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Lions mailbag: Assessing slow coaching starts, Goff's role and future cap space
Welcome to another edition of our weekly Detroit Lions mailbag. Let's see what's on your mind.
▶ Question: Historically, are there any coaches who have started .250 or worse in their first 1.5 seasons that ended up turning it around and having successful careers with that team? — @Danieljhall6
▶ Answer: How about Tom Landry? He went 4-20-2 his first two seasons in Dallas and didn't have a winning season until his seventh — not that Dan Campbell would or should ever be afforded that kind of leniency.
Some others of note:
Chuck Knoll began his time in Pittsburgh with a 4-13 record. Bill Parcells opened his tenure with the Giants with a 7-16-1 mark, before winning a Super Bowl in his fourth year. Dick Vermeil was 7-19 to start his career and then won double-digit games three consecutive years with the Eagles. And Bill Walsh, who won three rings in San Francisco, stumbled out the gate with a 5-23 mark.
A more recent example — which you listed but I trimmed from your question — is Zac Taylor in Cincinnati. He went from 6-25-1 in his first two seasons to a Super Bowl appearance in Year 3. So yeah, there's precedent for great coaching turnarounds.
▶ Q: Is it coincidence that bad Jared Goff coincides with playing without D'Andre Swift and Amon-Ra St. Brown? — @_olsen10
▶ A: At some level, it's unreasonable to be making excuses for a quarterback who is making north of $30 million this year. And I can assure you that Goff isn't the type who is seeking an excuse for his less-than-stellar play the past couple of games. But no matter how much we tell ourselves he should succeed regardless of the circumstances, nearly every quarterback will experience a steep decline in production if you take away three of their top weapons.
St. Brown is Detroit's best receiver. He does all the little things right, is largely sure-handed, and he can make something out of nothing after the catch. Swift's dynamic play-making ability opens up the play-action and screen game and he's a safety valve in the flat, capable of taking it to the house every time the ball is in his hands. And you didn't even mention DJ Chark, but his ability to stretch the field, drawing the attention of a deep safety, creates space underneath for Detroit's other receivers.
The Lions still have some productive options playing, including T.J. Hockenson and Josh Reynolds, so we're not talking about the end of the 2018 season, when Matthew Stafford was leaning on the likes of Bruce Ellington and Levine Toilolo. But it's also not that far off.
Goff has clear flaws in his game, including decision-making lapses under pressure and accuracy issues when throwing more than 20 yards downfield, but he's also shown he can lead a high-octane offense when given the right pieces around him, both in Los Angeles and here to start this season.
▶ Q: Nate Sudfeld, how’s he doing? How many games like the last before he sees some reps? — @PPiratePete
▶ A: To be transparent, we don't get to see any consequential portion of practice after training camp wraps, so I haven't seen Sudfeld make a single throw in a team setting since signing in Detroit. As for whether the Lions would consider benching Goff in favor of his backup — similar to how the team has recently pulled cornerback Amani Oruwariye and defensive lineman Michael Brockers from the lineup — I wouldn't count on it.
▶ Q: How much of Aidan Hutchinson’s success vs. Dallas was attributed to his own play versus Josh Paschal’s? — @kyle_warwick
▶ A: This wasn't the Washington game, where Hutchinson's three sacks were each created by a teammate doing the heavy lifting. Against Dallas, Hutchinson made his mark by winning his individual matchups, which is a much-needed, positive development.
That's not to say Paschal didn't play a role. His ability to reliably play the strongside defensive end freed the Lions to line up Hutchinson wider in the formation, while also allowing him to rush from his preferred two-point stance.
▶ Q: If Jameson Williams isn't ready by Thanksgiving, do they sit him out all year? — @klbaum1077
▶ A: No, there's nothing to indicate that's how the team is approaching the rookie receiver's rehab. The intention remains to get him on the field this year, even if it's for 1-3 games at the end of the season.
Now, there's a vocal group who doesn't want to see him at all if that's the way things play out, but that notion ignores how valuable the experience could be leading into his second year. Just getting a taste in the regular season will better prepare him mentally and physically for what it takes to succeed at this level and should result in a more rapid acclimation in 2023. That is when he figures to play a prominent role in Detroit's offense.
▶ Q: Derrick Barnes graded out well per PFF on his 18 snaps against the Cowboys. What did you see from him? — @FfbJordy
▶ A: Not a ton, honestly. He didn't make a dent in the box score in those 18 snaps, which were a healthy mix of run and pass downs. From what I could see, he was doing the little things right, such as filling his run gap or matching and staying with a receiving option through his zone, so that's probably why he graded out well, despite the lack of a counting stat.
What we know about Barnes is he's been a disappointment when asked to play a big role, but in small doses, he's shown he can be effective. Linebackers coach Kelvin Sheppard talked about that last week, noting he's trying to pare Barnes' defensive responsibilities down, so the player is not overthinking when he's on the field and can play fast.
This game would be a good example of that plan working as designed, and ideally, Sheppard can keep adding a little more to Barnes' plate each week, putting the second-year linebacker's development back on a positive track.
▶ Q: You think Jeff Okudah’s role from the Dallas stays (third linebacker on certain downs), or does he stay at pure CB? — @KHMakerD
▶ A: Okudah's role didn't really change, as he remains purely an outside cornerback. What was altered was his alignments when he didn't have a coverage responsibility to his side of the field, which was just one of several defensive tweaks the team implemented coming out of the bye.
Instead of staying outside of the formation in those situations, the team had their cornerbacks move further inside, presenting almost as a linebacker pre-snap. Obviously, Okudah thrived on those snaps, which is why we're talking about it, but as long as there's a receiver to his side of the field, that's where his attention will be focused.
▶ Q: Have the Lions finally found their kicker in Michael Badgley? — @Drewchenko
▶ A: That's probably premature, given the sample size of two kicks. I can tell you special teams coordinator Dave Fipp would be thrilled to find a reliable option to ride the rest of the season. And Badgley's resume suggests he could be that guy, having made nearly 82% of his field-goal attempts through his five-year career.
Reliability from long distance has been his biggest weakness, but you'd never know that with the way he hammered home a 53-yarder in Dallas on Sunday.
▶ Q: It seems the team has been overwhelmed with injuries in recent years, including many, many soft-tissue injuries. Am I out of line for questioning what’s going on there? — @apendygraft
▶ A: No, you're not.
The Lions haven't been the most injured team in football the past couple of seasons. That designation belongs to the Baltimore Ravens. That said, the Lions have certainly had more issues than the average team. And it's particularly troublesome when you have three guys go down with Achilles tears, making you wonder if there's any correlation.
I couldn't begin to assess whether the training or medical staffs are in any way culpable, but I know they're evaluated like any other team employee. I also know the team had extensive injury issues under former coach Matt Patricia, as well, but the training and medical staffs have undergone extensive turnover since then. So, maybe it's just bad luck.
And although I don't have any data to back this up, I've long been suspicious of the impact of the playing surface at Ford Field. For anyone who has ever been on FieldTurf, it can be unusually soft compared to grass, and the grounded rubber pellets make it somewhat unstable, like running on sand. It's easy to see footing giving way when cutting, leading to those dreaded high-ankle sprains, among other added strain to the various leg muscles.
It's definitely a topic I'd love to explore further, but finding that kind of time is always tricky.
▶ Q: Has the league caught up to Ben Johnson or have turnovers and injuries made it feel that way? — @Tim1213
▶ A: Probably the latter, although the injuries do make it difficult to make a true assessment. If there's one area where I'm concerned Johnson's play-calling/designs might be too predictable is when the Lions face third-and-short.
The team's ground game has been so good, from the blocking to the backs, but the offense is inexplicably ineffective when needing one or two yards on third and fourth down. They rank near the bottom of the league in those power-running situations.
▶ Q: Was drafting Jameson Williams a big flag that the Lions are going to be looking for a QB with a better deep ball to get the most out of his speed? — @vandej18
▶ A: Only if signing Breshad Perriman, Tyrell Williams and DJ Chark were also somehow red flags. What's clear is general manager Brad Holmes values speed on the outside and has been trying to add it since joining the franchise. Williams is simply the GM's latest swing.
Speed, beyond offering big-play potential, is valuable because it changes the way a secondary has to defend those weapons. As noted when talking about Chark earlier, his presence as a vertical threat can create space underneath for the other pieces in the passing game.
I do agree that Goff hasn't been able to maximize the big-play component of having speed. Obviously, the Perriman and Tyrell Williams experiment never got off the ground, but the quarterback struggled to connect with Chark when he got a step deep, prior to the receiver landing on injured reserve because of an ankle injury.
▶ Q: Is Levi Onwuzurike a cut candidate after this season or would he be trade bait? — @TuckerDillon1
▶ Q: Does D'Andre Swift have any trade value before the end of the trade deadline this year? — Tom from Lansing (via email)
▶ A: Trading Onwuzurike, given his condition, isn't a possibility. I don't want to speculate on his future beyond that, at least until we have a better sense for how his recent back surgery went.
As for Swift, I wouldn't be surprised if there would be some interest, but the Lions would be selling near the lowest point in his value, given his injury issues. And that's assuming he'd even pass a physical with an acquiring team.
I know the Panthers were able to pull in four picks from San Francisco for Christian McCaffrey, who also has had some recent durability issues. But that's also a guy who played more than 90% of the team's offensive snaps in 2018 and 2019 and was sitting at 85% at the time of the deal. Swift has never played more than 51% in a season.
If a team came at the Lions with two Day 2 picks, in my opinion, it would be a no-brainer. But given his durability history, I struggle seeing anyone offering much more than a single third-rounder. And for all of the frustrations that go along with rostering Swift, he's worth more to the Lions the next season and a half than that.
▶ Q: Is there a path forward that includes both a new QB and avoiding hitting "reset" on the rebuild? — @VADC20016
▶ A: Of course. The reset button has already been hit and wouldn't need to be pressed again going from Goff to a rookie. In fact, the cap space that transition would ultimately create should allow the Lions to better fill out their areas of need with quality free agents, instead of flawed stopgaps.
▶ Q: How’s the cap situation looking for 2023 and who can we reasonably move on from that gives us the most additional room? — @larrymoreorless
▶ A: As it currently stands, the Lions have quite a bit of cap space tied up for next season, but things are fluid and will change rapidly once we reach the offseason.
While I'm not particularly keen on predicting who will or won't have jobs next season, there are some obvious veterans who have cap hits that are tough to justify simply based on production, starting with Michael Brockers and Halapoulivaati Vaitai. Cutting them would create more than $17 million in additional space. Add in Romeo Okwara, who feels like a coin flip right now, and you're talking $25+ million.
And, of course, the biggest possible decision is what to do with Goff. Just know, moving on from Goff could free up more than $20 million.
▶ Q: Let’s say the Lions land a pick in the 4-to-10 range and Will Anderson, Bryce Young, and C.J. Stroud are all gone. Who would you expect the Lions to look at in this range given their needs on the roster? — @PDub358
▶ A: We're so far away to be making these predictions, but my early lean would be toward one of the remaining top defensive linemen, either Georgia's Jalen Carter or Clemson's Myles Murphy. The Lions still need help, both along the interior and on the edge, and either option should provide a big boost.
I'm sure there will be others who like Kentucky's Will Levis at that spot, but I'm not far enough along in my own prospect studies to readily suggest he has the makings of being the franchise's quarterback solution.
jdrogers@detroitnews.com
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Lawmakers in the Georgia House voted Monday to raise the age limit to 17 for prosecuting young defendants in juvenile court.
House Bill 462 was approved on a vote of 145-22, sending it to the state Senate for further debate.
Georgia is one of just three states, along with Texas and Wisconsin, in which 17-year-olds accused of crimes are routinely charged as adults, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Experts say teenage brains are still developing to full adulthood and they lack the impulse control that older people usually gain.
"Anyone who has ever known a 17-year-old knows how far from adulthood that 17-year-old is," said Rep. Mandi Ballinger, R-Canton and chair of the House Juvenile Justice Committee, who has worked for years to raise the minimum age of adult defendants to 18.
Ballinger said juvenile courts have a greater emphasis on rehabilitation that should help ensure that most 17-year-old offenders "will never see the inside of a courtroom again." And juvenile court judges can decide cases without giving defendants a permanent criminal record.
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The changes would take effect in January 2025 at the soonest, and then only if the state Department of Juvenile Justice receives sufficient state funding to handle the additional caseload and has the space needed for 17-year-old detainees.
The proposed age change wouldn't apply to 17-year-olds charged with violent felonies such as murder, rape and armed robbery. Their cases would still be prosecuted in adult courts, which already handle such cases in Georgia for teenagers 13 and older.
Likewise, 17-year-old defendants would still be charged as adults for gang-related crimes, as would those facing their second or subsequent offenses. Younger teenagers in those situations would still go to juvenile court.
Rep. Jasmine Clark, D-Lilburn, questioned why those charged with gang crimes would be treated differently than others.
"Do you think that 17-year-olds that are recruited into gangs cannot be rehabilitated?" she asked Ballinger on the House floor.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The makers of the popular peanut butter brand Jif issued a recall for the product due to potential salmonella contamination.
The company said the peanut butter was sold in stores across the U.S. and includes many types and sizes, including creamy, crunchy, natural, and reduced fat.
The Food and Drug Administration said the recalled peanut butter includes the products with lot codes 1274425 – 2140425. Lot codes are included alongside the “best-if-used-by” date.
The FDA defines salmonella as “an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.”
Those with a healthy lifestyle infected with salmonella may experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain, the administration said.
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CRN places Castra on its annual Fast Growth 150 list for 2022.
DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CRN has included Castra in its annual Fast Growth 150 list, placing the managed detection and response vendor among the fastest-growing technology vendors in North America.
With an average two-year growth rate of 64%, Castra ranks among the top half of this year's Fast Growth solution providers. The 150 companies that make up the list collectively generated $82.4 billion in revenue last year.
2022 marks Castra's first appearance on CRN's list, highlighting the value of combining human expertise with best-in-class technology partnerships to deliver fully scalable cybersecurity solutions. Castra's experience leveraging SIEM solutions like Exabeam and USM Anywhere has proven itself to generate considerable value for small businesses, mid-sized enterprises, and Fortune 150 organizations alike.
Castra's comprehensive suite of information security services has proven itself a vital element of the company's growth. Castra expands SIEM capabilities to include curated threat intelligence with Anomali ThreatStream, extended detection and response (XDR) with Palo Alto Cortex, and open-source remote logging with Wazuh, creating custom rules and implementations to meet unique customer needs.
"Surging demand for reliable, high-quality managed detection and response services is just one half of the picture," said Grant Leonard, co-founder. "Our customization capabilities give security leaders a chance to regain control and visibility over large, complicated IT environments. Instead of entrusting operational security to dozens of different providers, enterprise security leaders are increasingly choosing to streamline the entire process with the help of our highly experienced security operations team."
"Castra's growth story is really a story about establishing strong partnerships and maximizing the value those partnerships provide for us and our customers." added Tony Simone, co-founder. "Security leaders who invest in proactively improving their SIEM capabilities can detect threats more accurately, block unauthorized activities more rapidly, and protect sensitive systems with greater success than people who only want to check some boxes on a list."
CARN's 2022 Fast Growth 150 list is available online on the organization's website. A sample of the list will be published in the August issue of CRN magazine.
Founded in 2012 by Tony Simone and Grant Leonard, Castra provides enterprise-level managed detection and response services to more than 2000 organizations globally. The company leverages world-class SIEM and SOAR expertise to help customers meet their security needs without compromising on transparency. Castra serves Fortune 50 enterprises, small businesses, and everything in between, providing 24/7 managed security services custom-tailored to meet industry-specific objectives in healthcare, retail, technology, government, and more.
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SYLVANIA, Ohio (AP) — Gaby Lopez rallied from four shots behind Sunday and closed with three straight birdies for a 8-under 63 and a one-shot victory in the Dana Open.
Lopez finished her big run with a 12-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th at Highland Meadow, setting off a series of fist pumps, knowing it would keep her one shot ahead of Megan Khang.
All that was left for the 28-year-old Mexican was to see if anyone could catch her.
No one came particularly close, and Lopez had her third career LPGA Tour victory, and her first since the Tournament of Champions to start the 2020 season.
“I knew I had to make it because Megan was going to make hers,” Lopez said. “I practice exactly for this moment. We got the job done.”
Khang, who shot 29 on the front on a rain-softened course, closed with a 64.
Lucy Li, the 19-year-old Californian who started the final round with a one-shot lead, struggled to make birdies. Her hopes effectively ended when she hit into a fairway bunker on the 16th hole, played well short of the green and missed a 5-foot par putt.
Li birdied the 18th hole for a 70 and tied for fourth. She already has her LPGA Tour card for next season through the Epson Tour. Li tied for ninth in Canada last week to get into the Dana Open, and now she is eligible to play the LPGA event in Cincinnati next week.
“Yesterday I was a little nervous on the first couple of holes. Today didn’t really feel nervous at all, so that was definitely good,” Li said. “There is lots of lessons to be learned, but today I hit it good and I just couldn’t get a lot of the putts to fall honestly.”
The start of the final round had a feel of a battle of prodigies — Lexi Thompson qualified for the U.S. Women’s Open in 2007 when she was 12, and then Li broke her record in 2014 by qualifying at 11.
They were in the final group, along with Caroline Masson of Germany. In the end, none was really a factor.
Thompson has gone more than three years without winning and she didn’t make a birdie until the final hole. She closed with a 73 and tied for 16th, seven shots behind.
Li had one birdie and 14 pars as Lopez and Khang took over at Highland Meadow.
Masson was one shot behind Li at the start and was quickly forgotten when she opened with a double bogey and followed that with a bogey to fall four behind. In the end, Masson was the last one with a chance, though she would have needed an eagle-eagle finish on the two closing par 5s.
She birdied them both for a 68 to finish alone in third.
For Lopez, it was a matter of not trying to think too much about every shot, every result, and put her in a comfortable frame of mind on a wild day in which she had 10 players ahead of her at the start.
“This is going to sound crazy, but today felt more like a Friday round,” Lopez said. “Having that quiet is what we’re working on, and it has paid off.”
She was two shots behind and missed 6-foot birdie chances on the ninth and 11th and never lost focus on what she was trying to do.
“Doubts come into your mind,” Lopez said. “But my caddie said, ‘We jus keep doing what we’re doing. It’s definitely working, and we’re going to commit to that the last hole and see what happens.’
“If you keep it in the present, that’s when magic happens.”
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Mauna Loa lava no longer imminent threat to Hawaii highway
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
Associated Press
HONOLULU (AP) — Lava from the world’s largest volcano is no longer an imminent threat to the main highway across the Big Island of Hawaii, scientists said Thursday, a development that was a welcome reprieve for motorists who depend on the road.
Mauna Loa was still erupting Thursday morning, but the lava that was feeding the flow heading toward the crucial road has been cut off, likely because of a reduced production rate, said David Phillips, deputy scientist-in-charge at U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
“That’s good news for us,” Hawaii County Mayor Mitch Roth said. Still, county officials said they will stay on the alert — because scientists say things could always change.
Lava from Mauna Loa, which began erupting Nov. 27 after being quiet for 38 years, was 1.76 miles (2.83 kilometers) from Saddle Road, also known as Route 200 or Daniel K. Inouye Highway, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
“So just to emphasize, there is no current threat to any island communities or infrastructure at this time,” Phillips said.
Last week, officials said the earliest the lava could hit the road was one week, prompting motorists to brace for upheaval from a possible closure that could add hours to commute times on alternate coastal routes. But, as expected, the lava slowed considerably in recent days as it moved across flatter ground, leaving scientists unable to estimate a clearer timeline.
Phillips said the active fissure is still generating lava flows, but they’ll be localized around the fissure.
If there are additional flows in the channel, it’s very unlikely that supply from the top will push the flow front ahead to become a threat, said Frank Trusdell, a geologist with the volcano observatory.
“So right now, we don’t expect that the new lava coming out on the surface to be able to replenish the supply to the flows that are closest to Daniel K. Inouye Highway,” he said.
Meanwhile, scientists were trying to understand why lava fountains were higher than usual overnight — a marvel noticed by people across the island, Phillips said. There wasn’t a good estimate of size, he said, but the fountains were at least several hundred feet.
Some 20,000 vehicles have used a viewing route, which opened last week in an attempt to manage throngs of nighttime lava-gawkers, officials said.
Authorities were giving citations to people who, in an attempt to get a closer look, ventured onto prohibited areas. The state was “investigating people and companies who have entered the closed area and posted shots of themselves and lava flows on social media,” said a statement Thursday from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.
Native Hawaiian community members planned to be out along the highway Friday to ensure the area is free from garbage.
“And so as we do when we are preparing for the arrival of Pele, it is a practice for many of us to prepare our homes, prepare the areas where we live, and to make sure that that these areas are clean,” said Hawaiian cultural advisor Noe Noe Wong-Wilson, referring to the deity of volcanoes and fire.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California panel on Friday denied parole for a follower of cult leader Charles Manson convicted of slayings more than a half-century ago.
Bruce Davis was previously recommended for parole seven times, but those findings were rejected by three consecutive governors. Parole commissioners told the 79-year-old Davis to try again in three years.
"They said he lacks empathy," Michael Beckman, Davis’ attorney, said after the hearing before two parole commissioners.
Davis has said he helped kill musician Gary Hinman and stuntman Donald “Shorty” Shea in 1969. He previously said he cut Shea with a knife and held a gun while Manson cut Hinman’s face with a sword.
“I wanted to be Charlie’s favorite guy,” he said during a 2014 parole hearing.
Afterward, other followers wrote “political piggy” on the wall of Hinman’s home in his own blood.
Davis was not involved in the more notorious killings of actress Sharon Tate and six others by the Manson cult the same year.
“The last 14 commissioners of the parole board found Bruce Davis suitable for parole,” as did the last nine experts who found him at a low risk for violence, said Beckman, Davis’ attorney. “For these two commissioners to think they know better is appalling.”
Gov. Gavin Newsom has consistently rejected parole recommendations for Davis and for other followers of Manson, who died in prison in 2017 at age 83. His release was previously blocked by governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Brown.
Anthony DiMaria, a nephew of victim Thomas Jay Sebring, argued against Davis' parole on behalf of Hinman’s family.
“Bruce Davis remains in prison because his crimes were so severe and profound that they shook our country to its core with permanent repercussions,” said DiMaria. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Parole-denied-for-Manson-follower-for-slayings-in-17293567.php | 2022-07-08 23:00:03 | 0 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Parole-denied-for-Manson-follower-for-slayings-in-17293567.php |
Maddy Siegrist is the latest City 6 player picked in the WNBA draft. Who are the others?
Siegrist became the 10th City 6 women's basketball player drafted by a WNBA team.
On Monday night, Maddy Siegrist joined an exclusive club when she was drafted third overall in the WNBA draft.
And, because of where she went to college, she also became part of an even smaller set of players.
Including Siegrist, there have been 10 City 6 women’s basketball players drafted into the WNBA. Debbie Black of St. Joseph’s University was the first, in 1999, and Temple’s Feyonda Fitzgerald had been the most recent before this year when she was picked in 2017.
Two years before Black’s selection, Megan Compain became the first City 6 player to play in the WNBA when she signed with the Utah Starzz as a free agent in 1997.
Villanova, Drexel, Temple, and St. Joe’s have been represented in the draft, with four Owls having been picked — two of whom (Shey Peddy and Fitzgerald) are active. Siegrist is the second Villanova player to have been picked, and third overall also is the highest a City 6 women’s basketball player has ever been picked.
Two of the most famous WNBA stars from the city, North Philly’s Dawn Staley and Kahleah Copper are not among their number since they attended Virginia and Rutgers, though Staley played for the Philadelphia Rage of the ABL in the late 90s before getting drafted in 1999 by the Charlotte Sting after her former league folded.
Here’s a look at every City 6 college player to have been drafted by a WNBA team. All draft information is via basketball-reference.com.
1999: Debbie Black, St. Joe’s
Drafted: Second round (15th overall) by the Utah Starzz, 11th overall by the Miami Sol in the 2000 expansion draft, and sixth overall by the Connecticut Sun in the 2003 dispersal draft.
The Archbishop Wood graduate starred at St. Joe’s from 1984-88 and played in Australia and for the Colorado Xplosion of the ABL before getting drafted. She averaged 3.9 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 3.2 assists in 193 games across six WNBA seasons with Utah, Miami, and Connecticut. Black also played field hockey and softball at St. Joe’s and was inducted into the Big 5 hall of fame in 1995. Black still holds the career steals record (572), among others, at St. Joe’s. She coached collegiately, too, most recently as an assistant at Chattanooga from 2018-21.
2000: Jana Lichnerová, St. Joe’s
Drafted: Fourth round (54th overall) by the Minnesota Lynx
Lichnerová played for Slovakia in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, helping her country to a seventh-place finish in its lone appearance at the Games. Though she never played in the WNBA, Lichnerová had a lengthy professional career in Europe. She played for the Hawks from 1996-2000, started all 116 collegiate games she played, finishing her career with 1,158 points, 665 rebounds, and 168 steals.
2003: Trish Juhline, Villanova
Drafted: Third round (32nd overall) by the Washington Mystics
Though the Cardinal O’Hara graduate never played in the league, she starred on the Villanova team that reached the Elite Eight, averaging 17.6 points. Her 1,659 career points (13.9 average) are fourth-most in Wildcats history, and is No. 2 in three-pointers made (283). She was an Eastman Kodak honorable mention All-American and the 2003 Big 5 player of the year, and her No. 11 jersey is among the six retired by the school. Juhline, now known as Trish Brunner, was inducted into the Big 5 hall of fame in 2013 and now works as a neonatal intensive care unit nurse.
2006: Candice Dupree, Temple
Drafted: First round (sixth overall) by the Chicago Sky
Dupree played 16 seasons and averaged 14 points, six rebounds, and 1.8 assists in 494 career games with Chicago, the Indiana Fever, and the Phoenix Mercury. She currently is an assistant coach with the San Antonio Spurs. At Temple, she averaged 15 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 1.9 blocks over four seasons. Dupree twice was an AP All-American, the Big 5 player of the year, Atlantic 10 player of the year, and defensive player of the year and was inducted into the Big 5 hall of fame in 2018.
2007: Kamesha Hairston, Temple
Drafted: First round (12th overall) by the Connecticut Sun
Hairston averaged 1.9 points, 1.8 rebounds off the bench in 17 games in her lone WNBA season in 2007. The All-American averaged 18.9 points as a senior, when she was the Big 5 and A-10 player of the year, and 12.3 for her career. Her 1,573 points is ninth all-time at Temple, and she was inducted into the Big 5 hall of fame in 2019. She currently serves as an assistant girls’ basketball coach for Emmanuel Christian in her native Toledo, Ohio.
2010: Gabriela Mărginean, Drexel
Drafted: Third round (26th overall) by the Minnesota Lynx
The Romanian was the all-time leading scorer in City 6 history at the end of her Dragons career, a record that was broken by Siegrist this season. Along with Drexel’s scoring record (2,581), the All-American is second in school history with 947 career rebounds and averaged 20.6 points and 7.6 rebounds. Mărginean, who also played tennis at Drexel, played just four WNBA games (averaging 0.5 points, 1.0 rebounds, and 0.3 assists) but has had a lengthy career overseas and currently plays for İzmit Belediyespor in Turkey.
2012: Shey Peddy, Temple
Drafted: Second round (23rd overall) by the Chicago Sky
Though she was waived less than a month after being drafted, she eventually found her way into the league, signing a contract in 2019 with the Washington Mystics. After getting waived again in the summer of 2020, she signed with the Phoenix Mercury, with whom she currently has a training camp deal. In four WNBA seasons, she has averaged 6.1 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.4 assists in 98 career games. The 2012 Big 5 player of the year, A-10 player of the year, A-10 defensive player of the year, and All-American averaged 14.5 points in her two seasons at Temple and is the school record holder for steals in a season with 104.
2015: Natasha Cloud, St. Joe’s
Drafted: Second round (15th overall) by the Washington Mystics
The Cardinal O’Hara grad has spent her entire WNBA career in D.C., averaging 7.3 points and 4.9 assists and helping the Mystics to the 2019 WNBA title. At St. Joe’s, Cloud starred from 2012-15 and averaged 11.2 points, 5.7 rebounds, 6.2 assists, and 1.9 steals and was the 2013-14 A-10 defensive player of the year, helping the Hawks claim their first outright Big 5 title in over a decade in 2013-14. Her 243 assists in 2013-14 remain a St. Joe’s record.
2017: Feyonda Fitzgerald, Temple
Drafted: Second round (20th overall) by the Indiana Fever.
After getting drafted by the Fever, Fitzgerald signed a contract with the Connecticut Sun and played two games for them. Fitzgerald, who averaged 13.6 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 4.7 assists in her four-year Temple career, signed a training-camp deal with the Chicago Sky in February. The All-American was the 2017 Big 5 player of the year, and her 1,824 points were fifth-most in Temple history, one spot ahead of Dupree (1,698). She remains the Owls’ all-time assists leader with 635. | https://www.inquirer.com/sports/wnba-draft-philly-players-20230411.html | 2023-04-11 10:43:48 | 1 | https://www.inquirer.com/sports/wnba-draft-philly-players-20230411.html |
Leavitt High School of Turner sophomore Jade Haylock, South Portland High senior Lucas Flaherty and Freeport junior Eli Spaulding will all be looking to defend their state individual golf championship at the Natanis Golf Course in Vassalboro this weekend.
The team championships will also be decided beginning Friday when the Class A golfers tee off on the Tomahawk course at Natanis starting at 11 a.m.
Class B and C golfers will tee off on Saturday. The B golfers will start at 10 at Tomahawk and the C golfers will go off at 11 at the Arrowhead layout.
Flaherty was the Class A winner a year ago, but Falmouth won the team title. Falmouth was the third team in three years to triumph as Greely of Cumberland Center claimed the crown in 2020 and Mt. Ararat of Topsham was the 2019 winner.
It was the same scenario in Class B as Yarmouth was the champ following Freeport in 2020 and York in 2019. Spaulding was the individual titlist.
Kents Hill annexed its second title in three years in C, sandwiching 2019 and ’21 titles around Orono High School’s championship in 2020.
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Debit card built on Marqeta's open APIs will be available to Blockchain.com's US customers with no fees and 1% back in crypto
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Blockchain.com, one of the world's most trusted and popular platforms to buy, sell, and trade crypto, announced the debut of its highly anticipated Blockchain.com Visa® Card, with 50,000 waitlist sign-ups already at launch. Initially available to US residents, users can spend their crypto or cash within their Blockchain.com Wallet without fees and earn 1% back in crypto anywhere Visa debit cards are accepted.
The Blockchain.com Visa Card will let users spend from a crypto balance fee-free and offer the opportunity to earn crypto rewards. Leveraging Visa's (NYSE: V) payments network and Marqeta's (NASDAQ: MQ) modern card issuing platform, the Blockchain.com Visa Card also offers no sign-up, card issuance, or annual fees.
"As one of the crypto industry's oldest and most trusted platforms, we're excited to roll out the natural next step to make crypto easy to use in the real world and accessible to as many people as possible," said Peter Smith, Blockchain.com CEO and Co-Founder. "This is a prime example of digital assets making their mark on the existing financial services industry, as we shape the future of (mainstream) finance."
Marqeta's 2022 State of Money Movement study revealed that 38% of US consumers surveyed said they own cryptocurrency, highlighting the growing need to enable crypto use in everyday scenarios. Nearly all (93%) of cryptocurrency owners surveyed said they hold it like an asset, but there is significant demand for consumers to use it more as a currency for exchange, with over three-quarters (82%) of consumers surveyed globally saying they would be interested if their cryptocurrency exchange offered them a debit card where they could use cryptocurrency to make everyday purchases.
"At Visa, we believe for crypto adoption to grow, it's critical for it to be easily accepted everywhere," said Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto at Visa. "We're excited to partner with leading crypto wallets and exchanges like Blockchain.com to unlock more ways consumers can use their crypto for everyday purchases."
Marqeta's industry-leading Just-in-Time Funding feature allows Blockchain.com users to spend from their available crypto balance and seamlessly settle the transaction in fiat. Every Blockchain.com Visa Card will be linked to a verified Blockchain.com Wallet account. Customers will be able to use their crypto or fiat balance to pay for online and physical goods and services at every US merchant that accepts Visa debit cards.
"Blockchain.com is one of the most dynamic crypto companies on the market today and we see huge DNA-fit in this new partnership," said Simon Khalaf, Chief Product Officer at Marqeta. "Blockchain.com has built up a massive user base, and we're proud that our platform can make it possible for their customers to spend against their cryptocurrency wallet at the point of sale, using the magic of Just-in-Time funding. Blockchain.com's new Visa card is a textbook example of the possibility of Marqeta's technology and we look forward to working together to build innovative products like this as crypto evolves in the years to come."
Starting today, all US customers can join the 50,000 people already on the waitlist (Blockchain.com/card). After the US rollout, the card will be available to customers in more countries starting in 2023.
With more than 80 million customers in over 200 countries, Blockchain.com makes crypto easy to use with a powerful Wallet, lightning-fast Exchange, data-rich Explorer, and a bespoke Institutional business. It has transacted more than $1.2 trillion on its platform to date.
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Visa (NYSE: V) is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere and see access as foundational to the future of money movement. Learn more at Visa.com.
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Workers in the fields of computer science, real estate, finance and insurance experienced the greatest bumps in working from home during the first years of the pandemic, while it barely budged for laborers in occupations like stockers, truck operators and order fillers, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released Tuesday.
The share of employees working on-site in computer and mathematical jobs went from 60% in 2019 to 30% in 2021, and it went from 67% to 43% for workers in insurance, finance and real estate jobs, according to figures from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).
On the flip side, it went from 97% to 96% for workers in what are called “material moving occupations," such as laborers, truck drivers and machine operators.
Looking at all U.S. jobs, the share of employees working on-site dropped from 84% to 74%, the survey said.
Meanwhile, the share of workers in hybrid jobs, that is those spending some days on-site and other days at home, increased from 4% in 2020 to 6% in 2021. Of those employees, the most common days to work from home were Mondays and Fridays, according to the survey.
The SIPP program conducts interviews with anywhere from 14,000 to 52,000 households over several years.
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(NEXSTAR) — Since news of the ill-fated Titan submersible voyage broke, the incident — which ultimately killed all five people aboard — has seemingly united many who found humor in the situation, or else, unity among those who expressed disgust at jokes about such a gruesome death for those aboard, including a 19-year-old.
Through Wednesday and into Thursday, the OceanGate incident dominated social media site trends. Among many of these posts were memes about the perceived ignorance of boarding such a voyage to begin with.
A Reddit thread in /NoStupidQuestions posed the question many on social media sites like Twitter and Facebook may have been wondering: How are so many people comfortable making jokes about the Titanic submarine?
One main reason given for the perceived glee or dismissiveness with which the incident has been met with is summed up in a German word: “schadenfreude.” As defined by Merriam-Webster, “schadenfreude” means enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others — generally this enjoyment is reserved for those considered by individuals to be “above” themselves.
In this case, the fact that the people aboard were wealthy (or at least wealthy enough to afford the $250,000 per passenger ticket cost), appears to have made it easier to joke about for some. In recent years, Americans’ views about billionaires have changed significantly.
While 2021 Pew Research showed a narrow majority of Americans saying billionaires were neither “good” or “bad,” the share of people who said billionaires existing is “bad” rose 8 points (to 42%) in just one year.
Other research points to increasingly negative attitudes toward the uber-wealthy as sparked by both the COVID-19 pandemic and the racial justice movement. As reported by Vox and Data for Progress, 52% of Americans polled said it’s “unfair” the richest Americans got richer during the pandemic. Additionally, about 49% of Americans (of all three majority political affiliations) said they had negative feelings about billionaires.
In reference to the Titan incident, many online felt making light of a billionaire’s death was taking the ‘Billionaires Should Not Exist’ social movement too far.
“It’s weird to me that [people are] so quick to be like ‘lmao billionaires stuck in the ocean hope they [don’t] make it’ [without] even thinking that these people have families who will miss them. You don’t need to humanize a billionaire but some of [you] have zero sympathy,” tweeted one user Wednesday.
As of Thursday afternoon, the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed the Titan submersible had imploded near the wreckage of the Titanic, with OceanGate Expeditions releasing a statement acknowledging the deaths of the five killed.
Though “gallows humor” (also known as black humor) is a long-storied form of entertainment making light of tragedies or misfortunes, there are scientific reasons why people engage in it.
“One of the reasons we laugh at tragedy is that it makes the enormity of the issue easier to deal with,” psychologist Dr. Linda Papadopoulos told BBC, though she added a follow-up. “But we do live in a society where tragedy has become something that we’ve become conditioned to laugh at.”
Los Angeles Times writer Jessica Gelt also opined Thursday that the remoteness and anonymity of social media makes it easier to joke about things you wouldn’t normally say out loud.
“Imagine for a moment that there was a camera inside of the Titan and we could watch the mounting desperation in its hull. If we had to actually look at the pain in the dying men’s eyes, would we still joke about it?”
Many online also pointed to a recent tragedy in Greece, where an estimated 209 Pakistani migrants were aboard a boat that capsized. Even though an estimated 82 people have officially been declared dead, many say lack of media coverage is a clear indicator of the types of people who get media coverage and pleas for sympathy (wealthy, white) and those who don’t (poor, migrants).
“The Titanic submarine is a modern morality tale of what happens when you have too much money, and the grotesque inequality of sympathy, attention and aid for those without it,” editor Ash Sakar tweeted Thursday.
Proximity to the Titanic wreckage may additionally be a factor in reaction to the event. Even 111 years after the Titanic sank, people whose grandparents weren’t even alive at that time are obsessed with the tragedy.
“The disaster has become so invested with mythical status,” writes literary biographer Andrew Wilson in his 2012 book, “Shadow of the Titanic,” portions of which appeared in Smithsonian Magazine. “It’s been said that the name Titanic is the third most widely recognized word in the world, after ‘God’ and ‘Coca-Cola.’”
There have been at least 15 films involving the ship, in addition to countless documentaries. Most notable among the cinematic depictions is 1997’s “Titanic,” directed by James Cameron. The mega-blockbuster has grossed over $1.8 billion since its release, helped catapult the careers of stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, and snagged the Academy Award for Best Picture. Céline Dion’s smash hit “My Heart Will Go On” — featured both in the film and on its soundtrack — also remains one of music’s best-selling singles, serving as a musical reminder of the movie and the ship.
Wealth also factored into the equation at that time. Some of the U.S. and Europe’s most notable society members were aboard the Titanic, including American socialite Molly Brown, and multi-millionaire tycoons John Jacob Astor IV and Benjamin Guggenheim. Both Astor and Guggenheim died in the disaster.
Victims aboard the Titan were businessman Hamish Harding; explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet; OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush; and businessman Shahzada Dawood and his teen son, Suleman. | https://wgntv.com/news/trending/memes-jokes-about-titan-submersible-draw-criticism-over-insensitivity/ | 2023-06-22 23:59:51 | 0 | https://wgntv.com/news/trending/memes-jokes-about-titan-submersible-draw-criticism-over-insensitivity/ |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man who was convicted in two stabbing deaths outside a bar in 2019 has been sentenced to life in prison.
Davidson County Criminal Court Judge Angelita Dalton sentenced Michael Mosley on Wednesday to two consecutive life sentences as well as a 40-year sentence for attempted murder and a year for assault, news outlets reported.
Mosley was convicted of first-degree murder in March in the stabbing deaths.
The attempted murder count involves the stabbing of another man who was left blind in one eye.
College students Clayton Beathard, 22, and Paul Trapeni III, 21, were killed Dec. 21, 2019, at The Dogwood bar.
Beathard was the brother of NFL quarterback C.J. Beathard and musician Tucker Beathard, son of country music songwriter Casey Beathard and grandson of NFL Hall of Famer Bobby Beathard.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Medscape Education, the leading destination for continuous professional development for healthcare professionals, has launched Building Bridges Between Mental Health and Wellness, a learning center focusing on mental health and wellness for both patients and clinicians.
Guided by an expert steering committee, Building Bridges Between Mental Health and Wellness provides resources that explore the interconnectivity of mental and physical health.
"Mental health matters," said Hansa Bhargava, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Medscape Education. "Mental health and wellness are intertwined. When a patient has exacerbated mental health issues, there is also an impact on their physical health and risk of disease. Medscape Education is elevating this important topic through education. Through accessible and engaging activities, we are encouraging physicians to connect to the conversation about mental health and wellness to help eradicate stigma and address a growing and concerning issue."
Building Bridges Between Mental Health and Wellness takes an interprofessional approach, providing continuing education and resources across therapeutic areas and conditions, including:
- Insights and interviews from healthcare experts
- Education for multiple specialties and healthcare team members
- Patient education resources
- Clinical tools, resources, and references
An additional patient-focused resource center provides education and materials for patients and caregivers to manage their mental health and facilitate shared decision-making with their clinicians.
Medscape Education collaborates with partners such as The Anxiety & Depression Association of America, The JED Foundation and The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) to offer important resources from these organizations to Medscape members. Patients and caregivers gain similar access through WebMD Education. Through these collaborations and others, education and tools will broadly reach healthcare professionals and patients to improve overall care and well-being.
The Building Bridges Between Mental Health and Wellness for healthcare providers is available at https://www.medscape.org/sites/advances/mentalhealthandwellness.
The Mental Health and Well-Being Resource Center for patients and caregivers is available at: https://education.webmd.com/viewcollection/36690
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ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt. — (AP) — Vermont state and federal officials on Monday urged farmers to document and report damage from the catastrophic flooding that hit the state two weeks ago and inundated crops in the rural mountainous state known for its scenic farmland.
They toured Paul Mazza's Fruit and Vegetable farm, where fields were under 20 feet (6 meters) of water during the flooding, including row after row of blueberry bushes laden with berries and corn. The crops are now contaminated and unsellable. Mazza, who has seven farms in different locations, estimates he has about 25% of his produce left. Fields are covered with sediment and piles of sand from the river.
“It's a killer. My head just spins,” Mazza said. “I lost my shirt,” he added.
A 2021 state government report on Vermont agriculture credited maple producers, apple orchards, farms, cheese, and ice cream for having “long defined the Vermont experience” and said agriculture is a key engine of the state's economy. “Small towns cannot thrive without economic opportunity or without the innovation that agricultural and food businesses bring to our rural landscapes,” the authors wrote. “And, unless Vermont farm families can earn a sustainable living from their open productive agricultural land, it becomes a target for development, is chiseled off and sold, or becomes overgrown and under-utilized.”
The latest storms in Richmond flooded a couple hundred acres of corn and a couple hundred acres of hay at Conant’s dairy farm. “The velocity of water that came through was tremendous,” said Dave Conant.
The fields are so laden with silt that they don’t even want to put their equipment through them, he said.
“The beauty of Vermont has taken a hit,” Conant said.
Vermont is the top dairy producing state in New England and has a strong local foods movement.
U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, a Democrat, urged Mazza, his daughter, and other farmers, to document the losses so he and the rest of the congressional delegation can make the case for funds when a disaster relief bill reaches the Senate floor, he said.
Republican Gov. Phil Scott has asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a federal disaster designation, which would make farms eligible financial assistance, including low-interest emergency loans.
After seeing what Mazza and his family have experienced, the governor said he recognizes the devastation and frustration as well.
“You have berries still on the vine, and you have apples still up there on the trees but they can't be utilized," Scott said. “This is going to be a long, long-term effort for them and for many parts of the state with different experiences.”
Scott said he's confident the state will receive more federal help, but doesn't think it will enough.
“We're going to have to dig deep. We're going to have to be creative and reach into every pot in order to get through this,” he said.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president said Thursday his government has started debt restructuring discussions with China, an important step toward finalizing an International Monetary Fund rescue of the island nation from a severe economic crisis.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament on Thursday that initial talks will continue after China’s Communist Party congress, which begins Oct. 16.
Wickremesinghe, who recently returned from a trip to Tokyo, said the Japanese government had agreed to mediate the talks with China.
“China has been supporting us from ancient times and we believe they will do the same in these difficult times,” Wickremesinghe said.
Sri Lanka is nearly bankrupt and has suspended repaying its $51 billion foreign debt, of which it must repay $28 billion by 2027.
Sri Lanka has reached a preliminary agreement with the IMF for a $2.9 billion rescue package over four years. Its completion hinges on assurances from Sri Lanka’s creditors on debt restructuring.
Separately on Thursday, Nandalal Weerasinghe, the governor of Sri Lanka’s Central Bank, told reporters that steps have been taken towards debt restructuring.
Sri Lanka has made a presentation to global creditors and held meetings with financial advisors, donor countries and commercial creditors.
The discussions were “going forward,” Weerasinghe said. But he declined to discuss the progress of the discussions, saying he prefers to maintain “a radio silence” to avoid affecting markets. An announcement will be made once an agreement is reached, he said.
Sri Lanka borrowed heavily from China over the past decade for infrastructure projects that include a seaport, airport and a city being built on reclaimed land. The projects failed to earn enough revenue to pay for the loans, a factor in Sri Lanka’s economic woes.
China is not Sri Lanka’s biggest creditor. It accounts for about 10% of Sri Lanka’s loans after Japan and the Asian Development Bank. However, Beijing’s assent for restructuring its loans is crucial. It has not committed to any restructuring, though it offered an additional loan.
Meanwhile on Thursday, Sri Lanka’s Central Bank announced that the country’s economy is estimated to have contracted by 4.8 per cent in the first half of 2022.
It also said the economy is expected to contract in the second half of 2022 as well due to tighter monetary and fiscal conditions, widespread shortages of various necessities including fuel, food and medicines, and uncertainties for businesses given the lack of accessible financing and foreign exchange.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed unlikely to agree to overturn decades of precedent in a case about civil rights lawsuits, a result that would preserve the ability of individuals to use federal law to sue.
The justices had been asked to use a case about a nursing home resident who claimed a violation of his rights to more broadly limit the right to sue. The justices were told that result could leave tens of millions of people who have rights under federal programs including Medicare and Medicaid without access to the courts.
But members of both the court’s six-justice conservative majority and three-justice liberal wing seemed to have little appetite to rule broadly in the case.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor pointed out the repercussions of doing so. “Neither the federal government nor the states can possibly investigate and remedy every violation of these rights that are given to people,” she said, adding that federal law “speaks clearly” that people have a right to go to court. “Why shouldn’t we just respect our precedent?” she asked.
The court was being asked to say that when states agree to accept federal money to provide services — so-called spending clause legislation for programs like Medicare and Medicaid — they shouldn’t face lawsuits from individuals over civil rights violations unless the legislation itself gives states clear notice they’re subject to lawsuits.
But the court has previously said that a section of federal law — “Section 1983” — applies universally to give people the right to sue government workers when they violate rights created by any federal statute.
The specific case the justices heard involves the interaction of Section 1983 and the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act, a 1987 law that outlines requirements for nursing homes that accept federal Medicare and Medicaid funds. The court is being asked to answer whether a person can use Section 1983 to go to court with claims their rights under the nursing home act are violated.
On that narrower question, it wasn’t clear the court would rule Section 1983 lawsuits are permitted. Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that the nursing home legislation “says rights over and over again” but also noted that there’s a separate administrative process set up for people to complain when their rights are violated. “What’s wrong with an administrative process … if it’s comprehensive and works?” He asked at one point.
Biden administration lawyer Benjamin Snyder told the court that Congress did not intend to allow Section 1983 lawsuits when it enacted the nursing home legislation. Snyder said most nursing homes that participate in Medicare and Medicaid are private facilities. That means residents of those facilities can’t sue under Section 1983 but only have access to administrative remedies. He argued it wouldn’t make sense for different rules to apply to government-run facilities.
The specific case in front of the court involves Gorgi Talevski, who was a resident of Valparaiso Care and Rehabilitation, a government nursing home in Indiana. His family says the nursing home found it difficult to care for Talevski, who had dementia, and so gave him powerful drugs to restrain him, then involuntarily transferred him to another facility.
Talevski’s family sued under Section 1983, saying his rights had been violated. A trial court dismissed the case, but a federal court of appeals said it could proceed. Talevski died in 2021. A lawyer for the family, Andrew Tutt, told the court that a Section 1983 lawsuit was the family’s “last resort” and that it is a “life-saver for people who cannot actually make effective use” of administrative remedies in the law.
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Woman shares warning over fears skin cancer was triggered by manicure
Doctors suspect the manicure exacerbated an underlying health condition
Doctors suspect the manicure exacerbated an underlying health condition
Doctors suspect the manicure exacerbated an underlying health condition
Video above: Here's how infections from manicures happen
For one woman, what was supposed to be a relaxing trip to the nail salon didn't go quite as expected, and doctors believe a bad manicure caused her to develop cancer under her fingernail.
Grace Carcia, a mother of three, told Fox 11 that after going to a different nail salon than usual, she noticed damage to her fingernail that was cause for concern.
"It was a new salon. I did not want to go to my original place because they were booked. The tech was aggressive with my cuticle... it hurt a lot. It looked like a blister," she explained.
When her finger did not heal after three months, she visited her doctor, who referred her to a dermatologist.
After a biopsy, it was discovered that Garcia had squamous cell carcinoma that was caused by an infection of high-risk human papillomavirus, according to her doctor, Dr. Teo Soleymani.
"Interestingly almost every single skin cancer I’ve dealt with that involved fingers or nails has been associated with high-risk HPV," Soleymani said, noting that he believes Garcia's manicure may have triggered the development of the cancer. However, Garcia's case is rare, with Soleymani stressing that: "Rarely do we see high-risk squamous cell carcinoma arising from this but I have had half dozen with this phenomenon."
Human papillomavirus — better known as HPV — is a common condition spread via skin-to-skin contact. Most people who have HPV do not realize and do not have any problems.
However, in some cases, certain types of HPV can cause genital warts or abnormal changes in the cells that can sometimes turn into cancer — such as cervical cancer or, in Garcia's case, squamous cell carcinoma.
Commenting on Garcia's case, Dr. Deborah Lee says that it's "likely to be HPV-related" but not directly caused by the manicure.
"I think it’s unlikely that the manicure itself caused this lady’s skin cancer," Lee told Cosmopolitan UK. "It may have already started to grow and the trauma of the manicure caused it to grow faster and be identified more quickly."
Lee said Garcia's case should serve as a reminder to us all to be wary of HPV. Lee explains that there are currently no tests for HPV, but rather this is done as part of cervical screening.
"It’s imperative to have regular cervical smears," she stresses, noting that those with chronic illnesses or suppressed immune systems are at a higher risk. "Report any lumps, bumps, sore or bleeding areas on the genitalia, or around the fingernails, or in the mouth, to your GP without delay," Lee adds, as well as getting the HPV vaccine if it is offered.
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s government has ordered an investigation of domestic low-cost carrier Wizz Air over what it calls possible breaches of consumer protection laws, the second such investigation it has launched against an airline since June.
The probe, ordered by Hungary’s Ministry of Justice comes after the ministry said it received an increase in complaints against the Budapest-based airline over its failure to provide information and assistance to customers whose flights are delayed or cancelled, according to Hungary’s state news agency MTI.
Other complaints included Wizz Air failing to provide accommodation and rebooking for affected passengers, failure to respond to consumer complaints within 30 days and operating a paid customer service line, which violates Hungarian law and consumer rights, the ministry said in a statement.
It is the second investigation against an airline launched by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s nationalist government since June, when it announced it would impose windfall taxes on industries from banking to insurance to airlines that have enjoyed “extra profits” arising from soaring demand after the pandemic — a claim some companies have contested.
Earlier this month, Hungary accused budget carrier Ryanair of consumer protection violations and fined it more than three-quarters of a million euros after the company raised ticket prices to cope with the new tax, which Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has called “highway robbery” and “idiotic.”
The government hopes to raise 815 billion forints ($2.1 billion) from the tax policy to see the country through a period of soaring inflation and energy prices, and budget shortfalls from pre-election handouts earlier this year in which Orban won a fourth consecutive term.
Wizz Air didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
In a statement, the Ministry of Justice said the aim of the procedure is to “detect, stop and sanction any possible illegal behavior, since all businesses must comply with the law.” | https://www.yourbasin.com/business/hungarys-govt-launches-investigation-against-second-airline/ | 2022-08-22 15:59:23 | 1 | https://www.yourbasin.com/business/hungarys-govt-launches-investigation-against-second-airline/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA said Tuesday it has lost contact with a $32.7 million spacecraft headed to the moon to test out a lopsided lunar orbit, but agency engineers are hopeful they can fix the problem.
After one successful communication and a second partial one on Monday, the space agency said it could no longer communicate with the spacecraft called Capstone. Engineers are trying to find the cause of the communications drop-off and are optimistic they can fix it, NASA spokesperson Sarah Frazier said Tuesday.
The spacecraft, which launched from New Zealand on June 28, had spent nearly a week in Earth orbit and had been successfully kick-started on its way to the moon, when contact was lost, Frazier said.
The 55-pound satellite is the size of a microwave oven and will be the first spacecraft to try out this oval orbit, which is where NASA wants to stage its Gateway outpost. Gateway would serve as a staging point for astronauts before they descend to the lunar surface.
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Accredited to provide trusted solutions for financial and supply chain planning across financial services and tech, media, and telecoms (TMT) sectors; accreditations for other industries and functions are expected soon.
LONDON, June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vuealta, a global leader in the design and delivery of powerful scenario planning and forecasting software solutions based on the Anaplan software platform, today announced it has become one of Anaplan's first Solution, Advisory and Delivery Partners in its newly-launched global PartnerAccelerate program.
PartnerAccelerate is a global partner accreditation program from Anaplan that is designed to help new and existing customers identify partners based on the certified offerings and capabilities that best align with the unique needs of their organization. Vuealta has played a key role in helping to pilot the PartnerAccelerate program, achieving accreditation at launch as a Solution, Advisory and Delivery Partner across Financial and Business services and the Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) industries, covering corporate Finance and Supply Chain functions.
The company soon expects accreditation for consumer goods and manufacturing, and HR and Workforce, and Sales and Marketing functions.
As a long-time Anaplan Gold Partner, Vuealta has already worked with more than 200 clients worldwide across more than 500 projects. The organization's in-house experts combine deep industry knowledge with expert Anaplan skills to deliver best-in-class solutions, speedily, and with a more rapid return on investment.
Nigel Gale, CEO at Vuealta, said: "As one of Anaplan's first Solutions, Advisory and Delivery Partners through the new PartnerAccelerate program, we're delighted to be bringing our broad expertise and specialized industry knowledge to where it's needed the most: business transformation through connected planning. Anaplan is relied upon by some of the world's leading brands for their critical and strategic business transformation needs, and we're excited to deepen our already-close relationship with Anaplan as one of their first accredited delivery partners."
Carla Moradi, Senior Vice President, Global Partners and Alliances at Anaplan, said: "In an increasingly dynamic market, a partner's ability to provide credible best practices and trusted expertise is critical to help customers successfully manage the effects of change on their operations. PartnerAccelerate will help deliver that level of confidence to customers as they identify and select the right partner for their business, and we look forward to working our impressive network of partners, including withVuealta to help businesses around the world execute with agility, insight, and speed."
To achieve accreditation, Vuealta took part in an audit, conducted by a third-party, and met a rigorous set of requirements across its sales, pre-sales, and delivery capabilities.
About Vuealta
Vuealta is a leading global provider of intelligent planning and forecasting solutions, empowering businesses to unlock their full potential. As an Anaplan only consultancy, Vuealta delivers innovative technology and expert consulting services that enable organisations to optimise performance, drive growth, and make data-driven decisions. Vuealta has offices in EMEA, APAC and the US.
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HARBIN, China, Jan. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In recent days, the 2nd Automotive Winter Testing Festival was held in Heihe City, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.
Themed "passion, speed, and vitality", the Winter Testing Festival joined hands with the China Mass Production Car Performance Challenge (hereinafter referred to as CCPC), attracting more than 10 teams and nearly 30 brands, according to the Publicity Department of the CPC Heihe Municipal Committee.
A series of activities are held at the same time, aiming to attract tourists, investments and new opportunities to Heihe. These activities include the Heihe City Investment Promotion Conference and Signing Ceremony, the Crossing Heihe City Parade, the CCPC Heilongjiang Ice and Snow Competition, and the China Automobile Photographers Association Photo Exhibition.
As a national "Winter Testing Base" awarded by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), Heihe shoulders more than 80 percent of the winter testing operations in China. The Winter Testing Festival strives to make full use of the snow and ice resources in the Heihe region, further facilitating the development of its winter testing industry. The festival will promote the test season through a variety of activities, integrating test, racing and sales for the deep integration and development of China's automotive industry.
The winter testing is becoming a trademark for Heihe, with the winter testing industry driving the development of the tourism industry, sports events, export trade and other industries in Heihe and Heilongjiang Province.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — As Finland joined NATO this week, casting aside a history of military nonalignment, a small but noisy group of Ukraine supporters outside the security fence at the alliance’s headquarters used a loudspeaker system to chant “Ukraine needs NATO,” “Ukraine in NATO,” and “Ukraine needs fighter jets.”
Russia’s war on Ukraine has driven Finland into NATO’s ranks to benefit from its security guarantee that an attack on any one of the now-31 member countries will be met with a response from them all. Sweden, Bosnia, Georgia and — most urgently — Ukraine, want in, too.
At their summit in Lithuania on July 11-12, U.S. President Joe Biden and his counterparts want to offer Ukraine something more, something stronger, in line with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s expectations more than a year into a war that has killed tens of thousands and driven millions from their homes. The question, NATO diplomats say, is: What, exactly?
The problem is simple. Most of NATO’s bigger member nations believe that a country should not be brought into the fold while it is fighting a war. What Ukraine would join? What would its borders look like? Would Zelenskyy agree to join without the occupied Crimea and Donbas?
Some countries, closer to Russia’s borders and all too aware of their own troubled histories with their giant neighbor, would back Ukraine’s membership application now.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, who walks a wobbly plank as he attempts to speak for 31 allies with diverse positions that only take decisions unanimously, says the equation is simple: There is no point in talking about joining if Russia takes Ukraine.
“Ukraine will become a member of the alliance,” Stoltenberg told reporters on Tuesday. “At the same time, we all realize that to make any meaningful progress on this issue, the first step is to ensure that Ukraine prevails as a sovereign, independent nation.”
According to the organization’s estimates, NATO and its allies have delivered close to 150 billion euros ($164 billion) in support to Ukraine since Russia invaded in February 2022. That ranges from financial backing to field assistance including generators, fuel, tents and medical aid.
Some of the members, bilaterally or in groups, have supplied around 65 billion euros’ ($71 billion) worth of military equipment: air defense systems, anti-tank weapons, artillery shells and tanks. Poland and Slovakia have even agreed to send Soviet-era jets that Ukrainian pilots are trained on.
NATO, as an organization, does not provide weapons to Ukraine. It’s a line the 31 allies refuse to cross together. They are wary of being drawn into a wider war with nuclear-armed Russia. Instead, they defend NATO’s own borders, to dissuade President Vladimir Putin from expanding his war.
The latest thinking is to better use a “comprehensive assistance package” set up for Ukraine in 2016, years before the war, to help the country provide for its own security and, according to the official description, “to implement wide-ranging reforms based on NATO standards, Euro-Atlantic principles and best practices.”
The idea is to create a fund that could, according to diplomats, total around 500 million euros ($548 million) and would run for about 10 years. Almost 200 million euros is believed to have been pledged so far. The amount seems small in comparison with other support, but it specifically targets reforms to help Ukraine help itself.
Stoltenberg has been hesitant about publicly stating a figure or a time frame. Doing so could create expectations in Kyiv that the allies might not ultimately be able to meet.
“I think we will have a substantial amount of money and also commitment to support for many years,” he said, but added: “I think I’ll be careful going into this specific announcement.”
Barring any major surprises — some unfathomable development in the war, or perhaps its end — this package, and an official declaration of some kind appear to be the most that NATO leaders will be able to offer Ukraine when they meet in Vilnius in July.
As things stand, Sweden’s membership bid could have more luck by then. Seeking the same protection as Finland, Sweden also applied to join NATO last May, but its path has been temporarily blocked by Turkey.
Publicly, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Sweden must do more to crack down on extremists — primarily pro-Kurdish groups. Privately, NATO diplomats think the problem will be solved in a couple of months. Turkey is in campaign mode for May elections. The sense at NATO is that this should all blow over once the elections have been held, in time for the summit.
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Partnerships with NorthStar Medical Radioisotopoes, Niowave, and TerraPower to Support Advancement of Targeted Alpha Radiopharmaceutical Pipeline to Treat a Broad Range of Solid Tumors
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aktis Oncology, a biotechnology company discovering and developing novel classes of targeted alpha radiopharmaceuticals to treat a broad range of solid tumors, today announced agreements with three leading medical radioisotope manufacturers NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes LLC, Niowave, Inc, and TerraPower LLC, for preclinical, clinical, and commercial supply of Actinium-225.
"Given the breadth and depth of our emerging pipeline, securing robust isotope supply across all stages of development is critical. Each of our three partners are leaders in the field of nuclear innovation with strong reputations for production, operational experience, and technical capabilities," said Matthew Roden, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer of Aktis Oncology. "We believe these foundational relationships with such high-quality suppliers will ensure timely and efficient progression of our programs and ultimately, enable patient access to potentially life-saving therapies."
The three agreements provide Aktis with a portfolio of suppliers that utilize varied techniques to produce high quality Actinium-225, and enhance the Company's ability to ensure just-in-time delivery of finished targeted radioconjugates to healthcare providers for administration to patients. NorthStar's approach to Actinium-225 production is to utilize non-uranium, electron accelerator-based production methods; Niowave builds and operates superconducting electron accelerators to produce Ac-225 and other radioisotopes, whereas TerraPower uses a Thorium-229 generator. These agreements are a part of broader ongoing efforts to build and enhance Aktis's supply access, radiomanufacturing and distribution capabilities.
Aktis Oncology is creating precision targeting molecules to deliver Actinium-225 directly to cancer cells, thereby harnessing alpha radiation to treat commonly occurring cancers with limited treatment options, including breast, lung and colorectal cancers, and to improve standards of cancer care. Actinium-225's powerful alpha particle emissions potently kill cancer cells by inducing double strand DNA breaks to overcome acquired resistance to traditional chemotherapy, and potentially outperform the new generation antibody drug conjugates.
About Aktis Oncology
Aktis Oncology is a biotechnology company pioneering the discovery and development of a new class of targeted alpha radiopharmaceuticals to treat a broad range of solid tumor cancers. Founded and incubated by MPM Capital, the company has developed proprietary platforms to generate tumor targeting agents with ideal properties for alpha radiotherapy. Designed for high tumor penetration and long residence time, Aktis Oncology's molecules will quickly clear other areas of the body, thereby maximizing tumor elimination while minimizing side effects of treatment. This approach would enable clinicians to visualize and verify target engagement prior to exposure to therapeutic radioisotopes. To learn more about Aktis Oncology, visit www.aktisoncology.com.
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Adorable adoption: Puppy finds forever home after officers rescue dog from hot car at casino
LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) - The dog who was locked in a car while her owner gambled at a Las Vegas Strip casino has found a new home.
The Animal Foundation shared on Wednesday that the dog named Dutchess has been adopted since the incident and is living with her forever family.
The animal shelter said the officer who helped rescue the puppy back in July also visited her before her new family adopted her.
Las Vegas police said they were called to the Bellagio hotel-casino on July 20 regarding a dog locked in a parked car with summer temperatures nearing 115 degrees that afternoon.
Responding officers reported finding the dog locked in a car with its mouth taped shut while the owner was inside gambling. Police said the dog was without food, water and air conditioning while the owner gambled for nearly two hours.
According to the Animal Foundation, Dutchess enjoys going for walks, playing with her new toys and spending time with her new dog sibling, Tobey.
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ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of St. Thomas Board of Trustees has selected Robert K. Vischer as the 16th president of the 137-year-old Catholic university. Vischer, a longtime law school educator who became interim president this summer, will be the second layperson to lead Minnesota's largest private university when he takes permanent office Jan. 1, 2023.
Vischer was dean of the University of St. Thomas School of Law from 2013-22.
"Rob is known as a highly effective relational leader with a strong dedication to the mission of the university and someone who puts the students at the center of every decision and action," said Dr. Amy Goldman, CEO and chair of the GHR Foundation, chair of the Presidential Search Committee and vice chair of the St. Thomas Board of Trustees. "The board has put its faith in Rob as the leader who will continue the St. Thomas trajectory to become the undisputed premier private university in the Midwest."
Since transitioning from college to university in 1990, St. Thomas has opened two additional campuses, several schools and colleges, numerous facilities and became the first modern NCAA program to transition from Division III to Division I athletics.
This fall, the university welcomed its most diverse class of first-year students and celebrated record fundraising for programming across the university, including construction of what will be its largest academic building.
"I am humbled to be able to build on the mission-centered stewardship of our past presidents who stayed true to our mission and focused relentlessly on doing right by our students," Vischer said. "The mission of St. Thomas has a remarkable capacity to inspire because it calls us to a reality that is bigger than ourselves. I am excited about what we can do together to transform lives and advance the common good."
During Vischer's deanship, the law school improved employment outcomes for graduates, partnered with law schools in over a dozen countries, redoubled its commitment to whole-person professional formation, maintained its top 25 scholarly impact ranking, and made racial justice core to its mission.
Vischer received his bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, from the University of New Orleans, and his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.
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BOGOTÁ, Colombia, Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC) informs that at the extraordinary General Shareholder's Meeting held on October 24, 2022, its Board of Directors was appointed as follows:
Non-Independent Representatives:
- Mónica de Greiff Lindo
- Gonzalo Hernández Jiménez
Independent Representatives:
- Gabriel Mauricio Cabrera Galvis
- Carlos Gustavo Cano Sanz
- Saúl Kattan Cohen
- Sandra Ospina Arango
- Luis Santiago Perdomo Maldonado
- Esteban Piedrahíta Uribe
- Sergio Restrepo Isaza
Ecopetrol is the largest company in Colombia and one of the main integrated energy companies in the American continent, with more than 18,000 employees. In Colombia, it is responsible for more than 60% of the hydrocarbon production of most transportation, logistics, and hydrocarbon refining systems, and it holds leading positions in the petrochemicals and gas
distribution segments. With the acquisition of 51.4% of ISA's shares, the company participates in energy transmission, the management of real-time systems (XM), and the Barranquilla - Cartagena coastal highway concession. At the international level, Ecopetrol has a stake in strategic basins in the American continent, with Drilling and Exploration operations in the United States (Permian basin and the Gulf of Mexico), Brazil, and Mexico, and, through ISA and its subsidiaries, Ecopetrol holds leading positions in the power transmission business in Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Bolivia, road concessions in Chile, and the telecommunications sector. This press release contains business prospect statements, operating and financial result estimates, and statements related to Ecopetrol's growth prospects. These are all projections and, as such, they are based solely on the expectations of the managers regarding the future of the company and their continued access to capital to finance the company's business plan. The realization of said estimates in the future depends on the behavior of market conditions, regulations, competition, the performance of the Colombian economy my and the industry, among other factors, and are consequently subject to change without prior notice.
This release contains statements that may be considered forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All forward-looking statements, whether made in this release or in future filings or press releases or orally, address matters that involve risks and uncertainties, including in respect of the Company's prospects for growth and its ongoing access to capital to fund the Company's business plan, among others. Consequently, changes in the following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those included in the forward -looking statements: market prices of oil & gas, our exploration, and production activities, market conditions, applicable regulations, the exchange rate, the Company's competitiveness and the performance of Colombia's economy and industry, to mention a few. We do not intend and do not assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — As Hurricane Ian pummeled Florida, flamingos at a botanical park in St. Petersburg took shelter in a bathroom.
Sunken Gardens took to its Twitter account Wednesday to give let animal lovers know that the pink feathered birds were doing fine as they rode out the storm.
“We're hunkered down! Our animals are safe w/staff on site to see them through the storm," the park said. "The flamingos are having a hurricane party in the bathroom; eating, drinking, & dancing. Stay safe out there!”
🦩🌀We're hunkered down! Our animals are safe w/staff on site to see them through the storm.
The flamingos are having a hurricane party in the bathroom; eating, drinking, & dancing. 😉Stay safe out there! pic.twitter.com/ejCuuRUdma
— SunkenGardens (@SunkenGardens) September 28, 2022
This isn't the first time Floridians have seen flamingos huddled together for safety in a bathroom during a hurricane.
Wildlife photographer Ron Magill took a picture of flamingos inside a bathroom 30 years ago as they sought shelter from Hurricane Andrew, The Washington Post reported.
Of the countless images I have captured in my life, none is more iconic than this one. I can't believe it has been 30 years since Hurricane Andrew devastated South Florida. I'll never forget capturing this image of the zoos flamingos huddled in the ladies restroom for protection. pic.twitter.com/iACXIBivSm
— Ron Magill (@RonMagill) August 24, 2022
Hurricane Ian slammed into the state's southwest coast on Wednesday as a Category 4, with it bringing 150 mph winds, storm surges, and mass destruction.
Rescue and recovery efforts are underway as the state deals with the storm's aftermath, as officials conduct searches of residences.
On Friday, officials said 21 people have died, but they caution that the death toll is preliminary.
Areas that saw significant damage included Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel Island.
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BEIJING, July 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CASI), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative therapeutics and pharmaceutical products, today announced the execution of the Assignment Agreement (the "Agreement") with Cleave Therapeutics, Inc. ("Cleave"), pursuant to which CASI obtained all rights and global intellectual property rights related to CB-5339, a novel VCP/p97 inhibitor, as well as all remaining CB-5339 drug substance and drug product. Additionally, CASI will assume responsibility of the United States ("US") CB-5339 Investigational New Drug ("IND") application.
CB-5339 is an oral, second-generation, small molecule valosin-containing protein (VCP)/p97 inhibitor, designed to disrupt protein homeostasis, DNA damage response and other cellular stress pathways. In a Phase 1 clinical trial in patients with acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome, the drug was well tolerated in 55 patients and demonstrated signs of clinical activity. Two patients remain on CB-5339 under compassionate use protocols at two leading US cancer centers.
Wei-Wu He, Ph.D., CASI's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "CB-5339 is a first in class small molecule drug candidate that represents a promising opportunity to selectively target VCP/p97 in various malignancies. We are encouraged by the early clinical data in the phase 1 study of CB-5339 in patients with AML and MDS. CB-5339 is a complementary addition to our growing portfolio of approved and investigational therapies in oncology."
About Cleave Therapeutics
Cleave was founded in 2011 with scientific co-founders Raymond Deshaies, PhD, Seth Cohen, PhD, and Francesco Parlati, PhD. The company has focused on novel biological mechanisms and pathways in the AAA (ATPases Associated with diverse cellular Activities) family of ATPases to address unmet needs in oncology and neurodegeneration. Cleave investors include 5AM Ventures, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Orbimed, U.S. Venture Partners, Arcus Ventures, Astellas Venture Management, and Osage University Partners.
About CASI Pharmaceuticals
CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative therapeutics and pharmaceutical products in China, the United States, and throughout the world. The Company is focused on acquiring, developing, and commercializing products that augment its hematology oncology therapeutic focus as well as other areas of unmet medical need. The Company intends to execute its plan to become a leader by launching medicines in the Greater China market, leveraging the Company's China-based regulatory and commercial competencies and its global drug development expertise. The Company's operations in China are conducted through its wholly owned subsidiary, CASI Pharmaceuticals (China) Co., Ltd., located in Beijing, China. More information on CASI is available at www.casipharmaceuticals.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "confident" and similar statements. Among other things, the business outlook and quotations from management in this announcement, as well as the Company's strategic and operational plans, contain forward- looking statements.
The Company may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), in in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the Company's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: the risk that we may be unable to continue as a going concern as a result of our inability to raise sufficient capital for our operational needs; the possibility that we may be delisted from trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market if we fail to satisfy applicable continued listing standards; the volatility in the market price of our ordinary shares; the risk of substantial dilution of existing shareholders in future share issuances; the difficulty of executing our business strategy on a global basis including China; our inability to enter into strategic partnerships for the development, commercialization, manufacturing and distribution of our proposed product candidates or future candidates; legal or regulatory developments in China that adversely affect our ability to operate in China, our lack of experience in manufacturing products and uncertainty about our resources and capabilities to do so on a clinical or commercial scale; risks relating to the commercialization, if any, of our products and proposed products (such as marketing, safety, regulatory, patent, product liability, supply, competition and other risks); our inability to predict when or if our product candidates will be approved for marketing by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, European Medicines Agency, PRC National Medical Products Administration, or other regulatory authorities; our inability to enter into strategic partnerships for the development, commercialization, manufacturing and distribution of our proposed product candidates or future candidates; the risks relating to the need for additional capital and the uncertainty of securing additional funding on favorable terms; the risks associated with our product candidates, and the risks associated with our other early-stage products under development; the risk that result in preclinical and clinical models are not necessarily indicative of clinical results; uncertainties relating to preclinical and clinical trials, including delays to the commencement of such trials; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights; the lack of success in the clinical development of any of our products; and our dependence on third parties; the risks related to our dependence on Juventas to conduct the clinical development of CNCT19 and to partner with us to co-market CNCT19; risks related to our dependence on Juventas to ensure the patent protection and prosecution for CNCT19; risks relating to the commercialization, if any, of our proposed products (such as marketing, safety, regulatory, patent, product liability, supply, competition and other risks); risks relating to interests of our largest shareholder and our Chairman and CEO that differ from our other shareholders; and risks related to the development of a new manufacturing facility by CASI Pharmaceuticals (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the Company's filings with the SEC. All information provided herein is as of the date of this announcement, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.
Additional Information and Where to Find it
CASI will furnish to the SEC a current report on Form 6-K with respect to the Agreement and other matter in relation thereto. All of those materials (and any other documents filed with the SEC) will be available at no charge on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
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Rui Zhang
CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
240.864.2643
ir@casipharmaceuticals.com
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ALACHUA, Fla., Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nanopharmaceutics, Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical development company, today announced completion of patient enrollment in the 450 patient Phase 3 clinical study sponsored by the NCI, part of the National Institutes of Health, and led by NCI funded network group, NRG Oncology, with participation of the NCI National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN), "A Randomized Phase III Trial of Radiation Therapy and Cisplatin Alone or in Combination with Intravenous Triapine in Women with Newly Diagnosed Bulky Stage IB2, Stage II, IIIB, or IVA Cancer of the Uterine Cervix or Stage II-IVA Vaginal," (NRG-GY006, ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02466971). The randomized phase 3 trial is evaluating radiation therapy and cisplatin with Nanopharmaceutics' proprietary formulation of Triapine® compared to the standard radiation therapy and cisplatin, alone, in treating patients with newly diagnosed stage IB2, II, or IIIB-IVA cervical cancer or stage II-IVA vaginal cancer. Radiation therapy uses high energy protons to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors.
Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Triapine® may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. It is not yet known whether radiation therapy and cisplatin are more effective with Triapine® Injection in treating cervical or vaginal cancer. 450 patients were enrolled in the study, which was performed under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between NCI and Nanopharmaceutics.
About Triapine®
Triapine® is a synthetic heterocyclic carboxaldehyde thiosemicarbazone with potential antineoplastic activity being studied in the treatment of cancer. It is a type of ribonucleotide reductase inhibitor. Also called 3-aminopyridine-2-carboxaldehyde thiosemicarbazone and 3-AP, Triapine® inhibits the enzyme ribonucleotide reductase, resulting in the inhibition of the conversion of ribonucleoside diphosphates to deoxyribonucleotides necessary for DNA synthesis.
About Nanopharmaceutics, Inc.
Nanopharmaceutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage specialty pharmaceutical company developing oral, topical, and injectable products for cancer, central nervous system (CNS) disorders, and infectious diseases. Leveraging its expertise in nanoparticle and fine-particle formulations, which can specifically be used to improve hard-to-deliver Biopharmaceutics Classification System (BCS) category II and IV drugs, Nanopharmaceutics is focused on formulation development aimed at improving drug absorption and stability.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday is set to host a group of African leaders who traveled to Russia on a self-styled “peace mission” after their trip to Ukraine.
Seven African leaders — presidents of Comoros, Senegal, South Africa and Zambia, as well as Egypt’s prime minister and top envoys from the Republic of Congo and Uganda — visited Ukraine on Friday to try to help end their nearly 16-month-old war.
The African leaders traveled to St. Petersburg Saturday to meet with Putin who attended a business forum in Russia's second-largest city.
The mission to Ukraine, the first of its kind by African leaders, comes in the wake of other peace initiatives — such as one by China — and carried particular importance for Africa that relies on food and fertilizer deliveries from Russia and Ukraine. The war has impeded exports from one of the world's most important breadbaskets.
“This conflict is affecting Africa negatively,” South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said at a news conference alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and four other African leaders after their closed-door talks on Friday.
Ramaphosa and others acknowledged the intensity of the hostilities but insisted all wars must come to an end and emphasized their willingness to help expedite that.
“I do believe that Ukrainians feel that they must fight and not give up. The road to peace is very hard,” he said, adding that “there is a need to bring this conflict to an end sooner rather than later.”
The delegation, including Senegal’s President Macky Sall and Presidents Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia, represented a cross-section of African views on the war.
South Africa, Senegal and Uganda have avoided censuring Moscow over the conflict, while Egypt, Zambia and Comoros voted against Russia last year in a U.N. General Assembly resolution condemning Moscow’s invasion.
Many African nations have long had close ties with Moscow, dating back to the Cold War when the Soviet Union supported their anti-colonial struggles.
Speaking during Friday's news conference, Comoros President Azali Assoumani floated the idea of a “road map” to peace, prompting questions from Zelenskyy who sought a clarification and insisted he didn’t want “any surprises” from their visit with Putin.
Chances for peace talks look dim as Ukraine and Russia take sharply different stands. Ukraine demands that Russia withdraws its troops from all its occupied territories as a condition for peace talks. The Kremlin, in turn, wants Ukraine to recognize Crimea, which Moscow illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014, as part of Russia and acknowledge other land gains it has made.
China presented its own peace proposal at the end of February. Ukraine and its allies largely dismissed the plan, as the warring sides look no closer to a cease-fire.
The African peace mission comes as Ukraine launches a counteroffensive to dislodge the Kremlin’s forces from occupied areas, using Western-supplied advanced weapons in attacks in several sections of more than the 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line.
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MUSKEGON, MI – Nate Johnson needed to prove the naysayers wrong when he left the confines of prison a decade ago.
The former Muskegon gang member had to show those who doubted him that he wouldn’t return to his lifestyle of selling drugs and committing armed robberies.
“People do change. Let them prove you wrong,” Johnson said in an interview with MLive/Muskegon Chronicle.
Johnson’s life journey is a unique one. He’s been “hoodwinked” and “bamboozled,” as he puts it, a few times during his gang days.
He saw a friend get shot and killed at a young age. He sold drugs to make a quick dollar. He committed armed robberies to get what he didn’t have.
Now, he’s a co-founder of a local organization and church in Muskegon. His criminal record has been clean for years. He’s got the support of many in the community, including Muskegon County’s prosecutor.
But in the 10 years since he was paroled, Johnson still had one group of people to prove wrong: the naysayers. His commitment was inspired following an interview with a MLive/Muskegon Chronicle reporter and Johnson after he was paroled on May 30, 2013.
Johnson was hopeful that he could change, but there were others – mainly law enforcement at the time – who had their doubts.
“Give me 10-15 years and then make your judgment,” Johnson said during the Aug. 2, 2014, interview.
When May 30, 2023, popped up on his calendar, Johnson remember his statement and invited MLive/Muskegon Chronicle journalists to his Muskegon-based organization to discuss what he’s been doing over the last 10 years.
Inside his office at Fresh Coast Alliance, Johnson kicked back at his desk. He has a sign on it that says, “Go big or go home,” and talked about including a message he hopes will reach local youth who might be heading down a gang lifestyle path.
This is what he had to say.
‘White Boi Nate’ is reborn
Johnson’s story is known by many. He’s a criminal who turned Christian behind bars.
Johnson, who went by “White Boi Nate” on the streets, got into criminal activity at a young age. He committed small thefts and sold drugs in his early teen years during the late 1990s.
It was an armed robbery on Thanksgiving Day in 2000 combined with a drug charge that landed then-20-year-old Johnson a 12-year stay in Michigan’s prison system.
“Every day just took forever to get over with,” he said. “I figured something has got to change.”
It was while incarcerated that Johnson found a new purpose in life: God. But it was hearing one story about another former gang member in prison who “got into all that religious stuff” that intrigued him more about faith.
“They described him as a guy who would cut your nuts off and hand’em to you,” Johnson recalled. “But if you saw him now, he’s just the nicest guy. But, these were guys who were maniacs saying, ‘I remember when he was a maniac and that guy’s totally different.’”
Johnson stayed on his path to recovery over the years while in prison. He was eventually paroled May 30, 2013, and returned to the Muskegon area. His only problem was that he wasn’t sure what to do with his life.
“I’d given my life to the Lord but I still have my ability to hustle and recruit,” he said. “I felt like the Lord told me that those gifts were not meant to destroy but to provide.”
His ambition helped him launch Kingdom Life Church in Muskegon and then four months later, co-founded what is now known as Fresh Coast Alliance.
It’s at Fresh Coast Alliance, a Christ-centered program aimed at helping former prisoners re-enter the community, that Johnson found his passion.
“You go from hustling out of trap houses to here with 20-plus employees,” he said, laughing. “We’ve got counselors with PhDs and I got my G.E.D. in prison.”
‘The power of choice’
Every Tuesday, Johnson teaches a two-hour class called History Makers at Fresh Coast Alliance. He uses humor and “keeps it real” during each lesson plan.
During a June 6 session, about 20 people gathered inside a meeting room as Johnson stood at the front of the class. All eyes were focused on Johnson.
They go around the room and each person says their name and shares a positive moment they recently had. They talk about the joys of sobriety, and Johnson makes sure nobody feels like a stranger.
“I’ve realize I’m here to teach people how to win the war on staying out,” Johnson said.
Johnson still carries a bit of his old swagger with his style. It’s a feature that makes him even more approachable. He still lives in the area and keeps up with the latest happenings.
Recent media coverage of fatal shootings in Muskegon County, as well as punishments handed down for those responsible gives Johnson some concerns.
Last month, a 14-year-old boy was fatally shot on Jiroch Street in Muskegon. In another case, a trio of brothers are facing charges connected to the shooting death of a 6-month-old child.
The challenging aspect of reaching troubled youth, Johnson said, is trying to get that message through when they have no frame of reference of facing consequences.
That’s how “The Power of Choice” was created. It’s an assembly-like program that’s aimed at showing youth what can happened in life depending on the different choices a person makes.
“If I was telling the kids anything it’d be it’s the power of choice,” Johnson said. “Can you pick up a gun and go shoot someone or sell drugs? You’re free to choose whatever choice you want, but you’re not free to choose the consequences attached to those choices.”
“Once that choice is made and you choose do that,” he added. “Now the judge and prosecutor are now going to invite you to the chambers to decide what the consequence is going to be.”
It’s a powerful program and sends an even more powerful message. The program even caught the attention of Muskegon County Prosecutor D.J. Hilson who has developed a tight-knit relationship with Johnson over the years.
“Anybody that’s looking to clean up what they messed up. I’m all for it,” Hilson, who sits on the Fresh Coast Alliance board, told MLive/Muskegon Chronicle. “I’m really proud of Nate and the things he’s accomplished in the last 10 years.”
Together, Johnson and Hilson put on their presentation at various Muskegon County schools in hopes of making a difference.
From criminal to Christian, Johnson said he wants to spend the next 10 years carrying out his plans. He’s determined to finish his autobiography and continue to focus his energy at Fresh Coast Alliance.
To those who said he’d go back to his criminal days, Johnson had one message in return:
“They need to acknowledge the fact that some people do change and some people can come back and play a role in helping to clean up what they helped mess up,” he said.
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Members of the notorious James Gang robbed the Bank of Huntington on Sept. 6, 1875, and got away on horseback. The robbery spawned a host of legends, including stories about outlaw Frank James — brother of Jesse James — hiding out in Wayne County.
Members of the notorious James Gang robbed the Bank of Huntington on Sept. 6, 1875, and got away on horseback. The robbery spawned a host of legends, including stories about outlaw Frank James — brother of Jesse James — hiding out in Wayne County.
Courtesy of the West Virginia Humanities Council
Movie and television actress Joanne Dru died in Los Angeles on Sept. 10, 1996. Dru was born Joan Letitia Lacock in Logan.
Courtesy of the West Virginia Humanities Council
Anderson “Devil Anse” Hatfield was born in Mingo County on Sept. 9, 1839.
CHARLESTON — The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org.
Sept. 4, 1862: Gen. Albert G. Jenkins and his men crossed the Ohio River and became the first to raise the Confederate flag on Ohio soil.
Sept. 5, 1861: Sutton was occupied by 5,000 Union troops. Later in 1861, Gen. Rosecrans bivouacked 10,000 Union troops there, including a future president, William McKinley.
Sept. 6, 1875: Members of the notorious James Gang robbed the Bank of Huntington and got away on horseback. The robbery spawned a host of legends, including stories about outlaw Frank James — brother of Jesse James — hiding out in Wayne County.
Sept. 6, 1980: The new Mountaineer Field opened in Morgantown with a 41-27 win over Cincinnati. It was the first game of new coach Don Nehlen, who would become the most successful coach in West Virginia University history.
Sept. 7, 1808: Peter Godwin Van Winkle was born in New York City. Van Winkle was elected as one of the first two U.S. senators from the new state of West Virginia.
Sept. 7, 1848: Christopher Harrison Payne was born in Monroe County. In 1896, Payne became the state’s first Black legislator when he was elected to the House of Delegates from Fayette County.
Sept. 7, 1937: Photographer Arnout “Sonny” Hyde Jr. was born in Bluefield. His images of nature and people have appeared in magazines, books and calendars throughout the U.S. and Europe.
Sept. 8, 1862: Raiders led by Confederate Gen. Albert G. Jenkins, a Cabell County native, rode into Barboursville. They skirmished with the enemy, then rode into Wayne, Logan and Raleigh counties.
Sept. 8, 1947: Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston) moved to its current location on the south side of the Kanawha River.
Sept. 9, 1839: Anderson “Devil Anse” Hatfield was born in Mingo County. He was the patriarch of the Hatfield family and their leader during the Hatfield-McCoy feud.
Sept. 10, 1782: Frontier heroine Betty Zane is credited with saving Fort Henry in Wheeling during an attack by the British and Indians. According to one account, Zane sprinted across a field to retrieve gunpowder from the Zane family cabin.
Sept. 10, 1861: The Battle of Carnifex Ferry took place on the Gauley River. Union Gen. William Rosecrans sent in brigades one at a time as they arrived at the battlefield, allowing the outnumbered Confederates to repulse the piecemeal attacks. During the night, the Confederates decided to retreat before they could be defeated in the morning.
Sept. 10, 1996: Movie and television actress Joanne Dru died in Los Angeles. Dru was born Joan Letitia Lacock in Logan, West Virginia. Her movie career included more than 40 films.
e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia is a project of the West Virginia Humanities Council. For more information, contact the West Virginia Humanities Council, 1310 Kanawha Blvd. E., Charleston, WV 25301; 304-346-8500; or visit e-WV at www.wvencyclopedia.org.
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BEIJING, June 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Chinese President Xi Jinping met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday, the second and last day of the top U.S. diplomat's visit to China.
During the meeting, Xi urged actions to stabilize and improve China-U.S. relations, and emphasized that whether the two countries can find the right way to get along bears on the future and destiny of humanity.
"Planet Earth is big enough to accommodate the respective development and common prosperity of China and the United States," he said.
The Chinese, like the Americans, are "dignified, confident and self-reliant" people, and they both have the right to pursue a better life, Xi stressed.
The common interests of the two countries should be valued, and their respective success is an opportunity for each other, not a threat, he said.
'World needs stable China-U.S. ties'
Noting that the international community is concerned about the current state of the relations, Xi said it does not want to see conflict or confrontation between China and the U.S. or choose sides between them.
"The two countries should act with a sense of responsibility for history, for the people and for the world, and handle China-U.S. relations properly," urged the Chinese leader.
"In this way, they may contribute to global peace and development, and help make the world, which is changing and turbulent, more stable, certain and constructive," he added.
Blinken said U.S. President Joe Biden believes that the U.S. and China have an obligation to responsibly manage their relations, which is in the interest of both countries and the world.
Translating Bali common understandings into actions
When Xi and Biden held their first in-person talks as heads of state on the sidelines of a Group of 20 (G20) Summit on the Indonesian island of Bali last November, both sides agreed to take actions to take China-U.S. relations back to the track of stable development.
During Monday's meeting with Blinken, the Chinese president reiterated that the two countries need to remain committed to the common understandings he and Biden had reached in Bali, and translate the positive statements into actions so as to stabilize and improve China-U.S. relations.
He noted that major-country competition does not represent the trend of the times, much less can it solve America's own problems or the challenges facing the world.
"China respects U.S. interests and does not seek to challenge or displace the United States," said Xi. "In the same vein, the United States needs to respect China and must not hurt China's legitimate rights and interests."
China always hopes to see a sound and steady China-U.S. relationship and believes that the two major countries can overcome various difficulties and find the right way to get along based on mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation, he added.
Blinken said the U.S. is committed to returning to the agenda set by the two presidents in Bali.
The United States stands by the commitments made by Biden, namely it does not seek a new Cold War, it does not seek to change China's system, its alliances are not directed at China, it does not support "Taiwan independence," and it does not seek conflict with China, reiterated Blinken.
He added, the U.S. side looks forward to having high-level engagement with the Chinese side, keeping open lines of communication, responsibly managing differences, and pursuing dialogue, exchanges and cooperation.
Wang Yiwei, director of the Institute of International Affairs at Renmin University of China, told CGTN on Monday that it was an important step for China and the U.S. to stabilize their relations as both sides agreed to take the business and people-to-people exchanges back to normal following Blinken's visit.
Monday's meeting was the first time a U.S. secretary of state had met the Chinese president since 2018. Blinken is the senior most U.S. official to visit China since Biden took office in early 2021.
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MADISON, Wis. • A Wisconsin man was convicted Wednesday of killing six people and injuring dozens of others when he drove his SUV through a Christmas parade, wrapping up a trial in which he defended himself with bizarre legal theories and erratic outbursts.
It took the jury a little over three hours to find Darrell Brooks guilty of all 76 charges, including six counts of first-degree intentional homicide. He faces a mandatory life sentence on each homicide count.
Brooks, dressed in a suit and tie, silently rested his head on folded hands as the verdicts were read. His subdued demeanor was a stark departure from previous days of the trial, when his sometimes-outrageous behavior drew rebukes from the judge.
Judge Jennifer Dorow scheduled a hearing Monday to set a sentencing date. Victims and their families are expected to make statements then.
Tyler Pudleiner, who was performing with the Waukesha South High School band when he was hit by Brooks' SUV, told reporters Wednesday that the convictions will help all the victims heal.
"One of the things that I've said throughout this is we're stronger than (Brooks), and it's been proven today," Pudleiner said.
Brooks drove his Ford Escape into the Christmas parade in Waukesha in suburban Milwaukee on Nov. 21 moments after fleeing a domestic disturbance with his ex-girlfriend, prosecutors said.
Killed were 8-year-old Jackson Sparks, who was marching in the parade with his baseball team; Leanna Owen, Virginia Sorenson and Tamara Durand, members of the Dancing Grannies, a group of grandmothers that dances in parades; Wilhelm Hospel, husband to a surviving Dancing Grannies member; and Jane Kulich, described by her family as a die-hard Green Bay Packers fan. Scores of other people were hurt, some severely.
The incident left deep scars on the community of 70,000 people about 16 miles west of Milwaukee. Community members built memorials to the dead and held vigils.
The anger was still raw Wednesday; someone in the gallery yelled "burn in hell" as the verdicts were read. Vehicles passing the courthouse honked their horns in celebration, WITI-TV reported.
Brooks pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease earlier this year but withdrew the plea before his trial began with no explanation.
Days before the trial started, he dismissed his public defenders, electing to represent himself despite overwhelming evidence against him. Police officers and paradegoers testified they saw Brooks behind the wheel of the SUV. District Attorney Susan Opper presented several photos of Brooks driving the vehicle to the jury.
Brooks' main defense theory appeared to be that he was a sovereign citizen, echoing a conspiracy theory that every person is a nation and isn't subject to government restrictions. He refused to recognize the court's jurisdiction over him, refused to answer to his own name, launched into meandering cross-examinations, and muttered under his breath that the trial wasn't fair.
He got into daily arguments with the judge that often devolved into shouting matches. At one point he glared at Dorow so intensely she had to take a recess because she said she was scared of him.
Multiple times, she moved him into another courtroom where he could watch the proceedings via video and she could mute his microphone when he became disruptive.
One day, after he was moved to the other room, he stripped off his shirt and sat bare-chested on his table with his back to the camera. On another day, he built a barricade out of his boxes of legal documents and hid behind it. On yet another, he held up a Bible so no one could see his face on camera and tossed his copy of the jury instructions into the garbage.
"We felt very, very offended by his behavior, his disrespect of the court, the decorum, the families, his insulting the judge, his challenging the judge," Opper said at a news conference.
"That's not the way our system is designed. That was intentional on his part. We truly believe that. He did everything he (could) except claim the dog ate his homework," Opper said. "He tried to turn this into his story. Let's talk about Mr. Brooks and his family. We just kept redirecting it back to the real focus here, our families, our victims, our community and his responsibility for this destruction."
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TX Brownsville TX Zone Forecast for Wednesday, September 28, 2022
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Zone Forecast Product for Texas
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
358 AM CDT Thu Sep 29 2022
TXZ253-292100-
Southern Hidalgo-
Including the cities of McAllen, Edinburg, Pharr, Mission,
and Weslaco
358 AM CDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. Northwest winds around 5 mph,
becoming northeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming southwest after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper
80s. Lows in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ255-292100-
Inland Cameron-
Including the cities of Brownsville and Harlingen
358 AM CDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. North winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming west around 5 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper
80s. Lows in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ355-292100-
Coastal Cameron-
Including the cities of Port Isabel and Laguna Vista
358 AM CDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming north around 5 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper
80s. Lows in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ455-292100-
Cameron Island-
Including the cities of South Padre Island and Boca Chica Beach
358 AM CDT Thu Sep 29 2022
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
1 AM CDT FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny. Near steady temperature in the lower 80s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. North winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Near steady temperature in the
upper 70s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s.
Lows in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Near steady temperature in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Near steady temperature around 80.
$$
TXZ252-292100-
Starr-
Including the cities of Rio Grande City and Roma
358 AM CDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. West winds around 5 mph,
becoming east this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds around 5 mph,
becoming south after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Light and variable
winds, becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 90. Lows
in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ254-292100-
Inland Willacy-
Including the city of Raymondville
358 AM CDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph
in the evening, becoming light and variable.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northwest winds around
5 mph, becoming northeast in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper
80s. Lows in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ354-292100-
Coastal Willacy-
Including the city of Port Mansfield
358 AM CDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming northwest after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s.
Lows in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ248-292100-
Zapata-
Including the city of Zapata
358 AM CDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds around
5 mph, becoming east this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds around
5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. East winds around 5 mph,
becoming north in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
60s. Highs around 90.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 90.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower
90s. Lows in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ249-292100-
Jim Hogg-
Including the city of Hebbronville
358 AM CDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. West winds around 5 mph,
becoming east around 5 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows around 60. East winds around 5 mph,
becoming south after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Light and variable
winds, becoming northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 60. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. Highs
in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper
80s. Lows in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ250-292100-
Brooks-
Including the city of Falfurrias
358 AM CDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. Northwest winds around 5 mph,
becoming northeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds around 5 mph
in the evening, becoming light and variable.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds around
5 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper
80s. Lows in the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ353-292100-
Northern Hidalgo-
Including the city of San Manuel
358 AM CDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. Northwest winds around 5 mph,
becoming northeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph
in the evening, becoming light and variable.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 60. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper
80s. Lows in the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ251-292100-
Inland Kenedy-
Including the city of Sarita
358 AM CDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming northeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming southwest after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. Northwest winds around 5 mph,
becoming northeast in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper
80s. Lows in the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ351-292100-
Coastal Kenedy-
358 AM CDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. North winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northwest after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming northeast in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s.
Lows in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ454-292100-
Willacy Island-
358 AM CDT Thu Sep 29 2022
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
1 AM CDT FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s.
Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ451-292100-
Kenedy Island-
358 AM CDT Thu Sep 29 2022
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
1 AM CDT FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. North winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s.
Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
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— New ME7869A Series Conducts Long-distance, Full Vector S-parameter Measurements Over Distances Up To 100 Meters —
MORGAN HILL, Calif., June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Anritsu Company introduces the ShockLine™ ME7869A distributed modular 2-port vector network analyzers (VNAs) that can conduct long-distance full vector S-parameter measurements over wide distances of up to 100 meters. Three models – operating up to 8 GHz, 20 GHz, and 43.5 GHz, respectively – provide unprecedented cost-efficiency, flexibility, and ease-of-use to a variety of existing and emerging commercial and military antenna design applications.
The ME7869A is configured with two MS46131A 1-port VNAs that can each be directly connected to the antenna under test (AUT). Cable length for each VNA module can be equal or different lengths, depending on the application. It eliminates the need for long RF coaxial cables that create high loss, and phase and magnitude instability. The unique design addresses the need to accurately and repeatably measure antennas over long distances, such as in anechoic chambers and antenna test ranges.
Anritsu's PhaseLync™ synchronization technology enables two MS46131A VNAs to phase synchronize with each other over the full 100-meter distance. PhaseLync improves dynamic range and measurement stability of S-parameter measurements by eliminating the need for long cables necessary with conventional benchtop VNAs.
Another key benefit of the distributed modular VNA solution is the MN25132A control module, which greatly simplifies installation. It acts as a junction for the cables and supplies power to the two MS46131A VNAs. There is no need to attach separate power supplies to the two VNA heads. The control module also interfaces the two VNAs to a laptop configured with ShockLine software.
Multiple Applications Supported
The ShockLine ME7869A brings performance, cost, and simplicity benefits to any insertion loss application that requires long cable runs at frequencies up to 43.5 GHz compared to alternative
expensive benchtop VNAs that require superior dynamic range. The ME7869A can be used in satellite, materials measurement, aerospace and defense, and signal integrity environments.
About Anritsu
Anritsu is a provider of innovative communications test and measurement solutions. Anritsu engages customers as true partners to help develop wireless, optical, microwave/RF, and digital solutions for R&D, manufacturing, installation, and maintenance applications, as well as multidimensional service assurance solutions for network monitoring and optimization. Anritsu also provides precision microwave/RF components, optical devices, and high-speed electrical devices for communication products and systems. The company develops advanced solutions for emerging and legacy wireline and wireless technologies used in commercial, private, military/aerospace, government, and other markets.
To learn more visit www.anritsu.com and follow Anritsu on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.
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The pain was too hard to bear for Tacettin Arici.
Watching the videos of his hometown Kahramanmaraş, the epicenter of the magnitude 7.8 earthquake in southern Turkey, Arici worried about his family. His mother, father and sisters are all there.
He frantically tried to call his relatives when he learned about the quake Sunday night after masses of people fled their homes into the cold elements.
“It is zero degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit), there’s no food, no heat, no water,” he said. “It is shocking; you don’t want to believe it.”
Now almost two days after the initial tremor, more than 11,000 people have died as people are trying to rescue those buried in the rubble. Earthquakes continue to roll through Turkey and Syria, with devastating destruction in both countries.
“There is no help,” Arici said, adding that his relatives there told him people are dying in the rubble before rescuers could get to them.
A Turk community in America
Arici now lives in Nutley, New Jersey, with his wife Tuba and two sons, ages 6 and 2. The New York City and North Jersey area is home to the largest concentration of Turks in America, with over 100,000 people, according to Peace Islands Institute, a community organization for Turkish Americans.
Peace Islands Institute executive director Adam Bulent Ozdemir has been fielding phone calls for the past two days from Turkish Americans. This morning, the community learned of the sad news that the parents of a member died in the rubble, Ozdemir said.
People in Turkish communities in the northeast are doing what they can to get a hold of relatives while donating money and buying blankets and clothing to ship overseas, Ozdemir said. The Peace Islands Institute is working with Embrace Relief, or EmbraceRelief.org, to provide financial assistance.
Clifton, New Jersey, resident Filiz Meydan is from the Istanbul area of Turkey, the western corner of the country near Europe. The Istanbul area is not near the epicenter and her parents are safe. But she cannot find her friends in other areas of the country.
“There are many dead. There is a transportation problem and a first aid problem,” Meydan said. “We cannot sleep. We lost many of our friends. We are collecting donations from New Jersey.”
Sleeping in cars
Help is needed in southern Turkey as the survivors are fending for themselves, Arici said. His relatives are sheltering in cars, with one of his sisters telling him that she hasn’t had food or water in the past day. If they find essentials, it goes to the kids.
Arici is heartbroken at hearing about his 8-year-old niece Bethul, so afraid that she would not let go of her mother. As he was talking to his family Tuesday afternoon, a 5.0 magnitude aftershock rolled through.
He feels fortunate that his immediate family has all been located. Others have not been so lucky, unable to track down their loved ones.
The Turks in America are connected through WhatsApp in sharing information, said Arici, 31, who works in information technology.
“It’s a huge community. We’re all trying to figure out how to help each other,” Arici said.
As a parent, Arici hasn’t allowed his own children to watch the news in Turkey. It’s just too heartbreaking, he said.
Arici is finding solace in the large Turkish community in northern New Jersey, with Paterson as a gathering spot for Turks and Syrians. The area of Palestine Way is dotted with Arab businesses, from restaurants to hookah lounges.
Ozdemir is hoping all Americans will open their hearts to the plight of Turks and Syrians impacted by the crisis.
“The best way is to send money,” Ozdemir said, noting non-profits, including Embrace Relief. “And keep us in your prayers.”
Mary Chao is a NYC-based Specialty Reporter at Scripps News. Email Mary.Chao@Scripps.com. | https://www.ksby.com/news/national/no-food-no-shelter-turkish-americans-reach-relatives-in-earthquakes-rubble-to-find-theres-little-help | 2023-02-08 21:33:13 | 0 | https://www.ksby.com/news/national/no-food-no-shelter-turkish-americans-reach-relatives-in-earthquakes-rubble-to-find-theres-little-help |
The United States has officially destroyed its stockpile of chemical weapons.
In doing so, it is the last of eight countries to destroy its declared stocks of chemical weapons under the Chemical Weapons Convention – an international treaty signed by nearly 200 nations that bans the possession, production and use of the weapons on the battlefield.
The milestone was reached on Friday at the Bluegrass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in Kentucky. A final rocket was drained of sarin nerve agent, and that agent was then chemically deactivated and destroyed.
The destruction of that single rocket means that "one hundred percent of the world's declared chemical weapons have now been destroyed," says Kingston Reif, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Threat Reduction and Arms Control, who oversaw the process.
Here's why the world needed that ban in the first place.
Who had chemical weapons?
Chemical weapons were used to terrible effect during World War I. More than 1.3 million soldiers were exposed to chemical weapons during the Great War and 100,000 died directly as a result of chemical attacks.
During World War II, nations around the world stocked up on chemical weapons, in case they were used again. They were never deployed on the battlefield, though Nazi forces used poisonous gas to murder millions of people in concentration camps.
During the Cold War, the U.S. and Russia stockpiled vast quantities of chemical weapons. By 1990, the U.S. had more than 30,000 tons of chemical agents, and Russia likely had at least 40,000 tons, according to David Koplow, a professor of law at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
In 1997, the U.S. Senate ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention. "The convention requires other nations to follow our lead," then President Bill Clinton said at the time.
It turns out the U.S. did not stay in the lead. In fact, it ended up being the last nation to eliminate its chemical weapons stockpile.
Why did it take so long for the U.S. to eliminate their weapons?
The weapons themselves were tricky to handle, says Koplow. They contained deadly chemicals and explosives crammed into an artillery shell, rocket or bomb. They weren't designed to be taken apart, and many were manufactured decades ago, making them fragile and unreliable.
Then there was the disposal process itself. The Army's practice was to incinerate these agents — but at some sites, locals resisted, fearing dangerous pollution, so entirely new techniques had to be developed. Mustard agent, for example, was broken down by bacteria, and sarin was chemically deactivated before it was destroyed.
But that wasn't the whole story. Koplow says the program was also plagued by under funding and poor management. "The leadership for the program changed repeatedly and it was just never taken as seriously as it should have been," he says.
As a result it dragged on for so long that the U.S. was actually in violation of the treaty for several years. But that finally ended on Friday.
Has the chemical weapons convention worked overall?
There are still nations who have used covertly produced chemical weapons in recent years. Most notably, Syria deployed chlorine and nerve agents in its civil war with horrible effects. Russia has used some chemicals for targeted assassination attempts, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un used nerve agent to kill his half brother.
But those are isolated cases. More broadly, vast quantities of chemical weapons have been disposed of by nations all over the world. And Reif says that overall that's something to celebrate.
"These are awful weapons," he says. "The world is a safer and more secure place without them."
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A strong earthquake struck northeast Afghanistan on Tuesday, with tremors felt in cities in Pakistan and India.
The 6.5-magnitude earthquake, 40 kilometers southeast of the town of Jurm, was 187.6 km deep, the United States Geological Survey reported.
At least seven people including two children have been injured in the towns of Khyber, Swabi, Mardan and Shangla in Pakistan, according to Bilal Faizi, spokesperson of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial rescue services.
Ensuing landslides have also blocked roads in the northern Pakistani city of Abbotabad, Faizi said.
Strong tremors were felt in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, according to a CNN team on the ground. Sustained shaking could be felt, and people were seen evacuating their homes as the trees shook. Eyewitnesses in Lahore told CNN the tremors were also felt there.
CNN eyewitnesses also felt tremors in New Delhi and in Srinagar -- the largest city in Indian-administered Kashmir -- where an eyewitness told CNN that he could see his house shaking, as neighbors evacuated their homes.
Residents in the Pakistani city of Islamabad meanwhile said cracks had appeared in the walls of their homes.
This is a breaking news story. More details to come.
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(BCN) –Santa Clara County has launched a new lifeline phone number that aims to assist individuals in times of mental health or substance use crisis. It can be reached by dialing the three-digit number 988 and is staffed with trained counselors 24 hours, seven days a week. The service is free, anonymous, and confidential; no information will be shared unless counselors deem in-person dispatch necessary.
As a part of the nationwide push to increase the availability of crisis and suicide prevention services, the 988 lifeline has been designated as the new dialing code to connect people with the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, officially replacing the previous 11-digit number starting Saturday. The goals of the new operation are outlined as: de-escalation, stabilization, and referral to continued services.
“By calling 988, people will get connected with services as well as receive immediate help for those experiencing a crisis that could result in harm to themselves or others,” Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors President Mike Wasserman said.
Designed to support those experiencing mental health distress — including thoughts of suicide, fearfulness, or substance-related issues — the lifeline also serves as a critical intersection for county Behavioral Health Services and community-based organizations. After dialing the lifeline, people will be connected to the county’s various onsite mobile response teams comprised of crisis clinicians and peer outreach specialists.
Trained specialists will assess individuals on case-by-case situations, providing an array of services that range from de-escalating conversations, referrals, or interventions. Services that do or do not involve law enforcement are both available.
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“988 is easy to remember, making it simple for people facing a mental health crisis or thinking about suicide to get the help they need,” said Sherri Terao, director of the county’s Behavioral Health Services Department.
Santa Clara County reports that its Behavioral Health Services staff are thoroughly trained and prepared for the new system, and that language interpretation is available in more that 200 languages. Calls to 988 are routed by area code. If the phone used to call the lifeline does not have a 408, 650, or 669 area code, Santa Clara County services can still be accessed by dialing (800) 704-0900 and pressing 1.
Loved ones and others are also encouraged to call 988 if they are concerned for the well-being of someone else.
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DALLAS, May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Knightvest Capital, a fully integrated real estate investment company, announced today it has entered the South Carolina market by acquiring The Apartments at Brayden, a 332-unit garden-style residential community in Fort Mill, South Carolina, one of the fastest growing suburbs of Charlotte. The low-density, garden-style community was built in 2016 and includes one-, two-, and three-bedroom floor plans, as well as a variety of amenities such as a swimming pool, fitness center, and clubhouse. The acquisition marks the company's fifth investment in the Charlotte metro area since 2020.
"This acquisition is another important milestone as we continue our targeted expansion strategy in high-growth metro areas across the Sun Belt," said David Moore, Knightvest Founder and CEO. "Our team continues to operate with excellence, and I'm excited to bring our best-in-class renovation approach to The Apartments at Brayden as we focus on driving strong returns for our investors while delivering high quality living experiences for residents."
Fort Mill, South Carolina is located in the Charlotte, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and has been recognized for a variety of strong attributes including its leading school system. In 2020, the United States Census Bureau also cited Fort Mill as the fastest growing city in the nation.
Knightvest Capital closed on the acquisition on April 28, 2023. The Company plans to further modernize the community by renovating unit interiors and enhancing property amenities. The company will also implement its proven property management strategies to ensure efficient operations and excellent customer service.
About Knightvest
Knightvest is a fully integrated investment and management company specializing in renovating and repositioning multifamily properties. Since its founding in 2007, Knightvest has invested over $10 billion to acquire over 55,000 units of multifamily properties across Texas, Arizona, North and South Carolina, and Florida. With a strong mission-driven culture, the Company has quickly grown to become one of the largest multifamily owners in the United States by providing consistent returns for investors and working to improve the quality of life for its residents.
For more information, please visit www.knightvestcapital.com
Contact:
invest@knightvest.com
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Plane caught in power lines after crash, 2 occupants unhurt
GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) — A small plane carrying two people got stuck in live power lines Sunday evening in Maryland, causing widespread power outages in the surrounding county as officials tried to extricate the aircraft.
The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that the single-engine plane, which had departed White Plains, N.Y., crashed into the power lines near Montgomery County Airpark in Gaithersburg around 5:40 p.m. Sunday. The FAA said two people were aboard.
Pete Piringer, chief spokesperson for the Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service, said on Twitter that the people on board are uninjured and that rescuers had been in contact with them. He had at one point said in a video message that three people were on the plane but later clarified that it was two.
The FAA identified the plane as a Mooney M20J.
The video showed a small white plane positioned nose up near a power tower. A local television station’s live video showed the plane remained stuck in the transmission tower after 8 p.m.
The plane was stuck about 100 feet (30 meters) above the ground, and the transmission lines remained live, complicating rescue efforts, Piringer said.
“Everything is still energized at this time,” he said.
The utility Pepco reported that about 80,000 customers were without power in Montgomery County. Piringer said that many traffic lights were also out in the area. The utility said in a statement that its personnel were waiting for rescuers to clear them to enter the scene before they can make repairs at the site of the crash.
The crash took place in Gaithersburg, a city of 69,000 people about 24 miles (39 kilometers) northwest of Washington, D.C.
The cause of the crash wasn’t immediately clear. The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate what happened.
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The European Union in Tuesday approved plans to ban sales of new gasoline and diesel cars in member countries by 2035, after Germany successfully fought for a loophole for vehicles burning e-fuels.
The proposed law will require all new passenger cars sold in EU countries to produce zero CO2 emissions from 2035, ramping up from a 2030 target of 50% lower emissions from 2021 levels.
When the 2035 timeline was proposed in July 2021, it was expected to lead to a total ban on sales of new cars with combustion engines. But in recent weeks Germany led a campaign to include an exemption for vehicles using e-fuels, also known as synthetic fuels. Those fuels currently aren’t being produced in significant quantities, but they are seen by some automakers as a way to keep internal-combustion cars on the road under carbon-emissions bans.
Proponents of e-fuels claim they are carbon neutral because, while burning them produces carbon emissions just like conventional fossil fuels, they are made with carbon captured from the atmosphere, along with green hydrogen generated through electrolysis.
A deal between the European Commission and Germany to include an e-fuels loophole, which EU climate policy head Frans Timmermans confirmed Saturday, appeared crucial to getting Germany’s approval of the 2035 timeline. The Commission plans to release a proposal on how the e-fuels rule will be implemented this fall. It’s expected to include a requirement that e-fuel cars can’t be filled with gasoline or diesel, according to Reuters.
The European Commission also released new guidelines for charging infrastructure, calling for 1.3 kw of power for each EV in every EU member country, and fast-charging stations of at least 150 kw output placed every 37.2 miles along trans-European highways from 2025 onwards. This closely parallels the U.S. plan of four 150-kw chargers, every 50 miles.
The Commission also set a plan in motion for heavy-duty EV charging and for hydrogen infrastructure, but all of these measures still need to be passed by the European Parliament and Council, with a transition period before implementation.
In the U.S., California took the lead in 2020 with a proposed ban of all new internal-combustion vehicles, except for plug-in hybrids. Various other U.S. states have followed, including a bloc of West Coast states, but not all states following California’s emissions rules, which are stricter than federal rules, agree with the 2035 gas-car ban.
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BOSTON, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - The John Hancock Closed-End Funds listed in the table below announced earnings1 for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The same data for the comparable three-month period ended June 30, 2022 is also available below.
1 Earnings refer to net investment income, which is comprised of the Fund's interest and dividend income, less expenses. Earnings presented represent past earnings and there is no guarantee of future results.
Amounts distributed by the Funds may vary from the earnings shown above and will be announced in separate press releases. Up-to-date distribution rate information is available on John Hancock Investment Management's web site at www.jhinvestments.com by clicking on "Closed-End Funds" under the "Daily Prices" tab.
Statements in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined by the United States securities laws. You should exercise caution in interpreting and relying on forward-looking statements because they are subject to uncertainties and other factors which are, in some cases, beyond the Fund's control and could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements.
An investor should consider a Fund's investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses carefully before investing.
A company of Manulife Investment Management, we serve investors through a unique multimanager approach, complementing our extensive in-house capabilities with an unrivaled network of specialized asset managers, backed by some of the most rigorous investment oversight in the industry. The result is a diverse lineup of time-tested investments from a premier asset manager with a heritage of financial stewardship.
Manulife Investment Management is the global brand for the global wealth and asset management segment of Manulife Financial Corporation. We draw on more than a century of financial stewardship and the full resources of our parent company to serve individuals, institutions, and retirement plan members worldwide. Headquartered in Toronto, our leading capabilities in public and private markets are strengthened by an investment footprint that spans 18 geographies. We complement these capabilities by providing access to a network of unaffiliated asset managers from around the world. We're committed to investing responsibly across our businesses. We develop innovative global frameworks for sustainable investing, collaboratively engage with companies in our securities portfolios, and maintain a high standard of stewardship where we own and operate assets, and we believe in supporting financial well-being through our workplace retirement plans. Today, plan sponsors around the world rely on our retirement plan administration and investment expertise to help their employees plan for, save for, and live a better retirement. Not all offerings are available in all jurisdictions. For additional information, please visit manulifeim.com.
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Appleton: What to expect from IndyStar’s new column? I’m not sure, and I’m writing it
Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss
Iconic, but I'm not in charge of anyone.
Hello me, meet the real me
And my misfit's way of life
Megadeth is a little closer than The Who, but that's still not quite right. Maybe just a tiny slice of Jay-Z?
Allow me to re-introduce myself
That works.
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Beginning this week, IndyStar — against the advice of lawyers, doctors and any who have met me, regardless of their professions — will begin running my ramblings, feature stories and general point of view in a weekly column. That's why my last name is in the headline: It warns you before you strap into this thing, and, critically, to whom you should address the angry responses.
The column will publish online every Thursday and appear in the Sunday newspaper.
The programming will not change much from what I promised in the column I wrote when I joined IndyStar in 2021. My purview remains Hoosiers making waves in popular culture, as well as the largest entertainment events happening in central Indiana. Pop music keeps me busy, but TV, movies, comedy and general nerd culture are also on the menu.
I have also developed an affinity for oddities — stories or folks who may not fit neatly into a newspaper reporting beat. Like Dave Hoffman, who set a world record for longest shower while an IU student, or Bob Peltz, the Boone County man who restores jukeboxes, soda machines and carnival games to their former glory. I hope to meet many more like them.
My taste for absurdity may occasionally spread to other areas within the local things to do bubble, such as joining the chorus shouting from the rooftops that the Batali at Goose the Market is the greatest sandwich on God's green earth or noting that not every dish in this town needs a mayonnaise or cream-based sauce.
Somehow, the former is true despite the latter. The Batali's spicy giardiniera, for instance, does have mayo on it but manages to break free from its condiment prison, liberating us all in the process.
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The column will also allow me to share a little bit more about my own preferences — a topic about which readers frequently ask, typically in Facebook comments on reviews of shows I did not like.
"If he didn't like this, what does he like? Does he even like music? Was he forced to go to this?"
The simple answer is I'm open to just about anything. But my personal favorite genre is vanilla sad dad indie rock. My wife gave me my first record player for Christmas, and I've picked up three albums so far: The debut Arctic Monkeys and Wet Leg albums from Indy CD & Vinyl (two near-perfect introductions made 16 years apart) and The White Stripes' greatest hits, ordered online from Jack White's record label.
And being "forced" into shows is the exact opposite of what happened. I all but begged to get IndyStar reviewing concerts again, and it takes a little bit of effort to work out the logistics for each show.
Sure, most of my reviews are for shows I wouldn't go to in my personal life. That's part of an awesome job. I dropped out of culinary school and worked in restaurants after high school. I had one 4 a.m., pre-Amazon Black Friday shift at a discount retailer while in college. Those experiences help me keep things in perspective.
I'm tinkering with a few ideas for future columns.
Everyone is discussing the myriad flaws of Rolling Stone's "200 Greatest Singers of All Time." My guess is Hoosiers won't be picketing Rolling Stone's offices, as Celine Dion fans did, but I got a chuckle out of Danzig making the list while John Mellencamp did not.
Maybe I will hit some of downtown Indy's bar arcades for a little write-up? Fun fact: Barcade is a trademarked term. If you use it in print, you'll get a nice letter asking you to stop, unless you're talking about the East Coast company. Ask me how I know.
Finally, I may go full personal on occasion. That is joyously encouraged at IndyStar. I have a second child due imminently and a 5-year-old setting milestones every week, as well as a fair bit of lingering culture shock from a lifetime on the West Coast. Sorry in advance.
A weekly space will better organize my work and give readers a regular time to expect it. At least, in theory. I swear Gregg Doyel writes columns while sleeping. He is the T-1000 of sports takes. This is not that. I'll continue to break news and review shows throughout the week in addition to the column.
As always, I hope to hear more from you throughout the year. I started in journalism as a weekly columnist, and for me, there's no better gig in the profession. I hope to make reading worth your time.
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Rory Appleton is the pop culture reporter at IndyStar. Contact him at 317-552-9044 and rappleton@indystar.com, or follow him on Twitter at @RoryDoesPhonics. | https://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/2023/01/12/indystars-rory-appleton-to-write-weekly-pop-culture-column/69787360007/ | 2023-01-12 11:07:49 | 1 | https://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/2023/01/12/indystars-rory-appleton-to-write-weekly-pop-culture-column/69787360007/ |
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When housing insecurity is your reality, individual decisions come down to survival.
For LaTonya Brown, surviving meant renting a business space to live in when an eviction on her record prevented her from getting an apartment.
"You couldn't tell me what to do with my business space. I could be working at night. I can be working during the day. We have to make it out here. I'm here to be honest, that's what I did," she said.
Just surviving was what LaTonya believed for most of her life was all that she could do in a system she saw no way of changing.
"It literally is like a record in your head. I mean, you can't, it won't let you go against it," she said.
She lives in Kansas City, Missouri, but she's facing the same obstacles as many renters and housing-insecure people are: rents have increased an average of 17% since the beginning of the pandemic, according to data from the CoStar Group.
The National Low Income Housing Coalition says that in no county, a person making federal, state or county minimum wage can afford a market-rate two-bedroom apartment.
LaTonya's lived experience may have shown her she couldn’t change the system how it is, but activism and a group of like-minded people have helped her find her voice.
"I just think that everybody should have a chance to be able to have a home, a decent, affordable home," she said.
"We essentially work to make sure that everybody here in Kansas City has a safe, accessible, and affordable home," said Brandon Henderson.
Henderson is an organizer with KC Tenants, a tenants union that formed in 2019 with the goal of changing policies for the benefit of renters, the same group LaTonya joined. If you haven’t heard of a “tenant union” you’re not alone.
"I think like type of organizing that we're doing here in Kansas City and that's, you're starting to see in other places in the country right now is new and, and different," explained Henderson.
A tenant union isn’t a union in the way a labor union is, with regulations and bargaining power, but it’s more of a collective of politically active renters who feel as though organization and activism is their best option to change the housing system in their favor.
"Very quickly, people joining KC Tens made the jump from realizing it's not, what can I do? It's what can we do, right? There's a strength and numbers element to it," said Mason Andrew Kilpatrick, a fellow organizer.
Tenant unions can be found in about half the states, like in California, Arizona, New York and Massachusetts, and have been gaining momentum since the pandemic in advocating for renters’ rights.
KC Tenants have thrown their canvassing power behind several measures that have been passed that they say favor, including the right to a lawyer in eviction court and a $50 million no-tax increase bond that goes towards what they say is truly affordable housing, meaning rent there would be 30% of the area median home income. That measure passed recently with about 70% of the vote.
"We have the power to get things done and the only thing holding us back from getting more things done is getting more people to acknowledge their own power and shed some of that learned hopelessness that we're all kind of instructed to buy into," said Henderson.
Changing the high price of rent is difficult and, right now, there isn’t a clear path to get there yet, but what tenant unions seem to be proving is that the system can be changed, bit by bit. For people like LaTonya, changing that “learned hopelessness” into hope is something worth fighting for.
"I just want everybody to know that things can change," she said. | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national-politics/the-race/tenant-unions-gain-momentum-under-tough-climate-for-renters | 2022-12-02 18:17:56 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national-politics/the-race/tenant-unions-gain-momentum-under-tough-climate-for-renters |
PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Katie Hobbs on Wednesday announced the creation of a commission to study problems in Arizona’s prisons, including staffing levels and the health care offered to those behind bars.
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The creation of the commission by Hobbs, Arizona’s first Democratic governor since 2009, came several days after she ordered a separate r eview of the state’s death penalty protocols.
“We cannot deny there is an urgent need to provide transparency and accountability in Arizona corrections system,” Hobbs said.
The commission will examine inmate access to food, medicine and sanitary products; whether prison staffing levels are adequate; conditions of the prisons, including security measures and whether they are crowded; rehabilitation and education programs for prisoners; and access to medical and mental health care and drug treatment programs.
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David Fathi, an American Civil Liberties Union attorney who represents Arizona prisoners who challenged the quality of health care behind bars, applauded the establishment of the commission.
He said previous governors took a hands-off approach to prisons. “They were disengaged and uninvolved,” Fathi said. “Gov. Hobbs seems to be charting a very different course.”
Last summer, a federal judge concluded Arizona had violated the rights of incarcerated people in state-run prisons by providing them with inadequate health care — and that the state’s failures had led to preventable deaths.
Before the trial in that case, U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver threw out a settlement because the state wasn’t following through on many of the improvements to prisoner care it had promised to make. She concluded that $2.5 million in contempt of court fines against the state didn’t motivate it to comply with the settlement.
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In late 2021, then-Corrections Director David Shinn testified that prisoners often have greater access to health services than people who aren’t locked up, leading Silver to later say that the claim was “completely detached from reality.”
The commission’s members will include four state lawmakers, two people who previously served time in Arizona prisons, a physician, a mental health professional and a family member of someone who served at least three years in Arizona prisons.
Last week, Hobbs ordered a review of Arizona’s execution protocols, leading Kris Mayes, the state’s new Democratic attorney general, to hold off on seeking court orders to execute prisoners until the examination is completed.
The review was announced just days after the governor appointed Ryan Thornell, a prison official in Maine, as Arizona’s new corrections director.
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The review will examine, among other things, the state’s procurement process for lethal injection drugs and lethal gas, execution procedures, the access of news organizations to executions and the training of staff to carry out executions.
Arizona currently has 110 prisoners on death row. The state carried out three executions last year after a nearly eight-year hiatus brought on by criticism that a 2014 execution was botched and because of difficulties obtaining lethal injection drugs. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/governor-creates-commission-to-study-arizona-17742259.php | 2023-01-26 00:26:40 | 1 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/governor-creates-commission-to-study-arizona-17742259.php |
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A 15-year-old reported missing in Norfolk earlier this month has been found safe in Arizona, Norfolk police say.
Police announced Monday morning that Kadence S. Morrell was found with help from the police department in Tolleson, Arizona, and the FBI.
Morrell was last seen at her home in Norfolk on August 3 and her family and friends organized multiple searches in the city in the meantime.
It’s unclear at this time how and why she went to Arizona, but her grandmother said it’s not like her to leave home like this and there was no change in her behavior beforehand.
This is a breaking update. | https://www.wric.com/news/norfolk-teen-found-safe-in-arizona-after-being-reported-missing/ | 2022-08-15 17:01:34 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/news/norfolk-teen-found-safe-in-arizona-after-being-reported-missing/ |
How to Watch the Stars vs. Wild Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for NHL Playoffs First Round Game 1
Published: Apr. 16, 2023 at 8:12 PM MDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
The opening game of the NHL Playoffs First Round on Monday will see the Dallas Stars host the Minnesota Wild, beginning at 9:30 PM ET on ESPN2, SN360, and TVAS2.
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Stars Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info
- When: Monday, April 17, 2023 at 9:30 PM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN2, SN360, and TVAS2
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Where: American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas
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Stars vs. Wild Head-to-Head
Stars Stats & Trends
- The Stars have conceded 215 total goals (2.6 per game), the third-fewest in league play.
- The Stars' 281 total goals (3.4 per game) make them the seventh-best scoring team in the NHL.
- In their last 10 matchups, the Stars have gone 8-2-0 to earn 90.0% of the possible points.
- Over on the defensive side, the Stars have given up only 1.5 goals per game (15 total) over those 10 matchups.
- They have averaged 3.4 goals per game (34 total) over that stretch.
Stars Key Players
Wild Stats & Trends
- The Wild allow 2.7 goals per game (219 in total), the sixth-fewest in the NHL.
- With 239 goals (2.9 per game), the Wild have the NHL's 23rd-ranked offense.
- Over the past 10 contests, the Wild have gone 5-3-2 (65.0% of possible points).
- Over on the defensive end, the Wild have given up 2.6 goals per game (26 total) in those 10 outings.
- They are scoring at a 3.0 goals-per-game average (30 total) during that span.
Wild Key Players
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PSN Top Guns identifies managed account strategies that benefitted during Q1 2023 as financial markets continued to ebb and flow on the actions and words of the Federal Reserve
NEW YORK, June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Zephyr, a subsidiary of Informa plc (LSE: INF), and a recognized leader in investment management technology for wealth managers and advisors, has released its highly anticipated PSN Top Guns List for Q1 2023. The list is an important reference for plan sponsors, investors and asset managers, showcasing the best performing separate accounts, managed accounts, and managed ETF strategies each quarter. Zephyr PSN is the longest running SMA database in the world and leads the way in providing unbiased, high quality, detailed information across 2000 data points.
"U.S. equities experienced a spike in volatility following the collapse of SVB, as concerns over the health of the banking sector spiked," says Zephyr's Market Strategist Ryan Nauman about the quarter. "Despite the banking concerns, international equities (MSCI World ex. US index +8.19) experienced a strong quarter and outpaced U.S. equities."
Nauman reviewed three universes for this quarter's PSN Top Gun List. Below are some of the strategies that make up the PSN Top Guns Large Cap Growth Universe:
- Dana Investment Advisors, Inc.: Dana Unconstrained Equity Strategy (+27.5% for the quarter)
- Merlin Asset Management: Merlin Focused LCG Equity (MO25M) (+23.6% for the quarter)
- The Ithaka Group, LLC: Ithaka US Large-Cap Growth Strategy (+21.8% for the quarter)
"Equity volatility rose during the quarter with concerns about the banking sector spreading across developed markets as UBS purchased troubled lender Credit Suisse," adds Nauman.
The following strategies made the PSN Top Guns list for the International Equity Universe:
- Artisan Partners Limited Partnership: Artisan Developing World (+22.9% for the quarter)
- Morgan Stanley Investment Management: International Advantage (+18.1% for the quarter)
- Comgest Asset Management Intl Ltd.: Pan Europe Equity (+16.5% for the quarter)
"The fallout from the SVB collapse overshadowed some concerns that inflation might remain stubborn, resulting in a fall in yields," continued Nauman. "Sovereign bond yields around the globe fell during the quarter as some central banks started to slow the pace of their rate hikes and concerns about the banking sector grew."
Below are some of the strategies that make up the PSN Top Guns Long Maturity Universe:
- Fidelity Institutional Asset Mgmt.: Long U.S. Treasury STRIPS Index (+9.8% for the quarter)
- State Street Global Advisors: 20+ Year U.S. Treasury STRIPS Index (+8.9% for the quarter)
- Jennison Associates LLC: Jenn Long Conservative US Tsy STRIPS (+8.4% for the quarter)
Nauman's complete Q1 2023 Top Guns Commentary can be viewed on the company's website. The complete list of PSN Top Guns and an overview of the methodology, can be found here. If you do not have a login, you may register for complimentary access. If you would like to learn more about becoming a part of the PSN database or would like to subscribe to PSN data, visit PSN.
About PSN
For nearly four decades, PSN has been a top resource for investment professionals. Asset managers rely on Zephyr's PSN to effectively reach institutional and retail investors rely. Over 2,800 firms, 285 universes, and more than 21,000 products comprise the PSN SMA database showing asset breakdowns, compliance, key personnel, ownership diversity, ESG, business objectives and strategy, style, fees, GIC sectors, fixed income ranges and full holdings. Unique to PSN is its robust historical database of nearly 40 Years of Data Including Net and Gross-of-Fee Returns. For more details visit PSN online to learn more.
About Zephyr
Zephyr's award-winning financial services software offers portfolio construction, proposal generation, advanced analytics, asset allocation, manager screening, risk analysis, portfolio performance and more, transforming multifaceted data into digestible intel. The award-winning technology empowers investment professionals with financial technology to navigate a bullish or bearish market. Zephyr allows investment professionals to advance their leadership skills, strengthen client relationships, and prosper in every aspect of their business—establishing a legacy of performance and results. To learn more about Zephyr, visit ZephyrFinancialSolutions.com. Zephyr was honored with the 2023 FinTech Breakthrough Award for Best Retail Investment Platform and was recently named a finalist for the 2023 Wealth Management Industry Awards for its Portfolio Analytics technology. Zephyr's investment management software allows asset managers to communicate their strategies more cost-efficiently by using customized, on demand template technology.
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GOMA, Congo — The death toll from floods in eastern Congo has almost doubled, reaching close to 400 people as of Sunday, according to a local official.
The administrator of the worst-affected area, the Kalehe territory of South Kivu province, told The Associated Press by phone that more bodies were recovered Sunday, including many found floating in Lake Kivu.
Administrator Thomas Bakenge said the confirmed number of dead stood at 394 but it was a provisional count since the search was continuing. More than 300 victims had been buried as of Sunday, local groups said.
Torrential rains across Kalehe territory began on Thursday evening. Rivers broke their banks, with flash floods sweeping away the majority of buildings in the villages of Bushushu and Nyamukubi, causing the huge loss of life.
Delphin Birimbi, a civic leader in Kalehe, said he understood that thousands of people remained missing. He told the AP that some doctors arrived to treat the injured but communities were pleading for more emergency assistance.
The destruction caused by the flooding hampered aid efforts, with two main roads impassable.
More than 170 victims were buried in four mass graves, Valet Chebujongo, a youth political activist helping in the rescue efforts in Kalehe, said by telephone. "Imagine, you bury them in a mass grave, without a coffin," Chebujongo said.
The Congolese government declared Monday as a national day of mourning, with flags to fly at half-staff in memory of the victims.
A delegation of government officials and lawmakers sent by Congo's president, Félix Tshisekedi, arrived in Bukavu, a city near the southern part of Lake Kivu and planned to visit the devastated area on Monday, according to a government spokesperson.
Heavy rains in recent days have brought misery to thousands in East Africa, including in parts of Uganda and Kenya.
Flooding and landslides in Rwanda, which borders Congo, left 129 people dead earlier in the week.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.nepm.org/national-world-news/national-world-news/2023-05-07/hundreds-dead-as-the-death-toll-from-floods-in-eastern-congo-nearly-doubles | 2023-05-08 08:52:13 | 1 | https://www.nepm.org/national-world-news/national-world-news/2023-05-07/hundreds-dead-as-the-death-toll-from-floods-in-eastern-congo-nearly-doubles |
A video of a Southwest Airlines pilot saying he will "pull back" the airplane and return to the gate if passengers do not stop sending nude photos over AirDrop has gone viral.
The incident occurred before takeoff to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, according to a TikTok video that captured the bizarre announcement.
The video, which user Taylor Marsalis (@teighmars) uploaded Thursday, had received more than 2.8 million views as of Wednesday afternoon. The caption of the video says Southwest "takes airdropping nudes very seriously."
"Here’s the deal,” the pilot says over the intercom in the video. “If this continues while we’re on the ground, I’m going to have to pull back to the gate, everybody’s going to have to get off, we’re going to have to get security involved, and vacation is going to be ruined.”
Read the full story at NBCNews.com. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/southwest-airlines-pilot-asks-passengers-to-stop-airdropping-nudes/3351357/ | 2022-09-01 15:53:22 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/southwest-airlines-pilot-asks-passengers-to-stop-airdropping-nudes/3351357/ |
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Veterinary clinics in Arkansas continue to deal with the nationwide vet shortage, which is making it more difficult to take in and care for animals.
Arkansans For Animals is the longest-running low-cost spay and neuter clinic in the state. According to Executive Director Mariam Hillard, the organization plays a big role in the community and the vet shortage is making the day-to-day operation more challenging.
"It is very difficult for a lot of people to even get appointments," Hillard said.
One key group that's feeling the impact is low-income pet owners. Hillard said the vet shortage can be problematic because some people can't afford to take their animals elsewhere.
"Since we opened this particular clinic, we've provided over 40,000 spays and neuters low-cost spays and neuters," Hillard said. "Each year, we also try and provide wellness services."
Now, she's searching for a full-time vet to help them stay on pace with all the animals coming in.
"There is always a chance that we would have to close if we cannot provide enough services and keep those doors open," Hillard said. "Now really is not the time to panic."
Veterinary urgent care clinics also fill a significant need in the community, and over at Out West, hiring is a struggle.
"We're open as much as we can, depending on what those doctors can work," Out West Practice Manager Stephanie Dungey said.
After nearly a year of operation, Dungey said they haven't been able to be open 24 hours like originally planned.
"That was a lovely goal and is still our goal," Dungey said. "We just haven't known to find overnight doctors and it's not only us... emergency rooms in town as well as all over the state."
Dungey doesn't expect it to get better overnight, but said that a veterinary medical school in Arkansas could help.
"At least it's a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel," Dungey said.
As we've previously reported, Lyon College has plans in the works to build a veterinary school in downtown Little Rock.
There's no word on when the school will open. | https://www.thv11.com/article/life/animals/arkansas-feeling-vet-shortage/91-279ce767-2674-4e93-a655-287aa83471c9 | 2023-01-11 01:28:07 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/life/animals/arkansas-feeling-vet-shortage/91-279ce767-2674-4e93-a655-287aa83471c9 |
Ninety-three-year-old Ohio State alumnus and former professor John Behling will present a collection of watercolor paintings at the Ohio State Faculty Club depicting his lifelong artistic journey through June 2.
Behling said he attended Ohio State where he earned his doctorate in sociology. After receiving an offer to return to the university, Behling said he taught in the College of Social Work from 1964-86 all while maintaining and developing his love for art, which he discovered in the 1950s after attending summer courses in Mexico City.
“I was doing my right-hand-left-hand all during this time, but my heart was with making art,” Behling said. “I’ve done hundreds of paintings, and they’re all upstairs or under the bed, some are in the basement, and I don’t know what to do with them.”
Behling, a longtime member and donor to the Ohio State Faculty Club, approached Robie Benve, art coordinator for the club, with a request to show his work at the club for the third time.
“I went to the Faculty Club and said, ‘I’d like to have a show here,’” Behling said. “I’m not going to say it’s my last event, it’s not my last event. This is just one event later in life.”
Despite being booked for exhibitions throughout the next year, Benve said a second exhibition space at the faculty club — which doubles as a diner — was made available to show Behling’s work.
“We always try to rotate and have a variety of artists and not many repeats if we can,” Benve said. “We had a meeting, and I talked to him and I said, maybe we can think outside the box, think of the space downstairs, and he was just funny and very personable, and I really liked him as a person.”
Behling said the medium of watercolors is unique in its spontaneity, colorfulness and the speed at which they can be done, as a watercolor can be painted in a matter of hours while an oil painting takes much longer. Life is too short, Behling said, for that kind of work.
“Oils you can cover up — and I’ve done some oils — oils you can cover up and start over, but watercolors if you screw it up, you throw it away, you’re stuck with what you’re laying out. And that’s kind of exciting to think, ‘Boom, there it is,’” Behling said. “That’s the fun of it when it’s bright colors — yellow, orange, purple, green — the colors are there and they’re quick.”
When it comes to art and teaching, Behling said he was always fascinated with the idea of childlike play. While teaching classes like statistics and other research-related courses, Behling said his goal was to make his students enjoy what they were learning.
“My mission was to make it interesting and to make it fun, but then when you start teaching people to paint, they come to you, and this is really play,” Behling said. “Making art, for me I think, is playing, enjoying life. It should be fun because life is pretty short, as you might guess I would know at the age of 93.”
Although he’s done more abstract work in the past, Behling said he continuously returns to painting landscapes, such as barns or other building structures, using realism. Having spent his childhood living on a farm, Behling said landscapes excite him the most.
“I was a farm boy,” Behling said. “I grew up on a farm with the woods and the streams and all that. So, the landscapes were always in my heart.”
The inherent qualities of art itself, Behling said, is what motivates him to pick up his brush.
“What inspired me, I think, it’s the making of art is so much fun,” Behling said. “Making art is play, as I said before, and I guess I never, in certain respects, I never grew up because I wanted to play.”
After agreeing to show Behling’s work at the Faculty Club, Benve said she picked out the pieces that would be featured in the show. Seeing Behling’s complete body of work in his home, Benve said she appreciated how he experimented with his art, with the different ways color can work on paper.
“I wanted to choose a body of work that showed a variety, a nice representation of his whole career,” Benve said. “We picked all through the ‘80s and the ‘90s and the 2000s, so we have a nice representation of his body of work. Some are more abstract, some are more realistic and I think they just create a nice conversation about what he has been doing. And the fact that he’s still painting, and he’s still producing,that’s wonderful.”
With the oldest painting on display being created in the ‘50s, Benve said she admires Behling and the wide variety of work that is exhibited in the exhibition.
“I think that, overall, we are honoring a wonderful artist and a wonderful person and a very renowned professor,” Benve said. | https://www.thelantern.com/2023/04/former-professor-displays-watercolor-exhibitions-at-the-ohio-state-faculty-club/ | 2023-04-19 05:04:00 | 0 | https://www.thelantern.com/2023/04/former-professor-displays-watercolor-exhibitions-at-the-ohio-state-faculty-club/ |
DETROIT — The historic section of Detroit where Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr. built his music empire six decades ago is now looking better than ever.
Motown legend — and Gordy's best friend — Smokey Robinson was among those who visited the newly improved Motown Museum site on Monday night for an event celebrating the completion of the first two phases of the museum's expansion.
Robinson was joined by Otis Williams, Martha Reeves and other Motown luminaries in celebrating the grand opening of Hitsville NEXT, an educational programming and creative hub, and the newly established Rocket Plaza.
"Kids who aren't even born yet will be aware of Motown," Robinson told The Associated Press during an interview ahead of the event held near the entrance to the museum. "Some of their parents weren't even born when we started this. But it's a wonderful thing."
The festivities included comments from Robinson and Williams, an original founding member of The Temptations who gifted microphones to the museum from his personal collection.
And they concluded with a performance of the Temptations classic, "My Girl," performed by the cast of the musical "Ain't Too Proud," and introduced by Marcus Paul James, who portrays Williams in the show.
"I am very happy to be part of something — this here, Motown — (that will) outlast us all," Williams said.
The museum will continue to be housed in the famed "Hitsville, U.S.A" building at 2648 West Grand Boulevard.
But three nearby Motown-era buildings have been transformed into Hitsville NEXT, which will be home to camps, workshops, master classes and community events. It represents the first phase of the museum's expansion.
Phase two is Rocket Plaza, an outdoor plaza that will serve as a community gathering place and a welcome destination for museum visitors.
"This plaza is the new front porch to Motown," said Robin Terry, Motown Museum chairwoman and CEO.
Gordy launched Motown in 1959. His late sister, Esther Gordy Edwards, founded the museum in the former Hitsville headquarters in 1985. In addition to Robinson and The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye and many others recorded hits there before Motown moved to California in 1972.
The museum is inviting the community to its Founder's Day celebration on Saturday in honor of Gordy Edwards, the reopening and the completed expansion phases.
And the museum on Sunday will welcome back visitors for tours of Hitsville, U.S.A. following pandemic- and construction-related closures.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.knau.org/npr-news/npr-news/2022-08-08/motown-stars-celebrate-a-museum-expansion-that-honors-hitsville | 2022-08-09 11:25:25 | 0 | https://www.knau.org/npr-news/npr-news/2022-08-08/motown-stars-celebrate-a-museum-expansion-that-honors-hitsville |
WFO SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 20, 2022
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HEAT ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Hanford CA
323 AM PDT Sat Aug 20 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...High temperatures 101 to 107 degrees in the San Joaquin
Valley and maximum temperatures 96 to 103 degrees in the Lower
Sierra Nevada foothills, Kern River Valley, and Coastal Range.
* WHERE...San Joaquin Valley, Lower Sierra Nevada foothills,
Kern River Valley, and Coastal Range.
* WHEN...Until 7 PM PDT Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur,
particularly for those working or participating in outdoor
activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday announced it will be funneling more resources toward addressing the alarming rate of disappearances and killings among Native Americans.
As part of a new outreach program, the agency will dispatch five attorneys and five coordinators to several regions around the country to help with investigations of unsolved cases and related crimes.
Their reach will span from New Mexico and Arizona to Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Michigan and Minnesota.
Attorney General Merrick Garland acknowledged that the crisis has shattered the lives of victims, their families and entire tribal communities.
“The Justice Department will continue to accelerate our efforts, in partnership with tribes, to keep their communities safe and pursue justice for American Indian and Alaska Native families,” Garland said in a statement issued Wednesday.
The announcement came as a special commission gathered in Albuquerque for one of its final field hearings as it works to develop recommendations on improving the response from law enforcement and coordination within local, state, tribal and federal justice systems.
The commission started its meeting with a prayer and a moment of silence as four colorful skirts were displayed at the front of the room in honor of those who have gone missing or have been trafficked or killed.
Some commission members read the names of victims to be remembered, including Ashlynne Mike, an 11-year-old Navajo girl who was abducted, sexually assaulted and murdered in northwestern New Mexico in 2016.
With seemingly insurmountable jurisdictional challenges, members of the federal commission have a difficult task ahead. Over the next three days, they will be listening to more heartbreaking stories from Native American families who have had loved ones vanish or turn up dead.
The goals of the 37-member commission include tracking and reporting data on missing-person, homicide and human trafficking cases and increasing information sharing with tribal governments on violent crimes investigations and other prosecutions on Indian lands.
Aside from making recommendations to the Interior and Justice departments, the commission also is tasked with boosting resources for survivors and victims’ families, such as providing access to social workers and counselors.
Elizabeth Hidalgo Reese, a member of Nambé Pueblo and senior policy advisor for Native American affairs at the White House, acknowledged the emotional toll that comes from victims and families sharing their stories.
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ROME (AP) — Below a giant mural of Diego Maradona, Napoli fans celebrated the Italian league soccer title as if they were at the game — singing, jumping and lighting flares.
On the other side of Naples, at the stadium now named for Maradona, tributes to the club’s most emblematic player were everywhere: his image on banners, flags and scarves, his No. 10 on the back of shirts.
As Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti put it after the Partenopei sealed their first league title since Maradona led the club to the 1987 and 1990 championships, the late Argentina standout’s legacy made a difference.
“These fans have seen big coaches come and go. They saw Diego Armando Maradona play and perhaps his (impact) is also felt in this success,” Spalletti said.
Unlike the Maradona years, however, this Napoli title wasn’t about a single player but rather a well-run unit that often overwhelmed opponents with standouts in every department: league scoring leader Victor Osimhen at center forward, league assist leader Khvicha Kvaratskhelia at left wing, passing expert Stanislav Lobotka in central midfield and physical presence Kim Min-jae at center back — not to mention their veteran coach.
Napoli clinched the trophy with a 1-1 draw at Udinese on Thursday.
Osimhen equalized for Napoli early in the second half by redirecting in a rebound after Sandi Lovric had put Udinese ahead early on.
“I’m happy for all Napoli fans worldwide,” Osimhen said. “No one deserves the scudetto more than Neapolitans — more than us.
“I don’t care who scored, I just wanted to get the scudetto.”
Napoli moved an insurmountable 16 points ahead of second-place Lazio with five rounds still to play.
Besides the 11,000 Napoli fans inside and 5,000 more outside the stadium in Udine in northern Italy, a capacity crowd of more than 50,000 watched the match on jumbo screens at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in Naples.
“Napoli, this is for you,” Spalletti said. ”There are people here who will be able to get through difficult moments in their lives because they remember this moment. These people deserve all the joy.”
In Udine, celebrating fans invaded the field at the final whistle, while in Naples there were fireworks and delirium.
“You always told me, ‘We want to win,’ and now we’ve won. We’ve won all together,” Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis told the crowd at the Naples stadium before he embraced Naples Mayor Gaetano Manfredi.
De Laurentiis took over the club in 2004 when Napoli was declared bankrupt, restarting in the third division.
“This is the coronation of a dream that’s been going on for 33 years,” De Laurentiis added. “It’s been a long process.”
It’s the first time a club south of Italy’s traditional soccer capitals of Milan and Turin has won the league since Roma claimed the title in 2001.
Napoli matched the record of clinching with five rounds to spare, shared with Torino (in 1947-48), Fiorentina (1955-56), Inter Milan (2006-07) and Juventus (2018-19).
In the 52nd minute, Osimhen slotted in a rebound off a shot from Kvaratskhelia following a corner kick.
During his goal celebration, Osimhen broke his face mask and the Nigeria forward had to play without it for a few minutes while it was repaired by Napoli staff members on the sideline.
It was Osimhen’s 22nd goal in the league this season and the 46th of his Serie A career, matching former AC Milan standout and current Liberia President George Weah as the top African scorers in Italy.
Afterward, Osimhen — who has acknowledged that he would like to play in the Premier League one day — would not commit to remaining with Napoli.
“I want to enjoy this moment for the rest of my life. Then after the season my other dreams can come,” Osimhen said. “But for now it’s not a time to talk about my other dreams. I wanted to win this. … For me this is just a moment.”
Napoli had a brief lapse during the first half during which Lovric found space within the area for a quick control and angled shot inside the far post in the 13th.
Napoli has dominated all season and didn’t lose in the league until getting beat by Inter in January. A 5-1 victory over Juventus nine days later left no doubt that this was the Partenopei’s year.
Napoli, though, wasn’t even considered a title contender before the season because of the departures of former captain Lorenzo Insigne, club record scorer Dries Mertens and defensive stalwart Kalidou Koulibaly.
But Osimhen has developed into the most dangerous striker in the league, and dribbling wizard Kvaratskhelia has done far more than just replace Insigne on the left wing as one of the biggest revelations in Europe this season.
The title also gives Spalletti the one honor he has coveted most after previously managing Roma and Inter and winning two Russian league championships with Zenit St. Petersburg.
Spalletti’s innovative style first showed promise at Udinese nearly two decades ago when he led the provincial club to a fourth-place finish and a spot in the Champions League. Udinese coach Andrea Sottil played under Spalletti at Udinese.
“The fans deserve it,” Napoli captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo said, his hair colored in Napoli blue from the locker room celebration. “It felt like we were playing in Naples today.”
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Community Foundation (CCF) announced today its second transformative gift from author, advocate and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott in the form of two single-family residences located in Beverly Hills jointly valued at approximately $55 million dollars. This discretionary gift will allocate 90% of sale proceeds to the Foundation's affordable housing grantmaking. The remaining funds will be allocated by CCF to support its immigrant integration program to advance opportunities for the millions of immigrants from throughout the world who call Los Angeles County home.
The cost of housing stands out as one of the most critical issues affecting the lives of millions of Los Angeles residents. A priority for Ms. Scott, the primary focus of the $55 million will be to permanently endow grantmaking efforts to benefit Angelenos in need of affordable housing. Since 2000, CCF has granted over $30 million to ensure Angelenos have safe and stable homes, together with the economic opportunities they need to thrive. CCF has also been an advocacy leader for increased affordable housing production, helping lead the passage of Proposition HHH, an initiative to add 10,000 new units in the City of Los Angeles by 2026. Los Angeles is poised to exceed its target by funding 10,510 units in 178 projects. Ms. Scott's gift will permanently support the expansion of these grantmaking efforts.
"We applaud and are grateful to MacKenzie Scott's extraordinary philanthropic investment in Los Angeles," said CCF President & CEO Antonia Hernández. "Her singular commitment -- here and across the country – to transformative philanthropy has already secured the long-term future of dozens of non-profits. With the California Community Foundation, her generosity will support organizations struggling to solve some of the most intractable issues facing our community. We are grateful for her partnership."
Today's gift follows an earlier, $20 million gift made to CCF in 2021 to establish the LA Arts Endowment Fund which will support diverse, small to mid-sized arts organizations that play a vital role in Los Angeles' creative economy.
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Paula Valle Castañon at pvalle [@] calfund [.] org or 213.452.6233
The California Community Foundation (CCF) has served as a public, charitable organization for Los Angeles County since 1915. Its mission is to lead positive systemic change that strengthens Los Angeles communities. CCF stewards $2.5 billion in assets and manages 1,800 charitable foundations, funds and legacies. For more information, please visit calfund.org.
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Which kneeboard is best?
For those who want to hop on a boat with friends this summer, a kneeboard is something almost everyone in your crew can ride. The kneeling position lets you hold your balance better while gliding along the water. You don’t have to worry about standing up or getting a tube rash on your belly, making it one of the most fun and safe activities you can do behind a boat. There are plenty of options but if you are looking for a high-quality kneeboard, the Hydroslide Revolution Kneeboard is the top choice.
What is a kneeboard?
A kneeboard is used to float on the water behind a boat like skis or wakeboards. What separates this board from the others is the knee padding that lets you kneel instead of having to stand. Your knees are held down with adjustable straps and your hands are free to hold the towing rope attached to the boat. This position keeps your body lower to the surface of the water and requires less balance.
What to know before you buy a kneeboard
Before you select a kneeboard, consider what you need from it.
Rider level
- Recreational: These boards are for beginners and those who just want to have fun. They are a little heavier and thicker than professional boards, making them easier to handle.
- Competition: Professional competitive boards are made thin and light to make tricks easier. They include fins that let you steer, turn and flip yourself on the water.
Style
- Slalom: These have a flat bottom designed to lay on top of the water. They are stable and smooth so that you stay stuck to the surface as you are being dragged along.
- Trick: This style has a curved bottom that lets you do flips and of course, tricks easier. The higher degree of the curve, the easier it is to float off of the water and into the air.
Safety
Kneeboards are safe with supervision for anyone over seven who fits on the board. Be sure that the board is large or small enough to fit riders properly before you get on the water. They are durable and some include grips to help you stand up during the ride.
What to look for in a quality kneeboard
Materials
Kneeboards float on water at high speeds without breaking and are made from strong materials. These materials become stronger and more lightweight as the rider level of your kneeboard increases. You can enjoy the ride while protecting your knees too because the padding is designed to offer comfort and traction. Thick straps also help hold you on while you are being pulled across the water.
Some boards also offer straps or handles to carry them in. This can make transportation from the house to the boat much easier. Others have grips that let you pick it up and get up on the water more easily.
Not all kneeboards have fins, but they can help you to turn and do tricks. They sharpen your ability to steer the kneeboard on water letting you easily glide, spin and flip in the air. The refined steering even lets you increase the speed of the board for overall improved control. Fins come attached to the board or can be bought separately.
Rocker
This refers to the curvature of the bottom of your kneeboard. It is usually classified with a number to identify the intensity of the curve. Higher numbers mean sharper turns and lower numbers will give you a faster, smoother ride.
How much you can expect to spend on a kneeboard
You can expect to spend anywhere from $100-$250 depending on your skill level.
Kneeboard FAQ
What is the best kneeboard for beginners?
A. Beginners should use a recreational board. Choose one that is thicker and heavier to stay glued to the water while you focus on your balance.
What speed do you kneeboard at?
A. Riders weighing 100 pounds or more can ride at 20 miles per hour. Riders who are 90 pounds can ride at 18 miles per hour and those at 80 pounds should only ride at 16 miles per hour.
What’s the best kneeboard to buy?
Top kneeboard
Hydroslide Revolution Kneeboard
What you need to know: The spoon shape provides all kneeboard levels with a smooth, balanced ride.
What you’ll love: It has deep knee wells for greater comfort. They are brightly colored to make them easier to find in the surf. It also has a tow handle and a 3-inch padded nylon strap for a comfortable, secure ride.
What you should consider: A few users have had issues with the Velcro on the strap coming loose.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top kneeboard for the money
What you need to know: This kneeboard is suitable for all levels and can support pre-teen to adult size people.
What you’ll love: This board is under 9 pounds and is easy to carry. It has a strap to safely hold on to while surfing behind a boat on the lake. It’s corrosion-proof and made from marine-grade materials, so it can go in the ocean.
What you should consider: A few users have reported that their straps broke or that the board couldn’t hold larger people.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: This is an ideal, easy-to-use kneeboard for riders of all levels.
What you’ll love: It has side handles to help you hold on and a handle hook. You can use the hook to transition to standing while you’re riding. This kneeboard also includes a 60-foot tow rope and foam padding to make the ride more comfortable.
What you should consider: This board is expensive and heavy, making it difficult to put on a wakeboard rack.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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The nation's gross national debt has surpassed $31 trillion, according to a U.S. Treasury report released Tuesday that logs America's daily finances.
Edging closer to the statutory ceiling of roughly $31.4 trillion - an artificial cap Congress placed on the U.S. government's ability to borrow - the debt numbers hit an already tenuous economy facing high inflation, rising interest rates and a strong U.S. dollar.
And while President Joe Biden has touted his administration's deficit reduction efforts this year and recently signed the so-called Inflation Reduction Act, which attempts to tame 40-year high price increases caused by a variety of economic factors, economists say the latest debt numbers are a cause for concern.
Owen Zidar, a Princeton economist, said rising interest rates will exacerbate the nation's growing debt issues and make the debt itself more costly. The Federal Reserve has raised rates several times this year in an effort to combat inflation.
Zidar said the debt "should encourage us to consider some tax policies that almost passed through the legislative process but didn't get enough support," like imposing higher taxes on the wealthy and closing the carried interest loophole, which allows money managers to treat their income as capital gains.
"I think the point here is if you weren't worried before about the debt before, you should be - and if you were worried before, you should be even more worried," Zidar said.
The Congressional Budget Office earlier this year released a report on America's debt load, warning in its 30-year outlook that, if unaddressed, the debt will soon spiral upward to new highs that could ultimately imperil the U.S. economy.
In its August Mid-Session Review, the administration forecasted that this year's budget deficit will be nearly $400 billion lower than it estimated back in March, due in part to stronger than expected revenues, reduced spending, and an economy that has recovered all the jobs lost during the multi-year pandemic.
In full, this year's deficit will decline by $1.7 trillion, representing the single largest decline in the federal deficit in American history, the Office of Management and Budget said in August.
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget said in an emailed statement Tuesday, "This is a new record no one should be proud of."
"In the past 18 months, we've witnessed inflation rise to a 40-year high, interest rates climbing in part to combat this inflation, and several budget-busting pieces of legislation and executive actions," MacGuineas said. "We are addicted to debt."
A representative from the Treasury Department was not immediately available for comment.
Sung Won Sohn, an economics professor at Loyola Marymount University, said "it took this nation 200 years to pile up its first trillion dollars in national debt, and since the pandemic we have been adding at the rate of 1 trillion nearly every quarter."
Predicting high inflation for the "foreseeable future," he said, "when you increase government spending and money supply, you will pay the price later." | https://abc11.com/national-debt-nation-gross-us-interest-rates-inflation-reduction-act/12296984/ | 2022-10-05 14:19:52 | 0 | https://abc11.com/national-debt-nation-gross-us-interest-rates-inflation-reduction-act/12296984/ |
New data product containing full capture of 30 million patient lives enables
sophisticated analyses and empowers better treatment and reimbursement outcomes
MENLO PARK, Calif., July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Compile, a novel provider of life sciences data products, today announced the launch of Multi-Payer Complete Claims ReadyData, a dataset which will allows life sciences and biotech companies to conduct more granular analyses, leading to more optimized drug commercialization and reimbursement strategies.
Multi-Payer Complete Claims ReadyData contains over 6.4 billion de-identified medical and prescription records and data from more than 80 payers, with a mix of commercial, individual, Medicare, and Medicaid plans. It covers 30 million patient lives, more than $720 billion in billings over five years of history, and two million unique providers, making it a highly robust source of information.
"It's become increasingly clear in recent years that access to data that tells the full story of a patient's journey through the healthcare system is critical to understanding the nuances of the market, especially for rare diseases," said Isaac Fehrenbach, CEO of Compile. "Multi-Payer Complete Claims ReadyData provides life sciences companies with this visibility, empowering them to do better, more granular analyses, and take steps to improve patients' financial access to drugs."
Complete or "closed" claims data provides full capture of all claims for members covered under certain plans, for a more complete view of a patient's healthcare activities during a specific period. This comprehensive picture of all interactions with the healthcare system makes it superior to open claims databases for various common analyses, including patient journeys, persistence and compliance analyses, forecasting, and reimbursement analytics. It also provides critical validation in projections often used for analyses.
Unlike other closed claims datasets in the market, Multi-Payer Complete Claims ReadyData contains both National Provider Identifier (NPI) and robust cost information, allowing users to identify economics and payer reimbursement at the clinician level, conduct sophisticated payer analytics, and get insights into market access questions.
It is also the only closed claims dataset available that assigns a proprietary and unique chronic condition identifier for each member, making it easy to identify and categorize members into clinically similar groups, which simplifies analyses such as comorbidity identification and patient journeys. In addition, it offers detailed billing data for insight into costs by payer and plan type, providing a complete view of patient economic burden as well as plan costs.
Compile's products now include payer complete data from all payer types including Commercial, Individual, Medicare, and Medicaid. Compile's data is readily available through a choice of data delivery vehicles with short turnaround times of as little as 24 hours, with flexible licensing models that allow customers to license only the data they need. Multi-Payer Complete Claims ReadyData is the fourth in Compile's suite of data products, which include Open Claims ReadyData, All Medicare Complete Claims ReadyData, and Provider 360 ReadyData.
To learn more about Multi-Payer Complete Claims ReadyData visit compile.com.
About Compile
Compile helps life sciences companies develop and distribute lifesaving innovations by providing healthcare intelligence with high-capture, high-fidelity data across providers and patients. Compile captures and organizes data on 5.9M+ healthcare professionals, 2.9M+ facilities and 300M+ patient lives. Compile's provider dataset contains best-in-class affiliations with unique, precise scoring and flexible hierarchies. By transforming messy and disparate datasets into clean, analytics-ready tables with unparalleled accuracy and recency, Compile enables commercial teams to move faster, while making our customers' lives easier with premium customer service and a flexible business model. Customers include leading pharmaceutical manufacturers, biotechnology firms, and other healthcare innovators.
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As 2022 winds down, it's obvious the past year has been, in many ways, a giant step backward for media.
So much has gone wrong: from fundamental shifts in the streaming business to widespread cutbacks at major media companies – including NPR — and, of course, Elon. And there's one word which sums up the dynamic at the heart of most of this heartache: transition.
Through much of 2022, media outlets suffered painful transitions, leaving the familiar behind for wilder, less predictable terrain. And whether change was sparked by economics, evolving circumstances or pure ego — again, Elon! — each of these moments contain important lessons about the future of media and what's coming on important platforms.
Which is why, even as some critics have crafted fun, end of the year lists for the best moments in entertainment, I'm going to tackle something more serious: the six terrible media trends in 2022.
Elon Musk dismantles Twitter before our eyes
Nothing this year brought home the dangers in private ownership of major social media platforms more than the capricious, often-destructive and regularly unpredictable actions of Musk after he overpaid for Twitter in October to the tune of $44 billion.
Listing all the terrible things he's done since taking control of the platform could fill this entire story. And many of his actions seem the opposite of what Twitter — a social media network dependent on advertising revenue and robust usage — actually needs. He's laid off more than half the staff, increased misinformation, unbanned abusive accounts, suspended journalists who covered him critically and then unsuspended at least some of them, acting in many ways like a petulant king who cannot tolerate contrary views (a marked departure from the free speech absolutism he claimed to champion before closing the deal).
Why should anyone care about the fate of a social media site smaller than Facebook or YouTube? The fact is, Twitter has been an important meeting ground for journalists, academics, politicians, celebrities and average people with something substantive to say. The amalgam of Black-focused conversations known as Black Twitter has elevated everything from the death of Trayvon Martin to the Black Lives Matter movement and the murder of George Floyd.
But Musk's misadventures have brought powerful lessons. His aura as an unorthodox-yet-effective leader has been brutally wounded. The idea that the mega-wealthy somehow are more capable than everyone else is seriously punctured.
More than anything, Musk's run of terribleness shows that, if you're going to bring chaos and break things at a place lots of people value — you'd better soon come up with a vision that explains why it's all necessary, or it won't be long before much of the world turns its back.
Compassion fatigue: The return of the canceled, from Will Smith to COPS
As a critic, I felt vindicated by the cancellation of both COPS and Live PD in mid-2020. Both shows were an exercise in copaganda, lionizing officers answering calls in the field while showing the people policed in the worst light. Each show was canceled in the wake of the civil rights reckoning which followed George Floyd's death.
But both programs have returned. This year, producers behind Live PD crafted a similar show for the Reelz cable channel, called On Patrol: Live, that was so similar, the A&E channel sued for copyright infringement. (COPS resurfaced on the Fox Nation streaming service last year.) Worse than any copycatting – at least, from my point of view – was the sense that the shows could come back because people had grown tired of keeping them off the air.
I had similar feelings watching Louis C.K. win a Grammy this year for best comedy album, not long after his comedy career imploded in 2017 after admitting a New York Times report about how he sexually harassed and intimidated women in the comedy world was true. Or seeing Will Smith unleash his considerable charisma on red carpets just weeks ago to promote his film Emancipation, months after physically attacking Chris Rock onstage at this year's Oscars.
As a culture, we haven't yet decided how to bring shows and performers back who have been drubbed out of show business for egregious behavior. There is a sense that it should involve some kind of apology and assurance that the terrible behavior won't be repeated – that was Smith's playbook in returning to public life. But that hasn't always happened.
I worry we're seeing the public begin to weary of asking the important questions about exploitation and oppression that movements like #Metoo and Black Lives Matter posed in pop culture just a few years ago. Stop asking those questions, and it probably won't be long before the awful behavior returns.
Media layoffs hit hard, especially in journalism
Along with Warner Bros. Discovery's layoffs (more about those below), media companies like Paramount Global, Comcast, Roku and Disney announced layoffs this year, often in response to slowing advertising sales amid fears of a looming recession.
Cutbacks at journalism outlets include Gannett, The Washington Post, BuzzFeed and Outside, Inc. NPR has announced cutbacks aimed at saving $10 million to avoid layoffs, including suspending its summer internship program next year.
It's just the kind of challenge media outlets don't need, as they continue to struggle against misinformation and maintaining quality local news coverage in communities with fewer and fewer options.
Streaming TV gets smaller and more expensive as the industry hits adolescence
Once touted as the future of television – which it probably still is – online streaming faced a hard reset this year, starting with industry giant Netflix actually losing subscribers in the first two quarters of the year. Since then, Wall Street has begun asking tough questions about whether any but a handful of platforms can grow big enough to make massive profits.
The results, for consumers, have been challenging. HBO Max has pulled material from its library with little warning to subscribers, to take advantage of tax breaks and limit expenses. Netflix, Disney+ and Apple TV+ have all raised prices this year, just as an NPR poll of more than 700 streaming service users revealed that cost is their biggest concern in choosing a subscription. (The second-biggest concern? Access to great content.)
And the biggest change Netflix and Disney+ offered this year was a cheaper subscription with ads — an alternative which seems more like a PR move in the face of rising fees rather than anything most streaming consumers are interested in buying.
It's a messy transition: streaming is moving from a promising childhood into a complicated adolescence. Back in the fall of 2019, big companies like Disney and Apple began pouring money and resources into establishing streaming services, well aware that the future of TV viewing was headed there and eager to keep Netflix from dominating it all. The pandemic only accelerated streaming habits that already seemed to be in motion.
But 2022 was the year reality intruded. More traditional forms of media are still where most revenue is made, and streaming platforms have had to make tougher choices. Consumers learned this year: Streaming services will not always offer a bottomless well of content. In the future, they likely will cost more, have a little less library content and cancel more shows more quickly. Welcome to the future.
The contraction and dimming future of late night TV
Too many great late night hosts left the genre in 2022. Samantha Bee was canceled by Warner Bros. Discovery; Desus & Mero stopped their Showtime program after they ended their partnership, James Corden announced he would leave CBS' The Late Late Show next year and Trevor Noah surprised even his coworkers by announcing he would leave The Daily Show seven years after succeeding Jon Stewart.
What's obvious is that viewership is down, the jobs are a grind and its not possible to pay today's hosts what giants of the genre once demanded. Further, late night TV isn't as big a part of the pop culture zeitgeist anymore. Late night icon Johnny Carson could make a performer into a star with one appearance; David Letterman influenced legions of aspiring comics with his groundbreaking comedy.
But modern viewers have increasingly flocked to social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, resulting in dropping ratings and revenue for traditional late night TV shows. At a time when people can watch whatever they want whenever they want, the idea of a late night host capping the day with insightful comedy on topical events may soon feel dated as a $2 bill.
Warner Bros. Discovery cancels and cuts its way to savings
When AT&T spun off its WarnerMedia entertainment company to merge with Discovery in April, few in the industry could project what might happen. Months later, the new company has mostly become known for its cutbacks in the wake of a reported $50 billion in debt.
The moves were jarring: canceling the streaming service CNN+ after just a few weeks; shelving the nearly completed film Batgirl; canceling Samantha Bee's show Full Frontal on TBS; canceling shows like Westworld and The Time Traveler's Wife and removing them completely from HBO Max; canceling CNN's media analysis show Reliable Sources and laying off its host Brian Stelter; canceling Latino-focused shows like Los Espookys and Gordita Chronicles; implementing wider layoffs across CNN and ending original programming on its sister channel HLN, laying off staff including morning anchor Robin Meade.
Some changes at CNN, including the layoffs of Stelter and correspondent John Harwood, led to concerns that the company was muzzling analysts who had prominently criticized conservatives and former president Donald Trump in a bid to become more centrist — an idea CNN Chairman and CEO Chris Licht has strenuously denied.
Of course, it will take tough decisions to rein in so much debt. But entertainment companies also need a brand that performers and consumers actually like — something audiences connect with quality, stability and fun, while content creators see a good steward for their creations.
And they all need a sense that the cuts are serving a grander vision. Breaking things without giving people a good reason why, rarely ends well (see Elon Musk, above).
Being known as the Grinch who cancels shows and lays people off doesn't sounds like a great beginning, no matter how good the numbers look on a balance sheet.
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AUSTIN, Texas — As the 88th Texas Legislature sprints towards the finish line, lawmakers continue to debate some major legislation that could impact daily life for Texans.
Chief among of those issues for the Texas GOP? School choice and education savings accounts, or ESAs.
SB 8 would allow parents to use public money, ESAs, to move their kids into a private school of their choice, even religious ones.
But after the Texas Senate passed the bill and sent it to the House, the lower chamber made several changes to the legislation, including making far fewer students eligible for ESAs.
It’s all part of an effort to bring Democrats and rural Republicans on board, a coalition that has successfully defeated similar legislation in years past because they argue it weakens the state’s public school system because it steals funding from them.
Gov. Greg Abbott has threatened to veto the House version of the bill.
The Republican chair of the House Education Committee responded by saying he won’t even bring up the legislation for a vote before it goes to the House floor.
State Rep. Brian Harrison says, while school choice might be dead for the regular session, that doesn’t mean it’s dead for the state of Texas this year.
The Waxahachie Republican supports the Governor’s threat to pull lawmakers back to Austin for a special session if the Senate version isn’t passed.
“We need to get this right. I don’t care how long it takes or how many special sessions it takes. We must empower every Texas family with education freedom this year,” Rep. Harrison told us on Inside Texas Politics.
And if there is a special session, Rep. Harrison says he’d add property tax relief to the agenda if no plan is passed in the final days of the regular session. Just like with school choice, the House and Senate are fighting over competing versions.
The initial Senate plan would boost the homestead exemption from $40,000 to $70,000. And they added another $20,000 for seniors. It would also send nearly $5.5 billion to school districts.
The House plan, a counterproposal in essence, would increase the homestead exemption from $40,000 to $100,000, with an additional $10,000 for seniors, and send an additional $12 Billion to school districts.
But it would also lower the state’s appraisal cap from 10% to 5%. That limits the increase on a home’s taxable value.
And it is a major sticking point.
Critics, including inside the Senate, argue tightening the cap could lead to more harm than good, drive up housing costs and benefit wealthier households more.
Harrison says a deal must be worked out for Texas homeowners, either in the final days of the regular session, or in a special session.
“It’s probably one of the biggest issues that matters to my voters. Of course I would like to see us ultimately pass a package that puts us on a path to eliminating property taxes. I don’t think either plan that’s being proposed right now goes as far as I would like it to get to,” said the Republican.
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man who killed his girlfriend and her two young sons and left their bodies to rot on a balcony while he partied was sentenced Friday to three consecutive life terms in prison, prosecutors said.
Shazer Fernando Limas, 42, of Orange, was sentenced in Orange County.
Limas stabbed 31-year-old Arlet Hernandez Contreras 48 times at his home in April 2012 following an argument a day or two earlier, the Orange County district attorney’s office said in a statement.
Prosecutors said he then killed her sons, 16-month-old Fernando Hernandez Limas and 2-month-old Emanuel Hernandez Limas.
Limas, who also had another girlfriend, “let the bodies of Conteras and boys rot in a balcony closet for 10 days while he continued to go to dance clubs, rented limos, and even had friends over to his apartment," the statement.
After bleaching blood stains from his carpet, Limas loaded Contreras’s body into a large chest and drove it in a rented U-Haul to an industrial area in neighboring Los Angeles County, where her body was found dumped in a gutter, prosecutors said.
After getting rid of that body, Limas is believed to have driven another 100 miles to dispose of the bodies of the children, which were never found, prosecutors said.
The victims were “discarded like trash," District Attorney Todd Spitzer said in the statement.
A few days later, Limas broke his lease on his apartment.
“Management from the apartment contacted the Orange Police Department after workers reported a suspicious smell, blood spatter on walls and pools of blood under the bleached carpet,” the DA’s statement said.
Limas was arrested following a high-speed chase on two freeways. He was convicted in December of three counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances of multiple murder.
Even after being convicted, “this cold-blooded killer refused to take any responsibility for their deaths or give the grieving family any peace of mind by disclosing the whereabouts of the bodies" of the two children, Spitzer said. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/california-man-sentenced-for-killing-girlfriend-17762543.php | 2023-02-03 20:59:32 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/california-man-sentenced-for-killing-girlfriend-17762543.php |
Judge tosses charges against 7 people in Flint water crisis
(AP) - A Michigan judge dismissed charges Tuesday against seven people in the Flint water scandal, including two former state health officials blamed for deaths from Legionnaires’ disease.
Judge Elizabeth Kelly took action three months after the Michigan Supreme Court said a one-judge grand jury had no authority to issue indictments.
Kelly rejected efforts by the attorney general’s office to just send the cases to Flint District Court and turn them into criminal complaints, the typical path to filing felony charges in Michigan.
“Simply put, there are no valid charges,” Kelly said.
Kelly’s decision doesn’t affect former Gov. Rick Snyder. That’s only because he was charged with misdemeanors and his case is being handled by a judge in a different Flint court. But he, too, was indicted in a process declared invalid by the Supreme Court.
In 2014, Flint managers appointed by Snyder took the city out of a regional water system and began using the Flint River to save money while a new pipeline to Lake Huron was being built. But the river water wasn’t treated to reduce its corrosive qualities. Lead broke off from old pipes and contaminated the system for more than a year.
Separately, the water was blamed for an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease, which typically spreads through heating and cooling systems.
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ALBERT LEA, Minn. - One Albert Lea business owner went to the police department last week for a pretty strange string of crimes taking place recently.
Dweezle Bordeaux owns "American Oil" and has been noticing waste vegetable oil thefts occurring - and the substance is more valuable some may realize.
"The reason it's such a problem is because if a police officer sees a guy sucking out oil in the back of a restaurant, he's probably thinking nothing of it because it's some guy doing his job or it's just garbage. But it's not. It's not just garbage. It's very valuable," said Bordeaux.
The National Renderers Association reported that in 2019, an estimated 75 million dollars worth of grease is stolen each year!
And Bordeaux has been feeling that right here at home through his work - here's how it works...
Bordeaux buys waste vegetable oil from restaurants and factories in the community. He pays the restaurants one dollar a gallon, cleans up the oil, and resells it to the biodiesel industry.
But over the past few years - the waste oil has been stolen.
There have been organized theft rings and people who have faced federal charges for the stolen oil across the country.
He says restaurants can start protecting this product more by understanding how valuable this product is.
"Most restaurants don't know that it's valuable. I mean they get paid a little bit, but they're not going to protect it because they don't know. Most restaurants don't know that they should be protecting their waste vegetable oil. It sits in their garbage corral and...everyone has no idea," said Bordeaux.
He estimates his business has lost hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years, but he's a small Minnesota business. He says larger companies could be losing millions of dollars. | https://www.kimt.com/multimedia/used-vegetable-oil-thefts-in-albert-lea/article_47a46654-1e24-11ed-8b18-5b6476f97f3e.html | 2022-08-17 18:32:41 | 0 | https://www.kimt.com/multimedia/used-vegetable-oil-thefts-in-albert-lea/article_47a46654-1e24-11ed-8b18-5b6476f97f3e.html |
WASHINGTON (AP) — About 7.5 million singing and swimming “Baby Shark” bath toys are being recalled after multiple impalements, lacerations and puncture wounds were reported in children playing with them.
Zuru, an El Segundo, California-based toymaker, said it’s recalling both full-size and mini versions of its robotic baby shark toys that have hard plastic top fins, which pose the injury risks.
Twelve injuries have already been reported with Zuru’s full-sized Robo Alive Junior Baby Shark Sing & Swim Bath Toys — after children sat or fell on the now-recalled products. Nine of these impalements, lacerations and puncture wounds required stitches or medical attention, according to a Thursday release from the U.S. Consumer Protect Safety Commission.
While injuries have only been reported with these full-sized toys so far, Zuru is also recalling Robo Alive Junior Mini Baby Shark Swimming Bath Toys “out of an abundance of caution.”
Consumers in possession of the recalled toys are instructed to stop using them immediately and contact Zuru for a full refund. To get the refund, customers are asked to cut off or bend the tail fin, write “recalled” on the body of the baby shark and upload a photo on a site dedicated to the recall.
The recalled products can be identified by model numbers and date codes. Zuru’s Robo Alive Junior Baby Shark Sing & Swim Bath Toys and Robo Alive Junior Mini Baby Shark Swimming Bath Toys were sold in-person and online at chains including Walmart, Target, CVS, Walgreens and TJX Companies from May 2019 through March 2023.
In a company announcement, Zuru noted that that the recall only impacts the versions of the baby shark toys with a hard plastic fin. The newest toys, which have a silicone fin, are not part of the recall, Zuru said.
“We want to assure our customers that we are committed to the highest levels of safety and quality of all our products, and we have implemented measures to prevent future incidents by working to promptly remove these products from retail and replace them with a newly designed product,” Zuru wrote. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/7-5-million-baby-shark-bath-toys-recalled-after-multiple-laceration-and-impalement-injuries/ | 2023-06-24 12:41:23 | 0 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/7-5-million-baby-shark-bath-toys-recalled-after-multiple-laceration-and-impalement-injuries/ |
NEW ORLEANS, May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until July 18, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Pegasystems Inc. (NasdaqGS: PEGA), if they purchased the Company's shares between May 29, 2020 and May 9, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
If you purchased shares of Pegasystems and would like to discuss your legal rights and how this case might affect you and your right to recover for your economic loss, you may, without obligation or cost to you, contact KSF Managing Partner Lewis Kahn toll-free at 1-877-515-1850 or via email (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com), or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nasdaqgs-pega/ to learn more. If you wish to serve as a lead plaintiff in this class action, you must petition the Court by July 18, 2022.
Pegasystems and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws.
On May 9, 2022, post-market, the Company disclosed that a Virginia state court jury deliberating over a lawsuit brought by one of its principal competitors, Appian Corporation ("Appian") for stealing its trade secrets and violating the commonwealth's computer crime law had awarded Appian more than $2 billion for the Company's "willful and malicious" trade secret misappropriation.
On this news, shares of Pegasystems plummeted from $65.93 per share on May 9, 2022, to close at $52.25 per share on May 10, a one-day decline of 21% that wiped out over $1 billion in market capitalization.
The case is City of Fort Lauderdale Police and Firefighters' Retirement System v. Pegasystems Inc., et al., No. 1:22-cv-00578.
KSF, whose partners include former Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., is one of the nation's premier boutique securities litigation law firms. KSF serves a variety of clients – including public institutional investors, hedge funds, money managers and retail investors – in seeking recoveries for investment losses emanating from corporate fraud or malfeasance by publicly traded companies. KSF has offices in New York, California, Louisiana and New Jersey.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — An attorney for Harvey Weinstein suggested Thursday that the shifts in a massage therapist’s account of a 2010 sexual assault by the former movie mogul meant she had fabricated details, while she insisted that working through the trauma had drawn out more accurate memories.
Weinstein attorney Mark Werksman pointed out differences over time in stories she told to police and prosecutors in 2019 and 2020, in her testimony to a grand jury last year, and in her words on the witness stand Wednesday, when she said Weinstein had trapped her in a bathroom, masturbated in front of her and groped her breasts after hiring her for a massage in his Beverly Hills hotel room.
“Do you think your memory is better now than it was three years ago?” Werksman asked.
“Yes,” she answered. At another point she said, “My memory was foggy then, but I remember everything now.”
The woman said discussions about the assault with friends, authorities, a therapist and others had brought clarity and made her face difficult details that she had buried in her memory.
Werksman asked if the conversations represented an effort “to build consensus.”
The woman insisted it wasn’t.
“The more I spoke about it, the more I recalled the trauma that happened to me,” she said. “I was blocking it out for so long.”
The woman is going by Jane Doe in court. The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused.
Weinstein is charged with sexual battery by restraint for the incident, one of 11 sexual assault counts involving five women he’s charged with at his Los Angeles trial. He has pleaded not guilty and denied engaging in any non-consensual sex. He is already serving a 23-year sentence for a conviction in New York.
Werksman especially dwelt on whether Weinstein touched her over or under her clothes, suggesting her story suspiciously shifted over time to include the skin-on-skin contact required by California law for sexual battery.
“You didn’t change your story from ‘it didn’t happen at all,’ to ‘I’m 95% sure’ to ‘I’m 100% sure’ so that they could criminally prosecute Mr. Weinstein?” Werksman asked.
“No,” she said.
“Your story is like the US economy, eight percent inflation, isn’t it?” Werksman said, though the judge rejected the question after an objection.
She testified Wednesday that she had been embarrassed and humiliated that she had allowed herself to be alone with Weinstein several times more, including two more massages where she said he engaged in similar unwanted sexual behavior.
The defense seized on the issue during cross-examination.
“He calls for another massage, and you say ‘buzz off creep’ and hang up, right?” Werksman asked.
“No,” woman said.
“No, Werksman replied, ”you schedule another massage.”
During the first massage, Weinstein and the woman discussed her writing a book about her techniques for the publishing arm of his movie company, Miramax.
Werksman suggested that the woman had done a consensual sexual favor for Weinstein to better her chances of being published.
“You pursued a book deal because that was your end of a bargain for having sexual relations with Mr. Weinstein, correct?” he asked.
“Incorrect,” she said.
The woman said the book had been Weinstein’s idea, and while she was intrigued and took part in several months of emails with his employees, the decision to drop it was mutual.
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Updated June 5, 2022 at 6:09 PM ET
From the butterflies in your stomach when you're crushing on someone to the anxiety you feel about life after high school — every emotion can be heightened when you're a teen.
Sometimes even minor inconveniences can make you feel as if the world is ending, which is how it was for 19-year-old Iman Vellani.
But there was one thing she didn't have to worry about: what she was going to do next. Her future was Ms. Marvel.
Before the end of her senior year, Vellani had gotten the news she was going to star as Kamala Khan, Marvel's first Muslim superhero to headline her own comic, in the new Disney+ show.
For Vellani, whose childhood was spent reading comics and watching Marvel movies, this was a dream come true. But her new reality as a star in the Marvel Cinematic Universe still feels surreal.
"It's like when you walk into a room that you're not supposed to be in, but no one kicks you out. That's what's happening here," she tells NPR's All Things Considered.
Scheduled to premiere Wednesday, the show follows Khan, a Pakistani-American 16-year-old from Jersey City who spends her free time making online videos about the Avengers – and soon discovers she has powers of her own.
Like her character, Vellani's parents emigrated from Pakistan, and the actress is happy to see – and be part of – a superhero show that represents her culture and community.
Vellani discussed the filming of Ms. Marvel, how it helped her get back in touch with her roots and why representation in TV and film matters.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
On how filming Ms. Marvel helped her reconnect with her heritage:
I was born in Pakistan, and we moved to Canada when I was 1. But my parents really did try to make me as connected with my culture and religion as possible because they were in touch with that part of themselves. But growing up in Canada and being so enamored by American pop culture and Hollywood, I was super dismissive of being Pakistani. It was never something I saw value in up until filming the show, where my eyes were opened. I was meeting so many Muslims and South Asians that are so in touch with their roots, and that really made me go back and reconnect with mine. It's so cool [that] I can kind of find myself again.
On what it means to have Kamala Khan as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe:
Marvel is one of the most accessible franchises in the entire world, and film and TV totally shape how we see people in this world. I think it's so wonderful to show a child of immigrant parents who's proud of their culture and doesn't neglect it. I think it's great that we're showing Muslims on screen having fun. Every time you picture Brown people, it's either they're super serious or they're a terrorist. So it's really great that we can bring some humanity to this culture.
On what advice she would offer other teens:
I really think it's important to find a passion and explore it. You don't have to have everything figured out at 16. You're not supposed to. And I think young people should hopefully be comforted by Kamala as a character and see that even a superhero doesn't have her life figured out.
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DeSantis vetoes bill that would cut solar energy incentives
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed a controversial bill that would have cut credits that utility companies give to Florida households with rooftop solar panels.
The so-called net metering proposal (HB 741) was sent to the governor for a signature along with 10 other bills Wednesday. It was the only one DeSantis chose to send back.
Backers of the bill argued the current rules put result in people without solar systems having to pay more for electricity and electrical grid maintenance.
Opponents said it would remove the main incentive for more customers to adopt solar power at their homes, essentially stopping the industry in its track.
It appears DeSantis agreed.
Currently, monthly credits are provided to solar power customers who produce more power than they use, feeding back excess electricity into the system.
Under the bill, credits would be provided at "full avoided cost," which would reduce the amounts going to rooftop solar owners.
The House voted 83-31 to approve the bill, while the Senate passed it in a 24-15 vote.
Another renewable-energy proposal DeSantis did sign Wednesday (HB 1411) expands the use of floating solar projects, known as floatovoltaics. The relatively new concept involves solar panels placed in wastewater treatment ponds, abandoned limerock mines, stormwater treatment ponds, reclaimed water ponds and other water storage reservoirs.
The bill directs local governments to make floating solar facilities a permitted use in comprehensive plans.
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The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing next month about the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, as Congress ratchets up its scrutiny of the broader crypto industry, Representative Maxine Waters, a California Democrat and the panel’s leader, announced on Wednesday.
The panel said it ‘’expects’' to hear directly from Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX now at the center of an international maelstrom, though Democrats and Republicans also signaled their inquiry would likely expand as they consider the need for a legislative response.
‘’The fall of FTX has posed tremendous harm to over one million users, many of whom were everyday people who invested their hard-earned savings into the FTX cryptocurrency exchange, only to watch it all disappear within a matter of seconds,’’ Waters said in a statement. ‘’Unfortunately, this event is just one out of many examples of cryptocurrency platforms that have collapsed just this past year.’’
The top Republican on the panel, Representative Patrick T. McHenry of North Carolina, joined Waters in supporting the probe. McHenry stands to inherit the committee if Republicans capture control of the House as expected.
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‘’Oversight is one of Congress’ most critical functions and we must get to the bottom of this for FTX’s customers and the American people,’’ McHenry said. ‘’It’s essential that we hold bad actors accountable so responsible players can harness technology to build a more inclusive financial system.’’
Bankman-Fried did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The heightened congressional scrutiny reflected the speed and magnitude of the collapse at FTX, the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume. A series of risky bets by Bankman-Fried and his related hedge fund, Alameda Research, appear to have created a liquidity crisis, sparking the digital equivalent of a bank run — and sending the firm into bankruptcy.
The aftermath has eviscerated Bankman-Fried’s wealth, while rattling Silicon Valley, where investors began writing off million-dollar sums — and startups linked to FTX braced for financial impact of their own. In the nation’s capital, meanwhile, the fallout has sparked some early soul-searching among lawmakers who eagerly took Bankman-Fried’s political donations and policy advice ahead of the 2022 midterm election.
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Along with the House hearing, Senate Democrats and Republicans signaled this week they also hoped to probe FTX and question Bankman-Fried — though some in Congress expressed doubts that he would be able to testify as he faces multiple investigations.
‘’I think that a lot of them have to explain what they’ve done,’’ said Senator Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat and the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, as he called for a broader congressional inquiry. | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/11/16/business/house-probe-ftx-collapse-expects-sam-bankman-fried-testify/ | 2022-11-16 22:12:22 | 0 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/11/16/business/house-probe-ftx-collapse-expects-sam-bankman-fried-testify/ |
Medical equipment is still strewn around the house of Rick Lucas, 62, who came home from the hospital nearly two years ago. He picks up a spirometer, a device that measures lung capacity, and takes a deep breath, though not as deep as he'd like.
Still, he has come a long way for someone who spent more than three months on a ventilator because of COVID-19.
"I'm almost normal now," he says. "I was thrilled when I could walk to the mailbox. Now we're walking all over town."
Rick is one of the many patients who, in his quest to get better, found his way to a specialized clinic for those suffering from long COVID symptoms.
Many big medical centers have established their own programs, and a crowd-sourced project counted more than 400 clinics nationwide. Even so, there's no standard protocol for treatment, and experts are casting a wide net for cures, with very few ready for formal clinical trials. In the absence of proven treatments, clinicians are doing whatever they can to help their patients.
"People like myself are getting a little bit out over my skis, looking for things that I can try," says Dr. Stephen Heyman, a pulmonologist who treats Lucas at the long COVID clinic at Ascension Saint Thomas in Nashville.
A bumpy road to 'almost normal'
It's not clear just how many people have suffered from symptoms of long COVID. Estimates vary widely from study to study, often because the definition of long COVID itself varies. But even using the more conservative estimates would still mean that millions of people have likely developed the condition after being infected.
For some, the lingering symptoms are worse than the initial bout of COVID-19.
Others, like Rick, were on death's door and have just had more of a rollercoaster of recovery than you'd otherwise expect. He had brain fog, fatigue and depression. He'd start getting his energy back, then try some light yard work and end up in the hospital with pneumonia. It wasn't clear which ailments were a result of being on a ventilator so long and which were due to what was still a new, mysterious condition called long COVID.
"I was wanting to go to work four months after I got home," Rick says over the laughter of his wife and primary caregiver, Cinde Lucas.
"I said, 'you know what, just get up and go. You can't drive. You can't walk. But go in for an interview. Let's see how that works,'" she recalls.
Rick did get back to work, eventually.
Earlier this year, he started taking short-term assignments in his old field as a nursing home administrator, but he's still on partial disability.
There's no telling why Lucas has mostly recovered and so many haven't shaken their symptoms, even years later. What treatments work, and what recovery looks like, is unique to each long COVID patient.
"There is absolutely nothing anywhere that's clear about long COVID," says Dr. Steven Deeks, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, San Francisco. "We have a guess at how frequently it happens. But right now, everyone's in a data-free zone."
Researchers like Deeks are still trying to establish the underlying causes — some of the theories include persistent inflammation, auto-immunity and bits of the virus left in the body. Deeks says institutions need more money to start regional centers of excellence to bring together physicians from various specialties to treat patients and research therapies.
Patients are desperate and willing to try anything in order to feel normal again. And often they're posting their personal anecdotes online.
"I'm following this stuff on social media, looking for a home run," Deeks says.
The National Institutes of Health is promising big advances in the near future through the RECOVER Initiative, involving thousands of patients and hundreds of researchers.
"Given the widespread and diverse impact the virus has on the human body, it is unlikely that there will be one cure, one treatment," Dr. Gary Gibbons, director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, wrote in an email to NPR. "It is important that we help find solutions for everyone. This is why there will be multiple clinical trials over the coming months."
Trial and error
There's some tension building in the medical community on what appears to be a grab bag approach in treating long COVID ahead of big clinical trials. Some clinicians are more hesitant to try therapies before they're supported by research.
Dr. Kristin Englund, who oversees more than 2,000 long COVID patients at the Cleveland Clinic, says a bunch of one-patient experiments could muddy the waters for research. She says she encouraged her team to stick with "evidence-based medicine."
"I'd rather not just kind of one-off trying things with people, because we really do need to get more data and evidence-based data," she says, "We need to try to put things in some sort of a protocol moving forward."
It's not that she lacks the urgency. Englund has experienced her own long COVID symptoms. She felt terrible for months after getting sick in 2020, "literally taking naps on the floor of my office in the afternoon, " she says.
More than anything, she says these long COVID clinics need to validate patients' experiences with their illness and give them some hope. She tries to stick with proven therapies.
For example, some patients with long COVID develop POTS – a syndrome that causes dizziness and their heart to race when they stand up. Those are symptoms that Englund generally knows how to treat, but it's not as straightforward with other patients.
At Englund's long COVID clinic, there's a lot of focus on diet, sleep, meditation and slowly increasing physical activity. But some doctors are willing to throw all sorts of treatments at the wall to see what might stick.
At the Lucas house in Tennessee, the kitchen counter can barely contain all the pill bottles of supplements and prescriptions. One is a drug for memory. "We discovered his memory was worse [after taking it]," Cinde says.
Other treatments, however, seemed to have really helped. Cinde asked their doctor, Stephen Heyman, about testosterone for her husband's energy. After doing some research, Heyman agreed to give it a shot.
He's trying medications — treatment used for addiction or combinations of drugs used for cholesterol and blood clots — that have been seen as potentially promising for long COVID. And he's considered becoming a bit of a guinea pig himself.
Heyman has been up and down with his own long COVID symptoms.
At one point, he thought he was past the memory lapses and breathing trouble. Then he caught the virus a second time and feels more fatigued than ever.
"I don't think I can wait for somebody to tell me what I need to do," Heyman says. "I'm going to have to use my expertise to try and find out why I don't feel well."
This story comes from NPR's reporting partnership with Nashville Public Radio and KHN (Kaiser Health News).
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(KTLA) – Jamie Foxx is recovering after suffering an undisclosed “medical complication” Tuesday, according to a social media post by the movie star’s daughter.
“We wanted to share that, my father, Jamie Foxx, experienced a medical complication yesterday,” actress Corrine Foxx posted to her Instagram account on Wednesday.
While the 55-year-old’s daughter did not elaborate on his exact medical condition, she said he received “great care” after quick action was taken and that “he is already on his way to recovery.”
Though his family didn’t say whether he had been hospitalized, TMZ reports that Foxx was taken to the hospital Tuesday morning.
Foxx, 55, started in show business as a comedian. He was a cast member on the television show “In Living Color” and, later, starred in his own sitcom “The Jamie Foxx Show.” Before long, the multi-talented artist was starring in films, winning an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of singer Ray Charles in the 2005 biographical musical drama “Ray.”
The celebrity’s daughter added, “We know how beloved he is and appreciate your prayers. The family asks for privacy at this time.” | https://www.wane.com/entertainment-news/jamie-foxx-recovering-after-suffering-medical-complication-family-says/ | 2023-04-13 03:48:06 | 0 | https://www.wane.com/entertainment-news/jamie-foxx-recovering-after-suffering-medical-complication-family-says/ |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Texas oil company was granted permission to repair an underwater pipeline that ruptured off the coast of Southern California a year ago, spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude, and forced beaches and fisheries to close.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers granted the approval Friday to Amplify Energy Corp., clearing the way to rebuild the aging pipeline that burst months after it was apparently weakened when it was snagged by the anchors of ships adrift in a storm.
The Oct. 1, 2021, rupture spilled about 25,000 gallons (94,600 liters) of oil into the Pacific Ocean, closed miles of beaches for a week, shuttered fisheries for months and coated birds and wetlands in oil.
The approval to rebuild the pipe running from an oil rig off Huntington Beach to tanks in Long Beach comes less than a month after Amplify pleaded guilty to federal charges of negligently discharging oil. The Houston-based company and two subsidiaries also agreed to plead no contest in state court to polluting water and killing birds.
Amplify said the approval will allow it to remove and replace the damaged segments of pipe from the ocean floor.
It estimated the work would take up to a month after a barge is in place. If it passes a series of safety tests after being fixed, the company said it expected to begin operating in the first quarter of 2023.
Environmentalists who want the pipeline shut down criticized the permit approval and renewed calls to put an end to offshore oil operations.
“The Biden administration just ramped up the risk of yet another ugly oil spill on California’s beautiful coast,” said Brady Bradshaw of the Center for Biological Diversity. “Unfortunately, people living near offshore drilling infrastructure are all too familiar with this abusive cycle of drill, spill, repeat.”
On Wednesday, the environmental group sued the federal government for allowing the platform where the pipeline originated to operate under outdated plans that indicated the platform should have been decommissioned more than a decade ago. The lawsuit also said the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management failed to review and require plan revisions, despite the spill.
Amplify contended that the spill wouldn’t have occurred if two ships hadn’t dragged their anchors across the pipeline and damaged it during a January 2021 storm. It said it wasn’t notified about the anchor snagging until after the spill.
While the size of the spill was not as bad as initially feared, U.S. prosecutors said the company should have been able to turn off the damaged line much sooner had it recognized the gravity of a series of leak-detection alarms over a 13-hour period.
The first alarm sounded late on the afternoon of Oct. 1, 2021, but workers misinterpreted the cause, according to the federal plea agreement.
When the alarm sounded throughout the night, workers shut down the pipeline to investigate and then restarted it after deciding they were false alarms. That spewed more oil.
It wasn’t until after daybreak that a boat identified the spill and the line was shut down.
As part of a federal court agreement to pay a $7 million fine and nearly $6 million in expenses incurred by agencies including the U.S. Coast Guard, the company and subsidiaries agreed to install a new leak-detection system and train employees to identify and respond to potential leaks.
The company agreed to plead guilty to six state misdemeanor charges and pay $4.9 million in penalties and fines as part of a settlement. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/ap-ruptured-oil-pipeline-off-california-approved-for-repairs/ | 2022-10-02 16:44:35 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/ap-ruptured-oil-pipeline-off-california-approved-for-repairs/ |
Officer-involved shooting claims life of Scott Co. deputy
SCOTT COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) — Those with the Scott County Sheriff’s Office are grieving the loss of one of their own. One was described as a go-getter, the perfect fit for this job. But whose career and whose life were cut extremely short.
35-year-old Caleb Conley was shot during a traffic stop on I-75, at the 127 on Monday afternoon, he later died at the hospital.
“He was a damn good deputy and he loved his job. He, he took it very serious and, he was out there today doing his job and look what happened to him. A coward coming through our county on I-75 took his life, took him away from his family,” said Tony Hampton with the Scott County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies saying that the suspect fled and now is in custody, but not in Scott County.
“Deputy Conley has been with us for four years before that, he served the United States Army for eight years and he was an excellent asset to our staff,” added Hampton.
Those with the department say this is their first fatal officer involved shooting. Adding that this is a feeling they’ve never wanted to experience
Sheriff Tony Hampton adding that the loss of Conley is tremendous for the department adding that he leaves behind a family.
“Be as careful and diligent as you can in doing your duties because that one traffic stop can be the last and we don’t want to see this ever happen again,” also said Hampton.
The department also expressed gratitude for other law enforcement agencies as well as for the community, for the support they’ve shown to the department adding that for those interested in supporting the Conley family, they’ll be releasing those details later this week. | https://www.wtvq.com/officer-involved-shooting-claims-life-of-scott-county-deputy/ | 2023-05-23 12:57:09 | 0 | https://www.wtvq.com/officer-involved-shooting-claims-life-of-scott-county-deputy/ |
Truex, Reddick, Allmendinger are drivers to watch
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US veterans held captive in Ukraine have been freed, family says
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC/Gray news) - The family of Alex Drueke, a former U.S. soldier being held captive by Russian-backed forces, said he has been freed, along with fellow American Andy Huynh.
Drueke’s aunt, Dianna Shaw, confirmed to WBRC that the family received a call Wednesday morning from the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia, that both Drueke and Huynh had been freed.
Shaw said the woman from the Embassy asked Lois “Bunny” Drueke several questions in order to confirm she was his mother. The woman then put Alex Drueke on the phone and allowed him to talk to his mother. Bunny said, “He sounded strong, spoke clearly, was thinking clearly, sounded like himself.”
The family doesn’t know arrangements yet on how they are going to get the men home.
“We are thrilled to announce that Alex and Andy are free,” a statement from the Drueke family said. “They are safely in the custody of the US embassy in Saudi Arabia and after medical checks and debriefing they will return to the States.”
The family of Drueke said they “deeply appreciate everyone’s prayers and especially the close communication and support of our elected officials, Ukrainian Ambassador Markarova, and our members of the US embassies in Ukraine and Saudi Arabia and the U.S. Department of State.”
Congressman Robert Aderholt said the family of Andy Huynh informed his office that the two veterans have been freed.
“My office is working to get more information from the United States Department of State about the health of these men and how soon they will be brought home to their families in the U.S.,” Aderholt said. “I want to say how thankful and relieved I am that they have been freed. Having met with Joy and Darla Black, I know they are beyond relieved and excited for this news. I know we all look forward to seeing them back safely, on American soil.”
Drueke and Huynh were serving in the Ukrainian army when the unit they were assigned to came under heavy fire on June 9. The families first learned the men were missing in action on June 13, and received evidence of their captivity two days later.
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BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
5-4-0-5
(five, four, zero, five)
BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
5-4-0-5
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Lisa Loring, the child actress who played the original Wednesday Addams on The Addams Family from 1964 to 1966, has died. She was 64.
Loring was just six years old when she took on the role of Wednesday, but her macabre performance established the character's iconography and later became a guide for Netflix's 2022 release of Wednesday, starring Jenna Ortega.
Loring's daughter, Vanessa Foumberg, confirmed the news this weekend that her mother died of a stroke on Saturday. "She went peacefully with both her daughters holding her hands," Foumberg said.
A friend, Laurie Jacobson, also reported the death on Facebook, writing that Loring "is embedded in the tapestry that is pop culture and in our hearts always as Wednesday Addams."
Lisa Loring in October 2022.
Loring was born in the Marshall Islands to a naval family, but her parents divorced shortly after her birth and she moved to Los Angeles with her mother at age three. She began modeling, and was soon after cast in an episode of Dr. Kildare before landing the Wednesday role. After The Addams Family left the air, Loring appeared on The Pruitts of Southampton sitcom in 1966. In her 20s, she was also known for playing Cricket Montgomery on the 1980s show, As The World Turns.
Loring was married four times, first to Farrell Foumberg when she was 15. The marriage ended after about a year, and she later married Doug Stevenson, Jerry Butler, and Graham Rich. She had two daughters, one with Foumberg and a second with Stevenson.
The character Wednesday and her Addams relatives began as an MGM adaptation of Charles Addams' New Yorker cartoons which first appeared in 1938. The Addams Family sitcom was the first time the characters were named. Loring reunited with most of the original cast in 1977 for NBC's TV film Halloween With the New Addams Family.
The cast of the television series, 'The Addams Family,' in costume.
Loring's frug dance, known as "The Drew," served as semi-inspiration for Ortega's now-viral "Wednesday Dance" which swept across TikTok in late 2022. Ortega choreographed the scene just a few days before filming, imbuing it with a few of the same moves from six-year-old Loring's from over 50 years ago.
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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Grigor Dimitrov was about to serve at Wimbledon when two environmental activists jumped out of the stands at Court 18 and disrupted his match by scattering orange confetti and puzzle pieces on the grass. His initial instinct Wednesday? Get involved and try to stop them.
“But then I also realized,” the three-time Grand Slam semifinalist said, “that’s not my place to do that.”
Instead, security guards hauled away the woman and man wearing T-shirts from Just Stop Oil — an organization that wants the British government to stop new oil, gas and coal projects — and the two were arrested “on suspicion of aggravated trespass and criminal damage,” according to the All England Club.
The next contest on that same court, best known as the site of John Isner’s 2010 victory over Nicolas Mahut in the longest match in tennis history, was also interrupted by another man from that same environmental group. He was corralled by two security guards and was arrested, too, the club said.
“Obviously it’s not pleasant,” said Dimitrov, a 32-year-old from Bulgaria who is seeded 21st in the men’s bracket and ended up beating Japanese qualifier Sho Shimabukuro 6-1, 6-2, 6-1. “In the end of the day, there is not much you can do. I think everyone in a way did their part as quick as possible.”
The second match that was affected was British wild-card entry Katie Boulter’s 7-6 (4), 6-2 win against Daria Saville of Australia. Boulter and Saville helped clean up the debris before their match resumed.
As it happened, a rain delay came as the court was cleared after the interruption of Dimitrov’s match.
He said he did not feel threatened by what happened.
But Dimitrov did acknowledge there is a sense of vulnerability for players.
“You’re just out there, in a way,” Dimitrov said. “And also: The security are checking the bags when (people) are entering the grounds, but you just never know what the person might do.”
The All England Club coordinated with London police and other agencies to increase security for this year’s tournament, in part as a result of protests at other major sports venues in Britain this year.
“Based on what has happened at other sporting events, and on the advice from our key partners, we have reviewed our security plans, which have now been uplifted for The Championships accordingly,” All England Club operations director Michelle Dite said last week.
“We have plans in place to mitigate the risks working in partnership with specialist agencies and the Metropolitan Police and should an incident occur, the appropriate specialist teams will respond,” Dite said.
Her comments came a day after people representing Just Stop Oil briefly disrupted play about five minutes after the start of a cricket match between England and Australia in London. Players from both teams intervened when the protesters attempted to spread orange powder on the field.
Earlier in June, protesters held up the England cricket team bus briefly during the test against Ireland in London. Activists also have targeted Premier League soccer matches, the Premiership rugby final at Twickenham, and the world snooker championship in Sheffield this year.
“I guess, in some ways, it would be a bit of a distraction if it was going on during the match, but I also understand the importance, too, sometimes, of people being able to protest for things that matter for them. And especially anything related to the climate,” said American Danielle Collins, who won her first-round match at Court 17 on Wednesday. “This is a real thing that we’re dealing with, and I feel like not enough people are aware of those issues and have enough education around it.”
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Associated Press writer Mattias Karen contributed to this report.
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CA San Francisco Bay Area Zone Forecast for Wednesday, September 28, 2022
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San Francisco Bay Area/Central California Zone Forecast
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
301 AM PDT Thu Sep 29 2022
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values for large geographic areas. For a more site specific
forecast...please visit weather.gov/sanfrancisco
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CAZ505-300100-
Coastal North Bay...Including Point Reyes National Seashore-
301 AM PDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 60s to mid 70s. Northwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear except patchy fog after midnight.
Lows in the mid 50s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the upper
60s to mid 70s. Light winds...becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the
afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph in the
evening...becoming light.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s
to lower 70s. Lows in the mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Point Reyes 54 71 55 74 /
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CAZ503-300100-
Sonoma Coastal Range-
301 AM PDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds
around 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. West winds 10 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph...becoming northeast after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Light winds...becoming
southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds
around 5 mph in the evening...becoming light.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower
80s. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the lower 80s.
$$
CAZ502-300100-
Marin Coastal Range-
301 AM PDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds
10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds 10 to
20 mph...becoming south around 5 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds around
5 mph...becoming west in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds
5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s.
$$
CAZ506-300100-
North Bay Interior Valleys-
301 AM PDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear except patchy fog. Lows in the
50s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the 70s to
80s. West winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming southwest 10 to 20 mph in
the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s to lower 60s.
West winds 10 to 15 mph decreasing to up to 5 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to upper 80s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s. West winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the lower 70s to mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in
the 50s. Highs in the upper 60s to lower 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in the 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the lower 70s to mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the 50s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the 70s to 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s to mid 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Santa Rosa 49 86 53 88 /
San Rafael 57 84 59 87 /
Napa 52 81 56 84 /
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CAZ504-300100-
North Bay Interior Mountains-
301 AM PDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower
60s. North winds 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s to mid 80s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s. North winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to upper 80s. North winds
10 to 20 mph...becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s to mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows near
60. Highs in the lower 70s to mid 80s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the 70s to lower 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lake Berryessa 60 84 65 87 /
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CAZ006-300100-
San Francisco-
301 AM PDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. West
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 60s to mid 70s. West winds 10 to
20 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds
10 to 20 mph...becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 60s to 70s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph...becoming west 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s to mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs in the lower 60s to mid 70s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
San Francisco 58 73 58 75 /
Ocean Beach 57 70 57 70 /
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CAZ509-300100-
San Francisco Peninsula Coast-
301 AM PDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs around 70. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows
in the mid 50s. West winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the lower 70s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s.
Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs around 70.
$$
CAZ508-300100-
San Francisco Bay Shoreline-
301 AM PDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. West
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph...
becoming northwest 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds
10 to 20 mph...becoming southwest up to 5 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s. Light winds...
becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows in the upper 50s. West winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s
to lower 80s. Lows in the upper 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
SFO Airport 58 75 58 78 /
Oakland 58 77 60 79 /
Fremont 58 77 58 82 /
Redwood City 57 81 58 85 /
Mountain View 58 76 59 80 /
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CAZ510-300100-
East Bay Interior Valleys-
301 AM PDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs in the mid 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Concord 57 86 59 90 /
Livermore 56 84 58 88 /
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CAZ513-300100-
Santa Clara Valley...including San Jose-
301 AM PDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph in the evening...becoming light.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Light winds...becoming
northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph in the evening...becoming light.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the lower 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs in the 80s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the lower to mid 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
San Jose 57 80 59 85 /
Morgan Hill 55 84 57 88 /
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CAZ512-300100-
Santa Cruz Mountains-
301 AM PDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s to lower 80s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming northwest in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the 50s to lower 60s. North winds around 5 mph in
the evening...becoming light.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the 50s to lower 60s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the 70s to lower
80s. Lows in the 50s to lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the 50s to
mid 60s. Highs in the 70s to lower 80s.
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CAZ515-300100-
East Bay Hills-
301 AM PDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West
winds around 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph...becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds
around 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 60s. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the lower 80s.
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CAZ514-300100-
Eastern Santa Clara Hills-
301 AM PDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s to lower 60s.
West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. West winds around
5 mph...becoming northwest in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s to mid 60s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s to upper 60s.
Northwest winds around 5 mph in the evening...becoming light.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s
to 60s. Highs in the upper 70s.
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CAZ529-300100-
Northern Monterey Bay-
301 AM PDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid
50s. Light winds.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph...becoming south in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.
East winds around 5 mph in the evening...becoming light.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 70s. Light winds...
becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog in the evening, then areas of fog after
midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds around 5 mph in
the evening...becoming light.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Areas of fog. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Areas of fog. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Areas
of fog. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Patchy fog. Highs in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid
50s. Highs in the lower to mid 70s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Santa Cruz 54 76 55 77 /
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CAZ530-300100-
Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast-
301 AM PDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs around 70. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds 10 to 20 mph...
becoming northwest around 5 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
around 70. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
Highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs around 70.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Monterey 55 69 55 71 /
Big Sur 57 76 58 75 /
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CAZ528-300100-
Northern Salinas Valley...Hollister Valley...and Carmel Valley-
301 AM PDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds
around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the 70s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s to lower 80s. Northwest winds
up to 5 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. West
winds 10 to 15 mph in the evening...becoming light.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the 60s to upper 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in
the mid 50s. Highs in the 60s to upper 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the 70s to lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the 70s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Salinas 54 71 55 73 /
Carmel Valley 54 77 56 81 /
Hollister 54 79 55 83 /
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CAZ516-300100-
Southern Salinas Valley...Arroyo Seco...and Lake San Antonio-
301 AM PDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Haze. Lows in the lower 50s.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the 80s to lower 90s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph
increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Haze and areas of smoke. Lows in
the mid 50s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph decreasing to around
5 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 80s
to lower 90s. Light winds...becoming west around 5 mph in the
afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of fog after midnight. Lows
in the lower 50s. West winds 10 to 15 mph...becoming south around
5 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Patchy fog. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of fog. Lows in the lower
50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Patchy fog. Highs in the 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the 80s to lower 90s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
King City 52 83 53 84 /
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CAZ517-300100-
Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest-
301 AM PDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the 50s to lower 60s.
North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s to mid 80s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Haze. Areas of smoke after
midnight. Lows in the lower 50s to mid 60s. North winds 10 to
20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s to mid 80s. East winds
5 to 10 mph...becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s to mid 60s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming southeast after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s to lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s
to 60s. Highs in the lower 70s to mid 80s.
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CAZ518-300100-
Mountains of San Benito and Interior Monterey County including
Pinnacles National Park-
301 AM PDT Thu Sep 29 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Haze and areas of smoke. Lows
in the 50s to lower 60s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Areas of smoke in the morning. Haze. Highs in
the mid 70s to upper 80s. West winds 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Haze after midnight. Lows in the upper
50s. North winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to upper 80s. East winds
around 5 mph...becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 50s to lower 60s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph...becoming south 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s to 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s
to lower 60s. Highs in the mid 70s to upper 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Pinnacles NP 51 87 55 89 /
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PLACER COUNTY, Calif. — When Jami Janes began renovating her nearly 130-year-old home, she found something unexpected: Dozens of copies of the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper layered within her home's walls and floorboards.
"They all (date back) around 1895," said Janes.
It was how homes were insulated back then; a time when her town of Dutch Flat was being built.
"We have a lot of houses here that we want to preserve but it's really difficult to stay warm and function," said Janes.
Especially with harsh winter storms bringing snow levels Janes says she's never seen in her 30+ years living in Northern California.
"It just kept coming and coming and coming," said Janes. "And no power."
Janes and her kids spent five days without power, dealing with freezing temperatures inside their home.
"It was 38 degrees in my room," said Janes.
Worse yet, if they wanted to leave, they couldn't. A tree weighed down by snow fell, narrowly missing her home and crushing her four-wheel truck.
"I was in my truck 10 minutes before that happened," said Janes.
While neighbors always help neighbors in Dutch Flat, she says their community has largely felt forgotten about.
"It's really frustrating because this is a 'can-do' place," said Janes. "But a little recognition or help... or something."
Which is why when she saw the 13 counties put under California's state of emergency list Wednesday, she was frustrated.
Their neighboring county, Nevada County, was placed on California's state of emergency list, but Placer was not. At that time, there was no declaration of emergency for Placer County.
"We could go right out here," Janes said motioning to her backyard. "Not even three miles and we're in Nevada County."
ABC10 began investigating how some counties can be placed on California's state of emergency list, while other counties dealing with similar conditions are not on the list.
We first called California's Office of Emergency Services. They explained in order to be added to the statewide list, a county should first declare a local state of emergency. So, ABC10 went and asked Placer County officials why this hadn't happened.
"It took us longer than we wished, in hindsight we certainly should've gotten out there sooner," said Wendy Williams, Placer County Communications Director. "But we're out there now."
ABC10 interviewed Williams as well as a number of other Placer County officials Friday. They took steps to declare a local state of emergency the same day.
"Today our CEO has signed a proclamation declaring a local emergency for Placer County," said Williams.
While a county's CEO can declare a local emergency, it's not official until their board of supervisors ratifies it. Typically, a county's board of supervisors are the ones to officially declare an emergency, but the CEO can when they're out of session or unable to.
ABC10 went to District 5 Supervisor Cindy Gustafson whose constituents include Dutch Flat residents.
"The declaration itself of an emergency can happen up to 10 days after an incident occurs," said Gustafson. "Right now, we've been able to handle things on our own with our county staff and our first responders that we have."
Janes disagrees.
"That's beyond aggravating. We haven't heard anything from the county. They don't offer any support, nothing (besides) some snow plowing," said Janes. "It goes to show how out of touch they are."
Supervisor Gustafson says the county was already acting in an emergency-situation sense.
"We're operating like it's an emergency," said Gustafson. "I can tell you our staff has been out there around the clock since the start of this."
So, what actually happens when a state of emergency is declared?
"We never want to take the decision to declare a local emergency lightly," said Dave Atkinson, Assistant Director of Emergency Services of Placer County.
Once the county is declared as being under a state of emergency, they can move resources faster to impacted areas.
"It also provides us with the ability to request direct assistance from the state," said Atkinson.
The Governor's Office of Emergency Services told ABC10 the state can provide resources including the National Guard, more emergency responders and the support of other counties and personnel to help with a variety of things, even removing snow.
For Janes, she hopes help comes to Dutch Flat in a number of ways, but especially in a rush in removing trees that could come down on her house the same way one did on her car.
"I'm scared every single night," said Janes.
For Placer County residents looking for help dealing with the winter weather, the county's emergency services offices has the website, ReadyPlacer.org, that includes information about roadway impacts and power outages.
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VIERA, Fla. – The rumors are true: Brevard is getting a Whole Foods Market.
“There is a Whole Foods Market coming to Viera, FL,” Veronica Delia with Whole Foods global public relations said in an email Thursday morning. “We do not have any further details to share at this time, but will of course let you know when we do.”
The confirmation comes after months of will-they-or-won’t-they speculation and pleas from fans of the Austin, Texas-based specialty grocer, according to News 6 partner Florida Today.
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A corporation controlled by Atlanta-based developer SJC Ventures purchased a 20-acre property off Viera Boulevard for $8.25 million in October, property records show. The developer’s plans also include a large home improvement store with a garden center, and three or four restaurants off Viera Boulevard and Star Rush Drive, just southeast of the Interstate 95 interchange.
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The SJC Ventures website calls the project The Crossings at Viera and lists the projected opening date as 2024.
Whole Foods, a subsidiary of Amazon, frequently shows up on lists of national brands Brevardians wish would open here. The grocer, which specializes in natural and organic foods, opened in 1980 in Austin. Now it has more than 500 stores in North America and the United Kingdom.
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Stacy-Ann Zeller of Merritt Island is among those who can’t wait for the store to open. She loves Whole Foods because everything is organic.
“Going in, I’m not having to search for really fresh, good-quality meat and produce,” she said. “Everywhere I’m turning, it’s up to those high standards. I don’t have to read labels and wonder if it’s organic.”
She also likes the ease of Whole Foods’ grab-and-go selections and its other prepared foods.
“I can stop there and a lot of my prep work has been done,” she said. “I can still go home and feel like I made the meal.”
As a Realtor, Zeller said Whole Foods will be a plus for people relocating to the area from other states.
“They’re used to seeing many of those kinds of chains around,” she said. “It’s become such a staple. When it comes to groceries, that’s always the first question: ‘Where’s my closest Whole Foods?’”
Eva Rey, vice president of community management and communications with The Viera Co., declined comment Thursday morning, deferring to SJC Ventures.
“We are thrilled that Whole Foods Markets is coming to The Crossings at Viera and know that the specialty grocer will be a huge draw for residents and visitors,” Jeff Garrison, a partner with SJC Ventures, said in an email Thursday. “We look forward to working on this project and bringing in several great tenants that will add value and high-end amenities to this top destination in Florida.”
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Official in New Mexico election standoff avoids prison in Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (AP) — An elected official who is a central figure in a New Mexico county’s refusal to certify recent election results based on debunked conspiracy theories about voting machines avoided more jail time on Friday for joining the mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol.
Couy Griffin, who founded the political group Cowboys for Trump, was sentenced to 14 days behind bars, which he has already served.
The punishment for Griffin’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot that delayed the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory and sent lawmakers running for their lives comes the same day Griffin’s Republican-dominated county commission faces a deadline to certify its election results.
Griffin entered a restricted area outside the Capitol but didn’t go into the building itself.
Prosecutors had sought an additional 70 days in jail for Griffin, who already spent 20 days in jail before being released pending his trial. His lawyers asked for only two months of probation.
During the riot, he shouted his unsubstantiated belief that the election was stolen from then-President Donald Trump, climbed a toppled fence and another barrier to access the Capitol steps and used a bullhorn to lead the throngs in prayer.
A judge hearing testimony without a jury convicted Griffin of a misdemeanor for illegally entering the restricted U.S. Capitol grounds. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump nominee, also acquitted Griffin of a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge after a bench trial in March.
Griffin and his two other colleagues on the Otero County Commission in southern New Mexico voted against certifying results from the state’s June 7 primary without raising specific concerns about discrepancies. The state Supreme Court has since ordered the conservative-leaning commission to certify the results before a statewide deadline Friday.
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District 5 - Eveleth area
CO Darrin Kittelson (International Falls #1) reports time was spent checking fishing, boating and invasive species enforcement on Rainy Lake and Rainy River. Enforcement action for week involved license violations, boat safety equipment issues, boat registration violations and extra line violations. Time was also spent at Camp Ripley instructing new COs with Emergency Vehicle Operations and Recreational Vehicle Enforcement Training.
CO Curtis Simonson (International Falls #2) reports working Rainy Lake and Rainy River this past week. Fishing reports were good early in the week with a mayfly bug hatch happening later in the week, which slowed things down a little bit, according to anglers. ATV activity was monitored this past week as well.
CO John Slatinski IV (Ray) reports angling and boating were the prevalent activities observed this past week. Anglers are still reporting favorable conditions. Those trying to stay protected out of the wind were not having as much success. Boating safety was also monitored with good compliance. Areas of deposited litter were noted and will be monitored for future issues, which in most cases is just lack of respect for other user groups.
CO Troy Fondie (Orr) reports fire danger is extreme, campfires are banned now across Voyageurs National Park, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, and dispersed camping on state lands. The drought continues with no rain in sight. Angling and boating activities continue to be checked. Equipment work was completed. Numerous daily administrative tasks continue.
CO Aaron Larson (Tower) worked primarily angling and ATV enforcement. Larson spent time around town checking for illegal ATV activity. He also worked on pending cases related to boating on Lake Vermilion. He also spent time on equipment maintenance.
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CO Marc Johnson (Hibbing) primarily worked ATV, angling and boating enforcement. Angling success has been inconsistent except for a steady northern pike bite. In addition, time was spent assisting local law enforcement agencies on calls and maintaining station equipment. Violations encountered included ATV registration, speeding, no helmets on youth passengers and angling license violations.
CO Shane Zavodnik (Virginia) spent time handling several nuisance bear complaints over the course of the week. Complaints ranged from minor property damage to bears posing as a potential safety concern. CO Zavodnik spent the remainder of the week working a watercraft detail on Lake Minnetonka. Watercraft registration, wash-wake and gunwale riding were all common violations while working the lake.
CO Duke Broughten (Aurora) spent the week monitoring fishing, boating and ATV activity. Fishermen reported limited success. Cooler weather appeared to have limited recreational boating activity. ATV activity was lower than expected, however, with the lack of rain trails are extremely dusty. Wildfire danger remains high.
District 6 - Two Harbors area
CO Sean Williams (Ely 1) reports dry conditions continue, and new burning restrictions meant no more fire at backcountry sites inside the Superior National Forest and BWCAW. Several contacts were made with campers staying at boat in sites within the forest informing them of the order. Violations included angling with extra lines, allowing illegal operation of an OHM by a juvenile, and angling with no license in possession.
CO Hudson Ledeen (Grand Marais #2) spent the week working angling activity in and outside of the BWCAW. Time was also spent investigating a site in the State Forest where campers were burning garbage, littering and leaving human waste all about. Enforcement action was taken for various angling violations.
CO Anthony Bermel (Babbitt) worked primarily angling and boating enforcement as well as several complaints throughout the week. Enforcement action was taken for using an extra line, using game fish as bait and PFD violations. Continued fishing success was noted on many area lakes. Wildlife permits were also issued.
CO Matt Miller (Silver Bay) checked anglers and ATVs on a very dry and dusty weekend. Bugs continue to find a stronghold despite the lack of moisture. A fire related detail was worked in the BWCAW. Assistance given to county rescue squad with injuries on a rural trail in a state park. Enforcement action taken for ATV and state forest violations.
CO Kylan Hill (Tofte) reports noticing an uptick in ATV activity throughout the week. Multiple ATV stops were conducted on local county roads around Grand Marais. Please brush up on ATV roadway operation laws. Hill spent time at the Academy evaluating scenarios. The walleye bite continues to be decent on lakes along The Grade.
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CO Don Murray (Two Harbors) worked ATV and water recreation activity during the week. Area conditions remain high for fire danger, and outdoor enthusiasts need to be mindful when camping or riding in areas off tall grass as the forest floor is extremely dry. Enforcement action was taken for licensing violations and failure to extinguish a campfire.
District 7 - Grand Rapids area
CO Vinny Brown (Northome) responded to wildlife related complaints, checked anglers, and made boat safety checks on area lakes. Enforcement action was taken for taking fish without an angling license, possession of illegal length fish, and no fishing licenses in possession. Residents and campers are reminded to take in bird feeders at night and to try taking measures to keep potential food sources such as garbage, out of reach of bears and other wildlife. If animals don’t have access to food they will generally leave the area to look for food elsewhere.
CO Jayson Hansen (Bigfork) worked ATV’s, boating and fishing activities. He patrolled campgrounds and trails. Numerous game and fish questions were answered. He also responded to wildlife-related complaints.
CO Thomas Sutherland (Grand Rapids) was busy working area lakes over the past week with the local walleye bite really heating up along with some good panfishing as well. CO Sutherland took enforcement action for anglers not having their licenses in possession, operating a jet-ski too close to another watercraft and operating an unregistered watercraft. CO Sutherland also took in many bear complaint calls and reminded individuals to place bird feeders and garbage inside at night to help prevent the bruins from destroying them.
CO Brian Holt (Grand Rapids) checked angling and boating safety throughout the previous week. Time was also spent monitoring recreational vehicles and area trails. Holt followed up on a TIP complaint and other miscellaneous wildlife complaints.
CO Taylor Hochstein (Hill City) took several phone calls involving nuisance bears and injured wildlife. Boat traffic on local lakes continues to pick up as the water warms. Assistance was given at Camp Ripley with training in conservation officer candidates who are attending the Academy. Enforcement action was taken for violations including angling without a license and not having enough PFDs onboard watercrafts.
District 8 - Duluth area
CO Jacob Willis (Brookston) attended BCA training for a good portion of the week. Bears continue to be a nuisance due to lack of forage during this drought, so make sure you are putting all possible food sources inside where they can’t get to them. CO Willis and CO Duncan also assisted multiple law enforcement agencies with Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth.
CO Andy Schmidt (Duluth West) checked anglers along the St Louis River and area lakes. Time was spent handling nuisance animal complaints, ATV trespass/illegal operation complaints, and boating complaints. The officer assisted with the district firearm safety class at General Andrews Tree Nursery in Willow River.
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CO Kipp Duncan (Duluth East) checked fisherman on Lake Superior and Duluth area lakes. Personal watercraft enforcement was also worked throughout the week. Several people on paddleboards were reminded that they need registration and PFDs when operating on public waters. Time was spent at public accesses talking with boaters about the invasive species regulations. Officer Duncan assisted the Duluth Police Department with security during Grandma's Marathon. Officers worked from bicycles and partnered with DPD officers assisting with traffic, medical emergencies, and other law enforcement needs.
CO Tony Elwell (Cloquet) monitored angling and rec vehicle activity. Nuisance deer calls were taken, and assistance was given during the District 8 Firearms Safety training Field Day at General Andrews. Elwell got a bird’s eye view of his station on a flight with CO standby pilot Jake Willis.
CO Mikeena Wehr (Willow River) worked sport fishing, boating and ATV/OHM activity this past week. A firearm safety field day was hosted by the Duluth district Conservation Officers. About 20 students were successfully certified in Firearms Safety. Further information on Firearm Safety certification can be found on the DNR Website.
CO Ben Karon (Pine City) spent the week checking anglers and boaters, ATV Patrol was conducted, and CO Karon assisted at a youth Firearms Safety class taught in Willow River at the General Andrews facility. CO Karon also assisted local agencies with vehicle crashes. | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/sports/northland-outdoors/dnr-report-officers-remind-people-to-store-garbage-cans-bird-feeders-from-bears | 2023-06-21 16:07:25 | 1 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/sports/northland-outdoors/dnr-report-officers-remind-people-to-store-garbage-cans-bird-feeders-from-bears |
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I taught in public schools for 32 years and often experienced colds and sinus infections accompanied by headaches. I wanted to create an all-natural way to help relieve these symptoms," said an inventor, from Brownsville, Texas, "so I invented the SINUS XX. My design may eliminate the need to use various medications that may have adverse side effects."
The patent-pending invention helps relieve sinus congestion, pressure and associated headaches. In doing so, it offers a holistic alternative to traditional sinus or cold medicine. As a result, it increases comfort and it may allow individuals to sleep more soundly. The invention features an effective design that is easy to use so it is ideal for individuals recovering from a cold, sinus infection, or sinus problems.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-CTK-2870, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of NewAge, Inc. (OTC Other: NBEVQ).
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP)Taylor Mikesell scored 22 points and Rikki Harris added 19 as No. 3 Ohio State rallied to beat Minnesota 83-71 on Thursday night.
Rebeka Mikulasikova contributed 15 points on five 3-pointers for the Buckeyes (16-0, 5-0 Big Ten), who outscored Minnesota 28-10 in the fourth quarter.
Mallory Heyer led Minnesota (8-7, 1-3) with 15 points and 12 rebounds, while Amaya Battle and Alanna Micheaux each scored 14.
The Buckeyes aren’t accustomed to playing from behind, having trailed at the half only three times in their first 15 games. But Minnesota’s young team – its starting lineup featured three true freshmen, a redshirt freshman and a sophomore – made Ohio State work.
”They came out and wanted it more than us in the first half,” Mikesell said. ”Being down five or six, that’s not something we’re used to. But it’s a Big Ten game on the road – it’s not going to be easy.”
In the fourth quarter, Minnesota shot 20% and was outrebounded 13-4. Coach Lindsay Whalen found some positives in the loss.
”They’re a tough team, and we stood there with them for the most part,” Whalen said. ”I’m proud of the group. I’d rather learn from wins, but we took one on the chin a little bit in the fourth. But we’ll regroup.”
Ohio State trailed by as many as 10 in the third quarter before a jumper by Eboni Walker sparked an 8-0 run that cut Minnesota’s lead to 56-54.
Heyer restored order for Minnesota, grabbing two big defensive boards and hitting a 3 that gave the Gophers a 61-55 lead after three quarters.
But after making just 5 of 20 shots in the third quarter, Ohio State caught fire in the fourth. The Buckeyes went 4-for-5 from the floor and 5-for-6 from the line during a 14-0 run over the first three minutes of the period.
A five-point possession was key to the game-changing run. Cotie McMahon was fouled while shooting, and Minnesota’s Mi’Cole Cayton was given a technical for disputing the call.
McMahon hit one of her two free throws before Mikesell made both shots from the technical. Harris then capped the possession with a jumper to give the Buckeyes a 64-61 lead.
”That was a critical play,” Ohio State coach Kevin McGuff said. ”I don’t know exactly what happened but I like the way we capitalized and made free throws and executed on the out-of-bounds play to get a bucket.”
Ohio State ended up making 9 of 13 shots while holding Minnesota to 3 of 15 from the floor in the fourth quarter.
”We buckled down, we were a little better defensively, and we got some rebounds,” said McGuff, whose team leads the Big Ten in scoring average but ranks 11th in rebounding.
A SHOOTER SHOOTS
Mikesell, Ohio State’s leading scorer at 17.8 points per game, was 4 of 16 from the floor in the Buckeyes’ win over Michigan on Saturday. She recovered on Thursday, going 9 for 19.
”At the end of the day, it’s got to go in,” she said, ”so you just keep shooting.”
BIG PICTURE
Ohio State: The Buckeyes’ 16th straight victory gives them the best start in program history, topping the record from 2011-12.
Minnesota: Whalen’s Gophers missed a chance at a signature win but their young lineup showed big potential.
UP NEXT
Ohio State: Hosts Illinois on Sunday.
Minnesota: Visits Wisconsin on Sunday.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An agreement to expand Medicaid in North Carolina neared final legislative approval Wednesday as the House agreed to a bipartisan plan to ease or eliminate regulations that block the opening of new hospital beds or operating expensive equipment.
Republican lawmakers had been skeptical for nearly a decade about accepting expansion, which originated from the 2010 federal Affordable Care Act.
But the House voted 95-21 for legislation stemming from a deal between House and Senate GOP leaders, announced three weeks ago, that would direct state health officials to accept Medicaid coverage for potentially 600,000 low-income adults.
Legislators also were convinced by an estimated extra $1.75 billion in cash over two years that Congress approved in a COVID-19 recovery law if North Carolina joined now.
One more affirmative House vote is needed Thursday before it goes to the desk of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, a longtime expansion advocate, for his likely signature. The Senate passed the final legislation by overwhelming margins last week.
North Carolina, one of 11 states that haven’t yet adopted expansion, currently has 2.9 million enrollees in traditional Medicaid coverage.
“Today marks an important day for so many North Carolina citizens,” said Rep. Donny Lambeth, a Forsyth County Republican, during Wednesday’s floor debate. “This has been a long bumpy, journey, but we’re here to make history and move North Carolina forward.”
Cooper doesn’t care for the North Carolina expansion bill language that says expansion can’t be enacted until a separate state budget law is approved in the months ahead. Republicans argue that it makes sense for the state to accept expansion at the same time they adjust the state’s conventional Medicaid program.
Democratic legislators like Rep. Carla Cunningham of Mecklenburg County had sought expansion for years. Cunningham, a registered nurse, said during the brief debate that she’s been “waiting a good long time to get to the bittersweet end of this journey.”
“We’re almost there and can celebrate,” she said.
The state’s 10% share of expenses for Medicaid expansion recipients would be paid through hospital assessments. Hospitals also are expected to receive larger reimbursements for treating Medicaid patients through a federal program the state is requested to enter in the legislation.
The legislation also would scale back “certificate of need” rules that have required state health officials, for example, to sign off before hospital beds for mental health patients are opened or MRI machines are purchased. Senate Republicans insisted on such changes as part of any expansion deal — a requirement that meant talks idled in 2022. Negotiations resumed earlier this year.
Cooper and many lawmakers want to spend much of the additional $1.75 billion on mental health services. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/life-health/health/north-carolina-lawmakers-nearing-final-medicaid-expansion-ok/ | 2023-03-22 22:26:41 | 1 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/life-health/health/north-carolina-lawmakers-nearing-final-medicaid-expansion-ok/ |
Jim Beam outlines expansion to ramp up bourbon production
Jim Beam plans to ramp up bourbon production at its largest Kentucky distillery to meet growing global demand in a more than $400 million expansion to be powered by renewable energy.
The project will increase capacity by 50% at the Beam plant in Boston, Kentucky, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions by the same percentage, Beam Suntory said Wednesday.
The company behind the top-selling bourbon said it has reached production capacity at the Boston plant, about 36 miles (58 kilometers) south of Louisville, Kentucky. The expansion will be used to produce two mainstays — Jim Beam white and black label bourbons — and will mostly support expected sales growth overseas, especially in European and Asian markets, said Carlo Coppola, managing director of the Beam brands.
Jim Beam has registered mid-single-digit growth globally in the past two years, the company said.
Mixing renewable energy into crafting whiskey, Beam will use a process that produces renewable natural gas to power the plant, the company said.
Beam Suntory said it has entered into an agreement with 3 Rivers Energy Partners to build a facility across the street to convert waste from making bourbon into biogas, which will be treated to renewable natural gas standards and piped directly back to the distillery.
Once the project is completed, expected to be in 2024, the distillery will be 65% powered by renewable natural gas and 35% by fossil-based natural gas, the company said.
“This expansion will help ensure we meet future demand for our iconic bourbon in a sustainable way that supports the environment and the local community that has helped build and support Jim Beam,” said Beam Suntory President and CEO Albert Baladi.
Beam Suntory, whose products include Kentucky-crafted Maker’s Mark, said last year it wants to cut its companywide greenhouse gas emissions and water usage in half by 2030. The company’s more ambitious goal is to remove more carbon than is emitted from its operations and among its supplier base by 2040. The spirits giant also is committed to planting 500,000 trees annually by 2030, with a goal of planting more trees than are use to make barrels to hold its aging whiskeys.
The new project will create 51 more jobs and includes additional storage warehouses. Bourbon ages in new, charred oak barrels, where it acquires its color and flavor, while stored in warehouses. Most bourbons typically age four to eight years before reaching consumers. Beam’s continued growth “reflects the strength of our state’s signature bourbon industry,” Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said.
Beam also is “fully leveraging” its capacity at its distillery in Clermont, Kentucky, where it produces Jim Beam, Basil Hayden, Knob Creek and Legent brands. The two Beam distilleries are about 14 miles (22 kilometers) apart in central Kentucky. At another distillery that opened last year at Clermont, the company produces such small-batch brands as Booker’s, Baker’s and Little Book.
The company broadly outlined its Boston plant expansion earlier in the summer, but the announcement Wednesday provided details about production and the use of renewable energy.
Beam Suntory, a subsidiary of Suntory Holdings Limited of Japan, isn’t the first maker of bourbon to go green. Last year, spirits giant Diageo opened a carbon-neutral distillery of Bulleit bourbon powered by renewable energy in Lebanon, Kentucky.
Beam’s expansion at its Boston distillery comes amid continued rapid growth in the state’s $9 billion distilling industry. Kentucky distillers are in the midst of a more than $5 billion capital investment campaign that includes expanding production facilities and warehousing to meet the global thirst for Kentucky bourbon, according to the Kentucky Distillers’ Association. Kentucky is home to 95% of the world’s bourbon production, the association said.
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It's becoming more difficult for Americans to manage diabetes. Insulin is now more expensive than it's ever been.
A national health survey says more than 1 million U.S. adults with diabetes rationed their insulin last year to save money.
They reportedly either skipped doses, took less than needed or delayed buying the medicine.
If untreated, diabetes can do major damage to the body.
"Diabetes is a serious condition that it can damage the eyes, the kidneys, the nerves, the heart and what people don't realize that it's actually linked to certain types of cancers," said Dr. Griffin Rodgers, director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
Rodgers believes setting a goal with a healthcare provider is vital to managing the disease.
For people struggling with the cost of insulin, he suggests making a social worker part of a diabetes care team. Rodgers says they can help lower financial barriers.
"They can sometimes find financial aid for treatment for that person and point people in the direction of other community resources that make can the availability of medicines and being able to take them at the prescribed doses more likely," Rodgers said.
All three major insulin manufacturers in the U.S. also offer patient assistance programs. | https://www.wptv.com/news/national/insulin-prices-putting-health-of-diabetics-at-risk | 2022-11-01 16:44:18 | 0 | https://www.wptv.com/news/national/insulin-prices-putting-health-of-diabetics-at-risk |
Illinois, Delaware and South Carolina had the Highest Foreclosure Rates;
Completed Foreclosures Increase 28 Percent from Last Month
IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ATTOM, a leading curator of real estate data nationwide for land and property data, today released its August 2022 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows there were a total of 34,501 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions — up 14 percent from a month ago and up 118 percent from a year ago.
Lenders started the foreclosure process on 23,952 U.S. properties in August 2022, up 12 percent from last month and up 187 percent from a year ago.
"Two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and after massive government intervention and mortgage industry efforts to prevent defaults, foreclosure starts have almost returned to 2019 levels," said Rick Sharga, executive vice president of market intelligence at ATTOM. "August foreclosure starts were at 86 percent of the number of foreclosure starts in August 2019, but it's important to remember that even then, foreclosure activity was relatively low compared to historical averages."
States that had at least 100 foreclosure starts in August 2022 and saw the greatest monthly increases in foreclosure starts included: Oklahoma (up 80 percent); Tennessee (up 74 percent); Virginia (up 64 percent); Arkansas (up 53 percent); and Washington (up 50 percent).
In taking a more granular look, those counties that had the greatest number of foreclosure starts in August 2022 included: Cook County, IL (798 foreclosure starts); Los Angeles County, CA (740 foreclosure starts); Harris County, TX (465 foreclosure starts); Suffolk County, NY (297 foreclosure starts); and Riverside County, CA (280 foreclosure starts).
Nationwide one in every 4,072 housing units had a foreclosure filing in August 2022. States with the highest foreclosure rates were Illinois (one in every 1,926 housing units with a foreclosure filing); Delaware (one in every 2,387 housing units); South Carolina (one in every 2,417 housing units); New Jersey (one in every 2,441 housing units); and Florida (one in every 2,950 housing units).
Among the 223 metropolitan statistical areas with a population of at least 200,000, those with the highest foreclosure rates in August 2022 were Peoria, IL (one in every 869 housing units with a foreclosure filing); Jacksonville, NC (one in every 968 housing units); Bakersfield, CA (one in every 1,454 housing units); South Bend, IN (one in every 1,478 housing units); and Rockford, IL (one in every 1,496 housing units).
Those metropolitan areas with a population greater than 1 million, with the worst foreclosure rates in August 2022 were: Cleveland, OH (one in every 1,820 housing units); Chicago, IL (one in every 1,877 housing units); Jacksonville, FL (one in every 2,074 housing units); Riverside, CA (one in every 2,091 housing units); and Orlando, FL (one in every 2,445 housing units).
Lenders repossessed 3,938 U.S. properties through completed foreclosures (REOs) in August 2022, up 28 percent from last month and up 59 percent from last year.
"Repossessions are likely to continue running below pre-pandemic levels for several reasons, most importantly that over 90 percent of borrowers in foreclosure have positive equity in their homes, and would benefit from selling these properties at a profit rather than risk losing everything to a foreclosure auction or lender repossession," Sharga noted.
Those states that had the greatest number of REOs in April 2022, included: Illinois (493 REOs); New York (337 REOs); Michigan (326 REOs); Pennsylvania (260 REOs); and California (189 REOs).
Among those major metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) with a population greater than 1 million that saw the greatest monthly increase in REOs in August 2022, were: Kansas City, MO (up 967 percent); New York, NY (up 90 percent); Philadelphia, PA (up 28 percent); and Detroit, MI (up 23 percent).
The ATTOM U.S. Foreclosure Market Report provides a count of the total number of properties with at least one foreclosure filing entered into the ATTOM Data Warehouse during the month and quarter. Some foreclosure filings entered into the database during the quarter may have been recorded in the previous quarter. Data is collected from more than 3,000 counties nationwide, and those counties account for more than 99 percent of the U.S. population. ATTOM's report incorporates documents filed in all three phases of foreclosure: Default — Notice of Default (NOD) and Lis Pendens (LIS); Auction — Notice of Trustee Sale and Notice of Foreclosure Sale (NTS and NFS); and Real Estate Owned, or REO properties (that have been foreclosed on and repurchased by a bank). For the annual, midyear and quarterly reports, if more than one type of foreclosure document is received for a property during the timeframe, only the most recent filing is counted in the report. The annual, midyear, quarterly and monthly reports all check if the same type of document was filed against a property previously. If so, and if that previous filing occurred within the estimated foreclosure timeframe for the state where the property is located, the report does not count the property in the current year, quarter or month.
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