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CAMPBELL, Calif., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Resolve Systems®, the leading intelligent IT automation software vendor, today announced that Gartner has named the company as a Sample Vendor in its Hype Cycle for I&O Automation, 2022 report in the service orchestration and automation platforms (SOAP) category. We believe this report helps I&O leaders to understand and evaluate automation-centric technologies that deliver faster value, improve efficiency, and optimize costs.
"We're proud to be recognized by Gartner in the latest Hype Cycle report as a notable service orchestration and automation platform vendor," said Vijay Kurkal, CEO of Resolve Systems. "Resolve is committed to innovation in IT automation. As more organizations prioritize their digital transformation journey, we remove the biggest challenges and empower IT teams with purpose-built automation that makes it possible to move fast and scale easily."
According to the Gartner report, I&O leaders must use service orchestration and automation platforms to drive customer-focused agility as a part of cloud, big data and DevOps initiatives. The report states that, "The capabilities of workload and workflow automation platforms are used as foundations to respond to increased business agility demands. SOAP enables efficient management of scheduled tasks, as well as extending to event- and integration-driven architectures."
Resolve's platform automates processes across IT functions, including ITSM, ITOps, Network Ops, Cloud Ops, and Centers of Excellence. From simple runbooks to the most complex process orchestration, IT teams are empowered to accelerate their digital transformation journeys through easy-to-use automation that seamlessly integrates with existing systems and apps. Visit Resolve Systems to read a summary of the report's findings.
*Gartner, "Hype Cycle for I&O Automation, 2022," Chris Saunderson,27th July 2022
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Resolve Systems helps enterprise technology teams worldwide achieve agile operations with an industry-leading intelligent IT automation platform. With more than a decade of automation expertise, Resolve's solutions are purpose-built to address challenges posed by increasing IT complexity. Organizations use Resolve to automate IT operations, service management, network operations, cloud operations, and enable Centers of Excellence to orchestrate enterprise-wide automation. Resolve enables organizations to maximize operational efficiency, overcome labor shortages, reduce costs, quickly troubleshoot and fix problems, and accelerate service delivery. Resolve is majority-owned by Insight Partners, a leading global venture capital and private equity firm investing in high-growth technology and software companies.
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NEW RESEARCH REVEALS GEN Z AND MILLENNIALS STRUGGLE TO KEEP A TIDY HOME
AVON, Ohio, May 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Home organizing is more than a trend; it's a lifestyle. From streaming shows demonstrating how to color-code your pantry to magazines offering tips to unclutter quickly and even a litany of organization products, there's an abundance of information in the world of home organization. Yet, despite all this great content, younger generations still struggle with staying organized. In fact, a recent survey conducted by Pollfish on behalf of Duck® brand finds that the majority—nearly 75%—of Gen Z and millennials, ages 16 to 42, need a better organizing system or routine at home. While the survey identifies their top organizing challenges, it also helps Duck® brand understand what solutions are needed to tidy up. Here's what these generations struggle with the most:
Clutter is Chaos—While about half of Gen Z and millennials clean and organize up to an hour a day, they still have an issue with clutter. The survey finds that the kitchen counter is the biggest clutter hotspot, and car or house keys are the top misplaced items. Among their worst organizing habits, 54% of the younger generations throw everything into a junk drawer, while 40% say they don't hang up their purse or jacket. Additionally, their top challenges to staying tidy are too much clutter and not enough room.
Family Dynamics—Living with messy family members is another top challenge. Less than half of Gen Z and millennials say their spouses and children pick up after themselves and more than 40% wish their significant other was neater/tidier at home. Most Gen Z and millennials (nearly 64%) feel they are the best at staying organized at home compared to others they live with. About 30% of Gen Z say their parents are the tidiest and 11% say their significant other is. On the other hand, 16% of millennials say their partner is the neatest.
Personal Preference—A quick and easy installation is at the top of their priority list when it comes to picking an organizing system, but Gen Z—29%—also favors stylish and modern aesthetics. Among the products they're willing to try, Gen Z is more likely to use shelves while millennials chose a wall organizer. As for the cost, most will spend $26 to $50 on organizing products.
Space-Saving Solutions—More than 75% of survey respondents feel they have limited space to store items and 70% wish their backpacks, jackets and hats were better organized.
"Americans are embracing a 'less is more' lifestyle and prefer clutter-free spaces, but it's clear they have challenges when it comes to tidying up," says Angee Mantell, Insights & Innovation Product Manager at Shurtape Technologies, LLC, the company that markets the Duck® brand. "At Duck® brand, we offer simple solutions to help people of all ages create homes that are more efficient, livable and meet the demands of their busy lifestyles."
Duck® brand's EasyMounts® Heavy-Duty Drywall Hooks and Heavy-Duty Drywall Tool Holders help restore order to areas, from the entryway to the garage, and give out-of-place belongings, such as keys and bags, a designated home while keeping them off the floor. The universal mounting system installs easily in drywall, comes in a modern matte finish and solves the problem of limited storage.
From keeping keys off the kitchen counter to organizing everything from backpacks to garage gear, EasyMounts® offer a tool-free solution to provide a dedicated spot for items that typically cause clutter – minimizing mess and stress at home, for any generation.
For more information on home organization and DIY, visit Tidy Up with Duck® brand.
ABOUT DUCK® BRAND
The Duck® brand offers an array of tapes, moving and packing supplies, shelf liner and home products that provide simple, imaginative and helpful solutions for a variety of tasks around the home, school, office and jobsite. Duck® brand is marketed by Shurtape Technologies, LLC, an industry-leading manufacturer of adhesive tape and consumer home and office products, with facilities worldwide. Visit DuckBrand.com for additional product information.
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Cardinal Pell, whose convictions were overturned, dies at 81
By ROD McGUIRK and NICOLE WINFIELD
Associated Press
ROME (AP) — Cardinal George Pell, a onetime financial adviser to Pope Francis who spent 404 days in solitary confinement in his native Australia on child sex abuse charges before his convictions were unanimously overturned, died Tuesday in Rome. He was 81.
Pell suffered fatal heart complications following hip surgery, said Archbishop Peter Comensoli, Pell’s successor as archbishop of Melbourne. Pell had been in Rome to attend the funeral last week of Pope Benedict XVI.
“This news comes as a great shock to all of us,” Sydney Catholic Archbishop Anthony Fisher said in a statement on Facebook. “Please pray for the repose of the soul of Cardinal Pell, for comfort and consolation for his family and for all of those who loved him and are grieving him at this time.”
Pell, the former archbishop of Melbourne and Sydney, became the third-highest ranked official in the Vatican after Pope Francis tapped him in 2014 to reform the Vatican’s notoriously opaque finances as the Holy See’s first-ever finance czar.
He spent three years as prefect of the newly created Secretariat for the Economy, where he tried to impose international budgeting, accounting and transparency standards.
But Pell returned to Australia in 2017 in an attempt to clear his name of child sex charges dating from his time as archbishop.
A Victoria state County Court jury initially convicted him of molesting two 13-year-old choirboys at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in the latest 1990s shortly after he had become archbishop of Melbourne. Pell served 404 days in solitary confinement before the full-bench of the High Court unanimously overturned his convictions in 2020.
During his time in prison, Pell kept a diary documenting everything from his prayers and Scripture readings to his conversations with visiting chaplains and the prison guards. The journal turned into a triptych, “Prison Journal,” the proceeds of which went to pay his substantial legal bills.
In the diary, Pell reflected on the nature of suffering, Pope Francis’ papacy and the humiliations of solitary confinement as he battled to clear his name for a crime he insists he never committed.
Pell and his supporters believe he was scapegoated for all the crimes of the Australian Catholic Church’s botched response to clergy sexual abuse. Victims and critics say he epitomized everything wrong with how the church has dealt with the problem.
“Looking back, I was probably excessively optimistic that I’d get bail,” Pell said in a 2021 interview at his home in Rome, crediting his “glass half-full” attitude to his Christian faith.
Even after he was acquitted, Pell’s reputation remained tarnished by the scandal.
Australia’s Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse found that he knew of clergy molesting children in the 1970s and did not take adequate action to address it.
Pell later said in a statement he was “surprised” by the commission’s findings. “These views are not supported by evidence,” Pell’s statement said.
With his rather brusque, no-nonsense Australian sensibilities, Pell clashed frequently with the Vatican’s Italian old guard during the three years he worked to get a handle on the Vatican’s assets and spending. He was vindicated when Vatican prosecutors put 10 people, including his onetime nemesis, on trial in 2021 for a host of alleged financial crimes.
After Pell returned to Rome following his release from prison, he had a well-publicized private audience with Francis.
“He acknowledged what I was trying to do,” Pell said of the pope during a 2020 interview. “And, you know, I think it’s been sadly vindicated by revelations and developments.”
Francis said as much in a recent interview with Italy’s Mediaset broadcaster, crediting Pell with having set the Vatican on the path of financial transparency and lamenting that he was forced to abandon the effort to face the “calumny” of the abuse charges back home.
“It was Pell who laid out how we could go forward. He’s a great man and we owe him so much,” Francis said last month.
Pell was born on June 8, 1941, the eldest of three children to a heavyweight champion boxer and publican also named George Pell, an Anglican. His mother Margaret Lillian (nee Burke) was from an Irish Catholic family.
He grew up in the Victorian regional town of Ballarat. At 193 centimeters (6 foot, 4 inches) tall, he was a talented Australian Rules Footballer. He was offered a professional football contract to play for Richmond but opted for a seminary instead.
While in Melbourne, he set up the Melbourne Response which was a world-first protocol to investigate complaints of clergy sexual abuse and to compensate victims. However many abuse victims were critical of the system and of compensation payments, saying they were designed more to shield the church from litigation.
After being exonerated, Pell divided his time between Sydney and Rome, where he took part in the typical life of a retired cardinal, attending Vatican events and liturgical feasts and otherwise keeping up with news of the church.
“I’ve become very Italian,” Pell told a visitor during a lull of the coronavirus pandemic, which he spent in Rome.
A requiem Mass would be celebrated in Rome, but Pell was expected to be buried in Sydney.
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SAN DIEGO, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NEUVOGEN, an immuno-oncology company with a next-generation cancer vaccine platform, is pleased to announce the appointment of Stephen A. Sherwin, M.D., to the company's Scientific Advisory Board (SAB).
"We are extremely honored to have Dr. Sherwin join NEUVOGEN's Scientific Advisory Board" said Todd Binder, Chief Executive Officer of NEUVOGEN. "He is both a practicing oncologist and biotech executive with broad experience in cancer immunotherapy including cancer vaccines, ranging from whole tumor cell to personalized neoantigen approaches. We believe that his joining the SAB validates the promise of NEUVOGEN's cancer vaccine platform."
Binder continued, "We look forward to benefitting from the experience and expertise of a highly accomplished immuno-oncology pioneer to help guide our clinical development programs, regulatory and business strategies and partnership discussions."
Stephen A. Sherwin, M.D., has spent over 35 years in the biotechnology industry, helping to create and manage companies that discover and develop new treatments for patients with cancer. Dr. Sherwin was the first medical doctor hired by Genentech, Inc. and served as its Vice President of Clinical Research. During his career, Dr. Sherwin co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer and/or Chairman of industry-leading companies.
Dr. Sherwin served as the Chief Executive Officer of Cell Genesys, Inc., an immuno-oncology company that developed GVAX (a first-generation whole tumor cell vaccine) and first-generation CAR T cells, and was Chairman from 1994 until the company's merger in 2009 with BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.). He co-founded and served as Chairman of Abgenix, Inc., an antibody company focused on oncology that was acquired by Amgen Inc. for $2.2 billion in 2006.
He co-founded and served as Chairman of Ceregene, Inc., a gene therapy company acquired by Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. in 2013. He served on the Board of Directors of Neon Therapeutics, Inc., an immuno-oncology company developing both personal and shared neoantigen targeted cancer vaccines and T cell modalities, until its merger with BioNTech SE in 2020.
Dr. Sherwin currently serves as a member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy. He also serves as an Advisory Partner at Third Rock Ventures, a leading healthcare venture firm, and as a director of Biogen Inc. and Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
In addition to his corporate experience, Dr. Sherwin has also served on the Board of Directors of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization from 2001 to 2014, serving as Chairman from 2009 to 2011, been on the staff of the National Cancer Institute, and served on the President's Council of Advisors in Science and Technology Working Group on Drug Development from 2011 to 2013.
Dr. Sherwin is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and a volunteer Attending Physician in Hematology-Oncology at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.
Dr. Sherwin holds a B.A. in Biology, summa cum laude, from Yale University and an M.D. from Harvard Medical School, is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology, and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
"I am excited to join the NEUVOGEN SAB and bring my past experience in immunotherapy and cancer vaccines to NEUVOGEN. Cancer vaccines have the potential to be a fundamental and powerful modality in the fight against cancer. By building upon previous cancer vaccine efforts, NEUVOGEN hopes its vaccines can fulfill that potential" said Dr. Sherwin.
A link to comprehensive biographies can be found at www.neuvogen.com/about-us/.
NEUVOGEN, Inc. is an immuno-oncology company focused on whole cell cancer vaccine therapies. NEUVOGEN believes its cancer vaccines have the broadest combination of tumor associated antigens and tumor specific antigens ever delivered in a cancer vaccine and as a result can directly target a greater percentage of cancer cells in a solid tumor than any previous cancer vaccine. Based in San Diego, California, NEUVOGEN's goal is to develop therapeutic cancer vaccines that activate the body's immune system to eradicate solid tumors and meaningfully extend the lives of patients while limiting side effects. To learn more, visit www.neuvogen.com.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP)Carlos Rodon struck out eight in five dominant innings before leaving with a blister and the San Francisco Giants slowed down the Atlanta Braves 4-1 Wednesday to win the series.
”It’s just something I’ve been dealing with all year,” Rodon said. ”Whenever I get a lot of pressure on that slider, it just tends to crack and get that blood blister, so just something we’ve got to manage.”
Rodon (13-8) allowed just an unearned run on two hits and a walk. He moved into second in the majors with 220 strikeouts, behind only New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole (228).
”We felt like where we were in the season, it was the right decision to get him out of there,” Giants manager Gabe Kapler said. ”I don’t anticipate (him missing a start) but we’re going to be cautious with Carlos and talk to him tomorrow and see how he’s feeling and go from there.”
Atlanta lost two of three to the sub-.500 Giants. The Braves began the day a half-game behind the NL East-leading New York Mets.
”You’re trying to win every game,” Atlanta manager Brian Snitker said. ”Every game is big. They all mean a lot now.”
Austin Wynns drove in three runs and J.D. Davis added two hits and an RBI as San Francisco won for the fourth time in its last five games.
Giants relievers Tyler Rogers, Scott Alexander, John Brebbia and Camilo Doval combined for four scoreless innings. Doval struck out the side in the ninth inning for his 23rd save in 26 opportunities.
”I think we’re more than capable (of being) a winning team,” Rodon said. ”Unfortunately, the way it’s gone this year, it’s been up and down for us and we’ve kind of been behind often. But as of late we’ve played really well.”
Robbie Grossman went 3 for 3 with an RBI for the Braves.
Charlie Morton (8-6) was charged with four runs in 5 1/3 innings for his first loss since July 27. The right-hander allowed four hits and two walks with seven strikeouts.
Wynns gave the Giants the lead with an RBI single in the second. Grossman tied it with an RBI single in the third.
Davis put the Giants back in front with an RBI double in the fourth. Wynns singled home two more in the sixth.
DAYTIME STRUGGLES
Atlanta fell to 21-25 in day games, compared to a 67-30 record at night. The Braves entered with a .713 OPS in day games, 14th-best in the majors. Their .786 OPS in night games leads MLB.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Braves: 2B Ozzie Albies, out since June 14 with a broken left foot, went 5 for 5 with a game-winning home run in a rehab appearance with Triple-A Gwinnett on Tuesday. He was scheduled to start again Wednesday night.
Giants: LHP Alex Wood (left shoulder impingement) has not started throwing yet and may not return this season. ”We’re not going to push him to make starts for him if his body isn’t ready to make starts for us,” Kapler said. ”But we still are holding out hope that he’s able to, for both him and for us, make starts.” … OF Luis Gonzalez was held out of the lineup with back stiffness.
UP NEXT
Braves: LHP Max Fried (13-6, 2.50 ERA) opens a three-game home series against the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday. Fried has allowed two earned runs or fewer in seven straight starts.
Giants: RHP Logan Webb (13-8, 2.88) seeks his third straight win Friday night as San Francisco welcomes the Los Angeles Dodgers for a three-game series.
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HOT SPRINGS -- Three months after last seen at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort, Angel of Empire returned in triumph Saturday. winning the same race as his sire six years prior.
Angel of Empire, second in the Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn on Jan. 1, fooled some in the crowd on this April 1, although no one should profess shock when trainer Brad Cox saddles the winner.
Like champion Classic Empire in 2017, Angel of Empire is headed to the Kentucky Derby after winning the Grade I $1.25 million Arkansas Derby in its 87th running. He added 100 Kentucky Derby qualifying points to the 50 collected for winning the Grade II Risen Star on Feb. 18 at Fair Grounds in New Orleans.
No doubt with stablemates in the starting gate, he faces the same task as sire Classic Empire when a troubled fourth in the Kentucky Derby. That is, beating a Todd Pletcher-trained favorite, Always Dreaming winning in 2017 and champion Forte giving the impression in Saturday's Grade I Florida Derby that he had something left for Churchill Downs on May 6.
On Saturday, Angel of Empire led off the final turn, sprinting clear while longshot King Russell placed second at 52-1 and Reincarnate third for the second time over the track. Albaugh Family Stable, the Des Moines, Iowa-based racing operation of Jason Loutsch and Dennis Albaugh, owns the Arkansas Derby winner, the same role enjoyed in 2017 by Tulsa oilman John Oxley with Mark Casse-trained Classic Empire. Saturday's victory was worth $739,375, the fourth-choice paying $11.40, $5.80 and $4.40.
"It's huge. Big day,' Cox said. "Very impressed with this horse, how he ran today. He came home quick, and he's a horse that the the longer the better. Looking forward to getting him to the Kentucky Derby in five weeks."
Although tracking a second Classic Empire colt in the race -- joining Interlock Empire --, the Kentucky-based co-breeder of the 2016 juvenile champion weighed in on the news. Brandi Nicholson (with husband Steven in the room) said she was "pumped up" about the 149th Kentucky Derby -- now more than ever after Classic Empire's first Grade I win as a sire.
For every winner, there are losers, and none felt the sting of Saturday's race more than Frank Fletcher, whose Rocket Can went off favored at almost 5-2. The North Little Rock business magnate won the Smarty Jones with since-sidelined Victory Formation, ironically trained by Cox. Bill Mott trains Rocket Can, a Grade II winner in Florida who represented Fletcher's third starter in the race he most covets.
Reincarnate earned 30 points for the show finish, and now must see whether 45 qualifies him for the Kentucky Derby. The program trainer in place of Bob Baffert, whose horses are barred from the Derby for a second year, Tim Yakteen earlier saw Reincarnate finish behind Confidence Game and Red Route One in the Rebel.
This race looked cleaner than that Feb. 25 Grade II race in the slop. Angel of Empire won with a four-wide move on the far turn similar to that of Cox-trained Fantasy Stakes winner Wet Paint earlier Saturday. His winning margin was 4 1/4 lengths, his fast-rated nine furlongs in 1:49.68 when "clearly best," according to the Equibase Co. footnote.
"The older he's getting the better he's getting, bottom line," Cox said. "I think he really took to six weeks between races. He ran well here to start the year. ... He's come around over the last three, four weeks."
King Russell has co-owners including former Kentucky Gov. Brereton Jones, who along with Naber Racing LLC last week paid the colt's Triple Crown nominating fee. Trained by Ron Moquett, he earned 40 points Saturday after last winning on the Rebel undercard.
Rocket Can earned 20 points for fourth place and Robertino Diodoro-trained Airline 10 for fifth. Red Route One, adding blinkers after seconds in the Southwest and Rebel, was sixth, followed by early leader Two Eagles River, Interlock Empire, Harlocap and Bourbon Bash. Kolomio, a stablemate of the Rebel winner, was scratched, leaving 10 starters.
Angel of Empire tries to follow Lil E. Tee (1992) as a Pennsylvania-bred Kentucky Derby winner. He made Cox the first trainer to repeat in Oaklawn's oldest and richest race since Pletcher with Danza in 2014 after Overanalyze won in 2013. Training young horses, Pletcher and Cox have opened daylight over many peers, the former in the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame and Cox, just turned 43, sure to follow when he becomes eligible.
Results
RACE 12 — Purse $1,250,000, 1 and 1/8 miles, Stakes, 3 yo
Horse Pgm# 1/2 3/4 Str Fin Odds
Angel of Empire (Prat, Flavien) 6 7-4 6-1/2 1-21/2 1-41/4 4.70
King Russell (Bejarano, Rafael) 9 8-hd 9-1/2 6-11/2 2-1/2 58.80
Reincarnate (Velazquez, John R.) 8 2-1 2-1 2-hd 3-hd 3.30
Rocket Can (Alvarado, Junior) 7 5-1 5-1 5-1/2 4-1/2 2.70
Airtime (Torres, Cristian A.) 5 4-hd 4-hd 4-hd 5-hd 18.50
Red Route One (Gaffalione, Tyler) 10 10 10 7-1 6-23/4 3.80
Two Eagles River (Juarez, Nik) 4 1-1/2 1-1 3-hd 7-21/2 8.70
Interlock Empire (Cabrera, David) 2 9-5 8-1/2 9-5 8-21/2 57.80
Harlocap (Santana, Jr., Ricardo) 3 3-1/2 3-hd 8-hd 9-51/2 23.50
Bourbon Bash (Gutierrez, Reylu) 1 6-11/2 7-hd 10 10 8.70
PGM# HORSE WIN PLACE SHOW
6 Angel of Empire................ $11.40 $5.80 $4.40
9 King Russell......................................$34.40 $12.20
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KENOSHA — The Kenosha History Center, 220 51st Place (on Simmons Island along the Kenosha harbor), has a new event this summer: Cars and Coffee, taking place this week on June 11.
The free events take place 8 a.m. to noon in the venue's parking lot on the Second Sunday of each month, through Sept. 10.
Car enthusiasts will be showing off their classic vehicles.
Also, the History Center will open early, at 9 a.m., for tours. The gift shop will also be open, and food vendors will be there, too.
The History Center also hosts its Cruise-In Nights, from 4 to 8 p.m. on the last Friday of each month, May 26 through Sept. 29.
On those nights, the History Center stays open until 7 p.m.
These events are free and open to all classic vehicles.
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The East Noble girls cross country team was the area’s best team a year ago, and they are poised to retain that title after making it to state last season.
The Knights bring back all six girls who ran at the state finals, headed by sophomore Rae David, who was 74th at the meet.
Sophomore Addison Lindsey is also back after leading her team to a Northeast 8 Conference championship, a sectional title, a regional runner-up finish and a fifth-place semi-state performance. She did not run in the state finals last season due to an injury, but will be the team’s top returning runner.
Seniors Lydia Keihn, Rachel Becker and Cady Smith, junior Dakota Rodgers and sophomore Lilly Crow make up the rest of the varsity roster who ran at Lavern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course last fall.
Mark Liepe returns for 34th year of coaching, assisted by Ryan Starkel and Josh Prochaska.
“We have a lot of returning runners and a good influx of new talent,” Liepe said. “We are excited about their potential and are looking forward to another successful season.”
Seniors Khloe Pankop, Morigan Prest and Alecia Proxmire and junior Julie Crow also return, while freshmen Macey Colin, Chloe Gibson and Ella Walter will compete to earn their spot on a loaded and talented team.
Here’s a look at the rest of the area girls cross country teams for this year.
Angola Hornets
Coach: Sarah Clary, third year
The Hornets are primed to repeat as Northeast Corner Conference champions once again this season as the reigning West Noble sectional runners-up did not graduate a single senior from last season.
“We are excited for another great season,” Clary said. “Our team has been working hard this summer and is looking forward to a competitive season.”
Key returners for the Hornets include a state qualifier in Gracynn Hinkley and semi-state qualifier in sophomore Jordan Davenport. Junior Ava Budak also returns after qualifying for regionals last season.
Other returning letterwinners are Isabella Budak, Antalya Jackson, Holly Schneider, Isabella Underwood-Sanders and Reese Weber.
“We are returning almost our entire team, which is exciting and gives us opportunity for great growth this year!” Clary said.
Sienna Fee, Brooke Myers and Mya VanDyke round out the roster for a solid Angola grouping.
Central Noble Cougars
Coach: Clint Phares
The Cougars might not be big in numbers, but they will grow and compete as the season goes on.
Two regional qualifiers from a season ago will lead CN, senior Michaela Rinehold and junior Makenna Malcolm. Malcolm is a transfer from Garrett who joined the Cougars when her father Sam was hired as Central Noble’s varsity girls basketball coach in July. Makenna finished 10th in the NECC Meet last season.
Churubusco Eagles
Coach: Kermit Hogeston, ninth year
The Eagles just missed out on regional qualification last year by coming in sixth place at the West Noble Sectional, but despite losing Cara DeBolt to graduation, Churubusco return a solid regional qualifying duo, sophomore Ella Elias and junior Jorja DeBolt.
The Eagles also return sophomores Jaelie Longardner and Astoria Smith, the other two letterwinners returning to this year’s team.
All together, Churubusco has a large roster with 15 girls coming out to run this fall, four more than last year’s sectional lineup.
Key newcomers to the Eagles include freshmen Marilyn Sajdak, Tapanga Tiffany and Patty Wiggs.
“We lost a lot of top-end speed to graduation again, but we believe we have a solid team,” Hogeston said. “We have a lot of work ahead of us but our end-of-season goal is to have them qualify for regional as a team.”
DeKalb Barons
Coach: Mark Beckmann, first season
Coming off a third-place finish at the West Noble Sectional and a seventh place at regionals, the Barons enter the 2022 season with a new coach in the former three-time state qualifier Beckmann, as he looks to take the girls to at least the New Haven Semi-State.
The top returners for DeKalb include senior Lydia Bennett, who was 76th at the state finals last season, and classmate Abby DeTray, who qualified for the semi-state.
Other returning letterwinners for the Barons are junior Olivia Woodcox and sophomores, Kailin Gentis, Meilin Gentis and Lydia Yoder.
Newcomers for the Barons are sophomore Isabella Barton and freshmen Sydney Helbert, Payton Patino and Claire Woodcox.
Eastside Blazers
Coach: Trisha Hill, second season
The Blazers are looking for more individuals to break through in the postseason with sophomore Karly Kaufmann and junior Chloe Buss, who were both regional qualifiers in 2021.
Looking to join them will be returning senior Destiny Bonecutter and newcomers Regan Smith, Athena Fike, and Maddie Yaros.
“The girls team is looking strong and are driven to work together,” Hill said. “We can’t wait to see what we accomplish this year with having a full team!”
Fremont Eagles
Coach: Troy Barker, first season
The Eagles were the second-best team in the NECC and qualified for regional last year, and will look to do the same this season despite graduating their top runner.
Semi-state qualifier Morgan Gannon has graduated, and filling her shoes as the team’s top returning runner will be senior Natalie Gochenour, followed by junior Hallie Shrewsburg and senior Makayla Gumbel.
New members to the team are senior Quinn Barker, sophomore Aliya Rayl, freshman Alaska Gochenour, and Ploy Wittawatphaisan, an exchange student from Thailand.
“We are a very young and inexperienced team overall,” Barker said. “Our primary goal this year is to make running fun and to develop a family atmosphere that will entice new runners to join us throughout the year so we can continue to build the program.”
Garrett Railroaders
Coach: Jim Petre
The Railroaders lost their top two runners from 2021, semi-state qualifier Nataley Armstrong who has graduated and Makenna Malcolm who now runs at Central Noble, but they still bring back a solid lineup.
Aida Haynes, Addison Ebert, Brooklyn Jacobs and Samantha Liechty return for the Railroaders to make up the meat of their top five, with newcomers Molly Martin, Bailey Hedges and Jada Spiece rounding out the top seven.
“We return a strong group of upperclassmen with a nice group of freshmen who will make an immediate impact on the team,” Petre said.
Hamilton Marines
Coach: Kody Ahrens, first season
The Marines will have two girls running for them this season, junior and returning letterman Jasmine Schiek and incoming freshman Aiynna Skees.
Schiek was 44th in the West Noble Sectional a year ago.
Lakeland Lakers
Coach: Thom Taylor
The Lakers are working to build the program back up. Only three girls ran in the sectional meet last year.
No other preseason information was provided.
Lakewood Park Panthers
Coach: Jon Elwood, fifth season
For the first time in school history, the Panthers had a girl qualify to regionals in Danielle Lesser.
Lesser is gone along with her school record time of 21:33, but Lakewood Park brings in two new girls with junior Katie Dowd and senior Victoria Gloyd.
“Victoria has a lot of potential to set some records this year,” Elwood said. “We are excited to see what she can do.”
Prairie Heights Panthers
Coach: Susan Allshouse
The Panthers lost their top female finisher from last year to graduation in Allison Steele, but they return regional qualifiers in sophomores Katia Fernandez and Christian Lewis.
Also returning are juniors Breonna Glasgo, Britney Hostetler, Carmen Wells and Sarah Wiley as well as senior Caylee James.
Prairie Heights welcomes three new girls to its team with junior Kaylyn Allshouse, sophomore Ashlyn Myers and freshman Jenna Wiley.
“We are looking forward to a great season with a great group of athletes,” Coach Allshouse said. “We are hoping to be a little more competitive than what we have seen in the past with some of the athletes showing great potential. This is a good group of girls and looking forward to a great season.”
West Noble Chargers
Coach: Aden Burke-Steiner, first season
Burke-Steiner inherits a regional-qualifying Chargers team who will again be expected to be one of the top teams of the NECC after finishing third last season and not losing anybody to graduation.
Junior Ruby Clark and sophomore Ava Bish return as the Chargers top two runners, while senior and team captain Elizabeth Christlieb as well as junior Rachel Klages and Lucy Martin come back to provide much needed depth to a large team.
A key newcomer is lone freshman Trinity Parson, who Burke-Steiner said is a “very talented and ambitious new member to that team that has already proven that she is not scared to take the lead.”
The rest of the Charger team includes senior Natalie Baumann, juniors Samantha Keene, Breanna Moreno and Erika Lara and sophomores Taryn Brimhall and Arianna Tayahou.
“The girls have been working hard all summer long to be prepared for this season,” Burke-Steiner said. “It is not easy adjusting to a new coach and building a new team atmosphere, but I believe they have done an exceptional job so far. We have set high goals both as a team and individually in hopes to put West Noble Girls Cross Country back on the map.”
Westview Warriors
Coach: Meghann Rainsberger, second season
The Warriors have a very young team this season after graduating Penelope Eash, as their roster is entirely made up of freshman and sophomores.
All sophomores are returning letterwinners, with Kiana Mast coming back as the team’s top runner after advancing to regional last fall. Gwendolynn Owsley, Adelyn Rainsberger and Annagail Warrener also return.
Freshmen Bailey Manns and Eden Mauch make up the newcomers for Westview.
“This is a young team who continues to learn how to maximize training and race competitively,” Coach Rainsberger said. “They are developing as individual athletes and it will be exciting to see what they are able to accomplish this season.” | https://www.kpcnews.com/sports/latest/article_871fa651-ad76-5030-8f77-e73297dc6965.html | 2022-08-24 06:01:23 | 1 | https://www.kpcnews.com/sports/latest/article_871fa651-ad76-5030-8f77-e73297dc6965.html |
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Shedeur Sanders threw a touchdown pass and Alejandro Mata kicked three short field goals to lead Jackson State to a 16-3 victory over Tennessee State in the Southern Heritage Classic on Saturday night at the Liberty Bowl.
The Jackson State defense, which is yet to allow a touchdown this season, had eight sacks and held Tennessee State (0-2) to 140 yards of offense.
Sanders completed 30 of 44 passes for 276 yards for FCS No. 15 Jackson State (2-0). His 27-yard pass to Willie Gaines for the game’s only touchdown came with 2:20 remaining in the fourth quarter.
Mata’s field goals — 27, 28 and 30 yards — were all on red-zone possessions.
Shane Hooks had 93 yards receiving and Sy’veon Wilkerson rushed for 81 yards for Jackson State.
Tennessee State’s Draylen Ellis was 10-of-24 passing for 138 yards and was on the receiving end of all eight sacks.
Jackson State’s Nyles Gaddy had three total sacks, two solo. Cam’Ron Silmon-Craig had seven solo tackles, 11 total.
In the 33-year history of the Southern Heritage Classic, Tennessee State has played Jackson State 29 times and has a 17-12 record in those games.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Vaping company Juul Labs will pay West Virginia $7.9 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the company marketed products to underage users, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced Monday.
The lawsuit accuses Juul of engaging in unfair or deceptive practices in the design, manufacturing, marketing and sale of e-cigarettes in violation of the state’s Consumer Credit and Protection Act.
A 2020 report released by West Virginia health officials found that more than 60% of high school students in the state reported trying e-cigarettes in 2019, up from 44% in 2017.
“This settlement puts companies like Juul in check to not copy big tobacco’s playbook and gear marketing strategies toward underage people,” Morrisey said in a statement. “In Juul’s case, we have alleged it has deceived consumers about its nicotine strength, misrepresented the nicotine equivalency of its products to traditional cigarettes and understated the risks of addiction that occur with such powerful levels of nicotine.”
It's the latest settlement involving the embattled e-cigarette giant, which last year laid off hundreds of workers and settled thousands of lawsuits consolidated in a California federal court brought by families of Juul users, school districts, city governments and Native American tribes.
In September, the San Francisco company agreed to pay nearly $440 million to settle a two-year investigation by 33 states into the marketing of its high-nicotine vaping products.
Juul dropped all U.S. advertising and discontinued most of its flavors in 2019 amid lawsuits and government sanctions.
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House Democrats are shaping a strategy to push back against the public broadcast of Jan. 6 surveillance footage recently provided by Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who is promising to air clips on his popular prime-time program in the coming weeks.
The process is in its early stages, and “nothing formal” has been finalized, according to a Democratic source familiar with the deliberations.
But Democrats of all stripes say they have no faith that Carlson, who has promoted conspiracy theories surrounding the Capitol rampage of Jan. 6, 2021, will use the exclusive footage to present an impartial account of the events of that day. And House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said this week that he’s in discussions with fellow Democrats about a plan to counter, if necessary, the narrative that emerges from Carlson’s segments.
Two lawmakers in particular — Reps. Bennie Thompson (Miss.), who headed the House select committee that investigated the Capitol riot in the last Congress, and Joe Morelle (N.Y.), senior Democrat on the House Administration Committee — will play a central role in the response, Jeffries said.
“We all should have a formal game plan as it relates to this very serious and sober issue of the security and the well-being of people who work on the Capitol complex,” Jeffries said.
What form the strategy takes is yet to be clear.
Thompson was among the first Democrats to respond last week after Axios broke the news that McCarthy had granted Carlson access to more than 40,000 hours of previously unreleased surveillance footage from the Jan. 6 attack, warning of “potential security risks” if the footage is used “irresponsibly.” And Democratic leaders say Thompson and the other remaining members of the Jan. 6 select committee — whose investigation spanned countless hours over 18 months — are best situated to respond to Carlson’s eventual broadcasts for the simple reason that they’re the most familiar with the details of the riot.
“J-6 members will be in a good position to respond once they see what Tucker Carlson produces,” said Rep. Ted Lieu (Calif.), vice chairman of the Democratic Caucus.
The response could feature formal statements, press conferences, social media blasts and references to the Jan. 6 committee’s depositions and other findings that might serve as a form of counterweight against Carlson’s potential claims. Other media outlets will also be able to fact-check Carlson, Lieu noted, once the footage is released more broadly, as McCarthy has promised.
“The facts are the facts,” Thompson said. “I don’t see anything, from my vantage point, that could really discredit the work of our committee.”
Carlson had initially boasted of having “unfettered access” to the Jan. 6 footage, but McCarthy and other Republicans stepped in this week to clarify that, while Fox producers are welcome to view the full video library, no footage will be released for broadcast without being screened to ensure it won’t compromise the security of the Capitol complex.
Thompson, however, said it’s too early to praise those steps until GOP leaders compose formal guidelines governing the security protocols, to include screenings by the Capitol Police and password protected access to the footage.
“If they don’t have anything in writing … then I say it’s a bad idea,” Thompson said. “If it mirrors the process we had in place, no problem at all.”
Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), chairman of the House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight, said his panel is working to draft those protocols, though the timeline of their release remains uncertain.
Meanwhile, Democrats on the Administration Committee are protesting the move to grant Carlson any access to the Jan. 6 footage.
The full committee issued a document on Tuesday outlining its oversight goals for the current term — a bipartisan plan that included a lengthy “minority views” section in which Democrats broke sharply from the Republican majority in detailing their distrust in Carlson’s commitment to objectivity based on his history of covering Jan. 6. Among his contentious claims, Carlson has downplayed the violence at the Capitol that day and promoted the idea that the riot was a “false flag” operation orchestrated by the political enemies of former President Trump.
“Mr. Carlson has a lengthy record of lying and spreading disinformation about the January 6, 2021, attack on his television show in an apparent attempt to rewrite history,” the Democrats wrote. “Any attempts by defenders of these actions to create a false equivalence with the work of the [Jan. 6 select committee] should be dismissed.”
A spokesperson for Fox News did not respond Wednesday to a request for comment.
McCarthy, in the immediate wake of the Capitol attack, had supported the idea of a bipartisan investigation into its cause, but reversed course after Trump voiced his opposition. As House minority leader, McCarthy declined to participate in the select committee’s investigation, calling it a partisan witch hunt against the former president. He is now defending his decision to lend Carlson first access to the unreleased surveillance footage by suggesting it will provide a kind of counterpoint to the narrative steered solely by the Trump critics on the select committee.
“I know CNN would get knowledge of subpoenas before people were given subpoenas. I know CNN was given tapes that the Jan. 6 [committee] would pick and choose, so I know they’ve had a lot of exclusives around that,” McCarthy told reporters Tuesday.
“I want to make sure we don’t play politics like that.”
The Speaker’s decision came as he’s scrambling to secure support from Republicans wary of his voting record and concerned that he won’t represent conservative priorities in the coming policy fights with President Biden, particularly when it comes to federal spending. Carlson has been among those right-wing critics, and observers in both parties say McCarthy chose Carlson to get the first shot at the Jan. 6 footage to curry favor with the wildly popular pundit and his millions of loyal followers.
“Kevin McCarthy seems to be somebody who is burdened neither by shame nor principle,” said Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.). “And he’s damaging the institution — and damaging the country — all at the altar of his personal ambitions.”
Beyond political considerations, critics say there may also be personal factors driving McCarthy’s decision. The Jan. 6 select committee had, in a public hearing, aired video from within McCarthy’s office during the siege, showing his staffers racing to flee the pro-Trump mob — a humiliating episode for the Republican leader, who, after blaming Trump for the rampage, quickly shifted gears to downplay the violence and bash Democrats for investigating it.
McCarthy, in recent days, has characterized that footage as its own security threat.
“[It’s] concerning to me that [the committee] put out — and CNN would play it – the exit from my office,” he said. “Never did they talk to me or the people on it.”
Complicating the Republicans’ defense of Carlson have been a series of new revelations surrounding Fox News’s coverage of the 2020 elections, which have emerged in recent days as part of a defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems against the network. The disclosures have revealed that Carlson was furious after Fox correctly called Arizona for Biden, suggesting the network should have withheld the truth from its viewers for the sake of ratings.
“Fox already admits that Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity and other hosts on their national prime-time network are not journalists. They’re entertainment hosts,” Lieu said. “So Speaker McCarthy actually didn’t give the tapes to a journalist, he gave them to an entertainment host. And we’ll see what they produce.”
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Millions of Americans will attend parades, fireworks and other Independence Day events on Tuesday, celebrating the courage of the nation’s 18th century patriots who fought for independence from Great Britain and what they considered an unjust government. Those events also will honor the military and those who sacrificed in other conflicts that helped preserve the nation’s freedom over its 247-year history.
That is only one version of a “patriot.” Today, the word and its variants have morphed beyond the original meaning. It has become infused in political rhetoric and school curriculums, with varying definitions, while being appropriated by white nationalist groups. Trying to define what a patriot is depends on who is being asked.
While the word’s origins come from ancient Greece, its basic meaning in American history is someone who loves his or her country.
The original patriots come from the American Revolution, most often associated with figures such as Sam Adams and Benjamin Franklin. But enslaved people who advocated for abolition and members of native communities trying to recover or retain their sovereignty also saw themselves as patriots, said Nathaniel Sheidley, president and CEO of Revolutionary Spaces in Boston. The group runs the Old State House and Old South Meeting House, which played central roles in the revolution.
“They took part in the American Revolution. There were working people advocating for their voices to be heard in the political process,” Sheidley said.
The hallmark of patriotism then, he said, was “a sense of self-sacrifice, of caring more about one’s neighbors and fellow community members than one’s self.”
In some ways, the view of patriotism has always been on parallel tracks with civic and ethnic nationalism, historians say.
“Patriotism really depends on which American is describing himself as patriotic and what version or vision of the country they hold dear,” said Matthew Delmont, a historian at Dartmouth.
Opposition to government and dissent have been common features of how patriotism has been defined, he said. He cited the example of Black military members who fought in World War II and advocated for civil rights when they returned. They also saw themselves as patriots.
“Part of patriotism for them meant not just winning the war, but then coming home and trying to change America, trying to continue to fight for civil rights and to have actual freedom and democracy here in the United States,” Delmont said.
For many white Americans who see themselves as patriotic, “They’re thinking of other white Americans as the true definition of Americans,” Delmont said.
Far-right and extremist groups have branded themselves with American motifs and the term “patriot” since at least the early 20th century, when the second Ku Klux Klan became known for the slogan “100% Americanism,” said Mark Pitcavage, senior research fellow at the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism.
By the 1990s, so many antigovernment and militia groups were using the term to describe themselves that watchdog groups referred to it as the “ Patriot movement.”
That extremist wave, which included Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, faded in the late 1990s and early 2000s. But many such groups resurfaced when Barack Obama became president, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which closely tracked the movement.
Since then, many right-wing groups have called themselves “patriots” as they’ve fought election processes, LGBTQ+ rights, vaccines, immigration, diversity programs in schools and more. Former President Donald Trump frequently refers to his supporters as “patriots.”
The term works as a branding tool because many Americans have a positive association with “patriot,” which hearkens back to the Revolutionary War soldiers who beat the odds to found the country, said Kurt Braddock, an American University professor and researcher at the Polarization and Extremism Research & Innovation Lab.
One example is the white supremacist militia group Patriot Front, which researchers say uses patriotism as a sort of camouflage to hide racist and bigoted values. Some white nationalist groups may genuinely view themselves as pushing back against tyranny — even if in reality they are “very selective” about what parts of the Constitution they want to defend, Braddock said.
Gaines Foster, a historian at Louisiana State University, said patriotism at one point was seen as a civic nationalism that held the belief “that you’re an American because you believe in democracy, you believe in equality, you believe in opportunity. In other words, you believe certain things about the way the government works, and that’s a very inclusive vision.”
He said the violent Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was the most dramatic example of how the view of patriotism has shifted in recent years, saying “people began to lean less toward a commitment to democracy and more to the notion in the Declaration of Independence that there is a ‘right of revolt,’ and that becomes patriotism.”
Bob Evnen has been active in Nebraska Republican politics for nearly 50 years and was instrumental a decade ago in enacting a requirement for the Pledge of Allegiance to be recited in schools. The measure doesn’t force students to participate, but does require schools to set aside time each class day for the pledge to be recited.
He pushed for the pledge policy to be included in the state’s social studies curriculum standards, despite criticism from some lawmakers and civil rights organizations who labeled it “forced patriotism.”
The intent, he said, is “to teach our children to become young patriots who have an intellectual understanding of the genius of this country and who feel an emotional connection to it.”
“Somewhere along the line, we lost that — to our detriment, I believe,” Evnen said.
Now Evnen is Nebraska’s secretary of state overseeing elections and he is sometimes the target of election conspiracy theorists — usually fellow Republicans. They have made unfounded accusations of election rigging across the country and often question his patriotism for disagreeing.
Evnen finds those accusations maddening. To him, patriotism is unifying around “the idea of liberty and freedom and of self-governance.” He said today’s national debate on what constitutes patriotism flies in the face of reason.
“They’re now just personal attacks in an effort to shut down debate,” he said. “Anyone who strays from orthodoxy is labeled unpatriotic.”
In Idaho, Gov. Brad Little and Superintendent of Public Instruction Debbie Critchfield, both Republicans, announced in June that the state had purchased a new “patriotic” supplemental history curriculum that would be made available, free, to all public schools.
“It’s more important than ever that Idaho children learn the facts about American history from a patriotic standpoint,” Little wrote on Facebook. He said the lessons would help to “truly transform our students here in Idaho.”
Little’s office referred questions about the supplement to the state’s education department.
“The Story of America” curriculum was developed by conservative author and former Reagan-era education secretary Bill Bennett. In a 2021 press release, Bennett said the curriculum was needed because “an anti-American ideology that radically misrepresents U.S. history has infiltrated our education system and misled our kids.”
It’s difficult to compare the supplemental curriculum against the lessons that Idaho schools currently use because each district selects its own texts and lesson plans.
The new curriculum emphasizes that talking about American history and teaching the subject should be done with the intent to “cultivate a respect and love of your country,” Critchfield said.
“It’s not to change history, but to honor the history we had,” she said.
Democratic state Rep. Chris Mathias, a member of the House education committee, hasn’t seen the supplemental curriculum yet, but said history lessons should teach the good and the bad, and discuss — without shaming — the uncomfortable aspects of history.
Saying one curriculum is “patriotic” suggests that others currently in use are not, he said.
“I would really like to know if that’s true,” said Mathias, who previously served in the U.S. Coast Guard. “As a military veteran, I think a lot of people disagree on what it means to be devoted to America. I think a lot of people think that blind devotion is the same thing as patriotism. I don’t.”
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Fields reported from Washington, Beck from Omaha, Nebraska, and Boone from Boise, Idaho. Associated Press writers Steve LeBlanc in Boston, and Linley Sanders and Ali Swenson in New York contributed to this report.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Democrats chose a failed Congressional candidate to lead their state party as they grapple with a series of election losses and an effort from the national party to take away its first-in-the-nation status in the presidential race.
Rita Hart, the former state senator who lost a 2020 U.S. House race by just a handful of votes, was chosen Saturday over two other candidates
“My focus is squarely on helping our party begin winning elections again,” she said.
Hart said her experience raising $5 million for the congressional race and winning in a district that former President Donald Trump carried will serve her well as she works to help other Democrats win.
But she'll also have to help the state party decide how to respond to the national Democratic Party's decision to put the South Carolina primary ahead of Iowa’s caucuses, which have long been the first presidential nominating contest in the country.
If the state party doesn’t go along with the national party’s decision, Iowa Democrats will run the risk that its delegates will not count toward the national nominating total.
But there is a state law that requires the caucuses to be held at least eight days before any other presidential nominating contest.
The state party's last leader decided not to run for another term. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/iowa-democrats-pick-ex-house-candidate-as-new-17749732.php | 2023-01-29 17:52:35 | 1 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/iowa-democrats-pick-ex-house-candidate-as-new-17749732.php |
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SPAR Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SGRP) ("SPAR", "SPAR Group" or the "Company"), a leading global provider of merchandising and marketing services, today announces that it will release its fiscal 2022 third quarter financial results on Monday, November 14, 2022, before the market opens. In conjunction with the release, a teleconference will be hosted by Mike Matacunas, Chief Executive Officer; and Fay DeVriese, Chief Financial Officer, and includes a Q&A session following the prepared remarks starting at 10:00am Eastern.
About SPAR Group, Inc.
SPAR Group is a global merchandising and marketing services company, providing a broad range of services to retailers, manufacturers, and distributors around the world. With more than 50 years of experience, 25,000+ merchandising specialists around the world, an average of 200,000+ store visits a week and long-term relationships with some of the world's leading manufacturers and retail businesses. For more information, please visit the SPAR Group's website at http://www.sparinc.com.
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SHANGHAI, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Asieris Pharmaceuticals, a global biopharma company specializing in discovering, developing and commercializing innovative drugs for the treatment of genitourinary tumors and other related diseases, issued its 2022 semi-annual report today. As disclosed in the report, the company has made significant progress in multiple global and China clinical trials for its core investigational products and is making steady progress in implementing its strategy of providing integrated diagnosis-treatment commercial solutions. In the meantime, Asieris has continued its investment in the R&D, including the expansion of its Shanghai R&D Center, to support the advancement of Asieris' innovative drug discovery programs. Looking into the future, the company will continue to implement its R&D strategy that, identify and address unmet medical needs, create an advantageous product portfolio from disease diagnosis to treatment, and become a global leader in diagnosis and treatment of genitourinary cancers and other related diseases.
Rapid Advancement of Key Innovative Projects and Strengthened Global Coverage of Product Pipelines
In the women's health area, Asieris' core product APL-1702 (trade name: Cevira®), a drug-device combination photodynamic therapy product for non-surgical treatment of cervical high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL) caused by any HPV subtypes, has received regulatory approvals for its international multi-center Phase III clinical trial in China, Hungary, Ukraine, Germany, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, and Poland. Patient recruitment was complete at the end of July 2022. APL-1702's Phase III study protocol was also published in June 2022 in BMJ Open. At present, non-surgical options do not exist on the market for HSIL patients. APL-1702 could provide patients with a new option that alleviates the pain and risky side effects commonly associated with surgical treatments. APL-1702 would be especially beneficial to women of childbearing age by eliminating the adverse effects of surgical treatment on reproductive functions.
In the genitourinary (GU) disease area, Asieris independently developed the core product APL-1202 (trade name: VesiqueTM). APL-1202's ANTICIPATE study, examining combination of oral APL-1202 with tislelizumab as a neoadjuvant therapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), has completed treatment of the first dose cohort and is currently in dose escalation phase. It will enter Phase II Proof-of-Concept (PoC) stage once the recommended Phase II dose level is selected. In addition, the ANTICIPATE study was presented at the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in June 2022. APL-1202's ACCRUE trial, examining oral APL-1202 in combination with intravesically instilled chemotherapy in relapsed intermediate- and high-risk Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC) patients, continues to collect target events. The company will actively conduct follow-up clinical data review and NDA filing preparations as soon as the clinical endpoint event number fulfills protocol requirements. As an oral drug with a novel antitumor mechanism and the world's first oral targeted therapy for NMIBC in the pivotal Phase III trial, APL-1202 is expected to avoid adverse events such as urethra irritation caused by intravesical administration, potentially lower the recurrence rate of NMIBC, and help patients avoid or delay radical cystectomy.
APL-1706 (trade name: Hexvix®), another core product in the GU area from Asieris Pharmaceuticals, received approval from China NMPA for a Phase III clinical trial in February 2022. It was also approved by the CDE to be included in the Real-World Data pilot program in March 2022. As the world's only approved imaging agent indicated for the diagnosis and surgical treatment of bladder cancer, APL-1706 has been approved and launched in over 30 countries around the world. Combined with blue light cystoscopy, APL-1706 has proven to be able to effectively improve the detection rate of NMIBC (especially on carcinoma in situ), resulting in more complete resection and reduction of tumor recurrence rate.
Asieris' First Integrated Bladder Cancer Center Launched, Demonstrating the Steady Progress of its Commercialization Strategy
Positioned as an integrated diagnosis-treatment solution in the genitourinary area, Asieris Pharmaceuticals has built and launched a comprehensive product portfolio covering bladder cancer diagnosis, treatment, and surveillance. Its Uro-3500 (electronic endoscope image processor) and Uro-G (disposable flexible cystoscope) for bladder cancer diagnosis and follow-up were first used in Hainan General Hospital in Bo'ao Lecheng in August 2022. This is the second product Asieris launched in Bo'ao, after APL-1706. The company also independently developed an online doctor service platform called "Miyihui" to integrate online disease management with offline in-person clinical diagnosis and treatment services, to provide full-range disease management to benefit more patients with innovative drug and device products and diagnosis-treatment solutions. In August 2022, the company launched its first Integrated Bladder Cancer Center (IBCC) in Hainan Province, introducing the latest technologies, products, academic and scientific research in the bladder cancer diagnosis and treatment area, and providing strong support to doctors for comprehensive disease management. The establishment of IBCC lays a solid foundation for the company to steadily advance its comprehensive disease management strategy with integrated diagnosis and treatment solutions. Asieris will continue to broaden its strategy in integrated diagnosis and treatment and gradually implement its commercialization strategy.
R&D Expansion and Improved Incentive Program.
The R&D capability in Asieris Pharmaceuticals is in a period of rapid expansion, with continued increase in its core innovation and competitiveness. In the first half of 2022, Asieris' R&D team has grown to 126 staff members, a 38% increase over the same period last year, together with an R&D expenditure totaling RMB 93 million. The company also expanded its R&D Center in Shanghai and reported steady development progress across multiple core products in the pipeline. At the end of this reporting period, the monetary funds and trading financial assets amounted to RMB 2.892 billion, a capital reserve sufficient to enable the company to move forward at a steady pace over next several years. In July 2022, Asieris also optimized its long-term incentive program through implementation of the "2022 Restricted Stock Incentive Plan (Draft)", which aims to create more value for its stakeholders by aligning key employees' performance with the company performance.
"Despite the pandemic and challenging international environment, we still made significant advancement in the first half of 2022, marked by our steady progress in globalization and commercialization," summarized Dr. Kevin Pan, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Asieris Pharmaceuticals. "Next, we will continue to adhere to our differentiated development strategy, focus on genitourinary tumors and related diseases, expand global reach of our innovation, accelerate implementation of the integrated diagnosis-treatment commercialization strategy, and bring innovative drug-device products to benefit patients worldwide."
About Asieris
Asieris Pharmaceuticals(688176.SH), founded in March 2010, is a global biopharma company specializing in discovering, developing and commercializing innovative drugs for the treatment of genitourinary tumors and other related diseases. We strive to improve human health and help people live a more dignified life. We aim to become a global pharma leader that integrates R&D, manufacturing and commercialization in our areas of focus, as we provide best-in-class integrated diagnosis and treatment solutions for patients in China and worldwide.
The company has been developing its proprietary R&D platform and core technologies, exploring new mechanisms of action, and efficiently screening and evaluating drug candidates. With a well-established in-house R&D system and expertise in global drug development, Asieris is committed to launching first-in-class drugs and other innovative products to address huge unmet needs in its areas of focus.
Asieris is also enhancing its pipeline for genitourinary diseases via proprietary R&D and strategic partnerships, while closely following cutting-edge technologies and therapeutics. The company strives to discover and identify unmet clinical needs, and adopts a forward-looking approach in product planning and life-cycle management. We aim to establish an outstanding portfolio that covers diagnosis and treatment in a bid to benefit more patients in China and globally.
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MIAMI, June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Momcozy, the renowned maternity and baby brand endorsed by over two million moms globally, has showcased its latest wearable breast pumps and massagers at the Florida International Medical Expo (FIME) from June 21 to June 23.
FIME is the premier medical trade expo and digital platform in the Americas, providing a comprehensive platform for businesses to find new products, establish supplier partnerships, gain knowledge, and strengthen ties with the global medical device and equipment market. During the expo, attendees from all over the world visited Momcozy's booth and showed great interest in the brand's products, with Momcozy's M5, S12 Pro, and S9 Pro wearable breast pumps and its 3-Mode Adjustable Kneading Lactation Massager being the star products of the booth.
The M5 wearable breast pump, in particular, received much positive feedback. The M5 features a unique baby mouth-shaped design with a precise angle of 105 degrees and a soft silicone flange. This design mimics the baby's suckling position, reducing the risk of nipple pain and discomfort, and ensuring a comfortable pumping experience.
Furthermore, the M5 breast pump has an exclusive vibration suction mode that helps stimulate milk flow and enhance the pumping experience. The suction and vibration modes work simultaneously to provide fast and efficient milk extraction, allowing moms to pump quickly and comfortably.
Momcozy's M5 breast pump is not only comfortable to use, but it also has a lightweight and compact design that makes it easy to transport in a purse or bag. Weighing only 230g (single pump), it's especially convenient for working moms who need to bring the pump with them while on the go or at work.
Moreover, the M5 breast pump comes with a hard-shell storage bag, available in four trendy colors, that's perfect for busy moms who are always on the move. The M5 set is inclusive of two breast pumps and all the necessary accessories, such as different sizes of flanges, allowing moms to start using the breast pump as soon as they receive it.
Momcozy's S12 Pro and S9 Pro breast pumps and its massager products were also highlighted at FIME 2023. The S12 Pro boasts double-sealed flanges for enhanced comfort and convenience and has been a top-seller in Amazon North America's Electric Breast Pumps category. Meanwhile, the S9 Pro is known for having the longest battery life of any breast pump.
Momcozy's 3-Mode Adjustable Kneading Lactation Massager is a versatile tool that offers three different modes of operation. It is designed to integrate deep-shiatsu kneading massage balls with traditional ones, providing a more thorough massage that can effectively unplug milk ducts like a real massage therapist. This not only helps to empty the breasts during breastfeeding or pumping but also helps to relieve engorgement and prevent mastitis. With its hands-free design, moms can relax and enjoy the massage without any extra effort.
Momcozy is dedicated to providing top-quality products and services to mothers worldwide, as evidenced by its star products featured at FIME 2023. The brand's unwavering commitment to product development has garnered recognition from over 2 million satisfied mothers. Momcozy has earned the top spot in Amazon's mother and baby category, as well as being the leading seller in Amazon's category sales for three consecutive years.
About Momcozy
Momcozy, the renowned maternity and baby brand endorsed by over two million moms globally, has always put moms on top. Through cozy designs born from love and continuous innovation, Momcozy brings a much simpler, more relaxed, and more comfortable experience for moms globally through their pregnancy and early motherhood.
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At the 2015 Paris climate conference, nations agreed to limit global warming to under 2 degrees Celsius relative to preindustrial levels — and preferably to under 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit). According to a new report the United Nations released on Thursday, the more ambitious 1.5 degree target is now all but out of reach.
This year’s U.N. Environment Program’s Emissions Gap Report found that there was “no credible pathway” to remain under 1.5 degrees Celsius — and that countries are falling “pitifully short” in making good on their national commitments. Under the current policy framework, global temperatures are projected to rise 2.8 degrees Celsius by the end of the century. If nations scale up according to their agreed-upon climate pledges, the projected temperature increase will be between 2.4 and 2.6 degrees Celsius — which would threaten billions of people.
This prognosis comes on the heels of another U.N. analysis released Wednesday, which considered countries’ voluntary emissions commitments. It found modest increases in emissions reductions and adaptation goals over the past year, but not enough to put the world on a better trajectory. Though countries agreed to establish more rigorous emissions plans after last year’s climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, just 24 nations have actually done so. The additional Glasgow pledges would reduce emissions by less than 1 percent by 2030.
Yes, countries have faced unexpected obstacles: The war in Ukraine and fears of a global recession have hindered governments’ ability to enact broad-based change. Yet scientists warn that the window to prevent disastrous levels of climate change is closing.
The next round of global climate talks will convene in just over a week. Critics of the U.N.-led climate process will no doubt roll their eyes. Climate negotiations have yielded incremental, piecemeal agreements, none of which are binding. The upcoming conference, known as COP27, will be complex and fraught, with thorny questions about financing and compensation to developing countries on the agenda. It will almost certainly leave all parties unsatisfied.
Yet, slow-moving and cumbersome as it is, the U.N. system represents the world’s best hope at averting catastrophe. It has already spurred progress. Even partially met climate pledges move the needle. And if all current climate pledges are met, the world will see emissions reductions of between 5 and 10 percent by 2030. This is still insufficient; cuts should increase this decade and accelerate in decades after. But the only viable way to tackle global warming is for climate to become a key topic of global diplomacy, with international negotiators gathering regularly to pressure one another to do better. The very existence of robust monitoring and reporting mechanisms, too, marks a substantial step forward.
Too many have embraced climate defeatism, resigning themselves to the fatalistic view that nothing can be done. Others have written off the U.N. process entirely, believing it is an impediment to transformational change. Neither approach is productive. Instead, parties should make the most of the upcoming talks — starting by following through on the Glasgow vow to scale up national climate pledges.
The world might have missed its chance to stay under 1.5 degrees. But every tenth of a degree prevented represents substantially less misery; 2.8 degrees would be better than what would have happened without the Paris conference, and 2.4 degrees would be better than 2.8. The war to keep the planet inhabitable is still worth waging. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/29/egypt-climate-conference-emissions-warming/ | 2022-10-29 11:31:33 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/29/egypt-climate-conference-emissions-warming/ |
Montana governor under fire for vacationing during flood
As punishing floods tore through Yellowstone National Park and neighboring Montana communities, the state's governor was nowhere to be seen.
In the immediate aftermath, the state issued a disaster declaration attributed to the Republican governor, but for some reason it carried the lieutenant governor's signature.
It wasn't until Wednesday — more than 48 hours after the flood hit the state — that Gov. Greg Gianforte's office acknowledged he was out of the country, though it wouldn't say exactly where he was, citing unspecified security concerns.
Gianforte finally returned on Thursday night from what his office said was a vacation with his wife in Italy. But he found himself facing a torrent of criticism for not hurrying home sooner and for not telling the public his whereabouts during the emergency.
"In a moment of unprecedented disaster and economic uncertainty, Gianforte purposefully kept Montanans in the dark about where he was and who was actually in charge," said Sheila Hogan, executive director of the Montana Democratic Party.
Gianforte, 61, is a tech mogul elected governor two years ago. He made headlines when he body-slammed a reporter the day before winning a seat in Congress in a 2017 special election. He initially misled investigators about the attack but eventually pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault.
While Gianforte was away, Montana's lieutenant governor served as acting governor. And in Gianforte's defense, his office said he was briefed regularly about the flooding, which caused widespread damage to small communities in the southern part of the state and had threatened to cut off fresh water to Billings, the state's largest city.
But Gianforte's critics seized on the moment and started the mocking social media hashtag #WhereIsGreg. Montanans and others also made wisecracks about Gianforte and the Appalachian Trail — a reference to former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, who disappeared in 2009 and had his staff tell reporters he was hiking the Appalachian Trail while he was actually having a tryst with his lover in Argentina.
"Truthfully, it speaks for itself. It just does," Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester of Montana said as he toured flood damage in Red Lodge on Friday. "When you're in public service, there are things that take precedent, and this is pretty important."
Gianforte finally toured the flood zone Friday but didn't address his absence. He instead encouraged visitors to still come to the Yellowstone region.
"Here's a very simple message for people that have planned trips to Yellowstone Park: We're open. You've got to come. There's so much to do in Montana," he said. "The vitality of our communities depend on it, and your families need what we have in Montana."
The floods washed away roads, bridges and houses and closed all of Yellowstone, threatening some of the communities on the park's outskirts that depend heavily on tourists visiting one of America's most beloved natural attractions.
Yellowstone officials said they could reopen the southern end of the park as soon as next week, offering visitors a chance to see Old Faithful and other attractions. But the northern entrances in Montana, which lead to the wildlife-rich Lamar Valley and Tower Fall, could be closed all summer, if not longer.
Scott Miller, a commissioner in Carbon County, where flooding heavily damaged the town of Red Lodge and other areas, said Friday that he had been able to contact the governor by phone when he needed to and that the state did not neglect any duties.
"The fact that the governor has been on vacation — there's been no hiccups," Miller said. "That's why you have people in your cabinet."
In Red Lodge, Tester hesitated to criticize the governor, acknowledging he was in Washington this week working on a bill for veterans.
"Some could say, 'Jon, why didn't you come back Tuesday or Wednesday?'" Tester said. "These are hard situations. I don't know what his circumstances were. ... I've got a decent working relationship with the governor and want to continue that."
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Hanson reported from Helena, Montana. Associated Press journalists Brian Melley in Los Angeles, Mead Gruver in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Lindsay Whitehurst in Salt Lake City contributed to this report. | https://www.wtae.com/article/montana-governor-under-fire-vacationing-flood/40326085 | 2022-06-18 01:31:52 | 0 | https://www.wtae.com/article/montana-governor-under-fire-vacationing-flood/40326085 |
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Clifford Omoruyi had 22 points, 15 rebounds and three blocks to help Rutgers beat UMass Lowell 73-65 on Saturday.
Omoruyi scored seven of Rutgers' final 11 points of the first half to build a 34-21 halftime advantage. He had 15 points and nine rebounds at the break.
UMass Lowell trailed by 18 points early in the second half but got within six points with 2:02 remaining. The River Hawks didn't score again until there were 13 seconds left, and Rutgers made six free throws down the stretch to seal it.
Derek Simpson made 10 of 10 free throws and finished with 16 points for Rutgers (3-0). Cam Spencer scored 15 points and Aundre Hyatt added 12.
Abdoul Karim Coulibaly had 18 points and eight rebounds, and Max Brooks had 17 points and 12 rebounds for UMass Lowell (2-1).
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‘I’ll gut you right here’: Man charged with threatening Little League umpire with knife
LOGAN, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia man has been charged with threatening a Little League baseball umpire with a knife and telling him, “I’ll gut you right here.”
Franklin Darby was charged with brandishing a deadly weapon and assault on an athletic official following Monday’s altercation in Logan County, according to a criminal complaint.
Logan County Sheriff’s Sgt. Nick Booth wrote in the magistrate court complaint that Darby, 62, of Whitman, was heckling the umpire during the game when the umpire removed his equipment and left the field. Darby followed the umpire while screaming and cursing at him.
Darby then pulled out the knife but fled the scene before police arrived, the complaint said.
It wasn’t immediately known whether Darby has an attorney who could comment on the charges on his behalf.
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Souley Boum scored 23 points, Jack Nunge added 17 points and 14 rebounds, and Xavier defeated West Virginia 84-74 in the Big East-Big 12 Battle on Saturday night.
Boum, coming off an all-tournament performance at the Phil Knight Legacy, added seven assists and four rebounds. He attempted only eight shots but made 11 of 14 free throws.
After trailing 43-36 at halftime, Xavier made a push early in the second half and took a 56-55 lead on a jumper by Nunge with 12:53 remaining. The largest lead over the next nine minutes was three points by each team and Xavier led 73-72 at the 4-minute media timeout.
Boum, who had been fouled by Joe Toussaint while shooting a 3-pointer prior to the timeout, made three free throws for a four-point Xavier lead. The free throws began a stretch in which Boum scored nine of Xavier's next 10 points and the Musketeers won going away.
Colby Jones added 14 points and Adam Kunkel scored 11 for Xavier (6-3).
Erik Stevenson scored 16 points, Emmitt Matthews Jr. and Jimmy Bell Jr. had 11 points each for the Mountaineers (6-2). Toussaint had nine points, four rebounds and four assists.
Xavier improved to 4-0 in Big East-Big 12 Battle games, having previously defeated Oklahoma State (2021), Oklahoma (2020) and TCU (2019).
Coming in, both teams had only lost to teams still ranked in this week's Associated Press Top 25. West Virginia’s loss was to No. 5 Purdue. Xavier was defeated by No. 10 Indiana, No. 14 Gonzaga and No. 17 Duke.
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PITTSBURGH, Dec. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I invented the OOGIE ARMOR to help both myself and my wife with our new baby," said an inventor from Reno, Nev., "and to provide individuals with more support with the challenges that come with becoming a new parent."
The patent-pending invention protects a caregiver's clothes as they are holding, feeding, or burping an infant and can be used as a privacy cover by breastfeeding moms. It would not fall off when bending over or shift out of position as the baby is repositioned (from shoulder to shoulder or from breast to breast, for example) and the caregiver would be free to use both hands to fully support the child. This could save time spent laundering soiled clothing, as well as on money spent on expensive dry-cleaning bills. The cover is convenient, easy to use, comfortable and secure and the inventor has created a prototype.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-MHO-213, 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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Ohio father planned killings of 3 young sons, lined them up to shoot them, prosecutors say
Monroe Township, Ohio – An Ohio man accused of fatally shooting his three young sons admitted to planning the killings and lined them up before executing them with a rifle, prosecutors said Friday.
Chad Doerman, 32, who is also accused of wounding the boys' mother at the family’s home, has been charged with aggravated murder, authorities said. His bail has been set at $20 million and he was being held in Clermont County Jail.
Deputies responded to the home in Monroe Township shortly before 4:30 p.m. Thursday after receiving a pair of 911 calls, one apparently from the mother who was screaming that “her babies had been shot” and another from a passing motorist who said a girl was running down the street saying her father was killing people, a news release from the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office said.
The deputies found three boys, ages 3, 4 and 7, outside the home with gunshot wounds and tried to save their lives, but the children died at the scene. Their names have not been released.
The sheriff's office said the 34-year-old mother, who was not identified, was outside the home and had suffered a gunshot to the hand. She was transported to a hospital with injuries that did not appear to be life-threatening.
Doerman was found sitting on a stoop at the home and was taken into custody without incident. He was arraigned on three counts of aggravated murder Friday, when a Clermont County prosecutor said in court that Doerman had admitted lining the boys up in the yard and shooting them.
Officials have not released a motive behind the shootings.
Neighbors in Monroe Township, which is about 75 miles (120 kilometers) west of Columbus, reported hearing several shots fired in what they said is usually a quiet, calm neighborhood.
“I was sitting in the garage, and all of a sudden, I hear ‘boom, boom’ and like five more, and I was like, ‘That’s seven shots,’” Alexis Spoonamore told WLWT-TV in Cincinnati. “I’m shaking. It was a lot. It was bad.” | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2023/06/16/father-charged-with-aggravated-murder-in-shooting-deaths-of-3-young-sons-at-ohio-home/70329481007/ | 2023-06-16 16:28:28 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2023/06/16/father-charged-with-aggravated-murder-in-shooting-deaths-of-3-young-sons-at-ohio-home/70329481007/ |
MULBERRY, Fla. (WFLA) — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said it found a newborn baby left on a small hill in Mulberry, Florida, early Saturday morning.
Deputies found the baby at around 1:47 a.m. near the Regal Loop Mobile Home Park after someone said they heard a baby crying outside. At the time, the temperature was in the low 50s.
According to the sheriff’s office, the baby was wrapped in a blanket with the placenta attached to her body.
Medics with Polk County Fire Rescue said they believe the girl was born about an hour before deputies found her, based on her body temperature.
Rescue personnel took the newborn to a local hospital, where she is said to be in good health.
The sheriff’s office said it deployed its K-9 unit, aviation unit, a drone and a bloodhound to find the child’s mother, but they have yet to locate her.
“It was by the Grace of God that we found the abandoned baby girl when we did, before exposure to the cold or any animals caused her any harm,” Sheriff Grady Judd said. “She was left in an extremely vulnerable condition, but she’s a strong little girl, and it looks like she’s doing great.”
Mothers in Florida have protections to give up their newborn children safely without fear of prosecution thanks to the Saven Haven Law of 2000. Parents can leave an unharmed baby at any Safe Haven, typically hospitals or a properly staffed EMS or fire station.
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BOSTON and ATLANTA, March 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Inhibikase Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: IKT) ("Inhibikase" or "Company"), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing protein kinase inhibitor therapeutics to modify the course of Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's-related disorders and other diseases of the Abelson Tyrosine Kinases, today announced that Milton Werner, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Inhibikase, will present at the International Conference on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases and related neurological disorders (AD/PD™), being held in Gothenburg, Sweden, and virtually, from March 28-April 1, 2023.
Presentation Details:
Presentation Title: Clinical Status of IKT-148009, A Potential Disease-Modifying Therapeutics for Parkinson's and Related Disorders
Session: Advances in PD and LBD Diagnosis and Drug Development
Date & Time: Saturday, April 1, 2023, 4:30pm CET / 10:30am ET
The presentation will detail the critical role of c-Abl in initiating and driving progression of neurodegeneration, as well as the potential of IkT-148009 as a disease-modifying therapy to halt disease progression and lead to functional recovery of motor and non-motor function in the brain and GI tract. Dr. Werner will highlight therapeutic evaluation of efficacy for IkT-148009 in animal models as well as review safety and tolerability data from the Company's Phase 1/1b study. Further, Dr. Werner will review the Company's development strategy for its ongoing Phase 2a '201' trial.
About Inhibikase (www.inhibikase.com)
Inhibikase Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: IKT) is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for Parkinson's disease and related disorders. Inhibikase's multi-therapeutic pipeline focuses on neurodegeneration and its lead program IkT-148009, an Abelson Tyrosine Kinase (c-Abl) inhibitor, targets the treatment of Parkinson's disease inside and outside the brain as well as other diseases that arise from Ableson Tyrosine Kinases. Its multi-therapeutic pipeline is pursuing Parkinson's-related disorders of the brain and GI tract, orphan indications related to Parkinson's disease such as Multiple System Atrophy, and drug delivery technologies for kinase inhibitors such as IkT-001Pro, a prodrug of the anticancer agent imatinib mesylate that the Company believes will provide a better patient experience with fewer on-dosing side-effects. The Company's RAMP™ medicinal chemistry program has identified a number of follow-on compounds to IkT-148009 to be potentially applied to other cognitive and motor function diseases of the brain. Inhibikase is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia with offices in Boston, Massachusetts.
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- Higher Wattage: Charges virtually any USB-C powered device
- Designed for Multi-tasking: Dynamically redistributes power from plug to plug based on each product's needs (saving on average one hour of charging time)
- More Sustainable: Saves electricity consumption with every charge
- Multiple Device Options: High-speed GaNPrime will be available in wall chargers, power banks and power strips
BELLEVUE, Wash., July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Anker, the world's #1 mobile charging brand (1), today unveiled its new generation of Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology, GaNPrime. Combining the latest in GaN technology with Anker's own proprietary features, GaNPrime allows for a safer, faster and more sustainable charging experience.
"GaNPrime represents a new era in charging," said Steven Yang, CEO of Anker Innovations. "In addition to delivering a faster and safer charging experience, our new GaNPrime chargers offer significant savings in energy consumption, reinforcing Anker's commitment to a more sustainable future."
GaN, or Gallium Nitride, is a compound found in modern satellites and radars. In 2018, Anker pioneered the application of this material in charging devices to develop smaller, lighter chargers. GaNPrime features the latest in GaN technology adding to it:
- Green tech: Through Anker's innovative application of GaN technology, GaNPrime chargers are smaller and conserve less energy compared to silicone-based chargers (2)
- PowerIQ™ 4.0: When charging multiple devices at once, PowerIQ 4.0 intelligently detects the power needs of each connected device, automatically adjusting power distribution to reduce overall charging time by up to one hour.
- ActiveShield™ 2.0: Intelligently monitors temperature and adjusts power output to prevent overheating and safeguard connected devices. Compared to previous generations, ActiveShield 2.0 has an increased temperature detection frequency of 76%.
- Compact Architecture Design: Featuring Anker's proprietary mini-transformer technology, GaNPrime products are up to 53% smaller compared to silicon laptop chargers, and thanks to its increased power output, a single GaNPrime device can easily charge up to four or even six devices at the same time, depending on the charger. It is the perfect companion for those on the go.
The benefits of GaNPrime don't end with device charging. Perhaps the most exciting benefit of GaNPrime is its increased power efficiency. With each charge, consumers save on average more than 7% in energy consumption compared to legacy silicon chargers. To put it in context, if everyone in the United States used the 150W GaNPrime charger for a year, we could save up to 796 million kilowatt-hours. That would be enough energy to power the entire state of Hawaii for one month.
Additionally, as one of the first consumer technology leaders to advocate for the universal adoption of USB-C, Anker is committed to designing products that are compatible with a vast range of devices. Because a single GaNPrime charger and USB-C cable can be used to power over 1,000 different mobile devices, this eliminates the need to own multiple chargers and substantially reduces the amount of e-waste created by older or proprietary device chargers.
Availability and pricing of the GaNPrime lineup is listed below. Most products will be available for purchase as of today on Amazon.com or Anker.com, however certain products, noted below in italics, will be available later in Q3.
- 735 Charger (65W), $59.99: Available today on both Amazon.com and Anker.com
- 615 Power Strip, $69.99: Available today on both Amazon.com and Anker.com
- 727 Charging Station, $94.99: Available today on both Amazon.com and Anker.com
- 737 Charger (120W), $94.99: Available today on Anker.com. The 737 charger will also be available for PRE-ORDER on Amazon.com and begin shipping in late Q3.
- 733 Power Bank, $99.99: Anker.com. The 733 will also be available for PRE-ORDER on Amazon.com and begin shipping in late Q3.
- 747 Charger (150W), $109.99: The 747 will be available for PRE-ORDER on Amazon.com, Anker.com and begin shipping in late Q3.
For more information, please refer to the online press kit at https://bit.ly/GaNPrime_PressKit.
Anker is the world's No. 1 mobile charging brand and a developer of charging technologies for the home, car, and on the go. Anker kick-started the GaN (Gallium Nitride) revolution in 2018 by introducing the first commercially available GaN-powered fast charger. Today, Anker has continued to innovate in the charging space by introducing new charging accessories for virtually all mobile devices. This includes wall plugs, solar and wireless chargers, car chargers, power banks, and high-capacity portable power stations. Find out more about Anker at www.anker.com.
Anker Innovations is a global leader in charging technology and a developer of unique, consumer electronic products that support premium audio, mobile entertainment, and the emerging smart home space. This innovation is being led by its six key brands: Anker, AnkerWork, eufy, Nebula, Soundcore and AnkerMake. More information on Anker Innovations and its various brands can be found at anker.com.
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(1) Data source: Euromonitor International (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., measured in terms of retail sales value in 2020, based on research conducted in 11-2021. Brands are defined as mobile charging brands if more than 75% of their retail sales are contributed by mobile phone charging products. Mobile phone charging products include chargers, wireless chargers, power banks, and charging cables, and these accessories can also be used for other consumer electronics devices.
(2) Based on lab tests, Anker found that the new GanPrime chargers reduced energy loss (in the AC to DC circuit), on average, by 7.2% versus traditional silicon-based chargers.
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Elon Musk has taken control of Twitter after a protracted legal battle and months of uncertainty. The question now is what the billionaire Tesla CEO will actually do with the social media platform.
Musk ousted three top Twitter executives on Thursday, according to two people familiar with the deal who said he was in charge. Such a shakeup was widely expected, but Musk has otherwise made contradictory statements about his vision for the company — and shared few concrete plans for how he will run it.
The people wouldn’t say if all the paperwork for the deal, originally valued at $44 billion, had been signed or if the deal had closed. A Delaware judge had ordered that the deal be finalized by Friday.
Late Thursday, Musk tweeted, “the bird has been freed,” a reference to Twitter’s logo.
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Twitter's users, advertisers and employees are parsing Musk's every move in an effort to guess where he might take the company — but the mercurial tech executive has not made the job easy.
He has criticized Twitter's dependence on advertisers, but made a statement Thursday that seemed aimed at soothing their fears. He has complained about restrictions on speech on the platform — but then vowed he wouldn't let it become a "hellscape.” And for months it wasn't even clear if he wanted to control the company at all.
After Musk signed a deal to acquire Twitter in April, he tried to back out of it, leading the company to sue him to force him to go through with the acquisition.
Friday’s deadline to close the deal was ordered by the Delaware Chancery Court in early October. The New York Stock Exchange notified investors that it will suspend trading in shares of Twitter before the opening bell Friday in anticipation of the company going private under Musk.
Musk has been signaling more recently that the deal is going through. He strolled into the company’s San Francisco headquarters Wednesday carrying a porcelain sink, changed his Twitter profile to “Chief Twit,” and tweeted “Entering Twitter HQ — let that sink in!”
The people familiar with the deal said Musk has fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal and Chief Legal Counsel Vijaya Gadde. Both people insisted on anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the deal.
Musk privately clashed with Agrawal in April, immediately before deciding to make a bid for the company, according to text messages later revealed in court filings.
Around the same time, he publicly criticized Gadde, the company's top lawyer, in a series of tweets. A wave of harassment of Gadde from other Twitter accounts followed, including racist and misogynistic attacks, in addition to calls for Musk to get rid of her. After she was fired, the harassment on the platform began again.
In his first big move earlier on Thursday, Musk said that he is buying the platform to help humanity and doesn’t want it to become a “free-for-all hellscape.”
The message appeared to be aimed at addressing concerns among advertisers — Twitter’s chief source of revenue — that Musk’s plans to promote free speech by cutting back on moderating content will open the floodgates to more online toxicity and drive away users.
“The reason I acquired Twitter is because it is important to the future of civilization to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner, without resorting to violence,” Musk wrote in an uncharacteristically long message for the Tesla CEO, who typically projects his thoughts in one-line tweets.
He continued: “There is currently great danger that social media will splinter into far right wing and far left wing echo chambers that generate more hate and divide our society.”
Musk has previously expressed distaste for advertising and Twitter’s dependence on it, suggesting more emphasis on other business models such as paid subscriptions that won’t allow big corporations to dictate policy on how social media operates. But on Thursday, he assured advertisers he wants Twitter to be “the most respected advertising platform in the world.”
The note is a shift from Musk's position that Twitter is unfairly infringing on free speech rights by blocking misinformation or graphic content, said Pinar Yildirim, associate professor of marketing at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.
But it’s also a realization that having no content moderation is bad for business, putting Twitter at risk of losing advertisers and subscribers, she said.
“You do not want a place where consumers just simply are bombarded with things they do not want to hear about, and the platform takes no responsibility,” Yildirim said.
As concerns rise about the direction of Twitter’s content moderation, European Union Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton tweeted to Musk on Friday that “In Europe, the bird will fly by our rules.”
Breton and Musk met in May and appeared in a video together in which Musk said he agreed with the 27-nation bloc’s strict new online regulations. Its Digital Services Act threatens big tech companies with billions in fines if they don’t police their platforms more strictly for illegal or harmful content such as hate speech and disinformation.
Musk is expected to speak to Twitter employees directly Friday if the deal is finalized, according to an internal memo cited in several media outlets. There is internal confusion and low morale tied to fears of layoffs or a dismantling of the company's culture and operations.
The Washington Post reported last week that Musk told prospective investors that he plans to cut three quarters of Twitter’s 7,500 workers when he becomes owner of the company. The newspaper cited documents and unnamed sources familiar with the deliberation.
Musk has spent months deriding Twitter's “spam bots" and making sometimes conflicting pronouncements about Twitter's problems and how to fix them.
Thursday's note to advertisers shows a newfound emphasis on advertising revenue, especially a need for Twitter to provide more “relevant ads” — which typically means targeted ads that rely on collecting and analyzing users' personal information.
Yildirim said that, unlike Facebook, Twitter has not been good at targeting advertising to what users want to see. Musk’s message suggests he wants to fix that, she said.
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HONOLULU (AP) — Lauren Wright continues to be leery of the water coming out of the taps in her family's U.S. Navy home in Hawaii, saying she doesn't trust that it's safe.
Wright, her sailor husband and their three children ages 8 to 17 were among the thousands of people who were sickened late last year after fuel from military storage tanks leaked into Pearl Harbor’s tap water.
The family has returned to their military housing after spending months in Honolulu hotels, but they continue taking safety measures including taking short, five-minute showers. They don’t drink their tap water or cook with it.
A Navy investigation released Thursday blamed the fuel leak and the water crisis that followed on shoddy management and human error. Some Hawaii residents, including Native Hawaiians, officials and military families said the report doesn't help restore trust in the Navy.
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“I was at least hoping for some sort of remorse for the families and everybody involved in this," Wright said.
She said the ordeal has changed her view on the military from a decade ago when her husband first joined.
“I was the proud Navy spouse, you know, stickers and T-shirts,” she said. “I feel like the Navy has failed at what they promised every service member. They failed at a lot of things. And I’m not so proud.”
It's difficult to trust the Navy partly because Hawaii residents and officials for years have questioned the safety of the giant fuel storage tanks that have sat above an important aquifer since World War II, said Kamanamaikalani Beamer, a former trustee of the Commission on Water Resource Management.
“Releasing a report saying that they were lying to us is not a step towards building trust,” he said. “De-fueling and getting the tanks out permanently, setting aside funds to remediate the water systems all across Oahu and replant our forests — when I see steps like that happening — that's a tangible step toward rebuilding trust.”
Some Native Hawaiians said the report only deepened a distrust in the military that dates to at least 1893, when a group of American businessmen, with support from U.S. Marines, overthrew the Hawaiian kingdom. More recently, Native Hawaiians fought to stop target practice bombing on the island of Kahoolawe and at Makua Valley in west Oahu.
“There's no proof I should have faith in them,” said Kalehua Krug, with Ka’ohewai, a cultural organization advocating for a clean aquifer for Oahu. “They’ve done nothing but lie for generations.”
Navy officials have said previously they have a lot of work ahead to gain the trust of communities across the island, and in particular Native Hawaiians.
The investigation report released Thursday listed a cascading series of mistakes from May 6, 2021, when operator error caused a pipe to rupture and 21,000 gallons (80,000 liters) of fuel to spill when it was being transferred between tanks. Most of the fuel spilled into a fire suppression line and sat there for six months, causing the line to sag. A cart rammed into this sagging line on Nov. 20, releasing 20,000 gallons (75,700 liters) of fuel.
The report said officials defaulted to assuming the best about what was happening when the spills occurred, instead of assuming the worst, and this contributed to their overlooking the severity of situation.
The spill contaminated the Navy’s water system. Fuel didn’t get into the Honolulu municipal water supply. But concerns the oil might migrate through the aquifer and get into the city’s wells prompted the Honolulu Board of Water Supply in December to shut down a key well serving some 400,000 people. The agency has been asking residents to conserve water because of this and unusually dry weather.
The tanks continue to pose a threat to Oahu's drinking water while they hold fuel, said Ernest Lau, manager and chief engineer of the water utility.
The report saying it will take more than two years to drain the facility is concerning, Lau said Friday.
“The fact that they built this massive facility in three years, so can’t they find a way to do all the necessary work in less than two and a half years ... I think it can be done," he said, urging the Navy to look at shortening the timeline.
Kristina Baehr, an attorney who represents more than 100 military and civilian families who lodged claims against the Navy, said it was especially troubling to read in the report how pervasive the errors were.
“This is a national security issue,” she said, noting many of her clients were still experiencing the effects of the tainted water. “And our families and military communities cannot be mission-ready if the government has made them sick.”
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BOSTON, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HotSpot Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company pioneering the discovery and development of small molecule allosteric therapies for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases, today announced the appointment of Paul Thibodeau, Ph.D., as Chief Business Officer. Dr. Thibodeau brings nearly 20 years of business development experience in the biopharmaceutical industry.
"We are very pleased to welcome Paul to HotSpot as Chief Business Officer," said Jonathan Montagu, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of HotSpot Therapeutics. "Paul's significant industry experience and proven track record in biopharmaceutical business development will be critical as we advance our oncology and autoimmune programs and expand our pipeline through partnerships enabled by our Smart Allostery™ platform."
Dr. Thibodeau joins HotSpot from Novartis, where he held numerous business development positions, most recently leading M&A transactions across all of Novartis' therapeutic areas, where he was responsible for deal sourcing, evaluation, and execution of acquisitions and divestments. Prior to joining Novartis in 2016, he served as Senior Director of Global Business Development at Teva Cephalon, heading up all out-licensing and discovery deals for its specialty pipeline. Previously, he held numerous business development positions with increasing responsibilities at Sanofi Genzyme across its oncology, transplant and multiple sclerosis franchises. Dr. Thibodeau was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institut national scientifique et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) in Paris, France. Dr. Thibodeau received his Ph.D. in Cell Biology and Radiobiology from the Université de Sherbrooke in Quebec, Canada, and his B.S. in Biology and Biochemistry from the Université de Moncton in New Brunswick, Canada. He also completed a MBA at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
"I am thrilled to join HotSpot's driven and innovative team at this important juncture for the Company," said Dr. Thibodeau. "I look forward to collaborating with the team as they seek to bring forward novel therapies for patients with significant unmet need."
About HotSpot Therapeutics, Inc.
HotSpot Therapeutics, Inc. is targeting naturally occurring pockets on certain proteins that it refers to as "natural hotspots" that are decisive in controlling cellular protein function. Largely unexploited by industry, these pockets have significant potential for drug discovery and provide for the systematic design of highly potent and selective small molecules that exhibit novel pharmacology. The company's proprietary Smart Allostery™ platform utilizes computational approaches and AI-driven data mining of large and highly diverse data sets to identify natural hotspots, integrated with a tailored pharmacology toolkit and bespoke chemistry which the company believes will enable rapid delivery of superior hotspot-targeted small molecules. HotSpot has established a pipeline of differentiated allosteric small molecules for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. To learn more, visit www.hotspotthera.com.
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Joey Votto Player Prop Bets: Reds vs. Braves - June 25
Published: Jun. 25, 2023 at 10:25 AM EDT|Updated: 55 minutes ago
After going 1-for-4 in his last game, Joey Votto and the Cincinnati Reds face the Atlanta Braves (who will start Charlie Morton) at 1:40 PM ET on Sunday.
In his last game he had a one-hit showing (1-for-4) against the Braves.
Joey Votto Game Info & Props vs. the Braves
- Game Day: Sunday, June 25, 2023
- Game Time: 1:40 PM ET
- Stadium: Great American Ball Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Braves Starter: Charlie Morton
- TV Channel: BSOH
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -167)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +290)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +150)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +105)
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Joey Votto At The Plate (2022)
- Votto hit .205 with 18 doubles, a triple, 11 home runs and 44 walks.
- Votto had a hit in 52 of 91 games a year ago, with multiple hits in 13 of those games.
- He homered in 12.1% of his games last year (11 of 91), and 2.9% of his trips to the dish.
- Votto picked up an RBI in 27 of 91 games last season (29.7%), including nine occasions when he drove in multiple runs (9.9%). He had three or more RBIs in five games.
- He scored a run in 28.6% of his 91 games last season, with two or more runs in 5.5% of those games (five).
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Braves Pitching Rankings (2022)
- The Braves pitching staff was second in MLB last season with a collective 9.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Braves had the fifth-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.45).
- Braves pitchers combined to surrender 148 home runs (0.9 per game), the fourth-fewest in the big leagues.
- Morton makes the start for the Braves, his 15th of the season. He is 6-6 with a 3.71 ERA and 93 strikeouts in 80 2/3 innings pitched.
- His last appearance was on Sunday against the Colorado Rockies, when the righty tossed five innings, surrendering three earned runs while giving up five hits.
- The 39-year-old's 3.71 ERA ranks 34th, 1.450 WHIP ranks 62nd, and 10.5 K/9 ranks ninth among qualifying pitchers this season.
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PHOENIX (AP)The Milwaukee Brewers assigned infielder Keston Hiura outright to their Triple-A affiliate in Nashville on Tuesday after he cleared waivers.
The move means Hiura will remain with the Brewers organization after they had designated him for assignment.
Hiura, 26, had an outstanding rookie season in 2019 but hasn’t been able to recapture that form. He batted .226 with 14 homers and 32 RBIs in 80 games last season and struck out in 111 of his 266 plate appearances.
He has a .238 career batting average with a .318 on-base percentage, 50 homers and 132 RBIs in 284 games. His best season was that rookie year of 2019, when he hit .303 with 19 homers and 49 RBIs in 84 games while posting a .938 OPS.
Hiura began his career as a second baseman but primarily has played first base since 2021. He also played five games in left field last season. —
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Brand Launches New Lineup of Bold Flavors: Rosemary and Sea Salt, Cinnamon Brown Sugar and Dill Pickle, Already Proving to be Fan Favorites
AUSTIN, Minn., May 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Just in time for summer, the makers of the Planters® snack nuts brand are introducing a trio of ingenious twists on an American classic. Now available in select retail stores nationwide are three new flavors of Planters® world-famous cashews, each as delicious as the next.
"We couldn't be more thrilled to bring these craveworthy options to life," said Zeeshan Tarique, Planters® senior brand manager. "Consumers are looking for bold flavor options to complement the snacks they already love, and Planters is here to answer that call. Get ready to satisfy your cashew cravings like never before!"
The Planters® brand consulted with multiple sources in determining its new panel of exciting flavors, including input from both consumers and industry experts. These three new flavor variations enhance the already dynamic Planters® snack nuts portfolio:
- NEW PLANTERS® Cinnamon Brown Sugar Cashews: These delectable treats merge the classic sweetness of cinnamon and brown sugar with the salty, crunchy precision of our roasted cashews, a can't-miss combination.
- NEW PLANTERS® Dill Pickle Cashews: Pickle lovers, rejoice! These mouthwatering morsels spotlight the savory essence of dill pickles, another perfect flavor pairing for an already-beloved snack.
- NEW PLANTERS® Rosemary and Sea Salt Cashews: This flavor blends the taste and aroma of rosemary with the sharp, satisfying bite of sea salt, a perfectly balanced snack sure to please the senses.
"This new cashew line is a game-changer for snackers everywhere. Our unique packaging captures the essence of each flavor, making it easy for consumers to grab their favorite variety," Tarique said. "Starting in July, we're supporting these exciting new products with significant marketing efforts to bring the craveworthy experience to life. Get ready to discover the delicious world of Planters® latest offerings!"
New Planters® cashew flavors each contain 4 grams of plant-based protein to help curb your hunger and keep you going between meals. They are sold in convenient 5-ounce bags.
For more information on the Planters® brand, including nutritional information and where to buy, visit www.planters.com. Be sure to also follow Mr. Peanut® on Facebook, TikTok, Twitter and Instagram.
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Seasonal flu activity continues to decline across much of the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Most states were experiencing “minimal” or “low” flu activity in the past week, according to the latest data published by the CDC on Friday. Only New Mexico and Oklahoma saw “high” or “very high” levels of influenza.
The number and weekly rate of flu hospital admissions decreased compared to the previous week, CDC said. Hospitals reported 2,671 influenza hospitalizations to the Department of Health and Human Services during the week ending Jan. 28, compared to 4,028 reported the week prior.
Only 2 percent of cases tested by clinical labs were positive, CDC said, and 2.6 percent of everyone who visited a health care provider last week had respiratory virus symptoms, including fever plus a cough or sore throat.
This has remained stable compared to what was reported last week, and remains just above the national baseline of 2.5 percent.
The weeks immediately after the holidays saw a high level of activity, as both flu and RSV hit much earlier than in years past. But the continued downward trend shows the season appears to have peaked for now, and the “tripledemic” of COVID-19, flu and RSV was not as bad as many feared.
This week, the percentage of hospital visits for respiratory illness decreased in the 50-64 year age range, as well as among people 65 and older. The numbers remained stable for all other age groups CDC tracks.
The vaccination rate for adults through the end of January is just under 46 percent, but still higher than this point last season. Children between the ages of 6 months and 4 years are the highest vaccinated group at about 61 percent, but all age groups are either at the same rate or higher compared to last year.
Six influenza-associated pediatric deaths were reported this week, for a total of 97 pediatric flu deaths reported so far this season. There have been at least 25 million illnesses, 280,000 hospitalizations and 17,000 deaths from flu so far this season.
For comparison, an average of more than 3,000 people still die every week from COVID-19. | https://www.wowktv.com/hill-politics/flu-levels-fall-further-across-the-country-cdc/ | 2023-02-04 00:41:23 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/hill-politics/flu-levels-fall-further-across-the-country-cdc/ |
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s newly elected president — the third since the Himalayan nation abolished its centuries-old monarchy in 2008 and became a republic — took the oath of office Monday in Kathmandu.
Ram Chandra Poudel was elected Thursday by members of the Federal Parliament and provincial assemblies. Top officials, diplomats and Parliament members lined up to congratulate the new president at the ceremony where the military band played national songs and gave him a salute.
Outgoing President Bidhya Devi Bhandari, having completed the maximum completed two terms in office, passed the position on immediately after the swearing-in ceremony.
The president is largely a figurehead with little political power. But the election triggered a feud among partners in the governing alliance headed by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who took office in December after a hung parliament left a fragile coalition government.
Dahal backed Poudel, who is also now the supreme commander of the Nepalese army, angering his main coalition partner, the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist), which backed Subash Chandra Nembang, its own candidate.
The party has since pulled out of the coalition, threatening Dahal’s control.
Dahal has since lost the support of three key political parties that were part of his initial coalition government, and must seek a vote of confidence in parliament later in March to continue in power.
There was no clear explanation of why Dahal decided to back the opposition candidate and endanger his alliance, but struggles for power among the main political parties are common. The country has had eight different governments in the past 10 years. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/politics/article/nepal-s-newly-elected-president-takes-oath-of-17835854.php | 2023-03-13 11:08:55 | 1 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/politics/article/nepal-s-newly-elected-president-takes-oath-of-17835854.php |
If your image of nuclear power is giant, cylindrical concrete cooling towers pouring out steam on a site that takes up hundreds of acres of land, soon there will be an alternative: tiny nuclear reactors that produce only one-hundredth the electricity and can even be delivered on a truck.
Small but meaningful amounts of electricity — nearly enough to run a small campus, a hospital or a military complex, for example — will pulse from a new generation of micronuclear reactors. Now, some universities are taking interest.
“What we see is these advanced reactor technologies having a real future in decarbonizing the energy landscape in the U.S. and around the world,” said Caleb Brooks, a nuclear engineering professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
The tiny reactors carry some of the same challenges as large-scale nuclear, such as how to dispose of radioactive waste and how to make sure they are secure. Supporters say those issues can be managed and the benefits outweigh any risks.
Universities are interested in the technology not just to power their buildings but to see how far it can go in replacing the coal and gas-fired energy that causes climate change. The University of Illinois hopes to advance the technology as part of a clean energy future, Brooks said. The school plans to apply for a construction permit for a high-temperature, gas-cooled reactor developed by the Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation, and aims to start operating it by early 2028. Brooks is the project lead.
Microreactors will be “transformative” because they can be built in factories and hooked up on site in a plug-and-play way, said Jacopo Buongiorno, professor of nuclear science and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Buongiorno studies the role of nuclear energy in a clean energy world.
“That’s what we want to see, nuclear energy on demand as a product, not as a big mega project,” he said.
Both Buongiorno and Marc Nichol, senior director for new reactors at the Nuclear Energy Institute, view the interest by schools as the start of a trend.
Last year, Penn State University signed a memorandum of understanding with Westinghouse to collaborate on microreactor technology. Mike Shaqqo, the company’s senior vice president for advanced reactor programs, said universities are going to be “one of our key early adopters for this technology.”
Penn State wants to prove the technology so that Appalachian industries, such as steel and cement manufacturers, may be able to use it, said Professor Jean Paul Allain, head of the nuclear engineering department. Those two industries tend to burn dirty fuels and have very high emissions. Using a microreactor also could be one of several options to help the university use less natural gas and achieve its long-term carbon emissions goals, he said.
“I do feel that microreactors can be a game-changer and revolutionize the way we think about energy,” Allain said.
For Allain, microreactors can complement renewable energy by providing a large amount of power without taking up much land. A 10-megawatt microreactor could go on less than an acre, whereas windmills or a solar farm would need far more space to produce 10 megawatts, he added. The goal is to have one at Penn State by the end of the decade.
Purdue University in Indiana is working with Duke Energy on the feasibility of using advanced nuclear energy to meet its long-term energy needs.
Nuclear reactors that are used for research are nothing new on campus. About two dozen U.S. universities have them. But using them as an energy source is new.
Back at the University of Illinois, Brooks explains the microreactor would generate heat to make steam. While the excess heat from burning coal and gas to make electricity is often wasted, Brooks sees the steam production from the nuclear microreactor as a plus, because it’s a carbon-free way to deliver steam through the campus district heating system to radiators in buildings, a common heating method for large facilities in the Midwest and Northeast. The campus has hundreds of buildings.
The 10-megawatt microreactor wouldn’t meet all of the demand, but it would serve to demonstrate the technology, as other communities and campuses look to transition away from fossil fuels, Brooks said.
One company that is building microreactors that the public can get a look at today is Last Energy, based in Washington, D.C. It built a model reactor in Brookshire, Texas that’s housed in an edgy cube covered in reflective metal.
Now it’s taking that apart to test how to transport the unit. A caravan of trucks is taking it to Austin, where company founder Bret Kugelmass is scheduled to speak at the South by Southwest conference and festival.
Kugelmass, a technology entrepreneur and mechanical engineer, is talking with some universities, but his primary focus is on industrial customers. He’s working with licensing authorities in the United Kingdom, Poland and Romania to try to get his first reactor running in Europe in 2025.
The urgency of the climate crisis means zero-carbon nuclear energy must be scaled up soon, he said.
“It has to be a small, manufactured product as opposed to a large, bespoke construction project,” he said.
Traditional nuclear power costs billions of dollars. An example is two additional reactors at a plant in Georgia that will end up costing more than $30 billion.
The total cost of Last Energy’s microreactor, including module fabrication, assembly and site prep work, is under $100 million, the company says.
Westinghouse, which has been a mainstay of the nuclear industry for over 70 years, is developing its “eVinci” microreactor, Shaqqo said, and is aiming to get the technology licensed by 2027.
The Department of Defense is working on a microreactor too. Project Pele is a DOD prototype mobile nuclear reactor under design at the Idaho National Laboratory.
Abilene Christian University in Texas is leading a group of three other universities with the company Natura Resources to design and build a research microreactor cooled by molten salt to allow for high temperature operations at low pressure, in part to help train the next generation nuclear workforce.
But not everyone shares the enthusiasm. Edwin Lyman, director of nuclear power safety at the Union of Concerned Scientists, called it “completely unjustified.”
Microreactors in general will require much more uranium to be mined and enriched per unit of electricity generated than conventional reactors do, he said. He said he also expects fuel costs to be substantially higher and that more depleted uranium waste could be generated compared to conventional reactors.
“I think those who are hoping that microreactors are going to be the silver bullet for solving the climate change crisis are simply betting on the wrong horse,” he said.
Lyman also said he fears microreactors could be targeted for a terrorist attack, and some designs would use fuels that could be attractive to terrorists seeking to build crude nuclear weapons. The UCS does not oppose using nuclear power, but wants to make sure it’s safe.
The United States does not have a national storage facility for storing spent nuclear fuel and it’s piling up. Microreactors would only compound the problem and spread the radioactive waste around, Lyman said.
A 2022 Stanford-led study found that smaller modular reactors — the next size up from micro — will generate more waste than conventional reactors. Lead author Lindsay Krall said this week that the design of microreactors would make them subject to the same issue.
Kugelmass sees only promise. Nuclear, he said, has been “totally misunderstood and under leveraged.” It will be “the key pillar of our energy transformation moving forward.” | https://www.kark.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-several-universities-to-experiment-with-micro-nuclear-power/ | 2023-02-10 00:37:17 | 1 | https://www.kark.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-several-universities-to-experiment-with-micro-nuclear-power/ |
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The Jacksonville-based chain V Pizza is getting ready to open its first Central Florida location at the start of August.
The restaurant is set to open up at 8586 Palm Parkway in Orange County, not far from Lake Buena Vista and Disney World.
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The shop is set to open on Aug. 1, according to a news release. This will be the 12th location for the chain overall.
The franchise will be run by Trenton Postell, the company said.
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American Brian Harman wins first major at The Open
Posted/updated on: July 24, 2023 at 6:14 amByMARK SCHLABACH
HOYLAKE, England — After American Brian Harman hit his opening tee shot of the final round of the 151st Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club on Sunday, someone in the grandstands shouted, “Hit it in the bunkers!”
When Harman, who came into the round with a 5-stroke lead, pushed his approach shot right of the second green, there was an audible cheer from the gallery.
After Harman grabbed a 5-stroke lead with a 5-under 67 in the second round Friday, it seemed like all of Great Britain wanted anyone to win but him. He had turned England’s Super Bowl into a first-half rout and never relinquished the lead.
Harman, the 26th-ranked player in the world, finished his surprising run at rain-drenched Royal Liverpool by carding a 1-under 70 in the final round Sunday to win the Claret Jug with a 72-hole total of 271, which was 6 shots better than South Korea’s Tom Kim, Austria’s Sepp Straka, Australia’s Jason Day and Spain’s Jon Rahm.
“It’s fine,” Harman said of the jeering. “Everybody has got their team they’re rooting for. Yeah, I heard them, and if they wanted me to not play well they should have been really nice to me.”
Harman’s 6-stroke margin of victory matches the second largest in Open Championship history by golfers representing the United States; Tiger Woods won the Claret Jug with an 8-stroke margin at St. Andrews in Scotland in 2000.
Harman, 36, is the oldest first-time major champion since Spain’s Sergio Garcia, 37, won the Masters in 2017. He collects $3 million for the win.
“I’ve always had a self-belief that I could do something like this,” Harman said. “It’s just when it takes so much time it’s hard not to let your mind falter, like maybe I’m not winning again. I’m 36 years old. [The] game is getting younger. All these young guys coming out, hit it a mile, and they’re all ready to win. Like when is it going to be my turn again? “It’s been hard to deal with. I think someone mentioned that I’ve had more top 10s than anyone since 2017, so that’s a lot of times where you get done, you’re like, ‘Dammit, man, I had that one.’ It just didn’t happen for whatever reason.”
Harman, a 125-1 underdog to win The Open, wasn’t a favorite in Las Vegas or outside the ropes at Royal Liverpool. He probably wouldn’t have wanted it any other way.
On Saturday, while playing with Englishman Tommy Fleetwood, Harman said he heard some things that were “unrepeatable.”
“I’d be lying if I didn’t hear some things that weren’t super nice today toward me,” Harman said. “I hear them, but at the same time, I don’t try to let that influence the decision I’m about to make.”
On Sunday, fans cheered loudly for Fleetwood, who grew up 30 miles away in Southport, England. They tried to rally Rory McIlroy, who won the last Open Championship at Royal Liverpool in 2014 and was trying to end a nine-year drought without a major championship title.
They cheered for American Cameron Young, the long hitter who started the final round closest to Harman at 5 shots back. They pulled for Rahm, Straka, Day and Kim, who was playing on a badly sprained ankle, and anyone else who seemed capable of turning a three-day blowout into a thrilling ending.
They just didn’t pull for Harman, at least not until it was too late to cheer for anyone else. That moment came on the par-4 14th hole when Harman drained a 40-foot putt for a birdie. He made an 8-footer for birdie on the par-5 15th to move to 13 under.
“I think it’s good for Harman,” said PGA Tour player Harris English, who was one of his teammates at Georgia. “It kind of puts a fire in him. He knows he’s not a favorite. I think it gives him satisfaction to show everybody that he’s one of the best players in the world.”
There’s little doubt about that now after Harman joined Bob Charles (1963) and Phil Mickelson (2013) as the only left-handed players to win a Claret Jug. It is his third PGA Tour victory and his first since he won the 2017 Wells Fargo Championship, which was six years and 77 days ago. It was the fourth-longest winless drought in PGA Tour history to be snapped by a player’s first major championship victory, according to research by ESPN Stats & Information.
With the victory, Harman is expected to move to No. 3 in the Ryder Cup points. The top six players in the standings after the BMW Championship on Aug. 20 will be automatic qualifiers for the American team that will compete against Europe at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club outside Rome on Sept. 29-Oct. 1. Harman seems all but assured of making the team for the first time.
“He’s a mudder, he’s a grinder,” U.S. team captain Zach Johnson said Sunday. “For lack of a better cliché, he’s a bulldog. I think he’s made for this, you know? I’ve played a lot of golf with him and been around him in and out of the ropes for quite a while now. What I’ve witnessed the last three days, absolutely none of it surprises me at all. No shock. No surprise.”
As one of the smallest players on the PGA Tour at 5 feet, 7 inches and 150 pounds, Harman has been overlooked and underrated throughout his entire professional career. It’s the reason he has played with a pot bunker-sized chip on his shoulder for so long.
“People underestimated him on the baseball field and football field, everywhere,” said Patton Kizzire, one of Harman’s closest friends on tour. “As a golfer, you can make up for it. You don’t have to be the biggest one. I think he loves being the underdog.”
After carding just one bogey in the first 36 holes, Harman found early trouble for the second straight round Sunday. On the par-4 second, he hit his approach shot past the hole. He chipped to 20 feet and needed two putts to make a bogey. He made a 7 ½-foot putt to save par after missing the green on No. 3.
He found trouble again on the par-5 fifth hole, after pushing his tee shot into thick gorse down the right side. He had to take a drop, and his third shot was well short of the green. He failed to get up and down and made a bogey 6 to drop to 10 under. Suddenly, his lead over Rahm was down to 3. Fleetwood and Straka were 4 strokes back.
But then, just like Harman did after two early bogeys in the third round, he settled down. He hit his tee shot on the par-3 sixth to 13½ feet and sank a birdie. On the par-4 seventh, he drained a 23½-footer for another birdie to get back to 12 under. His lead was once again 5 strokes over Rahm and Straka.
After carding five straight pars, Harman made another bogey on the par-3 13th when he missed a 7-foot par putt, his first miss inside 10 feet in the entire tournament.
“I figured at some point that I was going to hit bad shots,” Harman said. “Just with the weather and the scenario, you’re going to hit bad shots. I knew that the way I responded to that would determine whether I’d be sitting here or not.” | https://ktbb.com/post/?p=1245819 | 2023-07-24 14:01:03 | 0 | https://ktbb.com/post/?p=1245819 |
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Bright Pattern Rated #1 in four categories: highest rated Contact Center, Customer Engagement Solution, IVR, and Sales Dialer with a score of 10 out of 10 in each category.
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bright Pattern, a leading provider of cloud-based omnichannel contact center software for innovative companies, has received the "Top Rated" award from TrustRadius for the "Contact Center", "Customer Engagement Solution", "IVR", and "Sales Dialer" categories. More significantly, Bright Pattern was rated #1 in all four categories and was the only vendor to receive a 10/10 rating per customer reviews. This award follows similar awards from other review sites naming Bright Pattern among the best cloud contact center vendors in the last three years.
TrustRadius is one of the most trusted research and review platforms for business leaders and decision makers to identify the best contact center solutions to purchase. TrustRadius relies on verified customers to review vendors, which in-turn helps decision makers across industries make informed decisions and selections on the software they utilize in their business. TrustRadius is dedicated to real reviews from real people that are 100% verified, no bias or ads in their reviews to prevent skewed results, and each review is vetted for quality, depth, and detail.
VP of Research at TrustRadius, Megan Headley, commented: "Bright Pattern Cloud Contact Center has won four Top Rated Awards in the Contact Center, Sales Dialer, Customer Engagement, and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) categories. These awards are based directly on feedback from their customers. Reviewers highlight Bright Pattern's top-notch customer support, scalability, and ease of deployment without development expertise."
"TrustRadius is the gold standard for unbiased, non-sponsored customer reviews. To be rated #1 in every category ahead of every other vendor - along with a perfect 10/10 score - is a testament to the value we strive to bring to our customers every day. There are many contact center choices, but Bright Pattern is truly ahead of others with our innovation, powerful technology, and ease of use as demonstrated by customers," noted Michael McCloskey, CEO of Bright Pattern.
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Bright Pattern provides the simplest and most powerful AI-powered omnichannel contact center software for innovative midsize and enterprise companies. To make customer service brighter, easier, and faster than ever before, Bright Pattern offers the only true omnichannel cloud platform with embedded AI that can be deployed quickly and nimbly by business users—without costly professional services. Bright Pattern allows companies to offer an effortless and personal customer experience across channels like voice, text, chat, email, video, messengers, and bots. Bright Pattern also allows companies to measure and act on every interaction on every channel with embedded AI omnichannel quality management. The company was founded by a team of industry veterans who pioneered the leading contact center solutions and are now delivering an architecture for the future with an advanced cloud-first approach. Bright Pattern's cloud contact center solution is used globally in over 26 countries and 12 languages.
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan's Taliban-appointed foreign minister Wednesday asked Pakistani authorities to look for the reasons behind militant violence in their country instead of blaming Afghanistan.
The comments from Amir Khan Muttaqi came two days after Pakistani officials said the attackers who orchestrated Monday's suicide bombing that killed 101 people in northwest Pakistan staged the attack on Afghan soil.
During a ceremony to inaugurate a drug addiction treatment center in the capital of Kabul on Wednesday, Muttaqi asked Pakistan's government to launch a serious investigation into Monday’s mosque bombing in Peshawar.
He insisted that Afghanistan was not a center for terrorism, saying if that was the case then attacks would have also taken place in other countries.
“If anyone says that Afghanistan is the center for terrorism, they also say that terrorism has no border," Muttaqi said. “If terrorism had emanated from Afghanistan, it would have also impacted China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan or Iran."
“We have to cooperate with each other, instead of blaming each other," he said. “Both countries are brothers to each other and must work in a peaceful environment together.”
Authorities in Pakistan said Wednesday the death toll from Monday's suicide bombing at a mosque in Peshawar increased by one to 101. It was not clear how the bomber was able to slip into the walled police compound in a high-security zone with other government buildings.
Pakistan Defense Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif on Tuesday accused the Pakistani Taliban, or Tahreek-e Taliban-Pakistani, or TTP, of carrying out the attack, saying they were operating from neighboring Afghan territory. He demanded the Afghan Taliban take action against them. A TTP commander earlier claimed responsibility, but a spokesperson for the group later distanced the TTP from the carnage, saying it was not its policy to attack mosques.
During the nearly 20-year U.S. war against the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan, militant groups blossomed in the tribal regions of Pakistan along the border and around Peshawar. Like the Taliban, they took root among the ethnic Pashtuns who make up a majority in the region and in the city.
Some groups were encouraged by the Pakistani intelligence agencies. But others turned their guns against the government, angered by heavy security crackdowns and by frequent U.S. airstrikes in the border region targeting al-Qaida and other militants.
Chief among the anti-government groups was the Pakistani Taliban. In the late 2000s and early 2010s, it waged a brutal campaign of violence around the country. Peshawar was the scene of one of the bloodiest TTP attacks in 2014, on an army-run public school that killed nearly 150 people, most of them schoolboys. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/taliban-asks-pakistan-not-to-blame-them-for-17757037.php | 2023-02-01 18:48:55 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/taliban-asks-pakistan-not-to-blame-them-for-17757037.php |
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, hosting both Republican and Democratic governors for a black-tie affair at the White House, raised his glass for a toast.
Standing under a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, he told the people in the room to remember who they were. “We’re the United States of America. We can get big things done if we do it together.”
“Cheers!” the crowd replied, as the clink-clink of glasses rippled about the State Dining Room.
Biden hosted the dinner for members of the National Governors Association at the White House for the first time in his administration. It’s usually a tradition, but the dinner was held last year at Mount Vernon, George Washington’s Virginia estate, and virtually in 2021 because of COVID-19.
The dinner came as federal leaders seemed as divided as ever with the new Republican majority in the House courting a risky debt ceiling showdown.
On Saturday at the White House, though, the message was togetherness — and not just because the room was tightly packed with governors, spouses and Cabinet members. Biden and both associations’ leaders, Republican Gov. Spencer Cox of Utah and Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey, spoke about the need to put aside the increasingly rancorous political differences in order to work together to better the nation.
“I think when we work together it works,” Biden said, adding he’d work to be a little more bipartisan and praised the work of the governors.
The tables were set with purple velvet tablecloths (wink wink on bipartisanship), china bearing the presidential seal and large floral centerpieces in white and pink.
Cabinet members were mixed together with governors in ball gowns, tuxedos and sparkles. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sat near Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, both Democrats, sat near Vice President Kamala Harris. Not far away were Republican Govs. Bill Lee of Tennessee and Doug Burgum of North Dakota.
First lady Jill Biden held a service project event earlier Saturday for spouses, but she had to skip a Friday event because she wasn’t feeling well. She tested negative for COVID-19.
Biden, who does not drink, gave the toast with his left hand, explaining he’d been told by his grandfather that that’s just what you did when you don’t have alcohol in the glass. Cox, who also doesn’t drink, did the same when he toasted, telling the room it was ginger ale.
“It’s symbolic to have Republicans and Democrats breaking bread together,” Cox said. “This is what is missing.”
“And I believe that the people of our country, at least the exhausted majority, wants us to be doing more of this.”
Cox thanked Biden and the first lady before introducing Murphy, who joked that he was definitely holding his glass in his right hand. He said their party affiliations were less important than the shared moniker of “Americans.”
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- Valour AUM increases by 44% since the beginning of the year
- Valour sets another record in net sales of 1 million Solana units on January 13, 2023
TORONTO, Jan. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Valour Inc. (the "Company" or "Valour") (NEO: DEFI) (GR: MB9) (OTC: DEFTF), is pleased to announce that its subsidiary Valour Inc. (Cayman) ("Valour Cayman") has increased its Assets Under Management ("AUM") since the beginning of the year by 44% to US$112 million. Valour is a technology company and the first and only publicly traded company that bridges the gap between traditional capital markets, Web3 and decentralized finance.
With the resurgence of Bitcoin and the crypto market, Valour Cayman's weekly turnover and net weekly inflows have also seen an uptick in activity. Valour Cayman's Solana (SOL) exchange traded product ("ETP") reached record net sales of 1 million units on January 13, 2023. Valour Cayman has also seen net inflows increase every day of the last week. Average weekly turnover in the new year increased 300% compared to Q4 2022 turnover. Assuming continued price appreciation and market interest Valour anticipates AUM to grow exponentially.
"We are thrilled to see such strong growth in our AUM and ETP sales," said Olivier Roussy Newton, Chief Executive Officer of Valour. "This is a clear indication that our products are resonating with investors and we are clearly on track to beat our average Q4 monthly income if prices stay at current levels. With the approval of our SPV we also anticipate launching numerous new and innovative products shortly".
Valour Cayman offers fully hedged digital asset ETPs with low to zero management fees, with product listings across European exchanges, banks and broker platforms. Valour Cayman's existing product range includes Valour Uniswap (UNI), Cardano (ADA), Polkadot (DOT), Solana (SOL), Avalanche (AVAX), Cosmos (ATOM), Binance (BNB), Enjin (ENJ), Valour Bitcoin Carbon Neutral, and Valour Digital Asset Basket 10 (VDAB10) ETPs with low management fees. Valour Cayman's flagship products are Bitcoin Zero and Ethereum Zero, the first fully hedged, passive investment products with Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) as underlyings which are completely fee free.
On January 19, 2023, Genesis Global Capital LLC ("Genesis") and its group companies filed for bankruptcy protection in the US and listed Valour as a creditor. Valour clarifies that Valour Cayman, its wholly-owned subsidiary, is a borrower of funds under a master loan agreement with Genesis dated January 22, 2022. The loan amount borrowed by Valour Cayman under the loan agreement is US$6 million which is collateralised. Valour currently has no reason to believe that the aforementioned situation will render the loan agreement invalid.
About Valour
Valour Inc. (NEO: DEFI) (GR: RMJ.F) (OTCQB: DEFTF) is a technology company and the first and only publicly traded company that bridges the gap between traditional capital markets and finance. Founded in 2019, Valour is backed by an acclaimed and pioneering team with decades of experience in financial markets and digital assets. Valour's mission is to expand investor access to industry-leading Web3 and technologies. This allows investors to access the future of finance via regulated equity exchanges using their traditional bank account and access.
Cautionary note regarding forward-looking information:
This press release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to the growth of AUM; price levels of and market interest in cryptocurrency; investor interest in Valour Cayman's ETPs; future income; loan agreement with Genesis; bankruptcy proceedings of third party counterparties ; the regulatory environment with respect to the growth and adoption of decentralized finance; the pursuit by Valour and its subsidiaries of business opportunities; and the merits or potential returns of any such opportunities. Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company, as the case may be, to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but is not limited the acceptance of Valour exchange traded products by exchanges; growth and development of DeFi and cryptocurrency sector; rules and regulations with respect to DeFi and cryptocurrency; bankruptcy and insolvency of counterparties; general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
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CARLSBAD, Calif., May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Callaway Golf Company (NYSE: ELY) (the "Company") announced today that the Board of Directors has authorized the Company to repurchase up to $100 million of the Company's common stock in open market or in private transactions. The Company will assess market conditions, buying opportunities and other factors from time to time and will make strategic repurchases as appropriate. The repurchases will be made in compliance with Rule 10b-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, subject to market conditions, applicable legal requirements and other factors, and the repurchases will be made consistent with the terms of the Company's credit facilities, which define the amount of stock that can be repurchased. The repurchase program does not require the Company to acquire a specific number of shares and it will remain in effect until completed or until terminated by the Board of Directors.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include the Company's intention to purchase shares of its common stock pursuant to a stock repurchase program, the anticipated timing, amount and impact of the stock repurchase program on the Company's financial statements and other statements regarding the Company's "expectations," "beliefs," "hopes," "intentions," "strategies," or the like. These statements are based upon current information and expectations and involve unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors, many of which are out of the Company's control and difficult to forecast, which could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. For additional information concerning these and other risks and uncertainties that could affect these statements and the Company's business, see the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, as well as other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in the Company's reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K subsequently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to republish revised forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
About Callaway Golf Company
Callaway Golf Company (NYSE: ELY) is an unrivaled tech-enabled modern golf and active lifestyle company delivering leading golf equipment, apparel and entertainment, with a portfolio of global brands including Callaway Golf, Topgolf, Odyssey, OGIO, TravisMathew and Jack Wolfskin. Through an unwavering commitment to innovation, Callaway manufactures and sells premium golf clubs, golf balls, golf and lifestyle bags, golf and lifestyle apparel and other accessories, and provides world-class golf entertainment experiences through Topgolf, its wholly-owned subsidiary. For more information please visit www.callawaygolf.com, www.topgolf.com, www.odysseygolf.com, www.OGIO.com, www.travismathew.com, and www.jack-wolfskin.com.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina State Board of Elections rejected the Green Party’s petition for their candidates to appear on November ballots Thursday, citing its ongoing fraud investigation that questions the validity of more than 2,000 signatures that party officials turned in to qualify.
The board denied the North Carolina Green Party bid in a 3-2 party-line vote, with three Democrats voting against certification and two Republicans voting in favor.
The decision will lead the left-leaning Green Party to miss Friday’s deadline to nominate candidates, meaning the Democratic, Republican and Libertarian parties will be the only ones with candidates for races like U.S. Senate, House and the state legislature.
Michael Bitzer, a politics professor at Catawba College in Salisbury, said if the Green Party had received certification, it might have divided progressive voters and paved the way for GOP victories in tight races, including the hotly contested Senate race between Democrat Cheri Beasley and Republican U.S. Rep. Ted Budd.
“The Green Party is the more progressive, more liberal side of North Carolina politics,” Bitzer said this week. “Democrats could see a real concern about the Green Party spoiling efforts for Beasley and perhaps other candidates.”
Green Party representatives earlier this year submitted more than 22,000 signatures to the board. County boards of election validated just under 16,000 of those signatures — seemingly catapulting them over the 13,865-signature threshold set in state law.
But several county boards in May alerted the state board of irregularities, elections board Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell said, and the number of questioned signatures were enough to cast doubt on the outcome. She cited examples on submitted petition lists of similar handwriting, incomplete personal information including partial dates of birth, and duplicate voters.
“We feel like there is a cloud over how many signatures are valid,” Bell said at Thursday’s board meeting. “There’s just a lot of concern around what we’re finding, and the amount of irregularities and possible fraud that have been identified already within the signature pages that we have received.”
The board said the investigation also identified 145 signatories who sought to revoke their signatures, three individuals who claim they did not sign the petition and several signatures from deceased voters.
“What this seems to indicate to us is a submission of signature sheets from when the Green Party had a petition effort prior to 2018,” Bell said.
Katelyn Love, legal counsel to the board, said the investigation could warrant criminal action for those found guilty of signing the name of another individual.
Republican board members Tommy Tucker and Stacy “Four” Eggers pushed the board to vote Thursday, despite Chair Damon Circosta’s recommendation to delay the review and allow more time for the investigation.
Prior to Thursday’s meeting, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee acknowledged contacting signatories on the Green Party’s petition to request they retract their signatures. The DSCC is working to get Beasley and the party's other Democratic Senate candidates nationwide elected in November.
“We’re reaching out to voters to ensure they have not been deceived,” DSCC spokesperson Amanda Sherman Baity said.
Other outside organizations, including Elias Law Group, an influential Democrat-aligned law firm that serves as the DSCC’s general counsel, submitted letters alerting the board of some discrepancies included in the investigation.
Oliver Hall, a lawyer for the Green Party, accused the board of kowtowing to the Green Party’s political opponents, calling the decision an anti-democratic effort to suppress voter choice.
“The board is selectively relying on evidence submitted by partisan operatives acting for their own political advantage and disregarding the facts in the record as they recognize them,” Hall said in an interview after the meeting.
The campaign of Matthew Hoh, who was considered the Green Party's U.S. Senate candidate, said in a news release that it “will continue and explore all options for its rightful place on the ballot.”
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ROCKVILLE, Md., June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) will host the HFSA Annual Scientific Meeting September 30-October 3, 2022, at the Gaylord National Harbor, just outside of Washington, DC. This year's meeting will include three plenary sessions, held in the mornings to kick-off each day of programming. Topics for these plenary sessions are:
- The Importance of Innovation in Heart Failure: Perspectives on Scientific, Regulatory, and Funding Initiatives on Saturday, October 1
- Late Breaking Clinical Trials on Sunday, October 2
- Clinical Cardiac Xenotransplantation: the Maryland Experience on Monday, October 3
Details on the Sunday and Monday sessions will be available at a later date.
The ASM 2022 educational program will kick off on Saturday, October 1 with the Presidential Plenary and a keynote address, The Importance of Innovation in Heart Failure: Perspectives on Scientific, Regulatory, and Funding Initiatives, featuring:
Creation and Translation: Making Discoveries and Bringing Them to the Bedside, presented by Michael Bristow, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine-Cardiology at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital
Setting the Agenda: Funding Strategies to Maximize Innovation, presented by Gary Gibbons, MD, Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Drs Bristow and Gibbons will be joined by additional panelists in a discussion on how to enhance and sustain innovation in the field.
Prior to the keynote address, Mark Drazner, MD, MSc, FHFSA, HFSA President and John Teerlink, MD, HFSA President-Elect and Director of Heart Failure and of the Echocardiography Laboratory at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, will present the President's Address, discussing key initiatives within the HFSA and across the entire field. They will also announce the winners of HFSA awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Now in its 26th year, the HFSA Annual Scientific Meeting has become the premier gathering for the heart failure community, offering an enticing array of educational and networking opportunities for all professionals with an interest in heart failure. The program emphasizes timely, high-impact, multidisciplinary education, covering the full spectrum of advances in heart failure from bench to bedside and beyond. This year's meeting is chaired by David Lanfear, MD, MS, Head of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation at Henry Ford Hospital, alongside co-chairs Rob DiDomenico, PharmD, Associate Professor and Cardiovascular Clinical Pharmacist at the University of Illinois at Chicago; Daniel Garry, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine at Lillehei Heart Institute, University of Minnesota; and Cheryl Westlake, PhD, RN, Director of Nursing Research at Memorial Care.
Other session highlights for ASM 2022 include:
- Global Heart Failure: The Gheoghiade Memorial Lecture
- Excellence in Translation Science: Focus on Xenotransplantation
- 2022 Heart Failure Guidelines Re-examined
- Signed, Sealed, and DELIVER'd
More information will be released in the coming weeks about the Sunday and Monday plenary sessions, advance program, and other key sessions. Registration for the meeting is open, with the early bird registration rates available through July 15, 2022. Learn more about the meeting and register at hfsa.org/asm2022. Download a preliminary schedule here.
The Heart Failure Society of America, Inc. (HFSA) represents the first organized effort by heart failure experts from the Americas to provide a forum for all those interested in heart function, heart failure, and congestive heart failure (CHF) research and patient care. The mission of HFSA is to provide a platform to improve and expand heart failure care through collaboration, education, innovation, research, and advocacy. HFSA members include physicians, scientists, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, trainees, other healthcare workers and patients. For more information, visit hfsa.org.
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Leah Messer is ready to walk down the aisle again.
The Teen Mom 2 star took to social media to share that she and her boyfriend Jaylan Mobley are engaged.
"Two souls, one heart," she wrote on Instagram on Aug. 20, along with photos from the romantic beachside proposal. "It's official!!"
Following the big moment, Leah told People that Jaylan popped the question with a 4.7-carat custom ring designed by jeweler Mike Nekta of New York Diamond Jewelry on Aug. 19 during their anniversary trip to Costa Rica.
"It feels amazing," she shared with the outlet. "I never imagined myself being here today, but I couldn't imagine myself being anywhere else,"
Leah, 30, first rose to fame after her first pregnancy was documented on the MTV series. As cameras rolled, she welcomed twin daughters Aliannah Hope and Aleeah Grace, now 12, with then-boyfriend Corey Simms. The couple were married from 2010 to 2011. Leah was then married to Jeremy Calvert from 2012 to 2015. They share 9-year-old daughter Adalynn Faith.
The reality star went Instagram official with Jaylan in September 2021.
"Leah is excited about becoming exclusive with Jaylan, and they both are enjoying their time with each other," her rep told E! News at the time. "While she has been nervous in the past about introducing someone new to the girls, the meeting went really well."
Fans got an insight into their relationship on an episode of Teen Mom Family Vacation when the two were captured in having FaceTime conversation about Jaylan joining his girlfriend on the trip.
"We have a life coach here and I'm trying not to be as guarded," she told Jaylan on the Jan. 25 episode. "I'm trying to accept your kindness. I need to let the walls come down and I'm scared to let the walls come down."
Jaylan replied, "I'm not planning to do this temporarily. I haven't been in a relationship in a minute so I'm not just doing this s--t for fun. I plan on being here for a long time."
Leah later opened up about her new romance in an exclusive interview with E! News, calling Jaylan "absolutely perfect."
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Keno" game were:
03-06-07-16-18-20-25-34-41-44-54-55-61-64-65-70-71-74-75-78
(three, six, seven, sixteen, eighteen, twenty, twenty-five, thirty-four, forty-one, forty-four, fifty-four, fifty-five, sixty-one, sixty-four, sixty-five, seventy, seventy-one, seventy-four, seventy-five, seventy-eight) | https://www.sfchronicle.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Keno-game-17161071.php | 2022-05-10 04:26:18 | 1 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Keno-game-17161071.php |
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New Fleetwood Mac Cover Album Tackles ‘Rumours’
Covering Fleetwood Mac seems to be a hip thing to do these days. Back in August a tribute album came out featuring Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, Marianne Faithful and a strong crop of some of today's most acclaimed young groups. Next month will see a CD featuring more indie bands tackling Fleetwood Mac's classic 1977 album 'Rumours.'
The disc, called 'Rumours Revisited,' will be included free with the January 2013 issue of British rock magazine Mojo, who are known for their great mix CDs. Mojo's cover story is about the classic album, and promises that, even though the "stories that surround the making of [the album] are strange, romantic and wild, the reality is, if anything, even more startling." Many of those involved with the making of 'Rumours' were interviewed for the piece.
'Rumours Revisited' features new recordings of all 11 songs on 'Rumours,' with Yeasayer ('Second Hand News') and Besnard Lakes ('You Make Loving Fun') probably the best-known names of the bunch. 'Second Hand News' and Liars' cover of 'The Chain' are embedded below.
Meanwhile, the actual Fleetwood Mac are recording their first new record since 2003's 'Say You Will,' with Lindsey Buckingham recently saying that he cut 'maybe half an album' with John McVie and Mick Fleetwood earlier this year. The group plan to start rehearsing for a new tour sometime in February.
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Acquisition of Gartner-Recognized SPM Leader Strengthens and Deepens Firm's Transformation Services
ATLANTA, June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- North Highland, the leading change and transformation consultancy, has acquired UMT360, a global leader in Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) software, services and solutions.
Founded in 2013, UMT360 offers a unique combination of software and services – all backed by a pedigree of innovation and domain expertise – specifically designed to help break down organization silos and drive business agility. The acquisition further deepens North Highland's enterprise transformation capabilities while enhancing its enterprise business agility solutions.
"North Highland and UMT360 share a common goal of helping clients navigate complex transformation," said Alex Bombeck, CEO of North Highland. "The integration of this unique platform into our offerings means we can help organizations more effectively achieve business agility to help them reach their goals."
Both North Highland and UMT360 have been recognized by Gartner as strategic service providers. UMT360 software was recently featured in Gartner's Magic Quadrants for Strategic Portfolio Management and Enterprise Architecture Tools™.
"Our unique platform represents the intersection between business strategy execution and business enterprise architecture capabilities, enabling an organization to build a dynamic blueprint of their operations," said Catalin Olteanu, CEO at UMT360. "We're excited to combine our software and services with North Highland's scale, and work together to better serve our clients."
The acquisition of UMT360 is North Highland's largest to date, expanding the firm's footprint in Europe and North America.
About North Highland
North Highland makes change happen, helping businesses transform by placing people at the heart of every decision. It's how lasting progress is made. With our blend of workforce, customer, and operational expertise, we're recognized as the world's leading transformation consultancy. We break new ground today, so tomorrow is easier to navigate. Founded in 1992, North Highland is regularly named one of the best places to work. We are a proud member of Cordence Worldwide, a global network of truly connected consultancy firms with the ability to think and deliver together. This means North Highland has more than 3,500 experts in 50+ offices around the globe on hand to partner with you.
For more information, visit www.northhighland.com or connect with us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
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Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
MOVIES
— One of the best movies of the year is finally streaming. “Belle,” Mamoru Hosoda's tour-de-force anime of startling emotional depth, is now up on HBO Max, playing in an English dub. You may have missed it when it arrived in theaters back in early January, but “Belle” is worth catching up to. In his eighth feature, Hosoda, the Japanese Oscar-nominated director of “Mirai,” aims for perhaps his most ambitious film yet, combining a modern-day riff on “Beauty and the Beast” with a digital metaverse realm called “U.” It's maybe more story than Hosoda can neatly marshal, but “Belle” is intimately grounded in the life of its 17-year-old protagonist, Suzu (voiced by Kylie McNeill in the English version), a teenager grappling with guilt, virtual-verse-real identity and self-expression. When I reviewed “Belle” earlier this yea r, I wrote that Hosada's films “even at their most elaborate, can reach such staggeringly emotional heights that they seem to break free of anything you’re prepared for in an animated movie.”
— Every month, the Restoration Screening Room hosts live, free screenings of restored classics from Film Foundation, the nonprofit founded by Martin Scorsese. On Monday at 7 p.m. EDT, the virtual theater launched this spring will host a compelling noir double feature of Arthur Ripley's “The Chase” (1946) and Edgar G. Ulmer's “Detour” (1945). Both take roadway encounters in deliciously dark directions that still feels unpredictable and fresh. The Restoration Screening Room platform also allows you the chance to watch along with other viewers and sample a host of special features — in this case including videos with Benicio Del Toro and director Guy Maddin, both fans of the films.
— In “Day Shift,” premiering Friday, Aug. 12 on Netflix, Jamie Foxx plays a blue-collar pool-cleaning father with a secretive side-gig: hunting and killing vampires for money. Dave Franco and Snoop Dogg co-star. “Vampires, they live amongst us,” Foxx tells Franco in the trailer. “And all they are is murderers. It’s not ‘Eclipse, New Moon, Breaking Dawn Part 1’ — it ain’t like that."
— AP Film Writer Jake Coyle
MUSIC
— What do you get when you combine two of the coolest people in music? Something to check out. The Roots’ Black Thought and super-producer Danger Mouse have partnered for the album “Cheat Codes,” with the first single being “No Gold Teeth” and the immortal lines: “Yo, I’m at the top where it’s lonely/I got everybody mean-mugging like Nick Nolte.” Some of the collaborators include Run the Jewels, A$AP Rocky, Raekwon, Joey Bada$$, the late MF Doom and Michael Kiwanuka on the superb “Aquamarine.” Danger Mouse and Black Thought had collaborated on music in the early 2000s, but shelved it. They rekindled their collaboration for the new album.
— Fans of Goo Goo Dolls will ignore superstition as the band releases its 13th studio album, “Chaos in Bloom.” Frontman John Rzeznik produces for the first time and the band says it is an album of “biting sarcasm, stadium-ready choruses” and “spear-sharp songwriting.” The first single is “Yeah, I Like You” is a critique of celebrity online culture, with the lyrics “You’re so conceited but you’re insecure/You’re always busy but you look so bored.” Rzeznik and bassist and songwriter Robby Takac say the album grapples “with observations about our dystopian modernity while searching for optimism and pushing for a more empathetic world.” Another single is the stunning anthem “You Are the Answer.”
— AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy
TELEVISION
— Among the pleasures of Peak TV is the room it makes for familiar and welcome faces. Acorn TV’s “Darby and Joan,” starring Bryan Brown (“Cocktail,” “Breaker Morant”) and Greta Scacchi (“Emma,” “The Player”) is such a project. Brown’s Jack Darby is a retired Australian homicide detective who takes to the road with pooch Diesel to leave the past behind. Darby crosses paths in the outback with Scacchi’s Joan, a recently widowed English nurse and, yes, opposite do attract. There’s also mysterious events to investigate in the road trip drama debuting Monday and with two episodes arriving weekly through Aug. 29 on the streaming service.
— Are the Taliban adhering to their vow to respect women’s rights in Afghanistan a year after the U.S. withdrawal? A PBS “Frontline” investigation found instead what it calls a “harrowing” story. Correspondent Ramita Navai interviewed female lawyers banned from practicing and women in abusive marriages made increasingly desperate under Taliban rule. “Afghanistan Undercover” also includes what it says is evidence of young girls abducted and forced into marriage. A Taliban representative told Navai that allegations of the regime’s mistreatment of women are “baseless.” The film debuts Tuesday on PBS stations (check local listings for time) and will stream at pbs.org/frontline.
— “Five Days at Memorial” dramatizes the torment that 2005′s Hurricane Katrina visited on a New Orleans hospital, including the loss of life that led to criminal charges. Based on physician and reporter Sheri Fink’s book, “Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital,” the Apple TV+ series is from John Ridley (“12 Years a Slave”) and Carlton Cuse (“Lost”), its producers, writers and, with Wendey Stanzler, directors. Vera Farmiga, Cornelius Smith Jr. and Cherry Jones are among the cast members in the limited series debuting with three episodes on Friday, Aug. 12, with a new episode out weekly through Sept. 16.
— AP Television Writer Lynn Elber
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Milwaukee police are investigating a scenario shown on a video circulating social media, in which a white man is seen grabbing a Black man by the neck while accusing him of stealing a bicycle from his friend's yard.
The video, taken Oct. 10 at about 4 p.m., begins with the white man, 62, on the phone saying he saw a friend of the Black man, 24, take the bicycle.
His hand is on the younger man's neck until the person recording tells him to remove it. The 62-year-old does, and then gives the middle finger to the person recording.
The man being detained says repeatedly he never touched another person's bike.
Two children intervene to say the 24-year-old did not steal a bicycle, while the person recording instructs them to find the man on the bicycle's family.
The white man then describes the stolen bike as green, though the bicycle in the video is blue.
The Milwaukee Police Department said no one sustained any injuries during the incident, and that it is investigating the incident. "The investigation ... will be referred to the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office for review of any potential charges," police said in a statement to NPR.
At least two protests have been held outside the 62-year-old's home, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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Chilly day once again across the Concho Valley. Afternoon highs hanging into the upper 40s and low 50s. A cloudy start to the day, but clouds have started to break up a bit allowing us to warm up past what we were seeing yesterday. Winds have been out of the southwest at 10 mph. Going into tonight we drop into the 40s for lows tonight. As we had the official start to winter today, it made sure to bring along the cold temps to start the weather party, yay!
Temps as we wake up continue to drop from the overnight lows, we don’t see any warming throughout our afternoon with a weird Thursday as those afternoon highs actually take place earliest in the morning. Some really cold air pushing into the Concho Valley as we see temps dropping as low as the low 20s by 5 PM. We will also be seeing some breezy conditions out of the west at 10-20 mph though becoming north into the afternoon. Wind chills throughout our afternoon in the teens and even reaching down to the single digits. Going into Thursday night winds still out of the north, but remaining at a steady 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Wind chills going into the night drop near zero with some negatives expected, though our real temps only dropping into the low teens and possible single digits.
More cold conditions for our Friday as we see our afternoon highs in the low to mid 20s. Winds out of the north at 10-15 with wind chills dropping into the single digits once again and flirting with the negatives. More cold conditions continuing for our overnight hours as lows drop into the low teens, though with the winds it will feel colder. Winds do calm down for our Friday and we won’t be seeing such as drastic wind chills.
Temps finally starting to increase slightly for our Christmas Eve forecast as afternoon highs reach into the mid 30s, while we still need to bundle up as we head out the door. We finally get above freezing for a bit. Overnight lows return back to below freezing as we see lows in the low 20s.
Temps continuing to increase on Christmas as we finally see temps return to the low 50s for our highs, temps finally a bit more comfortable with temps inching closer to those averages. Overnight lows still chilly and a tad bit below freezing with lows in the low 30s. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/weather/klst-evening-forecast-wednesday-december-21st-2022/ | 2022-12-22 01:31:01 | 0 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/weather/klst-evening-forecast-wednesday-december-21st-2022/ |
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Uncle of Uvalde victim Uziyah Garcia: Do not use his name to push gun control
Robb Elementary victim's uncle joined "Fox & Friends First" to speak out against gun control
Mitch Renfro lost his nephew, Uziyah Garcia, in the Robb Elementary shooting last week in Uvalde, Texas.
Renfro joined "Fox & Friends First" to call out those using the tragedy to push gun control.
"I don't want Uziyah's name to be used in any gun reform or any gun change, gun laws that need to be changed, nothing along the lines of that," he said.
House Democrats were quick to praise Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke for interrupting Gov. Greg Abbott during a press conference Wednesday of last week, providing updates on a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, with one member of Congress comparing him to a man who stood up to communist China.
TEXAS GOV. ABBOTT ORDERS SCHOOL SAFETY OFFICIALS TO CONDUCT ‘RANDOM INTRUDER DETECTION AUDITS’
During a press conference on the shooting at Robb Elementary School, O'Rourke derailed Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's discussion of the details of the shooting from the audience.
"The time to stop the next shooting is now, and you are doing nothing," O’Rourke said at one point, also adding that the shooting "was totally predictable."
Many Democrats, including President Biden, hours after the shooting urged restrictive firearm laws and blamed the GOP for contributing to mass shootings due to blocking gun control legislation under the Second Amendment.
Renfro said his family members are "responsible gun owners" and he believes enhanced school security is the better option.
"We need more resources in our schools when it comes to security. Let's arm our teachers, give them that right to protect the child at all costs."
Renfro went on to emphasize why he believes teachers should have the right to protect students with guns.
"Our children are our greatest asset. They're the next leaders of the world. We should protect them to the fullest," he said.
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Renfro concluded the interview by mentioning that his family is going through a very difficult time as they mourn the loss of Uziyah, who he described as a "pretty funny kid" who loved cars and playing "Fortnite."
"My sister and the rest of the family is just devastated. I'm flying back and forth to the valley right now so I can comfort them. But they're having a very rough time."
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Summer Game Fest is around the corner, and media entrepreneur Geoff Keighley hints at a month of news starting on June 9.
“June is definitely a good time for people to ramp up, get people excited about things coming in the future. So yes, there will be some good announcements. They’ll be good, meaningful updates on games,” Keighley said, adding that, for example, in 2021, the Summer Game Fest showed off gameplay of “Elden Ring,” a previously announced game that still drew a lot of interest. “Will you get everything you want? No. But I think there’ll be some good stuff this year.”
The 2022 gaming news event is mostly digital, though it will feature an in-person component. Imax movie theaters will air the Summer Game Fest in the U.S., Canada and United Kingdom starting on June 9, live from Los Angeles. Viewers can tune into the exact same show on Twitch. (Twitch is owned by Amazon, whose founder, Jeff Bezos, owns The Washington Post.)
While individual game companies will do their own events, as they have in past years, Keighley said he plans to organize things so that they don’t heavily overlap. In another major gaming showcase, Xbox will hold its live-streamed event on June 12.
In light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Keighley said he has been in conversations with several Ukrainian studios whose game titles — such as GSC Game World’s “S.T.A.L.K.E.R.” — have been impacted.
“There have been a number of teams, honestly, that we were talking [with] about content for our show, that are in Ukraine, and they’ve had to relocate and can’t finish their trailer, can’t finish their game, because they’re in the middle of a situation,” Keighley said. “We’re conscious of those games and actively trying to think about what’s the right way to recognize some of those teams and the hardships that they’ve been through.”
Keighley made headlines in 2020, when he announced he was skipping E3 for the first time in 25 years, saying the event needed to evolve.
This year, Summer Game Fest will take place in the backdrop of another canceled E3, just as it did in 2020.
“You’ll find no bigger fan than me of what E3 represented to the industry. And I went to it for 25 years,” Keighley said. “I still think E3 needs to figure out its place in this new digital, global landscape. Game companies have figured out there are lots of great ways to program directly to fans. With Summer Game Fest, we’re very cognizant of that; we’re not just trying to be an E3 replacement. We’re doing something very different and approaching it as a free, digital-first celebration of games. The great thing is we can build it from the ground into something completely new. And we don’t have the baggage and legacy of trying to sell booze to people or hotel rooms.”
Keighley told The Post last December that the other event he hosts, the Game Awards, would take a “thoughtful, measured” approach toward non-fungible tokens (NFTs). For this year’s Summer Game Fest, Keighley similarly said he had no plans to have anything NFT or blockchain-related.
“Some people are like, ‘Oh Geoff, I see you following an NFT account on Twitter.' And it’s like, I’m interested to learn about that stuff. But I’ve yet to see anything that really crosses over to content that would be accretive to the experience. Look, if I see a game or experience that I think is really going to be compelling and interesting and leverages those technologies in a meaningful way, we’ll of course look at it,” Keighley said.
As for whether Activision Blizzard, a company facing multiple lawsuits and government investigations, will be present at Summer Game Fest, Keighley said the situation was evolving. Activision Blizzard did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“In the back of our minds, obviously, is the zeitgeist of what’s going on at both of these companies but also, in the community,” he said. “Everyone’s opinions continue to evolve among all these topics, so it’s hard to put a pin in something and say, ‘Hey, this is exactly how we’re going to treat this throughout the entire year.’ ”
Another hotly discussed industry topic is unionization. When asked whether organizing labor would impact Summer Game Fest, Keighley said, “Trying to make our show is ultimately to support creators of games and let them showcase their work. I hope we empower game creators, through our shows, to reach audiences and feel like they can reach those audiences directly.” | https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/05/20/summer-game-fest-geoff-keighley-preview/ | 2022-05-20 12:22:25 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/05/20/summer-game-fest-geoff-keighley-preview/ |
If Trump is charged, it should be for the worst of his crimes
‘Seditious conspiracy’ and ‘insurrection’ are more fitting charges than ‘interfering with an official proceeding’ or ‘defrauding the U.S.’
Perspective by Claire O. Finkelstein
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Richard W. Painter
August 12, 2022 at 2:24 p.m. EDT
Prosecuting a former president of the United States is a tricky business. It’s not like prosecuting Al Capone, the notorious gangster who was charged with tax evasion rather than the more fitting charges of murder and racketeering. A technical charge such as tax evasion may be suitable for obtaining the conviction of a mobster, but hardly sufficient for an occupant of the Oval Office who tried to overthrow the U.S. government. Donald Trump has millions of supporters and the weight of precedent behind him. Of course Trump should face consequences for tax evasion if he merits it, but it is critical for public perception, for history — for the preservation of democracy — that if he is charged, it is first and foremost with the crimes that best reflect the gravity of the danger he posed to the country.
On Monday, the FBI searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida for any presidential records that may have been improperly removed from the White House. On Wednesday, Trump sat for a deposition in the New York attorney general’s office, which is conducting a civil investigation into his business practices. A federal indictment may or may not arise from these investigations, but it is Trump’s role in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, that warrants the greatest scrutiny — and the gravest charges — from a Justice Department exercising its prosecutorial discretion under such historic circumstances.
The two most serious crimes for which Trump may stand accused, and which most clearly describe his conduct on Jan. 6 and in the weeks leading up to it, are insurrection and seditious conspiracy. If the facts and evidence support them, they are what Attorney General Merrick Garland should charge, whatever other charges he includes.
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The significance of Jan. 6 shouldn’t be obscured by legalese before a public contending with the seduction of insurrectionist rhetoric. Charging Trump only with narrowly defined crimes could backfire, and Garland should resist, even if that’s what the House select committee investigating Jan. 6 ends up recommending. The vice chair of the committee, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), has hinted at a possible criminal referral to the Justice Department, both in hearings last month and in interviews during the course of the investigation, by highlighting two potential crimes: interfering with an official proceeding and defrauding the United States. A brief the committee filed in a legal dispute with Trump attorney John Eastman, who hatched the fake-electors scheme in the multipronged effort to overturn the election, also highlights these two offenses. Cheney has further suggested that the committee may include a referral on witness tampering, based on contact Trump had with those called to testify before the panel.
The committee may be tempted to stake out a moderate position regarding criminal charges in a misguided effort to garner public support and make the unprecedented prosecution of a former president more palatable, but the Justice Department must act independently in deciding what, or whether, to charge. To be sure, the DOJ should consider any evidence of criminality uncovered by the committee, but it should give no weight to the committee’s opinion in reaching its determination.
Restricting a federal prosecution to two rather obscure-sounding charges — and a possible third relating to the integrity of the process — would not only downplay the seriousness of Trump’s offenses but could also exacerbate the view that any such prosecution is politically motivated. After the Mar-a-Lago search, that perception took hold among Trump supporters, who accuse the FBI of acting on a technicality involving federal records, even though the bureau had a search warrant signed by a federal judge and based on a showing of probable cause that a crime had been committed. Violating the Presidential Records Act by removing or destroying government documents is not in itself in the same league as insurrection or seditious conspiracy; if, however, the records in question pertain to serious national security breaches — The Washington Post has reported that some of the documents relate to nuclear weapons — that might be a different matter.
The crime of insurrection, 18 U.S. Code 2383, imposes criminal penalties on “whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto.” Trump’s words to his supporters — telling them to go to the Capitol and encouraging them by saying, “I’ll be right there with you” — incited and literally set on foot the insurrection that followed. He also assisted the insurrection by his inaction under circumstances in which he had a duty to act — namely by failing to call out the National Guard or order other reinforcements for the Capitol Police as the building was overtaken. Trump also encouraged the crowd’s bloodthirsty pursuit of Vice President Mike Pence, which he did by tweet even after he knew that the siege had turned violent and despite urgent pleas from his daughter Ivanka Trump and others for him to call off the attack. Although it is true that the purposeof this incitement may have been to interfere with an official proceeding, as Cheney suggests, thisparticular proceeding was the one certifying the election of the next president of the United States, the integrity of which is critical for the peaceful transition of power. Interfering with an official proceeding, therefore, could be only a small piece of what was wrong with Trump’s conduct that day. If testimony in the Jan. 6 hearings and reporting by The Post and others is any measure, Trump’s true purpose in interfering with the certification was to create conditions that would allow him to seize control of the government and remain in power.
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The crime of seditious conspiracy differs from insurrection in that it requires a plan involving more than one individual, among other things. As defined in 18 U.S. Code 2384, seditious conspiracy is when two or more people “conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof.”
The Jan. 6 committee has provided powerful evidence of a comprehensive plan by Trump and some members of his inner circle to do just that. In a meeting at the White House on Dec. 18, 2020, among Trump, former Overstock chief executive Patrick Byrne, lawyer Sidney Powell and former national security adviser Michael Flynn, for example, serious consideration was given to the extraordinary step of ordering the military to seize voting machines to redo the election. Such an order at best would have posed a drastic national security crisis, throwing the chain of command into chaos as Pentagon officials debated the directive; at worst it would have brought the military into the plot to overthrow the government. Plots at this level are conceivable only as part of an extended conspiracy.
Seditious conspiracy is rarely charged, and prosecutors have been rightly cautious about unbottling a genie that could be used to quell protected speech or religious liberty. However, as with the seditious-conspiracy charges against Omar Abdel Rahman following the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, sometimes speech turns into an actual plan, and in such cases the First Amendment no longer applies. Jan. 6 is the type of case for which the seditious conspiracy charge was made.
At least until the surprise search at Mar-a-Lago, many commentators defended Garland’s seeming inaction with regard to the former president and his associates. Among other arguments, they suggested that seditious conspiracy would be particularly difficult to prosecute, given the need to prove intent. Yet was Trump’s intent on and before Jan. 6 really so hard to discern? Would it be more difficult to prove the requisite state of mind for Trump than to prove the intent of Stewart Rhodes, Thomas Caldwell or Joseph Hackett, all members of the Oath Keepers who participated in the insurrection and whose indictments on charges of seditious conspiracy are premised on a pattern of conduct not unlike Trump’s? Rhodes, Caldwell, Hackett and others have been accused of conspiring “to oppose the lawful transfer of presidential power by force, by preventing, hindering, or delaying by force the execution of the laws governing the transfer of power, including the Twelfth and Twentieth Amendments to the Constitution.” Didn’t Trump do the same? And with the same intent or purpose?
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Indeed, Trump’s intent probably formed long before that of his fellow insurrectionists. For weeks he had pressured Pence to declare the 2020 election invalid by rejecting the vote count of the states’ certified electors. He repeated these demands in his speech at the Ellipse on Jan. 6 and again by tweet later that day. His intent was particularly clear when, according to White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who testified before the Jan. 6 committee, he demanded to be taken to the Capitol and even physically tried to get a member of his security detail to drive him there. Trump’s intent was also apparent when those breaching the Capitol called for the vice president, who was at that moment fleeing for his life, to be hanged; Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, said that Trump believed Pence deserved it, according to Hutchinson.
The only significant difference between members of the Oath Keepers and Trump is the means each chose to promote their goal — the former used stun guns, pepper spray, baseball bats and flagpoles; Trump used a Twitter account, a microphone and the power of his office.
Focusing on the possible crimes of insurrection and seditious conspiracy is important for another reason. The post-Civil War drafters of the 14th Amendment identified the special danger posed by these crimes in Section 3 of that amendment, which provides that “no person shall [hold public office] who, having previously taken an oath … to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.” Although the 14th Amendment does not require a criminal conviction for insurrection or rebellion to disqualify a person from public office, such a conviction would bar Trump from holding office again. By contrast, conviction on the more banal charges of “interfering with an official proceeding” or “conspiracy to defraud the United States” would not prevent him from holding office — arguably even if he conducted his presidency from inside a federal prison.
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The country fought a devastating Civil War to defend the Constitution and keep the Union together in the face of insurrectionists who believed they owed no duty to the laws of the United States. Now, as in 1861, we stand at a crossroads. While prosecuting a former president may seem fraught with peril, the road that abandons accountability for those who would attack democracy by force and violence is more perilous still. If we cannot hold the country’s leaders responsible for their most serious crimes, particularly those they commit to keep themselves in power, we cannot expect representative democracy to survive. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/08/12/seditious-conspiracy-insurrection-trump-charges/ | 2022-08-12 19:02:23 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/08/12/seditious-conspiracy-insurrection-trump-charges/ |
Buzz Aldrin made a surprise announcement on his 93rd birthday: The famed astronaut got married.
"On my 93rd birthday & the day I will also be honored by Living Legends of Aviation I am pleased to announce that my longtime love Dr. Anca Faur & I have tied the knot." Aldrin said on social media Friday. He said the duo had a small, private ceremony in Los Angeles and are "as excited as eloping teenagers."
Aldrin shared photos from the ceremony, showing himself in a suit decorated with a medal and badges. Faur wore a lacy, glittering white dress.
According to Faur's LinkedIn page, she has worked as executive vice president of Buzz Aldrin Ventures since 2019. The couple has shared photos together for several years, with Aldrin calling Faur his "partner and best friend" in a 2020 Facebook post.
The two were photographed holding hands at a 2019 visit to the Kennedy Space Center for a visit in recognition of the Apollo 11 moon landing anniversary.
Aldrin became the second astronaut — after Neil Armstrong — to walk on the moon on July 20, 1969. Armstrong, who died in 2012, famously declared that it was "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Armstrong and Aldrin's first steps on the moon were watched by hundreds of millions, but one of Aldrin's other milestones is a little less well-known. NASA credits Aldrin with the first "selfie" in space during the 1966 Gemini 12 orbital mission.
Aldrin left NASA in 1971 and continued to advocate for further space exploration, particularly a manned mission to Mars.
According to The Guardian, Aldrin has been married and divorced three times. He has three kids, one grandson and several great-grandchildren. | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/nation-world/buzz-aldrin-married-announcement-93rd-birthday/507-481d1f33-b064-4863-bea5-d8124260a321 | 2023-01-21 16:34:51 | 1 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/nation-world/buzz-aldrin-married-announcement-93rd-birthday/507-481d1f33-b064-4863-bea5-d8124260a321 |
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The head of the U.N.’s atomic energy watchdog met with Russian officials in Kaliningrad on Wednesday for negotiations on the safety of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, currently held by Russian forces.
International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi’s trip to the Russian exclave came a week after he visited the plant, which is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.
“I met high level officials from several Russian agencies in Kaliningrad,” Grossi said on Twitter. “I continue my efforts to protect the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant,” he said, emphasizing that this was “in everyone’s interest.”
The head of Rosatom, Alexey Likhachev, was among the officials Grossi met, according to a statement by Russia’s state nuclear corporation. Likhachev informed Grossi of “the steps that are being taken by the Russian side to ensure the safe operation of the ZNPP,” while expressing that the Russian side is “ready” to work on implementing initiatives put forward by Grossi.
The Kremlin’s forces took over the plant after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy opposes any proposal that would legitimize Russia’s control.
On his visit to the plant last week, Grossi said he was “trying to prepare and propose realistic measures that will be approved by all parties.” The increasing combat makes it urgent to find a way to prevent a potentially catastrophic nuclear accident at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, he stressed.
Interruptions to the outside electricity supply due to the fighting required plant personnel to switch to emergency diesel generators six times during the 13-month war.
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Exceptional Students From Around the World Gear Up for New Challenges and Opportunities
NEW YORK, Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Science Scholars (WSS) program, an initiative of the World Science Festival, announces its newest and largest class, with 55 young Scholars from 13 countries. These exceptionally talented mathematical minds will have an unparalleled opportunity to apply their abilities to unexplored disciplines. Led by world-renowned experts, Scholars examine the ways that advanced mathematics skills can be applied to solve complex challenges in a wide range of multidisciplinary fields.
"We bring together some of the most talented math students in the world and show them where their skills can take them beyond pure mathematics," said World Science Festival Co-Founder and CEO Tracy Day. "WSS is designed to ignite curiosity, expand perspectives, and create an enduring community of young scholars that is mutually supportive and has expertise to tackle the world's most significant challenges."
The Scholars will begin a year-long journey of learning and discovery with WSS faculty, including Nobel and Breakthrough Prize winners, best-selling authors, and experts working at the cutting edge of their fields. Faculty members include Brian Greene, a renowned physicist and author; Andrea Alu, a leader in the photonics and metamaterials fields; Conny Aerts, 2022 Kavli Prize winner; Barbara Naterson-Horowitz, a pioneering cardiologist and evolutionary biologist; Stephen Wolfram, a trailblazing computer scientist; Cumrun Vafa, a Breakthrough Prize winner; and many more.
Scholars take advanced, self-paced courses with interactive demonstrations, exercises, discussions, and video lectures. They collaborate on projects, attend virtual lab tours, and have the unique opportunity to interact directly with these unmatched experts and teaching fellows through riveting lectures and live virtual discussions. Scholars also join a vibrant and supportive online community that encourages discussion, debate, and collaboration among the students, enabling them to forge lifelong connections with their peers.
Ranging in age from 11-18, the Scholars bring a variety of interests and accomplishments, in addition to their exceptional academic abilities. The new cohort includes top math and science competition winners, numerous International Math Olympiad qualifiers from more than five different countries, a Spirit of Ramanujan Fellowship Winner, Nominees for Nick and Time Kid of the Year, as well as Forbes 30 under 30, and a US National youth Poet Laureate Finalist who performed at the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference as the Youngest Global Winner of the 2021 Poems to Solve the Climate Crisis.
The World Science Scholars program is made possible by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation. Students are nominated for WSS by the World Science Festival's network of organizations and educational institutions or can apply directly to the program. The program's broad, multifaceted approach identifies students from diverse communities regardless of their race, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic class, and location. For students with innate, exceptional abilities who may lack the means to access resources that will help them reach their potential, WSS' free high-quality digital, interactive programming can be a life-changing experience.
With the program now in its fifth year, the 2022 cohort brings the total number of Scholars to 205 students from 31 countries. Upon completion of the program, Scholars become members of a growing alumni network who maintain bonds, help support future cohorts by serving as mentors, and provide informal college advice to new Scholars. Through the growing alumni network and mentorship opportunities, students are able to create an educational and social community of talented individuals that will extend well into the future.
The chart below presents the 2022 cohort of World Science Scholars.
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The World Science Festival (WSF) brings science to life through original theatrical works, in-depth conversations, gripping debates, educational programs, interactive experiments, and major outdoor experiences. Over 3.3 million people have attended World Science Festival programs around the globe, and the Festival's online content has garnered more than 190 million views with over a billion minutes of total watch time.
World Science Scholars is part of World Science U, which is the online education arm of WSF, where students and lifelong learners dive more deeply into cutting edge science through artfully produced digital education content presented by world-renowned scientists.
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SAPPORO, Japan (AP) — Energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations met Saturday, seeking to reconcile the realities of a world largely reliant on fossil fuels with the urgent need to end carbon emissions to stave off the worst consequences of climate change.
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The meetings in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo are aimed at forging a consensus on the best way forward, ahead of the G-7 summit in Hiroshima in May.
But differences persist over how, and how quickly, to end carbon emissions, especially at a time when the war in Ukraine has deepened concerns over energy security, complicating that effort.
The talks in Sapporo will also focus on biodiversity loss and other global challenges. But climate change tops the agenda of the closed door meetings. At the G-7 summit last year in Germany, the countries set a common goal of achieving a fully or predominantly decarbonized electricity supply by 2035.
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Japan has focused its own national strategy on so-called clean coal, hydrogen and nuclear energy, as part of its transition to renewable energy. U.S. officials voiced support for that approach, while others are pushing for a faster transition to renewable energy.
Among the biggest problems is that while emissions among the G-7 nations, especially in Europe, have begun falling, they are still rising globally, especially in big, increasingly affluent economies like India and China.
The G-7 nations hope to lead by example, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said in an interview Friday with The Associated Press.
“We expect that those countries see that this can be done and the nations that have the wherewithal to make these investments to be first out give hope to others to be able to do it as the technology lowers the cost,” she said.
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The U.S. government's approval of fossil fuel initiatives such as the Willow project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope have drawn criticism for their environmental impact and for running counter to President Joe Biden’s pledges to cut carbon emissions and move to clean energy.
There's a strong business case for climate-friendly policies, Granholm said, given the estimated $23 trillion global market in clean energy by 2030.
“People see people getting jobs in this area. People who start to drive electric vehicles who don’t need to pay gasoline prices know that it’s much cheaper to drive EVs. It’s all becoming obvious to people," she said while touring the Suiso Frontier, the world's first and only liquid hydrogen carrier, a showcase of the latest technology for what Japan's leaders call a “hydrogen society.”
While Japanese farm fields increasingly are sown with solar panels rather than crops and its gusty coast lines are studded with wind turbines, the country still expects for about 60% of its energy to come from fossil fuels in 2030, with renewables accounting for up to 38%. New fuels and nuclear power would account for the rest.
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In Sapporo, Japan is seeking an endorsement of its so-called “GX transformation” plan, which its leaders say is designed to foster energy sufficiency and phase out carbon emissions that contribute to global warming.
Legislation to support the strategy still needs approval by the powerful lower house of parliament, but would entail issuing 20 trillion yen ($150 billion) in green transformation bonds in hopes of attaining a combined public-private investment in decarbonization of 150 trillion yen ($1.1 trillion). The law also backs a carbon-pricing system requiring businesses to pay for their carbon emissions.
Environmental activists say the plan will keep the country's dwindling nuclear industry on life support while undermining the transition to renewable energy sources, including hydro-electric, wave and geothermal power as well as wind and solar.
“As the world tries to overcome two crises of climate and energy, especially in Japan, we need to drastically increase renewables,” Takejiro Sueyoshi, co-representative of the Japan Climate Initiative, a non-government organization of 768 member companies and organizations, said in an online briefing earlier this week.
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“Discussions in Japan have gone backward as if we were in the 20th century. We must smash a wedge into the debate to push it forward rather than backwards,” he said.
While hydrogen energy has zero emissions, producing only water, the JCI and other environmental groups question pursuing hydrogen power produced from coal — a key part of the joint Japan-Australia project that led to the building of the hydrogen carrier Suiso Frontier.
The project was initiated by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, reflecting its emphasis on industrial promotion rather than slashing carbon emissions, Takako Momoi, a member of the environmental group Kiko Net, said at a recent online event.
The JCI urged the officials meeting in Sapporo to push for more ambitious targets, noting that Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom and Italy already get more of their electricity from renewable sources than Japan’s 2030 target and that despite its own faltering progress toward phasing out use of fossil fuels, the United States will get most of its electricity from renewable energy by 2035.
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“There's no time left. The window for change is closing, but there is still hope. We need to use the sense of crisis as a turning point,” Sueyoshi said.
The G-7 includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States and the United Kingdom. ___
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LONDON (AP) — “The Crown,” Netflix’s acclaimed series about Queen Elizabeth II and her family, has paused production due to the monarch’s death.
A spokesperson for the series said production was paused on Friday “as a mark of respect” and will also be suspended on the day of the queen’s funeral.
The show is in production on its sixth season. Its first two seasons starred Claire Foy as the young princess Elizabeth ascending to the throne and gradually growing into her role as monarch, and seasons three and four featured Olivia Colman as a more mature queen. The show has gradually moved closer to current events. Netflix recently revealed casting of the actors who are playing Prince William and his wife Kate in the sixth season.
Its fifth season, with Imelda Staunton playing the queen, will premiere in November.
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ISTANBUL (AP) — Just two days after agreeing to lift deal-breaking objections to Sweden and Finland’s NATO accession, Turkey’s leader warned Thursday that Ankara could still block the process if the two countries fail to fully meet his expectations.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at the close of the alliance’s summit in Madrid that the 10-article agreement with the Nordic pair was a victory for Ankara and addressed all its “sensitivities.”
He particularly stressed the satisfying of Turkey’s demand for Sweden and Finland to extradite terror suspects with links to outlawed Kurdish groups or the network of an exiled cleric accused of a failed 2016 coup in Turkey.
But Erdogan added that if the two Nordic states renege on their promises, Turkey’s Parliament could refuse to ratify the deal reached Tuesday. NATO accession must be formally approved by all 30 member states, which gives each a blocking right.
“This business will not work if we don’t pass this in our parliament,” Erdogan said. “First, Sweden and Finland must fulfill their duties and those are already in the text. ... But if they don’t fulfill these, then of course there is no way we would send it to our parliament.”
Erdogan claimed that Sweden had promised to extradite 73 “terrorists” to Turkey and crack down on the financing and recruitment activities of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK — listed as a terrorist group by the U.S. and the European Union — and linked groups. Turkey considers the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units, or YPG, an extension of the PKK.
The text of the memorandum sets no specific number of extraditions. It says Finland and Sweden will address Turkey’s “pending deportation or extradition requests of terror suspects expeditiously and thoroughly, taking into account information, evidence and intelligence provided” by Turkey in accordance with the European Convention on Extradition.
On Wednesday, Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said Sweden and Finland’s justice ministries have files from Turkey on 33 people with alleged links to PKK and the network of U.S.-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen.
Journalists repeatedly pressed Erdogan on Thursday about the extraditions and whether Sweden had actually promised the number he cited. He said the number of extradition requests previously stood at 60 but was updated to 73.
“Of course, what we understand is important from our meetings and talks,” Erdogan said. “Sweden promised to give us these 73 people with this text. They may or they may not, we will follow that through the text and we will make our decision.”
There was no immediate response to requests for comments from the Swedish delegation at the summit in Madrid.
The Swedish government has sought to allay concerns that the deal would lead to extraditions to Turkey without due process.
“I know there are some people who are worried that we’re going to start to hunt people and extradite them, and I think it’s important to say that we always follow Swedish laws and international conventions, and we never extradite Swedish citizens,” Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson told public broadcaster SVT on Wednesday.
Finnish President Sauli Niinisto stressed that Helsinki pointed out that the memorandum does not list the names of individuals.
“In the case of extraditions, we will adhere to our own legislation and international agreements. Ultimately, extradition is a legal discretion which politicians have no right to influence,” Niinisto said.
With the joint memorandum signed, NATO moved ahead with inviting the Nordic countries to the military alliance that seeks to enlarge and strengthen in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The most time consuming part of gaining NATO membership is the ratification of the applicants’ accession protocols by the alliance’s 30 member countries. It’s a process that involves national parliaments — and could take months.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said his country would launch launch the process of ratifying the planned NATO membership of Sweden and Finland this week and conclude it “very quickly.”
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Aritz Parra in Madrid and Karl Ritter in Berlin contributed.
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SAN MATEO, Calif., Jan. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- VISPARK, an online education service featuring small-group and interactive classes for 5-12-year-old children, is embracing 2023 and celebrating its impressive accomplishments in 2022 together with teachers, students, and parents. Striving to bring the best learning experience in foundational math learning for students everywhere, there was much to celebrate in 2022 including the launch of Spark Math in June, the VISPARK and Marshall Cavendish Education (MCE) strategic partnership in July, and recognition from the prestigious Edtech Asia Summit for Best Interactive Learning Experience award, which has attracted students from all over the world.
"Spark Math extends its gratitude to all students and teachers for their outstanding results in 2022 and looks forward to continuing to support their educational journey in 2023," said Peter Neo, Director of Teaching Operations and Services at VISPARK. "Our small class sizes and proprietary software, which incorporates interactive animations into course material, aid in visualizing complex mathematical concepts and fostering logical thinking by allowing students to see connections between different concepts and ideas. We have seen many parents feeling the online learning experience may not be effective for their child. What VISPARK brought to students in 2022 is a proprietary program designed or the online environment in small class sizes using meaningful conceptual animation integrated into courseware content that has been proven to engage students with effective and interactive features, making the online learning experience better than offline."
Spark Math by VISPARK Quick Facts
- The core program serves 5-12-year-old students with content covering Kindergarten to Primary/Elementary school grades.
- In 2022, students enrolled from 26 countries were taught by experienced, certified, and award-winning teachers from Singapore and the United States (Segal AmeriCorps Education Award, Buff Academic Honor Society Award, etc.)
- The program has achieved high levels of satisfaction from parents with a monthly retention rate of over 95%.
- 100% of our students in Singapore were successfully promoted to the next level
- Full student participation rates in classes with highly favorable reviews on various learning methods (see more details in infographic attached)
- Competition Program students achieved outstanding results including the 2022 Caribou Math Contest, with 100% of students receiving the top-level award, twice the global average win rate.
- In the 2022 Gifted Education Program (GEP), the test for 1% of gifted children in Singapore, VISPARK's pass rate was 87.5%, 8.75 times higher than Singapore's average.
For detailed results, please visit https://www.visparklearning.com/en-sg/spark-math/competition-program
Cheryl Wong, K2 Teacher, and Math Curriculum Specialist with VISPARK, said: "VISPARK emphasizes the deep learning, the understanding and the fundamentals of math. We take kids' curiosity and embed math and logical puzzles and games to stimulate their learning. "
Looking Ahead to 2023
Heading into 2023, VISPARK will continue to implement cutting-edge technologies to create science-based, student-centric interactive learning tools. The Spark Math Program will carry on enhancing interest-based courses and in June, Level 6 will be launched in the U.S. A new and innovative personalized online practice offering will also launch in April to address the demand for even more individualized learning needs and further improve learning outcomes.
In March, the Competition Program, along with MCE and other math organizations, will jointly launch high-end mathematics camps in Singapore. The goal is to provide a high-quality communication platform for children to enter ROSS Mathematics Program, Stanford University Mathematics Camp (SUMaC), Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists (PROMYS), AwesomeMath, among others. In June, Spark Math Competition Program will hold the second annual Spark Cup Global Sudoku Challenge. We will also be introducing more STEAM, culture, and global citizenship themes in the senior grades of the program to help expand perspectives of our students in the 21st century.
About VISPARK
VISPARK is a global online learning service from Spark Education. Designed for children aged 5-12, VISPARK's top programs include Spark Math and Spark Chinese, featuring research-based curriculum delivered with high-quality course content, interactive courseware, and taught in real-time by certified, experienced teachers. VISPARK is committed to providing a lively, fun, and efficient learning experience for kids through online live small group classes and one-on-one instruction to achieve learning results, inspire a love for learning, and build self-confidence for learners.
For more information, visit www.visparklearning.com.
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People mill through the Craft + Design show, a contemporary craft show produced by the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, at Main Street Station in Richmond, on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2022.
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Featured artist, doll-maker Sarah Djarnie-Brown, from Brooklyn, NY, talks about her process at Craft + Design, a contemporary craft show produced by the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, at Main Street Station in Richmond, Va. on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2022.
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Trefany Dix (left), part of the artist duo Hokanson Dix Glass, speaks with Devlin Murphy, of Richmond, at Craft + Design, a contemporary craft show produced by the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, at Main Street Station in Richmond on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2022.
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Richmond artist S. Ross Browne paints on stage at Craft + Design, a contemporary craft show produced by the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, at Main Street Station in Richmond, on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2022.
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The work of Trefany Dix and Bengt Hokanson, of Hokanson Dix Glass, on display at Craft + Design, a contemporary craft show produced by the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, at Main Street Station in Richmond, Va. on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2022.
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People admire a diorama by Nicario Jimenez at Craft + Design, a contemporary craft show produced by the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, at Main Street Station in Richmond, on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2022.
As the long CSX coal train eased past Main Street Station, on its way to the piers in Newport News, people kept peeling off from the crowd milling down Row 100 of the Craft + Design show inside to wonder at Nicario Jimenez's retablos dioramas.
Especially the 3-foot-wide centerpiece, with scores of 2-inch-high, brightly painted figures hitching rides on a Peruvian freight train, or running along side it or splashing in a river.
Jimenez is carrying on a centuries-old tradition of Andean region traveling shrines - boxes filled with tiny figures arranged to tell a story that from the 1500s through the 1800s, Spanish priests carried from mountain hamlet to mountain hamlet. He learned the art of sculpting those little figurines from a mix of boiled potato and gypsum from his father and grandfather.
A few steps farther down Row 100, the Craft + Design show's featured artist, doll-maker Sarah Djarnie-Brown had to tell an eager shopper that, alas, she couldn't make her a dress of the same textured blue and purple fabric that she had sewn into a gown for her doll Annalise.
"It was just a 4-by-4 swatch," she said.
Her journey into the fashion business took years, and only after stints working at hotels and in accounting, and then as go-fer - "maybe they'd say design a back pocket - and then designing handbags and accessories, she realized something discouraging about the business.
"I don't like designing for people ... It was all about budget, about what would sell," she said. "I wanted to create something of mine."
And to make something that could delight her twin nieces, creating a tradition for them.
Her dolls may start with a fairly standard stuffed linen body, but as she embroiders colorful eyes and mouths, and works - wetting and baking - bits of wool to make their hair and considers the collection of fabric swatches, the vision of what each unique one will be begins to come clear.
Eventually, so does a story - Annalise, for instance, studied fashion in Italy while next to her, Khari, in a bright blue two-piece outfit, arrived from Mozambique to Long Island City, not all that far from Djarnie-Brown's home in Brooklyn.
Eric Silva may have traveled the farthest for the Craft + Design show, coming from Whittier, Calif., to make his first visit to Richmond with his delicate jewelry confections of brass and colored stone and carved antler.
Not too many steps from his booth Trefany Dix told visitors how she uses a glassmaking technique 4,000 years old to make brightly colored patterns on some of her vases by pulling bundles of colored glass into long rods, called canes, and then cutting them into pieces - "have you ever seen hard candy made, it's like that," she said.
She and partner Bengt Hokanson also make delicately colored glassware with layers of clear and colored glass, blowing them into bubbles and then spinning those until they make 2-foot, thin translucent bowls.
Techniques like hers or Jimenez's come from long traditions, but like Amy Smith with her hand loom on an island in Maine, they've been adapted to make contemporary works of art - Smith, for instance, takes subtly dyed threads made of eucalyptus trees fibers, as thin as what you'd use to sew on a button, to make scarves that seem to shimmer with dozens of colors and that, held up to the light, look like an elaborately patterned net.
"Lots of negative space, too," she said. "Very comfortable to wear even in the summer."
In a way, negative space is part of Shirly Gromen's art with her ceramics. She glazes her white porcelain vases with a black glassy coating, then carves the black away to make images of kingfishers, striped bass, crabs dancing in underwater grasses and oyster-catchers.
"I grew up on Chesapeake Bay," she said. "I do lots of spotted sandpipers, I do all my favorites."
The Craft + Design show this year, its 58th, was held about a month earlier than its traditional weekend before Thanksgiving weekend, but it still aims to be the event that kicks off the holiday shopping season in Richmond.
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond decided to move the show up to mid-October to beat the cold weather and the COVID-19 and flu season that comes as temperatures drop.
VisArts also hopes doing so will make it easier for visitors who travel and want to avoid the Thanksgiving travel rush.
This year more than 150 artists from all over the nation took part, with works in ceramics, glass, wood, precious metals and fiber.
It was the first in-person Craft + Design show since the onset of the pandemic in 2019.
"It's been really wonderful. They hosted a dinner for all of us," Smith said, "When you live at the end of dirt road on an island in Maine, going to a gala is pretty special."
Leslie Luck, shown in a drone photo taken Tuesday, is director of operations for the Historic Polegreen Church Foundation. “Historic Polegreen Church is known as the cradle of religious freedom,” Luck said of the Hanover County site. Samuel Davies, who inspired a young Patrick Henry, was Virginia’s first licensed non-Anglican minister there from 1748 to 1759. The original church structure was burned down during the Civil War, and the current white steel beam structure, designed by Carlton Abbott, was erected at the site. Other than the historical importance and symbolism for religious freedom, Historic Polegreen Church is a popular wedding venue and was made even more popular since guitarist Jason Mraz, a Mechanicsville native, was married here in 2015.
Visitors took in the views of the valley, about 1,000 feet below, and the mountains beyond at a scenic spot on Rockfish Gap Turnpike near Afton on July 31.
This drone photo was taken from the scenic overlook on Interstate 64.
Flying the drone is not allowed at nearby Shenandoah National Park; however, there are scenic overlooks, including McCormick Gap, Calf Mountain and Sawmill Run.
Visitors can also find three historical markers at the I-64 overlook: the Greenwood-Afton Rural Historic District, the Flight of Richard C. duPont and the Rockfish Gap Meeting.
There are many beautiful spots in the Hampton Roads area for photographers, such as beaches, rivers and state and national parks. But there are not many places available for drone photography because of the many restricted airspaces due to military bases, airports, and state and national parks.
Gloucester Point in Gloucester County is one of the exceptions, with a popular public fishing pier, a small beach and views of the Coleman Memorial Bridge and Yorktown. With the right timing and cooperation from Mother Nature, visitors are rewarded with a beautiful sunset over the bridge and a view of Yorktown’s waterfront.
The Times-Dispatch covered Alvis Farms a few years ago when the Goochland County farm started the Sunflower Festival.
The imagery stayed with me, and I thought it would be a cool place to fly a drone and capture images of a 50-acre sunflower field. I learned that timing is crucial, as the flowers fully bloom for only a few weeks in the middle of summer.
I coordinated with Rachel Henley of Alvis Farms to find the best time to photograph them. Once I visited the field with a drone, showing perspective of the sunflower farm became the challenge, as again it is 50 acres brimming with sunflowers.
Hannah Molnar of Alvis Farms had a cow, Memphis, at the field as she and others were preparing for the opening of the festival.
I was able to capture Hannah and Memphis with the flowers in full bloom, with the drone showing the scale of the farm.
Leslie Luck, shown in a drone photo taken Tuesday, is director of operations for the Historic Polegreen Church Foundation. “Historic Polegreen Church is known as the cradle of religious freedom,” Luck said of the Hanover County site. Samuel Davies, who inspired a young Patrick Henry, was Virginia’s first licensed non-Anglican minister there from 1748 to 1759. The original church structure was burned down during the Civil War, and the current white steel beam structure, designed by Carlton Abbott, was erected at the site. Other than the historical importance and symbolism for religious freedom, Historic Polegreen Church is a popular wedding venue and was made even more popular since guitarist Jason Mraz, a Mechanicsville native, was married here in 2015.
Visitors took in the views of the valley, about 1,000 feet below, and the mountains beyond at a scenic spot on Rockfish Gap Turnpike near Afton on July 31.
This drone photo was taken from the scenic overlook on Interstate 64.
Flying the drone is not allowed at nearby Shenandoah National Park; however, there are scenic overlooks, including McCormick Gap, Calf Mountain and Sawmill Run.
Visitors can also find three historical markers at the I-64 overlook: the Greenwood-Afton Rural Historic District, the Flight of Richard C. duPont and the Rockfish Gap Meeting.
There are many beautiful spots in the Hampton Roads area for photographers, such as beaches, rivers and state and national parks. But there are not many places available for drone photography because of the many restricted airspaces due to military bases, airports, and state and national parks.
Gloucester Point in Gloucester County is one of the exceptions, with a popular public fishing pier, a small beach and views of the Coleman Memorial Bridge and Yorktown. With the right timing and cooperation from Mother Nature, visitors are rewarded with a beautiful sunset over the bridge and a view of Yorktown’s waterfront.
The Times-Dispatch covered Alvis Farms a few years ago when the Goochland County farm started the Sunflower Festival.
The imagery stayed with me, and I thought it would be a cool place to fly a drone and capture images of a 50-acre sunflower field. I learned that timing is crucial, as the flowers fully bloom for only a few weeks in the middle of summer.
I coordinated with Rachel Henley of Alvis Farms to find the best time to photograph them. Once I visited the field with a drone, showing perspective of the sunflower farm became the challenge, as again it is 50 acres brimming with sunflowers.
Hannah Molnar of Alvis Farms had a cow, Memphis, at the field as she and others were preparing for the opening of the festival.
I was able to capture Hannah and Memphis with the flowers in full bloom, with the drone showing the scale of the farm.
A Henrico County jury found Dean Lakey not guilty of five five felony charges that stemmed from allegations that he sexually assaulted a student in 2017.
A General District Court judge in Richmond on Friday ruled in favor of The Times-Dispatch, finding that the Youngkin administration had to describe the subject matter of withheld emails.
People mill through the Craft + Design show, a contemporary craft show produced by the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, at Main Street Station in Richmond, on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2022.
Featured artist, doll-maker Sarah Djarnie-Brown, from Brooklyn, NY, talks about her process at Craft + Design, a contemporary craft show produced by the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, at Main Street Station in Richmond, Va. on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2022.
Trefany Dix (left), part of the artist duo Hokanson Dix Glass, speaks with Devlin Murphy, of Richmond, at Craft + Design, a contemporary craft show produced by the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, at Main Street Station in Richmond on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2022.
Richmond artist S. Ross Browne paints on stage at Craft + Design, a contemporary craft show produced by the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, at Main Street Station in Richmond, on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2022.
The work of Trefany Dix and Bengt Hokanson, of Hokanson Dix Glass, on display at Craft + Design, a contemporary craft show produced by the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, at Main Street Station in Richmond, Va. on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2022.
People admire a diorama by Nicario Jimenez at Craft + Design, a contemporary craft show produced by the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, at Main Street Station in Richmond, on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2022. | https://richmond.com/news/local/craft-design-show-brings-a-sense-of-wonder-to-richmonds-main-street-station/article_093e83d2-3818-5547-881c-ba24e2da8785.html | 2022-10-16 20:41:50 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/craft-design-show-brings-a-sense-of-wonder-to-richmonds-main-street-station/article_093e83d2-3818-5547-881c-ba24e2da8785.html |
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Dutch soldier shot in Indianapolis dies of his injuries
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — One of three Dutch soldiers wounded in a shooting outside a hotel in downtown Indianapolis over the weekend has died, the Defense Ministry said Monday.
The commando “died tonight of his injuries. That happened surrounded by family and colleagues,” the ministry said in a statement.
The soldier, whose identity was not released, was one of three members of the Dutch Commando Corps who were shot and wounded early Saturday in downtown Indianapolis after what local police believe was a disturbance outside the hotel where they were staying, authorities said.
The two other wounded soldiers are conscious, the ministry said.
The shooting occurred about 3:30 a.m. in Indianapolis’ entertainment district. The Dutch Defense Ministry said the three soldiers were from the Commando Corps and were in Indiana for training.
Indianapolis police said they believe some sort of altercation between the three victims and another person or people led to the shooting. No arrests have been made.
The Indiana National Guard said the soldiers had been training at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, a 1,000-acre complex about 40 miles southeast of Indianapolis. The Guard said in a statement that the center is used for training by the Department of Defense “as well as other allies.”
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Tonight's games
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Cabot at Little Rock Southwest
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De Queen at Little Rock Parkview*
Friday's games
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Bentonville at Fort Smith Southside
Fayetteville at Rogers
Rogers Heritage
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Springdale at Bentonville West
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Bryant at Jonesboro
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North Little Rock at Conway
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Benton at Marion
Jacksonville at Greene County Tech
Sheridan at Sylvan Hills
Searcy at El Dorado
West Memphis
at Little Rock Catholic*
6A-West
Greenwood at Greenbrier
Lake Hamilton at Van Buren
Pulaski Academy
at Mountain Home
Russellville at Siloam Springs
5A-Central
Beebe at Pine Bluff
Maumelle at Mills
Vilonia at Joe T. Robinson
Watson Chapel at Morrilton
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Batesville at Paragould
Brookland at Nettleton
Southside Batesville at Wynne
Valley View at Forrest City
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Camden Fairview at Texarkana
Hot Springs at Hope
Magnolia at Hot Springs Lakeside
5A-West
Alma at Farmington
Harrison at Prairie Grove
Pea Ridge at Dardanelle
Shiloh Christian at Clarksville
4A-1
Elkins at Huntsville
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Lincoln at Gravette
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Chris Stapleton keeps national anthem simple, bringing many to tears
(AP) - Country star Chris Stapleton made the national anthem a simple affair at Super Bowl 57, standing alone on the field accompanied by only his electric guitar as he sang “The Star Spangled Banner” moments before the Kansas City Chiefs kickoff to the Philadelphia Eagles to start the game.
Dressed simply in smooth black denim and sunglasses, with neatly combed hair instead of his signature feathered cowboy hat, he sang the anthem as a plaintive ballad, picking it up to rock only briefly as he delivered the final lines “banner yet wave” and “land of the free!”
His anthem felt slow, but it clocked in at 2 minutes, 2 seconds, under the 2 minutes, 5 seconds predicted by oddsmakers. But it was more than 10 seconds longer than last year’s sung by another country star, Mickey Guyton.
Eagles coach Nick Sirianni and starting center Jason Kelce both had tears in their eyes during Stapleton’s emotional performance.
As the eight-time Grammy winner sang, “CODA” star Troy Kotsur, the first deaf man to win an acting Oscar, signed the anthem lyrics.
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Before Stapleton’s anthem, “Abbot Elementary” star Sheryl Lee Ralph performed “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”
Wearing a flowing red velvet gown, Ralph began the song dubbed the Black national anthem as a reflective ballad, and it became a soaring hymn as it went on, with military-style drums joining her and a choir dressed all in white chiming in behind her on the field at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
And R&B legend Babyface delivered “America the Beautiful” as a soulful folk song, playing an acoustic guitar painted with an American flag and blue flowers as he stood alone on the field. A backing track with drum machines and singers kicked in before he was done.
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When the caller ID popped up on Shawn Stiffler’s phone, and displayed the words “South Bend,” his hair stood up.
Stiffler wasn’t looking to leave VCU, said Ed McLaughlin, vice president and director of athletics at the school.
But Notre Dame — the vaunted university located in the South Bend, Ind., area — came calling. The Fighting Irish recruited Stiffler and it became evident to McLaughlin last week and into the weekend that Stiffler was their top choice.
Stiffler was happy in Richmond. It was a place he’d been the last 15 years, including the last 10 seasons as head coach. But also, Notre Dame was a place he’d always dreamed about.
So after leading the Rams to a consistently high level of success, including the last two Atlantic 10 tournament titles, Stiffler decided to take the new opportunity in front of him. Reports emerged during the day Monday that Notre Dame was close to an agreement with Stiffler, and McLaughlin confirmed to the Times-Dispatch Monday evening that the hiring was complete.
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Stiffler, now the 22nd coach in Notre Dame history, was introduced in a Thursday afternoon press conference there.
"Truthfully one of the hardest decisions you could ever make,” Stiffler said Thursday. “We were very, very happy [at VCU]. We were very comfortable there. ... What I've seen on social media, and the way people have reached out to me has been unbelievably humbling.
“When you're in it you don't necessarily realize that maybe you're having that type of impact, and how they feel about you. But those are some of my greatest friends in the world. People I admire. Those players did everything we asked them to do for 15 years."
Watch LIVE as @ShawnStiffler29 is introduced as the 22nd head coach of @NDBaseball. #GoIrish https://t.co/fe5UC7rqpp
— The Fighting Irish (@FightingIrish) July 14, 2022
Fifteen years ago, Stiffler arrived at VCU as an assistant coach on Paul Keyes’ staff. He served as the Rams’ pitching coach and recruiting coordinator in his first five seasons, then was associate head coach in 2012.
Keyes, though, was forced to step aside in 2012 as he battled cancer, and Stiffler became VCU’s interim coach during the season. Keyes, who coached the Rams for 18 years, died in November 2012 and Stiffler was named VCU’s coach on a full-time basis the following month.
The 43 year old went 340-198 over the last 10 seasons in that role. He directed the Rams to a first A-10 tournament title in 2015, a postseason run that ultimately resulted in the program's first-ever super regional appearance. And he led VCU to back-to-back A-10 tournament titles the past two years.
"He is VCU baseball,” departing VCU slugger Tyler Locklear said Tuesday of Stiffler’s impact, as he readies for the MLB draft that starts Sunday. “You see all of his accolades he gets, all his championships he's won. The culture he's built there.”
But the opportunity at Notre Dame was one McLaughlin described as life changing for Stiffler. The Fighting Irish, who play in the ACC, have shown an upward trajectory. They’re coming off their first College World Series appearance since 2002, as part of their first 40-win season (41-17) since 2006.
And the private Catholic institution is one that Stiffler, a Somerset, Pa., native, said has always been in the front of his thoughts.
"I'm Roman Catholic,” Stiffler said. “I grew up in Western Pennsylvania, where you watch Notre Dame football on Saturday and you go to church on Sunday. That's how I grew up."
Stiffler said there were very few jobs that he would’ve left VCU for. But Notre Dame was a place that prompted the type of visceral, hair-raising response Stiffler felt when “South Bend” appeared on his caller ID.
McLaughlin said he spoke with Stiffler early Sunday morning about the job.
“And I just told him that we're going to root for him as he goes,” McLaughlin said. “I know he'll do a great job.”
Jack Swarbrick, vice president and director of athletics at Notre Dame, said Thursday that the school was impressed by a few characteristics it saw from Stiffler. One was his consistency. VCU was among just seven teams nationally that tallied at least 34 wins in each of the past eight full seasons. And Swarbrick also mentioned Stiffler’s success in tough environments like the NCAA tournament, including VCU’s wins over Georgia and North Carolina in the Chapel Hill Regional last month.
Notre Dame was also struck by the respect Stiffler has commanded among other baseball coaches around the country.
“But then there was a characteristic that meant the most. During our discussions, Shawn talked in terms of family as much as anyone I've ever interviewed,” Swarbrick said. “Both in terms of his dedication to his own family, and his relationship with his baseball family."
Stiffler said UVA coach Brian O’Connor, who was on Paul Mainieri’s staff at Notre Dame from 1995-2003, was one person he spoke to as he considered the job with the Fighting Irish. O’Connor expressed that he felt Stiffler had the traits that would make him a good fit to lead Notre Dame, which Stiffler said gave him a lot of confidence.
Stiffler plans to take the momentum the Fighting Irish are already riding and use it to continue to propel the program forward.
And VCU is riding momentum of its own. Underclassmen made up a prominent share of the Rams’ lineup this past season, too, which could leave the program positioned for continued success.
McLaughlin said Stiffler did a great job setting VCU up for what’s next. A national search for Stiffler’s successor is underway, and the school is reaching out to those it is interested in.
VCU is going to look at all candidates, McLaughlin said. And a huge priority lies in those who understand the program’s culture.
“Someone who understands who we are as a university, who we are as an athletic department and what we are as a community in Richmond,” McLaughlin said.
Considering that, Kurt Elbin — who is associate head coach for offense and recruiting coordinator at Virginia Tech now, but who was assistant coach/recruiting coordinator at VCU under Stiffler from 2013-17 — could be among those who garner consideration.
McLaughlin said VCU will move the search along quickly, with the start of classes ahead in just over a month.
Stiffler, who pitched at George Mason (1998-2001) before beginning his collegiate coaching career there, expressed Thursday that he’s a product of the people he worked with at VCU, from administration to players to support staff — “I can’t thank them enough.”
McLaughlin expressed that he views Stiffler like a brother.
And now, new phases are unfolding for both.
“I’m happy for him, and we’re going to miss him,” McLaughlin said. “But I also know we’re going to have a great head coach follow him.” | https://richmond.com/sports/college/shawn-stiffler-begins-new-chapter-at-notre-dame-as-vcu-takes-on-search-for-successor/article_64832b3a-03bb-11ed-80b8-e78187a56db1.html | 2022-07-14 23:35:33 | 0 | https://richmond.com/sports/college/shawn-stiffler-begins-new-chapter-at-notre-dame-as-vcu-takes-on-search-for-successor/article_64832b3a-03bb-11ed-80b8-e78187a56db1.html |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jane Fonda said on social media Friday that she has cancer.
“So, my dear friends, I have something personal I want to share. I’ve been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and have started chemo treatments,” the 84-year-old actor wrote in an Instagram post.
“This is a very treatable cancer,” she added, “so I feel very lucky.”
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a cancer that begins in the white blood cells and affects parts of the body’s immune system.
Fonda acknowledged that unlike many, she is privileged to have insurance, and access to the best doctors and care.
“Almost every family in America has had to deal with cancer at one time or another and far too many don’t have access to the quality health care I am receiving and this is not right,” she said.
Fonda said she has begun a six-month course of chemotherapy, is handling the treatments well, and will not let it interfere with her climate activism.
Fonda has dealt with cancer before. She had a tumor removed from her breast in 2010, and has also had skin cancer.
Part of a legendary Hollywood family, Fonda gained fame for both her acting and her activism starting in the late 1960s.
She won Oscars for her performances in 1971’s “Klute” and 1978’s “Coming Home.”
She has also starred in the films “Barbarella” and “9 to 5,” and in the Netflix series “Grace and Frankie.” | https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/jane-fonda-says-she-has-cancer-is-dealing-well-with-chemo/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2022-09-02 22:12:32 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/jane-fonda-says-she-has-cancer-is-dealing-well-with-chemo/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A hand surgeon testified Monday that Johnny Depp could not have lost the tip of his middle finger the way he told jurors it happened in his civil lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard.
The finger injury, which occurred in a March 2015 fight in Australia between Depp and Heard, has been one of several key points of dispute in the lawsuit. Depp says he was injured when Heard threw a vodka bottle at him. Heard has said she never saw specifically how it happened, but that it occurred on a night when an enraged Depp sexually assaulted her with a liquor bottle.
Depp is suing Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court over a December 2018 op-ed she wrote in The Washington Post describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” His lawyers say he was defamed by the article even though it never mentioned his name.
Depp has denied he ever struck Heard, and says she was the abuser in the relationship. Heard has testified about more than a dozen separate instances of physical abuse she says she suffered at Depp’s hands.
In testimony Monday, surgeon Richard Moore testified about the severed finger as jurors saw gruesome photos of the injury. He said that Depp described that his palm was down on a bar when it was struck by the bottle.
Moore, who did not treat Depp, testified that Depp’s description is unlikely, in large part because his fingernail remained intact. Moore said the fingernail was exposed, as Depp described the placement of his hand, and would have been damaged. Moore also said there would have been other cuts on the rest of his hand from the glass that shattered on impact.
While Depp told the jury that Heard severed the finger by throwing a vodka bottle, at the time of the accident he told people and sent text messages saying he’d done it to himself. At one point he said the finger had been pinched between solid accordion doors.
Depp now says he lied to protect Heard. Moore testified that getting the finger pinched in accordion doors would be consistent with the injury.
The trial is now in its sixth week. Monday’s testimony was relatively mundane in a trial that has provided an ugly glimpse into the couple’s toxic relationship. There had been an expectation that Heard’s lawyers were going to call Depp to the stand Monday, but that did not occur. Heard’s lawyer, Elaine Bredehoft, said at the end of the day Monday that they are still discussing whether to call him.
Jurors had already heard from both Depp and Heard extensively — each was on the stand for four days, undergoing grueling cross-examinations.
Also Monday, a psychiatrist testified that Depp’s behavior fits the pattern of a person whose drug and alcohol abuse contributes to domestic violence.
Depp lawyer Wayne Dennison questioned the ethics and credibility of the psychiatrist’s opinions, given that he never conducted an examination of Depp.
Later Monday, Dennison extensively questioned another Heard witness, entertainment expert Kathryn Arnold, about her assertion that Heard lost out on a potential $40 million to $50 million when another Depp lawyer called Heard’s claims of abuse a “hoax.” Heard has filed a counterclaim against Depp based on those statements.
Arnold said she measured Heard’s career against “comparable” stars like Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa and Zendaya to show where Heard’s career would have gone if Depp attorney Adam Waldman had not defamed her.
Dennison, in his questioning, scoffed at the notion that Heard was in the same league as those stars. He was also dismissive of Heard’s role as Mera in the “Aquaman” superhero film franchise, saying that the to-be-released “Aquaman” sequel is more like a “buddy comedy” than a film that will feature Heard as a romantic lead.
Heard “was on the precipice of a great career,” Arnold insisted.
The trial has drawn increasing public attention over its length. People camped out overnight and squabbled over places in line as they sought to get one of the 100 seats in the courtroom allocated to the public. During a morning break, one woman professed her love for Depp and asked when he was going to acknowledge that he was the father of the baby she was holding in her arms.
She was removed from the courtroom. | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/surgeon-johnny-depps-severed-finger-story-has-flaws/ | 2022-05-24 20:21:59 | 1 | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/surgeon-johnny-depps-severed-finger-story-has-flaws/ |
KYIV — Russian forces pounded Ukraine’s power plants and heating systems Saturday with some of the heaviest missile strikes in weeks, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow pressed ahead with an aerial campaign to bring misery to the country’s civilians even as it loses ground on the battlefield.
In a sign that Moscow’s forces in the south were coming under pressure, occupation officials in the southern province of Kherson told residents of the region’s capital city on Saturday to “immediately” leave because of the threat of an attack by Ukrainian forces.
Ukraine endures bitter winters, making its people vulnerable at this time of year to energy disruptions. Ukrainian officials confirmed missile strikes in at least a half-dozen regions Saturday, with the country’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, saying that the barrage was “aimed at critical civilian infrastructure.”
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The state power company said that while it was trying to restore services, it had imposed energy restrictions in a string of regions, including the capital, Kyiv. The damage from Saturday’s attacks, the company, Ukrenergo, said in an online post, was “comparable or may exceed” anything it had seen in the last two weeks.
Not since the first days after the invasion in late February has the bombing been so widespread and intense as it has been in recent weeks. Missiles and self-destructing drones have slammed into apartment buildings, bustling streets, parks and playgrounds, killing dozens of civilians. The attacks have damaged about 30% of Ukraine’s power plants, according to officials, causing rolling blackouts across the country.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said late Friday that the recent attacks had a clear goal: “to make the Ukrainian people suffer.”
Ukraine has had increasing success in shooting down missiles and self-destructing drones, which are often launched from neighboring Belarus. And on Saturday, as civilians sheltered in basements, the country scrambled its fighter jets to try to blast the incoming missiles out of the sky. Ukraine’s air force command later said on the Telegram messaging app that it had downed 18 missiles.
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In Kyiv, the air raid alarms sounded about 7:30 a.m. and were followed quickly by reports of missiles in the air. One video shared by Ukrainian news outlets appeared to show a fighter jet shooting down a missile, although this could not be independently confirmed. Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said five rockets headed toward Kyiv had been intercepted, although there were reports of missile strikes in the surrounding region.
By midmorning, there were reports of strikes across the country. In the city of Lutsk, in western Ukraine, a missile hit a power plant, causing a blackout in part of the city, Mayor Ihor Polishchuk said on Telegram. The blast wave damaged a private home and injured at least one person, he said.
These broad strikes on infrastructure come as Russian forces have faced setbacks on the front lines.
In a rapid counteroffensive, Ukraine recaptured much of Kharkiv province, in the northeast of the country, in September and also has been making gains in Kherson province, in the south. That advance, which began in late August, has left thousands of Russian troops stationed on the western bank of the Dnieper River in the key city of Kherson exposed.
As a result, a withdrawal from the city across the river would make military sense, according to some experts, and Ukrainian military authorities on Friday pointed to signs that Moscow had started to move military equipment out of the city.
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Vladyslav Nazarov, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s southern operational command, said at a briefing Friday that while Russia was still trying to hold its occupied areas in the province, Moscow’s forces in Kherson were “quite actively transferring equipment, weapons and even units” to the eastern bank of the river. That claim could not be independently verified.
Russia-backed authorities in the city said last week that they were launching an operation to evacuate civilians to the river’s east bank, and the Russian-installed administration in Kherson province on Saturday added a note of urgency to that call.
“Due to the tense situation at the front, the increased danger of massive shelling of the city and the threat of terrorist attacks, all civilians must immediately leave the city,” it said on Telegram. “Take care of the safety of your family and friends! Do not forget documents, money, valuables and clothes.”
Ukrainian forces have cut the main road bridges close to the city in order to make it harder for Moscow to resupply its troops.
Local pro-Russian officials have for days been sharing videos and photographs of civilians lining up to cross the river, which is about 1 mile wide near the city, in ferryboats, and they said this week that 15,000 civilians had already left. But there was no independent confirmation that a mass evacuation has been taking place.
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Ukrainian authorities have said the push to move people amounts to deportation and encouraged citizens in the city to remain at home or try to reach Ukrainian-controlled territory.
Kherson is a strategic asset to the Kremlin as the only province whose capital is west of the Dnieper River where it can claim control. It also holds symbolic value: It was the first city to fall to Russian forces after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in late February.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced this month that Russia was annexing Kherson along with three other provinces, a unilateral move that has been denounced as illegal both by the government in Kyiv and the United Nations General Assembly. | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/10/22/world/russia-hits-ukraines-power-infrastructure-with-some-biggest-strikes-recent-weeks/ | 2022-10-22 17:54:03 | 1 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/10/22/world/russia-hits-ukraines-power-infrastructure-with-some-biggest-strikes-recent-weeks/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Unemployment didn’t last long for Trevor Noah — he’s hosting the Grammy Awards in early 2023.
The comedian who recently left his post as host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central has been asked to be master of ceremonies on Feb. 5, which will be his third time leading the Grammys.
The ceremony will return to Los Angeles after last year relocating to Las Vegas because of rising COVID-19 cases and the omicron variant. The show will be held at Crypto.com Arena.
Beyoncé goes into the ceremony with a leading nine nominations, including her song “Break My Soul” earning nods for record and song of the year.
Kendrick Lamar has the second-most nominations, with eight. Adele and Brandi Carlile both received seven nods. Harry Styles, Mary J. Blige, Future, DJ Khaled, The-Dream and mastering engineer Randy Merrill each picked up six. | https://www.ksn.com/entertainment/ap-trevor-noah-goes-for-a-threepeat-of-grammy-award-hosting/ | 2022-12-15 18:48:08 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/entertainment/ap-trevor-noah-goes-for-a-threepeat-of-grammy-award-hosting/ |
Online passport renewals in works
(Gray News) - The days of filling out tons of paperwork to renew your passport could soon be over.
The State Department said it plans to start taking passport renewal applications online.
For a limited time starting Friday, and for a limited period in October, people seeking to renew their passports can do it online as part of a pilot program.
The move to online passports renewals comes after the State Department launched a successful test program to help with the pandemic backlog, which had resulted in renewal wait times of up to 18 weeks.
However, not everyone will be able to take advantage of the new online service.
That includes people younger than the age of 16 and those applying for a passport for the first time.
The new online renewal system is expected to launch for everyone early next year.
For more information, go to travel.state.gov.
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After a mass shooting at a daycare center in Thailand, NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Thai journalist Haitharat Phaholtap about the mystery surrounding the shooter's motives.
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After a mass shooting at a daycare center in Thailand, NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Thai journalist Haitharat Phaholtap about the mystery surrounding the shooter's motives.
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DPW Amsterdam 2022 will bring together bright minds in procurement and technology to confer on solutions for the future
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Procurement World (DPW), the world's largest and most influential tech event for the procurement industry, today announced their final event agenda, highlighting the notable speakers set to participate at this year's event. The annual flagship conference, held both online and at the monumental Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam on September 21-22, brings together innovative minds from across industries and geographies to discuss tech-inspired solutions to the largest issues facing procurement today.
Now in its third year, DPW has grown to over 5,000 attendees, 120 speakers, and 25 exhibiting startups hailing from over 80 countries around the world. This year's themes include digital transformation, sustainability, resilience, diversity and inclusion, and the future of work.
Just a few of the many notable speakers participating in the 2022 hybrid event include:
- Taavi Rõivas, Former Prime Minister of Estonia
- Ulrike Sapiro, Chief Sustainability Officer at Henkel
- Amanda Davies, Chief Procurement and Sustainability Officer at Mars Wrigley
- Jennifer Han, Chief Product Supply Officer, Nutrition at Unilever
- Andries Feikema, Global Director, Procurement Center of Excellence & Digitalization at DSM
- Dr. Elouise Epstein, Partner at Kearney
"From inflationary pressures to supply chain woes and sustainability concerns, procurement is up against more hurdles than ever. That's why it's the perfect time to bring together diverse voices from across the world to discuss how we can use technology to envision a better future for the industry and the world," said Matthias Gutzmann, founder of DPW. "We are very proud that every year so many incredible solutions are discussed and valuable partnerships are born right here at DPW. I can't wait to see what this year's speakers and attendees bring to the table."
To find out more about DPW Amsterdam 2022 and to secure your ticket, please visit conference.dpw.ai
DPW is the tech ecosystem for the global procurement industry, bringing together a diverse network of startup founders, investors, executives from technology and advisory firms, business leaders and academics to collaboratively tackle industry-wide challenges.
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WFO SACRAMENTO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, September 19, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
555 AM PDT Mon Sep 19 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT TODAY...
* WHAT...Risk for flooding, slides and debris flows caused by
excessive rainfall earlier in the night continues.
* WHERE...A portion of northern California, including the following
counties, western Glenn, southwestern Shasta and western Tehama.
* WHEN...Until noon PDT Monday.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Slides and debris flows have been reported by local authorities in
and near the August Complex burn scar.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 547 AM PDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges
indicate heavy rain has tapered off with scattered showers
continuing. Minor flooding is already occurring in the
advisory area.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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Following a nearly three month unionization effort, Boston University Children’s Center teachers unanimously voted for union representation Tuesday afternoon.
“I hope our victory is part of a larger trend of childcare professionals joining together in service of children, families and ourselves,” said BUCC teacher Kendra Bucklin, who’s worked in early child education for decades. “This is important work, and I want committed, passionate educators like myself and my coworkers to be able to remain in the field while also caring for our own families.”
The low wages in the industry, Bucklin said, have held her back from having children of her own.
The union drive began when BUCC teachers reached out to the local SEIU Local 888 union representatives in May, but the teachers initially organized to write a letter and push for salary increases earlier in the year. After months, they won that first campaign.
“That was kind of their first taste of collective action and the power of it,” said Hersch Rothmel, SEIU Local 888’s Director of External Organizing, who assisted the teachers’ unionization, “but the issues were so much more than salaries.”
Among other issues, the educators felt they were understaffed to the point it impeded the quality of the kids’ education, took on duties with no extra compensation and were being shut down by management, Rothmel said.
Critical shortages of child care workers during the pandemic, a release from the union stated, highlighted an “industry wide crisis.”
The group met with Rothmel for the first time June 1 and filed for an election on June 10. Management refused to voluntarily recognize of the union.
Months later, all 21 BUCC teacher eligible to vote — three new teachers were hired to late to vote in the election — heralded the union in.
“The work of an Early Childhood Education professional is inherently communal, collaborative, and cooperative,” said BUCC teacher Wheeler DeAngelis. “So it is only natural that we should hold hands to support each other in making a better workplace for ourselves and a better learning environment for the children we educate.”
The union will be working to secure more transparency from management, more prep time for teachers, more professional development opportunities, Rothmel said, along with addressing staffing and salaries.
There are several unions among early child education organizations in the Boston area, like Head Start, Rothmel stated, but not among universities’ child education centers.
The industry, Rothmel said, is “historically seen as women’s work, and therefore underappreciated and undervalued.”
“These teachers deserve the right to have their voice heard and to make positive changes at their workplace,” he said. | https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/08/10/bu-childrens-center-teachers-vote-unanimously-to-unionize/ | 2022-08-10 14:38:14 | 1 | https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/08/10/bu-childrens-center-teachers-vote-unanimously-to-unionize/ |
ALLEN PARK -- The Detroit Lions lost a fourth straight game on Sunday, this one by a 24-6 measure against the Dallas Cowboys. With that, their road losing streak has stretched to an NFL-worst 13 games, and doubts are starting to grow more loud about where this rebuild is headed.
We take on that and a lot more in this week’s mailbag. Once again and as always, thanks so much to everyone who fired off questions. Future entries can be tweeted here or emailed to kmeinke@mlive.com.
Q: How does ownership proceed? They can’t give another management team an ultimatum because that’s what got them into this mess. It’s a tough spot to be in yet again. What are your thoughts? -- @FrankAsher18
A: That’s a tough question, and one I’ve started to give some thought. I was in that room with four other reporters when then-owner Martha Firestone Ford and current owner Sheila Hamp said they were giving Bob Quinn and Matt Patricia a third season together to figure it out, but would need to start playing meaningful football, or else.
On that day, Matt Patricia was 9-20-1 at the helm in Detroit.
On this day, Dan Campbell is 4-18-1 in Detroit.
I’m no rocket scientest (sorry, Matt), but that means the Lions would have to reel off five wins in the next seven weeks just to match the place where ownership was three years ago, when had to come out of hiding and deliver an ultimatum for better football. And I’m no soothsayer either, but five wins in seven weeks seems slightly unlikely for a team that still hasn’t won a road game since the weekend after they fired Patricia and Quinn.
Of course, this regime and that one were in very diffent places when they took over too. Matt Patricia inherited a pretty good team that he was supposed to take over the top. By that measure, he was already a spectacular failure at this point in his tenure. Conversely, Dan Campbell and Brad Holmes inherited a garbage roster and toxic culture, and had to rebuild the whole gosh darn thing brick by brick.
Apples and oranges and all that.
Still, it’s growing increasingly difficult to say this rebuild remains on pace. They’re losing games faster than Patricia did. Their defense is allowing more points than any of Patricia’s did, too, although there were seriously encouraging signs on Sunday they’re starting to find some solutions there. That’s a start. But 23 games into this thing, they should be further along than “starting to find some solutions to historic-level problems.” No one is really mandating they contend right now, although meaningful signs of development and perhaps even -- and I know I’m getting carried away here -- but even some glimmers of compentency would help establish some credibility these guys know what they’re doing.
These things almost always take time, and this regime will get it. But no one gets it forever, and as the losses mount, so too will the pressure. It does for anyone. It happened for Quinntricia after their second Thanksgiving, and Holmes and Campbell are fast approaching that signpost with even fewer wins. This rebuild was different (and more difficult), and their timetable will be different too. But without a ceasefire to the losing, their day will eventually come too.
Q: If by this time next year things haven’t dramatically improved, how likely are we looking at another round of mass firings and starting the whole carousel over again? -- @jkpuckhead86
A: Like I said above, that day is not imminent. But without more winning and signs of meaningful development, it will grow ever closer and more likely. And if the results remain like this in 12 months, oh yeah, heads will roll.
Q: Team vibe check in? They still believing in what the staff is selling? Were you there in 2015 to compare it to that year with the 1-7 start to that season? -- @DET_in_TOL
A: Funny you should ask, because I’ve been comparing the vibe of that team (and its relationship to Jim Cadlwell) to this one (and its relationship to Dan Campbell) for a while. I was there in 2015. I remember standing in the locker room in Wembley Stadium, just minutes after they got the piss kicked out of them by the Kansas City Chiefs in London. They flew back across the Atlantic with the league’s worst record, then fired their president and general manager just days later. Things were bad.
But I remember standing in that locker room listening to Glover Quin offer an empassioned defense of Jim Caldwell. I remember Darryl Tapp do the same. I especially remember Lance Moore, who grew visibly emotional while defending his coach.
“I love Coach Caldwell,” Moore said. “He’s not just a really good coach, but he’s a great man, a great person. He understands how to win, and we have to go out there and we have to play better for him -- not just for each other, but for our coach, because he’s a guy that definitely does an awesome job of taking care of us, looking out for us. He doesn’t deserve (this). We’ve got to play better.”
My goodness, the parallels. That team wasn’t winning, but they believed it wasn’t because of their coach. Jim Caldwell still had command of that team. And sure enough, they won six of their final eight games, and came within the record-long Hail Mary of making a serious bid at the postseason.
This team doesn’t have nearly that kind of talent, and won’t be making that kind of run. But other parralels feel obvious. They have many problems right now, but players believe it’s not because of their coach. They love playing for Dan Campbell, and want to win for him, because they know what will eventually happen if they don’t. The vibe is good and the belief is there, despite the maelstrom unfolding all around them.
That says a lot about Dan Campbell, but even that won’t be enough to save him forever. It didn’t for Jim Caldwell either.
Q: Since you’re around the team a lot and have a good feel of how things are going, do you believe that Holmes and Campbell can still be successful here (2023, 2024) and what’s your biggest worry going forward? -- @CoachKneecaps
A: Of course they can become successful. They still need more talent all over the field, and that’s a big reason why you see so much inconsistency. The offense looks great for a while, until they lose a few guys of course, then they can’t score a touchdown in eight-plus quarters. The defense is the worst in the league for a while, then gets some key guys back and suddenly they play their best four quarters in forever.
The Lions have some good players, just not enough of them, which exposes them to wild fluctuations in performance. So with another year or two to add more premium players -- including two in the first round of next year’s draft, one of whom probably will be a long-overdue quarterback -- perhaps they turn a corner. It’s still very possible for this regime, which is not something I was thinking by now with the last one. But losing catches up to everyone in this business eventually.
That being said, I am starting to question for the first time whether the Dan Campbell experiment will actually work. It hasn’t to this point anyway. That doesn’t mean it can’t, but the man is now 4-18-1 in Detroit. Without meaningful solutions that lead to actual wins, he’ll eventually be gone too.
Q: Is it just how the NFL works, or has Brad Holmes made a lot of picks that are high risk, high reward? Seems like we’ve spent a lot of Day 1 & 2 picks on injury prone players or guys with lots of potential, and focused less on immediate contributors. Is that intentional? -- @schroedsanity
A: Football is a game of violence, and every team goes through injuries. Play this game long enough, and every player goes through them too. As such, no general manager can just ignore injured players. You do that, and you won’t be able to find 53 guys to throw on shoulder pads.
Every GM must weigh the risks and rewards of acquring injured players, that’s just part of the job. Of course, there is a lot of variance to the risk tolerance too. Some GMs have more appetitie for risk than others. To this point, Brad Holmes has been one of them. Jameson Williams is the most obvious example, because not only was Williams a first-round pick, but the Lions shipped draft picks to a division rival so they could trade up for him. A trade like that carries inherent risk no matter the player; throw in the ACL tear that was always going to cost him a lot of his rookie season, and perhaps even most of it, thereby burning a year of that cost-controlled rookie contract, yeah, that’s a risky play by Brad Holmes.
Of course, it comes with a massive upside too, because Williams was one of the most electric players in the country at Alabama, and will instantly become one of the fastest men in the NFL whenever they let him lace up his cleats. But there is an obvious risk to spending so much capital on a player with one good knee, and he isn’t the only one either. Holmes spent a second-round pick on Levi Onwuzurike even though the defensive lineman had a history of back injuries at Washington. Then Onwuzurike was slowed by more back issues as a rookie -- and that still did not deter Holmes from using another second-round pick on another defensive lineman that was dealing with an injury this year (Josh Paschal).
One game into his career, Paschal looks like he has a chance to be a fantastic fit for this defense. Two seaons into his career, Onwuzurike looks like he’s trending toward bust. Win some, lose some. That’s the game Holmes is playing.
That all being said, I do wonder if Holmes’ risk tolerance will change as the rebuild advances into more mature stages. Perhaps he’s taking so many risks now because he knows how far this team is from actually competing, and they can afford to swing-and-miss along the way while finding the best talent possible. Perhaps that equation will change when they start winning, and Detroit’s needs change from finding playmakers to plugging holes in the middle class of the roster.
Q: If Lions were to pick third or worse, would you consider taking Anderson/Carter over QB3 and picking up a QB with the Rams pick, or a trade up from 2nd round to late 20s, or do you have to take that QB with the highest pick just to show confidence in the eval? -- @C_Robbins_
A: You’re way ahead of me on the draft stuff. We’re still just six games into this thing, which means like it or not, I have to cover 11 more weeks of football.
But I will say this: If you need a quarterback, then that’s always going to be your top prioity. If the Lions determine they need a quarterback -- and they should have made that determination the day they traded away Matthew Stafford -- then they shouldn’t mess around. They should use their top pick to land the guy they believe is best for them. If they don’t think that guy will be there, they should use their two first-round picks and whatever else it takes to land their guy. That position is just too important in this era, and if you’re going quarterback in the draft, then go get your guy. Period.
Q: Any thoughts on Amani Oruwariye’s play vs the Cowboys? I thought he looked better than in previous games. -- @michaeltdunn
A: Considering he was the league’s worst cornerback in his previous games (according to ProFootballFocus), yeah, he was definitely better in Dallas. Still allowed one touchdown, but just 25 yards overall, his best coverage of the season. Crucially, he also didn’t miss a tackle while making five and even recovered a fumble for good measure.
A step in the right direction, although I still think Okudah-Jacobs is the future at cornerback. Just a matter of whether that happens during this season or at the start of the next one.
Q: Can you explain Anzalone to me? I never see him make any impactful plays. Has he ever broken up a pass? Had a sack? (facetious) His contribution seems to be limited to 2nd or 3rd man in on run tackles or tackling a receiver after they catch a ball for a first down. -- @MichaelAbrams
A: He’s a well-respected team leader with starting experience, all of which was important to this regime when they took over last year and put the NFL’s youngest roster on the field. Anzalone’s experience and leadership remained important to them this year too, as they prepared to play one of the NFL’s youngest rosters yet again, including linebackers in their first (Malcolm Rodriguez) and second year (Derrick Barnes).
But eventually you need better talent at that position. No question about that.
Q: Does Jared Goff have a market? The Lions are on pace to replace him in April. Is there anyone who would be enticed enough to bite in the short term? -- @GushingGecko
A: I seriously doubt it. Although given the Colts’ trade for Matt Ryan and the Commanders’ trade for Carson Wentz in the last few months, who knows.
It’s worth pointing out even if/when the Lions draft a quarterback, they’re still going to need someone to keep the seat warm until that pick is ready to see the field. Maybe that happens right away; more likely, it happens at some point in 2023 or by 2024. And having a guy like Goff to help show ropes and whatnot would be a huge plus.
For the record: Goff has a base salary of $20.7 million next year and $21.7 million in 2024, with a roster bonus of $5 million due both years, all of which is non-guaranteed. That’s not an unmovable contract for a quarterback some team believes in, although that last bit is the tricky part.
Q: What kind of food was in the press room in Dallas? -- @adkammeraad
A: Let’s see. There was chicken and fruit and breakfast sandwiches with sausage and egg, plus desserts and any type of coffee you want, although the real show-stopper was a beef tenderloin carving station that was wrapped in bacon. Not bad, eh?
And that was before kickoff.
At halftime, there was breaded chicken and chicken wings and bratwurst with sauerkraut and as much guacamole as your stomach could handle, although the real show-stopper was a gelato station that included every topping invented by mankind. Then the game ended and we went downstairs for interviews, only to return to the press box to find not one but two types of beer. On tap.
As they say: “Jer-ry! Jer-ry! Jer-ry!”
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Former Caldwell Police Department Lieutenant sentenced to federal prison
BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) – A former Caldwell Police Department Lieutenant was sentenced to three months in federal prison for falsifying a record or document in a federal investigation, witness tampering by harassment, and destroying a record to impair its use in an official proceeding, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced Monday.
The Honorable Scott W. Skavdahl, U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Wyoming, sitting by designation, also ordered 42-year-old Joseph Alan Hoadley to serve 12 months of supervised release following his release from prison.
In September 2022, Hoadley, a former Caldwell Police Department Lieutenant, was convicted after a five-day jury trial before U.S. District Court Judge Skavdahl.
The jury found Hoadley not guilty of willful deprivation of rights under color of law. According to court records and evidence presented at trial, while employed as a Lieutenant with the Caldwell Police Department, Hoadley used force against B.H. in Caldwell in 2017 while he was detained and handcuffed.
Hoadley falsified a subsequent police report detailing his actions during the incident. In 2021, knowing that he was the target of an FBI investigation, Hoadley harassed and intimidated C.H. with the intent to dissuade him from cooperating with the FBI investigation.
In April 2022, after being indicted by a federal grand jury, Hoadley destroyed data on his city issued laptop and cellphone one day before turning them over to the acting Caldwell Police Chief, who had placed Hoadley on administrative leave because of the charges.
“This case is about an officer who criminally violated the oath he took to uphold the law,” said U.S. Attorney Hurwit. “In falsifying reports and tampering with a witness, the defendant offended the principles of the Caldwell Police Department and of law enforcement officers everywhere. This case shows that we will not hesitate to hold accountable police officers who violate the law—just like we do for everyone else At the same time, it is important to emphasize that this investigation occurred because several Caldwell police officers refused to tolerate the defendant’s violations and stood up to his abuse of power. The integrity and bravery of these officers is something that the community can be proud of.”
“As law enforcement, we are bound by an oath to serve all citizens with equal compassion, professionalism, dignity, and respect,” said Special Agent in Charge Dennis Rice of the Salt Lake City FBI. “When a police officer commits a crime, it undermines the hard work of all officials and erodes the public’s trust. Today’s sentencing reinforces that no one is above the law.”
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DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DecisionPoint Systems, Inc. (NYSE American: DPSI), a mobility-first enterprise services and solutions company, today announced Steve Smith, CEO, will be presenting at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 17, 2022
Presentation Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Presentation Time: 1:00 p.m. ET
Webcast: https://sidoti.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_svAGY2VDRaqf35zYSdKwoA
1:1 Meetings: Wednesday and Thursday, August 17 and 18, 2022
Please sign up for one-on-ones through the Sidoti conference portal or by contacting Brian Siegel from Hayden IR at brian@haydenir.com
About DecisionPoint Systems
DecisionPoint Systems Inc. delivers mobility-first managed service and integration solutions to healthcare, supply chain, and retail customers, enabling them to make better and faster decisions in the moments that matter—the decision points. Our mission is to help businesses consistently deliver on those moments—accelerating growth, improving worker productivity, and lowering risks and costs. For more information about DecisionPoint Systems, Inc., visit https://www.decisionpt.com.
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Can China’s Zhou Guanyu do for F1 what Yao Ming did for basketball?
By Marc Stewart, CNN
As China’s first ever full-time Formula One driver, Zhou Guanyu makes a living doing the sort of things many people can only dream about: traveling the world and racing in a fast car.
“It’s the acceleration, the downforce, the G-force,” Zhou said when describing the thrill of driving at speeds in excess of 220 miles per hour (354 kilometers per hour) and accelerating from 0 to 60 mph in under three seconds.
“I think the only difference between Formula One and a roller coaster is that you have to be controlling where you’re going, and you have to be at 100% of yourself,” he told CNN.
Zhou has been putting his all into driving since he was a young boy growing up in Shanghai. Today, some people tip him to become F1’s answer to Yao Ming, the Chinese NBA sensation often credited with making basketball popular in his home country.
It was back in Shanghai in 2004 that — at just 5 years old — Zhou watched Rubens Barrichello win the first ever Chinese Grand Prix ahead of his hero Fernando Alonso. The moment helped to solidify his interest in racing and has stayed with him ever since, he said.
“Whenever it was my birthday or something, I’d ask my parents to get me a little car that I could play with around the sofa at my house,” Zhou recalled.
“We actually changed the sofa after a few years because the leather was being scratched … I was pushing it hard doing my own imagination of racing,” he said.
Zhou’s imagination prevailed. There was a lack of Chinese racing role models, so he created a path of his own.
He began go-karting — where many top drivers cut their teeth as young F1 hopefuls — not long after that maiden Chinese Grand Prix. By the age of 8, he was racing competitively.
A pivotal moment in his racing life came at age 12, when he left Shanghai for Sheffield, in the United Kingdom, to continue his development with the Strawberry Racing Karting team.
Moving from China’s most populous city to a relatively quiet area of northern England meant a massive adjustment — not least because at the time he spoke little English — but the move put him on the road to realizing his ambitions.
The karting scene in the UK was more competitive than in China and he enjoyed early success, winning both the Super 1 National Rotax Max Junior Championship and Rotax Max Euro Challenge before being offered a stint at the Ferrari Driver Academy, a breeding ground for future racing stars.
Zhou soon began taking the wheel of ever faster vehicles as he climbed through the ranks of F4, F3 and F2. While great for his career, that could be nerve-wracking to watch for the family that had moved with him to Sheffield.
“My mom was definitely the one who worried a lot in the beginning,” Zhou recalled. “But then now she’s like, for me getting more mature and everything, it’s easier for her now.”
While Zhou’s rise was long in the making, it was his breakthrough as the first Chinese full-time F1 driver — when he joined Alfa Romeo for the 2022 season — that really caught the world’s attention.
“It is about time we had drivers from all of the continents and countries,” said his teammate, Finnish ace Valtteri Bottas.
Zhou made headlines in July after a horrific high-speed crash during the British Grand Prix, afterward crediting his car’s halo protection device for saving his life.
A basketball fan, Zhou shares his racing number with that of his favorite player, the late Kobe Bryant, who wore the number 24 for some of his career with the LA Lakers.
But it’s comparisons to another of Zhou’s sporting heroes — former NBA great Yao — that have most excited many fans and sponsors.
“Who knows, maybe in 10 years time, you know, I could have the same effect. And that’s my aim definitely,” he said, referring to Yao’s legacy of helping to popularize his sport at home.
F1’s backers hope Zhou’s presence could help to expand the appeal of the motorsport to an even larger global audience.
“It’s a great opportunity for Formula One to make inroads in China,” said Christine Brennan, a CNN sports analyst.
“There’s no doubt that it just takes one driver, just takes, as we saw, one NBA player with Yao Ming, it takes one Olympian with Eileen Gu, just one and people can just go head over heels for that athlete,” she said.
Plans to grow the sport in China may have hit a slight kink in the road, with unconfirmed reports this week claiming plans to hold the Chinese Grand Prix for the first time since 2019 could be put on hold due to the country’s restrictive Covid policies. Still, even if the 2023 iteration of the race is canceled, Zhou’s presence on the grid for the rest of the season should give Chinese fans plenty to cheer about.
Even now, Zhou’s fanbase has grown to the point where he is often recognized when he is out on the streets of London, where he now lives.
“I have to hide myself because there’s a lot of Chinese people there,” Zhou said.
Staying low profile might be harder than it sounds for a driver known for his eclectic wardrobe choices and colorful race helmets. Indeed, such is his love of clothes he is already considering fashion design as a fall-back career.
“I’ve thought about it already. That’s something I really want to do in the future when I don’t do racing,” he said. “I love designing cool stuff, having my own advice, ideas, putting some creative stuff together.”
For now though, his focus remains on the track and the possibility his career may one day take him back to where it all began — the Grand Prix in Shanghai, if and when Covid restrictions allow.
“There’s a lot of people looking up to me,” Zhou said. “And I’m making everyone at home very proud.”
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Woman files lawsuit in husband’s death, claiming EMS never showed up
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC/Gray News) - A Georgia woman has filed a lawsuit against Wayne County and several county employees over an incident she says caused the death of her husband in 2021.
Madelene Smith called 911 for her husband in April 2021, but she says an ambulance never showed up, forcing her to drive her husband to the hospital herself. He died just a few days later, WTOC reports.
Around 8:30 p.m. on April 14, 2021, Madelene’s husband, 49-year-old Max Smith, was discharged from the hospital after being diagnosed with pneumonia. The couple were told to monitor his oxygen levels and, if it dipped below a certain level, to return to the hospital.
That’s exactly what happened at around 10 p.m. that night.
Madelene Smith called 911 for the first time at 10:19. She called again 18 minutes later, at 10:37, after help still hadn’t arrived.
Dispatch: “Wayne County 911″
Madelene Smith: “Yes, ma’am, there’s supposed to be an ambulance coming... Can you tell me when they’re going to be getting here?”
Dispatch: “I don’t have an ETA on them or anything like that, but they are on the way.”
Madelene Smith made a second 911 call that night, as her husband’s oxygen levels dropped to critical lows.
Madelene Smith: “His oxygen is in the 70s. Would we be quicker driving?”
Dispatch: “Well, they’re on the way, so they should be there any time.”
However, according to the 911 log from that day, an ambulance still wasn’t in route to the Smiths’ home after being dispatched two minutes after the initial call.
After 25 minutes, at 10:44 p.m., the Jesup Fire Department arrived and informed Madelene Smith that an ambulance wasn’t on the way. That’s when she loaded her husband into her personal car and drove the 10 minutes to the hospital herself.
Max Smith went into cardiac arrest, was placed into a coma and never woke up. He was taken off life support five days later.
The lawsuit states one of Max Smith’s main causes of death as not having enough oxygen to the brain, something his family says is still hard to come to terms with.
“It is a huge adjustment that the centerpiece of our family just got uprooted and left out of nowhere. It was unexpected. There was no prior notice of any of this happening,” said Arrin Turner, Max’s daughter.
WTOC Investigates calculated the average EMS response time for April 2021, the month of Max Smith’s death. For 331 EMS calls during that time, the average was around 19 minutes. More recent numbers from January 2023 showed a response time of around 13 minutes over 267 calls.
For reference, the National Fire Protection Association, a nonprofit that oversees fire and EMS response times, recommends that EMS be on scene in eight minutes.
Now, Max’s daughter spends time near this mini-memorial – a marker and tree on her McIntosh County property – and reflects on the almost two years without the man she called Dad and others knew as Rusty.
“There’s so much he’s missed out on since he’s been gone... I got married, and he wasn’t there. I had a baby, and he wasn’t there,” Turner said.
Turner says her family is just looking for answers and hopes the lawsuit will offer that.
“I think if some of the problems that we brought to the attention of the county were fixed, I think we would have a lot more closure. To know that he wasn’t just... that none of this happened in vain, that there was a good change in the community because of our loss, I think that would help us a lot, knowing that if this ever happened again, it would be treated a lot differently,” she said.
This lawsuit was initially filed in Wayne County court on Jan. 12. It was elevated to federal court in the Southern District. The family is suing for the full value of Max Smith’s life, lost wages, physical, mental and emotional pain in an amount to be determined by a jury.
The county’s former administrator, Ed Jeffords, is listed as a defendant in the lawsuit. He filed a resignation with the county on Jan. 10. The county commission terminated his contract immediately at their meeting on Jan. 11. On a phone call with WTOC, Jeffords says his resignation is unrelated to the lawsuit.
Several Wayne County officials and the county’s lawyer for the lawsuit declined an interview for this story.
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- National Unity Rd. Dispensary Franchise Footprint Expands into Three New States
- Cultivation, Production and Processing Expansion in Nevada Nears Completion with Phase One of Arizona Development also on Track
- Management to Host Conference Call and Webcast to Discuss Key Operational and Financial Highlights Today at 4:30 p.m. ET
PHOENIX, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Item 9 Labs Corp. (OTCQX: INLB) (the "Company")—a vertically integrated cannabis dispensary franchisor and operator that produces premium, award-winning products—today reported its fiscal second quarter operating and financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2022.
"Last year, our team focused on strengthening our position for future growth, both locally in Arizona and nationally across the U.S.," said Item 9 Labs Corp.'s Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Bowden. "The momentum we've achieved over the past quarter demonstrates the power of this foundation and gives a glimpse into what's ahead for our national growth and product excellence."
Key Business Highlights During Q2 FY2022 (January 1 - March 31, 2022)
- Expanded Unity Rd. dispensary franchise into three new markets – securing dispensary licenses in South Dakota and New Mexico as well as partnering with an existing dispensary in Oklahoma that is expected to be converted soon into a Unity Rd. shop.
- Actively growing the Unity Rd. national footprint through accretive acquisitions of existing dispensaries that it intends will be converted into Unity Rd. shops.
- Recent acquisition activity in the Denver market with the closing of an acquisition in Adams County, Colorado and an Asset Purchase Agreement for a medicinal and recreational dispensary and cultivator operating in the desirable Washington Park neighborhood of Denver.
- Item 9 Labs' Orion 710 series has been making waves throughout the Arizona market, sweeping the best indica and best sativa cannabis vape categories at Arizona's Spring ERRL Cup in March.
- Cultivation site in Pahrump, Nevada is almost completed.
- Phase one of the Coolidge, Arizona master site development remains on track with a target completion date this summer.
- Added franchising veteran Shane Evans to board of directors.
Bowden continued, "Focusing on execution sums up our plan for 2022 as we continue our mission to keep the door to cannabis entrepreneurship open to the everyday entrepreneur and bring more high-quality, alternative medicine to consumers nationwide. As large equity holders, our goals remain aligned with our shareholders in creating long-term value and brands that are built to last."
Key Financial Highlights for Q2 FY2022 (compared with Q2 FY2021)
- Revenue increased 9% to $6.6 million
- Gross profit totaled $2.7 million
- Gross margin remained strong at approximately 40%
- Operating loss of $2.8 million compared with operating income of $0.5 million
- Net loss of $3.9 million compared with net income of $50 thousand
- Net loss included $1.1 million ($255,000 paid in cash) of interest expense compared with $.5 million ($143,000 paid in cash)
- Adjusted EBITDA loss of $0.9 million compared with adjusted EBITDA profit of $1.0 million (invested significantly in franchise expenses, human capital, and infrastructure for expansion)
- Cash and cash equivalents totaled $0.1 million as of March 31, 2022
- Escrow deposits of $10.1 million in cash set aside for expansion as of March 31, 2022
Conference Call and Webcast Information – Tuesday, May 16, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. ET (1:30 p.m. PT)
Item 9 Labs Corp.'s Chief Executive Officer Andrew Bowden and Chief Financial Officer Bobby Mikkelsen will host the Company's Q2 FY2022 results call.
- Date: Monday, May 16, 2022
- Time: 4:30 p.m. Eastern time (1:30 p.m. Pacific time)
- Access by Zoom: A live and archived webcast will be available via Sequire, click on this webcast link to register or access the replay.
- Access by Phone: Please call the conference telephone number 10-15 minutes prior to the start time: Dial-in number: 669-900-6833 // Meeting ID: 96267842685 // Passcode: 389480
- Questions: Please submit questions to investors@item9labscorp.com before the presentation begins. The management team will do their best to answer all questions.
About Item 9 Labs Corp.
Item 9 Labs Corp. (OTCQX: INLB) is a vertically integrated cannabis operator and dispensary franchisor delivering premium products from its large-scale cultivation and production facilities in the United States. The award-winning Item 9 Labs brand specializes in best-in-class products and user experience across several cannabis categories. The company also offers a unique dispensary franchise model through the national Unity Rd. retail brand. Easing barriers to entry, the franchise provides an opportunity for both new and existing dispensary owners to leverage the knowledge, resources, and ongoing support needed to thrive in their state compliantly and successfully. Item 9 Labs brings the best industry practices to markets nationwide through distinctive retail experience, cultivation capabilities, and product innovation. The veteran management team combines a diverse skill set with deep experience in the cannabis sector, franchising, and the capital markets to lead a new generation of public cannabis companies that provide transparency, consistency, and well-being. Headquartered in Arizona, the company is currently expanding its operations space up to 640,000+ square feet on its 50-acre site, one of the largest properties in Arizona zoned to grow and cultivate flower. For additional information, visit item9labscorp.com.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement the Company's financial statements presented on a GAAP basis, Item 9 Labs Corp. provides Adjusted EBITDA as a supplemental measure of its performance. To provide investors with additional insight and allow for a more comprehensive understanding of the information used by management in its financial and decision-making surrounding pro forma operations, Item 9 Labs Corp. supplements its consolidated financial statements presented on a basis consistent with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, with Adjusted EBITDA as a non-GAAP financial measure of earnings. Adjusted EBITDA represents EBITDA plus stock-based compensation and acquisition related expenses. Item 9 Labs Corp. management uses Adjusted EBITDA as a financial measure to evaluate the profitability and efficiency of the business model. The Company uses these non-GAAP financial measures to assess the strength of the underlying operations of the business. These adjustments, and the non-GAAP financial measures that are derived from them, provide supplemental information to analyze its operations between periods and over time. Item 9 Labs Corp. finds this especially useful when reviewing pro forma results of operations, which include large non-cash amortizations of intangible assets from acquisitions and stock-based compensation. Investors should consider its non-GAAP financial measures in addition to, and not as a substitute for, financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, risks and effects of legal and administrative proceedings and governmental regulation, especially in a foreign country, future financial and operational results, competition, general economic conditions, proposed transactions that are not legally binding obligations of the company and the ability to manage and continue growth. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual outcomes may vary materially from those indicated. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements we make in this news release include the introduction of new technology, market conditions and those set forth in reports or documents we file from time to time with the SEC. We undertake no obligation to revise or update such statements to reflect current events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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CHILLICOTHE, Ohio -- Maddie Childers went 2 for 2 with a pair of solo home runs to lead Wellston to a 3-2 victory over Coal Grove in a Division III Southeast 3 District high school softball semifinal on Monday at Unioto High School.
Childers, a freshman, led off the Rockets' half of the first inning with a home run to center. She homered to center again in the third inning to make it 2-0.
The 19th-seeded Hornets tied it in the sixth inning when Rylee Black and Braelie Hitchcock knocked in runs. Wellston won it on Emma Ingalls' run-scoring single in the bottom of the inning.
Hannah Potts struck out 16 to earn the win. Sophomore Abbie Deeds fanned 10 in taking the loss.
The seventh-seeded Rockets play No. 1 Wheelersburg in the finals at 11 a.m. Saturday at Unioto.
WHEELERSBURG 10, RIVER VALLEY 0: Caiti Boggs went 4 for 4 with a three-run homer, a solo shot and five runs batted in to help the Pirates beat the 13th-seeded Raiders in a Division III Southeast 3 District semifinal at Unioto High School. The blasts gave Boggs 12 dingers this season. Macee Eaton hit her 13th home run of the season in the third inning. Andi Jo Howard pitched a no-hitter, coming within a walk of a perfect game. The Raiders made eight errors. Wheelersburg plays Wellston in the finals at 11 a.m. Saturday at Unioto.
LEWIS COUNTY 4, GREENUP COUNTY 0: Emily Cole whiffed 14, hit a three-run home run and won her 100th career game to lead the Lions over the Musketeers in the 63rd District Tournament semifinals in Vanceburg, Kentucky. Kayla Sullivan scored the winning run on an error in the first inning.
RACELAND 8, RUSSELL 6: The Rams overcame a 2-0 deficit to defeat the Red Devils in the 63rd District Tournament semifinals. Kaitlin Kartchner's two-run double broke a 4-4 tie. Davanna Grubb earned the win. Ava Howard homered for Raceland. Lili Smith and Haylee Thornsberry hit long balls for Russell.
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BOYD COUNTY 10, FAIRVIEW 0: Eighth-grader Grant Slater struck out 10 to pace the Lions to a triumph over the Eagles in the 64th District Tournament semifinals in Ashland. Slater and Cayden Butler combined for a no-hitter. Boyd County scored three runs in the first inning.
WAHAMA 6, RAVENSWOOD 1: The White Falcons rallied by the Red Devils in the second game of the Class A, Region IV, Section 2 Tournament in Mason, West Virginia. Ravenswood led 1-0 before Wahama scored six runs in the fifth inning. Winning pitcher Bryce Zuspan whiffed nine. Eli Rickard smacked two hits.
JACKSON 8, GALLIA ACADEMY 2: The fourth-seeded Ironmen jumped to a 5-0 lead in eliminating the No. 13 Blue Devils in a Division II Athens sectional semifinal in Jackson, Ohio. Conner Rowe had two hits and scored twice for Jackson, which entertains No. 5 Miami Trace at 5 p.m. Wednesday for the title.
UNIOTO 10, RIVER VALLEY 0: The No. 3 Shermans clobbered the 14th-seeded Raiders in a Division II sectional in Chillicothe. Unioto plays host to No. 6 Waverly at 5 p.m. Wednesday in the championship game.
GREENUP COUNTY 4, LEWIS COUNTY 0: Carson Wireman hurled a two-hit shutout as the Musketeers beat the Lions in the 63rd District Tournament semifinals in Vanceburg, Kentucky. Matthew Boggs scored the winning run on an error. Hunter Clevenger drove in a run before Bradley Adkins scored on an error. Jack Gullett drove in Clevenger to set the score.
RACELAND 5, RUSSELL 0: Brayden Webb struck out seven in pitching a one-hitter as the Rams beat the Red Devils in the 63rd District Tournament semifinals in Vanceburg, Kentucky. Clay Coldiron scored on a passed ball for the winning run. Zane Bailey crossed the plate on an error for a 2-0 lead. Parker Ison scored on a wild pitch to make it 3-0. Kadin Shore and Eli Lynd plated runs late.
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia and the United States have repeatedly been on the verge of agreement on a prisoner exchange, a senior Russian diplomat said Tuesday, adding that a deal is still possible before the year's end.
The Biden administration has been trying for months to negotiate the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner and another American jailed in Russia, Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, including through a possible prisoner swap with Moscow.
Asked by reporters whether a swap is possible before the year's end, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov responded that “there always is a chance."
“Regrettably, there have been a few occasions when it seemed that a decision in favor of it was about to be made, but it never happened,” he said without elaborating.
“If that happened, if would undoubtedly send a positive signal that not everything is so utterly hopeless in Russian-U.S. relations,” Ryabkov added.
He reiterated Moscow’s call for the U.S. to discuss the issue discreetly and refrain from making public statements. He lamented that “Washington has been abusing ‘loudspeaker diplomacy’ instead of a quiet one, which didn’t help us to do business.”
Earlier this month, Briner began serving a nine-year sentence for drug possession at a Russian penal colony in Mordovia, about 350 kilometers (210 miles) east of Moscow, after a Russian court had rejected her appeal of her August's conviction.
The all-star center with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and two-time Olympic gold medal winner was detained in February when customs agents said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport.
At her trial, Griner admitted to having the canisters in her luggage but testified she packed them inadvertently in her haste to make her flight and had no criminal intent. Her defense team presented written statements saying she had been prescribed cannabis to treat chronic pain.
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TEXAS, USA — The Texas House Republican Caucus backed House Speaker Dade Phelan, R- Beaumont, over Rep. Tony Tinderholt, R-Arlington, 78-6, during a closed-door meeting at the Capitol. Phelan served as speaker for the first time in the 2021 session.
While the official vote is a month away, when all 150 members will select a speaker, Saturday's vote signals that Phelan has strong support among the majority party.
The 47 year-old real estate broker thanked his Republican colleagues on Twitter Saturday: “Every member will play a role in our legislative process, and I look forward to earning the votes of all my colleagues.”
During the 2021 session, Phelan helped push for the passage of the state’s new laws banning almost all abortion and allowing permitless carry of handguns.
His endorsement by the GOP caucus follows pressure from a vocal group of more conservative Republicans who want to ban Democratic committee chairs. It’s been a longtime tradition to allow the minority party to chair committees, despite being out of power.
But the conservative agitators might not get their way. Phelan needs to secure 76 votes in the House to win the gavel and Saturday’s vote shows that he likely has the support to serve a second term.
Following the endorsement, Tom Oliverson, chair of the Texas House Republican Caucus said in a statement that the GOP caucus is "unified in our choice" for Phelan.
"Under Speaker Phelan’s leadership in the 87th Session, the Texas House accomplished one of the most conservative sessions in our legislature’s history and we are confident this momentum will continue in the next session,” Oliverson said.
Phelan has publicly defended the practice that allows Democrats to chair House committees. and said in September that if reelected as speaker, he would appoint the same proportion of Democratic committee chairs for the next session.
Phelan appointed 13 Democratic committee chairs at the start of the last session, out of 34 standing committees.
Tinderholt, Phelan’s challenger and one of the most far-right members of the Texas House, made it clear when he announced his run for speaker in November that he would be running on his opposition to Democratic committee chairs.
The 52-year old senior partner at a campus security company has served in the House since 2015 and once was a member of the conservative Freedom Caucus. He is a vocal opponent of abortion and has filed legislation in 2019 that would make it possible to charge a woman who has an abortion with criminal homicide. That measure failed after a Republican lawmaker did not allow for the bill to leave his committee for a vote of the full House, stating the bill moves “"our state and the pro-life cause in the wrong direction.".
In response to the vote on Saturday, Tinderholt said on Twitter he is “undeterred in my fight to ensure we have strong conservative leadership this session,” and added that he will “look forward to the floor vote on the first day of session.” The 88th Texas Legislature begins meeting on Jan. 10.
Phelan said he is “deeply grateful” to his Republican colleagues for their support.
“The 88th Texas Legislature will include important debates on issues ranging from property taxes to foster care, and I’m confident that our chamber and our caucus will lead the charge on policy proposals that better the lives of all Texans,” he said in a statement.
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OXFORD, England, Dec. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Adam Jones has been appointed Business Development and Sector Strategies Director, Unipart Logistics.
Adam joins with 15 years' experience in supply chain logistics across multiple sectors for companies including DHL Supply Chain, ArrowXL and Wincanton, and a strong track record of developing sales and marketing strategies to accelerate business growth most recently as CCO of Carlton Forest.
Adam Jones, Business Development & Sector Strategies Director, Unipart Logistics said: "I am delighted to join a company with a proven heritage in the delivery of innovative supply chain solutions, built on process excellence, world-class safety standards, brilliant customer engagement and the Unipart Way.
"As customers look to future proof their supply chains and continue to win in their own markets, Unipart Logistics is uniquely placed through a combination of deep industry knowledge, innovative technologies and an intimate customer focus to deliver sustainable and transformational solutions across the whole supply chain."
Ian Truesdale, Managing Director, Unipart Logistics, said: "Unipart Logistics is continuing to lead the industry in solving complex problems that address the big supply chain challenges faced across all industries and sectors: sustainability, resilience, visibility and control.
"Adam brings a wealth of experience in developing strategies to help customers understand how best to leverage our capabilities. I am confident he will play a key role in the future of Unipart Logistics leading our sector strategies and sales and marketing teams to develop, and position supply chain solutions that will deliver maximum advantage for our customers."
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2022 has been the summer of the "flightmare". Every weekend comes reports of hundreds (if not thousands) of canceled flights, lost luggage, and long delays.
It all had traveler Tamara Mims very nervous.
"My flight doesn't leave till 4, so I am having a little anxiety about it being delayed," she said, rushing to catch her fight.
On top of all the problems, ticket prices are up 25% over last summer, according to the government's most recent price data. So what can you do if you were hoping for an end-of-summer deal?
The first thing to do is to lessen your chances of getting stuck somewhere, or at home, with your vacation flight canceled.
Make sure you get there on time
To improve your chances of avoiding delays, Caroline Teel of SmarterTravel.com says:
- Avoid connecting flights, which double your chance of a problem.
- Don't check a bag if possible.
- Book a morning flight. And never the last flight of the day.
"Try to get the first flight of the day if you can," Teel said. "I know no one wants to wake up and get a 4 am taxi to the airport, but you are so much less likely to be delayed if you are on that first flight."
Where are the end-of-summer deals?
Normally by late July, airlines and hotels start lowering prices for late August travel. But there are fewer deals this year.
Soaring jet fuel prices, pilot and other staffing shortages, and higher-than-normal demand this year are all contributing to high prices, as well as a record number of delays and cancellations.
Unfortunately, those same factors are why it's also tough to find some end-of-summer deals this year, as there are so few empty seats that airlines need to fill.
Lousson Smith of Scott's Cheap Flights said, "it's not that there aren't any deals out there. It's just that when they do happen, they move really quickly."
Smith says Scott's Cheap Flights notifies members when great deals pop up.
He recommends you:
- Use an aggregator, like Google Flights or Kayak, to compare prices.
- Avoid Monday and Friday business travelers (who are now flying again), by flying Tuesday through Thursday and on Saturday.
- Get the best deals by waiting until after Labor Day to travel. Mid-September to mid-November, when kids are all in school, have some of the lowest fares of the year,
If you're hoping for one last family trip this summer, however, be sure to book the flight you want before it's gone. Airlines are not adding extra planes right now.
"The longer you wait, the more likely it is that you're not gonna find those deals," Lousson said.
Tamara Mims says high fares are not keeping her home....yet.
"People want to vacation, gotta pay the price," she said.
But with some pre-planning and a careful choice of travel dates, you'll be set up so that you don't waste your money.
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Former UK Football players remember Coach Mike Leach
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - It’s been a day of reflection and remembrance in the sports world after legendary coach Mike Leach passed away from complications with a heart condition.
Dr. John Gurley works for UK Healthcare as the Director of the Structural Heart Program. He remembers Leach’s time with the Cats and says he was a big fan of the air raid offense. He was saddened to hear about the loss and knows cardiac episodes like this can be hard to grasp.
Dr. Gurley says cardiovascular care is paramount. Regular screenings and monitoring your blood pressure are good places to start.
“Think of it like you have a team, but you’re the coach. You’re the boss. Gotta make sure that you hold your docs accountable, ask every four or five years what’s my risk,” Dr. Gurley said. “That should start after age 40.”
Former players remember the larger-than-life Leach fondly.
Neal Brown played under Leach at the University of Kentucky in the late 90s. Now, Brown coaches a team of his own at West Virginia University. He says there was a lot to learn from the one-of-a-kind man.
“He and I may have talked about horse racing more than we did about football when I was playing receiver, but he would tie those in to some really key teaching moments, so I think from a personal standpoint that hey, this game can be fun,” Brown said.
Former Kentucky quarterback Tim Couch also played for Leach in the late 90s. Leach was known for his off-the-cuff and sometimes random remarks.
“Obviously, a phenomenal football coach, a phenomenal mind, but more so the person,” Couch said. “That’s what I remember about Mike, and would want people to know. He was a very genuine guy. He was one of one. He was one of a kind. That personality, you just don’t see anywhere else. He was himself, no matter who was in the room.
Leach’s coaching career took him all over the country, including stops in California, Iowa, Washington, Texas, Georgia, Oklahoma and finally, Mississippi.
Those who worked with him closely will remember his wit and humor above all the hard work he hammered on the gridiron.
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Braves vs. Mariners Probable Starting Pitchers Today - May 21
The Atlanta Braves (28-17) will look to Matt Olson, riding a two-game homer streak, against the Seattle Mariners (22-23) at 1:35 PM ET on Sunday, at Truist Park.
This contest's pitching matchup is set, as the Braves will send Jared Shuster (0-2) to the mound, while George Kirby (5-2) will get the nod for the Mariners.
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Braves vs. Mariners Pitcher Matchup Info
- Date: Sunday, May 21, 2023
- Time: 1:35 PM ET
- TV: MLB Network
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia
- Venue: Truist Park
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- Probable Pitchers: Shuster - ATL (0-2, 7.24 ERA) vs Kirby - SEA (5-2, 2.45 ERA)
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Braves Probable Starting Pitcher Tonight: Jared Shuster
- The Braves will hand the ball to Shuster (0-2) for his fourth start of the season.
- The left-hander last pitched on Wednesday, when he gave up three earned runs and allowed three hits in five innings against the Texas Rangers.
- The 24-year-old has pitched to a 7.24 ERA this season with 5.3 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 7.2 walks per nine across three games.
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Mariners Probable Starting Pitcher Tonight: George Kirby
- Kirby (5-2) takes the mound first for the Mariners in his ninth start of the season. He's put together a 2.45 ERA in 51 1/3 innings pitched, with 41 strikeouts.
- His last appearance was on Monday against the Boston Red Sox, when the righty tossed 6 2/3 innings, surrendering one earned run while giving up eight hits.
- In eight games this season, the 25-year-old has put up an ERA of 2.45, with 7.2 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are hitting .246 against him.
- Kirby is looking to continue a seventh-game quality start streak in this outing.
- Kirby is looking for his eighth straight outing lasting five or more innings. He averages 6.4 frames per start.
- Among pitchers who qualify in MLB play this season, the 25-year-old ranks 10th in ERA (2.45), 17th in WHIP (1.013), and 54th in K/9 (7.2).
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