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CALHOUN, Ga. (AP) _ Mohawk Industries Inc. (MHK) on Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $280.4 million.
The Calhoun, Georgia-based company said it had net income of $4.40 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $4.41 per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $4.35 per share.
The flooring maker posted revenue of $3.15 billion in the period, which fell short of Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $3.2 billion.
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MADRID (AP) — A dummy of Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior was hanged from a highway bridge early Thursday, hours before the team’s match against Atletico Madrid in the Copa del Rey.
The perpetrators used a black figure with Vinícius Júnior’s name on it, tied a rope around its neck and hanged it from an overpass in Madrid along with a banner with the words “Madrid hates Real.”
The banner and the figure apparently were attached to the bridge while still dark early Thursday morning.
Vinícius, who is Black, has been subjected to racist taunts more than once in Spain. The Brazil forward has complained on social media about being targeted by racists since he came to play in Europe.
The message on the banner is often used by one of Atletico Madrid’s ultra fans groups, though it denied being responsible for the display.
“These are repugnant and inadmissible acts that shame society,” Atletico said in a statement.
“Our condemnation of any act that attacks the dignity of persons or institutions is categorical and unreserved,” the club said. “The rivalry between the two clubs is the greatest, but so is respect. No individual, whatever their intentions or colors, can tarnish the coexistence between different supporters. It is everyone’s responsibility to avoid this.”
Real Madrid thanked others for the messages of support it received after the “lamentable and repugnant act of racism, xenophobia and hatred against our player Vinícius.”
“Attacks such as those suffered by our player, or those suffered by any sportsperson, have no place in a society such as ours,” Real Madrid said.
The Spanish league said it “strongly condemns acts of hatred and intimidation” made against Vinícius. It said it would ask authorities to investigate and seek convictions with “the most severe sentences” for those responsible.
“Intolerance and violence have no place in our sport,” the league said in a statement.
The Spanish soccer federation condemned the “intolerable act” and offered a message of support to Vinícius following the “direct threat by radical groups.”
“These types of manifestations, charged with hatred, only encourage violence and have no place in our sport. Soccer must be lived with passion, but always respecting the players, the opponent and the fans,” the federation said. “This type of vandalism is unacceptable.”
Atletico had already condemned its fans when a large group of them chanted “Vinícius, you are a monkey” before Madrid’s 2-1 win in the city derby last year at the Metropolitano Stadium. Spanish state prosecutors closed a probe into that case citing a lack of sufficient evidence to identify potential perpetrators of the hate crime.
The Spanish league this month filed criminal complaints against Valladolid fans who aimed racist insults against Vinícius, and he was also targeted by a fan who racially insulted him after a “clásico” against Barcelona in 2021.
The Copa del Rey derby had been engulfed in controversy following a report that Madrid would prohibit Atletico fans from wearing team jerseys at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, something that Madrid later denied.
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Giomar Conrad recorded 10 points -- six of which came in OT -- to go along with six rebounds, six assists and two blocks as Penns Grove earned a narrow victory on the road over Woodstown, 52-49, in overtime.
Willie Slocum scored 11 points and pulled down eight rebounds while Mehki Ballard tallied 11 points and six rebounds for Penns Grove (8-11), which outscored Woodstown by a count of 10-7 in the overtime period.
MJ Hall hit a 3-pointer in OT to temporarily cut the deficit to one before Conrad hit a pair of free throws to go ahead for good. Woodstown got a good look at a potential game-tying 3-pointer but missed the mark and was unable to extend the contest.
Curtis Gould notched eight points, six rebounds and two assists while Bryce Wright chipped in four points and nine rebounds for Penns Grove, which trailed by six after one before swinging the momentum with a 19-8 second quarter.
Woodstown falls to 6-9 with the loss.
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PHOENIX, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RVnGO (RVeloCITY, Inc., doing business as RVnGO, Phoenix, Arizona the "Company") announced today that it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") relating to the proposed initial public offering of its Class A common stock. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined. The initial public offering is expected to occur after the SEC completes its review process, subject to market and other conditions.
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Leaked Oath Keepers list includes law enforcement officers, military members
The names of hundreds of U.S. law enforcement officers, elected officials and military members appear on the leaked membership rolls of a far-right extremist group that's accused of playing a key role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, according to a report released Wednesday.
The Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism pored over more than 38,000 names on leaked Oath Keepers membership lists and identified more than 370 people it believes currently work in law enforcement agencies — including as police chiefs and sheriffs — and more than 100 people who are currently members of the military.
It also identified more than 80 people who were running for or served in public office as of early August. The membership information was compiled into a database published by the transparency collective Distributed Denial of Secrets.
RELATED: Capitol Riot suspect, leader of the Oath Keepers speaks from D.C. jail
The data raises fresh concerns about the presence of extremists in law enforcement and the military who are tasked with enforcing laws and protecting the U.S. It’s especially problematic for public servants to be associated with extremists at a time when lies about the 2020 election are fueling threats of violence against lawmakers and institutions.
"Even for those who claimed to have left the organization when it began to employ more aggressive tactics in 2014, it is important to remember that the Oath Keepers have espoused extremism since their founding, and this fact was not enough to deter these individuals from signing up," the report says.
Appearing in the Oath Keepers' database doesn't prove that a person was ever an active member of the group or shares its ideology. Some people on the list contacted by The Associated Press said they were briefly members years ago and are no longer affiliated with the group. Some said they were never dues-paying members.
RELATED: Oath Keepers' lawyer Kellye SoRelle arrested in connection with Jan. 6
"Their views are far too extreme for me," said Shawn Mobley, sheriff of Otero County, Colorado. Mobley told the AP in an email that he distanced himself from the Oath Keepers years ago over concerns about its involvement in the standoff against the federal government at Bundy Ranch in Bunkerville, Nevada, among other things.
The Oath Keepers, founded in 2009 by Stewart Rhodes, is a loosely organized conspiracy theory-fueled group that recruits current and former military, police and first responders. It asks its members to vow to defend the Constitution "against all enemies, foreign and domestic," promotes the belief that the federal government is out to strip citizens of their civil liberties and paints its followers as defenders against tyranny.
More than two dozen people associated with the Oath Keepers — including Rhodes — have been charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack. Rhodes and four other Oath Keeper members or associates are heading to trial this month on seditious conspiracy charges for what prosecutors have described as a weekslong plot to keep then-President Donald Trump in power. Rhodes and the other Oath Keepers say that they are innocent and that there was no plan to attack the Capitol.
RELATED: Oath Keepers founder charged with seditious conspiracy in Capitol riot
The Oath Keepers has grown quickly along with the wider anti-government movement and used the tools of the internet to spread their message during Barack Obama's presidency, said Rachel Carroll Rivas, interim deputy director of research with the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project. But since Jan. 6 and Rhodes' arrest, the group has struggled to keep members, she said.
That’s partly because Oath Keepers had been associated so strongly with Rhodes that the removal of the central figure had an outsized impact, and partly because many associated with the group were often those who wanted to be considered respectable in their communities, she said.
"The image of being associated with Jan. 6 was too much for many of those folks," she said.
Among the elected officials whose name appears on the membership lists is South Dakota state Rep. Phil Jensen, who won a June Republican primary in his bid for reelection. Jensen told the AP he paid for a one-year membership in 2014 but never received any Oath Keepers' literature, attended any meetings or renewed his membership.
Jensen said he felt compelled to join because he "believed in the oath that we took to support the US Constitution and to defend it against enemies foreign and domestic." He wouldn't say whether he now disavows the Oath Keepers, saying he doesn't have enough information about the group today.
"Back in 2014, they appeared to be a pretty solid conservative group, I can't speak to them now," he said.
ADL said it found the names of at least 10 people who now work as police chiefs and 11 sheriffs. All of the police chiefs and sheriffs who responded to the AP said they no longer have any ties to the group.
"I don’t even know what they’re posting. I never get any updates," said Mike Hollinshead, sheriff of Idaho’s Elmore County. "I'm not paying dues or membership fees or anything."
Hollinshead, a Republican, said he was campaigning for sheriff several years ago when voters asked him if he was familiar with the Oath Keepers. Hollinshead said he wanted to learn about the group and recalls paying for access to content on the Oath Keepers’ website, but that was the extent of his involvement.
Benjamin Boeke, police chief in Oskaloosa, Iowa, recalled getting emails from the group years ago and said he believes a friend may have signed him up. But he said he never paid to become a member and doesn’t know anything about the group.
Eric Williams, police chief in Idalou, Texas, also said in an email that he hasn't been a member or had any interaction with the Oath Keepers in over 10 years. He called the storming of the Capitol "terrible in every way."
"I pray this country finds its way back to civility and peace in discourse with one another," he said.
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Commitment to openness and employee opportunity earns UST the prestigious distinction for the second year in these two geographies
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company, is proud to be recognized as a 2022 Great Place to Work® in the United States and Mexico. The prestigious award is based entirely on survey results from current employees and represents the second year that UST has earned this distinction for both the United States and Mexico. The company is Great Place to Work certified also in India, the U.K., and Malaysia.
Great Place to Work (GPTW) is a leading global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, the organization has surveyed more than 100 million employees worldwide, using these deep insights to better understand what makes a workplace attractive to current and future employees. In addition, GPTW helps organizations define their culture and produce better business results by creating a high-trust work experience for all employees.
Certification results are determined by the use of two unique tools which evaluate and identify the best workplace cultures: the Trust Index Survey which accepts anonymous feedback from employees and the Culture Audit which evaluates the people practices of each organization. These deep dives into the values, culture, people practices, programs, benefits and more saw UST emerge with high marks for the second year in both the United States and Mexico.
"UST has always been committed to building a welcoming workplace where our team members are presented with opportunities to learn, grow and advance their careers. This recognition from Great Place to Work is meaningful to us and we are grateful to be given this certification based on the feedback of our employees who are the foundation of our success," said Kavita Kurup, Global Head for Human Resources, UST.
"The Great Place to Work Certification™ isn't something that comes easily – it takes ongoing dedication to the employee experience. It's the only official recognition determined by employees' real-time reports of their company culture. Earning this designation means that UST is one of the best companies to work for in the country," said Sarah Lewis-Kulin, Vice President of Global Recognition, Great Place to Work.
This is the latest in a long list of recognitions and certifications establishing UST as a premier workplace. In addition to the certification from GPTW, UST was named 'Top Employer 2022' in North America, Asia Pacific, and Ten Countries by the 'Top Employers Institute (TEI)', and was honored with a Glassdoor Employees' Choice Award for being one of the Top 100 Best Places to Work in 2020.
According to research conducted by Great Place to Work, job seekers are 4.5 times more likely to find a great boss at one of the workplaces it has certified. Additionally, employees at certified workplaces are 93% more likely to look forward to coming to work and are twice as likely to be paid fairly, earn a fair share of the company's profits and have a fair chance at promotion opportunities. To learn more about UST's certification, please visit GPTW page.
With over 30,000 employees working in more than 30 countries, UST boasts a dedicated team of technology professionals and innovators working to deliver digital transformation and pioneer creative solutions that create value for leading companies worldwide.
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Transit committee expected to get update on CATS’ Silver Line project
The Silver Line would travel 29 miles from Belmont in Gaston County through uptown Charlotte and Matthews into Union County.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBT) - An update on the Charlotte Area Transit System’s Silver Line project is expected during Tuesday night’s Metropolitan Transit Commission meeting.
The committee is made up of the mayors of all Mecklenburg County’s towns like Matthews, Pineville and Huntersville. It also includes transportation officials and other elected leaders.
The Silver Line would travel 29 miles from Belmont in Gaston County through uptown Charlotte and Matthews into Union County.
There are three different options for routes, and each has pros and cons based on encouraging development around the stops and how many people would be able to use the train.
In December, the Charlotte City Council’s transportation committee voted in favor of the route that takes it around uptown, bypassing the transportation center.
That route best supports the development idea along Interstate 277, but it would also cost a lot more.
Taking it through uptown and the transit center would move the most people and it would also cost less because it could use existing tracks.
Tuesday’s meeting does include action items, including a slight change to the route near Bojangles Coliseum.
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Arizona mother sentenced to life in prison without parole for murder in starvation of 6-year-old son
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona woman who pleaded guilty to murder in the starvation death of her 6-year-old son was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Thursday after witnesses described the horrors of the tiny closet that reeked of urine where he and his young brother were kept and denied food.
WARNING: This story contains details that may be disturbing to readers.
Elizabeth Archibeque’s lawyer had asked that her sentence include the possibility of parole after 35 years partly because she had agreed to plead guilty to first-degree murder and child abuse in the 2020 death of Deshaun Martinez.
But Coconino Superior Court Judge Ted Reed said that while her expression of remorse was genuine, her “heinous, cruel and depraved behavior” warranted imprisonment for “the rest of your natural life.”
One police detective testified Thursday that she had never seen anything as horrific in her entire life.
Archibeque, 29, who briefly took the witness stand to testify on her own behalf on Thursday, said she blamed herself for her son’s death and fully accepted whatever sentence she received.
“A huge part of me died along with my beautiful child,” she said. “Not a day goes by that I do not grieve ... I am so sorry.”
Archibeque was charged along with the boy’s father, Anthony Martinez, and grandmother, Ann Martinez, who have pleaded not guilty and are being tried separately on murder and child abuse charges.
Archibeque’s public defender, Christine Brown, suggested Thursday the other two were primarily to blame for the abuse of the two emaciated boys.
An autopsy determined Deshaun Martinez, who weighed just 18 pounds (8.1 kilograms), died of severe starvation. Authorities found him unresponsive after Ann Martinez called 911 on March 2, 2020, and said she thought her grandson was dead. The manner of death later was listed as homicide.
The boy’s parents initially attributed their son’s malnourished state to a medical condition and to ingesting diet or caffeine pills. Eventually, they told police they kept him and his older brother in a closet for 16 hours a day and gave them little to eat. The brother survived.
The boys’ confinement was punishment for stealing food while the parents slept, police said. Their two sisters, ages 4 and 2, were found healthy in the apartment where they all lived.
Flagstaff police Detective Melissa Seay testified during Thursday’s sentencing hearing that on the day Deshaun’s body was found in the family’s Flagstaff apartment, she examined the 21-by-25-inch closet where the boys slept with an orange piece of plastic on the floor and a “foul, awful smell of urine.”
“I have never seen something so horrific in all my life,” Seay said. She said Deshaun “was just bones.”
“His face was completely sunken in. It was just like a skeleton,” Seay said. She said his brother didn’t fare much better.
“His bones were protruding from his back. I could see his ribs,” she said.
Deputy County Attorney Michael Tunink said he decided not to show the evidence photos during the sentencing hearing because they were so “disturbing it is hard on anyone who has to see them.”
Brown said Archibeque was addicted to methamphetamine at birth, had a traumatic upbringing and suffered from mental issues. She said her husband and mother-in-law inflicted physical and emotional abuse on her and she “felt powerless” to do anything about the situation.
Brown said Archibeque told her during one visit to the jail that “I feel more free in here than I did with him.”
She said Archibeque “is very aware she will spend the rest of her life in prison” but feels a “huge since of relief” knowing her children now live in a better place.
Lawyers for both sides requested and the judge agreed to seal all pre-sentencing documents because of their sensitive nature in an effort to protect the other children’s privacy.
The foster mother who took in Deshaun’s siblings said his brother was “so traumatized about food and eating” that he would “ask every five minutes” when they would eat next and kept a “special little lunch box with snacks that would never leave his side.”
She said it has taken three years for one of the sisters to begin to talk and that the other one “holds the belief she carried both brothers on her back and saved them.”
“So much has been taken from these children,” she said.
Lawyers for Ann Martinez are scheduled to appear at a case management conference Sept. 18, with her trial currently set to begin in January 2024. Anthony Martinez had been scheduled to go to trial earlier this year, but the trial date was vacated and has not been reset.
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DENVER (AP) — This loss wasn’t as easy for the Tampa Bay Lightning to shrug off.
What emerged from the reigning two-time Stanley Cup champs Saturday night wasn’t their clutch pedigree or vaunted ability to bounce back after a loss but frayed nerves and maybe a realization that the Colorado Avalanche are coming swiftly for their crown.
Outmuscled. Outhustled. Out-tussled.
Andrei Vasilevskiy and the rest of the Lightning were thumped 7-0 by the Avalanche, losing their cool and their mojo along with the game to fall behind two games to nothing in the best-of-seven series.
This marked just the second time in Vasilevskiy’s 465-game NHL career that he allowed that many goals in a game, but his teammates said it was absurd to pin this loss on him.
“We left him out to dry tonight” said Tampa Bay’s captain, Steven Stamkos. “He’s been our backbone for years and years and years and we owe it to him to have a better game next game. And, I mean, it could have been worse. He made some unbelievable saves. So by no means is this on him tonight. We got to be better as a group.”
Lightning coach Jon Cooper said he never considered pulling his star goaltender even as the score grew more and more ridiculous.
“He’s the best goalie in the world,” Cooper retorted. “And we win together, we lose together.”
Besides, Cooper said, even if he had contemplated replacing Vasilevskiy in net with backup Brian Elliott, “I don’t think he would have come out. That’s the kind of competitor he is. That’s why he’s the best.”
And when he was at his worst, the Lightning resorted to acting just like any other hockey team that finds itself getting trampled: angling for a fight, and not the kind everyone expected.
As the Avs’ lead grew, so did the Lightning’s frustration, showing up with some chippy play and a whopping 14 penalties from the usually disciplined team used to knocking opponents off their game, not the other way around.
“They are playing at an elite level right now. Give them credit,” Cooper said. “We are not.”
The Lightning had shrugged off their 4-3 overtime loss to the Avalanche in Game 1, insisting they’d bounce back behind their great goaltender now that they’d gotten a first-hand look at all that speed and skill the Avalanche throw at teams.
They were equally confident they’d deciphered Darcy Kuemper after erasing a pair of two-goal deficits in the opener.
Instead, the Lightning became just the third team ever to allow three or more first-period goals in the first two games of a Stanley Cup Final, joining the Minnesota North Stars in 1981 against the Islanders and the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1936 against the Detroit Red Wings.
And this marked the biggest shutout in a Stanley Cup Final since Pittsburgh’s 8-0 win over the North Stars in 1991.
The Avalanche kept both their lead and mostly their heads and now they’re halfway to snaring Lord Stanley’s Cup from the Lightning as the series shifts to Tampa Bay for Game 3 Monday night.
The Lightning’s confidence in winning Game 2 and gaining control of the series was well-founded. They were the NHL’s best bounce-back team while winning back-to-back titles and reaching a third consecutive Stanley Cup, going 18-1 after a playoff loss since the start of the first round in 2020. Vasilevskiy was in net for all of those games.
Make that 18-2.
With a flustered Vasilevskiy still minding the net in the third period, Cale Makar became the first defenseman with a power play goal and a short-handed goal in the same playoff game since Paul Coffee of Detroit versus the Avs in 1996.
The Lightning have yet to beat the Avalanche this season, having lost twice in the regular season in Denver, once in overtime and another time in a shootout. If they don’t fix their issues quickly, they won’t get the chance to return to Denver after Games 3 and 4 in Tampa.
“Everyone in that in that room is still confident that we can pull this out,” insisted Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman. “You know, we’ve made it a little harder for ourselves, but that’s fine.”
The Avalanche aren’t exhaling just yet, either.
“This is a championship-caliber team,” Avalanche defenseman Josh Manson said of the Lightning. “I don’t think they get frustrated. I think they’re patient and they’ll adjust and they kind of let things go and I think that’s what’s made them so successful. For us, we can’t think that we’re under their skin. We can’t think anything like that.”
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Cozying up your home for the holidays can mean many forms of decorating. And displaying miniature Christmas village sets is one for both kids and adults to enjoy.
Christmas village sets are also a fun way to build a collection gradually. You can buy or ask people to gift you new pieces for the set every year.
Here are five well-reviewed Christmas village sets sold on Amazon that are worth a look for those starting a new collection or adding to the holiday vibe in their home.
Top Treasures 30-Piece Christmas Village Set ($199.99)
Top Treasures has a 30-piece Christmas village starter set for $199.99 that includes three buildings, 10 trees, three lamposts, and 14 figurines (13 have one or two people on them and there’s one Santa sign). The set uses LED lights and can be placed indoors or outdoors.
Once you have these in hand, you can keep on adding. Top Treasures has many sets with pieces that move, like a bumper car arena, a skating rink and a sledding hill.
The starter set gets a 4.3 out of 5-star rating from more than 200 reviewers. Those who positively reviewed the set said it was cute and integrated well with other Christmas village sets, but noted the items were smaller than expected.
“National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” Griswold Holiday House ($164.99)
Department 56 has a high-quality, collectible Christmas village set centered around a holiday film classic, “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.”
The “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” pieces can be pricey, though they do go on sale. Reviewers say they are high-quality.
You can buy the Griswolds’ light-strung home, to start with. It costs $164.99 and has a rating of 4.8 stars from more than 1,000 customers. Cousin Eddie’s RV, the station wagon with a ridiculously oversized tree on top, the bickering grandparents, the yuppie next-door neighbors, the coveted pool, and a number of other pieces are also available.
Department 56 has many other themed villages including a New York City “Christmas in the City” set, a Mickey Mouse-themed complex, Hogwarts village from the “Harry Potter” series, and the Dickens’ Village set based on the works of Victorian author Charles Dickens.
Porcelain Tabletop Winter Village ($91.95)
This simple white winter set from Mark Feldstein & Associates Store is selling for $91.95 right now, though that price may fluctuate as the holidays approach. The mini Christmas village set comes with nine small porcelain buildings, 13 bottle brush trees, and 18 battery-powered tea lights.
Amazon buyers have given the set 4.7 out of 5 stars in more than 500 reviews. Reviewers have posted photos of their villages on tiered trays, on tables, atop mantelpieces and displayed on shelves. One downside of the set is the amount of glitter falling from the houses, but the company also sells a smaller, non-glittery set for $54.95 along with a number of other villages.
Lights 4 Fun Christmas Village Scene ($61.99)
Lights 4 Fun sells many other lighted items, but it also has a well-reviewed, classic Christmas village set and several add-on items you can purchase separately. The five-piece building set costs $61.99 and includes a toy shop, bakery, church and two homes, all of which are made from polyresin and light up with battery-powered LEDs. It has a 4.3-star rating from over 300 customers.
“This Christmas Village set is so delightful,” wrote Amazon reviewer Carol T. “The structures are a bit smaller than I imagined but they are cute and well-designed. It’s different from other lighted Christmas houses because the bright LED lights are actually placed on the exterior and they are all working perfectly … But what I love most of all is the variety of buildings included in this set at an affordable price.”
You can add items to this main set with sets that include a house with Santa rotating above on his sleigh and a skating pond.
The Bradford Exchange Thomas Kinkade Animated Tabletop Christmas Tree ($159.99)
Out of the different Christmas village sets that The Bradford Exchange sells on Amazon, this 16-inch Thomas Kinkade Wonderland Express tree has the most reviews (more than 400) and 4.4 out of 5 stars. The $160 collectible has a moving train at the base and Santa in his sleigh pulled by reindeer circles on top. You can control the volume of the music that plays with a switch.
Amazon reviewer Robert Usher gave the set five stars and said his wife loves it.
“She was very pleased with the overall look,” he wrote. “Just loves the trains that move as well as the flying Santa as a tree topper. She was excited to see the Kinkade-like houses with lights shining through the windows. She was very happy with the variety of musical tunes that played.”
Which of these Christmas village sets fits your style?
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s military said Wednesday it will withdraw from the only Ukrainian regional capital it captured, but Kyiv was skeptical and an analyst warned this could be a ruse to lure the country’s forces into a deadly trap. A forced pullout from the city of Kherson would mark one of Russia’s worst setbacks in the 8-month-old war.
Ukrainian authorities cautioned against considering the announced plan to retreat from Kherson, a gateway to the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula, and nearby areas as a done deal. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that the Russians were feigning a pullout from Kherson to lure the Ukrainian army into an entrenched battle in the strategic industrial port city.
If confirmed, the withdrawal from Kherson — in a region of the same name that Moscow illegally annexed in September — would pile on another setback to Russia’s early failed attempt to capture the capital, Kyiv, and the chaotic and hasty retreat from the administrative region around Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, which itself never fell to the Russians. Russian forces captured Kherson early in the invasion, which began Feb. 24.
Kyiv’s forces have zeroed in on the city, whose prewar population was 280,000, and cut off supply lines in recent weeks as part of a larger counteroffensive in eastern and southern Ukraine that has pushed Russian troops out of wide swaths of territory.
Recapturing Kherson could allow Ukraine to win back lost territory in the Zaporizhzhia region and other southern areas, including Crimea, which Russia illegally seized in 2014. A Russian retreat is almost certain to raise domestic pressure on the Kremlin to escalate the conflict.
Speaking in a stern tone and with a steely face on Russian TV, Moscow’s top military commander in Ukraine pointed to a blurred map as he reported to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday that it was impossible to supply the city of Kherson and that its defense would be “futile.”
Gen. Sergei Surovikin said that 115,000 people had been relocated because their “lives are constantly in danger” and proposed a military retreat “in the near future” to the opposite bank of the Dnieper River from where Kherson lies.
Shoigu agreed with Surovikin’s assessment and ordered him to “start with the withdrawal of troops and take all measures to ensure the safe transfer of personnel, weapons and equipment across the Dnieper River.”
But Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak told The Associated Press: “So far, we do not see any signs that Russia is completely leaving the city, which means that these statements may be disinformation.”
Yaroslav Yanushevych, Kherson’s Ukrainian-appointed governor, called on residents “not to give in to euphoria” just yet. Another Ukrainian-appointed Kherson regional official, Serhii Khlan, told reporters that Russian forces had blown up five bridges to slow Kyiv’s forces.
Military analyst Oleg Zhdanov told the AP Russia’s announced retreat “could very well be an ambush and a Russian trap to force the Ukrainians to go on the offensive, force them to penetrate the Russian defenses, and in response to strike with a powerful blow from the flanks.”
After a day of his aides’ observations about the announced retreat and a meeting he held with his senior military staff in Kyiv, Zelenskyy didn’t directly comment, saying in his nightly video address, “Our emotions must be restrained — always during war. I will definitely not feed the enemy all the details of our operations. ,.. When we have our result, everyone will see it.”
In addition to the largely successful counteroffensive, Ukrainian resistance fighters behind the front line have worked inside Kherson, with sabotage and assassinations of Moscow-appointed officials.
With no indication of foul play but against that backdrop, reports surfaced Wednesday that the No. 2 official of the Moscow-installed Kherson regional government was killed in a car crash. The death of Kirill Stremousov — a prominent regional official who posted public updates about the war almost daily — was confirmed by his boss, Vladimir Saldo.
The Russian Defense Ministry said months ago that Saldo himself had been poisoned and hospitalized.
Speaking at a White House news conference, U.S. President Joe Biden said American officials had been expecting the Russian announcement. “It’s evidence of the fact that they have some real problems — the Russian military,” he said.
Asked if a pullout might signal to Kyiv that it now had leverage to begin peace talks with Moscow, Biden said it would “at a minimum lead to time for everyone to recalibrate their positions over the winter period.”
The Russian military appeared to have been preparing for an orderly pullout from Kherson — or an ambush — for months, contrasting with the haphazard retreat from the Kharkiv region when the invading force left behind a large amount of weapons and ammunition.
In October, Surovikin appeared to set the stage for a withdrawal from Kherson, acknowledging the situation was “quite difficult.” Evacuations of civilians followed, as did symbolic moves, such as relocation of the remains of Grigory Potemkin, the Russian general who founded Kherson in the 18th century.
In recent months, Ukraine used U.S.-supplied HIMARS rocket launchers to hit a key bridge on the Dnieper in Kherson and a large dam upstream that is also used as a crossing point. The strikes forced Russia to rely on pontoons and ferries that Ukraine also targeted.
The attacks disrupted supply links to Kherson and made Russian forces on the Dnieper’s west bank vulnerable to encirclement. The shortages were exacerbated after an Oct. 8 truck bomb blew up part of the strategic Kerch Bridge linking Russia’s mainland to Crimea, which has served as a major supply hub for Russian forces.
Russia wanted to hold onto Kherson and other positions west of the Dnieper so it could press an offensive to other areas and sever Ukraine’s access to the Black Sea. That would damage Ukraine’s economy and enable Moscow to build a land corridor to the separatist Transnistria region of Moldova, home to a major Russian military base.
The loss of Kherson could have painful consequences for Russian President Vladimir Putin: more criticism of Russia’s military command from hawks, a decline in troop morale, and stronger opposition to his troop mobilization. Abroad, China and India could see the loss as a sign of the Kremlin’s weakness just when it needs their support to soften the blow of crippling Western sanctions.
Other Kremlin setbacks have included a chaotic and mistake-ridden troop mobilization, poor training and a shortage of weapons, clothing and other supplies for troops, increase in international sanctions, and intensified Western advanced weapons supplies to Kyiv.
Fresh signs of Ukraine’s advance toward Kherson emerged Wednesday. Zhdanov, the analyst, said Ukrainians captured the city of Snihurivka, 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Kherson, opening a direct road to a Dnieper River crossing and Kherson’s suburbs. The Ukrainian Pravda news outlet cited Ukrainian armed forces intelligence as claiming that two other settlements in the Kherson region, Pravdyne and Kalynivske, had been captured,
None of the reports could be independently confirmed.
Nationwide, at least nine civilians were killed and 24 wounded in 24 hours, the Ukrainian president’s office said. It accused Russia of using explosive drones, rockets, heavy artillery and aircraft to attack eight regions in the southeast.
The president’s office said widespread Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy system continued. Two cities not far from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant — Europe’s largest — were shelled overnight.
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The company enables users to connect to authoritative GIS content from ArcGIS to build synthetic environments for AI training
BELLEVUE, Wash., April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rendered.ai, the leading platform for physics-based synthetic data, today announced a partnership with Esri, the global leader in location intelligence.
Finding and acquiring unbiased data to train algorithmic learning systems is expensive and time-consuming and significantly inhibits effective use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies. The Rendered.ai Platform as a Service enables customers working on AI and ML Computer Vision (CV) applications to be able to supplement real sensor datasets with engineered data that can help reduce bias, improve training accuracy, and support innovation.
After successful projects in Earth Observations with customers such as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Rendered.ai intends to deepen the company's capability and technology for synthetic satellite and aerial training data using simulation capability ranging from visible light imagery to Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR).
"Many ArcGIS users have access to reality capture content, such as aerial and satellite imagery but are limited by the expense and difficulty of obtaining AI training datasets," said Chris Andrews, COO of Rendered.ai. "With the ability to combine ArcGIS services and Rendered.ai's capabilities, we have the opportunity to enable users to access inexpensive and easily configurable training data that can be used with Esri's deep learning tools to help extract knowledge and information from the content that users already own and license."
"We're excited to work with Rendered.ai to explore the exciting domain of synthetic data as an enabler of GeoAI," said Beau Legeer, Esri's Director of Remote Sensing and Imagery. "Esri has always been about achieving insight through data and analysis and Rendered's capabilities enable our users to unlock knowledge from their Imagery content to enhance their GIS through easier access to training data that works with our deep learning toolkit and other GeoAI applications."
Based on the partnership activity, Rendered.ai is releasing a new synthetic data application, the "Rendered.ai Channel for ArcGIS" that can be explored by users who are interested in combining existing satellite imagery with 3D content to generate example training data. The channel will be available for demonstration at the US Geospatial Intelligence Foundation's annual GEOINT symposium, happening in Aurora, Colorado in April. The integration with ArcGIS will be featured in a tutorial session on Creating and Using Synthetic Data for Computer Vision Applications on Tuesday morning of the event.
"The diversity and complexity of Earth Observation applications makes it hard for users to acquire enough data to be able to train and validate AI for their specific applications," said the CEO of Rendered.ai, Nathan Kundtz, Ph.D. "The Esri partnership enables whole new groups of users who previously had poor or no access to training data to use standard GIS services and content to make it easier than ever to train AI based on physically accurate simulated content."
About Esri
Esri, the global market leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, location intelligence, and mapping, helps customers unlock the full potential of data to improve operational and business results. Founded in 1969 in Redlands, California, USA, Esri software is deployed in more than 350,000 organizations globally and in over 200,000 institutions in the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, including Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, nonprofits, and universities. Esri has regional offices, international distributors, and partners providing local support in over 100 countries on six continents. With its pioneering commitment to geospatial information technology, Esri engineers the most innovative solutions for digital transformation, the Internet of Things (IoT), and advanced analytics. Visit us at www.esri.com and at GEOINT 2022 in booth #523.
About Rendered.ai
Rendered.ai is a Platform as a Service for synthetic data generation that puts physically accurate sensor modeling and a closed-loop data engineering workflow in the hands of data scientists and innovators. Founded by physicist Nathan Kundtz, Rendered.ai has created and powers the first-ever developer framework for synthetic data, turning simulation tools into synthetic data capabilities which includes scenario generation, 3D model libraries, asset management, compute management, annotation, metadata management and more. Rendered.ai is a privately held company based in Bellevue, Washington. For more information on the company and to sign up for a free account, please visit: www.rendered.ai. You can also visit Rendered.ai at GEOINT 2022 in booth #835.
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Sue Bennett is looking for a special Christmas gift, something you will not find at a local retailer or on-line — a donor kidney, one to take over the functioning of her kidneys, which have been ravaged by polycystic kidney disease, a non-curable genetic disease that Bennett has been living, and running, with for years, and which has worsened recently.
In the past year, Bennett’s kidney functioning has decreased to 18%, because of the many cysts formed on the organ’s filtering units, called nephrons. Her options? Find someone to donate a kidney or go onto dialysis. Bennett is among the 37 million Americans living with a chronic kidney disease, according to the National Kidney Foundation website.
“My diagnosis (at age 45) was very upsetting, the way it was handled by the surgeon in a non-empathetic way,” Bennett, a retired psychologist, said in an interview earlier this month. “Running saved me. It became my anti-anxiety medicine, my healthy distraction. I literally ran for my life. Running is a part of my identity, and I am trying to hold on to who I am.”
Further numbers provided by the National Kidney Foundation are startling: 660,000 Americans “live with kidney failure,” with 100,000 of those “waiting for a kidney transplant.” That includes Bennett, who said there is an estimated six-year wait for someone with her blood type in Colorado for a deceased donor kidney.
During our visit, Bennett, 68, explained that her “amazing” running friends have helped her cope with the awareness of the mortality that is part of the human condition but which we can avoid when we are fit and fast — which Bennett, a decent masters runner, was over her running career. Now, she says that during runs she stops to look at a flower, an alpaca, a beautiful view. She still does workouts with her team, Gijima, just shortening the distances during tempo runs.
Bennett ran in junior high school, then tried it again later in life. The first run back as an adult was difficult, but after an eight-miler, she was hooked. “I fell in love with running,” she said. “I just go to this place where I feel very happy.”
As her running progressed, Bennett found success with several notable Boulder coaches, including Ric Rojas, Lorraine Moller, Darren and Colleen De Reuck, and now Mark Plaatjes. “I’ve had some good people in my life,” she said. “With Mark coaching me in running and Colleen in sports training and lifting, they are helping me to hold onto some strength.”
Bennett is able to continue running despite the high blood pressure and anemia caused by the disease. She added, however, that not everyone with kidney disease is able to be as physically active. “Through no fault of their own, others may not have the same experience and many find it hard just to function daily. And my time will eventually come.”
Bennett was upbeat when we talked, but acknowledged that she has “good days and days when I feel hopeless. ‘What is going to happen? Am I going to live?’ It sounds dramatic, but that is what is on the line. I have a wonderful family and supportive running friends, and I am going to keep going until I can’t.”
While she waits for a donor, Bennett keeps active, running most days and volunteering with her beloved dog, Bodhi, at Boulder Community Health. “It gives me some purpose and brings some lightness and joy to the patients’ day. The doctors and nurses like it, too; they need it as much as the patients. They work so hard. It’s fun, and it helps me to help other people, it really does.”
Bennett left me, and perhaps you, too, with a bit of wisdom, as she reflected on her disease. “There’s nothing like a terminal illness to jerk you into the present moment,” she said, adding: “In the end, I will keep my fingers crossed and hope for the best. The body is amazing, when you think about what it does. We can live for a pretty darn long time because of this intelligence we embody.
“It’s incredible; it’s a mystery.”
Polycystic kidney disease
• For information about polycystic kidney disease, visit pkdcure.org
• To learn about donating a kidney, go to the National Kidney Foundation website, kidney.org/livingdonation or 855-653-2272, or write to nkfcares@kidney.org.
• For transplant information, go to the American Transplant Foundation, americantransplantfoundation.org
• Contact Bennett’s transplant team at www.Centura.donorscreen.org.
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WARREN, Pa. (AP) — A county prosecutor in Pennsylvania said Tuesday that he has asked the state attorney general’s office to take over the investigation surrounding a homicide suspect’s escape because of the possibility that jail staff might be charged with criminal negligence.
Warren County District Attorney Rob Greene said reports from the Warren city police investigation included information that “could possibly implicate” inmates and staff at the county jail as well as others in the July 6 escape of Michael Burham, 34. He was recaptured Saturday after a barking dog alerted a couple to his presence on their property.
Greene said he has seen nothing to indicate staff members participated or were complicit in the escape in which authorities say Burham climbed on exercise equipment, went through a window and scaled down a rope fashioned from jail bedding. But Green said staff could face criminal charges “if they were negligent in their duties to make sure Burham or other inmates did not escape.”
Greene said because he considers many jail staff in the small county his friends, and because he’s on the prison board, he asked the attorney general’s office to take over the escape case against Burham and any related case brought against anyone else.
Greene, who earlier also sought a state corrections department investigation, said he was “floored” at the idea of staff having some culpability. He also said he is “livid” about the negative attention the case had brought to the area. He added, however, that he didn’t believe there would be a problem with continued operations at the jail, emphasizing that his concerns involved only “negligence issues, complacency issues.”
“I can’t imagine, for the life of me, that any of those jail guards that might be under investigation at this point wouldn’t be straightening themselves up,” he said.
Greene acknowledged having potential suspects in mind but declined to say who or how many. He also declined to comment on whether anyone knew about Burham collecting sheets for his escape, saying it would be “an issue” in the attorney general’s investigation.
District Attorney Jason Schmidt, of Chautauqua County, New York, said in June that Burham was the prime suspect in the May 11 killing of Kala Hodgkin, 34, and a related arson in Jamestown, New York. Authorities also accuse him of abducting an older couple in Pennsylvania while trying to evade capture before his arrest in South Carolina. New York officials said they opted to let Pennsylvania handle the initial prosecution as they probe the killing and arson.
Greene said he will continue to handle the Pennsylvania kidnapping and burglary case that Burham was being held on.
Greene’s remarks came during the Crime Stoppers presentation of a $2,000 reward check to “Tucker the dog” and his owners, Ron and Cindy Ecklund, for their role in the recapture of Burham. Tucker, oblivious to the ceremony, barked as he tried several times to get Ron Ecklund to throw a new tennis ball for him to chase.
Cindy Ecklund said she and her husband recognized Burham as soon as they encountered him at the rear of their property. They tried to calmly but quickly withdraw in a golf cart they were using while calling 911. She said their dog not only alerted them to Burham’s presence but his aggressive barking once they encountered him likely intimidated the escapee.
“I think he was a little afraid of what Tucker might do,” she said.
Burham fled but was captured less than two hours later, looking wet, dirty and “worn-out,” police said.
The hero dog was sporting a new collar Tuesday and had a bucket of tennis balls, a few new toys, some treats from a well-wisher and a coupon for a spa day. And, “there is a ribeye steak in the fridge waiting for him after all this is over,” Ecklund said.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
1-0-9
(one, zero, nine)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
1-0-9
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The 2023 U.S. Women’s Open Odds & Preview: Nelly Korda
Nelly Korda will be at the 2023 U.S. Women’s Open in Pebble Beach, California at the par-72, 6,509-yard Pebble Beach Golf Links from July 6- 9.
Looking to place a bet on Korda at the U.S. Women’s Open this week? Read on for the betting odds and stats you can use before you make your picks.
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Nelly Korda Insights
- Over her last 16 rounds, Korda has shot better than par 11 times, while also posting 13 rounds with a better-than-average score.
- She has recorded a top-five score three times and a top-10 score five times in her last 16 rounds.
- Korda has posted a score within three shots of the day's best in four of her last 16 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day 10 times.
- Korda has finished in the top 10 three times in her past five events, and as high as the top five in two.
- She has made the cut in three of her past five events.
- In her past five events, Korda finished within three shots of the leader twice and five or fewer strokes back three times. She carded a score better than average three times.
Over the last year
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U.S. Women’s Open Insights and Stats
- Pebble Beach Golf Links measures 6,509 yards for this tournament, 517 below the average course on the Tour in the past year (7,026).
- Pebble Beach Golf Links has seen an average tournament score of -5 recently, matching the Tour's scoring average on all courses in the past year.
- Courses that Korda has played in the past year have measured an average of 6,549 yards, 40 yards longer than the 6,509-yard Pebble Beach Golf Links this week.
- The tournaments she has played in the past year have seen an average score of -3. That's higher than this course's recent scoring average of -5.
Korda's Last Time Out
- Korda shot below average on the eight par-3 holes at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, with an average of 3.25 strokes to finish in the 21st percentile of competitors.
- Her 4.36-stroke average on the 22 par-4 holes at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship was poor, putting her in the 18th percentile of the field.
- Korda was better than just 11% of the golfers at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship on the tournament's six par-5 holes, averaging 5.17 strokes per hole compared to the field average, which was 4.83.
- Korda fared worse on par 3s than the field her last time out, carding a birdie or better on one of eight par-3s at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship (the other participants averaged 1.5).
- On the eight par-3s at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, Korda carded more bogeys or worse (three) than the field average (2.6).
- Korda's one birdie or better on par-4s at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship were less than the tournament average of 3.5.
- In that most recent outing, Korda's par-4 showing (on 22 holes) included a bogey or worse eight times (better than the field's average, 8.8).
- Korda finished the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship registering a birdie or better on one par-5 hole, compared to the field average of 2.9 on the six par-5s.
- On the six par-5s at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, Korda recorded two bogeys or worse, more than the tournament average of 1.3.
U.S. Women’s Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 6- 9, 2023
- Course: Pebble Beach Golf Links
- Location: Pebble Beach, California
- Par: 72 / 6,509 yards
- Korda Odds to Win: +2500 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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Two charged with attempted murder in incident outside Salisbury Cook Out: Police
Salisbury police have arrested a pair of suspects in connection with an assault with a firearm that occurred early Sunday morning, Aug. 4.
Ryshawn McCloud, 27, of Middle River, Maryland, and Dominic Moore, 28, of Silver Spring, Maryland, were both charged with attempted murder, assault, and reckless endangerment. Moore was additionally charged with firearm use and firearm possession, with McCloud also being charged as an accessory.
On Sunday, Sep. 4, at about 3:03 A.M., officers from the Salisbury Police Department responded to the Cook Out restaurant at 1115 S. Salisbury Blvd. for reports of shots fired in the parking lot. Officers were also dispatched to Tidal Health Peninsula Regional for a victim who had allegedly been shot.
The investigation conducted by Salisbury police officers and detectives revealed that a motor vehicle collision between two vehicles occurred in the Cook Out parking lot. An argument then ensued between parties in both vehicles. The confrontation became physical when McCloud struck a 20-year-old male victim, according to police. Shortly thereafter, an unidentified male subject, who had been traveling in the vehicle with McCloud, displayed a handgun and proceeded to shoot in the direction of the victim multiple times, per police.
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McCloud and the unidentified subject then fled from the scene in McCloud’s vehicle, headed northbound on South Salisbury Boulevard, according to police. The victim was transported to Tidal Health Peninsula Regional, where he was treated for multiple gunshot wounds to his torso.
The victim’s injuries were considered life-threatening, but his condition is now stable.
McCloud was placed under arrest on the morning of Sunday, Sept. 4, after responding to the Salisbury Police Department. He was later transported to the Wicomico County Detention Center to be seen by a district court commissioner.
Four days later on Thursday, Sep. 8, Moore was arrested at about 1 p.m. when members of the Montgomery County Police Department Fugitive Task Force located him within close proximity of his residence and he was taken into custody without incident.
As a result of the search and seizure warrant, items in connection with the shooting were seized at Moore's residence. They included a semi-automatic handgun Moore was prohibited from possessing, according to police.
The investigation is ongoing and the Salisbury Police Department requests anyone with information regarding this incident to contact the Salisbury Police Department Criminal Investigation Division at 410-548-3165. | https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/2022/09/09/2-charged-with-attempted-murder-in-incident-outside-cook-out-police/68270340007/ | 2022-09-10 00:08:12 | 1 | https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/2022/09/09/2-charged-with-attempted-murder-in-incident-outside-cook-out-police/68270340007/ |
BUTTE — Residents shared disturbing stories with the Butte Council of Commissioners on the problem of urban decay in their neighborhoods.
“I got out one morning in March to have a cup of coffee, step out on my front stairs for the morning cigarette and one of the women from the house across the street was defecating on the mine dump right there,” said Butte resident Scott Murphy.
The meeting room was packed Wednesday evening as several residents expressed concerns about the growing number of dilapidated houses and the criminal activity they've attracted. Some of these abandoned homes are in disrepair and no longer have electricity or water utilities.
Karrie West lives next to one of these homes and worries about transients going in and out of it.
“What’s it going to do when it finally collapses? If a squatter is in there and a fire gets out of control? What’s going to happen to my home? The smell in the summer of human feces and just the mold and mildew of that house I cannot keep my windows open,” said West.
Members of Citizens United Against Urban Decay want the city to go after the absentee homeowners who have let their homes fall into disrepair. They want them obligated to repair or demolish the structures. Residents claim these homes are used as hideouts for criminals.
“This neighborhood has had many long-term residents, elderly and disabled. These criminals are taking advantage of these people,” said Terri Johnson.
One resident of Belgrade who bought a house for his son in Butte said she was shocked by the amount of crime they’ve encountered in just a short time.
“We have an extremely large population in the Gallatin Valley and our crime is nothing compared to Butte,” said Dynise Ette.
Some residents blame Butte’s Community Enrichment Department for not following through with the abandoned house. Community Enrichment Director Ed Randall, who attended the meeting, had no comment on the situation. | https://www.kxlf.com/news/local-news/butte-residents-complain-to-council-of-commissioners-about-urban-decay | 2023-01-05 23:43:51 | 0 | https://www.kxlf.com/news/local-news/butte-residents-complain-to-council-of-commissioners-about-urban-decay |
Wyndham Rewards Earner Card once again named best hotel credit card
PARSIPPANY, N.J., Oct. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyndham Rewards®, the world's most generous guest rewards program spanning more than 50,000 hotels, vacation club resorts and vacation rentals globally, has once again been named best hotel loyalty program in the USA TODAY 10Best Readers' Choice Awards while the Wyndham Rewards Earner® Card has been recognized as the best hotel credit card.
The accolades mark the fifth consecutive year Wyndham Rewards has taken the top spot in the Best Hotel Loyalty Program category and the fourth consecutive year Wyndham's credit card has been named Best Hotel Credit Card. Nominees in the USA TODAY 10Best Readers' Choice Awards are compiled by a panel of industry experts, and winners are chosen based on daily voting from USA TODAY readers over a four-week period.
"Designed to be both simple and generous, Wyndham Rewards celebrates and champions the everyday traveler, offering more value, more flexibility and more redemption opportunities than virtually any other hotel program in the world," said Lisa Checchio, chief marketing officer, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. "To once again see both the program and our credit card recognized in this way is a testament to the power of the program, dedication of our franchisees and partners, and the loyalty of our more than 95 million enrolled members who, year-in and year-out, continue to make our program number one."
Wyndham Rewards is the only hotel loyalty program to offer members a guaranteed 1,000 points with every qualified stay. Free nights start at just 7,500 points per night, while discounted nights start at 1,500 points plus some cash. The program's Member Levels (status), which are among the most attainable in travel, allow members to unlock great benefits like a preferred room, late checkout, accelerated earning and more.
Wyndham Rewards' suite of credit cards includes the Wyndham Rewards Earner Card, Wyndham Rewards Earner Plus Card and the Wyndham Rewards Earner Business Card, the first Wyndham credit card created specifically for small businesses. All three cards amplify rewards earned on the road, as well as everyday purchases, with up to 8x earn on gas purchases and Wyndham hotel stays; up to 5x earn on marketing, advertising and utility purchases (Wyndham Rewards Earner Business Card only); and up to 4x earn on restaurant and grocery purchases. Interested members can learn more at www.wyndhamrewardscreditcard.com.
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Nikki Bella explains why she wore John Cena wedding dress for nuptials to Artem Chigvintsev
The 'Nikki Bella Says I Do' star broke up with fiancé John Cena in 2018 because they wanted different things, including having children
Nikki Bella recently explained why she decided to wear a wedding dress she bought while engaged to John Cena when she married Artem Chigvintsev last summer.
"I went back and forth with that decision," Bella, 39, told Us Weekly. "For me, it [reflects] how I stand as a strong woman, I was like ‘Wait, why should I not wear what I love? Because of my past?’ It just didn’t make sense to me."
The WWE star said she had "the moment" with the dress when she originally bought it before meeting Chigvintsev: "It was all something that I dreamed of."
She said she wouldn’t wear it only if her fiancé had a problem with it.
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"He looks at it as just a material thing," the "Nikki Bella Says I Do" reality star told the outlet, adding that Chigvintsev was "cool about it."
"It did not bother me at all," the "Dancing with the Stars" pro said. "I didn’t think it was going to be that big of a deal for people to react how I reacted … I think [if there’s] an issue with it, they’re bringing some other energy into our happiness."
According to the outlet, Nikki had four different looks for the special day, but it's not immediately clear which one was from her relationship with Cena.
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The couple met when Bella was a contestant on "Dancing with the Stars" in 2017, but she was with Cena at the time.
Bella and Cena got engaged the same year but broke up in 2018 because they wanted different things, including that Cena wasn’t interested in having children. Bella gave birth to her first son, Matteo, with Chigvintsev in 2020.
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Cena married Shay Shariatzadeh in 2020.
A rep for Bella did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. | https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/nikki-bella-explains-why-wore-john-cena-wedding-dress-nuptials-artem-chigvintsev | 2023-01-26 02:09:43 | 1 | https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/nikki-bella-explains-why-wore-john-cena-wedding-dress-nuptials-artem-chigvintsev |
GREEN BAY, Wis. — The 2023 NFL offseason is yet to fully get underway, but already the biggest story involves Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers - who still has to decide if he plans to continue his playing career in 2023 or not.
If he does, it seems likely he will be wearing a different uniform for the first time in his NFL career, following in the footsteps of Tom Brady and his predecessor in Green Bay, Brett Favre, who spent 16 years with the Packers before playing one year with the Jets and two with the Vikings to close out his career.
Brady and Favre are far from the only legendary quarterbacks to change teams near the end, and in fact many believe a change of scenery is needed to re-energize the mind and body after spending so long playing in one place.
That's the take offered by a former quarterback with familiarity on the topic, Carson Palmer, who spoke to Peter Bukowski of Locked on Packers about this during Super Bowl week.
"It's a good thing for a lot of guys," Palmer said about changing teams. "If Aaron goes somewhere else, which I think he will, you gotta go in and re-establish yourself as a leader...it can be energizing, especially as you're getting up there in years. It can be an energizing experience and something you may need at that point in your life."
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Palmer spent the first seven years of his career in Cincinnati, making two Pro Bowl appearances before ultimately spending two years in Oakland and five more years in Arizona.
With the Cardinals Palmer had perhaps the best season of his career, where at age 36 he threw for a career-high 4,671 yards and 35 touchdowns - finishing second in MVP voting and making his third and final Pro Bowl appearance.
Palmer believes a change of scenery will be good for Rodgers, and that it will not only help him on the field but off it as well.
"You look at Aaron it just seems like he's done in Green Bay," Palmer said. "Maybe it will be energizing to him and spark a little more work ethic and change the way he talks to the media and deals with his teammates. Maybe things will change and be different if he has a new environment."
Rodgers plans to participate in a darkness retreat this week, where he will spend four days and nights in total darkness to help him gain clarity on what he should do next in his career.
If he does continue playing, Palmer believes a new team might be what he needs to reinvigorate his career and put together a few more solid seasons before he hangs them up for good. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/sports/locked-on/lo-wisconsin/packers-show/carson-palmer-believes-a-change-of-scenery-is-what-aaron-rodgers-needs-green-bay-packers-nfl-news-aaron-rodgers-rumors-new-york-jets/535-fd7803c8-b7e1-4347-8e36-f85d9c15d43b | 2023-02-17 03:56:46 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/sports/locked-on/lo-wisconsin/packers-show/carson-palmer-believes-a-change-of-scenery-is-what-aaron-rodgers-needs-green-bay-packers-nfl-news-aaron-rodgers-rumors-new-york-jets/535-fd7803c8-b7e1-4347-8e36-f85d9c15d43b |
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — The Egg Harbor Township High School boys basketball team remembers last season’s Cape-Atlantic League Tournament.
The Eagles were the top seed but lost in the quarterfinals to eighth-seeded and eventual champion Mainland Regional.
That loss serves as motivation this season.
Senior guard DJ Germann scored 23 points and had four steals as the third-seeded Eagles beat sixth-seeded Atlantic City 53-46 in the CAL quarterfinals Saturday.
Germann and Jay-Nelly Reyes, also a senior guard, started for EHT against Mainland in last year’s tournament.
“They remember last year, and it ate at them all offseason,” EHT coach Cameron Bell said. “All they wanted to do was get back to this spot. We got back to the quarterfinals, and now we’re in the semifinals for the first time in EHT (boys basketball) history. We’re extremely motivated.”
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Atlantic City started Saturday's game in a 2-3 zone and tried to slow the pace against EHT.
It worked early.
The Vikings (13-11) stayed close behind the outside shooting of Chris Finch (15 points) and Hasanur Rahmaan-Freeman (17 points, eight rebounds). But eventually EHT took control with its defense. The Eagles were able to force turnovers and convert them into fast-break layups. EHT (21-5) led by as many as 11 in the second half.
Jamil Wilkins scored 17 for EHT. Keon Elliott and Jay Nelly-Reyes each had three steals for the Eagles.
“We were changing up defenses,” Germann said, “getting them off beat. We ended up getting steals and that led to fast-break points.”
EHT will play second-seeded Mainland in the semifinals at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Millville. The teams have not met since the Mustangs upset EHT 50-38 in last year’s quarterfinals.
“We’re not happy just to be in (Tuesday’s) game,” Bell said. “This is the game I think everybody in South Jersey wanted to see. We’ve been wanting to have this game since the end of last season. I think it’s going to be a great game. They’re a well-coached team. They’re a great team. But I also think we are too, so it should be a great game.” | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/dj-germann-leads-eht-boys-over-atlantic-city-and-into-the-cal-semifinals/article_91a92536-aa57-11ed-97c8-f7eaa023657d.html | 2023-02-11 23:18:35 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/dj-germann-leads-eht-boys-over-atlantic-city-and-into-the-cal-semifinals/article_91a92536-aa57-11ed-97c8-f7eaa023657d.html |
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Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger spotted for first time since arrest
STROUDSBURG, Pa. - Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger was spotted Tuesday for the first time since his arrest stepping out of a prisoner transport van outside the courthouse in advance of his highly anticipated extradition hearing.
Kohberger, 28, wore a red jail-issue jumpsuit and had his hands shackled in front of him, as two law enforcement officials escorted him to the Monroe County Courthouse at about 10:45 a.m.
He remained stone-faced as reporters pelted him with questions, "Why did you do it?"
At one point the accused mass murderer wore a haunting expression, and looked directly at the crowd of photographers and reporters.
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The Washington State University Ph.D student was arrested early Friday for allegedly stabbing to death Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and Madison Mogen in the early morning hours of Nov. 13 in an off-campus rental home.
Bryan Christopher Kohberger arrives at the Monroe County Courthouse in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, on Jan. 3. (Credit: FOX News Digital)
Kohberger, who was studying at WSU's Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, was transported from the Monroe County Correctional Facility – about 7 miles away – to the courthouse for a 3:30 p.m. extradition hearing.
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His attorney, Jason LaBar, previously said he will not fight extradition and will voluntarily return to Moscow, Idaho, where he faces four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary for the quadruple homicide.
His parents and two sisters are expected to be in court. | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/idaho-murder-suspect-bryan-kohberger-spotted-for-first-time-since-arrest | 2023-01-03 19:32:23 | 1 | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/idaho-murder-suspect-bryan-kohberger-spotted-for-first-time-since-arrest |
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler on Wednesday criticized the Federal Reserve for issuing another interest rate hike, warning that the move will have a “direct and harmful impact” on working families.
The labor leader’s remarks come after Fed officials raised interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point, the sixth rate hike since the Fed ramped up its efforts to slow the economy and tame inflation in March.
“The Fed seems determined to raise interest rates, though it openly admits those rates could ruin our current economy as unemployment remains low and people are able to find jobs,” Shuler said in a statement.
“The Fed’s actions will not address the underlying causes of inflation — the war in Ukraine, climate change’s effect on harvests and corporate profits, and an increase in the chances that the United States enters a recession.”
Labor unions and progressive groups have condemned the Fed’s approach to taming inflation, which is focused on slowing wage growth to bring down demand, and thus prices.
They argue that corporate greed is a primary driver behind persistent price hikes, pointing to data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis showing that U.S. corporate profits reached an all-time high in the second quarter of 2022.
The White House has taken a similar approach, this week threatening energy companies to increase production or face a new windfall tax. Six of the largest oil and gas firms together raked in nearly $60 billion in third-quarter profits, led by ExxonMobil’s $19.7 billion haul, as consumers faced higher energy costs.
“Working people should not be the target of lowering inflation — it should be corporations that are earning record profits,” Shuler said.
Even as supply chain issues improved and demand for products have dipped, inflation remains stubbornly high, with prices rising 8.2 percent over the last year ending in September, according to Labor Department data.
The Federal Open Market Committee said in a statement Wednesday that “ongoing increases” to interest rates may be needed to get annual inflation down to its 2 percent target.
The committee said that it will factor in “the cumulative tightening of monetary policy, the lags with which monetary policy affects economic activity and inflation, and economic and financial developments.” | https://www.myarklamiss.com/hill-politics/afl-cio-bashes-federal-reserve-over-rate-hike/ | 2022-11-02 21:22:13 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/hill-politics/afl-cio-bashes-federal-reserve-over-rate-hike/ |
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police on Wednesday arrested a news director at a popular TV station in the southern port city of Karachi on charges of broadcasting anti-army comments by an opposition politician loyal to ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The private ARY television confirmed that Ammad Yousaf, who is also a senior executive at the station, was arrested in an early morning raid at his home.
Security officials told The Associated Press that there would also be raids on several other ARY employees who along with Yousaf were part of the broadcast of an interview Monday with Shahbaz Gill, chief of staff at Khan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf opposition party. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss ongoing police actions.
In the broadcast, Gill urged troops and officers, all the way up to brigadier generals, to refuse to obey “illegal orders" from the military.
It was unclear what prompted the comment, which has stunned the government of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, who replaced Khan. The former cricket star turned Islamist politician was ousted in a no-confidence vote in parliament in April.
Gill was arrested on Tuesday in Islamabad, on charges of attempting to incite soldiers to revolt against the top military leadership. His remarks on ARY were seen as an attempt to sow division in the country's powerful military.
Khan came to power in 2018, promising to break the pattern of family rule in Pakistan, but his opponents said he was elected with help from the powerful military, which has ruled the country for half of its 75-year history.
If convicted, Gill faces a possible death sentence. ARY was taken off air on orders from the country’s media regulator and police opened a probe into whether the station's management was part of a plot to incite troops to mutiny.
Khan denounced Gil's arrest as shameful and called it “an abduction, not an arrest." However, in a televised speech on Wednesday, he appeared to distance himself from the affair and claimed that his successor Sharif's government was conspiring to pit his party against the military.
The government rejected the allegation. Following his ouster, Khan had claimed that the country’s army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa was part of an alleged U.S. plot to topple him. Washington, Sharif and the military all denied the allegation.
Information Minister Maryam Aurangzeb insisted at a press conference Wednesday that Gill had made a “seditious statement" against the military at instructions from Khan. She did not elaborate.
According to the security officials who spoke to the AP police are also investigating Salman Iqbal, the CEO at ARY, over possible incitement against the military. Iqbal has not been detained but some of the station's employees have gone into hiding, fearing arrest.
Meanwhile, a court in Islamabad on Wednesday ruled to allow police to hold Gill in detention for two more days as they investigate the motive for his on-air remarks. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Pakistan-arrests-TV-executive-over-airing-17364791.php | 2022-08-10 19:37:43 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Pakistan-arrests-TV-executive-over-airing-17364791.php |
Supreme Court remembers Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with ceremonies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a champion for women’s rights whose death ahead of the 2020 election allowed the Supreme Court to become more conservative, will be remembered during ceremonies Friday at the high court.
Ginsburg, who served as a justice for 27 years and was the Supreme Court’s second female member, will be remembered by some of the people who worked for her as law clerks, young lawyers who spend a year at the court working for a justice. The group includes Elizabeth Prelogar, the Biden administration’s solicitor general, its top Supreme Court lawyer, as well as several judges and professors.
The ceremonies, technically a meeting of the Supreme Court Bar followed by a special session of the court, are a tradition at the high court following the death of a justice, a tradition dating back to 1822. The court will livestream the meeting on its website beginning at 1:45 p.m. EDT.
Ginsburg’s death just over six weeks before the 2020 election was immensely consequential. It allowed then-President Donald Trump to fill the liberal justice’s seat on the court with a conservative, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, and gave conservatives a 6-3 majority on the bench. Barrett was among the justices who voted last year to overturn Roe v. Wade and do away with constitutional protections for abortion, protections Ginsburg had backed as a justice.
As an advocate for women’s rights before becoming a judge, Ginsburg won five of the six cases she argued before the high court in the 1970s. She was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Bill Clinton in 1993.
Late in life as the court’s senior liberal she became something of an icon, particularly to young women, and earned the nickname the “Notorious RBG.” Among the things she was known for was her collection of judicial collars, lace and beaded adornments she would wear over her robe. She was also an avid proponent of exercise and regularly worked out with a personal trainer, who wrote a book about her workout routine that came out in 2017.
Over the years, Ginsburg had several public battles with cancer. She died at age 87 of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer. After her death, she made history as the first woman to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol.
Ginsburg is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, just over the Potomac River from Washington.
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32-year-old posed as student at 3 high schools in Boston, officials say
BOSTON (WCVB) – A 32-year-old woman attended three high schools in Massachusetts, transferring from school to school by enrolling under multiple false names, officials said.
Authorities said the bizarre and elaborate scheme went on for months until a man posing as her father tried to withdraw her from English High School a week after she enrolled. Boston Public Schools staff reviewed her paperwork, and they discovered what they called falsified documents.
Police were notified, and it became a criminal investigation. She also is believed to have attended Brighton High School and Jeremiah Burke High School.
“There have been some conversations with students already and school staff who were in contact with this individual,” said Boston Mayor Michelle Wu. “We do not have any evidence at this moment of any harm or risk to the young people, thank goodness.”
The woman’s adult father would not comment on the case but said his daughter is now getting the mental health care she needs.
“You think you’ve seen everything,” Wu said. “And we’re looking to make sure that we can find out all the details of what happened here and what the motivation might have been.”
A student who knew her at Burke said he was shocked.
“She definitely didn’t look 32, I can tell you that,” he said. “I wouldn’t have thought she was 32.”
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SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Utmel said that the rapid penetration of the global new energy vehicle market has stimulated the installation of power batteries to increase year by year. At the same time, the technological route of lithium iron phosphate batteries in the field of electrochemical energy storage has become the mainstream solution of newly installed capacity in recent years, and its proportion is rapidly increasing.
Utmel estimates that the global recycling scale of power and energy storage batteries will exceed 1TWh by 2030, with lithium iron phosphate batteries accounting for more than 58% of the total.
Despite fierce competition, the actual recycling scale of retired power batteries is small.
However, there are still several major problems to be solved in the battery recycling industry at this stage.
First, the lithium ion battery recycling industry is still in its early stages, with approximately 70% of used batteries originating from defective products and wastes of battery factories, implying that the actual recycling scale is still small.
Second, the number of participants in the battery recycling industry is increasing, and the overall industry standardization still needs to be improved.
Take the Chinese market as an example, since 2020, China has continued to introduce power battery recycling policies. In 2021, the newly registered battery recycling-related enterprises exceeded 10,000, an increase of about 4 times compared with 2020.
However, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China's Industrial Specification Conditions for Comprehensive Traction of Waste Power Batteries of New Energy Vehicles enterprises (hereinafter referred to as the white list of enterprises), only 45 will be operational by the end of 2021. According to Utmel statistics, the annual production capacity of whitelisted enterprises' waste battery comprehensive treatment has exceeded 1.01 million tons, and the planned production capacity of enterprises' waste battery treatment has exceeded 4.25 million tons. However, the actual recycling volume of lithium-ion batteries in China in 2021 is less than 300,000 tons, indicating that the battery recycling industry's idle capacity is quite obvious.
Echelon and recycling go hand in hand to create a circular economy in battery industry.
In China, one of the world's largest new energy vehicle markets, the installed scale of the global power battery market will exceed 3TWh by 2030, and the installed scale of China's power battery is expected to occupy about 45% of the world. Therefore, the effective use of the battery life cycle will be one of the important ways to build a low-carbon economy in the future. Besides, battery recycling and utilization can not only make up for resource shortage, but also reduce the impact and pressure on environment and resources compared with the exploitation, production and use of primary mine resources.
According to Utmel's research, the recycling of used lithium-ion batteries in China is currently divided into echelon use and recycling. The echelon use is the gradient utilization of power battery storage capacity decay to less than 80% in such fields as power backup, small energy storage, low-speed vehicles (such as take-away two-wheelers, express three-wheelers) and four-wheeled micro-electric vehicles, etc. However, most of the echelon use in the field of energy storage is still in the experimental demonstration stage and is excluded from large-scale energy storage projects by the National Energy Administration of China; while the regeneration utilization is mainly the dismantling of retired power batteries to recover lithium, cobalt, nickel and other valuable metals and reuse them for regenerative manufacturing of battery materials. The recycling is mainly to recover lithium, cobalt, nickel and other valuable metals after dismantling and reuse them in the regenerative manufacturing of battery materials.
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Fallout from the deadly police beating of Black motorist Tyre Nichols now includes the firing of three Memphis Fire Department personnel, and an announcement that a total of seven police officers were placed on leave, as critics nationwide call for police reform.
Two emergency medical technicians and a fire department lieutenant have been terminated over their response to Nichols' January 7 encounter with members of a now-disbanded unit of the police department, Memphis Fire Chief Gina Sweat said Monday.
Police pulled Nichols over in what they initially said was on suspicion of reckless driving. Officers yanked him out of his car, and he ran away after officers deployed pepper spray and a Taser to try to make him lie prone; minutes later, officers would catch up with him at a second location and hit or kick him numerous times, police body-camera and surveillance video shows.
He died three days later of his injuries, the Tennessee Bureau Investigation has said. The beating has fueled broader public scrutiny of how US police use force, especially against people of color.
Emergency medical technicians Robert Long and JaMichael Sandridge and fire Lt. Michelle Whitaker have been fired, the fire department said Monday.
An investigation concluded that the two EMTs "failed to conduct an adequate patient assessment of Mr. Nichols" after responding based on both the initial call -- in which they heard a person was pepper-sprayed -- and information they were told at the scene, Sweat said in a news release.
Whitaker had remained in the fire truck, according to the chief's statement.
The fire department said earlier this month that the two EMTs had been suspended pending an internal investigation.
The truck carrying the EMTs arrived at the second scene at about 8:41 p.m. to find Nichols on the ground leadning against a polcie vehicle, and called for an ambulance at 8:46 p.m. the fire department said. The ambulance arrived at 8:55 p.m. and left with Nichols 13 minutes later, according to the fire department.
Pole-camera video released Friday shows that between the time the EMTs arrived and the ambulance arrived, first-responders repeatedly walked away from Nichols, with Nichols intermittently falling onto his side.
Also Monday, the police department announced that seven officers were placed on leave the day after the beating -- two more than previously announced.
Five of the officers -- all of whom are Black -- were fired January 20 and then indicted last week on second-degree murder and other charges.
One officer said, 'I hope they stomp his ass'
Memphis police said Monday that a sixth and a seventh officer were placed on leave with the other five on January 8 -- and those two officers still are subjects of an internal investigation.
Police on Monday named one of the two officers, Preston Hemphill, who is White, and said he has been on administrative leave since the beginning of the investigation. Memphis police spokesperson Kimberly Elder declined to say whether Hemphill is being paid.
The city on Friday released body-camera and pole-camera surveillance footage of the initial traffic stop and the beating at the second site. One of the body-cam videos reveals Hemphill -- at the site of the initial traffic stop -- fired a Taser at Nichols and eventually said, "One of them prongs hit the bastard."
Later, Hemphill says to another officer: "I hope they stomp his ass." That body-cam video does not show Hemphill at the second site, where the county's district attorney has said Nichols was beaten and suffered his serious injuries.
Hemphill has not been charged. "He was never present at the second scene" that escalated to the beating, and Hemphill has been cooperating with the investigation, his attorney Lee Gerald said.
The seventh officer has not been publicly identified.
Attorneys for Nichols' family wonder why authorities were quick to fire five Black police officers and charge them with murder -- while staying relatively quiet about Hemphill's role in the encounter.
"The news today from Memphis officials that Officer Preston Hemphill was reportedly relieved of duty weeks ago, but not yet terminated or charged, is extremely disappointing. Why is his identity and the role he played in Tyre's death just now coming to light?" attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci said in a statement Monday.
"It certainly begs the question why the White officer involved in this brutal attack was shielded and protected from the public eye."
Later, Romanucci said on CNN, "This is such a gross collapse of the system that we're supposed to trust, that it really is unspeakable. (Nichols' family is) trying to absorb all of this."
Weeks after Nichols' death, many questions remain. Among them:
• Whether more officers will face charges or other discipline: Memphis City Council member Frank Colvett wants to know why more officers at the scene of Nichols' beating had not been disciplined or suspended, he said Sunday.
Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy's office is looking at everyone involved, including Hemphill, Mulroy told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Monday. That includes fire department personnel and people who did paperwork for the encounter, he added.
"Nothing is being ruled out. But we need to ask for patience," he said.
• How Memphis' police chief will fare: While some have praised Chief Davis' swift action in the case, she also created the controversial SCORPION unit that the charged officers were linked to. "There is a reckoning coming for the police department and for the leadership," Colvett said. "She's going to have to answer not just to the council but to the citizens -- and really the world."
• What happens to sheriff's personnel: Two deputies with the Shelby County Sheriff's Office were put on leave last week pending an investigation, after the sheriff viewed.
• If Nichols' death spurs national-level police reform: The Congressional Black Caucus has asked for a meeting with President Joe Biden this week to push for negotiations on police reform.
What the footage shows
Video of the fatal encounter is difficult to watch. It starts with a traffic stop and later shows officers repeatedly beating Nichols with batons, punching him and kicking him -- even as his hands are restrained behind his back at one point.
Nichols is heard calling for his mother as he was kicked and pepper-sprayed.
"All of these officers failed their oath," said Crump, one of the attorneys representing the Nichols family. "They failed their oath to protect and serve."
At the residential street corner where Nichols was beaten, mourners created a makeshift memorial. Across the country, protesters marched after the videos' release, in cities including New York, Atlanta, Boston and Los Angeles.
Nichols' family remembered him as a good son and father who enjoyed skateboarding, photography and sunsets. They recalled his smile and hugs and mourned the moments they'll never have again.
Expert questions second-degree murder charges
The five fired officers charged in connection with Nichols' beating -- Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Justin Smith, Emmitt Martin and Desmond Mills Jr. -- are expected to be arraigned February 17.
Mills Jr. didn't cross lines "that others crossed" during the confrontation with Nichols and instead was a "victim" of the system he worked within, his attorney, Blake Ballin, told CNN.
Martin's attorney, William Massey, said "no one out there that night intended for Tyre Nichols to die."
Attorneys for the other former officers did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The Memphis Police Association declined to comment on the terminations beyond saying the city of Memphis and Nichols' family "deserve to know the complete account of the events leading up to his death and what may have contributed to it," the union said in a statement.
The Shelby County district attorney's office said each of the five fired officers face seven counts, including: second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping with bodily injury, aggravated kidnapping in possession of a deadly weapon, official misconduct and official oppression.
But a second-degree murder charge -- which requires intent to kill -- might be harder to prove than a first-degree felony murder charge, said Alexis Hoag-Fordjour, assistant professor of law and co-director of the Center for Criminal Justice at Brooklyn Law School.
"For first-degree felony murder, it means that a murder happened in conjunction with an underlying felony," said Hoag-Fordjour, noting she practiced law in Tennessee.
"Here, every single charge that the Memphis district attorney charged these five individuals with were felonies. And the underlying felony that would support a first-degree murder charge -- felony murder -- is kidnapping."
The kidnapping counts against officers may seem unusual because "we obviously deputize law enforcement officials to make seizures, to make arrests," Hoag-Fordjour told "CNN This Morning" on Monday.
"But at this point ... what would have been legitimate behavior crossed the line into illegitimacy."
While first-degree felony murder might be easier to prove, Hoag-Fordjour said, second-degree murder convictions are still possible.
Under Tennessee law, a person can be convicted of second-degree murder if they could be reasonably certain their actions would result in somebody's death, Hoag-Fordjour said.
SCORPION unit tied to deadly beating gets axed
The five fired officers charged in Nichols' beating were members of the now-scrapped SCORPION (Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods) unit, Memphis police spokesperson Maj. Karen Rudolph said Saturday.
Hemphill, one of thes officer still on administrative leave, was also a member of the SCORPION unit, a source familiar with his assignment confirmed to CNN. Authorities have not said whether the seventh officer removed from duty was with the unit.
The unit, launched in 2021, put officers into areas where police were tracking upticks in violent crime.
"That reprehensible conduct we saw in that video, we think this was part of the culture of the SCORPION unit," Crump said.
"We demanded that they disbanded immediately before we see anything like this happen again," he said. "It was the culture that was just as guilty for killing Tyre Nichols as those officers."
Memphis police will permanently deactivate the unit. "While the heinous actions of a few casts a cloud of dishonor on the title SCORPION, it is imperative that we, the Memphis Police Department take proactive steps in the healing process for all impacted," the department said.
Colvett supported the dismantling of the SCORPION unit.
"I think the smart move and the mayor is correct in shutting it down," the council member said. "These kinds of actions are not representative of the Memphis Police Department."
Calls for police reform grow
"The brutal beating of Tyre Nichols was murder and is a grim reminder that we still have a long way to go in solving systemic police violence in America," Congressional Black Caucus chair Rep. Steven Horsford said Sunday in a statement.
The Tennessee State Conference NAACP president applauded Davis for "doing the right thing" by not waiting six months to a year to fire the officers who beat Tyre Nichols.
But she had had harsher words for Congress: "By failing to craft and pass bills to stop police brutality, you're writing another Black man's obituary," said Gloria Sweet-Love. "The blood of Black America is on your hands. So, stand up and do something."
On the state level, two Democratic lawmakers said they intend to file police reform legislation ahead of the general assembly's Tuesday filing deadline.
The bills would seek to address mental health care for law enforcement officers, hiring, training, discipline practices and other topics, said Tennessee state Rep. G.A. Hardaway, who represents a part of Memphis and Shelby County.
Correction: An earlier version of this story had the wrong first name for Tyre Nichols.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Atmofizer Technologies Inc. (the "Company" or "Atmofizer") (CSE: ATMO) (Frankfurt: J3K) (OTCQB: ATMFF) is pleased to announce its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. All amounts are expressed in United States dollars unless otherwise noted.
CORORATE DEVELOPMENTS
On April 5, 2022, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the "USPTO") issued U.S. Patent No. 11,291,939 relating to the Company's air and water purification technology. The patent provides protection for the application of the Company's air and water purification technology in the United States.
On April 28, 2022, the Company amended its December 13, 2021 agreement with Emerging Markets Consulting, LLC ("EMC"). EMC provides investor and public relations services including content creation, web development, and webcasting for the Company in North America. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the amended agreement, EMC continued to provide these services for an additional two months for a cash fee of $225,000. Certain functions of EMC may include "investor relations activities" under the policies of the CSE and applicable securities laws.
On May 11, 2022, the Company announced test results of its airborne nanoparticle agglomeration engine. The test results at Atmofizer's Toronto lab showed that the Company's technology, before the use of an air filter, reduced the number of airborne ultra-fine particles smaller than one micron by 81.7%, while doubling the removal of larger particles sized above 2.5 microns. The Company believes this was significant scientifically and medically, as it demonstrated the ability to remove ultra-fine nanoscopic particles from the air (including toxic industrial pollution, smoke, and infectious disease). The ability to filter particles smaller than 2.5 microns is commonly regarded as an indicator of good air quality. Doubling the amount of particles larger than 2.5 microns demonstrated that the smaller particles were effectively being agglomerated together into larger clusters by the Company's technology. These larger clusters are typically more easily filtered by the body and common air filters. The results were achieved without the use of a common air filter. The Company has also added additional staff to its Toronto testing facility to focus on applying its agglomeration technology into mobile (transport vehicles) and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning ("HVAC") aftermarket applications. The additional staff will enable the Company to test and evaluate new Atmofizer airflow configurations and prototypes more quickly.
On May 24, 2022, the Company announced the launch of a new customer lease-finance program through its majority-owned leasing subsidiary. The program enables Atmofizer customers to acquire Atmofizer nanoparticle reduction air purifiers for less than one dollar per day. Customers may be required to make a down payment (ranging from $0- $99) and then pay $29.99/month to participate in the program. The down payment is less than 10% of the manufacturer's suggested retail price. Customers utilizing the lease-finance program will receive a standard limited warranty for the Atmofizer for the duration of a 36 month term lease. This credit facility will make the Company's air purification technology more accessible to a wider range of consumers. For higher volume customers, such as hotels, cruise ships and schools, the Company intends to extend the "clean air for less than a dollar a day" financing with no down payment required, subject to certain terms and conditions.
On May 26, 2022, the Company announced a non-exclusive U.S. distribution agreement with Safeware Inc. ("Safeware"). Safeware is an industry leader in safety equipment that supplies U.S. state and local governments and education organizations. For more than 40 years, Safeware has provided public safety equipment nationally with expertise in personal protective equipment, environmental detection and monitoring, and tactical and rescue gear. Safeware services and supports all aspects of safety for law enforcement and fire services, schools, public works and facilities. Beginning in third quarter 2022, the Company's products will be in Safeware's inventory catalog and will be marketed by its sales and key account teams across the United States. The Company expects initial orders to begin by the third quarter of 2022, with revenue to be generated by the fourth quarter of 2022.
As of the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company had issued 26,407,500 common shares in the authorized share structure of the Company ("Common Shares") with gross proceeds of C$1,824,790 under the "at-the-market" equity distribution program pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated February 26, 2022 (the "ATM Program").
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2022
For the three months ended June 30, 2022, the Company generated revenue of $nil compared to $53,000 with a gross profit of $20,488 (38.66%) during the three months ended June 30, 2021. There were a number of issues contributing to the lack of sales in the quarter. The Company has faced supply chain challenges for critical components for its Atmofizer ONE air purifiers that have contributed to this situation. Additional supply chain issues occurred in respect of computer chips, one of the critical components facing a global short supply. During the quarter the Company has been able to source some of these components and expects to have increased supply of A500 units late in the third quarter. Additionally, the Company found the regulatory environment challenging to import and sell its products during the quarter under the United States Environmental Protection Agency's pesticide device regulations. As a result under these regulations, the Company was unable to actually make any meaningful claims about its products efficacy despite having lab results showing the products' ability to neutralize bacteria and viruses through third-party labs. To overcome the issue impacting its unit sales, Atmofizer will now market its air purifiers in the United States under "Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff – Enforcement Policy for Sterilizers, Disinfectant Devices, and Air Purifiers During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency" (the "FDA's Air Purifier Policy") issued in March 2020 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the "FDA"). . Atmofizer has assessed the conditions of FDA's Air Purifier Policy and determined the subject device meets the relevant technological characteristics and is substantiated by the performance criteria and labeling recommended by FDA.
The Company currently markets their products, under FDA's Air Purifier Policy as a means to support response efforts to the ongoing COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. In alignment with FDA's guidance, the Company is seeking to expand the availability and capability of Air Purifiers presumed efficacious against SARS-CoV-2 (the virus which causes COVID-19) during the public health emergency. Furthermore, Atmofizer intends to market the device in agreement with FDA's stance per this guidance, in that the company believes that increased access to these air purifying devices may facilitate reduced risk of viral exposure for patients, healthcare providers, and consumers to SARS-CoV-2. The Company expects that this new marketing of its products under the FDA's Air Purifier Policy will result in unit sales starting late in the third quarter of 2022.
The new model 4-log Atmofizer ONE devices are expected to be available in late in the third quarter of 2022 and will be marketed and imported into the United States under the FDA's Air Purifier Policy referenced above, to create streamline importation and best align market opportunities and regulatory requirements. The Company will also seek to restructure United States distributor contracts to free up more inventory for sale in North America, and to reduce delivery concentration in channels not moving as quickly. Atmofizer also plans to redirect some inventory previously intended for the United States market to other countries where it has seen some sales success through one of its distributors.
During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company generated revenue of $210,000 with a gross profit of $60,296 (28.71%) compared to $53,000 with a gross profit of $20,488 (38.66%) during the six months ended June 30, 2021.
The Company incurred $4.5 million in expenses during the three months ended June 30, 2022 compared to $1.5 million during the three months ended June 30, 2021. The increase of $3.0 million increase in expenses was driven primarily by share based payments of $2.5 million and $1.3 million in sales and marketing expense of which $1 million was paid by issuing Common Shares. There were significant decreases over the previous quarter in management fees ($0.3 million) and research and development ($0.3 million). Salaries and wages and sales and marketing expenses were increased by $0.3 million and $0.3 million respectively.
The Company incurred $11 million in expenses during the six months ended June 30, 2022 compared to $3.8 million during the six months ended June 30, 2021. The increase of $7.3 million increase in expenses was driven primarily by share based payments of $6.4 million and $1.4 million in sales and marketing expense of which $1 million was paid by issuing Common Shares. There were significant decreases over the previous year in consulting fees ($0.8 million decrease), management fees ($0.5 million) and research and development expenses ($0.3 million).
During the three months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recorded net loss of $5 million compared to a net loss of $1.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. The biggest contributors to the increase in the net loss of $3.7 million was share-based payments of $3 million.
During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recorded net loss of $11.5 million compared to a net loss of $3.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The biggest contributors to the increase in the net loss of $7.8 million was share-based payments of $7.6 million.
"The Company achieved a number of important technology development milestones during the second quarter of 2022. Our science team continued to make significant advancements to prove and productize our technology to achieve our ultimate goal of delivering cleaner air, energy savings and improved efficiency during the quarter. We are doing this by expanding beyond our appliance business and into the multi-billion dollar HVAC industry. We recently received a Notice of Allowance for new claims related to the Company's air purification technology from the USPTO. The recent Notice of Allowance from the USPTO is directed to a new design that delivers ultra-fine particle agglomeration and nanoparticle reduction performance in larger air ducts with faster-moving air, using less parts," said Atmofizer CEO, Olivier Center. "The Company plans to market this patent to be licensed by air purification device manufacturers, HVAC suppliers and service companies. Our first priority is to leverage our strong relationships with HVAC distribution partners to commercialize our nano particle agglomeration technology through licensing. With respect to our appliance business, we experienced head winds from both supply chain related issues as well as regulatory issues. We see ourselves now in a better position to work with our distributors under the FDA's Air Purifier Policy and deliver appliance sales as well as having more appliance inventory on hand to sell through. We continue to follow our asset light objective of developing new clean technology and licensing or partnering with industry leaders to scale faster and capital efficiently."
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On August 23, 2022, the Company announced that the USPTO issued a Notice of Allowance for new claims related to the Company's air and water purification technology. The allowed patent application, titled, "Ultra-Fine Particle Aggregation, Neutralization and Filtration" (US Patent Application No. 11,291,939) provides broad protection for important aspects of Atmofizer's air purification technology. The recent Notice of Allowance from the USPTO is directed to a new design that delivers ultra-fine particle agglomeration and nanoparticle reduction performance in larger air ducts with faster-moving air, using less parts. The Company plans to market this patent to be licensed by air purification device manufacturers, HVAC suppliers and service companies.
On August 25, 2022, the Company announced the latest testing performed by a third-party laboratory on Atmofizer ONE technology demonstrated a greater than 4-log reduction ( > 99.99%) in specifically targeted microorganisms, including gram-positive bacteria, gram-negative bacteria, and enveloped virus. The Atmofizer ONE is now marketed subject to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's "Enforcement Policy for Sterilizers, Disinfectant Devices, and Air Purifiers During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency" (March 2020).
Atmofizer ONE Performance Update
Atmofizer Efficacy Claims:
- 99.99% reduction of Klebsiella Aerogenes [gram-negative bacteria]
- 99.99% reduction of Staphylococcus Epidermis [gram-positive bacteria]
- 99.99% reduction of Phi-6 Bacteriophage [enveloped virus, Surrogate for SARS-CoV-2]
Atmofizer SARS-CoV-2 Specific Efficacy Claims
- Atmofizer reduces airborne SARS-CoV-2
- Atmofizer destroys over 99.99% SARS-CoV-2 without a filter
- Atmofizer destroys SARS-CoV-2 by over 99.99% in 45 minutes
These results are based on third-party laboratory tests at 180 minutes of continuous device operation. The FDA has not evaluated Atmofizer technology. Atmofizer ONE has not been reviewed or approved by the FDA. SARS-CoV-2 data is based on Third-Party Testing of Phi-6 Bacteriophage, a surrogate microorganism for SARS-CoV-2.
About Atmofizer Technologies Inc.
Atmofizer's consumer and industrial solutions are based on its patent-protected and patent pending technology for ultrafine particle agglomeration and neutralization. This capability creates a revolutionary and more efficient method for addressing the wide range of dangerous nano-scale particles, viruses and bacteria that are too small to be effectively managed by conventional HEPA filters and ultraviolet lights. Atmofizer plans to disrupt the air treatment industry by improving air safety and purification efficiency while lowering customers' operational costs.
Atmofizing air refers to the process of using ultrasonic acoustic waves to agglomerate (cluster together) small particles into a larger target that is then radiated by ultraviolet light to neutralize their harmful properties, making the air you breath less hazardous to your health. Using units that atmofize air in tandem with high efficiency particulate air ("HEPA") filters can make the HEPA filters work more efficiently, enable the use of a less-powerful filter and result in a cleaner and longer-lasting filter that reduces operating costs and is less of a health hazard to clean or replace.
Atmofizer is patent-pending and patent-protected sole source of technology to atmofize air and is applying its proprietary technology in consumer and industrial air purification products currently manufactured under the Atmofizer brand, as well as in retail and commercial devices produced by other companies that integrate Atmofizer technology into their own products under license. Atmofizer's owned and licensed product lines include wearable, portable and mobile use for personal air treatment, as well as larger systems to handle higher air volumes for commercial, industrial, institutional and residential applications.
Forward-Looking Information
This press release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws. All statements contained herein that are not clearly historical in nature may constitute forward-looking information. In some cases, forward-looking information can be identified by words or phrases such as "may", "will", "expect", "likely", "should", "would", "plan", "anticipate", "intend", "potential", "proposed", "estimate", "believe" or the negative of these terms, or other similar words, expressions and grammatical variations thereof, or statements that certain events or conditions "may" or "will" happen, or by discussions of strategy. The forward-looking information contained herein includes, without limitation, the Company's new customer lease-finance program, the Company's sales and order expectations from its distribution agreement with Safeware and the business and strategic plans of the Company.
By their nature, forward-looking information is subject to inherent risks and uncertainties that may be general or specific and which give rise to the possibility that expectations, forecasts, predictions, projections or conclusions will not prove to be accurate, that assumptions may not be correct and that objectives, strategic goals and priorities will not be achieved. A variety of factors, including known and unknown risks, many of which are beyond our control, could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking information in this press release including, without limitation: the Company's ability to comply with all applicable laws and governmental regulations relating to its commercial products; the ability of the Company to protect its intellectual property; impacts to the business and operations of the Company due to the COVID-19 pandemic; the conflict in eastern Europe; having only a limited operating history, the ability of the Company to access capital to meet future financing needs; the Company's reliance on management and key personnel; competition; changes in consumer trends; foreign currency fluctuations; and general economic, market or business conditions.
Additional risk factors can also be found in the Company's continuous disclosure documents, which have been filed on SEDAR and can be accessed at www.sedar.com. Readers are cautioned to consider these and other factors, uncertainties and potential events carefully and not to put undue reliance on forward-looking information. The forward-looking information contained herein is made as of the date of this press release and is based on the beliefs, estimates, expectations and opinions of management on the date such forward-looking information is made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, estimates or opinions, future events or results or otherwise or to explain any material difference between subsequent actual events and such forward-looking information, except as required by applicable law.
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The politics around the Feb. 3 derailment of the Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border intensified this week with attention only growing on East Palestine from local, state and national leaders, among others.
Former President Donald Trump is slated to visit the area on Wednesday as East Palestine Mayor Trent Conaway lambasted President Joe Biden for a surprise trip to Ukraine on Monday instead of the Ohio village -- a stop Conaway called the "biggest slap in the face" as his community reels from the fiery crash more than two weeks ago.
Conaway later said he would welcome Biden.
"You have a president going to Ukraine and you have people in Ohio that are in desperate need of help," Trump said on Monday during a speech in West Palm Beach, Florida, days after he announced his upcoming trip to the site.
"The people of East Palestine need help. I'll see you on Wednesday!" Trump wrote on in a statement on Saturday.
It remains unclear where he will appear in the area or with whom and what he will say.
In the days following the crash of about 50 cars of a freight train carrying hazardous materials including vinyl chloride, a highly volatile colorless gas produced for commercial uses, uproar has ensued from Republicans and some Democrats at the response, particularly from the Biden administration -- which has repeatedly sought to highlight an array of steps being taken.
Ohio toxic train derailment: EPA vows to support East Palestine as rail company handles cleanup
Conservative media personalities have been quick to try and link the absence of Biden administration representatives in the area -- not including Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan -- to their claim that the president wants to neglect the area because of its politics, which Democrats have rejected.
"East Palestine is a poor, white town that voted for Trump. So honestly, who cares? No one in the Biden administration did care and that's an atrocity," Fox News host Tucker Carlson said recently.
The White House has said they would dispatch Federal Emergency Management Agency relief to East Palestine on Saturday, despite acknowledgement even from Ohio's Republican governor, Mike DeWine, that the state did not expect help from the agency that is "most typically involved with disasters where there is tremendous home or property damage," like fallout from hurricanes or floods.
Trump quickly tried to take credit for the action: "Biden and FEMA said they would not be sending federal aid to East Palestine. As soon as I announced that I'm going, he announced a team will go. Hopefully he will also be there. This is good news because we got them to 'move,'" Trump said on social media.
Democrats, however, including Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, sought to place some blame on Trump and for the train derailment because his administration withdrew regulations connected to "high hazard" trains, along with other EPA regulations related to harmful toxins and emissions. Buttigieg has also called also for a reduction of "constraints on the USDOT," when it comes to rail safety, asking Congress and rail companies to stop resisting necessary regulations.
The EPA administrator, Regan, came to East Palestine on Thursday, as the first Biden administration agency head to visit. Regan visited again on Tuesday -- a day ahead of Trump's scheduled trip -- and reiterated that the administration has employed the EPA and Department of Transportation personnel on the ground since "day one" to support state and local emergency and environmental response efforts.
MORE: More than 7 tons of contaminated soil, 1M gallons of water evacuated from Ohio train derailment site
Biden himself has said little on the topic, though the White House has said he's offered federal assistance to Ohio Gov. DeWine and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro. On Tuesday after a high-profile speech in Ukraine, Biden provided his first direct update to his involvement in East Palestine, tweeting that he had just spoken with DeWine, Shapiro, Brown, U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, Mayor Conaway and Regan about the ongoing crisis.
"We'll continue to hold rail companies accountable when they fail to put safety first. But first, we've got Norfolk Southern's mess to clean. I want affected residents to know that we've got your back. And as I said to your govs, they'll have every resource that they need," Biden said.
In a series of tweets, Biden reiterated an earlier announcement from the EPA which ordered Norfolk Southern, to pay for the clean-up and disposal of hazardous materials related to the derailment. "This is common sense. This is their mess. They should clean it up," Biden said, before noting that his administration were on the ground working in "lockstep" with state and local officials just "hours" after the trail derailed.
Biden also echoed Buttigieg's plea for rail companies and lawmakers to embrace safety regulations-- improvements that have been resisted, according to the transportation secretary. A day before Trump's visit to East Palestine, Biden also noted the EPA and train related regulation rollbacks made by his predecessor's administration.
"The @USDOT has made clear to rail companies that their pattern of resisting safety regulations has got to change. Congress should join us in implementing rail safety measures," Biden said on Twitter. "For years, elected officials - including the last admin - have limited our ability to implement and strengthen rail safety measures. Heck, many of the elected officials pointing fingers right now want to dismantle the EPA - the agency that is making sure this clean up happens."
While uneasiness and concern remains among community members, state and local leaders joined together on during a press conference in East Palestine on Tuesday to offer their reassurances.
DeWine, Shapiro, Rep. Johnson, Mayor Conaway and Regan touted their ability to put partisan politics aside and work together in holding Norfolk Southern accountable, they said, for environmental and safety violations. (The National Transportation Safety Board is still investigating what led to the derailment.)
"We recognize that we have a responsibility, and we have committed to doing what's right for the residents of East Palestine. We have been paying for the clean-up activities to date and will continue to do so," the rail company said in a statement to ABC News.
"I think it's important to point out that a Republican congressman and a Democratic congressman who are here, a Republican governor and a Democratic governor who have been working together on this matter, since the moments after that train derailed ...This is how government is supposed to work and both working together with the Biden administration to make sure we draw down whatever federal resources there are, whatever federal help that they need, the good people of Ohio and Pennsylvania can know that we've put any kind of partisan politics aside," Shapiro said at Tuesday's press conference.
"This is not a place for conspiracy theories or political games," Shapiro said. "This is a place where the good people of Pennsylvania and Ohio deserve answers, deserve accountability and deserve public servants."
The politicians stressed to the public that the city's water supply has shown to be safe -- at least so far -- and that testing would continue.
During the same press conference, Conaway said he "stood by" comments he made on Fox News on Monday night, during which he called Biden's trip to Kyiv "the biggest slap in the face that tells you right now, he doesn't care about us."
"He can send every agency he wants to, but I found that out this morning and one of the briefings that he was in the Ukraine giving millions of dollars away to people over there, not to us, and I'm furious," Conaway told Fox News host Jesse Watters on Monday.
On Tuesday, however, Conaway said Biden would be welcomed into the community. "I would never turn anybody away, if he wants to come visit come visit. We don't want to be political pawns," Conaway said at the joint press conference.
"He's more welcome to come if he wants to come. I was very frustrated last night. If you're talking about the comments I made last night, I was very frustrated. And, you know, I stand by those comments," the mayor said.
More heat on Transportation Secretary Buttigieg
Buttigieg also ramped up his response to the train derailment this week with pressure from DOT for Congress to take action, a multipart push to hold the freight rail industry accountable and a strongly worded letter to Norfolk Southern, in which he accused the company of repeatedly prioritizing profit over safety.
The transportation has faced his own intense criticism. Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio even wrote to Biden, calling on Buttigieg to resign.
Buttigieg responded to some of the criticism on a Monday night press call, saying that some of the most critical lawmakers were also some who have tried to "block or weaken rail safety standards" in the past.
MORE: Buttigieg warns Norfolk Southern to support Ohio community after fiery derailment
He has maintained that he plans on visiting East Palestine when the independent NTSB investigation is finished.
"I am planning to go, and our folks were on the ground from the first hours. I do want to stress that the NTSB needs to be able to do its work independently. But when I go, the focus is going to be on action," he told ABC's George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday on ABC's "Good Morning America."
On Tuesday, DeWine also called for Congress to take a sharper look at rail standards -- something he and Shapiro have talked at length about, he said.
ABC News' Claire Brinberg, Justin Fishel, Sasha Pezenik and Olivia Rubin contributed to this report. | https://6abc.com/ohio-train-derailment-trump-visit-east-palestine-pete-buttigieg/12860544/ | 2023-02-22 20:34:35 | 0 | https://6abc.com/ohio-train-derailment-trump-visit-east-palestine-pete-buttigieg/12860544/ |
SAN DIEGO (AP) — When U.S. officials at the U.S.-Mexico border stamped the Ukrainian passports of Mariia and her daughter last April and gave them permission to stay for a year, she figured she would return home within months.
Now with that year almost up and the war that caused them to flee still raging, their permission to stay in the U.S. — known as humanitarian parole — is set to expire April 23.
“The word `worry’ doesn’t capture what I’m feeling,” said Mariia, who spoke through an interpreter and asked that only her first name be used over concerns that speaking publicly would hurt their immigration case. “This is something that frightens me, mainly because of my daughter and my daughter’s future.”
The 46-year-old woman and her daughter, now 13, are among 20,000 Ukrainians in a similar situation, according to resettlement agencies. Most arrived to the United States at its southern border after fleeing to Mexico, where it was easier and faster to get a visa to enter the country in the first months following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Mariia’s parole is tied to her work permit, enabling her to earn a living as a nanny, and makes her eligible for food stamps and other public assistance. Her husband flew to the U.S. to join them in July and received humanitarian parole for two years.
The Biden administration has said it is working on a fix but so far has issued no official guidance on what Ukrainians should do, according to advocates helping the Ukrainians. The Department of Homeland Security did not respond to requests for comment.
Jewish Federations of North America, which provided support for the agency that helped Mariia’s family get settled, is among the organizations that have written to the Biden administration to quickly renew humanitarian parole for Ukrainians.
Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, the CEO of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, said people are scrambling to figure out what to do. One option would be to apply for asylum, but a war doesn’t necessarily qualify someone for that.
“Even short-term solutions like individual parole extensions are unclear since there’s no uniform guidance, which leads to delays and confusion,” she said.
Some Ukrainians have considered returning to the U.S. border crossings where they entered to ask for an extension, but that leaves the decision up to the port director, O’Mara Vignarajah said. It can also be expensive to travel and requires time off work, advocates said.
Some have been told by officials to write across the top of the government’s parole form “Re-Parole,” since there is no option to check for an extension, according to advocates.
“It highlights how ad hoc the process is,” O’Mara Vignarajah said. “These requests often go unanswered or are transferred to different agencies, and because there is no clear process in how to handle them, sometimes they are simply denied.”
The government turned to humanitarian parole as a quick fix to deal with the fallout from the many world crises that have occurred as the U.S. refugee system that was dismantled by the previous administration was being built back up. Now numerous groups are facing their permission to remain in the United States expiring in coming months, including tens of thousands of Afghans.
“Humanitarian parole was never meant to be over relied on at the expense of refugee resettlement or asylum protections,” said Meredith Owen of Church World Service.
Liliia Lukianchuk, a Ukrainian mother of four, has applied for asylum with the help of Lutheran Social Services, but she and her husband have not gotten an answer. Their parole expires April 16, and it is tied to her husband’s mechanic job in Jacksonville, Florida, where they live. She fears that if they’re sent back, her 17-year-old son will end up on the front lines as a solider.
“Of course, I’m worried because the worst-case scenario would be to be returned to Ukraine, but I have to be strong for my family,” she said through an interpreter.
Mariia and her daughter arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border after trying to settle in four different countries. The lines at Poland’s border were too long. In Hungary, they could find a hotel room for only one night at a time and were told by locals that the government was not in favor of hosting Ukrainians. They went on to Belgium, where many Ukrainians were arriving, but the local school had no room for her daughter. Then in Spain, they were told it would be difficult to find work and an apartment. That’s when Mariia decided to go to the United States and was told Mexico was the best way.
Jewish Family Services of Greenwich helped her find a job, enroll her daughter in school and get settled in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Mariia said only recently did she and her daughter start feeling hopeful about rebuilding their lives.
“To be honest, the first five months, my eyes to that were closed. My primary goal was to just make sure my child was OK, to calm her down and reassure her that she was safe,” she said.
Tania Priatka of Jewish Family Services said Mariia’s family is working with a lawyer who has advised them to wait for guidance from the government. If that doesn’t happen soon, they plan to go to the nearest airport and ask Customs and Border Protection officials there for help.
For now, Mariia tries to stay hopeful, but struggles when her daughter asks what will happen.
“I feel lost. I feel hopeless.” Mariia said, her voice shaking as she grew emotional. “As a mother, I should be able to give my child an answer that she will be well and that she will be safe.” | https://pix11.com/news/national-news/ap-national/many-ukrainians-stuck-in-limbo-with-us-permission-expiring/ | 2023-03-11 06:33:20 | 0 | https://pix11.com/news/national-news/ap-national/many-ukrainians-stuck-in-limbo-with-us-permission-expiring/ |
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP)—The shooting of a first-grade teacher by a 6-year-old boy has plunged the nation into uncharted waters of school violence, with many in the Virginia shipbuilding city where it happened demanding metal detectors in every school.
But experts warn there are no easy solutions when it comes to preventing gun violence in schools.
“This is a real game changer,” said Mo Canady, executive director of the National Association of School Resource Officers, which trains law enforcement members who work in schools.
“How do we begin to approach the idea of protecting students and staff from an armed 6-year-old?” he said of the attack Friday in Newport News.
American educators have long been trying to create safe spaces that feel less like prisons and more like schools. If anything, Friday’s shooting fuels a debate over the effectiveness of metal detectors—which are still relatively rare in schools—and other safety measures.
“Metal detectors and clear backpacks are more likely to cause young children to be fearful and feel criminalized,” said Amanda Nickerson, a school psychology professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
“Many of the strategies being suggested do not have any research evidence, and they may actually erode a healthy school climate,” she said—one where students and staff feel free to share concerns about possible threats, which has been shown to prevent shootings.
A more effective approach fosters “positive social, emotional, behavioral and academic success,” Nickerson said.
Ron Avi Astor, a professor of social welfare and education at the University of California, Los Angeles, said “it’s really the gun owners who need to be held responsible.”
Police in Newport News say the 6-year-old brought his mother’s gun, which had been purchased legally, to school, though it’s unclear how he gained access to it. A Virginia law prohibits leaving a loaded gun where it is accessible to a child under 14, a misdemeanor crime punishable with a maximum one-year prison sentence and $2,500 fine. No charges have been brought against the mother so far.
Astor said that a public health approach to reducing gun violence in schools is needed, as well as gun licensing.
“Let’s all agree that gun education is really important, particularly around gun safety and accidents and kids getting access to guns,” Astor said. “Let’s make that part of health class. Let’s make sure every kid, parent and educator goes through education and hazardous materials safety training in every school in the United States.”
“Gun safety education ... is something that most Americans agree on, based on national polls. That’s a great place to start saving lives and reducing injury or death,” Astor said.
The shooting Friday occurred as Abigail Zwerner taught her first-grade class at Richneck Elementary. There was no warning and no struggle before the 6-year-old pointed the gun at Zwerner and fired one round.
The bullet pierced Zwerner’s hand and struck her chest. The 25-year-old hustled her students out of the classroom before being rushed to the hospital. She has improved and was listed in stable condition Monday, authorities said.
Police Chief Steve Drew described the shooting as “intentional.” A judge will determine what’s next for the child, who is being held at a medical facility following an emergency custody order.
Meanwhile, the superintendent of Newport News Public Schools said the shooting “will cause us to rethink how we handle our youngest children.”
City schools rely on metal detectors and random searches in high schools and middle schools, but not for elementary buildings, Superintendent George Parker III said at a Monday news conference.
“I hate to be at this point where I’m considering this, but we have to start relying on those types of deterrents at the elementary level as well,” Parker said.
James Graves, president of the Newport News Education Association, said the teachers union would ask the school board for metal detectors in every school.
“If a metal detector in every school is going to allow our kids to be safe, so be it,” he told The Associated Press.
The union will also propose that students be required to carry only clear backpacks so the contents can be easily seen, Graves said.
Eric Billet, whose three children attend Newport News public schools, said he supports more security measures, like metal detectors, bag searches and a security officer at every school. But he would also like more behavioral specialists and counselors working with students.
Two of Billet’s children go to Richneck, including his fourth-grade daughter who’s endured nightmares following the shooting.
“The more challenging piece is the culture change,” he said.
“I know some teachers have had trouble controlling classrooms since COVID,” Billet added. “I do not know all of the reasons, whether it’s parenting at home or other influences, or a lack of authority and discipline at school. I definitely do not blame the teachers for this.”
Rick Fogle, whose grandson is in second grade at Richneck, supports increased use of metal detectors. But he also said schools need to be more willing to search backpacks, pockets and desks if kids are suspected of having a gun.
“They’ve got to overcome social pressure to respect people’s rights and realize that the rights of those who could be injured need to be considered,” Fogle said.
Researcher David Riedman, founder of a database that tracks U.S. school shootings dating back to 1970, said he’s only aware of three other shootings involving 6-year-olds in that time period—and only one other case of a student younger than that.
At the same time, people are shot or guns are taken away at schools almost every day, Riedman said. There were 302 shootings on school property last year. And since 1970, more than 250 teachers, principals and other school staff have been shot.
Still, he questioned how realistic it is for schools to ramp up use of metal detectors.
“Schools are already struggling with adequate resources—finding bus drivers, finding enough teachers,” Riedman said. “To have comprehensive school security with 100% weapons detection essentially requires a TSA-style agency that would cost hundreds of billions of dollars to implement across the country. And that’s not viable.”
The use of metal detectors in schools, particularly elementary schools, is still rare, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
During the 2019-2020 school year, less than 2% of public elementary schools performed random metal detector checks on students. It was 10% for middle schools and 14.8% for high schools.
About 2% of elementary schools required backpacks to be clear while just over 9% of middle schools and 7% of high schools imposed that requirement, the center said.
About 54.6% of elementary schools had security staff present at least once a week; at middle schools it was 81.5% and at high schools 84.4%.
Canady said equipping schools with metal detectors requires a lot of training and maintenance—and can provide a false sense of security if they’re not operated correctly.
A relationship-based policing approach can better help avert school violence, he said. “Every student in a school environment should have at least one trusted adult that they can connect with,” Canady said.
Krista Arnold, executive director of the Virginia Association of Elementary School Principals, agreed. She worked as an elementary school principal for 18 years in Virginia Beach before retiring in 2021.
“I had a couple of knives brought to school during my 18 years, and (the students) usually sing like canaries and tell somebody,” Arnold said. “And that usually got to the front office pretty quickly.”
Arnold said she’s not a proponent of turning schools into fortresses. Instead, she supports teaching empathy and other behavioral skills.
“My experience is when you build that community and you explicitly teach social, emotional skills—and you talk about how it makes the other person feel if you’ve hurt them ... you build that good citizenship and you reduce the amount of discipline and aggression in the school,” she said.
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Lavoie reported from Richmond, Virginia. | https://www.postregister.com/features/shooting-fallout-metal-detectors-in-elementary-schools/article_417dda16-92a6-11ed-9f4b-47e0b1653122.html | 2023-01-14 11:25:17 | 0 | https://www.postregister.com/features/shooting-fallout-metal-detectors-in-elementary-schools/article_417dda16-92a6-11ed-9f4b-47e0b1653122.html |
WFO HOUSTON/GALVESTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, July 11, 2022
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HEAT ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
612 AM CDT Mon Jul 11 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 111.
* WHERE...Trinity, Fort Bend, Wharton, San Jacinto, Polk, Inland
Jackson and Montgomery Counties.
* WHEN...Until 8 PM CDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
* WHERE...Portions of south central and southeast Texas.
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to
113.
* WHERE...Burleson and Brazos Counties.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat and humidity will significantly
increase the potential for heat related illnesses,
particularly for those working or participating in outdoor
activities.
* WHERE...Washington, Waller, Austin, Colorado and Grimes
Counties.
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 110.
* WHERE...Houston, Madison and Walker Counties.
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHERE...Inland Galveston County.
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David Crosby, ‘legendary’ music icon of the '60s, dies at 81, according to reports
David Crosby, a legendary musician and founding member of two of the most influential folk rock bands of the ‘60s, has died. He was 81 years old.
Variety first reported the death citing a statement from Crosby’s wife, Jan Dance.
"It is with great sadness after a long illness, that our beloved David (Croz) Crosby has passed away. He was lovingly surrounded by his wife and soulmate Jan and son Django. Although he is no longer here with us, his humanity and kind soul will continue to guide and inspire us. His legacy will continue to live on through his legendary music. Peace, love, and harmony to all who knew David and those he touched. We will miss him dearly. At this time, we respectfully and kindly ask for privacy as we grieve and try to deal with our profound loss. Thank you for the love and prayers," Dance wrote.
Crosby is most well known for his involvement in the iconic bands the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash & Young.
His career spanned several decades and his performance at Woodstock is one that will forever cement itself in music history.
The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young both blended the sounds of country, folk and rock, along with political consciousness and harmonious vocals.
The Byrds’ version of ″Turn 3/8 Turn 3/8 Turn 3/8″ and Bob Dylan’s ″Mr. Tambourine Man″ became standards featuring Crosby’s high-voiced harmonies. From collaborations with Stills, Nash and Young came ″Teach Your Children,″ ″Woodstock″ and ″Suite: Judy Blue Eyes."
Besides an illustrious music career, Crosby’s was also known for his struggles with addiction, landing himself in prison in 1983 on various narcotics and weapons charges.
But eventually, Crosby would live a clean and sober life. His story of addiction, arrests, imprisonment and recovery all told in the book, ″Long Time Gone,″ written with Crosby’s friend, writer-director Carl Gottlieb.
During his life, Crosby made headlines for fathering two children with singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge.
One of those children, Beckett Cypher, unfortunately died in 2020, after struggling with an opioid addiction
In 2019, Crosby was featured in the documentary "David Crosby: Remember My Name," produced by Cameron Crowe.
While his solo career thrived, his seemingly lifetime bond with Nash dissolved. Crosby was angered by Nash’s 2013 memoir "Wild Tales" (whiny and dishonest, he called it) and relations between the two spilled into an ugly public feud, with Nash and Crosby agreeing on one thing: Crosby, Stills and Nash was finished. Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president did lead Crosby to suggest that he was open to a Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young protest tour, but his old bandmates declined to respond.
Crosby became a star in the mid-1960s with the seminal folk-rock group The Byrds, known for such hits as "Turn! Turn! Turn!" and "Mr. Tambourine Man." Clean-cut and baby-faced at the time, he contributed harmonies that were a key part of the band’s innovative blend of The Beatles and Dylan. Crosby was among the first American stars to become close to The Beatles, and helped introduce George Harrison to Eastern music.
Troubled relations with bandmates pushed Crosby out of The Byrds and into a new group. Crosby, Stills and Nash's first meeting is part of rock folklore: Stills and Crosby were at Joni Mitchell’s house in 1968 (Stills would contend they were at Mama Cass'), working on the ballad "You Don’t Have to Cry," when Nash suggested they start over again. Nash’s high harmony added a magical layer to Stills' rough bottom and Crosby’s mellow middle and a supergroup was born.
Their eponymous debut album was an instant success that helped redefine commercial music. The songs were longer and more personal than their individual prior outputs, yet easily relatable for an audience also embracing a more open lifestyle.
Their spirited harmonies and themes of peace and love became emblematic of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Their version of the Mitchell song "Woodstock" was the theme for the documentary about the 1969 rock concert during which the group made only its second live appearance together. Crosby had produced Mitchell’s first album, "Song to a Seagull," in 1968, and for a time was her boyfriend (as was Nash).
Now wearing the drooping, bushy mustache that would define him ever after, Crosby provided harmony and rhythm guitar, and his songs reflected his own volatile personality. They ranged from the misty-eyed romanticism of "Guinevere," to the spirituality of "Deja Vu," to the operatic paranoia of "Almost Cut My Hair."
Some critics panned the group as soft-headed and self-indulgent.
"If you’re into living-room rock, fireplace harmonies and just a taste of good old social consciousness, this is your group," reported Rolling Stone, which nonetheless rarely missed a chance to write about the band.
But CSN, as they would soon be called, won a best new artist Grammy and remained a worldwide touring act and brand name decades later.
The first album was an easy, happy recording, but the mood darkened during the second album, "Deja Vu." The band was joined by Neil Young, who had feuded with Stills while both were in Buffalo Springfield and continued to do so.
Everyone in the band was troubled: Nash and Mitchell were splitting up, and so were Stills and singer Judy Collins. Crosby, meanwhile, was so devastated by the death of girlfriend Christine Hinton in a car accident, that he would lay on the studio floor and sob.
Featuring a rougher, less unified sound, the album released in 1970 and was another commercial smash. Yet within two years, the quartet had broken up, destined to continuously reunite and splinter for the rest of their lives.
They worked in every combination possible — as solo artists, as duos, trios and, occasionally, all four together. They played stadiums and clubs. They showed up at the Berlin Wall in 1989 as the Cold War was ending and turned up in 2011 for the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York.
In recent years, Crosby toured often, and candidly answered questions on Twitter with a blend of affection and exasperation, whether commenting on rock star peers or assessing the quality of a fan’s marijuana joint. He loved sailing and his greatest regret, besides hard drugs, was selling his 74-foot boat because of money problems. Among the songs completed on the boat was the classic "Wooden Ships," co-written with Stills and Jefferson Airplane’s Paul Kantner.
Crosby was born David Van Cortlandt Crosby on Aug. 14, 1941, in Los Angeles. His father was Oscar-winning cinematographer Floyd Crosby of "High Noon" fame. The family, including his mother, Aliph, and brother, Floyd Jr., later moved to Santa Barbara.
Crosby was exposed early to classical, folk and jazz music. In his autobiography, Crosby said that as a child he used to harmonize as his mother sang, his father played mandolin and his brother played guitar.
"When rock ‘n’ roll came in during that era and the Age of Elvis possessed America, I wasn’t into it," he recalled.
His brother taught him to play guitar and, still in his teens, he began performing in Santa Barbara clubs. He moved to Los Angeles to study acting in 1960 but abandoned the idea and became a folk singer, working around the country before joining The Byrds. Like so many folk performers, Crosby was dazzled by the Beatles’ 1964 movie "A Hard Day’s Night" and decided to become a rock star.
Crosby married longtime girlfriend Jan Dance in 1987. The couple had a son, Django, in 1995. Crosby also had a daughter, Donovan, with Debbie Donovan. Shortly after he underwent the liver transplant, Crosby was reunited with Raymond, who had been placed for adoption in 1961. Raymond, Crosby and Jeff Pevar later performed together in a group called CPR.
"I regretted losing him many times," Crosby told The Associated Press of Raymond in 1998. "I was too immature to parent anybody, and too irresponsible."
In 2000, Melissa Etheridge revealed that Crosby was the father of the two children she shared with then-partner Julie Cypher. Cypher carried the children Crosby fathered by artificial insemination, Etheridge told Rolling Stone. One son, Beckett, died in 2020.
Crosby didn’t help raise the children but said, "If, you know, in due time, at a distance, they’re proud of who their genetic dad is, that’s great."
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"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Rhoda" actress Valerie Harper has died at age 80 following a years-long battle with cancer. Valerie's husband Tony Cacciotti made a statement confirming the sad news on their daughter Cristina's Twitter account. " She will never, ever be forgotten. Rest In Peace, mia Valeria," the statement read in part. Valerie was diagnosed with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis back in 2013. | https://www.nbc.com/access/video/mary-tyler-moore-rhoda-star-valerie-harper-dies-at-80-following-cancer-battle/4022124 | 2022-10-18 02:02:08 | 1 | https://www.nbc.com/access/video/mary-tyler-moore-rhoda-star-valerie-harper-dies-at-80-following-cancer-battle/4022124 |
Dump truck explodes after crash on Ohio highway
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) - Several lanes were blocked on an Ohio highway following a crash and explosion on Thursday morning.
According to the Summit County Sheriff’s Office, a dump truck traveling I-77 north struck an Ohio Department of Transportation vehicle that was on the shoulder just before 7:30 a.m. near the Graybill Road interchange in Green, WOIO reported.
The crash resulted in an explosion, and both vehicles caught fire, the sheriff’s office said.
According to the sheriff’s office, the driver of the dump truck suffered life-threatening injuries.
The Ohio Department of Transportation said their driver was seriously injured, but the injuries are not considered life-threatening.
Delays on I-77 north stretched out of Summit County into Stark County.
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BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors called Tuesday for a 97-year-old woman who was the secretary to the SS commander of the Stutthof concentration camp to be convicted as an accessory to murder and given a two-year suspended sentence.
Irmgard Furchner has been on trial for over a year at the Itzehoe state court in northern Germany. Prosecutor Maxi Wantzen said in closing arguments that “these proceedings are of outstanding historical significance,” the German news agency dpa reported.
Prosecutors accuse Furchner of being part of the apparatus that helped the Nazis’ Stutthof camp function during World War II.
She is alleged to have “aided and abetted those in charge of the camp in the systematic killing of those imprisoned there between June 1943 and April 1945 in her function as a stenographer and typist in the camp commandant’s office.”
Wantzen said Tuesday the defendant would have been able to see large parts of the camp from her office, including an area where new prisoners arrived. She also must have been able to see and smell smoke from the burning of bodies at the crematorium, the prosecutor added.
Even if the defendant didn’t enter the fenced-in camp herself, “that was not necessary from my point of view to have knowledge of the mass murders,” Wantzen said.
Furchner hasn’t responded to the charges against her during the trial. There are no formal pleas in the German judicial system.
Tens of thousands of people died at Stutthof and its satellite camps, or on so-called death marches at the end of the war.
Furchner is being tried in juvenile court because she was under 21 at the time of the alleged crimes. Closing arguments are to continue on Nov. 29. | https://www.qcnews.com/news/world-news/ap-prosecutors-seek-conviction-of-ex-nazi-camp-secretary-97/ | 2022-11-22 20:09:05 | 1 | https://www.qcnews.com/news/world-news/ap-prosecutors-seek-conviction-of-ex-nazi-camp-secretary-97/ |
- MITSUKOSHI Arriving in Philippines for First Time under Large-scale, Mixed-use Development Project -
TOKYO, Nov. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. and Nomura Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., both headquartered in Tokyo, announced on November 4 that they have set the soft opening of "MITSUKOSHI BGC" for Friday, November 18, 2022. This commercial facility is part of a large-scale, mixed-use residential and commercial development project being pursued in partnership with leading Filipino developer Federal Land Incorporated based in Makati. A grand opening is scheduled for the first quarter of 2023.
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Based on the concept of "NEXT MANILA LIFESTYLE," MITSUKOSHI BGC will offer a new lifestyle co-created by Japan and the Philippines in Bonifacio Global City (BGC), the Philippines. MITSUKOSHI BGC will be housed from the 1st basement floor to the 3rd floor right below the residential floors of a four-tower complex, "The Seasons Residences." The mall will enrich daily lives of residents and visitors, providing a facility where they can enjoy special moments.
This is the first large-scale, mixed-use development project based on the joint partnership between a Japanese department store group and a Japanese real estate developer in the Philippines, and the first commercial facility operated by Isetan Mitsukoshi Group in the Philippines.
Bonifacio Global City (BGC)
Located 11 km southeast of the center of Manila, the Philippines, BGC is a central business district that has experienced remarkable economic growth in recent years. It is a newly developing area redeveloped on a large tract of a former Philippine Army site. The area is vibrant with a concentration of commercial facilities, hotels, offices, schools, hospitals and other facilities, where families, many wealthy people, and expatriates from various countries reside.
1. Facility Overview
Name: MITSUKOSHI BGC
Address: 8th Avenue corner 36th Street, 1630, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Soft opening date: November 18, 2022
Grand opening date: First quarter of 2023
Total floor area: Approx. 28,000 m2 (commercial section B1F to 3F)
Business hours: 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Number of tenants: Approx. 120
Operating company: Sunshine Fort North Bonifacio Commercial Management Corporation
- The first large-scale, mixed-use development project in the Philippines by a Japanese department store group and a Japanese real estate developer This project is a large-scale, mixed-use project that develops approximately 15,000 square meters of land, constructing and operating new residential buildings and a commercial facility. The upper residential portions of the complex, "The Seasons Residences," are condominium towers consisting of 4 buildings -- HARU (spring), NATSU (summer), AKI (autumn), and FUYU (winter) -- with a total of approximately 1,400 units. The Seasons Residences will be constructed on the 3rd to 54th floors at the tallest level. MITSUKOSHI BGC will occupy from the 1st basement floor to the 3rd floor of the lower part of the complex.
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5. The Seasons Residences
Name: The Seasons Residences
Address: 8th Avenue corner 36th Street, 1630, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Lot area: Approx. 15,000 m2
Total floor area: Residential section: approx. 110,000 m2
Size: 4 buildings (3rd floor to 54th floor for the tallest building)
*Commercial section: 1st basement floor to 3rd floor
Total number of housing units: Approx. 1,400
Schedule: Entire project scheduled for completion in 2027
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Winning wasn't going to be easy in this matchup, but Tucson Tanque Verde still prevailed 67-54 against Tucson Palo Verde Magnet at Tucson Tanque Verde High on February 3 in Arizona boys high school basketball action.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Daily Pick 3" game were:
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — Geno Hess ran for 317 yards and four touchdowns and Southeast Missouri State clinched a share of the Ohio Valley Conference championship Saturday by walloping Murray State, 52-22.
The Redhawks (9-2) finished the regular season with a 5-0 record in conference, tied with UT Martin, which knocked off Eastern Illinois, 34-31 in its season finale. The conference's automatic berth into the FCS playoffs will be decided by a coin flip Saturday night.
Hess broke the Southeast Missouri State and OVC records for most rushing yards in a single game
The Redhawks scored on a pick-6 on the third play of the game when William McCall picked off a Jayden Stinson pass and raced 49 yards to the end zone. Hess scored on a 73-yard run in the first quarter to take a 21-3 lead.
Lucas Maue completed 2 of 4 passes for 87 yards, with both completions going for touchdowns. He added 10 carries for 15 yards and a touchdown for Murray State (2-9, 1-4).
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(NEXSTAR) – Summer vacation is supposed to be about rest and relaxation. But in reality, it sometimes ends up being about overpriced tourist traps, crowded streets or delayed flights.
How can you avoid that fate? We asked Clint Henderson, frequent traveler and managing editor at The Points Guy, for some guidance.
First off, make sure you pick the right location to jet off to. If you’re looking for peace and tranquility, there are some destinations you may want to avoid in 2023.
“The ‘White Lotus’ effect is real,” Henderson said, referring to the popular HBO series that portrays luxury travel in Hawaii and Sicily, Italy.
“Pretty much anytime you put a location in a film or a popular TV series, it’s going to become really popular,” he explained. “In fact, it’s tough to even get a hotel room sometimes now in Sicily.”
It’s not just Sicily — The Points Guy is seeing huge demand for pretty much all European destination this year, Henderson said. Some spots have made moves to restrict overtourism, like the Amalfi Coast’s new driving restrictions and the reservation system implemented at the idyllic Calanques trails and beaches in the south of France.
Elsewhere on France’s coastline, near Normandy’s Etretat, an abundance of tourists is believed to be contributing to erosion and strain on wastewater treatment infrastructure.
Back here in the U.S., Hawaii’s leaders are also looking at ways to limit or pace out tourist access to popular sites, like the Hana Highway, Waimea Bay and Shark’s Cove. Also victim to the “White Lotus” effect, hotel prices are especially high on the Hawaiian islands this summer, Henderson said.
Japan is also in demand this year, Henderson said, because it recently reopened to tourism after a prolonged COVID shutdown. But because airlines haven’t picked up all the Japan routes in 2020, flight prices remain exorbitantly high.
Similarly, it’s difficult to find flights from the U.S. to China for under $3,000, Henderson said.
Basically the only deals to be had, Henderson explained, are from low-cost airlines that are launching new routes, like TAP Air Portugal adding more flights to Lisbon, Aer Lingus to Dublin, and Norse Atlantic Airways to Oslo. Flying mid-week can also help shave off some dollars from the ticket price.
If your heart is set on one of the aforementioned hot spots, a tweak in timing could save your trip.
“I’m planning trips to Europe, but I’m waiting till September and October. Shoulder season is my favorite time to travel. You get better deals, there’s more availability of hotel rooms and places are less crowded,” said Henderson.
That’s not very helpful for people who are bound by kids’ school schedules or otherwise have to travel during the peak June-to-August summer timeframe, Henderson acknowledged. For those families, he suggested it’s a good time to cash in any credit card points or airlines miles you might have to help save money.
In any case, prepare for sticker shock when planning your vacation this summer.
“I priced flights, just anecdotally, between New York and Rome, and a flight that could should cost $600 is $1,000, $2,000, even $3,000 in coach,” Henderson said.
He attributed the huge jump in prices to several factors, including inflation and supercharged demand. Many people who put their travel plans on hold in 2020 and 2021 and getting back out there.
“Last summer, we called it ‘sold-out summer.’ This season, we’re calling it ‘sold-out summer,’ plus ‘sold-out fall’, plus ‘sold-out spring,'” Henderson said. “We are seeing continuing insane demand for travel.”
A small silver lining when it comes to travel costs in 2023: rental cars are cheaper than they’ve been in several years, Henderson said. Demand has softened and rental companies have been able to restore their fleets.
National parks around the U.S., while still popular, also aren’t as overcrowded as they were during the pandemic, he said.
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REGINA, Saskatchewan (AP) — Canadian police searched across the expansive province of Saskatchewan for two suspects believed to have stabbed to death 10 people in an Indigenous community and a nearby town in one of the deadliest mass killings in the country’s history.
The suspects also injured 15 people in the series of knife attacks that led the James Smith Cree Nation to declare a state of emergency and badly shook residents of the nearby village of Weldon.
“No one in this town is ever going to sleep again. They’re going to be terrified to open their door,” said Weldon resident Ruby Works, who was close to one of the victims.
Police, meanwhile, said a vehicle reportedly carrying the two suspects had been spotted in Regina, about 335 kilometers (208 miles) south of the communities where the stabbings occurred.
Regina police chief Evan Bray said late Sunday they still believe the suspects are in Regina.
“If in the Regina area, take precautions & consider sheltering in place. Do not leave a secure location. DO NOT APPROACH suspicious persons. Do not pick up hitch hikers. Report suspicious persons, emergencies or info to 9-1-1. Do not disclose police locations,” the RCMP said in a message on Twitter.
The suspects were identified as Damien Sanderson, 31, and Myles Sanderson, 30.
“It is horrific what has occurred in our province today,” said Rhonda Blackmore, the Assistant Commissioner of the RCMP in Saskatchewan, adding there were 13 crime scenes where either deceased or injured people were found.
Blackmore said some of the victims appear to have been targeted by the suspects but others appear to have been attacked at random.
She couldn’t provide a motive, but the chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations gave a statement suggesting the stabbings could be drug-related.
The elected leaders of the three communities that make up the James Smith Cree Nation, including the Chakastaypasin Band and the Peter Chapman Band, declared a local state of emergency and opened up two emergency operations centers.
Chakastaypasin Chief Calvin Sanderson — who is not related to the suspects — said everyone has been affected by the tragic events.
“They were our relatives, friends,” Sanderson said of the victims. “It’s pretty horrific.”
“This is the destruction we face when harmful illegal drugs invade our communities, and we demand all authorities to take direction from the Chiefs and Councils and their membership to create safer and healthier communities for our people,” said Chief Bobby Cameron of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations.
Among the 10 victims killed was Lana Head, who is the former partner of Michael Brett Burns and the mother of their two daughters.
“It’s sick how jail time, drugs and alcohol can destroy many lives,” Burns told the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. “I’m hurt for all this loss.”
Last May, Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers issued a wanted list that included Myles Sanderson, writing that he was “unlawfully at large.”
The attack is among the deadliest mass killings in Canadian history. The deadliest gun rampage in Canadian history happened in 2020 when a man disguised as a police officer shot people in their homes and set fires across the province of Nova Scotia, killing 22 people. A man used a van to kill 10 pedestrians in Toronto in 2019. But mass killings are less common in Canada than in the United States.
Deadly mass stabbings are more rare than mass shootings but have happened around the world. In 2014, 29 people were slashed and stabbed to death at a train station in China’s southwestern city of Kunming. In 2016, a mass stabbing at a facility for the mentally disabled in Sagamihara, Japan, left 19 people dead. A year later, three men killed eight people in a vehicle and stabbing attack at London Bridge.
Doreen Lees, an 89-year grandmother from Weldon, said she and her daughter thought they saw one of the suspects when a car came barreling down her street early in the morning Sunday as her daughter was having coffee on her deck. Lees said a man approached them and said he was hurt and needed help.
But Lees said the man took off and ran after her daughter said she would call for help.
“He wouldn’t show his face. He had a big jacket over his face. We asked his name and he kind of mumbled his name twice and we still couldn’t get it,” she said. “He said his face was injured so bad he couldn’t show it.”
She said the man was by himself and “kind of a little wobbly.”
“I followed him a little ways to see if he was going to be OK. My daughter said ‘Don’t follow him, get back here.’”
Weldon residents have identified one of the victims as Wes Petterson. Ruby Works said the 77-year-old widower was like an uncle to her.
“I collapsed and hit the ground. I’ve known him since I was just a little girl,″ she said, describing the moment she heard the news. She said he loved his cats, was proud of his homemade Saskatoon berry jam and frequently helped out his neighbors.
“He didn’t do anything. He didn’t deserve this. He was a good, kind hearted man,″ said Works.
Weldon resident Robert Rush also described the victim as a gentle, widowed man in his 70s.
“He wouldn’t hurt a fly,” he said.
Rush said Petterson’s adult grandson was in the basement at the time and phoned police.
At the Weldon Christian Tabernacle Church the congregation began their regular Sunday service by saying a special prayer to the victims and their families.
At the James Smith Cree Nation, a convenience store that also serves as a gas station became a gathering place for community members, who greeted each other with tears and hugs.
A sign on the door said: “Due to safety concerns with our community we will remain closed until further notice.”
The search for suspects was carried out as fans descended on Regina for a sold out annual Labor Day game between the Canadian Football League’s Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
The Regina Police Service said in a news release that with the help of Mounties, it was working on several fronts to locate and arrest the suspects and had “deployed additional resources for public safety throughout the city, including the football game at Mosaic Stadium.″
The alert first issued by Melfort, Saskatchewan RCMP about 7 a.m. was extended hours later to cover Manitoba and Alberta, as the two suspects remained at large.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority said multiple patients were being treated at several sites.
“A call for additional staff was issued to respond to the influx of casualties,” authority spokeswoman Anne Linemann said in an email.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement he was “shocked and devastated by the horrific attacks.”
“As Canadians, we mourn with everyone affected by this tragic violence, and with the people of Saskatchewan,” Trudeau said.
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Associated Press journalist Rob Gillies in Toronto contributed to this report.
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CA San Francisco Bay Area Zone Forecast for Sunday, January 22, 2023
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...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY...
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
.REST OF TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. North winds 10 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. North winds 10 to
20 mph with gusts to around 40 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds 5 to 15 mph.
Gusts up to 35 mph in the morning.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph...becoming northwest in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs
in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid 50s.
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Sonoma Coastal Range-
300 PM PST Sun Jan 22 2023
.REST OF TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. North winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. North winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. North winds 5 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Northeast winds around
5 mph...becoming west in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the
lower 40s. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 50s.
Lows in the upper 30s.
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300 PM PST Sun Jan 22 2023
.REST OF TODAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the lower 50s. North
winds 20 to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Breezy. Lows around 40. North winds
20 to 30 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. North winds 10 to 20 mph.
Gusts up to 40 mph in the morning.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s. North winds 5 to
10 mph...becoming east 5 to 15 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. East winds 5 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
Highs in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 30s. Highs in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the lower 50s.
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300 PM PST Sun Jan 22 2023
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY...
.REST OF TODAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the 50s. North winds
20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Breezy. Lows in the 30s to mid 40s.
North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 50 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the 50s to mid 60s. North winds
20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 50 mph in the morning.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear, breezy. Lows in the 30s to mid 40s.
Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph...becoming northeast after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the 50s to mid 60s. Northeast
winds 20 to 30 mph decreasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the 30s to mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Breezy. Highs in the 50s to mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 30s
to mid 40s. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 50s to
lower 60s. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the 50s.
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Napa 56 42 60 /
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300 PM PST Sun Jan 22 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY...
.REST OF TODAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs near 50. North winds 20 to
30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Breezy. Lows in the lower 40s. North
winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the 50s. North winds 20 to
30 mph. Gusts up to 45 mph in the morning.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear, breezy. Lows in the lower 40s. North winds
20 to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Northeast
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows near 40.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s to
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.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
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.REST OF TODAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the upper 50s. North
winds 20 to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Breezy. Lows in the mid 40s. North winds
20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds
20 to 30 mph...becoming northeast 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Northeast winds 10 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Northeast winds 10 to
20 mph...becoming 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid
40s. Highs around 60.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 50s.
Lows in the mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
San Francisco 57 45 59 /
Ocean Beach 58 45 60 /
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CAZ509-231400-
San Francisco Peninsula Coast-
300 PM PST Sun Jan 22 2023
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY...
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
.REST OF TODAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the upper 50s. North
winds 20 to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Breezy. Lows in the mid 40s. North winds
20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 50 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Northeast winds 10 to
20 mph. Gusts up to 45 mph in the morning.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Northeast winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Northeast winds 10 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs around 60.
Lows in the mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
CAZ508-231400-
San Francisco Bay Shoreline-
300 PM PST Sun Jan 22 2023
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY...
.REST OF TODAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the upper 50s. North
winds 20 to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear, breezy. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s. North
winds 20 to 30 mph decreasing to 10 to 20 mph after midnight.
Gusts up to 45 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds 10 to
20 mph. Gusts up to 45 mph in the morning.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s. North
winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming northeast 10 to 20 mph after
midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows near 40.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the
upper 30s to mid 40s. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs around 60. Lows in
the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the upper 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
SFO Airport 57 45 59 /
Oakland 58 42 60 /
Fremont 56 38 58 /
Redwood City 57 41 58 /
Mountain View 56 39 57 /
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CAZ510-231400-
East Bay Interior Valleys-
300 PM PST Sun Jan 22 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY...
.REST OF TODAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the mid 50s. North winds
20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Breezy. Lows in the upper 30s. North
winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds 10 to
20 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph in the morning.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Areas of frost after midnight. Lows in the
mid 30s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs in the
upper 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the
upper 30s. Highs around 60.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 50s.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the upper 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Concord 56 39 58 /
Livermore 55 35 56 /
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CAZ513-231400-
Santa Clara Valley...including San Jose-
300 PM PST Sun Jan 22 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY...
.REST OF TODAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the mid 50s. Northwest
winds 20 to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts to around 40 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Northwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear except for frost after midnight. Lows in
the
mid 30s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming north after
midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs in the
lower 60s. North winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 40.
Highs in the lower 60s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
San Jose 57 38 59 /
Morgan Hill 55 36 57 /
$$
CAZ512-231400-
Santa Cruz Mountains-
300 PM PST Sun Jan 22 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY...
.REST OF TODAY...Sunny. Very windy. Highs in the 40s to lower
50s. North winds 30 to 45 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Very windy. Lows in the 30s. North winds
30 to 45 mph...becoming 20 to 30 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the 40s to mid 50s. North winds
20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph decreasing to 10 to
20 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Northeast winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 50s to lower 60s. Northeast winds
10 to 20 mph...becoming 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 50s to lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 30s. Highs in the 50s to lower 60s.
$$
CAZ515-231400-
East Bay Hills-
300 PM PST Sun Jan 22 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY...
.REST OF TODAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the lower 50s. North
winds around 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Breezy. Lows in the mid 30s. North winds
around 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the lower 50s. North winds
20 to 30 mph...becoming 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Areas of frost after midnight. Lows in the
mid 30s. North winds 15 to 20 mph...becoming around 10 mph after
midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs in the mid
50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the
upper 30s. Highs in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 50s.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the lower 50s.
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CAZ514-231400-
Eastern Santa Clara Hills-
300 PM PST Sun Jan 22 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY...
.REST OF TODAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the lower 40s. North
winds around 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Very windy. Lows in the lower 30s. North
winds 30 to 45 mph...becoming 20 to 30 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the mid 40s. North winds 20 to
30 mph decreasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. North winds
10 to 15 mph...becoming east 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the
lower 50s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Areas of frost. Lows in the 30s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the 30s. Highs
around 50.
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CAZ529-231400-
Northern Monterey Bay-
300 PM PST Sun Jan 22 2023
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY...
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
.REST OF TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. North winds around
20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Breezy. Lows in the mid to upper 30s.
North winds 20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph increasing to 50 mph
after midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Northeast winds 10 to
20 mph with gusts to around 45 mph...becoming northwest 5 to
10 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear except for frost after midnight. Lows in
the
mid 30s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs in the
lower 60s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower
60s. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the upper 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Santa Cruz 56 39 57 /
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CAZ530-231400-
Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast-
300 PM PST Sun Jan 22 2023
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST MONDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY...
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
.REST OF TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Northwest winds
around 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows around 40. North winds 10 to 20 mph. Gusts
up to 40 mph decreasing to 30 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s. East
winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. East winds around
5 mph...becoming west in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 60s.
Lows in the 40s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
Highs in the upper 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Monterey 56 38 57 /
Big Sur 56 41 57 /
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CAZ528-231400-
Northern Salinas Valley...Hollister Valley...and Carmel Valley-
300 PM PST Sun Jan 22 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY...
.REST OF TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Northwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph...becoming south 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Gusts up to
30 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph...
becoming north in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Areas of frost after midnight. Lows in the
mid 30s to lower 40s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs in the
lower 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming north in the
afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows near 40.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 60s.
Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Salinas 57 35 57 /
Carmel Valley 55 36 57 /
Hollister 55 33 55 /
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CAZ516-231400-
Southern Salinas Valley...Arroyo Seco...and Lake San Antonio-
300 PM PST Sun Jan 22 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY...
.REST OF TODAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the mid 50s. Northwest
winds 20 to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s to mid 30s. Northwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the mid 50s. North
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Areas of frost in the evening, then
widespread frost after midnight. Lows near 30. Southeast winds
5 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the
lower 60s. East winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost. Lows in the mid
30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Areas of frost. Highs in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Areas of frost. Lows in the mid 30s.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost.
Highs in the mid 60s. Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 60s.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs around 60.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
King City 56 34 57 /
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CAZ517-231400-
Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest-
300 PM PST Sun Jan 22 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY...
.REST OF TODAY...Sunny. Very windy. Highs in the upper 30s to mid
50s. North winds 30 to 45 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Very windy. Lows in the upper 20s to mid
30s. North winds 30 to 45 mph...becoming 20 to 30 mph after
midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 40s to 50s. North winds 10 to
20 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph in the morning.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 30s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s to lower 60s. East winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the
lower 50s to mid 60s. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 50s to lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s to
lower 40s. Highs in the mid 40s to upper 50s.
$$
CAZ518-231400-
Mountains of San Benito and Interior Monterey County including
Pinnacles National Park-
300 PM PST Sun Jan 22 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY...
.REST OF TODAY...Sunny. Very windy. Highs in the lower 40s to mid
50s. North winds 30 to 45 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Very windy. Lows in the upper 20s to mid 30s. North winds
35 to 45 mph decreasing to 20 to 30 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the lower 40s to mid 50s. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 20s to upper 30s. East winds
5 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s to lower 60s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost. Lows in the 30s to
lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the upper 40s to lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost. Lows in the 30s
to lower 40s.
.THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 40s
to lower 60s. Lows in the 30s to lower 40s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Pinnacles NP 54 32 55 /
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PARIS, France — The Paris Olympics is going underground to find a way to keep athletes cool at the 2024 Games without air conditioners.
Organizers are planning to use a water-cooling system under the Athletes Village — much like the one that has helped the Louvre Museum cope with the sweltering heat that broke records last year — to keep temperatures in check for the Olympians and Paralympians who stay there.
The decision is part of the organizing committee’s goal to cut the carbon footprint of the Paris Games by half and stage the most sustainable Olympics to date by installing a special technology to use natural sources to keep everyone cool even during a potential heat wave.
“I want the Paris Games to be exemplary from an environmental point of view,” said Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, who has resolved to tackle climate change with an ambitious action plan that aims to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make the City of Lights carbon neutral by 2050.
Compared to a conventional project, the carbon impact will be reduced by 45% for the Athletes Village during the construction phase and over the entire Olympic cycle, she said.
For two months between July and September 2024, the Athletes Village north of Paris will host 15,600 athletes and sports officials during the Olympics and 9,000 athletes and their supporting teams during the Paralympics. After the games, the 50-hectare (125-acre) site next to the River Seine in the popular district of Seine-Saint-Denis will become a zero-carbon, eco-friendly residential and commercial neighborhood with 6,000 new inhabitants — the first ones moving in as soon as 2025.
In anticipation of hot weather, organizers have been studying heatwaves block by block in the Athletes Village. They have simulated conditions in the parts of the accommodation most exposed to the sun and have tested the effectiveness of the cooling system with an objective to keep the indoor temperature between 23 and 26 degrees Celsius (73 and 79 degrees Fahrenheit).
The geothermal energy system will ensure that the temperature in the athlete apartments in the Seine-Saint-Denis suburb does not rise above 26 degrees Celsius (79 degrees Fahrenheit) at night, including during a potential a heat wave, said Laurent Michaud, the director of the Olympic and Paralympic Villages.
He said organizers have conducted tests in rooms that are located on the highest floors of the residences and are facing south and exposed to direct sun on two sides. They also considered directions of winds in the region and the water temperature in the Seine. They have worked closely with France’s national weather agency to develop temperature forecasts.
“Despite outdoor temperatures reaching 41 degrees Celsius (106 degrees Fahrenheit), we had temperatures at 28 degrees (82 degrees Fahrenheit) in most of these rooms,” Michaud told The Associated Press, detailing the results of a heatwave simulation. “In other rooms, we clearly had lower temperatures.”
In addition to the underfloor cooling, the insulation built into the buildings will enable residents to keep the cold obtained during the night throughout the day, Michaud said. To keep the coolness inside, the athletes will have to follow some basic rules, he added, including making sure the window blinds are shut during the day.
Laurent Monnet, who is in charge of the green transition at Saint-Denis City Hall, Paris’ northern suburb where the main Olympic Village will be located, said all rooms should be 6 degrees Celsius (11 degrees Fahrenheit) cooler than the outside temperature, without an AC unit. Although some Olympic hopefuls have already expressed concern about the lack of air conditioning, Monnet said athletes should adapt and help contribute to fight against climate change.
“We need athletes to set an example when they use the buildings,” Monnet said. “We can build the most virtuous village we want, it is also the use that will be made of it that will weigh on our carbon footprint.”
Eliud Kipchoge, a two-time Olympic champion and marathon world record holder, endorsed the Paris sustainability plan. The Kenyan is one the sport’s most vocal proponents of environmental justice and has repeatedly sounded the alarm on climate change and the impact of global warming.
“It’s a good thought, because we all need to reduce our carbon,” Kipchoge said in an interview with the AP.
He called on fellow athletes to help combat climate change by reducing their carbon impact during competition, training and their lives in general because “we are all going to go through the same scenario.”
Paris organizers have been in touch with national Olympic committees and said they will have the option of setting up their own AC units in specific cases and on condition that the devices comply with the organizing committee’s technical criteria.
Most national Olympic officials have responded to the plans to keep their athletes cool during the Paris Games with a wait-and-see attitude. Some Olympic officials are not excluding bringing their own air conditioners to France — or paying for one on the spot — depending on the weather at the time.
The Australian Olympic Committee said it will keep an eye on the weather patterns in Paris over the coming year to ensure “the optimal high-performance environment for our athletes, including heat and humidity mitigation that may be required.”
Michaud, the director of the Olympic Village, said organizers want to be kind to the environment, but not endanger the health of athletes. Some athletes, especially in Paralympic events, have difficulty regulating their body’s core temperature and if they reside in rooms in which it proves impossible to keep at 26 degrees Celsius (79 degrees Fahrenheit) at night, national delegations will be able to install a portable AC system.
“It will be on a case-by-case basis, and for health and safety of the athletes,” Michaud said, adding that ventilators vaporizing water droplets could be installed instead of traditional air conditioning units.
Hidalgo, the Paris mayor, is adamantly against turning next year’s event into the bring-your-own-air-conditioning Olympics — health exceptions aside.
“I can assure you that we will not change course and that there will be no changes to the construction program of the village regarding air conditioning,” Hidalgo said.
Regarding the option of organizers providing national teams with an additional cooling mechanism, she said: “I am not in favor of it. We must be consistent with our objectives.”
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AP Sports Writers Jimmy Golen in Boston and Dennis Passa in Brisbane contributed to this report. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/sports/olympics/paris-no-ac-for-olympics/507-adb8b713-79ba-405f-948d-5bba9c224a1a | 2023-03-21 14:53:42 | 0 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/sports/olympics/paris-no-ac-for-olympics/507-adb8b713-79ba-405f-948d-5bba9c224a1a |
The race for New Mexico's second Congressional District coming down to the wire
KOAT political analyst Brian Sanderoff says this is the tightest race on the ballot this year.
KOAT political analyst Brian Sanderoff says this is the tightest race on the ballot this year.
KOAT political analyst Brian Sanderoff says this is the tightest race on the ballot this year.
The race for congressional district two has gotten national attention this election season, with election day around the corner. Democrat Gabe Vasquez is running against incumbent Republican Yvette Herrell.
Both candidates spent Saturday, campaigning in Albuquerque. Herrell in the west metro and Vasquez in the south valley. Currently, Herrell represents the district, but with new congressional maps adopted last year, our KOAT political analysts believe her seat in Congress may be jeopardized.
Under those new maps, the west metro and south valley are now represented by our state's second congressional district. Both candidates are working on getting the word out to those folks and winning their votes.
Yvette Herrell says her reelection is the best choice for New Mexicans, while Gabe Vasquez says a new face in Congress will bring results to CD2.
"We've introduced multiple bills for add for oil and gas or law enforcement for our veterans voted to support our veterans. We are delivering for New Mexico, but I believe that we will deliver even more results once we're in the majority," Herrell said.
"Stand up for higher wages. To give New Mexicans access to health care, especially for women's rights. Their right to choose in this country. I am the working-class candidate who will bring positive results for people because that's the only reason I'm running for Congress," Vasquez said.
KOAT political analyst Brian Sanderoff says this is the tightest race on the ballot this year. He also says this could be a swing vote for Democrats in Congress, so both candidates have national funding. | https://www.koat.com/article/new-mexicos-second-congressional-district-race/41810591 | 2022-10-30 05:54:30 | 1 | https://www.koat.com/article/new-mexicos-second-congressional-district-race/41810591 |
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump are each headed to Iowa in the coming weeks, making their first trips of the year to the leadoff Republican voting state as the 2024 campaign ramps up.
DeSantis has scheduled events on March 10 in the eastern Iowa city of Davenport and the state capital, Des Moines, to promote his new book, “The Courage to be Free.” His plans were confirmed by two aides to Republican officials who spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday because they were not authorized to preempt DeSantis’ announcement.
Trump’s campaign announced Thursday that the former president would be making an education policy speech in Davenport on March 13, his first Iowa visit since he launched his 2024 campaign in November.
“It’s going from ground zero right to the moon,” said Gloria Mazza, the Republican party chair in Polk County, Iowa’s most populous county. “It sure gets us excited.”
Although DeSantis is not yet a candidate, his trip is a significant step for a governor who has positioned himself as a top alternative to Trump. Until now, he has largely been content to lead conservative cultural fights on cable TV and from the Florida statehouse, where he is focused on expanding his rightward agenda in the legislative session that runs through May.
The closely timed Iowa visits would draw the two leading Republicans closer toward direct competition. Trump has escalated his attacks on DeSantis in recent months as he increasingly views him as a major threat, deriding the governor on social media and trying out insulting nicknames. For his part, DeSantis responded to questions about one such Trump jab last month by saying he does not spend his time “trying to smear other Republicans.”
Trump attended events last month in early-voting states New Hampshire and South Carolina, and this month’s Iowa visit would be his first trip to the state as an official 2024 candidate.
He would face pressure to do well in Iowa next year, having finished in second place in the 2016 caucuses en route to the Republican presidential nomination and carrying Iowa by healthy margins in the 2016 and 2020 general elections.
After a quiet start to the year, Republican presidential prospects have been flocking to Iowa in recent weeks and making plans for future visits.
Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, who announced her candidacy last month, was in Iowa in late February and plans to return next week to host two town halls and participate in a foreign policy event with Republican Sen. Joni Ernst in Des Moines.
Former Vice President Mike Pence, who is considering a bid, was in the state last month rallying conservative parents against a gender-affirming policy in an eastern Iowa school district at issue in a federal lawsuit. Pence is expected back in Iowa on March 18.
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Ukraine is celebrating 31 years of independence from the Soviet Union on Wednesday. It is also six months to the day since President Putin sent troops to try to bring Ukraine back into Russia's orbit.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers coach Matt Rhule is excited about what he’s seen out of Baker Mayfield in the short time that he’s been with the 2018 No. 1 overall pick.
“He’s just getting started in this offense,” Rhule said of Mayfield, who was acquired in a trade with Cleveland on July 6. “It’s like, ‘hey, what can I do?’ That’s what excites me that he has a lot of room to grow.”
Mayfield, who was announced as the Panthers’ Week 1 starter earlier in the week, threw a 2-yard TD pass to D’Onta Foreman and a 19-yard scoring strike to wide receiver Shi Smith against Buffalo’s second-team defense.
The Panthers scored on two of four possessions with Mayfield at the helm.
“I’m just getting started within the offense, but I I feel comfortable with the knowledge of it,” Mayfield said. “Now it is just the matter of going out and seeing it and putting into action. It’s about chemistry and being on the same page. Now you just have to go out and do and pull the trigger in a live game.”
The Bills rested all of their starters, including quarterback Josh Allen. The Panthers played most of their starters into the second quarter, although running back Christian McCaffrey sat out.
Case Keenum struggled to move the Buffalo offense, going 8 of 13 for 46 yards with one interception that the Panthers quickly converted into a touchdown.
After going three-and-out on the game’s opening series, Mayfield showed poise in the pocket leading the Panthers on a 12-play, 53-yard touchdown drive. After a play-action fake, he found Foreman in the right flat for an easy touchdown on fourth down.
After Jeremy Chinn intercepted Keenum’s pass that was tipped at the line by Yetur Gross-Matos, Mayfield connected with Smith over the middle for the score. Panthers coach Matt Rhule earlier this week called Smith “one of the true bright spots” of the preseason, adding that he has a chance to win a starting job.
Mayfield didn’t shy away from contact.
The No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 draft delivered a blow with his shoulder to Bills rookie cornerback Kaiir Elam after scrambling out of the pocket.
The Bills also held out punter Matt Araiza one day after the attorney for a California teenager accused the Buffalo Bills rookie and two of his former college teammates of gang rape last fall.
Third-string quarterback Matt Barkley handled punting duties for the Bills, and even had a 53-yarder that pinned the Panthers inside the 10.
Bills coach Sean McDermott said after the game he didn’t feel right playing Araiza.
“It’s a situation that is extremely serious,” McDermott said. “Just hard to go through. It’s not a situation that I or we take lightly whatsoever. It’s very serious. I understand the sensitivity of the situation. It’s clear we have work to do to continue to figure this out. And we’re going to do that.”
When asked if not addressing the situation and letting it fester is a concern, McDermott said, “Absolutely. Yeah. I mean all of it all.
“That’s one piece, but I’m concerned about all of it. And again, people involved on both sides. People are hurt, people are hurting, fans are hurting. I understand that and again, we want to find the truth and figure this thing out the right way and do the right thing. And that’s what I know to do. And that’s what we’re going to work on.”
DARNOLD INJURY
Carolina extended the lead to 21-0 in the third quarter after Sam Darnold ran for a 1-yard touchdown. But a short while later, Darnold left on a cart to the locker room after Bills defensive tackle C.J. Brewer landed on his left ankle, causing it to bend awkwardly.
Rhule said Darnold has a sprained ankle, but doesn’t believe there is a fracture. If it is a high ankle sprain it could keep him out four to six weeks, meaning P.J. Walker could enter the season as the team’s backup quarterback.
The game was delayed 36 minutes because of lightning in the area.
INJURIES
Bills: DT Eli Ankou left the game with a hamstring injury in the first quarter. ... WR Tanner Gentry injured his knee/hamstring. ... CB Cam Lewis was taken to have X-rays on his nose.
Panthers: Like Darnold, kicker Zane Gonzalez was also carted to the locker room in the third quarter. Gonzalez injured his groin while practicing kicks on the sideline on a wet field. Gonzalez injured himself last December in a game at Buffalo when he suffered a leg injury during pregame warmups and did not play. ... DT Derrick Brown injured his oblique and did not return. ... FB Gio Ricci also left with a groin injury.
UP NEXT
Bills: Open the regular season on Thursday night Sept. 8 in Los Angeles against the defending Super Bowl champion Rams.
Panthers: Host Mayfield’s former team, the Cleveland Browns, on Sept 11.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Encompass Health Corp. (NYSE: EHC) today announced it plans to build a freestanding, 50-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Daytona Beach, Florida. The hospital will be located at the southwest corner of Williamson Boulevard and Strickland Range Road.
Complementing local acute care services, the future hospital will serve patients recovering from debilitating illnesses and injuries, including strokes and other neurological disorders, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, amputations and complex orthopedic conditions. In addition to 24‑hour nursing care, this hospital will offer physical, occupational and speech therapies to restore functional ability and quality of life. Care will be provided by highly specialized nurses, therapists and physicians.
The hospital will feature all private patient rooms, a spacious therapy gym with advanced rehabilitation technologies and an activities of daily living suite, cafeteria, pharmacy and therapy courtyard.
"We are excited to expand our rehabilitation services on Florida's Atlantic coast to provide much-needed rehabilitative services to individuals in the Daytona Beach area," said Lori Bedard, president of Encompass Health's Southeast region. "We remain committed to making a difference in the communities we serve by improving access to high-quality, individualized rehabilitative care, and this new hospital will allow even more residents to receive specialized care close to home."
Encompass Health currently has 19 inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in Florida and has announced plans to open an additional seven hospitals in the state over the next several years.
Encompass Health (NYSE: EHC) is the largest owner and operator of rehabilitation hospitals in the United States. With a national footprint that includes 153 hospitals in 36 states and Puerto Rico, the Company provides high-quality, compassionate rehabilitative care for patients recovering from a major injury or illness, using advanced technology and innovative treatments to maximize recovery. Encompass Health is ranked as one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For and Modern Healthcare's Best Places to Work in Healthcare. For more information, visit encompasshealth.com, or follow us on our newsroom, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Statements contained in this press release which are not historical facts, such as those relating to the likelihood, timing and effects of the completion of this hospital project, are forward-looking statements. In addition, Encompass Health may from time to time make forward-looking public statements concerning the matters described herein. All such estimates, projections, and forward-looking information speak only as of the date hereof, and Encompass Health undertakes no duty to publicly update or revise such forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Such forward-looking statements are necessarily estimates based upon current information and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Encompass Health's actual results or events may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors. While it is impossible to identify all such factors, factors which could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated include, but are not limited to, the regulatory review and approval process, any adverse outcome of various lawsuits, claims, and legal or regulatory proceedings that may be brought by or against the Company; the possibility this project will experience unexpected delays; the ability to successfully complete this project consistent with Encompass Health's growth strategy, including realization of anticipated revenues and avoidance of unforeseen exposure to liabilities; disease outbreaks, including the speed, depth, geographic reach and duration of the spread; the actions to be taken by Encompass Health in response to disease outbreaks; changes in the regulation of the healthcare industry at either or both of the federal and state levels; competitive pressures in the healthcare industry and Encompass Health's response thereto; the hospital's ability to maintain proper local, state and federal licensing; potential disruptions, breaches, or other incidents affecting the proper operation, availability, or security of Encompass Health's information systems; Encompass Health's ability to attract and retain nurses, therapists, and other healthcare professionals in a highly competitive environment with often severe staffing shortages and the impact on Encompass Health's labor expenses from potential union activity and staffing shortages; changes, delays in (including in connection with resolution of Medicare payment reviews or appeals), or suspension of reimbursement for Encompass Health's services by governmental or private payors; general conditions in the economy and capital markets; and other factors which may be identified from time to time in Encompass Health's SEC filings and other public announcements, including Encompass Health's Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2021 and Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022 and September 30, 2022.
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Note: Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Wednesday's results
Regina 3 Brandon 1
Prince Albert 3 Lethbridge 0
Moose Jaw 3 Saskatoon 1
Kelowna 3 Victoria 0
Friday's results
Saskatoon 5 Brandon 3
Swift Current 5 Prince Albert 4 (OT)
Winnipeg 5 Regina 2
Red Deer 5 Lethbridge 0
Kamloops 5 Victoria 2
Edmonton 3 Spokane 1
Seattle 5 Kelowna 4
Medicine Hat 6 Everett 3
Prince George 4 Vancouver 3 (SO)
Saturday's results
Regina 4 Swift Current 3
Red Deer 3 Calgary 2 (OT)
Portland 4 Medicine Hat 3 (OT)
Moose Jaw 4 Winnipeg 1
Lethbridge 3 Prince Albert 1
Everett 6 Prince George 4
Tri-City 7 Edmonton 1
Kamloops 3 Victoria 1
Seattle 3 Vancouver 2 (OT)
Sunday's results
Moose Jaw at Saskatoon, 4 p.m.
Portland at Spokane, 5:05 p.m.
Monday's games
Brandon at Calgary, 1 p.m.
Tuesday's games
Edmonton at Portland, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Wednesday's games
Prince Albert at Regina, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Kelowna at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.
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OTTAWA, ON, Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - gopaddle has announced the launch of PaaS-in-a-box, the first low cost no-code Kubernetes platform that can run anywhere. This low cost solution can scale to meet the needs of any business and can be run locally on a desktop, in the cloud or in edge environments. The recent release allows for installation in air-gapped environments too!
Kubernetes has emerged as the leading platform for deploying and managing containerized applications at scale. However, its complexity can be a challenge for many organizations. Writing and managing YAML files across multiple software releases, provisioning secure Kubernetes environments, and debugging issues can derail the developer focus on innovation. But what if you could take all the guesswork and the complexity out of the Kubernetes deployments? That's where gopaddle comes in. With its suite of automation tools and quick start wizards, the platform gives developers a modern and no-code way to containerize and deploy applications to Kubernetes, build CI/CD pipelines, provision multi-cloud environments and manage day 2 day operations - all from a single console. What used to take months can now be done in hours or minutes. Thanks to the company's community edition, developers can try out gopaddle's platform for free.
gopaddle acts as a single source of truth across engineering, support and IT teams thus helping them to have quick feedback loops and collaborate more efficiently by unifying their software development process. With its affordable price point and easy to use interface, PaaS-in-a-box offers an attractive option for enterprises looking to adopt Kubernetes without requiring significant upfront investment or Kubernetes expertise while still providing them the ability to reduce their risk of implementation.
"With so many different tools and technologies available today, it can be difficult for developers to know where to start," said Vinothini Raju, CEO of gopaddle. "We created gopaddle to take care of all the heavy lifting, so developers can focus on innovation. At the same time, with our new PaaS-in-a-box offering we are making it possible for organizations of all sizes to take advantage of the power of containers and Kubernetes without breaking the bank."
Enterprises who are interested in learning more can visit gopaddle.io today or send an email to hello@gopaddle.io
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Review: Who cares whodunnit in humorless mystery ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ at FST?
There were a few moments in the second act of Florida Studio Theatre’s production of “Smoke and Mirrors” when I thought this comic murder mystery might start finding its sense of humor to make up for an off-putting and occasionally offensive first half.
Maybe it’s me, but I just don’t see the humor in a potential suicide or a plot development that is now too reminiscent of the tragedy last October on the set of Alec Baldwin’s film “Rust,” when a crew member was killed by a gun that discharged with a live bullet.
It would have taken a gigantic shift in tone and style to change my strongly negative reaction, which simmered during the intermission.
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It did seem possible, however, with the arrival of actor Justin Ness as a Southern sheriff investigating the death of someone involved in a movie expected to be filmed on the Mississippi gulf coast. Though Ness, like the other actors, plays his role broadly, his good ol’ boy style is a temporarily welcome contrast to the snooty tone of the Hollywood types who are sure they could hoodwink a sheriff who they assume is dimwitted because of his accent.
He helped temper my feelings for a bit, but by the end, I was left wondering why the theater would once again produce produce this 1991 play by Will Osborne and the late Anthony Herrera, which it first presented in 2000. (I don’t believe I saw it the first time.)
The production is staged by Catherine Randazzo, who guides her cast through big, energetic and enthusiastic performances in her FST mainstage directing debut. They may not always be believable, but at least they are lively.
But the storytelling is confusing from the moment the lights come up on the beautiful and detailed set by Isabel and Moriah Curley Clay that is supposed to depict a beach house on a remote Mississippi island owned by the state’s governor. I know beach houses can come in many styles, but this one looks more like a mountain hunting lodge with its leather furnishings and wood walls and a brick fireplace accented by taxidermy. (Perhaps I’ve been living too long near much sunnier beachfront homes in Sarasota.)
The governor has offered his home to director Hamilton Orr and screenwriter Clark Robinson, who had a big hit with their last project, one that left Clark feeling burned because of changes Hamilton made before it was released. (He’s not complaining about the box office returns.) They are reunited once again with their handsome leading man Derek Coburn, who doesn’t have the kind of acting depth that Hamilton and Clark would prefer.
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We never know what the movie is really about or the character Derek is playing. But it doesn’t matter, as long as we understand Hamilton’s plan and realize that there’s no way it can go off as he expects, just like the gun involved.
Ness portrays Sheriff Leroy Lumpkin as a friendly sort with an intensive curiosity, a country-fied Columbo, who keeps coming back for just one more question about a case that doesn’t have many logical or engaging answers.
Jack Gerhard plays up the worst aspects of Derek in a way that makes it easy to understand why Hamilton and Clark would want to be rid of him as he struts and preens, showing off his body.
As Hamilton, Ben Cherry is a director who doesn’t know how to stop controlling the action. He oozes his way in and out of illogical twists, trying to cajole the right performances from the others about what to say to the sheriff. Alberto Bonilla is the put-upon writer who aims for quality in the words he puts on a page, and Alanna Smith is seductive as Hamilton’s wife, who keeps you wondering who she really cares about.
The play teases you at times into thinking a little Hollywood magic might whip the story into something more engaging, but by the end I could only wonder about all the other more deserving plays out there waiting to be staged.
‘Smoke and Mirrors’
By Will Osborne and Anthony Herrera. Directed by Catherine Randazzo. Reviewed Aug. 10. Florida Studio Theatre’s Gompertz Theatre, 1265 Second St., Sarasota. Extended through Aug. 28. 941-366-9000; floridastudiotheatre.org
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina utility regulators told Duke Energy Corp. on Friday to carry out a series of activities to generate electricity that they say will help ensure greenhouse gas reductions set in a new state law are met.
But the Utilities Commission's order involving solar, wind, nuclear and other sources for electricity doesn't endorse any particular mix of energy sources to meet the mandates currently required for 2030. The order does tell Duke Energy's subsidiaries in North Carolina to optimally retire its remaining coal-fired plants by 2035, in keeping with a previous announcement by the company.
The bipartisan 2021 state law said the panel needed by Saturday to approve a plan for the state's electric public utilities — essentially Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress — to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 70% by 2030 as compared to 2005 levels. Net-zero emissions by 2050 also are ultimately necessary, according to the law.
Duke Energy, the state's dominant electric provider, had offered last spring four different portfolio options, three of which actually delayed meeting the 70% reduction until 2032 or 2034. The law provides for wiggle room on the deadline.
Critics of Duke's plans said they relied too much on natural gas or unproven technologies and would make customer bills too costly. Some environmental and clean-energy groups offered in July their own carbon-reduction plan that reached the 70% reduction mandate by 2030 while relying more on solar and wind power and battery storage use.
But the seven-member commission, chosen by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, declined to pick any specific portfolios Friday. The 137 pages produced by the panel said it was adopting “all reasonable steps" that the state law ordered to achieve the reduction and directed near-term actions “that support many of the portfolios the parties to this proceeding present.”
The commission held 13 days of hearings to receive expert witness testimony and five public hearings. It also received hundreds of statements from consumers. Carbon reductions are expected to result in higher customer bills.
“As the record amply demonstrates, there is no single, unique resource portfolio that satisfies the required emissions reduction goals,” Commissioner Dan Clodfelter wrote in a separate opinion to the main order, with which he fully agreed. “I believe this is the most responsible way, and indeed the only responsible way, to proceed on a journey that starts today and will span the next 28 years until 2050.”
The commission is already required to review the plan every two years, and it can make adjustments. Friday's order told Duke to file a new proposal by September — which reflect the new directives and recent federal legislation — and prepare for hearings in May 2024.
Still, the order could be challenged at the state Court of Appeals by the Charlotte-based utility or any of the dozens of third parties that formally intervened in the case.
The same coalition that presented a portfolio in the summer warned Friday night that the commission risks missing the 70% reduction by 2030 with its order, while allowing Duke to use more natural gas.
“North Carolina can meet state carbon-reduction goals on time and in a cleaner and more affordable way than suggested by Duke Energy and endorsed by the commission," said David Neal an attorney with the Southern Environmental Law Center, which is involved in the coalition.
But Duke Energy called the order a “constructive outcome that advances our clean energy transition, supporting a diverse, ‘all of the above’ approach that is essential for long-term resource planning.”
The law says the panel could examine “the latest technological breakthroughs to achieve the least cost path” and other considerations in determining a way forward. The commission ultimately can delay the date for reaching the 70% target if, for example, the electric grid’s performance is questioned.
A commission news release announcing the order said that last weekend's power outages caused by the extreme cold and high demand “particularly underscore the need for an orderly transition away from fossil fuels to low and zero-carbon dioxide emitting generating resources while maintaining or improving the reliability of the electric grid.”
Friday's order directed Duke Energy to conduct by 2024 two more competitive procurements for solar generation that will come online by 2028. The utility also authorizes Duke to procure battery storage to contain the solar-generated electricity; study the acquisition of wind-lease areas off the North Carolina coast; extend the licenses of its current nuclear power fleet and consider new nuclear generation; and plan for additional natural gas-fired turbines.
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$83M agreement with Atlantic Richfield Company sets Superfund Site on path to final cleanup — redevelopment continues to transform contaminated lands
HELENA, Mont., Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on September 30, 2022, that Atlantic Richfield Company (AR) has agreed to complete its cleanup of the Anaconda Smelter Superfund Site (Site) in Deer Lodge County, Montana. This landmark agreement, which was entered by the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana on December 16, 2022 and secures $83M in final remedial actions at the Site, was made possible because of the efforts of many over the past thirty-five years.
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"This consent decree agreement is an achievement which will ensure the community of Anaconda continues to receive the clean-up and funding it deserves," said EPA Regional Administrator KC Becker. "I am grateful for all the work EPA staff and the consent decree parties put forth to get to this agreement and look forward to the completion of remaining cleanup actions and the advancement of redevelopment goals in the community.
The Settlement
Under the settlement, AR — a subsidiary of British Petroleum — will complete numerous cleanup activities that had been initiated at the Anaconda Site through EPA administrative orders since the 1990s. Among other actions, AR will finish cleaning residential yards in the towns of Anaconda and Opportunity, clean up soils in upland areas above Anaconda, and fully close and restore the remaining slag piles at the Site. The estimated cost of the remaining work, including operation and maintenance activities to protect lands over the long term, is $83.1 million. In addition, AR will also pay $48 million to reimburse the EPA Superfund Program and Department of Justice for past and interim response costs and future oversight costs and approximately $185,000 to the U.S. Forest Service for oversight of future cleanup actions on Forest Service-administered lands at the Site.
Background on the Site
The Anaconda Smelter Superfund Site resulted from the operations of a former copper smelter in southwest Montana. Located in and near the towns of Anaconda and Opportunity and throughout most of Deer Lodge County, the Site is among many sites in the larger Upper Clark Fork Basin Superfund Area. Contamination from nearly 100 years of copper smelter operations have affected the health and quality of the environment at the Site. EPA estimates more than a billion gallons of groundwater were contaminated, and thousands of acres of soil were affected by the movement of mine wastes and smelter emissions. EPA identified various hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants as contaminants of concern (COCs) for the Site. COCs are the chemical substances found at the Site that EPA has determined pose an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment. These substances were evaluated by EPA to be addressed by cleanup actions at the Site. These COCs included arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, copper, iron, lead, and zinc. In addition, stack emissions contained sulfur dioxide (SO2) which lowered pH in soils which in turn allowed the metals to impact vegetation.
From 1884 until its closure in 1980, the smelter was the foundation of the local economy, with a reputation as one of the leading producers of copper in the nation and boasting the largest free-standing smokestack in the world, at over 580 feet. The smelter provided much of the copper that drove the Industrial Revolution and was critical to Allied victories in two World Wars. In 1977, AR purchased Anaconda Copper Mining's holdings, which included the smelting site. When the smelter closed, it devastated the local economy and left the area's soil and water contaminated. Subsequent investigations revealed the degree to which metals had also damaged local vegetation and aquatic systems, the nearby Warm Springs Creek and the headwaters of the Clark Fork River, threatening native Westslope Cutthroat and Bull Trout populations.
In 1983, EPA listed a 300-square-mile area as the Anaconda Smelter Superfund Site on the National Priorities List (NPL), making it a priority for cleanup attention. EPA's Site team began the daunting task of fully investigating the millions of cubic yards of tailings, furnace slag and flue dust, and thousands of acres of soil contaminated by airborne emissions. Detailed cleanup plans and actions would follow, developed through intensive collaboration with state and local partners and the community.
The Early Work, Collaborations, and a Win-Win for the Community
The December 2022 US District Court's approval of the Consent Decree is long-awaited positive news for residents of the Anaconda community, who after more than 35 years, have seen first-hand the careful planning and completion of long-term cleanup projects. Due to the vast amount of land contaminated, these efforts often involved capping the waste to contain it and protect people from coming into contact with it. Soils in other contaminated areas were removed and safely relocated. These long-term actions were extensive and included protecting ground water and taking measures to remove and prevent mine waste from affecting wetlands, creeks, and other ecological resources. Some areas of the Site were affected by years of pollution. All cleanup actions continue to be evaluated to make sure they remain protective of human health and the environment with consideration of how to redevelop the Site to ensure the land can still be used for productive purposes.
EPA's site team has a special perspective on the time and energy that has led to this milestone. Charlie Coleman, EPA's Remedial Project Manager at the Site for over three decades, recently recalled what it was like in the 1980s. "As one of my first EPA Superfund assignments, I remember how important it was to develop solid, trustworthy relationships with the community. People want to know that they are being heard and having an open, transparent dialogue with the community was paramount." Charlie will be retiring in 2023 and he is proud of the relationships that EPA has built over the previous three decades. The results of the cleanup efforts and the economic vitality in this part of Montana are now visible and tangible.
Another one of Charlie's EPA colleagues, Andy Lensink, an EPA Site Attorney who retired last month, considers Charlie to be a lifelong friend since he began working on the Site in 1990. Andy stated that while there were challenges, EPA's philosophy of listening to the concerns raised by residents, property owners, and contractors, and exploring ways to use all available tools, has helped make the Site cleanup successful. Andy has an immense appreciation of all who were involved with the Anaconda Site during the last 30-plus years. Both Charlie and Andy recall early discussions with AR to simply put a fence around portions of the 300 square-mile area of the Site and call their work done. Fortunately, for all involved, EPA and the community did not support this idea-- at the time, the Superfund program was evolving and beginning to recognize that true cleanup needed to incorporate redevelopment and revitalization into cleanup plans and goals for Sites. In Anaconda, the community was a key voice and driver for how the Site would look when successfully cleaned.
Cleanup and Revitalization Land Use
The Site has come a long way since 1983, as cleanup has facilitated substantial economic revitalization. Dozens of new developments now exist on the Site, including a natural gas power plant, a regional rehabilitation facility, and a specialty school providing mental health support services to students. The nineteen businesses on Site now generate nearly $5.8 million in annual employment income, a testimony to the power of Superfund cleanup to reinvigorate the social and economic health of communities.
In one of the most noteworthy reuse outcomes, in 1997, the parties turned 250 acres of the Site into an 18-hole golf course. Designed by golf legend Jack Nicklaus, the course combines historic mining artifacts with beautiful landscaping. Maintenance of the golf course serves the dual purpose of providing recreation and keeping the Site vegetated for remedial purposes.
In addition to recreational reuse, the Site also supports residential and public service developments. Dozens of homes have been built next to the course, and the list of new life and activity on the Site is extensive. For example, in 2008, Community, Counseling and Correctional Services, Inc. developed a regional rehabilitation facility on remediated property. In addition, AWARE, Inc., a private, non-profit corporation that provides community-based services to people with mental, emotional, and physical needs, operates a campus on Site. In 2009, a contaminated abandoned railroad bed was removed west of Anaconda to make way for future highway, sewer, and multi-use trail expansion to the West Valley. There are also several commercial companies at the Site. In 2011, Northwestern Energy began operating an on-Site natural gas-fired electric generation facility, the David Gates Generating Station.
The community has also created a recreational vehicle (RV) park, the Forge Hotel and Barclay's II restaurant is now welcoming overnight visitors and vacationers, and construction continues of a nearly 45,000 square-foot building that will house a Murdoch's Ranch and Home Supply store in Anaconda. The store could open as early as this May.
These activities have helped revive Anaconda and Opportunity and support other business opportunities. As of October 2021, EPA data on 212 on-site businesses showed a total employment of nearly 2,000 people and an estimated $207,925,582 in annual revenue.
Final Stages of Cleanup and Deletion Status as a NPL
With cleanup of the Site over 90% complete, the $83M settlement with AR guarantees the completion of all remaining work including construction, monitoring, and long-term maintenance. This includes a last call for yard cleanups, upland reclamation in the Mill and Lost Creek drainages, and cleanup of miscellaneous parcels. Construction at the Site is scheduled to be completed by 2027 with a formal process to propose the deletion the site from the NPL, and collect public comment, in following years.
The Future and Leaving a Legacy
Montana's elected officials have been a big part of Site cleanup and redevelopment efforts over the past decades. U.S. Senator Jon Tester is among those who have supported the cleanup and these communities. The Senator recently noted the significance and benefits of past work, saying: "The Anaconda Superfund Site cleanup is an example of what can get done when we hold corporations and the government accountable to local Montana communities. The open communication between folks in Anaconda and the EPA meant that community members knew what was happening with the site and had confidence that the EPA was working in good faith to lay the foundation to move beyond Superfund. I'm glad to see the progress they have made and will keep the pressure on to ensure the work doesn't stop until the community is made whole."
The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, also contributed to the cleanup and settlement and shared a memory of growing up in Anaconda. "As a kid growing up in Anaconda, I fondly remember riding with my grandfather and father in my grandfather's Mack dump trucks as they hauled thousands of yards of slag to the slag pile as part of the initial stages of cleaning up our contaminated land around town. That slag pile will soon be completely covered. The dead areas in the Pintler Mountains are now starting to come back to life. And a better future awaits us. It's a new day in Anaconda, which would not have happened without the creativity, tenacity, and unmatched work ethic of those who came before us. What a legacy. Moving forward under this agreement, may we honor them by being conscientious stewards of our land and waters for generations to come."
The results earned in Anaconda are a source of pride for EPA's Site team, including Charlie, Andy, and all those who contributed to the transformation of the Site. Some visitors were once afraid of Anaconda because of what they didn't know about the contamination. Today, the Site is positioned to reconnect people to the nearby wilderness and recreational assets that make Montana so special. The Site is adjacent to the original Wilderness Area designed after the Wilderness Act passed, the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness. The mountain ranges to the north and west are managed by the U.S. Forest Service. Anaconda now proudly boasts world-class elk hunting, skiing, fishing, and other growing recreational opportunities for the local economy.
Thanks to the Superfund program, Anaconda is well on its way to being a clean, complementary base camp for millions of acres of public land recreation opportunities and is well equipped to have a prosperous future. While work is ongoing, the community of Anaconda is poised to take advantage of its new landscape.
Background on the Superfund Program
EPA's Superfund program is a cornerstone of the work the agency performs for citizens and communities across the country. The revitalization of communities affected by contaminated lands is a key part of Superfund's mission, meeting local needs for thriving economies and improved environmental and public health outcomes. Through EPA's Superfund Redevelopment Program, EPA works closely with communities, developers and property owners to contribute to economic vitality by supporting the return of once-contaminated Sites to safe and productive use.
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City of Lufkin cutting glass out of recycling program
Lufkin, Texas (KTRE) - According to a press release put out by the City of Lufkin today, it will discontinue recycling glass items as of Feb. 28
The release sites continued contamination and rising fuel costs as to why they are discontinuing this part of the program.
When the city took its last load to the recycling center in Houston, officials were told there was too much contamination for it to be accepted.
Between the fuel cost and the driver’s wages the City loses about $200 every trip.
“Eliminating contamination from the glass is unsafe and labor intensive for our workers and fuel costs have risen significantly making the program unsustainable,” Solid Waste Director Kent Havard said.
“The fuel cost to Houston and back is about $280, not counting the wage we pay our driver,” Havard said.
However the City will still continue its aluminum and metal, cardboard, and plastic recycling.
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BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly lower Wednesday in Asia after Wall Street benchmarks retreated following the S&P 500’s rise to its highest level since the spring of last year.
U.S. futures were little changed and oil prices rose.
Tokyo's Nikkei 225 advanced 0.3% to 33,575.14, while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong sank 2% to 19,217.66. The Shanghai Composite index gave up 1.3% to 3,197.90 and the Kospi in Seoul slipped 0.9% to 2,582.63.
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 shed 0.6% to 7,314.90. Bangkok's SET lost 0.8% while India's Sensex was up 0.3%.
This week has few potentially market-moving events.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will testify before Congress on Wednesday and Thursday. Last week, the Fed held its benchmark lending rate steady, the first time in more than a year that it didn’t announce an increase. But it also warned it could raise rates twice more this year.
The Bank of England will meet on interest-rate policy Thursday. Central banks around the world are heading in diverging directions as they battle inflation amid worries about a pressured global economy.
“Investors are turning cautious ahead of another hefty dose of Fedspeak amidst a relatively light data docket,” Stephen Innes of SPI Asset Management said in a commentary.
He added that “with central banks in the mood to dish out inflation pain these days, investors may need to see some positive inflation data convergence to narrow the wide disparity between the Federal Reserve and the market’s forward inflation expectations before breaking fresh higher ground on U.S. stocks.”
On Tuesday as U.S. markets reopened after being closed in observance of the Juneteenth holiday, the S&P 500 fell 0.5% to 4,388.71. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.7% to 34,053.87, and the Nasdaq composite lost 0.2%, to 13,667.29.
The U.S. stock market took a step back following many steps forward on hopes the economy can avoid a recession and inflation is easing enough for the Fed to stop raising interest rates soon. A frenzy around artificial intelligence has also vaulted a select group of tech stocks to huge gains.
Those hopes are battling against worries that the Fed will keep interest rates high for longer, which could grind down the economy. Some of the easiest improvements in year-over-year inflation will soon be passed, bringing tougher times for both the economy and financial markets.
During the 70s, inflation remained high for much longer than hoped, forcing the Fed to ultimately drive the economy into a painful recession.
In China, meanwhile, the world’s second-largest economy is stumbling in its recovery following the relaxation of anti-COVID restrictions
Most of Wall Street fell, with four out of five stocks in the S&P 500 lower.
Worries about the global economy dragged lower prices for crude oil and the stocks of companies that pull it from the ground. Energy stocks fell 2.3% for the largest loss among the 11 sectors that make up the S&P 500. Exxon Mobil fell 2.3%, and Chevron lost 2.3%.
Homebuilders rose after a report showed that U.S. homebuilders broke ground on many more sites last month than economists expected. The number of building permits, an indication of future activity, also accelerated faster than expected.
PulteGroup rose 1.9%, and D.R. Horton gained 1.6%.
In other trading Wednesday, U.S. benchmark crude oil rose 20 cents to $71.39 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It gave up 74 cents to $71.19 per barrel on Tuesday.
Brent crude, the international standard, added 16 cents to $76.06 per barrel.
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How to build an outdoor fire pit perfect for gathering together
S’mores, stargazing, crackling flames: there’s nothing like an evening spent around a cozy fire pit. Gathering around an outdoor fire doesn’t have to be restricted to camping trips, though. Making a permanent fire pit in your backyard is surprisingly simple and affordable to do yourself. Turn your yard or patio into a welcoming place to gather with these backyard fire pit ideas.
Planning a fire pit
Rules for fire pits in backyards
Before you get started, it’s crucial to make sure you’re obeying any applicable regulations regarding backyard fire pits. Many areas have restrictions on the fire pit’s size, materials, and location as well as the kind of fuel that can be burned in a fire pit.
If you live in a neighborhood with a homeowner association, check the HOA rules to make sure your fire pit is within the guidelines. You’ll also want to check on local policies regarding open burning, recreational fires, and seasonal burn bans. Be sure to obtain a permit for your fire pit if necessary.
Choose your site
Make sure you’re a safe distance — at least 15 feet — from other structures, plants, and low-hanging tree branches. Local ordinances may require your fire pit to be as far away as 30 feet.
You’ll want a patch of level ground for your fire pit, which will require lots of tamping. You’ll also need to prepare the ground to make it fire-safe by clearing away grass and plant matter. While you can build your fire pit on dirt, pouring a thick layer of tamped-down sand and gravel creates a sturdier and more visually appealing base.
Depending on your budget and backyard layout, you may choose to incorporate your fire pit into your patio or deck. You can also surround the fire pit with paver stones or gravel to create a seating area and prevent any flying sparks from landing in your lawn.
DIY fire pit vs. fire pit kits
DIY fire pit
It requires more planning and plenty of muscle, but if you’re on a tight budget, building a backyard fire pit from scratch is straightforward and comparatively affordable. You will need tools including a hand tamper, rubber mallet, safety glasses and a level.
Building a DIY fire pit lets you be more creative when it comes to shape, size, and stone color choice. Pick a metal fire ring to line the inside of the fire pit, then design the outer walls using bricks, cast concrete, or stone blocks. Ensure that the inner material is made with a fireproof material such as fire brick.
Fire pit kit
For a foolproof fire pit build, consider a fire pit kit. You’ll still need to prepare the site, but these kits take the guesswork out of shopping for stones. Fire pit kits usually come with a metal fire ring and matching, interlocking stones for easy assembly. Some also come with the paver gravel or sand needed to create the base of the fire pit.
Regardless of which fire pit type you go with, remember to tamp down your base well and check the level frequently. A flat fire pit area is more visually appealing, safer, and more comfortable for your guests to sit around.
What you need to build a fire pit
Ironclad Heavy Utility Work Gloves
These durable gloves are great for placing heavy paver stones thanks to their snug fit, reinforced palm and fingers, and impact protection across the knuckles. A hook and loop closure strap helps customize the fit.
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Dewalt 32-inch Fiberglass D-Handle Transfer Shovel
With its ergonomic D-handle and durable carbon steel blade, this shovel makes it easier to clear sod and dirt from your fire pit site. Its compact size, extra-large stepper, and overmold grip help reduce strain on your back and knees.
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Craftsman 9-inch Torpedo Level
This level comes in three size choices, but the 9-inch length is plenty to help you check to see if the bricks for your fire pit walls are level. It features shock-absorbing rubber end caps and a magnified center vial to help you determine the level more easily.
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Estwing 12-ounce Deadhead Rubber Mallet
This sturdy rubber mallet is a great pick for hammering your backyard fire pit components into place. Its 13-inch hickory handle is dense and shock-resistant. It’s bounce-resistant to provide better control and accuracy.
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Pleasant Hearth Wilderness Steel Fire Pit Ring
This fire ring can add rustic charm to your fire pit with its forest-inspired design. It measures 36 inches across. Its 12-inch-high sides help keep sparks contained without disrupting airflow thanks to the mesh walls. It’s made from steel with a black finish.
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Weston 52-inch Northwoods Tan Round Concrete Fire Pit Kit
It’s pricey, but if you’re looking for hassle-free installation, this fire pit kit may be worth it. It comes with a 35-inch metal fire ring and 58 cast concrete stones specially cut to fit perfectly around the ring. The completed fire pit is 52 inches across and 12 inches tall.
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Sunnydaze Decor 40-inch Easy Access Steel Fire Pit Spark Screen
Featuring an easy-access sliding lid, this dome-shaped spark screen is thin enough to let the fire’s warmth out while keeping dangerous sparks in. It weighs 12 pounds so it can’t be bumped out of place easily. It has two generous handles for easy opening and positioning. Other sizes are available starting as small as 22 inches.
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Amerex 5-pound Dry Chemical Class A-B-C Fire Extinguisher
Any time you’re using your fire pit, keep fire prevention tools nearby to deal with any sparks or burning material that may escape the fire. This rechargeable, durable extinguisher can help put out any fires started by dry combustibles or flammable liquids.
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Maine court throws out life prison sentences, orders new sentencing for man convicting of killing 2 people
ME court failed to follow the proper steps when considering the history of domestic abuse in case
Maine's highest court on Thursday threw out life prison sentences and ordered a new sentencing proceeding for a man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend.
Mark Penley was found guilty by a jury of fatally shooting Heather Bickford, of Canton, and her boyfriend, Dana Hill, of Paris, at Hill’s apartment on New Year’s night in 2019. Penley later dialed 911 to report the deaths, and police arrived to find him holding Bickford’s infant and 8-year-old child.
The Supreme Judicial Court upheld the convictions but faulted the judge who sentenced the Peru man for failing to follow the proper steps when considering the history of domestic abuse in the case.
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"The court’s analysis here cannot be viewed as harmless error because it may have affected the court’s determination of the basic term of imprisonment at life in prison," the court said.
Court documents indicate the 31-year-old Bickford feared for her life and claimed Penley had been following her.
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Challenge answer: Race track --> car
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People who delay starting their Social Security beyond their full retirement age get a bonus equal to two-thirds of 1% added to their Social Security checks for each month they wait to begin benefits. If your full retirement age is 66, that comes out to a 32% bonus if you wait until age 70 to file for benefits. If your full retirement age is 67, it ends up being an extra 24% if you wait until 70. If your retirement age is between 66 and 67, your age 70 bonus will be between 24% and 32%. (There is no bonus added after age 70.)
The rules regarding this bonus (the actual Social Security term is “delayed retirement credits,” or DRCs) cause lots of confusion with many seniors. Today’s questions come from folks who are having trouble understanding this issue.
And please pay particular attention to question No. 2 and its answer. Recently, many readers have been asking me questions like that one. But first I want to answer a question that gives some basic information about DRCs.
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Q: I was born in 1954, so my full retirement age is 66. I am about to turn 68 years old. I was planning to wait until age 70 to apply for my Social Security, but some family financial issues are causing me to rethink that plan. I was expecting to get a 32% bonus by waiting until age 70. Am I going to lose all of that by filing now?
A: It isn’t an “all or nothing” situation. You will lose some of your anticipated bonus, but not all of it. As I explained at the beginning of this column, you get a delayed retirement credit equal to two-thirds of 1% for each month you delay taking benefits after age 66. So, if you file at age 68, you will get 24 months’ worth of credits, or about 16%, added to your full retirement rate.
Q: I turned 69 in March and that is when I applied for my Social Security. I was expecting to get a 24% bonus added to my Social Security checks, but it was slightly less than that. When I called the Social Security people to ask why, they couldn’t explain it to me. They said it might be a “computer glitch.” Do you know what is going on?
A: It’s not a computer glitch, but just a bit of an anomaly in the way these delayed retirement credits are doled out. If you apply for your benefits at age 70, then you will get all the delayed retirement credits added to your benefit rate at that time. But it’s a different story if you apply for your benefits before age 70, and that’s because the rules say you cannot get delayed retirement credits for a year until that year is over with. You said you were 69 in March of this year. If I am doing the math properly, that means you turned 66 (your full retirement age) in March 2019. So, when you applied for your benefits in March 2022, they added in all the credits you were due for 2019, 2020 and 2021. But they can’t give you the delayed retirement credits for 2022 until next year, so sometime in 2023, you will get a little boost in your Social Security check to add in the credits you are due for those first couple of months this year.
Q: My plan was to wait until 70 to start my Social Security. I turned 70 in August, but when I filed in early August, they told me I had the option of taking six months’ worth of retroactive benefits. The offer of an almost $18,000 back pay check was very tempting, so I took it. But now I’ve learned I didn’t get the promised 32% bonus. My ongoing benefit is less than that. What happened?
A: By opting for the six-month retroactive check, you were using February 2022 (six months before August) as your Social Security starting date. So, instead of getting the 32% bonus you would have received had you waited until age 70 to file, you got a 28% bonus because you technically filed at age 69 and six months. So, the bad news is you’re getting 4% less from here on out, but the good news is you got that $18,000 back pay check.
Q: I started my Social Security benefits when I was 70. I am getting $2,970 per month. My wife is 66 and never worked outside the home, so she is supposed to get half of my Social Security, or $1,485. But she is getting about $300 less than that. What is going on?
A: This is one of the Social Security provisions I’ve never understood. I can explain it to people, but I can’t give the rationale behind the rule. What that rule says is that a wife does not share in the delayed retirement bonus added to a retiree’s Social Security check. Her rate is based on your full retirement age benefit, not on the bonus-augmented Social Security rate you are actually getting.
Using my little desktop calculator, I’m guessing your full retirement age benefit rate is about $2,250. And half of that is $1,125, and I’ll bet that is what your wife is correctly getting from your Social Security account.
That’s the bad news. But pay attention to the answer to the next question for a bit of good news.
Q: I’m trying to do some estate planning for my wife. I took my Social Security at age 70. I am now 81 years old. I am getting $3,100 per month. My wife is 79. She gets her own Social Security check of $2,100 per month. If I die, what will she start getting from Social Security?
A: The “good news” I mentioned in my answer to the prior question is that the benefit rate payable to a widow includes the delayed retirement bonus. (Why a widow shares in the bonus but a wife doesn’t is something I can’t explain.) So, if you were to die tomorrow, your wife would start getting $3,100 per month. Or to be more precise, she would keep getting her $2,100 retirement check, and then she would get an extra $1,000 on your account to take her total benefits up to your current $3,100 level.
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DALLAS, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Norwex announced today that its EnviroCloth® and Cleaning Paste were named as a winner in Good Housekeeping's 2022 Best Cleaning and Organizing Awards in the Awesome Outdoor & More Solutions category.
The long-lasting and heavy-duty Cleaning Paste provides scrubbing power you can count on—tough on stains, dirt, grease and grime. It is also safe for just about any surface, free of toxic chemicals that can harm skin and the environment. The cost-effective tub contains enough paste for up to 4,000 uses.
The EnviroCloth removes up to 99% of bacteria from surfaces with water alone. Holding up to seven times its weight in water, the EnviroCloth makes quick work of everyday messes—use wet, dry or damp depending on the task. When paired together, just a few swipes of the EnviroCloth with the Cleaning Paste can tackle even the toughest messes.
"We are honored that Norwex was selected as a winner for the Good Housekeeping 2022 Cleaning and Organizing Awards," said Amy Cadora, Chief Brand and Mission Officer, Norwex. "Our mission is to improve quality of life by radically reducing chemicals in our homes, and we pride ourselves on creating innovative products like the EnviroCloth and Cleaning Paste that deliver safer, healthier and more sustainable cleaning solutions."
Deemed a "dynamic duo," the testers loved the EnviroCloth and used the Cleaning Paste to "zap scrapes from paint that even an eraser sponge couldn't budge." The testers appreciated that the Cleaning Paste was "safe to use on many surfaces" of the home while offering "more muscle" than typical cleaning sprays.
For Good Housekeeping's fourth annual Cleaning Awards, the experts decided to combine cleaning with organizing products. With over 1,000 GH+ consumer testers, the experts evaluated 209 products across dozens of different categories, including vacuum cleaners, washing machines, laundry detergents and dish soaps, plus organizers for your kitchen drawers, closet organizers and more to find 65 all-star winners. A list of winners can be found in the September 2022 issue of Good Housekeeping, on stands now and a full list online at www.goodhousekeeping.com/cleaningawards2022.
Founded in Norway in 1994, Norwex is a direct sales company that has been radically reducing harmful chemicals in our homes for more than 28 years. From its flagship Norwex Microfiber with BacLock®, its exclusive silver antimicrobial agent, to superior cleaning and personal care products, Norwex's innovative solutions help families lead cleaner, healthier lives. Learn more at https://norwex.com.
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Which LG dishwasher is best?
If you’ve ever had to wash dishes by hand, you know how much easier having a dishwasher can make your life. By some estimates, a dishwasher can save you up to 30 minutes every day. Do the math and that’s more than 180 hours a year that you can get back simply by owning a dishwasher.
Not all dishwashers are the same, though. Features, style and energy efficiency can vary. Some can even be connected to Wi-Fi and have smart capabilities.
LG is known for making quality home appliances, and it offers a line of dishwashers to fit the demands of any home, no matter if you live alone or are tasked with regularly doing dishes for a large household. You have a lot of options, but the best is the LG Electronics Top Control Built-In Tall Tub Smart Dishwasher, which features Wi-Fi capabilities and the latest technology to make dishes sparkling clean.
What to know before you buy an LG dishwasher
Capacity and size
Most standard built-in dishwashers are 24 inches wide, 24 inches deep and 35 inches high. Smaller compact units and specialty models are also available.
The interior capacity of each unit can vary, and they are measured by place settings, which is all of the dishes, glasses and silverware used during a three-course meal per person. Most full-size dishwashers hold between 12 and 16 place settings.
Top-control vs. front-control
- Top-control dishwashers have the control panel on the top of the door, and out of sight. This creates a more sleek look and is beneficial if you’re going for a modern aesthetic. It also makes it easier to clean the surface.
- Front-control dishwashers have the control panel on the front, making it more accessible. It’s also more visible, and often bigger, so it’s easier to keep track of the time and status of each cycle.
What to look for in a quality LG dishwasher
QuadWash
Using four multi-motion arms, LG dishwashers with QuadWash can clean dishes more thoroughly from multiple angles. The benefit of this feature is that you can get your dishes clean the first time around.
True Stream technology
Don’t worry about having to dry your dishes after taking them out of the dishwasher. True Steam technology uses steam to dry dishes faster and reduce ugly water spots up to 60 percent.
Adjustable third rack
If you frequently entertain or have oversized dishes, you’ve probably grown used to using a dish rack because those dishes don’t easily fit in your dishwasher. LG has made washing oversized utensils and stemware much easier with its adjustable third rack.
Smart Care
With LG’s ThinQ app, you can now control your dishwasher — and other compatible LG appliances — through your smartphone. It can remember your preferred settings and help troubleshoot any potential issues.
How much can you expect to spend on an LG dishwasher
An LG dishwasher can range from $650-$1,900 depending on the model and features included.
LG dishwasher FAQ
What type of detergent should be used in an LG dishwasher?
A. Any commercial brand of detergent labeled “safe for automatic dishwashers” will work, but their effectiveness can vary. According to consumer research, the highest-ranked detergents for an LG dishwasher are Cascade Complete All-in-One ActionPacs and Walmart’s Great Value Automatic Dishwasher Powder. Avoid using hand or dish soap, which can create too many bubbles in the machine.
How do I clean an LG dishwasher?
A. The best way to clean an LG dishwasher is to empty it, then run its clean cycle with either water, citric acid or white vinegar. To activate the clean mode, hold the “heavy” button down for 3 seconds. For further details, instructions and videos can be found on the LG website.
What’s the best LG dishwasher to buy?
Top LG dishwasher
LG Electronics Top Control Built-In Tall Tub Smart Dishwasher
What you need to know: Elevated with smart technology and Wi-Fi capabilities, this powerful, adjustable dishwasher also cleans dishes more efficiently.
What you’ll love: QuadWash technology cleans your dishes from multiple angles, while TrueSteam technology reduces water spots. The third rack gives you more space to fit additional items of almost any size.
What you should consider: This dishwasher has a longer wash cycle than some similar models.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
Top LG dishwasher for the money
LG Electronics Front Control Dishwasher
What you need to know: This is easy-to-use, and will get your dishes spotless for a fraction of the price.
What you’ll love: You can get maximum cleaning power with QuadWash and Multi-Motion arms that spin and rotate to clean dishes from multiple angles. The EasyRack Plus lets you customize the layout of the dishwasher so you can fit more items, while the 50-decibel cleaning cycle allows for late-night silent cleaning.
What you should consider: The touch-screen panel is extra sensitive and can shut off easily if only gently touched.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
Worth checking out
LG Signature Top Control Built-In Tall Tub Smart Dishwasher
What you need to know: This dishwasher is part of the LG Signature collection, designed with the most innovative technology, including a Direct Drive Motor that functions at a higher level and with fewer parts than standard LG models.
What you’ll love: This dishwasher knows the ideal setting based on the level of dirt on your dishes, while an advanced filtration system wipes out food without a pre-wash. Smart ThinQ technology lets you remotely wash your dishes using an app on your phone.
What you should consider: This is more expensive than other models.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
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METZGER, Steven L.
34, passed away on December 18, 2022. He graduated from Northmont High School. A very personable young man with a generous spirit, he will be missed by many loved ones. He was preceded in death by his beloved mother Shari (Heggs). He is survived by his father, Richard and daughter Zora; his sisters Karen (Adrian) Robles, Monica Metzger; and brother Richard Andrew (Kimber); along with nieces Kylie, Isabel, Selena; and nephew David; high school sweetheart Sadye, her daughters Luna and Sephina; close friends Dallas and Jennifer; wife Mariah and her daughter Zaria. A celebration of his life will be held on Saturday, January 14th at the VFW, 7578 Fenner Rd., Ludlow Falls, OH 45339 from 3-7 PM with a eulogy beginning at 4. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in memory of Steven to defray unexpected funeral expenses with any extra money placed into a college fund for his daughter. | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/obituaries/metzger-steven/HXVFTUDS7ZD7JEM4ZWN2YOSXXU/ | 2023-01-13 06:40:33 | 1 | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/obituaries/metzger-steven/HXVFTUDS7ZD7JEM4ZWN2YOSXXU/ |
Military members file claims for fuel in Hawaii Navy water
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
Associated Press
HONOLULU (AP) — Three active-duty military members are taking the first step toward suing the U.S. government over jet fuel that contaminated drinking water in Hawaii. Their attorneys say the pre-litigation claim forms will allow them to later file a federal lawsuit in Honolulu. In 2021, jet fuel spilled from a drain line at a storage facility that flowed into a drinking water well and into the Navy’s water system. Thousands of people were sickened. Military members are typically barred from making claims while in the line of duty. But their claims say they were injured in their homes while off-duty. Navy representatives didn’t immediately comment. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2023/03/28/military-members-file-claims-for-fuel-in-hawaii-navy-water/ | 2023-03-28 20:12:22 | 1 | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2023/03/28/military-members-file-claims-for-fuel-in-hawaii-navy-water/ |
PARADISE, Mont. (AP) — About 25 train cars derailed Sunday in northwestern Montana, with no injuries or evacuations reported, authorities said.
The cars, which were not believed to be carrying anything hazardous, derailed near the town of Paradise along the Clark Fork River, said Bill Brown, a dispatcher with the Sanders County Sheriff’s Office.
Firefighters and representatives of Montana Rail Link, which was operating the train, were responding and investigating what the cars were carrying, he said.
Photos posted on social media show some of the cars appearing to dip just into the river.
The train cars did not release any hazardous materials, Montana Rail Link said in a statement. The company said the cause of the derailment was being investigated.
“We are committed to addressing any impacts to the area as a result of this accident, prioritizing the safety of our employees and the public, and understanding the reasons for this incident,” the company said.
Montana’s U.S. Sens. Steve Daines and Jon Tester said in separate tweets that they were monitoring the derailment and were in touch with local officials.
Federal regulators and members of Congress are urging railroads to do more to prevent derailments after recent fiery wrecks involving hazardous chemicals in Ohio and Minnesota prompted evacuations. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/about-25-train-cars-derail-in-montana-no-injuries-reported/ | 2023-04-04 02:05:47 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/about-25-train-cars-derail-in-montana-no-injuries-reported/ |
LOS ANGELES — With a Miami Heat record 56 points in Monday night’s Game Four win, Jimmy Butler cemented himself in NBA history and got Miami one step closer to a massive upset over the Milwaukee Bucks.
In a Tuesday edition of Locked On Sports Today, host Peter Bukowski was joined by Wes Goldberg of Locked On Heat to break down the performance.
“All of a sudden Jimmy Butler just said we’re not going down in this game,” Goldberg explained. “And instead of this being a 2-2 series with Giannis coming back and the Bucks having all the momentum, instead we’re talking about Jimmy Butler scoring 56 points ... and the Heat being up 3-1 on the betting favorites before the playoffs to win the whole thing.”
Butler scored 22 points in the first quarter, then 19 of the Heat’s final 30 points to come back from 11 down to begin the fourth quarter and get the win.
Despite the return of Giannis Antetokounmpo for Milwaukee, Butler willed Miami to a 3-1 lead in the series and on the cusp of advancing.
“At first you could say that’s a weird one-off thing, that’s not going to happen, how are the Heat going to find sustainable offense?” Goldberg said of the series. “And now as it gets closer to the end of the series, sustainability matters less and less, because the Heat only have to win one of the next three. That’s one more Jimmy Butler classic. … That’s all it takes.”
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PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — A slide on an 80-foot-high (24-meter-high) coal pile killed two workers Thursday at a southern Colorado coal-fired electricity generating plant, authorities said after a day-long search for the victims.
Rescuers found the bodies of the two men buried beneath about 60 feet (18 meters) of coal in the towering pile at the Comanche Generating Station in Pueblo, said Erik Duran, spokesman for the Pueblo Fire Department.
Witnesses said the workers were standing about 30 feet (9 meters) up a slope of the pile when the slide occurred about 8:20 a.m., Duran said. Rescuers located the bodies at about 3 p.m. and later were able to recover them, he said.
Duran described the victims as a man in his 20s and another in his 30s. The names of the victims were withheld until relatives could be notified.
Witnesses reported that the accident happened on a feeder pile for the station’s coal-fired power plant, which is Colorado’s largest and is operated by Xcel Energy.
Xcel spokeswoman Lacey Nygard said the workers are employed by Savage, a Salt Lake City-based firm contracted by Xcel to operate and maintain the coal yard at Comanche and at other Xcel coal plants.
Xcel is working with Savage and the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office to determine the cause of the accident, said Nygard, who directed questions about the coal slide to Savage.
Savage released a statement Thursday evening saying the company was “devastated” by the deaths and is working with local and federal officials, as well as Xcel, to investigate the cause of the accident.
Duran told reporters that Savage would provide additional information and that a company representative was en route to the scene. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national/colorado-coal-pile-slide-buries-2-workers-search-underway/ | 2022-06-03 08:01:16 | 0 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national/colorado-coal-pile-slide-buries-2-workers-search-underway/ |
Lindsey Vonn is finding new ways to live life on the edge.
In fact, although the three-time Olympic medalist retired from skiing in 2019, she still finds herself missing out on all the action on the slopes as the temperature starts to drop.
"This is a very hard time of year for me because the first races are happening and it always feels really weird to me that I'm not actually on a slope right now," Lindsey, 38, exclusively told E! News at the US Ski and Snowboard Gala on Oct. 27. "But I am adapting to life after competition. I am still challenging myself in new ways, but there's definitely nothing like racing down an icy mountain at 85 miles an hour. And there never be anything like it, so I'll just try to get my kicks wherever I can."
Another athlete that also found themselves stepping off the mountain earlier this year was five-time Olympian Shaun White, who announced he would retire from snowboarding after competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics.
And as Lindsay—who presented Shaun, 36, with the lifetime achievement award at the gala—mentioned, watching his final run in February was a moment she'll never forget.
"I have known Shaun for a very long time, since he was the flying tomato—the hair is a little shorter but he's still the same Shaun," she shared. "But I feel like we have been on a similar trajectory for a long time, and it was great to see his final competition at the Beijing Olympics and that was really emotional for him—and also for me as a spectator and as someone who has been through it."
Added Lindsey, "It was really amazing to watch that moment and I am honored to be able to present the award to him."
Since leaving the halfpipe behind, the snowboarder has set his focus on Whitespace, the active lifestyle company that he founded just before his retirement. But Shaun isn't the only one kickstarting brand new ventures after a monumental career. Lindsey also has her eyes set on a few different projects in the near future—one of which includes enjoying a familiar pastime.
"I am looking forward to skiing, which I haven't said in a while, but I am really excited for the winter," she shared. "I have my goggle collection coming out, I have my new ski line coming out, so many exciting things. I have had a really great summer but I'm not excited for the cold, because I never am, if you know me, you know I hate the cold—but I am excited to ski."
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Democrats are seeking to keep abortion access front of mind for voters in upcoming elections after the party successfully used the issue to galvanize its base and peel off independent voters in the 2022 midterm elections.
Pro-choice advocates and Democrats saw success on the issue in races up and down the ballot following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, warning that elected Republican officials would work to implement a ban at the national and state levels.
And while the midterms may have come and gone, Democrats are insisting there is much campaigning to do with the issue on the campaign trail over the next two years.
“Women’s reproductive rights [are] essential to the American people — American women and men,” said Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) on a press call with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee last week. “They rose and they said that in this election and we are here to protect that for them, and we will continue to do that, and I believe it will continue to be an issue until we can codify Roe into law for all Americans.”
While many strategists and pundits expressed skepticism that abortion would be a driving issue for voters in the midterms, the issue proved to play a key role in Democrats’ wins.
Twenty-seven percent of voters said abortion was the issue that mattered the most this year, topped only by inflation at 32 percent, according to exit polling from NBC News. Exit polling from CNN yielded nearly identical results, with 31 percent naming inflation as their top issue and 27 percent saying the same about abortion.
“If you look at this election in 2022, it’s very clear that abortion and the economy were top of mind for voters and Democrats were winning on the economy,” said Christina Polizzi, communications director at the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee. “Abortion rights is an economic issue.”
There were signs that abortion did stand to be a strong issue in the lead-up to the general election, such as the rejection of a restrictive abortion ballot measure in Kansas and the victory of now-Rep. Pat Ryan (D) in a New York special election, where he made the issue a centerpiece of his campaign.
“Voters don’t take lightly to their half-century-year-old rights being ripped away and don’t think that these deeply personal decisions should be controlled by politicians,” said Colin Seeberger, senior adviser for communications at the Center for American Progress.
“That is the message that in every single state was a winning message,” he added.
According to a memo released by the House Majority PAC, out of the 211 television ads the Democratic group ran in 2022, 103 hit on economic issues, while 89 mentioned abortion.
Additionally, the group also wrote in a memo that it conducted an abortion ad test project in August, which found that its best-performing ad “was a contrast that frames the races as ‘a Democrat cares about the economy while the Republican wants to ban abortion’.”
“In 2022, Republicans refused to take abortion and reproductive freedom as a serious issue, all while pushing for a nationwide abortion ban,” House Majority PAC Communications Director C.J. Warnke said in a statement to The Hill. “Voters responded with a resounding no, rejecting Republican extremists and standing for personal freedom. House Majority PAC knew this was an effective, winning message and will continue to highlight Republican extremism on abortion until access is protected in all 50 states.”
While Democrats are hoping to keep the issue in the spotlight in 2024 federal races, the salience of abortion access as a campaign issue will again be tested in next month’s Georgia Senate runoffs and in next year’s General Assembly races in the purple commonwealth of Virginia.
Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker has voiced his support for a 15-week national abortion ban. He previously expressed support for a total ban on the procedure without exceptions but has since voiced support for measures restricting abortion that contain exceptions.
Still, Democrats are hoping to use the issue to hit Walker on the campaign trail.
“It is more a testament to Herschel Walker’s extremism that he supports a national ban on abortion without exceptions,” Seeberger said.
But Walker is still getting hefty support from anti-abortion groups, including Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, which has pledged to spend at least $1 million to support Warnock in the runoff.
“Walker’s support for compassionate limits on abortion aligns with the people of Georgia and the overwhelming majority of Americans, in stark contrast to ‘activist pastor’ Warnock’s radical position of abortion on demand until birth, paid for by taxpayers,” the group’s president, Marjorie Dannenfelser, said in a statement earlier this month. “Our ground team will continue to visit voters at their homes to expose Warnock’s extremism and urge them to elect Walker as their champion in the U.S. Senate.”
Meanwhile, Virginia Democrats are already planning for next year’s 2023 General Assembly elections, with a new political action committee aimed at funding abortion rights candidates. Roe Your Vote Virginia launched one day after Election Day. The group plans to spend $1 million on competitive state Senate and House of Delegates contests.
“Virginia is one of those rare places where we have elections every year, so it’s always a good bellwether to see what happens in ‘24,” said Gianni Snidle, a spokesperson for Virginia’s Democratic Party.
And despite Virginia’s next elections taking place in an off-year in the lead-up to the 2024 presidential primaries, Democrats say that Republican efforts to pass abortion restrictions in Virginia will provide enough motivation to get voters to the polls.
“Our work is already done for us because these Republicans keep introducing these bills,” Snidle said. “The only reason why it stops is because we have a one-seat majority in the Senate.”
Virginia Democrats are also working to keep the issue elevated in the state legislature. On Monday, Virginia’s congressional delegation penned a letter to the legislature’s Privileges and Elections Committee calling on state lawmakers to enshrine abortion rights into Virginia’s constitution.
“I received a letter from the Virginia US Congressional Democratic Delegation to advance legislation to codify reproductive freedom at the state level,” tweeted state Sen. Lionell Spruill (D). “I do intend to make sure this happens and is voted out of the [Privileges and Elections] Committee I chair.”
This dynamic is also set to play out in state legislative sessions across the country.
“I suspect that many of these states will be considering their own abortion-related legislation and I think that that will be ripe for drawing attention to Republicans’ extremism on pushing these radical bans,” Seeberger said. “Also at the same, that will be a springboard and catalyst for activists to remain engaged.” | https://wgntv.com/hill-politics/democrats-aim-to-keep-spotlight-on-abortion-as-focus-shifts-to-2024/ | 2022-11-26 00:41:19 | 0 | https://wgntv.com/hill-politics/democrats-aim-to-keep-spotlight-on-abortion-as-focus-shifts-to-2024/ |
‘Violence didn’t come from Joe’: Parents remember son killed in school fight
BELTON, Texas (KWTX/Gray News) - A Texas mother continues to heal after losing her son in a deadly high school fight.
Amanda Rios told KWTX she had no idea her 18-year-old son Jose Luis “Joe” Ramirez Jr. agreed to fight another student in the wake of an incident at prom.
“We never even knew this was a problem. Nobody talked to us. My boys didn’t tell me anything about what happened at prom,” Ramirez Jr.’s father, Jose Luis Ramirez Sr., said.
The 18-year-old’s mother and father also said they never heard of their son’s alleged killer, Caysen Tyler Allison, until after the incident.
“The first thing I saw was his eyes. He has evil in him,” Ramirez Jr. said. “He was scared to fight my son. That’s why he pulled that knife out.”
The Belton Police Department reports Ramirez Jr. was fatally stabbed by Allison inside a restroom at Belton High School on May 3.
The family said they believe their son was ambushed and murdered over a lie.
“The world is just getting uglier. People don’t just solve things and move on; they go to this extent for just the stupidest reasons, over a girl,” Rios said.
The family also said they wanted to dispel rumors that Ramirez Jr. was in a gang and threatened Allison.
“Violence didn’t come from Joe. He’d fight you if you wanted to challenge him. He would man up, but he was never a bully,” Rios said.
The devastated mother said she was denied access to her son when she arrived at Belton High School the day of the fight and never got a chance to see him until he died at the hospital.
“That is eating me alive. I just wonder, did he long for me? Did I cross his mind?” she said.
Rios said mementos and photos keep her son’s memory alive but that she is no longer scared of death and looking forward to being reunited with her son.
“God is good, and my baby’s OK,” she said.
Funeral services for Ramirez Jr. are scheduled for Thursday at Crossroads Church. His body will be cremated after the service, according to the family.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The sentencing of a former United Nations communications specialist to 15 years in prison Thursday was punctuated by the tears and eloquence of some of his 13 sexual assault victims who said being drugged and raped by a man who first won their trust left them shattered and hopeful that justice might help them heal.
When they were finished speaking, U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald told Karim Elkorany that it was particularly heinous that he engaged in the “raping of women who believed he was their friend” as she sentenced him to the maximum he could face after he pleaded guilty to three charges in May.
She said many rapes from 2002 through 2019 occurred in the Middle East, but she noted that prosecution of his crimes in some U.S. jurisdictions might have resulted in life in prison. Federal sentencing guidelines that called for about three years in prison had no relationship to the “magnitude and severity” of his crimes, Buchwald said.
“This is not a ‘he said, she said’ case,” Buchwald said as she read from some of the written statements submitted by victims who were attacked while he worked in international aid and foreign relations in the United States, Iraq and Egypt, among other locations.
Nine victims, identified only by numbers from 1 to 20, spoke in court or over a special telephone line that could be heard in court.
Victim No. 1, as she was called, told Buchwald she was a journalist working in Iraq in November 2016 when Elkorany added drugs to the lone alcoholic beverage she ordered at a restaurant, leaving her so incapacitated that she felt “comatose” on the car ride to his apartment, where she regained consciousness to find Elkorany raping her.
She said the drugs he gave her meant she “will never know the details of what happened to me on the worst day of my life.”
Looking at him from a lectern where she delivered her remarks, she said she was hopeful the sentencing meant “your long rampage of violence against women has truly and finally been brought to an end.”
“For six years, I went through hell from what you did to me,” she said, explaining that she was so traumatized that she could not endure being hugged or held by her husband for five years after the attack. She said her career has never recovered.
The first charge to which Elkorany pleaded guilty pertained to his denial to the FBI that he raped Victim 1 after she reported it to the United Nations.
When Victim 2 spoke, she said Elkorany posed as a feminist who cared about issues facing women as he preyed upon friends and acquaintances.
“All his talk about kindness and decency and caring for others was a sham,” she said. Prosecutors said Victim 2 met Elkorany when she worked for a U.N. organization, and she was drugged and sexually assaulted on multiple occasions between 2014 and 2019 in the United States and Iraq.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Pomerantz said Elkorany “hid behind his work,” posing as a confidante of the women before the attacks and then shaming them afterward if they questioned what happened to make them feel it was their fault.
She said he did not use condoms and “callously and cruelly joked about drugging and raping them” afterward, sometimes distributing nude photographs he took of them when they were incapacitated to his friends and forwarding some pictures to his victims anonymously.
Calling him a “cold, calculating and dangerous person,” Pomerantz cited the extraordinary courage of ”incredible” and “brave” women who helped prosecutors build a case that led to Elkorany dropping his denials and accepting his fate.
When he spoke, Elkorany, 39, of West Orange, New Jersey, said he knew his “words of apology will only ring hollow here today and that words of apology cannot un-do damage I have so clearly caused and yet I am deeply, deeply sorry for the pain I’ve caused, the betrayal of relationships, the violation of trust.”
“My actions will follow me for the rest of my life, as they should, and the rest of my life will be filled with regret and remorse,” he said.
Prosecutors said Elkorany carried out some attacks from at least 2005 until April 2018 while working in international aid, development and foreign relations. From October 2013 to April 2016, he worked for the United Nations Children’s Fund in Iraq, and from July 2016 to April 2018 as a U.N. communications specialist in Iraq.
Stéphane Dujarric, a United Nations spokesman, said in a statement that the U.N. does not have prosecutorial authority and cooperates with and relies on member states to ensure that U.N. personnel who commit crimes are held accountable.
“The United Nations welcomes the efforts of the United States authorities in ensuring that Mr. Karim Elkorany is held to account for his criminal conduct,” he said. “We salute the courage of the women that came forward to initiate the investigations. We hope that this sentence brings to all his victims a sense that justice has been achieved.”
Victim 7, who prosecutors say was drugged and sexually assaulted by Elkorany in 2011 and 2012, walked to the courtroom lectern and announced that she hadn’t planned to speak.
But she said she was so moved by what other victims had to say that she felt compelled to address the court, especially after keeping so much about the attack bottled up inside her.
“Even now, I felt like it was my fault,” she said. “After hearing everybody’s stories today, I finally don’t feel that.”
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Associated Press Writer Edith M. Lederer contributed to this report. | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-ex-united-nations-employee-sentenced-for-multiple-rapes/ | 2022-10-28 20:11:00 | 0 | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-ex-united-nations-employee-sentenced-for-multiple-rapes/ |
Goals include net-zero carbon emissions and the largest pediatric healthcare-based renewable energy microgrid in the country
MADERA, Calif., April 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Valley Children's Healthcare, the leading provider of pediatric care in Central California, announced today its plans for a bold new environmental strategy to build energy resiliency for hospital campus operations and to drive efforts for improved air quality in the region. The plan will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 and will achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. It also includes the installation of the largest pediatric healthcare-based renewable energy microgrid in the country.
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launches bold renewable energy and resiliency plan to achieve net zero emissions
"Whether it is drought, wildfires, severe weather or interruptions to the State's power grid, there is no question that the environmental challenges facing this region, and our hospital operations, are significant and will only continue to intensify over time," says Valley Children's President & CEO Todd Suntrapak. "Our commitment over the last seven decades, and for the next seven decades and beyond, is to provide the best care to the kids of this Valley and to improve the environment in which they live. The strategy we are announcing today will help us to accomplish both of those goals."
"No matter what happens outside our walls, we never take our eye off of providing the best care for kids," adds Suntrapak. "This investment is certainly generational and one that will provide for a level of energy resiliency seen in only a handful of organizations across the country."
When online and operational in 2025, the renewable energy microgrid will reduce reliance on the traditional power grid, ensuring Valley Children's Hospital and buildings on its campus remain operational in the event of power outages in the region. When Valley Children's achieves net zero, its entire campus will produce no carbon emissions, eliminating its carbon footprint and impact on air quality.
Additionally, Valley Children's is committed to creating energy resiliency and addressing the impact of climate change on families in Central California by:
- Creating a sustainable and clean energy strategy for the main hospital campus located in Madera, including the renewable energy microgrid that encompasses solar photovoltaic materials, fuel cells and battery storage.
- Investing in water treatment and recharge capabilities to ensure support for the Madera campus in the face of California's continuing drought.
- Developing a 10-year plan through the Valley Children's Guilds Center for Community Health to effectively identify the health needs of Central Valley children. The plan will measure the impact of these interventions, through the lens of equity and concern for health disparities in the region.
- Encouraging sustainable food practices, including sourcing food from local and sustainable producers and reducing food waste.
"The majority of a person's health is shaped by the community that one lives in, so it is imperative that healthcare providers, especially those of us who serve children, look outside of our walls," says Dr. Carmela Sosa-Unguez, complex care pediatrician and director of the Valley Children's Guilds Center for Community Health. "It is our duty to make sure we do everything within our ability to ensure that children have a healthy place to grow. By making these changes, we are helping contribute to cleaner air and to healthier environments. This is not going to be solved by one person or one organization, though. It will take all of us working together and every little bit helps."
In 2022, Valley Children's was one of the first hospitals in the country to sign the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Sector Climate Pledge, a nationwide effort to address the impacts of climate change on public health. Successful implementation of Valley Children's energy resilience program will be used as a model for other HHS Health Sector Climate Pledge signees.
"This is about more than being on the cutting edge of the clean and renewable energy movement," says Suntrapak. "This is really about making sure Valley Children's is insulated from any threat that might disrupt our ability to care for kids and to continue to innovate. The work here is sacred and children are our number one priority."
For more information about Valley Children's Healthcare and its commitment to improving air quality and building energy resilience, please visit valleychildrens.org/sustainability.
About Valley Children's Healthcare
Valley Children's Healthcare provides Central California's only high-quality, comprehensive care exclusively for children, from before birth to young adulthood. Our network offers highly specialized medical and surgical services to care for children with conditions ranging from common to the highly complex at its 358-bed stand-alone children's hospital that includes 28 regional NICU beds. In addition, the Valley Children's Healthcare network includes specialty care centers, pediatric primary care practices and women's health services.
Our family-centered, pediatric services extend from a leading pediatric cancer and blood diseases center on the West Coast, and a pediatric heart center known for its expertise and pioneering treatments, to a Regional Level IV neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), the highest level referral center between Los Angeles and the Bay Area.
Valley Children's was the first children's hospital west of the Rockies to receive Magnet Nursing designation, the highest nursing benchmark in the world. In 2022, U.S. News and World Report again named Valley Children's one of the best children's hospitals in the country in six pediatric specialties. With more than 670 physicians and 3,500 staff, Valley Children's delivers high-quality, comprehensive care to more than 1.3 million children from Kern County to the state capital and from the Central Coast to the Sierra For more information, please visit www.valleychildrens.org.
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WFO RENO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, January 1, 2023
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FLOOD WARNING
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Reno NV
1022 AM PST Fri Dec 30 2022
...The National Weather Service in Reno NV has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in California...Nevada...
Susan River At Susanville affecting Lassen County.
East Fork Carson River Near Gardnerville affecting Alpine and
Douglas Counties.
For the Susan River...including Susanville...Moderate flooding is
forecast.
For the East Fork Carson River...including Markleeville,
Gardnerville...Minor flooding is forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
The next statement will be issued by tomorrow morning.
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...East Fork Carson River Near Gardnerville.
* WHEN...From Saturday afternoon to early Sunday afternoon.
* IMPACTS...At 14.5 feet, Minor flooding in Carson Valley with some
outbuildings, roads, and bridges in lower portions of Minden,
Gardnerville, Centerville, Washoe Tribe Reservation and Genoa
flooded. Highway 395 lane closures north of Stephanie Way
possible.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:55 AM PST Friday the stage was 10.3 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
tomorrow afternoon to a crest of 14.3 feet tomorrow evening.
It will then fall below flood stage tomorrow evening.
- Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY SUNDAY
* WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Susan River At Susanville.
* WHEN...From late tonight to early Sunday afternoon.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, Moderate flooding in Susanville from
Lassen Street downstream along Riverside Drive. Some homes along
river have moderate flood affects, especially on Carroll Street.
Significant lowland flooding below Susanville in Johnstonville,
Leavitt Lake, Standish, and Litchfield areas. Rural roads and
bridges in these areas flood.
- At 9:00 AM PST Friday the stage was 5.1 feet.
tonight to a crest of 13.2 feet tomorrow morning. It will
then fall below flood stage tomorrow evening.
- Flood stage is 12.0 feet.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of Americans say Congress should pass a law guaranteeing access to legal abortion nationwide, according to a new poll that finds over half say they feel at least somewhat “sad” or “angry” about the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
The high court’s decision asserted that abortion is not a constitutional right and handed states the authority to severely restrict or ban abortion. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll shows many Americans back some restrictions on abortion, especially after the first trimester, but the most extreme measures introduced in some Republican-led states are at odds with the public — and with many of the people who live in them.
Faith Murphy, a 41-year-old in Coshocton, Ohio, said she was “quite upset” that the court overruled Roe and wants to see abortion access federally protected. While she’s voted across the aisle, Murphy considers herself a Republican and doesn’t want to see Republican leaders in her state and others push for restrictions.
“I don’t trust who we have in government here in Ohio … to keep women’s rights or the right to an abortion for any reason whatsoever intact,” Murphy said.
Polling ahead of the June 24 decision suggested that overturning Roe would be unpopular with a majority of Americans who wanted to see the court uphold the 50-year precedent. The new poll, roughly three weeks after the decision, finds 53% of U.S. adults say they disapprove of the court’s decision, while 30% say they approve. An additional 16% say they neither approve nor disapprove.
Sixty percent think Congress should pass a law guaranteeing access to legal abortion nationwide. The House last Friday voted to restore abortion rights in the U.S., though the bill will likely stall in the Senate.
Overwhelming majorities also think their state should generally allow abortion in specific cases, including if the health of the pregnant person is endangered or if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. Few think abortion should always be illegal, and most Americans support their state generally allowing abortion six weeks into the pregnancy.
Those patterns persist even in the 23 states in which laws banning or tightening access to abortion have taken effect, will soon take effect or are being debated in court.
Blake Jones thinks six weeks “is far too early to be able to make a decision like that,” and while he personally doesn’t approve of abortion, the 28-year-old Democrat in Athens, Georgia, said he’s pro-choice because he doesn’t believe “that my views should affect other people.”
Jones said he thinks the point of viability is more appropriate for restrictions on abortion, but even then, there should be exceptions if the pregnant person’s health is at risk or the baby would be born with a severe health issue.
Views about abortion at the 15-week mark are muddled. The poll shows Americans in states that have deepened restrictions on abortion are closely divided over abortion at 15 weeks into a pregnancy. That compares with about 6 in 10 Americans in other states saying abortion should be allowed at that point. That gap is similar on allowing abortion for “any reason.”
Support dwindles across the board at 24 weeks into the pregnancy, with only about a third saying their state should generally allow for that.
While only about a third approve of the Supreme Court’s decision, the poll finds about half of Americans think states should be responsible for establishing abortion laws.
Jeffrey Bouchelle agreed with the court because “it should’ve been a states’ rights issue in the first place.” The 57-year-old Republican in Farmers Branch, Texas, believes abortion is wrong, but as a state issue. Bouchelle accepted some states may allow abortion if that’s what the majority prefers.
“There should be access to abortion,” he said. “I just don’t think it should be in Texas.”
Overall, about a third of U.S. adults say they feel at least somewhat proud, relieved or excited about the court’s decision, a reflection that the decades-long effort to overturn Roe resonates with a sizable segment of the population.
“I’m happy with it,” Tammy Rardain said about the court’s decision. The 54-year-old Republican in Logan, Ohio, said her views on abortion are defined by her Christian faith. She wants to see a ban on abortion in Ohio at any point in the pregnancy.
More Americans — 55% — say they feel at least somewhat angry or sad about the decision, including about 4 in 10 who feel so strongly. Half say they feel at least somewhat anxious or hopeless — a sign that Democrats may struggle to turn feelings of anger into motivation to turn out to vote in this year’s midterm elections.
“I was really disappointed, and I felt as though our judicial system had failed us all,” said 41-year-old Democrat Candice Lampkin. “I truly believe that they’re infringing upon our civil rights and liberties.”
The Chicago resident said she wants abortion to be a federally protected right and is concerned about what health care, like birth control, might be targeted next. She hopes the issue will be top of mind for voters this fall.
“We have to do more during election season and make sure we hold our politicians accountable,” she said.
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The poll of 1,085 adults was conducted July 14-17 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 3.9 percentage points. | https://www.kark.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-norc-poll-majority-want-congress-to-keep-abortion-legal/ | 2022-07-21 22:23:28 | 1 | https://www.kark.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-norc-poll-majority-want-congress-to-keep-abortion-legal/ |
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WAVY) — “We will stand with the LGBTQ+ community forever,” said Hakeem Jeffries.
Wednesday, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries joined other lawmaker calling for better protections for LGBTQ+ Americans.
“Many live in fear that around the corner could be violence or bigotry or state-sanctioned hate directed at them, just for who they are,” said Sen. Jeff Merkley.
They say that’s why congress needs to pass the equality act.
“It is not illegal to discriminate against LGBTQ+ people. It’s incredible,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer says the bill amends the civil rights act to extend non-discrimination protections to the LGBTQ+ community.
Schumer continued, “They deserve peace of mind…knowing their rights will be protected in this country.”
Louisiana Senator John Kennedy agrees…life should not be harder for those Americans.
“I don’t think people ought to be discriminated against because of an immutable characteristic, I don’t,” said Sen. John Kennedy.
However, Kennedy and South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham say they worry protections for some, can hurt other groups.
Such as forcing women athletes to compete against trans-athletes.
“And I think biological females have the right to be able to compete fairly in sports,” said Sen. John Kennedy.
“Your rights have to be balanced against other people’s rights,” said Graham.
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ALABAMA (WHNT) – The Yellowhammer State continues to shatter records in the job market.
Friday’s unemployment numbers showed May’s unemployment rate was a record-low 2.7%, down from 2.8% in April and 3.1% in May 2021. 61,621 Alabamians were unemployed in May, a new record low. For comparison, 63,184 were unemployed in April and 80,191 in May 2021.
Weekly earnings also shattered records – Alabamians averaged $1,004.65 in earnings each week in May, compared to $995.44 in April and $978.06 in May 2021.
Once more, we are seeing the resiliency of Alabama’s workforce. Yet again, we’re breaking records that were set only a month ago. We’re nearly a full percentage point below the nation’s unemployment rate, we’ve been consistently ranked as the having the lowest unemployment rate in the southeast, and our wages are growing at a remarkable pace.
Gov. Kay Ivey
2.28 million Alabamians were part of the state’s civilian labor force in May, a record.
9,800 more jobs were filled in May, with the biggest gains in the professional and business sector (4,600), the construction sector (1,900), and the leisure and hospitality sector (1,900).
Between May 2021 and May 2022, 45,700 more jobs have been filled. Gains were seen in the leisure and hospitality sector (8,300), professional and business services sector (7,700), and the construction sector (6,900).
Statewide, several North Alabama counties had some of the lowest county-level unemployment rates. Marshall County clocked in at 1.8%. The only county with a lower unemployment rate was Shelby County (1.6%). A four-way tie between Cullman, Elmore, Limestone, and Madison Counties rounded out the top three (1.9%).
All of the elements needed for positive economic growth continue to improve and are consistently breaking records. This prolonged growth bodes well for Alabama. More people have joined the labor force than at any other time this year, showing that people have confidence in their ability to find a job. More people are working, and fewer people are unemployed than ever before. I’d say these are all things to celebrate!
Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington
Madison, which tied with Hoover, had the third-lowest city-level unemployment rate – 1.6%. Homewood and Trussville each had the second-lowest (1.5%), and Alabaster had the lowest (1.4%).
The highest unemployment rates across the state were in Wilcox County (8.5%), Lowndes and Perry Counties (5.9%), and Dallas County (5.4%). Selma reported an unemployment rate of 7%, with Prichard following at 5.4% and Gadsden at 3.8%. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/gov-ivey-unemployment-down-wages-up-in-alabama/ | 2022-06-17 16:28:02 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/gov-ivey-unemployment-down-wages-up-in-alabama/ |
The purpose-built solution for physical, occupational, and speech therapists is a game changer for growing practices.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Therapy Brands has expanded the capabilities of Fusion, its all-in-one Practice Management, EHR, and billing solution for physical, occupational, and speech therapy providers. Fusion, which services thousands of pediatric therapists, is now available for practices serving adult patients.
As a purpose-built software for PT, OT, and speech therapy, Fusion's new functionality provides enhanced automation and efficient workflows with a user friendly, intuitive interface. The software also provides flexibility, such as enabling clinicians to choose AMA guidelines or the CMS 8-minute rule in calculating units for timed codes for adult therapy.
Fusion stands alone as a fully integrated and optimized solution for practices servicing pediatric patients, adult patients, or both, allowing clinics to operate and grow their businesses with maximum efficiency. Fusion eliminates the need for multiple systems, and therapists no longer have to settle for ineffective workflows that were not designed with their type of practice in mind.
"The demands on providers continue to expand," said Chris Kalb, Executive Vice President, PT, OT, and Speech Therapy, Therapy Brands. "Our focus on customer experience and the unique needs of PT, OT, and speech providers enabled us to expand beyond a pediatric exclusive software to one that also meets all the needs of the adult market. We like to say that "Fusion has grown up!" now that we're able to offer the same great solution to all practices regardless of the demographics of the patients they serve. We truly believe that Fusion moves the industry forward."
Therapy Brands is the leading healthcare IT partner for mental, behavioral, and rehabilitative therapy. Our purpose-built practice management, revenue, and data solutions drive exceptional clinical and financial outcomes. Therapy Brands is a trusted partner to thousands of therapy practices who rely on our solutions to simplify their administration, improve revenue, and enable them to focus on patient care.
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HILLSBOROUGH, N.C., March 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, March 31st, at 9:00 am (EDT) Leland Little will auction the Estate of the late Frank Daniels, Jr. and his wife Julia Jones Daniels. The Daniels family owned and operated the Raleigh News & Observer for 101 years. Leland Little is honored to present this collection, which was built throughout the course of a lifetime, at public auction.
Born into a newspaper family, Frank Daniels Jr. had, as he would say, "ink in his veins." He and his wife, Julia, met in high school, but did not marry until after each had graduated from college. Frank moved up the ranks within the Raleigh News & Observer - from Advertising, to Circulation, to Business Manager, to, eventually, President and Publisher. Under his leadership, the newspaper won three Pulitzer Prizes. Dedicated to his profession, Frank served as chair of the Associated Press's Board of Directors for five years.
As best said by the Raleigh Hall of Fame in 2008, "From art to science to history, there's hardly a museum in Raleigh that has not benefited from the leadership skills, spirit, and generosity of Frank A. Daniels, Jr., and Julia J. Daniels. Married for more than 50 years, the Daniels have worked tirelessly for not only the N.C. State Museums of Art, History, and Natural Sciences but almost every aspect of community life, including health care, business, and education."
Committed to history, Julia served as Chair of the National Trust Council for the National Trust for Historic Preservation for numerous years. Frank served as Chairman of the Smithsonian Institution's National Board. Julia and Frank both deeply believed that art and history should be accessible to all. Julia and Frank raised two children, welcomed grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and continually gave back to their community, both in North Carolina and beyond.
Leland Little will auction over 500 lots of furniture, porcelain, art, and decorative objects. Lots of note include an acrylic on canvas by Danny Robinette (NC, 1954-2005), titled, Summer Garden, an Antique French Carved and Gilt Sunburst Ceiling Medallion, an Italianate Marble Top Painted and Giltwood Console Table, and (224) Pieces of Herend Rothschild Bird Porcelain Dinner Service.
Bidding for this online auction will take place live on the Leland Little website (www.lelandlittle.com). Registered bidders can also leave absentee bids through the Leland Little website prior to the live online auction.
For further information about the auction, please contact:
Leland Little, President
Leland@LelandLittle.com
919-644-1243
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Through August 4, Jeep, RAM, FIAT, KISS, Barefoot Dreams and The Ridge, among many more, turn the summer (RED)
Tune into (RED) TALKS, supported by ViiV Healthcare, a series of frank conversations exploring the current state of the AIDS fight
NEW YORK, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This summer, (RED), the organization co-founded by Bono and Bobby Shriver, is launching '(LIVE SUMMER)', a campaign to fight AIDS and COVID-19. There are many ways to be (RED) - from what's in your makeup kit to cooking-up a storm in the kitchen or hitting the road for a summer drive - and, through August 4, (RED) alongside its partner brands will present a variety of activations that raise money and awareness to ensure testing, treatment, and vaccines are available to everyone, everywhere.
Starting today, June 29th, fans can virtually visit the brand new (LIVE SUMMER) Game Room through an augmented reality lens on Snapchat. The lens is available free for everyone and showcases all the ways you can support (RED), including products shoppable at Amazon.com/RED. See what you can grab on a custom (RED) claw machine game, try on fan-favorite (RED) summer styles in 3D, and much more.
Fans can also check out summer.red.org to stay up to date on all the ways you can (LIVE SUMMER) with (RED), which include:
SHOP THIS SEASON'S SUMMER-ESSENTIAL (RED) PRODUCTS AT AMAZON.COM/RED, AND ACROSS (RED) PARTNER STOREFRONTS
Just in time for warmer days, SHOP (RED) and check out a curated selection of (PRODUCT)RED items available at Amazon.com/RED and within (RED) partner storefronts. Every purchase generates funding for the Global Fund to help strengthen healthcare systems and support equitable access to testing and treatment.
New and noteworthy products to help everyone (LIVE SUMMER) to the fullest extent include:
- iPhone SE (PRODUCT)RED
- Beats Solo3 Wireless Headphones (PRODUCT)RED
- (EARTH RATED)RED Collection
- (BAREFOOT DREAMS)RED Blanket
- (PRODUCT)RED Theragun and Theraone Collections
- (AM)RED Collection
- The Ridge (PRODUCT)RED Wallet
- (MOREL)RED Collection
- (SALESFORCE)RED Collection
- (THE HONEY POT CO.)RED Collection
DRIVE (RED) AND FIND SUMMER ROAD ADVENTURES WITH JEEP, RAM, FIAT & VESPA THIS SUMMER
Celebrating (RED)'s multi-year partnership with Jeep®, RAM and Fiat to deliver a minimum of $4 million to fight pandemics, a variety of DRIVE (RED) activations will give driving fans fun ways to engage this summer. Check out unique summer content made for the open road, with something for everyone, everywhere.
Just in time for summer holidays is the (VESPA ELETTRICA)RED – the Vespa Elettrica version dressed entirely in striking red color. Launching this July, for every vehicle sold, $100 USD will be donated to the Global Fund to support life-saving programs where they are most needed.
TREND (RED) WITH REFRESHED BEAUTY, STYLE AND WELLNESS TIPS & TRICKS
Barefoot Dreams announces the newly launched custom CozyChic INSPI(RED) Stripe Throw where 15% of the retail price from every (BAREFOOT DREAMS)RED blanket purchased will go to the Global Fund to help strengthen healthcare systems. The INSPI(RED) Throw is available for purchase on barefootdreams.com.
As part of the launch, Barefoot Dreams and (RED) will share the best ways to RELAX (RED) this summer. Follow @RED and @barefootdreams to learn more.
For those looking to revamp their favorite summer looks, (RED) has your perfect warm weather fit. From (KISS)RED lashes and nails to (MOREL)RED sunglasses, Beats Solo3 Wireless Headphones (PRODUCT)RED and more, find your summer style essentials at summer.red.org.
To celebrate the launch of the new The Ridge (PRODUCT)RED wallet, The Ridge will engage fans and followers with an exciting Twitter campaign. For every retweet of a designated post, The Ridge will make a donation to support (RED) in the fight against global health emergencies. What's more, every retweet will also enter you to win your very own The Ridge (PRODUCT)RED wallet and additional (RED) surprises.
CALLING ALL FOOD FANS TO EAT (RED) AND SAVE LIVES
Looking to expand your portfolio of cooking expertise? Anova and (RED) have created the perfect tips and tricks on best ways to use your (ANOVA)RED Precision® Cooker. Discover all the things you can do this summer while you sit back and let your food cook to perfection every time at summer.red.org.
Things are heating up with the beloved (TRUFF)RED Hotter Sauce, offering a myriad of ways to spice up summer meals for every occasion. Available for purchase at amazon.com/RED.
(RED) TALKS RETURNS FOR SECOND SEASON
With support from ViiV Healthcare, (RED) will host the second season of its multi-part series of frank conversations, titled "(RED) TALKS," exploring the current state of the AIDS fight, its impact on marginalized communities - especially women and girls - and present opportunities to shine a spotlight on the need for investments in the fight ahead of the Global Fund's upcoming fall Replenishment. The panels will feature government, private sector, advocacy and impact leaders from around the world, including, Deborah Waterhouse, CEO ViiV Healthcare, Matthew Kavanagh, Deputy Executive Director, a.i., Policy, Advocacy and Knowledge, UNAIDS, and Siobhan Crowley, Head of HIV, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, will raise awareness for the fight against AIDS and the importance of stronger global health systems. Beginning July 13th, new episodes will be released every Wednesday across (RED)'s social media channels, including YouTube.
"COVID-19 has threatened not just lives and livelihoods, but our hard-fought progress against preventable diseases, like AIDS," said Deborah Waterhouse, CEO of ViiV Healthcare. "ViiV Healthcare and (RED) are committed to delivering impactful programs that leave no person living with HIV behind. We're delighted to support (RED) Talks and help draw attention to the steps that are needed to bring an end to the epidemic."
MANY WAYS TO GIVE (RED) THIS SUMMER
(RED)'s coalition of financial institutions, including long-standing partner Bank of America, along with American Express®, Chase, Citi, PayPal and Wells Fargo are helping raise money to support stronger global health systems through entities like the Global Fund COVID-19 Response Mechanism and the Gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC).
"The fight to end AIDS and COVID-19 will not be won without continued support from the private sector, to further bolster public sector efforts. And it's not just money - the awareness these companies can bring is invaluable to keep these pandemics and the communities they hit hardest, front of mind," said Jennifer Lotito, President and COO of (RED). "This summer, (RED) is making it easier than ever to turn up the heat against pandemics by funding global health programs that save lives. We're so grateful to all of our (RED) partners for stepping up and helping us deliver testing, treatment, and vaccines to those most in need."
ABOUT (RED)
(RED), named for the color of emergency, was founded by Bono and Bobby Shriver in 2006 to turn companies into a cavalry to fight the AIDS pandemic. Today, that cavalry is also fighting the urgent threat of COVID and its devastating impact on the world's most vulnerable communities, answering the need for a truly global response.
(RED) partners with the most iconic brands and people to create (RED) products and experiences — all of which raise money for the Global Fund, one of the world's largest funders of global health. (RED) partners include AM Denmark, Amazon, Anova Culinary, Apple, Balmain, Bank of America, Barefoot Dreams, Beats by Dr. Dre, Earth Rated, eos, Fiat, Girl Skateboards, The Honey Pot Co., Jeep, KISS Products, Louis Vuitton, Mavin Records, Morel Eyewear, Primark, RAM, The Ridge, Salesforce, Starbucks, Therabody, TRUFF, U-Mask, Vahdam India and Vespa. (RED) supporters include Merck and Roche.
To date, (RED) has generated $700 million for the Global Fund, helping more than 245 million people. The money raised by (RED)'s partners and campaigns goes directly to strengthen health systems and support life-saving programs in the communities where pandemics hit hardest.
CONTACT: Sean Simons, sean.simons@red.org
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NOT AS HOT TODAY... RAIN FOR SOME TOMORROW
Your First Alert Weather Forecast:
Last night’s thunderstorms are long gone... As we first alerted you yesterday, the heaviest rainfall fell across the Northwoods. According to VIPIR MAX, many areas in northern Oconto county and southern Marinette county got 1-2″+ of welcome rain. Meanwhile, folks to the south of Green Bay didn’t get nearly as much in their rain gauges.
Today is going to be a comfortable mid-July day. We’ll see sunny skies and seasonable temperatures. With a lighter north breeze, our highs will be in the mid 70s in the Northwoods and along the lakeshore. The Fox Valley will see highs closer to 80 degrees. Also, with less wind, our wildfire danger will be decreasing too. That’s good news for fire fighters in Waushara County, dealing with that big blaze near Coloma.
Our next weathermaker is a disturbance, which will bring us a chance of thundershowers tomorrow... However, most of the rain is expected to fall SOUTH of Green Bay. Some spots south of Highway 10 might get a quarter to half an inch of rain. Areas farther north may stay dry, until a small rain chance arrives Wednesday night.
We’re also expecting additional pop-up thunderstorms from Thursday through Saturday. Since they’ll randomly flare up late each day, it’s hard to say how much rain will fall from those “hit and miss” storms. Our severe weather outlook is in the LOW category through the end of the week.
You can always keep our forecast handy with our free weather app. Look for the WBAY First Alert Weather App in the Apple app store and Google Play (click here on your mobile device).
WIND & WAVES FORECAST:
TODAY: N/NE 5-15 KTS, WAVES: 1-3′
WEDNESDAY: E/SE 5-10 KTS, WAVES: 1-2′
TODAY: Lots of sunshine. Not as hot. Less wind. HIGH: 80, mid 70s north and lakeside
TONIGHT: Increasing clouds. A late shower? Mild and calm. LOW: 59
WEDNESDAY: Mostly cloudy. A chance of thundershowers, mainly SOUTH. Cooler. HIGH: 73 LOW: 59
THURSDAY: Partly cloudy. Warmer and more humid. Pop-up afternoon storms possible. HIGH: 81 LOW: 63
FRIDAY: Partly cloudy. Warm. humid and breezy. Pop-up afternoon storms possible. HIGH: 83 LOW: 64
SATURDAY: Partly cloudy. Warm and still humid. A pop-up storm possible. HIGH: 85 LOW: 62
SUNDAY: Partly cloudy. Warm, but not as humid. HIGH: 83 LOW: 58
MONDAY: Partly cloudy. Breezy and seasonably warm. HIGH: 81
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "We wanted to create a protective barrier that would shield the seat/bench of a piece of fitness equipment and indoor/outdoor public seating from perspiration and germs," said one of two inventors, from El Paso, Texas, "so we invented the WORKOUT BUDDY. Our design could help to reduce the risk of contracting a viral or bacterial infection from fitness equipment."
The invention provides a protective accessory for use with fitness/exercise equipment. In doing so, it prevents the transfer of perspiration and germs left behind by the machines' previous users. As a result, it increases sanitation and safety and it eliminates the need to spray and wipe the bench between every user. The invention features a convenient design that is easy to apply and use so it is ideal for fitness enthusiasts and gyms. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-CTK-2819, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Five months after scoring the winning penalty in the World Cup final, Gonzalo Montiel converted the clinching spot kick for Sevilla in the Europa League final Wednesday to beat Jose Mourinho’s Roma.
It earned Sevilla a seventh title in the competition.
The Argentina international sent Roma goakeeper Rui Patrício the wrong way with his retaken penalty to seal a 4-1 win in the shootout after the match finished 1-1 after extra time in Budapest, where Mourinho was aiming to maintain his record of having never lost a final in European competitions.
“I’ve won five finals and I lost this one, but I’m coming back home proud again,” Mourinho told Sky Sport Italy. “The boys gave everything.”
Gianluca Mancini and Roger Ibanez failed to convert for Roma from the spot against Sevilla goalkeeper Yassine Bounou. Montiel missed his first attempt but had another chance after Patrício was judged to have come off his line.
Sevilla has still never lost a final it has contested in the Europa League or its precursor, the UEFA Cup — the team also won the competition in 2006, ’07, ’14, ’15, ’16 and ’20 — and secured a place in next season’s Champions League.
At one stage close to the relegation zone in the Spanish league and already eliminated from the Champions League, it had looked like a season to forget for Sevilla. But clearly it was not over yet.
A new coach, José Luis Mendilibar came in and things turned around quickly.
“I’m happy to be here, to have won for the club, which was having a hard time when we got here,” Mendilibar said. “We have done something good that can have repercussions for the good of the club.”
Before the final, Mourinho actually had more European title wins than Mendilibar had total games managed in those same competitions. The 62-year-old Mendilibar’s career is peaking since joining Sevilla just two months ago.
As Sevilla players celebrated on the field, Mourinho kept his calm and congratulated the Spanish club on the victory.
“We lost a game but not dignity. I’ve never gone home prouder than today,” Mourinho said. “Great match, great final. Intense, vibrant.”
After receiving his runners-up medal, Mourinho took it off and gave it to a young fan.
Paulo Dybala had put Roma ahead in the 35th minute at Puskás Aréna in the Hungarian capital. Mancini sent a through ball for Dybala, who netted past Bounou with a low left-foot shot. The Argentina forward had recovered from an ankle injury in time to be declared fit for the final.
It was Dybala’s fifth goal of the Europa League, and 17th overall this season.
Sevilla was only slowly getting into the match but Ivan Rakitić came close to equalizing in first-half stoppage time with a low drive from 20 meters (yards) that bounced off the post.
Mendilibar sent on midfielder Suso and forward Erik Lamela, a former Roma player, as substitutes at the start of the second half to rejuvenate his team.
Sevilla equalized through Mancini’s own-goal 10 minutes into the second half when he was under pressure from Youssef En-Nesyri. Captain Jesús Navas set up the goal with a cross from the right.
Navas, a 37-year-old veteran, was on the team that won Sevilla’s first Europa League title in 2006.
“When they scored against us, you think that it will be very difficult to score against them,” Mendilibar said. “”The equalizer came quickly in the second half and gave us the strength to continue in the fight to win the game.”
Substitute Andrea Belotti failed to beat Bounou in a one-on-one following Lorenzo Pellegrini’s free kick seven minutes from time. Suso had a long-distance shot saved by Patrício in the dying seconds.
Sevilla held the upper hand in extra time but didn’t create a clear scoring chance, and Roma defender Chris Smalling headed the ball onto the crossbar at the end.
Replacing former Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli in March, Mendilibar became Sevilla’s third coach this season with the team just two points clear of the La Liga relegation zone. His lineup has lost only two of 11 league games since then and is now one point off seventh place going into the final round this weekend.
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Human remains were discovered in the Mount Baldy wilderness in California on Saturday, according to authorities, just days after officials resumed the search for missing actor Julian Sands.
Civilian hikers came upon the remains around 10 a.m. and called the Fontana Sheriff’s Station, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
The remains were sent to the county coroner and have yet to be identified.
No further details were immediately available, though officials said the remains would likely be identified within a week.
JULIAN SANDS MYSTERY: SEARCHERS STILL HOLDING OUT HOPE ACTOR SURVIVED AMID ‘EXTREME CONDITIONS’
The human remains were found just days after authorities said a massive search for Sands was launched involving more than 80 search and rescue volunteers.
Sands was first reported missing on Jan. 13 when he did not return from hiking Mount Baldy in California. Search efforts were hampered after a series of powerful storms during the winter months dumped as much as 10 feet of snow in the mountains.
Police resumed the search for Sands five months later on June 17.
During the recent search for Sands, police noted parts of the mountain "remain inaccessible due to extreme alpine conditions," with more than 10 feet of snow still in some areas despite warmer weather.
CALIFORNIA WOMAN FALLS TO DEATH WHILE REACHING OUT TO HELP TEEN WHO SLIPPED ON WATERFALL LEDGE
Julian Sands' family released a statement for the first time in months after the search resumed.
"We are deeply grateful to the search teams and coordinators who have worked tirelessly to find Julian," read a statement released by the family on Twitter.
"We continue to hold Julian in our hearts with bright memories of him as a wonderful father, husband, explorer, lover of the natural world and the arts, and as an original and collaborative performer."
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In Celebration of International Fairy Day, The Hit Toy Line Expands the Magic of Finding Fairies Everywhere with a New Baby Fairy Finder, Fairy Pet Finders, and a Find The Glowing Fairies Roblox Game.
MONTREAL, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WowWee®, a leading manufacturer of innovative consumer entertainment products and the makers of Fingerlings®, My Squishy Little Dumplings™ and more, today announced major expansions to its hit Got2Glow Fairies brand. To celebrate International Fairy Day today, WowWee is launching the Got2Glow Baby Fairy Finder™, two Got2Glow Fairy Pet Finders™, and a Find the Glowing Fairies Roblox game. Building off last year's success of the Got2Glow Fairy Finders™, the hit tech toy that put fairies at kids' fingertips and topped countless hot toy lists en route to becoming a 2022 TOTY Finalist for Collectible Toy of the Year, these enchanting additions make for even more magical experiences as kids explore and discover more virtual fairies than ever before!
The Got2Glow Baby Fairy Finder is a smaller variation of the original, with over 20 new baby fairies to find and collect. The all-new, more portable size makes it easier than ever for kids to bring their Baby Fairy Finder along for every adventure. For added magic, lights & sounds guide the way as it detects virtual baby fairies around you..
The enchantment continues with the Got2Glow Fairy Pet Finder, with 40+ fairy pets to collect in each jar and over 80 fairy pets to collect in total. Grow your collection by trading fairy pets with friends and unlock rare fairy pets using the Got2Glow Baby Fairy Finder. You can also bond with your new fairy pet companions via the on-screen buttons by giving them hugs, saying hello, and virtually feeding them.
All new Got2Glow Fairy Finder toys are compatible with one another and allow for trading of all different types of fairies. You can grow your collection to over 200 fairies by sharing across all finders. Transfer baby fairies from the Baby Fairy Finder into your Fairy Pet Finder, then watch as your Love Baby Fairy transforms into a Love Dog Fairy - or vice versa!
In addition, WowWee's Find the Glowing Fairies game by popular Roblox game creator Gamefam (Twilight Daycare and the forthcoming My Avastars: RP) is launching on Roblox today, expanding the Got2Glow universe beyond physical play. The online game will recreate the beloved real-life magic of finding fairies, with various in-game environments to explore and a variety of fairies to collect.
"We were inspired by the passion for our Got2Glow Fairy Finder and knew we had to continue building upon this excitement," said Sydney Wiseman, VP of Brand Development & Creative Strategy at WowWee. "We listened closely to our fanbase when expanding this line to ensure we provided even more magical play. Now the Got2Glow brand offers something for everyone - whether you want something more portable to take on the go, more fairies to collect and find, or desire a whole new type of fairy altogether. You can even find fairies in the metaverse, so we're truly delivering on our brand promise of experiencing the magic of finding fairies everywhere!"
Further adding to the Got2Glow universe, WowWee has tapped Striker Entertainment to build a lifestyle licensing program around the brand. The program will initially focus on publishing, home décor, health and beauty, and party goods.
The Got2Glow Baby Fairy Finder (MSRP: $24.99; Ages 5+) and both Got2Glow Fairy Pet Finders in turquoise and pink (MSRP: $44.99ea.; Ages 5+) are available for pre-order starting today on Amazon, and flying onto shelves at major retailers including Walmart and Target later this summer. For more information, please visit the Got2Glow website or join the conversation on social media by following @got2glowfairies.
WowWee® is a global innovator and industry leader in developing, marketing, and distributing hi-tech consumer robotic, toy, and entertainment products. Since its launch in 1988, WowWee has revolutionized the way consumers interact with robotics - fusing technology and imagination to deliver award-winning toys and gadgets such as Robosapien® and MiP®, The Toy Association's Innovative Toy of the Year (TOTY) in 2015. WowWee's Fingerlings®- the first-ever line of animatronic collectible toys - instantly skyrocketed in popularity, topping retail best-selling lists around the world, and won the 2018 Collectible Toy of the Year and overall Toy of the Year awards. The company won Plush Toy of the Year in 2020 for its licensed, official Pinkfong Baby Shark™ Song Puppets with Tempo Control, and Licensing International's Excellence Award for Best Toy of the Year ages 0-8. With offices in Montreal, San Diego, and Hong Kong, WowWee continues to innovate across the toy and entertainment categories. Please visit http://www.wowwee.com
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Be still our hearts: We haven't seen the last of Nick and Charlie's love story.
On May 20, Netflix revealed that their heartwarming coming-of-age series Heartstopper has been renewed for a second and a third season. Alice Oseman, who created the graphic novel before turning it into a TV series, confirmed the exciting news by sharing a new drawing of the show's beloved leads.
"SEASONS 2 AND 3," the creator wrote on Instagram. "I'd better get to work…"
Oseman is set to return as the writer for the next installment.
For those who've yet to jump on the Heartstopper bandwagon, the Netflix series follows gentle Charlie (Joe Locke) as he falls for rugby-lad Nick (Kit Connor). But much to the surprise of Charlie's friends, a real connection blossoms between the boys, resulting in a touching romance.
The streamer put it best when they wrote, "Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love."
While this renewal news isn't necessarily surprising—Heartstopper reached the Netflix Top 10 list in 54 countries following its April 2022 debut—it's still nice to know for sure that the show is returning with new episodes.
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New Jersey on Friday reported 2,538 confirmed COVID-19 positive tests and 14 new confirmed deaths as the transmission risk remains high in four counties, down from seven a week ago.
The state’s seven-day average for confirmed cases was 2,051 on Friday, down 9% from a week ago, and down 48% from a month ago.
The statewide positivity rate for tests conducted on Sunday, the most recent day with available data, was 14.78%. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers positivity rates above 10% to be “high.”
The statewide rate of transmission has hovered around 0.80 in recent days. A transmission rate below 1 is an indication that the outbreak is declining as each new case is leading to less than one additional new case.
There were 736 patients with confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases reported across the state’s 71 hospitals as of Thursday night. Hospitalizations remain significantly lower than when they peaked at 6,089 on Jan. 10 during the omicron wave.
Of those hospitalized, 99 were in intensive care and 31 were on ventilators. There were at least 120 people discharged in the 24-hour period ending Thursday, according to state data.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now lists four New Jersey counties with “high” transmission rates — Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, and Morris.
Those in high-risk areas are recommended to wear a mask indoors in public and on public transportation and stay up-to-date on vaccinations, according to the CDC.
Eleven counties are in the medium risk category: Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset and Sussex. Masks are not recommended in the medium and low risk regions.
Cumberland, Hunterdon, Union and Warren are listed as low risk.
TOTAL NUMBERS
New Jersey has reported 2,115,026 total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the more than two years since the state reported its first known case March 4, 2020.
The Garden State has also recorded about 355,712 positive antigen or rapid tests, which are considered probable cases. And there are numerous cases that have likely never been counted, including at-home positive tests that are not included in the state’s numbers.
The state of 9.2 million residents has reported 33,994 COVID-19 deaths — 30,907 confirmed fatalities and 3,087 probable ones.
New Jersey has the eighth-most coronavirus deaths per capita in the U.S. — behind Mississippi, Arizona, Oklahoma, Alabama, West Virginia, Tennessee and Arkansas — as of the latest data reported Monday. Last summer, the state had the most deaths per capita in the country.
The latest numbers follow a major study that revealed even a mild case of COVID-19 can significantly affect the brain. Long COVID — the term commonly used to describe symptoms stemming from the virus long after a person no longer tests positive — has been found to affect between 10% and 30% of those who contract the infection, regardless of whether they have a mild or serious case.
In New Jersey, that would mean that roughly 600,000 of the more than 2 million who have tested positive for COVID since the onset of the pandemic either have or have had long COVID.
VACCINATION NUMBERS
More than 6.93 million people who live, work or study in New Jersey have received the initial course of vaccinations and more than 7.8 million have received a first dose since vaccinations began here on Dec. 15, 2020.
More than 3.97 million people in the state eligible for boosters have received one. That number may rise after the FDA approved booster shots for healthy children between the ages of 5 and 11. U.S. regulators authorized the booster for kids hoping an extra vaccine dose will enhance their protection as infections continue to spread.
LONG-TERM CARE NUMBERS
At least 9,195 of the state’s COVID-19 deaths have been among residents and staff members at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, according to state data.
There were active outbreaks at 353 facilities, resulting in 4,492 current cases among residents and 4,244 cases among staff, as of the latest data.
GLOBAL NUMBERS
As of Friday, there have been more than 542 million COVID-19 cases reported across the globe, according to Johns Hopkins University, and more than 6.3 million people died due to the virus.
The U.S. has reported the most cases (more than 86.7 million) and deaths (at least 1,015,343) of any nation.
There have been more than 11.6 billion vaccine doses administered globally.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Take 5 Evening" game were:
24-32-34-37-39
(twenty-four, thirty-two, thirty-four, thirty-seven, thirty-nine)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Take 5 Evening" game were:
24-32-34-37-39
(twenty-four, thirty-two, thirty-four, thirty-seven, thirty-nine) | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Take-5-Evening-game-17132352.php | 2022-04-28 03:51:52 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Take-5-Evening-game-17132352.php |
SHENZHEN, China, July 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pudu Robotics, a global leader in commercial service robots, announced its official entry into the Japanese cleaning market during a press conference in Japan. The company unveiled its advanced commercial cleaning robots PUDU CC1 and PUDU SH1, aimed at addressing labor shortages and transforming the cleaning sector.
Japan, like many countries, faces a pressing labor shortage due to an intensifying aging population, with over 33% aged 60 and above. The cleaning service industry is struggling with recruitment challenges and high personnel turnover. To combat this, there is a growing demand for low-cost, high-efficiency automated cleaning robots in Japan.
PUDU's delivery robots have been well-received in the Japanese market and have established long-term partnerships with renowned brands like Skylark Group and Panasonic. Building on this success, PUDU has adapted its mature technology to create cutting-edge cleaning robots, offering superior performance, stability, and ease of use. With Japan's severe labor shortage as a backdrop, PUDU's commercial cleaning robots are poised to rapidly capture the market, elevating cleaning services intelligently and meeting the public's increasingly stringent and diverse cleaning needs.
PUDU CC1, a revolutionary 4-in-1 intelligent commercial cleaning robot, integrates sweeping, scrubbing, vacuuming, and dust mopping functions into one comprehensive solution. It provides efficient and thorough cleaning for various environments. PUDU SH1 is a specialized commercial scrubber dryer designed to tackle greasy and slippery areas, making it ideal for various industries.
The introduction of cleaning robots significantly improves work efficiency and reduces the workload of cleaning personnel. Intelligent robots offer higher cleaning quality and consistency, delivering more professional and reliable cleaning services. Renowned Japanese medical environmental manager, Mr. Matsumoto, emphasized the importance of a symbiotic relationship between humans and robots in addressing cleaning challenges at the press conference. While robots provide convenience, they cannot replace human wisdom and judgment. Certain tasks, such as cleaning in high places or narrow crevices, remain best suited for humans, creating a complementary partnership between robots and humans.
In the era of AI, intelligent robots are emerging as a new type of terminal, forging increasingly close connections with humans. As Felix Zhang, the founder and CEO of Pudu Robotics, said at the press conference: "We aim to use robots to improve the efficiency of human production and living. The introduction of robots is not meant to replace humans or take away human jobs; instead, it aims to leverage technological advantages to better assist humans in their work and ultimately achieve a harmonious coexistence between humans and robots in society."
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About Pudu Robotics
Shenzhen-based and founded in 2016, Pudu Robotics is a world-leading tech-focused enterprise dedicated to the design, R&D, production and sales of commercial service robots, which aims to use robots to improve the efficiency of human production and living, Pudu Robotics has been rapidly growing in recent years to become a "leader" in the global markets with coverage of over 60 countries and regions worldwide.
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SAN DIEGO, Jan. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Blacksmith Medicines, Inc. (Blacksmith), and Forge Therapeutics (Forge), announce today that the companies have signed a definitive merger agreement to leverage their combined chemistry platforms, creating a leading biopharma dedicated to discovering and developing medicines targeting a large class of proteins called metalloenzymes, with initial focus on oncology and infection.
"We are excited to unveil the merger of Blacksmith and Forge, which we believe will be transformational for both companies. Prospects are very bright for the new Blacksmith, as we are now able to expand our metalloenzyme platform, advance our internal and partnered programs, and create increased value for our shareholders by discovering first-in-class and best-in-class medicines," said Zachary Zimmerman, Ph.D., CEO and co-founder of Blacksmith. "Our target strategy is to focus on metalloenzymes of significant unmet need and high pharma interest, targets with validated biology that have been challenging to drug due to chemistry limitations that we can solve with our platform."
The Blacksmith platform has been validated through multiple pharmaceutical partnerships, including deals with Roche, Eli Lilly, and Basilea, which have the potential to earn over $800M in milestone payments plus royalties. Furthermore, the company currently has earned non-dilutive federal awards of up to $25.3M to fully fund its infectious disease programs to the end of Phase 1. Blacksmith also has emerging precision oncology programs focused on novel synthetic lethality targets involved in the DNA Damage Response. Blacksmith investors include Evotec A.G., MagnaSci Ventures, MP Healthcare Partners, Alexandria Venture Investments, and Eli Lilly.
Metalloenzymes utilize a metal ion cofactor in the enzyme active site to perform essential biological functions. This diverse class of targets has historically been difficult to drug due to small molecule chemistry limitations that have plagued the industry. The Blacksmith metalloenzyme platform has solved this problem by leveraging the following:
- A large proprietary fragment library of metal-binding pharmacophores (MBPs);
- A comprehensive database containing a full characterization of the metalloenzyme genome including functions, metal cofactors, and associations to disease;
- A first-of-its-kind metallo-CRISPR library of custom single guide RNAs;
- An industry-leading metalloenzyme computational toolkit for docking, modeling and structure-based drug design; and
- A robust and blocking intellectual property estate covering bioinorganic, medicinal, and computational chemistry approaches for metalloenzyme-targeted medicines.
At Blacksmith Medicines, we are developing medicines targeting metal-dependent enzymes. Over 30% of known enzymes are metalloenzymes, covering all major enzyme classes: oxidoreductases, transferases, hydrolases, lyases, isomerases, and ligases. Metal ions, including magnesium, zinc, iron, manganese and copper, are the essential ingredient in these metalloenzymes. We recognized a large unmet need for new chemical matter and innovative approaches to drug this important class of enzymes. Our purpose-built platform for metalloenzyme-targeted medicines combines, for the first time in industry, a focused library of metal-binding pharmacophores with proprietary computational modeling approaches to rapidly and rationally design small molecule inhibitors that interact with key metal ions in the enzyme's active site. Our comprehensive knowledge of the metal environment and key active site interactions enables Blacksmith to rapidly build potent and selective inhibitors in a stepwise and predictable manner.
For further information, please visit the company's website at www.BlacksmithMedicines.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
Blacksmith Media Contact:
Amy Conrad
Juniper Point
amy@juniper-point.com
858-366-3243
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Olympic super-fan Dolly Parton released a music video for her new song, a cover of Queen's "We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You." The video was done in collaboration with NBCUniversal and celebrates the one year countdown to the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France. Track athlete Noah Lyles, gymnast Suni Lee and swimmer Caeleb Dressel are just a few of the athletes whose Olympic triumphs are featured in the video.
“I love the Olympics!" Parton shared in a press release. "I do my best to plan my schedule to watch as much of it as I possibly can,” says Parton. “I tape it just in case I miss the live action on a certain day and watch it back as soon as possible. I laugh, I cry, I scream, there are no losers in the Olympics as they have all spent a lifetime preparing but I celebrate with the ones that go away with the gold, silver, and bronze medals.”
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SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Three of nine people have pleaded guilty to federal charges in a burglary ring that authorities in northeastern Pennsylvania say stole artwork — including works by Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock — as well as antique weapons, sports memorabilia and other items from museums and other institutions over two decades.
Ralph Parry, 45, and Francesco “Frank” Tassiello, 50, pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to commit theft of major artwork, concealment and disposal of major artwork and interstate transportation of stolen property, The (Scranton) Times-Tribune reported. Daryl Rinker, 50, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit concealment and disposal of major artwork and interstate transportation of stolen property, the paper reported.
Federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania announced charges in June against nine Lackawanna County residents in 18 heists from art, historical and sports museums and other institutions in six states between 1999 and 2019.
The thefts included Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock artwork taken in 2005 from the Everhart Museum in Scranton and a Jasper Cropsey work and antique firearms worth hundreds of thousands of dollars taken from Ringwood Manor in New Jersey. Other artwork, antique weapons and gems and gold nuggets were taken from other institutions along with valuable sports championship rings, belts and trophies, authorities said.
Rinker’s attorney, Chris Caputo, said that his client was “very sorry” and emphasized that he was not part of the actual thefts. Tassiello’s attorney declined comment and attempts to reach Parry’s attorney were unsuccessful, the Times-Tribune reported.
Plea hearings are scheduled for two other defendants Wednesday. Three others are scheduled for trial later this year and one person remains at large, authorities said. | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/ap-us-news/ap-guilty-pleas-entered-in-burglary-ring-that-stole-art-other-items-including-warhol-pollock/ | 2023-07-02 19:36:09 | 1 | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/ap-us-news/ap-guilty-pleas-entered-in-burglary-ring-that-stole-art-other-items-including-warhol-pollock/ |
NEW YORK, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of LMP Automotive Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LMPX) between June 29, 2021 and May 19, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period") of the important July 26, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline in the securities class action commenced by the Firm.
SO WHAT: If you purchased LMP securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the LMP class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=6635 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than July 26, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) LMP engaged in the improper identification and elimination of intercompany transactions; (2) LMP used incorrect estimates for chargeback reserves for finance and insurance products; (3) LMP had misclassified certain items in its financial statements which impacting balance sheet and income statement financial statement captions; (4) there were material weaknesses in LMP's internal control over financial reporting; (5) as a result of the foregoing, LMP overstated its revenue; (6) as a result of the foregoing, LMP would restate certain of its previously issued financial statements and results; and (7) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about LMP'S business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the LMP class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=6635 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.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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CA San Diego CA Zone Forecast for Sunday, March 12, 2023
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958 FPUS56 KSGX 130912
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Zone Forecast Product for Extreme Southwest California
National Weather Service San Diego CA
212 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
CAZ552-132115-
Orange County Coastal Areas-
Including the cities of Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa,
Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, and San Clemente
212 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Patchy fog this morning. Highs 62 to 65. Light winds becoming
southwest 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming cloudy. Lows
49 to 53. Areas of winds west 10 to 15 mph in the evening
becoming light.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy with a slight chance of rain in the morning,
then mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the afternoon. Rain
may be heavy at times in the afternoon. Highs 61 to 65. Light
winds becoming south 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Lows 50 to 54.
Areas of winds south 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy with a chance of rain in the morning, then
mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the afternoon.
Rain may be heavy at times in the morning. Highs around 60. Areas
of winds southwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 46 to 49.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 60 to 63.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 47.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 61 to 65.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 48.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming partly
cloudy. Highs 61 to 64.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows around 50.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Highs 60 to 63.
$$
CAZ554-132115-
Orange County Inland Areas-
Including the cities of Santa Ana, Anaheim, Garden Grove, Irvine,
Orange, Fullerton, and Mission Viejo
212 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Patchy fog this morning. Highs 64 to 68. Light winds becoming
southwest 10 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming cloudy. Lows
49 to 53. Areas of winds west 10 mph in the evening becoming
light.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Rain may be heavy at
times in the afternoon. Highs 63 to 66. Light winds becoming
south 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Lows 51 to 54.
Areas of winds south 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy with a chance of rain in the morning, then
mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the afternoon.
Rain may be heavy at times in the morning. Highs 58 to 63. Areas
of winds south 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 45 to 49.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 62 to 65.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 45 to 48.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 64 to 68.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening. Lows 46 to 49.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming partly
cloudy. Highs 62 to 67.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows around 50.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly cloudy. A
slight chance of rain. Highs 61 to 65.
$$
CAZ043-132115-
San Diego County Coastal Areas-
Including the cities of Oceanside, Vista, Carlsbad, Encinitas,
Chula Vista, National City, and San Diego
212 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Patchy fog this morning. Highs 64 to 69. Light winds becoming
west 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming cloudy. Lows
49 to 52. Areas of winds northwest 10 to 15 mph in the evening
becoming light.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs 63 to 67 near the coast to 68 inland. Light
winds becoming southwest 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Rain likely in the evening, then rain overnight.
Rain may be heavy at times overnight. Lows 51 to 54. Areas of
winds south 10 to 15 mph. Gusts to 25 mph overnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy with rain likely in the morning, then mostly
cloudy with a chance of showers in the afternoon. Rain may be
heavy at times in the morning. Highs around 59. Areas of winds
south 10 to 15 mph. Gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 44 to 49.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming partly
cloudy. Highs 61 to 64.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 43 to 48.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 63 to 66.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows 43 to 49.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming partly
cloudy. Highs 62 to 66.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows 45 to 50.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly cloudy. A
slight chance of rain. Highs around 63.
$$
CAZ050-132115-
San Diego County Valleys-
Including the cities of Escondido, El Cajon, San Marcos, La Mesa,
Santee, and Poway
212 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Patchy fog this morning. Highs 66 to 71. Areas of winds northwest
to 10 mph becoming west with gusts to 25 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly cloudy.
Lows 44 to 50. Areas of winds northwest 10 mph in the evening
becoming light.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly cloudy with
a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs 67 to 72. Light
winds becoming southwest 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Rain likely in the evening, then rain overnight.
Rain may be heavy at times overnight. Lows 45 to 53. Areas of
winds south 10 to 15 mph. Gusts to 25 mph overnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy with rain likely in the morning, then mostly
cloudy with a chance of showers in the afternoon. Rain may be
heavy at times in the morning. Highs around 60 in the western
valleys to 53 to 57 near the foothills. Areas of winds south
10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation
70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
in the evening, then partly cloudy overnight. Colder. Lows 37 to
47.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming partly
cloudy. Highs around 63 in the western valleys to 57 to 62 near
the foothills.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 39 to 46.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 63 to 68.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Lows
40 to 47.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 65 in the western valleys
to 59 to 64 near the foothills.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly
cloudy with a slight chance of rain overnight. Lows 42 to 49.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Highs 60 to
65.
$$
CAZ048-132115-
San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland Empire-
Including the cities of Riverside, San Bernardino, Ontario,
Moreno Valley, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, and Corona
212 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Partly cloudy. Highs 65 to 68.
Light winds becoming west 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly cloudy.
Lows 45 to 50. Areas of winds west 10 to 15 mph with gusts to
25 mph in the evening becoming light.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs 63 to 68. Light
winds becoming south 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Lows 46 to 52.
Areas of winds south 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy with rain likely in the morning, then mostly
cloudy with a chance of showers in the afternoon. Rain may be
heavy at times in the morning. Highs 57 to 61. Areas of winds
south 10 to 15 mph. Gusts to 25 mph...becoming 30 mph in the
afternoon. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Colder. Lows 39 to 46.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 62 to 66.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 41 to 46.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs 64 to 68.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows 41 to 47.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 62 to 66.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly
cloudy with a slight chance of rain overnight. Lows 42 to 49.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Highs 60 to
63.
$$
CAZ057-132115-
Santa Ana Mountains and Foothills-
212 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Patchy fog this morning. Highs 60 to 66. Areas of winds northwest
10 to 15 mph. Gusts to 25 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly cloudy.
Lows 41 to 49. Areas of winds west 10 to 15 mph with gusts to
25 mph in the evening becoming light.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Patchy fog in the
afternoon. Rain may be heavy at times in the afternoon. Highs
59 to 64. Areas of winds south to 10 mph...becoming 10 to 15 mph
with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Rain. Patchy fog. Rain may be heavy at times.
Lows 41 to 51. Areas of winds south 10 to 20 mph with gusts to
30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy with rain likely in the morning, then partly
cloudy with a chance of showers in the afternoon. Patchy fog.
Rain may be heavy at times in the morning. Highs 52 to 57. Areas
of winds south 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 30 mph. Chance of
precipitation 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Colder. Lows 35 to 45.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 55 to 61.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 36 to 46.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 58 to 63.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Lows
37 to 47.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 56 to 62.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly
cloudy with a slight chance of rain overnight. Lows 38 to 48.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Highs 54 to
60.
$$
CAZ055-132115-
San Bernardino County Mountains-
Including the cities of Crestline, Lake Arrowhead, Big Bear City,
Big Bear Lake, Running Springs, and Wrightwood
212 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Not as cool. Highs 47 to 56 above
6000 feet to 54 to 62 below 6000 feet. Areas of winds west 20 to
30 mph. Gusts to 50 mph...becoming 40 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly cloudy.
Lows 26 to 36 above 6000 feet to 36 to 45 below 6000 feet. Areas
of winds southwest 15 to 25 mph. Gusts to 30 mph...becoming
35 mph overnight.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain and snow in the
morning, then rain likely in the afternoon. Highs 44 to 54 above
6000 feet to 49 to 59 below 6000 feet. Little or no snow
accumulation. Snow level 7500 feet...becoming above 8000 feet in
the afternoon. Areas of winds south 20 to 30 mph with gusts to
50 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Rain. Areas of fog. Rain may be heavy at times.
Lows 27 to 37 above 6000 feet to 36 to 44 below 6000 feet. Snow
level above 8000 feet. Areas of winds southwest 30 to 40 mph.
Gusts to 55 mph...becoming 60 mph overnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely in the
morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
afternoon. Areas of fog in the morning, then patchy fog in the
afternoon. Snow may be heavy at times in the morning. Highs 39 to
49 above 6000 feet to 46 to 53 below 6000 feet. Snow level
7500 feet...becoming 6500 feet in the afternoon. Areas of winds
southwest 25 to 35 mph. Gusts to 50 mph...becoming 45 mph in the
afternoon. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Windy, colder. Lows 24 to 34.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 43 to 52 above 6000 feet to
50 to 58 below 6000 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 26 to 36.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of rain and snow in the
afternoon. Highs 46 to 53 above 6000 feet to 51 to 60 below
6000 feet. Snow level 5500 feet in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and
snow. Lows 27 to 37. Snow level 6500 feet...becoming 6000 feet.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of snow. A slight
chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs 45 to 54 above 6000 feet
to 51 to 58 below 6000 feet. Snow level 6000 feet in the
afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and
snow. Lows 28 to 38. Snow level 7000 feet...becoming 6500 feet.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and snow.
Highs 43 to 53 above 6000 feet to 49 to 57 below 6000 feet. Snow
level 6500 feet...becoming 7000 feet in the afternoon.
$$
CAZ056-132115-
Riverside County Mountains-
Including the city of Idyllwild-Pine Cove
212 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 56 to 66. Areas of winds west 20 to
30 mph. Gusts to 50 mph...becoming 40 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 34 to 44. Areas of winds west
15 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly cloudy with
a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs 56 to 65. Snow level
above 8000 feet in the afternoon. Areas of winds west 10 to
20 mph with gusts to 35 mph...becoming 20 to 30 mph with gusts to
45 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Rain. Areas of fog. Lows 33 to 43. Snow level
above 8000 feet. Areas of winds southwest 25 to 35 mph. Gusts to
55 mph...becoming 60 mph overnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy with rain likely in the morning, then mostly
cloudy with a chance of showers in the afternoon. Areas of fog in
the morning, then patchy fog in the afternoon. Highs 48 to 58.
Snow level above 8000 feet...becoming 7000 feet in the afternoon.
Areas of winds southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 50 mph.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in
the evening. Very windy. Colder. Lows 26 to 36. Snow level
6500 feet.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 52 to 61.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 30 to 40.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of rain and snow in the
afternoon. Highs 54 to 62. Snow level 5500 feet in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and
snow. Lows 30 to 40. Snow level 6500 feet...becoming 6000 feet.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Highs
53 to 62. Snow level 6000 feet...becoming 6500 feet in the
afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain.
Lows 31 to 41. Snow level 7000 feet...becoming 6500 feet.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Highs 51 to
61. Snow level 6500 feet...becoming 7000 feet in the afternoon.
$$
CAZ058-132115-
San Diego County Mountains-
Including the cities of Julian and Pine Valley
212 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs 58 to 67. Areas of winds west 15 to 25 mph. Gusts to
35 mph...becoming 40 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 39 to 46. Areas of winds west
15 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly cloudy with
a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs 58 to 66. Areas
of winds west 15 to 25 mph. Gusts to 35 mph...becoming 45 mph in
the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening,
then rain overnight. Areas of fog. Lows 38 to 47. Areas of winds
southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy with rain in the morning, then mostly cloudy
with a chance of showers in the afternoon. Areas of fog in the
morning, then patchy fog in the afternoon. Rain may be heavy at
times in the morning. Highs 48 to 56. Areas of winds southwest
20 to 30 mph. Gusts to 55 mph...becoming 50 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in
the evening. Very windy. Colder. Lows 29 to 38.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 52 to 61.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 33 to 41.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs 55 to 62.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Lows
35 to 42.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Highs
54 to 62.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain.
Lows 35 to 43.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Highs 52 to
60.
$$
CAZ060-132115-
Apple and Lucerne Valleys-
Including the cities of Victorville, Hesperia, Apple Valley,
and Lucerne Valley
212 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs 66 to 74. Areas of winds west 15 to 25 mph. Gusts to
40 mph...becoming 35 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 43 to 49. Areas of winds west
10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the afternoon.
Highs 62 to 72. Areas of winds south 15 to 25 mph with gusts to
40 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows 45 to 50. Areas of winds south
20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph. Chance of precipitation
70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the morning,
then partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs 59 to 69. Areas of winds southwest 20 to 30 mph.
Gusts to 40 mph...becoming 45 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Breezy, colder. Lows 35 to 40.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs 62 to 68.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 38 to 42.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 63 to 70.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 39 to 44.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 63 to 71.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 41 to 45.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 61 to 70.
$$
CAZ065-132115-
San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning-
212 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs around 69 through the pass to 75 to 80 in the northern
Coachella Valley. Areas of winds west 20 to 30 mph with gusts to
45 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 52 through the pass to
59 in the northern Coachella Valley. Areas of winds west 20 to
30 mph with gusts to 50 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly cloudy with
a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs around 68 through
the pass to 74 to 78 in the northern Coachella Valley. Areas of
winds west 20 to 30 mph. Gusts to 45 mph...becoming 40 mph in the
afternoon. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening,
then rain likely overnight. Lows around 53 through the pass to
58 in the northern Coachella Valley. Areas of winds west 20 to
30 mph. Gusts to 45 mph...becoming 50 mph overnight. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the morning,
then partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs around 59 through the pass to 66 to 71 in the
northern Coachella Valley. Areas of winds west 20 to 30 mph.
Gusts to 40 mph...becoming 45 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Very windy. Colder. Lows 44 to
51.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Highs around 65 through the pass to 72 to 75 in the northern
Coachella Valley.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Lows 46 to 54.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 67 through the pass to
72 to 76 in the northern Coachella Valley.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 47 to 54.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 66 through the pass to
73 to 76 in the northern Coachella Valley.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 48 to 56.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 64 through the pass to
71 to 74 in the northern Coachella Valley.
$$
CAZ061-132115-
Coachella Valley-
Including the cities of Indio, Palm Springs, Cathedral City,
Palm Desert, Palm Desert Country, La Quinta, and Coachella
212 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 81 to 85. Areas of winds northwest
15 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly cloudy.
Lows 55 to 60. Areas of winds northwest 15 to 25 mph. Gusts to
40 mph...becoming 35 mph overnight.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly cloudy.
Highs 79 to 84. Areas of winds northwest 10 to 15 mph. Gusts to
30 mph...becoming 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening, then a chance of rain overnight. Lows 55 to 60. Areas of
winds west 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph becoming south
overnight. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the morning,
then partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs 71 to 76. Areas of winds south 10 to 15 mph
becoming west 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Breezy, cooler. Lows 46 to 52.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 75 to 80.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 46 to 54.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 75 to 80.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 48 to 55.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 77 to 81.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 50 to 56.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 75 to 80.
$$
CAZ062-132115-
San Diego County Deserts-
Including the city of Borrego Springs
212 AM PDT Mon Mar 13 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs 80 to 83. Areas of winds west 20 to 25 mph. Gusts to
45 mph...becoming 40 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly cloudy.
Lows 56 to 61. Areas of winds west 15 to 25 mph with gusts to
40 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly cloudy.
Highs 79 to 84. Areas of winds west 10 to 20 mph. Gusts to
30 mph...becoming 35 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening, then rain likely overnight. Lows 55 to 62. Areas of
winds west 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph becoming southwest
10 to 15 mph with gusts to 30 mph overnight. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the morning, then
a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs 69 to 74. Areas of
winds west 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 35 mph...becoming 20 to
30 mph with gusts to 50 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Windy, cooler. Lows 45 to 52.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 74 to 77.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 48 to 55.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 74 to 78.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 50 to 57.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 75 to 79.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 50 to 57.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 74 to 78.
$$
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Copyright 2023 AccuWeather | https://www.expressnews.com/weather/article/ca-san-diego-ca-zone-forecast-17835759.php | 2023-03-13 09:51:46 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/weather/article/ca-san-diego-ca-zone-forecast-17835759.php |
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Chinese balloon drifting high above the U.S. and first revealed over Montana has created a buzz down below among residents who initially wondered what it was — and now wonder what its arrival means amid a chorus of alarm raised by elected officials.
The balloon roiled diplomatic tensions as it continued to move over the central U.S. on Friday at 60,000 feet (18,288 meters). Secretary of State Antony Blinken abruptly canceled an upcoming trip to China.
Curiosity about the bobbling sky orb that’s the size of three school buses swept the nation and the internet, with search terms like “where is the spy balloon now?” and “spy balloon tracker” surging on Google. There is no such tracker just yet, but a couple St. Louis TV stations offered grainy live feeds of the balloon.
Internet users posted wobbly videos and photos of white splotches in comments sections and speculative feeds. And online storm chasers, more accustomed to tracking raging systems and funnel clouds, offered updates on the balloon’s path through cloudless skies.
It crossed into U.S. airspace over Alaska early this week, according to officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive topic.
In Montana — home to Malmstrom Air Force base and dozens of nuclear missile silos — people doubted Beijing’s claim that it was a weather balloon gone off course. And the governor and members of Congress pressed the Biden administration over why the military did not immediately bring it down from the sky.
“I question whether or not we would even found out about this if people hadn’t spotted it in Billings,” said Chase Doak, a resident of the southern Montana city who appears to have captured some of the first known video footage and photographs of the balloon.
A white balloon with what appeared to be a solar array hanging beneath it was seen over Billings Wednesday afternoon, around the same time the local airport was temporarily shut down and a day before the Pentagon said it was tracking a Chinese spy balloon over the state.
Initial speculation over its origins ranged from the foreign to the extra-terrestrial.
When Todd Hewett’s 10-year-old son saw it over Billings he thought it was a comet. Hewett got some shaky footage, using a cellphone to take video through a telescope, and was skeptical of the Chinese claim it was a civilian balloon.
“Shoot it down,” he said. “If we could somehow pierce the bottom of it to allow some of the gas to escape to allow for a more controlled descent (that) would be nice .. but if we can’t do that … blow it up.”
Montana has some experience with balloons launched by adversaries: Japan in World War II targeted the western U.S. with incendiary “balloon bombs” that were floated over North America with plans to harm people and start forest fires. More than 30 of the bombs made of rice paper landed in Montana, according to the Montana Historical Society.
In Oregon, five children and a pregnant woman on a church picnic were killed in 1945 when they found one of the bombs and it exploded.
On Friday in Kansas City, Missouri, the National Weather Service said it received reports of a large balloon in the Kansas City metro area and posted two images of white orbs taken from the weather station office in Pleasant Hill, Missouri. The service confirmed it was not a National Weather Service balloon.
A graphic generated by a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration online tool was eagerly shared on Facebook, showing the balloon’s trajectory sweep into the U.S. South. Local National Weather Service offices were asked on Twitter whether the balloon was theirs. No, was their answer.
Tami Hansen, 44, saw the balloon overhead in Columbia, Missouri, and said she was not terribly concerned about the object flying over her city.
“I’ve heard all kinds of thoughts. Is it a spy balloon, is it a weather balloon? Who knows right now? It is what it is,” she said. “We really try not to get too political out here,” she said.
Montana U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, who chairs the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, said he would hold a hearing to get answers from the Biden administration. He called China’s actions “a clear threat.”
Rep. Ryan Zinke sent a poll to constituents early Friday saying the balloon was still over the state and asking if should be shot down. When the Pentagon said the balloon had since drifted over the central U.S., Zinke raised the possibility China had more than one balloon over the U.S..
“I don’t know if that’s the only balloon. We’ve asked for those answers,” he told The Associated Press. He said the balloon should have been shot down. “The message that it gives to our allies is, we’re not capable of dealing with a balloon,” he said.
Republicans in Montana have grown increasingly outspoken in recent years about China posing a threat to U.S. national security.
A bill pending before the state Legislature would ban “foreign adversaries” from owning, leasing or renting critical infrastructure or farmland. The measure’s sponsor singled out China as being interested in acquiring U.S. lands and resources to “help them with spying efforts.”
The heavy anti-China sentiment marks a shift from a just a few years ago, when Montana U.S. Sen. Steve Daines visited China, hosted the Chinese ambassador on a visit to a Montana ranch and helped secure a deal to export more beef to China.
The beef deal later fell through, and the Republican has transformed into a strong critic of China.
Daines on Friday rejected the Pentagon’s contention that it was too dangerous to bring the balloon down over Montana. He told reporters there would have been “no better place” than his sparsely populated home state.
“You’ve got higher odds of hitting a cow or a prairie dog or an antelope than you would of hitting any kind of a structure or a person,” he said.
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Associated Press writers Margaret Stafford in Liberty, Missouri; Alina Hartounian in Phoenix; and Lolita Baldor in Washington contributed to this report. | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-us-headlines/ap-chinese-balloon-high-over-us-stirs-unease-far-below/ | 2023-02-04 01:28:29 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-us-headlines/ap-chinese-balloon-high-over-us-stirs-unease-far-below/ |
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