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More than 25 years after Tupac Shakur's death, there's been a development in the investigation into his murder. The Las Vegas Police Department says it has issued a search warrant in Nevada.
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More than 25 years after Tupac Shakur's death, there's been a development in the investigation into his murder. The Las Vegas Police Department says it has issued a search warrant in Nevada.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Micron, one of the world’s largest microchip manufacturers, announced Tuesday it would open a semiconductor plant in upstate New York, promising a long-term investment of up to $100 billion and a plant that could bring 50,000 jobs to the state.
The company was lured to the Syracuse area with help from a generous set of federal, state and local incentives, including up to $5.5 billion in state tax credits over 20 years.
The announcement comes after Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-NY, had pushed for Idaho-based Micron and the company’s CEO, Sanjay Mehrotra, to consider upstate New York for its factory. It also comes months after Congress passed the $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act, which set aside $52 billion to bolster the semiconductor industry.
“An investment of this scale in the U.S. is simply not possible without significant government and community support,” Mehrotra said at the announcement.
In addition to tax credits tied to investment and job creation, New York has pledged $200 million for road and infrastructure improvements where the plant is being built in suburban Clay and $100 million to a “community benefit” fund. The state also will review supplying the operation with low-cost power.
New York has a long history of providing financial incentives for companies to locate or expand in the state, with critics questioning whether taxpayers consistently get their money’s worth. Recently, Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul has defended her plan to spend an eventual $850 million in taxpayer money toward a new stadium for her hometown Buffalo Bills.
Companies like Micron manufacture the diminutive chips that power everything from smartphones to computers to automobiles. The federal bill was aimed at bolstering U.S. competitiveness against China and avoiding another chip shortage like the one that derailed the automobile and technology industries during the pandemic.
“Chips are essential to our economy, and if we were to lose the ability to manufacture chips here in the United States, it would be a severe, both economic security and national security risk,” Schumer said in an interview with The Associated Press. “This will be the most advanced memory chip manufacturing facility in the United States and probably the world. And it’s located in a place that will really benefit from it.”
The company plans to invest up to $100 billion over the next 20-plus years to construct the project, with the first investment of $20 billion planned by the end of the decade. The deal is also expected to bring more than 9,000 jobs to Micron, and officials believe it could also bring close to 40,000 other ancillary jobs to the region, from suppliers to contractors, officials said.
After signing the $280 billion bill last month, President Joe Biden touted the New York investment as proof that it was working.
“Today is another win for America, and another massive new investment in America spurred by my economic plan,” Biden said. “Micron, an American company, is investing $20 billion dollars this decade and up to $100 billion over twenty years in CHIPS manufacturing in upstate New York, creating tens of thousands of good-paying jobs. Together, we are building an economy from the bottom up and the middle out, where we lower costs for our families and make it right here in America.”
Micron, based in Boise, Idaho, has several chip manufacturing plants around the world, including in Singapore and Taiwan. The company announced in September that it would invest $15 billion though the end of the decade on a new semiconductor plant in its hometown, which the chipmaker said will create 17,000 American jobs.
Manish Bhatia, Micron’s executive vice president of global operations, told the AP that New York was selected in large part because it has a history of semiconductor development. New York is currently home to 76 semiconductor companies, according to Schumer.
“There is an ecosystem of other manufacturers, research institutions,” Bhatia said. “We believe we can funnel a lot of that talent” to the Syracuse-area, including military veterans.
Bhatia also said the company needed a large site for a facility that could ultimately encompass 2.4 million square feet. That also means having the water and power infrastructure in place to accommodate the production of memory chips, a sector that he said is growing because the “era of big data” requires even more capacity for processing larger and larger sets of information.
“This is like a 21st century Erie Canal,” Schumer said of the New York plant. “And just as the original Erie Canal did centuries ago, this will help cement the growth of our economy for decades to come, not only in upstate New York, but in the country, since these chips are so vital to so many of our cutting-edge industries.”
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The state’s unemployment rate is inching ever closer to pre-pandemic levels, dropping another tenth of a percent to 3.3% in July, state labor officials announced Friday.
At the rate Colorado’s unemployment rate has been dropping since January, the state could reach 2.8% by year’s end, the rate recorded in February 2020, a month before the pandemic economy hit, said Ryan Gedney, chief economist for the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.
“A similar analysis of U.S. non-farm jobs reveal that the U.S. has added about 100% of lost jobs,” Gedney said. “That’s five months after Colorado achieved that milestone.”
Except for a one-month tick in June 2021, the state’s unemployment rate has steadily fallen since December 2020, when it was at 6.4%. That’s 19 consecutive months of decline, he said.
In the six-county region, the month-over-month rate remained flat, dropping only slightly in Delta County from 3.5% to 3.4%.
Mesa County and Grand Junction remained at 3.7% over the month, with the lowest rate still in Garfield County (2.8%) and the highest in Rio Blanco (3.9%). Moffat County was at 2.9% and Montrose at 3.1%.
All of those rates are down about 2 percentage points since July 2021.
Gedney said that despite some economic forecasts that point to a possible recession, including the Quarterly Business and Economic Indicators report released by the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office and the University of Colorado’s Leeds Business Research Division last week, the state’s strong labor numbers show that businesses are looking elsewhere to trim costs other then their workforce.
“While inflation is certainly a concern, we have highs that we haven’t seen in 40 years, the Federal Reserve is acting to increase interest rates, and I anticipate further rate hikes as long as inflation remains high,” Gedney said.
“But the labor market is extremely strong right now. There still is a demand for labor for employers.”
He said employers are saying they don’t want to risk losing good employees in a job market that is so robust, so they are considering other things to guard against a recession, if it comes.
“Initial claims for unemployment activity, that’s historically low right now,” he added. “Employers, while there may be concerns, there’s also the risk of, you don’t want to be the employer that lets staff go and then find out, ‘Oh, I’m in an even worse position.’ ”
Gedney said that although the nation saw two consecutive drops in the Gross Domestic Product, which indicates a recession is already underway, the strong jobs growth may be putting that off or negating it altogether. | https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/unemployment-rate-continues-to-drop/article_ca5e8534-1ff0-11ed-b4f1-1b9a77a4e51a.html | 2022-08-20 10:06:13 | 0 | https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/unemployment-rate-continues-to-drop/article_ca5e8534-1ff0-11ed-b4f1-1b9a77a4e51a.html |
Marquette vs. Michigan State: Betting Trends, Record ATS, Home/Road Splits - Second Round
The No. 2 seed Marquette Golden Eagles (29-6) are 2.5-point favorites to advance to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament when they meet the No. 7 seed Michigan State Spartans (20-12) on Sunday at TBA. The over/under is set at 141.5 in the matchup.
Marquette vs. Michigan State Odds & Info
- Date: Sunday, March 19, 2023
- Time: TBD
- Where: Columbus, Ohio
- Venue: Nationwide Arena
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Marquette vs Michigan State Betting Records & Stats
- The Golden Eagles are 20-11-0 ATS this season.
- This season, Marquette has won 15 of its 16 games, or 93.8%, when favored by at least -160 on the moneyline.
- The sportsbooks' moneyline implies a 61.5% chance of a victory for the Golden Eagles.
- Michigan State is 15-14-0 against the spread this season.
- This season, the Spartans have come away with a win three times in nine chances when named as an underdog of at least +135 or longer on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies Michigan State has a 42.6% chance of walking away with the win.
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Additional Marquette vs Michigan State Insights & Trends
- Marquette is 6-4 against the spread and 10-0 overall in its last 10 contests.
- In their past 10 games, the Golden Eagles have hit the over three times.
- Michigan State has gone 6-4 in its last 10 games, with a 5-5 record against the spread in that span.
- In their past 10 games, the Spartans have gone over the total six times.
- The Golden Eagles put up 12.7 more points per game (79.9) than the Spartans allow (67.2).
- When Marquette totals more than 67.2 points, it is 16-9 against the spread and 24-5 overall.
- The Spartans score the same points per game as the Golden Eagles give up (70.3).
- Michigan State has put together a 6-6 ATS record and a 10-2 overall record in games it scores more than 70.3 points.
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Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) says he will accept President Biden’s invitation for Congress’s top four leaders to meet at the White House next week to discuss the debt limit but insists that Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will be the Republican point person in the talks.
Biden on Monday invited the Democratic and Republican leaders of both chambers of Congress to meet with him May 9 to discuss the debt limit, which Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Monday will expire as soon as June 1.
McConnell has insisted for weeks that any deal to raise the debt limit will have to be negotiated between Biden and McCarthy — who also agreed to meet with the president — and that he will not play a role in the talks.
But the Senate GOP leader told reporters that he will accept the invitation to the first meeting between Biden and McCarthy since Feb. 1.
McConnell said Tuesday he received a call from Biden and confirmed, “I’ll be there.”
“But let’s be perfectly clear about where we are. The House has passed a bill which raises the debt ceiling and outlines House Republican priorities. Many people thought that wouldn’t happen. It has,” he said.
“The message to the president at this point is also pretty clear. You got a choice between accepting the House bill or entering into a discussion, which the Speaker has been trying to have with the president for some time, for an agreement between the two of them,” he added.
McConnell reiterated his view that it would not be possible for him to negotiate a deal with Biden, pass it through the Senate and send it to the House.
In other words, he doesn’t plan to strike a deal to raise the debt limit like he did in the summer of 2011 and in the fall of 2021.
“In this situation, and I’ve been a through a few of these debt-ceiling dramas, there is no solution in the Senate. We have divided government. The American people gave the Republicans the House, the Democrats have the presidency. The president and the Speaker need to reach an agreement to get us past this impasse,” he said.
“That’s my message going down to the White House meeting. It will be my message in the White House meeting, and I think that’s clearly the way we get to a solution,” he added.
Biden said again just last week that he would be “happy to meet with McCarthy” but emphasized “not on whether or not the debt limit gets extended,” declaring “that’s not negotiable.”
And on Tuesday, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden “has been very clear: He’s not going to negotiate about avoiding default. This is Congress’s Constitutional duty.” | https://pix11.com/hill-politics/mcconnell-will-attend-may-9-debt-limit-negotiation-at-white-house/ | 2023-05-02 22:24:02 | 1 | https://pix11.com/hill-politics/mcconnell-will-attend-may-9-debt-limit-negotiation-at-white-house/ |
Seymour Stein, record exec who signed up Madonna, dead at 80
Stein was also the founder of Sire Records and signed Talking Heads, the Ramones and the Pretenders.
Stein was also the founder of Sire Records and signed Talking Heads, the Ramones and the Pretenders.
Stein was also the founder of Sire Records and signed Talking Heads, the Ramones and the Pretenders.
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Seymour Stein, the brash, prescient and highly successful founder of Sire Records who helped launched the careers of Madonna, Talking Heads and many others, died Sunday at age 80.
Stein, who helped found the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation and was himself inducted into the Rock Hall in 2005, died of cancer in Los Angeles, according to a statement by his family.
Born in 1942, Stein was a New York City native who as a teenager worked summers at Cincinnati-based King Records, James Brown's label, and by his mid-20s had co-founded Sire Productions, soon to become Sire Records.
Obsessed with the Billboard music charts since childhood, he was known for his deep knowledge and appreciation of music and would prove an astute judge of talent during the 1970s era of New Wave, a term he helped popularize, signing record deals with Talking Heads, the Ramones and the Pretenders.
"Seymour's taste in music is always a couple of years ahead of everyone else's," Talking Heads manager Gary Kurfirst told the Rock Hall around the time of Stein's induction.
His most lucrative discovery happened in the early 1980s, when he heard the demo tape of a little-known singer-dancer from the downtown New York club scene, Madonna.
"I liked Madonna's voice, I liked the feel, and I liked the name Madonna. I liked it all and played it again," he wrote in his memoir "Siren Song," published in 2018, the same year he retired. Stein was hospitalized with a heart infection when he first learned of Madonna, but was so eager to meet that he had her brought to his room.
"She was all dolled up in cheap punky gear, the kind of club kid who looked absurdly out of place in a cardiac ward," he wrote. "She wasn't even interested in hearing me explain how much I liked her demo. 'The thing to do now,' she said, 'is sign me to a record deal.'"
Sire artists also included Ice T, the Smiths, Depeche Mode, the Replacements and Echo and the Bunnymen, along with the more-established Lou Reed and Brian Wilson, who recorded with Sire later in their careers.
Stein was married briefly to record promoter and real estate executive Linda Adler, with whom he had two children: filmmaker Mandy Stein and Samantha Lee Jacobs, who died of brain cancer in 2013. Sidney Stein and his wife divorced in the 1970s and years later he came out as gay.
"I am beyond grateful for every minute our family spent with him, and that the music he brought to the world impacted so many people's lives in a positive way," Mandy Stein said in a statement Sunday. | https://www.kcra.com/article/seymour-stein-record-exec-who-signed-up-madonna-dead-at-80/43490605 | 2023-04-03 06:24:20 | 1 | https://www.kcra.com/article/seymour-stein-record-exec-who-signed-up-madonna-dead-at-80/43490605 |
Computer chip and software maker Broadcom will spend about $61 billion to acquire the cloud technology company VMware, one of the biggest deals of the year despite rising inflation and economic uncertainty.
Broadcom wants to establish a stronger foothold in the cloud computing market and VMware’s technology allows large corporations to blend public cloud access with internal company networks.
The Broadcom Software Group will rebrand and operate as VMware once the transaction closes. The cash-and-stock deal also includes $8 billion of VMware net debt.
Under the proposed offer, VMware shareholders can choose to receive either $142.50 in cash or 0.2520 shares of Broadcom common stock for each VMware share.
Michael Dell is still VMware’s chairman and he owns 40.2% of the company’s outstanding shares. Dell Technologies completed the spin-off of its 81% equity ownership of VMware Inc. in November.
Dell and Silver Lake, which owns 10% of VMware’s outstanding stock, have signed support agreements to vote in favor of the transaction, as long as VMware’s board continues to recommend the proposed deal.
The transaction includes a “go-shop” provision, so VMware is allowed to actively solicit, receive, evaluate and potentially enter negotiations with parties that offer alternative proposals during a 40-day period.
To help finance the transaction, Broadcom has obtained commitments from a consortium of banks for $32 billion in new, fully committed debt financing.
It’s anticipated that current Broadcom Inc. shareholders will own approximately 88% and current VMware shareholders will own about 12% of the combined company.
The boards of both companies have approved the deal, which is expected to be completed in Broadcom’s fiscal year 2023. It still needs approval from VMware shareholders.
Shares of Broadcom dipped before the market opened Thursday, while VMware’s stock rose slightly. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/broadcom-to-buy-vmware-for-61-billion-in-big-tech-tie-up/2022/05/26/33c98496-dcea-11ec-bc35-a91d0a94923b_story.html | 2022-05-26 12:13:49 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/broadcom-to-buy-vmware-for-61-billion-in-big-tech-tie-up/2022/05/26/33c98496-dcea-11ec-bc35-a91d0a94923b_story.html |
Anais Mitchell on career, motherhood and how the COVID-19 pandemic changed her life – CBS News
Born and raised in Vermont, Anais Mitchell started writing songs when she was 17 years old. She’s released eight studio albums – including one that led to her Tony and Grammy award-winning musical, “Hadestown.” Anthony Mason spoke with her about her remarkable career and her return to recording.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tens of thousands of workers in the Los Angeles Unified School District will strike for three days next week over stalled contract talks and teachers will join them, likely shutting down the nation’s second-largest school system, union leaders announced Wednesday.
The strike was set to begin Tuesday. It was announced at a rally by the Service Employees International Union, which represents about 30,000 teachers’ aides, bus drivers, custodians, cafeteria workers and other support staff.
United Teachers Los Angeles, the union representing 35,000 teachers, counselors and other staff, expressed solidarity.
“Educators will be joining our union siblings on the picket lines,” a UTLA tweet said.
Teachers waged a six-day strike in 2019 over pay and contract issues but schools remained open.
This time, schools would likely close and there wouldn’t be any access to virtual learning, Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho said in an email to parents on Monday.
“We would simply have no way of ensuring a safe and secure environment where teaching can take place,” Carvalho said.
On Wednesday, Carvalho accused the union of refusing to negotiate and said that he was prepared to meet “day and night” to prevent a strike, which he said would harm students already struggling to regain academic ground lost when classrooms were closed and they were forced to learn remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
At a news conference, he said averting a strike “will avoid keeping kids home, will avoid kids from going hungry in our community without access to the food they get in school.”
“We are calling on them to come to the table for staff and students, right now,” he said in a later statement.
The SEIU says district support staffers earn, on average, about $25,000 per year and many live in poverty because of low pay or limited work hours while struggling with inflation and the high cost of housing in LA County. The union is asking for a 30% raise. Teachers want a 20% pay hike over two years.
The district has made what it called an historic offer to the SEIU of a $15 wage increase, some of it retroactive, and 9% in retention bonuses.
The strike has wide support among union members. Thousands of people, many dressed in red, rallied Wednesday outside City Hall, holding signs, chanting, and garnering support in the hours before the strike date was announced.
The district has more than 500,000 students. It serves Los Angeles and all or part of 25 other cities and unincorporated county areas.
SEIU members have been working without a contract since June 2020 and the contract for teachers expired in June 2022. The unions decided last week to stop accepting extensions to their contracts. | https://pix11.com/news/national-news/ap-national/thousands-of-la-school-district-workers-to-hold-3-day-strike/ | 2023-03-16 10:12:20 | 1 | https://pix11.com/news/national-news/ap-national/thousands-of-la-school-district-workers-to-hold-3-day-strike/ |
HALTOM CITY, Texas — A retired North Texas police officer died in a house fire Sunday morning, according to officials.
In a news release, Haltom City police said Cpl. Tony Miller, who retired after 25 years with the department, died in a fire at his home in Azle. He was 62.
Haltom City police said Miller joined the department in 1997 and began as a patrol officer. He was eventually promoted to the rank of corporal and became a firearms instructor for the department, police said.
"Tony was an expert marksman, competition shooter and loved all things related to firearms," Haltom City police said.
The department said that after Miller retired, he went back to Haltom City police and became a property technician.
"His smile, laughter and wealth of knowledge will not soon be forgotten," the department said. "We ask the citizens of Haltom [City] to pray for Tony's family, loved ones and fellow officers as they mourn this devastating loss."
Details on the fire, such as the cause, were not immediately released. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/retired-haltom-city-texas-police-officer-dies-in-house-fire/287-22250db1-71fb-4c9f-80c1-b208a7c22009 | 2022-10-24 13:38:52 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/retired-haltom-city-texas-police-officer-dies-in-house-fire/287-22250db1-71fb-4c9f-80c1-b208a7c22009 |
Framework includes net-zero water, waste and sustainable operations goals
DALLAS, Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs (NYSE:J) has completed master planning services for Hacienda Patrón tequila distillery in the state of Jalisco, Mexico. The comprehensive plan provides Patrón Tequila, a subsidiary of Bacardi Limited, with a framework for sustainable facility modernization and operations without critical compromise, as it seeks to expand manufacturing to meet growing demand while achieving key sustainability goals.
Partnering with PA Consulting, Jacobs conducted a full-scope analysis of Patrón's supply chain and current product packaging, owned and leased operational footprint and downstream solid and liquid waste processes. The plan proposes innovative methods of waste reuse that align with Bacardi's commitment to achieving net-zero waste and reducing carbon emissions. In early findings, the team identified that reusing agave fiber waste as recyclable packaging could reduce the need for cardboard and associated carbon emissions. Wastewater valorization strategies were also recommended with the goal of reusing wastewater, reducing and repurposing solid waste and minimizing the land area required for current composting. These circular economy solutions de-risk Patrón's supply chain and increase resource recycling, save costs and reduce carbon emissions associated with transporting resources across country boundaries.
"Jacobs and Bacardi both share a belief in doing things right – every project is an opportunity for sustainability and long-term value," said Jacobs Advanced Facilities Senior Vice President Koti Vadlamudi. "Bacardi has trusted us to develop an innovative master plan to help them meet net-zero waste and carbon reduction goals. This is yet another project where we demonstrate our commitment to challenging today to reinvent tomorrow."
Jacobs and PA Consulting also found opportunities to use digital solutions such as a predictive climate action mitigation strategy, customized geographic information system (GIS) dashboards, and Power BI data in the plan's development.
Since 2009, Jacobs has provided comprehensive water, civil and resource services for various manufacturing, packaging and distillation facilities for Bacardi Limited subsidiaries.
"Patrón Tequila faces great demand for infrastructure and operations to achieve our goal to quadruple production by Fiscal Year 2030," said Patrón Spirits Mexico S.A de C.V. Projects Director OC Tequila, Julio César Barajas Martinez, "Jacobs is a valued ally to comprehensively strengthen and structure our master plan with our 2030 vision."
At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good. With $14 billion in revenue and a talent force of more than 55,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of professional services including consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery for the government and private sector. Visit jacobs.com and connect with Jacobs on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Many brides are worried after David’s Bridal filed for bankruptcy
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Spring is the traditional beginning of the wedding season. However, there are very dark clouds on the horizon for David’s Bridal - and that is affecting local brides and employees in Wisconsin.
Delaney Dickson from the Green Bay area ordered her gown and bridesmaids’ dresses from David’s Bridal. She says she’s anxious about upcoming appointments and receiving everything she needs for her wedding - after the retailer declared bankruptcy.
The company announced that they plan to lay off more than 9,000 employees, which may include nearly 150 workers in Wisconsin. This is the second time in the past five years that the chain has declared bankruptcy.
“We’re expecting to hear from consumers. People are wondering what’s going on for sure, they may be panicking. What we understand at this point is David’s Bridal is keeping stores open,” said Lisa Schiller, Media Relations Director of the Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Wisconsin.
A manager for Daniel’s Bridal, who wants to remain anonymous, says she received an internal company email directing her to answer several customer questions with “we intend to fulfill all orders.”
She says she has to tell brides this statement even while knowing it’s not guaranteed - specifically regarding cut-to-order and lay-away dresses.
Meanwhile, local bride shops, like “Tie the Knot” in Green Bay, say they’re not experiencing the same issues.
“We’re ready and able to help anyone who might be affected. We’re hoping no one’s big day is affected in a negative. I’m curious to see how things develop and we’re here if anyone needs it,” said Ashley Cook, Store Manager at Tie the Knot Bridal Shop.
Lisa Schiller from the Better Business Bureau of Wisconsin has words of advice for brides who may be panicking: “You’ll want to get your receipts in order, your proof of purchase, any other documents like warranty or manuals, anything that goes along with the purchase you made. And then check with the bank or credit card company you used to make that purchase.”
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Oracle Announces Fiscal 2023 Third Quarter Financial Results
Published: Mar. 9, 2023 at 3:05 PM CST|Updated: 1 hour ago
- Q3 GAAP Earnings per Share $0.68, Non-GAAP Earnings per Share $1.22
- Q3 Total Revenue $12.4 billion, up 18% in USD, up 21% in constant currency
- Q3 Cloud Revenue (IaaS plus SaaS) $4.1 billion, up 45% in USD, up 48% in constant currency
- Q3 Cloud Infrastructure (IaaS) Revenue $1.2 billion, up 55% in USD, up 57% in constant currency
- Q3 Cloud Application (SaaS) Revenue $2.9 billion, up 42% in USD, up 44% in constant currency
- Q3 Fusion Cloud ERP (SaaS) Revenue $0.7 billion, up 25% in USD, up 28% in constant currency
- Q3 NetSuite Cloud ERP (SaaS) Revenue $0.7 billion, up 23% in USD, up 26% in constant currency
- Oracle Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.40 per share, up 25% from $0.32
AUSTIN, Texas, March 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) today announced fiscal 2023 Q3 results. Total quarterly revenues were up 18% year-over-year in USD and up 21% in constant currency to $12.4 billion. Cloud services and license support revenues were up 17% in USD and up 20% in constant currency to $8.9 billion. Cloud license and on-premise license revenues were unchanged in USD and up 4% in constant currency to $1.3 billion. For the third quarter of fiscal 2023, Cerner contributed $1.5 billion to total revenues.
Q3 GAAP operating income was $3.3 billion. Non-GAAP operating income was $5.2 billion, up 8% in USD and up 11% in constant currency. GAAP operating margin was 26%, and non-GAAP operating margin was 42%. GAAP net income was $1.9 billion, and non-GAAP net income was $3.4 billion. Q3 GAAP earnings per share was $0.68 while non-GAAP earnings per share was $1.22. Without the impact of the U.S. dollar strengthening compared to foreign currencies, Oracle's reported Q3 non-GAAP earnings per share would have been 5 cents higher.
Short-term deferred revenues were $8.6 billion. Operating cash flow was $15.5 billion during the trailing twelve months.
"Oracle's non-GAAP earnings per share growth hit the high end of our guidance—up 13% in constant currency to $1.22," said Oracle CEO, Safra Catz. "Our strong quarterly earnings growth was driven by 48% constant currency growth for the total revenue of our two cloud businesses, infrastructure and applications. Oracle's cloud businesses now exceed $16 billion in annualized revenue. We remain the overwhelming market leader in Cloud ERP with approximately 10,000 Fusion ERP customers and over 34,000 NetSuite ERP customers. Our technically advanced and highly differentiated Gen2 infrastructure business continues to be in a hypergrowth phase—up 65% in Q3 in constant currency."
"Since June of last year when we acquired Cerner, that business has increased its healthcare contract base by approximately $5 billion," said Oracle Chairman and CTO, Larry Ellison. "We have signed a diverse set of new and expanding domestic and international customers including: the US Department of Defense, the US Department of Veterans Affairs, Hospital Groups in a dozen US States, multiple hospitals in the United Kingdom, multiple Provinces of Canada, the Australian Defense Forces, multiple hospitals in Puerto Rico and multiple countries in the Middle East. While we are pleased with this early success of the Cerner business, we expect the signing of new healthcare contracts to accelerate over the next few quarters."
Oracle also announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.40 per share of outstanding common stock, reflecting a 25% increase over the current quarterly dividend of $0.32. Larry Ellison, Oracle's Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Technology Officer, and largest stockholder, did not participate in the deliberation or the vote on this matter. This increased dividend will be paid to stockholders of record as of the close of business on April 11, 2023, with a payment date of April 24, 2023.
- A sample list of customers which purchased Oracle Cloud services during the quarter will be available at www.oracle.com/customers/earnings/.
- A list of recent technical innovations and announcements is available at www.oracle.com/news/.
- To learn what industry analysts have been saying about Oracle's products and services see www.oracle.com/corporate/analyst-reports/.
Earnings Conference Call and Webcast
Oracle will hold a conference call and webcast today to discuss these results at 4:00 p.m. Central. A live and replay webcast will be available on the Oracle Investor Relations website at www.oracle.com/investor/.
About Oracle
Oracle offers integrated suites of applications plus secure, autonomous infrastructure in the Oracle Cloud. For more information about Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), please visit us at www.oracle.com.
Oracle, Java, and MySQL are registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation.
"Safe Harbor" Statement: Statements in this press release relating to Oracle's future plans, expectations, beliefs, intentions and prospects, including statements regarding our expectations for growing the Gen2 infrastructure and Cerner businesses, are "forward-looking statements" and are subject to material risks and uncertainties. Risks and uncertainties that could affect our current expectations and our actual results, include, among others: our ability to develop new products and services, integrate acquired products and services and enhance our existing products and services; supply chain constraints and third-party manufacturing and logistics delays; significant coding, manufacturing or configuration errors in our offerings; risks associated with acquisitions; the COVID-19 pandemic; economic, political and market conditions; information technology system failures, privacy concerns and cybersecurity breaches; unfavorable legal proceedings, government investigations, and complex and changing laws and regulations. A detailed discussion of these factors and other risks that affect our business is contained in our SEC filings, including our most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, particularly under the heading "Risk Factors." Copies of these filings are available online from the SEC or by contacting Oracle's Investor Relations Department at (650) 506-4073 or by clicking on SEC Filings on the Oracle Investor Relations website at www.oracle.com/investor/. All information set forth in this press release is current as of March 9, 2023. Oracle undertakes no duty to update any statement in light of new information or future events.
APPENDIX A
ORACLE CORPORATION
Q3 FISCAL 2023 FINANCIAL RESULTS
EXPLANATION OF NON-GAAP MEASURES
To supplement our financial results presented on a GAAP basis, we use the non-GAAP measures indicated in the tables, which exclude certain business combination accounting entries and expenses related to acquisitions, as well as other significant expenses including stock-based compensation, that we believe are helpful in understanding our past financial performance and our future results. Our non-GAAP financial measures are not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable GAAP measures and should be read only in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. Our management regularly uses our supplemental non-GAAP financial measures internally to understand, manage and evaluate our business and make operating decisions. These non-GAAP measures are among the primary factors management uses in planning for and forecasting future periods. Compensation of our executives is based in part on the performance of our business based on these non-GAAP measures. Our non-GAAP financial measures reflect adjustments based on the following items, as well as the related income tax effects:
- Stock-based compensation expenses: We have excluded the effect of stock-based compensation expenses from our non-GAAP operating expenses, income tax effects and net income measures. Although stock-based compensation is a key incentive offered to our employees, and we believe such compensation contributed to the revenues earned during the periods presented and also believe it will contribute to the generation of future period revenues, we continue to evaluate our business performance excluding stock-based compensation expenses. Stock-based compensation expenses will recur in future periods.
- Amortization of intangible assets: We have excluded the effect of amortization of intangible assets from our non-GAAP operating expenses, income tax effects and net income measures. Amortization of intangible assets is inconsistent in amount and frequency and is significantly affected by the timing and size of our acquisitions. Investors should note that the use of intangible assets contributed to our revenues earned during the periods presented and will contribute to our future period revenues as well. Amortization of intangible assets will recur in future periods.
- Acquisition related and other expenses; and restructuring expenses: We have excluded the effect of acquisition related and other expenses and the effect of restructuring expenses from our non-GAAP operating expenses, income tax effects and net income measures. We incurred expenses in connection with our acquisitions and also incurred certain other operating expenses or income, which we generally would not have otherwise incurred in the periods presented as a part of our continuing operations. For all periods presented, acquisition related and other expenses consisted of personnel related costs for transitional and certain other employees, certain business combination adjustments including certain adjustments after the measurement period has ended, and certain other operating items, net. For the nine months ended February 28, 2022, acquisition related and other expenses substantially consisted of litigation related charges totaling $4.7 billion that we generally do not expect to recur, and we consider the $4.7 billion of litigation related charges to be outside our ordinary course of business based on the following considerations: (i) the unprecedented nature of the litigation related charges including the nature and size of the damages awarded; (ii) the dissimilarity of this litigation and related charges to recurring litigation of which we are a party in our normal business course for which any and all such charges are included in our GAAP operating results and non-GAAP measures; (iii) the complexity of the case; (iv) the counterparty involved; and (v) our expectation that litigation related charges of this nature will not recur in future periods; amongst other factors. Restructuring expenses consisted of employee severance and other exit costs. We believe it is useful for investors to understand the effects of these items on our total operating expenses. Although acquisition related and other expenses and restructuring expenses may diminish over time with respect to past acquisitions and/or strategic initiatives, we generally will incur certain of these expenses in connection with any future acquisitions and/or strategic initiatives.
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As a global market debut, the foldable HONOR Magic Vs also won multiple media awards at MWC 2023
BARCELONA, Spain, March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Global technology brand HONOR announced the global availability of the new HONOR Magic5 Series and the foldable HONOR Magic Vs at the ongoing Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, providing users around the world with a true flagship smartphone experience. With numerous leading global media outlets naming both new flagship smartphones as "Best of MWC" this year, the innovative engineering and premium features of the new HONOR flagships have been well recognized.
This year, HONOR received a grand total of 42 awards from media at MWC, with the debut HONOR Magic5 Pro winning 18 awards in different categories. Android Authority said that, "the HONOR Magic5 Pro pulls out all the stops to compete against the industry's best, and does it with style." Trusted Review also commented, "the HONOR Magic5 Pro is a flagship Android smartphone that's absolutely packed with top-drawer tech." Tom's Guide, a tech media with full reputation for product reviews, named the HONOR Magic5 Pro the Best Phone, saying "the Honor Magic5 Pro is, by far, the best phone to come out of MWC 2023."
In addition to the HONOR Magic5 Pro, the HONOR Magic Vs, the latest HONOR foldable phone debuting in the global market, has also received a great amount of attention. XDA-Developers said, "it's easily one of our favorite foldable phones on the market." MakeUseOf, one of the largest online technology publications, said in its review, that "with a handset that looks and feels every inch a luxury device, the Magic Vs offers genuine innovation in the folding smartphone field."
The HONOR Magic5 Pro and the HONOR Magic Vs will get 3 years of Android upgrades and 5 years of security patches.
The HONOR Magic5 Pro will be available from Q2, 2023, starting at €1199 (12G+512GB). The HONOR Magic Vs will be priced starting at €1599 (12GB+512GB). Availability will be announced in due course.
About HONOR
HONOR is a leading global provider of smart devices. It is dedicated to becoming a global iconic technology brand and creating a new intelligent world for everyone through its powerful products and services. With an unwavering focus on R&D, it is committed to developing technology that empowers people around the globe to go beyond, giving them the freedom to achieve and do more. Offering a range of high-quality smartphones, tablets, laptops and wearables to suit every budget, HONOR's portfolio of innovative, premium and reliable products enable people to become a better version of themselves.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT).
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This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities who purchased or otherwise acquired Medtronic common stock between June 8, 2019, and May 25, 2022, inclusive.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until November 7, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Medtronic plc issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Medtronic's product quality control systems were inadequate; (2) Medtronic had failed to comply with numerous regulations regarding risk assessment, corrective and preventive action, complaint handling, device recalls, and reporting of adverse events; (3) these failures increased the risk of regulatory investigation and action; (4) as a result of the Company's misconduct, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would delay the approval of additional Medtronic MiniMed devices, including the MiniMed 780G; (5) these delays in product approvals, as well as the Company's need to improve its quality control systems, would negatively affect the Company's financial performance and cause Medtronic to fall further behind its competitors; and (6) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects lacked a reasonable basis.
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(Stacker) – With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to impact the global economy, the current job market is a hot topic in the news cycle. But while the pandemic itself is, historically, something of an economic aberration, the U.S. economy that we know today has a long and storied history of expansions, recessions, and evolution.
At the time of the American Revolution, most of the job market in the U.S. revolved around agriculture or food acquisition in some way. Many individuals and communities farmed for subsistence, not even growing enough to have an excess to sell for profits. As the fledgling country grew, so did its economy, springing forth during the Industrial Revolution of the late 1700s and early 1800s, and inexorably shifting the nation’s economic focus from agrarian efforts to those of manufacturing, trade, and other forms of business. Inventions like the steam engine and cotton gin accelerated production, feeding a booming job market that was met with immigrants eager to find work.
By the mid- to late-1800s, the U.S. economy and job market was characterized by successive periods of rapid growth followed by panics or depressions. This economic disquiet was caused by stock speculation and oscillating levels of trust in the federal government’s ability to regulate cash flow and support banks. In turn, the uncertain economy produced a volatile job market.
In an effort to capture a snapshot of the U.S. job market’s history, Stacker compiled a list of the most common jobs in Texas from 150 years ago using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. By transcribing the previously untranscribed Table XXVII from the 1870 decennial census, a state-level glimpse into the historic job market can be seen. Nationally, farmers and planters were the most common occupation 150 years ago, just one of the many agricultural jobs that made up more than 47% of all employed persons over ten years old.
Continue reading to find out more about the historical job market in your home state or explore the data on your own on our site, GitHub, or data.world.
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#1. Agricultural laborers
– Texas employment: 81,123
– National employment: 2,885,996
— #2 most common job in the U.S.
#2. Farmers and planters
– Texas employment: 79,015
– National employment: 2,977,711
— #1 most common job in the U.S.
#3. Laborers (not specified)
– Texas employment: 14,371
– National employment: 1,031,666
— #3 most common job in the U.S.
#4. Domestic servants
– Texas employment: 13,692
– National employment: 975,734
— #4 most common job in the U.S.
#5. Carpenters and joiners
– Texas employment: 3,760
– National employment: 344,596
— #5 most common job in the U.S.
#6. Stock-raisers
– Texas employment: 3,338
– National employment: 6,588
— #120 most common job in the U.S.
#7. Soldiers (United States Army)
– Texas employment: 3,108
– National employment: 22,081
— #56 most common job in the U.S.
#8. Traders and dealers (not specified)
– Texas employment: 2,960
– National employment: 100,406
— #15 most common job in the U.S.
#9. Draymen, hackmen, teamsters, &c
– Texas employment: 2,802
– National employment: 120,756
— #13 most common job in the U.S.
#10. Clerks in stores
– Texas employment: 2,503
– National employment: 222,504
— #6 most common job in the U.S.
#11. Stock-herders
– Texas employment: 2,049
– National employment: 5,590
— #128 most common job in the U.S.
#12. Physicians and surgeons
– Texas employment: 1,906
– National employment: 62,383
— #20 most common job in the U.S.
#13. Blacksmiths
– Texas employment: 1,790
– National employment: 141,774
— #11 most common job in the U.S.
#14. Teachers (not specified)
– Texas employment: 1,621
– National employment: 126,822
— #12 most common job in the U.S.
#15. Launderers and laundresses
– Texas employment: 1,155
– National employment: 60,906
— #21 most common job in the U.S.
#16. Traders and dealers in groceries
– Texas employment: 1,092
– National employment: 74,410
— #19 most common job in the U.S.
#17. Lawyers
– Texas employment: 1,027
– National employment: 40,736
— #35 most common job in the U.S.
#18. Stock-drovers
– Texas employment: 972
– National employment: 3,181
— #164 most common job in the U.S.
#19. Traders and dealers in dry-goods
– Texas employment: 849
– National employment: 39,790
— #37 most common job in the U.S.
#20. Officials of Government
– Texas employment: 841
– National employment: 44,743
— #26 most common job in the U.S.
#21. Clergymen
– Texas employment: 831
– National employment: 43,874
— #28 most common job in the U.S.
#22. Masons, brick and stone
– Texas employment: 767
– National employment: 89,710
— #17 most common job in the U.S.
#23. Tailors, tailoresses, and seamstresses
– Texas employment: 739
– National employment: 161,820
— #8 most common job in the U.S.
#24. Harness and saddle makers
– Texas employment: 673
– National employment: 32,817
— #41 most common job in the U.S.
#25. Boot and shoe makers
– Texas employment: 628
– National employment: 171,127
— #7 most common job in the U.S.
#26. Employees of railroad companies (not clerks)
– Texas employment: 592
– National employment: 154,027
— #9 most common job in the U.S.
#27. Butchers
– Texas employment: 584
– National employment: 44,354
— #27 most common job in the U.S.
#28. Millers
– Texas employment: 493
– National employment: 41,582
— #34 most common job in the U.S.
#29. Saw-mill operatives
– Texas employment: 446
– National employment: 47,298
— #25 most common job in the U.S.
#30. Wheelwrights
– Texas employment: 421
– National employment: 20,942
— #58 most common job in the U.S.
#31. Carriage and wagon makers
– Texas employment: 383
– National employment: 42,464
— #31 most common job in the U.S.
#32. Printers
– Texas employment: 375
– National employment: 39,860
— #36 most common job in the U.S.
#33. Painters and varnishers
– Texas employment: 371
– National employment: 85,123
— #18 most common job in the U.S.
#34. Woodchoppers
– Texas employment: 326
– National employment: 8,338
— #99 most common job in the U.S.
#35. Mill and factory operatives (not specified)
– Texas employment: 296
– National employment: 41,619
— #33 most common job in the U.S.
#36. Book-keepers and accountants in stores
– Texas employment: 289
– National employment: 31,177
— #43 most common job in the U.S.
#37. Tinners
– Texas employment: 269
– National employment: 30,524
— #44 most common job in the U.S.
#38. Brick and tile makers
– Texas employment: 263
– National employment: 26,070
— #50 most common job in the U.S.
#39. Bakers
– Texas employment: 252
– National employment: 27,680
— #47 most common job in the U.S.
#40. Cabinetmakers
– Texas employment: 250
– National employment: 42,835
— #30 most common job in the U.S.
#41. Engineers and firemen
– Texas employment: 241
– National employment: 34,233
— #40 most common job in the U.S.
#42. Barkeepers
– Texas employment: 232
– National employment: 14,362
— #74 most common job in the U.S.
#43. Officers of the Army and Navy (United States)
– Texas employment: 222
– National employment: 2,286
— #180 most common job in the U.S.
#44. Gardeners and nurserymen
– Texas employment: 214
– National employment: 31,435
— #42 most common job in the U.S.
#45. Boatmen and watermen
– Texas employment: 210
– National employment: 21,332
— #57 most common job in the U.S.
#46. Machinists
– Texas employment: 195
– National employment: 54,755
— #24 most common job in the U.S.
#47. Sailors
– Texas employment: 195
– National employment: 56,663
— #23 most common job in the U.S.
#48. Restaurant-keepers
– Texas employment: 194
– National employment: 35,185
— #38 most common job in the U.S.
#49. Hotel-keepers
– Texas employment: 188
– National employment: 26,394
— #49 most common job in the U.S.
#50. Traders and dealers in drugs and medicines
– Texas employment: 183
– National employment: 17,369
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How to keep your phone battery charged longer
Expert tips to extend battery life of your iPhone or Android
The dreaded notification pops up on your phone screen: Your battery is running low. We’ve all experienced the feeling of seeing that percentage drop further and lower with no access to a phone charger. Whether you’re hoping to extend your battery’s life or you need to keep your phone alive for a few extra hours, follow these simple steps to keep a little extra juice in that charge.
Tips to extend your iPhone’s battery life
First, let’s check the health of your battery to determine if this is the root of your problems.
Check your iPhone’s battery health
If your iPhone is older than a year, your battery could be spent.
How to check your iPhone’s battery health:
- Go to Settings
- Click Battery
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- Select Battery Health & Charging
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- On the screen that follows, if your battery is good, it should say Peak Performance Capability. If it says anything less than this, you should consider contacting Apple to understand what options you have to replace the phone battery.
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Determine which apps are using the most battery
You’ll note on the prior screen (Settings > Battery) at the bottom of the screen you’ll see a list of apps that are consuming the largest parts of your battery. This may be helpful if you happen to keep apps open all the time. You may want to close them to see if it makes a difference in your battery performance.
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How to close an app
The way you close an app depends on the type of device that you have. Find your iPhone or iPod touch model below, then follow the steps.
iPhone X and later
- From the Home Screen, swipe up from the bottom of the screen and pause in the middle of the screen
- Swipe right or left to find the app that you want to close
- Swipe up on the app's preview to close the app
iPhone SE, iPhone 8 and earlier, and iPod touch
- Double-click the Home button to show your most recently used apps
- Swipe right or left to find the app that you want to close
- Swipe up on the app's preview to close the app
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Tips to maximize your iPhone battery
1. Update your apps and update your phone to the latest iOS
If there is a new iOS, app developers often have to update the apps to optimize performance. That said, be sure to update.
How to check if your iPhone needs a software update:
- Go to Settings
- Click General
- Tap Software Update
- If an update is available, tap Install Now
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2. Turn on Low Power Mode
You may already be familiar with Low Power Mode because the iPhone will prompt the option to turn it on when your phone dips to 20% in battery, but you can turn it on anytime in your Settings.
How to turn on Low Power Mode on iPhone:
- Go to Settings
- Tap Battery
- Toggle Low Power Mode "ON" so it’s green
Low Power Mode will help keep your battery charged longer, but it will stop some apps, like your email, from refreshing in the background.
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3. Turn off Location Services for apps you don’t need
While you don’t want to turn off Location Services completely, you can change the settings for individual applications that don’t need your location at all times.
How to turn off Location Services on iPhone:
- Go to Settings
- Tap Privacy & Security
- Tap Location Services
- Don’t turn off Location Services completely
- Scroll down and click each app and choose between Never, Ask Next Time or When I Share, and While Using the App
Many apps require your location, but opting to allow them to access only while using the program will save your battery.
4. Turn off Background App Refresh
Turning off Background App Refresh can optimize device performance and extend battery life by preventing apps from consuming resources in the background.
How to turn off Background App Refresh on iPhone:
- Go to Settings
- Tap General
- Tap Background App Refresh
- Click Background App Refresh and select Off
You can also keep Background App Refresh on and instead toggle off all of the applications you don’t need to check while saving battery.
NOTE: I don't recommend disabling the Background App Refresh function for the system applications. Also, turning the Background App Refresh Off can impact real-time updates, location-based services, and result in limited functionality for certain apps that rely on background processing.
5. Reduce the brightness of your screen
Dimming your screen brightness is a simple yet effective way to conserve battery life.
How to reduce brightness on iPhone:
- Go to Settings
- Tap Display & Brightness
- Slide the circle on the slider to the left to reduce the brightness
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How to make your Android battery last longer
There are several tips I have discovered to extend the battery life of your Android device that will allow you to enjoy prolonged usage without worrying about frequent recharging.
Settings may vary depending on your Android phone’s manufacturer.
1. Turn on Power Saving Mode
Turning on Power Saving Mode will automatically reduce battery-draining settings like your screen brightness.
How to turn on Power Saving Mode on Android:
- Go to Settings
- Tap Battery and device care
- Tap Battery
- Toggle on the Power Saving, Power Saver Mode or Battery Saver (the names vary depending on your device)
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2. Turn off nearby device scanning
Even if your Bluetooth is deactivated, the nearby device scanning setting will automatically scan for other devices nearby and let you connect to them. This will drain your battery quickly if you’re in a setting with lots of other devices.
Settings may vary depending on your Android phone’s manufacturer.
How to turn off Nearby device scanning on Android:
- Go to Settings
- Tap Connections
- Tap More Connection Settings
- Toggle off Nearby device scanning
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3. Turn off WiFi/Bluetooth scanning
If you're not at home or connected to a recognized WiFi network, your phone will continuously scan for available open networks that your device can connect to. While turning off WiFi and Bluetooth scanning will mean you have to manually select a WiFi network or Bluetooth device, turning this feature off will keep your battery charged longer.
Settings may vary depending on your Android phone’s manufacturer.
How to turn off WiFi/Bluetooth scanning on Android:
- Go to Settings
- Tap Location
- Tap Location services (or it could be WiFi and Bluetooth Scanning on some phones)
- Toggle off WiFi scanning and Bluetooth Scanning sliders
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4. Stop Background App Refresh
Stopping background app refresh is a good thing as it helps conserve battery life and improves device performance by reducing unnecessary data usage and freeing up system resources.
NOTE: I don't recommend disabling the Background App Refresh function for the system applications
How to stop Background App Refresh on Android:
Settings may vary depending on your Android phone’s manufacturer.
- Go to Settings
- Scroll down and click About phone
- Scroll down and tap Software information
- Then tap on Build Number for about 7 times to activate Developer option
- Once the developer option is activated go back to Settings
- Once you are back in Settings scroll down at tap Developer options
- Scroll down and under apps tap Background process limit and make sure Standard Limit is toggled On. Then tap Cancel
- Then tap Background check. Here you can see all the apps that the background refresh is enabled
- Toggle Off any apps that you want to disable the background refresh
- Now be sure to go back to settings, scroll down to Developer options and tap it. At the very top where it says On - toggle it Off
Turning the Background App Refresh Off can impact real-time updates, location-based services, and result in limited functionality for certain apps that rely on background processing.
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Pro Tip
Instead of going through full charge cycles from 0% to 100%, it's surprisingly better to give your phone partial charges more frequently. Ending a charge at around 80%-90% is better for the battery's health compared to charging it all the way up to 100%
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Kurt's key takeaways
When it comes to saving your battery life, a few easy steps can make a big impact. Whether you're checking the health of your battery or tweaking settings like Low Power Mode and screen brightness, these tips work great for iPhones and Androids. So go ahead, give them a try, and say goodbye to that annoying low-battery notification so that you'll have some extra juice when you need it most.
What battery-saving tips have you tried on your iPhone or Android? Share your experiences and let us know how they worked for you. Let us know by writing us at Cyberguy.com/Contact
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Consensus college women’s basketball player of the year Aliyah Boston turned down a late invitation to the ESPYS awards show, saying the offer was even more hurtful than not being asked to attend.
Boston helped the South Carolina Gamecocks win the NCAA title by defeating Connecticut in April. She swept the national awards as the game’s top player, including the Wooden and AP awards.
Boston, voted the Final Four’s Most Outstanding Player, had hoped to attend and was disappointed when not asked.
“It hurt more to see ESPN change course and invite me only after social media caught wind of it,” Boston posted on Twitter on Wednesday. “Respectfully, I declined.”
Boston’s coach, Dawn Staley, highlighted the snub this week, musing publicly on social media how the people who planned the ESPYS decided “it was a great idea not to invite” the woman who won several national awards as one of the best players last season.
“Not one person was able to see the uproar this would cause? There’s definitely something wrong with the make up of the room,” Staley said on Twitter.
In a statement, ESPN said COVID-19 concerns and a smaller venue forced organizers to prioritize invitees to the show in Los Angeles. Boston’s award category was handed out Tuesday night at the ESPYS preview show. Boston was nominated for best college athlete in women’s sports, which went to Oklahoma softball star Jocelyn Alo.
Boston said it’s just the latest example of overlooking a Black woman’s achievements — a move that’s brushed off as a “mistake” or an “oversight.”
“Another excuse for why our milestones and accomplishments aren’t a ‘priority,’ this time, even now, 50 years after Title IX,” she said.
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CANNON BEACH, Ore. (AP) — A cougar that climbed onto a towering rock off the coast of northwest Oregon over the weekend — probably in search of feathered prey — has abandoned the craggy formation, allowing for the popular Cannon Beach to reopen to visitors Monday.
Multiple agencies and organizations, from local and state police to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Parks and Recreation Department, responded to Sunday morning's sighting of the big cat on the iconic Haystack Rock. The beach was closed to protect people and let it return to its usual habitat.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said officials later confirmed that the animal had moved on. A game camera captured an image of it leaving the rock Sunday night, and tracks were also found heading away, federal officials said.
State biologists believe the cougar ventured to Haystack Rock at low tide Saturday night to hunt birds, a behavior they have not previously witnessed at that site.
"While the forested areas along the coast are prime habitat for cougars, it is unusual that a cougar made its way on to Haystack Rock,” Paul Atwood, a biologist with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, said in a statement. “Their primary food source is deer, but they will also consume elk, other mammals and birds.”
However, cougars have been documented traveling to other similar small offshore islands in Washington state's Olympic Peninsula, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spokesperson Megan Nagel said via email.
Haystack Rock, protected as part of the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge and managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is abundant with seabirds and sea life in the summer.
From March through September, tufted puffins, common murres, pigeon guillemot and black oystercatcher raise their young on the formation.
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International Software Awards program recognizes excellence and innovation in software solutions
STATELINE, Nev., July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Software Awards program today announced that SyTrue, the leader in modernizing payer workflows to reduce costs and increase efficiencies, has been shortlisted in its 2022 SaaS Awards program in the Best SaaS Product for Healthcare category.
Now in its seventh year of celebrating software innovation, the Software Awards program accepts entries worldwide, including the US, Canada, Australasia, EMEA and UK. Categories for 2022 include Best Enterprise-Level SaaS and Best Data-Driven SaaS, alongside new categories including 'Most Agile or Responsive SaaS Solution of the Year'.
"Innovative technologies like SyTrue's have always driven industry forward and disrupted the software business," said James Williams, head of operations for the SaaS Awards. "SaaS continues to mature as a key driver for sustained improvement across multiple verticals and is now part of successful business DNA."
"SyTrue is committed to the delivery of solutions that modernize payer workflows to boost the productivity of review teams and generate higher ROI on chart reviews through greater accuracy, speed, repeatability and scalability," said SyTrue Founder and CEO Kyle Silvestro. "Being recognized by the prestigious Software Awards program is a tremendous honor and reflects our team's successful approach to driving excellence and innovation in healthcare."
"Continuing to evolve, this year we've seen a host of truly remarkable software solutions, making it extremely difficult for our team to eliminate candidates at the shortlist stage," said Williams. "The shortlisted candidates announced today, however, have proven to be truly innovative thinkers in the SaaS industry, whether they're freshly funded disruptors or established names. Our judges were very impressed with the volume of original solutions for modern business in all industry areas. Stay tuned for our August announcement of category finalists, representing those few solutions who can demonstrate that extra edge in impressing our international panel of judges, who are now left with a next-to impossible task."
SaaS Awards finalists will be announced on Tuesday 23 August 2022, with the ultimate category winners announced on Tuesday 13 September 2022.
To view the full shortlist, please visit: https://www.cloud-awards.com/2022-saas-awards-shortlist/.
The SaaS Awards program will return with a new program in Spring 2023. Hundreds of organizations entered, with entries coming from North America, Canada, Australia, UK, Europe and the Middle East. A sister program to the SaaS Awards, The Cloud Awards' Cloud Computing Awards, will soon accept submissions for a new 2022-23 program, continuing its recognition of excellence in cloud computing, with an October deadline.
Contact details
For the SaaS Awards
James Williams – head of operations
https://www.cloud-awards.com/software-as-a-service-awards/
james@cloud-awards.com
For SyTrue
Mardi Larson, Amendola Communications
612.384.4383
mlarson@acmarketingpr.com
The SaaS Awards is a sister program to the Cloud Awards, which was founded in 2011. The SaaS Awards focuses on recognizing excellence and innovation in software solutions. Categories range from Best Enterprise-Level SaaS to Best UX or UI Design in a SaaS Product.
The Cloud Awards is an international program which has been recognizing and honoring industry leaders, innovators and organizational transformation in cloud computing since 2011. The awards are open to large, small, established and start-up organizations from across the entire globe, with an aim to find and celebrate the pioneers who will shape the future of the Cloud as we move into 2023 and beyond. Categories include the Software as a Service award, Most Promising Start-Up, and "Best in Mobile" Cloud Solution.
Winners are selected by a judging panel of international industry experts. For more information about the Cloud Awards and SaaS Awards, please visit https://www.cloud-awards.com/.
SyTrue, the leader in modernizing payer workflows to reduce costs and increase efficiencies, enables healthcare payers to make sense of fragmented, dirty data, driving greater transparency that increases productivity, reduces costs and enhances revenue. Healthcare payers must analyze extensive amounts of unstructured data to identify insights from patients' episodic health records, which cannot be accessed by traditional methods of search and require expensive chart reviews. SyTrue's innovative clinical Natural Language Processing (NLP) Operating System NLP OS™ synthesizes, normalizes and transforms unstructured clinical data into a strategic enterprise-wide digital asset that catalyzes informed decision-making for risk adjustment, care coordination and payment integrity. Developed by clinicians and data scientists with deep healthcare domain expertise, SyTrue's solutions boost the productivity of review teams and generate higher ROI on chart reviews through greater accuracy, speed, repeatability and scalability. SyTrue is trusted by top-tier health plans who have leveraged NLP OS™ to process more than 10 billion health records, yielding insights that lead to increased efficiencies and improvements in financial performance.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — A good Samaritan helped free more than 20 stranded drivers from a slick off-ramp during Wednesday night’s near-record setting snowstorm. Jon Gilbert owns Honest Jon’s Auto, enjoys four wheeling and helping people.
“It's just kind of who I am,” Gilbert said. “Every time there's a big snowstorm and ice storm, I'll just throw the service light on and some tow straps and shackles and just try to help everybody I can.”
On Wednesday night, Gilbert’s friend, Alec Higley, called him from Northeast 82nd Avenue and Columbia Boulevard. Higley and more than 20 other drivers were stranded there on the icy off-ramp.
"I had been sitting for about seven hours,” Higley said. “[Gilbert] brought food. He’s a good guy.”
When Gilbert saw the other stranded drivers, he decided to help them too. He freed several sedans, mini vans and even a pick-up truck.
“The off-ramp there was just absolutely decimated,” Gilbert said. “Everyone was so thankful, people got kids at home and everything.”
Gilbert worked until 6:00 a.m. to free more than 20 vehicles.
“You could say he was just enjoying himself, just making everyone happy and just helping,” Higley said.
The only vehicle Gilbert couldn’t free was a semi-truck carrying six tons of freight.
“We put in a valiant effort on it,” Gilbert said. “Just the weight of those big rigs and 2-3 inches of ice was too much.”
At the wheel of the truck was a woman named Mary. She told KGW she’s grateful that Gilbert even tried to help her.
“What a guy,” Mary said. “That's what we're here to do, right? Help each other out. Sometimes in society it feels like we've forgotten that. Jon helps you remember.” | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/regional/portland-snowgood-samaritan-frees-stranded-vehicles/283-9a9f28a9-b58a-48f2-a35a-29d16f179c5f | 2023-02-25 05:08:07 | 1 | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/regional/portland-snowgood-samaritan-frees-stranded-vehicles/283-9a9f28a9-b58a-48f2-a35a-29d16f179c5f |
Property owner says contractors removed roof from wrong home: ‘It was a disaster’
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (KCTV/Gray News) - A Kansas man says a mistake by a contractor left his house in shambles.
Steve Kornspan told KCTV that he moved out of his house a few months ago and has been leasing it to short-term rentals. However, a guest at the home texted him this week about contractors working on the roof.
Kornspan said he had not ordered a new roof or any other improvements to the house.
The workers had the wrong address, according to Kornspan. By the time he rushed to the property, the contractors had stripped nearly every shingle from the roof.
“It was a disaster,” he said.
Kornspan said his security cameras at the house showed workers coming and going before they quickly left when they realized their mistake. He documented the mess with his drone, and photos showed the exposed underlayment and sheathing.
“I was pretty upset,” Kornspan said. “It was just something to deal with.”
Kornspan, a Realtor, said he quickly called another roofing company to make emergency repairs. He also filed a police report and started trying to find the roofers responsible.
The right home was a few blocks away on the same street. Kornspan said he was able to match the gray van to the one that had shown up at his place.
“I’m not sure what the confusion was,” he said.
On Wednesday, Kornspan said he was able to contact the company owner, who was equally upset about the situation.
“Everybody makes mistakes, but you have to stand up for your mistakes,” Kornspan said. “When you make a mistake, you have to fix it. That’s what (the company owner) was most upset about too.”
Kornspan would not name the company but said the owner agreed to pay for the emergency repairs with the roof being properly repaired.
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The gilded stadiums are among the most spectacular in the world. The seafront is sparkling and the skyscrapers are draped with larger-than-life banners featuring the stars of the World Cup.
Fans crowd around big screens throughout the city to watch soccer along the waterfront in Doha, or at the upscale Pearl Marina. Streets are canopied by the national flags of the 32 teams playing in this year’s World Cup, and restaurants are packed. So is the fan zone, where Colombian singer Maluma performed on the eve of the opening game.
The only thing missing is a winning team.
Qatar became the first host nation in World Cup history to lose the opening match, and then only the second host to be eliminated from the group stage. South Africa in 2010 was the first to be eliminated in group stage but still had a chance to advance in its third and final group match.
Not Qatar. This time the host was eliminated after just two games — a 2-0 loss to Ecuador in the World Cup opener, then a 3-1 loss to Senegal — to make Tuesday’s match against the Netherlands meaningless for the Qataris.
A total flop?
Qatar coach Felix Sanchez says absolutely not.
“I think these players have achieved a great deal over the last years. Now we need to be aware that to compete at this level, we are still lagging behind,” Sanchez said the day before Qatar’s final match. “I think if we work at this on a daily basis, gradually we will be closer to this level.
“I don’t feel disappointed or embarrassed,” Sanchez continued. “The World Cup is the most demanding competition, and only a few can be here. We are still slightly behind. The country will continue working so that the next time Qatar comes to a World Cup — hopefully soon — we’ll be able to compete better than we did this time.”
Qatar spent at least $200 billion on the infrastructure required to host the global soccer tournament. There’s no known figure on what it spent to build an actual team, an endeavor in which Qatar had 12 years to scout prospects, develop talent, and assemble a squad capable of competing against the best in the world.
The final 26 selected indeed includes 16 Qatar-born players. But the first-ever goal for Qatar at the World Cup was scored by Mohammed Muntari, who was born in Ghana, and the roster includes players born in Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, France, Iraq and Sudan.
In preparation for the World Cup, Qatar wooed other confederations to play against its team in an effort to improve. The team received guest entries into the South American and CONCACAF championships, and played friendlies that were loosely attached to qualifying for the 2020 European Championship. It was all tied to Qatar Airways sponsorship and beIN TV rights.
It was not without controversy: Following a 4-0 loss to Qatar in the 2019 Asian Cup semifinals, the United Arab Emirates protested the eligibility of Sudanese-born Almoez Ali and Iraqi-born Bassam Al-Rawi. The case was dismissed when Qatar presented evidence claiming Ali’s mother was born in the country.
Qatar won that tournament for the first time in its history, beating regional powerhouse Japan in the final.
“To go back 12 years, the vast majority of the Qatari national team were expatriates. Today the vast majority are Qataris,” said Dr. James Dorsey, an adjunct senior fellow at the Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore.
“But it’s a small country. It’s a small pool they can draw from. They are by definition disadvantaged by countries that are much bigger,” he continued. “For those who look at this in purely sporting terms, yes, it is important that they are the first to lose an opening match and to crash out in the group stage. I think in a broader perspective, that’s not going to make a big difference to the government.”
Qatar, which did not play its first official match until 1970 and counts only 300,000 citizens among the population of 2.9 million, did not land the World Cup to win the World Cup.
The tournament instead was meant to elevate the profile of this energy-rich nation like no other event before it.
Qatar’s hope was that the tournament improves its relationship with neighboring Saudi Arabia, which only two years earlier had been part of a four-nation boycott of the country. And Qatar cemented its ties with the West as a hedge in case of further political trouble ahead in the volatile Middle East.
“We knew from the start that this was a long shot for Qatar, given their lack of history and given where they were,” said Alexi Lalas, a member of the United States’ 1994 team and now a Fox Sports analyst.
“I think they also look at this as, yeah, it would be nice, but this is still that advertisement to the world,” Lalas added. “Whether their team is in it or not, this is about showing the country and obviously they still have many more weeks here to kind of do that.”
Qatar will host the Asian Cup soccer tournament in 2023, the multi-sport Asian Games in 2030 and is eyeing a bid on the 2036 Olympics. The seven new stadiums — controversially constructed by foreign laborers — will mostly be resized after the tournament and Lusail Stadium, where 88,966 spectators watched Argentina beat Mexico last weekend in the largest crowd at a World Cup match in 28 years, will be overhauled into a multi-use facility.
And despite the early World Cup exit, Qatar’s soccer team is expected to continue to develop and grow, and perhaps even someday rival Middle East powerhouse teams including Iran and Saudi Arabia, which both won group-stage matches at this year’s World Cup.
“Of course as a player, we would have wanted the Qatari fans to be proud of us. It wasn’t our fate to win. But thank God we were at least able to score in the World Cup,” Ali said. “This was our first participation in the World Cup. We hope it will not be the last.”
Qatar received an automatic berth as host to play in this year’s World Cup, but will shift its focus toward qualifying for future tournaments through its on-field play. The next World Cup in North America will be expanded from 32 to 48 teams and Asia will get eight guaranteed spots instead of four, making it easier to qualify for the tournament.
Mohammed Abdulrahim, a Qatari who said he was part of the organizing committee for the tournament’s opening ceremony, thought expectations were too big for the young national team.
“That’s why they lost their chance, don’t forget it is their first World Cup and in their country. It was too much pressure… still we are proud,” said Abdulrahim, adding Qataris are enjoying the chance to showcase the country.
“We have a message for all the people: We are people who like peace, we like to make friendship. World Cup for us and the whole Arab world is a chance to see our face,” he said. “I think you’ll see the country how safe it is, that’s a point, that’s a goal. Still we have positive things happening, not negative things happening.”
Dorsey said the verdict is out on whether this tournament met all of Qatar’s goals, but even with the on-field disappointment, the country has made strides.
“I don’t know that the World Cup is a zero-sum game. This is a major accomplishment, but it’s not the end of the game,” Dorsey said. “The Qatar World Cup will have a legacy of social change: workers conditions have improved in Qatar. Whether you think they’re good or bad, or enough was done, is a different question. But it’s the only Gulf state with a minimum wage. Could it have been higher? Absolutely.
“The fact of the matter is, there’s been a number of other of those things, so there has been social change which probably would not have come about without the World Cup,” Dorsey continued. “I think ultimately the soccer team will still perform. Look at China. Football is extremely important to (China leader Xi Jinping) and he’s poured a fortune into it, and they’re nowhere. In that sense, Qatar is certainly further than the Chinese are.”
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AP Sports Writer Ron Blum, Ciaran Fahey and Steve Wade in Doha contributed to this report.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Daktronics, Inc. (NASDAQ: DAKT) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: March 10, 2022 to December 6, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: February 21, 2023
No obligation or cost to you.
Learn more about your recoverable losses in DAKT:
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Daktronics, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company was experiencing challenges that increased costs, including supply chain disruptions, that impacted Daktronics' ability to fund inventory levels and operations; (2) as a result, it was probable that some portion of the Company's deferred tax assets would not be realized; (3) as a result, Daktronics was reasonably likely to record a material valuation allowance to its deferred tax assets; (4) there were material weaknesses in the Company's internal controls over financial reporting related to income taxes; (5) the foregoing presented liquidity concerns and there was substantial doubt as to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern; and (6) as a result of the foregoing, defendant's positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Daktronics you have until February 21, 2023 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Daktronics securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the DAKT lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/daktronics-inc-loss-submission-form?id=35435&from=4.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jacob deGrom exited with a sore right wrist after pitching four spotless innings, and two Texas Rangers relievers completed a one-hitter Monday night in a 4-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals.
Josh Jung launched a three-run homer in the first inning and Marcus Semien added a solo shot in the third. Dane Dunning (1-0) struck out five and walked none in 4 1/3 innings of relief.
Matt Duffy's one-out single in the fifth off Dunning was Kansas City's only hit. José Leclerc got two outs to end it.
The Rangers said deGrom was removed as a precaution. He struck out five and walked one, throwing 39 of his 58 pitches for strikes.
Beset by injuries the past two seasons with the New York Mets, the two-time NL Cy Young Award winner signed a $185 million, five-year contract with Texas as a free agent in December.
The right-hander is 1-0 with a 3.48 ERA in four starts for the Rangers.
Kansas City (4-13) dropped to 1-10 at home this season. Jordan Lyles (0-3) gave up four runs — two earned — and three hits in eight innings. He walked three and struck out three.
The Rangers jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first. Royals third baseman Hunter Dozier committed a throwing error on Semien's leadoff grounder and then a fielding error on Travis Jankowski's bunt. One out later, Jung sent a drive over the left-field bullpen.
Semien led off the third with a 412-foot shot to left.
The only baserunners deGrom permitted came on an error by first baseman Nathaniel Lowe in the third and a walk to Vinnie Pasquantino in the fourth.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Royals LHP Kris Bubic had additional tests on the flexor strain that landed him on the 15-day injured list after Saturday's start. Kansas City manager Matt Quatraro said the first test confirmed the strain but also revealed some “underlying concerns” that required a second opinion.
UP NEXT
The teams continue their three-game series Tuesday night, when Texas sends RHP Nathan Eovaldi (1-2, 6.32 ERA) to the mound against RHP Brad Keller (2-1, 2.12).
The two starters matched up last Wednesday, with Keller picking up the win and Eovaldi taking the loss in Kansas City’s 10-1 victory. Keller allowed one run in 6 2/3 innings, while Eovaldi gave up six runs in five innings.
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WACO, Texas — Christmas is a time when people spread holiday cheer and spend time with their families. For some, that means traveling by air, land and sea to get there.
"I'm on my way to San Antonio for Christmas to be with my mom, and her boyfriend and my husband and my nephew," Stephanie Key, Dallas resident, said.
It's the time of year for travel and people all over the world are trying to get home just in time for the holidays.
"AAA projects that 2022 will be the third busiest end of year holiday travel period that we've seen on record since AAA began tracking end of year holiday travel in the year 2000," Galen Grillo, AAA Texas Vice President and General Manager, said.
After COVID caused empty roads and airports, more people now feel comfortable traveling by land, air or sea to connect with family.
"Even though there are concerns about inflation and the pandemic that
are holding some people back from traveling this holiday season, nearly 113 million Americans are venturing out to reconnect with loved ones or just recharge their batteries," Grillo said.
Around nine million of those people will be from Texas. One traveler is heading out of town early to beat the rush.
"It's the soonest I could get out. I'm a musician and I just played a Christmas service this morning," Key said. "I got in my car and am on my way for exactly that reason. I was worried. There's always so many people traveling during Christmas and during the holidays to be together."
A majority of those Texans will be hitting the highways.
"Even more people will be driving compared to last year from Texas when it comes to the end of year holiday travel forecast," Grillo said. "Nearly eight million Texans will be traveling by car. And you know falling gas prices are certainly a welcome holiday gift for travelers after the record highs we saw this summer. Fuel prices have been quickly declining in recent weeks and by Christmas, many Texans will likely be paying less for gas than they were last holiday season."
Gas prices have dropped since last summer and many more people are turning to electric cars for their everyday travel needs.
"It's a big proponent of electric energy and so are these people in 22 bays here charging up their cars," Key said. "It's nice to not have that expense. Of course, there's an expense with super chargers but it's nothing compared to how much people spend on gasoline."
With a cold front expected to hit just in time for Christmas, another layer is being added to an already crowded highway.
"It's a little daunting I mean there's a lot of people on the road," Key said. "There's a lot of crazy drivers, a lot of people that don't give themselves enough time."
Everyone wants to be home for Christmas, and 8 million Texas drivers will be making their way.
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PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KFSN) -- The community of Porterville honored two firefighters who were killed in the line of duty three years ago.
On Saturday, The Sierra View Medical Center unveiled "Little Libraries" that were dedicated in honor of firefighter Patrick Jones and Fire Captain Raymond Figueroa.
There are now two fire truck-shaped little libraries that the community can enjoy, which were designed by the medical facility team.
The Tulare County Fire Department was there to help with the dedication and painted the finishing touches. | https://abc30.com/porterville-firefighters-killed-little-libraries-sierra-view-medical-center-raymond-figueroa-patrick-jones/12847862/ | 2023-02-20 16:00:09 | 0 | https://abc30.com/porterville-firefighters-killed-little-libraries-sierra-view-medical-center-raymond-figueroa-patrick-jones/12847862/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is getting a new communications director at the White House as he inches closer to an expected re-election campaign.
The administration tapped a veteran of the Obama-Biden years to lead the team, Ben LaBolt. He will replace Kate Bedingfield, who had said in July that she was leaving the White House but stuck around and will now go by the end of the month.
The communications director leads the White House’s strategy on messaging policies and goals and generally works behind the scenes. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre remains in her public-facing position.
Bedingfield is expected to be key in Biden’s likely re-election campaign as a consultant, according to a person familiar with the president’s plans who was not authorized to speak publicly about them and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Biden hasn’t said officially that he’s running for re-election, but has said it’s his intention to do so.
Bedingfield’s departure is the latest for the administration, which saw little turnover during Biden’s first two years. Jen Psaki left as White House press secretary in May. Ron Klain announced his departure as chief of staff just a few weeks ago. Since then, Brian Deese, a top Biden aide on the economy, said he would leave, and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh is also expected to do so.
Bedingfield was Biden’s communications director when he was vice president and served as his deputy campaign manager during his 2020 presidential run.
“Since my time as Vice President, Kate has been a loyal and trusted adviser, through thick and thin,” Biden said in a statement. “The country is better off as a result of her hard work and I’m so grateful to her — and to her husband and two young children — for giving so much. Ben has big shoes to fill.”
LaBolt worked on communications for Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was Biden’s pick for the Supreme Court, and the first Black woman to have the job. LaBolt also worked in communications for Democrats in both the House and Senate.
LaBolt will be the first openly gay White House communications director, the White House said.
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Associated Press writer Zeke Miller contributed to this report. | https://www.kron4.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-new-white-house-comms-director-as-re-election-decision-nears/ | 2023-02-10 23:13:49 | 0 | https://www.kron4.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-new-white-house-comms-director-as-re-election-decision-nears/ |
Democrats in the House of Representatives managed to pass four bills that together provide funding for police departments and other organizations.
The bills come less than two months before a midterm election when crime is considered a top issue among voters. A number of moderate Democrats have tried to shy away from claims that they are anti-police.
While together the bills would provide funding for local police departments, there is also funding for other programs, such as for mental health and community interventions. Those bills were meant as a compromise to draw support from the liberal wing of the party.
Of the four bills, the one with the most bipartisan support was the Invest to Protect Act of 2022. The bill would provide $60 million annually for the next five years for police departments with fewer than 125 employees. While the bill garnered the support of 153 Republicans, nine Democrats voted against it.
"it will ensure that local police departments across our country have what they need to recruit and retain the finest officers, to provide necessary training, and to invest in providing mental health resources for our officers,” said Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a Democratic sponsor of the bill. “The Invest to Protect Act was developed through many conversations with Republicans and Democrats in both chambers, and with a broad spectrum of stakeholders.”
Other measures largely passed by party lines. | https://www.kbzk.com/news/national/house-votes-in-favor-of-4-bills-intended-to-fight-crime | 2022-09-23 17:52:22 | 0 | https://www.kbzk.com/news/national/house-votes-in-favor-of-4-bills-intended-to-fight-crime |
Ceremony Set to Honor the Remarkable Achievements of Africa, Africans and African Descendants Across Industries
2022 Honorees Include:
The Republic of Botswana, Filmmaker Mahen Bonetti, Rockefeller Foundation Executive Betty Wambui Kibaara and IBM Executive Dr. Solomon Assefa
Hosted by Bozoma Saint John
Tuesday, September 20, 2022 – 6 P.M.
At Cipriani's 42nd St. in New York City
NEW YORK, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Africa-America Institute (AAI) - the premier U.S.-based international organization connecting Africa to America through education, training and dialogue - announced its 38th Annual Awards Gala celebrating the vast contributions of Africa and its worldwide diaspora. Returning to an in-person format, the Awards Gala will take place at Cipriani 42nd St. in New York City, on September 20th at 6 P.M.
Launched in 1984, the AAI Awards Gala is the most anticipated African-centered event convened in New York City. Held during the week of the United Nations General Assembly, the Gala brings together a host of distinguished notables including heads of state, diplomats, government officials, business and civil society leaders, scholars, journalists and other leading figures for an unforgettable evening.
Hosted by marketing executive, entrepreneur and author Bozoma Saint John, this year's awards will center around the theme of "Africa in the World." During the ceremony, AAI will honor an illustrious group of leaders across industries who have used their platforms to advance and affect substantive change locally, nationally and globally in their respective areas.
National Achievement Award
The Republic of Botswana to be accepted by His Excellency Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi
Science and Technology Leadership Award
Solomon Assefa - Vice President of IBM Research, Africa & Emerging Market Solutions
Ambassador of African Film Award
Mahen Bonetti - Founder of the African American Film Festival, Inc. (AFF) and Executive Director of the New York African Film Festival (NYAFF)
Distinguished Alumnae Award
Betty Wambui Kibaara - Director of the Food Initiative at the Rockefeller Foundation
"This year's Gala is especially exciting as it marks our return to an in-person event. We are delighted to have the opportunity to honor the people of the Republic of Botswana for their steadfast commitment to democracy and ground-breaking global partnerships in medical research and education," said Kofi Appenteng, AAI's President & CEO. "We're also celebrating Dr. Solomon Assefa's crucial work in deploying AI to enable sustainable futures, Betty Kibaara's work championing food security and agribusiness investments, and Mahen Benetti's legacy of bringing African and Diasporan voices to the forefront of global cinema. In geographical, scientific, artistic, and cultural terms these honorees embody this year's Gala theme of Africa in the World."
For the past six decades, AAI has provided over 23,000 scholarships and fellowships to African students. The Annual Awards Gala raises funds to support AAI programs and initiatives.
For more information, please visit aaionline.org/gala.
Since its founding in 1953, AAI has awarded scholarships and fellowships to over 23,000 Africans. These individuals comprise an esteemed network of alumni, many of whom are leaders and influencers across public, private, and governmental sectors in Africa and globally. Included in this network are current Heads of State, H.E. Hage Geingob, President of the Republic of Namibia; H.E. Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire; H.E. Mohamed Bazoum, President of the Republic of Niger; and H.E. Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa. Many of AAI's Alumni have left an indelible imprint, including the late 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Mathaai and the late Barack Obama, Sr.
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LONDON, Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RevLifter, the leading eCommerce deals personalization platform, is looking to combat global carbon emissions by giving online retailers the opportunity to plant trees in exchange for sales made by their customers.
The group's new offer type - Green Offers - is powered by a partnership with environmental organization Ecologi, which has offset over 2.2 million tonnes of CO2e by supporting reforestation projects in countries like Madagascar, Mozambique and Uganda.
In a typical campaign, brands will pledge to plant 10 mangrove trees in return for the customer completing their purchase. Green Offers are delivered by RevLifter's RevConvert technology, which uses real-time signals like the customer's exit intent, their current spend, and cart contents, to inform the delivery of personalized incentives through native overlays.
RevLifter believes Green Offers can help to close the 'intention-action gap' that prevents the majority of customers from making positive contributions to the environment. Research from Harvard Business Review shows that 65% of shoppers want to buy from purpose-driven brands with strong sustainability credentials, but only 26% find a way to do so.
Simon Bird, RevLifter's Co-Founder and CEO, says: "As RevLifter is the link between the brand and the consumer, we knew we could devise something that helped each side bring positive change to the world.
"Green Offers provide a way for the consumer to turn everyday actions into something that has a measurable impact on the planet. On the retailer's side, it's an opportunity to facilitate that contribution, but also drive sales through a totally discount-free method, and resonate with audiences that value more than just price."
As part of RevLifter's ongoing efforts to create positive change, the company has also gained the PlanetMark Certification. The programme requires businesses to pledge to improvements in sustainability within their operations by measuring and reducing their carbon footprint. RevLifter will now aim to reduce its output year on year while aiding global reforestation projects through Green Offers.
About RevLifter
RevLifter is on a mission to make every eCommerce deal intelligent. Its technology enables brands to make sense of anonymous site visitors by using real-time signals from their journey to deliver hyper-personalized offers, recommendations and messages that have them spending more, more often.
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GOP subpoenas tech CEOs as part of probe into censorship
WASHINGTON (AP) — Subpoenas were sent to the chief executives of the five largest tech companies on Wednesday as congressional Republicans moved to investigate what they assert is widespread corporate censorship of conservative voices
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the subpoenas as the latest in a series of escalations by a party that has long promised to investigate Big Tech’s content moderation, especially when it came to COVID-19.
The letters were sent to Mark Zuckerberg of Meta; Sundar Pichai of Alphabet; Satya Nadella of Microsoft; Tim Cook of Apple; and Andy Jassy of Amazon.com.
And in them, Jordan outlined the committee’s objective to “understand how and to what extent the Executive Branch coerced and colluded with companies and their intermediaries to censor speech.”
Spokespeople for Microsoft and Meta said Wednesday that they have already begun producing documents. A request for comment from Apple, Alphabet and Amazon was not immediately returned.
The committee asked the companies to produce documents and communications by March 23 that show any communication between them and the executive branch of the U.S. government relating to moderation, deletion, suppression or reduced circulation of content.
Notably missing from the list of companies subpoenaed is Twitter. The new owner, Tesla founder Elon Musk, has proven to be more sympathetic to conservatives than Twitter’s previous administration.
Just last week, three former Twitter executives appeared before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee to testify about the company’s decision to initially block a New York Post article in October 2020 about the contents of a laptop belonging to Hunter Biden.
The former employees conceded in that hearing that they made a mistake by blocking a story about the president’s son, from the social media platform in the run-up to the 2020 election, but adamantly denied GOP assertions they were pressured by Democrats and law enforcement to suppress the story.
In Wednesday’s letter, Jordan outlined how Musk’s decision last year to release a slew of company information to independent journalists “have exposed how Big Tech and the federal government have worked hand ways that undermine First Amendment principles.”
The documents and data, titled “the Twitter Files,” largely show internal debates among employees over the decision to temporarily censor links to the Hunter Biden story. The tweet threads lacked substantial evidence of a targeted influence campaign from Democrats or the FBI, which has denied any involvement in Twitter’s decision-making.
The hearing and subsequent subpoenas this month continue a yearslong trend of GOP leaders calling tech company leaders to testify about alleged political bias. Democrats, meanwhile, have pressed the companies on the spread of hate speech and misinformation on their platforms.
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Federal authorities have arrested a Texas woman who they say made death threats against the Florida judge overseeing a court battle between former President Trump and the Department of Justice over documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago residence.
Tiffani Shea Gish was charged with influencing a federal official by threat and interstate communications with the threat to kidnap or injure, according to an affidavit submitted in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on Sept. 6.
According to federal authorities, Gish claimed to be an official with the U.S. government working with nuclear weapons and left three threatening voicemails for federal Judge Aileen Cannon on Sept. 1, just days after the Florida judge sided with Trump and ruled she would appoint a special master to sift through the documents the FBI took in the search of his estate.
“Donald Trump has been disqualified long ago, and he’s marked for assassination, you’re helping him,” Gish allegedly said, before proceeding to call the judge explicit names. “And guess what? I’m also Trump’s hitman, so consider it a bullet to your head from Donald Trump himself.”
An FBI agent wrote in court documents that Gish left another voicemail hours later, saying she was heading to Florida and would put a bullet in the judge’s head “in front of her kids.”
Cannon forwarded the voicemails to Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Michael Witkowski. Authorities said they tracked Gish to her Houston, Texas, residence through her cellphone number.
Gish admitted she left the voicemails when she was interviewed by law enforcement personnel, according to the affidavit.
In another filing, federal agents said Gish has a history of “delusional conduct,” including posing as CIA agents and Army Rangers.
The appointment of a special master to identify material covered by attorney-client or executive privilege has drawn widespread criticism.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is probing whether Trump violated the Espionage Act and Presidential Records Act by taking both presidential and classified documents to Florida. | https://cw33.com/news/woman-accused-of-making-death-threats-against-judge-in-trump-documents-case/ | 2022-09-14 15:19:37 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/woman-accused-of-making-death-threats-against-judge-in-trump-documents-case/ |
NEW YORK, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Tupperware Brands Corporation ("Tupperware" or the "Company") (NYSE: TUP) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Tupperware investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between November 3, 2021 and May 3, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
TUP investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (i) Tupperware was facing significant challenges in maintaining its earnings and sales performance; (ii) accordingly, Tupperware's full-year 2022 guidance was unrealistic and/or unsustainable; (iii) all the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to have a material negative impact on Tupperware's financial condition; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Tupperware during the relevant time frame, you have until August 15, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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Dallas man admits to shooting driver who "rear-ended" him, police records say
DALLAS - Dallas police records reveal more about a weekend shooting in the Oak Lawn neighborhood that put a man in the hospital.
Part of the incident was caught on doorbell camera. Investigators say the suspect confessed and told officers he feared for his life.
The victim was shot four times, according to an arrest affidavit. The alleged shooter told police he thought the man who rear-ended him also had a gun and was coming to confront him, but police say they did not find a gun in the victim’s car.
Dallas police say Warner Portis admitted to shooting a man who he says "rear-ended" his 2017 Audi A4 off Congress Avenue in Dallas’ Oak Lawn neighborhood early Sunday morning.
Portis is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He’s heard on surveillance footage screaming moments after the shooting.
The screams sound as if Portis knew the man he shot, but Dallas police say otherwise.
"Just want to reiterate that the victim and suspect did not know one another prior to this incident," explained Dallas Police Officer Brian Martinez.
According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Portis says the victim rear-ended him and exited his 2016 Toyota Corolla. Portis believed the man "had a firearm."
Portis told police he feared for his life, so he fired his handgun approximately 13 times. It’s unclear if the victim did, in fact, exit his Toyota, but police say they never found a gun in the victim’s car.
Initial reports from investigators say the victim reversed his car once Portis began shooting and crashed into a pole.
Neighbors tell FOX 4 they continued to hear gunfire after the crash.
FOX 4 captured video showing bullet holes along the hood and windshield of the victim’s Toyota. He was shot four times: a graze wound to the side of the head, a bullet wound below the neck and two bullet wounds in the chest.
"That victim was taken to a local hospital, and he remains in stable condition which is great," Martinez said.
Portis waited for police to arrive. He placed his hands in the air and said his gun was on the hood of his car, according to the affidavit. Officers searched his Audi and also found an extended magazine and a regular-size magazine.
According to the affidavit, Portis told police he had been involved in a similar incident a few years back and someone shot at him. He says Sunday’s crash reignited that fear. Police say this shooting is an example to try and stay calm when involved in an accident.
"Emotions are high, and so we definitely want to remind everybody that when that happens, call us," Martinez said.
Portis bonded out of jail Sunday evening on the same day he was booked. His bond was $50,000. | https://www.fox4news.com/news/dallas-man-admits-to-shooting-driver-who-rear-ended-him-police-records-say | 2023-02-28 04:59:02 | 1 | https://www.fox4news.com/news/dallas-man-admits-to-shooting-driver-who-rear-ended-him-police-records-say |
ELKO, Nevada (KLAS/NEXSTAR) — It may only be a few inches long but it’s cannibalistic and can create disgust and disruption. A small Nevada town is being overrun with the so-called Mormon crickets.
“Biblical” is how some are describing this infestation of millions of insects. They are blanketing the ground, crawling up walls, infesting buildings, and terrorizing some of the residents of Elko, a small town in northeastern Nevada.
“When we looked out here the whole wall was just covered. That really, really freaked me out,” Colette Reynolds said.
Despite its name, the large insect is a flightless katydid which is a subfamily of bush crickets and is harmless except to crops which they will gladly devour. Not only is it an agricultural pest, it’s also a traffic hazard.
The Nevada Department of Transportation is plowing and sanding roads because the smashed bugs are making the roads slick.
“You can see that they’re moving and crawling and the whole road is crawling and it just makes your skin crawl. It’s just so gross,” Stephanie Garrett said.
According to entomologists, those are the people who study insects, say Mormon cricket infestations happen in the western United States and there’s not much residents can do besides just wait it out.
Mormon cricket outbreaks are more likely during drought conditions, explains the University of Nevada, Reno. Once an outbreak begins, they generally last between 5 to 21 years, the school says.
Many western states have allocated funding to suppress Mormon cricket populations, including Oregon, which designated over $6 million to the effort in the past few years. The recommended treatment for landowners is aerial spray of diflubenzuron, an insecticide that works to prevent nymphs from maturing.
And in case you’re wondering where they got the name from, the creatures were well known to terrorize Mormon farmers in Utah. Brittanica explains an 1848 cricket outbreak was diffused by the arrival of a sea gull flock that ate the insects. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/what-are-mormon-crickets-theyre-invading-parts-of-the-u-s/ | 2023-06-18 01:14:13 | 0 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/what-are-mormon-crickets-theyre-invading-parts-of-the-u-s/ |
High winds can cause hazards while traveling. High profile vehicles, such as semi trucks, should use caution when traveling through storms. Smaller cars should leave space when following high profile vehicles, as a single strong gust can overturn the vehicle.
When driving in storms, travelers should also know what to do if inclement weather turns into a tornado.
• Take shelter in the nearest building, if possible.
• Do not seek shelter under an overpass. The structure intensifies wind speed.
• If there is no safe building nearby, look for a depression or ditch that is safely and significantly lower than the level of the roadway. Lie down in that area. Hands and arms should be used to protect the head and neck.
• If there is no ditch or low areas nearby, park and stay in the car and continue to wear a seatbelt. Lean over to stay below window level. If possible, use hands, blankets or coats to protect the head and neck.
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WASHINGTON , June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Members of the public are invited to explore the many ways space science helps families, communities, and our nation better understand our home planet and become more climate resilient through hands-on and virtual activities during NASA Day at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival Saturday, July 2, on the National Mall in Washington.
"NASA explores our own planet Earth, using the unique vantage point of space to observe how our planet's oceans, atmosphere, land, and ice work together as an Earth system," said Karen St. Germain, Earth Science Division director at NASA Headquarters. "These observations grow our understanding of our planet's changing climate. That understanding means the agency can deliver more actionable science to inform decision makers from global leaders to city mayors seeking to mitigate, adapt to and respond to those climate changes."
Throughout the day, agency representatives will participate in various speaking events and activities. In addition, NASA will host a free, public exhibit featuring information about science, live demonstrations, and other family friendly activities.
The following is a list of activities taking place throughout the day (all times Eastern):
2 p.m. – Sustainable Seafood
Lawrence Friedl, associate director of NASA's Earth Applied Sciences Program, joins chefs and other speakers at the Foodways Kitchen to discuss how NASA Earth science data is used by anglers, farmers, and decision-makers to support sustainable practices.
3 p.m. – What is Sustainable Food Production?
NASA satellites play an increasingly important role in monitoring crops and their environmental conditions. St. Germain will moderate a panel discussion with leading subject matter experts, including John Piotti, president of American Farmland Trust; Jack Algiere, director of agroecology at Stone Barns Center; Seth Goldman, co-founder of PLNT Burger; and Mark Allison, a nationally renowned chef. The panel will stream live.
3 p.m. – Oysters and NASA
What does NASA have to do with the ocean? Find out at the Foodways Kitchen as we discuss the intersection of oysters, the Chesapeake Bay, and NASA.
The following events will be ongoing:
- The Pocket Cinema will showcase NASA videos that dive into the science behind the global temperature record, explore the world's remote poles, and describe how agency data is used to support food security. The video playlist is available online.
- Join team members at the People Powered Science station with family-focused, hands-on demonstrations of Earth science observations and emerging technology, linking NASA's global research directly to our backyards and neighborhoods.
A full schedule of events and more information about the festival are available here.
NASA's vantage point from space gives the agency a unique view of our home planet. For more than 50 years, agency satellites have provided open-source and publicly available data on Earth's land, water, temperature, weather, and climate.
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Abdo brings two-decade financial leadership tenure and passion for sustainable agriculture and mission-driven organizations to the farmer-owned cooperative.
LA FARGE, Wis., May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Organic Valley proudly welcomes Abed Abdo as the farmer-owned cooperative's new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). With over 20 years of experience at the helm of finance, Abdo, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting & Business Administration from the University of Jordan and a track record of success at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Abbott. Abdo's appointment as the CFO began on May 22, 2023.
"I am honored and elated to be joining the cooperative and serve its mission to create a stable economic model for organic farmers" said Abdo. "Organic Valley's commitment to the health and welfare of people, animals, and the earth aligns with my values. I look forward to working collaboratively with CEO Jeff Frank, the board members, the farmer-members and the team across the cooperative to realize the immense potential for Organic Valley's continued growth and success, and I'm excited to be a part of that journey."
Abdo comes to Organic Valley from the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, where he served as the CFO since 2019. His remarkable leadership there played a critical role in the organization achieving recognition as the first charity in philanthropic history to raise $2B for a single cause. Before this, he led the finance function at ConvaTec Group (Americas) and several divisions of Abbott Laboratories, where he spent much of his career.
"We are thrilled to welcome Abed to our team," said Jeff Frank, CEO of Organic Valley. "His substantial experience in devising finance and business strategies and his demonstrated ability to lead top-tier finance functions with mission-driven organizations make him a powerful addition to the team. Abed has strong experience as a CFO, necessary technical skills, and clear philosophical compatibility with our cooperative culture, and I know he will make a difference working together with the farmers who own this cooperative."
About Organic Valley
Organic Valley is the leading organic farmer-owned cooperative on a mission to save, serve, and safeguard small organic family farms. The brand's products are ethically sourced, which we define as food raised on organic farms where families manage the daily care for the animals and the earth while living up to the requirements of the USDA National Organic Program as well as our cooperative's own high standards and practices designed to promote the principles of organic agriculture, including respect for the dignity and interdependence of human, animal, plant, soil and global life. Founded in 1988, today the cooperative is owned by over 1,600 organic family farms. Visit ov.coop for more information. Organic Valley is also @OrganicValley on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Twitter.
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The Timberwolves have been easing Karl-Anthony Towns into action after he missed the first part of training camp because of a non-COVID illness.
They have been taking it easy with Rudy Gobert after he had an eventful summer in the EuroBasket tournament.
The two haven't played together in any of the four preseason games the Wolves have had. That is set to change Friday as the plan is for Gobert and Towns to share the floor together for the first time as the Wolves take on Brooklyn in their final preseason game at Target Center.
Before Friday, the only times they have taken the floor together is in practice.
"We've had a few practices together and, unfortunately, we haven't had as much time together, for one reason or another," coach Chris Finch said.
But Finch said the chemistry "looks pretty good right now" between the two of them. This isn't the first time Finch has tried to get two bigs together on the same page. Finch was an assistant in New Orleans on a team that had Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins playing together. That team reached the second round of the playoffs in 2018.
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"I've always tried to approach it like if I can get the two bigs to be on the same page with each other and work the dynamics around that, that's seemingly been the recipe," Finch said. "We're kind of starting to figure that part out."
That includes practicing their spacing and reading off each other so that the floor doesn't get too crowded.
The Wolves open the regular season Wednesday against Oklahoma City. Home crowds will have a chance to see how the pairing works up close. The Wolves begin the season with nine of their first 12 games at home.Reid stays consistentWithout Gobert and Towns in the lineup Wednesday against the Lakers, Naz Reid got the chance again to start and took advantage of the opportunity with 22 points and 13 rebounds in 27 minutes. This didn't exactly come against the Lakers reserves. LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Russell Westrbook and Patrick Beverley all played significant minutes, and Reid more than held his own.
"Naz has gotten better and better every step along the way since I've arrived," Finch said. "... He's a worker. He had a great summer. ... [He's] making himself into a heck of a player."
Reid said his strong preseason has been a product of the consistent work he put in during the offseason. He is averaging 14.8 points and 8.3 rebounds in the preseason.
"It's a statement," Reid said. "I've put the work in this summer. Big, big time work. Day in and day out. Extra reps in the gym. Just going hard, and it's showing. It's paying off. It's just the beginning, but I've been working this summer and I'm just ready to show it and be able to do what I can do, and show what I can do with no barriers."
Finch said Reid came into camp with more strength than he's ever had, and that is showing up in his rebounding.
"When I'm rebounding, I feel like I'm stronger with the ball," Reid said. "I'm grabbing it with two hands. Being able to grab it out of people's hands at times. I feel like my hand strength has definitely gotten better. I've gotten bigger, wider — with it, still being able to keep my same speed and those things." | https://bismarcktribune.com/finch-chemistry-between-gobert-towns-looks-pretty-good/article_c1480dde-4b52-11ed-94cf-43c3e9a4fb4c.html | 2022-10-14 01:34:56 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/finch-chemistry-between-gobert-towns-looks-pretty-good/article_c1480dde-4b52-11ed-94cf-43c3e9a4fb4c.html |
Trump Org. fraud trial juror tells CNN the panel was ‘serious’ and didn’t focus on Donald Trump
By Lauren del Valle, CNN
The jury who convicted Donald Trump‘s namesake companies earlier this week was “serious” and tried to focus on the law — not the former president, one of the jurors said in an interview with CNN.
Jurors saw a “culture of fraud,” at the Trump Organization, but referred to Trump as a nondescript “Bob Smith” at times when talking about the company owner’s awareness of the crimes in relation to the charges, said the juror, who spoke to CNN on the condition of anonymity.
The juror had a “gut feeling” about their vote going into deliberations but said the jurors agreed they needed to understand the law especially for a few jurors who were “unsure” on some counts. Before reaching a verdict, the jury sent notes asking to hear the jury charge reread for five of the counts.
There were no holdout jurors with heels dug in for the defense, according to the juror.
The group of 12 got the court’s message: Trump himself was not on trial.
They felt generally that Trump and his family probably knew about the fraud schemes but still tried to stay away from the topic because it wasn’t relevant to the charges, the juror said.
“I think the consensus is that they like most likely, they know something like they don’t know every detail, but like there’s some negligence there.”
Trump and other family members were not charged or accused of wrongdoing.
“I personally know Trump was not on trial. But actually, what’s funny, I don’t think most people in this world know that Trump’s not on trial,” the juror said. “But like everyone realizes that on the jury because it was ingrained in our head 20 times.”
The Manhattan jury found two Trump Organization companies — The Trump Corp. and Trump Payroll Corp — guilty on all charges they faced including multiple charges of criminal tax fraud and falsifying business records connected to a 15-year scheme to defraud tax authorities by failing to report and pay taxes on compensation for top executives.
The group of eight men and four women deliberated for less than 10 hours across two days handing down a verdict late Tuesday afternoon.
Coworkers asked the juror about convicting Trump when he returned to work. The juror corrected them, saying they helped convict the companies.
Yet when asked about Trump’s 2024 presidential run, the juror called the prospect frightening.
“We’re a long way away from here, but it’s kind of frightening to me that he could be our president again, but who knows,” the juror said.
“He just he puts like sketchy people around him,” the juror added, reflecting on other Trump comrades like Michael Cohen and Steve Bannon. “I just find it very bizarre. “
‘Culture of fraud’
The juror was not convinced by the defense mantra, “Weisselberg did it for Weisselberg.”
The evidence showed a “culture of fraud” in the company that could not have been boiled down to former Trump Org. CFO Allen Weisselberg as suggested by the defense, the juror said.
The Trump Org.’s internal “clean up” of questionable business practices around the time Trump was elected president particularly struck the juror as a red flag.
“I was kind of like ‘this seems weird’ and then it confirmed that when they said in the cleanup of 2017, they stopped doing it,” the juror said. “And so I felt like that was a red flag, like the company was clearly doing something that they shouldn’t have been doing so it really sold to the point that it’s a culture of fraud in the company. So how could someone working in a company that has fraud going on from different angles be operating solely for themselves.”
The juror added: “There was no doubt that there was a crime committed here. And there, they were all over the place on the defense with passing blame.”
‘Donald Trump’s style’
The defense team mirrored Trump’s style, the juror said, observing the lawyers bullying witnesses and deflecting blame.
“We knew there was a crime committed and it seemed like they were passing blame. And it seems like that’s the Donald Trump style, you know?” the juror told CNN. “And it’d be nice if I could just be a billionaire, whatever he is, and just like, hire people to do stuff for me and commit crime and shield me and get away with it.”
The juror especially called moments of defense attorney Michael van der Veen’s closing argument disrespectful.
“He was like, imitating like in a derogatory way Donald Bender during the closing statements. I thought that was disrespectful and I thought it was not necessary,” the juror said.
Overall, the juror thought Trump’s post-verdict comments about the trial were oversimplified.
“This trial went on for six weeks. There were so many things we went through. It’s not just Weisselberg’s W-2’s, you know, there was a lot of crime, things that are illegal going on there.”
Weisselberg has pleaded guilty.
The defense team posed convincing points, the juror said, but the prosecution’s evidence was too overwhelming.
“If I listened to just the defense and didn’t listen to the prosecution, yeah, I probably would have believed them. But when you go through everything, put everything together, the big picture, looking at the witnesses, like game their credibility, the actual physical evidence I saw, you know, that helps me get to the conclusion.”
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CEDAR FALLS — The Cedar Falls Human Rights Commission has seen lots of changes and progress in the last few months, none bigger than welcoming aboard the city’s first-ever paid employee to help carry out its vision.
Chelsie Luhring, the city’s new diversity, equity and inclusion specialist and commission liaison, will be in attendance when the appointed body hosts a free meet and greet from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Ragged Edge Art Bar and Gallery, 504 Bluff St., with food and refreshments.
“The number one goal is to introduce Chelsie, now that she’s our DEI specialist and then to introduce several new commissioners, and then also to recruit,” said commission chairperson Sonja Bock. “We still have a few open seats, and even if the commission was full, we always want to have applications on file. The other goal is we want to talk to people to hear their thoughts and concerns.”
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Luhring was brought on board in January at the recommendation of the Racial Equity Task Force. Thus far, she’s played a role in making sure inclusive language is used, and in developing the commission’s website – cedarfalls.com/86/Human-Rights-Commission – to offer more resources and useful information.
While the commissioners are volunteers and have other everyday responsibilities, Luhring will have more direct connections to those who run city government, and can work every day to ensure diverse and equitable practices are present within policies.
One of her newfound roles has been as Cedar Falls’ liaison to One Cedar Valley, a local organization focused on breaking down barriers facing African Americans.
The public will be exposed to the new leaders Wednesday. The commission had also seen some mainstays step aside and new ones take over, but have since seemingly moved on from the days of turmoil seen a couple years ago.
The commission meets the second Monday of each month at 6 p.m. in the Public Safety Building. It has taken action recently in multiple ways, from organizing a Women’s History Month event, to issuing a statement in light of recent anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation in Des Moines.
Its committees have been established for several months now and their roles and responsibilities have become better defined. And Bock emphatically feels they are doing “even better” now.
“We have new commissioners who have come in with a lot of initiative, are very passionate about human rights, are bringing ideas to the table, helping create events, and just have done lot of things that hadn’t been happening for a long time,” she said.
“We really are doing more outreach in the last five months than maybe we’ve done in years. That’s pretty exciting,” she added.
Residents will be able to have their questions answered, as well as their concerns and comments taken into consideration. Additionally, applications will be available to anyone looking to be appointed to the commission in the future.
A recent request by the commission to expand from nine to 11 has left the agency with three openings.
“I haven’t been here that long, but everyone has been awesome to work with. They’re super proactive and I think we all have that goal in mind of wanting to make sure that we’re making Cedar Falls more equitable and more inclusive for people,” said Luhring. “Commissioners have that vision, and go and do it.”
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LONDON, Ky. (LEX 18) — One man is dead after a wreck that happened around 9:30 this morning on the Hal Rodgers Parkway at the intersection of KY 192 in London.
According to officials, the wreck involved a Ford Ranger, operated by Melissa Smith of Louisville, and a Ram 1500, operated by Christopher Murray of Tylertown, Mississippi.
Officers say that Smith was making a left turn from Hal Rogers Parkway westbound onto KY 192 when her vehicle collided with Murray, who was traveling eastbound on the Parkway.
Smith was airlifted to UK Medical Center with serious injuries, while Murray was taken to St. Joseph London to be treated for his injuries.
The passenger of the Ford Ranger, 53-year-old Lary W. Smith, of Manchester was pronounced dead at the scene by the Laurel County Coroner, Doug Bowling.
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WFO LAS VEGAS Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, January 31, 2023
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
209 AM PST Tue Jan 31 2023
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.
Strongest winds are expected to occur near Laughlin-Bullhead
City.
* WHERE...In Arizona, Lake Havasu and Fort Mohave and Lake Mead
National Recreation Area. In California, San Bernardino County-Upper
Colorado River Valley. In Nevada, Lake Mead National Recreation
Area.
* WHEN...Until 4 PM PST this afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects.
Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may
result. Strong winds over the open waters will make the lake
water rough and hazardous...and may result in high waves which
may tip or swamp smaller craft.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
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The Alzheimer’s Association lists the following 10 warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease. If someone is concerned that they or someone they know is displaying any of these symptoms, the organization recommends making an appointment with a physician to get a medical exam. You can also contact the association’s 24-hour help line at 800-272-3900.
The 10 warning signs:
1. Memory loss that disrupts daily life
One of the most common and early signs is forgetting recently learned information. Others include forgetting important dates or events, asking the same question over and over or increasingly needing to rely on memory aids (reminder notes, electronic devices, family members) for things you used to handle on your own.
What’s a typical age-related change? Sometimes forgetting names or appointments, but remembering them later.
2. Challenges in planning or solving problems
Some people with dementia may see changes in their ability to develop and follow a plan or work with numbers. They may have trouble following a familiar recipe or keeping track of monthly bills. They may have difficulty concentrating and take much longer to do things than they did before.
A typical age-related change: Making occasional errors when managing household finances.
3. Difficulty completing familiar tasks
People living with Alzheimer’s often find it hard to complete routine tasks or drive to a familiar location, organize a grocery list or remember the rules of a favorite game.
A typical age-related change: Occasionally needing help to use microwave settings or to record a TV show.
4. Confusion with time or place
People with Alzheimer’s can lose track of dates, seasons and the passage of time. They may have trouble understanding something if it is not happening immediately. Sometimes they may forget where they are or how they got there.
A typical age-related change: Getting confused about the day of the week, but figuring it out later.
5. Trouble understanding visual images and spacial relationships
For some people, vision problems are a sign of Alzheimer’s. They may also have problems judging distance and determining color or contrast, causing issues with driving.
A typical age-related change? Vision changes related to cataracts.
6. New problems with words in speaking or writing
People living with Alzheimer’s may have trouble following or joining a conversation. They may stop in the middle of a conversation and have no idea how to continue, or repeat themselves. They may struggle with vocabulary, have trouble naming a familiar object or use the wrong name.
A typical age-related change: Sometimes having trouble finding the right word.
7. Misplacing things and losing the ability to retrace steps
Individuals with Alzheimer’s may put things in unusual places. They may lose things and be unable to go back over their steps to find them again. They may accuse others of stealing, especially as the disease progresses.
A typical age-related change: Misplacing things from time to time and retracing steps to find them.
8. Decreased or poor judgment
Individuals may experience changes in judgment or decision-making. Persons with Alzheimer’s may use poor judgment when dealing with money, or pay less attention to grooming or keeping themselves clean.
A typical age-related change? Making a bad decision once in a while, like neglecting to change the oil in the car.
9. Withdrawal from work or social activities
Persons with Alzheimer’s may experience changes in the ability to hold or follow a conversation. As a result, they may withdraw from hobbies, social activities or other engagements. They may have trouble keeping up with a favorite team or activity.
A typical age-related change: Sometimes feeling uninterested in family or social obligations.
10. Changes in mood and personality
Persons with Alzheimer’s may experience mood and personality changes. They may be easily upset at home, at work, with friends or when out of their comfort zone.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Adaptation Financial Advisors welcomes CEO and Founder, Alan Niemann's, youngest daughter onto the team as an Insurance Professional.
Alan Niemann, CEO and Founder of Adaptation Financial Advisors (AFA) has been helping clients build their legacies for 38 years with one goal in mind – taking care of his clients, employees, and their families. Especially over the last 5 years, Niemann has been working towards ensuring his clients and employees will continue to be taken care of after his departure. Most advisors have this same concern on whether it is better to find a successor from within the firm or sell to a third party. Niemann has decided a third option is the best course of action to truly ensure his clients and employees are taken care of – AFA becoming a legacy firm.
At this year's family retreat, it was visible to see the next generation emerging with over 40 children in attendance, ranging in age from newborn to early twenties. Adaptation's goal is to provide each of these children an opportunity to join AFA in the future. To facilitate this, AFA helps our advisors put a buy-sell agreement in place. The buy-sell agreement gives family members the right to pass the relationships that the current advisor has built with their clients onto the next generation. If a family member is not ready, AFA will purchase the practice until they are ready, so that the advisor will not have to worry about how their legacy will be passed down. This is our overarching goal - for the AFA grandchildren to be serving our clients' grandchildren in the future.
Kicking off the legacy program is the founders' 2 daughters, Avery and Ashton Niemann.
AVERY NIEMANN:
March 2021, | Avery Niemann began with Adaptation Financial to act as a liaison for the family and the firm after Alan was in a motorcycle accident and unable to be in office for a period of time. Avery is currently based in Denver, Colorado and has worked her way to becoming Adaptation Financial's Chief Administrative Officer.
"I found my way into the family business out of necessity and during a crisis," says Avery. "I would not wish for a repeat of last year, but I am endlessly grateful for the in depth look into the family business and what my dad has built over the last 38 years. I am so excited to be a part of a legacy business where I can contribute my own strengths and ideas while working with such a talented team to ensure that the next generation after me can one day have same of privilege of working at Adaptation."
ASHTON NIEMANN
August 2022, | Ashton Niemann is welcomed into the firm as an Insurance Professional on track to become a Financial Advisor. Ashton is a recent graduate from TCU where she received a bachelor's degree in Finance and was actively involved on campus through holding leadership positions in her sorority, Alpha Delta Pi. Beyond her academic involvement activities, Ashton worked for the Outdoor Program as a Trip Leader.
"While the name of the business has changed, I have very early memories of Adaptation," says Ashton. "I grew up meeting many of my dad's clients, quite a few who are now like family to me. My dad also taught my sister and me the importance of money management and life insurance from an early age. I'm now looking forward to pursuing a career as a future financial advisor in a business that has been a part of my whole life and will be around for many years to come."
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Adaptation Financial, Inc is a Hybrid Independent Registered Investment Advisory firm with over $750MM of client assets under management. The firm currently has 6 office locations across 3 states and caters to individual investors through a variety of financial services – tax and estate planning, property and casualty, stock options with a phantom stock plan, etc. Securities are offered through Registered Representatives of Cambridge Investment Research Inc., a broker-dealer, member FINRA/SIPC. Advisory services are through Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc., a Registered Investment Advisor. Financial planning services are through Adaptation Financial Advisors, Inc., a Registered Investment Advisor. Cambridge and Adaptation Financial Advisors are not affiliated.
Visit www.adaptfa.com or call 800-522-8727 to connect with an advisor in your area.
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California wildfires grow as evacuations are ordered
As the West continues to roast in dangerous heat, two Northern California wildfires are growing and some residents have been told to leave, officials said Saturday.
The Mill Fire in Siskiyou County almost doubled in size since Friday and was burning Saturday at an estimated size of 4,254 acres with 25 percent containment, Cal Fire said in a release.
The blaze destroyed 50 structures as it spread, and forced the evacuation of an estimated 1,000 people, officials said.
The cause of the fire, which has been burning for one day, remains under investigation and evacuation orders for Weed, Lake Shastina and Edgewood, are in place.
"This incident is rapidly changing and our staff and partners are doing everything they can to get everyone to safety," the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office said.
Officials in Siskiyou County are also battling the Mountain Fire, which had grown to cover 4,812 acres with 5 percent containment.
The fire was burning in steep terrain and spotting farther as it spread, prompting the evacuation of over 300 people, according to Cal Fire.
"Fire continues to burn in timber. Fire was extremely active throughout the night. Fire is pushing towards the north," the Cal Fire Siskiyou Unit said.
The cause of the Mountain Fire remains under investigation and evacuations have been ordered.
Meanwhile in Southern California, the Route Fire in Los Angeles County was at 5,208 acres Saturday evening with 87% containment, according to an update from the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
Two structures were destroyed and hundreds more were threatened, according to the Fire Department.
Firefighting operations continued overnight with a focus on mopping up hot spots and further building containment lines, the update said.
"Today ground resources will focus on mopping up hot spots and furthering containment. Excessive heat, low humidity and steep terrain continue to pose the biggest challenge for firefighters," the fire department said. | https://www.wesh.com/article/california-wildfires-grow-as-evacuations-are-ordered/41073850 | 2022-09-04 10:03:40 | 1 | https://www.wesh.com/article/california-wildfires-grow-as-evacuations-are-ordered/41073850 |
South Jersey wildfire now 50% contained
The Allen Road Wildfire has burned more than 5,000 acres within the Bass River State Forest and was 50% contained as of Thursday evening.
Firefighters have made progress controlling a burning wildfire in southern Burlington County.
As of 5 p.m. Thursday, New Jersey officials said the Allen Road Wildfire within the Bass River State Forest, which has burned over 5,000 acres, is 50% contained.
WILDFIRE UPDATE: Allen Road Wildfire – Bass River State Forest@njdepforestfire is making substantial progress in containing a wildfire burning in the area of Allen Road in Bass River State Forest.
The wildfire has reached 5,000 acres in size and is 50% contained. pic.twitter.com/ks4N63KAfz
— New Jersey Forest Fire Service (@njdepforestfire) June 1, 2023
The fire was detected by fire towers in the area around 4:45 p.m. Wednesday. Shortly after, emergency calls came in.
When fire crews first arrived, at least 15 acres were burned. But officials said the flames were so intense firefighters could not directly attack the blaze.
“This fire exhibited extreme… behavior throughout the night, even with high humidities,” said John Earlin Jr., forest fire warden and incident commander, adding fire crews had to implement an indirect attack on the blaze. “[The fire] is a result of the extremely dry conditions that we’ve exhibited continuing from last year into this year.”
Forty people, described as “seasonal residents,” of the Timberline Campground, have been evacuated, though officials said they were less concerned about the fire moving towards the campground.
“We still want to have less traffic and just less people in harm’s way,” said Greg McLaughlin, chief and state fire warden with the state Forest Fire Service.
He added that crews will be battling the fire “for several days to come.”
A history lesson of fires
In past decades, nine firefighters have died battling forest fires in the same area. In 1936, five members of the Civilian Conservation Corps lost their lives fighting a wildfire that burned 46,000 acres. Four members of the Eagleswood Township Volunteer Fire Company were killed in 1977 fighting a blaze that consumed 2,300 acres.
Officials say they’ve learned lessons since those fires.
“We’ve bettered our equipment, and we’ve used different tactics to put our people at better safety,” said Trevor Raynor, assistant division fire warden, who added that the last major fire in the area in 1999 burned about 11,000 acres.
The area is very thick and very overgrown, according to John Cecil, an assistant commissioner with the state Department of Environmental Protection. He adds it’s a “tricky spot” for them as they’ve planned to do activities to control the fuels — like pine needles and leaves — that contribute to a wildfire.
“We’re concerned about the history that this area holds with the fatalities of forest fires,” he said. “We also have concerns about the habitat here, the environment, the carbon that these trees protect within this block of forest that will burn out over the next 24 hours or so.”
Wildfire season in the Garden State has been extended due to climate change. A recent analysis found that four additional fire weather days have been added in South Jersey over the last five decades. Earlier in the season, officials urged residents to take preventative measures to keep wildfires from sparking.
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PORTLAND, Ore. , June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Magnate Worldwide is pleased to announce the acquisition of Cargo Logistics Group, a leading custom logistics service provider. In line with Magnate's organic and M&A growth strategy, Cargo Logistics Group is highly specialized, providing comprehensive logistics solutions for international and domestic mission-critical supply chains. CLG will become part of Masterpiece International and expand its footprint, adding a direct presence in the Baltimore and Washington DC area.
Founded in 1993, CLG has decades of experience providing customized solutions to businesses throughout the world, with unique capabilities and expertise in the import and export of high-tech equipment, chemicals, dangerous goods, Department of Defense commodities, renewable energy commodities, and various other specialized/proprietary commodities.
"We are looking forward to the next phase of Cargo Logistics Group, and as part of Masterpiece, our business will be enhanced with a greater depth of technology resources and high-level capabilities across all modes," said David Cook, Founder and CEO of Cargo Logistics Group. "We found, across all Magnate's business segments, the same philosophy of dedication to our customers, vendors and employees, and believe we have a great service and cultural fit," he added.
Magnate Worldwide is committed to organic growth and growth through select acquisitions. This is the latest in a series of noteworthy acquisitions. "Cargo Logistics Group accelerates Magnate's strategic plans for growing value-added, mission-critical services. I'm very excited to welcome the talented group at CLG to the Magnate Family," said Dante Fornari, Magnate Worldwide's CEO.
About Magnate Worldwide
Magnate Worldwide is a diversified supply chain management company, comprised of a unique portfolio of complementary, premium logistics services focused on Mission Critical Domestic, Fine Arts, and Global Freight Forwarding. For more information on Magnate's business segments and acquisition criteria, please visit www.magnateworldwide.com.
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The Florida Atlantic Owls are headed to Houston.
No. 9 FAU continued its Cinderella run in the 2023 men’s NCAA Tournament with an Elite Eight victory over No. 3 Kansas State at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday.
The 79-76 win sent the Owls to their first Final Four in program history. FAU also made NCAA Tournament history by becoming just the third No. 9 seed to reach the Final Four.
RELATED: What Are the Lowest Seeds to Make the Final Four, Win NCAA Tournament?
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With FAU advancing and nearly every top-three seed eliminated, this year’s Final Four is shaping up to feature one of the lowest-seeded fields in March Madness history.
What is the lowest-seeded Final Four in March Madness history?
The lowest-seeded Final Four came back in 2011 with No. 3 UConn, No. 4 Kentucky, No. 8 Butler and No. 11 VCU. The four schools had an average seed of 6.5, besting the previous record of 5.5 from 2000.
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Even if the lower seeds win the remaining Elite Eight games this weekend, the average Final Four seed wouldn't break the record mark of 6.5. But it would come close.
If all three lower seeds -- No. 4 UConn, No. 6 Creighton and No. 5 Miami -- advance along with FAU, the average Final Four seed would be six, ranking second all time. Should the three higher seeds -- No. 3 Gonzaga, No. 5 San Diego State and No. 2 Texas -- qualify, the average seed would be 4.75, ranking fifth.
Here’s a look at the seven Final Fours that featured an average seed of four or lower since seeding began in 1979 (tournament champion listed first, runner-up listed second):
2011: 6.5 (No. 3 UConn, No. 8 Butler, No. 4 Kentucky, No. 11 VCU)
2000: 5.5 (No. 1 Michigan State, No. 5 Florida, No. 8 Wisconsin, No. 8 UNC)
1980: 5.25 (No. 2 Louisville, No. 8 UCLA, No. 5 Iowa, No. 6 Purdue)
2006: 5 (No. 3 Florida, No. 2 UCLA, No. 11 George Mason, No. 4 LSU)
2013: 4.5 (No. 1 Louisville, No. 4 Michigan, No. 4 Syracuse, No. 9 Wichita State)
2014: 4.5 (No. 7 UConn, No. 8 Butler, No. 1 Florida, No. 2 Wisconsin)
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DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., May 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Univar Solutions Inc. (NYSE: UNVR) ("Univar Solutions" or "the Company"), a leading global solutions provider to users of specialty ingredients and chemicals, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023.
First Quarter 2023 Highlights
- Net income of $83.1 million compared to $180.8 million in the prior-year first quarter. Adjusted net income(1) of $100.9 million compared to $183.4 million in the prior-year first quarter.
- Earnings per diluted share of $0.52 compared to $1.06 per diluted share in the prior-year first quarter. Adjusted earnings per diluted share(1) of $0.63 compared to $1.07 in the prior-year first quarter.
- Adjusted EBITDA(1) was $215.4 million compared to $319.3 million in the prior-year first quarter. Adjusted EBITDA margin(1) of 8.0 percent compared to 11.1 percent in the prior-year first quarter.
- Net cash used by operating activities decreased to $2.9 million from $134.4 million in the prior-year first quarter.
"Over the past three years, we have successfully executed and delivered on our strategic plan, which has enabled us to successfully navigate the dynamic macroeconomic environment," said David Jukes, president, and chief executive officer. "We have continued to put the customer at the centre of all we do whilst solidifying our market leadership in North America. This gives us confidence in our ability to navigate uncertain market conditions, while fulfilling our purpose and commitments to our people and communities. We remain focused on delivering our business strategy and leveraging our global strengths in Ingredients and Specialties."
Company Performance
Univar Solutions' operating performance results are described below and, unless otherwise indicated, compare first quarter 2023 results with first quarter 2022 results.
Consolidated Results
Univar Solutions reported net sales of $2.7 billion, a decrease of 6.9 percent on a reported basis and 5.5 percent on a constant currency basis(1) compared to the prior-year first quarter. Lower sales were attributable to lower demand, partially offset by pricing discipline.
Gross profit (exclusive of depreciation), which represents net sales less cost of goods sold (exclusive of depreciation), of $639.3 million decreased 12.4 percent on a reported basis and 11.1 percent on a constant currency basis(1) compared to the prior-year first quarter. Lower gross profit was driven primarily by lower demand and higher input cost inflation, partially offset by pricing discipline. Gross margin decreased 150 basis points to 23.8 percent compared to the prior-year first quarter, primarily due to higher input cost inflation, partially offset by pricing discipline.
Net income was $83.1 million, or $0.52 per diluted share, compared to net income of $180.8 million, or $1.06 per diluted share, in the prior-year first quarter. Lower net income was driven primarily by lower gross profit (exclusive of depreciation) and higher Warehousing, Selling, and Administrative costs (WS&A), operating expenses, and interest expense. The decrease in net income was partially offset by lower income tax expense.
Adjusted earnings per diluted share(1) of $0.63 in the quarter decreased from $1.07 in the prior-year first quarter primarily due to lower net income.
Adjusted EBITDA(1) of $215.4 million decreased $103.9 million, or 32.5 percent, compared to the prior-year first quarter, or a decrease of 31.2 percent on a constant currency basis(1). The decrease was driven primarily by lower gross profit and higher WS&A and operating costs.
Net cash used by operating activities decreased to $2.9 million from $134.4 million in the prior-year first quarter, primarily driven by lower net working capital use and partially offset by lower net income.
Liquidity was $1,147.6 million as of March 31, 2023, inclusive of $377.7 million of cash on hand and availability under committed, asset-based credit facilities.
Our leverage ratio(1) was 2.3x at March 31, 2023, compared to 2.0x at December 31, 2022. We define leverage ratio(1) as net debt(1) divided by last twelve months ("LTM") Adjusted EBITDA(1). Net debt(1) of $2,155 million at March 31, 2023 reflects total short-term and long-term debt of $2,531 million less cash and cash equivalents of $378 million. For the twelve months ended March 31, 2023, LTM net income was $448 million and LTM Adjusted EBITDA(1) was $946 million, as discussed in more detail in the schedules to this press release.
Proposed Acquisition of Univar Solutions
On March 14, 2023, Univar Solutions announced that it entered into a definitive merger agreement with affiliates of funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc., an alternative asset manager, that provides for the acquisition of Univar Solutions in an all-cash transaction that values Univar Solutions at an enterprise value of approximately $8.1 billion. The transaction includes a minority investment from an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. The merger agreement provides that Univar Solutions shareholders will receive $36.15 in cash for each share of common stock they own. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2023, subject to customary closing conditions, including approval by Univar Solutions shareholders and receipt of regulatory approvals. Due to the pending merger transaction, Univar Solutions will not provide updated guidance or host a conference call or webcast to review the first quarter 2023 financial results.
About Univar Solutions
Univar Solutions (NYSE: UNVR) is a leading global specialty chemical and ingredient distributor representing a premier portfolio from the world's leading producers. With the industry's largest private transportation fleet and technical sales force, unparalleled logistics know-how, deep market and regulatory knowledge, formulation and recipe development, and leading digital tools, the Company is well-positioned to offer tailored solutions and value-added services to a wide range of markets, industries, and applications. While fulfilling its purpose to help keep communities healthy, fed, clean, and safe, Univar Solutions is committed to helping customers and suppliers innovate and focus on Growing Together. Learn more at www.univarsolutions.com.
Use of Non-GAAP Measures
In this press release, the Company's financial results are provided both in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) and using certain Non-GAAP financial measures. In particular, the Company presents the Non-GAAP financial measures of gross profit (exclusive of depreciation), gross margin (defined as gross profit (exclusive of depreciation) divided by net sales on a consolidated basis and by external sales on a segment level, as applicable), Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin (defined as Adjusted EBITDA divided by net sales on a consolidated basis and by external sales on a segment level, as applicable), Adjusted net income, Adjusted earnings per diluted share, leverage ratio, and results on a constant currency basis. The Non-GAAP financial measures are included as a complement to results provided in accordance with GAAP because management believes these Non-GAAP financial measures help investors' ability to analyze underlying trends in the Company's business, evaluate its performance relative to other companies in its industry, and provide useful information to both management and investors by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of the Company's core operating results. Additionally, the Company has used, and may continue to use, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted earnings per diluted share in setting performance incentive targets to more closely align management compensation with operational performance.
The Company evaluates its results of operations on both an as reported and a constant currency basis. The constant currency presentation is a Non-GAAP financial measure, which excludes the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The Company believes providing information on a constant currency basis provides valuable supplemental information regarding its results of operations, consistent with how it evaluates its performance. The Company calculates constant currency percentages and other information by converting its financial results in local currency for a period using the average exchange rate for the prior period to which it is comparing.
The Non-GAAP financial measures noted above are not calculated in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered a substitute for any other measure of financial performance presented in accordance with GAAP. Additionally, other companies may calculate Adjusted EBITDA and other such metrics differently than the Company does, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures. For further information related to the Company's use of Non-GAAP financial measures, and reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP measures, see the schedules attached hereto.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements relating to future events and our intentions, beliefs, expectations, and outlook for the future, which are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including, without limitation, statements regarding, the Company's market opportunities, strategic plan, business objectives, and other initiatives, as well as statements regarding the expected timing of the completion of the proposed acquisition of Univar Solutions referred to in this press release and the ability of the parties to consummate the proposed transaction. Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which may be beyond the Company's control. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations and assumptions. Potential factors that could affect such forward-looking statements include, among others: that a condition to the closing of the proposed transaction may not be satisfied; the occurrence of any event that can give rise to termination of the proposed transaction; the failure to obtain approval of the proposed transaction by the Company's shareholders; the failure to obtain certain required regulatory approvals or the failure to satisfy any of the other closing conditions to the completion of the proposed transaction within the expected timeframes or at all; management's time and attention being diverted to issues related to the proposed transaction; the Company's ability to meet expectations regarding the timing and completion of the proposed transaction; disruption from the proposed transaction making it more difficult to maintain business, contractual and operational relationships; the institution of legal proceedings against the Company or the other parties to the proposed transaction and their affiliates related to the proposed transaction; the Company becoming unable to retain or hire key personnel due to the proposed transaction; the announcement of the proposed transaction having a negative effect on the market price of the Company's common stock or operating results; certain restrictions during the pendency of the proposed transaction that may impact the Company's ability to pursue certain business opportunities or strategic transactions; the Company's ability to meet expectations regarding the accounting and tax treatments of the proposed transaction; economic conditions, particularly fluctuations in industrial production and consumption and the timing and extent of economic downturns; significant changes in the business strategies of producers or in the operations of our customers; delivery failures or hazards and risks related to our operations and the hazardous materials we handle; potential inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; increased competitive pressures, including as a result of competitor consolidation; potential supply chain disruptions; significant changes in the pricing, demand and availability of chemicals; potential cybersecurity incidents, including security breaches; our indebtedness, the restrictions imposed by, and costs associated with, our debt instruments, and our ability to obtain additional financing; the broad spectrum of laws and regulations that we are subject to, including extensive environmental, health and safety laws and regulations and changes in tax laws; an inability to generate sufficient working capital; transportation related challenges, including increases in transportation and fuel costs, changes in our relationship with third party transportation providers, and ability to attract and retain qualified drivers; accidents, safety failures, environmental damage, and product quality issues; ongoing litigation, potential product liability claims and recalls, and other environmental, legal and regulatory risks; challenges associated with international operations; exposure to interest rate and currency fluctuations; an inability to integrate the business and systems of companies we acquire, including failure to realize the anticipated benefits of such acquisitions; possible impairment of goodwill and intangible assets; our ability to attract or retain a qualified and diverse workforce; negative developments affecting our pension plans and multi-employer pensions; labor disruptions associated with the unionized portion of our workforce; our ability to execute on our initiatives and goals related to environmental, social, and governance ("ESG") matters and the increasing legal and regulatory focus on ESG; the impacts resulting from the conflict in Ukraine or related geopolitical tensions; the ability of the Company to successfully recover from a disaster or other business continuity problem due to a hurricane, flood, earthquake, terrorist attack, war, conflict, pandemic, security breach, cyber-attack, power loss, telecommunications failure, or other natural or man-made event, including the ability to function remotely during long-term disruptions such as the COVID-19 pandemic; the impact of public health crises, such as pandemics (including the COVID-19 pandemic) and epidemics and any related Company or governmental policies and actions to protect the health and safety of individuals or governmental policies or actions to maintain the functioning of national or global economies and markets, including any quarantine, "shelter in place," "stay at home," workforce reduction, social distancing, shut down, or similar actions and policies; actions by third parties, including government agencies; and the other factors described in the Company's filings with the SEC. For additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those projected herein, please refer to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, as well as other documents filed by the Company with the SEC, including subsequent Current Reports on Form 8-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. In addition, the Company discusses certain of these risks in greater detail, and other risks associated with the proposed transaction, in the definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on May 2, 2023. We caution you that the forward-looking information presented in this press release is not a guarantee of future events or results, and that actual events or results may differ materially from those made in or suggested by the forward-looking information contained in this press release. In addition, forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "plan," "seek, "will," "expect," "intend," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe" or "continue" or the negative thereof or variations thereon or similar terminology. Any forward-looking information presented herein is made only as of the date of this press release, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information to reflect changes in assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events, or otherwise, except as required by law.
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Enterprise application software (EAS) is a large software system that provides a broad and integrated set of features that supports a range of business operations and processes across an organization. An EAS that is doing its job well is invisible to the business, but the challenges come when the tool is visible and has become a source of friction.
TORONTO, June 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - At a time when organizations are seeking to streamline productivity amid an uncertain economy, having the right enterprise application software (EAS) in place is critical to an organization's overall functionality. However, EAS systems are expensive, their benefits are difficult to quantify, and they often suffer from poor user satisfaction. In the current digital landscape, technology continues to evolve and organizational goals change, further complicating the adoption of the right EAS. In response to the challenges faced by IT and organizational leaders in selecting the best-fit solution for their organization's needs, global research and advisory firm Info-Tech Research Group has published its newest industry resource, Select an Enterprise Application.
The firm advises in the new resource that accountability for EAS success is shared between IT and the business. A unified approach to building the EAS strategy promotes an integrated roadmap so all stakeholders have clear direction on the future. The selection process must be driven by the organization's overall strategy, determined by using a structured requirements gathering process, and analyzed using a vendor evaluation framework.
"Too often, organizations jump into selecting replacement systems without understanding the needs of the organization. Alignment between business and IT is just one part of the overall strategy," says Hong Kwok, advisory director at Info-Tech Research Group. "Identifying key pain points and opportunities, assessed in the light of organizational strategy, will provide a strong foundation to the transformation of the EAS system."
The firm cautions that selecting and implementing an EAS is one of the most expensive and time-consuming technological transformations an organization can undertake. Organizations rarely have both sufficient knowledge and the resources to properly evaluate, select, and implement an EAS, forcing them to turn to external partnerships.
To provide IT and organizational leaders with the understanding and direction they need to make the right technology decisions, Info-Tech has created a four-phase process to successfully select an enterprise application software that supports the business strategy. The process, which is included in the recently released resource, is outlined below:
- Align and assemble the team: Phase one will help IT leaders gain an understanding of recent EAS technology, validate readiness before starting EAS selection, and assemble an EAS selection team through identification of key players.
- Define your EAS: The second phase requires the identification of business processes, inventory applications, and data flows, as well as gathering and prioritizing requirements.
- Engage, evaluate, and finalize selection: Phase three helps IT leaders build an initial list of vendors and implementors to reach out to and create an evaluation checklist for rating the incoming responses.
- Prepare for implementation: The fourth and final phase supports the discussion on what is required to transition to a proper implementation of the selected EAS.
Info-Tech Research Group reminds IT leaders that EAS technology is critical to facilitating an organization's flow of information across multiple business units and allows for the seamless integration of systems, creating a holistic view of the enterprise to support decision making. Having a structured approach to gathering the necessary resources, defining key requirements, and engaging with the right shortlist of vendors to select the best fit for the organization is crucial.
To access the full resource, which expands on the four key phases as outlined above, download Select an Enterprise Application.
For more information about Info-Tech Research Group or to view the latest research, visit infotech.com and connect via LinkedIn and Twitter.
Info-Tech Research Group is one of the world's leading information technology research and advisory firms, proudly serving over 30,000 IT professionals. The company produces unbiased and highly relevant research to help CIOs and IT leaders make strategic, timely, and well-informed decisions. For more than 25 years, Info-Tech has partnered closely with IT teams to provide them with everything they need, from actionable tools to analyst guidance, ensuring they deliver measurable results for their organizations.
Media professionals can register for unrestricted access to research across IT, HR, and software and over 200 IT and industry analysts through the firm's Media Insiders program. To gain access, contact pr@infotech.com.
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Best blood pressure monitors
Blood pressure is an incisive indicator of your overall health. High or low blood pressure can help doctors form a complete picture of your health and assist them with diagnosing many types of conditions.
There are many reasons a person may need or choose to monitor their own blood pressure at home regularly, but the most important thing is ensuring that you’re testing it properly and reading the results correctly. Luckily, there are some great products to help you with both.
Why should you monitor your blood pressure?
Reasons to monitor high blood pressure
High blood pressure can indicate that you’re at serious (and even immediate) risk of life-threatening incidents such as heart attack or stroke. Chronic high blood pressure usually needs to be managed on an ongoing basis through prescription medication.
Sometimes, blood pressure can momentarily spike due to a number of reasons, such as stress and extreme physical activity. Continually monitoring your blood pressure over a period of time is a much better indicator of your overall health.
Reasons to monitor low blood pressure
While it occurs less frequently than high blood pressure, low blood pressure can also indicate a serious health issue and lead to other symptoms such as dizziness and nausea. According to the Mayo Clinic, low blood pressure can be caused by serious infections in the blood, known as septicemia, hormone-related disorders or diseases and dehydration, among other things.
Types of blood pressure monitoring products
Aneroid sphygmomanometer
An aneroid sphygmomanometer is the traditional blood pressure reading device you’re probably used to seeing at the doctor’s office. It’s manually operated using a squeeze pump to inflate the cuff on your arm with an aneroid dial to read the results.
While they’re accurate, these types of devices are best if you have a good understanding of how to read blood pressure results. On the upside, they never run out of batteries and can last for years.
Electronic monitoring device
Today, most blood pressure monitoring devices are battery-operated LED displays connected to an arm cuff. Buttons on the device start the process of swelling the cuff before reading your blood pressure as it deflates.
Wireless monitoring device
Some manufacturers have developed wireless monitoring devices that use Bluetooth to send the data from the arm cuff to a separate LED display or to an app on your mobile device. The benefit of this is that you can store endless amounts of blood pressure data over a long period of time for closer analysis by your doctor.
Fitness watches
An ongoing trend in wearable technology, fitness monitoring watches often incorporate blood pressure readings along with things like sleep, heart rate, heart rhythm and more.
What to buy to monitor your blood pressure
This blood pressure monitor is easy to use, as it only takes one push of a button once the cuff is fitted. Two users can store their blood pressure results so you can monitor changes or consistency over time.
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The large backlit LED screen makes this blood pressure monitor very easy to use and read. It’s sensitive enough to detect other issues such as heart arrhythmia. The cuff is great for larger frames, providing up to 17 inches of diameter.
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QardioArm Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor
This wireless machine uses Wi-Fi and an app on your phone to display results and track your blood pressure, so you can maintain an unlimited history of your readings. It’s small and compact, which is perfect for traveling or monitoring on the go.
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Dixie Ems Deluxe Aneroid Sphygmomanometer Blood Pressure Set
If buttons and machinery are too complex or you prefer to go old-school with your blood pressure reading, this traditional manual cuff and inflation set is ideal. It’s a durable piece of equipment, and you won’t have to worry about replacing the batteries.
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Omron 7 Series Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor
This monitor provides clinician-level accuracy of your blood pressure reading and alerts for irregular heartbeats. It provides you with an average result as well as the ability to store up to 60 readings.
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MorePro Health Monitor Smartwatch
This fitness and health tracking watch monitors your heart rate, rhythm, blood oxygen and blood pressure. If you need very frequent blood pressure monitoring, this device means it’s always available and discreet, although it’s not as accurate as other blood pressure monitoring devices.
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Drive Medical Economy Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor
To save you from replacing the batteries frequently, this monitor has an auto shut-off function. It also measures your results against the World Health Organization average and records up to 120 readings.
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Vive Precision Aneroid Sphygmomanometer Manual Blood Pressure Cuff
This manual blood pressure monitoring device is a little more time-consuming to use and read but provides a highly accurate reading. The sphygmomanometer also comes with a case for storage and travel.
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Bestinn Smart Watch Fitness Tracker
This wristwatch measures blood pressure, blood oxygen, body temperature and heart rate to give you an all-over picture of your health. The results wirelessly load to an app available for both iOS and Android users to monitor trends and spikes.
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iHealth Track Smart Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor
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NEW YORK, Oct. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for TBLT, ABOS, F, FNGR, and EYEN.
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Tuesday Morning files for bankruptcy
Published: Feb. 16, 2023 at 7:23 AM CST|Updated: 2 hours ago
(CNN) - Tuesday Morning has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in three years.
The retailer secured $51 million in financing to keep its stores open.
The company has almost 500 stores, down from about 700 stores about three years ago. The company plans to close more stores.
Retail spending has been difficult to forecast lately.
It bounced back after a crash during the COVID-19 pandemic then slowed down enough this past holiday season to worry analysts the growth may be finished.
But on Wednesday, the U.S. Commerce Department reported sales jumped about 3% in January from December. That is the biggest increase in almost two years.
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Lionel Messi returns to the World Cup for a fifth attempt at finally winning soccer’s biggest prize.
He'll also be hoping to make history with Argentina.
The Argentines are among the favorites to win in Qatar and victory would fill the one gaping hole in his resume. But a win or a draw Tuesday against Saudi Arabia, one of the weakest teams in the tournament, would give Argentina a record-tying result.
Argentina arrived in Qatar on a 36-match unbeaten streak, one shy of tying Italy's record in international men’s soccer, set from 2018-21.
Argentina has not lost since falling to Brazil 2-0 in the 2019 Copa América. Argentina first won the World Cup in 1978, and then again in 1986 — one year before Messi was born. The team reached the final in 2014 and lost to Germany, and in a bitter follow-up four years later was eliminated in the round of 16 in Russia.
Messi, meanwhile, is one of four players making their fifth World Cup appearance. He joins Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, and Mexico teammates Guillermo Ochoa and Andrés Guardado.
Saudi Arabia was eliminated in the first round in 2018, opening with a 5-0 loss to host Russia. In a tough Group C that includes Mexico and Poland, the Saudis will be trying to advance out of the group stage for only the second time, after 1994. The team has won two of its last 10 matches.
DEFENDING CHAMPS
Defending champion France opens play Tuesday against Australia in a rematch from four years ago.
France won 2-1 in Russia when Paul Pogba’s shot in the 81st minute deflected in off a defender for an own-goal. Pogba is not in the squad following knee surgery, and France is also down another two stars with N’Golo Kante and Karim Benzema sidelined.
France does expect defender Raphael Varane to play following a hamstring injury he picked up in October.
Kylian Mbappé is ready to lead France to back-to-back titles. He was only 19 when he scored in the final and helped France win the World Cup four years ago. With 28 international goals, Mbappé wants to add to his count in the Group D opener.
However, France arrived in Qatar with only one win in its last six games.
Australia barely made the World Cup field and needed a dramatic penalty shootout win over Peru in the playoffs. The Socceroos have been eliminated from the group stage in four of five previous appearances.
OTHER GAMES
Mexico faces Poland, while Denmark plays Tunisia on the first of 11 consecutive days in which four games are played each day.
Poland advanced to the World Cup behind striker Robert Lewandowski, who scored nine goals with four assists in qualifying. His 13 direct-goal involvements were twice as many as any teammate.
He's never scored in the World Cup, though, as Poland finished last in its group in 2018. The Barcelona striker is eager to find the net in Qatar.
“I think about the last World Cup for sure,” Lewandowski said. “To score at a World Cup would be a huge dream and I’m going to do everything for this dream. I hope in this World Cup it will happen. I am glad for everything I have achieved and these memories for the World Cup, so now is the time to enjoy.”
Poland last advanced out of group stage in 1986.
Mexico, meanwhile, has advanced out of group play in each of its past eight appearances, last failing to move on in 1978. The national team has also won its opening match in five of its past six World Cups.
Christian Eriksen figures to play for Denmark against Tunisia, 17 months after he was revived on the field during the European Championship.
The Manchester United midfielder’s presence will be inspirational for Denmark, which sailed through its World Cup qualifying group by winning its first nine games — with clean sheets through the first eight.
Tunisia has been strong at keeping games tight but its World Cup record isn't great: Tunisia has lost 60% of its World Cup games (nine out of 15), trailing only Saudi Arabia and Australia.
OUTSIDE CHAOS
The first few days of the World Cup have been been marred by logistical snags, the latest on Monday when fans complained their tickets to the England-Iran match had vanished from their mobile FIFA application.
Long lines grew outside the Khalifa International Stadium about an hour before kickoff with fans furious they might not get inside.
The night before, the official fan zone quickly became overcrowded during the opening match between host nation Qatar and Ecuador. Tens of thousands of fans pushed and shoved against police lines to enter the venue, one of the few places where fans could purchase beer and watch the game.
DAVIES UPDATE
Canada coach John Herdman is expected to give a medical update on Tuesday regarding Alphonso Davies, who arrived in Qatar last week after receiving treatment on a hamstring strain he picked up this month while playing for Bayern Munich.
Bayern has said Davies’ participation in Qatar was “not at risk,” but he has not played since the Nov. 5 injury.
“My mission is to make sure he plays at this World Cup, it’s a childhood dream for him,” Herdman said. “And not to put him in a position where he’s unsafe.”
Read up on all 32 teams playing at the World Cup.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s abortion law changed so abruptly Wednesday afternoon that some patients who were in an office waiting for abortions were told that what had been legal that morning was no longer legal in the state and sent home.
Melissa Grant, chief operating officer of Carafem, a Washington, D.C.-based group that operates a reproductive health clinic in Atlanta, called the process of sending home four patients terrible.
“It was difficult every time the staff had to bring it up, whether it was someone on the phone for tomorrow or somebody in the office today,” Grant said. “They would have to resteel themselves in order to try to be empathetic and understanding in the face of someone who was either going to fall apart, cry, get angry or try to bargain — ‘Isn’t there some way you can still see me?’”
The law, which had been barred from taking effect, bans most abortions once a “ detectable human heartbeat ” is present. Cardiac activity can be detected by ultrasound in cells within an embryo that will eventually become the heart as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, before many pregnancies are detected.
Now, with abortion illegal or heavily restricted in Deep South states except disputed Louisiana, Georgia patients more than six weeks pregnant are likely to be referred to clinics in Florida, North Carolina or even farther away.
The Georgia law includes exceptions for rape and incest, as long as a police report is filed. It also allows for later abortions when the mother’s life is at risk or a serious medical condition renders a fetus unviable and includes provisions that change the definition of “natural person,” giving a fetus the same legal rights as people have once they’re born.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a Mississippi case that overturned Roe v. Wade allows the law to take effect. Normally, the Georgia ruling wouldn’t take effect for weeks, but the court issued a second order Wednesday allowing the law to take effect immediately.
In Louisiana, a state judge ruled Thursday that the state’s three abortion clinics can continue operating while a lawsuit challenging the state’s near total ban on abortions is resolved. For weeks, access to abortion has been flickering in the state, where the ban has twice taken effect twice and twice been blocked since the Supreme Court ruling in June.
Clinics in Baton Rouge and New Orleans that had ceased operations pending the ruling said they were open again Thursday.
The preliminary injunction in Louisiana is the latest development amid a flurry of court challenges to state “trigger” laws that were crafted in anticipation of Roe being overturned.
Georgia is one of the biggest states to see sweeping restrictions on abortion. The National Abortion Federation listed 10 clinics providing surgical abortions before Wednesday, although an 11th clinic in Savannah had already closed after the Supreme Court acted.
One of those clinics, the Feminist Women’s Health Center in Brookhaven, had been performing 150 to 200 abortions per week, Executive Director Kwajalein Jackson said. That number rose when new limits went into place in other southeastern states in recent weeks, Jackson said. Grant said Carafem has canceled more than 75 appointments for women beyond six weeks.
State records show about 35,000 abortions were performed in Georgia in 2021.
Abortion rights supporters said that they try to refer women to the right location for them, and somewhere farther away might be better if a woman has family or friends in a distant location.
“It really is about what is going to be the best plan for the person at the end of the day,” said Monica Simpson, executive director of Atlanta-based SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, which advocates for abortion rights. Simpson and abortion providers said they work closely with abortion funds that can provide financial assistance.
In Savannah, closure of the city’s only provider of surgical abortion left a Planned Parenthood clinic that offers medication abortions only.
“Yesterday at 9 a.m. you were able to go to your local clinic and access medication-based abortion up to 11 weeks” of pregnancy, said Coco Papy, a former Planned Parenthood Southeast board member. ”And as of 3 p.m. yesterday you could no longer access that.”
Groups that oppose abortion are also stepping up their responses, said Suzanne Guy, a longtime activist. “My phone has been blowing up since Roe has been overturned,” she said.
Guy said she hopes religious groups will support women not just while pregnant and during birth, but “for the long haul.”
In suburban Atlanta, Keri Ninness anticipates an increase in pregnant women seeking services at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Marietta. Ninness said the group called Walking With Moms in Need has helped 15 pregnant women in the past 15 months.
“In a very practical sense, I see the need for diapers and food going through the roof,” Ninness said. “I’ve had five requests for infant car seats in the last week.”
She said she also expects more mothers needing cribs, help from lactation consultants and even shelter.
“We’ve always said we were pro-life, and now we get to put that into practice,” Ninness said.
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PARIS, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- VivaTech, Europe's biggest startup and tech event is back from June 15 -18 in Paris and online worldwide.
During the conference briefing held this Tuesday, May 31, highlights, themes, first announcements and exclusivities were presented.
KEY FIGURES
- 3 professional days, from June 15-17 - 1 day for the general public, on Saturday, 18 June 2022
- Hall 1: 45,000 sqm, in strict compliance with sanitary conditions
- More than 2,000 exhibitors, of which 1,700 startups on a 100% face-to-face model amplified by a digital brick
- More than 60 public players and international organizations including 30 countries pavilions
- 3 conference areas
- 1 Country of the Year: India
- 1 redesigned Discovery Zone
- 3 networking areas to facilitate discussions
- 1 media lounge
- More than 50 challenges issued in top trending areas such as Blockchain, the Metaverse, AR/VR, Tech4Good, the Future of Work, Smart Cities and Mobility - 4500 participating startups
- The return of VivaTech News with its own broadcasting studios
- More than 500 innovations presented
- More than 300 inspiring speakers
- 3 days of Key Business Programs: the "Future of Work Program" day on 15 June, in partnership with ManpowerGroup and Salesforce; the "CMO Program" on 17 June, powered by MediaLink, McKinsey & Company, Linkedin, Infopro Digital Media and JCDecaux and the "CTO Forum" on 17 June, in partnership with Scaleway and Sopra Steria.
Among the inspiring speakers, for this edition we are joined by Changpeng Zhao (Founder & CEO - Binance); Cristiano Amon (CEO - Qualcomm); Jimmy Wales (Founder - Wikipedia); Sarah Franklin (CMO - Salesforce), Bret Taylor (Co-CEO - Salesforce & Chairman of the Board - Twitter); Ryan Rolansky (CEO - LinkedIn); Garry Kasparov (Avast Ambassador); Yann LeCun (VP & Chief AI Scientist - Meta); Jared Spataro (CVP Modern Work - Microsoft); Christel Heydemann (CEO - Orange), to name a few.
And more than 500 innovations that will make the world of tomorrow !
The press kit: https://vivatechnology.com/presskit
More information: https://vivatechnology.com/?ca=FPGBM8DY&utm_source=Cision&utm_medium=media-partnership&utm_campaign=DP-Link&utm_content=homepage
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WFO PORTLAND Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 31, 2022
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EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Portland OR
1125 AM PDT Sat Jul 30 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT
SUNDAY...
* WHAT...High heat risk. High temperatures 98F to 104F. Low
temperatures 60F to 70F.
* WHERE...In Oregon, Upper Hood River Valley, Western Columbia
River Gorge and Central Columbia River Gorge. In Washington,
Western Columbia River Gorge and Central Columbia River Gorge.
* WHEN...Until 9 PM PDT Sunday.
* IMPACTS...The prolonged period of extreme heat will
significantly increase the potential for heat related
illnesses, particularly for those working or participating in
outdoor activities and for those that do not have access to
air conditioning.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Overnight lows in the upper 60s across
the higher hills of the region will provide little relief for
those without air conditioning. Low temperatures in low lying
areas, particularly in the upper Hood River Valley will drop
into the upper 50s to low 60s most nights between now and
Monday.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances. If attempting to find relief from the
heat in rivers, lakes, or the ocean please apply safe water
practices and wear a life preserver.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
* WHAT...High heat risk. High temperatures 97F to 103F. Low
* WHERE...In Oregon, Greater Portland Metro Area. In Washington,
Greater Vancouver Area.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Overnight lows 65-70F in the
Portland/Vancouver Metro and higher hills of the region will
provide little relief for those without air conditioning. Low
temperatures in more rural low lying areas, particularly in
western Washington County and northern Clark County will drop
into the low 60s most nights between now and Monday.
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT SUNDAY...
* WHAT...Moderate heat risk, mainly for areas well inland and
closer to the Willamette Valley. Highest temperatures 90F to
95F, mainly east slopes of the Coast Range. Low temperatures
60F to 70F.
* WHERE...In Oregon, Coast Range of Northwest Oregon and Central
Coast Range of Western Oregon. In Washington, Willapa Hills.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The marine layer will push in a little
stronger tonight, which will keep the western slopes cooler.
under any circumstances.
* WHAT...Moderate heat risk. High temperatures 95F to 100F. Low
* WHERE...In Oregon, Lower Columbia and South Willamette Valley.
In Washington, I-5 Corridor in Cowlitz County.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Overnight low temperatures will generally
fall in the lower 60s most nights between now and Monday, but
the higher hills of the region will experience low
temperatures between 65F to 70F. The long duration of the heat
added with potential smoke impacts from California fires may
prevent relief from the heat.
* WHAT...Moderate heat risk. High temperatures 94F to 99F. Low
* WHERE...In Oregon, Northern Oregon Cascade Foothills. In
Washington, South Washington Cascade Foothills.
fall between 60F and 70F between now and Monday. The warmest
low temperatures will occur near hilltops.
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT SUNDAY BELOW
4000 FEET...
* WHAT...Moderate heat risk. High temperatures 90F to 98F below
4000 feet. Lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
* WHERE...In Oregon, Northern Oregon Cascades and Cascades in
Lane County. In Washington, South Washington Cascades.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The long duration of the heat added with
potential smoke impacts from California fires may prevent
relief from the heat.
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The 2023 Travelers Championship Odds & Preview: Hideki Matsuyama
Hideki Matsuyama will compete in the 2023 Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut at TPC River Highlands from June 22-25.
Looking to bet on Matsuyama at the Travelers Championship this week? Keep reading for the betting trends you need to know before you make your picks.
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Hideki Matsuyama Insights
- Over his last 20 rounds, Matsuyama has shot below par on 10 occasions, while also carding three bogey-free rounds and 13 rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has registered the best score of the day once while finishing in the top-five three times and with a top-10 score in five of his last 20 rounds played.
- Matsuyama has carded a score within three shots of the day's best in five of his last 20 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day 10 times.
- Matsuyama has finished in the top 20 in two of his past five events.
- Matsuyama has finished with a better-than-average score in four of his past five tournaments.
- Matsuyama has qualified for the weekend in seven tournaments in a row.
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Travelers Championship Insights and Stats
- Courses on the Tour in the past year have averaged 7,110 yards, which is longer than the 6,852-yard length for this tournament.
- TPC River Highlands has seen an average tournament score of -5 recently, matching the Tour's scoring average on all courses in the past year.
- The average course Matsuyama has played in the past year (7,384 yards) is 532 yards longer than the course he'll be playing this week (6,852).
- The tournaments he has played in the past year have seen an average score of -3. That's higher than this course's recent scoring average of -5.
Matsuyama's Last Time Out
- Matsuyama was relatively mediocre over the 20 par-3 holes at the U.S. Open, averaging 3.25 strokes to finish in the 34th percentile of the field.
- He averaged 3.95 strokes on par-4 holes (of which there were 40) at the U.S. Open, which was good enough to land him in the 95th percentile of the field on par 4s (the tournament average was 4.15).
- Matsuyama was better than just 23% of the competitors at the U.S. Open on the tournament's 12 par-5 holes, averaging 5.00 strokes per hole compared to the field average, which was 4.83.
- Matsuyama fared better on par 3s than most players his last time out, carding a birdie or better on four of 20 par-3s at the U.S. Open (the other participants averaged 1.6).
- On the 20 par-3s at the U.S. Open, Matsuyama carded more bogeys or worse (five) than the tournament average (3.6).
- Matsuyama's 10 birdies or better on par-4s at the U.S. Open were more than the tournament average of 4.1.
- In that most recent competition, Matsuyama's par-4 performance (on 40 holes) included a bogey or worse seven times (better than the field's average, 7.5).
- Matsuyama ended the U.S. Open underperforming compared to the field average of birdies or better on par-5s (2.9), with one on the 12 par-5 holes.
- On the 12 par-5s at the U.S. Open, Matsuyama carded one bogey or worse, fewer than the field average of 1.4.
Travelers Championship Time and Date Info
- Date: June 22-25, 2023
- Course: TPC River Highlands
- Location: Cromwell, Connecticut
- Par: 70 / 6,852 yards
- Matsuyama Odds to Win: +4000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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The Oak Hill Centre marks Headwall's eighth acquisition, their first in the Austin market
SAN ANTONIO, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Headwall Investments, a Texas-based commercial real estate development and investment firm, proudly announced today that they have acquired The Oak Hill Centre, a 43,000 square foot neighborhood shopping center located in Austin, TX. The seller was represented by Cathy Nabours, Walter Saad, Kyle Shaffer & Eric Schach of SRS Real Estate Partners, and the buyer was represented by Dillon Hurley of Argali CRE, LLC.
Major Tenants Include:
- JuiceLand
- Via 313
- Dogtopia
- O'Reilly Auto Parts
Headwall launched their first fund 18-months ago and now having deployed 20% of their fund's planned investment, their portfolio currently includes over 210,000 square feet of retail assets and consists of a variety of product types from strip centers to neighborhood shopping centers. Their investments are geographically focused on the Austin & San Antonio, TX MSAs. For more information on Headwall please visit https://headwallinvestments.com.
"I'm incredibly proud of what our team has accomplished in the last eighteen months. In a time period with numerous hurdles, our team has been successful in multiple transactions in an asset class with very strong fundamentals, limited downside and attractive cash flow," commented Headwall's Founder, President & CEO George J. Wommack. "We are proud of the confidence our capital providers have in our team and we look forward to continuing our momentum going forward."
Headwall, whose investors consist primarily of high-net worth individuals, family offices, and retirement investors, plans to deploy the rest of their fund's capital over the next 12-24 months and is targeting an additional 7-12 shopping center assets. While the firm specializes in value-add and core shopping center investments, they do plan on offering additional funds focused on other asset classes in the future.
ABOUT HEADWALL
Headwall Investments, LLC is a San Antonio based real estate investment and development firm. The company was founded in 2019 by George J. Wommack and focuses on acquiring, developing and redeveloping commercial real estate in Texas. For more information on Headwall please visit https://headwallinvestments.com or call 210-343-2186.
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BRUSSELS — Britain says that it will provide missiles for advanced NASAM anti-aircraft systems that the Pentagon plans to send to Ukraine in coming weeks.
Britain is also sending hundreds of additional aerial drones for information gathering and logistics support, plus 18 more howitzer artillery guns, the U.K. defense secretary said Thursday.
Ben Wallace says “these weapons will help Ukraine defend its skies from attacks and strengthen their overall missile defense alongside the U.S. NASAMS.”
The systems, which Kyiv has long wanted, will provide medium- to long-range defense against missile attacks.
The offer comes as NATO defense ministers meet in Brussels, aiming to help bolster Ukraine’s aerial defenses after a widespread Russian assault across the country early this week.
Germany is sending four IRIS-T air defense systems, while France has promised more artillery, anti-aircraft systems and missiles. The Netherlands will send missiles, and Canada said it would give about $50 million more in military aid, including winter equipment, drone cameras and satellite communications.
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS:
— Ukraine’s Kyiv area hit by Iranian-made kamikaze drones
— EXPLAINER: US weapons systems Ukraine will or won’t get
— Poland sees no signs of interference in oil pipeline spill
— UN demands Russia reverse ‘illegal’ annexations in Ukraine
— Follow all AP stories on the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
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OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian officials say Russia has shelled the southern city of Mykolaiv with S-300 missiles, destroying a five-story apartment building.
Mykolaiv regional governor Vitali Kim said an 11-year-old boy was pulled out alive Thursday after six hours under the rubble, while rescuers are searching for seven more people.
Mykolaiv Mayor Oleksandr Sienkovych said the building’s top two floors were completely destroyed in a single strike and the rest of the building was left in rubble.
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ANKARA, Turkey — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country aims to keep up its effort to help reach peace between Russia and Ukraine despite ongoing fighting.
Erdogan made the comments Thursday in Astana, Kazakhstan - where he is attending a regional summit — before a planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Our goal is to continue the momentum that has been achieved and bring an end to the bloodshed as soon as possible,” Erdogan said in his address to the summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia.
He was referring to agreements that Turkey helped broker, which allowed Ukrainian to resume grain exports and led to a prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia.
“We are all closely experiencing the effects of the crisis in Ukraine on a regional and global scale,” Erdogan said. “I always say that a just peace can be established with diplomacy, that there are no winners in war and no losers in equitable peace.”
Turkey has retained close ties with both Moscow and Kyiv and has repeatedly offered to organize peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.
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KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s capital region was struck by Iranian-made kamikaze drones early Thursday, officials said, sending rescue workers rushing to the scene as residents awoke to air raid sirens for the fourth morning in a row following Russia’s massive, deadly assault across the country earlier this week.
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ATLANTA (AP) — A judge ruled Monday that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp must testify before a special grand jury that’s investigating possible illegal attempts by then-President Donald Trump and others to influence the 2020 election in the state — but not until after the November midterm election.
Lawyers for Kemp had argued that immunities related to his position as governor protect him from having to testify. But Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who’s overseeing the special grand jury, disagreed and said the governor must appear before the panel. But he did agree to a request from Kemp’s lawyers to delay that testimony until after the Nov. 8 election, in which the Republican governor faces a rematch with Democrat Stacey Abrams.
“The Governor is in the midst of a re-election campaign and this criminal grand jury investigation should not be used by the District Attorney, the Governor’s opponent, or the Governor himself to influence the outcome of that election,” McBurney wrote. “The sound and prudent course is to let the election proceed without further litigation or other activity concerning the Governor’s involvement in the special grand jury’s work.”
But once the election is over, McBurney wrote that he expects Kemp’s lawyers to “promptly make arrangements for his appearance.”
A delay could increase the likelihood that Trump will be a declared presidential candidate by the time the investigation moves toward its conclusion, further raising the political stakes. The investigation is one of several that could have serious legal consequences for the former president.
A statement from the governor’s office says McBurney “acknowledged the potential political impact of the timing of these proceedings and correctly paused” Kemp’s involvement until after the election. The governor plans to work with Willis’ team and the judge “to ensure a full accounting of the Governor’s limited role in the issues being investigated is available to the special grand jury.”
A spokesperson for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Also Monday, McBurney declined to quash a subpoena for lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, who represented the Trump campaign. He’s scheduled to appear before the special grand jury on Tuesday, according to a court filing.
Willis opened the investigation early last year, prompted by a January 2021 phone call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger during which the then-president suggested the state’s top election official could “find” the votes needed to overturn his loss. But the investigation’s scope has widened considerably since then.
Raffensperger and some other state officials have already appeared before the special grand jury, which McBurney noted in his ruling.
Willis has also been pursuing testimony from close Trump allies and advisers. Former New York mayor and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, who’s been told he faces possible criminal charges in the investigation, testified earlier this month. U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, is currently fighting a subpoena in federal court. And Willis last week filed paperwork seeking to compel testimony from former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Trump-allied attorney Sidney Powell, among others.
Prosecutors have said they want to ask Kemp about Raffensperger’s call with the then-president, as well as his own contacts with Trump and others in the wake of the 2020 general election.
Kemp’s lawyers had argued he was protected by the principle of “sovereign immunity,” which says the state can’t be sued without its consent. But McBurney agreed with Willis’ team that the protection isn’t applicable because Kemp isn’t being sued and is instead being called as a witness to provide facts for a criminal investigation.
Kemp’s lawyers had also raised concerns about attorney-client privilege, and McBurney wrote that neither prosecutors nor grand jurors will be able to ask the governor about the contents of communications covered by that privilege. He said he’s aware of several conversations of interest to the investigation to which that privilege applies.
If there are disputes over what questions can be asked that cannot be resolved by the lawyers involved, they can be brought to McBurney “for resolution (or at least helpful direction),” the judge wrote.
McBurney’s ruling Monday came after communications between Kemp’s attorneys and Willis’ team over when and how the governor would provide information for the investigation broke down. In a footnote of his ruling, the judge noted that correspondence between the two sides that was attached to court filings showed a “lack of civility among the attorneys involved.”
Chesebro had argued that any testimony about his representation of the Trump campaign would be protected by attorney-client privilege. McBurney found that while much of what Chesebro did for the campaign is protected by privilege, there are topics of interest to the investigation that aren’t off limits.
In a court filing seeking to compel his testimony, Willis wrote that Chesebro was “an attorney working with the Trump Campaign’s legal efforts seeking to influence the results of the November 2020 election in Georgia and elsewhere.”
As part of those efforts, he worked with Republicans in Georgia in the weeks following the election at the direction of the Trump campaign, Willis wrote. That included working on the coordination and execution of a plan to have 16 Georgia Republicans sign a certificate declaring falsely that Trump had won the 2020 presidential election and declaring themselves the state’s “duly elected and qualified” electors even though Joe Biden had won the state and a slate of Democratic electors was certified. | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/top-stories/ap-judge-delays-gov-kemps-testimony-in-georgia-election-probe/ | 2022-08-29 19:41:40 | 0 | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/top-stories/ap-judge-delays-gov-kemps-testimony-in-georgia-election-probe/ |
Top Player Prop Bets for Royals vs. White Sox on May 10, 2023
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Royals vs. White Sox Game Info
- When: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 7:40 PM ET
- Where: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri
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MLB Props Today: Kansas City Royals
Vinnie Pasquantino Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 1.5 (Over Odds: +205)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +115)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +550)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +175)
Pasquantino Stats
- Pasquantino has 12 doubles, seven home runs, 21 walks and 19 RBI (39 total hits).
- He's slashing .287/.384/.529 on the season.
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Bobby Witt Jr. Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 1.5 (Over Odds: +190)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -105)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +550)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +190)
Witt Jr. Stats
- Bobby Witt Jr. has put up 36 hits with five doubles, four triples, six home runs and eight walks. He has driven in 15 runs with 10 stolen bases.
- He's slashing .240/.278/.447 on the season.
- Witt Jr. brings a seven-game streak with at least one hit into this matchup. During his last 10 outings he is batting .234 with two doubles, two triples, two home runs, two walks and six RBI.
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Lance Lynn Props
- Strikeouts Prop: Over/Under 5.5 (Over Odds: -141)
Lynn Stats
- Lance Lynn (1-4) will take the mound for the White Sox, his eighth start of the season.
- In seven starts this season, he's earned one quality start.
- Lynn will look to finish five or more innings for the sixth start in a row.
- Among qualified pitchers this year, the 35-year-old's 6.86 ERA ranks 75th, 1.525 WHIP ranks 67th, and 11.4 K/9 ranks sixth.
Lynn Recent Games
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Luis Robert Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 1.5 (Over Odds: +180)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +105)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +600)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +115)
Robert Stats
- Robert has 35 hits with nine doubles, eight home runs, 12 walks and 21 RBI. He's also stolen one base.
- He has a slash line of .261/.344/.507 on the year.
- Robert has hit safely in eight straight games. In his last 10 games he is hitting .444 with three doubles, three home runs, eight walks and eight RBI.
Robert Recent Games
Andrew Vaughn Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 1.5 (Over Odds: +180)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +650)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +650)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +140)
Vaughn Stats
- Andrew Vaughn has 34 hits with 12 doubles, a triple, four home runs, 16 walks and 28 RBI.
- He has a .246/.340/.435 slash line on the season.
- Vaughn has picked up at least one hit in three games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .217 with two doubles, a triple, a home run and eight RBI.
Vaughn Recent Games
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Mapp Cloud now integrates with the leading B2C digital commerce platform (VTEX), expands into the "No-code" domain (via Bubble.io), and adds a cross-channel Marketing Calendar along with nine enhancements to other core features.
SAN DIEGO, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mapp, the leading provider of insight-led customer experiences, has updated its marketing platform, Mapp Cloud, with multiple new features. Updates include the new Marketing Calendar, enabling users to see both sent and scheduled campaigns in a single location. This functionality previously only supported email and SMS channels, but now supports all channels.
Steve Warren, CEO of Mapp, comments: "Omni-channel is of critical importance to marketers. We constantly strive to empower our clients to reach their customers through all touchpoints, as part of a seamless customer experience. The physical and digital customer journeys are converging far faster than ever before. It's crucial that our customers have a seamless and efficient way of executing, optimizing and visualizing these cross-channel customer experiences."
In addition to the enhanced marketing calendar, several existing features have been revised and, in some cases, expanded.
In the updated version of Mapp Cloud, it is now possible to schedule system tasks automatically through the whiteboards. This enables data exports, contact imports or similar operational tasks to be scheduled and then run automatically at predetermined schedules. While these capabilities were already available in Mapp Cloud, this significantly improves operational efficiency and allows even the least technically savvy user to take advantage of this functionality.
Mapp has also revised its Best Time To Send (BTS) algorithm. To achieve the optimal opening rate, this algorithm determines the best send time for email or messaging campaigns – including for profiles with hard-to-predict behavior.
Mapp has also added Advanced Statistics for Mobile In-App Messages. As with the statistics already included for push messaging, the update also allows users to make insight-based decisions when it comes to in-app messaging campaigns.
The options for analyzing information have also been enhanced, making it possible to specify multiple metrics for sorting results. This enables Mapp Cloud users to filter with greater levels of granularity to help them with a range of tasks, including visualizing or recognizing trends.
Further details on all the functionalities and improvements of the Spring Update can be found here: https://mapp.com/product-updates-spring-2022/
Marketers and data specialists should be able to focus on what will make a difference for their business, instead of spending all their time taming the technology behind it. With the #1 insight-led customer experience platform, Mapp Cloud, they can focus on what really counts – and the exciting insights that come with it. Thanks to customer intelligence and marketing analytics, companies can easily and effectively gain data-driven customer insights across all channels
in order to trigger highly personalized marketing activities. Customers benefit from AI-supported forecasting models that enable targeted and self-optimizing cross-channel campaigns. Automated messages are sent via the most suitable marketing channel, at the right time, with the optimal contact frequency. Thanks to advanced one-to-one personalization, the highest levels of engagement and long-term customer loyalty are achieved. More info here.
Mapp operates globally with offices in seven countries and helps more than 700 brands including Francesca's, Farrow & Ball, PepsiCo, Ella's Kitchen, Vivienne Westwood, The Entertainer, Quint, Diageo, and LloydsPharmacy.
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MIAMI, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL) (the "Company") today announced that it has commenced a private offering of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2027 (the "Notes").
The Company intends to use the proceeds from the sale of the Notes to repay principal payments on debt maturing in 2022 and/or 2023 (including to pay fees and expenses in connection with such repayments). Pending such uses, the Company may temporarily apply the proceeds to repay borrowings under its revolving credit facilities or other borrowings.
Nothing contained herein shall constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security. The Notes are being offered only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and outside the United States, only to certain non-U.S. investors pursuant to Regulation S. The Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state laws.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. This press release is being issued pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 135c under the Securities Act.
Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release relating to, among other things, our future performance estimates, forecasts and projections constitute forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited, to: statements regarding revenues, costs and financial results for 2022 and beyond. Words such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "driving," "estimate," "expect," "goal," "intend," "may," "plan," "project," "seek," "should," "will," "would," "considering," and similar expressions are intended to help identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements reflect management's current expectations, are based on judgments, are inherently uncertain and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, which could cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from the future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied in those forward-looking statements. Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to, the following: the impact of the global incidence and continued spread of COVID-19, which has had and will continue to have an adverse impact on our business, liquidity and results of operations, or other contagious illnesses on economic conditions and the travel industry in general and the financial position and operating results of our Company in particular, such as: governmental and self-imposed travel restrictions and guest cancellations; our ability to extend the maturities of our existing bank facilities; our ability to obtain sufficient financing, capital or revenues to satisfy liquidity needs, capital expenditures, debt repayments and other financing needs; the effectiveness of the actions we have taken to improve and address our liquidity needs; the impact of the economic and geopolitical environment on key aspects of our business including the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, such as the demand for cruises, passenger spending, and operating costs; incidents or adverse publicity concerning our ships, port facilities, land destinations and/or passengers or the cruise vacation industry in general; concerns over safety, health and security of guests and crew; our COVID-19 protocols and any other health protocols we may develop in response to infectious diseases may be costly and less effective than we expect in reducing the risk of infection and spread of such disease on our cruise ships; further impairments of our goodwill, long-lived assets, equity investments and notes receivable; an inability to source our crew or our provisions and supplies from certain places; an increase in concern about the risk of illness on our ships or when travelling to or from our ships, all of which reduces demand; unavailability of ports of call; growing anti-tourism sentiments and environmental concerns; changes in U.S. foreign travel policy; the uncertainties of conducting business internationally and expanding into new markets and new ventures; our ability to recruit, develop and retain high quality personnel; changes in operating and financing costs; our indebtedness, any additional indebtedness we may incur and restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the impact of foreign currency exchange rates, the impact of higher interest rates and fuel prices; vacation industry competition and changes in industry capacity and overcapacity; the risks and costs related to cyber security attacks, data breaches, protecting our systems and maintaining integrity and security of our business information, as well as personal data of our guests, employees and others; the impact of new or changing legislation and regulations or governmental orders on our business; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; the effects of weather, natural disasters and seasonality on our business; the impact of issues at shipyards, including ship delivery delays, ship cancellations or ship construction cost increases; shipyard unavailability; the unavailability or cost of air service; and uncertainties of a foreign legal system as we are not incorporated in the United States.
In addition, many of these risks and uncertainties are currently heightened by and will continue to be heightened by, or in the future may be heightened by, the COVID-19 pandemic. It is not possible to predict or identify all such risks.
Forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as a prediction of actual results. Undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking statements in this press release, which are based on information available to us on the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
About Royal Caribbean Group
Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL) is one of the leading cruise companies in the world with a global fleet of 64 ships traveling to approximately 1,000 destinations around the world. Royal Caribbean Group is the owner and operator of three award winning cruise brands: Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, and Silversea Cruises and it is also a 50% owner of a joint venture that operates TUI Cruises and Hapag-Lloyd Cruises. Together, the brands have an additional 10 ships on order as of June 30, 2022.
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WFO NEW YORK CITY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 2, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
342 PM EDT Sat Jul 2 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL SUFFOLK COUNTY...
At 341 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Riverhead,
moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind
damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include...
Riverhead, Hampton Bays, Flanders, Aquebogue and Jamesport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Dutchess
and southwestern Columbia Counties through 415 PM EDT...
At 342 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Red Hook, or over Rhinebeck, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Kingston, Saugerties, Rhinebeck, Pine Plains, Red Hook, Ancram,
Millerton, Saugerties South, Bethel, Milan, Smithfield, Tivoli,
Pachin Mills, Ancramdale, Kerleys Corners, Linden Acres, Nevis,
Fraleighs, Shekomeko and Silvernails.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead
to localized poor drainage flooding. Do not drive your vehicle
through flooded roadways.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
western Massachusetts...and east central New York.
LAT...LON 4208 7398 4208 7351 4205 7350 4205 7349
4204 7349 4187 7351 4187 7396
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 271DEG 23KT 4197 7390
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Sullivan County in central New York...
* Until 430 PM EDT.
* At 346 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Swan Lake, or
over Liberty, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Fallsburg, Liberty, Neversink, South Fallsburg, Woodridge,
Phillipsport, White Sulphur Springs, Swan Lake, Harris and Loch
Sheldrake.
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DUBLIN (AP) _ Icon PLC (ICLR) on Wednesday reported third-quarter net income of $160.2 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.
On a per-share basis, the Dublin-based company said it had profit of $1.94. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $3 per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.93 per share.
The contract research organization posted revenue of $1.94 billion in the period, matching Street forecasts.
Icon PLC expects full-year earnings in the range of $11.65 to $11.85 per share, with revenue in the range of $7.69 billion to $7.81 billion.
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The decisions by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to make a political point by transporting migrants to blue areas has forced a reckoning about how far is too far in the service of making that point.
But it’s not quite so simple.
The conservative National Review on Thursday shared a new poll it had obtained from a Republican pollster. The headline read: “Majority of Likely Voters Support Migrant Busing: Poll.” And in fact, it wasn’t just a majority; it was 63 percent.
But what exactly do those voters support? The question’s wording makes it less clear that this is definitely about transporting the migrants, and there are some key factors in the controversy that aren’t considered as part of the question.
The poll prefaced its question by stating that Texas is sending “buses of immigrants to other states and sanctuary cities including Chicago, New York City and Washington D.C.” Then it asks: “Do you agree or disagree that sanctuary cities should have to share the burden of dealing with these illegals and not just the border states?”
The first note is on “illegals.” According to how proponents have described the programs, the migrants have been processed by immigration officials. Many of them appear to be asylum seekers awaiting their date in court. Republicans believe the asylum process is being abused, but casting these migrants as “illegals” is reductive at best, and of course, likely color responses. (And some polls show most Americans support allowing migrants from Central America to seek asylum.)
The second point is that while the preamble poses the question in the context of Abbott’s busing program, the question isn’t explicitly about transporting people — it’s significantly broader. To disagree with the statement offered is to say that sanctuary cities shouldn’t have to “share the burden.”
The question also ignores that many places where migrants are being sent have large migrant and undocumented immigrant populations. That means, to the extent there is a “burden” to be “shared,” they’re already very much sharing it. (That language, like “illegals,” also probably affects how people respond.)
The population of Washington. — one of the cities mentioned by the poll as a destination for the busing program — is 7 percent undocumented in its broader metro area, according to a 2019 Pew Research Center study. That ranked it in the top 10 percent of all metro areas and right alongside many in Texas. The New York and Chicago metro areas had lower percentages of undocumented immigrants (about 5 percent and 4 percent, respectively), but they still ranked in the top third.
But there is other polling on the question. Like the poll above, this one also focuses on Texas’s program rather than DeSantis’s. Unlike the poll above, it directly asks about the busing program and does so in a less leading manner.
The University of Texas at Austin poll, conducted before the controversy erupted last week, does suggest a program like this could garner public support — though not as much support as suggested by the other poll. It asked whether people support “paying to bus foreign migrants awaiting their asylum hearings to other parts of the country outside Texas?” So it deals with their actual status and the actual busing.
A slight majority — 52 percent — said they support that, while 35 percent opposed it. Among those who supported it are half of independents and more than 4 in 10 Hispanics.
That’s a better gauge of where things stand, with a couple of caveats. The first is that this is a poll of a red state, where fighting illegal immigration is a big reason for the GOP’s long-standing (though recently somewhat diminished) dominance. The second and more important one is that even this question doesn’t quite get to the heart of the current issue.
Some Democrats and immigrant activists have objected to the program, full stop. But the biggest reason for opposition — and the crux of claims that this program might have broken the law — is the idea that the migrants were misled or coerced into participating. This has been the focus of criticisms from politicians like Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), and of the investigation by a sheriff in San Antonio-based Bexar County, Tex.
Indeed, there is evidence that some of the migrants willfully participated and were grateful to be transported to more welcoming places. And transporting such migrants across the country has been a goal of some asylum advocates. But Democrats, immigrant advocates and even some of the migrants themselves have suggested that people were misled.
The extent to which that’s ultimately substantiated will tell the tale of how this program is truly received by the public. If this was really about people being transported to places they wanted to go without any false pretenses, it’s not difficult to see why Texans — and possibly even Americans more broadly — might support it.
But to the extent the public sees these GOP governors using people as political pawns — an idea raised not just by the left but also by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, this week — it could be a different story. And saying that these polls show the public definitely approves of these efforts is premature. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/22/migrant-bus-polling-support/ | 2022-09-22 20:35:17 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/22/migrant-bus-polling-support/ |
Roaring Springs opens for the season on Saturday, with the opening of the water park’s new expansion not far behind.
Opening day of the expansion, including three new attractions, is scheduled for Wednesday, May 31. The park’s first bar, Geyser Grill, is also slated to open.
All of the new attractions nod to Idaho’s wilderness and what the state is known for culturally. Camp IdaH20 is a play structure featuring Idaho wildlife and a 650-gallon “tipping tater” that makes a large cascade when it spills. The Class 5 Canyon is a “whitewater river.” And Critter Crossing is a pool that has flat log, fish, and beaver floats that visitors can balance on to cross, or use to play water basketball, according to a press release about the event.
New luxury cabanas and additional parking spaces were also part of the development.
The opening marks the completion of the first of seven phases of the park’s master plan, which includes plans to expand the park by 40% over a decade.
While the park does not release attendance numbers, Chief Marketing Officer Tiffany Quilici said via email that the expansion serves to “both keep pace with the growth of the Treasure Valley and the increasing number of visitors to our area, as well as to keep the waterpark experience fun and fresh for our guests.”
This year marks the park’s 24th season, according to the release. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/roaring-springs-expansion-to-debut-end-of-may/article_2fae411a-f0ff-11ed-a871-f7c6a57daf7d.html | 2023-05-13 00:33:03 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/roaring-springs-expansion-to-debut-end-of-may/article_2fae411a-f0ff-11ed-a871-f7c6a57daf7d.html |
Rarely has there been greater anticipation of an impending United States Supreme Court judgment than in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, expected by the end of the court’s term this month. If the leaked draft opinion of Justice Samuel Alito holds, Roe v. Wade will be reversed, ending a period of 50 years when the abortion rights of women were held to be guaranteed by the United States Constitution. In Massachusetts, abortion rights have been guaranteed under state law since 2020. But don’t assume that the Dobbs decision can have no impact here. The legal landscape ahead is far from certain for colleges, health care providers, and other businesses that function both within and beyond our state’s borders.
Companies may have employees working in more than one state or living in other states while commuting here to work. They may also have licenses to do business in a variety of states. Insurers may cover people in multiple states. Colleges and universities admit students from all 50 states (and abroad), and hospitals serve patients from different states. And while the leaked draft will surely change in some respects, its language casts a wide net. The government, Alito suggests, has a powerful interest in protecting “prenatal life at all stages of development.” If the thrust of the Alito draft opinion holds, “abortion” will probably not be narrowly defined as a specific medical procedure taking place in a surgical setting. Rather, if the draft language is included in the final decision, a state legislature or Congress may be constitutionally free to ban pharmaceutically induced abortions via Plan B or other morning-after pills, all of which can be delivered to patients across state lines by mail or courier services.
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Any Massachusetts entity that offers or covers reproductive health benefits or provides reproductive care or counseling that could affect residents of other states would be wise to begin planning now. Considering these issues without delay is important: Some 26 states are expected to restrict abortion rights, and some among them have so-called “trigger” laws that will take effect automatically if the Supreme Court reverses Roe. Other states that intend to eliminate or restrict abortion rights can be expected to move expeditiously.
Can states that enact highly restrictive abortion laws attempt to enforce them against individual residents and institutions of states such as Massachusetts that reject such restrictions? The answer is yes.
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Would Massachusetts residents and institutions be insulated from out-of-state restrictions by our state’s legislation, enacted in 2020, to protect abortion rights, or by a pending amendment to the state Senate budget designed to prevent other states from enforcing their laws against our citizens? The answer is not yet clear.
Massachusetts employers may find themselves caught in the middle. Employees residing in a restrictive state may fight to retain their abortion coverage and related benefits; at the same time, that other state — or individuals permitted to seek penalties — may sue Massachusetts employers for “aiding and abetting” an abortion. Some Massachusetts employers may try to find a workaround for out-of-state employees whose reproductive health care benefits are suddenly lost. There are many ways that employers may find themselves in disputes with restrictive states that must be decided in the courts.
If the rationale of Alito’s leaked draft opinion stands, issues other than abortion will likely arise. More than once, Alito insists that a ruling such as that contemplated in the draft “concerns the constitutional right to abortion and no other right,” and that “nothing” in Dobbs “should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion.” But there is no such thing as a one-off appellate opinion. Advocates and judges will not ignore the rationale in other cases. The Alito draft uses expansive language that could readily, and rather obviously, be applicable to other cases, such as challenges to contraception treatment and benefits. Alito writes that there is no constitutional right to an abortion because, in part, that right is not “deeply rooted in this Nation’s history and tradition” or “implicit in the concept of ordered liberty.” An attorney may well argue or a judge conclude that some other claim is not constitutionally protected because it is not “deeply rooted” in our nation’s history or tradition.
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While efforts by a state to enforce laws outside its own borders have been historically frowned upon, no one can predict with certainty how such issues will be resolved in future cases in the wake of a reversal of Roe, for the reasons Alito articulated. If widely different laws are enacted state by state in a vacuum of federal law, appellate courts across our nation will be called upon to resolve conflicts between and among the states. To such questions, there will be no single answer for the United States of America, at least for the foreseeable future. Which employees may have an abortion, where, and in what circumstances they may do so, will be answered by judges in myriad ways.
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Margaret H. Marshall, who was chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1999 to 2010, is now senior counsel at Choate Hall & Stewart LLP. Joan Lukey, a past president of the American College of Trial Lawyers, is co-chair of the Complex Trial and Appellate Group at Choate. The authors discuss this topic further in a podcast available on Choate’s website. | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/06/10/opinion/end-roe-v-wade-could-put-mass-based-employers-tough-spot/ | 2022-06-10 08:18:42 | 0 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/06/10/opinion/end-roe-v-wade-could-put-mass-based-employers-tough-spot/ |
An open-access Battery Intelligence platform to analyze batteries, build models and algorithms, collaborate and share insights
CUPERTINO, Calif., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Voltaiq Inc., the leading software platform for Enterprise Battery Intelligence (EBI), announces the launch of Voltaiq Community Edition, an open-access environment to visualize, model, simulate, and predict battery performance, and seamlessly share and publish insights across the battery community.
Voltaiq was founded with the mission to accelerate the transition to a battery-powered world, and has spent the last ten years helping the world's leading battery, consumer electronics, and transportation companies use data and analytics to accelerate product launches, optimize battery performance and safety, and ensure a robust supply chain. Recent years have seen a rise in collaborative, open-source battery data science and algorithm development around the globe. However these efforts have been hindered by the same obstacles historically faced by the corporate sector — namely, getting enough relevant, clean, labeled data into an environment equipped with the tools to deliver next-level insights from that data. These challenges make it difficult to employ advanced machine learning and other analytical techniques to the battery ecosystem, and have slowed the pace of innovation overall.
With the launch of Voltaiq Community Edition, the company seeks to democratize advanced battery analysis, giving a boost to anyone working in, or interested in, the Battery Intelligence ecosystem, and a home for people to collaborate and bring transparency to battery modeling, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and predictive algorithm development.
Voltaiq Community Edition offers access to Voltaiq's best-in-class visualization tools, as well as a data science environment to develop machine learning and predictive models in Python or MATLAB. The platform also features a vast, ever-expanding library of cleaned, labeled, open-access data from leading academic and industry groups, addressing a key bottleneck in the battery analytics world — a lack of high-quality data.
"We cycle thousands of cells just to acquire data, and it's such a cumbersome process," stated Gunnar Thorsteinsson, PhD student at Columbia University. "As a battery scientist, if I have a hypothesis that I want to test, it takes months to get the right data. Using Community Edition, I can test my hypothesis very quickly. There is immense value in being able to access data without the need to generate it yourself."
Voltaiq Community Edition includes a native GitHub integration, so members can build on the best models developed by the open-source community, and share key analyses and findings back to the public. The platform includes a Community page where members can track their favorite battery analysis projects, collaborate with colleagues near and far, and publish their own work. Members also receive up to 1GB of free, private data storage.
"Battery scientists are on the front lines in the race towards electrification, yet the automated tools to quickly analyze, gather and share insights collaboratively are not easily accessible to all," according to Tal Sholklapper, Voltaiq's CEO and Co-founder. "In today's world, every company is becoming a battery company — and data is the lifeblood to ensure battery performance and quality across the entire product lifecycle. Voltaiq Community Edition is a home for anyone working with batteries to collaborate around battery modeling, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and predictive algorithm development. Our goal is to enable the collaborative flow of innovative analytics between academia and industry, to accelerate the industry's growth," adds Sholklapper.
About Voltaiq
Voltaiq is the industry leader in advanced battery analytics solutions for the grid storage, electric vehicle, and consumer electronics market segments. Fortune 100 companies, major universities and leading-edge battery companies trust Voltaiq to provide a comprehensive and transparent view of all their battery data across the product lifecycle. The company's real-time analytics platform provides actionable insights that measurably reduce product development time, create more robust products and mitigate product risk. For more information, please visit voltaiq.com.
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The Internal Revenue Service will largely diminish the amount of unannounced visits it makes to homes and businesses, citing safety concerns for its officers and the risk of scammers posing as agency employees, it announced Monday.
Typically, IRS officers had done these door visits to collect unpaid taxes and unfiled tax returns. But effective immediately, they will only do these visits in rare circumstances, such as seizing assets or carrying out summonses and subpoenas. Of the tens of thousands of unannounced visits conducted annually, only a few hundred fall under those circumstances, the agency said.
"These visits created extra anxiety for taxpayers already wary of potential scam artists," IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel said. "At the same time, the uncertainty around what IRS employees faced when visiting these homes created stress for them as well. This is the right thing to do and the right time to end it.
Instead, certain taxpayers will receive letters in the mail giving them the option to schedule a face-to-face meeting with an officer.
The IRS typically sends several letters before doing door visits, and typically carry two forms of official identification, including their IRS-issued credentials and a HSPD-12 card, which is given to all federal government employees. Both IDs have serial numbers and photos of the person, which you may ask to see.
"We are taking a fresh look at how the IRS operates to better serve taxpayers and the nation, and making this change is a common-sense step," Werfel said.
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(The Hill) – Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) husband filed for divorce Wednesday on the grounds that the marriage is “irretrievably broken,” according to court documents.
Perry Greene is also asking the Floyd County Superior Court to seal the divorce proceedings, “because the parties’ significant privacy interest in sealing the records outweighs the public’s minuscule interest in access to said records.”
The filing contends that “sensitive personal and financial information” will likely be revealed throughout the case, “which would negatively impact the parties’ privacy interests.”
Perry Greene’s divorce petition requests an equitable division of the pair’s assets and debt. The filing notes that he and his wife have already separated.
“Marriage is a wonderful thing and I’m a firm believer in it. Our society is formed by a husband and wife creating a family to nurture and protect,” Marjorie Greene said in a statement shared with Nexstar’s The Hill.
“Together, Perry and I formed our family and raised three great kids. He gave me the best job title you can ever earn: Mom. I’ll always be grateful for how great of a dad he is to our children,” she said, adding that the matter is “private and personal.”
The congresswoman didn’t directly mention the divorce filing in her statement but signed a document included in the Floyd County court docket confirming receipt of her husband’s divorce filings.
In a statement obtained by the Hill, Perry Greene called Marjorie his “best friend” and said the pair are heading in different directions.
“Our family is our most important thing we have done. As we go on different paths we will continue to focus on our 3 incredible kids and their future endeavors and our friendship,” Perry Greene said. | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greenes-husband-files-for-divorce/ | 2022-09-29 11:26:33 | 1 | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greenes-husband-files-for-divorce/ |
Sgt. Kerry Devine with the Waterloo Police Department on Friday shows jurors a 9 mm Smith and Wesson pistol found during the investigation into an August 2020 fatal shooting on Adrian Street.
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Robert Lee Williams Jr. listens to testimony during his trial on Friday.
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Investigator Nicholas Sadd with the Waterloo Police Department shows shoes recovered from Ralpheal Williams during the investigation into the August 2020 fatal shooting on Adrian Street.
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Photo of Robert Lee Williams Jr. holding two pistols, sent by text message hours before the August 2020 fatal shooting on Adrian Street in Waterloo.
WATERLOO — Text messages between phones linked to two friends of a man accused of killing a Waterloo resident in 2020 show a plot to carry out a robbery, investigators told a jury Friday.
Robert Lee Williams Jr., 34, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Vincent Hemenway, 49. Prosecutors allege Williams shot Hemenway twice inside an Adrian Street garage where Hemenway’s friends were working on motorcycle late at night on Aug. 15, 2020.
Williams has pleaded not guilty. His defense team alleges Williams, who is Black, fired when people in the garage taunted him with racial slurs and Hemenway lunged at him.
During testimony on Friday, Investigator Nicholas Sadd with the Waterloo Police Department sorted through text messages between phones linked to Ana Berinobis-McLemore and Tonkeya Vaniece Jackson, two people who were charged in the related robbery case.
Included in the messages was a satellite map image showing a house on Dearborn Avenue across the street, directly across from the garage where Hemenway and his friends were fixing the motorcycle.
The Jackson phone indicated the Dearborn Avenue home belonged to a “dough boy,” slang for a person who holds money in the drug trade, Sadd testified. It also talked about a $3,000 debit and indicated the location had “hella illegal substances” and “Tress for days,” slang for a large amount of marijuana.
In response, the Berinobis phone sent a photo of Williams holding a black-and-silver pistol in one hand and a blue-and-black pistol – similar to one police would later find – in the other. The message asked which one to bring.
Both, came the reply, which went on to talk about the number of people who might be at the house. “He got a strap but only for show,” it said of one of the occupants.
Sadd said GPS tracking showed the Berinobis phone next to the Dearborn Avenue home around 11 a.m. on Aug. 15, 2020 – about 12 hours before the fatal shooting. It also showed it was within a block shortly before the shooting.
The following day, the Jackson phone messaged the Berinobis phone. The Berinobis phone responded "Aye bs so can’t talk u heard bout tht shooting they just post bout someone getting killed last night.”
Testimony in the trial is scheduled to resume Monday in Black Hawk County District Court.
Berinobis died in an unrelated shooting in May 2022.
Jackson was charged with robbery, and her case remains pending in court.
Sgt. Kerry Devine with the Waterloo Police Department on Friday shows jurors a 9 mm Smith and Wesson pistol found during the investigation into an August 2020 fatal shooting on Adrian Street.
Investigator Nicholas Sadd with the Waterloo Police Department shows shoes recovered from Ralpheal Williams during the investigation into the August 2020 fatal shooting on Adrian Street. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/text-messages-show-plot-shortly-before-fatal-shooting/article_a5255fd9-94b8-5adb-aa25-3301b4f4eabe.html | 2023-04-21 22:51:55 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/text-messages-show-plot-shortly-before-fatal-shooting/article_a5255fd9-94b8-5adb-aa25-3301b4f4eabe.html |
TRAVIS MICHAEL HIBNER, 41, of Huntington, passed away October 1, 2022. He was born July 14, 1981, in Huntington, a son of Edward Hibner of Barboursville and the late Diana Walker Hibner. He is also survived by his brother and sister-in-law, Brandon and Jerica Hibner of Barboursville; sister and brother-in-law, Megan and Sean Fuellhart, Ranson, W.Va.; brother and sister-in-law Tim and Tricia Hibner; nieces Isley and Jovie Hibner; nephews Jakin Hibner and one on the way, Walker Fuellhart. He was a compassionate and caring nurse who loved caring for his patients. Travis was a big sports fan and loyal to the Cincinnati Reds, Cincinnati Bengals and the Thundering Herd. He was loved and will be greatly missed by his family, friends, co-workers, and all who knew him. Funeral service will be conducted at 6:30 p.m. Friday, October 7, 2022, at the Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel, Barboursville, by Pastor Paul Boekell. Visitation will be 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday at Wallace Funeral Home. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.timeformemory.com/wallace.
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Thanksgiving might bring changes in holiday-travel habits
(AP) - More people are expected on airplanes and highways over Thanksgiving than last year, but changing habits around work and play might spread out the crowds and reduce the usual amount of holiday travel stress.
Travel experts say the pandemic and the ability of many people to work remotely has blurred the lines between business and leisure trips. They think many people will start holiday trips early or return home later than normal because they will spend a few days working remotely — or at least tell the boss they’re working remotely.
The busiest travel days during Thanksgiving week are usually Tuesday, Wednesday and the Sunday after the holiday. This year, the Federal Aviation Administration expects Tuesday to be the busiest travel day with roughly 48,000 scheduled flights.
It looks like the rush started early this year, as the Transportation Security Administration screened nearly 2.33 million travelers on Sunday. It’s the first year that the number of people catching planes surpassed the 2.32 million screened the Sunday before Thanksgiving in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic began.
“People are traveling on different days. Not everyone is traveling on that Wednesday night,” says Sharon Pinkerton, senior vice president at the trade group Airlines for America. “People are spreading their travel out throughout the week, which I also think will help ensure smoother operations.”
James Daly of Mission Viejo, California, caught a plane Monday to Oakland with his wife and two young children, getting a head start because the airfare was less expensive that way. Daly, a teacher who was off for the week, said they were also taking advantage of his wife’s ability to work remotely.
“The economy is a little concerning but that’s life,” said Daly, who was traveling to see his parents and extended family flying in from Ireland. “Everything’s getting back to normal since COVID ... So, you want to be part of that joy and part of those relationships.”
AAA predicts that 54.6 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home in the U.S. this week, a 1.5% bump over Thanksgiving last year and only 2% less than in 2019. The auto club and insurance seller says nearly 49 million of those will travel by car, and 4.5 million will fly between Wednesday and Sunday.
U.S. airlines struggled to keep up as the number of passengers surged this year.
“We did have a challenging summer,” said Pinkerton, whose group speaks for members including American, United and Delta. She said that airlines have pared their schedules and hired thousands of workers — they now have more pilots than before the pandemic. “As a result, we’re confident that the week is going to go well.”
U.S. airlines plan to operate 13% fewer flights this week than during Thanksgiving week in 2019. However, by using larger planes on average, the number of seats will drop only 2%, according to data from travel-researcher Cirium.
Airlines continue to blame flight disruptions on shortages of air traffic controllers, especially in Florida, a major holiday destination.
Controllers, who work for the Federal Aviation Administration, “get tested around the holidays. That seems to be when we have challenges,” Frontier Airlines CEO Barry Biffle said a few days ago. “The FAA is adding another 10% to headcount, hopefully that’s enough.”
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has disputed such claims, saying that the vast majority of delays and cancellations are caused by the airlines themselves.
TSA expects airports to be busier than last year and probably about on par with 2019. The busiest day in TSA’s history came on the Sunday after Thanksgiving in 2019, when nearly 2.9 million people were screened at airport checkpoints.
“There’s a lot more hustle and bustle,” says Corliss King, a Chicago-based flight attendant for Southwest Airlines. “We’re on high alert for unruly behavior” – airlines have filed 8,000 reports of disruptive passengers over the past two years – “but I’m hoping that people will pack their patience and it will translate into less-stressful holiday travel.”
People getting behind the wheel or boarding a plane don’t seem fazed by higher gasoline and airfare prices than last year or the widespread concern about inflation and the economy. That is already leading to predictions of strong travel over Christmas and New Year’s.
“This pent-up demand for travel is still a real thing. It doesn’t feel like it’s going away,” says Tom Hall, a vice president and longtime writer for Lonely Planet, the publisher of travel guides. “That’s keeping planes full, that’s keeping prices high.”
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Gwen Stefani helps raise $350K for Dreyfoos School
One of music's biggest names was in West Palm Beach on Saturday for a good cause.
Three-time Grammy winner Gwen Stefani held a concert at the Ballpark of the Palm Beaches to benefit the Dreyfoos School of the Arts.
During the concert, the "Hollaback Girl" singer spoke about the benefits of music in schools, which are helping to shape the next generation of entertainers.
"If I went to Dreyfoos school, where would I be today," Gwen Stefani said to the crowd. "Seriously, we just had a garage. That's all we had."
The fundraising gala was organized by Save our Musicians Foundation and raised $350,000 for the school.
Students had the opportunity to show off their own talent by performing on the same stage as Stefani. Other Dreyfoos students had their artwork displayed and then sold at a private auction.
Organizers of the Save our Musicians Foundation said they now plan to organize similar galas for art schools across the country.
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Full day to be livestreamed on beauty platform NEWNESS and feature influencers Jenn Im, Chloe Morello, Bria Jones and more
LOS ANGELES, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Be Rare Foundation, which is dedicated to empowering the next generation of women entrepreneurs, today announced the speaker line-up for its annual "A Rare Day" event, taking place on May 7, 2022. Now in its fifth year, 100% of A Rare Day proceeds help fund the annual Rare Women Business Grant, and for the first time ever, the event will be livestreamed on NEWNESS, a new kind of social livestreaming platform providing a safe and inclusive space for beauty lovers to express themselves authentically.
A Rare Day gathers creatives and entrepreneurs interested in building careers in digital media, content creation, fashion, beauty and lifestyle. The community is invested in connection, collaboration and learning, to empower themselves to achieve their business dreams. Since the first event in 2018, A Rare Day has raised and donated more than $55,000 in grant funding to women-owned companies. Past recipients include Ladies of Sound, The Mantra Co, AMP Beauty LA, Power Pump Girls, and The Body: A Home for Love.
This year's lineup will feature: Jenn Im, Chloe Morello, Bria Jones, NEWNESS founder Jenny Qian, and more. Topics for the day include: brand messaging meets social and advocacy; turning your influence into a long term business; legal contracts; content editing to make a first impression; optimizing Pinterest for your brand; diversifying revenue beyond brand deals; female founder tips on starting and staying the course; collaborative co-working; claiming your space and more. See the full program here.
"Our goal is to nurture the next generation of women in business leadership, and I'm so excited to announce this incredible lineup of fashion, beauty and lifestyle creators, YouTube icons, cult brand owners, marketing mavens and trailblazing entrepreneurs," said Ashley Rachel Villa, co-founder of The Be Rare Foundation. "In partnering with NEWNESS we're able to extend the reach of the event and share success stories, lessons, and major inspiration – all while keeping it real in the context of our new digital world."
"After having the honor of speaking at last year's A Rare Day, I'm thrilled that NEWNESS will be the livestream partner for this year's event," said Jenny Qian, founder and CEO of NEWNESS. "Like The Be Rare Foundation, NEWNESS is focused on empowering beauty creators – and building a corner of the internet that is safe, inclusive and community-driven. I'm excited to not only be speaking again alongside amazing female founders, but to also share more about some fun creator programs we have in the works."
Tickets for A Rare Day are available at http://www.arareday.com/tickets.
About the Be Rare Foundation
The Be Rare Foundation is dedicated to empowering the next generation of women entrepreneurs and creatives who share in our purpose of moving females forward. To do so, we provide grants to aspiring female bosses pursuing mission-oriented projects across industries—fashion, beauty, design, tech, media, entertainment and the arts. Inspired by our evolving community and the necessary commitment to creating meaningful change in the world today, we are focused on helping female-owned businesses seeking to not only help women, but to make a broader social, economic, and/or environmental impact. Learn more at http://www.theberarefoundation.com.
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NEWNESS is a new kind of social livestreaming platform providing a safe and inclusive space for beauty lovers to express themselves authentically. On NEWNESS, creators livestream their content to an audience of highly engaged users who contribute to the entertainment through interactivity and participation in the conversation. Backed by leading investors including Sequoia Capital, Cowboy Ventures and Index Ventures, our mission is to provide the beauty community with an inviting space for expression, conversation and empowerment. Learn more at http://www.newness.com.
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Fog continues to develop and move in across the eastern Texas
Panhandle early this morning. Visibility could drop down to less
than a half mile and some localized areas could drop down to a
quarter mile or less in dense fog. Some observations across the
eastern Texas Panhandle have already had visibility drop down to a
quarter mile. Take extra precautions if driving and be prepared
for sudden changes in visibility.
Fog should begin to dissipate after sunrise this morning.
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SAO PAULO (AP) — German development minister Svenja Schulze announced Monday that her government will make 204 million euros ($222 million) available for environmental policies in Brazil.
Of this total, $38 million is a donation to the Amazon Fund, Schulze told reporters in capital Brasilia. It is the most important international cooperation effort to preserve the Amazon rainforest, and is mostly funded by Norway. In 2019, former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who considered the Amazon an internal affair, dissolved the steering committee that selects sustainable projects to finance. In reaction, Germany and Norway froze their donations.
“With the new government and the team of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and (environment) minister Marina Silva, we have a great chance to protect the forest and to offer a new perspective to the people who live there,” Schulze said.
Under Bolsonaro, deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon reached a 15-year high as he dismantled environmental protection policies in favor of agribusiness expansion.
Germany also pledged to provide $87 million in low-interest loans for farmers to restore degraded areas and $34 million for Amazon states to protect the rainforest.
“Despite all the difficulties, the increase in deforestation, the land grabbing, the fires, the dire state of the Indigenous populations, we see this as an opportunity to reverse this whole situation,” Silva said during the press conference.
Lula, who took office in January, pledged to end all deforestation by 2030. His four-year term ends in December 2026.
The Amazon, which covers an area twice the size of India, acts as a buffer against climate change because its trees absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide, and roughly two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest lies in Brazil. It is also the most biodiverse forest in the world and holds 20% of the world’s fresh water.
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) warned Thursday that Democrats will reject any government spending bills that fall below the caps established in the bipartisan debt ceiling package, setting up a potential clash with Republicans when Congress seeks to prevent a shutdown later in the year.
Asked if his caucus would back spending bills if Republicans insist on new cuts, Jeffries didn’t hesitate.
“No,” he said during a press briefing in the Capitol. “Thank you for asking such a clear question.”
The red line sets up a likely collision between the parties later in the year, when Congress must act to extend government funding or face a partial shutdown. The deadline is the end of the current fiscal year: Sept. 30.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who helped negotiate the debt ceiling package with President Biden, emphasized this week that the agreed-upon caps represent the maximum amount Congress is permitted to spend, suggesting he would fight for levels that fall below those upper limits.
“Whenever you put a cap, that’s the ceiling,” he told reporters Wednesday. “We can always spend less. I’ve always advocated for spending less money.”
McCarthy’s comments came amid a revolt from conservatives who are accusing the Speaker of ceding too much to Biden in the debt ceiling negotiations and now fear he won’t hold the party line in demanding sharper spending cuts in September’s government funding debate.
“The Speaker formed a coalition with Democrats to get us a $4 trillion national debt, and I continue to be concerned because he hasn’t repudiated that coalition,” Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), a former chairman of the hard-line Freedom Caucus, said this week after conservatives had blocked all floor activity.
“And my guess is he’s prepared to do that again on the next three must-pass bills: Farm Bill, NDAA, and the budget.”
Heading into last month’s debt ceiling fight, the parties were miles apart in their demands. Behind Biden, Democrats insisted on a “clean” debt limit increase, with no provisions governing future spending. Behind McCarthy, Republicans demanded a decade of caps, beginning with putting 2024 spending at 2022 levels — a reduction of roughly $130 billion.
The compromise featured something in the middle, establishing spending caps in 2024, when nondefense discretionary spending is essentially frozen at 2023 levels, and in 2025, when all discretionary programs will get a 1 percent hike.
Defense spending was treated differently, getting a bump of roughly 3 percent next year and another 1 percent in 2025.
Complicating the debate for McCarthy are the concessions he made to conservatives in January, when he made them a series of promises in return for their votes to make him Speaker. Some conservatives say one of those promises was not to accept anything less than 2022 spending levels in 2024 — a stipulation McCarthy is disputing this week.
“We never promised we’re going to be all at ’22 levels. I said we would strive to get to the ’22 level, or the equivalent of that amount in cuts,” he said Wednesday. “We met all that criteria.”
McCarthy has defended the agreement, noting that there’s no governing without compromise in a divided Washington. He’s accusing the conservatives of being unrealistic in their rigid demand to see the GOP’s partisan wish list become law.
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A teenage gunman walked into an elementary school Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas, and opened fire, killing 19 children and two adults, making it the second deadliest school shooting in American history.
The mass shooting at Robb Elementary School comes nearly 10 years after the deadliest school shooting on record, where 26 people were killed and two were injured at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012.
In that 10-year span, gun laws in the United States have not changed much.
NPR interviewed Ron Avi Astor, a mass shooting expert and UCLA professor, who said he is not sure why that is, and was hopeful the Sandy Hook shooting would spark new legislation. But he suggests that Americans reframe their approach to the problem.
Here's what he had to say:
Outside of school shootings, violence in schools has declined for years
If you look over the last 20 years, really since Columbine, there's been a massive, massive, massive ... decrease in victimization and violence in schools. When you look at bullying, and you look at, even weapon use ... the magnitude of the reductions is like 50 to 70% depending on the issue, particularly for California. But, that's true nationally in almost all the states. So some of the stuff we were doing for regular school safety and school victimization, things actually have been working for all ethnic groups, all ages, genders. There's been big reductions and that's actually a story that doesn't get out very often.
But I think where we maybe went astray in the last 20 years in terms of legislation, is we kind of connected the idea of school safety and bullying — all these things that happen to kids in their schools on a daily basis — we connected them with the shootings. And I think they're different.
The community must intervene with services before the crime is committed
When you look at these shooters, they have a lot of things in common that happen together. So for example, almost all of them have long histories of mental health struggles. They're things like obsessions with firearms that are endless, amassing arsenals of guns in their house, obsessions with Hitler or dictators or ideologies that are hateful.
They have long histories of letting people know, whether it be at school, or their friends, or they post a lot of their stuff. They might even write about it in essays at school. And then, to top it all off, they're suicidal. Almost all of them have suicidal tendencies, and they become homicidal. In other words, they're gonna do both. And finally, they want to be remembered. They don't want to be forgotten.
My opinion is after it's happened, it's happened. Those lives are not coming back. That person needs to pay the price for taking the lives. I think where we have a lot of leeway is before it happens, because it's a long process. Nobody just wakes up in the morning and does it. It's years. It's years. It's telling lots of people.
So we have opportunities and many points along the way within the school, within the peer group, within the family, within the community.
The media holds a responsibility in minimizing the impacts of mass shootings
I think it's an interesting dynamic because I think the media is amplifying school shootings. You get almost no coverage with stabbings or clubs or any other kind of weapon. Or even if there's a shooting and it didn't kill people. You have to kill a lot of people, right? Let's just say you miss people or you got people injured. We don't even log that.
If you look back 20 years, the percentages [of violence] were, again, 50 to 70% higher. My guess says that it was those policies and the media coverage that actually helps those day-to-day kind of things that kids go through, which is a really good story.
But the reason why it doesn't get out there is because the media is driven by the school shootings. So you can have the most peaceful, successful school in the world right now, and then an outside shooter will come in and shoot, and that's what we're left with.
If you remove the reporting about the person — who they were, what their cause was, why they did it — it stops. The copycats stop, and you you reduce dramatically the frequency and the intensity in which it happens. I don't know, with social media, regular media, if we're going to be able to do that.
Where is the legislation?
I don't really have a good understanding why [there hasn't been more gun control legislation]. Maybe it is money. Maybe it is the gun lobby. Maybe it's become politicized and an ideological thing, but it should be treated as a public health measure. You have the right to drive, but you need a driver's license. You need a passport to fly in and out of the country. This shouldn't be any different than any other hazardous material that somebody has to deal with. So, I mean, at that level, I don't really have a good answer to your question.
There needs to be more advocacy on a local and state level
I think we've spent too much time on top-down, in terms of 'why aren't the legislators doing this?' The more we get ground-up from students and parents and community talking, actioning, discussing, planning, the more it's going to move above. I think part of the complacency from the politicians is the fact that they anticipate that people are gonna get tired about this after a week or two, they'll forget and move on to the next topic.
Politicians will respond if they see sustained action, and voting, by the way. So that's what I would love to see. Not legislation, not rules right now. Have an open, democratic, free discussion about what kids' parents think. Let's have an open discussion about it, rather than school boards screaming back and forth.
With Parkland, I would have thought more would have come out of it, but not as much came out of it that we thought. We thought we'd get major change after Sandy Hook, but that didn't happen. I think it was very disappointing and disillusioning.
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The "dark side" of Playboy is being exposed by Hugh Hefner's widow, Crystal Hefner.
The "Girls Next Door" alum is said to offer a "raw and unflinching look at the objectification and misogyny of the Playboy mansion" in her new memoir, "Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself."
"Hef governed the lives of his girlfriends with strict rules on everything from their looks to curfew," according to a description of the book.
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Crystal began dating Hefner when she was 21 years old.
The couple got engaged in 2010, when she was 25 and the Playboy founder was 85. They ended up calling it quits just days before their wedding in 2011, but later reconciled. Crystal and Hefner married in 2012 and remained together until his death in 2017.
According to a preview of the book, which will be out in January 2024, Crystal's "fate seemed sealed when Hef surprised her with a proposal, one she could not imagine refusing."
Before she became his No. 1 girl, she was "forced to compete with other women" in what she called the "highly hierarchal system."
Hefner picked her out of a crowd at a party at the Playboy mansion, and she soon after became one of his "girlfriends." Crystal, who traveled the world and attended many Hollywood parties with Hefner, noted that "the lifestyle that once seemed so alluring had a dark side."
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She wanted to understand who she was outside "Playboy's toxic culture," which "chipped away at her self-worth" and was full of outsiders criticizing her relationship.
Reps for Crystal, 37, and Playboy did not immediately return Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Crystal told the Daily Mail her relationship with Hefner was "complicated."
"It was one where, no matter how I was treated, I always felt like I had to protect him, which is why I have not shared my story until now," she told the outlet.
The reality TV star added that the book "is a testament to the power of time, processing all that I have been through and embracing my truth."
Crystal was singing a slightly different tune in 2018, shortly after Hefner's death at the age of 91, when she told Fox News Digital she was thankful for her marriage to the late business mogul.
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"He taught me love. He taught me kindness. He gave me life. He really did," she explained. "He opened my mind, my world, to all of these opportunities and experiences I would have never in my lifetime been able to have."
She also revealed how she handled the public’s mixed opinions on their marriage, considering there was a 60-year age difference.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – 81 zero-emission school buses will be coming to school districts in Virginia, thanks to federal funding.
On Wednesday, U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced $30,810,000 in federal funding for energy-efficient school buses across the Commonwealth.
The zero-emission buses are part of their Clean School Bus Program, which is meant to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, save money for school districts, and produce cleaner air, officials said.
This is a breakdown of how the funding will be broken up between school districts in the Southwest and Central regions of Virginia, according to Kaine’s office:
- $7,900,000 - Carroll County Public Schools for 20 buses,
- $1,185,000 - Charlotte County Public Schools for three buses,
- $790,000 - Floyd County Public Schools for two buses,
- $1,185,000 - Franklin City Public Schools for three buses,
- $790,000 - Galax City Public Schools for two buses,
- $1,580,000 - Grayson County Public Schools for four buses,
- $9,875,000 - Lynchburg City Public Schools for 25 buses,
- $790,000 - Nelson County Public Schools for two buses.
Officials said Goochland County Public Schools, Lee County Public Schools, Powhatan County Public Schools, and Wise County Public Schools will also receive funding for clean school buses.
The funding was awarded through the Environmental Protection Agency, and was made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, officials said. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/10/27/warner-kaine-announce-more-than-30m-for-zero-emission-school-buses-in-virginia/ | 2022-10-27 06:03:57 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/10/27/warner-kaine-announce-more-than-30m-for-zero-emission-school-buses-in-virginia/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Republican presidential contender Ron DeSantis is cutting campaign staff as he struggles to catch former President Donald Trump in the GOP’s crowded primary contest while facing unexpected financial pressure.
DeSantis, the Florida governor, let go fewer than 10 paid staffers late last week to help reduce operating expenses, according to a DeSantis aide granted anonymity to discuss internal campaign strategy. The staffers were involved in event planning and may soon join a pro-DeSantis super PAC.
The moves, first reported by Politico, come as DeSantis struggles to meet expectations that he represents the Republican Party’s strongest alternative to Trump. The Florida governor’s political organization has raised more money than the other Republicans seeking the 2024 nomination, but he has shown little movement in the polls amid fierce opposition from Trump and persistent questions about his far-right policies, his political skills and his readiness for the national stage.
DeSantis spokesman Andrew Romeo did not deny reports of staffing cuts, but offered an optimistic outlook about the campaign’s road ahead.
“Americans are rallying behind Ron DeSantis and his plan to reverse Joe Biden’s failures and restore sanity to our nation, and his momentum will only continue as voters see more of him in person, especially in Iowa,” Romeo said. “Defeating Joe Biden and the $72 million behind him will require a nimble and candidate-driven campaign, and we are building a movement to go the distance.”
Despite such optimism, some within DeSantis’ team are privately acknowledging that the political playbook that led to a dominant reelection in Florida last fall may not work on the national stage. To that end, DeSantis will host a press conference and is scheduled to sit down with CNN’s Jake Tapper on Tuesday, eschewing his yearslong practice of granting interviews almost exclusively to conservative media.
The staffing and strategy shakeup comes less than two months after DeSantis launched his presidential campaign.
“He’s going down,” Trump said of DeSantis during a Sunday interview on Fox News Channel. The former president also suggested he may not participate in next month’s debate given his lead over DeSantis and the other Republicans running against him.
As the DeSantis campaign publicly refocuses on Iowa, some in his team are already privately acknowledging that he must win Iowa’s Jan. 15 caucuses to have any realistic chance of denying Trump the GOP’s presidential nomination. Without a clear victory in the GOP’s opening primary contest, they fear that Trump would likely become an unstoppable force in the months-long primary march across the country, where momentum is often more consequential than money.
DeSantis sought to strengthen his connections in the state during a Saturday appearance. He described Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds as a potential running mate and dismissed Trump’s recent complaints about her as “totally out of hand.”
“Of course,” DeSantis said when asked whether he would consider the second-term Republican as his vice president should he win the GOP nomination. “I mean, she’s one of the top public servants in America.”
And while DeSantis’ political team is flush with cash compared to many other Republican rivals, Saturday’s quarterly filing with the Federal Election Commission revealed some cause for concern.
DeSantis raised more than $20 million over the first six weeks he was in the race, according to the federal report. While a massive sum, he also burned through nearly $8 million over the same period, leaving his campaign with $12.2 million at the end of June. And of that total, roughly $3 million is earmarked for general election and cannot be used in the GOP primary contest.
The report also revealed that the DeSantis campaign has dozens of paid staffers and is spending far more on payroll than others in the race.
For the first six weeks of his campaign, DeSantis spent more than $890,000 on payroll, including benefits, insurance, payroll taxes and processing fees, according to an AP analysis. The campaign also spent more than $845,000 on travel expenses, which included DeSantis regular use of private jets.
Still, a pro-DeSantis super PAC, which is legally barred from coordinating with the campaign, said it raised a stunning $130 million since the committee launched in March. More than half of that came from a state-level political committee once controlled by DeSantis.
The Never Back Down super PAC has been spending for months to build out pro-DeSantis infrastructure in the first four states on the presidential nominating calendar and even those in so-called “Super Tuesday” states that vote in early March.
Trump’s MAGA movement was giddy about DeSantis’ struggles.
“The more he shows himself, the less appealing he is,” tweeted longtime Trump ally Roger stone. He added the hashtag, “DeLoser.”
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U.S. Army veteran Matt Schermerhorn couldn’t give blood for years because he was stationed in Europe during a deadly mad cow disease scare there. Now, he’s proud to be back in the donor’s chair.
Schermerhorn, 58, is among thousands of people, including current and former military members, who have returned to blood donation centers across the country after federal health officials lifted a ban that stood for more than two decades.
“It’s a responsibility. It’s a civic duty,” said Schermerhorn, who donated on Veterans Day at the ImpactLife center in Davenport, Iowa. “You really don't have to go out of your way too much to help your fellow man.”
Blood collectors nationwide are tracking down people like Schermerhorn, U.S. citizens who lived, worked or vacationed in the United Kingdom, France, Ireland or served at military bases in Europe during various periods between 1980 and 2001, as well as anyone who received blood transfusions in those three countries anytime since 1980.
Since 1999, those people have been banned from giving blood in the U.S. for fear that they'd been exposed to mad cow disease. Outbreaks of the cattle-borne infection swept through Europe, eventually killing at least 232 people, mostly in the U.K. Four cases have been reported in the U.S., all in people who likely acquired the infections abroad, health officials said.
The rare disease is caused by an abnormal form of a protein called a prion, which triggers damaging changes to the brain and central nervous system. It’s spread from sick cattle to people who eat contaminated beef, but it can also be transmitted through blood transfusions. But after decades of research and reassessment, the federal Food and Drug Administration has determined that the risk of the disease has abated, thanks in large part to changes in the way cattle are raised and the treatment of donated blood. The agency eased the restrictions over the past two years and fully lifted them in May.
That means hundreds of thousands of former donors can once again roll up their sleeves, perhaps bolstering U.S. blood collections, which lagged during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The most important thing is for individuals that believe they may now be eligible to call their local blood center,” said Kate Fry, chief executive of America’s Blood Centers, which represents more than 600 blood collection sites providing nearly 60% of the U.S. blood supply.
The American Red Cross, which provides about 40% of the U.S. supply, last month began accepting donors previously deferred because of the risk of mad cow disease, formally known as variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, or vCJD.
Invariably fatal, with an incubation period that can last years or even decades, the emergence of vCJD in humans in the late 1990s alarmed officials responsible for the safety of the blood supply, said Dr. Rita Reik, chief medical officer for OneBlood, a collection center in Florida.
“It was a scary new disease,” Reik said. “Which is why it required such a length of time to study this disease to get a level of comfort to get to the deferral.”
In the U.K., five cases of vCJD were transmitted by blood transfusions, according to the National Health Service. Today, the risk of being infected via blood transfusion is "essentially negligible," Reik said.
Tracking down lost donors has been a challenge, said Dr. John Armitage, chief executive of the Oklahoma Blood Institute. His staff has used emails, postcards and phones to contact more than 6,300 donors who were turned away since 1999. So far, about 350 have returned to donate.
“We feel good about that as a first effort,” Armitage said. “We know there are folks that we haven’t reached yet."
Bans remain in place for people who are suspected of having vCJD or related diseases, those who have a blood relative with a related disease and those who received pituitary human growth hormone or a certain type of brain tissue transplant from cadavers.
The now-lifted military ban included Schermerhorn, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who was stationed in Germany from 1988 to 1992.
Schermerhorn stayed away for years -- until he saw a local news story about the recent change. He's donated his rare type O-negative blood eight times since last year.
For Schermerhorn, giving blood is one way to repay past donors who stepped up when his older brother was badly injured in a boating accident.
“My brother had taken nine pints of blood from complete strangers,” he said. “They were part of the lifeline that kept him alive.” ___
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WFO SAN DIEGO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 16, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Diego CA
533 PM PDT Tue Aug 16 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Riverside County
through 600 PM PDT...
At 532 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Cabazon, or near Hwy 243 Between Banning And Idyllwild, moving south
at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Hwy 243 Between Banning And Idyllwild, Mt San Jacinto State Park,
Banning, Cabazon, Whitewater, Morongo Indian Reservation and Saboba
Indian Reservation.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3402 11682 3402 11670 3380 11667 3379 11689
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 009DEG 19KT 3390 11679
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR
SOUTHERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...
Flood waters have receded. The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no
longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining
road closures.
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THIBODAUX, La. (AP)Caleb Huffman’s 29 points helped Nicholls State defeat Northwestern State 77-63 on Saturday night.
Huffman also contributed six rebounds for the Colonels (8-9, 3-2 Southland Conference). Pierce Spencer added 14 points while going 5 of 8 (3 for 5 from distance), and he also had five rebounds. Lance Amir-Paul recorded 13 points and was 4-of-8 shooting and 5 of 6 from the free throw line.
Ja’Monta Black led the Demons (10-8, 2-3) in scoring, finishing with 18 points. Northwestern State also got 11 points and eight rebounds from Isaac Haney. Dayne Prim also had 11 points.
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These two teams both play Thursday. Nicholls State hosts McNeese while Northwestern State visits Southeastern Louisiana.
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SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia authorities said Saturday that four prison officers, including a police commander, have been arrested under suspicion of having helped a prisoner convicted of murder escape while being transferred to a hospital.
The prosecutor’s office said in a statement that the commander in charge of external security at the capital Skopje’s main prison of Idrizovo and three officers “helped and enabled the convict Bekim Memeti to escape.” They are charged with “illegal release of a person deprived of liberty.”
According to the prosecution, Memeti injured himself by cutting the palm of his hand late Thursday and, following the police commander’s instructions, he was sent without an escort to an emergency treatment center instead of being treated in the prison’s infirmary.
Procedure requires that if a convict needs to be treated in an outside facility, prison authorities must request a police escort.
Furthermore, and against the rules, Memeti was placed in the middle, which enabled him to grab the pistol from one of the prison officers and start shooting inside the van, injuring the driver and demanding that the vehicle stop. Mehmeti escaped with a car parked in front of the van and none of the prison officers gave chase.
An investigating magistrate ordered that three of the prison officers be placed in custody for eight days, while the fourth was banned from leaving the country. Custody could be extended as the investigation continues, and pending a trial.
Police are searching for the escapee and have issued a warrant. Memeti was sentenced to 20 years in prison a for murder committed in 2016. He has already escaped once before. | https://www.wane.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-north-macedonia-4-officers-arrested-over-convicts-escape/ | 2023-01-14 21:54:41 | 1 | https://www.wane.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-north-macedonia-4-officers-arrested-over-convicts-escape/ |
The NBA Finals begin tonight, and the teams will be familiar even if some of the faces aren't. The Golden State Warriors played in every finals from 2015 to 2019 and are back after a couple of years away. The Boston Celtics haven't gotten this far for a dozen years, but are making their 22nd trip to the finals as a franchise.
It's a matchup between a blistering offense and a juggernaut defense — a Cuisinart vs. a woodchipper, as True Hoop's David Thorpe puts it — both of which have gotten stronger since the playoffs began.
Neither team were favored to get here — the Celtics, WGBH notes, with an ugly 20-21 record halfway through the season, and the Warriors were only the No. 3 seed in the West.
But the Warriors were steady as they fought past Ja Morant's Memphis Grizzlies and Luka Doncic's Dallas Mavericks.
The Celtics, meanwhile, swept away the loaded Brooklyn Nets in the first round, and demonstrated remarkable resilience against the Milwaukee Bucks and the Miami Heat, NPR's Tom Goldman told Morning Edition.
"They've won three elimination games, won seven games on the road — including last Sunday in Miami to clinch a spot in the finals," Goldman said. "Home court advantage [is] such a big deal in the NBA playoffs, and to overcome that seven times? That's impressive."
Still, he said, the Warriors are viewed as having a narrow edge in what should be a closely fought series.
Golden State will be led by the same core trio that has led them to five finals and three titles since 2015: Forward Draymond Green and guards Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry, reunited this year after Thompson missed two full seasons with injuries.
Forward Andrew Wiggins, a former top pick who hadn't lived up to the hype in his eight-year career, has provided lockdown perimeter defense and an extra offensive threat in the playoffs.
The Boston Celtics finally broke through in their fourth trip to the Conference finals since 2016. They're led on offense by guard Jayson Tatum and forward Jaylen Brown.
Marcus Smart, who this season became the first guard to win Defensive Player of the Year since Gary Payton in 1996, will be tasked trying to contain Curry's near-infinite shooting range. A rejuvenated-looking Al Horford, who'll be nearly two years older than any other starter in the series, has been a key to the Celtics big defensive frontline.
Game one will tip off in San Francisco tonight at 9 p.m. ET, airing on ABC.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.wvasfm.org/sports/sports/2022-06-02/the-warriors-and-celtics-bring-contrasting-strengths-to-a-competitive-nba-finals | 2022-06-04 00:20:41 | 1 | https://www.wvasfm.org/sports/sports/2022-06-02/the-warriors-and-celtics-bring-contrasting-strengths-to-a-competitive-nba-finals |
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BEIJING (AP) — Recent Chinese air and sea drills simulating an encirclement of Taiwan were intended as a “serious warning” to pro-independence politicians on the self-governing island and their foreign supporters, a Chinese spokesperson said Wednesday.
The three days of large-scale air and sea exercises named Joint Sword that ended Monday were a response to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California last week during a transit visit to the U.S. China had warned of serious consequences if that meeting went ahead.
“The People’s Liberation Army recently organized and conducted a series of countermeasures in the Taiwan Strait and surrounding waters, which is a serious warning against the collusion and provocation of Taiwan independence separatist forces and external forces," Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the Cabinet’s Taiwan Affairs Office, said at a biweekly news conference.
“It is a necessary action to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity,” she said.
China claims Taiwan as its own territory to be brought under its control by force if necessary and regularly sends ships and warplanes into airspace and waters near the island.
Such missions have grown more frequent in recent years, accompanied by increasingly bellicose language from the administration of Communist Party leader Xi Jinping. Any conflict between the sides could draw in the U.S., Taiwan's closest ally, which is required by law to consider all threats to the island as matters of “grave concern.”
China has kept up military pressure against Taiwan despite the formal conclusion of the drills. On Wednesday, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense said it tracked 35 flights by People's Liberation Army warplanes within the last 24 hours, and eight navy vessels in the waters surrounding the island.
The vast majority of Taiwanese favor maintaining their current de-facto independent status, while Tsai has said there is no need for a formal declaration since the island democracy is already an independent nation.
Despite that, China, which does not recognize Taiwan's government institutions and has cut off contact with Tsai's administration, routinely accuses her of plotting formal independence with outside backing — generally seen as referring to the U.S.
“External forces are intensifying their endeavor of containing China with Taiwan as a tool,” Zhu said.
Zhu also repeated China's assertion that its military threats are “targeted at Taiwan’s independence separatist activities and interference from external forces, and by no means at our compatriots in Taiwan.”
What that means in practical terms isn't clear, although Beijing has long exploited political divisions within Taiwanese society, which boasts a robust democracy and strong civil liberties.
“Taiwanese compatriots should clearly recognize the serious harm that the provocation of Taiwan independence forces poses to cross-strait relations and peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, recognize the interests, distinguish right from wrong, and stand on the correct side of history,” Zhu said.
The Chinese military issued a threat as it concluded the exercises, saying its troops “can fight at any time to resolutely smash any form of ‘Taiwan independence’ and foreign interference attempts.”
In August, after then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, China conducted missile strikes on targets in the seas around Taiwan and sent warships and warplanes over the median line of the Taiwan Strait. It also fired missiles over the island that landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone in a significant escalation.
The most recent exercises focused more on air strength, with Taiwan reporting more than 200 flights by Chinese warplanes. On Monday alone, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry tracked 91 flights by Chinese warplanes.
They also featured the use of China's first indigenously built aircraft carrier, Shandong, which launched dozens of J-15 Flying Shark fighter missions during the exercises, according to Japanese officials.
That came as the USS Nimitz Carrier group is operating in the South China Sea south of Taiwan and as American and Filipino forces hold their largest combat exercises in decades in Philippine waters across the disputed South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/politics/article/china-says-taiwan-encirclement-drills-a-serious-17892302.php | 2023-04-12 06:37:34 | 1 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/politics/article/china-says-taiwan-encirclement-drills-a-serious-17892302.php |
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the "Pick Four-Evening" game were:
3-9-2-3, Fireball: 2
(three, nine, two, three; Fireball: two)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the "Pick Four-Evening" game were:
3-9-2-3, Fireball: 2
(three, nine, two, three; Fireball: two) | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-Four-Evening-game-17262384.php | 2022-06-24 04:14:46 | 1 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-Four-Evening-game-17262384.php |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – A man accused of firing a weapon several times inside Monarch Apartments on New Year’s Day – when a 19-year-old from Kingsport was fatally shot – appeared in court Wednesday morning.
Dae’Vo Jennings-Worrell has been charged with 12 counts of reckless endangerment in connection to the shooting. Police previously told News Channel 11 that upgraded charges against Worrell are possible as the investigation remains ongoing.
Worrell appeared in court Wednesday for a criminal hearing. During the hearing, Worrell was assigned a private attorney due to what was described as a conflict of interest with the Public Defenders Office.
He is due in court for another hearing on Jan. 24.
Police responded to the apartment complex around 2:30 a.m. to find a chaotic scene. Reports from police state that several fights were going on at a party with more than 50 people present.
Witnesses told police that after gunshots were heard, people in the apartment complex began fleeing, some by way of the second-floor balcony and windows.
According to investigators with the Johnson City Police Department, Worrell admitted in a police interview to firing shots into an apartment door and wall from the hallway. He reportedly stated that while fights were going on inside the apartment, he fired gunshots into the door to keep his friend inside from being assaulted.
Ja’Shon Yates was shot three times in the chest and abdomen, an affidavit charging Worrell states. Yates was transported to the Johnson City Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The JCPD previously told News Channel 11 that the department is looking into other persons of interest aside from Worrell. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/crime/accused-monarch-shooter-assigned-private-attorney-due-to-conflict-of-interest/ | 2023-01-11 22:46:25 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/crime/accused-monarch-shooter-assigned-private-attorney-due-to-conflict-of-interest/ |
BALTIMORE — Baltimore City Fire Department has confirmed a man has died in a fire early Friday morning.
Firefighters responded to a house fire in the 2500 block of West Lafayette Avenue around 9:30 a.m. where a man was rescued from a house.
Fire officials confirmed the man was treated for smoke inhalation but died a short time later.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available. | https://www.wmar2news.com/man-dies-in-early-morning-fire-in-west-baltimore | 2023-07-07 16:48:05 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/man-dies-in-early-morning-fire-in-west-baltimore |
WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, January 24, 2023
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TORNADO WARNING
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
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Northwestern Calhoun County in south Texas...
Southeastern Victoria County in south central Texas...
North central Refugio County in south central Texas...
* Until 1130 AM CST.
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* At 1055 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near McFaddin, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
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IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
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* This dangerous storm will be near...
McFaddin around 1105 AM CST.
Bloomington around 1120 AM CST.
Placedo around 1130 AM CST.
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This includes the following highways...
US Highway 77 between mile markers 592 and 606.
US Highway 87 near mile marker 826.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
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...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Colorado and
north central Wharton Counties through 1130 AM CST...
At 1056 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles east of Sublime, or 16 miles south of Columbus, moving
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northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
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unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Eagle Lake, Sheridan, Altair, Garwood and Rock Island.
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A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 PM CST for southeastern
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LAT...LON 2978 9638 2952 9622 2935 9657 2955 9676
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TIME...MOT...LOC 1656Z 239DEG 39KT 2948 9664
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND
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NORTHERN WHARTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CST
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FOR SOUTHEASTERN AUSTIN...NORTHWESTERN FORT BEND...SOUTHERN WALLER
AND WEST CENTRAL HARRIS COUNTIES...
At 1055 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Pattison, or
near Brookshire, moving northeast at 55 mph.
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HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Katy, Sealy, Brookshire, Eldridge / West Oaks, southwestern Addicks
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Park Ten, Wallis, Fulshear, Pine Island, Simonton, San Felipe,
Pattison, Cinco Ranch, Weston Lakes and Monaville.
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Santa Barbara County residents should be aware of a prescribed pile beginning Monday near Figueroa Mountain. One to 10 treated acres of slash from felled dead trees and brush will be burned according to Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District officials.
Most burning operations will begin in the morning and conclude in the afternoons. However, some burning operations may continue through the evening to allow for the full consumption of flammable material.
The burning will occur at various forest locations that will be posted on the Los Padres Twitter and Facebook accounts.
Officials say the goal of the series of pile burns is to reduce the risk of wildfire. Prescribed, or planned, fires typically burn less intensely than wildfires. Prescribed burns can help prevent the
spread of wildfires and can reduce impacts on watersheds that can result in soil loss and sedimentation. The burn will be conducted when the meteorological conditions are highly favorable to direct smoke away from population centers.
The burns will continue through March 12. | https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/pile-burning-scheduled-this-week-near-figueroa-mountain | 2023-03-06 20:07:25 | 1 | https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/pile-burning-scheduled-this-week-near-figueroa-mountain |
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court on Tuesday ordered the country’s biggest adoption agency to pay 100 million won ($74,700) in damages to a 48-year-old man for mishandling his adoption as a child to the United States, where he faced legal troubles after surviving an abusive childhood before being deported in 2016.
However, the Seoul Central District Court dismissed Adam Crapser’s accusations against the South Korean government, which he saw as responsible for creating an aggressive, profit-driven adoption industry that carelessly removed thousands of children from their families during a child export frenzy in the 1970s and ’80s.
The civil case, tried for over four years, was the first in which a South Korean adoptee sued the country’s government and a domestic adoption agency over fraudulent paperwork and screening failures.
Holt Children’s Service, which handled Crapser’s adoption to American parents in 1979, and South Korea’s Justice Ministry, which represents the government in lawsuits, did not immediately comment.
In reading out the verdict, Judge Park Jun-min did not elaborate on why the court refused to hold the government accountable. Crapser’s lawyers said they will review the full version of the ruling, which the court didn’t immediately release, before deciding whether to appeal.
“We want to express our very serious regret,” said Kim Soo-jung, one of Crapser’s lawyers.
“The (government) knew that children procured for adoptions were not being (properly) protected, that their human rights were being violated — they should have done something about it, but they didn’t. … It seems that the court simply saw the government as a monitoring institution, and not as an actor that directly committed illegal acts.”
Crapser, who left South Korea last year and currently lives in Mexico, did not attend the ruling.
It remains to be seen whether Crapser’s case inspires more lawsuits by adoptees, who are becoming more vocal with their criticism of past South Korean corruption in adoption practices, which caused a huge but unknown number of wrongful family separations and stymied thousands from reconnecting with their roots.
Tuesday’s verdict came months after hundreds of Korean adoptees from Europe and North America asked South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate their adoption circumstances. They say their status and identities were laundered to facilitate marred adoptions.
The commission has opened investigations of dozens of those applications and may take more cases in the coming months, as it proceeds with the most far-reaching inquiry into South Korea’s foreign adoptions yet.
The commission’s potential findings could allow more adoptees to launch legal actions against agencies or the government, which would otherwise be difficult because South Korean civil courts put the burden of proof entirely on plaintiffs, who often lack information and resources.
Crapser, who was named Shin Seong-hyeok by his South Korean mother, had sought 200,000 won ($149,000) in damages from South Korea’s government and Holt. His lawsuit, filed in 2019, accuses the defendants of manipulating his paperwork, employing poor background checks that failed to weed out his abusive adopters, and not following up on whether he obtained U.S. citizenship.
While describing Crapser’s plight as unfortunate, the government and Holt denied any legal wrongdoing, saying his adoption went according to procedure and it was the responsibility of his American adopters -– not theirs -– to ensure that he obtained U.S. citizenship.
Crapser’s lawyers have claimed that his case exposes how South Korea failed to protect its most vulnerable citizens from an adoption industry that sent thousands of children abroad every year to meet Western demands during its heyday, and how often those adoptions amounted to “child selling.”
Crapser revealed his plans for his lawsuit during an interview with The Associated Press in 2019, in which he described being abused and abandoned by two different sets of U.S. parents and then being deported after run-ins with the law because none of his guardians filed citizenship papers for him.
Forcibly separated from his then-wife and children and friends in America, Crapser said he struggled with intense anxiety and depression in South Korea, where he found himself isolated by language and culture four decades after being sent to his initial adopters in Michigan at age 3.
Crapser said he “definitely didn’t win the lottery” when it came to his two American families. Flown out of South Korea, he and his sister were first sent to what he described as an abusive couple in 1979. Seven years later the couple abandoned the siblings, who were then separated by the foster care system.
Crapser was housed in several foster and group homes before ending up with Thomas and Dolly Crapser when he was around 12. He said the Oregon couple would sometimes slam their children’s heads against walls, strike them with kitchen utensils and burn them with heated objects.
In 1991, the couple was arrested on charges of physical child abuse, sexual abuse and rape. They were reportedly convicted in 1992 on multiple counts of criminal mistreatment and assault. Kicked out of his parents’ house after an argument, Crapser pleaded guilty to burglary after he said he later broke into their home to retrieve a Korean-language Bible and a stuffed dog that came with him from a Korean orphanage. He was later convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm and assault.
Crapser thought he had turned a corner, opening a barber shop and an upholstery business and starting a family, before being served his deportation paperwork in 2015 after a green card application triggered a background check.
About 200,000 South Koreans were adopted overseas during the past six decades, the majority to white families in the West, representing what’s now the world’s largest diaspora of adoptees. More than 4,000 Korean children were sent abroad in 1979, the year Crapser arrived in the United States.
South Korea’s foreign adoption boom from the late 1970s to the 1980s was driven by Seoul’s then-military dictatorships, which were focused on economic growth and reducing the number of mouths to feed.
Adoption agencies, governed by board members close to the military leaders, were notorious for aggressive child-gathering activities and falsified paperwork that manipulated children’s origins as they raced to send more adoptees abroad.
It wasn’t until 2013 that South Korea required foreign adoptions of children to be vetted at family courts, ending a decades-long practice of allowing the private agencies to dictate the cross-border transfers of custodies.
Crapser was among thousands of South Korean adoptees who were described in their paperwork as abandoned orphans, despite their having known Korean relatives who could be easily identified and found, which made them easily adoptable under U.S. laws.
Crapser’s birth mother, Kwon Pil-ju, told the AP that she was single, disabled and desperately poor, and that she finally decided to give Crapser and his sister away because of fears that they’d starve.
Crapser’s lawsuit cited the government as responsible for allowing adoptions to be controlled by profit-driven agencies that ran on fees collected from foreign parents, and also for allowing foreigners to adopt children without actually coming to South Korea, which he blames for screening failures that matched him with abusive parents.
His case also highlights the shaky legal status of many South Korean adoptees in the United States whose parents may have failed to get them citizenship, potentially leaving them vulnerable to deportation if they acquire a criminal record. | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/international/court-orders-south-korean-agency-to-compensate-adoptee-over-his-mishandled-adoption-to-us/ | 2023-05-16 23:47:02 | 1 | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/international/court-orders-south-korean-agency-to-compensate-adoptee-over-his-mishandled-adoption-to-us/ |
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