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Delivering strong performance, extraordinary customer service, and measurable results for biggest businesses in the world continues to spur company's growth
SAN MATEO, Calif., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arkose Labs, the global leader in fraud deterrence and account security, announced today that it made the Inc. 5000 2022 list for a second consecutive year with a revenue growth rate of 1,479.57 percent. The Inc. 5000 list is the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America and represents a one-of-a-kind look at the most successful companies within the economy's most dynamic segment—its independent businesses. Facebook, Chobani, UnderArmour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.
"I'm extremely proud of the growth that we've achieved over the past few years, because it's a reflection of the efficacy of our technology and our dedication to ongoing advancements and innovation of our product suite," said Arkose Labs founder and CEO Kevin Gosschalk. "CISOs at the biggest companies in the world continue to tell us that the reason they reach out, select, and deploy our solutions is because malicious bot attacks and human click farm threats are only getting more sophisticated, complicated, and pervasive."
Inc. ranked companies according to percentage growth when comparing 2018 to 2021. For the second year in a row, Arkose Labs has landed in the top 500 of the prestigious list, at number 412 in the U.S. Of California companies on the list, Arkose Labs came in at 62, and of San Francisco companies, it ranked as the twelfth fastest-growing company in the area.
The companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 have not only been successful, but also have demonstrated resilience amid supply chain woes, labor shortages, and the ongoing impact of Covid-19. Among the top 500, of which Arkose Labs is one, the average median three-year revenue growth rate soared to 2,144 percent. Together, those companies added more than 68,394 jobs over the past three years. Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000.
"The accomplishment of building one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., in light of recent economic roadblocks, cannot be overstated," says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc."Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation,hard work, and rising to the challenges of today."
"Every day I'm meeting with and listening to our customers and prospective customers," said Arkose Labs Chief Revenue Officer Richard Dufty. "And the conversations never fail to impress upon me and my team how fortunate we are to collaborate with the brightest minds diligently striving to protect their companies and users from bots and fraudsters. It's a true partnership out in the wild west of the ethersphere to overcome bad actors so that consumers can operate online easily, confidently and without fear."
Companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from2018 to 2021. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2018. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2021. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2018 is $100,000; the minimum for 2021 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to four decimal places. The top 500 companies on the Inc. 5000 are featured in Inc.magazine's September issue.
Arkose Labs' mission is to create an online environment where all consumers are protected from malicious activity. Its AI-powered platform combines powerful risk assessments with dynamic attack response that undermines the ROI behind attacks while improving good user throughput. The company offers the world's first and only $1 million credential stuffing warranty. Headquartered in San Mateo, CA with offices in Brisbane and Sydney, Australia, San Jose, Costa Rica, and London, UK, the company debuted as the 83rd fastest-growing company in North America on the 2021 Deloitte Fast500 ranking.
Contact
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Arkose Labs
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SAN DIEGO, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Quick Custom Intelligence ("QCI") announced the signing of their 75th casino resort. QCI's continued success in signups and successful deliveries is a testament to their dedication in building a scalable product that the industry really needs. With customers from the Las Vegas strip, Southern California, the Heartland and all across North America and the world, QCI is the clear market leader.
Jeannie Caruso, CEO of Gaming & Leisure said, "Signing 75 resort casinos is a major milestone for any gaming company, but doing this in just over two years is remarkable. What has also impressed me is that the rate of fully successful deployments is about one casino resort per week. I attribute this rapid growth in part to the experience of the team and their deep knowledge of the industry. This experience has enabled QCI to stay on target delivering what the industry really needs."
CEO of QCI, Dr. Ralph Thomas stated "We are excited to announce the signing of our 75th casino resort in North America. The ability for our team to quickly deploy our on-premises, hybrid or cloud-based technology with no disruption to the casino's operation allowed QCI to complete 5 installations in the past 30 days. We will be announcing more deployments in the coming months, including a very large tribal gaming operator in Oklahoma."
Gaming & Leisure (G&L) is an organization dedicated to the betterment and unification of the gaming and hospitality industry. G&L provides influential insights, best practices and brings together thought leading operators to connect, collaborate and ultimately optimize how they manage their companies. Over two decades later, the G&L Roundtable has evolved into a highly coveted private, peer-to-peer forum for gaming and hospitality CXOs humbly having hosted the most gaming CIOs in one private forum in North America. Visit www.mygamingandleisure.com.
The QCI Platform aligns player development, marketing and gaming with powerful real-time operational tools developed for the gaming and hospitality industries. QCI has installed their ground-breaking, highly configured software in over 55 casino resorts in North America and over 3,000 sites worldwide. QCI products provide tooling for gaming operators managing over $20 billion in annual gross gaming revenue, these products are built on the QCI Platform, a best-in-class on-premises, hybrid or cloud-based technology that enables fully coordinated activities across gaming or hospitality operations. This data-driven software allows for quick, informed decisions in the ever-changing world of the casino industry and assists casinos in their efforts to optimize resources and profits, manage marketing campaigns and increase customer loyalty. QCI was founded by Dr. Ralph Thomas and Mr. Andrew Cardno. Based in San Diego, QCI also has offices in Las Vegas, St. Louis, Dallas & Phoenix.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fictiv, the operating system for custom manufacturing, announced today that in response to customer demand, it is expanding its injection molding manufacturing partner network in the U.S. This will increase capacity for domestic resources, offering customers more flexibility and reduced supply chain risks.
"At Fictiv, our goal is to offer the highest quality parts that meet our customers' changing needs," said Jean Olivieri, chief operations officer at Fictiv. "We serve a variety of industries, and each customer may have different priorities such as lead times, price, or risk. We listen to them and offer optimized solutions."
According to Fictiv's 2022 State of Manufacturing Report, 65% of U.S. manufacturing companies would prefer to increase onshoring due to continued international supply chain disruptions. With more customers seeking options to manufacture domestically, Fictiv's geographically diversified injection molding services provides customers with the flexibility to choose the best solutions for their business.
"Injection molding plays a critical role in scaling the product offerings for several business units of our organization," said Dr. James Vetter, co-founder and chief medical officer of TransMed7. "With today's continuing concerns about unexpected supply chain issues, it is immensely comforting to have Fictiv as a partner, not just for overseas production but also for domestic manufacturing resources. Fictiv's proven track record of dependable communication at key points in component development, final scaling processes, and meticulous attention to detail have always been huge strengths and we are pleased to learn they are expanding operations in the U.S."
Fictiv offers injection molding services for medical, aerospace, robotics, automotive, and consumer electronics applications. To learn more about Fictiv's injection molding services, visit the company's website.
Fictiv is the operating system (OS) for custom manufacturing that makes it faster, easier, and more efficient to source and supply mechanical parts. Its intelligent OS, supported by best-in-class operations talent, orchestrates a network of highly vetted and managed partners around the globe for fast, high-quality manufacturing, from quote to delivery. To date, Fictiv has manufactured more than 20 million parts for early-stage companies and large enterprises alike, helping them innovate with agility and get products to market faster.
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More than 120 people come to party at private homeowner’s rental pool
MILFORD, Conn. (NEWS 12 CONNECTICUT) – A city in Connecticut is considering new noise ordinances after a party at a rented out pool got out of control.
The normally quiet neighborhood in Milford was anything but on the night of June 24.
A homeowner who had rented out his pool said he had done it many times before using an app called Swimply. This time was different, however.
“Little kids’ birthday parties, 3-year-old, 5-year-old, 9-year-old,” the homeowner, who wished to remain unidentified, said. “The other ones have been like a baby shower or like a sweet 16. And then we had the big disaster.”
He said this time he was completely fooled when the people booking the party told him it wouldn’t be crowded or loud.
He later found out the party was advertised on social media, and the clients sold tickets and booze. More than 120 people showed up.
“If I would have known it was going to be like that, I would have never, ever hosted anything like that,” he said.
The homeowner has had more parties since but nothing quite like the once on June 24.
Milford is considering a new noise ordinance.
Carolyn Butler has lived in the neighborhood for 30 years and was curious, so she downloaded an app to find out how loud the party was.
“My house was rocking with the windows closed inside,” she said. “It was rocking at 80 to 90 decibels.”
The homeowner was given violations for running a commercial party and not getting permits.
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Which Harley Quinn costume is best?
Among the most enduringly popular DC Comics characters is Harley Quinn. For years, she has been consistently among the most common costumes worn. Like Joker, Harley Quinn costumes are surprisingly varied as Harley has been drawn, animated and brought to life in the movies in dozens of ways.
The best Harley Quinn costume is the Charades Suicide Squad Harley Quinn Premium Costume. It’s got all the basics needed to put together an accurate look from the 2016 film “Suicide Squad.”
What to know before you buy a Harley Quinn costume
Design
Harley Quinn’s first appearance was in an episode of “Batman: The Animated Series” in 1992. Since then, she’s had dozens of costume changes. Here are some of her best-known looks:
- “Batman: The Animated Series”: Harley made her debut sporting a red-and-black jester-like costume with a diamond pattern. The diamond pattern and red-and-black alternating color scheme have been a major part of most of her designs since.
- “Suicide Squad” (2016): The most popular Harley costume by far comes from this film. It uses a red-and-blue alternating color scheme and leans hard into her obsession with the Joker by way of a “Daddy’s Lil Monster” T-shirt.
- “The Suicide Squad”: Two costumes come from this film. The first is an all-leather biker girl-inspired take on her debut jester look and the second is a red dress with a fluffy sheer skirt and combat boots.
- “Birds of Prey”: This costume ditches all the usual Harley hallmarks save for red-and-blue dyed hair as a way to signify her newfound freedom from the Joker. It’s quirky thanks to a clear plastic vest and caution-tape sleeves.
- Batman: Arkham games: There are three Arkham games. Each features a new design for Harley. Arkham Asylum has a nurse-inspired design, Arkham City has an adult take on her debut look and Arkham Knight somewhat mixes the two.
- Harleen Quinzel: Before she was thrown into a vat of acid by the Joker, Harley Quinn was a psychiatrist working at Arkham Asylum named Harleen Quinzel. This isn’t a popular costume, as it’s essentially just a lab coat, but if you show up to a party as Harleen and then make a costume change to Harley, you’re sure to make a splash.
What’s included
Harley Quinn costumes can come with almost everything you need or are sold piecemeal. For example, you can find a costume that includes shorts, a shirt and a jacket or you can buy each separately.
What to look for in a quality Harley Quinn costume
Size
Many Halloween costumes don’t use the same sizing ranges as regular clothes, but they do share the same terminology, such as “small” and “large.” As such, make sure to double-check if a costume’s listing includes a sizing chart and scan the user reviews to see how well a size fits people who share your size.
Durability
Most people prefer to wear a different costume every Halloween season, or even between different events in the same season. As such, most costumes, even some of the most expensive, aren’t designed with durability in mind. This can mean they aren’t easy to wash or they rip or tear easily. If you want a Harley Quinn costume you can wear many times, make sure to scan through the user reviews to see how well it holds up over time. You can also check to see if it’s machine washable.
How much you can expect to spend on a Harley Quinn costume
You can find costume pieces for as little as $10-$20. The average Harley costume costs $25-$50. High-quality and complex costumes — especially those with accessories — can cost $100-plus.
Harley Quinn costume FAQ
Are Harley Quinn costumes appropriate for children?
A. Harley Quinn, like most female comic book characters, has a long history of sexualization. As such, most of her costumes meant for adults show more than would be appropriate for children. However, there are a handful of kid-friendly costumes that cover everything. As such, make sure to specify in your online searches that you’re looking for children’s costumes or you could struggle to find what you need.
There are also adult options that show less or even nothing. If you like a costume, but are uncomfortable with certain elements, you can always make changes that still fit with the character. For example, you can wear tights instead of fishnet stockings or a jacket that matches the colors of the costume.
What’s the best Harley Quinn costume to buy?
Top Harley Quinn costume
Charades “Suicide Squad” Harley Quinn Premium Costume
What you need to know: This high-quality costume piece collection includes everything you need.
What you’ll love: This set includes the Daddy’s Lil Monster T-shirt, matching blue-and-red short shorts and jacket and a belt. The shirt and shorts are polyester while the jacket is polyester with a little spandex for stretch and fit. It comes in five sizes.
What you should consider: To go the extra mile in accuracy you need to purchase fishnet stockings, film-accurate shoes and either a wig or some blue and red hair dye.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Harley Quinn costume for the money
Bioworld “Suicide Squad” Harley Quinn Daddy’s Lil Monster Juniors Raglan T-shirt
What you need to know: This T-shirt is the perfect quick-and-easy costume for casual events.
What you’ll love: The shirt is made from half cotton and half polyester for softness, comfort and durability. You can wear it as a normal T-shirt once your Halloween event is over. It comes in seven sizes from extra-small to 3XL.
What you should consider: A few customers found the material a little thin. Others found it a little tight and suggested ordering a size up.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Rubie’s DC Superheroes Girl’s Harley Quinn Costume
What you need to know: This is an excellent complete costume for children.
What you’ll love: This costume set includes a shirt with puffy sleeves, plenty of sequins and a popped collar, jean shorts with attached stockings, a studded belt and wristband, an eye mask and red and blue hair pieces. It comes in three sizes with a sizing chart to help find the perfect fit.
What you should consider: A few purchaser’s children had troubles with stitching in the crotch area that rubbed uncomfortably. Others disliked the hair clips.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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NEW YORK (AP) — Metallica, Mariah Carey and The Jonas Brothers will headline a free concert in New York’s Central Park next month marking the 10th anniversary of the Global Citizen Festival organized by the international nonprofit fighting extreme poverty.
The Sept. 24 event will also feature a concert across the globe in Accra, Ghana, with Usher, SZA and H.E.R.
But the day will be less a celebration and more of a call to action to immediately address numerous international crises, Global Citizen CEO Hugh Evans said.
“We are actually at one critical inflection point where COVID has pushed nearly 100 million people into extreme poverty and now Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has made the situation so much worse,” he said. “As many as 323 million people are now facing acute hunger. And if we don’t take urgent action now, as many as 200 million more people are likely to be plunged into extreme poverty by November, bringing the total number of people living in extreme poverty to over a billion people again.”
International organizations count people living on the equivalent of $1.90 a day as living in extreme poverty.
“Quantico” star Priyanka Chopra Jonas, who will host the Central Park event, said Global Citizen has always encouraged people to use their voices to convince world leaders and decision-makers to take action against hunger and poverty. However, the need to focus on those issues is now even more pressing.
“If we are going to do something about that, then we need urgent mobilization,” Chopra Jonas told The Associated Press. “So just seeing all of these people from different stretches of society, different professions — regular folks coming together, motivated to actually make change now in an urgent way — is just so inspiring.”
As with all Global Citizen events, tickets to the concerts are free. However, to get the tickets, people must join Global Citizen and take action on a series of the campaign’s issues.
Pop star Charlie Puth, Latin sensation Rosalia, country star Mickey Guyton and Italian rockers Maneskin are also on the Central Park bill, while rapper Stormzy, Nigerian singer-songwriter Tems and Ghanian stars Gyakie, Sarkodie and Stonebwoy will also perform in Accra. Both concerts will be broadcast and streamed on ABC, ABC News Live, FX, Hulu, iHeartRadio, Twitter, YouTube, and other outlets. ABC will broadcast a primetime special, “Global Citizen Festival: Take Action NOW,” from the shows on Sept. 25.
Global Citizen says it hopes to use the platform provided by the concerts to encourage fans to ask for specific changes from government, business and philanthropy leaders. Evans wants to convince Scandinavian countries, as well as Ireland, Portugal, and others, to transfer their Special Drawing Rights in the International Monetary Fund, which provide access to about $100 billion in affordable financing, to low-income countries, especially in Africa, to lower their debt repayments.
In addition to asking the United States to donate more toward fighting climate change, he also wants about $500 million in donations and grants for farmers in Africa so they can grow more crops, rather than depending on wheat and fertilizer from Ukraine and Russia, which have both in short supply due to the war.
“We also need to address the reality that supporting women and girls around the world and their talents are the closest we have to a silver bullet for the eradication of poverty,” Evans said. “We’re calling on the wealthiest nations to provide $600 million dollars in critical investments into education, sexual and reproductive health and economic empowerment for them.”
Global Citizen’s formula for using social media and its followers’ interest to convince corporations and foundations to donate has worked. Since its first Global Citizen Festival in 2012, the advocacy organization estimates that it has helped direct $41.4 billion to its causes and improved the lives of more than 1.15 billion people.
“These are urgent issues,” Evans said. “That’s why our campaigns focus on ending extreme poverty now — not next year, not the year after, but right now. We have to address the issues that matter most, whether it’s gender equality, climate change, or the structural issues that keep people poor.”
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge on Thursday ruled that Kevin Spacey and his production companies must pay the makers of “House of Cards” nearly $31 million because of losses brought on by his 2017 firing for the sexual harassment of crew members.
The ruling from Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mel Red Recana gives the force of law to the $30.9 award in favor of MRC and other companies that produced the Netflix series by a private arbitrator who heard the case against Spacey.
Recana wrote that Spacey and his attorneys “fail to demonstrate that this is even a close case” and "do not demonstrate that the damages award was so utterly irrational that it amounts to an arbitrary remaking of the parties’ contracts.”
“We are pleased with the court's ruling,” MRC attorney Michael Kump said in an email to The Associated Press.
Spacey has denied the allegations through his attorneys and his spokesperson, who did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment.
The arbitrator found that Spacey violated his contract’s demands for professional behavior by “engaging certain conduct in connection with several crew members in each of the five seasons that he starred in and executive produced House of Cards," according to a filing from Kump requesting the approval.
As a result, MRC had to fire Spacey, halt production of the show’s sixth season, rewrite it to remove Spacey’s central character, and shorten it from 13 to eight episodes to meet deadlines, resulting in tens of millions in losses, according to court documents.
Spacey’s attorneys argued in their own filings that the decision to exclude him from the show’s sixth season came before the internal investigation that led the crew members to come forward, and thus was not part of a contract breach. They argued that the actor's actions were not a substantial factor in the show's losses.
The ruling from the private arbitrator came after a legal fight of more than three years and an eight-day evidentiary hearing that was kept secret from the public, along with the rest of the dispute, until a panel of three more private arbitrators rejected Spacey's appeal and upheld the decision in November.
The 63-year-old Oscar winner's career came to an abrupt halt late in 2017 as the #MeToo movement gained momentum and allegations against him emerged from several places.
Spacey was fired or removed from projects, most notably “House of Cards,” the Netflix political thriller where for five seasons he played lead character Frank Underwood, a power-hungry congressman who becomes president.
Last month, Spacey pleaded not guilty in London to charges of sexually assaulting three men a decade or more ago, when he was director of the Old Vic theater there. His lawyer said he “strenuously denies” the allegations. He is set to face trial next year.
Another criminal case brought against him, an indecent assault and battery charge stemming from the alleged groping of an 18-year-old man at a Nantucket resort, was dismissed by Massachusetts prosecutors in 2019.
Spacey also faces lawsuits from other men, including actor Anthony Rapp.
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IMBRUVICA® is now the only BTKi with 12 FDA approvals across seven indications, including five hematologic cancers and cGVHD
HORSHAM, Pa., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib) for the treatment of pediatric patients one year and older with chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) after failure of one or more lines of systemic therapy. This milestone marks the first pediatric indication for IMBRUVICA® and the introduction of a new oral suspension formulation for patients ages one to less than 12. IMBRUVICA® is now the first FDA-approved therapy for these younger patients who previously had no approved treatment options for this life-threatening disease.
Chronic graft-versus-host disease is a life-threatening complication that can occur after a stem cell or bone marrow transplant when newly transplanted donor cells attack the transplant recipient's body.1 Symptoms may include skin rash, mouth sores, dry eyes, liver inflammation, development of scar tissue in the skin and joints, and damage to the lungs.1 Among children who undergo allogeneic transplants, 52-65 percent will develop cGVHD.2
"Imagine going through a transplant and then being told you have a moderate to severe chronic disease that can sometimes also be life-threatening," said Dr. Paul A. Carpenter, attending physician at Seattle Children's Hospital and a study principal investigator.† "If these children were between one and 12 and didn't respond to steroid treatment, we didn't have any rigorously studied treatment options — until now. The iMAGINE trial showed encouraging safety results and sustained response rates in children, and the new IMBRUVICA oral suspension formulation helps address challenges children may have with swallowing capsules or tablets."
"It's heartbreaking for parents to watch their child struggle with the debilitating effects of cGVHD, especially since there are so few treatment options," said Susan Stewart, Executive Director of BMT InfoNet,^ a non-profit organization dedicated to providing patients and their loved ones with emotional support and high quality, easy-to-understand information about blood stem cell transplants. "The FDA approval of IMBRUVICA puts another weapon in their arsenal and has the potential to truly make a difference for those who are faced with this challenging disease."
The new indication is based on results from the Phase 1/2 iMAGINE study, which showed an overall response rate (ORR) through week 25 of 60 percent (Confidence Interval [CI] 95 percent; 44-74) in patients median age 13 years (range, one to 19 years) (n=47) with relapsed/refractory (R/R) moderate to severe cGVHD. Safety was consistent with the established profile for IMBRUVICA®, with observed adverse events (AEs) in pediatric patients being consistent with those observed in adult patients with moderate to severe cGVHD. IMBRUVICA® was approved to treat adults with cGVHD after failure of one or more lines of systemic therapy in 2017. Because of its unique kinase profile (e.g., inhibiting both BTK and interleukin-2-inducible T-cell kinase [ITK]), IMBRUVICA® has the potential to provide a clinical benefit for cGVHD.3
"The pediatric cGVHD community is a prime example of an underserved patient population with high unmet medical needs for whom Janssen is committed to developing life-saving therapies," said Craig Tendler, M.D., Global Head of Late Development, Diagnostics & Medical Affairs, Hematology & Oncology Janssen Research & Development, LLC. "cGVHD has life-threatening implications for children, and we are deeply proud of the opportunity to make an impact for these young patients with IMBRUVICA and their families."
iMAGINE (PCYC-1146-IM) is an open-label, multi-center, single-arm trial of IMBRUVICA® for the treatment of pediatric and young adult patients aged one year to less than 22 years with moderate or severe cGVHD as defined by NIH Consensus Criteria. Primary endpoints included pharmacokinetics (PK) and safety, and secondary endpoints included ORR (complete response [CR]/partial response [PR]) per 2014 NIH criteria, overall survival, and duration of response (DOR). The study included 47 patients who required additional therapy after failure of one or more prior lines of systemic therapy. Patients aged 12 years and older were treated with IMBRUVICA® 420 mg orally once daily, and patients aged one year to less than 12 years were treated with IMBRUVICA® 240 mg/m2 orally once daily. The efficacy of IMBRUVICA® was established based on ORR through Week 25.
IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib) is a once-daily oral medication that is jointly developed and commercialized by Janssen Biotech, Inc. and Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie company. IMBRUVICA® blocks the Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) protein, which is needed by normal and abnormal B cells, including specific cancer cells, to multiply and spread. By blocking BTK, IMBRUVICA® may help move abnormal B cells out of their nourishing environments and inhibits their proliferation.4,5,6
IMBRUVICA® is approved in more than 100 countries and has been used to treat more than 250,000 patients worldwide. There are more than 50 company-sponsored clinical trials, including 18 Phase 3 studies, more than 11 years evaluating the efficacy and safety of IMBRUVICA®.
IMBRUVICA® was first approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in November 2013, and today is indicated for adult patients in six disease areas, including five hematologic cancers. These include indications to treat adults with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)/ small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) with or without 17p deletion (del17p), and adults with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia (WM), and adult patients with previously treated mantle cell lymphoma (MCL)*, as well as to treat adult patients with previously treated marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) who require systemic therapy and have received at least one prior anti-CD20-based therapy*, and adult and pediatric patients aged one year and older with previously treated chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) after failure of one or more lines of systemic therapy.7
*Accelerated approval was granted for MCL and MZL based on overall response rate. Continued approval for MCL and MZL may be contingent upon verification and description of clinical benefit in confirmatory trials.
Since 2019, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®), recommends ibrutinib (IMBRUVICA®) as a preferred regimen for the initial treatment of CLL/SLL and has Category 1 treatment status for treatment-naïve patients without deletion 17p/TP53 mutation and as a preferred treatment for treatment-naïve patients with deletion 17p/TP53 mutation. The NCCN Guidelines® also recommend IMBRUVICA®, with or without rituximab, as a preferred regimen for the treatment of relapsed/refractory MCL, as a Category 1 preferred regimen for both untreated and previously treated WM patients, and as a preferred regimen for relapsed/refractory MZL.8
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS
Hemorrhage: Fatal bleeding events have occurred in patients who received IMBRUVICA®. Major hemorrhage (≥ Grade 3, serious, or any central nervous system events; e.g., intracranial hemorrhage [including subdural hematoma], gastrointestinal bleeding, hematuria, and post procedural hemorrhage) occurred in 4.2% of patients, with fatalities occurring in 0.4% of 2,838 patients who received IMBRUVICA® in 27 clinical trials. Bleeding events of any grade including bruising and petechiae occurred in 39%, and excluding bruising and petechiae occurred in 23% of patients who received IMBRUVICA®, respectively.
The mechanism for the bleeding events is not well understood.
Use of either anticoagulant or antiplatelet agents concomitantly with IMBRUVICA® increases the risk of major hemorrhage. Across clinical trials, 3.1% of 2,838 patients who received IMBRUVICA® without antiplatelet or anticoagulant therapy experienced major hemorrhage. The addition of antiplatelet therapy with or without anticoagulant therapy increased this percentage to 4.4%, and the addition of anticoagulant therapy with or without antiplatelet therapy increased this percentage to 6.1%. Consider the risks and benefits of anticoagulant or antiplatelet therapy when co-administered with IMBRUVICA®. Monitor for signs and symptoms of bleeding.
Consider the benefit-risk of withholding IMBRUVICA® for at least 3 to 7 days pre- and post-surgery depending upon the type of surgery and the risk of bleeding.
Infections: Fatal and non-fatal infections (including bacterial, viral, or fungal) have occurred with IMBRUVICA® therapy. Grade 3 or greater infections occurred in 21% of 1,476 patients who received IMBRUVICA® in clinical trials. Cases of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) have occurred in patients treated with IMBRUVICA®. Consider prophylaxis according to standard of care in patients who are at increased risk for opportunistic infections. Monitor and evaluate patients for fever and infections and treat appropriately.
Cardiac Arrhythmias, Cardiac Failure, and Sudden Death: Fatal and serious cardiac arrhythmias and cardiac failure have occurred with IMBRUVICA®. Deaths due to cardiac causes or sudden deaths occurred in 1% of 4,896 patients who received IMBRUVICA® in clinical trials, including in patients who received IMBRUVICA® in unapproved monotherapy or combination regimens. These adverse reactions occurred in patients with and without preexisting hypertension or cardiac comorbidities. Patients with cardiac comorbidities may be at greater risk of these events.
Grade 3 or greater ventricular tachyarrhythmias were reported in 0.2%, Grade 3 or greater atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter were reported in 3.7%, and Grade 3 or greater cardiac failure was reported in 1.3% of 4,896 patients who received IMBRUVICA® in clinical trials, including in patients who received IMBRUVICA® in unapproved monotherapy or combination regimens. These events have occurred particularly in patients with cardiac risk factors including hypertension and diabetes mellitus, a previous history of cardiac arrhythmias, and in patients with acute infections.
Evaluate cardiac history and function at baseline, and monitor patients for cardiac arrhythmias and cardiac function. Obtain further evaluation (e.g., ECG, echocardiogram) as indicated for patients who develop symptoms of arrhythmia (e.g., palpitations, lightheadedness, syncope, chest pain), new onset dyspnea, or other cardiovascular concerns. Manage cardiac arrhythmias and cardiac failure appropriately, follow dose modification guidelines, and consider the risks and benefits of continued IMBRUVICA® treatment.
Hypertension: Hypertension occurred in 19% of 1,476 patients who received IMBRUVICA® in clinical trials. Grade 3 or greater hypertension occurred in 8% of patients. Based on data from 1,124 of these patients, the median time to onset was 5.9 months (range, 0.03 to 24 months). Monitor blood pressure in patients treated with IMBRUVICA®, initiate or adjust anti-hypertensive medication throughout treatment with IMBRUVICA® as appropriate, and follow dosage modification guidelines for Grade 3 or higher hypertension.
Cytopenias: In 645 patients with B-cell malignancies who received IMBRUVICA® as a single agent, grade 3 or 4 neutropenia occurred in 23% of patients, grade 3 or 4 thrombocytopenia in 8% and grade 3 or 4 anemia in 2.8%, based on laboratory measurements. Monitor complete blood counts monthly.
Second Primary Malignancies: Other malignancies (10%), including non-skin carcinomas (3.9%), occurred among the 1,476 patients who received IMBRUVICA® in clinical trials. The most frequent second primary malignancy was non-melanoma skin cancer (6%).
Tumor Lysis Syndrome: Tumor lysis syndrome has been infrequently reported with IMBRUVICA®. Assess the baseline risk (e.g., high tumor burden) and take appropriate precautions. Monitor patients closely and treat as appropriate.
Embryo-Fetal Toxicity: Based on findings in animals, IMBRUVICA® can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman. Advise pregnant women of the potential risk to a fetus. Advise females of reproductive potential to use effective contraception during treatment with IMBRUVICA® and for 1 month after the last dose. Advise males with female partners of reproductive potential to use effective contraception during the same time period.
ADVERSE REACTIONS
B-cell malignancies: The most common adverse reactions (≥30%) in adult patients with B-cell malignancies (MCL, CLL/SLL, WM and MZL) were thrombocytopenia (54.5%)*, diarrhea (43.8%), fatigue (39.1%), musculoskeletal pain (38.8%), neutropenia (38.6%)*, rash (35.8%), anemia (35.0%)*, and bruising (32.0%).
The most common Grade ≥ 3 adverse reactions (≥5%) in adult patients with B-cell malignancies (MCL, CLL/SLL, WM and MZL) were neutropenia (20.7%)*, thrombocytopenia (13.6%)*, pneumonia (8.2%), and hypertension (8.0%).
Approximately 9% (CLL/SLL), 14% (MCL), 14% (WM) and 10% (MZL) of adult patients had a dose reduction due to adverse reactions. Approximately 4-10% (CLL/SLL), 9% (MCL), and 7% (WM [5%] and MZL [13%]) of patients discontinued due to adverse reactions.
cGVHD: The most common adverse reactions (≥20%) in adult or pediatric patients with cGVHD were fatigue (57%), anemia (49%)*, bruising (40%), diarrhea (36%), thrombocytopenia (33%)*, musculoskeletal pain (30%), pyrexia (30%), muscle spasms (29%), stomatitis (29%), hemorrhage (26%), nausea (26%), abdominal pain (23%), pneumonia (23%), and headache (21%).
The most common Grade 3 or higher adverse reactions (≥5%) reported in adult or pediatric patients with cGVHD were pneumonia (14%), anemia (13%)*, fatigue (12%), pyrexia (11%), diarrhea (10%), neutropenia (10%)*, sepsis (10%), osteonecrosis (9%), stomatitis (9%), hypokalemia (7%), headache (5%), and musculoskeletal pain (5%).
Discontinuation of IMBRUVICA® treatment due to an adverse reaction occurred in 24% of adult patients and 23% of pediatric patients. Adverse reactions leading to dose reduction occurred in 26% of adult patients and 19% of pediatric patients.
*Treatment-emergent decreases (all grades) were based on laboratory measurements.
DRUG INTERACTIONS
CYP3A Inhibitors: Co-administration of IMBRUVICA® with strong or moderate CYP3A inhibitors may increase ibrutinib plasma concentrations. Increased ibrutinib concentrations may increase the risk of drug-related toxicity. Dose modifications of IMBRUVICA® are recommended when used concomitantly with posaconazole, voriconazole, and moderate CYP3A inhibitors. Avoid concomitant use of other strong CYP3A inhibitors. Interrupt IMBRUVICA® if strong inhibitors are used short-term (e.g., for ≤ 7 days). Avoid grapefruit and Seville oranges during IMBRUVICA® treatment, as these contain strong or moderate inhibitors of CYP3A. See dose modification guidelines in USPI sections 2.3 and 7.1.
CYP3A Inducers: Avoid coadministration with strong CYP3A inducers.
SPECIFIC POPULATIONS
Pediatric Use: The safety and effectiveness of IMBRUVICA® have not been established for the treatment of cGVHD after failure of one or more lines of therapy in pediatric patients less than 1 year of age. The safety and effectiveness of IMBRUVICA® in pediatric patients have not been established in MCL, CLL/SLL, CLL/SLL with 17p deletion, WM, MZL or in patients with mature B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
In the randomized population from a study that included 35 patients (26 pediatric patients age 5 to less than 17 years) with previously treated mature B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, major hemorrhage and discontinuation of chemoimmunotherapy due to adverse reactions occurred more frequently in the ibrutinib plus chemoimmunotherapy arm compared to the chemoimmunotherapy alone arm.
Hepatic Impairment:
Adult Patients with B-cell Malignancies: Hepatic Impairment (based on Child-Pugh criteria): Avoid use of IMBRUVICA® in patients with severe hepatic impairment. In patients with mild or moderate impairment, reduce recommended IMBRUVICA® dose and monitor more frequently for adverse reactions of IMBRUVICA®.
Patients with cGVHD: Avoid use of IMBRUVICA® in patients with total bilirubin level > 3x upper limit of normal (ULN) (unless of non-hepatic origin or due to Gilbert's syndrome). Reduce recommended dose when administering IMBRUVICA® to patients with total bilirubin level > 1.5 to 3x ULN (unless of non-hepatic origin or due to Gilbert's syndrome).
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US strike on al-Qaida leader shows Afghanistan still terror base
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is holding out the CIA operation that killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri as a monumental strike against the global terror network responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks of 2001. But there’s a downside, too.
The drone strike also is putting into stark relief the mounting evidence that after 20 years of America’s military occupation — and then sudden departure — Afghanistan has once again become an active staging ground for Islamic terror groups looking to attack the West.
The operation, carried out over the weekend after at least six months spent monitoring movements by al-Zawahri and his family, came just weeks before the one-year anniversary of the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from the country.
The Biden administration is making the case that the operation shows Americans at home and allies abroad that the United States hasn’t lost focus — or the ability to strike terrorists in the region — and validates its decision to end two decades of fighting in Afghanistan with its withdrawal.
Announcing the strike from the White House, President Joe Biden said Monday night that “justice” had been exacted on a leader who in recent weeks had recorded videos calling for his followers to attack the United States and allies. And the White House on Tuesday framed the operation was an enormous counterterrorism win.
“The president has made good on his word when we left. He said the United States did not need to keep sending thousands of American men and women to fight and die in Afghanistan,” White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on NBC’s “Today” show. “After 20 years of war to keep this country safe, he said we would be able to continue to target and take out terrorists in Afghanistan without troops on the ground. And over this weekend, with this swift and decisive action that he ordered, he delivered on that promise.”
But as details of the operation continue to emerge, the administration has also revealed troubling evidence of al-Qaida’s presence and of the Taliban once again offering refuge to the group that was behind the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
White House officials believe that senior members of the Haqqani Network, an Islamist terror group with strong ties to the Taliban, were aware that al-Zawahri was in Kabul. Sullivan said that while al-Zawahri wasn’t involved in day-to-day planning at the time of his killing, he continued to play an active role in directing al-Qaida and posed “a severe threat” against the U.S. and American citizens.
Concerns about al-Qaida efforts to regroup inside Taliban-controlled Afghanistan are hardly new.
Before the strike, U.S. military officials, including Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, had said al-Qaida was trying to reconstitute in Afghanistan, where it faces limited threats from the now-ruling Taliban. Military leaders have warned that the group still aspired to attack the U.S.
Al-Qaida leadership has reportedly played an advisory role since the Taliban returned to power in the leadup up to the U.S. withdrawal, according to a U.N. Security Council report last month.
The U.N. report also noted that ISIS-K — the group that carried out a massive attack that killed 13 U.S. troops and dozens of Afghans near the Kabul International Airport just days before the U.S. completed its withdrawal last year — has become increasingly active in northern and eastern Afghanistan. That’s a worry for the West though ISIS-K and the Taliban espouse different ideologies and interests, with ISIS-K carrying out a bloody insurgency against the Taliban and religious minorities across Afghanistan.
“Zawahri’s presence in post-withdrawal Afghanistan suggests that, as feared, the Taliban is once more granting safe haven to the leaders of al-Qaida – a group with which it has never broken,” said Nathan Sales, ambassador-at-large and coordinator for counterterrorism during the Trump administration who is now a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. “Zawahiri was living in a safehouse in the heart of Kabul, which only happens with the Taliban’s approval.”
That al-Zawahri was living in a Kabul neighborhood and not in rural Afghanistan as previously believed, “tells you that he got really comfortable” under the protection of the Taliban, said Colin Clarke, director of research at The Soufan Group, a global intelligence and security firm.
“These entities work hand in glove,” Clarke said of the Taliban and al-Qaida. “There’s not the separation that others would have you believe.”
The Taliban had promised in the 2020 Doha Agreement on the terms of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan that they would not harbor al-Qaida members or those seeking to attack the U.S.
The Taliban were quick to condemn the U.S. strike as a “a clear violation of international principles and the Doha Agreement,” though they did not acknowledge that al-Zawahri was killed. The U.S. gave no forewarning to the Taliban government, which the United States does not recognize, that it was carrying out the operation.
“Such actions are a repetition of the failed experiences of the past 20 years and are against the interests of the United States of America, Afghanistan, and the region,” the Taliban statement said.
Whether the United States takes any further action against the Taliban for harboring al-Zawahri remains to be seen. Sullivan told NBC that the U.S. had already “engaged” with the Taliban about al-Zawahri’s presence following Sunday’s strike, but he wouldn’t preview any specific steps the administration might take.
The Taliban remain sanctioned by the U.S. government for its role harboring al-Qaida before the 9/11 attacks. After the collapse of the U.S.-backed government in Kabul last summer, the Biden administration froze billions of dollars in assets belonging to Afghanistan’s central bank to prevent the assets from falling under Taliban control. Some of that money has since been freed for humanitarian aid to address the country’s dire hunger crisis.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell was quick to congratulate Biden on the operation, but also made the case that it “further indicates that Afghanistan is again becoming a major thicket of terrorist activity following the president’s decision to withdraw U.S. forces.”
“Killing al-Zawahri is a success, but the underlying resurgence of al-Qaida terrorists into Afghanistan is a growing threat that was foreseeable and avoidable,” McConnell said. “The administration needs a comprehensive plan to rebuild our capacity to combat it.”
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Selma Blair has high hopes for Legally Blonde 3! The actress, who played Elle Woods' nemesis-turned-bestie in the 2001 original, is opening up to ET about the next highly anticipated installment.
"Legally Blonde is such a joy, such a technicolor classic now," Blair gushes to ET special correspondent -- and Blair's real-life pal -- Amanda Kloots at a Dancing With the Starsrehearsal on Saturday.
While producer/star Reese Witherspoon and writer Mindy Kaling have been offering periodic updates about the state of the project, an official cast list and plotline has yet to be confirmed.
"Reese is really into it, you know, she loves her fans and she loves that movie and it's so much fun," Blair continues. "I know she said seeing [Top Gun:] Maverick and what nostalgia that was, and it's like -- we gotta bring Legally Blonde back."
Blair says she has "no idea" whether her character is included in the script, but is "putting it out there" in the universe that she'd like to be involved. Just last month, Blair had a sweet reunion with Witherspoon at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards.
Blair tells ET that having Witherspoon's support through her career and recent battle with multiple sclerosis means the world to her.
"I mean, Reese Witherspoon, before I met her I was such a fan ... I just thought she was so incredible," she says. "To still have her support even though she's just a star on another galaxy, always, to me, is just so meaningful and makes me feel so supported."
For her part, Witherspoon has teased that the upcoming version of Legally Blonde will be heavily focused on her character alongside Jennifer Coolidge's Paulette. In an interview with ET back in April, Kaling hinted at an ensemble experience.
"I think of it like Reese's Avengers. Elle Woods is like her Captain America, and so you don't want to be the person that messes up that story," Kaling said. "So for me, we are just taking our time because we want it to be really good."
In the meantime, fans can catch Blair in the ballroom on Dancing With the Stars -- streaming live Mondays at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on Disney+.
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For much of the past year, Josephine Allen slept outside, across the street from her old apartment building.
Her tent and wheelchair were perched on a patch of dirt above Interstate 405 on Portland’s West End. This gave her a full view of the Taft Home, her residence until eight months ago.
She once lived in Apartment 341, one of 70 units that for seven decades provided beds for low-income seniors with mental or physical disabilities.
The Taft Home, which stands at Southwest 13th Avenue and Washington Street, next to the Crystal Ballroom, is owned by Reach Community Development Corporation, a nonprofit whose mission is to house the less fortunate. It does so with large amounts of financial support from the city and state. And yet, since December of last year, through freezing cold, endless spring rain and the current heat spell, the Taft’s 70 beds have served…nobody.
The building, a four-story residential hotel built in 1906 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places, is not in structural disrepair. Yet those units sit unused.
“We’re in a full-scale crisis, all up and down the yin-yang,” says Jason Renaud, director of the Mental Health Association of Portland, speaking of the Taft’s monthslong vacancy. “We need to be using any bit of spare architecture we can get our hands on.”
Paula Carder, director of Portland State University’s Institute on Aging, says the fact that the Taft Home stands vacant amid extraordinary need for shelter undercuts public officials’ promise of urgency in dealing with the housing crisis.
“Why is there a person in a wheelchair trying to live in a tent and get by on the streets?” Carder asks. “This is why: There’s a huge need for affordable housing, and it’s just sitting there.”
WW spent more than two months reviewing public records and speaking to state regulators, city officials, and former tenants and staffers about what happened inside the Taft Home. The story of its demise reveals a web of nonprofits, private caretakers, and public bureaucrats who largely waited on each other to step in as things went wrong.
Their collective inaction hints at why the housing crisis deepens even as more money than ever is available to remedy it.
Eight months ago, Josephine Allen, who grew up in Portland and graduated from Jefferson High School before going on to work as a railroad clerk, was living at the Taft. Music from the bar below, Scooter McQuade’s, caused the walls of her room to vibrate. She swore her floor was off kilter, cockroaches skittered across the floor, and she felt disrespected by some caretakers—but still, it was home. “Christmas,” she recalls, “was just beautiful.”
Allen, 58, spent decades in an abusive relationship after having four children. When she escaped her abuser in 2014, she lived on the streets for a time, coped with the trauma by drinking, and got a room at the Taft around 2018.
It was one of just six facilities in Portland and Gresham that housed people with complex mental, behavioral and physical needs, supported mostly by Medicaid.
Each resident had their own room. The Taft was staffed by a resident nurse, caretakers who helped bathe, transport and feed residents, and medical technicians who administered medications. Physical therapists, doctors and caseworkers would regularly visit.
A kitchen on the ground floor prepared dishes like Beefy Baked Ravioli and Tangy Fruit Salad. Staffers would occasionally fetch snacks or soft drinks for their favorite residents from the nearby Whole Foods.
Darwin Davis, 71, lived on the streets before moving into the Taft in 2006. He calls it “the most perfect place I’ve ever been in.”
Still, according to former employee Ward Stalding, a day without some sort of incident was rare. There were often physical fights between residents, mental health crises, and emotional outbursts. Drug use in common spaces without consequence was rampant.
Mark Malicoat, a former eight-year resident with a rare nerve condition who’s been living in a nearby hotel since the Taft closed, described the home as “bedlam”: “The minute I got in there, I wanted to run out the door.”
The condition of the building declined in its last two or three years, according to four former employees WW interviewed.
Photos provided to WW show staffers asleep on chairs in the break room during work hours. Narcotics strewn on tables. A door with a punched-out plank.
Stalding, who worked at the Taft on and off beginning in 2005, says more residents started abusing drugs and alcohol.
All four employees say residents were difficult, but that it was no excuse for how certain staff treated them. A revolving door of young caretakers meant residents were often presented with new faces assigned to care for them.
“They were treated absolutely poorly,” Stalding says.
The Oregon Department of Human Services licenses and regulates facilities like the Taft Home. The state agency has the authority to investigate complaints, issue civil penalties and revoke licenses.
In 2021, DHS issued the Taft Home nine civil penalties and 21 licensing citations. The state alleged the Taft Home was neglecting basic tasks like having enough staff on site, administering medications on schedule, and keeping the building free of pests and grime.
Reach CDC, the housing nonprofit that owns the Taft, leased the building to a private senior living operator, Concepts in Community Living, that operated the facility.
CCL, based in Clackamas, runs nine facilities for seniors across Oregon—and more in Washington and California.
It was co-founded in 1988 by Keren Brown Wilson, who’s largely credited for creating the first assisted living community in the United States. In 1994, she transferred control of CCL to her co-founder husband, Michael DeShane, who’s still the president and owner.
CCL’s annual revenue is estimated at $17 million a year by ZoomInfo.
The Taft Home was its most troubled facility. By comparison, none of its other Portland-area facilities had more than two violations in 2021.
Last July, the state told the Taft it couldn’t accept any more residents until it addressed issues that put residents “at risk of immediate jeopardy” and were “likely to cause serious injury, serious harm, serious impairment, or death to a resident or residents,” documents show.
DHS spokeswoman Elisa Williams says placing such conditions on a senior living center is “not routine.” It means something going on there is alarming enough to deem the facility a risk to the very people who call it home. Last year, 24 of the 560 assisted living and residential care facilities in Oregon had conditional licenses.
A month later, DHS found the same problems again —and threatened to revoke the Taft Home’s license. CCL had two options: Fix the problems or close.
Concepts in Community Living chose the latter option. The Taft Home would close for good on Dec. 1.
WW broke news of the closure Dec. 3. CCL told WW at the time that making the required remedies—which, according to state documents, included pest control, administering medications on schedule, putting a stop to hoarding, and fixing taped floorboards—was impossible because of a “workforce shortage, the aging facility, and the need for significant resources for improvements.”
Since then, CCL executives declined an interview with WW and refused to answer multiple rounds of written questions.
Residents, meanwhile, were scattered to the wind.
They were sent to 26 different facilities across the state, according to a resident placement list shared with WW by a former employee. Two with severe mental illnesses were sent to motels to await housing placements, according to employees. And a few refused housing because they were so upset and therefore were not placed.
Marisa Espinoza, a policy and systems advocate for Northwest Pilot Project, a nonprofit that connects low-income seniors to housing, says residents of the Taft are perhaps the toughest Portlanders to find suitable housing for. Many of the residents have a triple-whammy of issues: physical disabilities, mental illness and addiction. They’re also poor.
“We simply do not have enough places like the Taft. We literally don’t have anywhere where people with these needs to go,” Espinoza says. “They may cycle in and out of the ER, jail, the streets; they might even go into a facility temporarily.”
Davis was able to find a bed at an assisted living home in Redmond—a three-hour drive from Portland, where he lived at the Taft for 15 years and hoped to live for the rest of his life.
He calls the closure “the worst thing I’ve ever been involved in.”
Allen, who’s Black and wheelchair-bound, went first to an adult foster home in Salem. She left after two nights, came back to Portland, and moved to the patch of dirt across the street from the Taft Home. Her partner, David, lived there, too, along with three or four others. You could see her most mornings if you drove west on Burnside and glanced left as you passed Everyday Music.
She lit fires during the cold months with tin cans and rubbing alcohol inside her tent. The cold badly inflamed her arthritis. She got a lung infection because of the fumes, spent time at the hospital, and landed back at the camp. Rats chewed through most of her belongings.
“I was afraid when it closed because I thought the streets was gonna be worse,” Allen says. “And it was.”
The Taft Home stands vacant now. Its doors are boarded up with plywood painted rust red. The blinds are drawn in every apartment window. The only thing that’s changed since December is that Cassidy’s Restaurant reopened on the ground floor in May.
The building was not shuttered for any irreparable structural dangers. While it is old and could do with some improvements, it simply requires a new operator who can care for its occupants.
In 2018 and 2020, Portland voters approved multimillion-dollar ballot measures to build affordable housing and keep people in existing housing with rental assistance and behavioral health services. Those are the services needed by the people who lived in the Taft Home.
Yet eight months after its operator quit, the hotel remains empty.
Multnomah County Commissioner Sharon Meieran, who’s running for county chair, says the vacancy “makes no sense to me.”
“One just assumes that when there are housing units available during a crisis, that they would be put to good use,” Meieran says. “But I’ve learned that no one should assume.”
WW wanted to know who would take responsibility for the shuttering of the Taft and the failure to reopen it sooner.
How about the building’s owner? Reach CDC, which purchased the hotel for $362,000 in 1986.
One of the biggest affordable housing developers in the city, Reach CDC houses more than 3,500 people in Portland and Vancouver, Wash. Reach’s total revenue in 2020 was $21 million. Its CEO and president, Dan Valliere, made $178,000 that year.
The nonprofit responded by email to written questions.
Reach spokeswoman Lauren Schmidt says the Taft Home has stood empty for so long because Reach was waiting for CCL to vacate the building, and is still waiting for the results of a capital needs report it commissioned in January to show what repairs and maintenance should be done.
“Before any plans or best uses can be determined, Reach and the city will need to review and assess findings from the report,” Schmidt adds.
Even as she pointed to the capital needs report as a condition for moving people back into the Taft, Schmidt conceded the building is structurally sound. “We did not say the building was unsafe structurally,” she wrote.
Reach did not seek another operator, Schmidt says.
So WW moved on—to the Portland Housing Bureau.
City Hall has an unusual level of control over the Taft Home because the owner, Reach CDC, borrowed city money for renovations in 1998.
As of 2020, Reach still owed the Portland Housing Bureau $292,000 in loan repayments. (Update: Reach owes the Portland Housing Bureau an additional $654,000 for another loan it received in 1988 for the Taft, according to the housing bureau after press deadline.)
Yet Housing Bureau officials say they had little control over Reach’s actions.
“[The Housing Bureau] does not dictate to affordable housing sponsor/owners what can or cannot be done to their properties when unoccupied,” spokesman Gabriel Matthews says. (Documents show, however, that Reach cannot sell the building without city approval until 2028, and cannot change the use of the building without the bureau’s permission.)
Matthews adds that neither the Housing Bureau nor Reach were privy to state regulators’ crackdown on the Taft Home’s operator, and that the condition CCL left the building in wasn’t fit to immediately inhabit.
In other words, the bureau said it had no idea what was happening in the Taft Home until the problem was too far gone to quickly fix. (When asked if Reach was privy to DHS reports on the Taft as they came out, Schmidt said Reach did not understand the question and declined to comment further on the closure.)
Every elected official in the city says they’re doing everything in their power to remedy the housing crisis. What about a 70-unit apartment building 13 blocks from City Hall?
WW asked City Commissioner Dan Ryan, who oversees the Portland Housing Bureau and whose chief project is a three-year, $44 million plan to build six “safe rest villages” throughout the city that will house up to 50 people each.
Ryan’s office declined repeated requests by WW for a phone call with the commissioner.
Ryan said in a statement he would “be thrilled to support swift and thorough action” at the Taft Home once Reach’s report is completed. He did not answer questions about whether he should be placing more pressure on Reach to house people in its building.
Mayor Ted Wheeler has also said he’s acting with urgency to help homeless Portlanders. Just this year, he started making emergency declarations to increase sweeps of homeless camps, clear highways of tents, and even seize a private plot of land for one of Ryan’s villages using eminent domain.
WW asked him if he would resume control over a building that the city has financial stake in. He didn’t answer the question.
“I look forward to learning more about the viability of the vacant Taft Home building after further review and analysis is complete,” Wheeler said in a statement.
Carder, who runs PSU’s center on aging, says the lackadaisical pace might be due to nobody stepping in and taking the lead.
“It seems like it would be easy, but our process shuts things down. It slows things down so much,” Carder says. “If Reach has a lease to continue providing housing in the Taft for another six years, where is the pressure for that?”
As for Allen, her life has improved somewhat in recent weeks. She has found a shelter bed in East Portland.
She still feels betrayed by the last people who promised her a roof over her head. “They didn’t care about none of us,” Allen says.
Trial by Fire
Records and interviews show that the mental deterioration of a Taft Home resident last summer culminated in a blaze that forced the evacuation of the entire building. Twenty-four days later, police arrested her.
On the morning of June 28, 2021, a Taft resident dialed the Multnomah County mental health crisis line and told operators she was thinking about committing suicide by either lighting herself on fire or jumping out the window that day.
The county alerted Taft management, who, according to Department of Human Services investigation notes obtained by WW, knocked on her door several times, but she never opened the door.
According to the DHS notes, employees told the investigator that they didn’t need to check on her because her behavior was just “how she is,” not a “true mental health” disorder.
But state investigative documents said the facility had documented that she did, in fact, suffer from a mental health disorder.
At 6:15 pm, smoke began emerging from a second-floor room and filled the hallway. Firefighters arrived at 6:21 pm.
Residents were shuffled out the exits; residents in wheelchairs were wheeled out to the fire escape. Two went to the hospital because of medical emergencies, including the resident, who, according to a Portland Fire & Rescue report, was found in her room. (The resident, whose name WW is withholding because she just recently got placed in stable housing, maintains she did not start the fire.)
The state launched an investigation into the Taft Home immediately after the fire due to a complaint filed by the woman’s daughter. Some of the most damning findings about conditions in the building emerged from that probe. Concepts in Community Living, the private company that operated the Taft, announced just one month later it would close the home at the end of the year.
The resident was in the hospital for 24 days, during which time the Taft evicted her.
Police arrested her at the hospital on July 22. She’s wearing a hospital gown in her mug shot. She was kept overnight at the Multnomah County Detention Center on arson charges and discharged to the streets the following morning. Police knew she had nowhere to go, according to a recognizance report.
The police referred the case to the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office, which declined to prosecute the case, citing insufficient evidence that she had started the fire.
She just recently moved into an apartment of her own after a year living on her daughter’s couch.
Her daughter visited her there on a recent Friday. It was her mom’s birthday. They rode a bus to the grocery store, where her daughter bought her almond milk, raw sugar, and a shower curtain using BottleDrop vouchers.
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A body was found Monday morning in a barrel that washed up on a beach in Malibu, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
The 55-gallon drum was found around 10:30 a.m. at Malibu Lagoon State Beach by a person who reported the discovery to the sheriff's department. The person opened the drum and found a body inside, the sheriff's department said.
Details about a cause of death were not immediately available.
Anyone with information on the case was asked to call the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Tipsters may also call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS, or use the website.
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Top Player Prop Bets for Padres vs. Rays on June 17, 2023
The San Diego Padres host the Tampa Bay Rays at PETCO Park on Saturday at 7:15 PM ET. Those looking to place a player prop bet can find odds for Juan Soto, Wander Franco and others in this contest.
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Padres vs. Rays Game Info
- When: Saturday, June 17, 2023 at 7:15 PM ET
- Where: PETCO Park in San Diego, California
- How to Watch on TV: FOX
- Live Stream: Watch the MLB on Fubo!
MLB Props Today: San Diego Padres
Blake Snell Props
- Strikeouts Prop: Over/Under 5.5 (Over Odds: -120)
Snell Stats
- Blake Snell (2-6) will take to the mound for the Padres and make his 14th start of the season.
- He's looking to extend his three-game quality start streak.
- Snell will look to finish five or more innings for the fifth start in a row.
- He has made 13 appearances and finished two of them without allowing an earned run.
- Among qualified pitchers in the majors this campaign, the 30-year-old ranks 34th in ERA (3.91), 44th in WHIP (1.333), and seventh in K/9 (10.6).
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- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -196)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -120)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +400)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +180)
Soto Stats
- Soto has 61 hits with 17 doubles, 11 home runs, 62 walks and 33 RBI. He's also stolen five bases.
- He's slashed .257/.412/.468 on the year.
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MLB Props Today: Tampa Bay Rays
Wander Franco Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 1.5 (Over Odds: +195)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +105)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +750)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +215)
Franco Stats
- Franco has collected 81 hits with 20 doubles, two triples, eight home runs and 24 walks. He has driven in 33 runs with 23 stolen bases.
- He's slashed .299/.358/.476 on the season.
- Franco hopes to build on a three-game hitting streak in this matchup. In his last five games he is batting .300 with a double and a walk.
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Randy Arozarena Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -179)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +125)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +500)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +180)
Arozarena Stats
- Randy Arozarena has eight doubles, a triple, 13 home runs, 41 walks and 48 RBI (69 total hits). He has stolen nine bases.
- He has a slash line of .285/.403/.488 so far this year.
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Cashless Casino Leverages Acres' Foundation Technology to Accelerate Cashless Gaming Adoption
LAS VEGAS, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With a focus on driving an easier and quicker implementation of cashless gaming functionality, Acres Manufacturing Company ("Acres") announced today the introduction of Cashless Casino, a new application that enables casino operators to deploy the industry's best-of-breed cashless gaming and loyalty solution within 15 weeks of order. Cashless Casino is powered by Acres' Foundation technology, the industry's only solution capable of processing both real-time gaming data and conducting cashless transfers to and from any slot machine or table game. Acres' efforts to innovate solutions that enable a more intuitive adoption of cashless gaming technology will help set the stage for the option of a completely cashless casino gaming floor within a few years which will eliminate cash handling expenses and drive a better overall player experience.
"Early deployments of Foundation cashless gaming have proven that cashless players increase their play and visitation. As a result, casino operators are increasingly expressing wide-scale interest in deploying cashless gaming technology. However, implementing cashless gaming quickly becomes a burdensome, do-it-yourself project for operators, as they struggle through the limitations of decades-old legacy casino management systems ("CMS") technologies to integrate a payment processor and user interface while solving for dispute resolution and regulatory compliance," said Noah Acres. "These issues have dramatically slowed industry adaptation of cashless gaming. Cashless Casino addresses this challenge by making the rollout incredibly easy and intuitive, as it enables operators to focus on player education and the gaming entertainment experience. We can implement Cashless Casino within about 15 weeks of receiving an operator's order."
Cashless Casino works on any slot machine or table game, including those connected to casino management systems from Aristocrat, IGT, Konami and Light & Wonder. These legacy CMS solutions continue to account for play and loyalty data, while Foundation processes the entire machine event stream in real-time, resulting in over a thousand times more data being provided to the casino. Over time, casinos can migrate all CMS functionality to Foundation and remove the legacy CMS without any disruption to their loyalty, reporting or analytics programs, resulting in millions of dollars saved annually in hardware and maintenance fees.
Deploying Cashless Casino is simple, as casinos only need to pick a payment processor and provide a mobile app. The casino's app becomes the user interface, ensuring that branding is fully compatible with the rest of the operator's player-facing options. Players using Cashless Casino use the mobile app to virtually "card in" and start a rated play session. During play, point balances accrue in real-time and players are incentivized to continue playing when a new tier status is approaching. The payment processor of choice provides for the free flow of player funds between their funding source and the app's wallet. Behind the scenes, Foundation allows the player's funds, as well as accrued points which can be converted to free play, to move between the app's wallet and the game.
Casinos can select one or more payment providers, including Everi, Fabicash, Flexia, Koin, Sightline Payments and Trustly. An interface to Marker Trax, a casino marker solution, is also included. Furthermore, Cashless Casino satisfies all regulatory requirements by providing audit reports and dispute resolution tools and can serve as the required system of record.
"Cashless Casino allows gaming operators to position themselves for an entirely cashless future in which casinos transition away from physical player cards, kiosks, and direct mail," added Noah Acres. "These legacy technologies and practices are quickly being abandoned by other industries and by implementing Cashless Casino, operators can engage with their customers more easily in the mediums they prefer while also benefiting from operating efficiencies.
"Driving higher loyalty engagement is the core value proposition of our Foundation technology," concluded Noah Acres, "and incorporating innovative player loyalty features into Cashless Casino is a key differentiator in the player experience. Cashless Casino enables casino operators to significantly improve their connection and engagement with their players."
About Acres Manufacturing Company
Acres Manufacturing Company (AMC) is a leading casino loyalty and technology expert and the creator of Foundation™, the first-of-its-kind casino management system. Foundation provides casinos with real-time data from slot machines and a direct interface to the credit meter on any slot machine. AMC was founded by John Acres, the inventor of casino systems technology. For more information on Acres Manufacturing Company and Foundation, visit acresmanufacturing.com.
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There's cause for optimism in the latest report on world happiness.
For one, benevolence is about 25% higher than it was pre-pandemic.
"Benevolence to others, especially the helping of strangers, which went up dramatically in 2021, stayed high in 2022," John Helliwell, one of the authors of the World Happiness Report, said in an interview with CNN.
And global happiness has not taken a hit in the three years of the Covid-19 pandemic. Life evaluations from 2020 to 2022 have been "remarkably resilient," the report says, with global averages basically in line with the three years preceding the pandemic.
"Even during these difficult years, positive emotions have remained twice as prevalent as negative ones, and feelings of positive social support twice as strong as those of loneliness," Helliwell said in a news release.
The report, which is a publication of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, draws on global survey data from people in more than 150 countries. Countries are ranked on happiness based on their average life evaluations over the three preceding years, in this case 2020 to 2022.
The report, which was released on Monday, identifies the happiest nations, those at the very bottom of the happiness scale and everything in between, plus the factors that tend to lead to greater happiness. March 20 is the International Day of Happiness, a day designated by the United Nations that's marking its 10th anniversary in 2023.
Six-year winning streak for world's happiest nation
For the sixth year in a row, Finland is the world's happiest country, according to World Happiness Report rankings based largely on life evaluations from the Gallup World Poll.
The Nordic country and its neighbors Denmark, Iceland, Sweden and Norway all score very well on the measures the report uses to explain its findings: healthy life expectancy, GDP per capita, social support, low corruption, generosity in a community where people look after each other and freedom to make key life decisions.
But since we can't all move to Finland, is there something other societies can learn from these rankings?
"Is it, are they doing things that we wish we'd seen before and we can start doing? Or is it something unique about their climate and history that make them different? And fortunately, at least from my perspective, the answer is the former," said Helliwell, who is a professor emeritus at the Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia.
Taking a holistic view of the well-being of all the components of a society and its members makes for better life evaluations and happier countries.
"The objective of every institution should be to contribute what it can to human well-being," the report says, which includes accounting for future generations and preserving basic human rights.
Israel moves up to No. 4 this year from its No. 9 ranking last year. The Netherlands (No. 5), Switzerland (No. 8), Luxembourg (No. 9) and New Zealand (No. 10) round out the top 10.
Australia (No. 12), Canada (No. 13), Ireland (No. 14), the United States (No. 15) and the United Kingdom (No. 19) all made it into the top 20.
While the same countries tend to appear in the top 20 year after year, there's a new entrant this year: Lithuania.
The Baltic nation has been climbing steadily over the past six years from No. 52 in 2017 to No. 20 on the latest list. And the other Baltic countries, Estonia (No. 31) and Latvia (No. 41), have been climbing in the ranks, too.
"It's essentially the same story that's playing out in the rest of Central and Eastern Europe," Helliwell said.
Countries in those regions "probably have normalized that post-1990 transition and [are] feeling more solid in their new identity" as the years pass, he said.
France dropped out of the top 20 to No. 21 in this year's report.
Nations ranked lower for happiness
At the very bottom of the list is Afghanistan at No. 137. Lebanon is one rank above at No. 136. Average life evaluations in these countries are more than five points lower (on a scale from 0 to 10) than in the 10 happiest countries.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine put both countries very much in the global spotlight as the 2022 report was released.
So where do these two nations stand, according to the latest surveys?
Well-being in Ukraine has definitely taken a hit, but "despite the magnitude of suffering and damage in Ukraine, life evaluations in September 2022 remained higher than in the aftermath of the 2014 annexation, supported now by a stronger sense of common purpose, benevolence, and trust in Ukrainian leadership," the report says.
Confidence in their governments grew in both countries in 2022, the survey says, "but much more in Ukraine than in Russia." And Ukrainian support for the leadership in Russia fell to zero.
In this year's rankings, Russia is No. 70 and Ukraine is No. 92.
Looking forward
The disruptions of the pandemic have spurred a lot of reflection.
"People are rethinking their life objectives," Helliwell said. "They're saying, 'I'm going back, but what am I going back to? What do I want to go back to? How do I want to spend the rest of my life?'"
He's hoping this "move towards thinking about values and other people more explicitly" will affect not just factors such as which jobs or schools people choose, but also how they operate within those environments.
"It isn't really about the grades or the salary, it's about cooperating with other people in a useful way. And of course, that's useful for the world, but the whole point of this happiness research is that it's also good for the people doing it.
"In other words, you do end up feeling better about yourself if you're actually looking after other people rather than number one."
World's happiest countries for 2023
1. Finland
2. Denmark
3. Iceland
4. Israel
5. Netherlands
6. Sweden
7. Norway
8. Switzerland
9. Luxembourg
10. New Zealand
11. Austria
12. Australia
13. Canada
14. Ireland
15. United States
16. Germany
17. Belgium
18. Czech Republic
19. United Kingdom
20. Lithuania
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Updated August 14, 2022 at 2:36 PM ET
BERLIN — Authorities in Norway have euthanized a walrus that had drawn crowds of spectators in the Oslo Fjord after concluding that it posed a risk to humans.
The 600-kilogram (1,320-pound) female walrus, known affectionately as Freya, became a popular attraction in Norway in recent weeks, despite warnings from officials that people should refrain from getting close and posing for pictures with the massive marine mammal. Freya liked to clamber on small boats, causing damage to them.
Walruses are protected and as recently as last month officials said they hoped Freya would leave of her own accord and that euthanasia would be a last resort.
Norway's Directorate of Fisheries said Freya was put down early Sunday "based on an overall assessment of the continued threat to human safety."
"Through on-site observations the past week, it was made clear that the public has disregarded the current recommendation to keep a clear distance to the walrus," it said. "Therefore, the Directorate has concluded, the possibility for potential harm to people was high and animal welfare was not being maintained."
The head of the directorate, Frank Bakke-Jensen, said other options — including moving the animal elsewhere — were considered. But authorities concluded it wasn't a viable option.
"We have sympathies for the fact that the decision can cause a reaction from the public, but I am firm that this was the right call," Bakke-Jensen said. "We have great regard for animal welfare, but human life and safety must take precedence."
Atlantic walruses normally live in the Arctic. It is unusual but not unheard of for them to travel into the North and Baltic Seas. Another walrus, nicknamed Wally, was seen last year on beaches and even a lifeboat dock in Wales and elsewhere.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Veru, Inc. ("Veru" or the "Company (NASDAQ: VERU). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Veru and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On November 10, 2022, Veru issued a press release announcing that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee (the "Advisory Committee") voted against granting emergency use authorization for the Company's product sabizabulin for treatment of hospitalized moderate to severe COVID-19 patients who are at high risk for acute respiratory distress syndrome. Specifically, the Advisory Committee voted 8-5 that the known and potential benefits of sabizabulin do not outweigh its known and potential risks.
On this news, Veru's stock price fell sharply during intraday trading on November 10, 2022.
The Pomerantz Firm, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, London, and Paris is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, the Pomerantz Firm pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 80 years later, the Pomerantz Firm continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomerantzlaw.com.
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Can you carve out 11 minutes a day to exercise? If so, that’s all the time needed to lower your risk of a premature desk, according to a new study.
According to findings published this week in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, 11 minutes a day of moderate physical activity can lower the risk of heart disease, stroke and a number of cancers.
The study’s authors noted that the exercise does not even have to be too vigorous. Something as simple as a brisk walk would count. The authors also say exercises such as dancing, biking, playing tennis or hiking are other good examples of moderate exercise.
“Moderate activity doesn’t have to involve what we normally think of exercise, such as sports or running,” said Dr. Leandro Garcia from Queen’s University Belfast. “Sometimes, replacing some habits is all that is needed. For example, try to walk or cycle to your work or study place instead of using a car, or engage in active play with your kids or grand kids. Doing activities that you enjoy and that are easy to include in your weekly routine is an excellent way to become more active.”
The study found that 11 minutes a day of physical activity reduced the risk of cardiovascular disease by 17% and cancer by 7%.
The study found that around 22 minutes a day of moderate activity resulted in even lower risks. The data indicated a 23% lower chance of early death.
Going beyond 150 minutes a week, or 22 minutes a day, resulted in minimal benefit.
“We know that physical activity, such as walking or cycling, is good for you, especially if you feel it raises your heart rate,” Professor James Woodcock from the MRC Epidemiology Unit said. “But what we’ve found is there are substantial benefits to heart health and reducing your risk of cancer, even if you can only manage 10 minutes every day.”
The study noted that cardiovascular diseases were the No. 1 cause of death globally in 2019, resulting in 17.9 deaths.
There is also research out there that exercise improves immune function.
“It is certainly important to exercise because exercise has been shown to improve your immune function and actually prevent infections because of the improved immune function,” Dr. Mark Conroy, a specialist in sports and emergency medicine at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, previously told Scripps News.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises adults to get at least 150 minutes of moderate – or 75 minutes of vigorous – physical activity a week in addition to two days of strength training. | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/experts-say-doing-these-1-of-these-exercises-11-minutes-a-day-may-save-your-life | 2023-03-01 21:14:08 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/experts-say-doing-these-1-of-these-exercises-11-minutes-a-day-may-save-your-life |
PANAMA CITY (AP) — An international wildlife conference moved to enact some of the most significant protection for shark species targeted in the fin trade and scores of turtles, lizards and frogs whose numbers are being decimated by the pet trade.
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, known by its initials as CITES, ended Friday in Panama. In a record for the conference, delegates enacted protections for over 500 species. The United Nations wildlife conference also rejected a proposal to reopen the ivory trade. An ivory ban was enacted in 1989.
“The Parties to CITES are fully aware of their responsibility to address the biodiversity loss crisis by taking action to ensure that the international trade in wildlife is sustainable, legal and traceable,” Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero said in a statement.
“Trade underpins human well-being, but we need to mend our relationship with nature,” she said. “The decisions coming from this meeting will serve the interests of conservation and wildlife trade, that doesn’t threaten the existence of species of plants and animals in the wild, for future generations.”
The international wildlife trade treaty, which was adopted 49 years ago in Washington, D.C., has been praised for helping stem the illegal and unsustainable trade in ivory and rhino horns as well as in whales and sea turtles.
But it has come under fire for its limitations, including its reliance on cash-strapped developing countries to combat illegal trade that’s become a lucrative $10 billion-a-year business.
One of the biggest achievement this year was increasing or providing protection for more than 90 shark species, including 54 species of requiem sharks, the bonnethead shark, three species of hammerhead shark and 37 species of guitarfish. Many had never before had trade protection and now, under Appendix II, the commercial trade will be regulated.
Global shark populations are declining, with annual deaths due to fisheries reaching about 100 million. The sharks are sought mostly for their fins, which are used in shark fin soup, a popular delicacy in China and elsewhere in Asia.
“These species are threatened by the unsustainable and unregulated fisheries that supply the international trade in their meat and fins, which has driven extensive population declines,” Rebecca Regnery, senior director for wildlife at Humane Society International, said in a statement. “With Appendix II listing, CITES Parties can allow trade only if it is not detrimental to the survival of the species in the wild, giving these species help they need to recover from over-exploitation.”
The conference also enacted protections for dozens of species of turtle, lizard and 160 amphibian species including glass frogs whose translucent skin made them a favorite in the pet trade. Several species of song birds also got trade protection as well as 150 tree species.
“Already under immense ecological pressure resulting from habitat loss, climate change and disease, the unmanaged and growing trade in glass frogs is exacerbating the already existing threats to the species,” Danielle Kessler, the U.S. country director for the International Fund for Animal Welfare, said in a statement. “This trade must be regulated and limited to sustainable levels to avoid compounding the multiple threats they already face.”
But some of the more controversial proposals weren’t approved.
Some African countries and conservation groups had hoped to ban the trade in hippos. But it was opposed by the European Union, some African countries and several conservation groups, who argue many countries have healthy hippo populations and that trade isn’t a factor in their decline.
“Globally cherished mammals such as rhinos, hippos, elephants and leopards didn’t receive increased protections at this meeting while a bunch of wonderful weirdos won conservation victories,” Tanya Sanerib, international legal director at the Center for Biological Diversity, said in a statement. “In the midst of a heart-wrenching extinction crisis, we need global agreement to fight for all species, even when it’s contentious.” | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/science-2/ap-science/ap-wildlife-conference-boosts-protection-for-sharks-turtles-2/ | 2022-11-27 00:32:57 | 0 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/science-2/ap-science/ap-wildlife-conference-boosts-protection-for-sharks-turtles-2/ |
Internationally recognized for her scholarship and expertise in faculty affairs and diversity, equity, and inclusion, O'Meara has a proven track record of implementing innovative and effective organizational change to advance the field of higher education.
NEW YORK, March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Teachers College, Columbia University today announced the appointment of KerryAnn O'Meara as its next Vice President for Academic Affairs, Provost and Dean of the College, effective July 5, 2023. Dr. O'Meara, who currently serves as Professor of Higher
Education and a Distinguished Scholar Teacher, and as Special Assistant to the Provost for Strategic Initiatives, at the University of Maryland, is an internationally recognized expert on faculty affairs and diversity, equity and inclusion, with research continuously funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) since 2010.
"KerryAnn O'Meara is an esteemed scholar and expert on the development and implementation of organizational practices that empower and support faculty diversity and inclusion, and strengthen institutions overall," said Thomas Bailey, President, Teachers College, Columbia University. "Dr. O'Meara's leadership and expertise will be instrumental in helping the Teachers College community achieve new heights of academic excellence and social impact for the future."
Under President Bailey's leadership, Teachers College has embarked on an ambitious set of strategic priorities designed to strengthen the institution for the future, with a focus on the areas of: research; diversity, equity and inclusion; student pathways; digital innovation; and organizational design and structure. Dr. O'Meara's wealth of research expertise and direct experience leading change in organizations will be invaluable in helping Teachers College to advance these efforts and meet the demands of an ever-evolving higher education landscape.
"I am thrilled to join the Teachers College community," said KerryAnn O'Meara, the incoming Vice President for Academic Affairs, Provost and Dean of the College at Teachers College, Columbia University. "I have long admired TC's deeply held commitments to social justice, groundbreaking research, outstanding graduate programs, and multidisciplinary approaches to creating a more equitable world. As I learned more about President Bailey's strategic priorities, as well as where TC faculty, students and employees would like to see the College go in the future, I realized I had discovered a new home. I am inspired by the ways in which faculty and students are extending their scholarship into the world, and I look forward to finding new ways to support, connect, and amplify this work and its impact."
In her current role at the University of Maryland, Dr. O'Meara has been instrumental in creating and implementing various strategic initiatives, including faculty diversity and inclusion programs and interdisciplinary research collaborations. Throughout her career, Dr. O'Meara has earned a reputation for her collaborative leadership style, commitment to mentoring and supporting faculty, and ability to unite diverse stakeholders around a shared vision.
"Dr. O'Meara has been a true servant leader at the University of Maryland," said Darryll J. Pines, President, University of Maryland. She helped transform our university by not only leading our proposal effort to win an NSF ADVANCE grant on Inclusive Excellence to advance women's agency across our campus, but was also the program's inaugural director for a decade. In addition, she was a key leader in spearheading the TerrapinSTRONG onboarding initiative that has educated every citizen of our campus community on our history, values, traditions, and diversity, equity and inclusion activities. I am extremely proud of her work here and I believe she will be a transformative leader for Teachers College."
"Dr. O'Meara has long been a leading voice in higher education, and she has always demonstrated a rare ability to do work that is rigorous, meaningful, and impactful on a local and national level," said Kimberly Griffin, Ph.D., Professor and Dean, College of Education, University of Maryland. I am certain that her work as Provost and Dean of the College will be transformational, grounded in her equity-based scholarship and rich leadership experiences. While we will miss her vision and wisdom here in College Park, we also feel great pride as Dr. O'Meara embraces this new opportunity."
Dr. O'Meara's research examines faculty careers and academic rewards systems with a particular focus on organizational practices that support and limit the full participation of women, minoritized faculty and engaged scholars. Before joining the University of Maryland, she held academic appointments at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Dr. O'Meara will succeed Interim Provost William J. Baldwin, appointed on July 1, 2022.
About Teachers College, Columbia University
Founded in 1887, Teachers College, Columbia University, the first and largest graduate school of education in the United States, is perennially ranked among the nation's best. Teachers College's mission is to create a smarter, healthier, and more equitable and peaceful world. Teachers College engages in research and prepares professionals in its three main areas of expertise—education, health and psychology—to work with public and private entities in local, national and global communities and inform public policy. Students choose from nearly 150 academic programs to earn graduate degrees, which are conferred by Columbia University. While it is closely affiliated with Columbia University and collaborates with it on many programs, the College is an independent, autonomous institution with a separate, independent governing board, president, and financial endowment.
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Alabama man’s execution was botched, advocacy group alleges
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama corrections officials apparently botched an inmate’s execution last month, an anti-death penalty group alleges, citing the length of time that passed before the prisoner received the lethal injection and a private autopsy indicating his arm may have been cut to find a vein.
Joe Nathan James Jr. was put to death July 28 at an Alabama prison for the 1994 shooting death of his former girlfriend. The execution was carried out more than three hours after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a request for a stay.
“Subjecting a prisoner to three hours of pain and suffering is the definition of cruel and unusual punishment,” Maya Foa, director of Reprieve US Forensic Justice Initiative, a human rights group that opposes the death penalty, said in a statement. “States cannot continue to pretend that the abhorrent practice of lethal injection is in any way humane.”
The Alabama Department of Forensic Science declined a request to release the state’s autopsy of James, citing an ongoing review that happens after every execution. Officials have not responded to requests for comment on the private autopsy, which was first reported by The Atlantic.
At the time of the execution, Alabama Corrections Commissioner John Hamm told reporters that “nothing out of the ordinary” happened. Hamm said he wasn’t aware of the prisoner fighting or resisting officers. The state later acknowledged that the execution was delayed because of difficulties establishing an intravenous line, but did not specify how long it took.
Dr. Joel Zivot, a professor of anesthesiology at Emory University and an expert on lethal injection who witnessed the private autopsy, said it looked like there were numerous attempts to connect a line.
Zivot said he saw “multiple puncture sites on both arms” and two perpendicular incisions, each about 3 to 4 centimeters (1 to 1.5 inches) in length, in the middle of the arm, which he said indicated that officials had attempted to perform a “cutdown,” a procedure in which the skin is opened to allow a visual search for a vein. He said the cutdown is an old-style medical intervention rarely performed in modern medical settings, and that it would be painful without anesthesia. He also said he saw evidence of intramuscular injections not in the vicinity of a vein.
The Alabama Department of Corrections prison system issued a written statement in which it noted that “protocol states that if the veins are such that intravenous access cannot be provided, the team will perform a central line procedure,” which involves placing a catheter in a large vein. “Fortunately, this was not necessary and with adequate time, intravenous access was established,” the statement said.
Alabama does not allow witnesses from news outlets to watch the preparations for a lethal injection. They get their first glimpse of the execution chamber when an inmate is already strapped to the gurney with the IV line connected.
A reporter for The Associated Press who attended the execution observed that James did not respond when the warden asked if he had final words. His eyes remained closed except for briefly fluttering at one point early in the procedure.
Lawyers who spoke with James by telephone said they were disturbed by his reported lack of movements and raised questions about what happened before the lethal injection. Hamm said James was not sedated.
“That wasn’t the Joe that I knew. He always had something to say. He always wanted to be in control,” said James Ranson, the attorney who helped James file his appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court. “The fact that he did not give any sort of reaction ... and that he didn’t open his eyes, tells me something was up,” Ranson said.
John Palombi, a federal defender who spoke with James twice on the day of his execution, said James, “was certainly alert” earlier in the day.
The Atlantic quoted a friend of James as saying that the inmate had planned to make a final statement.
Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, a national nonprofit organization that analyzes issues concerning capital punishment, said the delay between the Supreme Court’s go-ahead and the execution, combined with the autopsy, points to a “botched execution, and it is among the worst botches in the modern history of the U.S. death penalty.”
“This execution is Exhibit A as to why execution secrecy laws are intolerable,” Dunham wrote in an email to the AP. “The public is entitled to know what went on here — and what goes on in all Alabama executions — from the instant the execution team begins the process of physically preparing the prisoner for the lethal injection until the moment the prisoner dies.”
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — At least eight people were struck by a vehicle in Broward County Wednesday, according to authorities.
The Broward Sheriff’s Office said first responders were called to a crash with injuries at a business near the 3500 block of Northwest 21st Street in Lauderdale Lakes around 9:30 a.m.
There, investigators learned that eight people had been struck by a slow-moving vehicle. The sheriff’s office said the vehicle’s brakes failed as it was in the process of being moved.
The victims were all transported to an area hospital for treatment.
According to WPLG, witnesses said an auction was in progress when the crash happened.
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QUEBEC, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - We have some pawtastic news for pets and their humans. Longtime homeopathic favorite Animal Homeopathy has a new name and look. Meet Zumalka, your pet's new best friend!
What's so different about us besides our name? We're glad you asked! Every change – new name, new recipes, new labels, new website – was intentionally crafted around the customer experience.
Over the last year, the company's development team deep-dived into every aspect of the brand in search of enhancements. "By going through this process, we're serving the customers even better," said co-founder and homeopath Suzie Cyrenne. "Now, our name better aligns with our entire product line, eliminating any confusion for our customers."
As part of the rebranding, Zumalka has new product names designed to clearly highlight the quality ingredients contained inside. "We believe pet owners should have access to better products so they can give their animal family members the quality of life they truly deserve," said Cyrenne.
Only a few products retain their original names, including the popular Piptopet, which provides full-spectrum coverage to promote a healthy immune response in animals.
Besides new names, Zumalka also has improved its product labels, making them easier for consumers to understand. "We pride ourselves in using only the best ingredients when it comes to our products," said Cyrenne. "Besides giving our customers clearer and more thorough access to our natural and high-quality ingredients at a glance, these new easy-to-read labels make administering the products to their pets simpler and more convenient."
Zumalka's team strives to provide the best products to pet lovers everywhere as part of its commitment to the customer experience. Building on the other changes, some of the brand's products now feature new and improved recipes. "We always want to make it a point to focus on quality," said Cyrenne.
Learn more about the name and product changes at zumalka.com.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for LULU, DBGI, COMS, VTRS, and XOM.
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Wisconsin man pleads guilty to role in Whitmer kidnap scheme
BELLAIRE, Mich. (AP) — A Wisconsin man accused of assisting the key figures in a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor pleaded guilty Wednesday to a lesser charge and will cooperate with prosecutors.
Brian Higgins said he attempted to provide material support for terrorism, an offense that carries a maximum prison term of five years.
Higgins was among five men scheduled to face trial later this year in northern Michigan’s Antrim County, the location of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s vacation home. They were not charged with the 2020 kidnapping conspiracy but were accused of providing key support.
Higgins, 54, of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, admitted that he drove past Whitmer’s property during a night ride that summer while others waited across a lake for his signal. He said he had a camera rigged to his pickup truck. Whitmer was not there at the time.
“I wish to plead guilty,” Higgins told the judge, appearing in court by video from his home in Wisconsin, where he has been free on bond.
A ragtag band of anti-government rebels was planning to kidnap Whitmer, a Democrat, and trigger a civil war before the 2020 election, investigators said.
But informants and undercover FBI agents were inside the group for months, recording conversations and gathering evidence. The plot was broken up, and the governor was not physically harmed.
Fourteen people were charged in three different courts. The U.S. Justice Department secured convictions against four men in federal court, including leaders Barry Croft Jr. and Adam Fox, though two men were acquitted.
Three men charged with aiding Fox were found guilty in Jackson County in October and are serving long prison terms.
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White reported from Detroit.
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WFO MIDLAND/ODESSA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, November 14, 2022
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
101 PM CST Mon Nov 14 2022
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph
expected.
* WHERE...Portions of southeast New Mexico and southwest and
western Texas.
* WHEN...From 8 AM this morning to 4 PM CST this afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Blowing dust may result in localized visibility reductions.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
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NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — The growing offshore wind industry is often touted as a boon for job creation, but who will do the work?
The U.S. energy secretary and Danish wind developer Orsted say they want American union workers to build offshore wind farms to dot the U.S. coastlines — the building trades workers who could otherwise be left out of a transition to renewable resources.
A majority of onshore wind and solar farms have been built either with non-union workers or without collective bargaining agreements, except for in California where unions are more involved in the industry, according to North America’s Building Trades Unions. Orsted signed a project labor agreement this month with the national union representing 3 million people in the building trades to construct the company’s U.S. offshore wind farms with an American union workforce.
“Our recent experience in the last two decades with onshore wind and solar has been that the majority of those projects are not built with us,” NABTU Secretary-Treasurer Brent Booker said this week. “So this is groundbreaking in setting the standard for an emerging industry here.”
The Biden administration wants to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030, generating enough electricity to power more than 10 million homes. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm visited the New London State Pier facility last week to see how Orsted, energy provider Eversource and the state of Connecticut are transforming it into a hub for the offshore wind industry.
At a press conference after, the Democratic governor and Democratic congressmen spoke about creating American jobs — messaging that will surely play into their reelection campaigns.
Gov. Ned Lamont said there are “hundreds of good paying jobs right here” and “we’re just getting started.”
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal thanked the unions, saying “this is the future of energy in the United States of America right here.” U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney said they’re maximizing every opportunity for the state to grow in a sustainable way.
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, the only one not up for reelection, echoed the same message, saying offshore wind is the “holy grail of public policy” because it creates jobs, helps the local economy, makes the country more secure and helps save the planet.
Flanked by building trades members, Granholm said the administration is committed to creating “union jobs in America in this clean energy economy.” She said she wants predominantly American union workers to build U.S. offshore wind farms and would like to see project labor agreements in all aspects of the energy transition, drawing cheers from workers at the pier.
“That’s what we’d like, all union,” she told The Associated Press.
Allison Ziogas, Orsted’s U.S. labor relations manager, said one of the reasons they sought the agreement with NABTU was to assure workers, particularly in the fossil fuel industry, that they can have good-paying jobs in offshore wind.
“There is not the same level or quality of jobs with the solar industry, so it’s kind of created a false narrative that you can have good jobs or a healthy climate but not both,” she said. “And we really recognized that if we didn’t have everyone on board, we knew how things would wind up. It would wind up in gridlock.”
Orsted currently has six projects in five states. The “National Offshore Wind Agreement” covers contractors working on those projects and future ones, with no termination date on the project labor agreement. It sets the terms and conditions for union workers to build offshore wind farms, with targets to ensure a diverse workforce. It contains provisions for training to ensure they can construct the complex infrastructure.
Ziogas said nearly all of the total work hours on each project will be done with union labor, with a team from abroad with experience installing turbines supporting the offshore work. She said Orsted is committed to “creating an American industry,” and hopes the agreement sets the bar for it.
Keith Brothers, head of the building trades in Connecticut, said he briefly spoke with Granholm at the pier about the project labor agreement. Brothers said it’s about creating opportunities, not only for a longtime tradesman but also for a new apprentice looking for a career in the emerging U.S. offshore wind industry.
“That’s what’s exciting about it, it’s new. We really don’t know what it’s going to bring or how many jobs. But we know it’s a lot,” he said. “We know it’s new and there’s a lot coming.”
The first U.S. offshore wind farm began operating off Block Island, Rhode Island, in late 2016. Orsted acquired the developer and now operates that five-turbine wind farm. The first commercial-scale project is off the coast of Massachusetts.
The Biden administration has also approved the construction and operations for South Fork Wind, a joint venture between Orsted and Eversource. Its transmission system will connect to the electric grid on Long Island, New York, making it the state’s first offshore wind farm and jumpstarting the offshore wind industry there. The onshore construction started in February. | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/energy-secretary-us-offshore-wind-jobs-should-be-union-jobs/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2022-05-28 12:26:10 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/energy-secretary-us-offshore-wind-jobs-should-be-union-jobs/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A planned pipeline to export oil from Uganda is likely to entrench the long rule of President Yoweri Museveni, opposition figure Bobi Wine said Tuesday, voicing his opposition to a project that’s increasingly controversial over environmental concerns.
Wine, a singer and former lawmaker who ran for president in 2021, is the most prominent Ugandan to object to the East African Crude Oil Pipeline that has run into headwinds as activists pile pressure on France’s TotalEnergies and its Chinese partner to pull out.
The European Union legislature passed a resolution last month urging TotalEnergies to delay work on the pipeline by at least a year, citing rights violations and environmental fears. Campaigners say the 897-mile (1,443-kilometer) heated pipeline — to link oil fields in western Uganda to neighboring Tanzania’s Indian Ocean port of Tanga — violates the spirit of the Paris climate accord. They are trying to prevent the EU from providing any funds to the project.
Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, said last month that he supports the EU Parliament’s stance, drawing anger from some here who charged that he’s not sufficiently patriotic.
In an interview with the AP Tuesday, Wine denied the charges and asserted that Museveni would be “dangerous” with oil wealth at his disposal, noting that the forced displacement of villagers to make way for the pipeline would mirror his own mistreatment as a political activist.
“As we speak now, there are gross human rights violations that are going on,” he said. “It’s important that we look into that. If Gen. Museveni (got) a nod (for the pipeline) without questioning human rights violations, then it would be an endorsement that human rights violations are actually policy here in Uganda.”
Uganda isn’t ready to be an oil exporter with Museveni still in charge, he said.
“Until we have a leader that is accountable to the people, until the leadership is transparent and answerable to the people, until the leadership that we have is indeed a servant leadership, our oil can wait,” he said.
The oil pipeline is a sensitive issue for Museveni, who once spoke of “my oil” and whose government believes petrodollars will lift many of the country’s 45 million people out of poverty. Reacting to the resolution by EU lawmakers, Museveni warned last month that if TotalEnergies “choose to listen to the EU Parliament, we shall find someone else to work with.”
Opposition to the pipeline has sparked indignation among other Ugandan officials who say stopping it would injure the country’s economic interests.
Uganda is estimated to have recoverable oil reserves of at least 1.4 billion barrels. TotalEnergies and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation said in February that the total investment would be more than $10 billion.
Some oil wells will be drilled within Murchison Falls National Park in western Uganda. There the Nile plummets 130 feet (40 meters) through a gap just 20 feet (6 meters) wide and the surrounding wilderness is home to hippos, egrets, giraffes and antelope. The pipeline would then pass through seven forest reserves and two game parks, running alongside Lake Victoria, a source of fresh water for 40 million people.
The ecological fragility of the area that the pipeline will traverse is one reason why some activists oppose the project despite assurances from TotalEnergies that the pipeline’s state-of-the-art-design will ensure safety for decades.
Others like Wine, 40, say their political concerns are serious, too.
“We should fight so much to see that this Museveni is not empowered,” he said, speaking of Uganda’s potential oil wealth. “So we should fight so hard that Museveni does not get his violent hand on our oil. Once he gets his hand on our oil, we are screwed.”
Museveni, 78, who rose to power in 1986, is popular among some Ugandans who say his rule has brought Uganda relative peace and economic stability. But some others see him as a dictator similar to the ones who previously ruled Uganda. Museveni has had the constitution amended to remove the age limit for presidents, and he has resisted calls for him to say when he would retire.
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AUBURN, Ind. (WANE)– On Tuesday, the Auburn Plan Commission unanimously approved the plans to develop the north side of Country Road 11A.
The north side of the property is set to be developed into a sports complex that will host a wide variety of sporting events, both indoors and outdoors year-round.
According to our newsgathering partners at KPC media, before construction can begin on the property, the proposal must receive approval from the DeKalb County Drainage Board at its meeting Thursday.
After approval by the drainage board, Tim Ehlerding of FCI Construction said crews will be able to begin renovations of the current “L-shaped” auction building by June 1.
The project is expected to include eight baseball/softball diamonds, three turf soccer fields, one natural grass soccer field, indoor facilities including 10 basketball courts and volleyball courts, a splash pad, and 2,000 parking spaces. The construction is expected to be completed by fall 2023. | https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/auburn-sports-complex-gains-approval/ | 2022-05-11 03:26:04 | 0 | https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/auburn-sports-complex-gains-approval/ |
The week began with cloudy skies and showers brought by an upper level low. Late in the afternoon, there was clearing, and some places had temperatures that reached the 70s.
Overnight, high pressure builds in with clear skies. Fog may form in valley areas with light winds. Temperatures are expected to fall into the 40s and 50s.
Tuesday's temperatures will get close to 80 degrees thanks to a lot of sunshine after the morning fog dissipates. It will feel comfortable outside because our dew points will be in the 50s. We'll also have to contend with hazy skies as smoke from the wildfires in the western United States impacts our region. | https://www.wxow.com/weather/forecast/high-pressure-to-build-in-bringing-dry-warm-conditions-most-of-the-week/article_02b8ca5e-32f5-11ed-8a96-077661e5ff22.html | 2022-09-13 00:50:32 | 0 | https://www.wxow.com/weather/forecast/high-pressure-to-build-in-bringing-dry-warm-conditions-most-of-the-week/article_02b8ca5e-32f5-11ed-8a96-077661e5ff22.html |
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Account-based marketing platform RollWorks, a division of NextRoll, today announced the beta version of Account Insights, a capability that helps marketers better plan, execute, and optimize their account-based strategies.
Account Insights helps organizations shine a light on interesting moments about any account by surfacing accounts for marketers that are in market for solutions like theirs, but aren't yet in their account list or CRM. It arms organizations to start out with the best possible list of accounts and not waste resources on accounts that aren't ready to buy. It also gives marketer guidance on how to use the data that is surfaced.
"At any given moment, 95% of your buyers are not in market for your solution but will remember your advertising if it resonates and you do a good enough job of building brand awareness," said Jodi Cerretani, VP of Revenue Marketing, RollWorks. "By showing organizations the exact moment when an account moves from the 95% of out-of-market buyers to the 5% that are in market for a solution like theirs, they can catch those accounts they would otherwise miss right at the moment of sales opportunity."
The new Account Insights:
- Identifies accounts that require timely marketing and/or sales outreach because of fit, intent, and engagement signals, and helps the customer understand which actions to take. For example, add to account list, send to sales, add to campaign/advertising.
- Finds in-market accounts (based on intent surging), looks at the customer's CRM to see if those accounts exist, and if not, notifies customers of in-market accounts, how many there are, and gives them the opportunity to add those accounts to their CRM.
Upcoming features will help marketers understand if they aren't advertising to companies that are showing intent and engagement for accounts and automatically add them to advertising campaigns, as well as help organizations understand if there are accounts demonstrating intent and engagement that their sales team is not aware of and automatically surface those accounts to sales.
Learn more about how RollWorks Account Insights can help turn your 95% into the 5%.
RollWorks, a division of NextRoll, offers ambitious B2B companies an account-based platform to align their marketing and sales teams and confidently grow revenue. Powered by proprietary data and machine learning, RollWorks' solutions address the needs of organizations large and small — from those with best-in-class ABM programs to those just beginning their exploration. By empowering teams to identify their target accounts and key buyers, reach those accounts across multiple channels, and measure program effectiveness in their system-of-record, RollWorks is an indispensable platform for marketers and sellers who believe that an account-based approach is just good business. To learn more visit www.rollworks.com.
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The big storm has come and gone, but the clean-up continues. Highest snow totals of 6 to 9 inches stretched from Isabella County, east-northeastward through Midland County, and on to Lake Huron through Arenac and Iosco counties. The southern parts of the ABC12 viewing area dealt with accumulations of ice, snow, and even sleet.
Mostly cloudy skies will hold overnight as cold air settles into the area. By daybreak, readings will be in the teens for the most part. The northern parts of the area may sneak down into the single digits. We will see some sunshine from time-to-time Friday, but high temperatures for the day will stay in the 20s.
Another batch of snow showers will move across the area from Friday night, through Saturday morning. It shouldn't be too big of a deal, but a very light accumulation of an inch or so can't be ruled out. Temperatures Saturday will move back into the 30s on southwesterly winds. Sunday will be a little brighter and a little warmer. We're tracking another messy looking weather system on ABC12 News. - JR | https://www.abc12.com/weather/forecast/colder-air-is-moving-in-behind-the-storm/article_d4f191a4-b3c4-11ed-ae38-6fbaeb233ecd.html | 2023-02-24 01:23:55 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/weather/forecast/colder-air-is-moving-in-behind-the-storm/article_d4f191a4-b3c4-11ed-ae38-6fbaeb233ecd.html |
The Bizarre True Story of the Voice of ‘Jurassic Park’s Mr. DNA
While Jurassic Park might be considered a “modern classic” by many fans, it’s worth noting that the movie is almost 30 years old. For some perspective: Jurassic Park is as old now as Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds was when Jurassic Park opened in movie theaters.
For the most part, the movie holds up extremely well. While its special effects, which were so cutting-edge in 1993, have since been surpassed by many other films (including multiple Jurassic Park and Jurassic World sequels, including the most recent Jurassic World: Dominion), Steven Spielberg’s eye for composition and action, and his gift for blending wonder and horror never ages. So when you watch Jurassic Park today, it doesn’t feel 30 years old. Except in a few spots.
One such spot: The lengthy sequence that explains where Jurassic Park’s remarkable dinosaurs came from. Today, you could just tell an audience “Scientists made them in a lab” and they would simply accept that. In 1993, notions like cloning and gene splicing were so novel to the average moviegoers, that Spielberg inserted an animated interlude — in the form of a ride at the park — that walked viewers through the steps of the process. The host of that animated scene, was a sentient strand of deoxyribonucleic acid named Mr. DNA.
Although Mr. DNA’s role in Jurassic Park was limited to that one scene, it left an enormous impact on the younger viewers the audience, perhaps because his broad humor was aimed directly at kids. In the years since the first Jurassic Park, Mr. DNA has become an increasingly popular figure in Jurassic lore. You can find his likeness on T-shirts and he recently got his own Funko Pop figure. He had a cameo in Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World, and the recent LEGO Jurassic World video game even made Mr. DNA a playable character, which led to the surreal sight of this giant cartoon DNA strand tooling round Isla Nublar on a motorbike.
Much of the credit for Mr. DNA’s memorable performance goes to the man who provided his folksy voice, actor Greg Burson. In the early 1990s, Burson was a busy voice artist and announcer in Hollywood. He was a protégé of Daws Butler, the actor who originated the voices of Hanna-Barbera characters like Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound. When Butler passed, Burson assumed the role of Yogi and several other Butler characters. After Looney Tunes voice star Mel Blanc passed away in the late 1980s, Burson also inherited some of his roles as well, including Bugs Bunny. You can hear his version of the character in the 1995 animated short “Carrotblanca.”
Burson gave Mr. DNA the distinctive drawl of a Southern gentleman, but you won’t hear him as the character in any of his recent cameo appearances. (Colin Trevorrow himself played the part in his Jurassic World.) That’s because Burson died in 2008, just a few years after an incident with police ruined his career.
You can read all about it in a New York Post article from 2004 that’s cruelly titled “Voice of Yogi in Boozy Boo-Boo.” Burson was reportedly arrested “after he barricaded himself and held SWAT officers at bay.”
Two women eventually came out of the house, saying a third woman was being held inside and that Burson had guns, cops said. When Burson didn’t emerge, officers evacuated neighbors, and a SWAT team surrounded the house before the third woman walked out. Burson eventually ended the 51/2-hour siege, surrendering without incident.
The Post’s article quotes police sources who say they were “not sure” what motivated the incident, but they do say that Burson was “very intoxicated when he was taken into custody.” An article from Animation World Network around the same time claims that Burson was “despondent over less work” after he had gotten “replaced for most of [his] well known characters” in the early 2000s.
A tribute to Burson written by one of his voice directors, Mark Evanier, blames Burson’s decline — along with the strange hostage situation — on alcoholism. The incident, Evanier wrote “turned out to be a colossal misunderstanding, exacerbated by alcohol, but it was a lead story on the local news that ‘the voice of Bugs Bunny’ had been arrested. If you ever want to torpedo a successful career, something like this will do it.”
Sure enough, Burson’s IMDb page essentially ends in 2004. If work was already drying up in the early 2000s, it all but vanished after that. Burson passed away in 2008 from “complications from diabetes and arteriosclerosis,” although Evanier wrote that “drinking had a lot to do with it.”
That was a really sad end for a man who helped create one of the most memorable animated characters of the 1990s. Next time you see Mr. DNA in one of the Jurassic Park movies or games, take a moment to remember the voice actor who started it all. | https://q961.com/who-voiced-jurassic-park-mr-dna/ | 2022-06-07 22:21:41 | 1 | https://q961.com/who-voiced-jurassic-park-mr-dna/ |
PHOENIX, Ariz. — This Spring, a high level delegation met inside the Arizona Governor's office to announce a huge water conservation deal.
The crowd was a who's who of the western water world, including top Biden administration officials, the head of Arizona's powerful water department, the state's Governor Katie Hobbs, and its senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema.
But the man at the center of the announcement was someone who probably wouldn't have even been invited to this type of event not too long ago: Governor Stephen Roe Lewis of the Gila River Indian Community.
In a blue suit, bolo tie and white Nike shoes, Lewis beamed when it was his turn to step to the microphone. After saying hello in his native language, he called the moment historic: "In the worst drought in over 1,200 years, we're trying to make this moment into a movement, a movement of water conservation," Lewis said to applause.
His community near Phoenix will get $233 million for irrigation projects. In exchange, the tribe agreed to keep a huge amount of its legally entitled water in Lake Mead, in order to save the nation's largest reservoir from drying up.
After the speech, Lewis told NPR the moment was historic for bigger reasons too.
"We were historically excluded from the table, now we're being key players," Lewis said.
It's a "different picture" today than it was in 1922
It's been almost exactly 100 years since the first "law of the river" - the Colorado River Compact - was negotiated among the seven basin states: Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, Nevada and California.
Back then there were no Native people in the room, let alone even near it.
"Progress is being made," says Heather Tanana, a Navajo Nation citizen and University of Utah law professor. "You look at the photos of the 1922 compact, they're all white males from the federal government and from the basin states. You flash forward now to these meetings and it's a different picture."
Indeed, the April announcement in Phoenix came as tribes in the basin are getting an unprecedented seat at the table as the White House tries to reset the water sharing agreement for the shrinking river. The Biden administration has ordered states to figure out how to cut their use by upwards of a third of the traditional flow of the river, which is imperiled by overuse and a 23 year megadrought made worse by climate change.
Today, some tribes like the Gila River have recently brokered substantial water settlements with the federal government and just being at the table negotiating is historic.
It took a long time for a 1908 Supreme Court Case to take hold
Back in 1922, western historians say the U.S. Government was operating mostly on a policy to dismantle reservations and tribal culture.
At the University of Colorado, historian Patty Limerick says there was barely even a mention of Indian Country when it came to the river, which she finds puzzling. That's because just fourteen years earlier, there had been a landmark Supreme Court decision known as the Winters Doctrine.
It had affirmed that all tribes had a legal water right.
"Was it just that they only had, as we would say now, only so much bandwidth, or were they purposely ducking?" Limerick asks. "And what in heaven's name were they teaching in law schools about water law in the West if they weren't doing the Winters Doctrine?"
That doctrine tied a tribe's water right to the date that its reservation was established. Most were created in the 1800s, meaning today many tribes under western water law actually hold senior water rights to the river. They're first in line for water even in this megadrought.
But it's not that simple. Many tribes aren't nearly as far along as the Gila River community in negotiating a settlement with the U.S. government, according to Daniel Cordalis, a former Biden administration water attorney who's also Diné.
"That's the common story really with tribes is we have what we see is a lot of 'paper' water," Cordalis says. "But a lot of that, we can't develop. We don't really have the resources to develop it."
For Cordalis, who's now at the Colorado River Sustainability Campaign, an environmental group, "paper water" means that tribes may have a legal right but they have no actual means - such as a pipeline or canal - to bring it to reservations. Throughout history it has been gulped up by a myriad of interests outside Indian Country.
Tribes now control upwards of 25% of the river
Still, of the 30 tribes in the Colorado basin, 22 now have completed or partially completed settlements with the U.S. government. That means they technically now control more than a quarter of the average flow of the Colorado.
Heather Tanana at the University of Utah says that gives them a lot of bargaining power, as the river continues to shrink.
"It's big on the part of tribal nations that they prevailed," Tanana says. "They have held strong to their culture and beliefs to survive today and they're rebuilding their governments."
Experts say the U.S. government wanting more conservation deals is probably more pragmatic than some high minded mission to right the wrongs of the past. The river is simply over-promised to farms, cities, and increasingly tribes. Vague "paper" water rights complicate negotiations over how to divide the Colorado, while negotiate settlements like the one with Gila River provide more certainty by specifying the exact amount of water to which they're entitled.
Back at the Phoenix event, a beaming Gila River Governor Stephen Lewis said his tribe's long fight to get its senior water rights - first settled in the early 2000s - is finally paying off. The U.S. is now helping them - a sovereign nation - build a solar panel-covered irrigation canal, a water recycling system and with other conservation measures.
He said society has a lot to gain when tribes are at the table fighting to protect the Colorado.
"You see today we're leading in this historic moment and we've got to make this a movement," Lewis said.
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VICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A fugitive in a Southern California slaying was killed in a shootout Tuesday with law enforcement in the high desert after he allegedly fled with his 15-year-old daughter, authorities said.
The suspect, 45-year-old Anthony John Graziano, was pronounced dead at the scene in Hesperia, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. His female passenger was also struck by gunfire but authorities would not immediately say whether she was the missing teen.
Investigators had issued an Amber Alert after Graziano fled with his daughter, Savannah Graziano, in a white 2017 Nissan Frontier with California plates. Graziano was described as armed and dangerous after he allegedly killed a woman on Monday in a domestic violence incident in San Bernardino County, east of Los Angeles.
On Tuesday, a 911 caller reported seeing the Nissan Frontier in Barstow, according the sheriff's department. Authorities said a pursuit began and Graziano fired multiple shots out of the vehicle's rear window.
The Nissan became disabled in Hesperia, authorities said. Deputies returned the suspect's fire, hitting Graziano and the female passenger. She was taken to a hospital.
Tuesday's crime scene caused major backups along Interstate 15. An afternoon news conference was scheduled.
The original killing was discovered early Monday in Fontana, about 35 miles (56 kilometers) south of Hesperia.
Officers responded at around 7:30 a.m. to reports of gunfire, and found the victim with multiple gunshot wounds at a home, police said in a statement. The woman was rushed to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/California-slaying-suspect-killed-in-high-desert-17470804.php | 2022-09-27 20:34:54 | 0 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/California-slaying-suspect-killed-in-high-desert-17470804.php |
NEW YORK, Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Keke Palmer wore earrings, a choker, and rings by Lorraine West featuring ethically and sustainably sourced natural diamonds from Botswana for RAD x De Beers Group's #BlackIsBrilliant campaign at 2023 New York Film Critics Circle Awards on January 4, 2023 in New York, New York.
WHAT & WHY:
With #BlackIsBrilliant, De Beers Group provides a platform for Black designers to create one-of-a-kind pieces with natural diamonds from Botswana, with an emphasis on the Red Carpet as a powerful forum for communication and visibility in amplifying Black voices and talent.
De Beers Group teamed with RAD (Red carpet Advocacy), taking RAD's established, purpose-driven approach of pairing talent and brands to use their platforms in advocating for causes at global events as a way to promote social progress and positive shifts in culture.
De Beers Group is deeply committed to creating a positive, lasting impact that will endure well beyond the discovery of its last diamond.
JEWELRY DESCRIPTION:
Keke Palmer wore the Abstract Baby's Breath Vine Crescent Earring and Vine Crawler Earring in 18k Rose Gold with ethically and sustainably sourced natural diamonds from Botswana, the Shooting Star Choker in 18k Rose Gold with 18k White Gold Hinge with ethically and sustainably sourced natural diamonds from Botswana, and the Slither Rings in 18k Rose Gold with ethically and sustainably sourced natural diamonds from Botswana for a combined 12.54 total carat weight of De Beers natural diamonds.
HOW THIS PIECE GIVES BACK:
In support of Keke's advocacy of Black creative talent, a $25,000 donation will be made to a charity of her choice.
ABOUT LORRAINE WEST:
Lorraine West has always had an affinity for creating original art. As a wife, mother and artisan, her handcrafted contemporary and fine jewelry pieces are inspired by love and a passion for connecting with people on an intuitive and authentic level. Not only are her elegant pieces striking, but you feel them; they're designed to reflect your own inner beauty and power.
As a self-taught craftswoman, Lorraine pays homage to her Caribbean roots mixing bold and minimalists design sensibilities. Working with her hands comes naturally, thanks to her mother, a baker and her father, a carpenter. Welding and manipulating precious metals is what heals her soul. It's more than a technique; it's a spiritual process that's poured into every design and is evidenced by jewelry that is as much high-end art as it is high fashion. Her symbolic and geometric designs have not only been seen on stars from Zendaya to Beyoncé, but also on countless everyday people who are drawn to the excellence of her craft.
Lorraine graduated from Fashion Institute of Technology with a BFA in Illustration and lives in Brooklyn with her son and husband, who both continue to support her handcrafted creations, all made with Love.
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BEIJING (AP) — China said it was conducting military exercises Saturday off its coast opposite Taiwan after warning Speaker Nancy Pelosi of the U.S. House of Representatives to scrap possible plans to visit the island democracy, which Beijing claims as part of its territory.
The ruling Communist Party’s military wing, the People’s Liberation Army, was conducting “live-fire exercises” near the Pingtan islands off Fujian province from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., the official Xinhua News Agency said. The Maritime Safety Administration warned ships to avoid the area.
Such exercises usually involve artillery. The one-sentence announcement gave no indication whether Saturday’s exercise also might include missiles, fighter planes or other weapons.
Pelosi, who would be the highest-ranking American elected official to visit Taiwan since 1997, has yet to confirm whether she will go. President Xi Jinping warned his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, in a phone call Thursday against “external interference” in Beijing’s dealings with the island.
China says Taiwan has no right to conduct foreign relations. It sees visits by American officials as encouragement for the island to make its decades-old de facto independence official.
The Ministry of Defense warned Washington this week not to allow Pelosi, who is Biden’s equal in rank as leader of one of three branches of government, to visit Taiwan. A spokesman said the PLA would take unspecified “strong measures” to stop pro-independence activity.
The PLA has flown growing numbers of fighter planes and bombers near Taiwan and has in the past fired missiles into shipping lanes to the island.
Taiwan and China split in 1949 after a civil war that ended with a communist victory on the mainland.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Community Foundation (CCF) announced today its second transformative gift from author, advocate and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott in the form of two single-family residences located in Beverly Hills jointly valued at approximately $55 million dollars. This discretionary gift will allocate 90% of sale proceeds to the Foundation's affordable housing grantmaking. The remaining funds will be allocated by CCF to support its immigrant integration program to advance opportunities for the millions of immigrants from throughout the world who call Los Angeles County home.
The cost of housing stands out as one of the most critical issues affecting the lives of millions of Los Angeles residents. A priority for Ms. Scott, the primary focus of the $55 million will be to permanently endow grantmaking efforts to benefit Angelenos in need of affordable housing. Since 2000, CCF has granted over $30 million to ensure Angelenos have safe and stable homes, together with the economic opportunities they need to thrive. CCF has also been an advocacy leader for increased affordable housing production, helping lead the passage of Proposition HHH, an initiative to add 10,000 new units in the City of Los Angeles by 2026. Los Angeles is poised to exceed its target by funding 10,510 units in 178 projects. Ms. Scott's gift will permanently support the expansion of these grantmaking efforts.
"We applaud and are grateful to MacKenzie Scott's extraordinary philanthropic investment in Los Angeles," said CCF President & CEO Antonia Hernández. "Her singular commitment -- here and across the country – to transformative philanthropy has already secured the long-term future of dozens of non-profits. With the California Community Foundation, her generosity will support organizations struggling to solve some of the most intractable issues facing our community. We are grateful for her partnership."
Today's gift follows an earlier, $20 million gift made to CCF in 2021 to establish the LA Arts Endowment Fund which will support diverse, small to mid-sized arts organizations that play a vital role in Los Angeles' creative economy.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LifeLabs Learning, the source for instantly useful manager and team upskilling programs, is demystifying the secret to surviving and thriving in times of uncertainty. This month they launched their three-part Great Managers Playbook and will host their Skills to Thrive in Uncertain Times: Real stories from real managers virtual community event, which will be held later in the month.
Having studied over 400,000 managers, LifeLabs Learning is taking a research-backed and data-driven approach to helping managers catalyze high performance on their teams. Their Manager CORE training is designed to help teams gain the most critical management skills to meet increasingly complex workplace demands. Organizations that invest in adequately skilling up their leaders can better combat the harsh reality that bad management costs companies in the U.S. between $960 billion and $1.2 trillion per year and $7 trillion -- or 9% to 10% of the world's GDP globally every year.
"We want to dispel the myth that experience equates to effectiveness when it comes to good management. Leading people requires a specific set of learned skills. The good news is that these skills are teachable!" said LifeLabs Learning CEO, Priscila Bala. "Our work over the last eight years has taught us that in even the most uncertain times, the best managers don't manage people. They manage the conditions that create and amplify success - conditions like role metrics, useful feedback, and aligned priorities."
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The French cement company Lafarge SA has pleaded guilty in federal court in New York to paying millions of dollars to the Islamic State and the Nusra Front to allow the company's business operations in northern Syria to continue amid the country's devastating civil war.
As part of its plea agreement struck with the Justice Department, Lafarge will pay $778 million in financial penalties.
"In its pursuit of profits, Lafarge and its top executives not only broke the law — they helped finance a violent reign of terror that ISIS and al-Nusrah imposed on the people of Syria," Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said at a news conference in New York. "The defendants partnered with ISIS, one of the most brutal terrorist organizations the world has ever known, to enhance profits and increase market share — all while ISIS engaged in a notorious campaign of violence during the Syrian civil war."
Officials say that from approximately May 2010 to September 2014, Lafarge, through its now-defunct subsidiary Lafarge Cement Syria, operated a cement plant in the Jalabiyeh region of northern Syria that was built at a cost of approximately $680 million.
After the Syrian civil war began in 2011, fighting erupted across the country between armed rebel groups and the Syrian government. Eventually, the Islamic State, or ISIS, and the Nusrah Front took control of much of northern Syrian.
"Many companies made the right choice — the only lawful choice: to leave the region rather than join hands with the terrorists," Monaco said. "Lafarge made a different decision: to go into business with ISIS and al-Nusra — two of the world's most notorious and brutal terrorist organizations."
According to court papers, Lafarge made $6 million in payments to the Islamic State and the Nusra Front as the two groups waged a campaign of violence and terror against the Syrian population, aid workers, journalists and others.
The payments allowed LCS to obtain approximately $70.30 million in revenue.
According to court papers, Lafarge and LCS paid the terrorist groups in order to protect their employees, to ensure continued operation of the Jalabiyeh Cement Plant, and to obtain economic advantage over their competitors in the Syrian cement market.
Lafarge and LCS executives actively tried to hide their conduct from others inside and outside the companies, court papers says. Those efforts includes using third-party intermediaries to negotiate agreements with ISIS, and by trying to get ISIS not to use the name Lafarge on papers documenting their agreements.
Under the terms of the plea agreement with the Justice Department, Paris-based Lafarge pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to provide material support to designated foreign terrorist organizations between August 2013 and October 2014.
The case marks the first time, officials say, that a company has pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to terrorist organizations.
Monaco said the case is a "vivid reminder of how corporate crime can intersect with national security."
Lafarge was acquired by the Switzerland-based Holcim in 2015. Court papers says Lafarge executives concealed the Syria activities from Holcim as well as external auditors.
In a statement, Holcim said none of the conduct involved the parent company or any Lafarge operations or employees in the United States.
"Lafarge SA and LCS have accepted responsibility for the actions of the individual executives involved, whose behavior was in flagrant violation of Lafarge's Code of Conduct," Lafarge SA said in a statement. "We deeply regret that this conduct occurred and have worked with the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve this matter."
The settlement is the largest ever paid by a private company charged with providing material support to a terrorist group.
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Fresh charges tie Trump even more closely to coverup effort. That could deepen his legal woes
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a stunning new allegation in an already serious case: Former President Donald Trump sought to delete Mar-a-Lago surveillance footage to obstruct the Justice Department’s investigation into his handling of classified documents.
The latest criminal charges unsealed Thursday deepen Trump’s legal jeopardy, alleging a more central role for the former president than previously known in a cover-up that prosecutors say was meant to prevent them from recovering top-secret documents he took with him after he left the White House. Coming as Trump braces for possible additional indictments related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, the new allegations strengthen special counsel Jack Smith’s already powerful case against Trump while undercutting potential defenses floated by the former president, experts say.
“Before these new charges, you could maybe try some sort of defense that ‘this was all a mistake, it was my staff’ or confusion about what documents he actually had,” said former federal prosecutor Randall Eliason, a George Washington University law professor.
“But especially now, when you’re trying to destroy video footage,” he added, “that’s kind of the final nail in the coffin. I don’t see much in the way of a defense, not a real defense. All he can do is claim he’s being persecuted and hope for a holdout juror or something.”
Trump resorted to that familiar playbook on Friday, writing in a post on his Truth Social platform that “this is textbook Third World intimidation by rabid, lawless prosecutors.” He insisted during an interview with radio host John Fredericks that he did nothing wrong and accused prosecutors of trying to intimidate his staff into making up lies about him.
Later Friday, Trump posted on Truth Social that Mar-a-Lago security tapes were voluntarily handed over to prosecutors. Trump said he was told they were not “deleted in any way, shape or form.”
The new Florida charges came as a surprise given that Trump and his legal team have been focused on the prospect of an additional indictment in Washington — possibly within days — related to his efforts to cling to power after he lost to President Joe Biden. Trump received a letter this month informing him that he’s a target in that probe, and his lawyers met Thursday with special counsel Jack Smith’s office.
Hours after that meeting, Smith revealed the new classified documents case charges on top of a 38-count indictment issued last month against Trump and his valet, Walt Nauta. The updated indictment includes a detailed chronology of phone conversations and other interactions between Trump, Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property manager, Carlos De Oliveira, in the days after the Justice Department last June drafted a subpoena for security camera footage at Mar-a-Lago.
Video from the home would ultimately become vital to the government’s case because, prosecutors said, it shows Nauta moving boxes in and out of a storage room — an act alleged to have been done at Trump’s direction and in an effort to hide records not only only from investigators but Trump’s own lawyers.
The day after a draft subpoena was sent to the Trump Organization, the indictment says, Trump called De Oliveira and spoke with him for about 24 minutes. Though the details of that conversation are not included in the indictment, De Oliveira is described by prosecutors as asking a Mar-a-Lago information technology staffer several days later how long the server retained footage for and is quoted as telling the employee that “the boss” wanted it deleted.
Lawyers for Nauta, who has pleaded not guilty, and De Oliveira declined to comment on the allegations. De Oliveira is expected to make his first court appearance in Miami on Monday.
To the extent that evidence of Trump’s involvement in trying to delete video is circumstantial rather than direct, it might present a challenge for prosecutors, said David Aaron, a former Justice Department national security prosecutor who has worked on cases involving the mishandling of classified documents.
But if they can tie the effort to Trump, he added, “it’s devastating in its own right, because it doesn’t matter at that point what he thought he had the right to do, or whatever other defense he’s going to have about the classified documents. That’s in and of itself very bad.”
It could also help prosecutors establish that Trump knew what he was doing was wrong because “you only delete video of what you’ve done if you think it’s going to get you in trouble,” Aaron said. And Trump’s own accusations against others, like his claims against Hillary Clinton, his opponent in the 2016 presidential race, could boomerang against him.
Trump has claimed that Clinton deleted emails from her private server for the purpose of obstructing a criminal investigation into her own handling of classified information — something the FBI and Justice Department never alleged — but now stands himself accused of scheming to delete evidence he feared would be incriminating.
“He has specifically criticized other public figures for deleting data when he says they thought they were going to be in trouble,” Aaron said. “So if you needed to prove his consciousness of guilt, it’s not just an obvious thing that you would ask the jury to rely on common sense for — he’s actually made statements about what it means when someone does this.”
Trump and Nauta are set for trial next May, though it’s not clear if that date will hold.
Smith’s team also added a new count of willful retention of national defense information related to a classified document about a Pentagon plan of attack on a foreign country prosecutors say Trump showed off during a July 2021 meeting at his Bedminster, New Jersey resort.
That charge comes after Trump repeatedly claimed he didn’t have any secret documents when he spoke, only magazine and newspaper clippings, even though an audio recording captured him saying “this is secret information.” The document was returned to the government in January 2022, months before the subpoena for classified records.
It’s not clear why prosecutors moved now to indict another one of Trump’s underlings, though bringing charges against De Oliveira that could carry significant prison time adds serious pressure on him, potentially increasing the odds that he could decide to cut a plea deal and cooperate.
“But, you know, Trump seems to inspire a lot of loyalty, at least in some people,” Eliason said. “Maybe they are holding out for the idea that he is reelected and he can pardon them.”
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Richer reported from Boston.
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Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst valued Jordan Love’s potential enough three years ago to trade up in the draft and select him in the first round, catching the Hall of Fame-caliber quarterback already on Green Bay’s roster by surprise.
Love finally has a chance to show he was worth the gamble.
Four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers said Wednesday on “The Pat McAfee Show” on YouTube and SiriusXM that he intends to play for the New York Jets in the 2023 season and is waiting for the Packers to trade him. Assuming that move is made, Love will take over as Green Bay’s starting quarterback.
“We’re excited about him,” Gutekunst said Feb. 28 during the NFL scouting combine. “I think I’ve expressed to a lot of people that he needs to play. That’s the next step in his progression.”
Love’s two predecessors set quite the standard.
The Packers have had three decades of Hall of Fame-caliber quarterback production from Brett Favre and Rodgers, who won a combined seven MVP awards during their time in Green Bay.
Love has spent the past three seasons backing up Rodgers, just as Rodgers took over after backing up Favre for three seasons. Rodgers said during his “Pat McAfee Show” appearance that he got the impression the Packers wanted to move on from him and make Love the starter.
“Jordan’s going to be a great player,” Rodgers said. “He’s a … great kid. He had a really good year this year, getting better on the look team. He’s got a bright future in front of him.”
Love has made only one career start, a 13-7 loss at Kansas City in 2021. His other most notable appearances came in the second half of a meaningless 2021 regular-season finale at Detroit and in relief of an injured Rodgers at Philadelphia last fall.
He has gone 50 of 83 for 606 yards with three touchdown passes and three interceptions since the Packers selected him out of Utah State with the 26th overall pick in the 2020 draft.
“I have complete confidence in his ability but also just his approach,” Packers coach Matt LaFleur said at the end of last season. “It’s been fun to watch him mature as a football player, as a man, over the course of these last three years. Just the way he walks around the building, his approach, his urgency, his fundamentals, everything that goes into being a quarterback, I think we’ve seen significant growth from him.”
It’s difficult to analyze Love’s performances because of the circumstances surrounding many of them.
Love didn’t realize he’d be starting at Kansas City until Rodgers discovered the Wednesday before the game he had tested positive for COVID-19. He threw two interceptions and one touchdown pass in the second half of a meaningless 2021 regular-season finale against Detroit when the Packers rested many starters because they already had clinched the NFC’s top seed.
His best outing came last season when he went 6 of 9 for 113 yards and a touchdown in relief of an injured Rodgers in a 40-33 loss at Philadelphia. The Eagles led 37-23 in the fourth quarter when Love entered the game, which impacted how they defended.
“I’d say I just feel more comfortable, more confident, just seeing things a little bit more clean and faster,” Love said four days after the Eagles game.
Love’s job could be particularly difficult if the Packers don’t add more playmakers.
Green Bay has a quality offensive line and one of the NFL’s top running back tandems in Aaron Jones and A.J. Dillon, both capable pass catchers. The Packers drafted three wideouts last season, with Christian Watson and Romeo Doubs combining to score 12 touchdowns as rookies.
But they could lack veteran receivers and tight ends.
Allen Lazard, who had 60 catches for 788 yards last season, is an unrestricted free agent who tweeted out a farewell to Green Bay on Wednesday. Wide receiver Randall Cobb and tight ends Robert Tonyan and Marcedes Lewis also are free agents.
Love will have to draw on everything he picked up the past three seasons while backing up Rodgers. In his news conference after the Packers’ season finale, Rodgers was asked about Love’s readiness to take over in case the four-time MVP retired or got traded.
“You don’t know you’re ready until you’re in that position,” Rodgers said at the time. “I remember the day I was sleeping in San Diego and woke up to 50 text messages that Brett had retired. Then the emotions hit you. ‘Oh, man, now I’m the guy.’ But you’ve still got to go out there and find your stride with leadership and withstand the first year of different defenses throwing things at you and all the pressure that comes with everything.
“But I think he’s done a nice job of improving, working on the little things, done a nice job at practice. I think he’s got a chance to have a long future in the league.” ___
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MARION, Mass. (AP) — Rusty Strawn won five of the opening six holes and never trailed Thursday in a 3-and-2 victory over Doug Hanzel in the U.S. Senior Amateur final at The Kittansett Club.
In a battle of Georgia residents, the 59-year-old Strawn won his first USGA title.
Hanzel, who 10 years ago became the only player to qualify for the U.S. Amateur, U.S. Mid-Amateur and the U.S. Senior Amateur, had four bogeys in five holes at the start and never recovered.
Strawn was 5 up at the turn in the 18-hole match and 3 up with five holes to play when Hanzel went over the green and Strawn won the 14th with a par.
Hanzel won the U.S. Senior Amateur in 2013.
The victory gets Strawn into the U.S. Senior Open next year at SentryWorld in Wisconsin, where he will in the same group with Senior Open champion Padraig Harrington and Senior British Open champion Darren Clarke.
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Hurricane Ian is already causing chaos in the world of airline operations. Hundreds of flights have already been canceled due to the impact, and more will follow.
Here & Now‘s transportation analyst Seth Kaplan joins host Scott Tong to discuss how the industry has adapted for such weather events and what consumers can do to prepare for storms interrupting their travel plans.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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BIG SKY — Work on the Jack Creek Road Evacuation Project is underway to make it a better evacuation route for the western side of Big Sky.
The Big Sky Fire Department was awarded a $750,000 grant from Coalitions and Collaboratives Inc. The fund will create a shaded fuel break along Jack Creek Road to increase safety. A shaded fuel break is a thin section of forest intended to break up forest structure to put fire on the ground instead of up in the trees. This creates a more defensible space for the roadway.
Moonlight Basin has also given $244,000 to the project and also wildfire mitigation in the area to be deployed from 2023 and beyond. Big Sky Fire Chief Greg Megaard is very appreciative and ready to work with Moonlight on this project together.
“They’re all in, they’re great partners in this like I said, our grant is for $75,000… they matched that with a $100,000. I think Rich said earlier that they’re putting in $240,000. They think it’s that important when you look at their wildlife and fire plan that they have,” says Megaard.
With the widening of the road, it would not only be helping first responders get from one destination to another but would help the community evacuate in case of emergency.
"It helps us, the Forest Service, anybody that’s fighting a fire, to get rid of those canopy fields really close to the road, where resources can get in, but people can get out,” Megaard says,
Although some trees surrounding Jack Creek Road will be cut down, Rich Chandler of Lone Mountain Land company says this is actually helping the forest.
“By selectively removing certain timber and obtaining others… both in species and age diversity… you promote a more healthy and resilient forest,” says Chandler.
The completion of this project is expected to be in the fall. People with the Big Sky Fire Department, US Forest Services, Moonlight Basin, and Madison County are working hard to make this plan a reality. | https://www.kbzk.com/news/local-news/jack-creek-road-evacuation-project-underway-in-big-sky | 2022-07-26 23:34:58 | 0 | https://www.kbzk.com/news/local-news/jack-creek-road-evacuation-project-underway-in-big-sky |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A special election to fill an open Wisconsin Senate seat will determine whether Republicans gain a supermajority that would allow them to impeach Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and other office holders as well as move the GOP a step closer to overriding gubernatorial vetoes.
Voters on Tuesday will pick Democrat Jodi Habush Sinykin or Republican state Rep. Dan Knodl to represent Milwaukee’s northern suburbs. The seat has been under Republican control for decades but came open in November after longtime incumbent Alberta Darling chose to retire after 30 years in the Senate. Evers scheduled a special election to fill the position to coincide with the state’s spring Supreme Court election.
The stakes are huge. A Knodl win would give Republicans 22 votes in the chamber, enough to override gubernatorial vetoes if the state Assembly also votes to do so and enough to convict civil officers in impeachment trials.
Knodl denied accusations from Habush Sinykin that he would vote to impeach Evers if elected. He said in an email to The Associated Press that he has had success working with the governor.
Habush Sinykin said it’s “essential” for Democrats to win the seat, saying impeachment isn’t “just hypothetical.”
“It’s going to happen,” she said. The election is “high stakes in every way for democracy, for the balance of power, to protect the governor’s veto, to protect against these nonsense impeachment threats. Will this be a government where we don’t have any checks or balances on the Legislature?”
Veto overrides, at least in the near future, appear unlikely. A successful override requires a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and Assembly and Republicans are two seats shy of the 66 they would need in the Assembly. But Democrats fear that if Senate Republican achieve a two-thirds majority their counterparts could launch a stealth override attempt during a floor session where two Democrats are absent.
Impeachment trials, though, could become a GOP tactic if Knodl wins.
Under state law, the Assembly can trigger a trial in the Senate with 50 votes. Conviction requires a two-thirds Senate vote. It’s not clear who could be impeached, though. According to an analysis from the Legislative Reference Bureau, the state constitution says the Legislature can impeach “civil officers” but doesn’t define that term.
The state Supreme Court has ruled that the constitution makes specific mention of the governor, lieutenant governor and judges as impeachable officers. The reference bureau analysis concludes that other constitutional officers such as the attorney general could be impeached as well. The Assembly has impeached someone only once, Judge Levi Hubbell in 1853, but the Senate ultimately acquitted him, according to the analysis.
While Evers apparently isn’t in his impeachment sights, Knodl said on WISN-TV’s “UpFront” earlier this month that he would consider impeaching Milwaukee County judges for being weak on crime. Asked whether that includes liberal Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz, should she remain a Milwaukee County judge, Knodl responded: “I certainly would consider it.”
Protasiewicz faces conservative Dan Kelly in Tuesday’s election, and a Protasiewicz win would give liberal justices a 4-3 majority on the court. State law doesn’t specifically say that sitting justices can be impeached, but Wisconsin laws are based on federal law that opens up justices to impeachment and could be interpreted as permitting them to be impeached.
Republicans also could attempt to impeach her before she’s sworn in as a justice. The question then would be whether releasing criminals on bail or handing out lenient sentences rises to the level of corruption.
Knodl also has said he would consider impeaching Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm. Republicans have long criticized the Democratic prosecutor as being soft on crime.
Habush Sinykin holds a law degree from Harvard and has worked as an attorney for Midwest Environmental Advocates. She was a key litigator in MEA’s lawsuit to block Wisconsin wolf hunters from using dogs. A state appeals court ultimately rejected the group’s arguments in 2014.
Habush Sinykin held a massive financial advantage over Knodl as Election Day approached.
According to the latest campaign finance reports, she raised nearly $1.1 million between Jan. 1 and March 20. A huge chunk of that money — $453,550 — came from the State Senate Democratic Committee. She received another $25,000 from the state Democratic Party.
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A controversial oil project that would connect oilfields in a Ugandan National Park to a port in Tanzania breaches global environmental guidelines for banks, according to a new nonprofit report Tuesday.
The 897-mile (1443-kilometer) East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), planned by French oil giant TotalEnergies and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation has been mired in allegations of human rights abuses and environmental hazard. The 230,000 barrels of oil produced daily will emit 34 million tons of carbon dioxide annually, according to Ugandan nonprofit the Africa Institute for Energy Governance. Construction will take three years, once a final decision has been taken.
At least 20 banks and eight insurers have ruled themselves out of the project, many coming under pressure from environmental groups. South Africa’s Standard Bank and the Japanese Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) are financial advisers and lead debt arrangers. The UK’s Standard Chartered bank is also considering financing it.
All three signed up to the benchmark Equator Principles, voluntary environmental and human rights guidelines for financing infrastructure projects. A report by the non-governmental organization Inclusive Development International, shared exclusively with The Associated Press, says the project repeatedly breaches these principles and banks would violate them too if they go ahead. Banks are forbidden from financing non-compliant projects. But the scheme is powerless to eject members that do.
Oil wells will be drilled within Murchison Falls National Park, western Uganda. Here the Nile plummets some 130 feet (40 meters) through a gap just 20 feet (6 meters) wide, the surrounding wilderness home to hippos, egrets, giraffes and antelope. The pipeline would then pass through seven forest reserves and two game parks, running alongside Lake Victoria, a source of fresh water for 40 million people.
“An oil spill could prove disastrous for the millions that rely on the lake’s watershed for drinking water and food production,” the environmental campaign group 350.org has warned.
The report says the risk of oil spills breaches an Equator Principle requiring minimal environmental impact. A review of the plans by the nonprofit E-Tech International, which advises communities affected by infrastructure projects, found best practice was not followed.
“EACOP oil spills will occur over the lifetime of the project,” the review concluded.
The pipeline’s environmental assessment doesn’t contain a robust oil spill plan, the report’s authors contend, a further breach of the Principles. The pipeline will also traverse an earthquake zone — the Great Rift Valley — the Inclusive Development International report warns.
TotalEnergies said the pipeline’s state of the art design will ensure safety for decades.
The oil has a high wax content, solidifying at temperatures below 91.4 degrees Fahrenheit (33 degrees Celsius) which would stop oil from spreading as liquid, the company said. Emergency plans are being prepared, the company insisted. Summer temperatures can hit 104 Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) in Uganda.
Human rights standards have also allegedly been broken, according to the report. At least four letters from UN Special Rapporteurs on Human Rights, sent to the Ugandan president and TotalEnergies’ CEO Patrick Pouyanné over two years, detail “various acts of harassment and intimidation” against protesting Ugandans. Numerous activists and a journalist have allegedly been intimidated, forced into hiding, arrested and interrogated.
The Equator Principles are “not being met with regard to the risks facing community members that express criticism,” the report finds.
TotalEnergies said it was unaware of threats emanating from its own staff. The company said it is “vocal about the need” for Ugandan security forces to respect human rights, and had written to the Ugandan president to share its concerns.
“TotalEnergies does not tolerate any threats or attacks against those who peacefully defend and promote human rights,” the statement read.
The Principles have also been violated by a lack of community engagement “free of manipulation, interference, or coercion, or intimidation”, according to the analysis.
More than 120,000 people will lose land to make way for the project, an evaluation by environmental campaign group Friends of the Earth found. There must be “free, prior and informed” consultation with people whose lives may be changed, according to the Principles.
But the report found these requirements were not “sufficiently met”.
The project has “systematically failed” to consult and disclose accessible information, it said.
TotalEnergies said only 13,300 people would be economically impacted across Uganda and Tanzania. Since 2017, meetings have reached over 200,000 affected individuals along the route, the oil major said.
Finally, the project violates standards on land acquisition and resettlement, the report finds. Compensation processes “exacerbated, rather than mitigated” negative impacts, impoverishing villagers who lost access to farmland and faced long delays awaiting compensation.
TotalEnergies said it had already begun paying compensation. The process abides by local laws and is in compliance with the Principles, the company insisted.
Equator Principles chair Amit Puri said each member was “individually responsible for its own internal procedures” to comply. He added that The Equator Principles do not have the authority to respond to concerns about breaching them.
Mr Puri is global head of environmental risk at Standard Chartered, one of the banks that the report says would allegedly be breaching the guidelines by financing the pipeline.
Standard Chartered itself and SMBC declined to comment. The China National Offshore Oil Corporation did not respond to numerous requests for a statement.
Standard Bank said its due diligence on funding the project was being assessed, but no final decision has been made. The decision’s subject to a full assessment of climate change strategies, the bank said, while “full compliance” with the Equator Principles was needed to fund the project.
Despite environmental and human rights concerns, the campaign to stop the pipeline is “unrealistic”, said Angelo Izama, of Ugandan think tank Fanaka Kwa Wote.
“Uganda is being thrust into this role as a poster child for climate damage, and it’s really unfair,” he said.
It amounted to a “dismissal of the national interests of Uganda”.
Ugandan oil officials declined to comment.
But President Yoweri Museveni has said oil wealth can lift millions out of poverty, while other government officials hope Uganda can become a middle-income country.
Efforts to stop the pipeline have left some dismayed at what they see as concerted efforts to sabotage the project.
“TotalEnergies and CNOOC … have the financial muscle and technical know-how to deliver a world-class project” wrote Elison Karuhanga, a prominent oil attorney, in Uganda’s Daily Monitor newspaper.
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Additional reporting by Rodney Muhumuza in Kampala, Uganda.
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Beyond Meat on Thursday reported better-than-expected fourth quarter sales despite flagging consumer demand and lower prices.
The plant-based meat maker said its revenue fell 21% to $80 million in the October-December period. Still, that beat Wall Street’s expectations. Analysts polled by FactSet were forecasting revenue of $75.8 million.
Beyond Meat’s shares jumped 13% in after-hours trading.
The El Segundo, California-based maker of plant-based burgers, sausages, nuggets and other products said its sales volumes continued to decline despite price cuts in the U.S. and Europe. The strong dollar also cut into profits from abroad, the company said.
Beyond Meat’s net loss narrowed to $66.9 million for the quarter, or $1.05 per share. That also beat Wall Street’s forecast of a $1.18 per-share loss.
The results came amid a broader slowdown in demand for fresh plant-based meats like burger patties and sausages. U.S. sales of fresh meat alternatives fell 11% in 2022, wiping out the 11% gain they had seen in 2021, according to NielsenIQ.
But the news wasn’t all bad. U.S. sales of fully cooked meat alternatives like frozen nuggets and steak tips rose 5% last year.
Beyond also got a boost this month when McDonald’s introduced plant-based McNuggets in Germany. The McNuggets are the second product McDonald’s has co-produced with Beyond Meat; it also sells a McPlant burger in several European markets. | https://who13.com/business/ap-business/ap-beyond-meat-beats-q4-forecasts-despite-flagging-sales/ | 2023-02-23 23:07:23 | 1 | https://who13.com/business/ap-business/ap-beyond-meat-beats-q4-forecasts-despite-flagging-sales/ |
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Monday in a widely condemned weapons test — its second in three days — that prompted Tokyo to request an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council.
The firings follow an intercontinental ballistic missile launch Saturday and North Korea’s threats to take an unprecedentedly strong response to U.S.-South Korean military drills that the North views as an invasion rehearsal. Some experts say North Korea is pushing for more powerful weapons so that it can increase its leverage in potential negotiations with the United States.
South Korea’s military said it detected the two missile launches Monday morning from a western coastal town, just north of Pyongyang, the North Korean capital. Japan said both missiles landed in waters outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone and that no damage involving aircraft and vessels in the area was reported.
According to Japanese and South Korean assessments, the North Korean missiles flew at a maximum altitude of 50-100 kilometers (30-60 miles) and a distance of 340-400 kilometers (210-250 miles). Those distances suggest South Korea is within striking range.
Both South Korea and Japan condemned recent North Korean launches as threats to international peace and violations of U.N. Security Council resolutions that ban any ballistic activities by North Korea. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters that Tokyo was requesting an emergency Security Council meeting to respond to recent North Korean launches.
An initial Security Council briefing led by Assistant Secretary-General for political affairs Khaled Khiari was set for later Monday.
Further council action against North Korea is in doubt after China and Russia, both veto-wielding powers embroiled in separate confrontations with Washington, opposed U.S.-led attempts last year to add fresh sanctions after the North launched dozens of ballistic weapons.
The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said the new launches highlight “the destabilizing impact” of North Korea’s unlawful weapons programs. It said the U.S. commitments to the defense of South Korea and Japan “remain ironclad.”
North Korea’s state media said long-range artillery units on its western coast fired two rounds Monday morning cross-country toward the eastern waters, in what South Korea’s military called a confirmation of the activities Seoul and Tokyo reported as missile launches. The official Korean Central News Agency said the North Korean artillery rounds simulated strikes on targets up to 395 kilometers (245 miles) away.
The North said the launches involved its new 600-millimeter multiple rocket launcher system that could be armed with “tactical” nuclear weapons for battlefield use. South Korean defense officials have viewed the weapons system as a short-range ballistic missile.
“The frequency of using the Pacific as our firing range depends upon the U.S. forces’ action character,” Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said in a statement carried by state media. “We are well aware of the movement of U.S. forces’ strategic strike means, (which are) recently getting brisk around the Korean Peninsula."
She could be referring to the U.S. flyover of B-1B long-range, supersonic bombers on Sunday for separate training with South Korea and Japan. The B-1B deployment came as response to North Korea’s launch Saturday of the Hwasong-15 ICBM off its east coast in the country’s first missile test since Jan. 1.
North Korea is extremely sensitive to the deployment of B-1B bombers, which can carry a huge payload of conventional weapons.
Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said that North Korea may make further provocations, such as more missile launches and nuclear tests.
North Korea’s state media said Sunday the ICBM test was meant to further bolster its “fatal” nuclear attack capacity and verify the weapon’s reliability and the combat readiness of the country’s nuclear force.
In her statement earlier Sunday, Kim Yo Jong threatened to take additional powerful steps over upcoming military drills between the United States and South Korea.
North Korea has steadfastly slammed regular South Korea-U.S. military drills as a practice for a northward invasion, though the allies say their exercises are defensive in nature. Some observers say North Korea often uses its rivals’ drills as a pretext to hone and perfect its weapons systems. They say North Korea would ultimately want to win an international recognition of a legitimate nuclear state to get international sanctions lifted and receive other outside concessions.
The South Korean and U.S. militaries plan to hold a table-top exercise this week to hone a joint response to a potential use of nuclear weapons by North Korea. The allies are also to conduct another joint computer simulated exercise and field training in March.
Hours after Monday's launches, South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said Seoul placed unilateral sanctions on four individuals and five institutions it said were involved in illicit activities supporting the North’s nuclear arms development and evasion of sanctions. While South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s government has so far placed sanctions on 31 individuals and 35 organizations for supporting the North’s nuclear ambitions, such steps are seen as mostly symbolic considering the lack of business activities between the rivals.
North Korea has claimed to have missiles capable of striking both the U.S. mainland and South Korea with nuclear weapons, but many foreign experts have said North Korea still has some key remaining technologies to master, such as shrinking the warheads small enough to be mounted on missiles and ensuring those warheads survive atmospheric reentry.
In her statement Monday, Kim Yo Jong reiterated that North Korea has reentry vehicle technology. She also hit back at South Korean experts who questioned whether North Korea’s ICBMs would be functional in real-war situations.
North Korea set an annual record in 2022 with the launch of more than 70 missiles. North Korea has said many of those weapons tests were a warning over previous U.S.-South Korean military drills. It also passed a law that allows it to use nuclear weapons preemptively in a broad range of scenarios.
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Leading UK independent hotel operator incorporates in-depth competitor analysis in its revenue management with Infor EzRMS
LONDON, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Infor®, the industry cloud company, today announced that Starboard Hotels, one of the UK's leading independent hotel operators, owners, and developers of franchised and own brand hotels, has successfully extended its use of Infor EzRMS, incorporating in-depth competitor information analysis to help deliver an intelligent, responsive revenue management system across nine hotels in the group.
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Starboard has opted to take advantage of the full functionality of Infor EzRMS, with new capabilities enabling the business to obtain an automated, comprehensive insight into competitive pricing throughout all online channels. Starboard's revenue team can now track online distribution channels consistently and systematically, checking positioning against regional competing offers to be able to match these, whilst taking into account changing demand and factoring in events as soon as they are announced.
This extra functionality will build on the excellent work of the team, increasing revenue throughout the hotels and improving competitiveness by enabling a data-based, total revenue management approach. The solution features deep-learning algorithms that dynamically recognise patterns to ensure optimal and accurate business forecasts, pricing and selling strategies.
"The new capabilities we now have at our disposal will underpin a truly responsive revenue management system," said Darren Schembri, Starboard Hotels head of revenue and sales. "The reporting functionality of EzRMS has always been great, with the forecasting capability, in particular, most beneficial to the business. The ability to undertake comprehensive market and competitor analysis really will take our forecasting and revenue management to the next level, giving us a better understanding of what the market is doing to enable us to fulfil our revenue potential across our hotels."
"The application is already providing centralised revenue management that delivers an intelligent, dynamic and consistent view of optimal potential revenue for nine of our hotels. The granularity of information that the system delivers is crucial in our industry, allowing us to make rapid, robust pricing decisions. We're already seeing the benefit of the new functionality, and are looking forward to even deeper levels of pricing insight over the coming months," Schembri said.
"The hotel industry knows that it must move to a data-based approach to decision-making across all areas of the business, with every decision grounded in granular, timely insight," said Stan van Roij, Infor international VP for hospitality. "As Starboard Hotels has recognised, Infor's solutions for the hospitality industry deliver a clear, comprehensive and forward-looking picture of the business, underpinning crucial revenue optimisation to keep businesses one step ahead of the competition in an ever-evolving marketplace."
About Starboard Hotels
Starboard Hotels is an award-winning owner and operator of franchised hotels under the world's leading brands, including Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express as part of IHG, Hampton by Hilton, Days Inn by Wyndham, Best Western, ibis and ibis Styles as part of Accorhotels, and two properties in the independent hotel sector – Windermere Manor and The Cliffden Hotel.
Founded in 2006, Starboard Hotels quickly established a proven track record as comprehensive hotel operators with the operational focus being on exceptional customer service and guest experience whilst optimising asset performance.
Passionate about the hospitality industry and combining expert knowledge of the hotel sector and real estate development, Starboard Hotels boast a variety of skills and expertise with the primary objective of consistently delivering top results.
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Infor is a global leader in business cloud software specialized by industry. We develop complete solutions for our focus industries, including industrial manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, food & beverage, automotive, aerospace & defense, and high tech. Infor's mission-critical enterprise applications and services are designed to deliver sustainable operational advantages with security and faster time to value. We are obsessed with delivering successful business outcomes for customers. Over 60,000+ organizations in more than 175 countries rely on Infor's 17,000 employees to help achieve their business goals. As a Koch company, our financial strength, ownership structure, and long-term view empower us to foster enduring, mutually beneficial relationships with our customers. Visit www.infor.com.
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Tesla will have to open its Supercharger network to EVs from other brands in order to qualify for federal funding, Reuters reported Friday.
The Department of Transportation this week is expected to detail standards for EV charging infrastructure to qualify for $7.5 billion set aside in the Biden administration’s infrastructure law, which aims to create a national network of 500,000 chargers.
The government is expected to require that charging sites getting a federal subsidy have Combined Charging Standard (CCS) connectors. That would force Tesla to augment its proprietary connectors to access that funding. Other standards are expected to focus on cybersecurity and American-made content in charging hardware.
States have control over $5 billion of the federal EV charging network taking form, spread over five years. That led to many states expanding designated Alternative Fuel Corridors, which originated under a different federal program that predates the national charging-network push, but will likely synchronize with it, creating more road trip fast-charging routes. All state plans for the funding got the green light by the end of September 2022.
A recent study suggested that it will take 1,104 new/additional EV fast-charging stations to meet the federal government’s targeted 50-mile interval for each charging site on the proposed national network. Whether Tesla unlocks its Supercharger stations to become part of that number remains to be seen.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said back in July 2021 that Tesla would open its Supercharger network to non-Tesla EVs, but that hasn’t happened in the U.S. and is only the case for a few smaller markets. And in a letter to the Federal Highway Administration last year, Tesla argued its Supercharger stations should qualify for federal funding if they were co-located with CCS stations, which would allow the automaker to avoid installing CCS connectors on its own chargers.
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Hedges joins as Chief Executive Officer, Hong as Chief Financial Officer, and Rust as Chief Technology Officer.
TEMECULA, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Raintree Systems, a leading provider of electronic health records (EHR) and revenue cycle management (RCM) software solutions for the therapy and rehab industry, today announced multiple appointments to their executive leadership team. Nick Hedges, a 25-year veteran of the technology industry, has been appointed chief executive officer; Darian Hong, a seasoned financial strategist, has been named chief financial officer, and Rob Rust, with more than 20 years of experience modernizing technologies, is the company's new chief technology officer.
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"We are extremely excited to welcome Nick, Darian, and Rob to the Raintree family," said Mike Metzger, interim CEO and executive chairman of Raintree. "This power-house trio has a proven track record of running businesses at scale. Combined, they bring the process, strategy, and rigor Raintree needs to continue to be the most powerful, stable, and flexible platform for therapy and rehab providers."
Most of Hedges' career has been spent leading high-growth software as a service companies, helping them accelerate and scale their operations. His most recent role was as the CEO of MomentFeed, a marketing software company serving large retail and restaurant enterprises. He grew the business before overseeing its sale and integration with a large competitor. Before that, Hedges was CEO and president of Velocify. He led the business for ten-years, and grew revenues by more than 1,500 percent. Hedges led the sale of this business to Ellie Mae in 2017.
Hong has held several CFO positions at both large enterprise and growth-stage technology companies. Most recently, he was CFO and COO for Act!, a leading global CRM and marketing automation platform, where he helped restructure the business to profitability and consistent revenue growth. Prior to Act!, Hong was the CFO of WebPT, a rehab therapy software platform, where the company tripled revenue during his tenure and executed a successful exit to Warburg Pincus.
Rust is a senior technology leader with experience in public, private equity, emerging, and start-up companies. Before joining Raintree, he was CTO at Wondr Health, a digital behavioral change company, where he helped to transform the teams and processes from a single product focus to a multi-product strategy. Rust also spent seven years at WebPT, as CTO where he helped support the company's growth by modernizing its processes, technologies, and teams.
"Raintree is experiencing its next evolution," commented Lorraine Welty, co-founder and chief product officer at Raintree Systems. "Nick, Darian, and Rob will help us accelerate growth, and modernize our solution, while staying true to our core values of delivering superior software solutions and relationship-first customer service."
"Raintree is the preeminent software platform for therapy and rehab providers," said Nick Hedges, CEO of Raintree Systems. "This team has done a fantastic job creating a robust, feature-rich product that is preferred by six of the country's ten largest PT groups and has the highest satisfaction rates in the industry. I'm excited to work with Lorraine, Raintree's talented team of professionals, and our clients. Together, we are going to accelerate our record growth rates by significantly expanding our market presence and investing in our greatest strengths; our product and our people."
For more information on Raintree Systems, please visit raintreeinc.com.
Raintree is the preeminent platform for enterprise and mid-sized therapy provider organizations. They have a proven track record of success and client satisfaction providing solutions in patient engagement and communications, clinical documentation, revenue cycle management (RCM), and business intelligence/analytics for physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, audiology, and ABA across all treatment settings. From pediatrics to geriatrics, Raintree has more than 2,500 implementations and more than 25,000 users daily. Its commitment to "Software-as-a-Relationship" uniquely distinguishes it from other providers in the market. To learn more about Raintree, visit https://www.raintreeinc.com/.
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MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian representative in Central African Republic, who is associated with Yevgeny Prigozhin, the notorious millionaire owner of the Wagner Group military contractor, was severely injured Friday when a package exploded in his hands, Prigozhin and Russian officials said.
Prigozhin, who has been dubbed “(Vladimir) Putin’s chef” for his close ties to the Russian president, said in a statement on his messaging app channel that Dmitry Sytyi who headed the “Russian House” in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic, was in serious condition after the attack.
Prigozhin charged that before losing consciousness Sytyi said the explosive package contained a note saying “This is for you from all the French. The Russians will get out of Africa.”
Prigozhin’s Wagner Group has played an active part in the fighting in Ukraine and also has deployed to several African countries in what the West saw as part of Moscow’s efforts to expand its clout in the continent.
Prigozhin, who has been on the U.S. and EU sanctions list for his Kremlin links, accused France of staging the attack and said that he asked the Russian Foreign Ministry to declare the country a “sponsor of terrorism.” He didn’t offer any evidence to back his claim.
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov denounced the attack on Sytyi as “an inhuman terrorist act” and vowed Russian authorities will take every effort to track down its organizers and perpetrators.
He said Moscow will take additional security measures but won’t close the Russian House in Bangui, adding that “we mustn’t show any fear of terrorists.”
“There have been attacks by terrorists and I’m afraid more will come, and we need to be ready for that,” Bogdanov said in remarks carried by the Tass news agency. “But it doesn’t mean that we should pack and run away.”
The Wagner Group has deployed personnel to many African countries, including Central African Republic, in what Western officials have described as an attempt by Moscow to boost its political influence and win control of the continent’s natural resources. Wagner personnel have been accused of widespread human rights abuses.
Sytyi, who has been reportedly linked to Prigozhin, has worked in Central African Republic for several years. Prigozhin hailed him as a “Russian patriot.”
Prigozhin claimed that last month Sytyi got a letter with a picture of his son, who lives in France, saying that next time he will get his son’s head “if the Russians don’t get out of the African continent and open the doors to the French.” He said Sytyi carelessly opened the package on Friday because he thought that the gruesome threat had been fulfilled.
“If Dmitry Sytyi stays alive, he will continue the fight and see how those who made an attempt on his life perish in the flames of history,” said Prigozhin who has cast Wagner operations in Africa as a fight against the purported Western “colonialism.”
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HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A farmworker accused of killing seven people in back-to-back shootings at two Northern California mushroom farms was charged Wednesday with seven counts of murder and one of attempted murder.
Chunli Zhao, 66, was set to make his first court appearance Wednesday but it was postponed until Feb. 16, San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said. His two attorneys did not immediately respond to calls and emails seeking comment.
Wagstaffe, speaking outside the courthouse, declined to share any additional details on a motive in the killing of Zhao's current and former coworkers, saying he wanted to keep the details out of the public eye to ensure a fair trial. Sheriff's officials have said it was workplace violence.
It was California’s third mass shooting in eight days, and the largest in San Mateo County's history, Wagstaffe said. It followed the killing of 11 people in the Los Angeles area amid Lunar New Year celebrations Saturday.
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Authorities believe Zhao acted alone Monday when he entered a mushroom farm where he worked in Half Moon Bay, shot and killed four people and seriously wounded a fifth. He then drove to a nearby farm where he worked previously and killed three more people, said Eamonn Allen, a sheriff’s spokesperson.
Erlin Ortiz and her sister, Miriam Ortiz, pack mushrooms at the farm where Zhao is accused of killing four people.
They were sitting in their car after their shift when they saw Zhao, who was about 40 feet (12 meters) away, pull a gun from a backpack, shout something in Mandarin to a fellow Chinese farmworker and then shoot the man, they told the Bay Area News Group.
Zhao then shot a second worker, and gunned down the first worker who had gotten to his feet and tried to run away, Erlin Ortiz said.
“He was super red and very angry," she said of Zhao.
Shocked and horrified, Miriam Ortiz’s husband, who was behind the wheel, started the car and prepared to drive away.
Zhao turned to look at them, then hopped onto a forklift and headed toward an encampment on the farm where he and the sisters lived. His demeanor had changed, they said.
“He was laughing, he was smiling,” Erlin Ortiz said. “We saw him get on the forklift, and when he turned to see us, he was making fun of the situation.”
Erlin Ortiz said Zhao, who grew onions for himself and his wife in a little garden plot, would wave and greet them but always seemed serious.
The charges against Zhao include additional allegations that could result in the death penalty or life in prison without parole, though Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued a moratorium on executions. Among those allegations are that Zhao used a gun, caused great bodily injury and killed multiple people.
The coroner's office named six of the victims: Zhishen Liu, 73, of San Francisco; Marciano Martinez Jimenez, 50, of Moss Beach, California; Aixiang Zhang, 74, of San Francisco; Qizhong Cheng, 66, of Half Moon Bay; Jingzhi Lu, 64, of Half Moon Bay; and Yetao Bing, 43, whose hometown was unknown. The charging documents identify Jose Romero Perez as the other person killed and Pedro Romero Perez as the eighth victim, who survived the shooting.
Officials have said some of the people killed were migrant workers. Some people were shot in trailers on the property, Wagstaffe said.
Servando Martinez Jimenez said his brother Marciano Martinez Jimenez, one of the victims, was a delivery person and manager at one of the farms. He never mentioned Zhao or said anything about problems with other workers.
“He was a good person. He was polite and friendly with everyone. He never had any problems with anyone. I don’t understand why all this happened,” Martinez Jimenez said in Spanish.
Marciano Martinez Jimenez had lived in the United States for 28 years after arriving from the Mexican state of Oaxaca. Servando Martinez Jimenez said he is working with the Mexican consulate to get his brother’s body home.
It would not have been Zhao’s first fit of workplace rage, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. In 2013, Zhao was accused of threatening to split a coworker’s head open with a knife and separately tried to suffocate the man with a pillow, the Chronicle reported, based on court documents.
The two were roommates and worked at a restaurant, and the man, identified as Jingjiu Wang, filed a temporary restraining order against Zhao that was granted but is no longer in effect. Wang could not be immediately reached, the Chronicle reported.
Zhao is from China and has lived in the United States for at least a dozen years, Wagstaffe said. He had legal paperwork to live in the country at one time and investigators were determining whether it was still valid, Wagstaffe said. They were also looking into his prior contact with law enforcement.
The shootings broke out at California Terra Garden, previously known as Mountain Mushroom Farm, and nearby Concord Farms.
The majority of farmworkers in the area are Latinos but the Mountain Mushroom Farm was one of the few that employed Asian workers, said Belinda Hernandez, executive director of ALAS, a farmworker advocacy group based in Half Moon Bay. She said that mushroom farms offer the benefit of year-round work.
David Oates, a California Terra Garden spokesperson, said that he did not know how long Zhao worked there and that he was one of 35 employees who had stayed when ownership changed. He declined to comment further Wednesday, saying he would defer to law enforcement. And Aaron Tung, part owner of Concord Farms, did not respond Wednesday to a request for additional comment.
Half Moon Bay is a small, laid-back, coastal and agricultural city about 30 miles (50 kilometers) south of San Francisco. Its sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean make it a popular spot for hikers and tourists, who flock there to surf and for an annual giant pumpkin festival.
The new year has brought six mass killings in the U.S. in fewer than three weeks, accounting for 39 deaths. Three have struck California since Jan. 16, according to a database compiled by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University. The database tracks every mass killing — defined as four dead, not including the offender — in the U.S. since 2006.
The shootings in Half Moon Bay and Monterey Park followed the killing of a teenage mother, her baby and four others at a home in California’s Central Valley on Jan. 16. Officials discussing the investigation mentioned a possible gang link to the killings. ___
This story has been corrected to say six people, not eight people, were killed in California’s Central Valley on Jan. 16.
Gecker reported from San Francisco. Associated Press writers Janie Har in San Francisco and Sophie Austin in Sacramento, along with researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York, contributed.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will travel to Arizona, New Mexico and Utah next week and is expected to talk about his administration’s efforts to combat climate change as the region endures a brutally hot summer with soaring temperatures, the White House said Monday.
Biden is expected to discuss the Inflation Reduction Act, America’s most significant response to climate change, and the push toward more clean energy manufacturing. The act aims to spur clean energy on a scale that will bend the arc of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
July has been the hottest month ever recorded. Biden last week announced new steps to protect workers in extreme heat, including measures to improve weather forecasts and make drinking water more accessible.
Members of Biden’s administration also are fanning out over the next few weeks around the anniversary of the landmark climate change and health care legislation to extol the administration’s successes as the Democratic president seeks reelection in 2024.
Vice President Kamala Harris heads to Wisconsin this week with Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to talk about broadband infrastructure investments. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack goes to Oregon to highlight wildfire defense grants, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will go to Illinois and Texas, and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona heads to Maryland to talk about career and technical education programs.
The Inflation Reduction Act included roughly $375 billion over a decade to combat climate change and capped the cost of a month’s supply of insulin at $35 for older Americans and other Medicare beneficiaries. It also helps an estimated 13 million Americans pay for health care insurance by extending subsidies provided during the coronavirus pandemic.
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First bus of migrants from Texas border arrives in New York
The first group of migrants from Texas’ southern border arrived in New York Friday morning.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the migrants were dropped off at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City.
In addition to Washington D.C., New York City will now be a drop-off location for the busing strategy.
It’s part of Abbott’s response to the Biden administration’s open border policy, which the governor said is overwhelming Texas communities.
Abbott said the migrants can receive the abundance of city services and housing the New York City mayor has "boasted about within the sanctuary city."
As one of the few cities in America with right to housing laws, New York City is required to provide emergency shelter for every unhoused person.
Also on Friday, the National Guard denied a request from Washington D.C.’s mayor to help with the busloads of migrants Texas and Arizona have dropped off there.
Abbott called it a way to bring the illegal immigration issue to Washington. While D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said she welcomes the undocumented migrants, they have overwhelmed aid groups in D.C.
"We need space, and we need the federal government to be involved, so I’ve asked for a deployment of the guard as long as we need the guard to deal with a humanitarian crisis that we expect to escalate," Mayor Bowser said. "The number of people crossing the border seeking asylum we expect to only go up."
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"They cannot handle that one single challenge. We deal with that same number every single day. I got one thing to tell you and tell them – there are more buses on the way as we gather at this conference today," Abbott said while speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas this week.
Texas has now bused 6,500 migrants to D.C., the governor said.
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LONDON — Rishi Sunak is now all but guaranteed to become Britain's next prime minister after both the leading contenders considered his rivals in the race to replace Liz Truss pulled out before a single vote was cast among members of the Conservative party.
Considered a centrist and pragmatic politician, he emerged in the latest leadership contest as a safe pair of hands to guide the U.K., after Liz Truss' policy proposals around tax cuts and spending shook the government's credibility and spooked markets.
Sunak's rise in British politics has been nothing short of meteoric. After entering Parliament in 2015 after a career in banking, Boris Johnson appointed him just five years later as finance minister — a role formally known as Chancellor of the Exchequer, the U.K.'s Treasury.
Sunak will be the first British Asian to become prime minister and the first nonwhite to take the top job. At 42, he'll also be the youngest prime minister in more than 200 years.
But the fact such a senior political leader in Britain has a family background that is nonwhite — with both his parents of Indian origin — has only become commonplace in the past handful of years.
"That is a very, very recent development," says Sunder Katwala, director of British Future, a think tank that researches issues around immigration, integration, race and identity.
"That is a very, very recent development," says Sunder Katwala, director of British Future, a think tank that researches issues around immigration, integration, race and identity.
He says since David Cameron became prime minister, the Conservative Party has placed an emphasis on putting more ethnic minorities in senior positions inside the government.
"Ethnic diversity has become a new normal at the top table of British politics," acknowledges Katwala. "In the last five years, we've seen ethnic minority chancellors of the Exchequer, home secretaries, foreign secretaries at a remarkable pace. Everyone's got used to that and everybody thinks you shouldn't make too much of that."
It is only seven weeks since Sunak lost the top job to Liz Truss in this year's first Tory leadership contest, following Boris Johnson's resignation amid a swirl of scandal in July.
But after the Truss administration imploded following a failed rollout of unfunded tax and spending plans, Sunk — and the entire U.K. — faces enormous economic challenges.
Supporters say men like Sunak will be viewed as role models by the U.K.'s South Asian community, particularly those who are looking to enter politics.
But Sunak is also likely to face intense scrutiny, since he himself comes from a particularly privileged background and his wife, an Indian-born IT heiress, was until recently not paying the top rate of British tax as a fully domiciled U.K. resident.
Bronwen Maddox, the chief executive of the London-based think tank Chatham House, says that one silver lining amid all the chaos of recent weeks is that it "has forced someone with economic competence to the top of the Conservative field, and it has also forced Labour, the main opposition party, to put together a platform based on a claim to financial coherence, competence, things that Labor hasn't always been associated with in the past."
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The phenomenon of Stranger Things
In the summer of 2016, the world turned upside down. On July 15, Netflix released a peculiar little show starring a cast of unknown kids and a couple of celebrities who got their start in the ‘80s. The show was called “Stranger Things,” and it was set in 1983.
With a predominantly younger cast and a plethora of nostalgic touchstones, the series immediately appealed to a broad range of demographics. The intriguing story, infused with equal parts sci-fi, horror and heart, quickly made “Stranger Things” a global phenomenon.
The most recent season debuted on Netflix over Memorial Day weekend. Nearly six full years since the first season, the show is more popular than ever, affecting fans’ taste in everything from music to fashion.
How film and TV affect fashion
The stories told in film and television have always depicted characters the audiences have always related to. Some characters represent potential, while others represent a reminder. Fans often emulate the characters they love as a way to empower their own life. The easiest way to step into the role of someone you admire is to adopt their fashion choices. Countless films, including “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” “Saturday Night Fever,” “Flashdance,” “Beetlejuice,” “Clueless” and more, have inspired fashion trends. Now, “Stranger Things” is in the spotlight as it nostalgizes the ‘80s and encourages fans to bring the fashions of yesterday to the forefront.
Key character fashions from Stranger Things
The ‘80s had a lot of different types of fashion. While everyone in the series wore their nostalgia well, these four characters had iconic ensembles that captured the decade flawlessly.
Karen Wheeler
While the third season had Mike’s mom hanging out at the pool wearing large plastic baubles and colorful one-piece bathing suits, in season four, she sported the classic ‘80s fit look with a tracksuit and headband.
Eddie Munson
The new addition to the team this season has been a long-haired, scene-stealing Dungeon Master named Eddie Munson. He’s got that classic “bad boy” look from the ‘80s: denim jacket, T-shirt and pants with ripped knees.
Dustin Henderson
If there’s a trademark accessory for Dustin, it’s his baseball cap. Beyond that, he represents a casual side of Hawkins. Throughout the series, Dustin wears comfortable outfits that revolve around t-shirts, shorts and knee-high socks. He often looks like he just stepped off the bus from summer camp in the ‘80s.
Nancy Wheeler
Nancy puts her own spin on intelligent fashion. She’s preppy, but in a subdued way, with softer colors and a style that reveals her maturity. She always seems to dress a little older than her years. Nancy takes the ‘80s concept of pretty and gives it a backbone of authority and respect with her classic, sensible outfits.
Popular ‘80s fashion pieces
Motique Neon Green Scrunchie (Two-Pack)
If you like Max Mayfield’s taste in clothing from the third season, you need a scrunchie. This neon green offering is a perfect match. The soft and stretchy material is gentle on your hair. If neon green isn’t your favorite, there are 37 other color options from which to choose. Sold by Amazon
ISMV Two-Piece Retro Workout Outfit
Karen Wheeler was always one step away from a workout in season four. This two-piece outfit lets you get into her groove. It includes high-waist running shorts and a seamless yoga sports bra. The retro styling will make you feel like it’s the ‘80s all over again. Sold by Amazon
QiShang Moisture Wicking Workout Headband
You might not work out hard enough to sweat, but at least you’ll look great doing it. These soft, elastic headbands come in five colors and won’t slip or cause irritation while wearing. Sold by Amazon
It’s impossible to have a complete ‘80s workout experience if you don’t include leg warmers. This pair from Satinior is made from elastic fibers and comes in an eye-catching neon rainbow color. The versatile design lets you pull the leg warmers up to your thigh or gather them below your knee. If you prefer, you can also get these in green, pink or black. Sold by Amazon
Yisfri Women’s Two-Piece Tracksuit Set
In the ‘80s, polyester tracksuits weren’t for working out but were for casual fashion. This brightly colored, pink and blue outfit will let you fit right in at the skating rink. It features a short-sleeve, zippered jacket with an elastic gathered waistband and side pockets. Sold by Amazon
Levi’s Men’s Denim Trucker Jacket
There’s a fantasy role-playing campaign tonight and an open spot for you to join, but only if you have the right outfit. Granted, you may have to rip the sleeves off to make Eddie Munson happy, but for any other occasion, this denim jacket is perfect as is. Sold by Amazon
Satinior Women’s Stretchy Belts
If you want to hang with Nancy, you need the right belt. But why stop at one. This collection of five vintage cinch belts comes in red, black, camel, blue and beige, so you have one for every outfit. The retro chunky buckle will draw attention to your waist, and the elastic fit means you will always be comfortable and stylish. Sold by Amazon
Lunnte Silicone Shoulder Pads for Women’s Clothing
Don’t have any retro clothing in your closet? All you really need is a pair of shoulder pads. These anti-slip shoulder push-up pads will instantly transport any top back to the ‘80s. There are two sets of pads in this offering, transparent and skin tone, so you can wear them with a wide variety of tops. These silicone pads conform to the shoulder so they won’t fall off. After wearing, just toss them in the wash so you can use them again. Sold by Amazon
In the third season of “Stranger Things,” El rocked those bright blue suspenders. And she was unstoppable. Wearing brightly colored suspenders might not actually give you superpowers, but they will make you look like a superhero. These suspenders have a strong adjustable clip and a “Y” design. They look stylish, feel comfortable and come in 52 colors so that you can find the perfect match for your inner El. Sold by Amazon
Deckra Men’s Varsity Letterman Jackets
Jocks were big in the ‘80s. Sometimes they were heroes, other times, they were villains. However, no matter what role they played, they always dressed the same. This varsity letterman jacket is made with genuine cowhide leather and features a button closure. The polyester quilted lining will keep you warm all season long. Sold by Amazon
CX.Azul Hawkins Middle School AV Club Pullover
If you want to be where all the cool kids are, join the AV Club. Mike, Dustin, Lucas, Will and Max were all members of the Hawkins Middle School AV Club. With this loose-fitting pullover, you can proudly proclaim your affiliation as well. This comfortable hoodie is available in a variety of colors and sizes. Sold by Amazon
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WASHINGTON, April 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SCORE, mentors to America's small businesses, will co-host the 2023 National Small Business Week Virtual Summit with the U.S. Small Business Administration on May 2-3. The free, two-day online event will celebrate the hard-earned success of small businesses throughout the country, while also sharing best practices for utilizing technology and other tools to facilitate growth.
"SCORE is proud to honor the accomplishments of America's entrepreneurs and join the SBA in hosting the National Small Business Week Virtual Summit. We invite all entrepreneurs to participate in this important event no matter what their business stage – from startup to years of experience – to learn critical insights to fuel future success," said SCORE CEO Bridget Weston.
"National Small Business Week celebrates the resilience, innovation and economic power of America's small businesses and innovative startups," said SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman. "I'm thrilled to showcase our highly-impactful entrepreneurs who build prosperity in their communities while strengthening our nation's global competitiveness."
Expert-led sessions offer timely information on critical topics including:
- Simple Steps to Write and Follow a Sustainable Business Plan that Ensures You Achieve Your Goals
- Tapping Tech to Elevate Performance, Productivity and Profitability
- Small Business Growth in the Age of AI: A Conversation on Trends, Opportunities and Challenges
- Cybersecurity & Your Small Business
- Future-Proofing Your Small Business for Long-Term Success
The Virtual Summit will also offer small business owners key insights on the current economy and how to plan for the year ahead, access to business planning and funding resources, networking with fellow entrepreneurs and live Q&A with SCORE's experienced business mentors.
"I'm attending the summit because I see a valuable opportunity to meet like-minded business people and learn new business strategies and expertise," said SCORE client Renata Nunez, CEO of Panthera Candleworks in Columbus, Ind. "I'm looking forward to expanding my network and sharing with others what my company is about and how I can provide value to other business owners."
To register or view the full agenda: National Small Business Week Virtual Summit.
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DeAndre Square named SEC co-Defensive Player of the Week
Senior inside linebacker sealed victory over No. 16 Mississippi State with interception
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Senior linebacker DeAndre Square was named Southeastern Conference co-Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts in No. 22 Kentucky’s 27-17 victory over No. 16 Mississippi State last Saturday, the league announced Monday.
Square sealed the win over Mississippi State with an interception with 4:01 remaining. It was the third interception of his career, and the first of the season. He also tallied 11 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss. It was the second game-clinching interception he has recorded in Kentucky’s past eight games, dating to its VRBO Citrus Bowl win over Iowa on Jan. 1, 2022.
UK limited MSU to season lows for total offense (225 yards), rushing yards (22), passing yards (203) and first downs (13). UK also allowed only 10 offensive points.
Square, a 6-foot-1, 221-pound Butkus Award candidate from Detroit, is in his fifth and final season with the Wildcats having played in 56 career games with 42 straight starting assignments. He is on the verge of joining the career 300-Tackle Club, needing just four more to accomplish the feat. He’s been voted a team captain three straight seasons (2020-22) and is on track to graduate in December with a degree in health promotion.
Square shares the honor with Arkansas safety Hudson Clark.
The 19th-ranked Wildcats will enjoy a much-needed bye week before traveling to No. 3 Tennessee Saturday, Oct. 29. Game time will be announced later today.
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SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Co-Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CODX), a molecular diagnostics company with a unique, patented platform for the development of molecular diagnostic tests, announced today it will release its third quarter 2022 results on Thursday, November 10, 2022, after the market close. The Company will also host a conference call and webcast on the same day at 4:30 p.m. EDT to discuss its financial results with analysts and institutional investors. Management on the call will include Dwight Egan, Chief Executive Officer, Brian Brown, Chief Financial Officer, and Andrew Benson, Head of Investor Relations.
The call and webcast will be available via:
If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be recorded and later made available on the Company's website.
About Co-Diagnostics, Inc.:
Co-Diagnostics, Inc., a Utah corporation, is a molecular diagnostics company that develops, manufactures and markets state-of-the-art diagnostics technologies. The Company's technology is utilized for tests that are designed using the detection and/or analysis of nucleic acid molecules (DNA or RNA). The Company also uses its proprietary technology to design specific tests to locate genetic markers for use in industries other than infectious disease and license the use of those tests to specific customers.
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Leese, Lawrence E.
LEESE, Lawrence E., died March 18th, 2023. There will be a Celebration of his happy, productive and well-lived life on March 31st, 4-7 PM at Routsong Funeral Home, 2100 E. Stroop Rd., Kettering, OH, with a Memorial Celebration at 6:00PM. For complete remembrances and to share your condolences, please visit www.routsong.com.
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Philadelphia (WPHL)- City Council member Kenyatta Johnson joined us to discuss gun violence city of Philadelphia. Johnson is chairman of the Council’s Special Committee on Gun Violence Prevention. As of August 3, we have had 325 homicides in Philadelphia so far this year. That is a one percent increase compared to last year (322). The number of homicide victims this year in the city is now higher than last year, which was recorded as the deadliest with 562 victims. | https://phl17.com/phl17-news/philadelphia-outpacing-2021-grim-record-of-homicides-in-the-city-kenyatta-johnson-talks-preventing-gun-violence/ | 2022-08-08 15:27:52 | 1 | https://phl17.com/phl17-news/philadelphia-outpacing-2021-grim-record-of-homicides-in-the-city-kenyatta-johnson-talks-preventing-gun-violence/ |
Florida teen critical after shooting self in neck in what appears to be accident, deputies say
OCALA, Fla. - The Ocala Police Department is investigating after they said a 14-year-old boy apparently shot himself in the neck.
Officers responded to Shadow Oaks Mobile Home Park, located at 3120 SE 10th Ave., on Monday afternoon where a resident flagged down the patrol vehicle and said the teenager was lying down inside on the living room floor.
Two women were tending to the teen's injury and actively applying chest compressions, according to the office. The officer took over the chest compressions, and after a few minutes, the teen began to take shallow breaths and looked around. EMS arrived, took over medical treatment, and transported the boy to the hospital, where he remains in critical condition.
Detectives are investigating this incident, and it appears that the shooting was accidental, according to OPD.
"Prior to the shooting, two teen boys, who were friends, were inside the home. The boy who apparently shot himself was a neighbor and did not live at the home where the shooting occurred. The gun was inside the parent's bedroom dresser. The victim found it and apparently shot himself in the neck by accident," a spokesperson for the police department told FOX 35.
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Former Delphix Chief Strategy Officer will drive Superna's growth for data first security in the multi-cloud storage market
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alex joins Superna as CEO with more than 25 years of experience across executive leadership, business strategy, business operations, customer success and sales functions helping customers solve some of the most challenging security and storage business problems.
Prior to Superna, Alex served as Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Customer Officer of Delphix during its years of hyper-growth. Over the last two decades, Alex has held executive roles at Turbonomic (acquired by IBM), Pure Storage (IPO in 2015), Sailthru (acquired by CM Group), Riverbed (IPO in 2006) and Veritas (acquired by Symantec in 2004). Alex has served on the Advisory Board of TSIA, the Board of Directors of Cornerstone Technologies (acquired by Sonasoft) and currently serves as a Board Member of the Soi Dog USA Foundation.
"I've been fortunate to work with some incredible teams over the years that have either delightfully disrupted a technology segment or solved a material customer problem with technology that then ushered in new ways for businesses to innovate. With Superna, I've been lucky enough to find both" says Hesterberg. "Superna is the only platform that solves modern day security, automation and compliance concerns by keeping data at the center of its product strategy. Our customers are avoiding Ransomware attacks, cutting spend by over 60% by intelligently archiving the right data to the right platform and more effectively meeting the controls and safeguards of, for example, HIPAA and GDPR compliance audits."
The Superna platform solves for security gaps, cost overruns and compliance requirements in multi-cloud unstructured data environments. Today, unstructured data represents over 80% of digital data – globally growing at a 65% CAGR. "We're at the beginning of an unstructured data revolution. This data is a rich, complex aggregation of crown jewel information ranging from financial records, to medical information, to big data analytics, to intellectual property and now, it's becoming the backbone of next generation backup and recovery" Hesterberg shared.
As many companies are now harnessing the power of file and object data, Hesterberg is excited about the opportunity ahead. "Everyone knows that critical application file system data is as precious as critical application database data. For example, SAP and EPIC customers rely as much on file system data as they do on relational data. But hyper-granular backups, meant to reduce the impact of Ransomware and exfiltration, are now being stored on highly scalable and cost effective object storage platforms across the multi-cloud. Even in-memory databases like SAP HANA are taking advantage of the limitless scale of object storage, since they are architected closer to compute than traditional databases." As customer demand for using scalable, cost effective object storage as a core recovery or production platform skyrockets, Superna is offering the most comprehensive suite of solutions in the industry.
Cybercriminals are creating more sophisticated attacks by leveraging advanced attacker tools openly available on the black market or downloaded from the Dark Web. Attacks are evolving to stay ahead of threat detection tools and this becomes a problem for traditional security approaches to cyber threat prevention. "The goal posts have moved," says Hesterberg, "sophisticated attacks on data have become the standard and the data-to-security gap has never been more exploited. Prevention is the new recovery and that's where Superna is leading the industry."
The core of the Superna platform is an AI layer, with policy-based automation that enables the data layer to become increasingly aware. "Having a data-first approach also means introducing intelligence into the data layer itself. This not only enables incredible cost reduction opportunities with intelligent archiving, but it also paves the way to ransomware and exfiltration prevention."
"No two data footprints are the same and organizations are increasingly adopting a multi-cloud approach to managing and securing their global data environments," Hesterberg notes. "This is why we have natively integrated with some of the world's leading storage platforms." For example, Superna and Dell have partnered to deliver the world's most secure file and object storage solution for hybrid environments, with robust support for scale out NAS infrastructures and multicloud storage environments.
"Our multi-cloud strategy obviously also involves protecting the attack landscape in both private and public clouds," Hesterberg states. "Attackers are starting to target unstructured data with ransomware and other advanced cyberattacks and this is why we built a cloud-native solution for AWS S3 buckets."Superna ransomware defense for AWS monitors all access to S3 buckets, analyzes data access behavior for indications of ransomware or other malicious activity, and stops the attacks before cybercriminals can compromise critical data.
Superna is an industry leader in security, automation and compliance for multi-cloud unstructured data environments. With global operations and thousands of customers across all verticals, Superna delivers a scalable, secure and easy to orchestrate platform to secure data wherever it lives. www.superna.io
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Houston Astros’ six-game victory over the Philadelphia Phillies finished as the second least-watched World Series on television.
The six games averaged 11,784,000 on Fox, down 1.3% from the 11,940,000 for the Atlanta Braves’ six-game win over the Astros last year and ahead of only the 9,946,000 for the Los Angeles Dodgers’ six-game victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in 2020.
Houston’s 3-1 win in Game 6 on Saturday night was seen by 12,549,000 viewers on Fox, down 11% from 14,140,000 Atlanta’s 7-0 victory over the Astros in last year’s finale, played on a Tuesday night. Including Fox Deportes and streaming, this year’s Game 6 was viewed by 12,871,000.
Game 6 was played opposite several college football games, including Alabama-LSU on ESPN, Clemson-Notre Dame on NBC and Florida State-Miami on ABC.
The Series finished with a 6.1 Nielsen rating and 17 share. The rating was the second-lowest behind the 5.2 for 2020, which had a 12 share. This year’s share marked a 1% increase from last year.
Including Fox Deportes and streaming, this year’s Series averaged 12,023,000 viewers.
Viewers peaked at 51,560,000 for Game 7 of the 1975 World Series between the Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds.
Totals declined with the rise of cable television and then of streaming services, giving viewers more choices.
The Series had a 25.0 rating and a 52 share in Philadelphia and a 24.0/55 in Houston.
The rating is the percentage of television households tuned in to a broadcast. The share is the percentage viewing a telecast among those households with TVs on at the time.
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On April 6, the members of the New Century Club met at the Union County Museum with Anna Quinn serving as hostess. Members enjoyed a plate on tables beautifully decorated for Easter.
The minutes of the March meeting and the financial report were approved.
The Education Committee reported that the recipient of this year’s New Century Club scholarship is Bonnie Littlejohn, daughter of Jeff and Alena Littlejohn. Miss Littlejohn will attend the May meeting and read her award-winning essay to the club.
A note of thanks from Rheta Ann West was read and gratefully received at the good news of her continuing recovery.
The Flash from the Past came from the 1990s. The decade began with the study of great southern literature, which included a book “Families, A Memoir and A Celebration” by Wyatt Cooper, a Mississippian who just had a grandson born and named for him. One of our very own club members today joined New Century in the 1991-92, year, Carolyn Houston. The ladies finally came to their senses and voted to meet monthly, not bi-monthly in the year 1992. The next year’s theme was “Keeping Abreast of the Best in Today’s Non-fiction Literature.” Books studied included: It Doesn’t Take a Hero”, by Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, “Ageless Body, Timeless Mind” by Deepak Chopra, and “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou. The best occurrence that year was Anna Quinn’s entry into the club. This was a year of travel which led the club to visit Faulkner’s family plot in Ripley and a visit to Sherri Quinn Bullock’s home. The club also visited Rowan Oak.
Jill Smith introduced Joan Smith who reviewed the book, “Swindled: The Dark History of Food Fraud, from Poisoned Candy to Counterfeit Coffee” by Beatrice Dorothy Wilson, a comprehensive guide to adulterations, alterations, and substitutions made to our food. Bad food has a history. Through a fascinating mixture of cultural and scientific history, food politics, and culinary detective work, Bee Wilson uncovers the many ways swindlers have cheapened, falsified, and even poisoned food throughout history. Wilson paid special attention to nineteenth and twentieth century America and England and their roles in food adulteration. Ultimately, Wilson calls for both governments and individuals to be more vigilant and to reeducate ourselves about the joys of food and cooking.
The meeting adjourned to meet again at the museum in May. Members present included Collett Cross, Jean Dillard, Linda Everett, Susan Feather, Leanne Tate George, Joy Hill, Carolyn Houston, Lynn Madden, Martha Frances Monroe, Laura Pannell, Mary Tate Pannell, Anna Quinn, Grace Provence, Carol Riddell, Paula Robbins, Margaret Rowland, Jill Smith, Joan Smith, and Lou Ann Staggs. | https://www.djournal.com/new-albany/new-century-club/article_6e60fa6f-6ec5-5929-84fa-0d1bb316dd66.html | 2022-04-20 15:29:07 | 0 | https://www.djournal.com/new-albany/new-century-club/article_6e60fa6f-6ec5-5929-84fa-0d1bb316dd66.html |
What's happening
The suspension of federal student loan payments continues until at least September, but borrowers still owe the balances of their debts.
Why it matters
Since total student loan forgiveness seems unlikely, borrowers could pay down their debts with no interest during the pause.
What's next
The Biden administration could extend the moratorium further, or student loan payments and interest will start again on Sept. 1, 2022.
Nearly 60% of federal student loan borrowers -- that's roughly 11.5 million people -- have not made any federal student loan payments between August 2020 and December 2021, according to the Federal Reserve. The Biden administration extended a pause on federal student loan payments initiated by the Trump administration in March 2020, and it's currently set to expire on Sept. 1 this year. But in June, amid the ongoing political debate about the pros and cons of student debt forgiveness, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said the Biden administration is considering further extending the pause.
Although payments aren't required right now, borrowers can continue to pay their loans back, and it could be a smart idea. Latest reports from the White House indicate that President Joe Biden's plan for student loan forgiveness will only provide $10,000 in relief to borrowers under a certain income.
When September rolls around, payments and interest for most borrowers will start up again. The current moratorium gives those with federal student loans the opportunity to pay down the principal of their debt while no new interest accrues.
Read on to learn more about the student loan payment moratorium and why you might want to keep making payments now. For more, discover five ways to take control of your student loans and get the scoop on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
Why should I pay my student loans during the freeze?
Although student loan payments have been paused for more than two years now, you owe the remaining balance on your loans and interest will start accruing again in September unless the deferment is extended or student loan debt is in some way canceled.
Since payments during the moratorium are essentially extra, any amount you can direct toward your student loans will reduce debt, saving you money in the long term.
This interest-free moratorium period provides an excellent opportunity to pay down the debt on your student loans, if you're able to. Consider this student loan payment freeze like a long intro 0% APR period on a credit card. The free financing means that all of your payments will go directly to paying down the principal on your loan, reducing the amount of interest you'll pay after the moratorium is lifted.
How can I decide if I should keep making loan payments?
Whether or not continuing to make loan payments is the right decision for you will depend on your personal financial situation and whether or not you're working towards loan forgiveness. The big question you need to answer: "How much can I afford to put towards my student loans each month?"
You shouldn't pay more than you can afford each month. Going into another form of debt to pay off your student loans doesn't make much sense.
The Federal Student Aid Loan Simulator can help you determine exactly how much you should pay each month based on your goals, loan amount and other info. Once you log in to the Federal Student Aid site, the simulator will have all of your student loan details preloaded.
What if I'm on an income-driven repayment plan or working towards loan forgiveness?
Income-driven repayment plans allow you to make payments based on your salary. After the term of your plan -- usually 20 to 25 years -- your loan balance is forgiven. If you were on an IDR plan before the freeze, you'll receive credit toward IDR forgiveness for each month of the payment pause. Since you're already receiving that credit, there's not much incentive to pay during the moratorium if loan forgiveness is your ultimate goal.
If you're working toward loan forgiveness through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness or Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program, all months of the student loan moratorium will also count toward your payments required for federal loan relief. Again, there's little benefit to making payments during this time if this is your situation.
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program was recently expanded. It cancels any remaining debt on direct student loans for qualifying public servants like teachers, firefighters, nurses, military members and government workers who make on-time payments for 10 years. If you previously applied for loan forgiveness through the PSLF and were denied, you may now qualify through the expanded requirements rolled out in October 2021.
How do I start making payments again if I stopped in March 2020?
Start by contacting your loan servicer and checking to make sure that all of your personal information is correct and updated. If you're not sure who your loan servicer is, log in to the Federal Student Aid website and visit your dashboard.
Once you've identified your servicer, the Federal Student Aid site provides links to servicer sites for making payments.
It's worth noting that loan servicer Navient transferred all of its 5.6 million student loans to the provider Aidvantage in late 2021. If Navient was your loan servicer, you should be able to log in at Aidvantage with your Navient credentials.
If you were enrolled in an income-driven repayment plan designed to establish affordable monthly payments, your enrollment should still be in place. All the months since March 2020 will count as paid toward the years you need for the loan to be forgiven.
Also, if you registered for automatic payments on your federal student loan before March 2020 and want to start them up, you'll need to opt in again.
Will the freeze on student loan payments be extended again?
The deadline for ending the moratorium on federal student loan payments has been extended six times so far. The CARES act in March 2020 established the original forbearance in March 2020. President Donald Trump and the Department of Education extended the deadline twice.
Biden has pushed the end of the payment freeze back four times since taking office. Many Democrats want the president to postpone the deadline until at least the end of 2022, but further extensions may depend on any plans from the White House to offer some form of widespread student loan forgiveness before September.
What are the chances that my student loan debt will be forgiven completely?
Not great, unless you owe $10,000 or less in federal loans. Biden campaigned on forgiving $10,000 of student loan debt, and recent reports indicate that student loan forgiveness would include an income cap.
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PITTSBURGH, Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a finder system for keeping track of personal items such as keys or a cell phone," said an inventor, from Elbert, Colo., "so I invented the ITEM FINDER PLUS. My design saves time when searching for lost items."
The invention provides an improved way to locate misplaced personal property items. In doing so, it eliminates the hassle and frustration associated with searching aimlessly. As a result, it saves time and effort and it can be used with key rings, glasses, wallets, phones, etc. The invention features a compact design that is easy to apply and use so it is ideal for the general population.
The original design was submitted to the Denver sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-DNV-456, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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(NEXSTAR) – The days are ticking down until California’s self-imposed deadline to send out the Middle Class Tax Refund – also known as inflation relief checks – directly to people’s bank accounts and mailboxes.
By the end of 2022, the Franchise Tax Board, the state agency tasked with distributing the payments, had issued 7,020,930 direct deposits and 9,112,953 debit cards. The payments, which range from $200 to $1,050, amount to nearly $8.8 billion paid out so far.
The state estimates 18 million payments will be issued by Jan. 14, meaning approximately 1.9 million payments remain.
The vast majority of the remaining payments will be issued as a debit card in the mail. Most people expecting to have received a direct deposit should already see it reflected in their bank account, but “some returns require additional review,” the FTB explains.
If you haven’t received your payment yet, the first thing you should do is confirm you qualify for the Middle Class Tax Refund.
Then, you should verify your spot on the schedule (see below). That will help determine if your payment is late or still scheduled to come. The FTB says direct deposits usually take 3 to 5 days to show up, and debit cards can take up to two weeks to arrive.
If you believe you should have received your payment already but haven’t, the FTB suggests contacting customer service at 1-800-542-9332. A customer service agent will help you confirm you qualify, explain what payment you’ll receive and when.
Direct deposit payments:
Debit card payments:
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By WILL WEISSERT
WASHINGTON (AP) — During Brett Kavanaugh’s 2018 Supreme Court confirmation hearings, then-California Sen. Kamala Harris asked the judge if he thought women’s privacy rights extended to choosing to have an abortion. Kavanaugh declined to answer.
With Justice Kavanaugh now part of the court majority that voted to overturn Roe v. Wade and the senator now the vice president, Harris is warning that the court’s decision could trigger some of the same far-reaching privacy limitations she warned of during those hearings.
Taking to the issue with a passion linked both to her personal and professional background, Harris has spent recent weeks sounding the alarm that upending Roe could create precedent for new restrictions on everything from contraception and in vitro fertilization to and the .
Justice Clarence Thomas seemed to validate such concerns, writing in a concurring opinion to the larger ruling on Roe that the high court “should reconsider” past decisions on access to contraception and same-sex marriage.
Harris has been a leading Biden administration voice on abortion rights since early May, when a leaked draft opinion previewed Roe v. Wade’s nullification. She was flying to Illinois for a maternal health event when the final decision was announced last week, and read it while still in the air — quickly shifting the focus of her planned remarks to the ruling.
The decision “calls into question other rights that we thought were settled, such as the right to use birth control, the right to same sex marriage, the right to interracial message,” Harris told her audience Friday at a suburban YMCA, adding that it would spark a “health care crisis.”
Becoming a leading voice on abortion access could be a better fit for Harris after President Joe Biden tasked her with overseeing other thorny issues that haven’t gone well: immigration and expanding voting rights. Sweeping legislation on both issues has stalled in Congress, prompting some advocates to say .
Harris symbolically presiding over the Senate didn’t stop Republicans from blocking efforts to codify Roe v. Wade into federal law before the court’s ruling overturning it. But Democrats are hoping anger around the issue will energize their base for the November midterm elections, when the party faces steep headwinds.
Getting straight to the politics of the matter after the ruling was announced, Harris said, “You have the power to elect leaders who will defend and protect your rights. With your vote, you can act. And you have the final word.”
After a Texas law effectively banned abortion in the state in the fall, Harris met providers and patients, which her office believes is the first time abortion providers have visited the White House. She stressed then that gender discrimination persists, saying that “women’s full participation in our nation” was still only a goal, not a reality.
After the draft Supreme Court opinion leaked, the vice president convened a and from states supportive of reproductive rights.
Biden has also and warned that other rights are now at risk. But as a observant Catholic, he on the issue.
Harris, the first female vice president and California’s former top prosecutor, brings unique personal perspective and legal expertise to the issue.
“Seeing women fight on behalf of other women is just very true to the core of who she is,” said Jacqueline Ayers, senior vice president of policy, organizing, and campaigns at Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
She added that Harris has framed the issue to underscore “the disparity that it creates on Black and brown communities, and for people who are living with low income.”
Ayers said the high court’s action has allowed the vice president to highlight how she’s used her office to listen to women and advocate for improving their health care — perhaps even in ways Biden can’t.
“It’s not necessarily a wedge, it’s just a continuation of someone who has really staked their career around the issues that are key and drivers for them,” Ayers said of differences between Harris and Biden.
Rev. John Dorhauer, the general minister and president of the United Church of Christ, attended a recent virtual meeting on abortion rights that Harris hosted, and suggested she’s been less afraid than some top Democrats to advocate forcefully on the issue.
“To hear that from one of the highest offices in the land is incredibly encouraging,” Dorhauer said.
But some abortion opponents argue that Harris has hurt her cause by equating abortion access with other, more routine medical care.
“She has become emblematic of the abortion absolutism on the other side,” said Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, which advocates for women who oppose abortion in politics.
As a senator, Harris introduced legislation to improve maternal health. During a 2019 Democratic presidential primary debate, then-candidate Harris said it was “outrageous” that abortion had been overshadowed by other issues, despite a woman’s right to the procedure being “under full-on attack” even then.
The vice president most forcefully signaled the outspoken role when she declared a day after the draft opinion leaked in May: “Those Republican leaders who are trying to weaponize the use of the law against women, well, we say, how dare they?”
She then used subsequent weeks to argue that undermining Roe v. Wade could soon wipe out other key privacy rights — the same theme she raised during Kavanaugh’s hearing.
Harris says many states moving to fully ban abortion could restrict in vitro fertilization if legislatures argue that human life begins at fertilization. They could prohibit contraception methods, including intrauterine devices and the “morning after” pill, she argued.
Law enforcement might scrutinize data collected from millions of women who use menstrual cycle tracking apps, or those doing internet searches on getting abortions in other states, the vice president said.
Also ultimately at stake, Harris maintains, is the legalization of gay marriage, noting that states with the strictest abortion laws often also have past LGBTQ prohibitions that the Supreme Court could revive. Once those rights have fallen, the argument goes, voting rights could be next. She convened a recent meeting with privacy experts to discuss the matter.
“That slippery slope is really slippery,” said one of the meeting’s participants, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, the women and democracy fellow at the nonprofit Brennan Center for Justice in New York. “We’re barreling right down it right now.”
Michele Goodwin, a law professor at the University of California, Irvine, told attendees to be prepared for “the coming of a new Jane Crow,” as efforts to limit abortion begin to emulate antiquated laws that once sanctioned open discrimination against Black people.
Dannenfelser countered that Harris and others are exaggerating, saying the current Supreme Court is “the least likely to do what she’s saying. They believe in the rule of law.”
“It’s intended to scare people and to build a coalition on the other side outside of the abortion issue,” Dannenfelser said.
Harris’ office says she is indeed building a coalition, but it will be one of people who believe that Roe v. Wade’s effects far exceeded abortion, and not just for women. To help drive home that point, Harris met recently in Los Angeles with religious leaders, noting that “to support Roe v. Wade, and all it stands for, does not mean giving up your beliefs.”
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By Jason Pugh, Northwestern State Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations
NATCHITOCHES – Thursday afternoon’s opening news conference for the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame induction weekend was full of shock and awe.
The shock came, nearly word for word, from several inductees who recounted their surprise at being selected for inclusion in the state’s sporting shrine. The awe came from their varied and accomplished careers that – as a group – span nearly a century and brought together standouts from nearly every corner of the Bayou State.
“It’s very hard to put into words, but it means the world to me,” said longtime Episcopal High School cross country coach Claney Duplechin. “I remember when I got the call, I was in shock. It was like, ‘Wake me up from this dream.’”
The architect of a state championship juggernaut boys cross country program that won 25 consecutive state titles, Duplechin was one of 11 inductees or award winners who took the podium inside the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum to celebrate their impending induction.
All but the family of Dr. Eddie Flynn were in attendance at Thursday’s opening news conference, presented by La Capitol Federal Credit Union.
Once the initial shock wore off for each of the members of the Class of 2022, the gratitude flowed.
“This is pretty much the icing on the cake,” said Pro Rodeo and Cowboy Hall of Fame member Steve Duhon of Opelousas. “When Mr. T. Berry (Porter) got in three years ago, I didn’t know they had a Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. I thought it would be good to get in there one day. I’ve been in the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame and the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City, all I can do now is watch the grandkids grow up and hope they do the same.”
Before Duhon, a three-time world champion steer wrestler and eight-time National Finals Rodeo competitor, became renowned for his rodeo performances in a 14-plus year career, he played one season of football at LSU, lending another touch to an induction class filled with Tiger ties.
Six of this year’s inductees, including Duhon and Duplechin, competed at or attended LSU.
A pair of Lady Tiger athletes made their first public Hall of Fame appearances, fittingly, on the 50th anniversary of the passing of the landmark Title IX legislation that opened doors for female athletes.
Both national champion gymnast Susan Jackson and dominating softball pitcher Britni Sneed Newman came to Baton Rouge from Texas. Their separate paths to Louisiana sports immortality shared similarities.
“If you know Texans, you know we’re proud to be from Texas,” said Jackson, a 4-foot-11 fireball who was a 12-time All-American (11 first-team selections), a three-time national champion, the Roy F. Kramer Southeastern Conference Female Athlete of the Year and LSU’s first Honda Award winner as the nation’s top gymnast. “When I first came here, I always said, ‘You can take the girl out of Texas, but you can’t take Texas out of the girl.’
“I was very wrong about that. I came to Louisiana, and Louisiana adopted me as one of their own. It is half of me now.”
While Jackson raised expectations for individual and team performance for the program her coach D-D Breaux, a 2017 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame inductee, built, Newman helped raise the LSU softball program virtually from the ground up.
A menacing right-hander who mowed down hitters from behind a pair of yellow-framed Oakley sunglasses, Newman was the catalyst for LSU’s first Women’s College World Series run in 2001.
A Houston native, Sneed was a four-time, first-team All-SEC pitcher and a two-time, first-team All-American selection who left Baton Rouge as the SEC record holder in wins (120), ERA (0.89), shutouts (55), opponents’ batting average (.147) and strikeouts per seven innings (9.8).
Much like Jackson followed Breaux into the state Hall of Fame, Newman does the same, having spent her final two seasons playing for Yvette Girouard, a 2015 inductee.
“Yvette Girouard, we know she’s a legend, but she’s really, really a legend,” said Newman, now an assistant softball coach at Baylor. “To be able to play for somebody who laid the foundation for the sport, one of the many pioneers, it’s truly an honor to call her my coach. I learned so much from her that I still use today in coaching.”
Jackson and Newman share an alma mater with Kyle Williams, a Ruston native and defensive tackle on LSU’s 2003 national championship team.
Williams, meanwhile, was beyond appreciative of following former New Orleans Saints All-Pro guard Jahri Evans in the order of honorees Thursday afternoon, having shared the NFL field of battle with Evans.
“It was really important for me to represent Ruston, Baton Rouge and the LSU community,” Williams said. “When I moved to western New York, it was really important for me to represent the state of Louisiana well. I’m extremely honored and excited. If you’re someone like me, I’m a back-page guy. I’m going through the list of inductees and saying, ‘I remember seeing him or I remember seeing her play,’ but there’s one name that stands out.
“I’m really excited to go in with so many talented, driven people, but especially going in with Jahri, who is a contemporary, is really special.”
Williams was a known commodity going from Ruston High School, which he helped lead to a state title-game appearance, to LSU, but it was in Baton Rouge under the watchful eye of a college coaching legend where he felt his career “go vertical” for the first time.
“The foundation of my career was laid before that, but LSU is where it started to go vertical,” Williams said. “Look at the quality of coaches we had. One who sticks out as I look back it is (former LSU strength and conditioning coach) Tommy Moffitt and the challenge he threw at you every day. Everyone knows coach (Nick) Saban, but the engine that drove that team and challenged us every day was Tommy Moffitt. The mental toughness, how to go about your day, what is required of you to be at your best, that was all learned in Baton Rouge.”
Evans would have fit well in Moffitt’s system, but the Super Bowl champion took a much different route to the highest level of football.
A broken leg suffered while playing basketball kept Evans off a football field for two seasons, including his true freshman season at Division II Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania. That trauma did not stop Evans from becoming a bedrock of the most successful era of New Orleans Saints football, an 11-year career that began in 2006 when the fourth-round draft pick started for the Saints, who reached the NFC Championship Game that season.
“I’m very fortunate and blessed to be here,” Evans said. “There have been a lot of accolades I’ve received, but this one is awesome. The state of Louisiana has a lot of great athletes and a very rich history in sports. Look at this place alone. I’m very honored to be in it.”
Evans shook back from that broken leg with a little help from a piece of paper.
“After I broke my leg, I was telling some children at the Maxwell Football Club, that I had a note that said I would play this year, I would play in college and I would play in the NFL,” Evans said. “I’ll take two of those three. I got back on the field my redshirt freshman year and never looked back.”
The sixth Tiger in the Class of 2022 is former offensive lineman Eric Andolsek, a Thibodaux native who was killed 30 years ago today when a flatbed truck veered off La. 1 and struck him while he was cutting grass at his Thibodaux home.
That accident cut short a promising career in which Andolsek helped the downtrodden Detroit Lions reach the NFC Championship Game and seemed to be building toward even more of a crescendo.
An All-Pro who opened holes for Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders, Andolsek was equal parts Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, according to his brother, Andy, who spoke on behalf of the Andolsek family Thursday.
“When he was not on the football field, he was everybody’s best friend,” Andy Andolsek said. “My sister can vouch for that. We lived in the country. The three of us would play – baseball, basketball, football, whatever. He didn’t want to lose. Even at a young age. When you’re playing or having fun and it wasn’t sports or anything competitive, he was a teddy bear. He was a great guy, a great friend and a great brother. We all miss him.”
Andolsek is one of two posthumous inductees in the Class of 2022.
The second is baseball coach Tony Robichaux, who built championship-level programs at his alma mater McNeese and later the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Robichaux, the owner of Louisiana’s college baseball wins record, made his mark professionally leading the Ragin’ Cajuns to the 2000 College World Series and the 2014 edition of the Cajuns to the unanimous No. 1 ranking. He died of complications arising from a heart attack on June 23, 2019, at age 57.
A quote machine, Robichaux left behind a legacy of “Robe-isms,” nuggets of knowledge and life sayings based on his personal philosophy. His No. 36 was inescapable in May as the Cajuns rallied to a Sun Belt Conference Tournament championship in which UL Lafayette won its 36th game of the season in a contest that ended at 4:36 p.m.
“He did a lot of interviews, and he opened most of the time by saying it’s an honor and a privilege,” his oldest son, Justin Robichaux, said. “To have this in the state of Louisiana, it meant something to him. He took it on the chin a lot. To watch him build a program at McNeese and to see what he developed at the University of Louisiana and to be a man that set a flagship of integrity, moral compass and character, that’s what 36 means to us. It is an honor and a privilege.”
Teddy Allen, a wordsmith with a knack for a homespun phrase and an everyman persona, would say the privilege was his.
A love for sports – and a trip to a South Carolina-Clemson football game at age 10 – led one of the two Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism winners to his chosen craft.
“I come from a town of 750 people in South Carolina,” Allen said. “We got The State (newspaper) from Columbia on Sunday. There’d be a picture of Wake Forest or Clemson or The Citadel, and it would be in color. I couldn’t believe this stuff was happening.
“I was 10 years old and these guys in town took me to the Clemson-South Carolina game in 1970. South Carolina clocks the Tigers, and we’re standing on the hill in the stadium, which is enclosed now. These guys are 24, 25, 26 years old. Why they took a 10-year-old kid? I don’t know. I’d never seen so many colors. I didn’t know there were that many people in the world. It immediately captivated me.”
Whether it has been his award-winning game stories or his columns that involve a dose of daily life in the South to interviewing the headless woman at the state fair – “That was a tough quote,” Allen quipped – Allen has brought that sense of wonder and joie de vivre to readers across the state and the country.
While Allen traversed the country during his sports writing career, his fellow DSA winner carved out a career in the rural areas of Louisiana.
Garland Forman built his Hall of Fame career for the work he did at some of the state’s smaller papers, building up an award-winning resume that was much bigger than the communities he served.
“When (Doug Ireland) called me in November to tell me I got the Distinguished Service Award, I was shocked and surprised,” Forman said. “My 40 years in newspapers have been with weekly newspapers. I didn’t think a weekly guy would ever get this award. I’m honored, humbled and blown away by everything. When I got to town, it was even better.”
Like most journalists, Forman was happy to be “on the other side of the camera” during his career.
The same can be said for Jay Cicero, the recipient of the Dave Dixon Sports Leadership Award.
A Shreveport native and graduate of Louisiana Tech, Cicero began his career working with the Shreveport Captains after meeting team owner Taylor Moore after Cicero graduated from Tech.
He left Shreveport to work at the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation and after a brief stint with the New Orleans Zephyrs – “I was the only guy in New Orleans with Minor League Baseball experience,” he joked – Cicero returned to the foundation and serves as its CEO.
In his role, Cicero has been responsible for the success of the New Orleans Bowl, which is in its third decade of existence, as well as helping land, plan and get ready for the Super Bowl in 2025. That game marks the 11th Super Bowl the city will have hosted.
It was a shock when (Ireland) called me several months ago to let me know I had been selected for the Dave Dixon Award,” Cicero said. “What an honor to receive something in the name of Dave Dixon. He was an amazing man, incredible energy. So creative. He came up with the name of the Saints. He dreamed up the Superdome. He was a man who was a force to be reckoned with but a friend to everyone. To be honored with an award in his name is very humbling.”
The 12 inductees in the Class of 2022 officially will take their place alongside their fellow state legends Saturday night at the induction ceremony at the Natchitoches Events Center. The ceremony begins at 7 p.m. and will air live on YurView TV and via web stream at www.lasportshall.com and on YouTube. | https://bossierpress.com/shock-and-awe-for-the-class-of-2022-at-louisiana-sports-hall-of-fame-introductory-news-conference/ | 2022-06-24 01:23:43 | 1 | https://bossierpress.com/shock-and-awe-for-the-class-of-2022-at-louisiana-sports-hall-of-fame-introductory-news-conference/ |
Morrow reappointed to optometry board
INDIANAPOLIS — Douglas Morrow of Auburn, founder of Vision Source Innovative Eye Care, has been reappointed to the Indiana Optometry Board.
Gov. Eric Holcomb announced the appointments earlier this week. Also reappointed were:
Richard Hester of Carmel, senior partner with Indiana Business Advisors;
James Hunter of Trafalgar, adjunct clinical professor at the Indiana University School of Optometry, director of the Dr. James E. and Linda K. Hunter Laser and Surgical Care Clinic at the Atwater Eye Care Center; and
Natalie Olinger-Stine of Columbus, former partner at Olinger and Larkin PTR
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WEEK 1 AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE TAKE-AWAYS GIVE-AWAYS NET Int Fum Tot Int Fum Tot DIF. Baltimore 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 Denver 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 Indianapolis 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 Jacksonville 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 L.A. Chargers 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 Las Vegas 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 Miami 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 Tennessee 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 AFC Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 ___ NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE TAKE-AWAYS GIVE-AWAYS NET Int Fum Tot Int Fum Tot DIF. Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 Atlanta 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 Green Bay 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 L.A. Rams 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 N.Y. Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 New Orleans 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 San Francisco 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 Seattle 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 Tampa Bay 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 NFC Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/NFL-Take-Aways-Give-Aways-17427201.php | 2022-09-08 14:26:03 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/NFL-Take-Aways-Give-Aways-17427201.php |
SINGAPORE, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Silence Laboratories, a web3 focused cybersecurity startup, headquartered in Singapore and working on libraries for MPC and Proofs-based Decentralised Security-as-Service (DSaaS), has closed a $1.7 million round in a seed funding, led by Pi Ventures. Their core technology to support developer focused decentralised and high grade security for digital assets with functionalities of key management, distributed signature and authorization is built on top of a unique fusion of multi-party computation (MPC), sensing and intelligent signal processing.
The round also included participation from web3 centric funds such as imToken ventures and prominent angels like Daniel Ari Friedman, Mahin Gupta, CK Vishwakarma, Priyeshu Garg, Ashish Tiwari, and more. The startup plans to use this funding to further widen its product offerings towards developer centric decentralised security stack, strengthen its team and scale its go-to-market operations to help enterprises adopt state of the art authentication and authorization techniques.
Silence Laboratories (SL) is on a mission to build a developer focused cryptographic stack and is motivated to democratizing non-trivial libraries. SL has been working closely with several leading players, in the Web 3 ecosystem particularly, to develop the flagship products- Silent Shard and Silent Auth. They are designed to support varied demands of authentication and authorizations with very high degree of contextualization, be it for digital asset custodians with high risks, non-custodial digital wallets, semi-custodial phone based wallets, online exchanges with high expectations on usability, or web3-centric cloud service providers.
"Account takeover due to single point of failures of the private keys is on unparalleled rise and have been affecting enterprises and different sectors of Web3 businesses. Hence, the internet is witnessing a growing push towards distributed authentication protocols and signature schemes and Silence Laboratories is at the forefront of this revolution," says Jay Prakash, CEO and Co-Founder at Silence Laboratories. Wallet cloning, browser wallet extension hacks, phished DEX and CEX websites are all compromised examples of bad authentication practices in Web3. "We want Web3 folks to talk to us about fixing this. We're happy to make custom collaborations as needed, but we must do this together, as an industry", he said.
"Our cryptographic libraries hope to remove several active attack vectors prevalent in the industry today, " said Andrei Bytes, CTO and Co-Founder at Silence Laboratories. "In our pursuit to facilitate easier adoption of our libraries and helping enterprises develop together, we recently joined premier global alliances such MPC alliance and Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF).
"Among others, SL's team integrated Silent Shard with MetaMask's Snaps which in itself is a great example of how MetaMask has opened the wallet design ecosystem. The Snap based designs will help to enhance wallet security and set benchmarks for MPC based wallets," says Jay Prakash.
"Issues with private key management have led to loss of Billions of dollars in 2022 alone. The holy trifecta of ironclad security, great user experience and developer-friendliness for Web 3 is yet to be cracked and we believe the team at Silence Laboratories is best placed to solve this. Jay and Andrei bring complementary skill sets and the early tractions are testament to their innovative solutions. We've been extremely impressed by the team at Silence Laboratories and are excited to back them in these times of constant hacks," said Shubham Sandeep, MD pi Ventures.
Silence Laboratories is working on setting up an Applied Cryptography and Web3 Security corporate R&D centre in South Asia, with local and international collaborations. The centre will attract some of the best talents globally to contribute in solving niche problems in usable security and MPC algorithms and set the backbone for several upcoming businesses and products.
Silence Laboratories is open to collaborators, and enjoys co-development and R&D calls with partners across the Web3 and hybrid Web2 industry. Their DMs on Twitter @SilentAuth are open and they can also be reached out to on info@silencelaboratories.com for a silently authenticated chat.
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CANNES, France, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Omnicom Media Group, the media services division of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC) today announced a strategic collaboration with Kroger Precision Marketing (KPM) that will deliver early-adopter opportunities to Omnicom clients. Kroger Precision Marketing is the retail media network powered by 84.51°.
The agreement will launch with Kroger Precision Marketing feeding its SKU-level store inventory data to Omni, Omnicom's open operating system that orchestrates better outcomes for clients across the entire consumer purchasing journey. This daily data will add a critical capability to Omnicom's Supply Chain IQ Score which helps brands to quickly and effectively re-direct media spend to deliver on business KPIs in a supply-strained environment.
The agreement marks the first formal collaboration with this dataset between Kroger Precision Marketing and an agency holding company.
As reported in a recent White House economic report, the supply chain disruption that erupted during the Covid crisis is not fading away even as the pandemic subsides. With inventory challenges continuing, marketers need the ability to quickly adjust their media spend to product availability without negatively impacting performance. At the same time, retailers have a vested interest in supporting efforts to better align advertising to product availability, so their customers aren't being driven to products that aren't available.
Launched in May, the Supply Chain IQ Score leverages data from top U.S. retailers and distributors to give media planners day-to-day visibility into SKU inventory data at the physical store and digital shelf levels. This visibility enables media investment to be quickly shifted away from low-inventory products, and toward another SKU in the brand portfolio that has high repeat purchase behavior, healthy inventory, and strong market basket correlation to the low-inventory item.
This partnership with KPM will provide product availability data across Kroger's 2700 stores in 35 states, as well as fulfillment rates from ecommerce orders and market basket insights around SKUs purchased together and substituted--not currently available through any other third-party platform.
Planners can now optimize in-market retail media, utilizing shopper behavior data to shift spend based on product availability; and still have the flexibility to optimize media, while maintaining national consumer demand.
"The combination of Kroger's reach - 50% of US households– and the greater depth of visibility that its unique inventory data enables adds scale and utility to the Supply Chain IQ Score," says Omnicom Media Group Chief Activation Officer Megan Pagliuca, enhancing account teams' ability to reduce media waste, meet brand performance goals and assure positive consumer experiences in a supply-strained environment."
"Kroger Precision Marketing is committed to bringing more transparency to the media supply chain to help brands be more effective in their advertising," says KPM Senior Vice President Cara Pratt. "Our collaboration with Omnicom aligns with our mission to make brand advertising more accountable."
Omnicom Media Group (OMG) is the media services division of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC), a leading global marketing and corporate communications company, providing services to more than 5,000 clients in more than 70 countries. Omnicom Media Group includes full- service media agencies Hearts & Science, OMD and PHD; performance marketing agency Resolution; Optimum Sports Media and Marketing; and the Annalect data and analytics division that developed and manages the Omni open operating system that orchestrates better outcomes for clients across the entire consumer marketing journey .
Kroger Precision Marketing (KPM) is a leading retail media network. Powered by 84.51° data science, and Kroger's popular loyalty card program, we connect customers to brands through engaging moments that inspire purchasing online or in-store. Kroger Precision Marketing closes the loop between media exposure and store sales to make brand advertising more accountable. Learn more at KrogerPrecisionMarketing.com
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The Department of Justice’s Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement announced Tuesday its Operation SpecTor made 288 arrests, the most in a single operation.
The operation also netted more seizures than any other previous operation. The DOJ said 117 firearms, 850 kilograms of drugs that include 64 kilograms of fentanyl or fentanyl-laced narcotics, and $53.4 million were seized in the operation.
The Department of Justice said the operation spanned three continents and was intended to disrupt fentanyl and opioid trafficking on the darknet, or dark web.
“Our message to criminals on the dark web is this: You can try to hide in the furthest reaches of the internet, but the Justice Department will find you and hold you accountable for your crimes,” said Attorney General Merrick Garland.
The operation included 100 federal operations prosecutions, the DOJ said.
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One of the prosecutions resulted in a 16-year sentence for Anton Peck, who the DOJ said distributed narcotics using a vendor profile. The DOJ said that Peck carried out transactions through cryptocurrency and mailed fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine to cities around the country using the U.S. Postal Service.
Federal prosecutors said Peck kept a list of 6,000 customers in the U.S.
“The U.S. Postal Inspection Service leverages our specialized knowledge of the postal system as part of sophisticated dark web investigations such as Operation SpecTor with great results,” said Chief Postal Inspector Gary R. Barksdale of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. “We are committed to taking all necessary actions to combat illicit drugs in the mail. And we thank our law enforcement partners for working with us to achieve this; removing dangerous illicit substances from the mail and American communities saves lives.”
Some of the cases are still being prosecuted. One such case involves Holly Adams and Devlin Hosner of California. The DOJ said the two operated vendor accounts on darknet marketplaces to sell tens of thousands of counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl in exchange for cryptocurrency. The DOJ alleged that Adams and Hosner have finalized 1,100 transactions and sent drugs and contraband using USPS, UPS and other delivery methods.
Officials said the threat of illicit drugs being sold online continues.
“The availability of dangerous substances like fentanyl on dark net marketplaces is helping to fuel the crisis that has claimed far too many American lives,” said FBI Director Christopher Wray. “That's why we will continue to join forces with our law enforcement partners around the globe to attack this problem together. The FBI is proud to stand with our domestic and foreign partners as we continue to shine that light into the deepest corners of the dark net and hold those accountable who continue to peddle this poison around the world.”
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,107,375 Americans in 2021 died of drug overdoses and drug poisonings. Two-thirds of those deaths were attributable to synthetic opioids like fentanyl.
Government data has foundthe rate of fatal drug overdoses doubled from 2015 to 2021.
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IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AIVITA Biomedical, Inc., a biotech company specializing in innovative cell applications, today announced that the Journal of Oncology Research and Therapy has published data from its completed Phase 2 glioblastoma (GBM) study which demonstrates enhanced progression-free survival (PFS). The publication, titled "Enhanced Progression-Free Survival in a Phase 2 Trial of Personal Dendritic Cell Vaccines in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma" can be viewed online at: http://www.doi.org/10.29011/2574-710X.010149
"The strengths of our approach include its lack of toxicity and the ability to pair it with other treatment modalities such as chemotherapy, inhibitors of angiogenesis and immune checkpoints," said Robert O. Dillman, chief medical officer at AIVITA.
AIVITA completed a multi-center Phase 2 trial of its immunotherapy candidate, AV-GBM-1, which had demonstrated an encouraging 50% improvement in PFS over standard of care in patients with a recent diagnosis of GBM. This publication focuses on PFS resulting from AV-GBM-1 administration and compares the results to those reported in GBM trials of other therapies. The data suggest that continuous treatment could further improve progression-free survival and overall survival.
"AIVITA has developed an inexpensive, pain-free personal immunotherapy that meaningfully increases survival," said Hans S. Keirstead, chairman and chief executive officer of AIVITA. "These data are a significant milestone in our quest to make GBM a non-lethal and manageable disease."
About AIVITA Biomedical
Founded in 2016 by pioneers in the cell therapy industry, AIVITA Biomedical, Inc. utilizes its expertise in cell growth and directed, high-purity differentiation to enable safe, efficient and economical manufacturing systems which support its therapeutic pipeline. Our cancer immunotherapy targets the seed of all cancers, tumor-initiating cells, with a unique pan-antigenic approach that targets all neoantigens specific to the patient's cancer. Our patient-specific cancer treatments have shown tremendous promise in eradicating tumors, without harmful side effects, in melanoma and glioblastoma clinical studies. Our COVID-19 Vaccine Enabling Kit is targeted to emerging nations enabling point-of-care vaccine production in minimally equipped facilities by minimally trained third-party technicians.
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NEW YORK (PIX11) — FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh is headed to Washington, DC, this week “to testify in front of the Consumer Product Safety Commission about the dangers of lithium-ion batteries,” according to Kavanagh.
When modified, refurbished or stored improperly, e-bike batteries can pose a serious hazard sparking flames that are especially difficult to put out.
Commissioner Kavanagh will call on the Consumer Product Safety Commission to impose stricter federal regulations.
“Things like automatic shut off when a device is charged or gets overheated, things like not being able to tamper with the battery,” she said.
The commissioner’s trip comes after the FDNY and Department of Building Inspectors found various electric code violations at an e-bike charging location opened by Grubhub and JOCO in the Bowery neighborhood of Manhattan.
Inspectors reported finding e-bike battery charging is not approved for use in the U.S.
JOCO founder Jonathan Cohen told PIX11 News the issue was a misunderstanding.
“They didn’t ask us to see certifications on the batteries, so we’ve followed up and explained all the different certifications,” Cohen added.
Insisting their e-bike charging setup complies with city regulations.
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This is how fast media change comes now: Moments after James Corden announced he was leaving his job as host of CBS' The Late Late Show in a year, social media began to fill up with messages – not about Corden's legacy in late night TV, but over who should get his job next.
And many of those messaging – myself included – say it's time for a non-white person to get that spot.
What's Amber Ruffin's contract looking like?https://t.co/u7paElwgG1
— Unashamed Abortion Haver (@SorayaMcDonald) April 28, 2022
Objections to this idea will come, predictable as the sun rising in the East, from those frightened or resentful of so-called diversity initiatives. They will insist the only yardstick to apply here is how talented, funny and innovative a host may be.
But people of color know judging talent is often a subjective business. And many of us have seen our abilities unfairly devalued in such conversations; told that the lack of diversity in so many important levels of American society is just a coincidence.
We know there is sometimes something else afoot — something unspoken — which assumes, with little proof, what we can and cannot achieve.
Right now, the hosting jobs for late night shows on broadcast network TV are so diverse that ABC has a white guy named Jimmy (Kimmel), NBC has a white guy named Jimmy (Fallon) and CBS has a white guy named James (Corden). Since The Late Late Show debuted in 1995, it has had four regular hosts including Craig Ferguson, Craig Kilborn and Tom Snyder – all white males.
I refuse to believe that, in five late night shows currently airing on three different broadcast networks, there isn't one that couldn't be led by a talented performer of color and/or a woman.
The lack of diversity is 'kind of exhausting'
Cristela Alonzo is a standup comic and author who became the first Latina to create, write, produce and star in a network TV sitcom in 2014, when ABC debuted Cristela. When Corden's announcement hit the world, Alonzo's name was among those floated by fans as a possible replacement, prompting her to tweet: "someone send me the job application."
Dear @CBS:
— Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) April 29, 2022
The multi-talented @cristela9––comedian, actor, writer––can take over @latelateshow! @AliciaMenendez and I are on board to help produce. Let's get on it. 👇🏾 https://t.co/WFoV4EHgBf
"It's kind of exhausting that we're in 2022 and we still have firsts," says Alonzo, who graciously connected with me over Zoom to talk about why there's such a thirst for increased diversity in network TV late night.
"When you're a person of color...you're forced to watch all of this programming, you have to find a way to connect with programming that really isn't meant for you," she says. "I really think now there's going to be a bona fide chance for someone that isn't white. I think we're long overdue and people understand that we're long overdue. Because that's what changes late night."
Alonzo says she turned down an offer to join The View and, separately, to develop a daytime talk show. But late night TV – where comedic giants like David Letterman, Jay Leno, Johnny Carson and Stephen Colbert have made their mark – sounds like a better fit, and she's asked her representatives to try and get her a shot at the job.
"We don't get s*** if we don't say things out loud...so all I want is a chance," she says. "People keep asking, 'How can we reinvent TV again?' By giving it to different people."
She's got a point. Late night TV shows, when they work, are molded around the sensibilities of their hosts. Jimmy Fallon is a glad-handing, fun-loving comic, so The Tonight Show features lots of games and friendly competitions. Jimmy Kimmel is a smart-alecky prankster, so the comedy on Jimmy Kimmel Live comes from that perspective.
When Arsenio Hall first hosted his groundbreaking syndicated late night talk show in the late '80s and early '90s, he created an environment steeped in Black culture, featuring the kinds of guests who were never booked on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. These days, even though modern network TV talk shows have broadened their scope to feature a wider range of guests, there is still room for more.
(NBC did feature YouTube star Lilly Singh in her own show following the demise of Last Call with Carson Daly, making her the first person of South Asian descent to host a network TV late night show. But A Little Late with Lilly Singh aired in a really late timeslot – 1:35 a.m. EST — never really jelled with viewers and was canceled last year.)
So how might late night TV change on the networks, if a higher-profile show was developed from a non-white person's perspective?
Hope for late night TV diversity on broadcast isn't new
To be sure, there are late night talk shows elsewhere in TV – premium and standard cable channels, for instance — that feature non-white and female hosts. But the late night programs on ABC, CBS and NBC remain the pinnacle of the form; ripe for reinvention by a new voice.
We've been here before: When Ferguson left The Late Late Show in 2014, there was lots of hope in the industry (okay, maybe I was just the one with lots of hope) that CBS might not choose another white male for the gig, before Corden was announced.
But that was back in the day when Les Moonves was running things as CBS' old school CEO. George Cheeks, the current CEO of CBS Entertainment Group, is a biracial, forward-looking executive who has made diversity a bigger priority during his tenure. So I still have hope.
Some may say this genre is on its last legs, anyway. But Corden proved The Late Late Show could be a great proving ground for segments that could have an immense viral impact online and even become their own standalone programs, like Carpool Karaoke and Drop the Mic. Given that studies indicate Black viewers lead media consumption across multiple media platforms and are quick adopters of media technology, there's an opportunity here to find a host that speaks to a more active, online-savvy audience.
In the end, this isn't about being more equitable or fair, though hiring a person of color would help accomplish that. It's about making the show better by amplifying fresh voices and making the late night TV genre more successful by attracting new audiences.
The last two times this job came open, CBS had a succession of guest hosts fill-in before the permanent host stepped up. So, in addition to Cristela Alonzo, here's a few other folks I think might be good candidates for Corden's job or a guest hosting stint, when he leaves The Late Late Show sometime in 2023.
I float these names with no idea what the performers actually want to do or whether they are tied up in contracts which might make taking Corden's job impossible. So take every recommendation with a grain of salt.
Amber Ruffin, host, The Amber Ruffin Show
If you've watched Ruffin since her show debuted on Peacock in 2020, you've seen her slowly develop that space into a singular showcase for her quirky, socially relevant style. She's found a way to produce humor rooted in her sensibilities as a Black woman, but leavened with a sense of fun and a nerd-level love of pop culture. Ruffin has been pretty careful in her career moves and remains a writer on Late Night with Seth Meyers, so leaving NBC might not be her preference. But a critic can dream...
Trevor Noah, host, The Daily Show
He's an obvious choice for many reasons: He's already pulled off one brilliant succession, taking over the Daily Show from Jon Stewart and making it a home for his unique perspective as a biracial South African man, who also happens to be a super-talented comic and sharp intellect. His performance at the White House Correspondents' Dinner showed his brilliance with political punchlines. And he's on Comedy Central, which is a corporate sibling to CBS, both owned by Paramount Global. My only question is whether he might see The Late Late Show as a lateral move.
Hasan Minhaj, former host, Patriot Act
I never felt Minhaj's Netflix show got the attention it deserved, despite winning an Emmy and a Peabody award before its cancellation in 2020. He's another razor sharp comic with a keen intellect who did a great job crafting humor based on his perspective as the Muslim son of immigrants from India. He's also a former castmember of the Daily Show, which might help him connect with fellow alum, timeslot predecessor and Late Show host Stephen Colbert.
Ali Wong, star, Netflix comedy specials Baby Cobra, Hard Knock Wife and Don Wong
She's appeared in and written for shows like Inside Amy Schumer, Big Mouth and Fresh Off the Boat. But Wong is best known for her sidesplitting and edgy comedy specials, where she speaks frankly about her perspective as a wife (now divorcing), mother and woman of color. I have no idea if she'd even want to host a late night TV show, but I'd sure like to see the woman baller enough to film TWO standup specials while pregnant transform late night TV.
Roy Wood Jr., correspondent, The Daily Show
Not to spark any competition in the Daily Show offices, but Wood is one of the most distinctive voices on a show packed with comedy talent. He's another smart comedic mind with a herculean work ethic and experience developing shows that haven't seen the light of day yet. Personally, as a longtime Sunshine State resident, I'd love to see a brother from Florida A&M University become the first Black man to be the permanent host for a late night network TV show.
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It’s no surprise that Colorado Mesa and Angelo State are in the first NCAA South Central Regional baseball ranking, released Wednesday. The two have built a regional rivalry in recent years, with the Mavericks winning the 2019 super regional and the Rams getting their revenge last season to reach the Division II World Series.
They could be on another collision course this spring, with only percentage points separating the two in the various categories that determine regional seeds. The powerhouse teams in their respective conferences are among eight teams under consideration for six regional berths in the first official NCAA regional ranking of the season.
In the first of three weekly rankings in all team sports, the NCAA alphabetically lists the teams under consideration. After that, teams are ranked, with one of CMU’s spring teams in contention and another one spot out entering the final week of the regular season.
Colorado Mesa’s men’s lacrosse team is No. 6 in the South Region, which will take six teams to the playoffs. Unlike other sports, the winner of the conference tournament in men’s and women’s lacrosse does not receive an automatic bid to regionals, and as one of the few teams in the West, the Mavericks have an uphill battle every year to reach the national playoffs.
CMU traditionally takes a couple of trips east to face teams in the South Region, and this season went 5-2 in those games, including a victory over Rollins College, which was ranked No. 7 in the nation at the time, and No. 20 Florida Tech.
Their two losses were to No. 3 Tampa and Belmont Abbey, which was receiving votes in the national rankings. Belmont Abbey is now ranked No. 17 and Florida Tech and Rollins are in the receiving votes category, along with the Mavericks, who also have a win over No. 19 Rockhurst.
The Mavericks (12-2), who have clinched the No. 1 seed in the four-team RMAC tournament, close out the regular season at home this weekend, facing CSU Pueblo today and Adams State on Sunday. The conference tournament is May 4-6 at Community Hospital Unity Field.
The women’s lacrosse team is one spot out in the Midwest Region, ranked fifth after its upset victory last week against Regis, which is ranked No. 1 in the region. Like the men, the women played several ranked teams this season, but lost to five of those teams before beating Regis, the first win against a nationally ranked team in program history.
The Mavs (9-5), wrap up the regular season at Westminster on Saturday, with the four-team conference tournament May 5-7, likely at Regis, unless Fort Lewis upsets the Rangers today and CMU defeats Westminster.
The softball team is not one of 10 teams in the regional rankings, and will have to win the RMAC tournament next week at All Star Park in Lakewood to extend its season.
In the baseball breakdown, the Mavericks (33-9), ranked No. 4 in the Collegiate Baseball national rankings, are first in the Ratings Percentage Index with a score of .592 — Angelo State (38-6), which is ranked No. 1 in the nation, is second with a .590 RPI. In the DII performance indicator, CMU is at 21.905, Angelo State at 21.818.
The Rams are 13-3 (.813) against teams above .500, the Mavericks 12-3 (.800). In the region, Angelo has a .864 winning percentage, CMU .795, but Mesa’s strength of schedule, thanks in part to the three-game series against Rollins, is .538, Angelo’s .499.
The University of Texas at Tyler, St. Edward’s and MSU Denver are the next three highest ranked teams in the regional RPI.
With two weeks left in the regular season, the Mavericks, 22-2 in the conference, are in position to win their 11th straight RMAC title. CMU needs to win five of its final eight games against New Mexico Highlands and Adams State, who have a combined 9-39 conference record.
Mesa qualified 62 athletes for this weekend’s RMAC outdoor track & field championships in Chadron, Nebraska, with 99 entries in the 44 events (22 for each gender). Athletes qualify by being ranked in the top 24 of each event during the regular season.
There are no automatic qualifiers to the NCAA Division II national meet — the field is selected based on provisional qualifying standards. Entering the conference meet, CMU has 18 provisional qualifying marks in 16 events.
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MELBOURNE – Tournament director Craig Tiley has described as “ridiculous” and “bizarre” calls for the timing of the Australian Open to be changed to allow players a longer off-season.
Tiley was responding to an Australian media report which suggested the first Grand Slam of the season might be moved away from January and the height of the Australian summer.
“I did read that. I thought it was absolutely ridiculous - a bizarre claim,” Tiley said. “You talk to every player, this is the season. It starts in January. It starts here in Australia.”
Tiley was speaking during an event at Melbourne Park on Monday that marked the start of the Australian Open qualifying tournament. The Australian player Alex de Minaur, who also attended the event, said it was “no secret” the professional season was a long one but said he relished the January start.
“Alex has a good point about the length of the season,” Tiley said. “The sport does need to get together and look at the length of it.
“It finishes with Davis Cup late on the men’s side and not as late on the women’s side but I do think it’s a long season. We’ve been talking about that for a long time.
“But Australia is the summer, Australia is January and this event is, from the players’ perspective, one of their favorite places to play.”
Some commentators have linked the withdrawal of leading players including men’s No.1 Carlos Alcaraz from this year’s Open with the short off-season. Alacaraz and veteran Venus Williams both will miss the tournament with injuries. Many players also face the challenge of adapting from the northern hemisphere winter to the Australian summer.
Tiley said players had adequate time to prepare and acclimatize.
“They’re coming here earlier, we’re now seeing players here for six weeks, for seven weeks and the preparation for the Australian summer is very normalized,” he said. “They know what they need to do.”
De Minaur said the length of the season needed to be reviewed.
“It’s no secret the year’s a very long year,” de Minaur said. “You play tournaments throughout the whole year, you finish quite late. That depends on your schedule and everything.
“If there was a bit more time for an off-season, I’m sure a lot of players would like that. But at the same time we’re kind of used to it. “I’ve done it for a couple years where you finish quite late and then you get right into the midst of things.”
Tiley also said for the first time since 2020 players would not be required to report positive tests for COVID-19. But he said players would be encouraged to stay away if ill.
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Artificial intelligence can now act as an artist or a writer. After years of hype, does that mean AI is ready to play doctor?
Many institutions like Mayo Clinic, Google and venture capital firms believe that AI’s potential in medicine is ready to mature into truly useful tools to help patients and doctors.
The Mayo Clinic Platform is working with Google and other technology giants as a number of startup firms to combine AI and Mayo’s more than a century of medical records and data. In early December, the Mayo Clinic Platform hosted its inaugural Health FWD conference to spotlight AI and life science entrepreneurship.
Dr. John Halamka, president of the Mayo Clinic Platform initiative, pointed out in his keynote address at the event that health care needs improvement.
“Despite many best efforts, care is still disconnected, reactive, late stage, confusing, expensive,” he said, referencing his mother’s recent experiences.
Halamka said that AI has the potential to improve the patient experience in many ways.
That’s the same message that many were expressing 12 years ago when IBM’s Watson supercomputer competed against and defeated human contestants on the game show “Jeopardy!” In the years that followed, hundreds of headlines described how AI would transform every aspect of medical care.
However, those breathless predictions faded away as many of the early applications failed to live up to those expectations.
Hype and entrepreneurs
Frank Jaskulke, vice president of intelligence at Minnesota’s Medical Alley organization, believes that AI is on the upswing following the traditional trajectory of technology.
Using AI is less expensive than in its early days, he said, and that is one factor spurring the acceleration of the number of AI-related startups appearing in the health care industry.
Medical Alley, which works closely with entrepreneurs in health care, has an estimated 100 to 150 members who are using AI in some fashion, according to Jaskulke. And that number is growing.
Jaskulke cited Gartner’s Hype Cycle, which includes five phases: Technology Trigger, Peak of Inflated Expectations, Trough of Disillusionment, Slope of Enlightenment and Plateau of Productivity.
“Every technology goes through this where there’s a huge amount of hype and people say that it’s gonna change the world forever. And then there’s the Trough of Disillusionment when it doesn’t quite work out that way. But then the real applications develop and it becomes a real thing,” he said. “AI, I think, is in that phase. It’s never universal, but more and more companies are using real AI technology to solve real clinical problems. It’s definitely accelerating.”
AI everywhere else
Jeff Clement, a doctoral candidate at the University of Minnesota who researches how clinicians and patients evaluate AI recommendations, also believes that AI is starting to make a real impact in health care.
“I think that we’re at the stage where everybody sees that this could do some good and a lot of people are using AI in their personal lives. They’re using AI to help them with traffic directions…They’re talking to Alexa at home, but they’re still very wary,” he said. “So we’re still very early in actually deploying and developing algorithms that would make a big impact on problems in patient care. And we’re still seeing huge advancements in AI technology.”
While AI in health care hasn’t had a big breakout application or company yet, artificial intelligence has seen some success in the medical realm in the past 10 years.
In Rochester, Mayo Clinic helped launch Ambient Clinical Analytics in 2013 under the leadership of well-known Rochester entrepreneur Al Berning.
Ambient provides clinical decision tools designed for use at a patient’s bedside or a nurse’s station. It was approved for medical use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2015. Ambient has found success in helping doctors and nurses detect and treat sepsis with its AWARE Sepsis DART system.
‘Math, not magic’
Many AI systems in health care use algorithms to compare a patient’s test results to large databases of patient records.
Halamka explained at the Health FWD conference that Mayo Clinic’s patient records are not enough and more are needed to include more patients of different demographics.
“The challenge, of course, is that we’re going to try to make these models generalizable to the globe using Mayo Clinic. Ten million patient records aren’t sufficient,” he said. “You know that machine learning is math, not magic. And if you have the wrong clinical context to the wrong data, inputs and outputs, you can generate some pretty compelling and utterly worthless algorithms.”
In 2022, Mayo Clinic signed a 10-year contract with a southern hospital system called Mercy. That agreement adds 15 million patient records from Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma to the mix. Halamka added that Mayo Clinic also is working with centers in Canada to add more variety to the patient database.
“They want to make sure that when they build models they are appropriately representative… This is the thing that I very much appreciate about Mayo Clinic’s involvement. They’re starting not from the tech side. They’re starting from the needs of the patient and asking ‘How do we build tech tools that achieve that goal,” said Jaskulke.
One challenge for developing AI algorithms is trying to keep racial or gender bias out of the results.
Referencing the old technology adage of “garbage in, garbage out,” Jaskulke pointed out that “You have to have really good data on the front end, to get an effective tool on the back end.”
Clement said bias is a major issue that developers need to address when working with AI in health care.
“If we train an algorithm just on the way we’ve always been doing things, we may be just replicating human bias. Human biases show up in the data as it exists now. So if we train an algorithm on that data, a lot of those biases will be captured in the algorithm,” he said. “That’s when you work with the developer and basically fine tune it on your patient data. So rather than a sort of a general solution, you’re able to customize it on your patient data.”
Referencing the old technology adage of “garbage in, garbage out,” Jaskulke pointed out that, “You have to have really good data on the front end, to get an effective tool on the back end.”
While artificial intelligence appliances are being developed in every aspect of health care from pharmaceuticals to diagnosis to monitoring, AI is already a standard tool being used in areas like radiology or electrocardiography
“Image processing is sort of an easier task for AI,” said Clement. “If you’re doing something with radiology, there’s a good chance that your radiologist has access to what’s called a CAD tool, Computer Aided Diagnosis.”
Augmenting, not replacing, health care professionals
When it comes to businesses and economic development, is AI in health care on the upswing to the Plateau of Productivity?
“It depends on the sector. There are parts of health care health technology that are doing well. There are parts that are struggling. There are some that are in between. I feel good about the ecosystem. Rochester is growing. We’re seeing innovations in St. Cloud,” said Jaskulke. “We’ve had a very strong five years in the startup community, including 2022. Those innovations take five to 10 years for stuff to develop. I think those things we are seeing in the early stages now will pay off in 2024 or 2025 in major job creation, major patient impact and major wealth creation.”
While AI has potential to improve health care, experts said that doesn’t mean a computer program will be diagnosing and treating patients on its own. AI in health care is about augmenting the knowledge of a doctor or nurse.
“How many patient cases can a doctor see over their entire career? Many thousand, but not 100 million,” said Clement. “I’ve heard this phrase that by reading books you gain a 1,000-year-old mind, because you gain the knowledge. This is the same idea. There are rare diseases and conditions that might only come up a handful of times in a physician’s whole career, even at a place like Mayo Clinic.” | https://www.twincities.com/2023/02/05/artificial-intelligence-in-health-care-is-it-hype-or-help/ | 2023-02-06 06:33:57 | 0 | https://www.twincities.com/2023/02/05/artificial-intelligence-in-health-care-is-it-hype-or-help/ |
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315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then clearing. Highs in the
mid 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. South winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly sunny. Highs in the
lower 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. South
winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming south 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid
40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ092-092215-
Cooke-
Including the city of Gainesville
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Warmer with highs in the mid 70s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Cooler with lows around 40.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid
40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ091-092215-
Montague-
Including the cities of Bowie and Nocona
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 60s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. South winds
around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Cooler with lows around 40.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid
40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ102-092215-
Wise-
Including the cities of Decatur and Bridgeport
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Warmer with highs in the upper 70s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Cooler with lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ101-092215-
Jack-
Including the city of Jacksboro
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Warmer with highs in the lower 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. South winds
around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the upper 30s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs around 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid
40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ100-092215-
Young-
Including the cities of Graham and Olney
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Sunny, warmer with highs in the lower 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. South winds
around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the
afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows around 40.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid
40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ115-092215-
Stephens-
Including the city of Breckenridge
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Warmer with highs in the lower 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the lower
40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ116-092215-
Palo Pinto-
Including the city of Mineral Wells
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Warmer with highs in the lower 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. South winds around
5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
clear. Cooler with lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid
40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ117-092215-
Parker-
Including the cities of Weatherford and Briar
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Warmer with highs around 70. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Warmer with highs around 80. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Cooler with lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs around 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ131-092215-
Hood-
Including the cities of Granbury and Oak Trail Shores
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cool with lows in the upper 40s.
South winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70.
$$
TXZ132-092215-
Somervell-
Including the city of Glen Rose
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then clearing. Highs in the
lower 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cool with lows in the upper 40s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Warmer with highs in the lower 80s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ130-092215-
Erath-
Including the cities of Stephenville and Dublin
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cool with lows in the upper 40s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the lower
40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70.
$$
TXZ129-092215-
Eastland-
Including the cities of Cisco, Eastland, Ranger, and Gorman
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the
afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows around 40.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70.
$$
TXZ141-092215-
Comanche-
Including the cities of Comanche and De Leon
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest
winds around 10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the lower
40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ142-092215-
Mills-
Including the city of Goldthwaite
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the lower
40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ156-092215-
Lampasas-
Including the city of Lampasas
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. South winds
around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, warmer with highs in the lower 80s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 80s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs around 70.
$$
TXZ157-092215-
Coryell-
Including the cities of Copperas Cove and Gatesville
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then clearing. Highs in the
lower 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Warmer with highs in the lower 80s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming south 15 to
20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ143-092215-
Hamilton-
Including the cities of Hamilton and Hico
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs around 70.
$$
TXZ144-092215-
Bosque-
Including the cities of Clifton, Meridian, and Valley Mills
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Warmer with highs around 80. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming south 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70.
$$
TXZ133-092215-
Johnson-
Including the cities of Cleburne and Burleson
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then clearing. Highs in the
upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cool with lows in the upper 40s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Warmer with highs in the upper 70s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming south 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs around 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ134-092215-
Ellis-
Including the cities of Waxahachie, Ennis, and Midlothian
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cool with lows around 50. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly sunny. Warmer with
highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest
winds around 10 mph, becoming south 15 to 20 mph in the
afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ145-092215-
Hill-
Including the city of Hillsboro
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the upper 40s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly sunny. Warmer with
highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing
to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. South winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. South winds 10 to
15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70.
$$
TXZ146-092215-
Navarro-
Including the city of Corsicana
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then clearing. Highs in the
upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Not as cool with lows in the
lower 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Patchy fog
in the morning. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after
midnight. Cooler with lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ161-092215-
Limestone-
Including the cities of Mexia and Groesbeck
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Not as cool with lows in the
lower 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Patchy fog
in the morning. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. A
20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cooler with lows
in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs around 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ160-092215-
Falls-
Including the city of Marlin
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Not as cool with lows in the
lower 50s. South winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Patchy fog
in the morning. Warmer with highs in the upper 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds
around 10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ174-092215-
Milam-
Including the cities of Cameron and Rockdale
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. East winds around
5 mph, becoming south this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Not as cool with lows in the
lower 50s. South winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Patchy
fog in the morning. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ175-092215-
Robertson-
Including the cities of Hearne, Franklin, and Calvert
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Not as cool with lows in the
lower 50s. South winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Patchy
fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 70s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs around 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70.
$$
TXZ162-092215-
Leon-
Including the cities of Buffalo, Centerville, Jewett, Normangee,
and Oakwood
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Not as cool with lows around
50. South winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Patchy
fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 70s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing
to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ147-092215-
Freestone-
Including the cities of Teague, Fairfield, and Wortham
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Not as cool with lows in the
lower 50s. South winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Patchy
fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Cooler with lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ148-092215-
Anderson-
Including the city of Palestine
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the upper 60s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Not as cool with lows around
50. South winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Patchy
fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of
thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the evening, then a slight
chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the upper 40s. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ135-092215-
Henderson-
Including the cities of Athens and Gun Barrel City
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the upper 60s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Not as cool with lows in the
lower 50s. South winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly sunny. Highs in the
mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds
around 10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of
thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the evening, then a slight
chance of showers after midnight. Cooler with lows in the upper
40s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the upper
30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ122-092215-
Van Zandt-
Including the cities of Canton, Grand Saline, Wills Point, Van,
and Edgewood
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then clearing. Highs in the
mid 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Not as cool with lows around
50. South winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Areas of fog in the morning. Mostly sunny. Highs in
the mid 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming south 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after
midnight. Cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ121-092215-
Kaufman-
Including the cities of Terrell, Kaufman, and Forney
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then clearing. Highs in the
upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 40s. South winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly sunny. Highs in the
mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after
midnight. Cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ120-092215-
Rockwall-
Including the cities of Rockwall and Heath
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then clearing. Highs in the
upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 40s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly sunny. Highs in the
mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph in
the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. South winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds
around 10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after
midnight. Cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid
40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ105-092215-
Hunt-
Including the cities of Greenville and Commerce
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then clearing. Highs in the
mid 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 40s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly sunny. Highs in the
mid 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming south 10 to 15 mph
in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming south 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after
midnight. Cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ123-092215-
Rains-
Including the cities of Emory, East Tawakoni, and Point
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then clearing. Highs in the
mid 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 40s. South winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Areas of fog in the morning. Mostly sunny. Highs in
the mid 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming south 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after
midnight. Cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ107-092215-
Hopkins-
Including the city of Sulphur Springs
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then clearing. Highs in the
mid 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 40s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly sunny. Highs in the
lower 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming south 10 to
15 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after
midnight. Cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ106-092215-
Delta-
Including the city of Cooper
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the upper 40s. South winds
around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly sunny. Highs in the
lower 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph in
the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. South winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after
midnight. Cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ095-092215-
Lamar-
Including the city of Paris
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then clearing. Highs in the
lower 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid 40s. South winds around
5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly sunny. Highs around
70. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. South winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the lower
30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs around 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ094-092215-
Fannin-
Including the city of Bonham
315 AM CST Mon Jan 9 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then clearing. Highs in the
mid 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Not as cool with lows in the
mid 40s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly sunny. Highs in the
lower 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph in
the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. South winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after
midnight. Cooler with lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid
40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
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Longtime minor league pitcher Matt Pobereyko died Friday near Chicago, his family announced on Monday. Pobereyko was 31.
Pobereyko collapsed suddenly on Friday in his apartment before being found by his girlfriend, his brother, Daniel, told NBC News. The Hammond, Ind., native was living in Warrenville, a western suburb of Chicago, during the offseason of the Mexican Pacific Winter League.
His current team, Saraperos de Saltillo, issued a statement on Saturday claiming that the pitcher died of a heart attack, but a spokesperson for the DuPage County Coroner's Office said the death was "still pending investigation" and that it could take nearly eight weeks for a formal cause of death to be determined.
Daniel Pobereyko said his brother's death came as a shock to the entire family, including their parents, who had visited him earlier that week.
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"He just dropped and that's all we know," Daniel Pobereyko said. "We don't know. There's nothing outstanding on the autopsy. But from what I understand, he would have gotten a clean bill of health if he had a pulse."
Matt Pobereyko played at Kentucky Wesleyan before turning professional in 2016. He spent some time in the minor leagues with the Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Mets and Miami Marlins -- reaching Triple-A for the Mets in 2018 -- but the last four years of his career have been primarily spent in independent and Mexican leagues.
On Sunday, Liga Mexicana del Pacifico tweeted a photo from Kuroda Park in Guasave, home to his former team, Algodoneros de Guasave. The team had placed a wreath and the number 56 in chalk at the pitchers mound.
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He recorded 43 strikeouts in 70 1/3 innings pitched with Algodoneros de Guasave this past winter.
His most recent team in the U.S. was the Sioux City Explorers. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/longtime-minor-league-pitcher-matt-pobereyko-dies-suddenly-at-31/3203388/ | 2023-02-27 22:36:51 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/longtime-minor-league-pitcher-matt-pobereyko-dies-suddenly-at-31/3203388/ |
HOUSTON, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today its SOCAR-KBR joint venture has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED), turnaround engineering, and procurement support services contract by BP Exploration for the Shah Deniz Alpha (SDA) platform in Azerbaijan.
This project will significantly reduce SDA's overall carbon footprint and increase operational efficiency, providing a robust, long-term, high-availability power supply. SOCAR-KBR will be responsible for the FEED services for decommissioning the existing five main power generators on the SDA platform. They will then create a power supply from the KBR-designed Shah Deniz Bravo platform through subsea cables and a back-up power generator.
"KBR has been working in the Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey region since 1993, which gives us unrivaled expertise with on- and off-shore greenfield and brownfield assets," said Jay Ibrahim, president of KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions. "Our SOCAR-KBR joint venture allows us to combine KBR's proven tools, systems, procedures and project track record in the region with SOCAR's operations knowledge and experience in the energy sector."
This project will be delivered from SOCAR-KBR's Baku office to maximize local execution, with specialist subject matter expert support provided from KBR's London operations. KBR is proud that more than 95% of its current Baku-based SOCAR-KBR team are Azerbaijani engineers.
We deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 28,000 people performing diverse, complex and mission critical roles in 34 countries.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is spearheading a new drive this week to see Finland and Sweden become members of the world’s biggest military organization by the time U.S. President Joe Biden and his counterparts meet for their next summit in July.
Fearing that they might be targeted next after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year, the Nordic neighbors abandoned their traditional positions of military nonalignment to seek protection under NATO’s security umbrella.
All 30 allies signed Finland’s and Sweden’s accession protocols. Almost all have since ratified those texts, but Turkey and, more recently, Hungary have sought guarantees and assurances from the two. NATO must agree unanimously for them to join.
Representatives from the Nordic neighbors and Turkey are meeting on Thursday at NATO headquarters in Brussels. Stoltenberg isn’t directly involved in the talks, but he organized them after convincing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month to come back to the table.
“This is a process, and I don’t expect the process to be concluded” with one round of talks, Stoltenberg told reporters in Stockholm on the eve of the meeting, “but I am confident that Finland and Sweden will become NATO allies. This is a top priority.”
Turkey accuses Sweden’s government of being too soft on groups it believes are terror organizations or existential threats, including Kurdish groups, and has been angered by protesters burning the Muslim holy book, the Quran. It has fewer problems with Finland joining.
Sweden’s government has been acting though. In a new move on Thursday, it presented a draft law to parliament aimed at making it illegal to support or participate in terrorist organizations. No date for the vote was immediately announced.
Thursday’s meeting in Brussels marks the start of a second round of “trilateral” talks. After the first round, Stoltenberg told Turkey that he believed its concerns had been addressed and that both countries should be allowed to join immediately.
But Erdogan, whose popularity has been hit over the government’s handling of the Feb. 6 earthquake, faces an election in two months, and the issue of Swedish membership in NATO — the insistence that it must crack down on extremism — could be a vote winner.
To take the political sting out of events, Stoltenberg has tried to keep the talks low key. NATO doesn’t plan any news conference on Thursday.
In a recent about-face, the former Norwegian prime minister also played down the importance of both countries joining NATO at the same time. He underlined that Finland and Sweden have received assurances from some allies, led by the U.S., that they will be protected should Russia target them.
“It is inconceivable that there will be any military threat against Finland and Sweden without NATO reacting. So, Finland and Sweden are in a much safer, much better position now than before they applied,” Stoltenberg said Wednesday.
Hungary’s position on their membership is murkier. For months it raised no public objections at all to the two joining, but a date for the Hungarian parliament to ratify their accession protocols was constantly pushed back and it’s unclear precisely when a vote will take place.
Two parliamentary delegations visited Helsinki and Stockholm this week and made reasonably positive noises in support of both countries. But some lawmakers have accused Finland and Sweden of telling “blatant lies” about the state of democracy in Hungary.
In December, the European Union — of which Finland and Sweden are members, like many NATO allies — froze billions of euros in funds earmarked for the government in Budapest to protect the bloc’s budget from “breaches of the principles of the rule of law in Hungary.”
Hungarian Defense Minister Kristof Szalay-Bobrovniczky met with his Swedish and Finnish counterparts this week too. On Twitter, he appeared to differentiate between them, thanking Sweden “for the great meeting,” but demanding “more respect from Finnish politicians instead of unjust comments.”
By June, the fates of the Nordic neighbors should be clearer. The passing of elections in Turkey in May could take some of the venom out of the rhetoric emanating from Ankara. Hungary’s parliament might also endorse their accession late this month.
If not, NATO’s presidents and prime ministers could face another summit of drama when they meet in Lithuania’s capital, Vilnius, on July 11-12 — a time when they must also handle another political hot potato: agreeing on Stoltenberg’s successor at the head of their alliance.
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Jari Tanner in Helsinki, Justin Spike in Budapest, Hungary, and Jan M. Olsen in Copenhagen, Denmark, contributed to this report. | https://pix11.com/ap-international/nato-chief-in-new-drive-to-bring-finland-sweden-in/ | 2023-03-09 17:34:11 | 1 | https://pix11.com/ap-international/nato-chief-in-new-drive-to-bring-finland-sweden-in/ |
Ouch.
NFL insider Jason LaCanfora doesn’t appear to be a fan of Eli Manning. Consider what he said this week about the former New York Giants quarterback. Per WFAN:
“Eli Manning’s not a Hall of Famer for me. Maybe my standard’s too high, but with the way this game has changed, the rules, and everything else the last 15 years. … I just think there are too many seasons where like you can’t go around leading the league in interceptions multiple times and be a Hall of Famer, for me. I think if he played in a different market it wouldn’t be as much of a conversation. If his last name was different it wouldn’t be as much of a conversation.”
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Yes, Manning was a .500 quarterback during his 16 years in the NFL, going 117-117 as the Giants starter. But Manning’s resume is enhanced by his pair of Super Bowl MVPs, beating the New England Patriots in 2008 and 2012.
In addition, Manning ranks 10th all-time with 366 touchdown passes. He’s also 10th all-time with 57,023 passing yards.
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Last year, the Giants retired Manning’s No. 10 and inducted him into the team’s Ring of Honor.
Pro Football Hall of Fame voters will get their first chance to weigh in on Manning’s candidacy when he becomes eligible for enshrinement in 2025.
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'She didn't deserve this': Pregnant mother killed in East Tampa shooting
TAMPA, Fla. - A pregnant mother of two was killed during a shooting in East Tampa last week as an innocent bystander.
The family of Latoya Gay said she was outside talking to friends when she was shot. She was pregnant with her third child and left behind two children.
Tiondra Parker is the sister of Gay and said she is keeping her close to her heart. She's wearing a necklace with her sister's picture on it.
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" I got to keep her with me. I'm never taking it off. Never taking it off," Parker said.
The 26-year-old killed in the shooting was identified by her family, as the victim in last Wednesday’s deadly shooting at the Silver Oaks Apartments in East Tampa.
Police said Gay was an innocent bystander who got caught in the crossfire when multiple people started firing at one another.
"I guess she was out there for a few hours with her friends," Parker said. "We were all standing in the parking lot, and I guess that's when people started shooting. I just feel like she didn't deserve this. It came out of nowhere."
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Her family has started an online fundraiser for help with funeral costs.
"Oh, she was a great mother. Her kids loved her. She played with them. She did everything she can for her kids. Whatever they needed, she got for her kids," said Gay's other sister Jaekeria Holder.
So far, police have arrested a minor on weapons charges but not in connection with Gay's death. They're still asking for the public's help in gathering information on the shooting.
In recent months Tampa has been hit with a scourge of teen-involved shootings. Parker said it's gone too far.
"I personally just feel like these kids have no business with these guys. Like, they honestly don't know what they are doing," she said. "We're going to keep her alive, her name alive. She's going to be with us every step of the way." | https://www.fox13news.com/news/she-didnt-deserve-this-pregnant-mother-killing-in-east-tampa-shooting | 2023-01-24 21:46:59 | 0 | https://www.fox13news.com/news/she-didnt-deserve-this-pregnant-mother-killing-in-east-tampa-shooting |
Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday advanced GOP-backed to ban the teaching of so-called "divisive concepts" in classroom lessons and training sessions for state workers. The Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee approved the bill on a 7-3 vote that fell along racial and party lines. The bill now moves to the full Alabama Senate for debate. Similar legislation is pending in the Alabama House of Representatives. The three Black senators on the committee voted against the bill, questioning the need for the legislation and the potential chilling impact on classroom discussions.
The bill would prohibit schools, state agencies and universities from directing students and employees to learn a list of "divisive concepts," including that "fault, blame, or bias should be assigned to a race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity, or national origin" or that a student or worker should "assent to a sense of guilt, complicity, or a need to apologize" because of their race, gender or national origin.
The Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee approved the bill on a 7-3 vote that fell along racial and party lines. The bill now moves to the full Alabama Senate for debate. Similar legislation is pending in the Alabama House of Representatives.
"It does not stop teaching about slavery, bad history or that racism exists. It does not stop the teaching of black history, or for that matter, any other type of history. What this bill does is it stops a new woke ideology that divides people, adults and children alike," Republican Rep. Ed Oliver, the sponsor of the House version of the bill, told the committee.
The three Black senators on the committee voted against the bill, questioning the need for the legislation and the potential chilling impact on classroom discussions.
Senator Merika Coleman, chairwoman of the Alabama Legislative Black Caucus, challenged supporters of the bill to provide examples of where a student is being told something is their fault because of their race.
"What is happening," Coleman said, "is that school systems are fearful to discuss some topics because of the state's political climate, and the bill would exacerbate that."
"The language in this bill is intentionally vague and confusing. Bills like this have already caused a chilling effect on teaching with educators fearful, anxious and unable to get clear answers on what they can or cannot teach," Stevie Rae Hicks, a Montgomery teacher, said during a public hearing.
Opponents noted that white Republicans are voting to ban "divisive concepts" while previously approving a state law protecting Confederate monuments.
"She said why is it the same group of people who think we ought to preserve Confederate monuments — remember the Confederates were traitors to this country — but the same group of people who want to preserve that history, think that it's not important to learn about ours," said Coleman, D-Pleasant Grove.
Republicans in several states have proposed restricting how race and gender are taught in classrooms and diversity training sessions for state workers.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey last month removed her cabinet member who oversaw the state's award-winning pre-kindergarten program because of a teacher training book that included language about inclusion and the importance of combatting bias.
"It's a lot of mistrust around this bill because of the things that have gone on. The governor's response to the lady on the book did not help," said Sen. Linda Coleman-Madison, a Democrat from Birmingham. | https://www.apr.org/news/2023-05-04/alabama-lawmakers-advance-divisive-concepts-ban | 2023-05-04 13:32:05 | 0 | https://www.apr.org/news/2023-05-04/alabama-lawmakers-advance-divisive-concepts-ban |
Real people, real results. There's a Verb for you.
NEW YORK, May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Verb haircare is bringing its no-filter approach and unretouched results to Target stores nationwide and online. Available now, consumers can discover Verb's high-performance offerings in Ulta@Target locations in over 350 doors. The salon-founded brand was born in Austin and raised in New York, with an unwavering mission to deliver the best salon-quality hair care at one set ($20) price. Verb's 'only good stuff' commitment means products with no parabens, no gluten, and no harmful sulfates, plus everything is PETA-certified cruelty-free.
In line with its 'keep it real' attitude, the brand never retouches its models and believes great hair should be for everyone. Within its nine collections, Verb offers products for all hair types and textures so there's a Verb for you—and the whole family—now at target.com.
"We are thrilled to share Verb with the Ulta@Target consumer. In 2011, when the brand started, it was immediately loved by stylists. More than a decade later, our commitment remains the same: to make the very best hair care for you and us—and our plus ones, family, friends, and kids," said Brooke Coté, General Manager at Verb. "Target allows us to increase accessibility, giving more opportunities to find your favorite Verb hair care while shopping for all the other things you need."
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina House on Wednesday approved a Republican package of abortion restrictions that would tighten the state’s ban on the procedure from after 20 weeks to after 12 weeks, while creating new exceptions but also more requirements for pregnant women and physicians.
The fast-tracked legislation, which emerged the previous day after months of private negotiations among House and Senate GOP members, was scheduled to receive a final vote in the Senate on Thursday morning and could reach the desk of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper later that day.
Cooper, a strong abortion-rights supporter, vowed to fight the measure.
“I will veto this extreme ban and need everyone’s help to hold it,” Cooper said in a tweet.
But Republicans now hold veto-proof majorities in both General Assembly chambers after a House Democrat switched to the Republican Party last month. That advantage was reflected in the House’s party-line 71-46 vote for the measure Wednesday night after an hour of debate.
One Republican was absent for the vote. House Speaker Tim Moore said afterward that in his chamber “we absolutely do have the votes for an override.”
Earlier in the day, more than 200 people, including Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein and members of Congress, rallied in opposition to the bill near the Legislative Building. Demonstrators later marched inside, and chanted “Abortion Rights Now!” from the House gallery during a break.
State law currently bans almost all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The bill being considered would reduce that to 12 weeks, or roughly at the first trimester. It also places limits on new exceptions, capping abortions at 20 weeks in cases of rape or incest and 24 weeks for “life-limiting” fetal anomalies, including certain physical or genetic disorders that can be diagnosed prenatally. An existing exception for when the life of the pregnant woman is in danger would remain.
The changes stem from the desire of state Republicans to alter abortion rules after last year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. But they aren’t as restrictive as those in other GOP-controlled Southern states like Tennessee and West Virginia.
Some conservatives had wanted a ban on abortions once an ultrasound first detects fetal cardiac activity, typically about six weeks after fertilization. But that’s not where Republican lawmakers ended up.
“We talked about everything — what went too far, what didn’t go far enough — and where we could finally come to a consensus was 12 weeks,” said GOP Rep. Sarah Stevens of Surry County, one of the negotiators of the package.
Republicans were cautious about going too far in a closely divided state ahead of the 2024 elections after losing some key races in suburban areas last year where abortion was a big issue, Catawba College political science professor Michael Bitzer said.
“Certainly the tea leaves that came out of 2022’s election showed that if they went too restrictive, there would be a political and electoral backlash,” Bitzer said.
Courtney Geels, grassroots director for the socially conservative group North Carolina Values Coalition, said the bill is “a significant compromise in the pro-life community, but it is an excellent step in the right direction.”
Republicans also proposed spending in the bill at least $160 million for programs to improve child care access and maternal health care, encourage families to take in foster children and provide contraceptives to low-income or uninsured patients. The measure also includes money to cover eight weeks of paid leave for state employees and teachers after giving birth, with four weeks for another new parent.
“These are very significant, meaningful and much needed investments in children, families and women,” said GOP Rep. Erin Paré of Wake County, who also helped shepherd the measure on the House floor.
The 46-page measure contains additional abortion prohibitions that Cooper vetoed successfully in past years when Democrats held more legislative seats. Some would bar women from getting abortions on the basis of race or a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome. Another would require doctors and nurses to protect and care for children born alive during a failed late-term abortion.
The legislative package was offered through a parliamentary procedure that doesn’t allow lawmakers to offer amendments. That angered Democrats who called the process to consider such a controversial and complex measure anti-democratic. Democrats demanded just before Wednesday’s vote that they be able to lodge formal protests, citing a provision in the state constitution addressing an act that a lawmaker “may think injurious to the public.”
“The effort to cover up the stripping of a woman’s dignity and her right to bodily autonomy cannot be sugarcoated with this partial funding measure,” said Rep. Laura Budd, a Mecklenburg County Democrat.
The bill also creates new licensing requirements for surgical abortion clinics that must be at least as restrictive as the rules that ambulatory surgical centers must follow. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic says none of its clinics in the state currently meet those standards.
“Extreme anti-abortion politicians have created a monster by pushing new restrictions that aim to shut down abortion clinics,” Planned Parenthood spokesperson Jillian Riley told lawmakers.
North Carolina law currently requires a 72-hour waiting period for an abortion but allows for the clock to start ticking with a phone call between a pregnant woman and a physician or qualified professional. The bill would eliminate that remote contact option and require a woman visit a clinic or hospital in person, as well as a follow-up visit for a medically induced abortion.
The extra visits result in an unnecessary burden, critics say, especially for women who find it hard to take off work.
“This bill is about making it as difficult as possible to obtain an abortion, even in the first trimester,” Dr. Amy Bryant, an OB-GYN, said at Wednesday’s rally.
At least 88% of abortions in North Carolina in 2020 occurred at or before 12 weeks of gestation, according to state Department of Health and Human Services data. | https://cw33.com/health/ap-health/new-north-carolina-abortion-limits-on-legislative-fast-track/ | 2023-05-04 11:44:23 | 0 | https://cw33.com/health/ap-health/new-north-carolina-abortion-limits-on-legislative-fast-track/ |
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s state health commissioner will resign Jan. 1 after 13 months in the job to return to Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
“This was a very difficult decision,” Bassett said.
Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, won her first full term in the November election, after having taken the office in 2021 following the resignation of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Hochul said in a statement that Bassett led the Department of Health during “one of the most challenging public health eras of our lifetimes,” battling the coronavirus, mpox and polio outbreaks. She thanked Bassett for her service.
Mpox is a virus previously known as monkeypox, because it was first seen in research monkeys. The World Health Organization changed the name to mpox last month, saying the original name could be construed as stigmatizing and racist.
Bassett, a former New York City health commissioner, became the state health commissioner on Dec. 1, 2021, taking over for Howard Zucker.
Zucker resigned after facing backlash for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, including the Cuomo administration’s decision to downplay the extent of how many people were dying of COVID-19, particularly in nursing homes.
Before becoming state health commissioner, Bassett worked at Harvard, where she was director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights and a professor at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ny-state-health-commissioner-resigning-to-return-to-harvard/2022/12/03/3eb50f82-733b-11ed-867c-8ec695e4afcd_story.html | 2022-12-03 19:45:39 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ny-state-health-commissioner-resigning-to-return-to-harvard/2022/12/03/3eb50f82-733b-11ed-867c-8ec695e4afcd_story.html |
Thomas Schur’s Dec. 9 commentary about the Mountain Iron-Buhl football game (“ Football may be 'strange,' but MIB showed how it can unite us ”) was interesting and enjoyable to read — and then I got to his credentials.
Since when does a credential need to include “ex-Catholic” — or ex-Protestant or ex-Baptist, for that matter — to identify accomplishments? Isn’t that just a personal choice? How ridiculous!
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We will consider exclusive local view columns of about 600 words or fewer. Authors should possess unique insights, and their commentaries should demonstrate greater knowledge of their subject than letters.
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