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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., May 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) will present at the TD Cowen 4th Annual Oncology Innovation Summit at 11:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. David M. Reese, M.D., executive vice president of Research and Development at Amgen will present at the conference. The webcast will be broadcast over the internet simultaneously and will be available to members of the news media, investors and the general public.
The webcast, as with other selected presentations regarding developments in Amgen's business given by management at certain investor and medical conferences, can be found on Amgen's website, www.amgen.com, under Investors. Information regarding presentation times, webcast availability and webcast links are noted on Amgen's Investor Relations Events Calendar. The webcast will be archived and available for replay for at least 90 days after the event.
About Amgen
Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology.
Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.
Amgen is one of the 30 companies that comprise the Dow Jones Industrial Average and is also part of the Nasdaq-100 index. In 2022, Amgen was named one of the "World's Best Employers" by Forbes and one of "America's 100 Most Sustainable Companies" by Barron's.
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The company is ahead of schedule to help create Better Days for 3 billion people by the end of 2030
BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kellogg Company (NYSE: K) today announced in its 2022 Sustainability Bond Impact Report that it has fully allocated the net proceeds from its inaugural sustainability bond issued in May 2021, which totaled €300 million before offering expenses and underwriting discounts and commissions.
The proceeds allocated to Kellogg's eligible global sustainability projects support significant progress already made against the company's Better Days Promise to address the intersection of wellbeing, hunger, sustainability and equity, diversity and inclusion, creating Better Days for 3 billion people and the planet by the end of 2030. In fact, Kellogg is nearly halfway to its goal ahead of schedule, having created Better Days for more than 1.3 billion people by the end of 2021.1
"Our founder, W.K. Kellogg, believed that part of running a good business was doing good for society," said Steve Cahillane, Kellogg's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "He was an early conservationist, a leading philanthropist and an original wellbeing visionary. With this legacy, we've inherited his commitment, and by purposefully integrating our ESG strategy – our Kellogg's Better Days Promise – into all aspects of our business, we drive meaningful social impact and business results."
Kellogg recently launched its 2021 ESG report, detailing its Better Days Promise strategy progress to date. Since 2015, together with its partners, the company has nourished 800 million people with its foods, fed 219 million people facing hunger or crisis, and supported more than 445,000 farmers and workers, many of them women and smallholders. Also, Kellogg employees have volunteered 106,000 hours to addressing food security around the world. "At Kellogg, we envision a day where people are fed and fulfilled, where our planet thrives, and where there is a place at the table for everyone," said Cahillane.
Additionally, for the fifth year, Kellogg has been named to the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability World and North American indices (DJSI World/DJSI North America). DJSI recognizes companies for their commitments to high environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards that result in best-in-class performance and drive long-term shareowner value. Kellogg ranked in the 93rd percentile, moving up from the 90th percentile in 2021. This makes Kellogg within the top 7% of 213 companies that were assessed this year.
Kellogg's sustainability bond was issued in line with Kellogg's Sustainability Bond Framework, which facilitates the company's use of sustainable capital markets to finance or refinance eligible projects that align with its commitments. Kellogg's Sustainability Bond Framework has been reviewed by Sustainalytics, a second-party opinion provider and is aligned with the Sustainability Bond Guidelines 2018, Green Bond Principles 2018 and the Social Bond Principles 2020.
1 For more information on the Kellogg's Better Days Promise commitments & methodologies, please visit: https://filecache.mediaroom.com/mr5mr_kelloggs_esg/181022/KelloggCompany_BetterDaysMethodology_2021.pdf
At Kellogg Company (NYSE: K), our vision is a good and just world where people are not just fed but fulfilled. We are creating better days and a place at the table for everyone through our trusted food brands. Our beloved brands include Pringles®, Cheez-It®, Special K®, Kellogg's Frosted Flakes®, Pop-Tarts®, Kellogg's Corn Flakes®, Rice Krispies®, Eggo®, Mini-Wheats®, Kashi®, RXBAR®, MorningStar Farms® and more. Net sales in 2021 were nearly $14.2 billion, comprised principally of snacks as well as convenience foods like cereal, frozen foods, and noodles. As part of our Kellogg's® Better Days ESG strategy, we're addressing the interconnected issues of wellbeing, climate and food security, creating Better Days for 3 billion people by the end of 2030. Visit www.KelloggCompany.com.
This news release contains a "forward-looking statement" about our Better Days Promise. This statement is made on the basis of the Company's views and assumptions as of this time and the Company undertakes no obligation to update this statement unless required by law. This statement is not a guarantee of future performance; and actual events or results may differ materially from this statement. Investors should consult the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (including the information set forth under the caption "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2022, and in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended July 2, 2022) for information about certain factors that could cause such differences. Copies of these filings may be obtained upon request from the Company's Investor Relations department or on the Company's web site at www.KelloggCompany.com.
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42% of candidates involved in MLS ADVANCE have been hired by MLS clubs in sporting positions
MLS ADVANCE is part of the league's commitment started in 2020 to drive the hiring and
advancement of coaches and candidates from underrepresented groups throughout MLS
NEW YORK, Feb. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Major League Soccer announced today the official unveiling of MLS ADVANCE -- a leading initiative in the league's strategy to increase inclusion and representation for underrepresented candidates for sporting positions across the MLS ecosystem and beyond.
MLS ADVANCE for sporting roles is an invitation-only professional development and networking series for candidates both inside and outside the MLS ecosystem who are ready to join or lead an MLS, MLS NEXT, or MLS NEXT Pro club. The program has already had a tangible impact, with 42 percent of candidates participating in MLS ADVANCE having received job offers in sporting positions. MLS ADVANCE launched in December 2022 with a pilot program designed to grow MLS' global candidate pool and develop and accelerate the professional careers of underrepresented coaches and front office candidates in sporting roles.
The three key pathways of MLS ADVANCE for sporting roles include:
- Building a Global Diverse Candidate Database – MLS is building a global database of qualified underrepresented candidates by working with expert consultants both domestically and internationally and utilizing this database to provide bespoke hiring support to MLS clubs which includes sharing curated lists of qualified underrepresented candidates for open positions.
- Networking Events with Key Decision Makers – MLS ADVANCE for sporting roles provides underrepresented job candidates and MLS decision makers with the opportunity to network and build relationships. These networking events take place year-round, including during the league's annual Chief Soccer Officers (CSO) Meetings which include CSOs and General Managers, at MLS Board of Governors Meetings which include Owners and Chief Business Officers, and at other MLS events.
- Professional Development – MLS ADVANCE for sporting roles provides its participants with year-round, in-person and virtual professional development programming including upskilling technical skills, interview preparation for candidates and hiring managers, mentorship opportunities, a speaker series with MLS and industry leaders, and coaching licensing support.
As part of its stated commitment to increasing diversity and improving representation, MLS' strategy is rooted in removing barriers to access and scaling its impact. While MLS ADVANCE begins with a concentrated focus on sporting positions, the vision of the initiative is to expand in the coming years to business roles in the MLS ecosystem.
"With our League's richly diverse player and fan populations, our work at MLS is to continue to ensure that our league and clubs reflect the diversity not only of MLS but our sport around the world," said MLS Commissioner Don Garber. "MLS ADVANCE will identify and develop a future generation of great leaders who will take MLS to the next level and continue to make our league even stronger."
MLS ADVANCE will support clubs looking to hire candidates for sporting roles while complying with the league's updated Diversity Hiring Policy, which requires that the finalist pool for an open sporting position include two or more non-white candidates, one of whom must be Black.
"This past year, in concert with the MLS DEI Committee and stakeholders across the enterprise, we have been laser-focused and intentional on rolling out policies and developing programs that are both sustainable and impactful," said MLS Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer Sola Winley.
"We are delighted to introduce MLS ADVANCE to the global soccer community and encouraged by the initial success and substantial level of interest in the program to date. We are just getting started. The candidates participating in MLS ADVANCE are committed to making our league better and in turn the league is committed to ensuring we provide every opportunity for them to contribute at the highest level. We all share the common goal of making MLS one of the best leagues in the world. It's a testament to having one of the best ownership groups in all of sports and to the exceptional individuals at the league office and our clubs who have been terrific partners and leaders in this effort," said Winley.
MLS ADVANCE for sporting roles launched with a two-day leadership and networking experience in connection with the MLS' annual Chief Soccer Officer (CSO) meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in December 2022. This experience was designed to support candidates' professional development, enhance their leadership profiles, expand their networks, and introduce them to some of Major League Soccer's key leaders with the objective of advancing their careers.
"Participating in MLS ADVANCE has been truly life changing for me," said Hervé Diese, who attended the launch event in December and has since been hired as an Assistant Coach at CF Montréal. "I was able to learn from some of MLS' most important leaders, had the chance to sharpen my interviewing and networking skills and ultimately met CF Montréal Assistant Sporting Director Vassili Cremanzidis, which led to my new role with the club. The level of support, assistance and encouragement I've received from MLS league staff and leaders around the league over the last few months has blown me away. I look forward to staying very involved in MLS ADVANCE programming in the years to come as I continue to develop as a coach and as a professional, and one day I hope to mentor and give back to the next generation of diverse leaders in our league."
"We all have the same goal -- to make our teams as strong as possible on and off the field -- and we know that expanding and diversifying our talent pool is key to that success," said Charlotte FC Sporting Director Zoran Krneta. "I'm so grateful that MLS has gone above and beyond simply mandating diversity hiring standards by partnering with us and giving us tools to exceed those standards for the good of our team, our league and our sport."
"We are grateful to not only see policies, but meaningful and valuable programs like MLS ADVANCE produced as a result of our deeply engaged partnerships and shared vision with MLS" said Quincy Amarikwa, Founder & Executive Director of Black Players for Change (BPC) and MLS ADVANCE attendee. "We are encouraged by the results we've seen so far to date and know that the list of qualified individuals eager to contribute to the further advancement of the league will only continue to grow. This positive shift in thought leadership continues to create tangible pathways that wouldn't be possible without all key stakeholders involved."
In addition to events like the programming that took place at the MLS CSO annual meeting in December, MLS ADVANCE is also working to prioritize expanding its talent pool in MLS' other existing professional development programs for coaches. For example, since the launch of MLS ADVANCE, diversity has been prioritized in the MLS Elite Formation Coaching License Program (EFCL), which is run in partnership with the French Football Federation and is one of the most highly regarded and rigorous soccer coaching programs in the world. Nine of the 25 candidates in this year's EFCL group are from underrepresented backgrounds, including the program's first female candidate.
Candidates or leaders in soccer interested in participating or learning more about MLS ADVANCE should reach out to MLSADVANCE@mlssoccer.com.
MLS ADVANCE is one of the many strides MLS has made since it made a series of commitments to increase inclusion and representation in 2020. In the past few years, MLS has:
- Increased player and coaching diversity – in 2023, 57 percent of the league's players are Black or Hispanic (compared to 36 percent in 2007); 34 percent of the league's first-team head coaches are Black or Hispanic (compared to 7 percent in 2007). Between August 2022 and November 2022, hiring of Black candidates increased by 120 percent.
- Appointed Sola Winley, Executive Vice President, Commissioner's Office & Chief Diversity Officer in 2021. Since his appointment two years ago, Winley has partnered with colleagues at the league office, owners and clubs to reposition DEI as a business imperative and core operating principle.
- Updated and enhanced the league's Diversity Hiring Policy in 2021 by ensuring the finalist pool for an open sporting position includes two or more non-white candidates, one of whom must be Black. The policy also includes rules surrounding the Diversity Policy Portal (DPP), into which clubs must submit all details of vacant sporting positions and their interview process. Teams that fail to follow the policy can be fined up to $100,000. Since the policy change was made:
- Partnered with the National Black Bank Foundation in 2022, leveraging a historic $25 million loan from a syndicate of Black banks, marking the first time any sports league has participated in a major commercial transaction exclusively with Black banks. Since the announcement a year ago, the partnership has had a tangible impact and is part of the league's strategy to close the racial wealth gap. This first of its kind commercial transaction has led to more opportunities for NBBF and Black Banks, including but not limited to:
- Launched MLS NEXT WellbeingNSoccer Culture Coordinators – in partnership with the Sanneh Foundation, an immersive two-day coaching education program that supplies academy coaches and staff with tools to have informed conversations around real-world scenarios involving discriminatory behavior for the 13,000 elite players, coaches and parents within the MLS NEXT ecosystem. Coordinators that complete the program then deliver trainings to their Academy staff, players and parents. Since 2022, 5000+ Academy staff, players and parents have been trained by the first Culture Coordinators class.
- Created MLS All-Star Hometown Heroes Showcase a new signature program at the MLS All-Star Game to highlight and amplify innovative diverse impact leaders positively improving lives and driving change in MLS All-Star markets.
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Headquartered in New York City, Major League Soccer — celebrating its 28th season in 2023 — features 29 clubs throughout the United States and Canada, including 2023 expansion team St. Louis CITY SC. Starting on February 1, 2023, all MLS, Leagues Cup, and select MLS NEXT Pro and MLS NEXT matches can be watched through MLS Season Pass, available on the Apple TV app on Apple devices, smart TVs, streaming devices, set-top boxes, and game consoles, and the web at tv.apple.com. MLS Season Pass will feature the most expansive and accessible lineup of programming ever for MLS fans. For more information about MLS, visit mlssoccer.com. For more information about the Apple TV app, visit apple.com/apple-tv-app.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A fight over whether Wisconsin’s top elections official will keep her job has potential implications for the 2024 presidential contest in a perennial battleground where statewide margins are typically razor thin.
Meagan Wolfe, the nonpartisan administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, has been a target of conspiracy theorists who falsely claim she was part of a plan to rig the 2020 vote to secure President Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump in the state.
Republicans who control the state Legislature have called for Wolfe to resign over how she ran the 2020 contest, even though multiple reports and reviews found the election was fair and the results accurate. Democratic election commissioners are attempting to work around lawmakers to keep Wolfe in office indefinitely after her term ends Saturday.
Both sides rely on arguments that raise unanswered legal questions and could take months to resolve through the courts.
Meanwhile, election observers say the stakes are high for a presidential contest that will be fiercely contested and where election officials and workers still face unrelenting pressure, harassment and threats over the 2020 election.
“The conspiracy theorists are going to jump at anything,” said Kevin Kennedy, who was Wisconsin’s top elections official for 34 years before retiring in 2016 from the board that preceded the elections commission.
If Wolfe’s position as administrator remains disputed next year, it could become the basis for lawsuits and challenges to the guidance she issues to local clerks. Even though Wolfe has little authority to do more than carry out decisions from the bipartisan commission, she has taken the brunt of the blame for commission actions in 2020.
Biden won Wisconsin by nearly 21,000 votes, an outcome that has withstood two partial recounts, a nonpartisan audit, a conservative law firm’s review, numerous state and federal lawsuits, and a Republican-ordered review that found no evidence of widespread fraud before the investigator was fired.
That hasn’t stopped election skeptics from falsely requesting the ballots of elected officials and military voters in attempts to find vulnerabilities or from mounting campaigns for statewide office based on election lies.
“As much as it’s been discredited, there is a significant group of people who have bought into it,” Kennedy said. “They have the ear of enough senators to get them to rethink why you would not reappoint one of the best people that’s ever been working in elections.”
A vote on Wolfe’s future ended in partisan deadlock earlier this week when the state’s six election commissioners, who are evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans, couldn’t reach a majority decision. All three Republicans voted to reappoint her, but the three Democratic commissioners abstained in an attempt to prevent Wolfe’s reappointment from going to the Republican-controlled state Senate for confirmation.
Senate Republicans tried to force a vote, anyway, taking up the issue Wednesday in a move Democrats said was illegal. State law says four votes are needed on the commission before a nomination can go to the Legislature.
A recent Supreme Court ruling cited by Democratic commissioners appears to allow Wolfe to continue as administrator even after her term ends, but Senate rejection would carry the effect of firing her. Republicans have used the court’s ruling to keep their appointees in control of state boards past the end of their terms.
Don Millis, the Republican chair of the elections commission, warned against trying to do the same for Wolfe.
“It’s more than a bad look. It’s going to create problems for us and for elections officials across the state,” he said before Tuesday’s vote.
The elections commission helps to guide the more than 1,800 local clerks who actually run Wisconsin elections. Those offices don’t have the same security measures and resources to respond to threats and distrust that the statewide elections commission does, Millis said. Since 2020, local elections officials have been overwhelmed by records requests and an unprecedented number of voter complaints.
“You can argue that this is legally correct, but that’s not the point,” Millis said of Democrats’ push to avoid Senate confirmation. “The point is that we’re only going to incentivize these grifters.”
Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos downplayed the fight over who will oversee elections in 2024. The Senate should proceed with a vote on confirming Wolfe sooner rather than later, he said.
“I don’t want to wait until the last moment when it appears that this is chaotic but it really isn’t,” Vos said, adding that there are “lots of qualified people who could run elections” other than Wolfe.
Not everyone agrees.
“I don’t think they’re going to find anyone as knowledgeable and educated with Wisconsin elections law as she is,” said Kathy Bernier, a former Republican state senator and county election official who chaired the Senate elections committee during the 2020 election and was outspoken against claims of election fraud.
“They need somebody to make the boogeyman, and they’re making her the boogeyman,” she said.
Wolfe is among many state and local election officials who have found themselves targeted since the 2020 election. They have endured harassment and death threats, a contentious public seeking access to voting machines and election records that in some cases don’t exist, and hostile elected officials demanding changes to how elections are run.
“They are experiencing political pressures particularly from their governing authorities, their county boards, their county election boards who are often harassing them with disinformation-fueled claims,” said David Becker, a former U.S. Department of Justice official who now leads the Center for Election Innovation and Research.
The center is nearly two years into helping coordinate a program that provides free legal support to election officials. Becker said the effort is seeing more requests than ever, which is noteworthy considering the 2020 election was more than two and a half years ago and the next election isn’t for another 16 months. That underscores the lasting impact of the false claims about the previous presidential eleciton, he said.
Some election workers have chosen to leave. In Nevada, 10 of the state’s 17 election offices saw significant staff turnover between the 2020 and 2022 elections.
This has prompted concerns about a lack of experience running elections along with worries that those coming into the positions may be more partisan than their predecessors and open to taking steps that could undermine the process.
That’s a growing concern in Wisconsin with the uncertain fate of the election director. If the Senate rejects Wolfe’s reappointment, the commission would have 45 days to name a new appointee before a legislative committee controlled by Republicans could choose their own interim administrator to oversee elections.
“It will be difficult enough if there are new or inexperienced election officials running these elections even if they are doing their best,” Becker said. “And that could cause some minor problems that could then be further leveraged by election deniers to create doubt and incite violence.”
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Associated Press writer Christina A. Cassidy in Atlanta contributed to this report.
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New Mexico man sentenced in murder of Army vet girlfriend
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico man was sentenced to 33 years in prison Thursday for the 2019 murder of his girlfriend, a retired U.S. Army veteran whose remains were found nearly two years later in the Nevada desert.
The New Mexico Attorney General’s Office said 61-year-old Jerry Jay of Farmington was sentenced after pleading guilty to second-degree murder and kidnapping.
They said it was the first case prosecuted under the murdered and missing indigenous person bill passed last year.
Prosecutors said Cecilia Finona, a 59-year-old Farmington resident of Navajo descent, was reported missing by her family in June 2019.
Her remains were found in February 2021 in a remote desert culvert just outside of Las Vegas and identified through DNA testing.
Finona’s family says she retired in 2019 as an Army master sergeant after 31 years of service and Jay was her boyfriend.
Authorities said Jay struck Finona on the head with a blunt object after an argument on May 31, 2019 and he put the victim in the backseat of her truck.
Finona bled to death as Jay drove through Arizona, Nevada and California, using her debit card along the way to pay for new truck tires and gas before dumping the body, according to prosecutors.
They said Jay was later arrested for stealing the debit card and allegedly told a jailmate that he had killed Finona.
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Opinion: Manitowoc Public School District charting a course to be ‘one of the most recognized high-achieving school districts in the state of Wisconsin’
‘It’s time we again lead the way,’ the superintendent writes.
I am excited to start a new column to share the good news about the Manitowoc Public School District.
As interim superintendent and now superintendent, I have been working to build a vision for MPSD as a top-tier achieving school district.
We now have the structure, strategic plan and immediate improvement strategies to guide the work.
Building on a wealth of successful experience and knowledge of various improvement strategies, we have an improvement plan that will provide a far greater return on investment.
Using our talented teachers, we will build a strong preschool program, strong foundational skills in reading and math, and use instructional best practices.
We will also promote a high level of parent and community engagement.
In addition to building a solid student reading, math and behavior skillset to ensure subsequent high achievement and success, we will examine the district’s infrastructure, staffing needs and community connections.
We are proud of our history and will make our schools the center of this outstanding community.
The Manitowoc Public School District and community were once the envy of many in the state. The MPSD Board of Education is determined to bring that level of recognition back.
We will again be a destination for those seeking a community to live, learn, work and raise a family.
We have a history of building ships. We will now build ships of opportunity and success. We are part of a new, incoming tide where all ships rise.
There are challenges, and we have the potential to turn them into opportunities.
Many school districts across the country are chasing new fads and theories. As a result, students are no longer mastering the basics of reading and math, the foundation of all future learning. It’s time to right this ship. It’s time to demonstrate what we are capable of doing. It’s time we again lead the way.
If you would like to learn more about what the MPSD is doing to become a top-tier achieving and performing school district or would like to help, please call or send me or the Board of Education (manitowocpublicschools.org/district/board) a note. Be part of this incoming tide where all ships rise. Together, we can, and together we will, once again, become one of the most recognized high-achieving school districts in the state of Wisconsin.
We’ll share additional community updates to keep you informed along the journey.
James Feil is superintendent of the Manitowoc Public School District and can be contacted at 920-686-4781 or feilj@mpsd.school.
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TROY, Mich., July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: FBC), the holding company for Flagstar Bank, FSB, today announced its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 per share on its common stock. The dividend will be payable August 18, 2022, to shareholders of record at the close of business August 8, 2022.
About Flagstar
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BANGOR -- The Bangor Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in locating a missing child.
Fourteen-year-old Kennedy Green of Hancock was last seen walking away from the Texas Roadhouse on Stillwater Avenue around 6:30 pm Friday and getting into a white SUV in a parking lot near the restaurant. That SUV was last seen traveling outbound on Stillwater Avenue.
Kennedy Green is described as being 5-foot-six inches tall, about 120 pounds with blonde hair and dark eyes. She was wearing a dark sweatshirt, dark pants, and black and white shoes.
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(The Hill) – Massachusetts authorities said that the body found near former President Obama Martha’s Vineyard residence is that of the family’s former chef.
In a news release on Monday, Massachusetts State Police (MSP) said that authorities recovered the body of a missing paddleboarder from Edgartown Great Pond.
The department’s Underwater Recovery Unit divers made the recovery after a body was located by the Massachusetts Environmental Police, who found it by deploying side-scan sonar from a boat.
MSP later identified the victim as Tafari Campbell, 45, who was previously employed by the Obamas as a personal chef.
Campbell, a Dumfries, Virginia native, was visiting the family’s Martha’s Vineyard residence at the time of his death.
Authorities noted that the Obamas were not home at the time of the incident.
In a joint statement, Former President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama remembered Tafari as a “beloved part of our family,” noting the time they first met the sous chef during their time at the White House.
“Today we join everyone who knew and loved Tafari – especially his wife Sherise and their twin boys, Xavier and Savin – in grieving the loss of a truly wonderful man,” the Obamas said in their statement.
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The Biden administration is facing a complex set of economic conditions in 2023.
As Friday’s surprisingly strong jobs report showed, employment levels are at a 50-year high even as inflation has been falling for six months in a row.
Consistently strong employment along with solid overall growth in the economy during 2022 are also assuaging fears of a recession. Even so, a chorus of voices in the private sector that predicted a recession in 2022 still see one as inevitable in 2023.
Here’s a look at the economic obstacle course in front of the president ahead of his 2023 State of the Union address.
The full blow of Fed rate hikes
Given the strength of last week’s jobs report, there’s uncertainty now about whether the Federal Reserve will keep raising rates after its March meeting. But even if last week’s hike were to be the last, the bludgeon of higher interest rates takes time to descend upon the economy.
As the Fed noted after its latest hike Wednesday, the central bank is accounting for “the lags with which monetary policy affects economic activity and inflation.”
That means consumers and businesses may not be feeling all of the pressure from the Fed’s aggressive streak of four 75-basis-point hikes last year.
“After a solid year in 2022, we expect the consumer to feel the weight of 2023,” David Tinsley, an analyst with the Bank of America Institute, said in a January statement.
Consumer spending started declining at the end of last year, falling 0.1 percent in November and picking up steam to fall 0.2 percent in December.
Despite the downturn in spending, Biden administration officials believe a strong labor market will help propel the economy through recession fears.
“Look, you don’t have a recession when you have 500,000 jobs and the lowest unemployment rate in more than 50 years,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Monday. “So what I see is a path in which inflation is declining significantly and the economy is remaining strong.”
The debt ceiling threatens a US default
The U.S. reached the federal debt limit in January, forcing the Treasury to begin “extraordinary” accounting measures to make sure the country can keep paying its bills. Congress needs to increase the federal government’s borrowing limit by summer or else the government will to default on its debt, which would have huge consequences for the international economy.
Republicans in the GOP-controlled House are saying they won’t agree to raise the limit unless Democrats agree to spending cuts, but Republicans have yet to say exactly what those cuts should be.
The administration’s position is that it won’t negotiate on the debt ceiling increase, that the cost of a default would be so damaging to the economy and U.S. credibility that it needs to be done automatically.
The stakes are likely higher for the administration, which has to choose between agreeing to an unpopular set of austerity measures involving Social Security and Medicare and overseeing the first federal default in U.S. history. For House Republicans, the choice is between maintaining a status quo on federal spending and being responsible for tanking the global economy.
Inflation is coming down, but it’s still high
Inflation has fallen for six months straight even as the labor market has remained tight, but it’s still at the highest level it’s been in decades. Since last year, prices in the consumer price index are up 6.5 percent and prices in the personal consumption expenditures price index are up 5 percent.
Those higher prices are still causing pain throughout the economy.
“We have had to change our menu prices countless times just to make sure that we don’t go out of business. We still are not charging enough for our menu items because we are afraid that we will price ourselves out of business,” Ashley Bachman, a restaurant owner, testified to the House Ways and Means Committee at a field hearing it held in West Virginia on Monday.
The Fed’s target rate for annual inflation is 2 percent, but there’s doubt among some economists that the Fed will be able to hit this benchmark without a massive recession.
While the trajectory of recent inflation is heading in an encouraging direction, it could prove resistant as it approaches its target. In that case, the Biden administration and Congress could consider additional inflation-fighting measures, including releases of petroleum from the strategic reserve.
Labor unrest is continuing
2022 was a big year for labor unrest with union organizing happening at a number of high-profile companies, including Starbucks and Amazon, as well as a wide variety of strikes and other labor actions occurring across the country.
A planned railroad strike last fall that was narrowly avoided after the Biden administration got involved in negotiations. The strike would have been the first of its kind in nearly a hundred years.
Cornell University’s Labor Action Tracker shows that increased labor activity in the U.S. could be continuing into 2023. There were 59,500 workers on strike in December, up from 57,200 the previous month.
One notable strike that could be in the making this year involves shipping company UPS that’s currently in negotiations with the Teamsters union.
“[The union] is going to pick a fight with this company, and that fight is to get the very best contract we can get for our members,” Teamsters General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman said at a meeting in January.
Global shock factors
Pandemic-related supply shocks, the war in Ukraine and other global headwinds posed serious challenges for the U.S. economy in 2022, fueling high inflation and disrupting global trade.
These risks are still very much at play. The Russian invasion of Ukraine, which many military analysts had predicted would be completed quickly, is now coming up on its first anniversary. Supply shocks to the volatile petroleum market, which account for a major portion of headline inflation, are still a risk.
The Biden administration will also have to respond to developments in China’s COVID-19 containment policy, which loosened last year from a zero-tolerance stance and increased infection rates. A surge of economic activity in China could give the U.S. economy more fuel for exports and services, but more debilitating outbreaks could lead to supply snarls and higher inflation. | https://www.wane.com/hill-politics/biden-is-facing-these-5-economic-hurdles-in-2023-can-he-solve-any-of-them/ | 2023-02-07 12:11:39 | 1 | https://www.wane.com/hill-politics/biden-is-facing-these-5-economic-hurdles-in-2023-can-he-solve-any-of-them/ |
South Carolina women's basketball vs. UConn Huskies scouting report, score prediction
COLUMBIA — No. 1 South Carolina women's basketball is on a nation-leading 28-game winning streak, but that streak faces a huge test against No. 5 UConn in the Gamecocks' first ranked matchup since No. 14 UCLA in December.
The Gamecocks (22-0) travel to Hartford, Connecticut, to face the Huskies on Sunday (noon, FOX). UConn has historically dominated the series and holds a 9-3 lead after winning the first eight meetings in a row, but South Carolina has won three of the last four since 2020.
The most recent meeting between the two teams was the 2022 NCAA Tournament championship game, and the Gamecocks routed UConn 64-49 to win their second national title. They also beat the Huskies 73-57 in November of the 2021-22 regular season. UConn's last victory in the series was a 63-59 overtime win on Feb. 10, 2021.
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Limiting UConn's sharpshooters
The Huskies are a challenging matchup for South Carolina because the two teams have opposite strength. While the Gamecocks lean heavily on second-chance points and rebounding, UConn is one of the most accurate shooting teams in the country, especially on 3-pointers.
Five UConn players are averaging at least 50% from the field, led by forward Aaliyah Edwards at 61%. The team is second in the nation in 3-point shooting, and senior Lou Lopez-Senechal ranks third at 48.6%. Despite their accuracy, the Huskies and Gamecocks are nearly identical in scoring: South Carolina averages 82 points per game, UConn averages 80.2.
Elite shooters have created problems for South Carolina this season, but the Gamecocks have improved in recent weeks. Kentucky's Madder Scherr scored a career-high 25 points shooting 5-of-7 from three in her first game against South Carolina, but she scored just one field goal in Thursday's rematch with the Gamecocks. Opponents average 29% on field goals and 23% on 3-pointers against South Carolina.
Injury issues and depth imbalance
UConn has been decimated by injuries, starting with the season-ending ACL tear of star Paige Bueckers in August. The Huskies are also likely without their second-best player Azzi Fudd, who missed several games with a knee injury and reaggravated it on Jan. 15. She is unable to bear weight until two days before the South Carolina game.
On top of the superstars, the Huskies have lost depth. Sophomore Caroline Ducharme has been out with a concussion since Dec. 21 and is unlikely to return against South Carolina. Freshman Ice Brady was ruled out for the season with a dislocated patella in October. UConn has not had all 10 active players available since Nov. 14.
On the other side, South Carolina is one of the deepest teams in the country and regularly rotates 11-plus players. The Gamecocks bench averages 47 points per game compared to 42 by the starters.
Gamecocks on the road again
South Carolina has won 38 consecutive games at Colonial Life Arena, but the Gamecocks have faced their biggest struggles on the road: They trailed at Stanford by double-digit points at halftime and had to force overtime for the win. They had their lowest-scoring performance of the season at Mississippi State. They were challenged at Georgia and at Kentucky until their opponents ran out of gas in the fourth quarter.
UConn is one of the most challenging places to play in women's college basketball, and the Gamecocks have never beaten the Huskies in their home arena. Sunday's sold-out matchup at the XL Center will be in front of a hostile crowd of 16,000, and UConn has not lost at home since Feb. 9, 2022. The program holds the NCAA record for longest home winning streak with 111 from 2014-17.
Prediction
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By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and LORNE COOK
Associated Press
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders agreed Monday to embargo most Russian oil imports into the bloc by year-end as part of new sanctions on Moscow worked out at a summit focused on helping Ukraine with a long-delayed package of new financial support.
The embargo covers Russian oil brought in by sea, allowing a temporary exemption for imports delivered by pipeline, a move that was crucial to bring landlocked Hungary on board a decision that required consensus.
EU Council President Charles Michel said the agreement covers more than two-thirds of oil imports from Russia. Ursula Von der Leyen, the head of the EU’s executive branch, said the punitive move will “effectively cut around 90% of oil imports from Russia to the EU by the end of the year.”
Michel said leaders also agreed to provide Ukraine with a 9 billion-euro ($9.7 billion) tranche of assistance to support the war-torn country’s economy. It was unclear whether the money would come in grants or loans.
The new package of sanctions will also include an asset freeze and travel ban on individuals, while Russia’s biggest bank, Sberbank, will be excluded from SWIFT, the major global system for financial transfers from which the EU previously banned several smaller Russian banks. Three big Russian state-owned broadcasters will be prevented from distributing their content in the EU.
“We want to stop Russia’s war machine,” Michel said, lauding what he called a “remarkable achievement.”
“More than ever it’s important to show that we are able to be strong, that we are able to be firm, that we are able to be tough,” he added.
Michel said the new sanctions, which needed the support of all 27 member countries, will be legally endorsed by Wednesday.
The EU had already imposed five previous rounds of sanctions on Russia over its war. It has targeted more than 1,000 people individually, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and top government officials as well as pro-Kremlin oligarchs, banks, the coal sector and more.
But the sixth package of measures announced May 4 had been held up by concerns over oil supplies.
The impasse embarrassed the bloc, which was forced to scale down its ambitions to break Hungary’s resistance. When European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed the package, the initial aim was to phase out imports of crude oil within six months and refined products by the end of the year.
Both Michel and von der Leyen said leaders will soon return to the issue, seeking to guarantee that Russia’s pipeline oil exports to the EU are banned at a later date.
Hungarian Prime minister Viktor Orban had made clear he could support the new sanctions only if his country’s oil supply security was guaranteed. Hungary gets more than 60% of its oil from Russia and depends on crude that comes through the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline.
Von der Leyen had played down the chances of a breakthrough at the summit. But leaders reached a compromise after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged them to end “internal arguments that only prompt Russia to put more and more pressure on the whole of Europe.”
The EU gets about 40% of its natural gas and 25% of its oil from Russia, and divisions over the issue exposed the limits of the 27-nation trading bloc’s ambitions.
In his 10-minute video address, Zelenskyy told leaders to end “internal arguments that only prompt Russia to put more and more pressure on the whole of Europe.”
He said the sanctions package must “be agreed on, it needs to be effective, including (on) oil,” so that Moscow “feels the price for what it is doing against Ukraine” and the rest of Europe. Only then, Zelenskyy said, will Russia be forced to “start seeking peace.”
It was not the first time he had demanded that the EU target Russia’s lucrative energy sector and deprive Moscow of billions of dollars each day in supply payments.
But Hungary led a group of EU countries worried over the impact of the oil ban on their economy, including Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria. Hungary relies heavily on Russia for energy and can’t afford to turn off the pumps. In addition to its need for Russian oil, Hungary gets 85% of its natural gas from Russia.
Orban had been adamant on arriving at the summit in Brussels that a deal was not in sight, stressing that Hungary needed its energy supply secured.
Von der Leyen and Michel said the commitment by Germany and Poland to phase out Russian oil by the end of the year and to forgo oil from the northern part of the Druzhba pipeline will help cut 90% of Russian oil imports.
The issue of food security will be on the table Tuesday, with the leaders set to encourage their governments to speed up work on “solidarity lanes” to help Ukraine export grain and other produce.
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Karel Janicek contributed to this story from Prague.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter’s former security chief told Congress Tuesday there was “at least one agent” from China’s intelligence service on Twitter’s payroll and that the company knowingly allowed India to add agents to the company roster as well, potentially giving those nations access to sensitive data about users.
These were some of the troubling revelations from Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, a respected cybersecurity expert and Twitter whistleblower who appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to lay out his allegations against the company.
Zatko told lawmakers that the social media platform is plagued by weak cyber defenses that make it vulnerable to exploitation by “ teenagers, thieves and spies” and put the privacy of its users at risk.
“I am here today because Twitter leadership is misleading the public, lawmakers, regulators and even its own board of directors,” Zatko said as he began his sworn testimony.
“They don’t know what data they have, where it lives and where it came from and so, unsurprisingly, they can’t protect it,” Zatko said. “It doesn’t matter who has keys if there are no locks.”
“Twitter leadership ignored its engineers,” he said, in part because “their executive incentives led them to prioritize profit over security.”
In a statement, Twitter said its hiring process is “independent of any foreign influence” and access to data is managed through a host of measures, including background checks, access controls, and monitoring and detection systems and processes.
One issue that didn’t come up in the hearing was the question of whether Twitter is accurately counting its active users, an important metric for its advertisers. Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who is trying to get out of a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, has argued without evidence that many of Twitter’s roughly 238 million daily users are fake or malicious accounts, aka “spam bots.”
Even so, “that doesn’t mean that Musk won’t use Zatko’s allegation that Twitter was disinterested in removing bots to try to bolster his argument for walking away from the deal,” said Insider Intelligence analyst Jasmine Enberg.
The Delaware judge overseeing the case ruled last week that Musk can include new evidence related to Zatko’s allegations in the high-stakes trial, which is set to start Oct. 17. During the hearing, Musk tweeted a popcorn emoji, often used to suggest that one is sitting back in anticipation of unfolding drama.
Separately on Tuesday, Twitter’s shareholders voted overwhelmingly to approve the deal, according to multiple media reports. Shareholders have been voting remotely on the issue for weeks. The vote was largely a formality, particularly given Musk’s efforts to nullify the deal, although it does clear a legal hurdle to closing the sale.
Zatko’s message echoed one brought to Congress against another social media giant last year. But unlike that Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen, Zatko hasn’t brought troves of internal documents to back up his claims.
Zatko was the head of security for the influential platform until he was fired early this year. He filed a whistleblower complaint in July with Congress, the Justice Department, the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Among his most serious accusations is that Twitter violated the terms of a 2011 FTC settlement by falsely claiming that it had put stronger measures in place to protect the security and privacy of its users.
Sen. Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat who heads the Judiciary Committee, said Zatko has detailed flaws “that may pose a direct threat to Twitter’s hundreds of millions of users as well as to American democracy.”
“Twitter is an immensely powerful platform and can’t afford gaping vulnerabilities,” he said.
Unknown to Twitter users, there’s far more of their personal information disclosed than they — or sometimes even Twitter itself — realize, Zatko testified. He said Twitter did not address “basic systemic failures” brought forward by company engineers.
The FTC has been “a little over its head”, and far behind European counterparts, in policing the sort of privacy violations that have occurred at Twitter, Zatko said.
Zatko’s allegation that Twitter was more concerned about foreign regulators than the FTC, Enberg said, “could be a wakeup call for U.S. lawmakers,” who have been unable to pass meaningful regulation on social media companies.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, said one positive result that could come out of Zatko’s findings would be bipartisan legislation to set up a tighter system of regulation of tech platforms.
“We need to up our game in this country,” he said.
Many of Zatko’s claims are uncorroborated and appear to have little documentary support. Twitter has called Zatko’s description of events “a false narrative … riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies” and lacking important context.
Still, Zatko came off as a convincing whistleblower who has “a lot of credibility in this space,” said Ari Lightman, professor of digital media and marketing at Carnegie Mellon University. But he said many of the problems he raised can likely be found at many other digital technology platforms
“They avoid security protocols in a sense of innovating and running really fast,” Lightman said. “We gave digital platforms so much autonomy at the beginning to grow and develop. Now we’re at a point where we’re, ‘Wait a minute … This has gotten out of hand.’
Among the assertions from Zatko that drew lawmaker attention was Twitter’s apparent negligence in dealing with governments that sought to get spies a job inside the company. Twitter’s inability to log how employees accessed user accounts made it hard for the company to detect when employees were abusing their access, Zatko said.
Zatko said he spoke with “high confidence” about a foreign agent that the government of India placed at Twitter to “understand the negotiations” between India’s ruling party and Twitter about new social media restrictions and how well those negotiations were going.
Zatko also revealed Tuesday that he was told about a week before his firing that “at least one agent” from the Chinese intelligence service MSS, or the Ministry of State Security, was “on the payroll” at Twitter.
He said he was similarly “surprised and shocked” by an exchange with current Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal about Russia — in which Twitter’s current CEO, who was chief technology officer at the time, asked if it would be possible to “punt” content moderation and surveillance to the Russian government, since Twitter doesn’t really “have the ability and tools to do things correctly.”
“And since they have elections, doesn’t that make them a democracy?” Zatko recalled Agrawal saying.
Sen. Charles Grassley, the committee’s ranking Republican, said Tuesday that Agrawal declined to testify at the hearing, citing the ongoing legal proceedings with Musk. But the hearing is “more important than Twitter’s civil litigation in Delaware,” Grassley said. Twitter declined to comment on Grassley’s remarks.
In his complaint, Zatko accused Agrawal as well as other senior executives and board members of numerous violations, including making “false and misleading statements to users and the FTC about the Twitter platform’s security, privacy and integrity.”
Zatko, 51, first gained prominence in the 1990s as a pioneer in the ethical hacking movement and later worked in senior positions at an elite Defense Department research unit and at Google. He joined Twitter in late 2020 at the urging of then-CEO Jack Dorsey.
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O’Brien reported from Providence, R.I.; Ortutay reported from Oakland, Calif.
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Available for a Limited Time from Aug. 30 to Nov. 14
PLANTATION, Fla., Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As the weather outside cools off, Smokey Bones is heating up with new seasonal menu items to keep warm this fall. Available for a limited time, the fall menu offers a selection of finger foods, meaty entrées, and sweet cocktails and dessert.
Get started with the new Pulled Pork Fried Pie or Buffalo Chicken Chips. The Pulled Pork Fried Pie is served empanada-style and features a flakey dough stuffed with house-smoked pulled pork, deep fried until golden brown, with a Carolina mustard barbecue sauce on the side for $8.99. The Buffalo Chicken Chips are perfect for sharing. Housemade potato chips are topped with pulled chicken, buffalo wing sauce, blue cheese, tomatoes, celery, green onions, and served with a side of blue cheese dressing for dipping for $15.99.
"Many of our seasonal menu items are designed to share and are perfect for watching fall football games with friends in the bar," said Cole Robillard, CMO. "Or stop by for date night and enjoy one of our new meaty entrées in the dining room."
Entrée items include the Meat Master Sandwich, made with a thick slice of Smokey Bones' low and slow smoked meatloaf and topped with bacon, jalapeno cheddar sausage, onion tanglers, cheese sauce and served on a buttery brioche bun with a choice of a side for $14.99. Or select the RibFeast, a rack of St. Louis-style ribs, garlic bread, choice of two sides, and a beer or soft drink for $19.99. Guests can also double the meal with the Colossal RibFeast for two, with over four pounds of ribs. A full rack of meaty, oversized spare ribs, rubbed and smoked in-house, served with choice of four sides, two pieces of garlic toast and two drinks for $39.99.
For something sweet, an Apple Cobbler features spiced granny smith apples topped with a brown sugar crumble, vanilla ice cream, and garnished with candied pecans for $8.99.
Take a sip down electric avenue with Smokey Bones new cocktails. The Crown Jewel is a bright red martini served with a sidecar of Gold Cocktail Shimmer. The Crown Jewel is made with Crown Royal Regal Apple Whisky, Apple Juice, Grenadine and Simple Syrup for $9.99. For guests wanting something a little sweeter, the Tickled Pink cocktail made with Ketel One Vodka, Real Guava Puree, Monin Margarita Mix, Simple Syrup, Pink Drago Fruit Powder and is served with a Rock Candy Swizzle Stick for $9.99.
Smokey Bones is also bringing a keepsake tiki mug to the menu for guests. The Screaming Blues keepsake mug is only $14.99 and if guests bring the glass back, refills are $9.99. The Screaming Blues is made of RumHaven Coconut Rum, DeKuyper Blue Curacao, Monin Margarita Mix, Real Passion Fruit Puree, Pineapple Juice and a sidecar of Butterfly Pea Flower Tea.
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ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – Former players and their parents are speaking out as allegations against UTPB head women’s soccer coach Carla Tejas surface.
Tejas was arrested and charged with a DWI on Sept. 11. Following the breaking of that story, an anonymous group claiming to be student-athletes, sent a 1,154-word letter to the NCAA, the Lone Star Conference and university officials alleging things ranging from illegal activity to NCAA infractions to inappropriate conduct.
The players wish to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation. However, former players and their parents have come forward with similar allegations against Tejas during her time on the coaching staff of other universities.
“I feel like the experiences of all her players need to be shared and she’s been able to intimidate all of her players into silence since she’s began coaching,” Noelle Hill, a former goalkeeper at Belhaven University, said. Coach Tejas spent two years as a graduate assistant at Belhaven.
A parent of another Belhaven player, who wishes to remain anonymous, says they emailed UTPB Athletic Director Todd Dooley upon hearing Tejas was offered the head coaching position at UTPB. The email outlined specific interactions with players and echoed much of what the anonymous UTPB players alleged.
The email said Tejas was put on administrative leave at her most recent job before UTPB, Louisiana Christian University, for “accusations she made inappropriate passes to some of the girls.”
“She intimidates them and threatens them if they don’t do exactly as she wants, they will not play, even if they are one of the best players on the team and works hard, she only plays her favorites, which in my opinion are girls from other countries and are on scholarships,” the email states.
A group of former Belhaven players has come forward to our staff with similar experiences as the UTPB allegations.
“She would yell at me constantly about not eating, but she would make fun of what I weighed because she would weight us, before and after practice,” former Belhaven goalkeeper Lilli Denson said. “She belittled me so much that I actually contemplated suicide my sophomore year so I went and saw the counselor and she diagnosed me with severe anxiety.”
“She’s telling me everybody hates me and nobody wants me on the team and this had been after a few months of abuse from Carla. That was the tipping point with a lot of other things that had gone one mainly from Carla and Kimberly Harrell that led to me attempting suicide that day,” former Belhaven soccer player Nolyn Murphy said.
Murphy says they are speaking out how to support the anonymous athletes who came forward with the allegations.
“I think you should come forward and say everything you have to say because, five years ago when this was happening to me and my team here, we brought it to the athletic director’s attention and there was nothing attempted to try and resolve, but 5 years later here we are and people are listening to us,” Murphy said.
UTPB Athletic Director Todd Dooley spoke at the weekly UTPB athletics press conference reiterating their initial statement that the department will have no comment as the investigation continues. Tejas was put on paid administrative leave.
“Our focus has always been and will always be unwavering support for student-athletes. Period. That doesn’t change now or ever. So I want to make that perfectly clear. Our support is clearly squarely on our student-athletes,” Dooley said.
The athletic department said UTPB men’s assistant soccer coach Elmer Zayala will take over for the women’s team during Tejas’ leave.
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LIMA, Peru (AP) — It might be the world’s shortest political honeymoon.
Almost since the moment last week when Dina Boluarte took over from the ousted leader Pedro Castillo to become Peru’s first female president, she has appealed for calm and a chance to govern, insisting that the caretaker job came to her out of circumstance, not personal ambition.
In impoverished rural areas, though, fierce protests are showing no signs of abating amid anger over the removal of Castillo, who was Peru’s first president with Indigenous heritage. Long overlooked peasant farmers and others remain unwilling to give up on their demand that he be released from prison, where he is being held while under investigation for rebellion.
Despite Boluarte’s own humble roots in the Andes, in her home region many are calling her a traitor.
“She is an opportunist. She has easily entered the government palace, but whose job was it,” Rolando Yupanqui said after the funeral of one of the at least 14 people who have died from injuries suffered in clashes with security forces. “People are upset here. Do you think that people go out on the streets for fun?”
Yupanqui said Castillo, who lived in a two-story, adobe home before moving to the neo-baroque presidential palace in the capital, Lima, had visited his community of Andahuaylas and “was just like us.” As for Boluarte, he said, “We’ve never met the lady.”
Boluarte took over for Castillo after the president sought to dissolve Congress ahead of lawmakers’ third attempt to impeach him. His vehicle was intercepted as he traveled through Lima’s streets on what prosecutors have said was an effort to reach the Mexican Embassy to request asylum.
Protesters are demanding Castillo’s freedom, Boluarte’s resignation, and the immediate scheduling of elections to pick a new president and Congress before the scheduled 2026 vote. They have burned police stations, obstructed Peru’s main highway and stranded hundreds of foreign tourists by blocking access to airports.
In Huamanga, a provincial capital, protesters set fire to a courthouse and a building belonging to a Spanish-owned telephone operator Friday night, a day after Boluarte declared a state of emergency trying to calm the unrest. The crowd of a few hundred was dispersed by dozens of security officers firing tear gas.
The death count climbed to double digits Thursday after a judge approved a request from prosecutors to keep Castillo in custody for 18 months while they build their case against the former rural schoolteacher who surprised everyone by winning last year’s presidential runoff despite having zero political experience.
Boluarte held an emergency meeting Friday night at the presidential palace with leaders of congress and the nation’s judiciary — all of whom condemned the violence and called for dialogue. She also spoke to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who she said offered U.S. support for her fledgling government.
“There’s obviously a black hand operating here,” Jose Williams, a retired army general who as head of congress would be next in the line of succession should Boluarte resign, told journalists following the meeting. “The same behavior is appearing in one place, then another. Something is behind the scenes leading us to chaos.”
While Boluarte, under pressure, has endorsed the call for early elections, replacing her would require action by Peru’s political establishment, many of whom are in no rush to give up their own slice of power.
On Friday, Congress failed to muster enough votes to amend the constitution to pave the way for early elections, with leftist parties saying they would consent to such a plan only if a broader constitutional convention was also in the mix.
Meanwhile, at least two of Boluarte’s allies — the culture and education ministers — have resigned in protest over what they called an overly repressive police response to the protests.
The new president is having to negotiate the crisis with no base of support.
Like Castillo, Boluarte is not part of Peru’s political elite. She worked in the state agency that hands out identity documents before becoming vice president. She grew up in an impoverished town in the Andes, speaks one of the country’s Indigenous languages, Quechua, and as a leftist promised to “fight for the nobodies.”
But unlike Castillo, who wore ponchos, a traditional hat and rubber sandals that embody Peru’s countryside, Boluarte has for years lived in Lima — a symbol of rich and conservative politicians in the eyes of rural communities.
For analysts, it’s a Peruvian version of the sort of identity politics that has swept across so many other parts of the world in recent years.
“They see this as repudiation of who they are,” said Cynthia McClintock, a political science professor at George Washington University who has studied Peru extensively. “But if you asked them three months ago: ‘Is Castillo doing a good job?’, a lot of those folks would have said: ’No, he isn’t doing a good job.’”
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HAWLEY — The Pocono Beverage Trail — the newest major attraction in mountains made famous by honeymooning and water parks — is off to a strong start, with 1,000 downloads in a month of a “mobile passport” that lets users earn points for sipping drinks at craft breweries, wineries and distillers.
The trail’s tale of success was part of testimony at a legislative hearing on Wednesday.
But the broader message was support for a new bill in Harrisburg that would let a small business hold both a brewery license and a “limited distillery” license for the same location — something currently prohibited under state law.
“The beverage trail is huge,” said Becky Ryman, president and founder of Wallenpaupack Brewing Co. in Wayne County, where the hearing was held. But, she added, the ability “to add other product lines that are still in the alcohol space would be tremendous.”
The bill recently introduced by Republican Rep. Jonathan Fritz of Wayne County is now awaiting action in the House Liquor Control Commitee. Lawmakers return to Harrisburg next week.
Fritz couched the bill as part of a broader effort to improve the business climate in the state. He said “other states have been eating our lunch.”
Officials from the Liquor Control Board testified to the House Republican Policy Committee that they could neither endorse nor oppose the bill.
They said there are solid reasons for preventing the use of two licenses at the same location. At the same time, according to LCB Director of Regulatory Affairs Tisha Albert, there already are provisions in the law that allow for dual licensing in certain situations.
Beverage ‘experiences’
The Pocono Beverage Trail has 33 beverage-focused operations on its list and more are being added each week, testified Chris Barrett, president of the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau.
More than a year of work went into creating the trail and more than $500,000 has been spent advertising, according to Barrett.
Already, he said, more than 1,000 people have downloaded the mobile passport since the kickoff last month.
Destinations on the trail include Downriver Brewing Co. in Stroudsburg; Mountain View Vineyard and Brewery in Hamilton Township, Monroe County; and the Insurrection Distillery in Lehighton.
Barrett said the Poconos have a long record of adapting to tourist tastes. The 2005 opening of Great Wolf Lodge water park in Monroe County, he said, was a “game changer” and was followed by the creation of the $600 million Kalahari Resorts facility.
A strong craft beverage attraction in the region, he said, will help meet the appetite of modern tourists for “more experiences” and “many opportunities to do different things.”
Five-year-old Wallenpaupack Brewing recently won “World’s Best Cream Ale” recognition at the World Beer Awards, according to Ryman.
She testified how people with grown children said the younger generation lost interest in Lake Wallenpaupack and the Poconos — but rediscovered it when they heard about the new offerings.
“I’ve had many parents tell me all they had to say was ‘brewery’ and their adult children were vested in returning to the lake for a visit,” she said.
Last Call
Nonetheless, Ryman said, the craft beer industry is focused on “what is new and next” and in Pennsylvania, the industry has outgrown existing state regulations.
Small versus big
Testifiers said craft brewing and small-scale distilling use much of the same equipment.
Fritz, the bill prime sponsor, said small businesses in other states including New York already give legal approval to do both activities in the same location.
Fred Maier, co-founder of Susquehanna Brewing of Luzerne County and president of the Brewers of Pennsylvania trade group, said 85% of the nation’s beer is produced and sold by three multi-national companies.
Hence, he said, craft brewers do not view themselves as competing against each other. Rather, he said, it’s “us against the big guys.”
Getting permission to do “small distilling” on site would let the small brewers grow, he said.
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A Puerto Rican family traveling to the island from their home in California was denied travel by Spirit Airlines in April because they didn’t have a passport.
Their story was told on May 18 by CBS reporter David Begnaud, who talked about the dilemma in a TikTok video that has since gone viral. According to Begnaud, Marivi Roman Torres and her family were stopped at a Spirit Airlines counter at Los Angeles International Airport and denied boarding because they didn’t have a passport for their toddler.
There have been other incidents of confusion. Another video from Begnaud shows a worker at a car rental company telling a Puerto Rican customer that he needs a passport to rent a car in Louisiana. Google searches show that people are also wondering whether U.S. citizens need a passport to travel to Puerto Rico. VERIFY viewer Ana asked us if that was true.
THE QUESTION
Do Puerto Ricans need a passport to travel to the U.S.?
THE SOURCES
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- Discover Puerto Rico
- Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon, the resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
THE ANSWER
No, Puerto Ricans don’t need a passport to travel to the U.S.
WHAT WE FOUND
Since 1898, Puerto Rico has been a U.S. territory, and for the last 100 years, its residents have been non-voting U.S. citizens of the territory.
When Puerto Ricans fly to the mainland, Customs and Border Control – which regulates international travel – says it’s considered a domestic flight. So people traveling aren’t required to have or show a passport to travel in the U.S.
Discover Puerto Rico, which is the territory’s official travel guide, says Americans who live in the continental U.S. also don’t need a passport to visit Puerto Rico.
According to news reports, Spirit Airlines apologized for the mistake, saying the gate agent misunderstood the rules for Puerto Rican passengers flying in the U.S.
The incident with Spirit Airlines isn’t the first time a representative from a travel company didn’t know the rules for Puerto Ricans.
Earlier this month, a Hertz rental car representative denied service to a Puerto Rican man because they didn’t accept a Puerto Rican driver’s license as a valid form of ID.
That incident prompted Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon, Congress’ commissioner of Puerto Rico, to write a letter to the company, reminding them a Puerto Rican driver’s license is just as valid as any other license issued in a U.S. state or territory.
Gonzalez-Colon is a resident commissioner in Congress because Puerto Rico, as a territory of the U.S., and not a state, doesn’t have a congressperson. Her role in Congress is recognized, but limited.
Hertz wrote back, apologizing for the error.
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BATAVIA, Ohio (AP) — A grand jury has indicted an Ohio man accused of fatally shooting his three young sons on murder charges — charges he could face the death penalty for.
Chad Doerman, 32, was indicted Thursday on charges of aggravated murder, kidnapping and assault for the June 15 deaths of his sons, according to Clermont County court records.
Clayton Doerman, 7, Hunter Doerman, 4, and Chase Doerman, 3, were all killed. Prosecutors say he admitted to planning the shooting, but at a Friday arraignment, Doerman entered a not-guilty plea.
“This was the man that everyday they woke up looking to for protection, love and guidance in all things,” Clermont County’s chief prosecutor of Municipal Court, David Gast, said at a previous hearing.
“He was their world, he was their guardian and he executed them in cold blood,” Gast said.
The sheriff’s office said the 34-year-old mother, who was not identified, was outside the home and was shot in the hand while trying to shield her sons from their father.
The three little boys were described in their obituary as full of unconditional love for each other and anyone they met. They loved fishing, baseball, staying up past their bedtime and laughing together, the obituary stated.
Officials have not released a motive for the slayings, which occurred in Monroe Township, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) west of Columbus. Doerman is being held without bail and is currently in the Clermont County Jail.
Court records did not indicate whether he was represented by a lawyer at his most recent arraignment. Clermont County’s public defender’s office declined to say whether they represent him. | https://www.wivb.com/news/ohio-father-accused-of-killing-his-3-young-sons-indicted-on-murder-charges/ | 2023-06-23 16:33:11 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/news/ohio-father-accused-of-killing-his-3-young-sons-indicted-on-murder-charges/ |
When two separate Texas grand juries declined to indict Deshaun Watson on criminal complaints stemming from allegations of sexual assault or harassment by 24 women, it didn’t clear the three-time Pro Bowl quarterback from facing consequences from the NFL.
Watson and the Cleveland Browns found out the severity of his punishment on Monday, when he was suspended six games for violating the league’s personal conduct policy. He won’t be paid while suspended, though he won’t lose as much as he would have if the NFL had its way.
Disciplinary officer Sue L. Robinson made the decision after the NFL pushed for an indefinite suspension of at least one year and Watson’s legal team argued for no punishment during a three-day hearing that concluded June 30.
A look at the issue:
WHY WAS WATSON DISCIPLINED IF HE NEVER FACED LEGAL CHARGES?
A player does not have to be convicted or even charged with a crime to be disciplined for conduct detrimental to the league, per the collective bargaining agreement between the NFL and the NFL Players’ Association. Ezekiel Elliott, Ben Roethlisberger, Jameis Winston and Kareem Hunt are among the many players who have received suspensions for various infractions despite not being charged criminally.
Some legal experts are critical of the process.
“Normally arbitration is reserved for civil matters in workplaces, which is what makes the NFL’s investigation of criminal allegations wholly unique and, in my opinion, potentially unfair,” said attorney Amy Dash, founder of League of Justice, a website that reports on sports and the law. “The determinations create a presumption of guilt by many people in the public forum. But so far courts have not wanted to disturb the outcomes because the whole process was negotiated and agreed upon in the CBA by the players’ union reps and the league.”
Dash also noted that sometimes players are being investigated for criminal allegations in the arbitration process and they “don’t have the same protections a defendant in the criminal courts would have such as presumption of innocence, a burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, the same rules of evidence and discovery, etc.”
But the league negotiated its disciplinary process with the union so it has the power, as an employer, to impose punishment.
WHAT WAS DIFFERENT ABOUT WATSON’S CASE?
The major difference in Watson’s case was the discipline came from an independent arbiter. The league and union agreed in the 2020 CBA that a disciplinary officer would determine whether a player violated the personal conduct policy and whether to impose discipline. Previously, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell had the authority to do it.
This was the first case for Robinson, who was jointly appointed by the league and the union.
However, Goodell still has the right to overturn her decision if either side appeals. Per the CBA, an appeal would be heard by Goodell or a person he designates and the written decision would be final.
After learning the ruling was imminent, the NFLPA issued a joint statement with Watson on Sunday night saying they would not appeal Robinson’s ruling and urged the league to follow suit.
Goodell wasn’t directly involved in Robinson’s decision, but the league made it clear it wanted an unprecedented punishment. The NFL is well aware of public perception. Fallout from its decision in the Ray Rice case in 2014 — when the league increased its suspension only after video of the former Ravens running back hitting his fiancee emerged — led the NFL to vow it would levy harsher penalties in cases involving violence and sexual assault against women.
WHAT IS THIS COSTING WATSON?
Watson settled 23 of the civil lawsuits from 24 women alleging sexual harassment and assault during private massage therapy sessions when he played for the Houston Texans.
Watson, who signed a fully guaranteed $230 million, five-year contract, will lose only $345,000 if the suspension is unchanged because his base salary this season is $1.035 million. His $45 million signing bonus is not affected by the suspension.
After one of the grand juries declined to indict Watson in March, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said: “We respect our justice process. I love the law. It’s designed to get to the truth. That’s really what people want. I don’t think as a culture we can live with injustice. Remember, a grand jury no bill is not an exoneration. People, even when they clear the criminal justice system, often face accountability and repercussions in other parts of our legal system. And so I think to determine whether justice was done in this case you’re going to have to wait and see how it all comes out on the civil side of things and then through the NFL on the administrative side of things. And then people will determine whether that’s justice.”
The administrative part has now been decided.
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MÁLAGA, Spain (AP) — Italy beat the United States in a doubles decider Thursday to advance to the Davis Cup semifinals for the first time in eight years.
Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini defeated Tommy Paul and Jack Sock 6-4, 6-4 to secure a 2-1 win for Italy after the teams split the singles matches.
Bolelli and Fognini broke once in each set to set up a semifinal on Saturday against the winner between Germany and Canada.
Earlier, Lorenzo Sonego used his big serve to defeat Frances Tiafoe 6-3, 7-6 (7) and give the Italians a 1-0 lead. Taylor Fritz pulled the U.S. level after beating Lorenzo Musetti 7-6 (8), 6-3.
The U.S. holds a record 32 Davis Cup trophies, but its last one came in 2007 under the previous format of best-of-five matches played in host countries instead of the revamped event where the final eight teams gather in one spot for a week of tennis. The American team led by captain Mardy Fish team came to Spain with high hopes that it could break that dry spell.
“I have wanted to win this thing for a very long time as a player and captain,” Fish said. “It is not going to happen this year and it stinks. We are going home without the trophy, which is a bummer.”
Italy, whose only Davis Cup title came in 1976, won without its top two players as Jannik Sinner has an injured finger and Matteo Berrettini is recovering from a foot problem.
Sonego, ranked No. 45, struck 17 aces and never ceded a service game to Tiafoe. Sonego clinched the win after Tiafoe netted a forehand following a long rally to end the second-set tiebreaker.
No. 19-ranked Tiafoe, who reached the U.S. Open semifinals in September, won their only previous meeting at the Paris Masters just over three weeks ago.
This time Sonego took the initiative, Tiafoe said.
“A couple of weeks ago I was playing very aggressive, running him around, hitting much harder. Today, he was,” Tiafoe said.
Sonego saved two set points while serving at 6-5 in the second set to force the tiebreaker. He said he drew on the loud Italian fans who showed up to support him in Spain, which is home to more than 250,000 Italians.
“I am really proud of my team and of this unbelievable crowd, it looks like we are in Italy. They support us from the beginning,” said Italy captain Filippo Volandri.
Fritz hit 12 aces and had one break to beat the No. 23-ranked Musetti for a second time after defeating him at Wimbledon in June.
On Wednesday, a Croatia team led by Marin Cilic advanced to the other semifinal after beating a Spain side that was missing Rafael Nadal and No. 1-ranked Carlos Alcaraz.
Croatia will face Australia, which beat the Netherlands on Tuesday.
The final is on Sunday.
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BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Insmed Incorporated (Nasdaq:INSM), a global biopharmaceutical company on a mission to transform the lives of patients with serious and rare diseases, today announced the granting of inducement awards to 11 new employees. In accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4), the awards were approved by Insmed's Compensation Committee and made as a material inducement to each employee's entry into employment with the Company.
In connection with the commencement of their employment, the employees received options on August 1, 2022 to purchase an aggregate 53,570 shares of Insmed common stock at an exercise price of $20.88 per share, the closing trading price on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on the date of grant.
The options have a 10-year term and a four-year vesting schedule, with 25% of the shares subject to the option vesting on the first anniversary of the relevant grant date and 12.5% of the shares subject to the option vesting every six months thereafter through the fourth anniversary of the relevant grant date, subject to the relevant employee's continued service with Insmed on the applicable vesting date.
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As Hurricane Ian bears down on Florida, residents in several counties are under an evacuation order.
Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Hillsborough County Fire Chief Dennis Jones about how local residents are preparing for the region’s biggest hurricane in 101 years.
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MONTMELÓ, Spain (AP) — Formula One points leader Charles Leclerc swept all three practices ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix and edged reigning world champion Max Verstappen in the final session ahead of Saturday qualifying.
The Ferrari driver was just 0.072 seconds faster than Verstappen of Red Bull. The Mercedes pair of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton were third and fourth fastest in the Saturday morning session.
Qualifying for Sunday’s race was scheduled to follow the final practice session, held on a warm, sunny day at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Although large parts of Spain are under a heatwave alert with May temperatures that rank among the hottest in two decades, it was a manageable 32 C (89 F) during the morning practice.
The most heat came from the Haas of Mick Schumacher when his brakes failed and appeared to catch fire barely 15 minutes into the hourlong session.
Schumacher told his team by radio that “my brakes are burning, my rear brakes are burning” as he overshot his stop. Crew members quickly doused the flames spouting from the back right wheel with fire extinguishers.
The team said it was changing a gearbox and was “confident that Mick’s car will be in shape to take part in qualifying.”
Over 100,000 fans are expected at the first Spanish GP with full spectators since 2019; the public was not permitted to attend in 2020 and only 1,000 fans were allowed inside in 2021 because of pandemic restrictions.
Spanish driver Carlos Sainz, the best shot to win on home soil, was fifth-fastest Saturday morning in his Ferrari. A fuel system issue forced Ferrari to change Sainz’s chassis overnight.
Fellow countryman Fernando Alonso has not had a joyous homecoming so far. He was 12th in Saturday morning practice for Alpine, accused the FIA of incompetence in race control, and was penalized during one of Friday’s practices.
Spain’s greatest driver has struggled this season and the two-time F1 champion has scored only two points, while Alpine teammate Esteban Ocon has scored 24.
Leclerc holds a 19-point lead over Verstappen after five races, but Verstappen has the momentum and is coming off consecutive victories at Imola and Miami. The Dutchman has three wins to Leclerc’s two victories this season.
But Ferrari is one of several teams that arrived in Spain with upgrades to their 2022 cars and was hopeful the team can stop Verstappen on the 4.6-kilometer (2.8-mile) circuit.
Qualifying will be important as the pole sitter for this race has won 23 out of 31 times because the track has few passing zones.
Hot temperatures should make tire management key over the 66-lap race on a track notorious for being tough on tires. Leclerc complained about it during Friday’s practice.
Ferrari racing director Laurent Mekies acknowledged before qualifying that the Italian outfit “was not pleased with our long runs” due to the wear and tear on the tires.
“We are hoping to help with the upgrades (we brought to Spain) and give the tires an easier time,” Mekies said.
Hamilton has won the Spanish GP six times, and for each of the past five years. But the seven-time world champion entered the weekend as an outside challenger to what so far has been a two-man title fight between Verstappen and Leclerc.
Hamilton has been beaten by new teammate Russell in four of five races this year as Mercedes has been slow out of the gate with its new car.
Echoing the positive impressions that Hamilton had from Friday’s practice, Mercedes technical director Mike Elliot said that his team had done a lot to eliminate the bouncing effect — referred to as “porpoising” — that has plagued the team with the new car.
“We have definitely settled the car down,” Elliot said. He didn’t rule out a rebound that could return Mercedes to title contention.
“We were lucky enough to be at the front for a big period of time, and to now find ourselves as the challengers is lifting,” he said. “We are not a huge distance behind, if we can get our car into position we have a chance.”
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- The new installation will give park visitors the chance to see America's most majestic bird in its natural habitat.
PLAINFIELD, Ind., July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke Energy is converting two electric transmission towers that have reached the end of their useful service life into nesting platforms for bald eagles at the Wabashiki Fish & Wildlife Area in West Terre Haute, Ind.
In early August, Duke Energy will deploy a specialty helicopter crew to begin stripping inactive electrical lines and equipment from 50-foot transmission towers that span approximately 1,000 feet in the floodplain along the Wabash River. Crews will then work to install two nesting platforms at the top of the towers. The platforms will each be 8 feet wide and 6 feet long and constructed with fiberglass grating and steel supports – strong and large enough to accommodate bald eagles' colossal nests, which are the largest of any North American bird. Eagle nests typically measure 5 to 6 feet wide and 2 feet deep and are lined with grass, moss and sometimes cattails.
According to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, more than 350 bald eagle nesting territories have been recorded in Indiana. The birds have periodically been spotted at Wabashiki Fish & Wildlife Area since it opened to the public in 2010. With the addition of these nesting platforms, park officials hope to attract even more of these once federal- and state-endangered species to the area.
"A lot of hard work has gone into restoring the bald eagle population in Indiana over the last 50 years, and their recovery is one of our state's great conservation success stories," said Adam Grossman, superintendent of the Vigo County Parks and Recreation Department. "The creation of nesting towers like these have been critical in supporting their survival here, and we're grateful for partners like Duke Energy that are finding creative ways to support these majestic birds and allow them to thrive right here in West Terre Haute."
The project will be completed in early September, long before eagles begin looking for nesting sites in January and February. Local residents can expect to see and hear helicopter activity in the area during daylight hours as the work progresses. Property owners near the impacted transmission line have been notified of this work by mail, and Duke Energy account holders are being notified through calls or text messages. The helicopter may cause wind disturbance at ground level. Homeowners have been advised to secure outdoor furniture or other items that could be moved by the wind.
"Conservation is an integral part of who we are as a company," said Rick Burger, government and community relations manager at Duke Energy. "We're proud to partner with the Vigo County Parks and Recreation Department to repurpose these transmission towers in an innovative and sustainable way to build a better future for the environment and the communities we serve."
The Wabashiki Fish & Wildlife Area's 2,600 acres of lush marshland along the west bank of the Wabash River make it an ideal natural habitat for bald eagles. As the water level of the river rises and falls, receding floodwaters trap large numbers of fish in the floodplain. Pools of water abundant with stranded fish remain and offer rich hunting grounds for eagles and other wildlife.
The Vigo County Parks and Recreation Department hopes to one day build a viewing platform at the Dewey Point trailhead for visitors to come and safely observe eagles that may eventually settle down at the nesting platforms.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — It’s a desert, where little grows. It’s a climate conference, where water is scarce inside buildings and out, lines are long, tempers are short, meetings go late and above all progress comes in one-drop drips.
Yet hope springs forth in the strangest places.
Not in the naïve new face, but in the hearts and minds of veteran activists and officials, who have gone through this frustrating sleep-depriving exercise, not once or twice but numerous times.
And it blooms in a odd metal “tree” sculpture in a center square here at the United Nations climate summit in Egypt. People write their hopes on green paper leaves.
“Hope is the only meaning (sic) that makes us ALIVE!” Mohamed Ageez, an Egyptian youth activist wrote.
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore looks at more than 30 years of climate change efforts and sees hope in progress and change. United Nations Environment Programme Director Inger Andersen and The Nature Conservancy Chief Scientist Katharine Hayhoe see it in all the people in the halls working hard.
And Christiana Figueres, the former U.N. climate secretary who helped forge the 2015 Paris agreement and then started a non-profit called Climate Optimism, sees hope not as a noun but an action verb.
“Hope is a verb with its sleeves rolled up,” Figueres told The Associated Press, quoting poet David Orr. “I think of hope and optimism as being very active and in fact being precisely the reason why we roll up our sleeves.”
Asked how he doesn’t despair after seeing heat-trapping emissions rising year after, Gore told the AP: “Despair is a big word. You know, they used to say denial ain’t just a river in Egypt. Here we are in Egypt and despair ain’t just a tire in the trunk. It’s a real factor. But we also have the basis for hope.”
He pointed to several political wins this year.
“In August, the U.S. passed the biggest climate legislation in history,” Gore said. “In September, the people of Australia made a historic change and agreed to become part of the leadership in the world toward renewable energy. And then in October, just days ago, the people of Brazil made a decision to stop destroying the Amazon and start fighting the climate crisis.”
“When people feel vulnerable to climate despair, I urge them to look at the real progress that is being made.”
Whenever United Nations environment chief Andersen feels down in these meetings she takes note of what’s happening all around her in the pavilions and offices: “In these halls, you will see people huddling over solutions over networking, saying ‘Here’s what we did. Maybe you can do that’.”
Climate scientist Hayhoe finds hope in the same place.
“So when people say it was a complete failure and there’s no hope, I say, just look around at every single face here,” Hayhoe said. “There are tens of thousands of faces here, and every single one of them just about wants to change the world.”
That tree of hope?
Gone.
It’s been moved away from negotiations to the “green zone,” far away from negotiators.
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What is the best Halloween candy on Amazon?
Dressing up and celebrating Halloween by walking miles, ringing doorbells and chiming the familiar refrain of ”Trick or treat!” is something that many kids look forward to all year long. After the night ends, the best part is sorting through your loot, trading with friends and ranking candy favorites from most to least favorite.
If you’re at home manning the candy bowl, you’ll need to figure out which candy is the best.
Halloween candy considerations
Number of trick-or-treaters
Your Halloween decor is just one factor that influences how many trick-or-treaters ring your doorbell. It’s crucial to know how many ghouls and goblins to expect so you don’t run out of candy early in the evening. If you are new to a neighborhood, ask your neighbors what the Halloween traffic is like so you’re prepared.
Age of trick-or-treaters
Sure, that fat pumpkin nestled in their parent’s arms looks cute, but is handing them a piece of hard candy a great idea? This choking hazard can quickly turn a fun time into a nightmare. It may be helpful to plan on handing out different types of Halloween candy at different times of the night.
Type of candy
You might choose the type of candy you hand out based on your own preferences. If you aren’t a big fan of sweets, here are some types to consider:
- Fruity candy or chocolate
- Hard candy or chewy candy
- Candy from a traditional maker or novelty candy
- Snack-size or full-size
Halloween candy features
Allergy-friendly
To ensure everyone enjoys their night, you will have to do more than just put awesome Halloween animatronics on your lawn. Choosing allergy-friendly candy means that every kid who knocks on your door gets a treat — no tricks. They are free from the most common allergens, including:
- Wheat
- Dairy
- Soy
- Corn
- Egg
- Nuts
Natural and organic options
Consider also looking for organic Halloween candy free from artificial colors, preservatives or flavors. It costs more than traditional types of candy, but health-conscious households may feel better about the holiday if the candy they hand out is somewhat healthy.
11 best Halloween candies on Amazon
Dracula Delight Halloween Candy Mix
These treats are individually wrapped. Each bag has 125 pieces, including fruity favorites such as SweeTarts Mini Chewy, Big Chewy Nerds, Black Forest Gummy Bears and Laffy Taffy. It’s three full pounds of candy for a busy Halloween.
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Halloween Day of the Dead Sugar Skull Lollipop Rings
Celebrate the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos with these colorful, fruity ring pops. They come in three bright colors (pink, blue and orange) matched to three tangy fruit flavors (strawberry, blue raspberry and orange). These are not recommended for trick-or-treaters under 3 years old.
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Kit Kat Halloween Lovers Assorted Milk Chocolate and Creme Snack Size Wafer Candy Bars
This 75-piece assortment of Halloween-themed Kit Kat bars brings a little crunchy, chocolatey treat to any gathering. Each bar is either white chocolate, milk chocolate or creepy green-tinted white chocolate for a ghoulish surprise. They are kosher certified.
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Sour Patch Kids Big Individually-Wrapped Soft and Chewy Candy
Pucker up with this 240-count package of sweet and tart Sour Patch Kids. Each candy is individually wrapped and two times larger than the original. With a variety of fruit-flavored sour centers coated with crunchy sugar, these keep taste buds tingling on a chilly night.
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Fusion Select Alien Halloween Lollipops
Complete with googly eyes and neon-colored skin, these strawberry, orange, pineapple and apple-flavored treats are sure to be a hit. These 30 pops come in a Halloween-themed package. Not a fan of extraterrestrials? Choose from other fun designs, such as pumpkins, witches and ghosts.
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This mixed pumpkin basket of candy includes 2 pounds of various candies, equal to 55 treats to suit a variety of tastes. Snacks include Twizzlers, Sour Patch Kids, Welch’s Fruit Snacks, Warheads, chocolate cream eggs and more. This is a great idea to send as a gift as well.
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YumEarth Organic Pops Variety Pack
Here’s another healthier option for trick-or-treaters: a 300-count bag of pops colored and flavored by fruit, berry and vegetable juices with no high fructose corn syrup or artificial dyes. Flavors include strawberry, pomegranate, peach, cherry, grape, mango, watermelon and berry. These are also free from the eight most common allergens and are organic.
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Black Forest Organic Gummy Bears Candy
Another candy you can feel good about sharing are these gummy bears or certified organic and gluten-free. They are made with real fruit juice and no artificial dyes, colors or flavors. These soft, fruity candies are perfect for Halloween or whenever you need a little treat.
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Looking for a blast from the past? Wax nostalgic with this 20-piece pack of individually wrapped Ring Pops. Flavors include strawberry, watermelon, cherry, blue raspberry and more.
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Zollipops Caramel Green Apple Lollipops
If you have avoided candy because of cavities, this is the lollipop for you. These lollipops can actually help strengthen and whiten teeth as they are made with xylitol, erythritol, stevia and other natural ingredients. They are anti-cavity and have a delicious caramel apple flavor. Zollipops also donates 10% of its profits to support dental health education.
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Payday Peanut and Caramel Candy
Hand out full-size candy bars and watch the kids come running. Crunchy, salty peanuts rolled in caramel and enrobed in chocolate are the perfect combination of salty and sweet. The boost of protein is great for long sessions of trick-or-treating. Each package contains 24 full-size candy bars. They are certified kosher and gluten-free.
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Vehicle speeds through neighborhood, hitting several cars and damaging multiple properties in West Hempfield
A car crashed into several vehicles and damaged multiple properties after speeding through a residential neighborhood at Jasmine Place and Magnolia Drive in West Hempfield Township on Wednesday.
"You could tell something was wrong. There's no reason to go 40 mph in a neighborhood that's usually really quiet," said one of the neighbors.
The neighbor, who prefers to stay anonymous, lives in the center of the neighborhood where the crash occurred and caught part of it on her Ring doorbell camera.
"He was going really fast and had time to see the car that was backing in and continued to drive into the car and keep on going," she said.
Family of that victim said the person inside the vehicle was treated at a nearby hospital for minor injuries.
The driver then took off, hitting several more cars in the neighborhood. One of them belonged to Luis Acevado, who heard about the accident while at work.
"I'm thinking at this point, it was just a side swipe and a little bit later in the conversation, they were like it's really bad," Acevado said.
His truck, along with his niece's car, were parked on the street. The driver hit them both and pushed Acevado's niece's car into the next-door neighbor's yard.
"You know, my niece, she lost her vehicle. So, now we've got to see what she's going to do and how to get around," said Migdalia Dejesus, Acevado's wife.
Dejesus was home at the time of the crash. Besides the shards of glass and the other debris left up and down the streets, she and her neighbors are left with a lot of worry.
"What if my son were out here playing his basketball? My daughter running around with the neighbors, that was my biggest concern, but the cars are replaceable. Thank God nobody was hurt," Dejesus said.
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BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — Don’t be alarmed by an increased presence of emergency officials and equipment at the Tri-Cities Airport on Thursday.
The airport will be conducting a disaster drill from 9 a.m. to noon. Thursday.
The federally-mandated drill, which is held every three years, tests the airport’s preparedness and provides training to airport and local emergency responders.
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Vladimir Putin targets US in new Russian navy doctrine, warns of using hypersonic weapons
Vladimir Putin says Russian warships will soon be equipped with hypersonic weapons
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a new naval doctrine that targets the U.S. as Russia's top global adversary.
Putin signed the 55-page during an appearance in St. Petersburg to mark Russia's Navy Day. The Russian leader delivered a speech announcing Russia's plans to become a great maritime power, saying resisting the U.S. is a top goal.
"The strategic policy of the USA to dominate the world's oceans" threatens Russia, Putin said.
Putin's speech made no mention of his ongoing invasion of Ukraine, however.
RUSSIA CLAIMS IT USED HYPERSONIC MISSILE TO STRIKE UKRAINE MUNITIONS WAREHOUSE
Putin went on to claim that a number of warships will soon be equipped with hypersonic weapons.
"The key thing here is the capability of the Russian navy," Putin said. "It is able to respond with lightning speed to all who decides to infringe on our sovereignty and freedom."
Putin also noted the expansion of NATO as a top threat to Russia, months after Sweden and Finland officially joined the Western alliance. Finland shares an 800-mile border with Russia, significantly expanding potential friction points between NATO and Russia.
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO
AP Retail Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Revlon, a cosmetics maker that broke racial barriers and dictated beauty trends for much of the last century, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
The company has been a mainstay on store shelves since its founding 90 years ago in New York City as it oversaw a stable of household names, from Almay to Elizabeth Arden.
Revlon failed to keep pace with changing tastes, however, slow to follow women as they traded flashy red lipstick for more muted tones in the 1990s.
In addition to losing market share to big rivals like Procter & Gamble, newcomer cosmetic lines from Kylie Jenner and other celebrities successfully capitalized on the massive social media following of the famous faces that fronted the products.
Already weighed down by rising debt, Revlon’s problems only intensified with the pandemic as lipstick gave way to a new era in fashion, this one featuring medical-grade masks.
Sales dropped 21% in 2020, the first year of the pandemic, though those sales rebounded 9.2% in its most recent reporting year with vaccines widespread. In the latest quarter that ended in March, sales rose nearly 8%, but still lag pre-pandemic levels in excess of $2.4 billion a year.
The global supply chain disruptions that are hobbling hundreds of international companies in recent months were too much for Revlon, which barely escaped bankruptcy in late 2020 by persuading bondholders to extend its maturing debt.
There may be more corporate restructurings in the consumer products sector ahead with the threat of an economic recession and the rising costs of borrowing money.
Revlon said Thursday that upon court approval, it expects to receive $575 million in financing from its existing lenders, which will allow it to keep its day-to-day operations running.
“Today’s filing will allow Revlon to offer our consumers the iconic products we have delivered for decades, while providing a clearer path for our future growth,” said Debra Perelman, who was named Revlon president and CEO in 2018.
Her father, billionaire Ron Perelman, backs the company through MacAndrews & Forbes, which acquired the business through a hostile takeover in the late 1980s. Revlon went public in 1996.
Perelman said that demand for its products remain strong, but its “challenging capital structure” offered limited ability to navigate.
During its heyday in the 20th century, Revlon trailed only Avon in sales. It now holds the 22nd spot among cosmetics makers, according to a recent ranking by fashion trade journal WWD.
Revlon became the first beauty company to feature a Black model in 1970, Naomi Sims. In the 1980s, the company energized the cosmetics industry by putting both famous and yet-to-be-discovered models like Iman, Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford and Christy Turlington front and center, promising to make all women “unforgettable.”
Perelman, in an interview with The Associated Press late last year before global supply chains locked up, said she was optimistic about the future. The company doubled-down during the pandemic to get more online with services like one-on-one virtual consultations through its Elizabeth Arden line, she said.
Perelman also said that the company was learning from celebrity launches to be more nimble and that Revlon had regained market share.
None of Revlon’s international operating subsidiaries are included in the proceedings, except for Canada and the United Kingdom. The filing was made in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York,
The company listed assets and liabilities between $1 billion and $10 billion, according to its bankruptcy filing.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A radio host admitted he falsely claimed agent Casey Close never informed first baseman Freddie Freeman of the Atlanta Braves’ last contract offer.
Doug Gottlieb tweeted on June 29 that “Casey Close never told Freddie Freeman about the Braves final offer," Close and Excel Sports Management sued Gottlieb in mid-July in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, alleging defamation by libel.
Gottlieb tweeted an apology Wednesday.
“Upon further vetting of my sources, a review of the lawsuit filed against me in this matter and a direct conversation with Casey himself, I have learned that the conduct I alleged did not occur and that there is no credible basis for stating that it did,” Gottlieb wrote. “My ultimate investigation into this matter confirms that Casey Close did, in fact, communicate all offers to Freddie Freeman and the sources I relied on were incorrect, in no uncertain terms.”
“I appreciate the damage that misinformation like this can cause,” Gottlieb added, “and have been in touch with Casey Close to apologize directly. I have also deleted my original tweet.”
Close, 58, is a principal of Excel and one of three managing partners. He has represented several hundred baseball players, including Hall of Famer Derek Jeter.
Gottlieb also tweeted on June 29 that Freeman had fired Close. However, Excel remains Freeman's listed agency, according to the players' association.
“From the onset, we were clear that Mr. Gottlieb’s tweet was wholly inaccurate and that we would seek legal remedies to set the record straight,” Close said in a statement. “He has retracted his statement in its entirety and acknowledged that he got the story wrong. We consider this matter closed.”
The suit remained pending as of midday Wednesday.
Gottlieb, 46, is affiliated with Fox Sports, the Pac-12 Network and CBS Sports, according to the suit.
Close said in the suit that the Braves on March 29, 2021, offered Freeman a $110 million, five-year deal starting in 2022, then made a $125 million, five-year proposal on Aug. 1 and a $135 million proposal on Aug. 4, all rejected by Freeman.
Close said he and the Braves had their final two conversations about a Freeman contract this March 12 and he made two proposals to the team that day that were rejected. Close said he asked the team if it had any offer he could present Freeman and was told the team did not.
Atlanta announced on March 14 it had acquired first baseman Matt Olson from Oakland, signaling the team no longer was attempting to retain Freeman. On March 17, Freeman signed a $162 million, six-year contract with the Dodgers.
Freeman is hitting .323 with 17 homers and 84 RBIs.
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WASHINGTON — A 32-page redacted version of the affidavit explaining the justification for an FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Florida estate revealed that 14 out of the 15 boxes recovered had classification markings.
The affidavit, which is heavily redacted, offered insight into the FBI's decision to search Trump's Palm Beach home. Among those documents retrieved, 184 of them bared an array of classification markings.
There were 67 documents marked as "Confidential," 92 documents marked as "Secret" and 25 documents marked as "Top Secret," according to the document.
Agents who inspected the boxes found markings related to information provided by confidential human sources as well as information related to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Classified documents such as the ones found at Mar-a-Lago are typically kept secure with failsafes meant to prevent unauthorized people from accessing them, or authorized readers from taking any copies of the documents away from their storage location.
The classified documents recovered from Trump's Florida estate were intermingled with miscellaneous newspapers, magazines, photos and personal correspondence, according to the affidavit.
What is the difference in classifications?
The United States government has three levels of classification for its national security information under Executive Order 13526. The executive order, set in place in 1982 by former President Ronald Reagan, created a uniform system of classifying, declassifying and safeguarding national security information.
Due to the threat posed by unauthorized disclosure of any classified records, the information must be properly safeguarded.
"Classified information with any designation can only be shared with persons determined by an appropriate United States Government official to be eligible for access, and who possess a 'need to know,'" the affidavit says.
Confidential
The "Confidential" classification is applied to information that could be expected to cause some kind of damage to national security if disclosed to the public or another nation. This is the lowest level of the three classifications.
Secret
The "Secret" classification is applied to records that could be expected to cause serious damage to national security if disclosed. Most classified records are kept at this level of classification.
Secret information could be, for example, documents that would disrupt foreign relations significantly, impair a program or policy related to national security, or documents that could compromise a significant military plan or intelligence operation.
Top Secret:
The highest level of the three is "Top Secret" which applies to information that could be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to national security if released.
If Top Secret documents are made public, it could lead to armed hostility against the U.S. or its allies. Other Top Secret documents could compromise vital national defense plans or reveal sensitive intelligence operations. | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/nation-world/trump-search-warrant-classifications/507-3594a481-e6c6-480c-89b8-834d3c65f9e5 | 2022-08-26 19:10:49 | 1 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/nation-world/trump-search-warrant-classifications/507-3594a481-e6c6-480c-89b8-834d3c65f9e5 |
WASHINGTON – Russia appears to have defaulted on its foreign debt for the first time since the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, and the U.S. and its allies are taking aim at the former Soviet Union's second largest export industry after energy — gold.
On Tuesday, the Group of Seven nations will formally announce a ban on Russian gold imports in the latest round of sanctions over Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
The U.S. says Russia has used gold to support its currency as a way to circumvent the impact of sanctions. One way to do that is by swapping gold for a more liquid foreign exchange that is not subject to current sanctions.
Some experts say since only a few countries are implementing the gold ban, the move is largely symbolic, while others, including those in the administration, say a ban on imports of Russian gold will target its ability to interact with the global financial system.
How a G-7 Russian gold ban would work:
HOW MUCH GOLD DOES RUSSIA HAVE?
Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN on Sunday that since gold is Russia's second most lucrative export after energy and nearly 90% of the revenue comes from G-7 countries, "cutting that off, denying access to about $19 billion of revenues a year, that’s significant.”
“It can’t acquire what it needs to modernize its defense sector, to modernize its technology, to modernize its energy exploration," Blinken said.
Russia began increasing its gold purchases in 2014, after the U.S. issued sanctions on Russia for Putin’s invasion of Crimea. Now the country holds $100 billion to $140 billion in gold reserves, which is roughly 20% of the holdings in the Russian Central Bank, according to U.S. officials.
HOW WOULD A GOLD BAN WORK?
While Russia will still able to sell gold to other countries outside the Group of Seven jurisdiction, it will “impact the ability of Russia to earn export revenue,” says Chris Weafer, a Russian economy analyst at consulting firm Macro-Advisory.
“It’s that high level of export receipts that is sustaining the country and sustaining the economy since sanctions were ratcheted up after February 24th,” Weafer said.
In practice, it could result in civil or criminal penalties on people who come from countries that have agreed on a gold ban from Russia.
In practice, it could result in secondary sanctions on people who trade with Russia as well as the seizure of gold exports to countries that have participated in the ban. ???
Swiss customs officials on Friday said they are tracking roughly three tons of Russian gold — worth more than $202 million — that entered Switzerland from the United Kingdom last month as they monitor potential violations of economic sanctions against Russia.
WHAT OTHER MEASURES HAVE BEEN MADE ON GOLD TRADE?
In March, the U.S. and its allies moved to block financial transactions with Russia’s Central Bank that involve gold, aiming to further restrict the country’s ability to use its international reserves. That came after calls from members of Congress to restrict Russia’s gold trade.
The Treasury Department issued guidance that American individuals, including gold dealers, distributors, wholesalers, buyers, and financial institutions, are generally banned from buying, selling or facilitating gold-related transactions involving Russia and the various parties that have been sanctioned.
HOW WILL THIS MOVE PUNISH RUSSIA?
Like the thousands of sanctions imposed on Russia through a variety of means, the gold import ban is meant to isolate Russia economically, starve its funding arm and prevent money-laundering.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said at the G-7 meetings in Elmau, Germany, that the ban will “directly hit Russian oligarchs and strike at the heart of Putin’s war machine.”
“Putin is squandering his dwindling resources on this pointless and barbaric war. He is bankrolling his ego at the expense of both the Ukrainian and Russian people," Johnson said.
A White House official told reporters the ban is yet another way to block off paths between the Russian economy and the broader global financial system. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/politics/2022/06/28/explainer-how-a-g-7-ban-on-russian-gold-would-work/ | 2022-06-28 05:55:05 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/politics/2022/06/28/explainer-how-a-g-7-ban-on-russian-gold-would-work/ |
The fact "That '70s Show" premiered 25 years ago truly belongs in the "Time flies" basket, bathing the latest attempt to fire up the franchise in a misty haze of nostalgia. Yet while there's smoke here, there's not much heat, as an uninspired next-generation crowd offsets encores by most of the original cast, leaving "That '90s Show" feeling at best half-baked.
To get the obvious out of the way, having Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rupp reprise their roles as Red and Kitty Forman, now the slightly less-cranky grandparents to a teenage girl, Leia (Callie Haverda), and a new basement full of kids, is kind of a blast.
As she comes to the end of a visit with her parents (yes, Topher Grace and Laura Prepon are back, sporadically), the socially awkward Leia asks to spend the summer at her grandparents' place, having befriended the free-spirited girl next door (Ashley Aufderheide) and her extended posse.
Said posse also includes Jay (Mace Coronel), the son of Michael and Jackie (Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis), who's a bit of a chip off the old block, at least in terms of possessing an easy-going charm with girls.
Before it's over, the audience will also be treated to a reintroduction to Fez (Wilmer Valderrama), who has his own amusing career trajectory. (Danny Masterson, whose recent rape trial ended in a mistrial, is notably absent.)
Yet the focus, ultimately, is on the kids, and as written they and other new characters (including Andrea Anders as the Formans' single-mom neighbor) are the weak links in this update. That might be because instead of charting a new path, the show essentially uses those characters as cutouts to simply recreate aspects of the original series, including the swerving camera and smoke-filled basement epiphanies.
The writers also don't take as much advantage as they could of the 1995 timeframe, which is largely confined to pop-culture references, like Eric and Donna having named their daughter after a certain "Star Wars" princess, and in one episode, a somewhat stale "Beverly Hills, 90210" homage.
What's left? Mostly Red and Kitty adjusting to their new roles, with the former clearly delighted watching his son struggle with the vagaries of parenting; still, even that yields diminishing returns before the Wisconsin summer's over.
Netflix doesn't possess a particularly long history among entertainment delivery systems, but it has certainly been aggressive about mining the name equity in venerable properties, reviving series like "Full House" and "Gilmore Girls" while rebooting "One Day at a Time."
The impulse is understandable, and with NBC's "Night Court" turning this into a two-sitcom-revival week, an obvious means of seeking to knife through the programming clutter.
Still, "That '90s Show" primarily serves as a reminder of what made "That '70s Show" popular in its day, creating an uncomfortable scenario in which the parents, even as they drift toward middle age, are a whole lot cooler than their kids. | https://www.albanyherald.com/entertainment/that-90s-show-is-high-in-nostalgia-but-only-half-baked/article_6c26ddfc-218f-5179-a201-cee016b3bbb1.html | 2023-01-19 20:04:17 | 0 | https://www.albanyherald.com/entertainment/that-90s-show-is-high-in-nostalgia-but-only-half-baked/article_6c26ddfc-218f-5179-a201-cee016b3bbb1.html |
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Three men were found guilty Monday of the 2018 killing of star rapper XXXTentacion, who was shot outside a South Florida motorcycle shop while being robbed of $50,000.
Michael Boatwright, 28, Dedrick Williams, 26, and Trayvon Newsome, 24, were all found guilty of first-degree murder and armed robbery by a jury that deliberated a little more than seven days. They will receive mandatory life sentences at a later date.
The defendants showed little emotion as each stood and was handcuffed by a bailiff.
During the monthlong trial, prosecutors linked the men to the June 18, 2018, shooting outside Riva Motorsports in suburban Fort Lauderdale through extensive surveillance video taken inside and outside the store, plus cellphone videos they took that showed them flashing fistfuls of $100 bills hours after the slaying.
Prosecutors also had the testimony of a fourth man, Robert Allen, a former friend of the defendants who said he participated in the robbery. He pleaded guilty last year to second-degree murder. He has not been sentenced pending the conclusion of this trial. He could get anywhere between time served, meaning he could soon be released, and life, depending partly on how prosecutors perceive his assistance.
Defense attorneys accused Allen of being a liar motivated by avoiding a life sentence. They also said prosecutors and detectives did a poor investigation that didn’t look at other possible suspects, including the Canadian rap star Drake; he and XXXTentacion had an online feud.
Twice this week, the jury asked to review text messages from Boatwright, whom prosecutors identified as the shooter, from the day of the shooting. A printout from prosecutors shows that from the time he woke up about 10:30 a.m. until 3 p.m., about an hour before the shooting, he sent 17 to various people, including one about getting a car. Prosecutors say the SUV used in the shooting was rented from a woman through a phone app. He then stopped texting for about two hours.
About an hour after the shooting, he sent a text saying, “Tell my brother I got the money for the new phone.” Minutes after that, he sent someone a screenshot of a news story saying XXXTentacion had been shot.
XXXTentacion, whose real name was Jahseh Onfroy, had just left Riva Motorsports with a friend when his BMW was blocked by an SUV that swerved in front.
Surveillance video showed two masked gunmen emerging and confronting the 20-year-old singer at the driver’s window, and one shot him repeatedly. They then grabbed a Louis Vuitton bag containing cash XXXTentacion had just withdrawn from the bank, got back into the SUV and sped away. The friend was not harmed.
Newsome was accused of being the other gunman. Williams was accused of being the driver of the SUV, with Allen also inside.
Allen testified that the men set out that day to commit robberies and went to the motorcycle shop to buy Williams a mask. There they spotted the rapper and decided to make him their target. Allen and Williams went inside the shop to confirm it was him. They then went back to the SUV they had rented, waited for XXXTentacion to emerge and ambushed him, according to testimony.
The rapper, who pronounced his name “Ex ex ex ten-ta-see-YAWN,” was a platinum-selling rising star who tackled issues including prejudice and depression in his songs. He also drew criticism over bad behavior and multiple arrests, including charges that he severely beat and abused his girlfriend. | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/3-convicted-of-murder-in-death-of-rapper-xxxtentacion/ | 2023-03-20 18:34:56 | 0 | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/3-convicted-of-murder-in-death-of-rapper-xxxtentacion/ |
The co-founder of a successful California based biotech company has been charged in a murder-for-hire-scheme involving the 2018 killing of a Vermont man.
Federal prosecutors in Vermont announced this week the indictment of Serhat Gumrukcu, 39, the co-founder of Enochian BioSciences, a Los Angeles-based company that concentrates on gene-modified cellular and immune therapies to treat diseases such as corona and influenza viruses, HIV and cancer, according to the company website.
He could face the death penalty or life in prison if convicted.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Gumrukcu owns almost a third of the company's shares, which fell 37% on Wednesday, when the U.S. Attorney for Vermont, Nikolas P. Kerest, announced the indictment.
Gumrukcu is accused of conspiring with Las Vegas resident Berk Eratay, 35, in the murder of Gregory Davis, who lived in Danville, Vt.
Danville is just west of the town of St. Johnsbury, which borders New Hampshire.
Authorities have provided no motive for why a researcher worth millions who lives in southern California would want to kill a man living in Vermont. Davis' online obituary comprises two sentences that give the date he died -- Jan. 6, 2018 -- and that he was a Vermont resident at the time of his death.
In January 2018, Davis was found dead in a snowbank a few miles from his home. Colorado resident Jerry Banks, 34, has been charged with kidnapping Davis, according to the news release announcing the latest arrests.
The news release said Gumrukcu was scheduled to appear in federal court in California on Wednesday. However, no record of his appearance was available via online portals on Thursday.
A spokeswoman for Kerest said Gumrukcu and Eratay will be scheduled for arraignment in Vermont once they make their initial appearances in federal court.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Gumrukcu was no longer listed on the Enochian website as of Wednesday. In a statement on the website, the company board said it learned of the arrest from news release issued by the U.S. Justice Department.
It called the news unexpected and shocking.
The board said the killing took place before a merger that created the Enochian of today and is completely unrelated to the company.
The Board has reviewed the important scientific discoveries of Gumrukcu, and the company's rights to those discoveries will be unchanged. It said Gumrukcu has no formal role in the company, no involvement with management, the scientific team or collaborations with leaders in the field.
Gumrukcu is also executive director of Seraph Research Institute, which he established in Los Angeles. The Institute, which does work similar to Enochian, features Gumrukcu prominently on its website.
For example, the Seraph reported about his April presentation at a medical research conference in San Diego. His clinical strategies harness natural killer cells, a subset of T cells, from other people to fight HIV in patients.
He was educated in Turkey and Russia. His current research focuses on antiviral therapies on viruses that include HBV, influenza, Ebola and HIV.
"His most recent studies are opening up an unchartered field in molecular virology and antiviral research with potential clinical implications in pursuit of cures for chronic viral infections," the Enochian website reads. | https://www.unionleader.com/news/courts/biotech-researcher-charged-in-murder-for-hire-of-vermont-man/article_c85784f5-0c2e-5ef2-8424-f363d8bb7249.html | 2022-05-26 22:26:11 | 1 | https://www.unionleader.com/news/courts/biotech-researcher-charged-in-murder-for-hire-of-vermont-man/article_c85784f5-0c2e-5ef2-8424-f363d8bb7249.html |
New Report Shows Worrying Slow-down in Digital Inclusion for Women in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
LONDON, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The expansion of mobile internet access in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is continuing at pace, but risks leaving women further behind, according to new analysis published today by the GSMA.
The GSMA Mobile Gender Gap Report 2022 shows that after years of progress towards women's equal digital inclusion across LMICs, only 59 million additional women in LMICs started using mobile internet in 2021 compared to 110 million in 2020.
This recent slowdown in the growth rate at which women are adopting the mobile internet across LMICs is in contrast with continued high growth rates for men. It represents the first time GSMA data has recorded such a negative trend.
Across LMICs, the report shows that the mobile internet gender gap has narrowed every year from 2017 to 2020, from 25 per cent to 15 per cent. However, GSMA data from 2021 suggests that this momentum has been lost. Women are now 16 per cent less likely than men to use the mobile internet, which equates to 264 million fewer women than men using mobile internet.
In South Asia, traditionally the region with the widest mobile gender gap, this rebound has been even more stark. The mobile internet gender gap had narrowed significantly, from 67 per cent in 2017 to 36 per cent in 2020, but has now widened to 41 per cent.
GSMA Director General Mats Granryd said: "For decades, mobile internet has been transforming the lives of women across the globe, especially in low- and middle-income countries. But the worrying statistics in our Mobile Gender Gap Report 2022 show that far more needs to be done to prevent women being left behind in the digital economy. Institutions, corporations and governments around the world need to focus on the importance of inclusion, and actively seek to combat such inequalities. The GSMA is committed to working with mobile operators and governmental stakeholders to address this negative trend and ensure that women do not miss out on the transformative power of mobile technology, wherever they live in the world."
These findings are particularly significant, since mobile remains the primary way women access the internet across LMICs, and the benefits of internet connectivity can be life-changing. In particular, the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the importance of mobiles as a valuable tool for helping women access health information, stay connected to their families during lockdowns, continue income-generating opportunities and access government support.
Industry action
The GSMA introduced the Connected Women Commitment Initiative in 2016 to catalyse action to close the mobile gender gap. Over this time, over 40 mobile operators across Africa, Asia and Latin America have made formal commitments to accelerate digital and financial inclusion for women. These operators have already reached more than 55 million additional women with mobile internet or mobile money services.
However, mobile operators cannot work in isolation. The mobile gender gap is a significant global issue, requiring attention from all stakeholders to ensure women and their families can reap the full benefits of connectivity. In total, only 60% of women in LMICs now use the mobile internet, compared to 71% of men.
The annual GSMA Mobile Gender Gap report is funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) via the GSMA Mobile for Development Foundation. It plays an important role in sizing the mobile gender gap and generating regional and country-level data to draw attention to this issue, as well as providing key evidence to inform action from stakeholders.
This year's findings demonstrate the importance of continuing to collect data to understand the issue and address the key barriers preventing women from accessing and benefiting from mobile internet, including affordability, digital skills, and social norms that inhibit women's access and use of mobile technology.
It is only with the concerted action and collaboration of different stakeholders that we can truly accelerate progress on this issue, and ensure that gender inequalities are not further entrenched.
The GSMA's Mobile Gender Gap Report 2022 is available at: https://www.gsma.com/r/gender-gap/
Further information on the Connected Women Commitment Initiative can be found at: https://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/connected-women/the-commitment/
About GSMA
The GSMA is a global organisation unifying the mobile ecosystem to discover, develop and deliver innovation foundational to positive business environments and societal change. Our vision is to unlock the full power of connectivity so that people, industry, and society thrive. Representing mobile operators and organisations across the mobile ecosystem and adjacent industries, the GSMA delivers for its members across three broad pillars: Connectivity for Good, Industry Services and Solutions, and Outreach. This activity includes advancing policy, tackling today's biggest societal challenges, underpinning the technology and interoperability that make mobile work, and providing the world's largest platform to convene the mobile ecosystem at the MWC and M360 series of events.
We invite you to find out more at gsma.com
About GSMA Connected Women
The GSMA's Connected Women programme works with mobile operators and their partners to address the barriers to women accessing and using mobile internet and mobile money services. Connected Women aims to reduce the gender gap in mobile internet and mobile money services and unlock significant commercial opportunities for the mobile industry and socio-economic benefits for women.
This report is the output of a GSMA Mobile for Development Foundation project funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). The views expressed are not necessarily those of either organisation.
For more information, please visit www.gsma.com/connectedwomen
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(The Hill) – The due date to file a tax return this year is Tue., April 18 and it comes against the backdrop of some major structural changes in U.S. tax administration that have been a serious point of contention between Democrats and Republicans.
But those changes, which will impact audits rates and help the government collect hundreds of billions in missing taxes every year, are likely not being felt by regular taxpayers this season.
The backstory: Here’s how the IRS will spend its $80 billion funding boost
Instead, filers can expect the preliminary wave of the $80 billion provided to the IRS in the Inflation Reduction Act to result in basic improvements in time spent waiting on the phone and refund delivery speeds.
A hiring spree to clear up backlogs
Over the course of the pandemic, backlogs of unprocessed tax returns and unanswered phone calls piled up as the agency had to close field offices and have employees start working from home.
Even so, service levels are now improving as the IRS expects to hire an additional 7,400 taxpayer service specialists, 1,500 auditors, 730 operational support workers and 360 technologists the this year. There were 2.26 million unprocessed individual returns at the beginning of this month, down from tens of millions at the height of the pandemic.
The easiest way to file taxes
The IRS recommends that taxpayers file electronically to avoid processing delays using the Free File public-private partnership or commercial software programs that give improved user experience and additional support for extra fees.
The agency reminds taxpayers to report all taxable income and keep good annual records so that information from previous years can be easily accessed if necessary.
The way of the future? Here’s what a free IRS e-filing tax return system could look like
“Taxpayers who need more time to file can easily request a six-month filing extension to Oct. 16 to prevent late filing penalties,” the IRS says. “While an extension grants additional time to file, tax payments are still due on April 18 for most taxpayers.”
The majority of refunds issued by the IRS are sent out within 21 days, the agency says, but filing by mail can make this process longer. The vast majority of Americans now file their taxes electronically.
Specialists in the private tax preparation world are recommending some of the agency’s publicly available tools.
“Double check your 2023 withholdings using the IRS Withholding Estimator, so that you will not receive an unexpected tax bill next tax season, and don’t forget to update your W-4 if needed,” said Mimi Lewi, a senior tax compliance specialist at Empeon, a human resources software platform for companies doing payroll and hiring.
Lawmakers weigh in on IRS plan for $80 billion funding boost
The average tax refund gets processed in about 12 to 15 days, Lewi said.
The Treasury Department gave the IRS a thumbs-up on Monday for its work during this tax season so far.
“Thanks to Inflation Reduction Act resources, the IRS delivered dramatically improved service in Filing Season 2023. The IRS achieved 87 percent level of service, exceeding Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen’s goal of 85 percent,” the Treasury said in a statement.
Treasury-measured IRS service levels dropped as low as 15 percent in 2022.
Call wait times are way down, falling to just 4 minutes from 27 minutes, and the agency has answered 2 million calls through live assistance.
Tax help in your neighborhood
In-person taxpayer assistance centers (TAC) have reopened in Wyoming, New York, Kansas, Texas, New Mexico, Virginia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Washington, Colorado, Missouri, Tennessee, Maine and New Jersey.
A new center to help taxpayers was opened in Greenville, Mississippi.
Since the beginning of the year, the IRS reopened TACs in Casper, Wyo.; Binghamton, N.Y., West Nyack, N.Y.; Overland Park, Kan.; Longview, Texas; Santa Fe, N.M.; Queensbury, N.Y., Charlottesville, Va.; La Crosse, Wis., Cranberry Township, Pa.; Colorado Springs, Colo.; Joplin, Mo.; Jackson, Tenn.; Augusta, Maine; Bellingham, Wash., and Trenton, N.J. IRS also opened a new TAC in Greenville, Miss.
The road ahead
While the 2023 filing season is being marked by service improvements, bigger changes in tax enforcement and administrative design lie ahead.
Tax attorneys are paying attention to the idea that the IRS is becoming more centralized in the way it handles data and makes decisions related to enforcement.
“I’m struck that the pendulum is swinging back to centralized planning. This has been the trend in certain areas … but it hasn’t been so plainly stated. Audit priorities will be dictated centrally, based on data analytics … and the field agents will merely be conduits of the wisdom descending from Washington,” Rob Kovacev, an attorney with law firm Miller & Chevalier, said, noting that the term “analytics” appears 149 times in the IRS’s new operating plan. | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/how-the-irs-is-trying-to-make-tax-filing-day-easier/ | 2023-04-18 01:39:04 | 0 | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/how-the-irs-is-trying-to-make-tax-filing-day-easier/ |
Auburn vs. Iowa: Betting Trends, Record ATS, Home/Road Splits - First Round
The No. 9 seed Auburn Tigers (20-12) and the No. 8 seed Iowa Hawkeyes (19-13) will meet on Thursday at 6:50 PM in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. Auburn is a 1.5-point favorite in the matchup, which airs on TNT. Here's everything you need to know ahead of this 8-9 matchup in the Midwest Region bracket. The point total is set at 151.5 for the matchup.
Auburn vs. Iowa Odds & Info
- Date: Thursday, March 16, 2023
- Time: 6:50 PM ET
- TV: TNT
- Where: Birmingham, Alabama
- Venue: Legacy Arena at BJCC
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Auburn vs Iowa Betting Records & Stats
- So far this season, the Tigers have compiled a 15-14-0 record against the spread.
- This season, Auburn has won 18 of its 22 games, or 81.8%, when favored by at least -120 on the moneyline.
- The Tigers have a 54.5% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
- Iowa is 13-14-0 against the spread this season.
- The Hawkeyes have a mark of 3-4 in contests where bookmakers give them odds of +100 or worse on the moneyline.
- Iowa has an implied victory probability of 50% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
Auburn vs. Iowa Over/Under Stats
Additional Auburn vs Iowa Insights & Trends
- Auburn has a 5-5 record against the spread while finishing 3-7 overall over its last 10 games.
- The Tigers have hit the over in five of their last 10 games.
- Iowa has a 3-7 record against the spread while going 5-5 overall in its past 10 contests.
- In their past 10 contests, the Hawkeyes have hit the over six times.
- The 72.7 points per game the Tigers record are the same as the Hawkeyes allow.
- Auburn is 10-2 against the spread and 10-3 overall when scoring more than 74.4 points.
- The Hawkeyes' 80.2 points per game are 13.1 more points than the 67.1 the Tigers give up.
- Iowa has put together a 12-8 ATS record and a 19-6 overall record in games it scores more than 67.1 points.
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House Republicans are planning their first hearings on the Biden administration’s COVID-19 response, summoning top federal health officials to Congress to testify in the coming weeks.
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce is planning to interrogate officials from federal agencies such as the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR), according to Bloomberg. The hearing is set for Feb. 8.
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Dawn O’Connell is slated to appear at the hearing, an ASPR spokesperson confirmed to The Hill. The NIH also confirmed it would have a representative present.
Republicans promised vigorous oversight of the Biden administration and federal government in their campaign to retake the House in the midterms. Now with a slim majority, the GOP will attempt to make good on that promise after years of accusing Democrats and the Biden administration of overstepping with vaccines and masking mandates.
Republicans on the Energy and Commerce panel, led by Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), have also asked CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, FDA Commissioner Robert Califf and acting NIH Director Lawrence Tabak to appear, according to Bloomberg.
Walenksy plans to testify at the hearing, according to Bloomberg.
“In her testimony, Dr. Walensky will highlight the agency’s work moving forward to better prepare CDC and the nation against emerging health threats,” CDC spokesperson Jason McDonald said in an emailed statement to the news service. “She will lay out the significant progress made since she announced the reform initiative in August and once again call on congressional support for new data and workforce authorities.”
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Los Angeles officials provide updates into mass shooting during Lunar New Year Festival
LOS ANGELES, California (WOIO) - Officials continue to provide updates into a deadly mass shooting that took the lives of 10 people.
A gunman killed 10 people and injured another 10 during the Jan. 22 shooting at Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Los Angeles, according to reports from the Associated Press.
Another shooting happened at the Lai Lai ballroom around 30 minutes after the first shooting, reports from the Associated Press indicated. Officials have not determined if the two shootings are connected.
AP reports said officials did not suggest what type of gun was used in the shootings but said the suspect is being described as an Asian male. Reports also indicated police surrounded a white van found in the area early Sunday afternoon.
This is a developing story. Return to 19 News for updates.
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JACKSON, Mich., Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of CMS Energy has declared a dividend on the 4.200% Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C of the Corporation.
The following dividend is payable Oct. 15, 2022, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Oct. 1, 2022: $0.2625 per depositary share.
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – There’s a scramble among federal leaders to stabilize a struggling economy. The Biden administration is trying to calm fears of a recession and the Federal Reserve is poised to raise interest rates again.
A new report from The Conference Board shows that consumer confidence is down for the third month in a row.
White House Economic Adviser Bharat Ramamurti says there are signs of strength too, like low unemployment and falling gas prices.
“I don’t want to diminish the squeeze that some families are feeling because of rising prices, but we’ve had a very robust economic recovery,” Ramamurti said. “We are working every day to try to address some of the cost pressures.”
But as families struggle with inflation, Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., is one of many lawmakers on the right blaming President Joe Biden and his administration for high prices.
“The way we turn this country around is to do the opposite of what Joe Biden tells us,” Smith said.
The Federal Reserve is expected to announce another interest rate hike on Wednesday, aimed at lowering inflation by slowing down spending. But even the Fed is concerned that too much of a slowdown could cause a recession.
George Washington University economics Professor Joann Weiner says that’s a tough line to walk.
“It’s a tricky balance. The Fed doesn’t want a recession. But if it gets one, hopefully it will be short,” Weiner said.
She believes the future of the economy is hard to predict, largely because of how the pandemic changed it.
“That, to me, is the biggest uncertainty out there – is we don’t know how this economy is going to function,” Weiner said.
Republicans are warning things are definitely headed in the wrong direction.
“This out-of-control economy is about to go off of a cliff,” Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said.
Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., says they know how to fix it.
“Open up our energy reserves. Stop printing money. How about that? No more multi-trillion dollar bills,” Scalise said. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/washington-dc/us-leaders-work-to-stabilize-struggling-economy/ | 2022-07-27 00:32:15 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/washington-dc/us-leaders-work-to-stabilize-struggling-economy/ |
NEW YORK, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Digital Turbine, Inc. (NASDAQ: APPS) between August 9, 2021 and May 17, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important August 5, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Digital Turbine 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 Digital Turbine class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=6272 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 August 5, 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: The complaint filed in this class action alleges that throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements, as well as failed to disclose material adverse facts about Digital Turbine's business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) Digital Turbine's recent acquisitions, AdColony and Fyber, act as agents in certain of their respective product lines; (2) as a result, revenues for those product lines must be reported net of license fees and revenue share, rather than on a gross basis; (3) Digital Turbine's internal control over financial reporting as to revenue recognition was deficient; (4) as a result of the foregoing, Digital Turbine's net revenues was overstated throughout fiscal 2022; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about Digital Turbine's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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The Rimac Nevera has set nearly two dozen new performance records, including a 0-60 mph acceleration record for production cars, the company announced Wednesday.
The all-electric Nevera achieved 0-60 mph in 1.74 seconds at the Automotive Testing Papenburg (ATP) test track in Germany, a number that was independently verified by data loggers from Dewesoft and RaceLogic, according to a Rimac press release.
This beats the 1.79-second record set by the Pininfarina Battista—which shares a powertrain with the Nevera—in 2022. The Battista had in turn beaten a previous 1.85-second record set by the Nevera.
The new record, as well as the previous records set by the Nevera and Battista, were achieved with one foot of rollout. Without rollout, i.e. timing acceleration from a complete standstill, the time would be slightly slower. Rimac said the latest record was achieved with road-legal Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R tires “on non-prepped asphalt.” The previous Nevera time was done on a high-friction dragstrip surface. How Rimac achieved the traction to beat the record without a prepped surface is perplexing.
On the same day as the 0-60 mph record, Rimac claims it also set a new 0-400-0 kph (0-249-0 mph) record of 29.93 seconds, which the company says is more than a second quicker than the previous record holder. These are just two of 23 performance records Rimac claims to have set in a single day. That figure is itself a record for most vehicle performance records broken in a single day, Rimac claims.
Among the other records is a new quarter-mile record for production cars. The two independent sources differ slightly here, with Dewesoft recording an 8.25-second run and RaceLogic posting 8.26 seconds, but either way it beats the Nevera’s own record of 8.58 seconds set in 2021. Other new records include 0-100 kph, eighth-mile time, half-mile time, and the standing mile.
The Nevera used for this record-setting spree wore a special livery inspired by the Rimac BMW e-M3, the E30 BMW company founder Mate Rimac converted into an EV, a project that became the genesis for the Rimac company. Rimac says that car set a number of all-electric speed records in its day, so the Nevera is keeping a tradition going.
In addition to this long list of records, the Nevera also holds the record for world’s fastest production EV with a top speed of 256 mph recorded in 2022. First shown in 2018 as the C_Two concept, production started in July 2022. Rimac plans to build just 150 examples, after which the company will move on to other projects, including the next generation of Bugatti supercars.
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Dear Amy: My older brother and I are the last ones left of our immediate family. I’m gay and have had a tough time being close to him.
My brother and his wife are conservative and never ask me about my personal life. I feel like I’m the one doing the heavy lifting to stay in touch, now that our mother is gone.
Last year his youngest son, my nephew “Rick,” had a wedding reception on the East Coast. (Both Rick and I live on the West Coast.)
I attended the wedding and had a fairly good time.
They had a second reception in a Southern state the following fall.
I traveled there for the weekend to show support.
We were supposed to have dinner the night I arrived but then they bailed at the last minute. (My sister-in-law never made room for my mother or me when my mother was alive, but I thought it was because she didn’t like our mom.)
Every attempt I made to get together with them was canceled to accommodate her family, and I was told that they didn’t have time.
I’m so mad at my brother. I haven’t talked to him since then.
I’m the one that usually calls him on holidays, birthdays, and anniversaries.
I don’t want to hold a grudge, but I don’t know how to talk to him about this.
I know he’s going to be hurt when (or if) I bring it up.
How do you think I should deal with this?
– Hurt in San Francisco
Dear Hurt: Your brother’s lack of connection over the course of your adulthood upsets and hurts you. And yet you are worried that if you unpeel even the outermost layer of this family onion, he will be hurt.
No. I suggest that the only feelings you should worry about right now are your own.
Given that your relationship seems to have deteriorated to almost nothing, now is the time to state your own truth, plainly and without reservation.
“We are the only two left in our family. I would like to be closer. I’ve tried many different ways to do this, but you haven’t been receptive. I’m wondering if you can try harder, in order for me to stop trying so hard. I’d be so sad to lose this connection with you.”
You can email Amy Dickinson at askamy@amydickinson.com or send a letter to Ask Amy, P.O. Box 194, Freeville, NY 13068. You can also follow her on Twitter @askingamy or Facebook.
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Iga Swiatek vs. Karolina Muchova: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | French Open
In the final of the French Open on Saturday, Iga Swiatek (ranked No. 1) meets Karolina Muchova (No. 43).
Swiatek is favored to capture the tournament championship over Muchova, with -700 odds compared to the underdog's +525.
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Iga Swiatek vs. Karolina Muchova Match Information
- Tournament: The French Open
- Round: Finals
- Date: Saturday, June 10
- TV Channel: NBC
- Venue: Stade Roland Garros
- Location: Paris, France
- Court Surface: Clay
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Iga Swiatek vs. Karolina Muchova Prediction and Odds
Based on the moneyline in this match, Iga Swiatek has an 87.5% chance to win.
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Iga Swiatek vs. Karolina Muchova Trends and Insights
- In the semifinals on Thursday, Swiatek took down No. 14-ranked Beatriz Haddad Maia, 6-2, 7-6.
- Muchova will look to stay on track after a 7-6, 6-7, 7-5 victory over No. 2-ranked Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals on Thursday.
- Swiatek has played 61 matches over the past 12 months across all court types, and 18.5 games per match.
- On clay, Swiatek has played 17 matches over the past year, totaling 18.4 games per match while winning 66.0% of games.
- Muchova has averaged 21.2 games per match through her 35 matches played in the past year across all court surfaces, while winning 55.3% of the games.
- Muchova has averaged 23.7 games per match and 10.1 games per set through six matches on clay surfaces in the past year.
- This is the first time that Swiatek and Muchova have matched up in the last five years.
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Local tech layoffs nearing levels of 2008 recession
New reports are signaling that the number of tech company layoffs this year is nearing levels from the Great Recession circa 2008-2009. MarketWatch said the layoffs are part of a strategy by tech firms to maintain viability through 2023 and beyond. The cuts are coming now, and are impacting many companies in Western Washington. We’ve already heard of cuts at Microsoft, Meta — the parent company of Facebook — and Twitter. Seattle’s status as a tech hub ensures the region will feel the impact — which is already being felt — as tech companies deal with the economic pressures that other companies are facing.
Seattle-based Amazon cut positions across the company — the bulk of those coming from their services and devices departments, like Alexa, Echo, and Fire TV.
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Meta announced that it would lay off 11,000 of its workers, which would make the cuts the largest in the company’s history. The company is laying off more than 700 employees in the Puget Sound region.
Microsoft has also announced job cuts, and several other firms in our region are doing the same. There have been signs for months that cuts were coming to Washington — the October employment report from the Washington State Employment Security Department showed that the information sector lost 5,900 jobs.
Muddu Sudhakar is the CEO of Aisera, an artificial intelligence firm with a focus on information technology. He said the cuts could worsen: “I think we’re just scratching the surface, ‘23 will be worse from what I am hearing from customers and CIOs (chief information officers).”
Sudhakar spoke to KIRO 7′s Ranji Sinha and said Seattle’s tech focus may help in the long run: “Seattle is a birth ground with Microsoft and Amazon and tech. I think it’s a great place, I think both Seattle and San Francisco/Bay Area will rebound. They may also be impacted because they’re concentrated in tech. You’ll have both the highs and the lows. … But Seattle will recover.”
Twitter’s layoffs are due more to Elon Musk’s takeover and revamp of the social media company — some industry analysts have questioned his move to lay off his employees. The impact here in Washington was tangible — Washington state officials said more than 200 local employees were included in the Twitter layoffs.
Sudhakar said some of these companies did hire a lot of people over the last two years that they perhaps they did not need, so we are seeing some of that being corrected with these layoffs.
Sudhakar added that a lot of companies may turn to AI to automate more functions to cut costs, freeze hiring and keep cash on hand. He sees many companies trying to firm up their cash reserves, so they will have 12 months to 24 months of viable cash on hand heading into 2023.
The MarketWatch report also noted that a lot of employees of tech firms — including here in Western Washington — often rely on employee sponsorship to maintain their H-1B visas if they are foreign workers. MarketWatch said a lot of those workers are being hit with the layoff trend. | https://mynorthwest.com/3748865/local-tech-layoffs-nearing-levels-of-2008-recession/ | 2022-12-13 23:51:31 | 1 | https://mynorthwest.com/3748865/local-tech-layoffs-nearing-levels-of-2008-recession/ |
SHANGHAI, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Infinix has unveiled the seriously fast 180W Thunder Charge Technology, which will debut on selected Infinix flagship phones that will be announced in the second half of the year. The breakthrough new technology will enable users to achieve the time for a 1-50% charge of the 4500mAh battery in just four minutes[1], providing users with a faster and safer advanced smart device charging experience.
"Following last year's Infinix 160W fast charging Concept Phone release, Infinix 180W Thunder Charge is another industry breakthrough that delivers ultra-fast charging technology to the public. Infinix aims to keep improving daily efficiency through iteration and innovation of fast charging technology so that users around the world can be the first to experience efficient and convenient digital life," said Manfred Hong, Senior Product Director of Infinix.
Industry-leading 180W Charging Technology
Ultra-fast charging has never been as prevalent as it is today and with the production of safer methods of charging at a higher voltage rate, the technology is becoming more and more popular in mid range devices.
Regular smartphones with fast charging features generally use batteries with a charging rate of 1 to 3C, while 180W Thunder Charge uses batteries with a rate of 8C, which effectively reduces the chances of the battery overheating due to the fast charging technology. Infinix cooperated with the world's leading battery manufacturers to develop a new 8C battery cell, which is the maximum charging rate rechargeable lithium battery in the industry at present. The 8C cell has lower internal resistance when compared with the conventional single electrode lug structure, the 8C cell has a multi-electrode lug, which reduces more than 50%[2] of the internal resistance and produces less heat. Furthermore, the 180W Thunder Charge uses two 8C-rated batteries in series, so the charging power of each battery is only 90W while being charged, reducing heat and increasing longevity.
180W Thunder Charge also adopts automatic bidirectional-power supply technology to lengthen phone's battery life by 2%[3] compared to traditionally double cell battery designed phones. The automatic bidirectional-power supply technology reduces the area of the power supply circuit by 60%, increases the precision of the circuit layout and saves space. The charging technology works using dynamic distribution. Three parallel charge pumps support the highest powered conversion yet on an Infinix device, achieving 99%[4] charging conversion efficiency, which avoids overloads and overheating. This is the pinnacle of Infinix charging technology to date.
A Safer way to Charge
Keeping safety a key priority, 180W Thunder Charge has 111 software and hardware security protection mechanisms to protect smartphones, chargers, and charging cables. The security protection is triggered during abnormal scenarios – such as high temperature, increased voltage, electromagnetic interference and more – to ensure the safety of the smartphone's system.
Furthermore, 180W Thunder charge has 20 temperature sensors, which are distributed in USB inputs, charging chips, on the battery and other locations inside the device. The charge is monitored in real-time through an intelligent temperature control algorithm which keeps track of everything. While the device is charging, the smartphone's temperature is kept below 43 ℃[5], which ensures a safe and fast charging experience without excess heat or battery degradation.
The 180W Thunder Charge cable has a built-in Infinix special encryption chip, which outputs 180W power transmission for an ultra-fast charge. 180W Thunder Charge can intelligently identify the cable's power transmission capacity and adjust accordingly. If a different cable without Infinix's special encryption chip is plugged into the device, it identifies the cable and limit power to 60W/100W to ensure a safe charge.
Powerful, Compatible & Portable
Infinix's 180W Thunder Charge technology is one of the most advanced solutions yet from Infinix and represents a step forward in technological breakthroughs for smartphones in the mid-range price bracket. Offering next-level charging speed, lower temperatures and safer protocols, 180W Thunder Charge gives users blazing fast and intelligent ways to power the Infinix devices.
Present in the technology is the new semiconductor material GaN, which enables the 180W Thunder Charge to be resistant to a variety of environments with high temperatures above 40°C. Furthermore, the charger adapter is compatible with multiple fast charging protocols, and can perform a maximum of 100W fast charging for most electronic devices on the market, which include mobile phones, tablets, and laptops giving users maximum flexibility with a one cable fits all solution. Users can also use cables from other manufactures to charge Infinix devices up to 100W.
180W Thunder Charge has two separate charging modes, Furious Mode and Standard Mode. Furious mode can be activated at the click of a button giving users 180W super-fast charging.
With the world leading application of 180W fast charging technology made available to mass produced smartphones by Infinix, it demonstrates Infinix's strong technical competency and innovative spirit. Presenting this technology to the wider public at an affordable price is one of Infinix's core values and represents Infinix's desire to democratize high-end technology and make it available to everyone who wants it. Stay tuned for our upcoming new products with 180W Thunder Charge available in the second half of this year.
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Exhumations resume for DNA to ID Tulsa Race Massacre victims
(AP) - Some of the 19 bodies exhumed for testing in an effort to identify victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and then reburied in an Oklahoma cemetery will be removed again starting Wednesday to gather more DNA.
The latest exhumations of bodies, some of which were taken last year from Oaklawn Cemetery, will be followed by another excavation for additional remains.
“There were 14 of the 19 that fit the criteria for further DNA analysis,” city spokesperson Michelle Brooks said. “These are the ones that will be re-exhumed.”
The 14 sets of remains were sent to Intermountain Forensics in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Brooks said two sets have enough DNA recovered to begin sequencing.
It wasn’t immediately clear how many of the 14 will be exhumed a second time, Brooks said.
The remains will be reburied at Oaklawn, where the previous reburial was closed to the public, drawing protests from about two dozen people who said they are descendants of massacre victims and should have been allowed to attend.
Intermountain Forensics is seeking people who believe they are descendants of massacre victims to provide genetic material to help scientists find potential matches.
The exhumations will be followed by another search for bodies in an area south and west of the areas previously excavated in 2020 and 2021.
None of the remains recovered thus far are confirmed as victims of the massacre in which more than 1,000 homes were burned, hundreds were looted and a thriving business district known as Black Wall Street was destroyed. Historians have estimated the death toll to be between 75 and 300.
Victims were never compensated, however a pending lawsuit seeks reparations for the three remaining known survivors of the violence.
The latest search is expected to end by Nov. 18.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — As Lil Wayne was honored for his musical achievements, the rapper opened up about the little he has been recognized previously in his career during a pre-Grammy event that also paid homage to Dr. Dre and Missy Elliott.
“I don’t get honored,” Wayne remarked Thursday night at the Recording Academy’s Black Music Collective event in Los Angeles, where he, Dre and Elliott were given the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award. The honorees received the renamed award for their personal and professional achievements in the music industry.
DJ Khaled presented Wayne with the award and a hug, while Drake and Deion Sanders paid tribute to him through video messages. Swizz Beatz, 2 Chainz and Tyga performed some of Wayne’s hits as well.
During his acceptance speech, Wayne explained how the responsibility of making adult decisions was first placed on his shoulders at age 12, when he signed his first record deal with Cash Money. The 40-year-old rapper thanked his mother, the mothers of his children and his kids.
“Where I’m from, New Orleans, you’re not supposed to do this,” the five-time Grammy winner continued as many in the audience at the Hollywood Palladium cheered him on. “Where I’m from, I walked into my momma room when I was 14, she asked me for a kid, because my dad was killed and her son had just blew up and went on his first tour. When I came home, she said, ‘Son, I can’t live in this house by myself. We’re going to have to figure something out.’”
Dre talked about starting his musical journey with the initial thought of making enough money to “buy a decent pair of shoes” to wear to school. The producer-rapper recalled when he first heard hip-hop for the first time in junior high school, and spoke about his knack for collaborating.
“One of my passions is collaborations,” the seven-time Grammy winner said. “I never in my entire career done anything alone. I don’t even know if I want to be in the studio alone. It sounds boring.”
Dre was honored with performances by Snoop Dogg, Kurupt and Ty Dolla Sign. Dogg performed “Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang” and “Deep Cover” before the threesome joined together to perform “Ain’t No Fun (If the Homies Can’t Have None),” which was produced by Dre.
Some in the audience were moved to tears by Elliott’s heartfelt speech praising music executive Sylvia Rhone, who also received the impact award.
“She saw something in me that I didn’t see in myself,” the four-time Grammy winner said of Rhone, the Epic Records CEO who is regarded as one of the most influential executives in the industry. Rhone made history in 1994 when she was named chairman and CEO of Elektra Entertainment Group. At the time, the promotion made her the only African American and first-ever woman to hold the titles.
“She never told us ‘no,’” continued Elliott, who recently became the first female rapper to receive a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination. “She never told me, ‘You need to lose weight.’ She never told me, ‘You need to change your records.’”
Chloe Bailey performed Elliott’s “One Minute Man” and sang a rendition of Aaliyah’s “One In a Million,” a song Elliott produced with Timbaland. Ciara and Tweet hit the stage to perform Elliott’s hits, while Busta Rhymes also performed in honor of Rhone.
The event marked a celebratory night for the Black Music Collective, a group of prominent industry leaders that formed in 2020 to find ways to drive Black representation and inclusion. Some of the honorary chairs include Jimmy Jam, Quincy Jones and John Legend, who was honored with the impact award along with MC Lyte and D-Nice last year. | https://www.yourbasin.com/entertainment-news/ap-dr-dre-missy-elliott-lil-wayne-honored-at-pre-grammy-event/ | 2023-02-04 13:44:59 | 0 | https://www.yourbasin.com/entertainment-news/ap-dr-dre-missy-elliott-lil-wayne-honored-at-pre-grammy-event/ |
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Cleveland real estate developer Scott A. Wolstein dies at 69 after battle with cancer, reports say
Published: May. 26, 2022 at 8:55 PM EDT|Updated: 47 minutes ago
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The Wolstein Group CEO Scott A. Wolstein died on May 26 at the age of 69 after battling Metastatic Melanoma, Cleveland Jewish News reported.
But his legacy as the Principal Developer of the Flats East Bank in Downtown Cleveland will live on.
His family said Wolstein was diagnosed with cancer in November of 2021.
Wolstein has been the CEO of The Wolstein Group since 1979.
His late father, Bertram “Bart” Wolstein, for whom The Wolstein Center on Cleveland State University’s campus is named, founded Developers Diversified Realty in 1992.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan remained defiant ahead of the island president's expected meeting with the U.S. House speaker on Wednesday, after China threatened retaliation multiple times in the past week.
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen has been visiting the island's remaining diplomatic allies in Latin America, Belize and Guatemala. The most politically sensitive part of her trip will be the meeting with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in Los Angeles while she transits on her way back home.
The visit — while important for Taiwan in demonstrating its overseas support — is fraught for both Taiwan and the U.S. because China views Taiwan as its territory and treats any dealings between U.S. and Taiwanese officials as a challenge to its sovereignty.
Belize and Guatemala represent two of Taiwan’s 13 formal allies across the world, a number that has dipped as China has put pressure on and funneled money into isolating the island. Tsai's Latin American trip comes just a week after Honduras announced it was cutting ties with Taiwan in favor of China, potentially prompted by a $300 million hydroelectric dam project in central Honduras built by a Chinese company.
Last week, and again on Monday, China threatened with countermeasures if Tsai met with McCarthy. The Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles issued a statement Monday saying it opposed any “any form of contact” between Taiwan authorities and the U.S.
“The reality and current situation that both sides of the (Taiwan) Strait belong to one China is very clear,” the statement said.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said at a daily news briefing Tuesday that China “will closely follow the developments and resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it has never been part of China, and that China's recent criticism has become increasingly “absurd.”
“Taiwan, the Republic of China, is a sovereign country, and has the right to make its own determination in developing relations with other countries in the world,” it said in a statement. “It does not accept interference or suppression by any country for any reason, and will not limit itself because of intimidation or interference.”
The United States’ longstanding “one-China” policy acknowledges that the Chinese claim Taiwan as their territory. However, the U.S. does not endorse that claim and remains Taiwan’s most important provider of military hardware and other defense assistance.
China has repeatedly asserted its claim to Taiwan, though Taiwan maintains its own democratic system of government since the sides split after a civil war in 1949.
Keeping up the military pressure, China's People’s Liberation Army sent 20 warplanes toward Taiwan as well as three warships in the latest round of exercises that have increased significantly in recent years.
According to data from Taiwan, the exercises involved the largest number of planes in a week. China regularly sends warplanes around the island and has at times seemingly used the exercises as a demonstration of its ire.
Last December, China sent 71 planes and seven ships toward Taiwan in a 24-hour display of force after it expressed anger at Taiwan-related provisions in a U.S. annual defense spending bill.
And last year, China responded to a visit by then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan with the largest live-fire drills in decades that included firing a missile over the island, which had landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone.
The PLA’s increased military activity near Taiwan has raised concerns among regional governments, and also drawn greater international attention and rhetorical support for Taiwan’s defense. U.S. legislators have also started visiting Taiwan at a greater frequency, as anti-China sentiment and concerns over China's strategic position grows in Congress.
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Denying reality: Trump, Biden and growing accusations of lying
While not equal in magnitude, Trump and Biden's efforts are a troubling indicator of a divided country
Donald Trump keeps trying to convince us that he didn’t lose the 2020 election, that it was stolen from him.
Joe Biden keeps trying to convince us that we’re not plunging into a recession, regardless of what the numbers may say.
Now I’m not comparing the magnitude of the two efforts. Trump is making a case that every lawsuit and investigation – and the testimony of some of his own people – has shown to be flatly untrue. Biden is engaged in the age-old art of political spin, but with a troubling twist.
Yet, it’s part of a broader picture of a society so divided that we can’t agree on a common set of facts. Die-hard Trump loyalists can’t be convinced that Biden is a legitimately elected president. Fierce Biden loyalists insist that Trump should be behind bars, due process and Justice Department decision-making be damned. Both sides have appropriated "the Big Lie" to brand what their demonized opponents are doing.
TRUMP AGAIN DOMINATING THE NEWS, BIDEN'S BLISTERING SPEECH A SIDEBAR
And the media long ago forfeited its referee role, largely detested by the right and increasingly distrusted by the left now that Biden is president.
Everyone’s got their own channel to reach their base directly through social media (Truth Social in Trump’s case), or personal podcasts. They can ignore uncomfortable questions, accuse their opponents of conspiracy-mongering or say that black is white.
The news that the Justice Department is investigating Trump – based on leaks to the Washington Post and New York Times, as well as the grand jury testimony of two former Pence aides – only heightens the stakes.
In his Washington speech, Trump devoted the first part to rising crime and how he would combat it, but he couldn’t resist some references to his stolen-election campaign. "I won, and I won a second time," he said, and he might have to do it again.
"Never forget, everything this corrupt establishment is doing to me is all about preserving their power and control over the American people," Trump added. "They want to damage you in any form, but they really want to damage me. So I can no longer go back to work for you."
Trump excels at painting himself as the victim and his followers as the ultimate losers if he is thwarted.
For a more unvarnished view, here he is on Truth Social after the Post broke the story: "Just more disinformation by the Democrats… Why is the Justice Department not prosecuting those responsible? Plenty of time left!"
And: "People forget, this is all about a Rigged and Stolen Election. But rather than go after the people that Rigged and Stole it, they go after the people that are seeking Honesty and Truth, and have Freedom of Speech, and many other defenses, on their side! Justice Department should look at The Crime of the Century. Evidence is massive and irrefutable!!!"
It’s a head-spinning situation: The Justice Department is investigating Trump (not quickly enough for bloodthirsty partisans), and Trump says the department should be investigating those who stole the election (which even a year and a half later he has failed to prove).
Now for the Biden sleight of hand.
In a plan that has been brewing for days, the president and his team want to counter today’s GDP report, which may well conclude we’ve just been through the second straight quarter of negative growth. That is the classic definition of a recession.
Ah, but that would contradict Biden’s repeated insistence that we’re not heading into a recession.
The solution: Move the goalposts.
Brian Deese, the White House's chief economic adviser, has been trotted out to say that the usual definition is backward-looking; things have been improving. The administration is making its own assessment.
WHILE BIDEN MULLS EXECUTIVE ORDERS, TRUMP BATTLES PROBERS AND PUNDITS
"We are in a period of transition right now," Deese told reporters, adding: "Two negative quarters of GDP growth is not the technical definition of recession. It’s not a definition that economists have traditionally relied on."
Recession? What recession? Move along, nothing to see here.
Imagine if Trump had said that?
This is pretty brazen. Just using semantics to wish away a recession? We may or may not hit two negative quarters today, but the White House is clearly worried about the prospect, bringing out Treasury chief Janet Yellen for a rebuttal today.
The Republicans have dug into this history:
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Deese in 2008: "Of course economists have a technical definition of recession, which is two consecutive quarters of negative growth."
Jared Bernstein, another Biden economic adviser, in 2019: A recession is "defined as two consecutive quarters of declining growth."
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Washington Post fact-checker, addressing Trump comments, in 2015: "Two negative quarters in a row is a standard indicator for an economic recession."
I thought the media would be more critical, but the reaction has been surprisingly mild so far.
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COÖPERATIEVE RABOBANK U.A. ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF ITS TENDER OFFER IN RELATION TO ITS OUTSTANDING USD 1,000,000,000 3.875 PER CENT. NON- PREFERRED SENIOR NOTES DUE 2023 (ISINS: US74977RDE18 (144A) and US74977SDE90 (REG S)) AND USD 250,000,000 FLOATING RATE NON-PREFERRED SENIOR NOTES DUE 2023 (ISINS: US74977RDD35 (144A) and US74977SDD18 (REG S)) FOR CASH
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The top diplomats from Russia, China, Iran and Pakistan attended a conference Thursday that focused on ensuring regional security in light of the situation in Afghanistan.
The foreign ministers of the four countries met in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, and discussed the need to cooperate with Afghan authorities to maintain political stability and to prevent a humanitarian crisis, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
The ministers also talked about the coordination of efforts to “counter the threats of terrorism and drug trafficking from the Afghan territory.”
Russia and China are among a few countries that have kept their diplomatic missions in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, since the Taliban took power in August 2021.
Moscow worked for years to establish contacts with the Taliban, even though it designated the group a terror organization in 2003 and never took it off the list. It hosted several rounds of talks on Afghanistan that involved senior representatives of the Taliban and neighboring countries.
Beijing has taken a higher profile on regional issues related to Afghanistan as part of China’s efforts to extend its global clout.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang held separate talks on the sidelines of Thursday’s meeting to discuss a range of issues, including the situation in Ukraine, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.
In a statement preceding the Uzbekistan conference, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Beijing was ready to work more closely with Afghanistan’s neighbors and the international community for stability, security, prosperity, and development in both the country and wider region.
The statement reaffirmed China’s pledge to respect the independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Afghanistan, as well as the choices made by its people. It called on the international community to firmly support Afghanistan to combat terrorism, and urged the United States to live up to its commitment to the country.
Beijing also expressed hope that Afghanistan’s interim government would continue working actively to meet its people’s interests and the international community’s expectations for an open and inclusive political structure.
“We hope the Afghan interim government will protect the basic rights and interests of all Afghan people, including women, children and all ethnic groups,” the statement said.
Girls currently cannot attend school beyond sixth grade, and women are not allowed at universities in Afghanistan. Authorities present the education restrictions as a temporary suspension and not a ban, but universities and schools reopened in March without their female students.
Women also are barred from public spaces, including parks, and most forms of employment.
The policies have raised fierce international objections, increasing the country’s isolation at a time when its economy has collapsed and worsened a humanitarian crisis.
No country has recognized the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.
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‘It’s not a racetrack’: Mother who lost son to street racing advocates for change
She lost her only child when his dad’s car was hit head-on by a street racer.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Police say speed racing is a real problem right now in Charlotte.
Over the weekend, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police cited five drivers for reckless driving or speed racing. On Monday, there was a six-car crash on Interstate 485 because of racing.
Related: Troopers: Racing led to six-car crash on I-485 in Charlotte, charges filed
Brandi Birrittier knows all too well the horrors that can come from street racing. She lost her only child when his dad’s car was hit head-on by a street racer.
She said hearing about Monday’s street racing crash on I-485 took her breath away.
“It took my breath away because luckily and thank God that nobody lost their lives or were injured but it’s just like that in a blink of an eye that you could take someone’s whole life,” Birrittier said.
When she hears how CMPD officers seized five cars for street racing over this past weekend alone, it makes her shudder, knowing the life-changing pain high speeds can cause.
“It’s not a race track. And if you feel that need, that adrenaline, take it somewhere safe because 485, 77, 85 those are where families drive going home or going to Carowinds to spend time with their families,” Birrittier said.
Back in 2021, her 6-year-old son, Liam Lagunas, was killed after a speed racer lost control and slammed head-on into the car Liam and his dad were traveling in on Interstate 85 in Gaston County.
Deadly Gaston County street racing crash stories
“I never got to see him. I never got to talk to him again,” Birrittier said.
She turned that pain into purpose. Birrittier is now working with a national non-profit called “Street Racing Kills” to educate drivers about the dangers of reckless driving.
“They’re going to schools and doing like driver’s ed classes. They’re going to community events setting up booths talking to anybody that will listen,” she said.
After losing her only child, Birrittier says she moves forward thinking that Liam would be proud of her for working to make a difference.
“He had so much love and care in his heart that this is what he would be wanting me to do,” she said. “He would want me to be fighting every day to at least try to save somebody else.”
Birrittier says she is also working with Gaston County district attorney Travis Paige to pass a law called Liam’s Law. It would enforce stricter penalties for street racing with serious injury or death.
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DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out charges against former Gov. Rick Snyder and others in the Flint water scandal, saying a judge sitting as a one-person grand jury had no power to issue indictments under rarely used state laws.
It’s an astonishing defeat for Attorney General Dana Nessel, who took office in 2019, got rid of a special prosecutor and put together a new team to investigate whether crimes were committed when lead contaminated Flint’s water system in 2014-15.
State laws “authorize a judge to investigate, subpoena witnesses, and issue arrest warrants” as a grand juror, the Supreme Court said.
“But they do not authorize the judge to issue indictments,” the court said in a 6-0 opinion written by Chief Justice Bridget McCormack.
She called it a “Star Chamber comeback,” a pejorative reference to an oppressive, closed-door style of justice in England in the 17th century.
The challenge was filed by lawyers for former health director Nick Lyon, but the decision also applies to Snyder and others who were indicted. The cases now will return to Genesee County court for dismissal.
“This wasn’t even a close case — it was six-zip. … They couldn’t do what they tried to do,” said Lyon attorney Chip Chamberlain.
The attorney general’s office had no immediate comment on the decision. Snyder’s legal team described the court’s opinion as “unequivocal and scathing.”
“These prosecutions of Governor Snyder and the other defendants were never about seeking justice for the citizens of Flint,” Snyder’s lawyers said. “Rather, Attorney General Nessel and her political appointee Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud staged a self-interested, vindictive, wasteful and politically motivated prosecution.”
The saga began in 2014 when Flint managers appointed by Snyder dropped out of a regional water system and began using the Flint River to save money while a new pipeline to Lake Huron was under construction. State regulators insisted the river water didn’t need to be treated to reduce its corrosive qualities. But that was a ruinous decision: Lead released from old pipes flowed for 18 months in the majority-Black city.
The Michigan Civil Rights Commission said it was the result of systemic racism, doubting that the water switch and the brush-off of complaints would have occurred in a white, prosperous community.
Snyder, a Republican, has long acknowledged that his administration failed in Flint, calling it a crisis born from a “breakdown in state government.”
He was out of office in 2021 when he was charged with two misdemeanor counts of willful neglect of duty. Lyon and Michigan’s former chief medical executive, Dr. Eden Wells, were charged with involuntary manslaughter for nine deaths related to Legionnaires’ disease when Flint’s water might have lacked enough chlorine to combat bacteria.
Six others were also indicted on various charges: Snyder’s longtime fixer, Rich Baird; former senior aide Jarrod Agen; former Flint managers Gerald Ambrose and Darnell Earley; former Flint public works chief Howard Croft; and Nancy Peeler, a state health department manager.
Nessel assigned Hammoud to lead the criminal investigation, along with Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy, while the attorney general focused on settling lawsuits against the state.
Hammoud and Worthy turned to a one-judge grand jury in Genesee County to hear evidence in secret and get indictments against Snyder and others.
Prosecutors in Michigan typically file charges after a police investigation. A one-judge grand jury is extremely rare and is mostly used to protect witnesses, especially in violent crimes, who can testify in private.
“It seems that the power of a judge conducting an inquiry to issue an indictment was simply an unchallenged assumption, until now,” the Supreme Court said Tuesday.
Lyon, the former state health director, was accused of contributing to Legionnaires’ deaths by failing to timely warn the public about an outbreak. His lawyers, however, said he had ordered experts to investigate the illnesses and notify Flint-area health officials. He had no role in Flint’s water switch.
“State employees should not be prosecuted or demonized for just doing their job,” Lyon said after the court’s decision.
Residents were disappointed.
“So everyone who was involved in this manmade disaster by the government is walking away scot-free?” said Leon El-Alamin, a community activist. “We lock people up every day for petty crimes. Something like this has killed people. People died from the Flint water crisis.”
Former Mayor Karen Weaver said the result was unfair.
“One of the things we had been told over and over was justice delayed has not been justice denied. But that’s not true for the people of Flint,” said Weaver, referring to the years that have passed.
The water switch and its consequences have been investigated since 2016 when then-Attorney General Bill Schuette, a Republican, appointed Todd Flood as special prosecutor. Schuette pledged to put people in prison, but the results were different: Seven people pleaded no contest to misdemeanors that were eventually scrubbed from their records.
Flood insisted he was winning cooperation from key witnesses and moving higher toward bigger names. Nonetheless, Nessel, a Democrat, fired him and pledged to start over following her election as attorney general.
Separately, the state agreed to pay $600 million as part of a $626 million settlement with Flint residents and property owners who were harmed by lead-tainted water. Most of the money is going to children.
There is no dispute that lead affects the brain and nervous system, especially in children. Experts have not identified a safe lead level in kids.
Flint in 2015 returned to a water system based in southeastern Michigan. Meanwhile, roughly 10,100 lead or steel water lines had been replaced at homes by last December.
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LONDON (AP) _ Atlassian Corporation Plc (TEAM) on Thursday reported a loss of $13.7 million in its fiscal first quarter.
On a per-share basis, the London-based company said it had a loss of 5 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 36 cents per share.
The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 38 cents per share.
The company posted revenue of $807.4 million in the period, exceeding Street forecasts. Eight analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $801.6 million.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. and EXTON, Pa., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) today announced another way to access its life and disability income (DI) insurance products. Effective immediately, products are now available through iPipeline® on iGO®, iPipeline's intelligent digital application platform built specifically for insurance and financial services.
The expanded access is being made possible by MassMutual Strategic Distributors (MMSD), a dedicated third-party distribution channel introduced by MassMutual in early 2021 to expand the company's reach to more people and provide them with the financial solutions they need. One of MMSD's highest priorities is to provide and enhance digital capabilities for its distribution partners and do so in the ways that they want to do business.
"We are committed to significantly expanding our ability to deliver on our purpose to help people secure their future and protect the ones they love," said Lisa Todd, Head of Life and Disability Insurance Distribution, MassMutual Strategic Distributors. "With iPipeline's technology, we can provide our distribution partners with an easy, quick, and efficient digital journey that will help them grow their business."
iGO provides an end-to-end technology ecosystem that ensures that 100% of e-Applications are in good order, and on a platform that is available anytime, anywhere, and on any device. Through simplifying the application process, financial professionals can expect to reduce cycle time and increase placement ratio.
"Our goal is to provide our distribution channels with the digital capabilities they need to continue to grow while we continually expand with new ways to reach more people," said Dominic Blue, Head of Third Party and Direct to Consumer. "We chose iPipeline as one of our key solutions for this critical technology to help us achieve this objective, while providing exceptional service to our third-party distribution partners."
"We're excited to extend our market-leading technology to the MassMutual Strategic Distributors distribution channel," said Bill Hunter, Senior Vice President of Sales at iPipeline. "Harnessing our end-to-end technology ecosystem can assist MMSD in simplifying and accelerating its workflow while providing an efficient and effortless digital experience to help them promote its growth goals."
About MassMutual
MassMutual is a leading mutual life insurance company that is run for the benefit of its members and participating policyowners. Founded in 1851, the company has been continually guided by one consistent purpose: we help people secure their future and protect the ones they love. With a focus on delivering long-term value, MassMutual offers a wide range of protection, accumulation, wealth management and retirement products and services. To learn more about MassMutual Strategic Distributors, visit mmsd.massmutual.com.
About iPipeline
iPipeline is building the end-to-end digitized ecosystem for the life insurance and wealth management industries, which will enable millions of uninsured or under-insured Americans to secure their financial futures as part of a holistic financial planning experience. The firm is working to optimize all application and processing workflows—from quote to commission—and consolidating them within one of the most expansive straight-through processing platforms, significantly reducing paper, saving time, and increasing premiums and placements for insurance agents. iPipeline is also committed to offering premier subscription-based tools to help financial institutions and advisors automate and digitize financial transactions, comply with regulations, and seamlessly incorporate life insurance and annuities into client accounts.
The iPipeline digital ecosystem incorporates one of the industry's largest data sets to enable advisors and agents to optimize their businesses. Since its establishment in 1995, iPipeline has facilitated 1.5 billion quote responses, $32 billion in savings on printing and mailing costs, the collection of 55 billion premiums, and the protection of 25 million lives. iPipeline operates as a unit of Roper Technologies (NYSE: ROP), a constituent of the S&P 500® and Fortune 500® indices. For more information, please visit https://www.ipipeline.com/.
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Strong Net Income Generates Record Patronage Refunds
ST. PAUL, Minn., March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, St. Paul-based AgriBank announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2022, with strong profitability, credit quality, and liquidity and capital.
Highlights:
- Profitability: Net income remained strong at $790.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. AgriBank's year-to-date return on assets (ROA) ratio of 53 basis points was above the target of 50 basis points.
- Credit quality: Total loan portfolio credit quality was strong, with 99.6 percent of loans classified as acceptable at December 31, 2022, compared to 98.3 percent at December 31, 2021.
- Liquidity and capital: End-of-the-quarter liquidity was 159 days, well above the regulatory requirement. Capital also remained well above the regulatory minimums and company targets.
"AgriBank's strong net income for 2022 reflects the strong financial performance by the Farm Credit lenders we support," said Jeffrey Swanhorst, AgriBank chief executive officer. "Under our cooperative structure, we returned a record $773.3 million in earnings primarily to those lenders—our customer/owners—in the form of cash and stock patronage distributions. Those funds ultimately benefit the farmers, ranchers and other borrowers throughout the rural communities we serve."
2022 Results of Operations
Net interest income was $854.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, an increase of $74.7 million, or 9.6 percent, compared to the same period of the prior year. Net interest income increased mainly due to the positive impact of non-interest bearing funding driven by the sharp rise in interest rates, loan growth in the retail portfolio, and increased spreads on investment securities.
Non-interest income was $115.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, a decrease of $30.5 million, or 21.0 percent, compared to the same period of the prior year. As interest rates have risen, loan prepayment and conversion activity have continued to slow, resulting in lower fee income. Partially offsetting these decreases, mineral income has increased due to sustained higher oil prices.
Non-interest expense was $184.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, an increase of $25.6 million, or 16.1 percent, compared to the same period of the prior year. The increase was primarily driven by an increase in loan servicing fees as AgriBank's pool programs have continued to expand, as well as higher Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation insurance premiums.
Loan Portfolio
Total loans were $133.5 billion at December 31, 2022, an increase of $11.5 billion, or 9.4 percent, compared to December 31, 2021. This increase was primarily attributable to wholesale loan growth and, to a lesser extent, increases in retail loans.
AgriBank's credit quality reflects the overall financial strength of District Associations and their underlying portfolios of retail loans. AgriBank's portfolio was composed of 99.6 percent loans classified as acceptable as of December 31, 2022, compared to 98.3 percent at December 31, 2021. Loans classified as acceptable represent the highest-quality assets. The credit quality of AgriBank's retail loan portfolio increased to 95.8 percent classified as acceptable at December 31, 2022, compared to 95.4 percent acceptable at December 31, 2021.
Agricultural Conditions
On February 7, 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service (USDA-ERS) released its initial forecast of the U.S. aggregate farm income and financial conditions for 2023 and updated its 2022 forecast. The revised 2022 net farm income (NFI) forecast of $162.7 billion represented a $21.8 billion nominal increase from 2021, up 15.5 percent, with income increasing for the third consecutive year. When adjusting for inflation, the 2022 NFI forecast would be at the highest level since 1973. The initial 2023 NFI projection of $136.9 billion would represent a nominal decline of $25.8 billion, or 15.9 percent, from the revised 2022 NFI forecast. While the initial NFI projection for 2023 is down substantially from 2022, if realized, that income level would still surpass the 20-year average estimated real net farm income level by $28.7 billion or 26.6 percent and would mark the fifth highest level since the 1970s in real terms.
Despite the high input cost environment for crop producers and high feed costs for the animal protein sector, the U.S. agriculture sector is positioned well in 2023. The farm sector balance sheet remains strong and while sector working capital is expected to deteriorate in 2023, many producers' working capital positions should remain favorable. Many factors, including weather, trade, government and monetary policy, global agricultural production levels, and pathogenic outbreaks in livestock and poultry, may keep agriculture market volatility elevated for the next few years. Implementation of cost-saving technologies, marketing methods and risk management strategies will continue to cause a wide range of results among the respective agricultural producers.
Capital Resources and Liquidity
Total capital remained strong at $7.2 billion as of December 31, 2022, an increase of $179.6 million compared to December 31, 2021. This increase was driven primarily by strong net income and net stock issuances, which positively impacted shareholders' equity. These increases were mostly offset by unrealized investment losses (primarily on U.S. Treasury securities and fixed-rate U.S. government guaranteed mortgage-backed securities) related to the rapid increase in interest rates in 2022. Additionally, patronage distributions declared offset the increases in equity. AgriBank exceeded all regulatory capital minimum requirements, including additional regulatory buffers.
Cash and investments totaled $21.5 billion and $19.7 billion at December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. AgriBank's end-of-the-period liquidity position represented 159 days coverage of maturing debt obligations, which supports operational demands, and was well above the 90-day minimum established by AgriBank's regulator.
About AgriBank
AgriBank is part of the customer-owned, nationwide Farm Credit System. Under Farm Credit's cooperative structure, AgriBank is primarily owned by local Farm Credit Associations, which provide financial products and services to rural communities and agriculture. AgriBank obtains funds and provides funding and financial solutions to those Associations. AgriBank and those Associations comprise the AgriBank District. The District covers a 15-state area stretching from Wyoming to Ohio and Minnesota to Arkansas. For more information, visit www.AgriBank.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Any forward-looking statements in this press release are based on current expectations and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Actual results may differ materially from expectations due to a number of risks and uncertainties. More information about these risks and uncertainties is contained in AgriBank's annual report, which is available approximately 75 days following the end of the year. AgriBank undertakes no duty to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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A month into the season, it’s clear Russell Wilson and Matt Ryan are still adjusting to their new teams.
The star quarterbacks go head-to-head this week on Thursday night when Wilson and the Denver Broncos (2-2) host Ryan and the Indianapolis Colts (1-2-1).
“I think here, the transition has been great,” Wilson said. “I can’t speak for (Ryan), but I think the transition has been great. Obviously, it’s a different environment, a different challenge and everything else, but I think what’s made it so great here, for me personally, is my teammates. My teammates have been so welcoming and so on it every day. … The walkthroughs, the time, the energy, the focus they put in daily and that obsession that they put in makes it easier for me and better for me.”
Wilson still hasn’t found a rhythm in rookie coach Nathaniel Hackett’s offense. Ryan has a veteran coach in Frank Reich, but ball security has been his biggest problem. He has nine fumbles and five interceptions in four games.
Both teams have injury concerns at running back. The Broncos lost Javonte Williams to a season-ending knee injury. The Colts are being cautious with All-Pro Jonathan Taylor because of an ankle injury.
“On a normal week, you kind of got a lot of time,” Taylor said about short rest. “So just trying to push as much treatment as I can to see how far I get feeling well before we have to take off.”
The Broncos are three-point favorites, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. After going 20-12 against the spread over the past two weeks, Pro Picks aims to stay ahead and leans toward the home team in an even matchup.
BRONCOS: 24-20
Los Angeles Chargers (minus 3) at Cleveland
Justin Herbert and the banged-up Chargers (2-2) are back on track. Their defense has to slow teams down in the second half. The Browns (2-2) are a couple of plays away from being 4-0.
BEST BET CHARGERS 28-23
Philadelphia (minus 5 1/2) at Arizona
The Cardinals (2-2) haven’t scored a point in the first quarter and they’re 9-16-1 at home under Kliff Kingsbury. The Eagles (4-0) are the only undefeated team in the NFL. They’ll continue their reunion tour as they face Zach Ertz after dominating Carson Wentz and beating Doug Pederson.
UPSET SPECIAL: CARDINALS 27-24
New York Giants (plus 8) vs Green Bay in London
Aaron Rodgers and the Packers (3-1) needed overtime to beat third-string QB Bailey Zappe and the Patriots. The Giants (3-1) have some QB injury concerns, too.
PACKERS 26-16
Tennessee (minus 2 1/2) at Washington
The Titans (2-2) have turned things around after losing their first two games. They’ve scored a touchdown on the opening drive of each game. That might be enough against the struggling Commanders (1-3).
TITANS 24-20
Seattle (plus 5 1/2) at New Orleans
The Seahawks (2-2) are rolling on offense behind Geno Smith, but their defense is struggling. The Saints (1-3) nearly beat Minnesota without Jameis Winston, Alvin Kamara and Michael Thomas.
SAINTS 27-20
Pittsburgh (plus 14) at Buffalo
The Steelers (1-3) kick off the Kenny Pickett era after the rookie QB was 10 for 13 with three picks last week in a loss to the Jets. Josh Allen and the Bills (3-1) finally won a one-score game after seven straight losses.
BILLS 30-17
Chicago (plus 7) at Minnesota
The Vikings (3-1) need to get their pass rush going. The Bears (2-2) need to get a pass game.
VIKINGS 27-16
Houston (plus 7 1/2) at Jacksonville
A year ago, it would’ve been hard to believe the Jaguars (2-2) would be touchdown favorites against anyone. Doug Pederson has this team vastly improved. The Texans (0-3-1) have showed fight and stayed competitive.
JAGUARS 26-17
Miami (minus 3 1/2) at New York Jets
Teddy Bridgewater makes his first start for the Dolphins (3-1). Zach Wilson tries to get the Jets to their first 3-2 start since 2017.
DOLPHINS 23-20
Detroit (plus 3) at New England
The Patriots (1-3) turned to Zappe because Mac Jones has an ankle injury and Brian Hoyer sustained a concussion. The Lions (1-3) are allowing a league-high 444.8 yards and 35.3 points per game.
PATRIOTS 24-22
Atlanta (plus 8 1/2) at Tampa Bay
Tom Brady finally got the Buccaneers (2-2) going offensively, but now the defense has major issues. The rebuilding Falcons (2-2) won’t have Cordarrelle Patterson.
BUCCANEERS 31-13
San Francisco (minus 6 1/2) at Carolina
Coming off an impressive Monday night win over the Rams, the 49ers (2-2) need to avoid a letdown against the struggling Panthers (1-3).
49ERS 23-18
Dallas (plus 4 1/2) at Los Angeles Rams
The Rams (2-2) had major problems against San Francisco’s defense. Led by Micah Parsons, the Cowboys (3-1) present plenty of issues for opposing offenses.
RAMS 24-20
Cincinnati (plus 3) at Baltimore
The Bengals (2-2) are coming off extra rest after Joe Burrow led the defending AFC champs to two wins in five days. The Ravens (2-2) would be unbeaten if they could protect double-digit, second-half leads at home. They were outscored 82-38 in two losses to Cincy last year.
RAVENS 31-27
Las Vegas (plus 7 1/2) at Kansas City
Patrick Mahomes and the rest of Kansas City’s offense looked unstoppable against a tough Tampa defense. The Chiefs (3-1) have won seven of eight at home over the Raiders (1-3). Las Vegas rode Josh Jacobs’ legs to Josh McDaniels’ first win as Raiders coach.
CHIEFS 30-23
2022 RECORD
Last Week: Straight up: 11-5. Against spread: 10-6.
Season: Straight up: 38-26. Against spread: 34-30.
Best Bet: Straight up: 1-0. Against spread: 1-0.
Season: Straight up: 3-1. Against spread: 3-1.
Upset Special: Straight up: 1-0. Against spread: 1-0.
Season: Straight up: 2-2. Against spread: 2-2
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GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — Associated Capital Group Inc. (AC) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter profit of $13.7 million.
The Greenwich, Connecticut-based company said it had profit of 62 cents per share.
The asset manager posted revenue of $7.5 million in the period.
For the year, the company reported a loss of $48.9 million, or $2.22 per share, swinging to a loss in the period. Revenue was reported as $15.2 million.
Associated Capital shares have dropped 14% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Wednesday, shares hit $36.19, a decline of 13% in the last 12 months.
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Orlando realtor explains rise in home sale cancellations
With the real estate market finally showing signs of cooling down, more buyers are backing out of contracts.
Analysts believe some people are getting scared of higher interest rates.
Real estate analysts seem to agree that the hot housing market is showing some signs of cooling off and another trend emerging in the data is an increase in home sale cancellations.
According to data from the real estate analysts at Redfin, homebuyers are canceling pending contracts at the highest rate since the start of the pandemic. The reason? Rising interest rates.
"I did see a bit of that in the spring, early summer, when the interest rates pushed up to the 6% ceiling when people realized their payment could be anywhere from $500 to $1000 more so some people pulled back from buying in general,” realtor Christine Elias said.
Elias says she personally has not seen sales fall through, but Redfin reports roughly 60,000 home purchases nationwide fell through in June.
Twenty-four-point-five percent of pending sales were canceled in the Orlando metro area.
The analysts say the problem is not that the buyers decide they don't desire the homes, it's the fact that with the increase in interest rates, the monthly obligation costs too much, especially with the burden of high gas prices and inflation.
Elias says however, she advises her buyers to consider that while interest rates will eventually come down creating an opportunity to refinance, home prices historically do not come down.
"On average, the average buyer does refinance every two to three years. We're anticipating rates will come back down to the four or five percent level and then you already have equity built into the property, so securing your property sooner than later, regardless of interest rates at this point, is a theory that we work with our buyers on,” Elias said.
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A nonprofit group plans to restore a Savannah home used by a Black artist to establish her own museum during segregation.
The Historic Savannah Foundation bought the former home of Virginia Jackson Kiah to save it from demolition. Neighbors in the surrounding Cuyler-Brownsville neighborhood applauded the move, saying it’s important to keep Kiah’s legacy alive.
“I've been saying someone needs to get that building and bring it back alive,” neighbor Ronald Bolden told WTOC-TV.
Kiah used the home to start her own museum in 1959 because, as a Black woman during segregation, she wasn’t allowed to enter other museums as a visitor, much less to exhibit her artwork. She became known as a civil rights activist in Savannah, where the Savannah College of Art and Design now has an art museum named for her.
The house deteriorated following Kiah’s death in 2001 and faced a risk of being torn down. The Historic Savannah Foundation was able to close on the property recently following a two-year legal battle in probate court.
“It’s a way to preserve Kiah’s legacy,” said Ryan Arvay, the foundation's director of preservation and historic properties.
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$1.6B Powerball jackpot hits world record amount
Posted/updated on: November 4, 2022 at 3:44 pm(NEW YORK) -- The Powerball jackpot reached an estimated $1.6 billion on Friday, making it the largest jackpot ever, lottery officials said.
The record-setting jackpot has ballooned after 39 consecutive drawings yielded no grand prize winner, lottery officials said.
The next drawing is Saturday night, marking the 40th Powerball drawing since the jackpot was last won in Pennsylvania on Aug. 3. The cash value of Saturday's jackpot is $782.4 million, according to the latest figures.
If a player's ticket matches all six numbers drawn on Saturday night, it will be the largest jackpot won in U.S. lottery history -- surpassing the previous world-record-setting $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot in 2016.
If no one wins Saturday's jackpot, it will tie the game record for the number of drawings in a row without a grand prize winner, Powerball said.
Although there was no jackpot winner in the last drawing on Wednesday night, more than 7.2 million tickets won cash prizes totaling $74.9 million. The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.9, according to Powerball.
The jackpot grows based on game sales and interest. But the odds of winning the big prize stays the same -- 1 in 292.2 million, Powerball said.
Jackpot winners can either take the money as an immediate cash lump sum or in 30 annual payments over 29 years. Both advertised prize options do not include federal and jurisdictional taxes, Powerball said.
Tickets cost $2 and are sold in 45 U.S. states as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. More than half of all proceeds remain in the jurisdiction where the ticket was purchased, according to Powerball.
Powerball drawings are broadcast live every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET from the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee. The drawings are also livestreamed online at Powerball.com.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego police were investigating a drive-by shooting at a downtown homeless shelter where a security guard was shot and killed three years ago, authorities said.
Nobody was hurt in the shooting shortly before midnight Saturday at the Alpha Project shelter with about 100 people inside, according to police Lt. Adam Sharki.
At least five bullet holes were counted on a fence outside the tented facility, two holes were found in aluminum ductwork and one bullet pierced an air conditioning unit, causing it to leak, the Union-Tribune reported Tuesday.
Investigators are seeking a man with a goatee who was driving a white sedan, Sharki said. Detectives are attempting to locate witnesses, evidence and potential video footage, he said.
In December 2019, just a month after the shelter opened, security guard Ernest Lee Buchanan was fatally shot while standing outside the facility. Two men have been charged with the shooting and are awaiting trial.
Bob McElroy, president and CEO of the Alpha Project, said he hopes to meet with city officials to discuss enhanced security at the shelter, which is just yards from high-traffic Imperial Avenue.
Shelter officials told the newspaper that the incident has left staff members shaken, with several not showing up for the evening shift Sunday. Staff from another Alpha Project shelter filled in for them. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Police-investigate-drive-by-at-San-Diego-homeless-17726196.php | 2023-01-18 21:38:41 | 0 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Police-investigate-drive-by-at-San-Diego-homeless-17726196.php |
(KTLA) – Ever wonder how hackers get your password and gain access to your account?
Recent research has identified several major ways:
- Password theft
- Password guessing
- Unauthorized password resetting or bypass
“The biggest reason why people hate passwords is they’re all being told that they all need to be longer and longer and more complex,” started Roger Grimes, a Data-Driven Defense Evangelist at security awareness training company KnowBe4.
He says phishing emails are a top way hackers get our passwords. You’ve seen them before – they say your Netflix account is about to be deactivated, your Facebook account has a copyright issue or something needs to be fixed with your Instagram.
They trick us into handing over our information by making us log into a page that looks like the real thing but instantly sends our username and password to hackers, who immediately take over our accounts.
Another top way your password gets out into the wild: when a website is hacked. This is a treasure trove for hackers, since they often get access to millions of usernames and password combinations they can then try on other websites.
“If you’re a normal everyday internet user, twice a year your password is stolen from a website you belong to,” explained Grimes.
This is why you should never reuse the same password over and over, or even a variation of that password.
“People think they’re being really crafty but probably 80-90 percent of passwords are fairly predictable even if I don’t know you,” explained Grimes.
The passwords you create are easy for hackers to guess using simple software.
“I know of hackers today routine guessing up to 16 to 18 characters human created passwords all the time just as what they do every single day,” said Grimes.
So, how do you protect yourself and your accounts?
First, don’t get tricked.
Learn the signs of phishing emails and social engineering and slow down, especially if a message urges you to act immediately.
Also, keep the software on your devices up to date, enable two factor authentication on your accounts and most importantly, use a password manager.
“As far as we know, an 11 or 12 character perfectly random password is unguessable, uncrackable,” said Grimes.
Good choices for password managers include Bitwarden (free!), Dashlane and 1Password. Google and Apple also have built in password managers, but I typically only recommend those if you’re sticking to just their products.
If you must create a password yourself on the fly, try a passphrase instead. This is a long, random sentence that you can remember, but that would be tough for someone else to guess. Just don’t use common phrases. | https://www.koin.com/news/how-hackers-get-your-password/ | 2022-05-22 13:49:51 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/news/how-hackers-get-your-password/ |
(KTLA) – Two Americans vacationing in Mexico were found dead in their hotel room on Tuesday under circumstances that remain under investigation.
The bodies of John Heathco, 41, and Abby Lutz, 28, were discovered inside a room at the upscale Hotel Rancho Pescadero in the village of El Pescadero around 9 p.m. Tuesday, the Baja California Sur Attorney General’s Office confirmed to ABC News.
El Pescadero is located on the Pacific coast of the Baja Peninsula, roughly one hour north of Cabo San Lucas.
The couple’s cause of death was listed as “intoxication by substance to be determined,” the AG’s office said.
In a GoFundMe post, a friend of Lutz suggested the couple may have suffered carbon monoxide poisoning.
“Abby and her boyfriend thought they had food poisoning and went to the hospital to get treatment. We were told they were feeling much better a few days later,” Gabrielle Slate, the organizer of the online fundraiser, wrote. “We received a phone call saying that they had passed away peacefully in their hotel room in their sleep. We have been told it was due to improper venting of the resort.”
According to his LinkedIn profile, Heathco, a resident of Newport Beach, was the founder of LES Labs, a nutritional supplement company. Lutz, originally from Salt Lake City, Utah, worked as a nanny, according to her Facebook page.
“We can confirm there was no evidence of violence related to this situation, and we are not aware of any threat to guests’ safety or wellbeing,” the hotel’s manager said in a statement to PEOPLE. “We are truly heartbroken by this terrible tragedy. Our hearts are with the impacted families and loved ones during this unimaginable loss.” | https://www.cenlanow.com/national/2-americans-vacationing-in-mexico-found-dead-in-hotel-room/ | 2023-06-15 21:38:42 | 1 | https://www.cenlanow.com/national/2-americans-vacationing-in-mexico-found-dead-in-hotel-room/ |
Rett, a German shepherd puppy diagnosed with megaesophagus, returned to Harford County Wednesday after having a three-hour surgery in Georgia to repair the disorder, which wouldn’t allow him to keep any of his food down.
“I think it shows the distance our community will go to save the life of an animal and the strength of the human-animal bond,” said Erin Long, marketing and development manager for the Humane Society of Harford County. “Rett’s life surely would have been cut short without this surgery. This second chance symbolizes hope, something I think we all can use more of in our lives.”
When Rett was found by animal control officers and brought to the Humane Society of Harford County on July 24, veterinarians believed he was three or four months old due to his size, Long said.
He weighed 26 pounds when he arrived, although a male shepherd at that age should weight at least 50 pounds, according to the shelter. The Humane Society noticed that not only was he very thin, his back was arching and he couldn’t keep any of his food down. They made an an appointment at Pleasantville Animal Hospital in Fallston to have x-rays taken.
“What we didn’t know then was that we were about to go on a journey we’d never taken, and soon discovered many veterinarians in the area have never seen, much less dealt with, this issue either,” Long said.
At Pleasantville, Dr. Michael Gounaris ordered a barium study. Barium is a contrast material which is opaque and over a few hours, the barium moves through the stomach and intestines before being passed out.
Afternoon Update
Rett was diagnosed with megaesophagus, a rare disorder in which the esophagus gets larger and loses its ability to move food into the stomach. He also has a persistent right aortic arch, a birth defect where a branch off the aorta that would normally dissolve at birth stays wrapped around the esophagus. This condition required a surgical specialist and surgery as soon as possible, Long said.
During the search for a specialist, the organization found that most veterinarians in the area had never seen this condition, much less performed the surgery, Long said. The cardiac specialists they spoke to could not see Rett right away and estimates for treatment were close to $8,000, the Humane Society said.
The Humane Society’s executive director Bob Citrullo reached out to Stephen Arbiter an experienced veterinary surgeon in Georgia. Arbiter told Citrullo he has only seen two of these cases in his career, but both operations he performed were successful and at a fraction of the cost they had been quoted, said Long.
Rett made the 10-hour trip to Georgia on July 31, thanks to Kim Pinkas of Furever Safe Rescue in Southern Maryland, who arranged for transportation and paid for the surgery, Long said.
After three hours of surgery on Aug. 1, Rett successfully had his birth defect repaired, Long said. Rett began following eating a prescription diet that contains high levels of antioxidants to support Rett’s immune system, high-quality protein and fat to meet increased energy needs, and increased calories to help combat the nutrient depletion he experienced, Long said.
When Rett stopped needing a special chair to eat from that keeps him vertical, he prepared for his return to Harford, Long said. Although Rett’s esophagus may not ever be a normal size, he will be able to eat like a normal male German shepherd, she said.
Citrullo drove to Georgia to pick up Rett and brought him back to Harford. They returned Wednesday evening, but Rett will need a few more days of rest and recovery in a foster home, according to Long. The shelter is hoping by next week, Rett will be cleared for adoption. | https://www.capitalgazette.com/maryland/cng-ag-rett-returns-to-harford-from-life-saving-surgery-20220825-4btzh3uhyne25apyweiwhu7gwm-story.html | 2022-08-26 00:13:10 | 1 | https://www.capitalgazette.com/maryland/cng-ag-rett-returns-to-harford-from-life-saving-surgery-20220825-4btzh3uhyne25apyweiwhu7gwm-story.html |
Bingen-White Salmon Police, Jan 9 - 15
Notable incidents
One motor vehicle crash, non-injury, reported from White Salmon.
A weapon offense was reported in White Salmon.
An incident of property damage was reported in Bingen.
An incident of online banking fraud was reported in White Salmon.
One animal call, White Salmon.
The Dalles Police, Jan 13 - 20
The following crimes were reported, which resulted in arrests: Disorderly conduct (one), escape (one), felon in possession of a weapon (one), menacing (one), restraining order violation (one), theft (two), trespass (two), unlawful use of a weapon (one), warrant (seven).
Notable incidents
Three hit and runs.
One motor vehicle crashes.
Three unattended deaths occurred.
One vehicle was stolen and relocated.
Ten thefts reported. Money deposited to someone else’s account, key to a lottery machine, wallet, items from vehicle, phone, license plates, items from a house, lingerie, sign.
A person wearing a mask attempted to break into a change machine, drilling the padlocks, but did not gain entry.
A person was found conscious and breathing on the floor of a bathroom at a business on West Sixth, next to a blue pill and burnt foil. They denied knowledge of the pill and foil and walked out when medics arrived; pill and foil were taken for destruction.
Thirteen animal calls were recorded. Incidents included chickens in backyard, dogs returned to owner, dog chasing people around and such, barking dogs, dogs at large (some lodged at Home At Last).
A toilet was stuffed full of cardboard and seat covers at a business on Mt Hood Street.
A person was arrested for unlawful use of a firearm and menacing after pulling a gun on the reporting party.
A person was given a verbal warning for installing blue headlights on their vehicle, and will change them to orange.
Wasco County Sheriff, Jan 13 - 20
The following crimes were reported, which resulted in arrests: Trespass (one), warrant (two).
Notable incidents
One hit and run reported. A vehicle left the road in the 3700 block of Fifteenmile and hit a pumphouse, causing a little bit of property damage.
Four burglaries reported. In one incident, someone forced entry to the back side of a detached garage on State Road.
One vehicle was stolen and recovered. About 50 shots were heard in near Pleasant Ridge / Japanese Hollow roads. About 50 rounds of .223 ammunition casings and about 30 9mm casings were found in the road, near a road sign full of holes.
Eight animal calls recorded. Incidents included a jet black cow in the middle of Skyline Road / Olney Road which almost got hit, aggressive dogs, missing dogs, dogs at large, two “sweet” pitbulls on the front porch, dogs chasing game. In one incident, a resident on Highway 216 was cited for dog is a public nuisance.
Oregon State Police, Jan 13 - 19
The following crimes were reported, which resulted in arrests: DUII (two), reckless driving (one), resisting arrest (one), fail to return a suspended operator’s license (one).
Notable incidents
Three motor vehicle crashes, two non-injury, one fatal. In one in incident, a male subject ran into the westbound roadway on I-84 near milepost 48 westbound and was struck by a commercial motor vehicle. The person was pronounced deceased on scene. An OSP crash recon responded to the scene. The commercial motor vehicle was escorted to the Cascade locks POE. In another incident, a trooper responded to a call for service regarding two dogs running on I-84. The trooper found one deceased dog, and then came upon a dark gray Mazda utility vehicle that had struck the second dog. There was greater than $2,500 of damage to the Mazda, but it was driveable. No owner-identifying information could be located on either deceased dog. In another incident, a 38-year-old Wamic resident was operating a Chevy Tahoe towing a utility trailer, both purchased a few days before. They were northbound on US 197, traveling too fast for the frosty/icy roadway. The trailer, which had a nearly bald tire with uneven tread wear and a broken suspension, began fishtailing on the slick roads. The driver was unable to gain control and the trailer went into the left northbound lane before going off the right shoulder and taking out a reflector. The SUV and trailer then went across both lanes to the southbound shoulder. The trailer tipped over and came to rest blocking the southbound lane, but the SUV remained upright. The safety chains kept the vehicles connected.
A trooper stopped a vehicle for fail to drive within lane. On contact the trooper saw a CZ Scorpion 9mm pistol on the rear passenger area floorboards. The trooper saw the firearm had what looked like a suppressor attached to the end of the barrel. The driver claimed it was not a suppressor but just makes the noise a “higher pitch.” The driver said he had purchased the device on the internet and did not have it registered through the ATF. The driver consented to allowing the trooper to seize the firearm to continue the investigation.
A landowner called and reported someone had shot and killed their dog. The dog was located within their property and appeared it was shot from the county road. Investigation is ongoing.
Three hunters were contacted near the Columbia River at Rufus Landing Road. They were not aware they were hunting inside Rufus city limits. One of the hunters had harvested a duck from that area. The duck was seized and all three hunters were warned for hunting in a prohibited area. | https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/news/police-reports-jan-25-2023/article_9fa537ae-9c26-11ed-97ad-8be8e0337ea1.html | 2023-01-25 13:03:27 | 0 | https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/news/police-reports-jan-25-2023/article_9fa537ae-9c26-11ed-97ad-8be8e0337ea1.html |
NFL Week 9 odds: Point spread, moneyline, over/under for every game on Week 9 NFL schedule
NFL Week 9 could be very interesting.
Who is favored to win in each game on the Week 9 NFL schedule?
Take a look at the odds for every game, courtesy of Tipico Sportsbook.
NFL power rankings:Eagles, Vikings, Titans, Bills continue impressive win streaks
NFL Week 9 point spreads
- Philadelphia Eagles (-12.5) vs. Houston Texans (+12.5)
- Los Angeles Chargers (-3.5) vs. Atlanta Falcons (+3.5)
- Miami Dolphins (-4.5) vs. Chicago Bears (+4.5)
- Carolina Panthers (+7.5) vs. Cincinnati Bengals (-7.5)
- Green Bay Packers (-3.5) vs. Detroit Lions (+3.5)
- Las Vegas Raiders (-2.5) vs. Jacksonville Jaguars (+2.5)
- Indianapolis Colts (+5.5) vs. New England Patriots (-5.5)
- Buffalo Bills (-12.5) vs. New York Jets (+12.5)
- Minnesota Vikings (-3.5) vs. Washington Commanders (+3.5)
- Seattle Seahawks (+2.5) vs. Arizona Cardinals (-2.5)
- Los Angeles Rams (+3.5) vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (-204)
- Tennessee Titans (+10.5) vs. Kansas City Chiefs (-10.5)
- Baltimore Ravens (-3.5) vs. New Orleans Saints (+3.5)
How to watch:NFL Week 9 schedule, television information
NFL Week 9 moneylines
- Philadelphia Eagles (-900) vs. Houston Texans (+550)
- Los Angeles Chargers (-165) vs. Atlanta Falcons (+133)
- Miami Dolphins (-220) vs. Chicago Bears (+175)
- Carolina Panthers (+310) vs. Cincinnati Bengals (-410)
- Green Bay Packers (-175) vs. Detroit Lions (+140)
- Las Vegas Raiders (-125) vs. Jacksonville Jaguars (+102)
- Indianapolis Colts (+205) vs. New England Patriots (-260)
- Buffalo Bills (-900) vs. New York Jets (+550)
- Minnesota Vikings (-180) vs. Washington Commanders (+145)
- Seattle Seahawks (+115) vs. Arizona Cardinals (-140)
- Los Angeles Rams (+133) vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (-165)
- Tennessee Titans (+440) vs. Kansas City Chiefs (-650)
- Baltimore Ravens (-175) vs. New Orleans Saints (+135)
Reaction:Kliff Kingsbury criticism, calls to be fired mount after Arizona Cardinals' NFL Week 8 loss
NFL Week 9 over/unders
- Philadelphia Eagles vs. Houston Texans: 43.5
- Los Angeles Chargers vs. Atlanta Falcons: 49.5
- Miami Dolphins vs. Chicago Bears: 44.5
- Carolina Panthers vs. Cincinnati Bengals: 43.5
- Green Bay Packers vs. Detroit Lions: 49.5
- Las Vegas Raiders vs. Jacksonville Jaguars: 46.5
- Indianapolis Colts vs. New England Patriots: 39.5
- Buffalo Bills vs. New York Jets: 47.5
- Minnesota Vikings vs. Washington Commanders: 43.5
- Seattle Seahawks vs. Arizona Cardinals: 49.5
- Los Angeles Rams vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 42.5
- Tennessee Titans vs. Kansas City Chiefs: 46.5
- Baltimore Ravens vs. New Orleans Saints: 47.5
More:Patrick Peterson slams Arizona Cardinals, trolls Kyler Murray in Minnesota Vikings' win
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Report Outlines Trends, Issues and Predictions Shaping the Communications Landscape in 2023, Launches Ahead of Axios' AI & Communication Event Today at SXSW 2023
NEW YORK and AUSTIN, Texas, March 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) Marketing Cloud (SMC) released "State of Comms Tech," a new report detailing the trends shaping the evolving technology landscape in the communications field. The launch comes ahead of Axios' AI & Communication: A New Frontier event this evening at SXSW 2023, featuring SMC Comms Tech CEO Aaron Kwittken in discussion with Axios' editorial team on how AI can revolutionize the way communicators work, create content and exchange ideas. Kwittken will also give a live demonstration of PRophet, SMC's generative and predictive AI platform for PR and communications professionals, and its newly launched AI writing tool, "Taylor."
To survive as professionals in the communications industry, comms pros will need to become "communications engineers."
The 2023 State of Comms Tech Report outlines the Comms Tech landscape as it stands today, introducing the idea that to survive as professionals in the communications industry, comms pros will need to become "communications engineers." And while this might sound intimidating, this is an exciting thing. Burgeoning technology fueled in large part by AI will help comms pros become more performative and exceed their goals. With new challenges on the horizon around brand safety, data security, and more, technology is the best partner comms pros could wield.
"You don't need to be a technologist to be a communications engineer," says Kwittken. "You just need to be willing to let comms tech tools act alongside of you on the stage, albeit in supporting roles. You will always be in front of the curtain while technology helps the magic happen behind the scenes."
With over 700 tools on the market in the PR, social media, and communications categories, it's more important than ever that comms pros are educated about the tools they are using and the potential that lies in their tech stack. Along with an analysis of the current tech landscape, the report proposes six predictions for the comms tech industry in 2023.
Six Predictions for the Comms Tech Industry in 2023
- Generative AI will drive next-generation communications
- Brand safety will be a top-line priority for comms pros
- Predictive pitching and personified media targets will help PR pros land their message
- Comms pros will have more optionality when it comes to building their tech stack
- Data ethics and privacy will take center stage
- Pay for creators and influencers will become more transparent
To view the full report, visit www.stagwellmarketingcloud.com. Journalists interested in attending the Axios event should contact pr@stagwellglobal.com.
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Stagwell Marketing Cloud (SMC) is a suite of data-driven SaaS solutions built for the modern in-house marketer. Born out of Stagwell's network of award-winning marketing agencies, SMC's technology empowers marketers to drive business impact by giving them intuitive tools equipped with proprietary, actionable data. SMC's portfolio of solutions powers strategic customer research, communications, and media activation for brands worldwide by leveraging technology such as generative artificial intelligence, shared augmented reality, and more. Get your head in the cloud at www.stagwellmarketingcloud.com.
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Southwest Airlines returned to a relatively normal flight schedule Friday, as the focus shifts to making things right with what could be well more than a million passengers who missed family connections or flights home during the holidays, and many of whom are still missing luggage.
The Dallas carrier, which had canceled thousands of flights every day this week after a winter storm last weekend, reported less than 40 cancellations early Friday. While that was still more than United, American and Delta combined, it’s progress following one of the most chaotic weeks in aviation history for a single airline.
Federal regulators have vowed a rigorous review of what happened at Southwest, with all eyes on outdated crew-scheduling technology that left flight crews out of place after the storm hit, essentially shutting down almost all of the carrier’s operations.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in a letter to Southwest CEO Robert Jordan late Thursday called the week of disruptions “unacceptable.”
“While weather can disrupt flight schedules, the thousands of cancellations by Southwest in recent days have not been because of the weather,” Buttigieg wrote. “Other airlines that experienced weather-related cancellations and delays due to the winter storm recovered relatively quickly, unlike Southwest.”
At airports across the country passengers had what could be described as a typical holiday week for travel. It was a stark contrast near Southwest Airline counters, where hundreds of people sat on bags or slept where they could, with the Southwest aircraft sitting on the tarmac yards away, but crewless.
Southwest begun accepting reservations again Friday after getting crews and planes into place, and executives have started on what is undoubtedly a long road to regaining the trust of travelers.
Southwest’s Robert Jordan said in an interview with ABC’s Good Morning America on Friday that after safety, there is no greater focus than reimbursing customers and getting them reunited with their luggage.
“This has impacted so many people, so many customers, over the holidays. It’s impacted our employees. And I’m extremely sorry for that,” Jordan said. “There’s just no way almost to apologize enough because we love our customers, we love our people and we really impacted their plans.”
The air travel industry is just now recovering from the pandemic, which reduced activity to levels not seen since the beginning of the jet age.
Jordan warned that the meltdown this week will “certainly” hit the carrier when it reports fourth quarter financial results at the end of January.
Company shares, which tumbled 8% this week, fell slightly at the opening bell Friday in another down week for Wall Street. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-southwest-airlines-schedule-returns-to-relative-normalcy/ | 2022-12-30 16:58:57 | 0 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-southwest-airlines-schedule-returns-to-relative-normalcy/ |
WFO ALBANY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, December 23, 2022
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* WHAT...West winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 40 - 45 mph.
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WASHINGTON, May 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nationally, prices have now returned to the peak level reached in June 2022 (not seasonally adjusted), according to data from the American Enterprise Institute's (AEI) Housing Center. The national Month-over-Month (MoM) HPA in April was up 0.7%, continuing the upward trend that began in Jan. 2023, after MoM HPA had declined from Jul. to Dec. 2022. Based on Optimal Blue rate lock data, the HPA peak reached in June 2022 will be exceeded by May 2023. Home prices have increased in all of the 60 metros since their respective recent troughs in either Dec. 2022 or Jan. 2023 (see #1 in graphic).
April's Year-over-Year constant-quality HPA was 1.4%, down from 2.6% a month ago, and a YoY Peak of 18.3% in March 2022.
YoY HPA varied significantly among the 60 largest metros. It ranged from -11.8% and -10.2% in San Francisco and San Jose to 14.2% and 8.8% in Indianapolis and Kansas City (see #2 in graphic).
Historically, low price tier HPA has outpaced HPAs for upper price tiers. This trend continued in April, with the high price tier flat on a YoY basis, while the low price tier increased 6.0% YoY.
April months' supply dropped from its recent uptick, signaling the continuation of the strong seller's market. Months' supply stood at 2.4 months in April 2023, dropping from 3.4 months last month and 3.6 months in April 2019 (pre-pandemic). (See #3 in graphic). The months' supply for the low price tier came in at 1.5 months in April 2023, helping to explain the 6% YoY price growth for this tier.
The AEI Housing Center provides the most advanced and timely information on home prices available. Measures of home price appreciation like the Case Shiller index have months of lag. The Housing Center has published data for April 2023 and is able to accurately project May and June with Optimal Blue rate lock data as well.
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Head of UK’s biggest police force says sorry for past treatment of LGBTQ+ community
By DANICA KIRKA
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — The head of Britain’s biggest police force has apologized for the department’s past treatment of the LGBTQ+ community. The statement from Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley came a day after gay rights activist Peter Tatchell launched a campaign calling for all British police departments to apologize for “past homophobic witch hunts.” Tatchell called Rowley’s acknowledgement a “groundbreaking” move that would help build confidence in law enforcement.” In a letter to Tatchell, Rowley wrote that “recent cases of appalling behavior by some officers have revealed that there are still racists, misogynists, homophobes and transphobes in the organization.” Britain decriminalized private sexual acts between men in 1967 but police continued to target gay men. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/06/08/head-of-uks-biggest-police-force-says-sorry-for-past-treatment-of-lgbtq-community/ | 2023-06-08 13:38:03 | 1 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/06/08/head-of-uks-biggest-police-force-says-sorry-for-past-treatment-of-lgbtq-community/ |
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Prince William County Police Department is searching for two men who broke into a car dealership building in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Police witnessed two masked individuals inside Lustine Toyota Dodge located at 14227 Jefferson Davis Highway in Woodbridge after an alarm activation occurred shortly before 3:30 a.m.
The suspects drove away in a black Mercedes AMG with tinted windows and black rims after seeing officers arrive at the scene.
The suspects gained access into the dealership by smashing the rear window of a vehicle parked in the lot and driving it into the service bay door. Once inside, suspects tampered with multiple vehicles before officers arrived at the location. No property was reported missing.
Suspects have not been identified.
Police describe one as a white male, approximately 5-foot 10-inches tall, 180 to 190 pounds and last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with white writing on the back. They were also wearing grey shorts and grey sneakers with a white trim.
The other is a light-skinned male approximately 5-foot 5-inches tall with a thin build. They were last seen wearing a black face mask, black hooded sweatshirt, dark jeans, gloves and a backpack.
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A group of New York voters asked a federal court Monday to reinstate Congressional district maps tossed out by state judges last week because they were gerrymandered to favor Democrats.
The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan, argued that even if those maps were unconstitutional, as state appeals judges found, it is too late to draft new ones.
The plaintiffs pointed to a federal court order from 10 years ago that set New York's congressional primaries on the fourth Tuesday in June, in order to make sure military and overseas voters had ample time to receive and return mail ballots.
A state judge last week ordered the state’s congressional and state Senate primaries delayed until Aug. 23 in order for new maps to be drawn, from their previously scheduled date of June 28.
The suit said that kind of delay isn't allowed under the 2012 court order. Therefore, it said, there’s no time for a new map-drawing process, which has been given over to a single researcher, and the court must reinstate original maps drawn by the state Legislature.
“New York’s decision to wait several more weeks before adopting a new congressional plan as its federally mandated June 28 primary rapidly approaches is untenable,” the lawsuit says. “The state has an obligation to redistrict in a timely manner. Since it has failed to do so, this court must act.”
The plaintiffs were represented by Democratic attorney Marc Elias, who has pursued lawsuits over redistricting maps in other states.
Former Congressman Jon Faso, who has been advising GOP voters in their lawsuits, called the filing the latest in a series of "desperate actions taken by Democrats seeking to preserve their unconstitutional gerrymander of congressional and legislative districts in New York State.”
New York’s Court of Appeals last week rejected the Congressional and state Senate district maps drawn by the Legislature, joining lower courts which found lawmakers had improperly sidestepped redistricting procedures enacted by voter referendum in 2014.
The ruling was a blow to Democrats' hopes of seizing as many as three U.S. House seats from Republicans in the 2022 elections by redrawing district boundaries to dilute GOP votes.
Lawyers for the state’s Board of Elections had been reviewing whether the 2012 court order referenced in the lawsuit would necessitate approval by a federal judge of any shift in the primary date.
That order, written when state politicians couldn't agree on when to hold the Congressional primary, didn’t rule out an August date as long as there was federal judicial approval.
“This decision by no means precludes New York from reconciling their differences and selecting a different date, so long as the new date fully complies" with federal voting law, the order reads. “The court fully recognizes that a permanent primary date is best left to New York, but has acted as it must to preserve federally protected voting rights.”
Multiple states hold their congressional primaries in August. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/New-lawsuit-seeks-reinstatement-of-NY-17143111.php | 2022-05-03 01:11:24 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/New-lawsuit-seeks-reinstatement-of-NY-17143111.php |
July is the thick of the commitment season for high school football recruits and things have been ramping up. Over a dozen players in MLive’s top 50 recruits have announced their commitment since the June update and more are expected as the month presses on. Two of the top three prospects have announced their commitment and one of them is heading to the University of Michigan. The Spartans also snagged a top 10 player as well.
If you have an athlete that you think should be considered for this list, email japurcell@mlive.com with the athlete’s name and information. | https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2022/07/michigans-top-50-high-school-football-2023-recruits-july-update.html | 2022-07-13 18:27:01 | 0 | https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2022/07/michigans-top-50-high-school-football-2023-recruits-july-update.html |
Although you can exercise at home or in the gym, they’re not the only places you can get a good workout. Exercising outdoors is worth exploring, especially for people looking to change up their fitness routines. It’s not only a matter of running or cycling outside, either. When you invest in the right fitness equipment, it’s easy to get a full-body workout in any outdoor space, including the backyard, park, or beach.
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Our fitness expert, Judd NeSmith, NASM-CPT, PES, discusses the best products for outdoor circuit training.
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BestReviews’ Judd NeSmith, NASM-CPT, PES joins Scott Moak to discuss fitness products and equipment. People, including those ages 50 and over, can use them to bring their workouts outside.
How to get a full-body workout outside
Circuit training is one of the best ways to get a full-body workout outdoors. It involves a combination of several exercises targeting various muscle groups and it doesn’t take much time to break a sweat. A quick, 20-minute circuit training session is enough to feel your blood pumping and muscles working.
You can use any combination of equipment to build the circuit. This includes suspension trainers, kettlebells, yoga mats, and slam balls. It’s easy to incorporate basic exercises into your circuit workouts with these products such as pushups, squats, and rows. Additionally, the products may aid older adults in safely modifying certain types of exercises.
According to NeSmith, circuit training can help people over 50 develop bone density and lean muscle strength. “As people age,” says NeSmith, exercises like these “can make sure they’re not frail.” Circuit training can also prepare older adults to handle and withstand falls later in life.
Pushup handles
Perfect Pushup Handles, a popular choice for circuit training, make it easier to achieve good, safe form during pushups. “What it does quite well is put the elbow joint, shoulder joint, and wrist joint in a good position to minimize strain and wear and tear,” says NeSmith.
The pushup handles are beginner-friendly but require correct body positioning for optimal results. NeSmith recommends placing feet hip-width apart and placing hands in a neutral position. Once you pull in your belly button and straighten your back, you can begin performing controlled pushups with better form. If you’re not able to keep your legs straight, you can perform the pushups with your knees touching the ground.
Smashball
Smashballs are weighted and used in circuit training and other types of workouts. They help elevate the heart rate with more intense exercises. NeSmith says they’re one of the simplest pieces of equipment to use.
Start by getting into a good squat position and raise the ball over your head as you rise onto your toes. Next, throw the ball onto the ground as hard as you can. NeSmith recommends doing approximately 10 reps.
Kettlebells
Kettlebells have become popular for stand-alone workouts and circuit training. Kettlebell swings work the hamstrings and glutes. According to NeSmith, good form includes starting the swing between the inner thighs and stopping it at chest height. Ten to 15 reps are ideal for circuit training.
If you’d like to target the upper body, including the upper and middle back, you can use a kettlebell for rows. The key to performing the row correctly is keeping the chin tucked, which helps maintain optimal spinal alignment. Like kettlebell swings, 10-15 reps are recommended.
Best fitness equipment for working out outside
TRX Go Suspension Trainer Bundle
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Perfect Fitness Rotating Perfect Pushup Handles
Thanks to their ergonomic design, these rotating handles take stress off of wrists and shoulders during pushups. They’re suitable for all fitness levels, including beginners who need help developing good form.
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Bowflex SelectTech 840 Kettlebell
If you’re short on space but still want flexibility in kettlebell workouts, the Bowflex SelectTech is an ideal choice. It adjusts between 8-40 pounds and has an ergonomic handle for comfortable swinging.
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The textured slam ball is a versatile piece of equipment that lets you engage your core and build strength. It’s available in weights between 6-40 pounds and has a thick, durable shell that withstands heavy use.
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The best-selling Gaiam yoga mat has extra-thick cushioning to support joints. It’s made with non-toxic, eco-friendly materials and has a nonslip texture that helps you find your balance.
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Healthcare marketing leader Lasso powers a unique endemic HCP campaign, reaching 70% more providers than the benchmark and fueling 30% lift in new prescription activity.
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lasso (lassoplatform.io), an end-to-end operating system for healthcare marketing and analytics, today released the powerful results of an exciting HCP campaign with BioPharm Communications leveraging Lasso's Premium Endemic Publisher Marketplace for a leading brand of heart disease medication.
In May, Lasso launched their Publisher Suite and Endemic Marketplace to provide the ultimate end-to-end solution for the healthcare communications industry. Since then, the platform has delivered priority access to top publisher inventory from GoodRx, Haymarket Medical Network, The BMJ, GlobalRPH, Radiopaedia, and many more for their agency and brand partners.
Since BioPharm's offering involves creating individualized experiences for targeted HCPs from a clinical perspective, they knew they would benefit from expanding their programmatic reach to additional endemic placements for more preferred content consumption. Their typical channel mix includes email, print, paid social, and programmatic media, and for the campaign mentioned they were able to utilize Lasso's Endemic Marketplace to enhance their programmatic media placements. The overall goal with this channel expansion was to improve reach, media engagement, and real-world impact attributed to serving 3rd-party branded ads to targeted physicians who were traditionally not found on the open internet. In addition, this would provide a more educational and relevant experience, without feeling overly promotional with brand messaging.
Leveraging Lasso's Endemic Marketplace, BioPharm achieved an incremental HCP reach of 1.76%, surpassing Lasso's average benchmark for endemic campaigns by almost 70%. This means the brand was able to engage with a significant number of net new HCPs that would have otherwise not been addressable via non-endemic sites. Lasso's built-in Measurement Suite also uncovered the impact of endemic media exposure on real-world actions. When compared against a qualified control group of unexposed counterparts, HCPs who were exposed to the campaign wrote 29.6% more new prescriptions and onboarded 27.8% more new patients to the brand. These results prove that expanding an omnichannel strategy to include endemic websites creates a stickier and more contextually relevant experience for HCPs and patients who use them, leading to increased prescription writing activity and better patient outcomes.
"By seamlessly powering both endemic and non-endemic campaigns from a single platform, we enable marketers to create impactful brand experiences that feel more educational and relevant to their audiences," said Eric Shih, Chief Growth Officer at Lasso. "The results we were able to provide for BioPharm signifies a huge opportunity for all healthcare brands to maximize the value of their marketing investment."
"Lasso's Endemic Marketplace provided a great opportunity to supplement our current programmatic strategy with placements on contextually relevant sites and publications," said Kaitlyn Maisano, Associate Director of Media at BioPharm. "By doing so we were able to successfully acquire additional HCP touch points and drive further engagement with our client's digital messaging."
Lasso is the world's first and only omnichannel healthcare marketing and analytics platform that allows you to plan, activate, and measure your HCP and patient-focused campaigns across programmatic, social, email, endemic and connected TV — all in one place. Lasso has offices in New York, NY, and Austin, TX. Visit us at lassoplatform.io to learn more.
BioPharm Communications is an award-winning, market-leading, innovative omnichannel solutions provider. For nearly 20 years, BioPharm has leveraged a proprietary data-driven approach to omnichannel campaigns focused on the most valuable target HCPs for pharma and biotech brands. Visit us at https://biopharmcommunications.com/.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- LGBTQ+ advocates in North Carolina were heartened by Tuesday's vote to codify same-sex and interracial marriage rights, which earned bipartisan support.
"It was very powerful to see resounding passage of the Respect for Marriage Act and also such strong bipartisan support which really is consistent with what we know," said Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, a Democratic Congressional candidate in NC-11 who serves as the Executive Director of the Asheville-based Campaign for Southern Equality.
"I actually turned to my husband last night as I was reading an article about it and said to him, 'that's incredible.' This was genuinely bipartisan legislation," interim Executive Director of the LGBT Center of Raleigh Dolph Goldenburg said.
Forty-seven Republicans joined all Democrats in supporting the bill; all Republicans in North Carolina's House Delegation voted against it.
"On the one hand, it's shocking that we're having to have this conversation in 2022. But on the other hand, this is the reality that LGBTQ people and families live with every day. And certainly my family and I have fought hard for our rights under the law and will continue to do so," said Beach-Ferrara.
In 2012, North Carolina voters passed Amendment 1, which stated only marriage between a man and woman would be legally recognized by the state. However, two years later, a District Court ruled in General Synod of the United Church of Christ v. Cooper it was unconstitutional, effectively making same-sex marriage legal statewide. In 2015,the Supreme Court's decision in the Obergefell case stated same-sex marriage was a protected right. However, Amendment 1 has never been repealed.
"Here in North Carolina as in many states across the South, laws or amendments like Amendment 1 remain on the books. They haven't been formally repealed. So one thing we certainly advocate for is the formal repeal of that so that we don't have to have the threat of that hanging over our head," Beach-Ferrara said.
A recent Gallup poll found 71% of Americans support same-sex marriage, including a majority of Americans; this is up from just 50% a decade ago when Amendment 1 was passed.
"Ten years ago, the painful stories we heard were often about a young person coming out and being kicked out of the House. The stories we hear now are about a young person coming out and being met with a message of love from not just their parents and their siblings, but from their coaches and their teachers and their friends and their faith leaders," Beach-Ferrara said.
While some House Republicans who voted against the bill stated they did so because they found it unnecessary, Democrats pointed to the recent Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade and sent the issue of abortion access back to the states.
"The Supreme Court doesn't have a case right now considering to overturn Obergefell. But in today's political environment as we saw with Roe, precedent doesn't mean what it meant even two years ago," said Dr. David McLennan, a professor of political science at Meredith College.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, as part of a concurring opinion in the Dobbs case, noted Obergefell as a case that could be reconsidered by the same merits.
"Even when I saw the (Dobbs) draft opinion, that's exactly what I thought. If they're using this line of argument for Roe V. wade, all of the progress that we have made that has happened through the courts, is also potentially up for not just scrutiny, but to be struck down," Goldenburg said.
The focus now is whether there will be enough Republican support to overcome a filibuster in the Senate. Assuming all 50 Democrats support the measure, ten Republicans are needed to hit the 60-vote threshold. As of Wednesday afternoon, outgoing Ohio Senator Rob Portman has announced he will be a co-sponsor of the legislation, and Maine Senator Susan Collins has signaled her support.
CNN reported North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis told a reporter with their network he "probably will" support the measure; his office did not respond to a request for comment from ABC11. A representative for Senator Richard Burr told ABC11 he has no comment as the issue has not been brought up in the Senate at this time. There is no set time for when a vote could be taken up.
"The question is, will Mitch McConnell and the Republicans as the leader of the Senate decide to really whip votes against it? Or whip votes for it? He controls that caucus pretty carefully," McLennan explained. | https://abc11.com/lgbtq-same-sex-marriage-interracial-us-supreme-court/12063570/ | 2022-07-20 22:35:15 | 0 | https://abc11.com/lgbtq-same-sex-marriage-interracial-us-supreme-court/12063570/ |
Demonstrates variety of surfable waves possible in new and existing pools and lagoons
NORTH VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Ka'ana Wave Co. celebrated the launch of their CM7-Series wave machines with a pop-up surf park at Britannia Beach, British Columbia. Their ground-breaking technology represents a new class of artificial surf attraction, one that creates a variety of deep-water surf waves, in new and existing pools and lagoons. With this technology, the company aims to break down barriers to entry and make surfing more accessible for everyone.
The pop-up surf park was an opportunity for Ka'ana to reveal the company's first wave shapes, develop CM7 safety protocols, and collect feedback about the surf experience from over 250 people including industry insiders, professional athletes, developers, city planners, architects, resort planners and aquatic designers.
Shaping waves at 60 to 70 per cent of the machine's capacity, Ka'ana Wave Co. showcased the world's first stationary, bathymetry-agnostic, artificial surf waves at the event. These waves included a right break barrel, boat wake, and river jump.
"This has never been done before, so the pop-up surf park was a chance for us to learn and a chance to demonstrate the CM7-Series delivers a surf experience that is both safe and incredibly fun for everyone," says Jamie Watson, Ka'ana Wave Co. Chief Executive Officer. "The event was a huge success and validated much of what we anticipated but could not know without putting people on the waves. The pop-up was also a chance for us to share this huge milestone and memorable experience with our family, friends, and with stakeholders in the surf park space.
A massive thanks to our friends and partners that helped build the park, to the folks that came out to ride the waves, and to the community of Britannia Beach! Your contribution truly helped make this event one for the books."
Ka'ana Wave Co., based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, helps hotels, resorts, waterparks, municipalities, and mixed-use developments generate revenues with an award-winning surf attraction that creates a variety of waves in a variety of new and existing pools and lagoons. CM7-Series wave machines won first place in the Best New Product category at IAAPA's Brass Ring Awards in 2021.
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Haley McMahon says every time she hears someone say "you can't ban abortions, only safe abortion," she shakes her head a little.
McMahon studies abortion access and she says while women will certainly die because of the Supreme Court's decision, this idea of women dying from back alley abortions is stuck in the past. "I understand why people go to that talking point," she says. "But that's just not where the evidence points."
Medicine has advanced over the past fifty years. Now there are self-managed abortions — known as SMAs — pills people can take to safely terminate a pregnancy from home.
But America's prison and policing system has also grown, McMahon says. Fifty years ago we didn't have our current culture of mass incarceration.
"We're gonna see more people being criminalized, more people being arrested and more people being incarcerated."
"I think a lot of people's first reaction was to pull out the coat hanger imagery," McMahon says about the ending of Roe.
But a more accurate symbol might be prison bars.
The criminalization of pregnancy is already here
The patients were deemed suspicious, or they had not received good prenatal care, some had unexplained preterm labor, others a history of alcohol or drug abuse.
These were the pregnant women that the Medical University of South Carolina, in cooperation with police and the local prosecutor, drug tested without their knowledge in 1989.
"They set up a dragnet," says Michelle Goodwin, a law professor at the University of California Irvine and the author of the book Policing The Womb. Over a period of five years, a total of 30 women were arrested for child abuse.
A few brushstroke details from the lawsuit that would follow: One woman spent the last three weeks of her pregnancy in jail, another was arrested moments after she had given birth, handcuffed while she was still bleeding, wearing only a hospital gown.
"Every one of the arrests were all Black women with the exception of one patient," says Goodwin. "And on her medical chart, the nurse who was in charge wrote 'lives with Negro boyfriend.'"
This was during the rapid growth of the war on drugs, which contributed to mass incarceration and reified racist myths like welfare queens and crack babies.
The shaming of Black women for supposedly creating a generation of crack babies seeped from public discourse into public policy, Goodwin says. It didn't matter that the concept of the "crack baby" was a racist, fictionalized invention.
"Black women who suffered from stillbirths, Black women who had alerted their doctors that they suffered through addiction were being policed, were being stigmatized and ultimately were being arrested," Goodwin says. "Whether they had healthy births or whether they had a miscarriage."
The fact that Black women were targeted has nothing to do with their behavior, Goodwin says. "We have to dispel this notion that the type of policing that was taking place was a result of Black and brown women just being more criminal, more negligent, just simply bad mothers."
"There's absolutely no data that establishes that Black women were any different than white women in conduct during their pregnancy," she says.
What was different was who was deemed suspect, often by medical staff. In the 80's and 90's, Goodwin says, "a Black woman was 10 times more likely to be reported to police and social services on matters related to her pregnancy than were white women."
This kind of disproportionate targeting of women of color continues to this day, and stretches back far into the past.
"When we think about the history of policing the womb, policing reproduction, policing motherhood, it's an experience that is not new," says Goodwin.
Black women and Indigenous women have always been policed like this Goodwin says, which makes them "canaries in the coalmine."
Like the women in North Carolina, whose arrests were harbingers for the criminalization of pregnancy that would increase even while abortion was legal, and for what will happen next, in the post-Roe world.
Policing pregnancy, she says, "is all about power and control."
A new category of crime victim
If one of the major factors in criminalizing pregnancy was the war on drugs, the other was an ongoing wave of post-Roe feticide laws — which created a completely new class of crime victim, the fetus.
These laws often were passed under the auspices of protecting pregnant women, especially from domestic violence. There's no arguing that people who are pregnant need protection. In the United States homicide is the leading cause of death among pregnant women. But the feticide laws didn't work to make pregnant people safer, says Dana Sussman, acting executive director of National Advocates for Pregnant Women, known as NAPW. "What these laws are then used for is actually to criminalize the pregnant person herself," says Sussman.
The laws that were supposed to protect women from violence, instead became another way to criminalize pregnancy.
"The first sort of experiment in this area," Sussman says, "were primarily drug- using Black women who were charged with crimes in relationship to their fetus." Those crimes were often things like child abuse or child neglect — but there were also cases where the rhetoric of the war on drugs cases merged into the feticide statutes to create a perfect storm of policing pregnancy.
Sussman says one case from 2006 in particular sticks with her.
When Rennie Gibbs gave birth a month early, her daughter was stillborn, her umbilical cord wrapped around her neck. She never took a breath. The cause of death seemed clear until the medical examiner found trace amounts of cocaine in the baby's system; then it became murder — Mississippi's "depraved heart" murder. The case was eventually dismissed in 2014.
Sussman says there was zero medical proof that Gibbs' baby had died because the teenager had used drugs, but it didn't matter. And it didn't change the steady increase of prosecutions like that one.
"We are involved now in multiple cases in which the mother is blamed for the pregnancy loss and then criminalized for that loss," Sussman says. "Without really any science or medicine backing it up."
They are currently representing Brittney Pullow, a member of the Wichita Tribe, who was convicted of manslaughter last year for having a miscarriage when she was somewhere between 15 and 17 weeks pregnant. The state of Oklahoma faulted the miscarriage on methampetamine use, without scientific support.
In some cases, medical examiners use an ancient "lung float test" to determine if a baby is born alive, so they can make the case for murder. "Talk about antiquated," Sussman says. "It's like from the era of you're a witch if you float, you're dead if you sink — it's the same stuff." That test helped send another woman, Breyona Reddick, to prison for a decade just this year.
Not just drug use
In 2004, there was the Salt Lake City woman carrying twins who refused a c-section. When one died, she was charged with murder for that refusal. That charge was dropped, but she plead guilty to child endangerment for using drugs during her pregnancy. Many other cases involve no use of substances at all.
Like in Iowa in 2010, when a young woman fell down the stairs, losing her pregnancy. While being treated in the hospital, she confessed to a nurse that she hadn't been sure she wanted a baby. She was accused of feticide, before the charges were dropped.
Then there was Bei Bei Shuai.
"Her boyfriend left her in the cold darkness," says Michelle Goodwin. "One of the coldest days on record in the state of Indiana, I believe."
"She was on her hands and knees, begging and pleading to him in a parking lot, not to leave." After he drove off she swallowed rat poison. She was 33 weeks pregnant.
She survived the suicide attempt. The baby, who was delivered prematurely, died days later.
"Doctors said that they believed it was quite possible that the efforts that they made to save Bei Bei's life may have contributed to the demise of the baby," Goodwin says.
Shuai was charged with attempted feticide and murder, facing between 45 and 65 years in prison.
Suicide is not a crime, Sussman points out. "Often what we see is the conversion of otherwise legal behavior during pregnancy to criminal behavior, simply because the person is pregnant," she says.
The same holds true for drug use, which on its own is also not a crime in most states. It is the person's status as pregnant that changes that, that makes you vulnerable, Sussman says. "All of a sudden, the state can charge you with crimes that do not exist if you were not pregnant."
NAPW has documented more than 1,700 cases in which a woman was charged, arrested, or detained for reasons related to pregnancy since 1973, when Roe was decided. Most of these cases, but not all, involve women who gave birth to healthy babies.
"If the protections of Roe and Casey no longer exist criminalization will increase across all pregnancy outcomes," Sussman says. "This is not just an issue of abortion — this is an issue for anyone who is pregnant or who has the capacity for pregnancy."
The growth of policing and mass incarceration
The last time that abortion was illegal, the landscape of American law enforcement was vastly different. The trend since then has been to increasingly push social problems onto the plate of policing. In most American cities funding for police departments takes up the majority of the budget, even as other public services lack funding.
"Our country in the past 50 years has decided that the police state is the way to respond to public health crises, to mental health crises, to poverty," Sussman says.
"We have weaponized the state to get involved in so many aspects of our lives that were just not present in 1973," she says about the year Roe made abortion legal. "The apparatus of mass incarceration and criminalization and the funding to support it did not exist in 1973."
But it does now. And this matters for people whose pregnancies will increasingly become the direct purview of police. "All you need to show is that a woman exposed their child to some risk or perceived risk of harm or exposed their fetus to some perceived risk of harm," she says, emphasizing that no harm needs to happen for the state to get involved.
"The exposure alone is considered a felony in multiple states already. And we anticipate we will see much more of this post-Dobbs."
Sussman says that means miscarriages, which occur in 10 to 20 percent of pregnancies, could become heavily scrutinized.
"The vast majority of miscarriages have no known cause," she says. "They're often unexplained genetic abnormalities. There is nothing that the pregnant person could have done or not done to have changed that outcome."
But there is virtually no way to tell the difference between a self-managed abortion and a miscarriage. For the most part, they look medically identical.
"There's no examination," says abortion researcher Haley McMahon. "There's no blood test."
"The only way they know is if you disclose that information," she says.
Sussman says the door swings both ways. "I anticipate that prosecutors will sweep in anyone who is experiencing a pregnancy loss that they deem 'suspicious,'" Sussman says.
Suspicious. That was the rationale used to target the women treated at the Medical University of South Carolina in 1989. Black women are twice as likely to have miscarriages as white and Latina women, making them statistically more vulnerable to suspicions that are based less on evidence, and more on racism and classism.
"It's going to be poor people, people of color, young people," says Sussman. "Anyone who is experiencing a mental health crisis, anyone who has a substance-use disorder, those are the people that are gonna be most vulnerable to suspicion and the specter of law enforcement when they experience a pregnancy loss."
Which is why McMahon says it's key to understand that the conversation about pregnancy and abortion is not just about health and physical survival, it's increasingly about prison and policing.
Two years after nationwide protests over systemic racism in policing failed to produce a real reckoning, law enforcement is being handed even more power to surveil and punish pregnancy and women's bodies.
"Who are the people who are going to enforce these abortion bans?" McMahon asks.
"We know exactly who they are, they're the police."
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INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis police are investigating after two people were shot late Monday night on the city’s northeast side.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were called around 9:30 p.m. to the 4900 block of Hawthorn Terrace, near the intersection of E. 62nd Street and Binford Boulevard on the city’s northeast side, for a person shot.
Upon arrival, IMPD said officers found two people suffering from gunshot wound injuries.
Both of the victims, IMPD said, were reported to be in stable condition.
Shortly after, around 10:10 p.m., IMPD confirmed that officers had detained one person in relation to the shooting. However, the role that person played in the shooting is currently unknown.
No other information was immediately provided. | https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/2-people-shot-injured-in-northeast-indianapolis/ | 2023-05-23 03:31:50 | 0 | https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/2-people-shot-injured-in-northeast-indianapolis/ |
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92.
That’s more than any other planet in our solar system. Saturn, the one-time leader, comes in a close second with 83 confirmed moons.
The Jupiter moons were added recently to a list kept by the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center, said Scott Sheppard of the Carnegie Institution, who was part of the team.
They were discovered using telescopes in Hawaii and Chile in 2021 and 2022, and their orbits were confirmed with follow-up observations.
These newest moons range in size from 0.6 miles to 2 miles (1 kilometer to 3 kilometers), according to Sheppard.
“I hope we can image one of these outer moons close-up in the near future to better determine their origins,” he said in an email Friday.
In April, the European Space Agency is sending a spacecraft to Jupiter to study the planet and some of its biggest, icy moons. And next year, NASA will launch the Europa Clipper to explore Jupiter’s moon of the same name, which could harbor an ocean beneath its frozen crust.
Sheppard — who discovered a slew of moons around Saturn a few years ago and has taken part in 70 moon discoveries so far around Jupiter — expects to keep adding to the lunar tally of both gas giants.
Jupiter and Saturn are loaded with small moons, believed to be fragments of once bigger moons that collided with one another or with comets or asteroids, Sheppard said. The same goes for Uranus and Neptune, but they’re so distant that it makes moon-spotting even harder.
For the record, Uranus has 27 confirmed moons, Neptune 14, Mars two and Earth one. Venus and Mercury come up empty.
Jupiter’s newly discovered moons have yet to be named. Sheppard said only half of them are big enough — at least 1 mile (1.5 kilometers) or so — to warrant a name.
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Hanukkah is the Jewish eight-day, wintertime “festival of lights,” celebrated with nightly menorah lighting, special prayers and fried foods.
The Hebrew word Chanukah means “dedication” and is thus named because it marks the rededication of the Holy Temple. Also spelled Hanukkah (or variations of that spelling), the Hebrew word is pronounced with a guttural “kh” sound, kha-nu-kah, not tcha-new-kah.
A menorah commemorating the holiday is on south flag island at U.S. 101/Tremont Avenue/Washington Avenue in North Bend near the Liberty Theatre and Engles Furniture.
The candelabra, with eight candles or lights and a main light in the center – the shamus – denotes the eight days an oil-fueled lamp burned for eight days even though there was only enough oil for one day.
Hanukkah 2022 will begin on the evening of Sunday, December 18, and ends on the evening of Monday, December 26. The menorah, purchased with transient lodging tax dollars, automatically adds a new light every 24 hours. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/north-bend-installs-menorah-for-hanukkah/article_0f619cfa-829a-11ed-819e-ebfc4ee50c43.html | 2022-12-23 12:06:52 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/north-bend-installs-menorah-for-hanukkah/article_0f619cfa-829a-11ed-819e-ebfc4ee50c43.html |
CA San Diego CA Zone Forecast for Friday, July 29, 2022
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567 FPUS56 KSGX 301009
ZFPSGX
Zone Forecast Product for Extreme Southwestern California
National Weather Service San Diego CA
309 AM PDT Sat Jul 30 2022
CAZ552-310115-
Orange County Coastal Areas-
Including the cities of Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa,
Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, and San Clemente
309 AM PDT Sat Jul 30 2022
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TODAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 71 to 76 at the beaches to
77 to 82 farther inland and near higher coastal terrain. Light
winds. Chance of measurable precipitation 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows 62 to 67. Light winds. Chance of measurable
precipitation 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 74 at the beaches to 78 to 83 farther
inland and near higher coastal terrain. Light winds. Chance of
measurable precipitation 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 61 to 66. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 72 to 77 at the beaches to 78 to
83 farther inland and near higher coastal terrain. Light winds
becoming west 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 61 to 66.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Highs around 74 at the beaches to 77 to 82 farther inland and
near higher coastal terrain.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows around
63.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 70 to 75 at the beaches to
76 to 81 farther inland and near higher coastal terrain.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows
61 to 66.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 71 to 76 at the beaches to 77 to
82 farther inland and near higher coastal terrain.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows 61 to
66.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Highs around 73 at the beaches to 77 to 82 farther inland and
near higher coastal terrain.
$$
CAZ554-310115-
Orange County Inland Areas-
Including the cities of Santa Ana, Anaheim, Garden Grove, Irvine,
Orange, Fullerton, and Mission Viejo
309 AM PDT Sat Jul 30 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 80 to 85. Light winds.
Chance of measurable precipitation 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows 62 to 67. Light winds. Chance of measurable
precipitation 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 81 towards the coast to 86 farther
inland. Light winds. Chance of measurable precipitation
20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 61 to 66. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 81 towards the coast to
85 farther inland. Light winds.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 61 to 66.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 80 towards the coast to
84 farther inland.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows 60 to 65.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly
sunny. Highs around 79 towards the coast to 84 farther inland.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows 61 to 66.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs around 80 towards the coast to 85 farther inland.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows 61 to 66.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 80 towards the coast to
82 to 87 farther inland.
$$
CAZ043-310115-
San Diego County Coastal Areas-
Including the cities of Oceanside, Vista, Carlsbad, Encinitas,
Chula Vista, National City, and San Diego
309 AM PDT Sat Jul 30 2022
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TODAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 72 to 77 near the coast to
77 to 82 inland. Light winds. Chance of measurable precipitation
20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows 62 to 67. Light winds. Chance of measurable
precipitation 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs 72 to 77 near the coast to 78 to 83 inland.
Light winds. Chance of measurable precipitation 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 61 to 66. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 74 to 79 near the coast to 79 to
84 inland. Light winds.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 61 to 66.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Highs 73 to 78 near the coast to 78 to 83 inland.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows 61 to
66.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming partly
cloudy. Highs 72 to 77 near the coast to 79 inland.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows 61 to 66.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming partly
cloudy. Highs 72 to 77 near the coast to 77 to 82 inland.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows 61 to 66.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Highs 72 to 77 near the coast to 77 to 82 inland.
$$
CAZ050-310115-
San Diego County Valleys-
Including the cities of Escondido, El Cajon, San Marcos, La Mesa,
Santee, and Poway
309 AM PDT Sat Jul 30 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Highs 80 to 85 in the western valleys to 87 to 92 near the
foothills. Light winds becoming west 15 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of measurable precipitation 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows 62 to 67. Light winds. Chance of measurable
precipitation 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs 82 to 87 in the western valleys to 87 to
92 near the foothills. Light winds. Chance of measurable
precipitation 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 62 to 67. Light winds. Chance
of measurable precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 81 to 86 in the western valleys to
86 to 91 near the foothills. Light winds becoming west 15 mph in
the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 60 to 65.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs 80 to 85 in the western valleys to 85 to 90 near the
foothills.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows 60 to 65.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly
sunny. Highs 79 to 84 in the western valleys to 85 to 90 near the
foothills.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows 60 to 65.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs 80 to 85 in the western valleys to 87 to 92 near the
foothills.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows around 63.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 79 to 84 in the western
valleys to 86 to 91 near the foothills.
$$
CAZ048-310115-
San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland Empire-
Including the cities of Riverside, San Bernardino, Ontario,
Moreno Valley, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, and Corona
309 AM PDT Sat Jul 30 2022
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM TODAY...
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 91 to 97. Light winds
becoming west 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of measurable precipitation 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the evening, then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
overnight. Lows 64 to 70. Areas of winds west 15 mph in the
evening becoming light. Chance of measurable precipitation
40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 91 to 96. Light winds
becoming west 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of measurable precipitation 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 63 to 68. Areas of winds west
15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the evening becoming light. Chance
of measurable precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 90 to 95. Light winds becoming
west 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 61 to 66.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs 89 to 95.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 60 to 65.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 90 to 95.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 61 to 66.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 91 to 97.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 62 to 67.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 91 to 96.
$$
CAZ057-310115-
Santa Ana Mountains and Foothills-
309 AM PDT Sat Jul 30 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs 84 to 94. Light winds becoming west 15 mph
in the afternoon. Chance of measurable precipitation 30 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the evening, then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
overnight. Lows 63 to 69. Light winds. Chance of measurable
precipitation 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 84 to 94. Light winds
becoming southwest 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of measurable
precipitation 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 62 to 69. Areas of winds
southwest 15 mph in the evening becoming light. Chance of
measurable precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs 84 to 93. Light winds becoming west 15 mph with gusts to
25 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 61 to 67.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs 83 to 92.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 59 to 66.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 83 to 92.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 60 to 67.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 84 to 94.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Lows 61 to 68.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs 84 to 93.
$$
CAZ055-310115-
San Bernardino County Mountains-
Including the cities of Crestline, Lake Arrowhead, Big Bear City,
Big Bear Lake, Running Springs, and Wrightwood
309 AM PDT Sat Jul 30 2022
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM TODAY...
.TODAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly cloudy with showers and
thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs 73 to 81 above
6000 feet to 81 to 89 below 6000 feet. Areas of winds south
15 mph. Gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of measurable
precipitation 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the evening, then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
overnight. Cooler. Lows 50 to 60 above 6000 feet to 59 to
69 below 6000 feet. Areas of winds south 15 mph in the evening
becoming light. Near ridge tops and along desert slopes, light
winds. Chance of measurable precipitation 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 73 to 81 above
6000 feet to 81 to 88 below 6000 feet. Areas of winds south
15 mph. Gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of measurable
precipitation 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms overnight. Lows 54 to 64. Areas of winds south
15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the evening becoming light. Chance
of measurable precipitation 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 72 to 81 above 6000 feet to
80 to 87 below 6000 feet. Areas of winds south 15 mph. Gusts to
30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of measurable precipitation
20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 53 to 63.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 73 to 80 above 6000 feet to 80 to
88 below 6000 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows 54 to 64.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 75 to 83 above 6000 feet to
82 to 90 below 6000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 55 to 65.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 76 to 84 above 6000 feet to 84 to
91 below 6000 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows 55 to 65.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 75 to 83 above 6000 feet to
83 to 90 below 6000 feet.
$$
CAZ056-310115-
Riverside County Mountains-
Including the city of Idyllwild-Pine Cove
309 AM PDT Sat Jul 30 2022
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM TODAY...
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 82 to 89. Areas of winds
southeast 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph. Chance of measurable
precipitation 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the evening, then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
overnight. Cooler. Lows 55 to 65. Light winds. Chance of
measurable precipitation 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 82 to 90. Light winds.
Chance of measurable precipitation 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows 55 to 65. Light winds. Chance of measurable
precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 82 to 89. Light winds
becoming west 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of measurable precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 53 to 63.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 83 to 90.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 53 to 63.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 84 to 92.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 55 to 65.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 85 to 93.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows 55 to 65.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs 83 to 91.
$$
CAZ058-310115-
San Diego County Mountains-
Including the cities of Julian and Pine Valley
309 AM PDT Sat Jul 30 2022
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM TODAY...
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 84 to 90. Areas of winds
east 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph. Chance of measurable
precipitation 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the evening, then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
overnight. Lows 62 to 69. Light winds. Chance of measurable
precipitation 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 84 to 90. Light winds.
Chance of measurable precipitation 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows 62 to 69. Areas of winds west 15 mph in the
evening becoming light. Chance of measurable precipitation
20 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 83 to 90. Light winds
becoming west 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of measurable precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 60 to 68.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 83 to 91.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 59 to 67.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 84 to 92.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 61 to 68.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 86 to 93.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 61 to 69.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs 84 to 91.
$$
CAZ060-310115-
Apple and Lucerne Valleys-
Including the cities of Victorville, Hesperia, Apple Valley,
and Lucerne Valley
309 AM PDT Sat Jul 30 2022
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM TODAY...
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 94 to 99. Areas of winds
east 15 to 20 mph. Gusts to 30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
measurable precipitation 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the evening, then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
overnight. Lows 69 to 75. Areas of winds west 15 to 20 mph with
gusts to 30 mph in the evening becoming light. Chance of
measurable precipitation 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs 93 to 99. Areas of winds south 15 mph.
Chance of measurable precipitation 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 68 to 74. Areas of winds south
15 mph. Gusts to 25 mph in the evening. Chance of measurable
precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 92 to 99. Light winds
becoming south 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph in the
afternoon. Chance of measurable precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 66 to 73.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 93 to 100.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows 66 to 73.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 96 to 102.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 67 to 74.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 97 to 103.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows 67 to 74.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 96 to 101.
$$
CAZ065-310115-
San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning-
Including the cities of Banning and Desert Hot Springs
309 AM PDT Sat Jul 30 2022
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM TODAY...
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 96 through the pass
to 97 to 102 in the northern Coachella Valley. Areas of winds
southeast 15 mph. Gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
measurable precipitation 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the evening, then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
overnight. Lows around 74 through the pass to 82 in the northern
Coachella Valley. Areas of winds west 15 to 20 mph. Gusts to
35 mph...becoming 25 mph overnight. Chance of measurable
precipitation 40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 96 to 101. Light winds.
Chance of measurable precipitation 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 73 to 82. Areas of winds west
15 to 25 mph. Gusts to 35 mph...becoming 30 mph overnight. Chance
of measurable precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 97 to 102. Light winds
becoming west 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 35 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of measurable precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Windy. Lows 71 to 81.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 96 through the pass to
102 in the northern Coachella Valley.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Windy. Lows 71 to 81.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly
sunny. Highs around 97 through the pass to 101 to 106 in the
northern Coachella Valley.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Breezy. Lows 73 to 83.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs 100 to 105.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 73 to 82.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 97 through the pass
to 98 to 103 in the northern Coachella Valley.
$$
CAZ061-310115-
Coachella Valley-
Including the cities of Indio, Palm Springs, Cathedral City,
Palm Desert, Palm Desert Country, La Quinta, and Coachella
309 AM PDT Sat Jul 30 2022
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM TODAY...
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 100 to 105. Light winds
becoming southeast 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of measurable precipitation 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the evening, then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
overnight. Lows 79 to 84. Light winds. Chance of measurable
precipitation 40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 103. Light winds
becoming southeast 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of measurable
precipitation 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 79 to 84. Areas of winds
southeast 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph becoming northwest
overnight. Chance of measurable precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 102. Light winds.
Chance of measurable precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows 78 to 83.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs 102 to 107.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 77 to 82.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly
sunny. Highs around 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 79 to 84.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs around 105.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Lows 79 to 84.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 103.
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CAZ062-310115-
San Diego County Deserts-
Including the city of Borrego Springs
309 AM PDT Sat Jul 30 2022
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM TODAY...
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 101 to 106. Light winds.
Chance of measurable precipitation 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the evening. Lows 79 to 85. Light winds. Chance of measurable
precipitation 40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 101 to 106. Light winds.
Chance of measurable precipitation 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows 79 to 86. Areas of winds west 15 mph with
gusts to 25 mph. Chance of measurable precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 101 to 106. Light winds
becoming east 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of measurable
precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Breezy. Lows 77 to 84.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 103 to 108.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Breezy. Lows 77 to 84.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly
sunny. Highs 104 to 109.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 79 to 85.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs 104 to 109.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Lows 79 to 85.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 101 to 106.
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Moede
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SAN DIEGO, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HRTX), a commercial-stage biotechnology company focused on improving the lives of patients by developing and commercializing therapeutic innovations that improve medical care, today announced the online publication of a new study evaluating the efficacy and safety of ZYNRELEF (bupivacaine and meloxicam) extended-release solution as the foundation of a perioperative non-opioid multimodal analgesic (MMA) regimen in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA). ZYNRELEF is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in adults for soft tissue or periarticular instillation to produce postsurgical analgesia for up to 72 hours after foot and ankle, small-to-medium open abdominal, and lower extremity total joint arthroplasty surgical procedures.
The study was published in the Journal of Knee Surgery, a peer-reviewed journal. All patients in the study received ZYNRELEF with an MMA regimen consisting of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), acetaminophen and a gabapentinoid. The study showed that more than 80% of patients did not experience severe pain at any individual time point through 72 hours after TKA surgery. Forty-seven percent of patients took ≤20 morphine milligram equivalents (≤4 oxycodone 10mg tablets) over the 72-hour postoperative period, 12% of patients remaining opioid-free through 72 hours. Additionally, 39% percent of patients were discharged without an opioid prescription and did not call back to the study site to request additional pain medication between discharge at 72 hours and the Day 11 follow-up visit. Patient satisfaction with pain management was very good with 88% of patients reported "good" or "excellent" pain control 24 hours following surgery, with all patients maintaining that same level of pain control at 72 hours. Approximately 61% of patients were ready for discharge by 12 hours after surgery and up to 69% by 24 hours.
The use of ZYNRELEF 400mg/12mg in patients undergoing TKA with bupivacaine spinal anesthesia and scheduled MMA did not identify safety concerns, and there was no evidence of NSAID-related toxicity, suggesting that the MMA regimen did not impact the safety profile of ZYNRELEF.
"Total knee arthroplasty procedures have typically been associated with significant postoperative pain and high opioid requirements. The results presented in this study are promising for ZYNRELEF's ability to reduce severe pain and opioid consumption," said Gwo-Chin Lee, M.D., Orthopedic Surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery. "While controlled clinical trials are needed, I am encouraged by the results in this group of patients showing ZYNRELEF's effectiveness when paired with a scheduled non-opioid multimodal pain regimen."
"Postoperative pain is one of the main concerns we hear in the clinical setting, and as many orthopedic procedures continue to transition to the outpatient setting, it is becoming increasingly more important to manage pain effectively so patients can be ready for discharge the same day," said Alan Rechter, M.D., Orthopaedic Surgeon at Orthopaedic Associates LLP. "These data reinforce ZYNRELEF's ability to provide long-lasting pain control in the critical postoperative period, and it is exciting to see its potential to bring positive change to the overall patient experience as the foundation of a multimodal analgesic regimen."
In this single-arm study, patients undergoing unilateral TKA under spinal anesthesia received ZYNRELEF 400mg/12 mg instilled without a needle into the surgical space in conjunction with a non-opioid MMA regimen consisting of preoperative oral acetaminophen, celecoxib and pregabalin, and postoperative oral acetaminophen and celecoxib for 72 hours followed by oral acetaminophen and ibuprofen for 4 days. Patients were required to stay in the treatment facility to collect pain scores through the 72-hour time point following surgery. Rescue medications, including oral immediate-release oxycodone, IV morphine, and/or IV hydromorphone, were permitted on request.
ZYNRELEF is the first and only therapy for postoperative pain management to be rigorously tested in Phase 3 studies and demonstrate superiority to bupivacaine solution. ZYNRELEF demonstrated superior, sustained postoperative pain relief for up to 72 hours and decreased the need for opioids, with more patients opioid-free compared to bupivacaine solution.
The Journal of Knee Surgery article can be found here.
ZYNRELEF contains an NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug), a type of medicine which:
- can increase the risk of a heart attack or stroke that can lead to death. This risk increases with higher doses and longer use of an NSAID.
- cannot be used during heart bypass surgery.
- can increase the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding, ulcers, and tears.
ZYNRELEF should also not be used:
- if you are allergic to any components of ZYNRELEF, similar local anesthetics, aspirin or other NSAIDs (such as ibuprofen or naproxen), or have had an asthma attack, hives, or other allergic reaction after taking any of these medicines.
- as a paracervical block, during childbirth.
The most common side effects of ZYNRELEF are constipation, vomiting, and headache.
The medicines in ZYNRELEF (a local anesthetic and an NSAID) may affect the nervous and cardiovascular system; may cause liver or kidney problems; may reduce the effects of some blood pressure medicines; should be avoided if you have severe heart failure; may have adverse effects on cartilage; may cause a rare blood disorder, or life-threatening skin or allergic reactions; may harm your unborn baby if received at 20 weeks of pregnancy or later; and may cause low red blood cells (anemia).
Please see full Prescribing Information, including Boxed Warning.
ZYNRELEF is the first and only dual-acting local anesthetic that delivers a fixed-dose combination of the local anesthetic bupivacaine and a low dose of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug meloxicam. ZYNRELEF is the first and only extended-release local anesthetic to demonstrate in Phase 3 studies significantly reduced pain and significantly increased proportion of patients requiring no opioids through the first 72 hours following surgery compared to bupivacaine solution, the current standard-of-care local anesthetic for postoperative pain control. ZYNRELEF was initially approved by the FDA in May 2021 for use in adults for soft tissue or periarticular instillation to produce postsurgical analgesia for up to 72 hours after bunionectomy, open inguinal herniorrhaphy and total knee arthroplasty. In December 2021, the FDA approved an expansion of ZYNRELEF's indication. ZYNRELEF is now indicated in the U.S. in adults for soft tissue or periarticular instillation to produce postsurgical analgesia for up to 72 hours after foot and ankle, small-to-medium open abdominal, and lower extremity total joint arthroplasty surgical procedures. Safety and efficacy have not been established in highly vascular surgeries, such as intrathoracic, large multilevel spinal, and head and neck procedures. In September 2020, the European Commission granted a marketing authorization for ZYNRELEF for the treatment of somatic postoperative pain from small- to medium-sized surgical wounds in adults. As of January 1, 2021, ZYNRELEF is approved in 31 European countries including the countries of the European Union and European Economic Area and the United Kingdom. In March 2022, Health Canada issued a Notice of Compliance for ZYNRELEF for instillation into the surgical wound for postoperative analgesia after bunionectomy, open inguinal herniorrhaphy, and total knee arthroplasty surgical procedures.
Please see full prescribing information, including Boxed Warning, at www.ZYNRELEF.com.
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. is a commercial-stage biotechnology company focused on improving the lives of patients by developing and commercializing therapeutic innovations that improve medical care. Our advanced science, patented technologies, and innovative approach to drug discovery and development have allowed us to create and commercialize a portfolio of products that aim to advance the standard-of-care for acute care and oncology patients. For more information, visit www.herontx.com.
This news release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Heron cautions readers that forward-looking statements are based on management's expectations and assumptions as of the date of this news release and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to, the potential market opportunity for ZYNRELEF in the U.S.; the extent of the impact of the ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic on our business; and other risks and uncertainties identified in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements reflect our analysis only on their stated date, and Heron takes no obligation to update or revise these statements except as may be required by law.
Investor Relations and Media Contact:
David Szekeres
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
Heron Therapeutics, Inc.
dszekeres@herontx.com
858-251-4447
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Travis Jankowski Player Prop Bets: Rangers vs. Royals - April 12
Published: Apr. 12, 2023 at 1:24 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
After going 0-for-4 in his last game, Travis Jankowski and the Texas Rangers face the Kansas City Royals (who will hand the ball to Brad Keller) at 8:05 PM ET on Wednesday.
In his last game he had a hitless showing (0-for-4) against the Royals.
Travis Jankowski Game Info & Props vs. the Royals
- Game Day: Wednesday, April 12, 2023
- Game Time: 8:05 PM ET
- Stadium: Globe Life Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Royals Starter: Brad Keller
- TV Channel: BSSW
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -189)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +1200)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +230)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +145)
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Travis Jankowski At The Plate
- Jankowski is hitting .364 with two doubles and two walks.
- Jankowski has had a base hit in three of six games this year, and multiple hits once.
- He has not hit a long ball in his six games this year.
- In three games this year, Jankowski has picked up an RBI, with more than one RBI once.
- He has scored a run in two games this year, and had multiple runs both times.
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Travis Jankowski Home/Away Batting Splits
Royals Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Royals has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 18th in the league.
- The Royals have a 4.58 team ERA that ranks 16th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Royals rank 15th in baseball in home runs surrendered (13 total, 1.1 per game).
- Keller (1-1) pitches for the Royals to make his third start this season.
- His last appearance was on Friday against the San Francisco Giants, when the right-hander went 5 2/3 innings, surrendering one earned run while giving up three hits.
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