside for Trump's nomination.
Meanwhile, the legal pressure on Trump is intensifying. Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel last week to oversee the Justice Department’s investigation into classified documents recovered from the former president's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, as well as key aspects of a separate probe involving the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and efforts to undo the 2020 election. And on Tuesday, the Supreme Court cleared the way for the imminent handover of Trump’s tax returns to a congressional committee after a three-year legal fight.
Still, Trump begins the race with an obvious head start. The former president had been acting like a de facto candidate for months and had long had a political operation in place. After two presidential campaigns and four years in office, he also has longstanding relationships with state and local party leaders, including many who remain loyal to him.
In the meantime, Trump has been appearing at a series of private events. Last week, he hosted the America First Policy Institute’s two-day “Gala and Experience” at Mar-a-Lago, which included policy sessions, a Thursday evening concert with country star Lee Greenwood, a golf tournament and a Friday evening black-tie gala, where Trump delivered remarks in which he railed against Garland's special counsel decision.
Trump also appeared by video at a Conservative Political Action Conference in Mexico and answered questions via live video feed at the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeting in Las Vegas, where a long list of other potential 2020 hopefuls, appearing in person, courted donors. Some made the case it was time to move on from Trump.
“As you know, our country is in grave, grave trouble — it's in big problemville, I will tell you that,” Trump said.
Trump has also rolled out a slew of endorsements, including from allies in Congress like Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar, Ronny Jackson and Elise Stefanik, as well as Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake.
And his campaign team, which has yet to fill a long list of key senior roles, has been working to hire staff and build out the nitty gritty of a modern campaign organization, including integrating databases and donor lists and negotiating with vendors.
The rollout marks a stark contrast from June 2015, when Trump launched his last winning campaign for the White House at Trump Tower with a speech that drew waves of media attention with its shocking statements and tongue-and-cheek proclamations.
“When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best," Trump said then. "They’re bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime, they’re rapists, and some, I assume, are good people.”
The next day, Trump headed to Manchester, New Hampshire — he eventually won the state's GOP primary — followed by rallies in Arizona, South Carolina and Iowa.
Trump's approach also stands in contrast to many of his potential rivals, who have spent the last months frequently visiting early voting states and trying to raise their profiles with media appearances.
Former Vice President Mike Pence, for instance, has given more than 40 interviews while promoting his new book.
Dan Eberhart, a former Trump campaign donor who said he would like to see Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis win the nomination, said the last week has “confirmed some things we suspected all along.”
“We now know a lot of candidates plan to run for the nomination. At this point, no one seems ready to concede the nomination to Trump or DeSantis," Eberhart said. "We also know that a lot of people in the party are ready to move on from Trump. Right now, DeSantis is the heir apparent. We’ll have to see if he can hold on to that position, but I don’t see a lot of possible candidates who can challenge him — other than Trump himself.”
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DALLAS, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- I Never Met a Man I Didn't Like Films LLC, CuzBro Productions LLC and Will Rogers Productions LLC jointly announced today their alignment to develop, "THE WILL ROGERS STORY."
Director/Producer Johnathan Brownlee (DECODING ANNIE PARKER, THREE DAYS IN AUGUST) and Eric Nelsen (1883) are leading the development under their Dallas/Fort Worth-based banner, I Never Met a Man I Didn't Like Films. Brian Kelley (Florida Georgia Line) is attached as an Executive Producer as are Matt Waller, Greg Leftwich, Stephen Snedden, Justin Halliwell and Molly and Rusty Reid.
"We are in active talks with distribution partners who have expressed interest in bringing this quintessentially American story to the world. Will Rogers' life is a roadmap of the American dream," said Brownlee. "His down-home candor and honesty combined with keen insight and intelligence brought people from all walks of life together, as he was trusted and beloved by all. He's truly one of the most iconic Americans."
"My cousin Stephen [Snedden] and I have always had a mutual admiration for Will and his legacy. When we first came together to form CuzBro Productions, it was on our bucket list to be a part of a production that tells Will's legendary story. We couldn't be more excited to partner with Johnathan and Eric. This brilliant team brings so much heart to the project," shared Kelley. Snedden adds, "We call Will the 'greatest cowboy that ever lived,' and can't wait to share his wit and wisdom with the world."
"THE WILL ROGERS STORY" is the true story of William Penn Adair Rogers. Born a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, Will's roping tricks led to success as a Vaudeville performer and then to Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway. He traveled around the globe three times, was a top radio personality, made 71 Hollywood films and wrote more than 4,000 nationally syndicated newspaper columns. He was the trusted advisor to American Presidents and an unofficial US Ambassador globally. Still often quoted, Rogers was hugely popular with both blue and white-collar Americans for his good-natured non-partisan political satire. He tragically died alongside aviator, Wiley Post, when their small airplane crashed in northern Alaska while Rogers was touring to promote the growth of aviation, one of the many fields in which his influence catalyzed significant transformation at the turn of the 20th century in ways still felt today the world over.
I Never Met a Man Films is a collaboration between Eric Nelsen and Johnathan Brownlee's Torfoot Films. Eric is a 4x Emmy Award, Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, GLAAD Award, Drama League Award and Outer Critics Circle Award-Winning actor and producer. He recently starred in the Paramount+ hit tv series, 1883, alongside Sam Elliott and Tim McGraw. Johnathan, "JB," is an award-winning Canadian/American director, producer, writer and actor. His feature film credits include THREE DAYS IN AUGUST, DECODING ANNIE PARKER, THE STANDOFF AT SPARROW CREEK and OCCUPY, TEXAS.
CuzBro Productions is a creative powerhouse emerging in television and film production. Led by Brian Kelley (Florida Georgia Line), President of Production Stephen Snedden, and President of Development Justin Halliwell, CuzBro Productions is rooted in hard work, passion, and authenticity. Dedicated to conveying compelling original stories and creating vivid, authentic worlds, with inspired programming that speaks to the heart and humanity of all viewers. The company has sold multiple films as well as television projects to ABC, CBS, and Netflix. Their jukebox musical May We All: A New Country Musical premiered in Nashville,TN, and is now available for licensing. The May We All concept album is slated for release in 2023. They are represented by WME.
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UCLA and Southern California are planning to leave the Pac-12 for the Big Ten Conference in a seismic change that could lead to another major realignment of college sports.
A person who has been briefed on the discussions between USC, UCLA and the Big Ten said the schools have taken steps to request an invitation to join the conference. The person spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday on condition of anonymity because the schools’ talks with the Big Ten have not been made public.
The move would come as soon as 2024, after the Pac-12’s current media rights contracts with Fox and ESPN expire, and increase the size of the Big Ten to 16 schools.
The decision by the Los Angeles schools — two of the NCAA’s most decorated athletic programs — comes almost a year after Oklahoma and Texas formally accepted invitations to join the Southeastern Conference in July 2025.
The Big Ten would become the first conference to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific and would build on previous expansion into the nation’s largest media markets.
Big Ten leadership, including the council of presidents and chancellors, would still have to sign off on extending an invitation to the two schools.
The Big Ten has expanded twice in recent years, with Nebraska joining in 2011 and Maryland and Rutgers in 2014.
USC and UCLA fit the Big Ten’s academic profile. Both schools are among the 65 members of the Association of American Universities, which is made up of top research universities. All Big Ten schools except Nebraska are members.
The move to the Big Ten would greatly enhance USC and UCLA’s revenues.
The Pac-12 distributed only $19.8 million per school in fiscal year 2021, by far the least among Power 5 conferences. The Big Ten’s per-school distribution was $46.1 million, second only to the Southeastern Conference’s $54.6 million.
The Pac-12 has had difficulty getting its conference television network untracked while the Big Ten Network is the most established of the conference networks.
USC and UCLA would be taking a step up in football, both in visibility and competition.
“Pac-12 After Dark” televised games that kick off in the middle to late evenings in most of the country have made it difficult for the conference to get exposure. The Pac-12 has had teams in the College Football Playoff just twice — Oregon (2014 season) and Washington (2016).
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
07-12-34-35-37-48
(seven, twelve, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-seven, forty-eight)
Estimated jackpot: $5,300,000
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
07-12-34-35-37-48
(seven, twelve, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-seven, forty-eight)
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A 39-year-old hiker died after suffering from an “unknown medical condition” after climbing to the peak of Mt. Cabot in New Hampshire’s White Mountains Sunday afternoon, according to a statement from New Hampshire Fish and Game.
At around 3 p.m., the woman was hiking down Bunnell Notch Trail in Kilkenny with her fiancé when she began to experience a “serious medical condition,” the statement said. Her fiancé called 911, prompting the Berlin Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services to hike 2.5 miles from the trailhead to her location, along with Androscoggin Valley Search & Rescue.
The woman’s condition deteriorated, so her fiancé and passersby gave her CPR while a flight crew from the Army National Guard prepared to evacuate her by helicopter, Fish and Game said.
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At 5:36 p.m., a National Guard Black Hawk helicopter arrived from Concord and lowered a medic and rescue basket to her through an opening in the trees, the statement said. The woman was lifted into the helicopter 32 minutes later, but did not survive.
The woman was flown to Berlin Regional Airport in Milan, N.H. before being taken to a nearby funeral home, the statement said. Her name has not yet been publicly released.
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UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Bullet fragments lodged in the children’s arms and legs. Traumatic flashbacks flooding their nightmares. For the 17 people injured during a mass shooting last week in Uvalde, Texas, healing will be slow in a community mourning the deaths of 21 others.
As the tight-knit town of 16,000 holds funeral after funeral and investigators examine how police responded to the shooting at Robb Elementary School, several of the victims are still in hospitals over an hour’s drive away in San Antonio, undergoing treatment for bullet wounds.
Uvalde Memorial Hospital, which treated 11 children and four adults in the hours after the shooting, discharged 10 of those patients the same day and transferred five to San Antonio hospitals. The grandmother of the shooter, who was shot in the face before the 18-year-old gunman entered the school, was also hospitalized. On Wednesday, the San Antonio hospitals were still treating five patients, with one 10-year-old girl in serious condition and the rest deemed to be in good condition.
Among the injured were several fourth-grade students whose classmates and teachers were shot to death. One young survivor, 11-year-old Miah Cerrillo, told CNN that she and a friend used her dead teacher’s cellphone to call 911 and waited for what felt like hours for officers to arrive. Miah, who suffered a bullet fragment to her back, said she covered herself with a friend’s blood and pretended to be dead.
“We’re just taking it day by day,” the girl’s father, Miguel Cerrillo, told The Associated Press in a brief phone interview Wednesday.
The family is raising money for Miah’s medical expenses to treat both injuries caused by the bullet fragment and the mental trauma of surviving the shooting. Cerrillo said that while his daughter is now at home, she has not opened up to him about what happened in the classroom.
The long-term devastation of the shooting on those who were closest to it hung heavily on their family members this week as they put together fundraising campaigns to help pay for their treatment.
Noah Orona, 10, was “trying to comprehend not only his wounds, but witnessing the suffering of his friends, classmates, and his beloved teachers,” his older sister Laura Holcek wrote on a GoFundMe page for his treatment.
Orona had been struck in the shoulder blade by a bullet that exited his back and left shrapnel in his arm, the Washington Post reported.
Family members of 9-year-old Kendall Olivarez posted in another fundraising campaign that she would need several surgeries after she was shot in the left shoulder and hit by fragments of bullets on her right leg and tailbone.
Her uncle Jimmy Olivarez said Wednesday that Kendall was doing “OK.”
Yet the mental wounds from the shooting rippled out far beyond the hospital beds to a community where parents have held children with racing hearts, where local police face mounting questions about how quickly they acted to stop the shooter and where mental health experts say the scars of trauma will be indelibly etched.
“They are holding onto this terrible, horrific memory,” said Dr. Amanda Wetegrove-Romine, a San Antonio psychologist who attended high school in Uvalde and assisted in community counseling services in the days after the May 24 shooting.
Children were having nightmares and clinging to their parents, she said.
One third-grader, 8-year-old Jeremiah Lennon, feared he would be killed if he went back to school after surviving the shooting in a classroom next to the room where three of his friends were slain. He was changed by the shooting, his grandmother Brenda Morales said, now sitting quietly, not eating much and just staring into space.
“He’s changed. Everything’s changed,” she said.
As Erika Santiago attended the funeral this week for 10-year-old Amerie Jo Garza, she recounted how her 10-year-old son, Adriel, watched in horror when the first images came out on the news and he recognized two of his friends from kindergarten: Amerie and Maite Rodriguez.
Although the Santiago family has moved and now lives in San Antonio, Adriel did not want to go back to his school: “He told me, “Mom, I just don’t feel safe.’”
Mental health experts said that because most of the victims were children, trauma can have a particularly long-lasting impact.
“They are in an important stage of development. Their worldview is forming and they are learning whether the world is safe or unsafe,” said Dr. Arash Javanbakht, who directs the Stress, Trauma, and Anxiety Research Clinic at Wayne State University.
“Trauma stays with children the rest of their lives,” he said, adding that childhood trauma has been linked to a host of health problems later in life.
In the communities across the country shaken by school shootings over the years — Columbine High School in Colorado, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, Santa Fe High School in Texas and Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut — trauma has manifested for years. Survivors of Columbine, now adults, spoke out in recent days to say news of the shooting reopened the wounds of their trauma.
“I spent the formative part of my career in a Connecticut elementary school. I will never forget the ripple effect of fear and heartbreak that spread among students and teachers in the aftermath of the horrific Sandy Hook shooting,” U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said in a statement Wednesday as he announced a federal program would be set up to offer mental health support in Uvalde.
Mental health experts said a range of support will be needed for the survivors, beginning with what is known as “psychological first aid” in the immediate aftermath to counseling sessions to address trauma symptoms that can last for months and even years. The ability of the community to come together to heal will also be crucial, with parents playing an important role in discussing emotions with their children.
“Support and connectedness with community members and fellow survivors can be a powerful source of resilience, collective remembering, collective healing and purpose,” said Nicole Nugent, an expert in treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder who works as a professor of psychiatry and human behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
Wetegrove-Romine, the psychologist, said Uvalde was a “close-knit” community where “everyone is connected,” yet the intense scrutiny of the speed of the police response has also prompted a “conflicted grief.”
She worried that in the small Texas community, where mental health resources are thin and what she described as a culture of stoicism that prevails among many, people won’t get help when they need it. She has begun collecting specialized journals to send to adults in Uvalde to help them process their grief.
“I worry about the long-term resources — there will likely be another shooting like this and resources will need to leave” to treat survivors of that tragedy, she said. “What happens to the people of Uvalde?”
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Groves reported from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Associated Press writers Jim Vertuno in Austin, Texas, and Jamie Stengle in Dallas contributed.
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EAST LANSING, Mich. — Maryland men’s basketball’s four-game winning streak came to an end with a 63-58 loss to Michigan State on Tuesday night.
From the Terps’ defense sparking a comeback to poor shot selection hampering the offense, here are three takeaways from a rough night inside the Breslin Center.
Defense sparks a comeback
Maryland’s defense was the primary reason it avoided a blowout loss.
After the Spartans took a 15-0 lead in the opening minutes, Maryland held them scoreless for over four minutes and forced a pair of turnovers while going on a 6-0 run to cut the deficit to nine.
“I thought the defensive intensity was pretty good,” coach Kevin Willard said. “Even when we got down 15-0, I thought we came out OK defensively.”
In the second half, the Terps forced Michigan State to miss six of its first eight shots and held the Spartans scoreless for three minutes as they clawed their way back into the game. Later in the half, Maryland forced three turnovers during a 14-2 run to take a 40-38 lead with 12:37 remaining.
But the Terps couldn’t sustain that defensive intensity when it mattered most. Michigan State used an 8-0 run, including a pair of 3-pointers, to go up 52-48 with 7:44 remaining and never relinquished the lead.
Terps fall apart down the stretch
Despite falling behind 15-0 and trailing by 12 early in the second half, Maryland stormed back to take a 48-44 lead with 9:15 to go.
But the Terps’ hope for a huge comeback and a signature road victory didn’t last long, as the Spartans outscored Maryland 19-10 in the final nine minutes to pull off the win.
During the closing minutes, the Terps fell apart on both ends of the floor, allowing Michigan State to get open looks from 3-point range while struggling to make outside shots of their own.
“Later in the second half when we got a little fatigued. [Michigan State] would get a couple of easy [3-pointers] or get to the rim,” Young said. “We have to be mentally stronger than that.”
Willard recalled a six-minute stretch in the second half that defined the game. Michigan State guards Tyson Walker and Jaden Akins traded 3-pointers before Malik Hall buried a midrange jumper. When forward Joey Hauser (20 points) hit a three from the corner with 4:33 left, the Spartans led 57-52.
Maryland, on the other hand, missed four 3-pointers during that stretch.
“We gave them a couple of easy shots,” Willard said. “They made them and we missed a couple of shots.”
Poor shot selection
Willard wasn’t mad about his team taking 22 3-point attempts even though they made just three of them and shot 2-for-13 in the first half. He thought Michigan State played solid defense around the rim, leading the Terps to settle for shots from beyond the arc.
The first-year coach was more displeased about his team’s shot selection during certain parts of the game.
In the opening minutes of the first half, Willard thought the Terps took four bad 3-point attempts that allowed the Spartans to score at the other end. Willard’s frustration was evident on the sideline after junior guard Jahari Long missed a 3-pointer from the top of the key with 12:43 left.
“I also thought we took four really bad shots in transition,” Willard said. “We took four quick [3-pointers] that led to some of their early buckets. That’s something we haven’t been doing but being on the road in a good environment, you kind of get sucked into that.”
Willard thought Maryland’s last three shots from beyond the arc, including Young’s potential game-tying 3-pointer with 1:06 left, were rushed.
“A lot of shots were short,” said Scott, who went 1-for-3 from deep. “[There were] some shots we didn’t need to take, like a couple of fast [3-pointers] that put us in a situation where we had to play defense.”
Penn State at Maryland
Saturday, noon
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Robotexts skyrocketing as experts say scammers exploiting robocall law
FCC releases alert on signs to spot the scams
InvestigateTV - One year after a federal law was put in place a new report by the U.S. Public Interest Group (U.S. PIRG) shows a 47% drop in scam robocalls; but the number of robotexts is soaring.
The Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act requires all phone companies to install robocall detection technology, including filters and messages warning consumers of likely spam. It does not provide the same protection against robotexts.
Teresa Murray is a consumer watchdog and authored the U.S. PIRG report “Ringing in our Fears”. She found con artists and identity thieves are taking advantage of loopholes in the law.
“We’ve seen an increase in robotexts now that robocalls are going down,” Cohen said. “Robotexts were not covered by the law, so a lot of the bad guys were gravitating to the robot text to try and scam us.”
The numbers have skyrocketed. According to RoboKiller, a spam call and text blocker app, robotexts have increased twelvefold in the past year.
Guilia Porter, the Vice President of RoboKiller, said the FCC is focused on stopping spam texts.
In the meantime, Porter suggested consumers stay diligent. She told users to research a suspicious text or call before responding. She also said you can check for fraud alerts on company websites of businesses you frequent.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a robotext alert this July and included common signs of a scam. They are:
- Misspellings
- 10-digit or longer phone numbers
- Mysterious or suspicious links
The FCC has also proposed legislation that would require mobile wireless providers to block illegal text messages.
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(KTLA) — There’s nothing quite like the traditional American breakfast: eggs, sausage, pancakes and maple syrup. But who has time to sit down to enjoy an entire breakfast spread in these busy times?
That’s exactly what the ramen noodle experts at Cup Noodles want to address with a new product launched Wednesday: breakfast ramen.
Yes, the same company founded by the inventor of instant ramen is looking to shake up the culinary world again with a new East-meets-West entry into the breakfast game.
The new Cup Noodles Breakfast will feature the same tangle and chew of instant ramen that you know and love, with the introduction of the American breakfast flavors you grew up with.
The noodles blend the aforementioned flavors of pancakes, maple syrup, sausage and eggs in a saucy noodle cup that is served in the company’s iconic packaging and is ready to eat in four minutes. You can enjoy (or simply try out of general curiosity) the noodles at home or on the go, the company says.
“We know our products are a go-to meal any time of the day,” said Priscila Stanton, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Nissin Foods USA. “By adding Cup Noodles Breakfast to our lineup we are truly feeding cravings around the clock — morning, noon, night or late night.”
The noodles officially launched Wednesday, but they’re currently only for sale at select Walmart locations across the nation or on Walmart.com. In continuing its legacy as a self-contained meal for adults and college kids on a budget, each Cup Noodles Breakfast sells for a suggested retail price of $1.18.
It remains to be seen if Cup Noodles just invented a new breakfast staple, but the brand and its parent company Nissin say innovation is at the heart of its company philosophy.
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DENVER – Sitting in front of a hulking red tractor, Democratic Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill Tuesday making Colorado the first state to ensure farmers can fix their own tractors and combines with a “right to repair” law — which compels manufacturers to provide the necessary manuals, tools, parts and software.
Colorado, home to high desert ranches and sweeping farms on the low-and-level plains, took the lead on the issue following a nationwide outcry from farmers that manufacturers, such as John Deere, blocked them from making fixes and forced them to wait precious days for an official servicer to arrive — waits that imperiled profits.
While their increasingly high-tech tractors or combines sit impotent, a hailstorm could decimate a crop or a farmer could miss the ideal planting window, farmers said.
“Farmers have had to wait three or four weeks to get repairs done to equipment when they can do repairs themselves. That’s just unfathomable,” said Bill Midcap, whose son is a fifth-generation rancher on Colorado's eastern plains.
Lawmakers in at least 10 other states have introduced similar legislation, including in Florida, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, Texas and Vermont.
Colorado has taken the lead, but Democratic Rep. Brianna Titone, the bill's sponsor, and Dan Waldvogle, director of the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, said it's a potential launch pad for other states and even at the federal level where discussions about similar legislation are already underway.
At the signing ceremony Tuesday afternoon, under a light drizzle of rain, Polis said: “This bill will save farmers and ranchers time and money and support the free market in repair” before exclaiming, “first in the nation!”
Behind the governor and arrayed farmers and lawmakers sat a red Steiger 370 tractor owned by a farmer named Danny Wood. Wood's tractor has flown an American flag reading “Farmers First,” and it been one of two of his machines to break down, requiring long waits before servicers arrived to enter a few lines of computer code or make a fix Wood could have made himself.
Polis and Titone climbed inside the tractor for a photo as the ceremony ended.
Polis signed the bill after the legislation advanced through long committee hearings, having been propelled forward mostly by Democrats even though a Republican lawmaker co-sponsored the bill. The proposal left GOP lawmakers stuck between their farming constituents pleading for the ability to repair their equipment and the manufacturers who vehemently opposed it.
Manufacturers and dealerships raised concerns that providing tools and information to farmers would allow equipment owners to illegally crank up the horsepower and bypass emissions controls — putting operator safety and the environment at risk.
They also argued that the law would expose companies’ trade secrets. Republican Rep. Richard Holtorf, a farmer himself, further worried that it would push dealerships out of business, especially in rural parts of the state.
The bill’s proponents acknowledged that the legislation could make it easier for operators to modify horsepower and emissions controls. But they argued that farmers are already able to tinker with their machines, and doing so would remain illegal.
The law falls into the broader “right to repair” campaign, which has picked up steam across the country and applies to a range of products, from iPhones to hospital ventilators. Independent mechanics and car owners have access to tools and parts because of a 2014 memorandum of understanding signed by the automotive industry.
Two years ago, President Joe Biden directed the Federal Trade Commission to beef up its right-to-repair enforcement.
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Millions of Americans will attend parades, fireworks and other Independence Day events on Tuesday, celebrating the courage of the nation’s 18th century patriots who fought for independence from Great Britain and what they considered an unjust government. Those events also will honor the military and those who sacrificed in other conflicts that helped preserve the nation’s freedom over its 247-year history.
That is only one version of a “patriot.” Today, the word and its variants have morphed beyond the original meaning. It has become infused in political rhetoric and school curriculums, with varying definitions, while being appropriated by white nationalist groups. Trying to define what a patriot is depends on who is being asked.
While the word’s origins come from ancient Greece, its basic meaning in American history is someone who loves his or her country.
The original patriots come from the American Revolution, most often associated with figures such as Sam Adams and Benjamin Franklin. But enslaved people who advocated for abolition and members of native communities trying to recover or retain their sovereignty also saw themselves as patriots, said Nathaniel Sheidley, president and CEO of Revolutionary Spaces in Boston. The group runs the Old State House and Old South Meeting House, which played central roles in the revolution.
“They took part in the American Revolution. There were working people advocating for their voices to be heard in the political process,” Sheidley said.
The hallmark of patriotism then, he said, was “a sense of self-sacrifice, of caring more about one’s neighbors and fellow community members than one’s self.”
In some ways, the view of patriotism has always been on parallel tracks with civic and ethnic nationalism, historians say.
“Patriotism really depends on which American is describing himself as patriotic and what version or vision of the country they hold dear,” said Matthew Delmont, a historian at Dartmouth.
Opposition to government and dissent have been common features of how patriotism has been defined, he said. He cited the example of Black military members who fought in World War II and advocated for civil rights when they returned. They also saw themselves as patriots.
“Part of patriotism for them meant not just winning the war, but then coming home and trying to change America, trying to continue to fight for civil rights and to have actual freedom and democracy here in the United States,” Delmont said.
For many white Americans who see themselves as patriotic, “They’re thinking of other white Americans as the true definition of Americans,” Delmont said.
Far-right and extremist groups have branded themselves with American motifs and the term “patriot” since at least the early 20th century, when the second Ku Klux Klan became known for the slogan “100% Americanism,” said Mark Pitcavage, senior research fellow at the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism.
By the 1990s, so many antigovernment and militia groups were using the term to describe themselves that watchdog groups referred to it as the “ Patriot movement.”
That extremist wave, which included Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, faded in the late 1990s and early 2000s. But many such groups resurfaced when Barack Obama became president, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which closely tracked the movement.
Since then, many right-wing groups have called themselves “patriots” as they’ve fought election processes, LGBTQ+ rights, vaccines, immigration, diversity programs in schools and more. Former President Donald Trump frequently refers to his supporters as “patriots.”
The term works as a branding tool because many Americans have a positive association with “patriot,” which hearkens back to the Revolutionary War soldiers who beat the odds to found the country, said Kurt Braddock, an American University professor and researcher at the Polarization and Extremism Research & Innovation Lab.
One example is the white supremacist militia group Patriot Front, which researchers say uses patriotism as a sort of camouflage to hide racist and bigoted values. Some white nationalist groups may genuinely view themselves as pushing back against tyranny — even if in reality they are “very selective” about what parts of the Constitution they want to defend, Braddock said.
Gaines Foster, a historian at Louisiana State University, said patriotism at one point was seen as a civic nationalism that held the belief “that you’re an American because you believe in democracy, you believe in equality, you believe in opportunity. In other words, you believe certain things about the way the government works, and that’s a very inclusive vision.”
He said the violent Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was the most dramatic example of how the view of patriotism has shifted in recent years, saying “people began to lean less toward a commitment to democracy and more to the notion in the Declaration of Independence that there is a ‘right of revolt,’ and that becomes patriotism.”
Bob Evnen has been active in Nebraska Republican politics for nearly 50 years and was instrumental a decade ago in enacting a requirement for the Pledge of Allegiance to be recited in schools. The measure doesn’t force students to participate, but does require schools to set aside time each class day for the pledge to be recited.
He pushed for the pledge policy to be included in the state’s social studies curriculum standards, despite criticism from some lawmakers and civil rights organizations who labeled it “forced patriotism.”
The intent, he said, is “to teach our children to become young patriots who have an intellectual understanding of the genius of this country and who feel an emotional connection to it.”
“Somewhere along the line, we lost that — to our detriment, I believe,” Evnen said.
Now Evnen is Nebraska’s secretary of state overseeing elections and he is sometimes the target of election conspiracy theorists — usually fellow Republicans. They have made unfounded accusations of election rigging across the country and often question his patriotism for disagreeing.
Evnen finds those accusations maddening. To him, patriotism is unifying around “the idea of liberty and freedom and of self-governance.” He said today’s national debate on what constitutes patriotism flies in the face of reason.
“They’re now just personal attacks in an effort to shut down debate,” he said. “Anyone who strays from orthodoxy is labeled unpatriotic.”
In Idaho, Gov. Brad Little and Superintendent of Public Instruction Debbie Critchfield, both Republicans, announced in June that the state had purchased a new “patriotic” supplemental history curriculum that would be made available, free, to all public schools.
“It’s more important than ever that Idaho children learn the facts about American history from a patriotic standpoint,” Little wrote on Facebook. He said the lessons would help to “truly transform our students here in Idaho.”
Little’s office referred questions about the supplement to the state’s education department.
“The Story of America” curriculum was developed by conservative author and former Reagan-era education secretary Bill Bennett. In a 2021 press release, Bennett said the curriculum was needed because “an anti-American ideology that radically misrepresents U.S. history has infiltrated our education system and misled our kids.”
It’s difficult to compare the supplemental curriculum against the lessons that Idaho schools currently use because each district selects its own texts and lesson plans.
The new curriculum emphasizes that talking about American history and teaching the subject should be done with the intent to “cultivate a respect and love of your country,” Critchfield said.
“It’s not to change history, but to honor the history we had,” she said.
Democratic state Rep. Chris Mathias, a member of the House education committee, hasn’t seen the supplemental curriculum yet, but said history lessons should teach the good and the bad, and discuss — without shaming — the uncomfortable aspects of history.
Saying one curriculum is “patriotic” suggests that others currently in use are not, he said.
“I would really like to know if that’s true,” said Mathias, who previously served in the U.S. Coast Guard. “As a military veteran, I think a lot of people disagree on what it means to be devoted to America. I think a lot of people think that blind devotion is the same thing as patriotism. I don’t.”
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Fields reported from Washington, Beck from Omaha, Nebraska, and Boone from Boise, Idaho. Associated Press writers Steve LeBlanc in Boston, and Linley Sanders and Ali Swenson in New York contributed to this report.
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Florida mass shooting suspect killed during police pursuit
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — A man suspected in a mass shooting in central Florida last month was fatally shot by a police officer following a long chase and a carjacking, authorities said.
The car driven by Alex Greene, 21, eventually crashed into a business in Winter Haven. That’s a short distance from Lakeland, where 11 people were injured in the Jan. 30 shooting, Lakeland Police Chief Sammy Taylor said.
“We are very confident he was in fact involved; to what extent we don’t know yet,” Taylor said.
Taylor said detectives had hoped to bring Greene in on an outstanding burglary warrant to talk to him about the shooting on Jan. 30 in a neighborhood near downtown Lakeland, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) east of Tampa.
As investigators from the Lakeland Police Department, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement conducted surveillance, Greene got into a pickup truck and started to drive away, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said during a news conference.
Lakeland police went in pursuit along a heavily traveled road.
Police Capt. Eric Harper was driving an unmarked vehicle and tried to stop Greene “so that we don’t have this pursuit on a very busy road,” Judd said.
He did a successful pit maneuver, and Greene got out of the vehicle and started running into traffic.
“Why he and the captain weren’t run over is just the grace of God, because traffic was all over the place,” Judd said.
When Greene realized he couldn’t get away, he ran toward a restaurant where a woman was standing outside her car with the doors open, Judd said. The woman saw Greene, slammed the passenger door and tried to shut the driver’s side door.
Greene pushed the woman away and got into the car, Judd said. Harper approached with his gun drawn.
“The suspect takes off in her car, drives toward Capt. Harper, who shoots six times,” Judd said. “The car continues down a road, weaves through flower beds and crashes into a building.”
Law enforcement officials pulled Greene from the car and started performing CPR. He was taken to a hospital, where he was declared dead.
“No one else was injured in the pursuit, which we are all grateful for,” Judd said.
Greene had 10 previous felony charges, including fleeing to elude law enforcement, battery on a law enforcement officer, possession of weapons and resisting arrest, Judd said. He had an outstanding warrant for burglary and conspiracy to commit burglary.
An investigation into the shooting is being handled by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and the state attorney’s office.
Two people were critically injured in the Jan. 30 shooting, while the wounds of the other eight victims weren’t considered life-threatening. The victims were men ages 20 to 35, police said.
A vehicle drove through the neighborhood that afternoon, and suspects opened fire from all four car windows, police said. Officials did not provide details about any other suspects in the shooting.
Officials said they believe the shooting was a “targeted attack.”
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An enormous medical bill can trigger a wave of panic, but try to resist.
That startling invoice that arrived in the mail may not be what you wind up paying. Errors or slow insurance payments may have inflated the total. Even if it’s accurate, financial aid or other assistance might help pare it.
Sometimes a simple phone call clears up a problem. Other times, reinforcements are necessary.
Debt experts say patients should attack medical bills with a plan. Here are key steps to take.
CHECK THE NUMBERS
Don’t stash the bill in a pile of mail and hope it goes away, but don’t rush to pay it without first understanding the amount.
“Especially if it’s a really high bill, consider it like an opening offer,” says Caitlin Donovan, a spokesperson for the nonprofit Patient Advocate Foundation, which helps critically or chronically ill patients deal with debt and insurance problems.
Medical bills can be rife with errors. They also may have been sent before insurance coverage was sorted out.
Donovan recommends comparing the bill with your insurer’s explanation of benefits. That’s a document the insurer sends that explains how your coverage will apply to the care you received. It can give you a sense for what you may still owe based on your deductible or the plan’s out-of-pocket maximum.
If something looks weird, call both the insurer and hospital for an explanation.
Someone at the hospital may have mistakenly entered the wrong code for the care you received or duplicated it. Request an itemized bill from the hospital to see if that happened.
But be aware that those bills also can be hard to interpret or contain errors that have little to do with the charge, Donovan said.
KNOW THE LAW
The No Surprises Act debuted last year and offers a layer of protection. Patients should check to make sure their care provider is following that law.
It prevents doctors or hospitals in many situations from billing insured patients higher rates when the care providers are not in their insurer’s coverage network.
The law offers protection for most emergency care by basically requiring that patients receive in-network coverage with no additional billing from the provider. It also protects patients from huge bills for lab work or an out-of-network anesthesiologist when the patient was treated at an in-network hospital.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has established a “No Surprises Help Desk” for people who have questions about whether their bill complies with the law. They can call (800) 985-3059 or submit a complaint online.
SEEK OUTSIDE HELP
There are a host of for-profit and nonprofit organizations that can help people navigate medical bills.
The Patient Advocate Foundation helped David White recoup more than $2,000 he paid for routine lab work after his kidney transplant.
A case manager told White that a government database was causing complications with the claim, and this sort of thing had happened before to people with his condition. She also helped him file paperwork to correct the mistake.
“Every single penny that I paid out was refunded,” said the 61-year-old White, a volunteer foundation board member. “There’s just no way I could figure this out on my own.”
The foundation offers an online directory of potential resources for medical or prescription bill help.
Outside help might also include a state attorney general’s office, which may have a health advocacy unit or a consumer protection division.
Be very wary of any sort of medical credit card a provider may offer, said John McNamara, a principal assistant director with the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Those cards may come with high interest rates or terms that can hurt the patient financially if the debt isn’t fully paid in a certain time frame.
Plus patients who jump at that offer may miss out on other financial assistance, or their insurer may not be billed, McNamara noted.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Once you have checked for errors, ask for financial assistance. Some hospital systems may provide help for people with income levels as high as six figures.
“People a lot of times assume they won’t qualify,” Donovan said.
Patients should be persistent in asking for help or finding out why an application was denied. That may have happened due to a mistake. Applications can ask for a lot of supporting documentation.
Many hospitals don’t do a great job letting patients know about available help, said Marceline White, executive director of Economic Action Maryland, a non-profit that helps people in that state apply for financial assistance.
“The onus is on the patient to apply for the assistance and do the work,” she said.
Ask for a discount if no financial assistance is available.
BARGAIN AND BUDGET
You’ve checked for errors and asked about discounts and financial assistance. Now you may have to confront a final invoice.
Ask about a payment plan. Many hospitals will offer options with no interest or a very low rate.
But before committing to that, go over your budget to get a sense for what sort of payment you can handle. Consider looking for income-based programs that may be able to help with rent or utility bills.
Donovan noted that people who agree to a monthly bill that turns out to be too high may wind up having that debt land in collections if they can’t make payments.
“Then you’re in a whole new problem,” she said.
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TURPIN, Okla. (KFOR) – An Oklahoma teen was brought back from the brink after being kicked by a horse so hard it caused a heart attack.
“Ironically, my favorite animal happens to be the horse,” said Dalton Bruton.
Horses have been in Bruton’s blood since he was a toddler.
The now-16-year-old has spent most of his life training, grooming, and professionally riding horses. His family owns a farm with more than 50 of them.
“I was born into it. It was 16 years of living around them and just kind of here,” said Bruton. “It’s a calming experience being around them.”
But his last encounter with horses turned out to be anything but calming. Bruton was getting the horses ready to be checked for viruses, and that’s when he said one of them became uncontrollable.
“We were just kind of trying to corner and, you know, get her calmed down a little bit,” said Bruton. “And I got whacked!”
The horse’s enraged kick sent the teen into traumatic cardiac arrest. Her foot landed right over his heart — severely bruising it and causing it to bleed.
“I thought she just knocked the breath out of me,” said Bruton. “I was unaware of any other issues going on internally.”
The teen was flown to Wesley Children’s Hospital in Wichita and taken directly into surgery.
Doctors removed more than 300 milliliters of fluid from around his heart.
“I do recall repeating the sentence, ‘I’m not going to die today,’ multiple times,” recalled Bruton.
The determined teen was walking two days after the tragedy.
“I guess I can go with the first rule of horse safety that I should know after sixteen years: Don’t go behind the horse,” said Bruton. “It seems like some kind of divine intervention, so might as well just live with that.”
Dalton is expected to be released this week. He has to follow the doctor’s orders and stay away from horses for a while.
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Jennette McCurdy has written her way into a new mindset.
The Nickelodeon star reflected on how writing her memoir, I'm Glad My Mom Died, shifted her feelings towards her late mom after enduring parental abuse while growing up.
"Grief for me toward my mom used to be really complicated," Jennette explained during an Aug. 9 interview on Good Morning America. "I'd feel really angry and confused at why I felt angry that I was grieving her."
Jennette added that she felt like her mother, who passed away in 2013 after battling cancer, didn't "deserve my tears and my sadness and that she was abusive."
Despite this, Jennette shared that authoring her memoir changed her grieving. "It simplified in a really relieving way and now feels like I'm able to just miss her," she said. "And I think that is only possible because of the healing that happened through the writing of the book."
Jennette's reflection comes after her memoir—a story she said she wouldn't have written if her mom "were alive"—was released on Aug. 9. While Jennette tackles difficult experiences throughout the pages, such as developing anorexia and facing both mental and physical abuse, the 30-year-old shared that writing with "that kind of honesty has been truly liberating."
"I said a lot of things, a lot of uncomfortable truths that are I think difficult things to say," she noted. "The more uncomfortable something was for me to put on the page, the more important it felt for me to put it on the page."
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Chick-fil-A grilled nuggets contain dairy allergen due to supplier error
Published: Aug. 25, 2022 at 1:16 PM EDT|Updated: 21 minutes ago
(CNN) - People with dairy allergies should avoid certain Chick-fil-A products for the moment.
The fast-food giant says some of its grilled nuggets and grilled filets contain a dairy allergen.
Officials say their supplier accidentally added the ingredient to the Chick-fil-A recipe.
This mistake is affecting locations nationwide.
The dairy item may not matter to most customers, but it poses a threat to people with related allergies.
Chick-fil-A says it is taking actions toward preventing a mistake like this from happening again.
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tanmiah Food Company (TADAWUL: 2281, "Tanmiah" or "The Company"), an established market leader in the provision of poultry and other meat products, today entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with MHP, the leading European producer of poultry. The agreement is the first step in establishing a joint venture between Tanmiah's wholly owned subsidiary, Desert Hills for Veterinary Services Company Ltd and MHP SE (LSE: MHPC, 'MHP'), the parent company of the leading international food & agrotech group headquartered in Ukraine.
Supported by the government of Saudi Arabia, and in line with the food security goals of Saudi Vision 2030, the memorandum sets out the principles of establishing a joint venture with the aim of accelerating efforts to close the existing production gap in KSA's domestic poultry sector.
The joint venture's primary focus will be developing and operating poultry breeding facilities and includes the establishment of a greenfield hatchery in Saudi Arabia to hatch 108 million hatching eggs per annum. It will also invest in feed milling facilities with the target of producing 137 thousand tonnes of feed per annum.
The initiatives will be primarily funded by the Agriculture Development Fund of Saudi Arabia. MHP is set to provide a wide spectrum of industry expertise across the value chain to capture the long-term opportunities and design the best-in-class facilities fully adapted to local market conditions.
The establishment of the joint venture company remains subject to necessary regulatory approvals including the clearance by the General Authority for Competition of Saudi Arabia and other applicable authorizations.
Zulfiqar Hamadani, CEO of Tanmiah, said: "The new partnership with MHP is yet another important step, demonstrating our resolve to contribute towards KSA's poultry self-sufficiency whilst reinforcing our pioneering role in supporting the Kingdom's food security and self-sufficiency objectives. In addition, as Europe's largest poultry producer, MHP brings a wealth of industry expertise that will advance Tanmiah's production capabilities and efficiencies, whilst enhancing our sustainability agenda."
Dr John Rich, MHP SE Executive Chairman, added: "This memorandum represents an important milestone in MHP's international strategy. I am confident that Tanmiah's excellent operational track record in combination with MHP's industry-leading poultry expertise can bring transformational results to the Kingdom on their way to achieving the food security goals of 2030 Vision. The steady deepening of the relationship between MHP and Saudi Arabia is an important part of our long-term commitment to the region, and we continue to seek opportunities to make the best use of our expertise to improve food security around the globe. The agreement also brings closer together the people of Saudi Arabia and Ukraine."
Tanmiah is on track to achieving its ambitious growth plans, which include expanding its production capacity for fresh poultry and further processed products and developing new and innovative products and services that cater to the changing demands of domestic and international consumers.
Ahmed Bin Sharaf Osilan, Executive Board Member & Managing Director of Tanmiah, commented: "Our feed and animal health segment has been delivering solid results over the past few quarters and we have ambitious plans to expand this business further, and generate sustainable long-term value to all our stakeholders, including our shareholders. The material investments into this joint venture, will result in an expansion of our overall capacity, whilst supporting local job creation and delivering on the Kingdom's strategic vision for our sector."
The signing ceremony was held in Riyadh at the offices of the Ministry of Environment, Water, and Agriculture on February 16, 2023. Representatives from the Ministries of Investment, and Commerce, of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Food and Drug Authority, Agricultural Development Fund and Saudi Investment Recycling Company also attended this event.
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TAIPEI, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global cross-border transactions are increasing in demand. According to Juniper Research, a UK-based market research company, the total amount of global B2B cross-border transactions will grow from 34 trillion USD in 2021 to 42 trillion USD by 2026. With alternative transactions gaining popularity, the financial regulations in various countries become stricter. In light of these trends, OwlTing Group, a global blockchain services company, announces a partnership with Dow Jones Risk & Compliance to leverage the Dow Jones Watchlist for Customer Due Diligence (CDD) measures of OwlPay, a one-stop integration payment service of OwlTing, and comply with the latest financial regulations across jurisdictions. In the second half of 2022, OwlTing Group expects to work with international financial institutions to provide global B2B cross-border payment services that are secure, real-time, and convenient applicable across multiple industries.
Cross-border B2B payments are currently complicated, expensive and time-consuming. Recognizing this problem, OwlTing Group announced OwlPay's global cross-border payment services in Q2 of 2022. Partnering with Napier, a UK-based anti-financial crime system provider listed in 2022 RegTech 100, OwlTing implements measures including Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) to meet the requirements of financial regulatory authorities in various countries. Additionally, OwlTing utilizes the Dow Jones Watchlist in the Know Your Customer (KYC) process to enhance their risk management abilities and ensure the security of cross-border transactions for their global business users.
Dow Jones Risk & Compliance includes over 3.7 million global risk profiles, including those announced from the United Nations Sanction List. In addition to these files, official sanction lists from the governments in various countries such as US OFAC, Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) and Relatives and Close Associates (RCAs), and individuals or organizations that may have had adverse or negative media coverage are accessible. The Watchlist is also adopted by many international financial institutions and significantly contributes to OwlPay's CDD to monitor and prevent financial crime risks.
Jackal Ting, Chief Compliance Officer for OwlTing Group, explains, "OwlTing Group has been applying new technologies to innovate the existing industry applications and solve pain points. OwlPay is our solution in the FinTech industry. OwlPay not only allows users to use developer-friendly APIs to connect to business' internal management systems, provide payment process automation service, but also works with global financial institutions and digital payment enterprises to expand the cash flow network for a faster and cheaper global B2B cross-border payment service. Due to the increasing importance of AML and financial regulatory systems in various countries, OwlTing Group established the compliance department to take the responsibilities of transaction security and achieve regulatory compliance. We will continue to enhance our AML and CFT systems and measures, and expect to become a trusted partner of global enterprises."
Una Peng, Partnership Director for OwlPay, states about OwlPay's partnerships to date, "We are currently connecting the system to several banks and overseas financial institutions. On top of that, we are partnering with companies in industries such as real estate, automotive, and produce. Since the release of our global cross-border payment services in May, it has been adopted by enterprises in Singapore. In addition, we have introduced OwlPay to the business units under OwlTing Group from our hospitality system to e-commerce services, and OwlPay has processed a total payment volume of over 12 million USD to date. OwlPay allows for the same-day settlement of funds, helps save 50% of labor cost, and greatly enhances the operation efficiency for OwlTing's business units."
Looking at the global cross-border payment market, Darren Wang, Founder and CEO of OwlTing Group, shares, "OwlPay's B2B cross-border payment services for overseas businesses are released, and we will first target the US, Japan, Singapore, and countries in the EU. We will announce our partnership with international financial institutions soon. In the future, we will continue to work with our partners to provide faster and cheaper global B2B cross-border payment services with different blockchain settlement networks and USD stablecoin applications on condition that international regulatory compliance is ensured. We will build a seamless global cash flow network with which enterprises can make global payments with ease."
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Founded in 2010, OwlTing Group covers B2B, B2B2C, and B2C services. As a Taiwan-based company, OwlTing has branch offices in the US, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Singapore, and seeks to expand globally. In 2018, OwlTing announced an eight-figure USD investment from the Japanese financial giant SBI Group. In recent years, OwlTing has formed partnerships with government agencies, industry, and academia globally and applied the blockchain technology to the medical industry, automotive industry, defense industry, food industry, forestry, agriculture, etc. OwlTing aims to build blockchain services for various industries to solve pain points and improve industry ecosystems.
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ST. JOHN'S, Antigua (AP) — The Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda recently granted Rastafari official sacramental authorization to grow and smoke marijuana that their faith deems sacred.
Rastafari across the world have been persecuted and jailed for decades for their ritualistic use of marijuana. As public opinion and policy continues to shift in the United States and across the globe toward legalization of marijuana for both medical and recreational purposes, Rastafari are demanding more protections to curb persecution and ensure freedom of worship.
In an exclusive interview, Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne told The Associated Press that his government seeks to prevent further discrimination of the Rastafari and bring respect to their culture and faith.
Questions and remarks have been edited for brevity and clarity.
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AP: Can you tell us about the sacramental rights to cannabis in Antigua and why it's so important?
BROWNE: The initiative started with the legalization of marijuana. And we’re trying at the time to protect … our youth in particular, many of whom were … caught with a “spliff” and were criminalized, and their future prospects would have declined thereafter. So, we recognized that there was a need to intervene and to decriminalize the use of marijuana to protect our youth in particular, and to reduce the the jail population. And then we subsequently moved quickly to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes … and thereafter we went the extra mile, which I believe most countries have not implemented — to legalize the use of marijuana for sacramental purposes.
We pride ourselves as an all inclusive government, and we believe that we have to provide a space for everyone at the table, irrespective of their religion. … We believe that we have to be inclusive, just as we have recognized other faiths, we think that it's absolutely important for us to also ensure that the Rastafari faith is also acknowledged, and they too should be given the opportunity to worship. … It was important for us to acknowledge their constitutional right to worship and to utilize cannabis as a sacrament."
AP: Earlier this year, you met with Rastafari groups and granted them legal licenses from your country’s medical cannabis authority to grow the plant for religious purposes.
You told them: “We have adopted many European and non-European religions and we have a Pan-African religion … and instead of embracing it, we have sought to destroy it. I want to encourage you to stand your ground (and) continue to exercise that resilience."
What can you tell us about that?
BROWNE: Thousands of religions have been developed all around the world, many of which we have actually imported. And why can’t we embrace our own? This is a Caribbean faith, a Caribbean religion. And not only should they stand their ground, but they should seek to export their religion beyond the shores of the Caribbean. The Rastafari movement preaches brotherly love. And I’m talking about the purity of the religion here. We do know that there are some who may claim to be Rastafari, but may not necessarily practice the values of Rastafari. But if we look in them strictly at the values of Rastafari, they're promoting … brotherly love, good health, even their diet, which is plant-based, is something that can help all of humanity.
AP: What can you tell us about the persecution of the Rastafari for their ritualistic use of marijuana?
BROWNE: When you look at Rastafari within the Caribbean for the last several decades … they were castigated or brutalized or killed, and they stood their ground to the extent that many of their practices are now being embraced globally. Who would expect that there’d be a global movement today to move towards the decriminalization and certainly the legalization of marijuana or cannabis globally? And I think that the Rastafari movement in the Caribbean should take credit for that global development. In the case of Antigua and Barbuda, we have created a space for a form of reparatory justice for Rastafari. So, for example, there’s a cannabis company here by the name of "Grow." And what we did for them is that … we have waived the licenses because Rastafari has a significant percentage ownership in that company … and by waiving those fees at an annual basis, you’re looking at hundreds of thousands of dollars annually in license fees that we’re waiving as a form of reparatory justice, acknowledging the fact that they've been discriminated against, they've been marginalized. As I said, several of them would have died at the hands of law enforcement. And I just think that it's the right thing to do.
AP: What can you tell us about the Rastafari in Antigua and Barbuda?
BROWNE: I’ll give you a personal experience: I grew up in one of the poorest communities on the island. I was one of several children of a single parent who was mentally ill. So at that time, my mother could not work. There was absolutely no income — relatively starving. And I found my way probably about a couple of hundred yards from where we live, (an) “Ital” shack. It was actually operated by two Rastafarians … (they gave me) plant-based foods. I ran errands to them, and that's part of my survival as a youth. I was about nine years old when my mom became mentally ill, literally on the streets, hungry. But they embraced me. And again, it speaks to that positive value of brotherly love. … I was always socialized to embrace Rastafari.
… So after becoming prime minister, clearly they would have had a very sympathetic leader, someone who would have been sure that all those discriminatory practices would have brought to an end. So, it’s not a coincidence that I’m leading it. I’m sure other leaders would have had the opportunity to do so. In fact, we have had many parliamentarians who have been involved in the uses of marijuana, but for some reason never had the guts to stand up and to defend these atrocities against the Rastafari. Incidentally, I never smoked, but at the same time I recognized what had happened over the decades and that we had to bring it to an end … and was able to influence the Cabinet to champion the legislative changes, which were made in the parliament. … So, we've come a long way from discrimination and the castigation, the violence against Rastafari, to one in which they're fully embraced.
AP: What’s your hope for the Caribbean and the rest of the world when it comes to sacramental rights of the Rastafari?
BROWNE: I think that Antigua is a great example for the others, and I hope that they'll embrace Rastafari the way in which we have, and not to discriminate against the Rastafari, or any other religion for that matter. We're all fundamentally one and the same, and we should have the same privileges. We should have the same opportunities. And as governments in particular, we must ensure that the fundamental rights and freedoms of all people, that they're protected.
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Tessa Thompson has the world of fashion in a chokehold with this choker fashion choice.
The Creed actress proved that you can use your choker necklaces as a way to keep your hair back while also making a stylish statement. Tessa stepped out on the White Noise red carpet at the Venice International Film Festival on Aug. 31 in a striking Giorgio Armani Privé ensemble paired with a diamond chain choker, which she tucked her hair into.
Basically, this is the most practical choker you'll see on a red carpet, as it eliminates the need for hair scrunchies altogether.
It's not the first time Tessa has rocked this genius fashion choice. Back in June, the 38-year-old showed out at the season four premiere of Westworld in a gold sheer dress paired with a black velvet choker that she tied over her hair.
In fact, Tessa has a theory that she brought the ‘90s trend of wearing a choker back into style. In 2016, the actress reflected on how the nostalgic accessory was making its way back into popularity.
"The thing is I already had a really impressive choker collection before this went down," she shared in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. "I started making like lace chokers and now that's a thing."
During the interview, Tessa and stylist Wayman Bannerman recalled when she sported a slip dress with a gold choker at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week back in 2015. She teased about the then-growing trend, "And maybe, maybe that's why."
Now it's time for Tessa to strike a whole new wave of necklace inspiration once again. | https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1344495/tessa-thompson-cleverly-ties-her-diamond-choker-around-her-hair-at-the-venice-film-festival | 2022-09-01 09:44:22 | 0 | https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1344495/tessa-thompson-cleverly-ties-her-diamond-choker-around-her-hair-at-the-venice-film-festival |
PRESCOTT, Ariz. — The former operator of a Seattle donated-cadaver business who callously dumped numerous body parts around central Arizona was sentenced to more than six years in prison Monday.
A Yavapai County Superior Court jury in September convicted Walter Harold Mitchell III on 29 felony counts of concealing or abandoning a dead body.
Judge Krista Carman sentenced Mitchell to concurrent 2.5-year prison terms for 24 counts and a concurrent but consecutive 3.75-year term for the other five counts for a total of 6.25 years.
Mitchell, 61, will be credited with 671 days served since his arrest nearly two years ago.
Prosecutors were seeking a prison term of “no less than 18 years” for Mitchell.
“I take responsibility for what I did,” Mitchell said at his sentencing. “Whatever the court sees fit, I will live or die by. I am sorry.”
Mitchell was arrested in December 2020 at his Scottsdale apartment after the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office reported finding 24 human body limbs and five heads in a remote forest area north of Prescott, which is 99 miles north of Phoenix.
Prosecutors said the human remains — mostly body parts of women — were linked to as many as 12 people.
Two woodcutters found a human arm and leg on Dec. 26, 2020, and responding county sheriff’s deputies discovered nearly two dozen body parts.
The next day, prosecutors said two hunters came upon two severed heads and that led to the recovery of three other heads.
Investigators said most of the body parts had tags and serial numbers indicating they were donated for medical research.
That evidence along with a label for the name of Mitchell’s whole-body donation business led law enforcement to him.
Authorities learned Mitchell had permanently closed his business in Washington state in April 2020.
Prosecutors said Mitchell took the donor parts packed in dry ice with him in a U-Haul truck when he moved to Arizona.
He kept the parts in a freezer in a shed north of Prescott in Chino Valley and told authorities later that he dumped them in late November 2020.
Mitchell was arrested after selling the freezer and moving to the Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale. | https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/former-wa-man-gets-6-years-in-prison-for-dumping-body-parts-in-arizona/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_seattle-news | 2022-10-31 22:51:15 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/former-wa-man-gets-6-years-in-prison-for-dumping-body-parts-in-arizona/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_seattle-news |
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