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California tomato farmers worried extreme drought will increase prices for sauce, ketchup
Drought conditions and scorching heat across the western U.S. have already led to extreme water restrictions in California and record-low water levels at Lake Mead in Nevada.
But now a new problem has sprouted up: The extreme weather is affecting tomato crops and could lead to higher prices for your favorite products like sauce, salsa and ketchup.
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California produces about a quarter of the world's tomatoes, and the extreme drought conditions, water restrictions and wildfires are now leaving farmers struggling to meet the demand.
Tom Muller is a Northern California tomato farmer, and he joined FOX Weather to talk about how the extreme weather conditions affect his tomato crops.
"Overall drought here at my ranch. I'm about 15% to 20% short of the acreage that I wanted to plant," he said.
When it comes to water for his tomato plants, Muller said it has been challenging to get enough.
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"Our water comes from three sources," he said. "Indian Valley and Clear Lake, that gravity-flow water, and I have zero allocation from them."
Muller said there's another water source from a ranch located at Lake Shasta. But again, he has zero water allocation from that location.
"Right now, we're relying on groundwater," he said.
Like most other crops, water is vital for the successful harvest of tomato crops.
So, how much water does it take to grow tomatoes successfully?
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"Everything is based on acre-feet," Muller said. "We used to feral irrigate our tomato crops. That means you put water on the surface through furrows, and in the last 18 to 20 years, we've gone completely to drip irrigation. So, we've saved about 30% of what we were using before."
Drip irrigation is a tube under the ground that is pressurized and provides the exact amount of water needed to ensure the tomato crops survive.
The amount of water is determined by evaporation and by calculating how hot it will be.
"So, the stuff you guys give us, your weather forecasts, are very important to us farmers," Muller said.
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Muller said he hadn't seen a drought situation like what is taking place in California now since he was a child in 1977, which lasted about four years.
"I would say we had a drought. We had big rains here about four years ago," he said. "Last year, it rained about a total of 7 inches, the year before 6 (inches). We're normally at 18 (inches)."
Muller said there had been two 5-inch storms this year. But since all the heavy rain came at once, it didn't do much to help the drought.
"People need to know that these droughts affect people, and the price in the store is going to go up because the price for us is finally going up," he said. "I don't think you're going to see a shortage in the stores. I think you're going to have a higher price, though."
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Authorities in Haiti say a former sports minister accused of rape, sexual abuse and indecent exposure has been repatriated to the country.
Haiti's National Police said on Wednesday that Evans Lescouflair was arrested Saturday in Puerto Rico and then deported to the Dominican Republic before arriving in Haiti. He is accused of raping an 11-year-old student several decades ago when he was a teacher.
Lescouflair's attorney could not be immediately reached for comment. The former sports minister had been scheduled to appear in court in May, but did not show up. Officials then issued an arrest warrant. | https://www.kivitv.com/news/national/ex-haiti-sports-minister-repatriated-to-face-rape-charges | 2022-07-06 23:41:21 | 1 | https://www.kivitv.com/news/national/ex-haiti-sports-minister-repatriated-to-face-rape-charges |
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — China has reportedly established dozens of “overseas police stations” in nations around the world that activists fear could be used to track and harass dissidents as part of Beijing's crackdown on corruption.
Information about the outposts underscored concerns about the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s influence over its citizens abroad, sometimes in ways deemed illegal by other countries, as well as the undermining of democratic institutions and the the theft of economic and political secrets by bodies affiliated with the one-party state.
Spanish-based non-government group Safeguard Defenders published a report last month called “110 Overseas. Chinese Transnational Policing Gone Wild” that focused on the foreign stations.
The Dutch government said this week it was looking into whether two such stations — one a virtual office in Amsterdam and the other at a physical address in Rotterdam — were established in the Netherlands.
“We are investigating the activities of these so-called police centers. Once there is more clarity on the matter, we will decide on appropriate action," the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement sent to The Associated Press. "We have not been informed about these centers via diplomatic channels.”
The ministry added: “If the developments outlined in the report by Safeguard Defenders threaten to strengthen the feelings of intimidation and threats among the Dutch Chinese community, that is a bad thing, and the government is of the opinion that action should be taken against this.”
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said Thursday that "Chinese public security authorities strictly observe the international law and fully respect the judicial sovereignty of other countries.”
A day earlier, another ministry spokesperson, Wang Wenbin, also denied Beijing was doing anything wrong, calling the outposts service stations for Chinese people overseas.
“Due to the impact of COVID-19, many Chinese overseas cannot return to China in time to deal with matters like driver’s license renewal. In order to help them, relevant Chinese local governments have opened online service platforms, mainly assisting Chinese nationals in need in handling physical examinations and changes of driver’s licenses,” Wang said.
Wang added that China also has cracked down on what he called transnational crimes but said the operation was conducted in line with international law.
The European Union's executive arm, asked whether it was aware of other EU countries complaining about China setting up police stations on their soil, said Thursday that it did not have specific information. The European Commission said it was up to member countries to investigate such allegations since it would be a matter of national sovereignty.
In Tanzania, both police and the Chinese Embassy have denied the presence of a Chinese-run police station in the country’s commercial hub and former capital, Dar es Salaam, after the BBC reported on it last week.
“You are fabricating stories,” the embassy tweeted, calling the report an example of disinformation aimed at dividing China-Africa relations. A police spokesman sent the AP a copy of China’s denial in response to questions Thursday.
Over his decade in power, Chinese President Xi Jinping has pushed a relentless anti-corruption drive that has seen tens of millions of Communist Party cadres investigated and expanded overseas via a pair of campaigns known as Sky Net and Fox Hunt. Both are tasked with locating allegedly corrupt officials who have fled abroad and convincing them to return to China with their stolen state assets.
Since China began opening up in the 1980s, corruption has been a major problem among those enjoying access to state funds and resources with few safeguards in place, and cash was often squirreled away abroad, particularly in the U.S. and other countries without extradition treaties with China.
Yet, as with the domestic anti-graft campaign, Sky Net and Fox Hunt are frequently seen as targeting political opponents or those accused of crimes of an ideological nature not recognized in other countries. China is also accused of using coercive methods such as making threats against family members still in China and even forbidding family members who are foreign nationals from leaving China after making trips to the country.
The success of the campaigns is unclear. The U.S. has complained that China has provided name lists with little or no corroborating information on what they are accused of or where they are believed to being living. China has also been accused of sending agents to the U.S. to meet with wanted persons directly as a means of upping the level of intimidation.
The campaigns began soon after Xi’s ascendance to Communist Party chief in 2012, and an April article in the official China Daily newspaper said Fox Hunt and Sky Net had been renewed for 2022, claiming that last year they resulted in the return of 1,273 fugitives and the recovery of the equivalent of about $2.7 billion.
“Hunting fugitives overseas is an extension of fighting corruption at home, and they are the two areas in the fight against corruption. The two are intertwined and influence each other,” the paper quoted Zhuang Deshui, deputy head of the Clean Government Research Center at Beijing’s prestigious Peking University, as saying. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/China-accused-of-using-overseas-bases-to-target-17538010.php | 2022-10-27 11:47:29 | 1 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/China-accused-of-using-overseas-bases-to-target-17538010.php |
LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Kyle Busch pulled a yellow M&M’s polo over another shirt before he walked onto the stage to celebrate o ne more victory as a team owner in the NASCAR Truck Series.
He’s antsy for a fashion makeover — in the form of new sponsor merchandise — for 2023.
Busch is down to his final months wearing the M&M’s gear until the shirt gets tossed aside like an old Snickers wrapper. The wait for a new deal with Joe Gibbs Racing dragged on into Pocono Raceway with the two-time Cup champion seemingly no closer to a contract resolution.
M&M Mars, which has sponsored Busch since he joined the Gibbs organization in 2008, is out of NASCAR at the end of the season. Much like a bite into some crispy M&M’s, Busch, JGR and Toyota are feeling the crunch.
“We’re all working as hard as we can, obviously, and the goal hasn’t changed,” Busch said Saturday. “And that goal is for me to be able to continue at Joe Gibbs Racing with Toyota and to have that chance to continue to race for wins and race for championships.”
Thanks to signage around the track, Busch couldn’t ignore what he was losing at the end of the season. Yes, his No. 18 Toyota boasts the familiar candy paint scheme, but Sunday’s Cup race is titled the M&M’s Fan Appreciation 400 and its logo took over the flagstand. Mars Wrigley’s offices and its plant in Hackettstown, New Jersey, are less than an hour’s drive east of Pocono Raceway
Busch also has to worry about the future of KBM, a wildly successful Truck Series program run out of a 77,000-square-foot corporate headquarters in Mooresville, North Carolina.
“That weighs on me a lot. We’ve got 50-something employees,” at KBM, Busch said. “It’s important for me to continue to keep all of them in mind and all their families and stuff to make sure we get something done that keeps all of that going. It’s a topic point of mine to keep that as much as we can and to keep that place flourishing.”
Gibbs made contract talks sound grim last weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, saying “I’m surprised at this point that we haven’t been able to get that finished.” Toyota’s optimism also has fizzled. TRD President David Wilson told NBC Sports this week, “We’re in a bad place right now” and unspecified contingency plans had been considered.
NASCAR President Steve Phelps said he didn’t necessarily find it troubling that so late in the season one of the great drivers in the sport can’t land the sponsorship that infuses teams with the big payday largely needed to operate.
“We obviously want Kyle in the race car,” he said. “We want Kyle to stay at Joe Gibbs Racing to the degree that Kyle and coach and the organization can figure that out. He’s a tremendous talent, obviously first-ballot Hall of Famer. We want Kyle around for another decade or however long he wants to race in NASCAR.”
The 37-year-old Busch has 222 wins across NASCAR’s three national series and is the only active Cup driver with multiple championships. Busch has just one win this season, which earned him a playoff spot secured headed into Pocono.
“The best thing right now is to go out there and show everybody that you can still do it, that you can still win, that you can still be competitive,” Busch said.
Meanwhile, big brother Kurt, the 2004 Cup champion, continues to drop hints that next season at 23XI Racing will be his last in NASCAR. Kurt Busch, though, said Saturday “there’s no real game plan just yet” on when he planned to retire.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Midday Daily 3" game were:
4-2-3
(four, two, three)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Midday Daily 3" game were:
4-2-3
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Tens of thousands of drivers had to make a new plan after a fire in Philadelphia destroyed a section of Interstate 95.
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Internet Explorer was once the most ubiquitous web browser around. If you grew up in the late 90s or early 00s chances are good that the first time you ever accessed the internet you did so through Explorer.
It’s my unfortunate duty to inform you that Internet Explorer has died at the age of 26.
The little web browser that couldn’t became the butt of many jokes over the years. With the advent of browsers like Chrome and Firefox, Explorer was often left behind. It became a running gag that the only time someone opened Internet Explorer was to download a different web browser.
Even Microsoft lost faith in the browser before its death.
In 2015, Microsoft launched its new browser Edge, which was supposed to eventually replace Explorer. A few years later Microsoft pushed out a new version of its “new” browser to better compete with Google Chrome which had quickly become the dominant browser on the market.
Meanwhile, Explorer continued to run quietly — and slowly — on thousands of computers. Right up until June 15, when the company finally pulled the plug on the browser.
Will it be missed? Maybe. After all, we live in a culture that has monetized nostalgia. It absolutely would not surprise me if, in a few years, we see Microsoft re-release Internet Explorer Classic.
In fact, why don’t we make this a thought experiment? What would a nostalgia-fueled, Internet Explorer Classic look like?
It would most likely be a “limited time” release in order to drum up hype for the browser’s historic return. And I guarantee you it would cost money, probably in the form of a subscription. Companies have recognized they can make a lot more money by essentially “renting” programs to consumers these days rather than selling them outright. So expect Internet Explorer Classic to come with a subscription fee and some paid tiers. And expect it to run around $9.99 a month for the highest tier.
I suspect it would be designed to mirror the early 90s which, let’s face it, are a nostalgia gold mine. This means blue, yellow, purple and pink color palettes. It might come with some kind of “xtreme” feature, specifically spelled with an X. If you sign up for a year you get a package of Dunkaroos and a “limited edition” Tamagotchi.
Then there would be the spokesperson, of course, because you can’t have a nostalgia cash grab without a proper spokesperson. This is Microsoft we’re talking about so it’s unlikely they would go with a B or C list celebrity. So let’s say they get Johnathan Taylor Thomas, complete with iconic 90s haircut. Could you imagine?
Finally, let’s say people actually buy-in to Internet Explorer Classic. Sensing blood in the water, I suspect we would soon see other companies re-releasing old programs or websites in their early iterations. Remember Yahoo Answers?
So yes, mourn Internet Explorer.But do not glorify it. Do not deify it. Allow the browser a dignified, natural death. Lest we incur the wrath of corporate America and have to face a forced rehash of the poor thing in five years.And if you want to celebrate it in a way that pays tribute to the late browser, wait until a few hours after you’ve read this article. | https://www.swoknews.com/styles/wannabe-wired-let-internet-explorer-rest-in-peace/article_0054eccd-1c77-5d2e-9f59-2c41ec0a5882.html | 2022-06-22 12:04:10 | 0 | https://www.swoknews.com/styles/wannabe-wired-let-internet-explorer-rest-in-peace/article_0054eccd-1c77-5d2e-9f59-2c41ec0a5882.html |
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Thursday it’s prepared to counter U.S. military moves with the “most overwhelming nuclear force” as it warned that the expansion of the United States’ military exercises with rival South Korea is pushing tensions to an “extreme red line.”
The statement by Pyongyang’s Foreign Ministry came in response to comments by U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who said Tuesday in Seoul that the United States would increase its deployment of advanced military assets to the Korean Peninsula, including fighter jets and aircraft carriers, as it strengthens joint training and operational planning with South Korea.
South Korea’s security jitters have risen since North Korea test-fired dozens of missiles in 2022, including potentially nuclear-capable ones designed to strike targets in South Korea and the U.S. mainland.
In a statement attributed to an unidentified spokesperson of its Foreign Ministry, North Korea said the expansion of the allies’ drills is threatening to turn the Korean Peninsula into a “huge war arsenal and a more critical war zone.” The statement said the North is prepared to counter any short- or long-term military challenge with the “most overwhelming nuclear force.”
“The military and political situation on the Korean Peninsula and in the region has reached an extreme red line due to the reckless military confrontational maneuvers and hostile acts of the U.S. and its vassal forces,” the spokesperson said.
North Korea for decades has described the United States’ combined military exercises with South Korea as rehearsals for a potential invasion, although the allies have described those drills as defensive.
South Korea’s Defense Ministry said the United States flew B-1B bombers and F-22 and F-35 fighter jets in an exercise Wednesday with South Korean fighters above South Korea’s western waters. The United States and South Korea are also planning to a joint simulation this month aimed at sharpening their response if North Korea uses nuclear weapons.
The North Korean statement portends another provocative run in weapons demonstrations in 2023, similar to how the North ramped up its own weapons launches in 2022 as the allies resumed their large-scale training. North Korea’s actions included a slew of missile and artillery launches that it described as simulated nuclear attacks on South Korean and U.S. targets.
“DPRK will take the toughest reaction to any military attempt of the U.S. on the principle of ‘nuke for nuke and an all-out confrontation for an all-out confrontation!’” the North Korean spokesperson said, invoking the country’s formal name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
“If the U.S. continues to introduce strategic assets into the Korean Peninsula and its surrounding area, the DPRK will make clearer its deterring activities without fail according to their nature,” the spokesperson said.
When asked about the North Korean statement in the Philippines on Thursday, Austin said the United States is “very serious” about its commitment to defending South Korea and will continue to work alongside its allies and “train and ensure that we maintain credible and ready forces.”
Ahn Eunju, spokesperson of South Korea’s Foreign Ministry, said North Korea’s expansion of its nuclear weapons and missile program and verbal threats of preemptive nuclear attacks have forced Seoul to react sternly to ensure the protection of its citizens.
“North Korea is the one that’s elevating tensions on the Korean Peninsula by rejecting dialogue offers from South Korea and the United States and making nuclear and missile provocations and threats,” she said, urging Pyongyang to return to denuclearization talks.
Jeon Ha Gyu, spokesperson of South Korea’s Defense Ministry, said the allies’ latest aerial drills were aimed at demonstrating the credibility of the U.S. “extended deterrence,” referring to a commitment to use the full range of its military capabilities, including nuclear ones, to defend South Korea. He declined to reveal the exact number of U.S. and South Korean aircraft involved in the exercise.
In a news conference following their meeting on Tuesday, Austin said he and South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-Sup agreed to further expand their combined military exercises, including more live-fire demonstrations. They pledged to continue a “timely and coordinated” deployment of U.S. strategic assets to the region.
The allies had previously downsized their training in recent years to create room for diplomacy with North Korea during the Trump administration and because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
South Korea and the United States have also been strengthening their security cooperation with Japan, which recently included trilateral missile defense and anti-submarine warfare exercises during a provocative run in North Korean weapons tests.
“We deployed fifth-generation aircraft, F-22s and F-35s, we deployed a carrier strike group to visit the peninsula. You can look for more of that kind of activity going forward,” Austin said.
Tensions could further rise with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un doubling down on his nuclear ambitions.
During a political conference in December, Kim called for an “exponential increase” in nuclear warheads, mass production of battlefield tactical nuclear weapons targeting South Korea, and the development of more powerful long-range missiles designed to reach the U.S. mainland.
Kim could showcase his growing arsenal of nuclear-capable missiles next week as commercial satellite images indicate preparations for a huge military parade in capital Pyongyang, likely for the 75th founding anniversary of its army that falls on Feb. 8.
Experts say Kim’s nuclear push is aimed at forcing the United States to accept the idea of North Korea as a nuclear power so it can negotiate badly needed economic concessions from a position of strength. Nuclear negotiations between the U.S. and North Korea stopped in 2019 because of disagreements over a relaxation of U.S.-led economic sanctions against the North in exchange for steps by North Korea to wind down its nuclear weapons and missiles programs.
The North Korean spokesperson said Pyongyang isn’t interested in any contact or dialogue with the United States as long as it maintains its “hostile policy and confrontational line,” saying Washington is trying to force Pyongyang to “disarm itself unilaterally.”
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KILLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — World champion Lara Gut-Behrami improved with her second run Saturday to win her first World Cup giant slalom in more than six years, with Mikaela Shiffrin finishing 13th.
Gut-Behrami was third in the opening run on the course in Killington, Vermont, but just did enough to edge out Marta Bassino of Italy by 0.07 seconds. Defending Olympic champion Sara Hector, who had led after the opening run, was third — 0.20 behind Gut-Behrami.
The 31-year-old Gut-Behrami won gold in the discipline at the world championships in Cortina last year but the Swiss had not won a World Cup GS race since October 2016.
“I’m really happy,” Gut-Behrami said after her 35th World Cup victory but only her fifth in giant slalom. “The last two years I’ve been getting better in GS again. I won the title but I was improving my GS every race.”
It was the first GS of the season as rain and snowfall wiped out what should have been the season opener in Sölden, Austria, last month. The start had to be lowered in Killington because of strong winds.
“I think here my best place was like 19th place and I usually always struggle with the wind, I don’t have a great feeling on the snow,” Gut-Behrami said.
“But today I was just free and I’m happy that already at the beginning of the season I’m able to ski that way. It’s great, it’s a good way to start the season.”
Shiffrin — who won the two season-opening slalom races last weekend — was 1.4 seconds back on home snow, and the passionate crowd will be expecting more on Sunday.
While Shiffrin hails from Vail, Colorado, she can almost consider Killington a hometown race as she honed her skills nearby at the Burke Mountain Academy as a teenager.
Shiffrin had finishes of second, third, fourth and fifth in giant slaloms in Killington but has won all five World Cup slaloms held there.
She will be favorite to make it six out of six in the slalom on Sunday. It would be Shiffrin’s 50th World Cup win in that discipline. No other skier has won more titles in a single competition than the 27-year-old Shiffrin.
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Toyota on Wednesday announced an additional $2.5 billion investment in its planned battery plant in Liberty, North Carolina, to expand capacity.
Toyota first announced plans for the plant last December, stating at the time it would invest $1.3 billion in the plant’s construction to create 1,750 jobs.
With Wednesday’s announcement, the total planned investment in the site rises to $3.8 billion. An additional 350 jobs will also be created.
The new plant, which will supply batteries for future plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles, is scheduled to begin operation in 2025.
Toyota hasn’t said what capacity it expects, but the automaker in its December announcement stated the ability to supply batteries for up to 1.2 million hybrid vehicles annually.
“This plant will serve a central role in Toyota’s leadership toward a fully electrified future and will help us meet our goal of carbon neutrality in our vehicles and global operations by 2035,” Norm Bafunno, Toyota Motor North America’s head of unit manufacturing and engineering, said in a statement.
The plant investment is part of a wider $70 billion global investment in electrification that Toyota plans for the coming decade. Toyota predicts that by 2030 around 70% of its sales will be electrified vehicles, which includes hybrid vehicles, battery-electric vehicles, and hydrogen-electric vehicles. To meet this target, Toyota plans to offer 70 electrified vehicles by as early as 2025, with 15 of these to be powered by batteries. Of the 15, seven will be from the new BZ family of EVs, the first member of which is the BZ4X compact crossover. The second member is expected to be a BZ3 compact sedan.
Toyota is one of a handful of established automakers planning battery plants in the U.S. to power future EVs. The others include Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai Motor Group, Mercedes-Benz, and Stellantis.
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PERTH, Australia (AP) — A man who may have been keeping a wild kangaroo as a pet was killed by the animal in southwest Australia, police said Tuesday. It was reportedly the first fatal attack by a kangaroo in Australia since 1936.
A relative found the 77-year-old man with “serious injuries” on his property Sunday in semirural Redmond, 400 kilometers (250 miles) southeast of the Western Australia state capital Perth.
It was believed he had been attacked earlier in the day by the kangaroo, which police shot dead because it was preventing paramedics from reaching the injured man, police said.
“The kangaroo was posing an ongoing threat to emergency responders,” the statement said.
The man died at the scene. Police are preparing a report for a coroner who will record an official cause to death.
Police believe the victim had been keeping the wild kangaroo as a pet.
There are legal restrictions on keeping Australian native fauna as pets, but the police media office said Tuesday they had no information to make public regarding whether the victim had a permit.
Tanya Irwin, who cares for macropods at the Native Animal Rescue service in Perth, said authorities rarely issue permits to keep kangaroos in Western Australia.
“This looks like it was an adult male and they become quite aggressive and they don’t do well in captivity,” Irwin said.
“We don’t know what the situation was; If he was in pain or why he was being kept in captivity and unfortunately … they’re not a cute animal, they’re a wild animal,” Irwin added.
Irwin said her rescue center always rehabilitates native animals with the aim of returning them to the wild, particularly kangaroos.
“You do need a special permit to be able to do that. I don’t believe they really give them out very often unless you’re a wildlife center with trained people who know what they’re doing,” she said.
Western gray kangaroos are common in Australia’s southwest. They can weigh up to 54 kilograms (119 pounds) and stand 1.3 meters (4 feet 3 inches) tall.
The males can be aggressive and fight people with the same techniques as they use with each other. They use their short upper limbs to grapple with their opponent, use their muscular tails to take their body weight, then lash out with both their powerful clawed hind legs.
In 1936, William Cruickshank, 38, died in a hospital in Hillston in New South Wales state on the Australian east coast months after he’d been attacked by a kangaroo.
Cruickshank suffered extensive head injuries including a broken jaw as he attempted to rescue his two dogs from a large kangaroo, The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reported at the time.
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Sauber has competed in Formula 1 as Alfa Romeo since 2018, with the Italian automaker serving as both title sponsor and technical partner of the Swiss race team.
That deal will come to end after the 2023 season, Alfa Romeo announced on Friday, just hours after Audi said it plans to enter F1 in 2026.
Audi will enter motorsport’s top echelon as a power unit supplier but also as a partner of an existing team whose identity will be revealed later this year. It’s been widely speculated Audi is set to partner with Sauber, something that’s looking ever more likely with the Alfa news.
Audi’s head of development for the new F1 power unit, Adam Baker, worked with Sauber when the team raced with BMW from 2006 to 2009.
Alfa Romeo’s return to F1 in 2018 came after more than 30 years away from the sport; the automaker had previously served as both a constructor and power unit supplier. However, the current setup sees Sauber supply its own chassis and Ferrari supply the power units.
Alfa Romeo hasn’t said whether it plans to exit F1 just yet. Alfa Romeo in its statement said its “economic and industrial turnaround” targets for its brand will be achieved in 2022, and that it will now evaluate various options it has on the table for supporting its brand in the future.
It isn’t clear whether Alfa Romeo’s decision will affect the current driver lineup at the team, which consists of Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu. Both drivers have put in an impressive performance so far in 2022, especially given this season is Guanyu’s first in F1. The team currently ranks sixth in the Constructors’ standings, ahead of the likes of Aston Martin, Haas, and Williams.
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LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- AuctionTime.com closed out 2022 with a three-day auction event that surpassed $85 million in gross auction proceeds (GAP), shattering previous year-end records. Over 13,900 unique bidders from all 50 states and 36 countries placed bids, with over 5,500 assets sold. AuctionTime also posted a record-breaking year, with over $1.1 billion in GAP in 2022.
The three-day auctions were the last in a series of five end-of-year auctions events that surpassed $244 in GAP. In weekly multi-day sales spanning from November 30th through December 31st, more than 30,500 unique bidders from 217 countries placed bids on over 17,200 lots including heavy machinery, farm equipment, trucks, trailers, and other assets.
"Equipment inventory levels remained low through the end of the year, but we still experienced the largest December auctions on record for AuctionTime," says Sales Manager Mitch Helman. "The number and scale of the auctions is a testament to the level of confidence buyers and sellers have in AuctionTime."
November 30th to December 31st, 2022, AuctionTime.com Highlights
Gross Auction Proceeds: $244+ Million
Total Unique Bidders Placing Bids: 30,500+
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2021 Case IH Steiger 620 AFS Connect Quadtrac
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2012 John Deere 1770NT
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2018 Deere 350G LC
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2019 Komatsu PC228US LC-11
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2020 Peterbilt 389
Sold Price: $169,510 (USD)
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XIAMEN, China, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Qudian Inc. ("Qudian" or the "Company") (NYSE: QD), a consumer-oriented technology company in China, today announced that it is notifying holders of its 1.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 (CUSIP No. 747798AB2) (the "Notes") that pursuant to the Indenture dated as of July 1, 2019 (the "Indenture") relating to the Notes by and between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, each holder has the right, at the option of such holder, to require the Company to repurchase all of such holder's Notes or any portion thereof that is an integral multiple of US$1,000 principal amount for cash on July 1, 2022 (the "Repurchase Right"). The Repurchase Right expires at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Thursday, June 30, 2022.
The Repurchase Right entitles each holder of the Notes to require the Company to repurchase all of such holder's Notes or any portion thereof that is an integral multiple of US$1,000 principal amount. The repurchase price for such Notes will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, July 1, 2022, which is the date specified for repurchase in the Indenture (the "Repurchase Date"), subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture and the Notes. The Repurchase Date is an interest payment date under the terms of the Indenture and the Notes. Accordingly, on July 1, 2022, the Company will pay accrued and unpaid interest on all of the Notes through June 30, 2022 to all holders who were holders of record as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, regardless of whether the Repurchase Right is exercised with respect to such Notes. On the Repurchase Date, there will be no accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes. As of May 31, 2022, there was US$47,500,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding. If all outstanding Notes are surrendered for repurchase through the exercise of the Repurchase Right, the aggregate cash purchase price will be US$47,500,000.
The opportunity for holders of the Notes to exercise the Repurchase Right commences at 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on Thursday, June 2, 2022, and will terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Thursday, June 30, 2022. In order to exercise the Repurchase Right, a holder must follow the procedures set forth in the Company's Notice of Optional Repurchase Right to holders (the "Repurchase Right Notice"), which is available through Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. Holders may withdraw any previously surrendered Notes pursuant to the terms of the Repurchase Right Notice at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Thursday, June 30, 2022, or as otherwise provided by applicable law.
This press release is for information only and is not an offer to purchase, a solicitation of an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell the Notes or any other securities of the Company. The Notes may be repurchased only in accordance with the Company's Repurchase Right Notice dated June 2, 2022 and related documents. None of the Company, its board of directors or its employees has made or is making any representation or recommendation to any holder as to whether to exercise or refrain from exercising the Repurchase Right.
Holders of the Notes should refer to the Indenture for a complete description of repurchase procedures and direct any questions concerning the mechanics of repurchase to the trustee by contacting Reorganization Unit, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (Email: db.reorg@db.com). Holders of Notes may request the Company's Repurchase Right Notice from the paying agent at 5022 Gate Parkway, Mail Stop: JCK01-0218, Jacksonville, Florida, 32256 USA, Attention: Reorganization Unit, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, or db.reorg@db.com.
HOLDERS OF NOTES AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES ARE URGED TO READ THE COMPANY'S REPURCHASE RIGHT NOTICE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE REPURCHASE RIGHT.
About Qudian Inc.
Qudian Inc. ("Qudian") is a consumer-oriented technology company in China. The Company historically focused on providing credit solutions to consumers. The Company is exploring innovative consumer products and services to satisfy Chinese consumers' fundamental and daily needs by leveraging its technology capabilities. In March 2022, it launched a ready-to-cook meal business catering to working-class consumers in China.
For more information, please visit https://ir.qudian.com.
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(iSeeCars) — Whether you’re a fan of electric cars or prefer the traditional exhaust note from internal combustion there’s no denying a simple truth – electric cars are fast! Using an electric motor (or dual motor) powertrain to create horsepower and torque results in instant, no-waiting-required throttle response, a critical factor for quick 0-60 mph times.
Electric sports cars also deliver impressive quarter mile times for drag racing, and they can provide the added high-speed torque needed to overcome wind resistance at triple-digit velocities, making electric hypercars among the fastest cars you can buy, rivaling traditional high-speed vehicles from premium automakers like BMW, Bugatti, Ferrari, and Mercedes-Benz.
But there’s a downside to the increased power output and acceleration delivered by electric drivetrains: weight. The added poundage of electric motors and battery packs doesn’t contribute to confident braking or nimble handling, which means even the fastest EVs in a straight line don’t necessarily make the best performance cars when it’s time to turn.
What does that mean for electric supercars with sleek styling, high horsepower, and an even higher price tag? It means they will absolutely deliver neck-straining acceleration, but they may not be the best cars for lapping Laguna Seca or the Nurburgring.
With that said, let’s take a look at the quickest and fastest electric cars. For this list we won’t be adding points for EPA efficiency ratings or a long range between charging sessions. These electric vehicles will be judged solely on speed. That also means practical and high-value EVs, like the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6, don’t make the cut in our top 10 fastest electric cars list.
- Aspark Owl
We’re starting this list with a car you probably haven’t heard of, but one with a verified zero-to-60 time of 1.69 seconds and a top speed of 249 mph. With four electric motors and 1984 horsepower, all operating under a carbon fiber body, it’s easy to see how this Japanese hypercar delivers the goods. But it also costs over $4 million and weighs over 4,000 pounds, confirming that even the fastest electric car remains a weighty proposition.
- Rimac Nevera
Just the look of the Nevera screams speed and power, but the acceleration and top-speed numbers confirm it. A zero-to-60 time of 1.85 seconds and a top speed of 258 mph put this Croatian creation well into supercar status, while its large 120 kWh battery gives it an impressive 300-plus mile range. At nearly 4,800 pounds it’s no lightweight, and at $2.5 million it weighs pretty heavily on your bank account, too.
- Pininfarina Battista
We’re back to supercar looks and supercar pricing with the Battista.
A $2.2 million check gets you from zero to 60 in 1.8 seconds and a top speed of 217 mph. The four-motor, all-wheel drive design is powered by the same 120 kWh battery from the Rimac, giving the Battista a 300-mile range and a curb weight north of 4,500 pounds. If you want to combine the future of horsepower with classic Italian styling, this one delivers both.
- Tesla Model S Plaid
We’re going to skip over the Tesla Roadster because, well, it doesn’t exist yet after being promised for years. We’re sure it will arrive, eventually, but we’re holding this list for actual production cars, which means the 1.9-second (0-60 time), 200 mph top-speed Tesla Model S Plaid get’s position 3. At least this one costs under a million dollars (a mere $136,000), yet it remains a tubby transporter at 4,700 pounds.
- Lucid Air Dream Performance
This car might have the perfect name, and hitting 60 mph in 2.5 seconds while coddling its occupants in comfort might be the perfect form of modern transportation. We like the Lucid’s premium design, inside and out, and while $170,000 isn’t chump change it’s quite accessible by this list’s standards. Top speed is a commendable 168 mph, range is almost 500 miles, and curb weight, once again, is high (4,630 pounds).
- Tesla Model X Plaid
This is the crossover version of the Model S Plaid, so it sits a little higher than the S and has funky “falcon” rear doors that are pretty cool – whey they work. It also sprints to 60 mph in 2.5 seconds and has a top speed of 163 mph (leave those doors open and it might fly…). It features the same 1,000-horsepower, four-wheel drivetrain as the Model S, but it weighs even more (5,390 pounds!), which is why it’s half-a-second slower.
- Nio EP9
Once a lowly Chinese EV start up, Nio now offers the EP9, with a zero-to-60 time of 2.7 seconds. That’s quick, but given two sub-$200,000 Teslas and a Lucid are quicker, it makes the $3.5 million price tag feel a bit out of place. Still, the EP9 looks like a supercar and tops out at a supercar-like 217 mph. The 1,341 horsepower drivetrain features four motors, and range is said to be about 265 miles. Curb weight is relatively light at 3,825 pounds.
- Porsche Taycan Turbo S
We’re edging closer to three seconds, but the Taycan Turbo S manages to stay under that time with a 60 mph sprint in 2.6 seconds and a top speed of 161 mph. Its 616 horsepower drivetrain and $185,000 price tag feel quite reasonable for that kind of performance, though a 235-mile range might have you watching the battery meter more closely. You also get the bonus of Porsche’s vast dealer network when it’s time for service.
- Audi RS e-Tron GT
Like its mechanical twin, the Porsche Taycan, Audi’s RS e-Tron GT uses four electric motors to deliver a 2.9-second zero-to-60 time. Horsepower is rated at 637 while top speed hits at 155 mph. The Audi has a meatier look than the Porsche, and it feels a bit more relaxed and luxurious, as befitting the brand. It also offers a similar 232 miles of range and weighs in at over 5,000 pounds (5,171), but its combination of performance and luxury is sublime.
- Tesla Model 3 Performance
Early on, Elon Musk recognized the potential for rapid acceleration from EVs. He’s imbued that trait in every Tesla, including his starter model, the Model 3. In “Performance” trim the Model 3 bangs out a 3.2-second zero-to-60 time and offers a 162 mph top speed. This is the cheapest go-fast car on our list, with an MSRP of $63,000. It also delivers over 300 miles of range, making it a compelling option for fun and function.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds investors who: (a) exchanged Discovery, Inc. ("Discovery") common stock (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) for Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. ("Warner Bros.") common stock (NASDAQ: WBD) pursuant to Discovery's February 4, 2022 Registration Statement on Form S-4 and Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on February 10, 2022; and/or (b) purchased shares of Warner Bros. common stock on the open market traceable to the Prospectus through the date of the filing of the complaint on September 23, 2022 of the important November 22, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you exchanged Discovery common stock for Warner Bros. common stock pursuant to Discovery's February 4, 2022 Registration Statement on Form S-4 and Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed with the SEC on February 10, 2022 and/or purchased shares of Warner Bros. common stock on the open market traceable to the Prospectus through September 23, 2022, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Warner Bros. Discovery class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=8888 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than November 22, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, at the time of filing the Registration Statement and Prospectus, defendants either knew or had access to adverse information concerning operations of the WarnerMedia business of AT&T. Among other things, as subsequently disclosed by defendants after the merger: (1) WarnerMedia's HBO Max streaming business had a high churn rate that made the business not "viable" unless the churn rate was reversed; (2) AT&T was overinvesting in WarnerMedia entertainment content for streaming, without sufficient concern for return on investments; (3) WarnerMedia had a business model to grow the number of subscribers to its streaming service without regard to cost or profitability; (4) WarnerMedia was improvidently concentrating its investments in streaming and ignoring its other business lines; and (5) WarnerMedia had overstated the number of subscribers to HBO Max by as many as 10 million subscribers, by including as subscribers AT&T customers who had received bundled access to HBO Max, but had not signed onto the service. The adverse information was not disclosed to Discovery shareholders in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or otherwise prior to the effective date of the merger. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden hosted the Democratic congressional leaders Tuesday at the White House as they face a new era of divided government in Washington, staring down a debt ceiling crisis and running up against a new House Republican majority eager for confrontation.
The president and the top Democrats used the private gathering in the Roosevelt Room to project a unified front against what Biden called “extreme Republican economic plans.” Rather than enter into negotiations with House Republicans to cut spending in exchange for raising the debt ceiling, the White House has stressed repeatedly that it wants Congress to lift the borrowing capacity without conditions. Democrats said it’s up to Republicans to go public about what budget cuts the new House majority wants to make.
“Apparently they’re genuinely serious about cutting Social Security, cutting Medicare,” Biden said about the GOP proposals as he sat down with the Democratic leaders from the House and the Senate.
As the meeting began, Biden said Democrats were eager to talk about the GOP extremes. He scoffed at the Republicans’ proposed 30% sales tax.
“Look, I have no intention of letting the Republicans wreck our economy,” Biden added.
The coming showdown has a familiar precedent — a little more than a decade ago, a new generation of “tea party” House Republicans swept to power, eager to confront the Obama administration to slash federal spending and curb the nation’s ballooning debt load. As vice president at the time, Biden was central to those negotiations, but the House Republicans and the White House could never strike a deal, causing a fiscal crisis. This go around, Biden and his Democratic allies in Congress are in no mood to broker deals with a new era of hardline Republicans led by the Freedom Caucus.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is eager to push Biden to the negotiating table, hoping to make good on the promises the GOP leader made to holdouts during his campaign to become House speaker to pare federal spending back to fiscal 2022 levels, which would be a sizable 8% budget cut.
The White House has not yet invited McCarthy for a meeting, but says it plans to do so soon.
“It’s very disappointing,” McCarthy told reporters at the Capitol. “Here’s the leader of the free world pounding on a table, being irresponsible, saying ‘No, no, no, just raise the limit’?”
The speaker said he’s not saying “never” to raising the nation’s debt capacity, but “we have to be sensible and we have to be responsible” about the budget.
McCarthy said he wants Biden to look him in the eye “and tell me there’s not one dollar of wasteful spending in government.”
In the Senate, Republicans appear more than willing to stand aside, for now, letting McCarthy and the House GOP take the lead in talks with Biden — and wary of embracing the kind of cuts to federal spending the House GOP wants but that have little chance of becoming law.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday, “I think it is entirely reasonable for the new speaker and his team to put spending reduction on the table.”
McConnell said of McCarthy’s yet-unscheduled-session with Biden: “I wish him well and in talking to the president. That’s where a solution lies.”
The afternoon meeting between Biden and the Democratic leaders came as the White House was throwing open its doors for a new lawmaker reception later Tuesday evening, though some House Republicans said they would not attend because of the administration’s coronavirus protocols, such as showing proof of vaccination and getting tested in advance.
Freshman Rep. Nick LaLota, R-N.Y. tweeted, “I am forgoing a historic trip to the White House to raise awareness of this punitive policy in hopes that President Biden will reverse it” for all federal offices.
On the debt, the Treasury Department notified Congress last week that the nation has reached its borrowing capacity, $31 trillion, and will need to increase the limit to be able to continue paying off its already accrued bills. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has launched extraordinary measures which are routinely used at times like this, but those will run out in June.
After the White House meeting, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., the new House minority leader, said: “We have a responsibility to pay the debts that the Congress has already incurred. That is what the debt ceiling is all about.”
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters the meeting with Biden underscored the contrast between the Democrats and the Republicans as he challenged GOP lawmakers to put their budget-cutting plans on the table. “Republicans are in chaos,” Schumer said.
Debt has been climbing for years, the last time the federal budget didn’t carry red-ink deficits was during the Clinton years. Instead, the George W. Bush administration saw the debt skyrocket thanks to tax cuts and the wars overseas. Debt grew again in the Barack Obama era especially in the aftermath of the Great Recession.
The 2011 negotiations centered around a $1-for-$1 tradeoff of spending cuts for new debt, but the sides could never agree to the size and scope of reductions in federal health care, military, infrastructure and other accounts. So far, the Biden administration has refused to engage with House Republicans.
“We’ve seen this movie before,” said Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, a member of Republican leadership.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the chairman of the Finance Committee, said his party learned its lessons when negotiating with Republicans on the debt ceiling in 2011.
“We know what happened. It almost threw the economy into the ditch,” Wyden said. “That’s the lesson.”
One idea being discussed has been for Congress to establish some sort of debt panel, much like the failed “Super Committee” that tried in the aftermath of the 2011 talks to come up with agreed upon ways to cut federal spending.
“The bottom line is, can we find a pathway forward before all the theatrics start?” said Sen. Joe Manchin, the conservative West Virginia Democrat who is known for straddling the party lines. “We know we’re going to pass it. It’s just a matter of how much pain you want to put people through.”
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Associated Press writers Josh Boak, Kevin Freking and Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report. | https://www.wjhl.com/business/ap-business/ap-biden-to-meet-with-democratic-leaders-as-debt-showdown-looms/ | 2023-01-25 03:41:01 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/business/ap-business/ap-biden-to-meet-with-democratic-leaders-as-debt-showdown-looms/ |
Today in History
Today is Friday, Sept. 16, the 259th day of 2022. There are 106 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlights in History:
On Sept. 16, 2001, President George W. Bush, speaking on the South Lawn of the White House, said there was “no question” Osama bin Laden and his followers were the prime suspects in the Sept. 11 attacks; Bush pledged the government would “find them, get them running and hunt them down.”
On this date:
In 1630, the Massachusetts village of Shawmut changed its name to Boston.
In 1810, Mexico began its revolt against Spanish rule.
In 1908, General Motors was founded in Flint, Michigan, by William C. Durant.
In 1940, Samuel T. Rayburn of Texas was elected Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
In 1966, the Metropolitan Opera officially opened its new opera house at New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts with the world premiere of Samuel Barber’s “Antony and Cleopatra.”
In 1972, “The Bob Newhart Show” premiered on CBS.
In 1974, President Gerald R. Ford announced a conditional amnesty program for Vietnam war deserters and draft-evaders.
In 1982, the massacre of between 1,200 and 1,400 Palestinian men, women and children at the hands of Israeli-allied Christian Phalange militiamen began in west Beirut’s Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.
In 1987, two dozen countries signed the Montreal Protocol, a treaty designed to save the Earth’s ozone layer by calling on nations to reduce emissions of harmful chemicals by the year 2000.
In 2007, contractors for the U.S. security firm Blackwater USA guarding a U.S. State Department convoy in Baghdad opened fire on civilian vehicles, mistakenly believing they were under attack; 14 Iraqis died. O.J. Simpson was arrested in the alleged armed robbery of sports memorabilia collectors in Las Vegas. (Simpson was later convicted of kidnapping and armed robbery and sentenced to nine to 33 years in prison; he was released in 2017.)
In 2013, Aaron Alexis, a former U.S. Navy reservist, went on a shooting rampage inside the Washington Navy Yard, killing 12 people before being shot dead by police.
In 2016, after five years of promoting a false conspiracy theory about Barack Obama’s birthplace, Republican Donald Trump abruptly reversed course, acknowledging that the president was born in America, but then claiming the “birther movement” was begun by his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton. (While the question of Obama’s birthplace was raised by some backers of Clinton’s primary campaign against Obama eight years earlier, Clinton had long denounced it as a “racist lie.”)
Ten years ago: In appearances on Sunday news shows, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, said there was no evidence that the attack on the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, was premeditated. But Libya’s interim president, Mohammed el-Megarif, told CBS he had no doubt attackers spent months planning the assault and purposely chose the date, September 11.
Five years ago: Tropical Storm Maria, which would batter the Caribbean as a powerful hurricane, formed in the Atlantic. California lawmakers voted to move the state’s presidential primary up by about three months to March, a move that would force candidates to mount expensive campaigns earlier.
One year ago: Health officials said the state of Florida had surpassed 50,000 coronavirus deaths since the start of the pandemic. A new study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention linked the COVID-19 pandemic to an “alarming” increase in obesity in U.S. children and teenagers. A report published in JAMA Ophthalmology suggested that vision problems increased among Chinese schoolchildren during pandemic restrictions and online learning. Jane Powell, a star of Hollywood’s golden age musicals, died at her Connecticut home at 92.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Janis Paige is 100. Actor George Chakiris is 90. Bluesman Billy Boy Arnold is 87. Movie director Jim McBride is 81. Actor Linda Miller is 80. R&B singer Betty Kelley (Martha & the Vandellas) is 78. Musician Kenney Jones (Small Faces; Faces; The Who) is 74. Actor Susan Ruttan is 74. Rock musician Ron Blair (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers; Mudcrutch) is 74. Actor Ed Begley Jr. is 73. Country singer David Bellamy (The Bellamy Brothers) is 72. Actor Mickey Rourke is 70. Actor-comedian Lenny Clarke is 69. Actor Kurt Fuller is 69. Jazz musician Earl Klugh is 69. Actor Christopher Rich is 69. TV personality Mark McEwen is 68. Baseball Hall of Famer Robin Yount is 67. Magician David Copperfield is 66. Country singer-songwriter Terry McBride is 64. Actor Jennifer Tilly is 64. Retired MLB All-Star pitcher Orel Hershiser is 64. Baseball Hall of Famer Tim Raines is 63. Actor Jayne Brook is 62. Singer Richard Marx is 59. Comedian Molly Shannon is 58. Singer Marc Anthony is 54. News anchor/talk show host Tamron Hall is 52. Comedian-actor Amy Poehler is 51. Actor Toks Olagundoye (tohks oh-lah-GOON’-doh-yay) is 47. Country singer Matt Stillwell is 47. Singer Musiq (MYOO’-sihk) is 45. Actor Michael Mosley is 44. Rapper Flo Rida is 43. Actor Alexis Bledel is 41. Actor Sabrina Bryan is 38. Actor Madeline Zima is 37. Actor Ian Harding is 36. Actor Kyla Pratt is 36. Actor Daren Kagasoff is 35. Rock singer Teddy Geiger is 34. Actor-dancer Bailey De Young is 33. Rock singer-musician Nick Jonas (The Jonas Brothers) is 30. Actor Elena Kampouris is 25. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Today-in-History-September-16-GM-is-founded-17420198.php | 2022-09-16 04:32:21 | 0 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Today-in-History-September-16-GM-is-founded-17420198.php |
Highlands County Sheriff’s deputy involved in deadly shooting
HIGHLANDS COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - The Highland County Sheriff confirmed Friday that a deputy was involved in a deadly shooting.
The incident occurred in the overnight hours of June 24. At 2:30 a.m., the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office received a call for service from the Florida Highway Patrol regarding a white van traveling north in the southbound lanes of US 27 near State Road 70 in the Lake Placid area. Deputies responded and at 2:31 a.m., they located a white Econoline van in the area.
Deputies followed the van for a short period and then conducted a traffic stop at 2:33 a.m., a mile north of Sun ‘n Lakes Blvd. south near Lake Placid.
During the traffic stop, a deputy made contact with the driver and sole occupant of the van. During the traffic stop, the deputy decided to issue the driver, 68-year-old white male Robert W. McNamara, a citation for failure to maintain a single lane.
While the deputy was writing the citation, Mr. McNamara refused to stay in his vehicle. During a press conference, the sheriff told the media that McNamara became hostile.
As the deputy was completing the citation, officials say McNamara exited his van and approached the deputy, producing a black in color, pistol-grip shotgun and fired a round at the deputy. Two deputies returned fire, striking McNamara several times. They immediately called for medical assistance and attempted life saving measures.
McNamara was pronounced dead at 3:23 a.m.
The two deputies involved in this situation were not injured and have been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of this investigation.
You can view the press conference below.
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Twitter’s launch of DeSantis’ presidential bid underscores platform’s rightward shift under Musk
NEW YORK (AP) — Two years ago, signing a bill intended to punish Twitter and other major social media companies, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis blasted the platforms as “suppressing ideas” during the COVID-19 pandemic and silencing conservative voices.
What a turnaround.
The new Elon Musk-owned version of Twitter helped DeSantis launch his bid for the Republican presidential nomination Wednesday. Though it was marred by technical glitches and skewered by the candidate’s critics, the forum nevertheless underscored Twitter’s unmistakable shift to the right under Musk, who bought it for $44 billion and took over in October.
“The truth was censored repeatedly, and now that Twitter is in the hands of a free speech advocate, that would not be able to happen again on this Twitter platform,” DeSantis said during the Twitter Spaces event.
Musk, co-hosting the event, responded to the praise by saying, “Twitter was indeed expensive, but free speech is priceless.”
While Musk has promoted his platform as a haven for free expression, the site has been flooded with extremist views and hate speech since he bought it and fired or laid off roughly 80% of its staff.
That is raising alarms that Twitter — heavily used by candidates and government agencies, including those providing voting information — will become an open forum for conspiracy theories, fake content and election misinformation as a bitterly divided country heads into the 2024 presidential election.
Many Republicans have hailed Musk’s takeover of Twitter as creating one of the last mainstream online spaces where they can share their views without fear of removal. Prominent figures in conservative media, like former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and the podcasts hosts of The Daily Wire, say they plan to start streaming content on the site.
Democrats and anti-hate watchdogs, meanwhile, say Musk’s partisan comments and policy changes have effectively given a megaphone to far-right extremists.
Since Musk bought Twitter, he has overhauled the site’s verification system, removing safeguards against impersonation for some government accounts and political candidates. He also has personally indulged in far-right conspiracy theories on the site, reinstated accounts with a history of extremist rhetoric and gutted the team that had been responsible for moderating the content flowing across the platform.
That has coincided with a deluge of conspiracy theory rhetoric, according to the Anti-Defamation League, which reported that QAnon hashtags surged 91% on Twitter between May 2022 and May 2023, with about three-fourths of those messages posted after Musk’s takeover.
Several believers of the baseless QAnon theory, centered on the idea that former President Donald Trump is waging a secret war against “deep state” enemies and pedophiles, have committed acts of violence, including the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Musk’s decision to reinstate influential Twitter accounts with a history of spreading extremist views also has created spaces in their tweet reply threads where users are sharing antisemitic tropes, conspiracy theories and other types of hate, the ADL reported Wednesday.
The group’s vice president Yael Eisenstat, who leads its Center for Technology and Society, said Musk’s content moderation choices have “served to silence marginalized voices” by giving harassers and internet trolls free reign.
“It is one thing to say we want free speech on the platform,” she said. “It’s another thing to say we are going to allow extremists — conspiracy theorists — to contribute to normalizing this kind of rhetoric and antisemitism and racism.”
Twitter didn’t provide comment after repeated requests. It sent automated replies instead, as it does to most media inquiries.
Musk’s free speech rhetoric also has attracted conservatives who have been knocked off other platforms — or fired, in the case of Carlson.
Shortly after his ouster, Carlson went on Twitter May 9 to announce that he would be doing some version of his show on that platform. It’s still not clear what that would entail, or when he would start.
“There aren’t many platforms left that allow free speech,” Carlson said in a two-minute message viewed more than 132 million times. “The last big one remaining in the world, the only one, is Twitter, where we are now.”
Free speech and truth aren’t the same thing, however, and Carlson had been accused of spreading misinformation on his Fox show, most recently about the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
DeSantis has been a frequent guest on Fox News, and on the night of his presidential campaign announcement he appeared on the network for an interview — after the Twitter event.
Though DeSantis’ Twitter launch was severely delayed with site crashes and strained servers, his choice to debut his campaign on the platform illustrates that Fox will have more competition as a Republican kingmaker. His campaign said it had taken in $1 million online in the first hour after the announcement. Fox’s ratings have declined dramatically during its 8 p.m. Eastern hour, which Carlson used to fill.
The Daily Wire, whose podcast hosts include popular conservative influencers such as Ben Shapiro and Candace Owens, said Tuesday that it would bring its shows to stream on Twitter starting next week.
Doug Heye, a Republican strategist and former Republican National Committee communications director, said Twitter is “certainly going to be an increasing part” of GOP campaign strategies for the 2024 presidential primary.
“And that’s all because of what Elon Musk has said over the past few months as he’s taken Twitter over and sought to make it a space more friendly to conservatives,” he said.
Musk has leaned into Republican politics, tweeting in 2022 that Democrats “have become the party of division & hate.” While he has tweeted support for both DeSantis and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, who also entered the GOP field this week, he said Tuesday he was not yet endorsing any particular presidential candidate.
Even as Democrats wince at the direction Musk has taken Twitter, most are staying put — at least for now. A recent Pew Research Center survey found that when looking to the future, just slightly more Democratic users than Republicans said it’s unlikely they will be on Twitter in a year.
Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon said he has been experimenting with the Twitter alternative BlueSky as a “more casual, fun and positive environment” than Twitter. But he also has continued to use Twitter to communicate with his constituents.
Jimmy Williams, a longtime Democratic political consultant, said he would advise Democrats not to “cede the space.” Indeed, Musk said Wednesday that his forum would be available to any politician.
“Twitter’s a two-way street,” Williams said.
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Associated Press media writer David Bauder in New York contributed to this report.
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MUSKO NAVAL BASE, Sweden (AP) — The age of the airman charged in one of the most significant U.S. intelligence leaks in recent memory — just 21 — has been the focus of a growing question: Why would the nation give someone so young access to some of its most important secrets?
But the airman’s age has not come up as a focus of the Pentagon’s investigation into how the documents were leaked. That investigation instead is targeting what security lapses took place that allowed Airman 1st Class Jack Teixeira to allegedly remove the top secret level documents from the Massachusetts National Guard base where he worked.
For the Pentagon’s leaders, who have seen 17- and 18-year-olds serve, age isn’t the issue.
“The vast majority of our military is young,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters traveling with him in Sweden on Wednesday. “It’s not exceptional that young people are doing important things in our military. That’s that’s really not the issue.”
Teixeira was charged Friday in the U.S. District Court in Boston with unauthorized removal and retention of classified and national defense information. He has not entered a plea, and his lawyer didn’t speak to reporters at the courthouse after his initial appearance. He was supposed to appear in court Wednesday for a detention hearing, but it was delayed, with no new date set.
The leaked documents exposed to the world unvarnished secret assessments on Russia’s war in Ukraine, the capabilities and geopolitical interests of other nations and other national security issues.
In Sweden, where Austin met with Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson in a show of support for that country’s NATO bid, Jonson said the issue of the leaks did not come up.
“I can just say that we have good intelligence cooperation between Sweden and the United States,” Jonson said. “We feel completely sure of the U.S. commitment of handling the situation.”
The Air Force is investigating how a lone airman could access and distribute possibly hundreds of highly classified documents, and in the meantime it has taken away the intelligence mission from the unit where the leaks took place, Air Force leaders said Tuesday.
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told Congress he has directed the Air Force inspector general to look at the Air National Guard 102nd Intelligence Wing, where Teixeira served, and at “anything associated with this leak that could have gone wrong.”
For top secret information across the military, there’s supposed to be accountable control officers who are responsible for recording active top secret documents and ensuring they have been either properly secured or disposed of, such as through a shredder or by burning them.
In addition, the Air Force is conducting a service-wide review of how each command handles classified information, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. C.Q. Brown told a Congress subcommittee Tuesday.
The Air Force’s own reviews are on top of a military-wide review directed on Monday by Austin. Austin has ordered that all military facilities that handle classified information report to him within 45 days on how they access, share, store and destroy the nation’s secrets following the leaks.
Teixeira is accused of posting the highly classified material in a geopolitical chat room on Discord, a social media platform that started as a hangout for gamers. He was arrested by heavily armed tactical agents at his Massachusetts home last week and charged under the Espionage Act.
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Copp reported from Washington. | https://www.cenlanow.com/politics/ap-politics/age-of-airman-in-leaks-case-not-the-issue-defense-chief/ | 2023-04-20 05:23:17 | 1 | https://www.cenlanow.com/politics/ap-politics/age-of-airman-in-leaks-case-not-the-issue-defense-chief/ |
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — With the Labor Day weekend upon us, Pennsylvania American Water is urging its customers in the 21 counties that are under a drought watch to use water wisely.
The company is asking its customers to reduce their water usage by three to six gallons of water per day.
“We’re asking our customers to observe the DEP’s request and be mindful of their non-essential water use during this drought watch, while we vigilantly monitor our drinking water sources,” Marcus Kohl, director of water quality and environmental compliance for Pennsylvania American Water said. “Our sources of supply are currently adequate to meet the needs of our customers, but we want to mitigate the potential for more severe conditions that could lead to stricter conservation measures later this month and into the fall.”
As quoted in the release, Pennsylvania American Water offers the following tips for conserving water inside and outside your home.
- Run dishwashers and clothes washers only when they are full. If you have a water-saver cycle, use it.
- Regularly check your toilet, faucets, and pipes for leaks with our free leak detection kits. If you find a leak, have it fixed as soon as possible.
- Install water-saving showerheads, toilets, and faucet aerators.
- Consider water and energy-efficient appliances. Products and services that have earned the WaterSense label have been certified to be at least 20 percent more efficient without sacrificing performance.
- Turn off the tap while brushing your teeth or washing dishes in the sink.
- Water your lawn only when it needs it. When you do, water in the early morning or evening to reduce evaporation.
- Use a broom instead of a hose to clean your sidewalk, driveway or patio.
- Set up a rain barrel to be ready to repurpose rain when it does fall. For information, see this Penn State Extension guide. | https://www.pahomepage.com/state-news-2/pa-american-water-urges-customers-to-use-water-wisely-due-to-drought-watch/ | 2022-09-02 18:04:41 | 0 | https://www.pahomepage.com/state-news-2/pa-american-water-urges-customers-to-use-water-wisely-due-to-drought-watch/ |
The compromise that Joe Biden and Kevin McCarthy struck this weekend to raise the debt ceiling should strengthen the political standing of both leaders, but especially that of McCarthy, whose aptitude and authority as House speaker have been very much in question since he was elected to the job early this year.
The most important outcome from the agreement — assuming Congress manages to pass the legislation — is that a devastating default will be avoided. There also will be policy changes, including a cap on government spending and new work requirements for some recipients of government assistance, whose effects will be significant.
But the political ramifications are meaningful. Most notably, McCarthy will have proved that he can bargain on behalf of his party. He will have demonstrated within the Republican conference that he is willing to take the brunt of criticisms, an important part of a party leader’s job in Congress. He already will be helped in the final vote on the compromise by having found the support last month to pass a Republican-only bill that kicked off the bargaining with Biden; every time party leaders prove that they can count votes and pass what they want, it makes it more likely that they will win future votes.
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Not too many observers (and certainly not this columnist!) thought that McCarthy could navigate the dysfunctional House Republican conference. If he can get this deal through the House and survive, it will be fair to say that he is exceeding expectations. (1)
As for Biden, he will benefit primarily from having avoided not just the consequences of a default, the threat of which is now safely pushed back until beyond the 2024 presidential election, but the possibility of a government shutdown. There will still be partisan squabbling in Congress, but the deal should dramatically reduce how much casual voters will notice. And voters generally don’t like partisan squabbling.
As far as Biden’s reputation within Washington, he wound up with about the same deal that he would have reached when a new spending package is negotiated this fall — one that reflects divided government, but doesn't pay a significant ransom for raising the debt limit. (2)
That will enhance the already-established perception that Biden is a solid deal maker with a professional team at the White House. This was apparent during the debt-limit showdown when congressional Democrats seemed content to let the White House negotiate on their behalf. Some of the most liberal members will oppose the deal, but they probably will blame McCarthy and the Republicans for measures they don’t like, rather than Biden for not being tough enough.
There also will be people who chastise Biden for negotiating over the debt ceiling after saying he wouldn’t. That critique isn’t likely to resonate with Washington insiders, who always expected that Biden would negotiate. Still, McCarthy will be inclined to capitalize on the notion, because it makes him look like he won by forcing Biden to the table.
As the influential political scientist Richard Neustadt once observed, most presidential influence is earned, not automatic. Biden protected Democratic priorities, making a deal that avoided a disaster and choosing compromises that did relatively little damage from a liberal perspective. In doing so, he burnished his reputation as a deal maker and as a careful student of what matters most to the Democratic coalition. So expect Democrats to continue trusting Biden to act in their interest, which makes it more likely they will support his nominees, allow him to negotiate on their behalf and accept his framing of issues.
Biden’s ability to reach a deal means, for example, that Democrats will continue to support White House requests for additional assistance to Ukraine. Political and policy professionals, from bureaucrats and governors to interest group leaders and decision makers outside the U.S., will be more impressed with Biden’s abilities and his knack for getting through difficult situations, even if things look dicey along the way.
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STOCKHOLM, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2020 Sandvik AB's Annual General Meeting adopted an instruction regarding the appointment of the Nomination Committee, applicable until the General Meeting resolves otherwise. Pursuant to this instruction the company shall have a Nomination Committee comprised of members appointed by each of the four principal shareholders in terms of votes on the last banking day of August, as well as the Chairman of the Board (convenor).
The Nomination Committee has now been appointed and consists of the following members:
- Fredrik Lundberg, AB Industrivärden, Chairman of the Nomination Committee
- Anna Magnusson, Alecta
- Marianne Nilsson, Swedbank Robur Funds
- Lars Pettersson, Lundbergs
- Johan Molin, Sandvik's Chairman of the Board
The Nomination Committee shall prepare proposals for the 2023 Annual General Meeting regarding the Chairman of the Meeting, number of Board members, fees to be paid to each of the Board members, election of Board members and Board Chairman, remuneration to the auditor and election of auditor and, if necessary, proposal for changes in the instruction to the Nomination Committee.
The Annual General Meeting will be held on April 27, 2023 in Sandviken, Sweden.
Shareholders who wish to present proposals to the Nomination Committee for the 2023 Annual General Meeting can submit them to the Nomination Committee's Secretary Åsa Thunman by e-mail: asa.thunman@sandvik.com. In order for the Nomination Committee to be able to consider submitted proposals in a constructive manner, these should be submitted by January 16, 2023, at the latest.
Stockholm, September 16, 2022
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Lawmakers push for legislation to ‘manage’ Black Hills
Published: Jan. 25, 2023 at 7:19 PM CST|Updated: 1 hour ago
PIERRE, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - South Dakota lawmakers want to pass legislation aimed at protecting the Black Hills.
SB 21 would create a full-time position within the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources who would be tasked with working with “forest stakeholders” to “manage the Black Hills National Forest.”
Statehouse reporter Austin Goss spoke to those helping to push the legislation.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has extended invitations to 120 global leaders for next week’s Summit for Democracy, including to representatives from eight countries that weren’t invited to the White House’s inaugural summit in 2021.
That’s according to a senior administration official, who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity to discuss the yet to be publicly released invitations. The countries of Bosnia and Herzegovina., Gambia, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Lichtenstein, Mauritania, Mozambique, and Tanzania were extended invitations to this year’s summit after being left out of the invite list to the 2021 gathering.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is slated to take part in a pre-summit event on Tuesday focused on Ukraine with Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
This year’s summit takes place next Wednesday and Thursday. It will be co-hosted by the governments of Costa Rica, the Netherlands, South Korea and Zambia. The first day of the summit will be a virtual format and will be followed by hybrid gatherings in each of the host countries with representatives from government, civil society and the private sector participating.
The world has seen big change since the December 2021 summit with countries emerging from the global pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the largest-scale war in Europe since World War II that has devastated the eastern European country and rattled the global economy.
The president will look to make the case that the events of the last year have put into stark relief that democratic government grounded in the rule of law and the will of the governed remains — despite its frequent messiness — the best system to promote prosperity and peace, according to White House officials.
Biden initially proposed the idea of a democracy summit during his 2020 campaign and has repeatedly made the case that the U.S. and like-minded allies need to show the world that democracies are a better vehicle for societies than autocracies. | https://www.krqe.com/news/politics/120-leaders-invited-to-bidens-2nd-summit-for-democracy/ | 2023-03-23 04:09:54 | 0 | https://www.krqe.com/news/politics/120-leaders-invited-to-bidens-2nd-summit-for-democracy/ |
Bubba Wallace returned to NASCAR competition Saturday and said last week's one-race suspension was difficult, but he recognizes that the penalty was warranted.
Going forward, though, Wallace wants NASCAR to be consistent in officiating.
Wallace was suspended one week under NASCAR's behavioral policy for intentionally wrecking Kyle Larson, walking on a live track and then attempting to fight the reigning Cup champion. He missed last week's race at Homestead-Miami Speedway — which was won by Larson — and will return in Sunday's race at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia.
“‘Hey, I’m good with being the example if we can keep this consistent moving forward because it’s happened multiple times this year and it’s something that may continue to happen you know, for other drivers down the road.” Wallace said he told top NASCAR officials. “I definitely learned my lesson, but we have to be consistent with this no matter if it’s here at Martinsville or if it’s at Daytona or Talladega.”
Wallace termed his discussion with NASCAR “a good conversation” and said he regrets putting himself, 23XI Racing and his sponsors in a bad light.
“You have to think before you do. In this sport, it’s the heat of the moment type things that get to you," he said. “Seeing that and going back and looking at a 10,000-foot view, definitely could have handled everything way different and been in a different spot.”
Retaliation has been an ongoing issue across all three of NASCAR’s national series this season with drivers either seeking payback on the track or after in physical confrontations. Wallace’s deliberate hook of Larson was seen by most of his rivals as dangerous and over the line.
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Wallace also shoved Larson several times after their crash.
Fellow Toyota driver Christopher Bell was among the casualties of Wallace's retaliation, dropping him to last among the seven drivers battling for the remaining three spots in next weekend's championship final four at Phoenix Raceway.
Wallace expects it to be business as usual when the green flag drops and has made amends with Larson.
“I’m not coming back with a vengeance or anything like that,” he said. "I’m just going to continue to do what we’ve been doing. And for the record, I have talked to Larson and we had a great conversation this week. I think the best thing for us is we both understood where our frustrations were and moving forward and how we both can handle those situations better.” | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/bubbas-back-wallace-accepts-penalty-wants-consistency/3406843/ | 2022-10-29 19:52:42 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/bubbas-back-wallace-accepts-penalty-wants-consistency/3406843/ |
Mindray's strategic entrance into the transient elastography market illustrates its dedication to advancing medical technologies to make healthcare more accessible.
MAHWAH, N.J., June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Mindray, a global leader and developer of healthcare solutions and technologies in patient monitoring, anesthesia, and ultrasound, announced its entrance into the transient elastography market with the launch of the Hepatus 6 Diagnostic Ultrasound System. The Hepatus 6 Ultrasound combines transient elastography and diagnostic ultrasound in one device, making it ideally suited for non-invasive detection, diagnosis, and evaluation of liver disease.
Mindray has continued to show its dedication and perseverance for industry-leading technology that pushes the boundaries of healthcare innovation. With the strategic entrance into the transient elastography imaging market, Mindray is committed to making an impact and addressing the growing prevalence of Chronic Liver Disease and rising public healthcare concern.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 4.5 million adults are diagnosed with Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis every year in the United States and more than 56,000 deaths are associated with liver disease1. In response, Mindray has delivered a unique solution that addresses this market need with the Hepatus 6 System. The system uses real-time 2D ultrasound with Visual Transient Elastography (ViTE), making it the optimal solution to detect, quantify, and evaluate liver fibrosis and steatosis.
"The global elastography imaging industry generated $3 billion in 2021 and is expected to grow to $6 billion by 20312, with much of this growth fueled by the rise in the prevalence of chronic liver diseases," said Wayne Quinn, President of Mindray North America. Quinn continued, "The Hepatus 6 System provides clinicians a clear view of patient liver health and helps create a clear path forward for patients with chronic liver diseases, like no other system on the market today. We are excited to bring this offering to clinicians to help them provide better healthcare for all."
Mindray's trailblazing technology in liver care brings clinicians a complete solution for non-invasive liver disease management using transient elastography. The Hepatus 6 System features a new suite of quantitative tools for evaluating liver disease providing clinicians with an easy-to-use and reliable solution for diagnosing liver fibrosis and liver steatosis.
About Mindray
Mindray is a leading developer, manufacturer, and supplier of medical device solutions and technologies used in healthcare facilities around the globe. We believe we can change lives by making the most advanced healthcare technology attainable for all. We do this by empowering healthcare professionals through innovative, high-value solutions that help create the next generation of life-saving tools across three primary business segments: patient monitoring and life support, in-vitro diagnostics, and medical imaging. Mindray maintains its global headquarters in Shenzhen, China; Mindray North America is headquartered in Mahwah, New Jersey. Our Ultrasound Innovation Center is located in Silicon Valley, with additional facilities in major international markets around the world. For more information, please visit http://www.mindray.com.
References
- https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/liver-disease.htm
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/elastography-imaging-market-to-reach-usd-6-billion-globally-by-2031-at-7-1-cagr-allied-market-research-301639804.html#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20report%2C%20the,7.1%25%20from%202022%20to%202031.
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McDonald's is preparing to defend itself in a $10 billion racial discrimination lawsuit filed by media mogul Byron Allen and his company Allen Media Group.
A federal court gave the go-ahead for Allen and his company to attempt to prove in court that the fast-food giant violated civil rights laws by allegedly relegating his TV networks to an "African American tier" with a smaller advertising budget, according to a press release from Allen.
Allen claims that only a small portion (around $5 million) of McDonald's annual $1.6 billion ad budget is allocated to Black-owned media companies. He says McDonald's has "refused to advertise" on his networks.
Allen's company owns networks including The Weather Channel and Comedy.TV.
Allen said, “This is about economic inclusion of African American-owned businesses in the US economy.” He said, “McDonald’s takes billions from African American consumers and gives almost nothing back. The biggest trade deficit in America is the trade deficit between White corporate America and Black America, and McDonald’s is guilty of perpetuating this disparity.”
Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, who is representing McDonald's in the case, said that the evidence will show that McDonald's does not discriminate and calls Allen's claims "meritless."
Lynch said, “Their complaint is about revenue, not race, and plaintiffs’ groundless allegations ignore both McDonald’s legitimate business reasons for not investing more on their channels and the company’s long-standing business relationships with many other diverse-owned partners.”
A former Obama-era Attorney General, Lynch is now working in private practice with the law firm Paul Weiss. | https://www.kgun9.com/news/national/media-mogul-byron-allen-files-10-billion-racial-discrimination-suit-against-mcdonalds | 2022-09-24 01:30:06 | 0 | https://www.kgun9.com/news/national/media-mogul-byron-allen-files-10-billion-racial-discrimination-suit-against-mcdonalds |
NEW YORK, Dec. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Progyny, Inc. ("Progyny" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: PGNY). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Progyny and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On December 7, 2022, Jehoshaphat Research published a short report addressing Progyny, entitled "A Love Child of Accounting Games & Credit Risk" (the "Jehoshaphat Report"). The Jehoshaphat Report alleges that Progyny "is deceiving the investor community via its financial reporting practices" and that Progyny "is actually unprofitable but masks this problem with accounting games." Among other items, the report alleges that Progyny "apparently decided to recently stop accruing allowances for customer cancellations, which . . . may have added up to another ~400bps to both revenues and gross profit margins" and that "credit losses" reported by Progyny "are more like reversals of inflated revenues," citing the Company's "corporate customer base of high quality." On this news, Progyny's stock price fell sharply during intraday trading on December 7, 2022.
The Pomerantz Firm, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Paris is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, the Pomerantz Firm pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 80 years later, the Pomerantz Firm continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomerantzlaw.com.
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Listening to America - Climate Change
Published: Apr. 3, 2023 at 5:19 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Isle de Jean Charles, La. (Gray) - Peter Zampa is traveling the country, asking people about the issues that matter to them. This week, he travels to the Louisiana coast, where climate change and rising sea levels are pushing a Native American tribe to relocate.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Someone beat the odds and won the $1.28 billion Mega Millions jackpot.
According to megamillions.com, there was one winning ticket in the draw Friday night, and it was bought in Illinois.
The winning numbers were: 13-36-45-57-67, Mega Ball: 14.
The jackpot was the nation’s third-largest lottery prize. It grew so large because no one had matched the game’s six selected numbers since April 15. That’s 29 consecutive draws without a jackpot winner.
The $1.28 billion prize is for winners who choose the annuity option, paid annually over 29 years. Most winners opt for the cash option, which for Friday night’s drawing was an estimated $747.2 million.
The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302.5 million.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The game is coordinated by state lotteries. | https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/07/30/ticket-bought-in-illinois-wins-1-28b-mega-millions-jackpot/ | 2022-07-30 13:11:08 | 0 | https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/07/30/ticket-bought-in-illinois-wins-1-28b-mega-millions-jackpot/ |
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Methanol was found in the blood of the 21 teenagers who died last month in a bar in South Africa’s city of East London, according to a health official. Methanol — often called wood alcohol — is a toxic chemical and if ingested even small amounts of it can be fatal. Here’s a look at what is known.
WHAT HAPPENED IN SOUTH AFRICA?
The teenagers died at the Enyobeni tavern in East London’s Scenery Park township in the early hours of June 26, shocking the country and resulting in several investigations by the police and liquor license authorities. Many of the teens, ranging in age between 13 and 17, were found dead in the tavern, their bodies slumped across tables and couches and collapsed on the dance floor, according to officials. Final toxicology reports will show if the levels of methanol were fatal and South Africa’s police will determine whether anyone will face criminal charges for the 21 deaths, national police minister Bheki Cele has said.
WHY IS METHANOL SO POISONOUS?
Methanol is a colorless liquid used industrially in antifreeze and paint remover. It’s toxic to humans. Public health expert Professor Sue Goldstein, from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, warned that ingesting even small amounts of methanol can be lethal. Methanol is sometimes used in making illicit alcohol, she said.
“The one used in normal liquor is ethanol. There is a slight difference in name, but the difference is huge in that methanol is poison.
“These are early stages, but we don’t know if there was homemade alcohol there perhaps and the levels of methanol which were found in the people who died,” said Goldstein. Methanol can cause blindness and can cause brain and organ damage. Drinking even small amounts can lead to death, say experts. The toxic effects of methanol are often delayed so if poisoning is identified early an antidote can be given to reduce deaths.
IS METHANOL BLAMED FOR OTHER DEATHS?
Yes. Because methanol is cheap it has been used in making illegal alcoholic drinks, sometimes called moonshine. Other incidents of suspected methanol poisoning in South Africa were in May and June 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdown when liquor sales were banned. Police reported that a man had died in the small town of Brakpan, far east of Johannesburg, from organ failure caused by homemade liquor bought from an illegal trader. Seven people died in the Western Cape province after consuming homemade alcohol which was laced with methanol, said police.
WHAT ABOUT OTHER COUNTRIES?
Outbreaks of methanol poisoning have occurred around the world. Even though consumption of methanol can easily be fatal, it accounts for less than 1% of all alcohol-related deaths, according to the World Health Organization. The medical charity, Doctors Without Borders, established a special Methanol Poisoning Initiative in 2012, to help create effective responses to outbreaks of methanol poisoning and to make an effective antidote more widely available.
ARE THERE OTHER INCIDENTS IN WHICH METHANOL HAS CAUSED MULTIPLE DEATHS?
In Iran in March 2020, methanol was included in an illegal remedy for COVID-19, resulting in the deaths of nearly 300 people, according to official reports. An Iranian doctor helping the country’s Health Ministry told The Associated Press at the time that the problem was even greater, giving a death toll of around 480 with 2,850 people sickened. Fake remedies spread across social media in Iran, where people were deeply suspicious of the government after it downplayed the COVID-19 crisis before the disease overwhelmed the country.
In the United States, four people died in Arizona and New Mexico in August 2020 after drinking hand sanitizer which had methanol in it. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration had earlier issued a warning about a Mexican-made hand sanitizer gel that was dangerous because it had large amounts of methanol. The FDA said the methanol “can be toxic when absorbed through the skin or ingested.”
In northern India, 79 people died from bootleg liquor in three separate incidents in February 2019. Post mortems found that the liquor contained methanol.
In the Russian city of Irkutsk, at least 49 people died after drinking a counterfeit bath lotion containing methanol in December 2016. Officials found that the lotion contained deadly levels of methanol and antifreeze. Police found an underground facility that made the counterfeit lotion, and seized 500 liters (132 gallons) of it at about 100 shops in Irkutsk, according to the Tass news agency. Poisonings caused by cheap surrogate alcohol are a regular occurrence in Russia, but the Irkutsk case was much larger, said authorities at the time. | https://wgntv.com/news/international/ap-international/explainer-methanol-in-south-africa-teen-deaths-often-fatal/ | 2022-07-19 22:58:16 | 1 | https://wgntv.com/news/international/ap-international/explainer-methanol-in-south-africa-teen-deaths-often-fatal/ |
HERSHEY — A band of brothers solidified its legacy on Saturday night as Reading High defeated Roman Catholic 63-56 in overtime in the PIAA Class 6A championship game at Giant Center to claim its third state title since 2017.
Aris Rodriguez, who scored a team-high 16 points for the Red Knights, foretold at the start of the season that playing his senior year with his lifelong friends was going to be like a movie.
The scene Saturday night proved that he was right.
“I told you it was gonna be a movie,” Rodriguez said. “It’s a blessing, especially doing it with my brothers. I’m speechless at this point.”
With Reading High down two in overtime, like something out of a blockbuster script, Yadiel Cruz came up clutch.
Cruz made both ends of a one-and-one with 1:24 left to tie it at 56-56. He then made the front end of a one-and-one with 1:05 left to give the Red Knights (32-1) the lead for good.
Nick Chapman capped it with a steal in the final seconds and Rodriguez’s picturesque dunk as time expired cued the credits.
FINAL
Reading High 63
Roman Catholic 56The Red Knights are your 2023 PIAA Class 6A boys basketball champions. #Berksgameday pic.twitter.com/3lp78rt0eJ
— Andrew Heller (@aHellerReading) March 26, 2023
After adding a state title to its county, district championships, Reading High blissfully stormed the court in celebration.
“I don’t even know; it doesn’t feel real,” said guard Ruben Rodriguez, who finished with eight points and nine rebounds. “You know, it’s just a blessing to be here and beating a team like that. They’re the Catholic League champions and we took them down; it goes to show what Berks County is about.”
For Ruben Rodriguez, the two-time Berks Player of the Year, four-time District 3 gold medalist and two-time state champion, the night was a storybook sendoff for himself and his fellow seniors.
“I’m done man, I’m done,” Ruben Rodriguez said. “My high school career is over and I’m happy it ended like this.
“It feels unreal (winning with the senior class) because, literally, in third grade we were talking about when we get to be seniors, we’re going to win states. And to finally do it, it doesn’t feel real.”
A dreamlike end almost turned into a nightmare late in the fourth quarter.
With the Cahillites (27-4) down by one and less than 10 seconds to go, Aris Rodriguez missed the front end of a one-and-one. Roman’s Xzayzier Brown, a Saint Joseph’s commit, was fouled by Amier Burdine with 1.7 seconds left while driving the lane.
Brown had made 9-of-11 foul shots to that point, but with the largely pro-Reading High crowd roaring, he missed the first, but sank the second to tie it. Brown finished with a game-high 23 points, including going 12-of-15 on free throws.
“God was here, I felt God,” Red Knights coach Rick Perez said on Brown going 1-for-2. “God came in. He already told me, He said ‘Listen, I need you for four more minutes, like faith over sight.’ No.1 (Brown) on the line, you think, you know, God was here. He just wanted a little more entertainment.
“God is just saying something and I just need to continue to listen, all these young men need to continue to listen. God has taken us to beautiful places, so He’s doing things that you can’t see and then you know, sometimes we don’t listen and we don’t pay attention but He shows you that He’s at work and that was on display today.”
The relentless defense that propelled Reading High throughout the season was on display all night. Up by three after Aris Rodriguez sank two from the line to make it 59-56 with 24 seconds left in OT, senior All-Berks guard Myles Grey came up with a steal before being fouled.
Grey calmly made both shots with 11.4 seconds left to all but put the game away. He finished with 14 points, three assists, four rebounds and was 4-of-5 from the line.
“Everybody was confident on the bench,” Grey said of the play down the stretch. “We work on free throws all the time so it paid off.
“This is wonderful, man. I’ll tell everybody, we’re giving all the glory to God right now. We’ve been praying, talking to Him throughout the whole game, without Him none of this possible. I’m just so thankful.”
In addition to his steal in the final seconds of overtime, Chapman came up big in the fourth quarter as the junior drained a corner 3-pointer to put Reading High up 49-47.
Brown had completed a three-point play on the Cahillites’ previous possession to give Roman Catholic its first lead since early in the second quarter. Reading High led 23-19 at the half and 43-39 at the end of the third.
Chapman, the younger brother of 2021 state champion Joey Chapman, finished with nine points, including seven in the fourth quarter, and made two free throws that put the Red Knights up 53-52 with 26.8 seconds left.
“You hear Nick Chapman, you hear Joey Chapman,” Aris Rodriguez said, “They run in the same blood, we knew Nick Chapman was going to come and do his thing.”
Though this senior class will surely be missed by Perez and company, the Red Knights are confident in the underclassmen to successfully defend their numerous crowns.
“Don’t think because we’re leaving, Reading is going to stop being a powerhouse; we’re always gonna be that powerhouse,” Ruben Rodriguez said. “And you know, everybody, shoot, they’re coming back with state champion experience. So you know, when you have that much experience, it makes the game easier.”
“We have a great junior class and a great sophomore class,” Grey said. “We got a lot of great underclassmen to come up who will play a huge piece next year. And I have no doubts in my mind; they already have all the time in the world. As long as they pull it together and continue to play hard and continue to buy into Coach P’s culture, they’ll be great.”
With no more minutes to be played, Reading High can ride off into the sunset knowing that a golden generation of Red Knights achieved the greatness they always imagined.
“Ruben told me in the beginning of the year, he said, ‘Are you ready to coach your greatest basketball team ever?’ ” Perez said. “I said, ‘Okay, well you’re going to have to do some crazy stuff to be the best ever.’ “
Thirty-two wins later, Perez had a profound message for his team to take away from a glorious season.
“Remain selfless, remain humble, remain vulnerable,” Perez said, “God is always at work.” | https://www.mcall.com/2023/03/25/reading-high-defeats-roman-catholic-in-overtime-piaa-class-6a-boys-basketball-title/ | 2023-03-27 01:06:27 | 1 | https://www.mcall.com/2023/03/25/reading-high-defeats-roman-catholic-in-overtime-piaa-class-6a-boys-basketball-title/ |
The Storm Team 11 Forecast calls for cloudy skies and scattered showers for Saturday night with a cold low of 29 degrees. We have a 30% chance of scattered showers, and some areas may see a wintery mix late Saturday night into Sunday morning.
Sunday will be mostly cloudy and cold with a high of 41 degrees.
Clear skies are forecast for Sunday night with a low of 25 degrees.
Partly cloudy skies are forecast for Monday with a high of 49 degrees. The higher elevations will stay in the upper 30’s.
Clouds begin to increase late Monday night with a low of 29 degrees.
Cloudy skies are forecast for Tuesday with a 60% chance of rain. Rain could be mixed with snow at times. The high will be 43 degrees.
We could see a little rain and snow Tuesday night with a low near 35 degrees.
Cloudy skies are forecast for Wednesday with a 30% chance of rain. The high will be 48 degrees.
We are looking at partly cloudy skies on Thursday with a chilly high of 46 degrees.
Cloudy skies are forecast for Friday with a 40% chance of flurries and showers. The high will be 47 degrees.
As for next Saturday, looking at partly cloudy skies with a high of 50 degrees. | https://www.wjhl.com/wjhl-weather/a-cold-and-cloudy-sunday-on-tap-for-the-tri-cities/ | 2022-11-13 03:58:13 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/wjhl-weather/a-cold-and-cloudy-sunday-on-tap-for-the-tri-cities/ |
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, MI – A St. Clair County resident died Thursday morning when their vehicle rolled over several times, authorities said in a news release.
St. Clair County Sheriff’s deputies about 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, responded to the 5100 block of Lakeshore Road in Fort Gratiot Township following reports of a single-vehicle rollover crash. | https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2022/08/st-clair-county-resident-dies-in-rollover-crash.html | 2022-08-18 18:52:21 | 0 | https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2022/08/st-clair-county-resident-dies-in-rollover-crash.html |
Florida Board of Education approves new guidelines to enforce Parental Bill of Rights law
ORLANDO, Fla. - Parents will now have more access to school policies when it comes to bathrooms and locker rooms. It’s part of a new rule the Florida State Board of Education approved Wednesday.
The new rules are putting the requirements into place that were set in the Parents’ Bill of Rights law. The law, dubbed by critics as the "Don’t Say Gay Bill," was passed earlier this year.
One of the rules said schools must inform parents of policies that separate bathrooms based on any other criteria than biological sex. Supporters said it’s a push toward transparency.
"It’s parental notification. It's not mandating what a particular bathroom looks like or who can use it or who can't use it. It's about parental notification," Tom Grady, the chairman of the State Board of Education, said.
"Not just girls, not just boys, all students need to feel safe in the bathrooms and in their locker rooms. We need to let parents know how they are being monitored," Jessica Tillman, of the Moms for Liberty group, said.
Others said it’s meant to discriminate against students based on gender identity.
"Unfortunately, this rule creates separation, and based on historic realities and truths, we know it will create intimidation, and it will ultimately create harm," Nathan Bruemmer, LGBTQ consumer advocate, said.
"This proposed rule is designed to intimidate school districts from following federal guidance, making schools less safe and adding fuel to a politically-motivated crusade against LGBTQ youth and their families," Nikole Parker, Equality Florida, said.
The State Education Board also signed off on a different rule that said teachers could lose their licenses if they don’t follow parts of the Parents’ Bill of Rights law. | https://www.wogx.com/news/florida-board-of-education-approves-new-rules-for-parental-rights | 2022-10-20 06:35:35 | 0 | https://www.wogx.com/news/florida-board-of-education-approves-new-rules-for-parental-rights |
Some people are magnets for mosquitoes, emitting a tantalizing combination of chemicals that invite the pesky insects to dine on them.
Researchers at Rockefeller University in New York found people who have higher levels of certain acids on their skin are 100 times more attractive to the female Aedes aegypti, the type of mosquito responsible for spreading diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever and Zika.
The findings, published Tuesday in the journal Cell, could lead to new products that could mask or alter certain human odors, making it harder for mosquitoes to find human blood and potentially curbing the spread of disease.
Mosquito-borne diseases impact about 700 million people per year, and experts expect that number to increase as global temperatures rise, said Jeff Riffell, a professor at the University of Washington and a mosquito expert who wasn't involved in the research. The A. aegypti mosquitoes are known to live in tropical or subtropical climates, but the insect now breeds year-round in the District of Columbia and parts of California.
Just by breathing, we're broadcasting to mosquitoes that we're there, said Leslie Vosshall, the chief scientific officer at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the lead researcher behind the new study. Female mosquitoes are built to bite for blood because without it they won't have enough protein to reproduce.
"Think of it like a big protein shake," Vosshall said. "It's a way for them, over the course of one minute, to take in the equivalent of 150 pounds of food and then use that to produce eggs."
Scientists already knew these mosquitoes have a preference for some humans over others but the reason isn't fully understood.
Experts have found people seem to become more attractive to mosquitoes when they're pregnant or after they've had a few beers, prompting further research into whether mosquitoes may be drawn to certain odors.
Vosshall, whose lab is at Rockefeller University, set out to find why some people seem to smell better to an A. aegypti mosquito than others.
Fortunately, nobody had to sit in a room full of mosquitoes to conduct this experiment. Instead, the researchers collected the natural scent from people's skin by having them wear nylon stockings on their arms. They cut the stockings into two-inch pieces and placed two pieces of the fabric behind two separate trap doors in a clear plastic box where dozens of mosquitoes are flying around. The researchers would then open the traps and the insects would choose to either fly to the bait - the stockings - behind the first or the second door.
Vosshall said the researchers conducted a round-robin style tournament and counted each time an insect was drawn to a particular sample, much like points in a basketball game. One of the samples, described as being from "subject 33," emerged as a favorite of the insects.
"Subject 33 won a hundred games," Vosshall said. "They were totally undefeated. Nobody beat them."
The study found that people like subject 33, who have higher levels of compounds called carboxylic acids on their skin, are more likely to be a "mosquito magnets," Vosshall said.
All humans produce carboxylic acid through sebum, a waxy coating, on their skin. The sebum is then eaten by millions of beneficial microorganisms to produce more carboxylic acid. In copious amounts, the acid can produce an odor that smells like cheese or smelly feet, Vosshall said. That smell appears to attract the female mosquitoes on the hunt for human blood.
Notably, the nylon stockings used in the study didn't actually smell like sweat, she said. The mosquitoes are incredibly sensitive to human odor; and perfume or cologne can't cover it up. The experiment was conducted over the course of three years, and the same people continued to appeal to mosquitoes, regardless of what they ate that day or whether they changed their shampoo, Vosshall said
"If you're a mosquito magnet today," Vosshall said, "you will be a mosquito magnet three years from now."
The study didn't answer why some people have more carboxylic acids on their skin than others. But, Vosshall said the composition of the skin microbiome is unique in every individual.
"Everybody has a completely unique village of bacteria living on their skin," Vosshall said. "Some of the mosquito magnetism differences we're seeing here may simply be the differences in types of bacteria."
LJ Zwiebel, a professor at Vanderbilt University who was not involved in the research, said that while carboxylic acids are clearly implicated in the study, there's no "single compound" that attracts mosquitoes. It's probably a "cocktail" of different components that signals the mosquito to home in and bite, he said.
"The mosquito is a multimodal magnet that uses a lot of different signals," Zwiebel said. The carboxylic acids are "one significant component but not the only one."
For someone who doesn't want to be bitten by mosquitoes, Zwiebel said his advice is to take a shower to cut down on "all these juicy compounds" that are on your skin, especially around your feet, with its "unique odors."
Vosshall said the future lies in figuring out how to "manipulate" the odors that originate from the skin and, potentially, the bacteria living there. Scientists, for instance, may be able to develop a probiotic skin cream that interferes with or reduces the levels of certain byproducts, which could make a person less attractive to mosquitoes.
"Only when you understand what makes people a mosquito magnet can you begin to brainstorm ways to stop that," Vosshall said. | https://www.phillytrib.com/are-you-a-mosquito-magnet-its-because-of-how-you-smell/article_1bccb5ef-589a-578e-b4f3-32856494cef8.html | 2022-10-18 19:22:29 | 0 | https://www.phillytrib.com/are-you-a-mosquito-magnet-its-because-of-how-you-smell/article_1bccb5ef-589a-578e-b4f3-32856494cef8.html |
RICHMOND, Va. -- Although students across the state of Virginia have improved their Standards of Learning (SOL) scores in most subjects during their first year in person since the pandemic, student SOL scores in Richmond dropped dramatically in history, science and writing.
These new numbers were released by the Virginia Department of Education on Thursday.
ALSO READ: Henrico students show improvement, but still below most state averages in SOLs
Just around a third of Richmond students passed the SOL in each of those subjects in the 2021-2022 school year. Compare that to the 2020-2021 school year, when 59 percent of students in Richmond passed history, 55 passed writing and 46 percent passed the science SOL.
Student scores statewide in writing also dropped from a 69 percent pass rate to 65 percent.
On the seventh-grade math SOL, data shows that zero RPS students passed the SOL and just 13 percent of students in Petersburg passed it. Compare that to Chesterfield, where 83 percent of seventh graders passed the math SOL this past school year.
Richmond Superintendent Jason Kamras blamed the scores on COVID-19.
"What we are seeing is the impact of the pandemic, I think we need to remember this was a once-in-a-century experience for our kids who were out of school for a long time," Kamras said.
School Board Member Jonathan Young (4th district) said he spent the day analyzing the numbers and sent us the following statement.
“This is what failure looks like. But to be clear this is a failure by adults, not students. This is a failure by every adult that contended that remote learning was a worthy substitute for in-person. I voted not once, not twice, but three times to resume in-person instruction but instead, RPS locked the schoolhouse doors for a year and a half. I then pushed hard for an alternate schedule including a year-round calendar and more instructional days to catch up but instead, we adopted a business as usual. This is what happens to our kids when adults fail."
It should be noted that "SOL test results for 2020-2021 reflect reduced student participation in state assessments due to COVID-19 and other pandemic-related factors. Variations in participation rates and learning conditions should be considered when reviewing 2020-2021 assessment data." | https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/more-than-two-thirds-of-richmond-students-fail-multiple-sols-august-18-2022 | 2022-08-18 22:39:37 | 0 | https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/more-than-two-thirds-of-richmond-students-fail-multiple-sols-august-18-2022 |
Jose switched his Nissan Altima standard into gear and headed out onto I-91 to show me the car dealership he helped build as a drywall worker.
He’s been driving in the U.S. without a license for almost 25 years. He said he always drives the speed limit and checks his lights.
“I never got tickets. Never got [pulled over]. I always try to be aware and to drive like real, real carefully trying to avoid accidents,” Jose said.
We’re not using Jose’s full name because he’s afraid of deportation. He left his home in Mexico City and traveled to western Massachusetts in 2006, he said, for a better life.
The 40-year-old said he needs a car to get to construction sites in Springfield and around Hartford.
“We want to have the chance, just only the chance to follow the American dream,” Jose said. “Not to be afraid when the police stop behind you. You're afraid they're going to stop you or they're going to take your car away from you.”
He also has two young kids who were born in Massachusetts.
“I have to bring the kids to any activities they do after school. It can be swimming, it can be taekwondo, it can be soccer, football. You need the car to move all over the place,” Jose said.
Jose said he’s planning on getting a license through a new state law known as the Work and Family Mobility Act, which goes into effect in Massachusetts on July 1. It allows immigrants without legal status in the U.S. to apply for a driver's license.
Opponents got a question on the November 2022 ballot, asking voters to repeal the law before it took effect. A majority of voters supported keeping it in place.
Eighteen other states, including Vermont and Connecticut, have enacted similar laws.
“I think this is going to be a huge help for folks, especially out in the western part of the state where public transportation is so much more limited,” said Sarang Sekhavat, political director of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition.
Sekhavat said immigrants like Jose will have to show multiple documents including a foreign passport, birth certificate or foreign national ID — just to name a few — to prove their identity.
“They're going to have to be getting those documents from their consulates. They can't just go to Social Security and get a new card or a new passport from the State Department, for example. They have to go through consulates and that can take a really long time,” Sekhavat said.
Many advocates are also concerned about whether or not undocumented immigrants will have their personal information shared with federal authorities.
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s office is tasked with outlining specific protections for undocumented immigrants applying for a license.
“There are protections written into the bill, and the Attorney General's office is actually supposed to be coming out with a regulatory framework for how to protect that information,” Sekhavat said.
A representative from Campbell’s office said they’re in the process of finalizing the new regulations.
Emily Rodriguez from Pioneer Valley Project, a Springfield-based community organization, said the group is helping immigrants in the city get their documents together. She is anticipating barriers to obtaining paperwork from consulates.
“It's been really, really hard to connect to their country's consulates because of the pandemic,” Rodriguez said. “A lot of the consulates are not working the same way. They don't have the same hours and they don't have the capacity or the staff to help the community.”
Rodriguez said most immigrants they’re working with need to renew their foreign passport. It’s unknown how much time it’ll take for consulates to process those renewals. She said the consulate of Mexico, for example, stopped most services during the pandemic.
“Now they're starting to do [the] process in Boston. But you have to make an appointment. And imagine, if you don't have a driver's license or you don't have a vehicle, you have to drive to Boston. You have to find somebody to take you there. So it's been really difficult for the families to be able to go there,” Rodriguez said.
Once they do get those documents, they still have to get an appointment at the RMV — and pass written and road tests.
Jose hasn’t started gathering his documents yet and knows it’s going to be a long wait. Despite these challenges, he said he has to stay positive and make the most of this opportunity.
“While I'm over here in this position, I'm trying to earn to be an American,” Jose said. “I'm trying to do the best I can to contribute to the economy [and] to help everybody around me. It’s just the way I am. I couldn’t get the [legal immigration] documents, but I’m just trying to do my best to be a good American.”
Massachusetts officials expect about 100,000 undocumented immigrants to apply for a driver’s license.
The RMV said it’s expanding call center staffing and customer service by 50%, as well as providing application forms in 15 different languages. | https://www.mainepublic.org/2023-06-30/as-law-takes-effect-many-steps-for-undocumented-immigrants-to-get-massachusetts-drivers-licenses | 2023-06-30 15:46:43 | 0 | https://www.mainepublic.org/2023-06-30/as-law-takes-effect-many-steps-for-undocumented-immigrants-to-get-massachusetts-drivers-licenses |
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Roadrunner Cash" game were:
02-13-22-25-27
(two, thirteen, twenty-two, twenty-five, twenty-seven)
Estimated jackpot: $31,000
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Roadrunner Cash" game were:
02-13-22-25-27
(two, thirteen, twenty-two, twenty-five, twenty-seven)
Estimated jackpot: $31,000 | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Roadrunner-Cash-game-17331365.php | 2022-07-27 05:06:41 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Roadrunner-Cash-game-17331365.php |
LISA: IF YOU NEED A FACE MASK OR COVID TEST KIT, YOU CAN GO TO ANY ONE OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY 16 BRANCHES TO GET ONE FREE OF CHARGE. THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN COUNTY LIBRARIES AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN QUITE SUCCESSFUL. >> WE HAVE AN KEEPING TRACK AND WE JUST GOT OUR DELIVERY OF OVER 300,000 TEST KITS THAT ARE NOW OUT IN THEIR BRANCHES TO BE GIVEN OUT TO THE PUBLIC. LISA: IS NOT JUST LIMITED TO MASKS. THERE ARE SO VACCINES. ANYONE CAN GO AND TAKE ADVANTAGE. YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE TO SHOW ID. >> I JESSE IS CONTINUING. -- ICS CONTINUING. >> IT ALLOWED THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO INCREASE THE ACCESS TO THE BALTIMORE COMMUNITIES, TO ALL COMMUNITY’S ON ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY. LISA: THEY WENT PUBLIC TO TREAT THESE SCHOOLS LIKE -- TOOLS LIKE A FIRST-AID KIT. >> HAVING THAT AVAILABLE TO YOU IN YOUR HOME. LISA: ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY WANTS TO REMIND EVERYONE THERE PLENTY OF TEST KITS AVAILABLE. THEY SAY VACCINE AND BOOSTERS REMAIN IMPORTANT. YOU CAN FIND A LIST OF VACCINATION LOCATIONS BY GOING TO OUR WEBSITE
Anne Arundel County health officials provide COVID-19 supplies at libraries
Updated: 5:32 PM EDT Mar 17, 2023
While the COVID-19 public emergency may be ending, some health officials continue to emphasize the importance of prevention and preparedness.|| COVID-19 updates | Maryland's latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||Last weekend marked three years since the COVID-19 pandemic began.| ARCHIVES: World Health Organization declares coronavirus outbreak a pandemicAnne Arundel County health officials remain committed to giving out free preventative supplies. The Anne Arundel County Department of Health is partnering with its 16 library branches to distribute test kits and face masks.| PDF: Anne Arundel County COVID-19 testing schedule for March"We've been keeping track, and we just got our delivery of over 300,000 test kits that are in their branches and given out to the public," said Catherine Hollerbach, chief operating officer of the Anne Arundel County Public Library. "I only see us continuing this partnership."The fight against COVID-19 isn't limited to face masks. The county is still offering vaccines to anyone, regardless of residency. Identification is not necessary.As long as there is supply, they will continue the COVID-19 operations.| VIDEO BELOW: After 3 years, COVID-19 has lasting impact in Maryland"Because they have so many branches throughout the county, it really allowed the Department of Health to increase that access to the vulnerable community, to all the communities in Anne Arundel County that didn't come," said Jennifer Schneider, director of disease prevention and management at the Anne Arundel County Department of Health.Health officials want the public to treat the COVID-19 tools like a First Aid kit."Have it on hand and be prepared, so while you may not be sick now, you never know what the future's going to hold. So, having that available to you in your homes, that's what we are trying to encourage everybody to do," Schneider said.Anne Arundel County health officials want to remind everyone it has plenty of test kits available and that vaccines and boosters remain important.| RELATED: Experts update COVID-19 landscape, say newer, better vaccines coming
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — While the COVID-19 public emergency may be ending, some health officials continue to emphasize the importance of prevention and preparedness.
|| COVID-19 updates | Maryland's latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||
Last weekend marked three years since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
| ARCHIVES: World Health Organization declares coronavirus outbreak a pandemic
Anne Arundel County health officials remain committed to giving out free preventative supplies. The Anne Arundel County Department of Health is partnering with its 16 library branches to distribute test kits and face masks.
| PDF: Anne Arundel County COVID-19 testing schedule for March
"We've been keeping track, and we just got our delivery of over 300,000 test kits that are in their branches and given out to the public," said Catherine Hollerbach, chief operating officer of the Anne Arundel County Public Library. "I only see us continuing this partnership."
The fight against COVID-19 isn't limited to face masks. The county is still offering vaccines to anyone, regardless of residency. Identification is not necessary.
As long as there is supply, they will continue the COVID-19 operations.
| VIDEO BELOW: After 3 years, COVID-19 has lasting impact in Maryland
"Because they have so many branches throughout the county, it really allowed the Department of Health to increase that access to the vulnerable community, to all the communities in Anne Arundel County that didn't come," said Jennifer Schneider, director of disease prevention and management at the Anne Arundel County Department of Health.
Health officials want the public to treat the COVID-19 tools like a First Aid kit.
"Have it on hand and be prepared, so while you may not be sick now, you never know what the future's going to hold. So, having that available to you in your homes, that's what we are trying to encourage everybody to do," Schneider said.
Anne Arundel County health officials want to remind everyone it has plenty of test kits available and that vaccines and boosters remain important.
| RELATED: Experts update COVID-19 landscape, say newer, better vaccines coming | https://www.wbaltv.com/article/covid-19-supplies-test-kits-vaccine-libraries/43351918 | 2023-03-17 22:29:09 | 1 | https://www.wbaltv.com/article/covid-19-supplies-test-kits-vaccine-libraries/43351918 |
BIWABIK, Minn. (AP) — A man found dead in a freezer in Minnesota last month was hiding from police, investigators said in a preliminary report.
The body of 34-year-old Brandon Lee Buschman of Babbitt, Minnesota, was found in a chest freezer in the basement of an unoccupied home in the town of Biwabik on June 26.
Investigators believe Buschman was in the house hiding because there was an active warrant for his arrest, police said in a news release Friday.
They believe that he got into the freezer to hide on his own accord, perhaps because officers were in the area.
The freezer was an older model that could not be opened from the inside, according to police. The house had no electricity and the freezer was not running when Buschman’s body was found. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/man-found-dead-in-a-minnesota-freezer-was-hiding-from-police-investigators/ | 2023-07-09 19:39:34 | 0 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/man-found-dead-in-a-minnesota-freezer-was-hiding-from-police-investigators/ |
A former pastor at one of Canada’s largest megachurches has been arrested.
Bruxy Cavey, of the Meeting House in Ontario, has been connected to a sexual assault investigation.
Police in Canada say Cavey faces one charge of sexual assault.
The church asked the 57-year-old to resign in March when church leaders say he sexually harassed a parishioner.
According to the church, the church goer sought counseling after the yearslong abuse.
Cavey wrote in a blog post that he confessed to the allegations from the church.
“I accept this responsibility, with deep regret for my actions,” Cavey wrote. | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/canadian-megachurch-pastor-arrested-after-confessing-to-sexual-harassment | 2022-06-09 20:53:48 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/canadian-megachurch-pastor-arrested-after-confessing-to-sexual-harassment |
'Leaders—you can make true progress toward both DEI and ESG if you understand how to measure inclusion and unleash individuality.'
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif., May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Forget the backward facing "great resignation." We're in the midst of a great unleashing, as people explore ways to unleash their capacity and contribution. That's a key finding from the latest Leadership in the Age of Personalization Summit Executive Summary, available today for free from GLLG.
GLLG leads an ongoing think-tank of DEI, ESG and transformation leaders who address these challenges across business, healthcare and higher education. This report is the third in an annual series.
"Our organizations have spent decades forcing people to assimilate to the organization—but people are done assimilating," said Glenn Llopis, GLLG CEO. "Most leaders don't know what to do with that."
These three reports reveal an evolution of trends over the most tumultuous three-year-period in modern memory:
2019 – The pre-pandemic introduction to our new age of personalization:
- Standardization will be challenged by personalization
- The cultural demographic shift has reached its tipping point
- Next Gen will not assimilate to old ways of thinking
2020 – The pandemic-era revelations that previous top-down, standardized approaches to leadership collapse under pressure:
- What matters to the employee has not been a priority
- Business and social issues are indelibly linked
- Lack of leadership readiness for disruptive change is alarming
2021 – Our current-day inevitability: power belongs to individuals, not to the entity:
- Health and wellbeing is a non-negotiable priority
- Our traditional approach to DEI is pushing us further apart
- There are wide trust gaps between employees and their leaders
"Leaders see the calls for equity and inclusion (DEI) and better corporate governance (ESG), so they respond with a short-term 'plan' without trying to understand the needs and expectations of their employees," said Llopis. "When that plan fails, people leave, and leaders blame the great resignation. They fail to hold themselves accountable."
Many organizations are struggling to evolve their DEI and ESG platforms because traditional business practices are designed for efficiency (one-size-fits-all) rather than for the dignity of the individual. Download the three reports to gain insights into how leaders are already addressing these challenges.
"Change is happening everywhere, but evolution—the kind of transformation that truly moves individuals and organizations forward—is impossible until leaders evolve to meet these new realities," said Llopis.
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BEIJING (AP) — China’s government accused Washington on Tuesday of pursuing “technology hegemony,” as the United States has begun stepping up pressure on tech giant Huawei by blocking access to American suppliers.
The Biden administration has stopped approving renewal of licenses to some U.S. companies that have been selling essential components to the Chinese company, according to two people familiar with the matter. Neither was authorized to comment publicly on the sensitive matter and they spoke on the condition of anonymity.
The company, which makes network equipment and smartphones, has been on the U.S. Commerce Department’s entity list, which comprises those subject to licensing requirements, since 2019. It has been allowed to buy some less advanced components. But the new restrictions could cut off Huawei’s access to processor chips and other technology, as large U.S.-based companies such as Intel and Qualcomm are forced to wind down business with it.
Bloomberg News and the Financial Times first reported the administration move.
Huawei Technologies Ltd., China’s first global tech brand, is at the center of a conflict between Washington and Beijing over technology and security. U.S. officials say Huawei is a security risk and might facilitate Chinese spying, an accusation the company denies.
“China is gravely concerned about the reports,” said a foreign ministry spokeswoman, Mao Ning. She accused Washington of “over-stretching the concept of national security and abusing state power” to suppress Chinese competitors.
“Such practices are contrary to the principles of market economy” and are “blatant technological hegemony,” Mao said.
The White House and Commerce Department declined to comment about specific deliberations regarding Huawei.
“Working closely with our interagency export controls partners at the Departments of Energy, Defense and State, we continually assess our policies and regulations and communicate regularly with external stakeholders,” the Commerce Department said in a statement. “We do not comment on conversations with or deliberations about specific companies.”
The move to halt licenses for Huawei comes after GOP Rep. Mike McCaul, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced earlier this month that the committee would conduct a 90-day review of the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry Security. McCaul said he was ordering the review because the agency had not been responsive to two-year-old requests for information on export control licenses that the agency has granted for China.
In a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo this month, McCaul said the agency had “failed to uphold its legal obligation to produce requested documents and information.” McCaul on Tuesday called reports that Commerce is halting exports “a positive step” and called on the department to declare it a permanent decision.
Mao said Beijing would “defend the legitimate rights” of its companies but gave no indication how the government might respond. Beijing has made similar declarations after past U.S. action against its companies but often does nothing.
The ban on sales of advanced U.S. processor chips and music, maps and other services from Alphabet Inc.’s Google unit crippled Huawei’s smartphone business. The company sold its low-end Honor smartphone brand to revive sales by separating it from the sanctions on its corporate parent.
The Commerce Department agreed to grant export licenses to U.S. companies to allow them to sell less-advanced chips and other technology to Huawei that was deemed not to be a security risk. That followed complaints suppliers would lose billions of dollars in annual sales.
Huawei scrambled to remove U.S. components from its network and other products and has launched new business lines serving factories, self-driving cars and other industrial customers. The company hopes those are less vulnerable to U.S. pressure.
Huawei says its business is starting to rebound.
“In 2020, we successfully pulled ourselves out of crisis mode,” Eric Xu, one of three Huawei executives who take turns as chairman, said in a December letter to employees. “U.S. restrictions are now our new normal, and we’re back to business as usual.”
Last year’s revenue was forecast to be little-changed from 2021 at 636.9 billion yuan ($91.6 billion), Xu said.
The tightening of export controls on Huawei comes just days after Japan and the Netherlands agreed to a deal with the U.S. to restrict China’s access to materials used to make advanced computer chips.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to visit China next week. It will be the first visit to China by a Cabinet-level official in the Biden administration.
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Madhani reported from Washington. | https://www.fox16.com/technology/ap-technology/ap-china-accuses-washington-of-wanting-technological-hegemony/ | 2023-02-01 11:55:55 | 0 | https://www.fox16.com/technology/ap-technology/ap-china-accuses-washington-of-wanting-technological-hegemony/ |
RESTON, Va., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Village of Buchanan, New York, chose community development software, Cloudpermit, to bring its building permitting, planning, and code enforcement online.
"I've worked with different community development software in small and mid-sized local governments over my career, but none offered the public access to their information or the ability to submit applications online," revealed Marcus Serrano, Village Administrator for the Village of Buchanan. "We wanted a cost-effective, user-friendly, and configurable system that gave our staff and residents improved transparency, and after researching many options, we found those advantages in Cloudpermit. This software will be simple for our residents to use and help us provide more insight into our streamlined approval process."
Cloudpermit's calendar function gives staff greater access to each other's schedules, so it is easier to plan inspections based on availability. All users also receive notifications when the status of their application or inspection changes, so Buchanan's 2,230 residents will always understand where their applications stand when Cloudpermit launches later this year.
"We are excited to be in the state of New York and have the Village of Buchanan lead the way," said Jarkko Turtiainen, Cloudpermit's Senior Vice President, North America. "We look forward to simplifying Buchanan's community development processes to help keep their staff and residents informed and involved online."
This partnership has made the Village of Buchanan an online leader in New York.
"It's important to not be afraid to be first and understand that being first means you can help build something from the ground up," Serrano shared. "With Cloudpermit, we will benefit from being able to modify our data the way we need. We are eager to continue to serve, prioritize, and listen to our residents by adopting a convenient and remote way to complete development projects."
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FREMONT, Calif., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Electronics, a global provider of power and thermal management solutions, today announced the acquisition of a nearly 30-acre complex in Plano, Texas is expected to become a landmark site for the R&D, manufacturing and sales of smart energy-saving products and solutions, capable of nurturing America's sustainable ICT and energy infrastructure and e-mobility. The complex, which accommodates facilities of over 400,000 square feet, is expected to create hundreds of jobs, while aiming to support additional long-term local jobs across a broad ecosystem of suppliers and partners. Community is key in attracting a pipeline of skilled talent from within the region, and Delta hopes to potentially invest substantial resources in partnership with Texas universities and local colleges.
"The Plano complex exemplifies Delta's deeper commitment to the development of a resilient supply chain while also expanding our footprint in the U.S.," says Kelvin Huang, President of Delta Electronics Americas Region. "In line with Delta's commitment to the RE100 global initiative, we expect this new site to operate 100% on renewable electricity by 2030. Delta is a company deeply rooted in innovation, and we will develop cutting-edge technologies in our new facility while aiming to generate a great number of jobs for talented Americans in the Southwest."
The Plano complex is expected to facilitate Delta's expansion of its U.S. product offering, especially in key areas, such as automotive powertrain and power management systems, high-efficiency power systems and solutions for 5G networks and data centers, as well as energy infrastructure solutions. The facility will be outfitted with state-of-the-art design, prototype, and testing equipment for advanced research for electronics products for materials, devices, and applications. It will also give Delta a greater range of technological options when developing in-house custom solutions—reducing time to market.
Delta opened its first U.S. office in 1980, with current locations in California, North Carolina, Texas, Michigan, Massachusetts, and Washington. The new Plano complex will give Delta the capability and capacity to craft smart green solutions to help America foster the foundations of sustainable cities, such as, e-mobility, eco-friendly ICT infrastructure, smart energy infrastructure, healthy green buildings and smart factories. Delta, a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) since 2011 for its world-class environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) performance, has a long history of corporate responsibility at its current U.S. sites, having built 30 green buildings worldwide since 2006. These include its LEED Platinum-certified HQs green building for the Americas region, located in Fremont, Calif., which has been designed to achieve net-zero energy standards by adopting Delta's own smart green solutions. The new site will apply green building principles and Delta's solutions to support our corporate sustainability goals.
About Delta Electronics
Delta, founded in 1971, is a global leader in switching power supplies and thermal management products with a thriving portfolio of smart energy-saving systems and solutions in the fields of industrial automation, building automation, telecom power, data center infrastructure, EV charging, renewable energy, energy storage and display, to nurture the development of smart manufacturing and sustainable cities. As a world-class corporate citizen guided by its mission statement, "To provide innovative, clean and energy-efficient solutions for a better tomorrow," Delta leverages its core competence in high-efficiency power electronics and its ESG-embedded business model to address key environmental issues, such as climate change. Delta serves customers through its sales offices, R&D centers and manufacturing facilities spread over close to 200 locations across five continents.
Throughout its history, Delta has received various global awards and recognition for its business achievements, innovative technologies and dedication to ESG. Since 2011, Delta has been listed on the DJSI World Index of Dow Jones Sustainability™ Indices for 11 consecutive years. In 2021, Delta was also recognized by CDP with leadership level ratings for its substantial contribution to climate change and water security issues and named Supplier Engagement Leader for its continuous development of a sustainable value chain.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday pledged to promote prosperity for people throughout the hemisphere as they opened wide-ranging talks about the fragile security situation in Haiti, North American trade, political unrest in Brazil and more on the sidelines of the North American Leaders Summit.
Biden and Trudeau met one-on-one before a three-way meeting with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at the Mexico City summit. The U.S. and Canadian leaders' warmth during a brief appearance before reporters at the start of their talks stood in stark contrast to a more brusque exchange a day earlier between Biden and López Obrador, who had complained of “abandonment” and “disdain” for Latin America.
Biden told Trudeau, "What we should be doing, and we are doing, is demonstrating the unlimited economic potential that we have when we work together in the hemisphere, and to help the entire hemisphere.”
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All three world leaders were to discuss migration, trade and climate change as they look to mend tensions that have divided the continent.
The three-way gathering is held most years, although there was a hiatus while Donald Trump was U.S. president. It’s often called the “three amigos summit,” a reference to the deep diplomatic and economic ties among the countries.
However, the leaders have found themselves at odds, especially as they struggle to handle an influx of migrants and to crack down on smugglers who profit from persuading people to make the dangerous trip to the United States.
In addition, Canada and the U.S. accuse López Obrador of violating a free trade pact by favoring Mexico’s state-owned utility over power plants built by foreign and private investors. Meanwhile, Trudeau and López Obrador are concerned about Biden’s efforts to boost domestic manufacturing, creating concerns that U.S. neighbors could be left behind.
The key takeaways from the summit revolve around better connections among the three nations and a shared goal of a stronger North America on energy and in particular semiconductors, climate and a pledge to cut methane emissions, an agreement to manage large waves of migrants coming to the region and a more cohesive regional strategy on dealing with future pandemic-related health threats.
The dynamics as the Biden-Trudeau talks opened could not have been more different than for the Biden-López Obrador talks.
During that meeting, the Mexican leader challenged Biden to improve life across the region, telling him that “you hold the key in your hand.”
“This is the moment for us to determine to do away with this abandonment, this disdain, and this forgetfulness for Latin America and the Caribbean,” Lopez Obrador said.
Biden responded by pointing to the billions of dollars that the United States spends in foreign aid around the world.
At the start of Tuesday's Biden-Trudeau meeting, the leaders spoke familiarly and with optimism. Trudeau called the U.S. president “Joe" and Biden joked with Trudeau — after the Canadian leader had delivered a statement to reporters in English and French — that he should have paid more attention in his college French classes.
The White House said in a statement that the leaders discussed the war in Ukraine and “the generational opportunity to strengthen supply chains for critical minerals, electric vehicles, and semiconductors and to unleash the full economic potential of our shared continent.” The U.S. administration also announced that Biden will make his first visit to Canada as president in March.
“There’s a lot of reasons to be optimistic, especially for those of us in our countries,” Trudeau said. “But it’s going to take a lot of work, something neither you or I or most our citizens have ever been afraid of.”
Biden told his counterpart: “Together, I think we’re achieving some really significant things. You've always been there whenever I've called.”
Biden and López Obrador haven’t been on particularly good terms for the past two years. The Mexican leader made no secret of his admiration for Trump, and last year he skipped a Los Angeles summit of the Americas because Biden didn’t invite the authoritarian leaders of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua.
However, there have been attempts at a thaw. Biden made a point of flying into the new Felipe Angeles International Airport, a prized project of the Mexican president even though it’s been a source of controversy.
The airport, which is expected to cost $4.1 billion when finished, is more than an hour’s drive north of the city center, has few flights and until recently lacked consistent drinking water. However, it’s one of the keystone projects that López Obrador is racing to finish before his term ends next year. The U.S. president is scheduled to depart from Mexico City International Airport on Tuesday evening.
The U.S. and Mexico have also reached an agreement on a major shift in migration policy, which Biden announced last week.
Under the plan, the U.S. will send 30,000 migrants per month from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela back across the border from among those who entered the U.S. illegally. Migrants who arrive from those four countries are not easily returned to their home countries for a variety of reasons.
In addition, 30,000 people per month from those four nations who get sponsors, background checks and an airline flight to the U.S. will be able to work legally in the country for two years.
The number of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has risen dramatically during Biden’s first two years in office. There were more than 2.38 million stops during the year that ended Sept. 30, the first time the number topped 2 million.
Biden said he and Trudeau would discuss “how we can try to help stabilize Haiti."
Canada is weighing whether to lead an international mission to Haiti to help solve the ongoing humanitarian and security crisis.
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry and the country’s Council of Ministers sent an urgent appeal Oct. 7 calling for “the immediate deployment of a specialized armed force, in sufficient quantity” to stop the crisis caused partly by the “criminal actions of armed gangs.” But more than three months later, no countries have stepped forward.
Associated Press writers Mark Stevenson and Maria Verza in Mexico City; Rob Gillies in Toronto; and Aamer Madhani, Chris Megerian and Josh Boak in Washington contributed to this report.
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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- The more than 6,000 servicemembers in North Carolina who fell victim to a national jewelry scheme can now get a refund.
NC Attorney General Josh Stein and several other state attorney generals won a $34 million settlement with Harris Jewelry.
Stein said the jewelry company -- which operated many stores on or near military bases like Fort Bragg -- told servicemembers that purchases would increase their credit scores, forced them to buy protection plans and did not provide written disclosures with some purchases.
Harris Jewelry must stop collecting nearly $2 million in debt held by 1,191 servicemembers in North Carolina and give back nearly $1.5 million to 5,098 servicemembers in North Carolina.
If you might be affected by this ruling, you can apply for your refund and credit score correction at this website.
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Anne Arundel County Public Schools and the Teachers Association of Anne Arundel County has announced new opportunities for teachers to earn a monthly pay increase in exchange for providing extra support to special education programs.
This initiative between the school system and the teacher’s union, announced last Tuesday, would provide a $40 per hour pay increase once a month to experienced special education teachers. They would assist conditionally certified teachers with various aspects of their position and associated requirements, including testing, writing individual education plans and other paperwork.
The announcement is part of an ongoing effort to recognize the increasing workload of special education teachers because of federal, state, and local requirements, the school system said in a news release.
“We are excited for this collaborative effort with AACPS to provide additional opportunities to retain and recruit special education teachers and related service providers,” Nicole Disney-Bates, president of the teacher’s union, said. “We look forward to continuing this collaborative work in providing additional compensation to all school staff for their dedication to this county and our students in a time of nationwide shortages.”
The goal of this initiative is to promote more experienced teachers to share their talent, wisdom and experience, Bob Mosier, a school system spokesperson, said.
Teachers with special education certificates who are in general education positions and have experience writing individual education plans and testing can are eligible to work with a “small caseload” of students in exchange for additional pay. The school system has also hired retired county teachers to assist special education teachers with responsibilities associated with testing. These re-hired retirees will be responsible for assisting teachers in performing tests that assess students’ growth within their programs.
“These are the type of collaborative efforts in which we need to engage to help build a school system that is great in all aspects,” Superintendent Mark Bedell said in the release. “Our special educators and related service providers do incredible work in the face of ever-mounting paperwork and other documentation requirements, and we must recognize them for that and show them that we value them.”
In the future, the school system expects to provide professional development specifically tailored for special education teachers.
Details on what that professional development would include are not fully fleshed out yet, but the school system and teachers association recognize that professional development for special education teachers should be “relevant and applicable” moving forward, Mosier said. | https://www.capitalgazette.com/education/ac-cn-aacps-special-education-support-20230306-xsqy4d53mjf53dwpqkh6a3ihw4-story.html | 2023-03-06 11:06:12 | 1 | https://www.capitalgazette.com/education/ac-cn-aacps-special-education-support-20230306-xsqy4d53mjf53dwpqkh6a3ihw4-story.html |
Matt Wallner Player Prop Bets: Twins vs. Blue Jays - May 28
Published: May. 28, 2023 at 11:29 AM CDT|Updated: 39 minutes ago
The Minnesota Twins and Matt Wallner, who went 4-for-4 with a home run and three RBI last time out, battle Jose Berrios and the Toronto Blue Jays at Target Field, Sunday at 2:10 PM ET.
He reached base in all four of his plate appearances (4-for-4 with a home run and three RBI) in his previous appearance against the Blue Jays.
Matt Wallner Game Info & Props vs. the Blue Jays
- Game Day: Sunday, May 28, 2023
- Game Time: 2:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Target Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Blue Jays Starter: José Berríos
- TV Channel: BSN
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -154)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +475)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +210)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +145)
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Matt Wallner At The Plate
- Wallner has a double, a home run and a walk while batting .294.
- Wallner has gotten at least one hit twice this year in eight games, including one multi-hit game.
- He has gone deep in one game this season.
- Wallner has picked up an RBI in two games this season, with multiple runs batted in once.
- He has scored a run in three of eight games so far this season.
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Blue Jays Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Blue Jays has a collective 9.4 K/9, the fifth-best in the league.
- The Blue Jays' 4.07 team ERA ranks 11th across all league pitching staffs.
- Blue Jays pitchers combine to give up the fifth-most home runs in baseball (72 total, 1.4 per game).
- Berrios (4-4) takes the mound for the Blue Jays in his 11th start of the season. He's put together a 4.22 ERA in 59 2/3 innings pitched, with 57 strikeouts.
- In his most recent time out on Tuesday, the righty threw seven innings against the Tampa Bay Rays, allowing one earned run while surrendering five hits.
- Among qualifying pitchers in MLB action this season, the 29-year-old ranks 46th in ERA (4.22), 41st in WHIP (1.223), and 36th in K/9 (8.6).
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The mother of self-invention shares her secrets to success and how to create an authentic personal brand that will stand the test of time
SAN FRANCISCO, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MasterClass, the streaming platform where anyone can learn from the world's best across a wide range of subjects, today announced that Kris Jenner will teach a class on the power of personal branding. Drawing from her family's own branding journey, beginning with the hit television show Keeping Up With the Kardashians to leading a thriving business empire, Jenner will reveal her "secret sauce" to help members cut through the noise, turn a vision into a reality and build a lasting brand. Jenner's class is now available exclusively on MasterClass, where subscribers get unlimited access to all 150+ instructors with an annual membership.
"From multiple billion-dollar brands to more than 48 million followers, Kris is no doubt the mother of self-invention," said David Rogier, founder and CEO of MasterClass. "We've had a front-row seat to her family's life on TV. Now, in her class, she'll uncover the secrets to her and her family's success, teaching MasterClass members how to build their own brand and pursue their passions, all while staying true to themselves."
In her class, the self-proclaimed "momager" shares her early branding inspirations and the spark that ignited her passion to become an entrepreneur long before she was a household name. Giving an inside look into the launch of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Jenner shares how her family navigated their newfound fame and embraced success to jump-start their branding journey. To help members get started on building their own brand, Jenner teaches how to establish a narrative, find an audience and followers, use social media to make the brand stand out and, ultimately, how to make their brand profitable. For the first time, Jenner gives an inside look into the making of the Kardashian Jenner family brands, from Skims to Kylie Cosmetics, Safely and more, highlighting the importance of staying true to their core values, establishing a mission statement and creating spin-offs that are authentic to who they are. Jenner will teach members the importance of staying grounded, having a success-driven mentality and thinking about the legacy they want to leave behind. Members will walk away feeling empowered to build an authentic personal brand by leveraging the power of social media, staying true to their values and focused on their end goal.
"As a mom and a businesswoman, staying true to my core values is my fundamental secret to success," Jenner said. "Very rarely are we taught to promote ourselves and be our own biggest advocate but in my class, I will teach members how my family and I have built our businesses by staying true to our authentic selves so that they can be their own best advocate and successfully launch their own entrepreneurial path."
Widely regarded as one of the hardest-working women in business today, Jenner is an author, business mogul and matriarch of the Kardashian Jenner clan. In 2007, Jenner launched her family's rise to fame on E!'s Keeping Up With the Kardashians, which ran for 20 seasons. She is the CEO of her own production company, Jenner Communications, and manages all six of her children's careers, overseeing their consumer lifestyle brands, including Skims, Kylie Cosmetics, Good American, Poosh and many more. In 2021, Jenner launched Safely, her first solo venture, consisting of eco-friendly, plant-powered products. The family's newest television show, The Kardashians, is available to stream now on Hulu.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- South Dakota leveraged $415.0 million in federal highway and bridge formula funds in FY 2022 to help jumpstart 216 new improvement projects in communities across the state during the first year of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), a review of U.S. Treasury Department data through September 30 shows.
"A key takeaway from the Treasury data is that the bipartisan infrastructure law is working in year-one as intended, with state transportation departments disbursing funds and projects breaking ground," said American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Chief Economist Dr. Alison Premo Black, who prepared the report.
"The economic and quality of life benefits of the infrastructure law will become even more apparent as funding continues in coming years," adds ARTBA Chair Paula Hammond, a WSP USA senior vice president. "The beneficiaries of these long-term investments will be the American traveling public in their communities."
President Joe Biden signed the IIJA into law Nov. 15, 2021. Nearly 90 percent of IIJA's highway funds are dispersed by existing formula to states, with the remainder distributed through discretionary grant awards and other allocated programs.
Nationally, over 29,000 IIJA projects were launched through the end of September. The five largest projects supported by formula funds in South Dakota are:
- Interchange Reconstruction on I-90, Exit 37 Pleasant Valley to Exit 40, Tilford - $27.2 million
- Shoulder Widening US 81 to West of Junction with I-29 - $22.0 million
- Modify Interchange on I-29, Exit 77 in Sioux Falls - $20.7 million
- Grading and Surface Repair, Lighting on US 12 near the Aberdeen Airport - $15.7 million
- Grading and Bridge Replacement on SD 20 to US 12 - $14.2 million
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Established in 1902, the Washington, D.C.-based ARTBA advocates for infrastructure investment and policy that meet the nation's need for safe and efficient travel.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Walter Cole, better known as the iconic drag queen who performed for decades as Darcelle XV and a fearless advocate for Portland's LGBTQ+ community, has died of natural causes in Portland, Oregon. He was 92.
Darcelle, who died Thursday, was crowned the world's oldest working drag performer in 2016 by the Guinness Book of World Records and was regaling audiences until the very end. As a performer, Darcelle was known for hosting the longest-running drag show on the U.S. West Coast. Off stage, Cole, an Army veteran, championed LGBTQ+ rights and charitable work in Portland.
The nightclub that Darcelle opened more than 50 years ago in downtown Portland, Darcelle XV Showplace, posted a statement on Facebook expressing grief and asking for privacy and patience.
The club, which had become a Portland cultural institution by the 1970s, was listed in 2020 on the National Register of Historic Places, making it the first site in Oregon to be nominated specifically for its significance in LGBTQ+ history. In the venue's early days in the 1970s and 1980s, it was seen as taboo and protesters picketed outside, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported.
It provided a lifeline for many in the city's LGBTQ community, including Cole, he told the newspaper in a 2010 interview. Cole preferred female pronouns when performing, but told The Oregonian he preferred male pronouns off-stage.
"If I hadn't admitted who I was, I'd probably be dead now," he told the paper. "I'd be sitting on a couch retiring from ... management. Not for me."
"She touched the lives of so many, not only through her performances but also through her fearless community advocacy and charitable works," said Todd Addams, the interim executive director of Basic Rights Oregon, speaking of Darcelle. "She was nothing short of an icon."
Writer Susan Stanley described the club a place of "warmth and affection" where performers were "glittering in sequins and satin and a shimmering froth of feathers," in what's credited as the first profile of Darcelle XV, published in Willamette Week in 1975.
When speaking of Darcelle, Cole, a gay man, referred to his persona in the third person using female pronouns. "I'm an entertainer with a capital E," Cole told Stanley. "Darcelle is a character — like in a play — and I work very hard at her."
Stanley wound up briefly working at the club and becoming Cole's close friend. She described the performer not only as a talented artist, who also sewed many of the club's costumes, but as a caring person deeply invested in the LGBTQ+ community and the fight against the social stigma of the time.
"(Darcelle) was just a very, very nurturing person. She encouraged other guys to perform and get out of their shells," Stanley told the AP in a phone interview.
After decades of advocacy by LGBTQ+ activists organizing for civil rights and freedoms, Stanley said she was saddened to see how drag has become so polarized in today's political climate.
"It bespeaks a really, really big misunderstanding," she said. "Politicians wanting to step back decades in attitudes ... it's mystifying and horrifying to me at the same time."
Cole was born in 1930 and raised in Portland's Linnton neighborhood. He served in the U.S. Armed Forces and was discharged in the late 1950s, according to the club's website, which says he used money he received from the military to start his first business.
After dabbling in a coffee store and a jazz club, Cole purchased the space that would become the Darcelle XV Showcase in 1967.
Two years later, he had developed the "alter ego" named Darcelle and came out as gay, according to a profile on the club's website.
He left his wife and began a relationship with his artistic director. During the 1970s, the Showplace became a popular destination for cabaret and drag performance.
In 1999, Darcelle became the oldest drag performer on the West Coast, after the closing of San Francisco's drag venue Finocchio's Club.
On Friday, fans including Portland's mayor mourned Cole's death on social media. Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden said in a social media post that "Darcelle carved out an unforgettable chapter in Portland's history" with "pioneering courage."
Darcelle XV Showplace said that details of a public memorial will be announced and all shows will go on as scheduled, per Darcelle's wishes.
"Please join us and celebrate her legacy and memory, thank you in advance for your continued support," the club's statement said.
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To Capitol Hill now, where top leaders today awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to police officers who responded to the insurrection on January 6, 2021. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi presented Congress' highest honor.
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NANCY PELOSI: And in accepting this medal, you bring luster to this award, just as you bring luster to the Congress and the Constitution of the United States.
KELLY: NPR congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh reports on the tribute.
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DEIRDRE WALSH, BYLINE: Standing in the Capitol Rotunda, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said, no matter how much time passes, January 6 still always feels like yesterday. He was on the Senate floor when an officer and his security detail whisked him away.
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CHUCK SCHUMER: And he grabbed me by the jacket as we ran out of the chamber. At one point, I was within 30 feet of the rioters.
WALSH: He recounted how officers threw themselves between lawmakers and the mob.
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SCHUMER: On the day democracy faced maximum danger, these public servants responded with maximum valor.
WALSH: Tuesday, exactly 23 months after the brutal assault launched by far-right-wing extremists, the police received the highest accolade lawmakers can bestow. Previous gold medal recipients include war heroes, civil rights leaders and astronauts. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger paid tribute to those officers who died, reciting names of those who succumbed to injuries and those who died by suicide. More than 140 officers were injured.
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TOM MANGER: It was a day unlike any other in our nation's history. And for us, it was a day defined by chaos, courage, tragic loss and resolve.
WALSH: Robert Contee, chief of D.C.'s police department, said many officers still carry the physical and emotional scars after the violent attack.
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ROBERT CONTEE: The sound of metal poles and other objects striking the bodies, helmets and shields may still ring loudly, the air still thick with bear spray and other chemicals.
WALSH: For many of Contee's officers, the ceremony was their first time back to the capital. As they sat in the room that was the scene of violence, the emotions were still raw. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell praised officers who ran toward the danger that day.
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MITCH MCCONNELL: And when an unhinged mob tried to come between the Congress and our constitutional duty, the Capitol Police fought to defend not just this institution but our system of self-government.
WALSH: Tuesday's event was somber but not free of politics. Since the attacks, some Republicans have downplayed the violence. Most have refused to publicly fault President Trump for his role in inciting the mob. Family members of an officer who died greeted Pelosi and Schumer but declined to shake hands with McConnell or the top House Republican Kevin McCarthy. The attack also exposed communications and training failures within those agencies who responded. In an interview with NPR ahead of the ceremony, Manger said those issues have largely been fixed, but he's still worried about ongoing threats.
MANGER: I do lose some sleep over the fact that some of these extremist groups are still active. And, of course, as we learn, you know, extremist groups learn as well.
WALSH: The House committee investigating the attack is expected to release its report this month. The panel wants to make sure the police won't have to put their lives on the line again to protect democracy. Deirdre Walsh, NPR News, Washington.
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MINNESOTA-U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar joined veterans advocate Amanda Barbosa on Monday to announce new legislation aimed at preventing colon cancer in veterans.
Klobuchar said the bill is named the "Barbosa Act", which is named after Amanda's husband, Rafael, who is an Army helicopter pilot with stage four colon cancer.
"These issues are so important to Minnesotans and to the country and it is what our veterans deserve and moving forward the 'Barbosa Act' specifically will help active duty members who have toxic exposure so they can have a future without cancer," Barbosa said.
Amanda was one of the main advocates for the PACT Act, which is a law that ensures military members' medical conditions caused by toxic burn pits are covered by their health insurance, according to Klobuchar.
"i had long supported it. I had been working on it for years and Amanda led a group of soldiers and spouses of those that had gotten sick from being stationed next to burn pits and said we are not leaving the capitol steps until this gets done and guess what. It worked," Klobuchar said.
"These issues are so important to Minnesotans and to the country and it is what our veterans deserve and moving forward the 'Barbosa Act' specifically will help active duty members who have toxic exposure so they can have a future without cancer," Barbosa said.
Klobuchar said Amanda will join her at President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on Tuesday night. | https://www.kimt.com/news/u-s-sen-amy-klobuchar-working-to-get-barbosa-act-passed/article_5c8b2122-a67b-11ed-8270-27802db3c7a8.html | 2023-02-07 06:58:55 | 1 | https://www.kimt.com/news/u-s-sen-amy-klobuchar-working-to-get-barbosa-act-passed/article_5c8b2122-a67b-11ed-8270-27802db3c7a8.html |
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The Algerian president’s office announced Wednesday that the North African nation was “immediately” suspending a two-decades-old friendship treaty with Spain.
It was the latest blow to increasingly wobbly relations between Algiers and Madrid — which depends on Algeria for its natural gas supply.
Tensions have soared in a complex three-way dispute after Spain apparently gave its backing to Morocco’s position over the disputed Western Sahara territory. Algeria backs the Polisario independence movement in the region, which rejects Morocco's annexation of Western Sahara. The Polisario are encamped in southern Algeria.
The statement from Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's office cited what it said was the “unjustifiable turnaround” in March on Spain’s position, amounting to a “fait accompli using fallacious arguments.” It said that Spain has since campaigned “to justify” its position.
The statement said Spain was abusing its role as an “administrating power” in the Western Sahara until the United Nations sorts out the decades-old situation over the status of the vast, mineral-rich territory. It is, therefore, “contributing directly to the degradation of the situation in the Western Sahara and the region,” the Algerian president's office said.
“In consequence, Algeria has decided to proceed immediately with the suspension” of the treaty, which has served as the framework in the two countries’ ties, the statement said. The treaty dates to 2002.
Spain’s government said it regretted Algeria’s decision and reaffirmed its commitment to the friendship treaty.
“The Spanish government regards Algeria as a friendly neighbor country and restates its complete readiness to keep and develop the special cooperation relationship between our two countries, to the benefit of the people of both,” a Spanish Foreign Ministry statement said.
Spain was the former colonial power in Western Sahara until it was annexed by Morocco in 1975. Since then, Algeria and neighboring Morocco have had tense ties over the fate of the Western Sahara, at one point fighting a desert war. Morocco wants some autonomy for the region with Moroccan oversight over what it calls its “southern provinces.”
The two African countries broke diplomatic relations in August in the standoff.
The Western Sahara issue has combined with turbulence over energy supplies from gas-rich Algeria. The Algerian press regularly refers to Spain’s backing for Morocco as a form of “treason.”
In 2021, Algeria’s Sonatrach furnished Spain with more than 40% of its imported natural gas, most brought in via the underwater Medgaz pipeline. Another supply route to Spain was via the Maghreb Europe pipeline that passes through Morocco but that was shut off after the August break in diplomatic ties between Algeria and Morocco. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/New-blow-Algeria-ends-2-decade-friendship-treaty-17228132.php | 2022-06-08 20:20:01 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/New-blow-Algeria-ends-2-decade-friendship-treaty-17228132.php |
President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Wednesday, ending his isolation period that started last Thursday when he tested positive for the virus.
Presidential physician Kevin O’Connor said Biden was tested for the virus Tuesday night and again Wednesday morning, with both tests returning negative results. O’Connor said on Wednesday that Biden’s COVID-19 symptoms have “almost completely resolved” for a second consecutive day.
O’Connor said Biden has remained fever-free and discontinued the use of Tylenol on Monday. Biden also took his final dose of COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid on Monday.
Biden will continue to wear a mask when in proximity to others.
Acknowledging the possibility of a rebound case, O’Connor said Biden would be tested for COVID-19 more frequently in the coming days. Mild cases of COVID-19 have been reported among some after ending Paxlovid treatment.
Late last week, O'Connor reported that Biden had mild symptoms, and his temperature peaked at 99.4 degrees.
Biden is expected to deliver remarks at 11:30 a.m. ET. | https://www.lex18.com/news/national/coronavirus/president-biden-tests-negative-for-covid-ends-isolation | 2022-07-27 14:39:38 | 0 | https://www.lex18.com/news/national/coronavirus/president-biden-tests-negative-for-covid-ends-isolation |
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
07-11-16-26-38-40
(seven, eleven, sixteen, twenty-six, thirty-eight, forty)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
07-11-16-26-38-40
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The alleged perpetrator of Saturday's mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket livestreamed the racist attack online. Using a GoPro camera attached to a military-style helmet, the shooter streamed live on the site Twitch for around two minutes before the site took the livestream down. Since then, the video has been posted elsewhere on the internet.
Experts say platforms could be doing more to prevent livestreams of atrocities from gaining an audience online.
White supremacists have used social media platforms to publicize attacks in the past
Other white-supremacists have also used social media to publicize gruesome attacks, including the mass shooter in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2019.
Since the Christchurch shooting, social media companies have gotten better in some ways at combating videos of atrocities online, including stopping livestreams of attacks faster.
But violent videos like those of mass shootings are saved by some users and then reappear across the internet on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and other platforms. Those reuploaded videos are harder for companies to take down, says NPR's Bobby Allyn.
On the site Streamable, the video of the Buffalo shooting was viewed more than 3 million times before it was removed, says Allyn.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said social media companies bear some responsibility when crimes like the Buffalo shooting happen.
"The social media platforms that profit from their existence need to be responsible for monitoring and having surveillance, knowing that they can be, in a sense, an accomplice to a crime like this, perhaps not legally but morally," Hochul said.
Allyn reports that social media companies usually are not held liable for what they don't police on their sites. Listen to his discussion on Morning Edition.
Experts say social media companies could do more
Social media companies used to take a mostly hands-off approach to moderating content on their sites, but now more than ever sites are trying to manage the societal problems their sites create, reports Allyn. Facebook, Twitter and other sites like them have teams of thousands working to moderate content and block violent media from reaching people.
For example Twitch, the site the Buffalo shooter livestreamed on, could make it harder for people to open accounts and instantly upload live videos. Other video-streaming sites like TikTok and YouTube require users to have a certain number of followers before they're able to stream live, reports Allyn.
This story originally appeared on the Morning Edition live blog.
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LONDON, Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tetragon has released its Monthly Factsheet for September 2022.
- Net Asset Value: $2,664m
- Fully Diluted NAV Per Share: $28.20
- Share Price (TFG NA): $9.44
- Monthly NAV per share total return: -1.9%
- Monthly Return on Equity: -1.6%
- Most recent quarterly dividend: $0.11
- Dividend yield: 4.7%
Please refer to important disclosures on page 4 of the Monthly Factsheet.
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About Tetragon:
Tetragon is a closed-ended investment company that invests in a broad range of assets, including public and private equities and credit (including distressed securities and structured credit), convertible bonds, real estate, venture capital, infrastructure, bank loans and TFG Asset Management, a diversified alternative asset management business. Where appropriate, through TFG Asset Management, Tetragon seeks to own all, or a portion, of asset management companies with which it invests in order to enhance the returns achieved on its capital. Tetragon's investment objective is to generate distributable income and capital appreciation. It aims to provide stable returns to investors across various credit, equity, interest rate, inflation and real estate cycles. The company's non-voting shares are traded on Euronext in Amsterdam, a regulated market of Euronext Amsterdam N.V., and on the Specialist Fund Segment of the main market of the London Stock Exchange. For more information please visit the company's website at www.tetragoninv.com.
This release does not contain or constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase securities in the United States or any other jurisdiction. The securities of Tetragon have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to U.S. persons unless they are registered under applicable law or exempt from registration. Tetragon does not intend to register any portion of its securities in the United States or to conduct a public offer of securities in the United States. In addition, Tetragon has not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, and investors will not be entitled to the benefits of such Act. Tetragon is registered in the public register of the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets under Section 1:107 of the Financial Markets Supervision Act as a collective investment scheme from a designated country.
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MAYWOOD, Ill. (AP) —
Police in the the Chicago suburb of Maywood are investigating the shooting death of a former high school basketball star and her mother is pleading with whomever killed her daughter to surrender to police.
“Whoever did it, man up and confess,” said Margo Rainey after 22-year-old Dylanla Rainey was gunned down early Monday outside her home as she parked her car. “I will tell you to your face, I forgive you. God is going to take care of this.”
Margo Rainey had followed her daughter home to Maywood on Sunday afternoon when she saw someone open fire as Dylanla climbed from her car. Struck three times, she got out of her car before she collapsed on the ground.
“I saw her trying to climb out the window," Margo Rainey said outside her daughters home where several people had gathered for a prayer vigil. "She was trying to get to me and I was trying to get to her.”
Rainey and her twin sister, Miyanda, led Marshall High School to the Class 2A girls basketball state championship in 2018.
The two had recently moved to Maywood with plans to expand their day care business in the area. Their mother said at a vigil that to help them run their business, Dylanla planned to return to college to earn a degree in business and the twins planned to earn a college degree in child development. .
Maywood Police Chief Elijah Willis said no arrests have been made.
Margo Rainey said she has no idea who would want to kill her daughter, adding she “didn’t do no harm to nobody.” | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Former-Chicago-high-school-basketball-star-gunned-17333310.php | 2022-07-27 21:21:38 | 0 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Former-Chicago-high-school-basketball-star-gunned-17333310.php |
INDIANAPOLIS – The IHSAA crowned sectional champions in gyms and fieldhouses all across the state of Indiana on Saturday night.
Dave Griffiths has highlights from some of the top matchups in a special edition of the “Friday Night Fast Break” on FOX59 on Saturday. | https://fox59.com/sports/high-school-basketball/fast-break-sectional-finals/ | 2023-03-05 19:00:35 | 1 | https://fox59.com/sports/high-school-basketball/fast-break-sectional-finals/ |
Orlovsky: Almost impossible to fix gambling in NFL
June 21, 2023 02:04 PM
Dan Orlovsky joins the Dan Patrick Show to discuss gambling in the NFL, how good the Jets are going to be with Aaron Rodgers, the top teams in the NFC and perfect fits for Dalvin Cook and DeAndre Hopkins. | https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/nfl/bijan-lets-game-and-his-smile-do-the-talking | 2023-06-29 12:22:54 | 1 | https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/nfl/bijan-lets-game-and-his-smile-do-the-talking |
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — At least 15 people have died after two boats carrying migrants sank in Greek waters, and rescuers were looking for dozens still missing, authorities said early Thursday. The coast guard said 15 bodies had been recovered near the eastern island of Lesbos after a dinghy carrying about 40 people sank. Five people were rescued and three had been located on a rocky outcrop near the site of the sinking. A second rescue effort was launched several hundred kilometers (miles) to the west, near the island of Kythira, where a sailboat carrying about 100 migrants sank late Wednesday.
Officials said 30 people had been rescued after that boat hit rocks off the village port of Diakofti on the east of the island. Winds in the area were up to 70 kph (45 mph).
“We could see the boat smashing against the rocks and people climbing up those rocks to try and save themselves. It was an unbelievable sight,” Martha Stathaki, a local resident told The Associated Press. “All the residents here went down to the harbor to try and help.”
Fire service rescuers lowered ropes to help migrants climb up cliffs on the seafront. Local officials said a school in the area would be opened to provide shelter for the rescued. Navy divers were also expected to arrive Thursday.
Most migrants reaching Greece travel from neighboring Turkey, but smugglers have changed routes in recent months in an effort to avoid heavily patrolled waters around Greek islands near the Turkish coastline.
Kythira is some 400 kilometers (250 miles) west of Turkey and on a route often used by smugglers to bypass Greece and head directly to Italy. ___ Full coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/migration
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Thursday an overhaul of the state's lead agency for protecting children from neglect and abuse, condemning what she described as an “antiquated” and “siloed” agency that struggles to adequately care for roughly 1,800 youths who are in state custody.
She signed an executive order that outlines new efforts to “ensure that a robust, statewide system exists for children and families in need of immediate services," promising to deploy a ”tiger team" of at least four new top level managers.
The announcement arrived amid indications that foster children have routinely slept in central offices of an overwhelmed New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department in Albuquerque, and that a 10-year-old was sexually abused there last year by a teenager with a history of sexual misconduct, in an encounter reported to police. The events were first reported by Searchlight New Mexico and ProPublica.
“The No. 1 priority of that department is protecting children and improving their wellbeing. That is not what is occurring in the state of New Mexico in a way that either the (agency) secretary or I want," Lujan Grisham said at a news conference in her office in the state Capitol. "And our expectation is that that gets shifted quickly, expediently and immediately.”
Retired state Supreme Court Justice Barbara J. Vigil took the reins of New Mexico’s foster care and child welfare system in October 2021, amid a longstanding struggle to improve childhood wellbeing across the state.
Vigil said she too was eager to make the agency more effective.
“We need to transform Children, Youth and Families Department so it is responsive quickly to the needs of families and we’re not on waiting lists,” she said. “It ought to be one entry into the department, and then they’re on their way with support and services.”
Lujan Grisham also announced the creation of a new system for filing grievances with the agency and said an annual services audit will be performed by an independent, consulting firm from outside the state. A new “office of innovation” will research best practices in child welfare services.
Several leading Democratic legislators, including Senate President Pro Tempore Mimi Stewart, complimented the governor for publicly confronting shortcomings at the Children, Youth and Families Department.
Republican lawmakers, who are in the legislative minority, are calling for greater accountability at the agency through bills that would create a “chief child advocate” to investigate grievances, new standards for assessing the needs of children and tighter deadlines for courts to determine whether youths remain in state custody.
“I think that our hope is that we start to have some outside eyes on this,” said state Sen. Crystal Diamond, of Elephant Butte. “The further and further, we get into it, it just seems like the entire agency needs to be dismantled at this point and rebuilt.”
Lujan Grisham rejected calls for an independent accountability office at the agency because it might create an “adversarial setting” and hinder staff recruitment. She said checks and balances already are provided through civil rights laws, public prosecutors and law enforcement. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/politics/article/new-mexico-governor-seeks-revamp-of-17789914.php | 2023-02-17 03:58:48 | 1 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/politics/article/new-mexico-governor-seeks-revamp-of-17789914.php |
ARKANSAS, USA — With forecasts predicting below-freezing temperatures, high winds, and precipitation across the area, Southwestern Electric Power Co. is letting citizens in on some tips for withstanding the winter this year:
Plan ahead:
- Develop a plan for you and your family. Decide now what you'll do if there's an extended power outage.
- If you or a family member relies on uninterrupted electric service for health reasons, make a plan now in case there are extended outages.
- Gather an emergency outage kit that includes a portable heater. Review and follow safety specifications before using.
- Make sure your contact information – including your cell number – is current with family, friends, and others.
Stay connected:
- Charge power banks ahead of time to help keep your cell phones charged.
- Report outages and check nearby outages by clicking this link.
Be safe
- Treat all downed lines as dangerous — they can carry an electric current that can cause serious or even fatal injuries. If you see a fallen wire, stay away and keep others away, including children and pets. Call SWEPCO at 1-888-218-3919 or 911 immediately.
- Always use caution with any alternate sources of lighting, cooking, cooling, or heating. Never operate lanterns, heaters, generators, fuel-fired stoves, or burn charcoal without proper ventilation to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning and fires.
- If you use a portable or RV generator, do not plug the generator into your home's main electrical panel. This can "back-feed" electricity into outside utility lines, creating the danger of electrocution for repair crews and the public. Instead, read the manufacturer's instructions, and only plug essential appliances directly into the generator.
- Be careful when driving or walking near all utility work zones.
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NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ClaimsFiler, a FREE shareholder information service, reminds investors that they have until November 28, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Olo Inc. (NYSE: OLO), if they purchased the Company's shares between August 11, 2021 and August 11, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Olo investors should visit us at https://claimsfiler.com/cases/nyse-olo/ or call toll-free (844) 367-9658. Lawyers at Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC are available to discuss your legal options.
Olo and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws.
On August 11, 2022, the Company announced disappointing results for 2Q2022, disclosing lowered revenue guidance and a flat active location count due to the loss of 2,500 Subway locations resulting from Subway's implementation of direct integration with marketplaces, and that the Company expected the remaining Subway locations to also end their contracts by 4Q2022 or 1Q2023, which effects the Company claimed to have incorporated into its guidance months earlier without informing the market.
On this news, shares of Olo stock plummeted approximately 36%, from a closing price of $12.99 per share on August 11, 2022, to a closing price of $8.26 per share on August 12, 2022.
The case is Pompano Beach Police and Firefighters' Retirement System v. Olo Inc., No. 1:22-cv-08228.
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Incumbent victory
New Hampshire voters have reelected Sen. Maggie Hassan, as Democrats fight to retain control of the Senate.
Hassan held a lead over Republican candidate Don Bolduc, U.S. Army veteran and former election denier, in the months ahead of Tuesday's elections.
Before she was elected to the U.S. Senate, Hassan served in the state Senate from 2004 to 2010 and then as governor from 2013 to 2017. Part of her reelection strategy was identifying as "an independent leader," working with politicians from both sides of the aisle to get things done.
She also ran as a champion of women's rights as one of 48 senators sponsoring the Women's Health Protection Act, which would federally protect an individual's right to end a pregnancy, as well as protect health care workers' legal right to perform abortions.
Bolduc ran with a focus on inflation and the economy, and had initially pushed former President Donald Trump's claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. The latter got him through the New Hampshire primaries, but he quickly reversed his position after receiving the Republican nomination.
He told NPR member station WBUR in October that he changed his mind on the issue, and that "I no longer have that position, and I'm not doing it to cater to anybody." The sudden change of opinion gave the impression that he could be trying to reel in independent voters, WBUR reported, a sentiment shared by Hassan.
"He spent over a year stoking the big lie," Hassan told WBUR. "What you're seeing now is Don Bolduc trying to hide and mislead people about how extreme he really is."
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The company continued to develop the technology, R&D and marketing infrastructure necessary to accelerate toward commercialization of cultured meat
REHOVOT, Israel, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Steakholder Foods (Nasdaq: STKH), formerly MeaTech 3D Ltd. (Nasdaq: MITC), an international deep-tech food company at the forefront of the cultured meat industry, today released its financial results for Q2 2022 and provided a business update.
Steakholder Foods is developing high quality beef, chicken, pork, and seafood products made from animal cells rather than farm-raised animals — as whole cuts, ground and raw materials — that are safer and with significantly less impact than conventional meat.
Q2 2022 Financial Results Summary
- Research and development expenses totaled $2.3 million in the three months ending June 30, 2022 compared to $1.8 million in the same period in 2021. The 28% increase reflects the company's growing investment in research and development as it achieves its milestones and expands its cultured meat technology capabilities.
- General and administrative expenses totaled $1.6 million in the three months ending June 30, 2022 compared to $1.4 million in the same period in 2021. The 12% increase was primarily due to increased salary expenses and increased payments for legal and professional services.
- Marketing expenses totaled $0.9 million in the three months ending June 30, 2022 compared to $0.3 million in the same period in 2021. The increase is mainly due to the company's increased salary expenses and growing investment in its US and global marketing activities.
- Operating loss totaled $4.8 million in the three months ending June 30, 2022 compared to $3.5 million in the same period in 2021. The 37% increase in the operating loss reflects the company's growing investment in research and development as well as marketing activities.
- Total comprehensive loss was $6.6 million in the three months ending June 30, 2022 or 3 cents per ordinary share ($0.33 per ADS) compared to $3.2 million or 11 cents per ordinary share ($1.10 per ADS) in the same period in 2021.
- Cash flow used in operating activities totaled $7.4 million in the six months ending June 30, 2022, compared to $5.0 million in the same period in 2021, reflecting a 48% increase, due mainly to the increased expenditures of the company's growing activities, including the addition of Peace of Meat as a subsidiary as of March 2021.
- Cash flow used in investment activities totaled $2.5 million in the six months ending June 30, 2022 compared to $6.3 million in the same period in 2021, reflecting a 61% decrease due mainly to the non-recurring acquisition of Peace of Meat in 2021.
- Cash flow from financing activities was $0.3 million in the six months ending June 30, 2022 compared to $29.1 million in the same period in 2021, during which the company's Nasdaq IPO took place.
- Cash and cash equivalents were $8.4 million on June 30, 2022 compared to $19.2 million at year-end 2021. The 56% decrease was mainly due to the company's ongoing operations. On July 5, 2022, the company raised gross proceeds of $6.5 million in equity. Pro forma to the capital raised and net after associated fees, the cash position as of June 30th is approximately $14.2 million.
- Current assets decreased to $10.8 million on June 30, 2022, a 51% decrease from $22.1 million at year-end 2021 due to its ongoing operations.
- Non-current assets increased by 20% to $22.4 million on June 30, 2022 from $18.5 million at year-end 2021, due mainly to a $3.3 million long-term lease asset of its new premises, offset by the recognition of a lease liability in the same amount in accordance with IFRS requirements.
- Total capital decreased 30% to $26.4 million on June 30, 2022, down from $37.6 million at year-end 2021. The decrease was mainly due to ongoing operations.
Arik Kaufman, Steakholder Foods's Chief Executive Officer & Founder: "We continue to proceed at a rapid pace with our plans and are very pleased with the progress the company has made in this quarter and in general. The $6.5m in capital we raised early in Q3 gives us continued resources to continue moving forward in our mission, and our recent rebranding better reflects the company's vision, direction, and uniqueness in the industry. We're aiming high, and we truly believe that everyone should be able to continue safely and securely enjoying real, delicious meat sustainably."
Business highlights
- In April 2022, the company announced development of a unique multi-nozzle 3D bioprinting system for highly precise industrial scale production of cultured meat products. The innovative 3D bioprinting technology will be offered to third parties by a wholly owned private Steakholder Foods subsidiary as an additional revenue stream and to accelerate commercialization.
- In May 2022, Steakholder Foods joined the United Nations Global Compact, committing to ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption and to act in support of UN goals and issues embodied in the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- In May 2022, Peace of Meat signed a strategic agreement with ENOUGH, a leader in the field of mycoprotein, a fungi-based fermented food ingredient, to accelerate commercialization. This innovative initiative is expected to create game-changing hybrid alternative meat products that better resemble the flavor, aroma, texture, and even nutritional value of conventional meat.
- In May 2022, the company announced the development of a unique, multi-nozzle 3D bioprinting system for industrial scale production of complex cultured meat products without impacting cell viability. The company plans to offer the technology to third parties via a wholly owned private Steakholder Foods subsidiary as an additional revenue stream and to accelerate commercialization.
- In June 2022, the company was granted its first patent out of several currently pending. The patent, issued by IP Australia, is based on the company's development of systems and methods to apply external forces to muscle tissue that result in the development of high-quality complex structured meat. This achievement strengthens the company's IP and accelerates its commercialization efforts as the leading developer of high-quality whole-cut cultivated meat products and provider of technology and services to third parties players.
- In July 2022, the company completed a $6.5 million registered direct offering with a leading institutional investor, pointing to strong support from international capital markets as part of the company's strategy.
- In July 2022, a collaboration was revealed with Umami Meats, a Singaporean cultured seafood company. This collaboration opens a door for both companies into the Asian market, and Singapore specifically, which is currently the only country that has authorized the production and distribution of cultured meat. Steakholder Foods also sees this collaboration as an opportunity to make a valuable contribution to the preservation of marine ecosystems and wildlife.
- In July 2022, Peace of Meat, the company's wholly owned Belgian subsidiary, announced the establishment of a stable and unique avian cell line with a clear upscaling path. Peace of Meat's cultured avian capabilities opens the door to commercialization in the hybrid foods market.
- In August 2022, the company rebranded itself as Steakholder Foods Ltd. and changed its ticker on the Nasdaq to STKH. The new name and brand reflects the company's commitment to cultivating a new community of meat lovers who wish to support and participate in the company's mission to make high-quality real meat sustainably.
- In August 2022, the company announced its initiation of cultured pork development using a porcine cell line with significantly greater lifespan and scalability. The new induced pluripotent porcine stem cell line (iPS) enables the company to continue diversifying its species portfolio and accelerate its market readiness for cultured pork production.
About Steakholder Foods
Steakholder Foods Ltd., formerly MeaTech 3D Ltd., is an international deep-tech food company at the forefront of the cultured meat revolution. The company initiated activities in 2019 and is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker STKH (formerly MITC). Steakholder Foods maintains facilities in Rehovot, Israel and Antwerp, Belgium and is in the process of expanding activities to the US.
The company is developing a slaughter-free solution for producing a variety of beef, chicken, pork, and seafood products — both as raw materials and whole cuts — as an alternative to industrialized farming and fishing. With its membership in the UN Global Compact, Steakholder Foods is committed to act in support of issues embodied in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which include strengthening food security, decreasing carbon footprint, and conserving water and land resources.
For more information, please visit: https://steakholderfoods.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning Steakholder Foods' business, operations and financial performance and condition as well as plans, objectives, and expectations for Steakholder Foods' business operations and financial performance and condition. Any statements that are not historical facts may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements reflect Steakholder Foods' current views with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which change over time, and other factors that may cause Steakholder Foods' actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may predict, forecast, indicate or imply future results, performance or achievements, and are typically identified with words such as "may," "could," "should," "will," "would," "believe," "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "aim," "intend," "plan" or words or phases of similar meaning and include, without limitation, Steakholder Foods' expectations regarding the success of its cultured meat manufacturing technologies it is developing, which will require significant additional work before Steakholder Foods can potentially launch commercial sales; Steakholder Foods' research and development activities associated with technologies for cultured meat manufacturing, including three-dimensional meat production, which involves a lengthy and complex process; Steakholder Foods' ability to obtain and enforce its intellectual property rights and to operate its business without infringing, misappropriating, or otherwise violating the intellectual property rights and proprietary technology of third parties; and other risks and uncertainties, including those identified in Steakholder Foods' Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 2022. New risks and uncertainties may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for Steakholder Foods to predict their occurrence or how they will affect Steakholder Foods. If one or more of the factors affecting Steakholder Foods' forward-looking information and statements proves incorrect, then Steakholder Foods' actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, forward-looking information and statements contained in this press release. Therefore, Steakholder Foods cautions you not to place undue reliance on its forward-looking information and statements. Steakholder Foods disclaims any duty to revise or update the forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, to reflect actual results or changes in the factors affecting the forward-looking statements, except as specifically required by law.
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DUBLIN, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aptiv PLC (NYSE: APTV), a global technology company focused on making mobility safer, greener and more connected, today reported third quarter 2022 U.S. GAAP earnings of $1.05 per diluted share. Excluding special items, third quarter earnings totaled $1.28 per diluted share.
Third Quarter Financial Highlights Include:
-- U.S. GAAP revenue of $4.6 billion, an increase of 26%
Revenue increased 33% adjusted for currency exchange and commodity movements; growth over market of 9% based on AWM1 of 24%
-- U.S. GAAP net income of $286 million, diluted earnings per share of $1.05
Excluding special items, diluted earnings per share of $1.28
-- U.S. GAAP operating income margin of 10.2%
Adjusted Operating Income margin of 11.4%, Adjusted Operating Income of $525 million; Adjusted EBITDA of $673 million
-- Generated $437 million of cash from operations
Year-to-Date Financial Highlights Include:
-- U.S. GAAP revenue of $12.8 billion, an increase of 12%
Revenue increased 15% adjusted for currency exchange and commodity movements; growth over market of 10% based on AWM1 of 5%
-- U.S. GAAP net income of $298 million, diluted earnings per share of $1.10
Excluding special items, diluted earnings per share of $2.14
-- U.S. GAAP operating income margin of 6.4%
Adjusted Operating Income margin of 8.3%, Adjusted Operating Income of $1,062 million; Adjusted EBITDA of $1,516 million
-- Generated $330 million of cash from operations
"Strong third quarter results are a testament to our ability to execute well despite the ongoing macroeconomic pressures. In the quarter, we continued to demonstrate strong growth over underlying vehicle production, and achieved record year-to-date bookings," said Kevin Clark, chairman and chief executive officer. "We continue to focus on strengthening our business foundation, which we believe will further improve our performance in 2023."
Third Quarter 2022 Results
For the three months ended September 30, 2022, the Company reported U.S. GAAP revenue of $4.6 billion, an increase of 26% from the prior year period. Adjusted for currency exchange and commodity movements, revenue increased by 33% in the third quarter. This reflects growth of 36% in Asia, which includes an increase of 42% in China, 31% in North America, 29% in Europe, and 53% in South America, our smallest region.
The Company reported third quarter 2022 U.S. GAAP net income of $286 million and earnings of $1.05 per diluted share, compared to $86 million and $0.32 per diluted share in the prior year period. Third quarter Adjusted Net Income, a non-GAAP financial measure defined below, totaled $364 million, or earnings of $1.28 per diluted share, compared to $140 million, or $0.49 per diluted share, in the prior year period.
Third quarter Adjusted Operating Income, a non-GAAP financial measure defined below, was $525 million, compared to $256 million in the prior year period. Adjusted Operating Income margin was 11.4%, compared to 7.0% in the prior year period, reflecting increased global vehicle production and the favorable impact of material cost recoveries. Depreciation and amortization expense totaled $190 million, as compared to $193 million in the prior year period.
Interest expense for the third quarter totaled $58 million, as compared to $36 million in the prior year period, which reflects impacts from our $2.5 billion debt issuance in the first quarter of 2022 in anticipation of the Wind River Systems, Inc. acquisition.
Tax expense in the third quarter of 2022 was $59 million, resulting in an effective tax rate of approximately 14%. Tax expense in the third quarter of 2021 was $25 million, resulting in an effective tax rate of approximately 14%.
The Company generated net cash flow from operating activities of $437 million in the third quarter, compared to $4 million in the prior year period.
Year-to-Date 2022 Results
For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company reported U.S. GAAP revenue of $12.8 billion, an increase of 12% from the prior year period. Adjusted for currency exchange and commodity movements, revenue increased by 15% during the period. This reflects growth of 19% in North America, 16% in Asia, which includes growth of 19% in China, 8% in Europe and 36% in South America, our smallest region.
For the 2022 year-to-date period, the Company reported U.S. GAAP net income of $298 million and earnings of $1.10 per diluted share, compared to $512 million and $1.89 per diluted share in the prior year period. Year-to-date Adjusted Net Income totaled $606 million, or $2.14 per diluted share, compared to $675 million, or $2.38 per diluted share, in the prior year period.
The Company reported Adjusted Operating Income of $1,062 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, compared to $1,068 million in the prior year period. Adjusted Operating Income margin was 8.3% for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, compared to 9.3% in the prior year period, reflecting adverse impacts from the second quarter COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns in China, continued adverse impacts from global inflationary pressures and the worldwide semiconductor shortage, partially offset by increased global vehicle production and the favorable impact of material cost recoveries. Depreciation and amortization expense totaled $574 million, as compared to $583 million in the prior year period.
Interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 totaled $157 million, as compared to $114 million in the prior year period, which reflects impacts from our $2.5 billion debt issuance in the first quarter of 2022 in anticipation of the Wind River Systems, Inc. acquisition.
Tax expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was $96 million, resulting in an effective tax rate of approximately 15% which was impacted by the geographic mix of earnings and increased losses in certain jurisdictions where no tax benefit is recognized, including the impact of charges resulting from the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. Tax expense in the prior year period was $101 million, resulting in an effective tax rate of 12%.
The Company generated net cash flow from operating activities of $330 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2022, compared to $553 million in the prior year period. As of September 30, 2022, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $4.9 billion and total available liquidity of $7.3 billion.
Reconciliations of Adjusted Revenue Growth, Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Net Income Per Share, Adjusted Operating Income, Adjusted EBITDA and Cash Flow Before Financing, which are non-GAAP measures, to the most directly comparable financial measures, respectively, calculated and presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP") are provided in the attached supplemental schedules.
Full Year 2022 Outlook
The Company's full year 2022 financial guidance is as follows:
Conference Call and Webcast
The Company will host a conference call to discuss these results at 8:00 a.m. (ET) today, which is accessible by dialing +1.800.239.9838 (U.S.) or +1.323.701.0225 (international) or through a webcast at ir.aptiv.com. The conference ID number is 7786988. A slide presentation will accompany the prepared remarks and has been posted on the investor relations section of the Company's website. A replay will be available two hours following the conference call.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information
This press release contains information about Aptiv's financial results which are not presented in accordance with GAAP. Specifically, Adjusted Revenue Growth, Adjusted Operating Income, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Net Income Per Share and Cash Flow Before Financing are non-GAAP financial measures. Adjusted Revenue Growth represents the year-over-year change in reported net sales relative to the comparable period, excluding the impact on net sales from currency exchange, commodity movements, acquisitions, divestitures and other transactions. Adjusted Operating Income represents net income before interest expense, other income (expense), net, income tax (expense) benefit, equity income (loss), net of tax, amortization, restructuring, other acquisition and portfolio project costs, asset impairments, other charges related to the Ukraine/Russia conflict and gains (losses) on business divestitures and other transactions. Other acquisition and portfolio project costs include costs incurred to integrate acquired businesses and to plan and execute product portfolio transformation actions, including business and product acquisitions and divestitures. Adjusted Operating Income margin is defined as Adjusted Operating Income as a percentage of net sales. Adjusted EBITDA represents net income before depreciation and amortization (including asset impairments), interest expense, income tax (expense) benefit, other income (expense), net, equity income (loss), net of tax, restructuring and other special items.
Adjusted Net Income represents net income attributable to Aptiv before amortization, restructuring and other special items, including the tax impact thereon. Adjusted Net Income Per Share represents Adjusted Net Income divided by the Adjusted Weighted Average Number of Diluted Shares Outstanding for the period. The Adjusted Weighted Average Number of Diluted Shares Outstanding assumes the application of the if-converted method of share dilution, if not already applied for GAAP purposes of calculating the weighted average number of diluted shares outstanding. Cash Flow Before Financing represents cash provided by (used in) operating activities plus cash provided by (used in) investing activities, adjusted for the purchase price of business acquisitions and other transactions, the cost of significant technology investments and net proceeds from the divestiture of discontinued operations and other significant businesses.
Effective on January 1, 2022, the Company now excludes amortization expense of intangible assets from the calculation of Adjusted Operating Income, Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Net Income Per Share. Financial results reported in this release for both the current and historical period have been prepared under this new definition. Outlook information presented above is also calculated under this new definition. The forward-looking non-GAAP measures presented in this release are reconciled under this new definition to their closest GAAP financial measure on pages 18 and 19.
Management believes the non-GAAP financial measures used in this press release are useful to both management and investors in their analysis of the Company's financial position, results of operations and liquidity. In particular, management believes Adjusted Revenue Growth, Adjusted Operating Income, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Net Income Per Share and Cash Flow Before Financing are useful measures in assessing the Company's ongoing financial performance that, when reconciled to the corresponding GAAP measure, provide improved comparability between periods through the exclusion of certain items that management believes are not indicative of the Company's core operating performance and that may obscure underlying business results and trends. Management also uses these non-GAAP financial measures for internal planning and forecasting purposes.
Such non-GAAP financial measures are reconciled to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures in the attached supplemental schedules at the end of this press release. Non-GAAP measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for our reported results prepared in accordance with GAAP and, as calculated, may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies.
1 Represents global vehicle production weighted to the geographic regions in which the Company generates its revenue ("AWM").
About Aptiv
Aptiv is a global technology company that develops safer, greener and more connected solutions enabling a more sustainable future of mobility. Visit aptiv.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release, as well as other statements made by Aptiv PLC (the "Company"), contain forward-looking statements that reflect, when made, the Company's current views with respect to current events, certain investments and acquisitions and financial performance including the potential impact of the proposed acquisition of Wind River Systems, Inc. Such forward-looking statements are subject to many risks, uncertainties and factors relating to the Company's operations and business environment, which may cause the actual results of the Company to be materially different from any future results. All statements that address future operating, financial or business performance or the Company's strategies or expectations are forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following: global and regional economic conditions, including conditions affecting the credit market; uncertainties posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the difficulty in predicting its future course and its impact on the global economy and the Company's future operations; uncertainties created by the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, and its impacts on the European and global economies and our operations in each country; fluctuations in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates; the cyclical nature of global automotive sales and production; the potential disruptions in the supply of and changes in the competitive environment for raw material and other components integral to the Company's products, including the current semiconductor supply shortage; the Company's ability to maintain contracts that are critical to its operations; potential changes to beneficial free trade laws and regulations such as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement; the ability of the Company to integrate and realize the expected benefits of recent transactions; the ability of the Company to attract, motivate and/or retain key executives; the ability of the Company to avoid or continue to operate during a strike, or partial work stoppage or slow down by any of its unionized employees or those of its principal customers; and the ability of the Company to attract and retain customers. Additional factors are discussed under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. New risks and uncertainties arise from time to time, and it is impossible for us to predict these events or how they may affect the Company. It should be remembered that the price of the ordinary shares and any income from them can go down as well as up. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events and/or otherwise, except as may be required by law.
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Lightfoot’s re-election bid in jeopardy as Chicago mayoral challengers see surge in support: poll
61% of respondents in a recent survey disapprove of Lightfoot’s performance as mayor
Three candidates have taken center stage amid a crowded field of contenders for this month's nonpartisan Chicago mayoral election, with a new poll finding incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot in a dead heat with a current congressman and the former head of Chicago Public Schools.
The poll – released last Wednesday from WBEZ, Chicago Sun-Times, NBC5, and Telemundo Chicago – found Lightfoot's re-election bid in a margin of error race with Democrat Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, who represents Illinois's 4th Congressional District, and former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas.
Three out of five voters who took part in the poll, which was conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy Inc. from Jan. 31 to Feb. 3, disapprove of Lightfoot's performance during her first term in office, with 71% of respondents saying they believe the city is headed in the wrong direction.
Of the 625 likely mayoral election voters who were surveyed by phone, Garcia received 20% support from respondents, followed by Vallas with 18%, and Lightfoot with 17%. The three candidates who received the most support in the poll all fell within the survey's margin of error of +/- 4 percentage points.
‘PANDEMIC OF VIOLENCE’: LIGHTFOOT’S RECORD ON CRIME AT THE FOREFRONT OF CHICAGO MAYORAL ELECTION
While 18% of respondents were undecided on who they would cast their ballot for on Feb. 28, Election Day, entrepreneur Willie Wilson trailed Lightfoot with 12% support, followed by Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson with 11%. A mere 2% tossed their support behind candidate Ja’Mal Green, and 1% offered support for Alderman Sophia King of the 4th Ward and Democrat state Rep. Kam Buckner.
Should no candidate receive more than 50% of the vote in the general election, a runoff election between the top two vote recipients will take place on April 4.
Of those who offered responses, 54% said they held an unfavorable view of Lightfoot – who has served as Chicago's mayor since 2019 and struggled to take control of the city's crime wave. Only 22% of likely Chicago voters said they held a favorable view of her.
In comparison, Garcia was viewed favorably by 33% and unfavorably by 18% of those who responded, followed by Vallas, who was viewed favorably by 30% and unfavorably by 20%.
LIGHTFOOT RIVAL TORCHES MAYOR OVER CRIME AHEAD OF ELECTION: 'PEOPLE KEEP DYING'
Regarding Lightfoot's performance as mayor, 61% of those polled said they disapproved. Only 23% said they believe Chicago is on the "right track," while 71% said the city was on the "wrong track."
A Wednesday morning statement from Lightfoot's campaign expressed confidence in her ability to lead and win re-election later this month.
"As we’ve shared transparently, our internal polling paints a distinctly different picture," the campaign's statement said. "We fully anticipate winning this election, particularly once the voters learn all about the extremely troubling histories of Mr. Vallas and Mr. Garcia. Mayor Lightfoot has always been underestimated by pundits, and apparently today is no different. See you on April 4."
While there are a number of issues in focus ahead of the election, crime is a central priority for both candidates and voters. Homicides in the deep-blue city rose to their highest number in 25 years in 2021, according to police department records, outpacing New York City and Los Angeles.
In a recent interview with "Tucker Carlson Tonight," Wilson took aim at Lightfoot for her stance on crime. "These people need to be caught. [There are] too many restrictions on the police department. We need to take the handcuffs off the police officers and put them on the people who's actually doing it," Wilson said.
"This particular mayor that we have right now just keep coming up with excuses, excuses; but people keep dying on the street. Nobody's doing a damn thing about it," he added.
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Though the numbers of people shot or killed across the city are down this year, there was a 35% increase in all reported crimes in 2022, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
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LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Sprinkle the sequins and pump up the volume: The 67th Eurovision Song Contest reaches its climax on Saturday with a grand final broadcast live from Liverpool. There will be catchy choruses, a kaleidoscope of costumes and tributes to the spirit of Ukraine in a competition that for seven decades has captured the changing zeitgeist of a continent.
Here’s what to expect as acts from across Europe — and beyond — vie for the continent’s pop crown.
WHO’S COMPETING?
This year, 37 countries sent an act to Eurovision, selected through national competitions or internal selections by broadcasters. The host country is usually the winner of the previous year’s event, but 2022 runner-up Britain is hosting this time around on behalf of the winner, Ukraine.
Twenty-six countries will compete in Saturday’s final at the Liverpool Arena, beside the River Mersey in the port city that gave birth to The Beatles. Six countries automatically qualify: last year’s winner and the “Big Five” who pay the most to the contest — France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the U.K.
The other 20 finalists, chosen by public votes in two semifinals on Tuesday and Thursday, are: Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Israel, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland.
WAIT — AUSTRALIA?
Eurovision is about spirit, not just geography. Eurovision is hugely popular in Australia, and the country was allowed to join the competition in 2015. Other entrants from outside Europe’s borders include Israel and Azerbaijan.
WHO ARE THIS YEAR’S FAVORITES?
It’s hard to predict victors in a contest whose past winners have ranged from ABBA to Finnish cartoon metal band Lordi, but bookmakers say Swedish diva Loreen, who won Eurovision in 2012, is favorite to score a double with her power ballad “Tattoo.”
Finland’s Käärijä was a crowd-pleaser in the semifinals with his pop-metal party tune “Cha Cha Cha,” and Canadian singer La Zarra, competing for France, is also highly ranked for her Edith Piaf-esque chanson “Évidemment.”
And never underestimate left-field entries like Croatia’s Let 3, whose song “Mama ŠČ!”is pure Eurovision camp: an antiwar rock opera that plays like Monty Python meets “Dr. Strangelove.”
WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE FINAL?
Around 6,000 fans will attend the final, hosted by long-time BBC Eurovision presenter Graham Norton, “Ted Lasso” star Hannah Waddingham, British singer Alesha Dixon and Ukrainian rock star Julia Sanina.
Each competing act must sing live and stick to a three-minute limit, but otherwise is free to create its own staging — the flashier the pyrotechnics and more elaborate the choreography, the better.
Russia’s war in Ukraine will lend a solemn note to a contest famed for celebrating cheesy pop. The show will open with a performance by last year’s winner, Ukrainian folk-rap band Kalush Orchestra. Ukrainian singer Jamala, who won the contest in 2016, will perform a tribute to her Crimean Tatar culture.
One person who won’t be appearing is Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He asked to address the final by video — but organizer the European Broadcasting Union said “regrettably,” that would breach “the nonpolitical nature of the event.”
HOW IS THE WINNER DECIDED?
After all the acts have performed, viewers in participating nations can vote by phone, text message or app – though they can’t vote for their own country. This year for the first time, viewers in nonparticipating countries can also vote online, with the combined “rest of the world” votes being given the weight of one individual country.
National juries of music industry professionals also allocate between one and 12 points to their favorite songs, with an announcer from each country popping up to declare which has been granted the coveted “douze points” (12 points).
Public and jury votes are combined to give each country a single score. Ending up with “nul points” (zero points) is considered a national embarrassment. It’s a fate the U.K. has suffered several times.
HOW CAN I WATCH?
Eurovision is being shown by national broadcasters that belong to the European Broadcasting Union, including the BBC in Britain, and on the Eurovision YouTube channel. In the United States, it’s being shown on NBC’s Peacock streaming service.
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WATERLOO — Gangway, Pirates of the Caribbean — here come The Lady Pirates of Captain Bree.
Students in the DeKalb High School theater department are ready to set sail this weekend with their latest production, “The Lady Pirates of Captain Bree.”
Students in the theater arts classes have built a three-masted schooner in the school’s auditorium. The schooner becomes the set for 36 performers to bring to life this classic pirate tale.
“The kids have just had a plain blast coming to rehearsal and getting a chance to play pirates,” said director Jed Freels.
“I love their energy and the fact that they get the message of the show. Anyone can be whatever they want in life, in spite of what society expects us to be.”
The story starts when a crew jumps ship upon sighting the pirates in the distance. Captain Jennings, played by Clayton Brown, is left with a makeshift crew of motley prisoners and Fergus (Kaiden Wisehart), a sailor who can’t swim, to protect his wealthy passengers, the Prescots, from the inevitable attack. Captain Bree, played by Maya Sells, and the lady pirates take over the defenseless Kayla May.
This musical comedy features a host of characters on deck and a Bill Francoeur score. Along with Captain Bree’s crew of mean and nasty mates, the show finds the haughty Professor Bidwell and the pretentious Madam Prescot, played by Leah Samuelson, constantly battling for special treatment and respect from the pirates. Samuel Prescot (Ewan Wells) masquerades as a girl to avoid becoming shark bait, and Julia Prescot (Jozie Vanderhorst) bursts with desire to join the lady pirates, much to her aunt’s dismay.
After the pirates send Thomas, the cabin boy, out to sea with a ransom note demanding gold from the British in exchange for the Prescots’ lives, they amuse themselves by auctioning off the male prisoners to do their dirty work and showing Julia the ropes of pirating.
But what is in store when Thomas returns with a British fleet, set on hanging the pirates for their deeds? Madam Prescot and Bidwell are equally set on seeing Captain Jennings hang for his defenseless approach to the lady pirates.
Show times are 7 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets can be purchased at the door or online at Showtix4u.com.
Cast members include: Maya Sells, Olivia Woodcox, Kya Blomeke, Regan Nordman, Lizzie Buchs, Claire Woodcox, Kyana Krontz, Amarra Nester, Elizabeth Allen, Lilly Saurbeck, Mackenzie Taggart, Molly Reasner, Aurora Miser-Buhite, Isabella Barton, Zoey Smith, Addison Roberts, Alice Chitwood, Leah Samuelson, Ewan Wells, Jozie Vanderhorst, Clayton Brown, Kayden Wisehart, Gabe Barton, Evan Pfefferkorn, Gabriel Chieotera, Silas Refner, Landon Orsi, Jonathon Ballard, Veronicka Bauman, Sally Ann Wiley, Kayla Roberts, Keenan Brown, Taylor Reeves, Tristan Orsi, Owen Holwerda, Titus Refner, Emma Lepper, Isabella Karch, Anna Brindle, Braya Keen, Mariah Wright, Ella Hathaway, Zera Utnage and Linzee Ramer. | https://www.kpcnews.com/thestar/article_a625c085-d3df-5c22-a363-3e48b8f75f15.html | 2022-12-15 06:13:08 | 0 | https://www.kpcnews.com/thestar/article_a625c085-d3df-5c22-a363-3e48b8f75f15.html |
Oklahoma Natural Gas to increase monthly bill rates
Published: May. 17, 2023 at 3:42 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
OKLAHOMA (KXII) - Oklahoma Natural Gas customers could soon see an increase on their monthly bill.
According to a notice sent to customers, the Oklahoma Natural Gas company is asking the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to review and approve a new hike that would add $1.55 to the average customer’s monthly bill.
If approved, the increase would go into effect on July 1st.
This increase comes after another rate hike request the company made in 2022 that added $2 to customer’s monthly bills.
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FIRST ON FOX: Twenty-two Republican House members and six GOP senators urged President Biden to withdraw his reported appointee to oversee the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Texas GOP Rep. Chip Roy led the letter with Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., opposing the president’s reported nomination of Dr. Mandy Cohen as the next CDC director and urging him to rescind his selection.
"Dr. Cohen is unfit for the position," the lawmakers wrote. "Throughout her career, Dr. Cohen has politicized science, disregarded civil liberties, and spread misinformation about the efficacy and necessity of COVID vaccinations and the necessity of masks, during her time as the Secretary of the North Carolina Health and Human Services."
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"She also has a history of engaging in partisan left-wing politics," the Republicans continued. "As Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Dr. Cohen was a proponent of unnecessary, unscientific COVID restrictions on school children, stating in July 2021 that ‘Schools with students in K-8th grade should require all children and staff to wear masks indoors, regardless of vaccination status. Schools with students in 9th-12th grades should ensure that anyone who isn’t fully vaccinated, including students, wear a mask indoors.’"
The Republicans pointed out that, after a North Carolina school district "followed the science by declining to institute unscientific mask mandates" and ended "other unproven and largely hysterical quarantine policies," Cohen "threatened to bring legal action against the district."
"Dr. Cohen’s willingness to threaten the school district put politics over the well-being of children and is just another example of the litany of public health abuses the American people endured at the hands of bureaucrats throughout the COVID-19 pandemic," they wrote.
Roy, Budd and their colleagues wrote that while Cohen "claims to have acted on scientific data, her account of her decision-making during the pandemic indicated that she merely arbitrarily copied her friends' actions in similar positions of power, without considering scientific evidence or the decisions of elected officials."
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The Republicans pointed out that Cohen "recounted a conversation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services in Massachusetts," whom she "claimed she ‘called the most’ for advice on COVID policy," where Cohen mirrored her Massachusetts compatriot’s decision to lighten up on masks that upcoming Monday.
"To further illustrate the point, in August 2020, Dr. Cohen publicly sported a Dr. Fauci-themed cloth mask, asserting that ‘face coverings are one of our strongest tools to slow the spread of COVID-19,’" the lawmakers wrote.
"This was despite scientific data showing that face coverings largely fail to stop the spread of COVID-19, including experts finding that ‘we continue to conclude that cloth masks and face coverings are likely to have limited impact on lowering COVID-19 transmission,’" they continued.
The lawmakers noted that Cohen "has an extensive history of publicly campaigning for Democrats and supporting radical, left-wing policies," such as pushing for a ban on "semi-automatic rifles" and lobbying "to classify climate change as a ‘public health crisis’" while working for the political group "Doctors for Obama" — later "Doctors for America."
"She also participated in the misleading ‘White Coat Rally’ at the White House supporting ObamaCare as a tense debate raged and as recently as August of 2022 hosted fundraisers for Democrats running for office," the lawmakers wrote.
"Given her strong affiliation with the Democrat Party and the COVID-19 lockdowns, it will be difficult for the American people to trust Dr. Cohen to run the CDC as a nonpartisan actor who makes objective decisions rooted in scientific data, and not in political expediency. Therefore, we urge you to reverse course on Dr. Cohen’s reported appointment to the Director of the CDC."
Though the CDC director position does not require Senate confirmation, members of Congress are nevertheless urging Biden to change his selection. The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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First Alert Weather Day Thursday for strong to severe storms
SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) - The forecast for strong to severe storms Thursday afternoon is still holding as of this morning. We expect a quick moving cold front to cross over the Mid-Michigan during the early to mid-afternoon hours, helping to spark strong to severe storms. The TV5 First Alert Weather Team has declared a First Alert Weather Day because of today’s storm potential.
If you have plans to be outside today, know that the morning is actually still going to be quiet, even the evening hours after around 6 PM. It’s just the noon to 6 PM timeframe that will be of main concern for being outside. With some outdoor events ongoing like the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational and the Arenac County Fair in Standish, stay weather aware and keep an eye on the sky during the afternoon. Make sure your devices are charged and that you have multiple ways to receive weather alerts. One source of alert information is the TV5 First Alert Weather App! You can find it in the App Store or on Google Play, search “WNEM Weather.”
Today
This morning a few isolated showers will be possible in the northern parts of our area as they are remnants of thunderstorms from Wisconsin from earlier in the night. The drier we stay this morning though, the higher the likelihood of us being able to see stronger to severe storms this afternoon. The Storm Prediction Center is highlighting today’s severe weather risk with a Slight (Scattered) Risk.
Around noon is when we expect the first storms to start to fire up in our area. These storms will be closer to Houghton Lake, Roscommon, Harrison, and west of West Branch. These initial storms likely won’t be able to rotate very quickly, so initially in those locations it will be a damaging wind gust and large hail threat.
Closer to 2 to 3 PM is where storms start to migrate closer to the Saginaw Bay and Tri-Cities. It’s worth noting that it’s this timeframe where you’ll need to be on the lookout for these storms if you’re in Standish or Midland. At this point, storms will have a better tendency to rotate and could bring an isolated, brief tornado.
Once we get into the 4 to 6 PM timeframe, storms will be closer to Flint, Lapeer, and through the Thumb. Like last week -- and we’re under a similar atmospheric setup today too -- storms were able to spin up pretty easily across the Thumb so this is likely to be the area of main concern for any isolated tornadoes today. Wind gusts of 60 mph and hail of 1″ in diameter are certainly going to be possible and do have a better chance of happening than a tornado.
To summarize our threats of severe weather today, take a look at the graphic below. This shows the areas that will have the best rotation to possibly spin up a tornado, and the wind and hail threats are highlighted by a slightly more elevated chance.
Once these storms pass, after 6 PM the rest of the evening will be quiet past possibly a stray shower. Skies will turn partly to mostly clear through the evening too. Highs today are going to reach close to 82 degrees right before the cold front, dew points also getting well into the 60s which will work together to fuel those storms. Today’s wind will also be southwesterly ahead of the cold front, then turn northwesterly behind the cold front. Wind speeds will be from 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 20 mph.
Tonight
Skies will be partly to mostly clear overnight with a low of 59 degrees. The wind will be northwesterly at 10 to 15 mph, gusting to 20 mph. Past the wind, it’ll be a quieter night and good to have the windows opens!
Friday
The day will feature variably cloudy skies with only a pop-up shower chance near the shoreline during the afternoon. Otherwise, the day is dry with highs reaching up to 79 degrees. There will be a north northwest wind from 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
For a look beyond Friday, head over to the full TV5 First Alert 7-Day Forecast!
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MIAMI — While Jalen Brunson was ascending to a higher status of greatness in the playoffs, the annual NBA awards trickled in and demonstrated the Knicks point guard still hasn’t captured his due respect.
Brunson didn’t come close to winning any of the three categories that he should’ve been considered as a viable candidate. It followed up his snub for the All-Star team this year.
Meanwhile, Julius Randle, who had been a disappointment in the playoffs heading into Friday’s Game 6, was named to the All-NBA Third Team.
“Obviously, it’s a great honor. It’s a testament, you know, those things don’t happen without the group of guys that we have,” Randle said. “I’ve said it all year, it takes the belief of the front office, our coaching staff, and most of all my teammates. They trust me to go out there and compete every night and play at a high level. I just Thank God. It’s a huge honor.”
As Randle spoke about the honor, teammate RJ Barrett was motioning like he was counting money. It was a reference to the performance bonus Randle might receive. However, Randle doesn’t have an All-NBA bonus attached to his contract. He already earned an extra $1.2 million this season by being an All-Star. If Randle is named All-NBA next season, he qualifies for a supermax contract as a free agent in 2026 or 2027.
But Randle hasn’t played up to a supermax contract. Brunson has.
The point guard entered Friday averaging 26.5 points, 5.9 assists and five rebounds with just two turnovers in the playoffs. His Game 5 performance — 38 points, nine rebounds, seven assists, one turnover in 48 minutes — was a gem that earned him high praise from the opposition.
“He has a great competitive will,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “So, he’s going to continue to attack, he’s going to try to manipulate the defense. He’s aggressive, he’s physical, but he also knows how to draw fouls.
“He’s clever, so he has that combination. So be it, you have to respect him as a competitor and then find a way to get the job done.”
Brunson finished third for the Most Improved Player Award after Utah’s Lauri Markkanen and Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. He was 339 voting points behind Markkanen.
Brunson was fourth in the voting for the Clutch Player Award, finishing 383 points behind the winner De’Aaron Fox of the Kings.
For All-NBA, Brunson received just five votes for Second Team and eight votes for Third Team.
The Daily News voted Brunson on Third Team All-NBA and second for Most Improved. The voting process predictably created controversy when former Knicks point guard Mark Jackson, now an ESPN analyst, acknowledged that he absent-mindedly left Nikola Jokic off his MVP ballot.
“One thing I live by, you make a mistake, you own it,” Jackson said in an interview Thursday with SiriusXM NBA Radio. “Absolute mistake made by me… I’m thinking, how did I make that mistake? You can tell I put one center, two forwards and two guards. So I wasn’t even thinking.
“I apologize to the Denver Nuggets. I apologize to Nikola Jokic, who is not only in the MVP discussion and deserved to be on my ballot but he is one of the greatest players in the history of this game and a top-10 center of all time. So I own it. If you want to take away my vote or do whatever, more than welcome. I made a mistake.”
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A top executive at plant-based food company Beyond Meat has been charged with felony battery after a fight outside a college football game in which he was accused of biting a man’s nose.
Doug Ramsey was also charged with making a terroristic threat after the attack Saturday in a parking garage outside a University of Arkansas football game in Fayetteville.
Beyond Meat said Tuesday it has suspended Ramsey indefinitely.
According to a police report, Ramsey was angered when another driver inched in front of him in a traffic lane and made contact with the front passenger wheel on Ramsey’s Ford Bronco SUV.
The police report alleges that Ramsey got out of his vehicle and punched through the back windshield of the other driver’s car. The driver told police he got out of his car and Ramsey pulled him close and began punching him. Ramsey also bit the tip of the other driver’s nose, ripping the flesh, according to the police report.
The driver and witnesses told police that Ramsey threatened to kill the other man. Occupants of both vehicles got out and separated the two men.
Washington County court records show Ramsey was released Sunday on a $11,085 bond. A court appearance is scheduled for Oct. 19. Court officials were unable to provide the name of an attorney for Ramsey on Tuesday.
Ramsey, 53, spent more than 30 years at Springdale, Arkansas-based Tyson Foods before joining Beyond Meat as chief operating officer late last year. He held top leadership positions at Tyson, including president of its poultry division and president of its global McDonald’s business.
At Beyond Meat, he has guided partnerships with fast food companies including McDonald’s, Panda Express and KFC.
Beyond Meat said Jonathan Nelson, its senior vice president for manufacturing operations, will oversee the company’s operations on an interim basis.
Beyond Meat shares hit a 52-week low of $15.97 Tuesday before closing at $16.03. The company’s shares have tumbled more than 75% since the start of this year.
The El Segundo, California-based company has struggled as customers dealing with soaring grocery bills have bypassed its higher-priced products. McDonald’s also recently ended a U.S. trial of its McPlant meatless burger — developed with Beyond Meat — without confirming future plans for the product.
Beyond Meat laid off 4% of its workforce in August.
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WASHINGTON, May 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Media accreditation is open for SpaceX's 28th commercial resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station. Liftoff of the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft on the company's Falcon 9 rocket is targeted no earlier than 12:34 p.m. EDT Saturday, June 3, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceX's Dragon will deliver new science investigations, food, supplies, and equipment for the international crew, including the next pair of IROSAs (International Space Station Roll Out Solar Arrays). These solar panels, which roll out using stored kinetic energy, will expand the energy-production capabilities of the space station. This will be the third set launching in the SpaceX Dragon's trunk, and once installed, will help provide a 20% to 30% increase in power for space station research and operations.
Media prelaunch and launch activities will take place at Kennedy. Attendance for this launch is open to U.S. citizens. U.S. media must apply by 11:59 p.m. Monday, May 15. Media wishing to take part in person must apply for credentials at:
Credentialed media will receive a confirmation email upon approval. NASA's media accreditation policy is available online. For questions about accreditation, or to request special logistical needs, please email ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov. For other questions, please contact Kennedy's newsroom at: 321-867-2468.
Para obtener información sobre cobertura en español en el Centro Espacial Kennedy o si desea solicitar entrevistas en español, comuníquese con Antonia Jaramillo at: antonia.jaramillobotero@nasa.gov or 321-501-8425.
To advance climate monitoring efforts, students from York University in Toronto, Ontario, are providing a camera that will observe snow and ice coverage in northern Canada. Other investigations launching include Genes in Space-10, a student-designed DNA experiment sponsored by ISS National Laboratory, and the next generation of seeds for NASA's Plant Habitat-03, which studies plant adaptation to the space environment.
Cargo resupply by U.S. companies significantly increases NASA's ability to conduct more investigations aboard the orbiting laboratory. Those investigations lead to new technologies, medical treatments, and products that improve life on Earth. Other U.S. government agencies, private industry, and academic and research institutions can also conduct microgravity research through our partnership with the ISS National Laboratory.
Humans have occupied the space station continuously since November 2000. In that time, 266 people and a variety of international and commercial spacecraft have visited the orbital outpost. It remains the springboard to NASA's next great leap in exploration, including future missions to the Moon under Artemis, and ultimately, human exploration of Mars.
For more information about commercial resupply missions, visit:
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LOS ANGELES — You may have come home with it after a recent trip to New England. Or you may have gotten it from that friend or family member who flew in from New York over the holidays.
The newest omicron subvariant of concern is XBB.1.5, and it has arrived in Southern California. This version of the coronavirus is more contagious and more resistant to existing immunity than any of it predecessors.
“It’s just the latest and greatest and most infectious variant,” said , a virologist at the University of Southern California. “It’s amazing to me that this virus keeps finding one more trick to make itself even more infectious, even more transmissible.”
Along with a related subvariant called XBB.1, XBB.1.5 is a combination of two different versions of the BA.2 subvariant of omicron. Both parents are particularly good at binding to the ACE2 receptor — the part of the cell the virus’ spike protein attacks to initiate an infection — and their descendants that talent.
In the final week of 2022, of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus specimens circulating in the U.S. were of the XBB.1.5 variety, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s especially prevalent in the country’s Northeast, where it first surfaced in early November and now accounts for more than 72% of cases.
XBB.1.5 has so far made less of an impact in the region that includes California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii and the Pacific islands, where its coronavirus market share is 9.2%, according to the CDC. (It’s even less prevalent in mountain and Midwestern states from Utah to Ohio, Michigan and Minnesota.)
In Los Angeles County, as in most of the country, the BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 versions of omicron still dominate, said , chief science officer for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
Two weeks ago, XBB.1.5 accounted for about 5% of coronaviruses in the county, Simon said. But the county’s data lag real life by about two weeks, he said, and he expects to see a jump in XBB.1.5’s prevalence — and in the total number of coronavirus infections — in the last numbers of 2022.
“It’s predictable: After holidays, there’s a bump-up in cases,” Simon said. “We saw it after Thanksgiving. We’re expecting it’ll occur over the next few weeks.”
While it sounds repetitive to describe every up-and-coming new subvariant in superlative terms — more transmissible than ever before, now with unprecedented ability to evade immunity — that’s just evolution at work, said , an infectious disease physician and a professor of medicine and epidemiology at UCLA.
“The only way a new version of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is going to displace what’s already out there is that it has to have some competitive advantage,” Brewer said. “If it did not have a competitive advantage, it would not displace what’s already out there.”
And when it comes to survival of the fittest, XBB.1.5 has several things going for it.
“It’s almost like a triple threat,” Cannon said. It’s the most infectious subvariant to date. It dodges the immunity conveyed by a vaccine, booster shot or previous infection . And was the case with the Delta and original omicron variants, it emerged in the late fall — just in time to proliferate during the frequent indoor gatherings of the holiday season.
XBB.1.5 isn’t just making its mark in the United States. It’s rapidly displacing other omicron subvariants globally, Wednesday.
“We do expect further waves of infection around the world,” said infectious disease epidemiologist , the COVID-19 lead for the WHO Health Emergencies Program. “But that doesn’t have to translate into further waves of death because our countermeasures continue to work.”
Early data suggest XBB.1.5 and XBB.1 don’t appear to cause more serious disease than previous forms of the virus. There is also no indication that they respond differently than other subvariants to the drug , which reduces viral load when taken in the earliest days of the disease, Cannon said. (Like all the other subvariants currently in circulation, it does not respond to treatment with monoclonal antibodies.)
While the new strains’ characteristics make it more likely that fully vaccinated or previously infected people will test positive for an infection, the shots are still effective at preventing serious disease, Simon said.
Los Angeles County still has a lot of opportunity to weaken its transmission chains. Disappointingly few people have elected to get the , Simon said — only slightly more than one-third of people aged 65 and older and one-fifth of younger adults have rolled up their sleeves for shots that target omicron along with the original version of the virus.
“If you’re elderly, or — if you’re in one of those groups, it is really, really important that you keep up with boosters,” said , an infectious disease epidemiologist and senior fellow at the Kaiser Family Foundation.
“Yes, you personally may have moved on from COVID. Maybe you’re a young, healthy person who’s gotten their three shots,” she said. “But this is still holding back the economy. It is still having a big impact on health care institutions, which means the cost is being passed on to you as a consumer. … So there are reasons collectively that we should be trying to mitigate (this).”
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World Cup 2022: What to know about the first slate of quarterfinal matches
Brazil-Croatia starts the day's matches
The World Cup is about to enter the home stretch with the quarterfinals set to begin Friday and fans can tune into FOX to watch all the coverage, starting at 9 a.m. ET.
The first two matches will take place in Lusail and Al Rayyan in Qatar and both are expected to be terrific matches.
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Fans will get to see Croatia take on Brazil first and then Argentina faces off against the Netherlands in the first slate of quarterfinal matchups.
Holland topped the U.S. in the Round of 16, 3-1, to make it to the quarterfinals, and Argentina got past Australia, 2-1, in their Round of 16 matchup. For Croatia, they were able to skirt by Japan in penalties while Brazil showed why they were the favorites to win the tournament with a 4-1 showing against South Korea.
Here’s what you need to know about the matches.
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How to watch Brazil vs. Croatia
The quarterfinals match between Croatia and Brazil can be seen on FOX. The coverage begins at 9 a.m. ET, with the match starting at 10 a.m. ET. Fans can also tune in here for the action.
How to watch Netherlands vs. Argentina
The quarterfinals match between the Netherlands and Argentina can be seen on FOX. The match begins at 2 p.m. ET after the Croatia-Brazil match. Fans can also tune in here for the action.
Who are the Netherlands players to watch?
Cody Gakpo has been a goal-scoring machine for the Dutch and is second in goals behind France’s Kylian Mbappe. Goalkeeper Andries Noppert has only allowed two goals in the entire tournament.
Who are the Argentina players to watch?
Lionel Messi is obviously the one the Netherlands has to keep an eye on. He also has three goals in the tournament. Julian Alvarez has put two in the back of the net for Argentina as well.
Who are the Croatia players to watch?
Croatia needed clutch goals to get into the quarterfinals. Andrej Kramaric has two goals to his credit so far in the tournament. Luka Modric is still looking for his first but don’t sleep on him in clutch time.
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Who are the Brazil players to watch?
Brazil looked like the favorite in their match against South Korea and are sure to try and put on a showcase against Croatia. Just when you think you have Neymar stopped, Richarlison can strike. If you have both of them stopped, there’s Vinicius Junior to stop. Oh, and good luck getting one past Alisson. | https://www.foxnews.com/sports/world-cup-2022-what-to-know-first-slate-quarterfinal-matches | 2022-12-09 18:19:47 | 1 | https://www.foxnews.com/sports/world-cup-2022-what-to-know-first-slate-quarterfinal-matches |
‘Teamwork makes the dream work’: Firefighters rescue dog from storm drain
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT/Gray) - A dog that was found stuck in a drain in Virginia on Valentine’s Day is now up for adoption.
The Richmond Fire Department said on social media a crew helped police after a passerby reported hearing a dog barking in a storm drain.
Crews found the dog stuck in mud and water in the corner of the drain with only his head out of the water.
“One of our firefighters climbed down into the storm drain and stood on a piece of metal that was sticking out of the concrete,” the fire department said. “His colleagues above grabbed a search rope and passed it down through the hole.”
The firefighter then slipped the rope around the dog’s neck, and the crew pulled from above while the firefighter lifted from the bottom.
“The RPD officer wrapped the dog up and delivered him to VVC (Virginia Veterinary Centers),” the fire department said. “The entire call lasted less than 10 minutes for us.”
“Teamwork makes the dream work in the City of Richmond,” the Richmond Animal Care and Control said on Facebook.
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SEATTLE, Wash. — There is nothing quite like the hustle and bustle of a city. No matter where you are, you know when you've made it downtown.
Jon Scholes, the president and CEO of the Downtown Seattle Association, has watched this downtown drastically change over the years.
"Well, the town square or the urban center or the downtown, has always been about bringing us together for shared human experiences, understand our shared humanity," Scholes said. "Downtowns have gone through a lot over these last two and a half years. They felt the disproportionate impact of this pandemic because our downtowns have always been about bringing us together in a pandemic. Of course, were told to stay apart."
That got us thinking— since downtowns have changed so much in the past, what will they look like in the next decade? Well, in order to predict the future, we must go back to the past.
"So, if you go back in time at the time of the European colonization of this country, in the eastern seaboard cities, downtown were mixed districts," said Manish Chalana, an associate professor of urban design and planning at the University of Washington.
The rise of economic power in this country during the 19th century helped shaped downtowns as we know them.
"They had emerged as these uh centers for global capital and commerce," Chalana said.
Changes in transportation and technology led to the 20th century, which included clogged streets of traffic. Spaces were designed and built with crowds in mind.
"We didn't have the technology to go high and we didn't have the transportation technology to spread out too much, so these were just very dense, mixed-use districts where everything was happening," Chalana said.
Chalana will be the first to tell you that this concept of mixed-use districts is coming back.
"Multiple sort of ideas that are floating around in the way downtowns will transform in the next decade. One of these is that, they are saying, there will not just be one central business district, CBD, there will be multiple CBD type places in different neighborhoods," Chalana said.
Scholes also agrees that in some ways the past needs to influence the future.
"So lite rail, we're investing about $50 billion or so across the region, all trains leading to and from downtown Seattle," Scholes said. "As a city in the mid-1990s, that took our streetcar rails and ripped it out and built a lot of parking. We're sort of going back to the future to some degree with a real commitment to transit."
"You'll see in our lifetime, downtowns are going to look more like some of the European downtowns where people live and they buy their vegetables and groceries as they are walking down the street, grab a beer, and then go to perhaps their small efficiency and one room apartment," Chalana said.
One main focus in the years to come is focusing on communal spaces.
"Investing into your public spaces and creating public parks and plazas and open spaces that are of substantial-high quality is really I think a key strategy for us and it's gotta be for any city coming out of the pandemic," Scholes said.
Inevitably, shopping looks very different today than it ever has.
"The brick-and-mortar retail landscape in our cities and in our downtowns was changing before the pandemic. We have a lot fewer larger-scale retailers in our country," Scholes said. "But the size of the stores, the amount of space, that is being offered, that's going to change I think and get much smaller in scale. There's just not as many 20,000 of retailers anymore in our country."
That, specifically, could allow downtowns to be more accessible spaces for new or small business owners.
"I see this as an opportunity to make downtowns more equitable and more welcoming to all types of people," Chalana said.
"We want the cost of entry and the barriers to entry to be as low as possible. That's how downtowns really came about in the US in the early 1900s," Scholes said.
Predicting the future is never easy but these experts say there is a successful way forward and they are pushing for it.
"Downtowns are going to have to readjust and reimagine what they want to be and I see them as becoming more mixed-used," Chalana said. | https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/how-will-downtowns-across-america-change-in-the-next-decade | 2022-09-26 19:05:23 | 1 | https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/how-will-downtowns-across-america-change-in-the-next-decade |
INDIANAPOLIS — A 39-year-old Indianapolis woman is being charged with murder in the stabbing death of 51-year-old Chandre Rhodes.
Sheea Cheshier was arrested this past weekend after the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office charged her with murder and issued a warrant for her arrest.
According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, police were called out to the 9100 block of Cavalier Court on report of a person stabbed just after 10 p.m. on Sept. 24, 2021. Police located Rhodes suffering from stab wounds. Shortly after arriving at a hospital, Rhodes was pronounced dead.
Homicide detectives worked with the Indianapolis-Marion County Forensic Services Agency to collect evidence. After continued investigation, detectives determined Cheshier as a suspect in the murder.
Police ask anyone with information about the death of Rhodes to call Detective Douglas Swails at (317) 327-3475 or email him at Douglas.Swails@indy.gov. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at (317) 262-TIPS. | https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/indy-woman-arrested-for-murdering-51-year-old/ | 2022-08-10 23:55:24 | 1 | https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/indy-woman-arrested-for-murdering-51-year-old/ |
Seven leading journalism, media and pro-consumer antitrust advocacy organizations sent a joint letter to President Biden on Jan. 30 calling on him to highlight, in his upcoming State of the Union address on Feb. 7, the importance of local journalism.
The letter highlights the urgent need for congressional action to preserve a strong democracy and a free press. Specifically, the letter urges Biden to call on Congress to advance the bipartisan Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) (S. 673 and H.R. 1735). The legislation will give small, local news outlets the ability to join together in negotiations that will level the playing field with Big Tech platforms. Small and local publishers currently do not have the ability to negotiate jointly for fair payment to counter the dominant power of Big Tech platforms. That imbalance allows tech monopolies to capture the vast majority of U.S. digital ad revenue, leaving local publishers with little to reinvest in the production of high-quality journalism.
The organizations that signed on to the letter include the News/Media Alliance, National Newspaper Association, America’s Newspapers, Authors Guild, American Economic Liberties Project, Inter American Press Association and the Radio Television Digital News Association.
The letter outlines the plight of local news, in which news publishers have been forced to play by Big Tech’s rules of the digital advertising playing field for years, resulting in the loss of more than a quarter of U.S. newspapers since 2005 and the spread of news deserts across the country. In their letter, the groups underscore the importance of passing the JCPA as the best solution to ensuring news publishers are compensated fairly for use of their content by the dominant tech platforms, asking Biden to call on Congress to pass the bill, which was introduced in the 117th Congress in 2021 and successfully marked up by the Senate Judiciary Committee last September. In addition, the groups ask Biden to call on Congress to pass the Local Journalism Sustainability Act, which would incentivize investments in local journalism through the tax code.
The letter states in part:
“While America has long been a beacon of light when it comes to freedom of the press, that light has grown dimmer due to the monopolistic shadow of the Big Tech giants. The largest tech platforms dominate revenue streams online, with Google and Facebook in control of an estimated 60 to 70 percent of digital ad markets. These anticompetitive behaviors are further highlighted in the Justice Department’s recently filed lawsuit against Google, which alleges monopoly abuse by the company in the online advertising market.
“To stop that light from going out and allow America’s free press to continue to contribute to our nation’s resilience and serve as a model of democracy to the world, we need bipartisan action from Congress. The local news outlets we represent and others that prioritize a free press ask that you use your State of the Union address to call on the House and Senate to urgently advance key legislation to your desk that will help save local journalism.”
The JCPA has broad support, not only in Congress in both the House and the Senate (on both sides of the aisle — including 90 total co-sponsors), but also from more than 300 consumer interest groups, unions, conservatives, advocacy groups and third-party organizations that have shown support for the JCPA by sending letters of support to the bill sponsors. In addition, more than 24,000 individuals have signed a Change.org petition for the bill and nearly 1,000 editorials and op-eds in support of the JCPA have been published in newspapers in 48 states across the country. In a recent poll of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted by Schoen Cooperman Research for the News/Media Alliance, 70% of Americans said they support Congress passing the JCPA.
—The News Courier | https://www.dailycamera.com/2023/02/07/editorial-mr-president-level-the-playing-field/ | 2023-02-07 13:49:53 | 1 | https://www.dailycamera.com/2023/02/07/editorial-mr-president-level-the-playing-field/ |
LANTANA, Fla. — Memorial Day is a time to stop and honor our nation's fallen heroes, but the day can mean different things to different people.
Forgotten Soldiers Outreach and Palm Beach Memorial Park Cemetery partnered this year for the 18th annual "A Day to Remember" Memorial Day service.
Monday's ceremony put into focus the saying "All gave some, some gave all." There are not many places where that hits closer to home than at the cemetery, which is the final resting place for many service members.
Flags were waving and veterans, as well as their families and friends, were at full attention for Monday's ceremony. They were all there to pay respect to armed servicemen and women no longer with us.
Honor guards, wreath layings and also a dove release remembered the fallen.
But for those who live through the loss of a service member every day, what does Memorial Day mean to them?
WPTV anchor Mike Trim, a Navy veteran, was a keynote speaker at the Forgotten Soldiers Outreach event. He said his young son is already catching on to the day's significance.
"I must've told my son the importance of Memorial Day in the past couple of years because when I sat him down last night before I went to bed I said let me tell you what Memorial Day is all about, he immediately said, 'It's about the men and women who died for this country,'" Trim said. "I said, 'Wow, words mean something.'"
For others, it may be hard to put into words.
"Remembering," combat veteran Andre Rivera said. "When you've lost somebody the best thing you can do is try to remember the good times with them."
"[It is about the] sacrifice that those have given for our country, that those have given for our country that we can never repay," Ricky Seymour, warrant officer-commanding officer at the Coast Guard Lake Worth Inlet station.
"I think the most important thing that we all need to know is that there are so many people who gave their lives to protect our freedom," State Attorney Dave Aronberg said.
"We all know what we signed for, no matter what the initial reason was that we got in," Army Sgt. Jack Lord said. "We know there's a chance we might not come back, but we do it anyway."
"[Memorial Day is meant to] honor those that served and those that didn't come home," Greg Parkinson of the Sons of the American Revolution.
Former WPTV news anchor Jim Sackett, a military veteran himself, also spoke at the event.
"Thank you all for joining us on this Memorial Day 2023 to remember and not to forget those who gave their all," Sackett said. | https://www.wptv.com/news/region-c-palm-beach-county/lantana/memorial-day-event-at-palm-beach-memorial-park-pays-respects-to-fallen-service-members | 2023-05-29 23:40:19 | 1 | https://www.wptv.com/news/region-c-palm-beach-county/lantana/memorial-day-event-at-palm-beach-memorial-park-pays-respects-to-fallen-service-members |
Chicago Phillips earned a convincing 62-9 win over Chicago Acero Soto in an Illinois girls basketball matchup.
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Earth and Natural Resource Scientists and Managers tell us we have but three to 30 years to avoid the worst of the Climatic Apocalypse. Three to 30 years! – That is it! If we can not implement restorative responses quickly we humans passed all survivable tipping points decades ago.
Turning oversight governance authority of colleges and universities to local Native Tribes of America, of Australia, of Africa, of Asia, would marry science to 20,000 plus years of deeply ingrained natural resource attention and respect. This is just one example of the thousands of types of “baby steps” we need to make happen very quickly. Doing so quickly and well is part of stewardship.
We need radical restorative change now. Resist, be kind but firm, listen, agitate, and sue at every opportunity. That is what climate scientists and the young have resorted to. We have between three and 30 years to implement radical adaptive change, or what we understand as Human History, Art, Knowledge, Technology, and Culture will be crushed under the scorned weight of a deeply scarred “Mother Earth.”
— Richard Roth, Chico | https://www.chicoer.com/2023/01/19/letter-three-to-30-years-left-to-save-climate/ | 2023-01-19 10:12:22 | 1 | https://www.chicoer.com/2023/01/19/letter-three-to-30-years-left-to-save-climate/ |
by: Austin Franklin Posted: May 3, 2022 / 07:05 AM CDT Updated: May 3, 2022 / 07:05 AM CDT SHARE BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Each week on CBS 42 Morning News we’ll break down the latest developments in the upcoming World Games 2022. Watch the segment from May 3 in the video player above. | https://www.cbs42.com/sports/world-games-2022/world-games-this-week-5-3/ | 2022-05-03 13:45:20 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/sports/world-games-2022/world-games-this-week-5-3/ |
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (WDAF) — A property owner in Kansas couldn’t believe the surprise he got on Monday morning.
A roof repair company was ripping shingles from the top of his home — but he hadn’t called for a new roof to be installed. That crew, according to Overland Park police, was at the wrong residence.
“We’ve got to get over to the house. There’s people ripping the roof off the house,” Steve Kornspan, who owns that house, recalled saying.
Kornspan owns several homes around Johnson County and says he maintains the one that unexpectedly lost part of the roof as a short-term rental. The renters, who were in the area for a sporting event, were awakened by the noise of power tools.
“I said, ‘We’re not getting a roof on that house,’” Kornspan said.
Kornspan’s photos from that day show how that crew managed to remove every shingle before realizing they were at the wrong address, and once they did, they took off. Kornspan told Overland Park police he found the crew working at an address a few streets over.
“I don’t know where the confusion … whether it came from the roofing company or these guys. I don’t know who these guys were or why they did my house. The number wasn’t even close,” Kornspan said.
Kornspan won’t say which company is to blame, but he did say they’ve been cooperative. They’re paying for the replacement roof, which was installed Tuesday.
Overland Park Police spokesperson John Lacy said this isn’t a criminal matter. Rather, it’s classified as a civil matter since there was no intent to damage the property.
“This is basically an accident. There’s no criminal intent involved. At this time, there’s no criminal damage to property,” Lacy said.
Kornspan said he isn’t even angry over this.
“We got it taken care of, and it’s just done. It’s what I do every day. Things come up, and we deal with it and we move on,” Kornspan said with a smile.
Lacy said Kornspan did the right thing by calling police — since a report serves as a legal document for what happened. Kornspan said he wouldn’t have needed to call for help if the roofing crew had owned up to their mistake in the first place. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/crew-rips-roof-off-wrong-kansas-home-then-takes-off/ | 2022-08-04 18:06:41 | 0 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/crew-rips-roof-off-wrong-kansas-home-then-takes-off/ |
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PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is about to jet off to Qatar for the second time in a week, despite broad concerns about the emirate's human rights and environmental record. Why? Because France is in the World Cup final, and Macron really is a big soccer fan — as well as a prominent advocate of the longstanding partnership between the two countries.
A video broadcast after France's victory over Morocco in the semifinal showed an enthusiastic Macron mingling with French players in the dressing room on Wednesday evening at the Doha stadium, applauding to the sound of the “Freed from desire” music hit that has become the team’s victory hymn.
The World Cup in Qatar has sparked multiple controversies — from the living conditions of migrant workers to the impact on the environment of air-conditioned stadiums and the place of LGBTQ people, as well as women and minorities. Many activists, especially in Europe, had urged a boycott of the tournament.
Some on social media also noted that the six-hour flight from Paris to Doha is energy-consuming and not climate-friendly — in apparent contradiction with Macron's previous commitments.
At a European summit in Brussels on Thursday, Macron said he fully stands by his decision. “I’m backing the France team and I think that the French are too,” he said.
He referred to the more than 20 million viewers who watched the semifinal on French TF1 television, a record high for a World Cup game since 2006. “Figures are there. We love our national team, we are proud of it, we want it to win,” Macron said.
A 44-year-old sport lover, Macron played soccer with the team of France’s elite administration school, the ENA, in the 2000s. He is a supporter of the club of Marseille, in southern France, and played last year in a charity soccer match — a first for a French president in office — during which he scored from a penalty kick.
Macron was also seen boxing during a campaign event in the northern suburbs of Paris in April this year, just before being reelected for a second term — a sport he is said to practice with some of the officers in charge of his security.
The French president had announced in advance that he would attend the semifinal and final if France qualified — just like he did during the previous World Cup won by the French in Russia in 2018.
In response to criticism, he said last month that “ sports should not be politicized. ”
Paris and some other French big cities have decided not to broadcast World Cup matches on giant screens in public fan zones amid concerns about Qatar’s human rights record.
Macron, who said he will meet Sunday with Qatari officials, appears to be sticking to his traditional approach to diplomacy that involves speaking about difficult issues with other world leaders “every time it's needed,” according to the French presidency.
He is one of the very few world leaders to have maintained an open line with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin since the war in Ukraine started.
The France-Qatar relationship, which dates back to the emirate's independence in the 1970s, includes a broad range of political, economic and security agreements that involves oil contracts, arms sales and cultural exchanges. Leading French soccer club Paris Saint-Germain has been owned by Qatar Sports Investments for more than 11 years.
When Macron visited Qatar a year ago, he published a joint statement with the country's ruling emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Both leaders vowed to enhance economic cooperation and “work together to face global challenges including regional security, terrorism, climate change and energy transition.”
Civil campaign group Avaaz published Wednesday an ad in two French newspapers to denounce Macron's trip to Qatar, saying “Players don't need you at the World Cup. The planet does.”
“We thought that it was a shocking failure of leadership that Emmanuel Macron would go watch football” instead of attending an ongoing U.N. biodiversity conference in Canada, Avaaz campaign director Oscar Soria said on Twitter.
Some French leftist politicians have also criticized Macron’s trips to the emirate.
A Green European Parliament lawmaker, Yannick Jadot, said this week that going to Qatar is a “political mistake” especially in the context of the corruption scandal that led the European Union’s parliament to suspend work on all files involving Qatar.
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Ribbon cutting held for Blinn RELLIS Administration Building unveiling
New Blinn Administration Building unveiled ahead of the new school year.
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - The community was invited to a ceremonial ribbon cutting event on Friday to commemorate the unveiling of Blinn’s RELLIS Administration Building located at Texas A&M-RELLIS.
The 80,000-square-foot building consists of three stories and features 19 classrooms that accommodate 36 students, study pods, a state-of-the-art Esports arena for Blinn’s nationally recognized Esports team, engineering and technology labs, and a 5,500-square-foot banquet room.
This is the second building that the Blinn College District has located at Texas A&M-RELLIS. Its first building, the Walter C. Schwartz Building, opened in the fall of 2018 with 1,500 students. During the 2021 fall semester, Blinn saw their enrollment at RELLIS increase to 2,751. The new building will be primarily for students studying engineering, computer sciences, cyber security and computer technologies.
“Today is very special,” Mary Hensley, Chancellor for the Blinn College District said. “For Blinn it’s a real monumental moment because we’re opening up a fantastic facility, for the community it’s a major addition to the community, for RELLIS it’s a major presence and expansion of our footprint already on campus and it just personifies the partnership that is growing between the Academic Alliance of Texas A&M University and Blinn College.”
“Blinn students who are members of the Academic Alliance can enter as freshmen and complete their education up to the Bachelors Degree,” Hensley said. Blinn will offer all of the freshman and sophomore level courses while the upper-level courses will be offered by the 11 Texas A&M System regional universities and Stephen F. Austin State University at the Academic Complex buildings.
“It is seamless, but even more than that, another unique feature of this is when a student is enrolled at Blinn, they are enrolled into one of the corresponding universities within the A&M system,” Hensley said. “You really don’t have to transfer as you would most times when you go take your freshman or sophomore year at some place then transfer to another university.”
Michael Russell, a computer science major going into his sophomore year at Blinn College said he has worked on the railroad, in the military and as an electronic repairman, but he felt limited by his opportunities due to his lack of a higher education.
“I couldn’t expand past a certain baseline level of work and had to deal with a lot of work situations I rather not deal with,” Russel said. “This was the one place that allowed me to educate myself, so I could work under my own power and succeed in that area.”
Russell said it really means a lot to be a part of the program and he’s looking forward to a new computer science class that’s coming up.
“I really enjoy security and learning to program,” Russell said. “I’m glad that they focus on C++, it’s a great language to focus on because it’s a lower language closer to computer language and if you get that down you can learn the other languages a lot easier, so it’s something I’m really excited about.”
Bryan Mayor Andrew Nelson said the new building is an incredible continued expansion of the Texas A&M/Blinn partnership that the City of Bryan is excited to be a partner of.
“I’m excited that we now have 13 colleges and universities in the city of Bryan,” Nelson said. “It’s an incredible thing. The vision is amazing starting from Chancellor John Sharp’s original vision to the amazing work that Blinn College, Texas A&M University and the other 11 Texas A&M System universities and Stephen F. Austin State University, all of them are doing. It’s exciting to be the mayor of Bryan and see all of these colleges and universities operating in our community.”
Lois W. Kolkhorst, Texas Senator District 18, said the partnership between Blinn and the Texas A&M University System is not just unique to the state of Texas, but unique to the United States.
“I know the Blinn College District is proud to be a part of this partnership,” Kolkhorst said. “As a state lawmaker we hold it up as one of the greatest examples of using taxpayer money as well as student tuition, fees and things, just stretching that dollar as far as you can to receive an excellent education.”
Blinn College’s fall semester begins next Wednesday, August 24.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Monday freed an American citizen, a 72-year-old Florida retiree, it had imprisoned for more than a year over his old tweets critical of the kingdom’s crown prince, his son said.
Neither Saudi nor U.S. officials immediately confirmed the release of Saad al Madi, a longtime Jacksonville, Florida, resident. But progress on his release had been rumored since last week.
Madi on Monday night was at home with family members who live in Riyadh, said his son, Ibrahim al Madi, in the United States. Saudi officials dropped all charges against the elder Madi, a dual U.S.-Saudi citizen. But it was not immediately clear whether the kingdom would lift a travel ban it had imposed to follow the prison sentence.
Saudi Arabia had sentenced Madi last year to 16 years in prison, saying his critical tweets about how Saudi Arabia was being governed amounted to terrorist acts against the kingdom.
As U.S. officials worked to win his release, and after President Joe Biden traveled to Saudi Arabia last summer in an attempt to improve relations with the oil-rich nation, a Saudi appeals court increased Madi’s prison sentence to 19 years.
The case had been one of many alleged human rights abuses souring relations between Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Biden. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/politics/article/saudi-arabia-frees-american-imprisoned-over-17850758.php | 2023-03-21 02:34:16 | 0 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/politics/article/saudi-arabia-frees-american-imprisoned-over-17850758.php |
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