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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Delight in new and returning fall-themed flavors and Creations™ this autumn at Cold Stone Creamery® (www.ColdStoneCreamery.com). Beginning August 31, new Brown Sugar Ice Cream and returning favorite Pumpkin Bread Batter Ice Cream will be available in stores nationwide.
Brown Sugar Cookie Dough Sensation™ evokes the taste of freshly baked treats, made with Brown Sugar Ice Cream, Cookie Dough, Brown Sugar and Caramel, while The Apple of my Pumpkin Pie™ is reminiscent of apple picking season, featuring Pumpkin Bread Batter Ice Cream, Pecans, Graham Cracker Pie Crust, Apple Pie Filling and Caramel.
And don't forget to complete your Thanksgiving spread with dessert! The decadent Pumpkin Bread Batter Pie will be available starting November 1. It's an easy addition to any holiday gathering with Pumpkin Bread Batter Ice Cream piled into a Graham Cracker Pie Crust and topped with White Frosting, Cinnamon and Chocolate Leaves.
"The start of sweater weather doesn't mean you have to stop eating ice cream," said Sara Schmillen, vice president of marketing at Kahala Brands™, parent company of Cold Stone Creamery. "This season brings brown sugar, spice and everything nice and cozy, and we know our guests will love our take on baked goods imagined as super-premium ice cream flavors."
The fall-inspired ice cream flavors, Creations and pie will be available for a limited time until November 29.
Promotional Flavors:
- Brown Sugar Ice Cream
- Pumpkin Bread Batter Ice Cream
Promotional Creations™:
- Brown Sugar Cookie Dough Sensation™ – Brown Sugar Ice Cream, Cookie Dough, Brown Sugar & Caramel
- The Apple of my Pumpkin Pie™ – Pumpkin Bread Batter Ice Cream, Pecans, Graham Cracker Pie Crust, Apple Pie Filling & Caramel
Promotional Pie (available starting on November 1)
- Pumpkin Bread Batter Pie – Pumpkin Bread Batter Ice Cream in a Graham Cracker Pie Crust topped with White Frosting, Cinnamon & Chocolate Leaves
About Cold Stone Creamery
Cold Stone Creamery® delivers the Ultimate Ice Cream Experience® through a community of franchisees who are passionate about ice cream. The secret recipe for smooth and creamy ice cream is handcrafted fresh daily in each store, and then customized by combining a variety of mix-ins on a frozen granite stone. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Cold Stone Creamery is owned by parent company Kahala Brands™, one of the fastest growing franchising companies in the world with a portfolio of nearly 30 fast-casual and quick-service restaurant brands with approximately 3,000 locations in 35 countries. The Cold Stone Creamery brand operates nearly 1,500 locations globally in approximately 30 countries worldwide.
For more information about Cold Stone Creamery, visit www.ColdStoneCreamery.com.
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In Los Angeles County this month, three protests against LGBTQ inclusivity have devolved into physical fights. The recent pattern of violence has parents and extremism experts concerned.
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In Los Angeles County this month, three protests against LGBTQ inclusivity have devolved into physical fights. The recent pattern of violence has parents and extremism experts concerned.
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Yes, you can use your Dyson on your dog — plus, more ways to curb pet hair
IN THIS ARTICLE:
- Dyson Pet Grooming Kit
- Bissell BarkBath Dual Use Portable Dog Bath and Deep Cleaning System
- The Furminator Undercoat Deshedding Tool
When it comes to grooming your pet and handling the shedding hair, it’s a dog-eat-dog world. Plenty of pets despise being groomed and it’s not exactly a walk in the park for pet parents, either.
Over the years, Dyson vacuums have developed a cult-like following among pet owners, thanks to their reputation for picking up furballs and tumbleweeds of pet hair. So it should come as no surprise that pet lovers are enthusiastic about the newly launched Dyson Pet Grooming Kit. By trapping loose fur before it has the chance to be shed, the kit makes grooming easier and leaves your pet looking professionally groomed.
How to use the Dyson grooming tool
You can curb the shedding before it sticks to surfaces by attaching the Dyson Pet Grooming Kit directly to a vacuum and brush your dog (or cat) directly. The attachment sucks up any loose fur, dead skin and other allergens, reducing the amount of pet hair that sticks to the carpet, clothes, or couch.
But Dyson isn’t the only way to effectively groom. There are other pet-grooming products that run with the big dogs, too.
Best pet grooming products
This is by far and away the easiest pet grooming tool to use. It attaches to your regular vacuum so that instead of vacuuming hair off the floor, you can vacuum your pet. It’s like brushing them normally — but without the mess. To clean up, release the trigger and the hair automatically disappears into the vacuum’s dust canister.
Bissell BarkBath Dual Use Portable Dog Bath and Deep Cleaning System
This is another way to attack your pet’s hair before it falls off. In addition to grooming your pet, the BarkBath bathes them, too. And it’s portable, so you can conveniently use it anywhere in your house with little to no mess. Suitable for dogs up to 80 pounds, the BarkBath uses 68 ounces of water, as opposed to bathing a pet in the bathtub, which can use up to 19 gallons. And it doubles as a carpet and upholstery cleaner.
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This grooming tool attaches to your regular shower head or outdoor hose, turning anything with a water supply into a portable shower station. The brush part has silicone bristles and you can wear it on your hand almost like a glove. That way, you can control the amount of water used while also keeping splashing to a minimum.
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The Furminator Undercoat Deshedding Tool
This deshedding tool looks like a brush, but it’s designed to de-shed, meaning that it effectively reaches through topcoat hair to remove hair from the undercoats of double-coated dogs. It should still be used in tandem with a regular pet brush, but this tool gets to the hair that typical brushes can’t. It also features a “furjector” button, which upon being pushed, releases hair with ease, hands-free.
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Tineco Pure One S15 Pet Smart Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner
Comparable to similar models of Dyson vacuums, this makes pet hair cleanup simple. Its inner brush is designed to target tangled pet hair, trapping each one without wrapping them around the brush, making for easier cleanup. Quiet and lightweight, it also adjusts suction power to the amount of soil detected, so if it detects a heavy-duty hairball, it automatically turns up its power.
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Kkimatt 10 in 1 Pet Grooming Hammock Harness
This pet grooming hammock harness provides a grooming experience that usually only professionals can give. It stabilizes your pet, holding them airborne in a sling while you clip, brush and file. Its S-shaped hooks and durable metal carabiners are sturdy enough to hold your pet’s weight (so long as you get the correct-sized harness). It also includes a nail clipper with a safety block, a nail file and a double-row pet comb for de-shedding.
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SINGAPORE, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MoonXBT, the innovative crypto social trading platform, has reached a statistical milestone with its Android application in Google Play Store surpassing 100k downloads early in August. Before this, MoonXBT also passed the code audit of its website by leading blockchain security company Certik.
In the meantime, other numbers of MoonXBT are reaching new highs as well. The daily active users of MoonXBT has exceeded 6 thousand among which more than 2 thousand are daily active traders. The total daily trading volume of all users on average of MoonXBT has reached over 200 million USDT. The users of MoonXBT covers a wide range of countries and regions across the world with main end users coming from Southeastern Asia - mainly Vietnam, Indonesia, and Malaysia, Turkey, Latin America, and Russia.
According to the platform, reaching these numbers is no easy job in a market like this considering many crypto exchanges have undergone trading volume shrinks and even lay-offs.
MoonXBT attributes its growth in application downloads, users and trading volume to multidimensional factors among which four major ones are: the long tail effect of the MoonXBT copy trading function, the continuous innovation of the platform's trading products, the timely user favourable policy for spot market and the strong support from community partners in core markets.
As a social trading platform, one of MoonXBT's flagship functions is copy trading which allows normal traders to follow the professional traders' trading strategy and have their orders placed and executed automatically in sync with the traders they follow. This saves time and increases the win rate for normal and moreover rookie traders especially in the volatile market. For professional traders, they enjoy a 10% share of the profits made from their followers' orders. As more and more traders with insufficient trading experience follow the steps of traders of their liking, they come to MoonXBT and download its application so that they can copy trade the traders on the platform.
On top of the above, MoonXBT has demonstrated large innovation capacity with trading products as a young exchange. In just a little over a year's time span, MoonXBT has grown from a solely contract trading platform to one with all sorts of trading products including liquid contract, warrant options, spot market and OTC. Most recently, it launched the perpetual swap, a kind of derivative product which never expires. The continuous product innovation is also attracting new users with different risk preferences and trading needs and therefore has contributed to the numbers.
In addition, to cater to the demands of users and lesson the burgers of the traders, MoonXBT is also one of the first few exchanges to implement zero fee policy for multiple trading pairs and later stable trading pairs. The timely policy also helped the platform to win over the users and boosted the MoonXBT application downloads.
Besides all the listed, one of the core reasons for MoonXBT's milestone achievement is the strong support from the communities especially the working partners from core markets. The major market of MoonXBT now is Southeast Asia in which MoonXBT already has local teams in three countries including Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia. MoonXBT is even one of the top three crypto exchanges in Vietnam. The platform has partnerships with various communities and influencers in the region and is actively exploring more co-operations. The platform is also expanding partnerships in other parts of the world actively.
The Google Play downloads breakthrough along with other growing numbers shows how effective the local communities are in facilitating the platform's growth which in turn bring benefits to the supporting communities. It is also a good testament of MoonXBT's multidimensional development.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A boat was caught exploding and bursting into flames on a security tape Sunday. The incident happened at Halifax Harbor Marina in Daytona Beach.
People can be seen on the ship before the explosion happens. One person is beside the boat. Debris flies through the air as flames erupt out of the boat. The person beside the boat takes off running.
Four people were injured, one of whom had to be airlifted to a hospital in Orlando, the Daytona Beach Fire Department said.
DBFD responded to the scene. They were able to put the fire out, but the boat began to sink afterward.
The cause of the explosion has not been released, but DBFD says the incident happened after the boat was refueled. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/regional/florida/daytona-beach-explosion-boat-halifax-harbor-marina/77-ee459f4c-f5a5-4789-a963-d829e80a329e | 2022-08-22 14:58:22 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/regional/florida/daytona-beach-explosion-boat-halifax-harbor-marina/77-ee459f4c-f5a5-4789-a963-d829e80a329e |
Which Na Na Na Surprise doll is best?
Na Na Na Surprise dolls combine the best of plush and plastic doll play. These dolls are cute and collectible with adorable animal-inspired outfits and accessories. If you’re looking for a beautiful set, check out the MGA Entertainment Na Na Na Surprise Lavender Kitty Family; it comes with two cute dolls and a matching plush pet.
What to know before you buy a Na Na Na Surprise doll
How it’s made
Most posable dolls are made from hard vinyl, but a Na Na Na Surprise doll uses vinyl sparingly. The head is structured with vinyl but wrapped in fabric. The face is printed onto this fabric, which extends down into the body. The doll’s body has foam inside for a soft, cuddly feel.
The eyes are large and expressive, while the outfits are all animal-themed. The hair is soft and designed to feel like real hair. Most dolls have hair that hangs ankle-length, but a few have very short hair cropped close to the doll’s head.
Size
The original Na Na Na Surprise fashion doll is 7.5 inches tall, while the Na Na Na Surprise teen doll is 11 inches. For reference, the standard L.O.L. Surprise doll is around 3 inches, and the average Barbie doll is 12 inches tall.
What’s in the box
Every time Na Na Na Surprise releases a new series of dolls, there are new characters, outfits and accessories. The fashion doll comes with one doll in a fun outfit wearing a hat, all of which fits in a matching animal-inspired pom purse. Each doll has a name and a birthday.
What to look for in a quality Na Na Na Surprise doll
Extra accessories
Recent additions to the collections come with additional accessories, such as a hair brush, new outfits, a plush pet, a second doll or a full bedroom set. These extras can cost a little more, but they provide a more compact playing experience that is still a greater value than buying accessories separately.
These accessories are especially useful as the Na Na Na Surprise dolls are not standard sizing. This means that most other doll clothing won’t fit properly.
Clear packaging
While early series dolls were mostly covered inside the box, the newer dolls come in packages with clear plastic across the front. This makes it easier to see which doll you are getting and what the extras are. Collecting and comparing accessories is a lot easier this way.
Well-detailed
The Na Na Na Surprise dolls are themed, from basic fashion doll sets to the teen series to the slumber party series. No matter how many accessories come in the box, what’s most important is that the theme is clear, fun and well-detailed with those animal-inspired touches. Clothing and accessories should blend the animal-inspired design with the theme’s specific accessories.
How much you can expect to spend on a Na Na Na Surprise doll
Dolls costs $10-$60, depending on the number of dolls included in a package and the accessories.
Na Na Na Surprise doll FAQ
What’s the age range for this toy?
A. The manufacturer recommends these dolls for children 5 to 10 years old because there are small pieces.
Do you know which doll you’re getting?
A. The box doesn’t always make it easy to tell which doll you’ll get, but unlike other “surprise” toys, you can look up the sticker on the front to find out which doll is being sold.
Does the teen doll come with a pom purse?
A. The little clip-on pouch with a 7.5-inch fashion doll is not included with the teen doll. Instead, the teen doll comes with a hairbrush.
What’s the best Na Na Na Surprise doll to buy?
Top Na Na Na Surprise doll
MGA Entertainment Na Na Na Surprise Lavender Kitty Family
What you need to know: The set comes with a 7.5-inch fashion doll Sophie Belle, 11-inch teen big sister doll Margot Belle and a 4.5-inch pet cat.
What you’ll love: The sisters and pet cat are soft and plush. Each doll has long purple hair with pink and purple outfits, silver hair accessories, matching shoes and fuzzy pink cat-ear hats. The pink cat is named Bisous, which means “kisses” in French. All outfits and accessories are removable.
What you should consider: There are no extra outfits and the sister dolls are different sizes so you can’t swap clothes between the two dolls.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Na Na Na Surprise doll for the money
MGA Entertainment Na Na Na Surprise Teens Slumber Party Lara Vonn
What you need to know: The set comes with an 11-inch doll named Lara Vonn and teddy bear-themed camping accessories.
What you’ll love: Lara is wearing cute teddy bear pajamas and teddy bear hair ties with matching teddy bear slippers. There’s a sleeping bag, pillow, eye mask and hair brush. Every detail is cute and on theme.
What you should consider: The hair comes out if brushed too much.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
MGA Entertainment Na Na Na Surprise 3-In-1 Backpack Bedroom Playset
What you need to know: The set comes with a 7.5-inch fashion doll named Sarah Snuggles, teddy bear-themed bedroom accessories and a backpack case.
What you’ll love: Your child can wear this fuzzy teddy bear backpack that opens up into a bedroom for Sarah. Sarah has a teddy hat, teddy shoes and a matching jacket. There’s a bed, two pink pillows, a hair brush, a mirror and a clothing rack.
What you should consider: The hat is not removable.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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REHOVOT, Israel, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Biomica Ltd., an emerging biopharmaceutical company developing innovative microbiome-based therapeutics, and a subsidiary of Evogene Ltd. (NASDAQ: EVGN) (TASE: EVGN), today announced it will be presenting at the Digestive Disease Week (DDW 2022) Conference taking place May 21-24, 2022, in San Diego, California.
DDW is the world's premier meeting for physicians, researchers and industry in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery.
Professor Yehuda Ringel, CSO of Biomica, will be presenting on May 22, 2022 from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM PDT. The presentation is entitled, "Anti-Inflammatory effect of a rationally designed live bacterial consortium based on microbiome functional genomic analysis for treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disorders (IBD)". Professor Ringel will present data from the discovery and pre-clinical animal research of Biomica's IBD microbiome-based drug development project.
Professor Ringel will be available for one-on-one meetings at the conferences, and those interested should be in touch with Professor Ringel and/or with the investor or public relations team.
About Biomica:
Biomica is an emerging biopharmaceutical company developing innovative microbiome-based therapeutics utilizing a dedicated Computational Predictive Biology platform (CPB), licensed from Evogene. Biomica aims to identify and characterize disease-related microbiome entities and to develop novel therapeutics based on these understandings. The company is focused on the development of therapies for antibiotic resistant bacteria, immuno-oncology, and microbiome-related gastrointestinal (GI) disorders. Biomica is a subsidiary of Evogene Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: EVGN). For more information, please visit www.biomicamed.com.
About Digestive Disease Week
Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) is the largest international gathering of physicians, researchers and academics in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery. Jointly sponsored by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute, the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) and the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT), DDW is an in-person and virtual meeting from May 21-24, 2022. The meeting showcases more than 5,000 abstracts and hundreds of lectures on the latest advances in GI research, medicine and technology. More information can be found at www.ddw.org.
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Tatjana Patitz, supermodel of ‘80s and ‘90s, dies at 56
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Tatjana Patitz, one of an elite group of famed supermodels who graced magazine covers in the 1980s and ‘90s and appeared in George Michael’s “Freedom! ‘90″ music video, has died at age 56.
Patitz’s death in the Santa Barbara, California, area was confirmed by her New York agent, Corinne Nicolas, at the Model CoOp agency. Nicolas said the cause was illness, but did not have further details.
Patitz, who was born in Germany, raised in Sweden and later made her life in California, was known as part of an elite handful of “original” supermodels, appearing in the Michael video along with Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford.
She was a favorite of fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh, who highlighted her natural beauty in his famous 1988 photo, “White Shirts: Six Supermodels, Malibu,” and for British Vogue’s 1990 cover — leading Michael to cast the group in his lip-syncing video, according to Vogue.
The magazine quoted its global editorial director, Anna Wintour, as saying Patitz was “always the European symbol of chic, like Romy Schneider-meets-Monica Vitti. She was far less visible than her peers — more mysterious, more grown-up, more unattainable — and that had its own appeal.”
In a 2006 interview, Patitz opined that the golden age of supermodels was over.
“There was a real era, and the reason that happened was because glamour was brought into it,” she was quoted as saying in Prestige Hong Kong magazine. “Now the celebrities and actresses have taken over, and the models are in the backseat completely.”
She also noted that models from her era had healthier physiques.
“Women were healthy, not these scrawny little models that nobody knows their names anymore,” Patitz said.
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DENVER (AP) — A woman has struck a plea deal to testify against her boss, a Colorado clerk who became a hero to election conspiracy theorists after she was charged with breaking into her county’s voting system.
Belinda Knisley, who has long been on administrative leave from her role as chief deputy to Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, appeared in district court in Grand Junction on Thursday and pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of trespass, official misconduct and violation of duty. She was sentenced to two years of unsupervised probation.
“You engaged in concrete acts to undermine the integrity of our democratic process under the guise of protecting it. In doing so, you abdicated your role as a clerk, you violated your oath and you betrayed your duty,” Judge Matthew Barrett told Knisley during the hearing.
Peters and Knisley were being prosecuted on allegations they allowed a copy of a hard drive to be made during an update of election equipment in May 2021.
Peters is awaiting trial on several felony charges for her alleged role in allowing unauthorized people to break into her county’s election system in search of proof of conspiracy theories spun by former President Donald Trump after his 2020 election loss.
She issued a defiant statement Thursday saying she holds no ill will toward Knisley, and that she will not back down.
Peters denies she did anything illegal, contends the charges are politically motivated and has issued reports purporting to show suspicious activity within voting systems. Those claims have been debunked by various officials and experts.
Knisley, who had previously denied wrongdoing, said Thursday she was a “rule follower” who was acting at the behest of Peters — an assertion that did not sit well with Judge Barrett.
“Every time you acknowledged what you did, you prefaced it with, ‘I was told to do this. I was told to do that,’ as if you did not know exactly what you were doing and as if you did not know the harm you were engaging in,” the judge said. He added that Knisley’s crimes were “worthy of incarceration,” but he did not want to throw out the plea deal, which did not call for jail time.
State election officials learned of a security breach last summer when a photo and video of confidential voting system passwords were posted on social media and a conservative website.
A judge prohibited Peters from overseeing last year’s and this year’s local elections in Mesa County, a western region of the state that is largely rural and heavily Republican.
Also facing charges is Sandra Brown, a former elections manager in Peters’ office. Brown was charged in July with attempting to influence a public servant, criminal impersonation and conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation.
Peters lost a bid to become the GOP candidate for Colorado secretary of state in June. She came to national attention when she spoke last year at a conference hosted by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, one of the most prominent election conspiracy theorists in the country.
Peters is charged with three counts of attempting to influence a public servant, criminal impersonation, two counts of conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, one count of identity theft, first-degree official misconduct, violation of duty and failing to comply with the secretary of state. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/politics/ap-deputy-elections-clerk-in-colorado-to-testify-against-boss/ | 2022-08-26 14:26:48 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/politics/ap-deputy-elections-clerk-in-colorado-to-testify-against-boss/ |
The 2020-2022 Hyundai Palisade and Kia Telluride three-row SUVs are being recalled for a short circuit in the tow hitch harness that can cause a fire. The SUVs could catch fire while driving or while parked with the engine off, prompting the brands to advise owners to park their vehicles outside and away from buildings, garages, and other structures until the issue is remedied, the NHTSA disclosed on Tuesday.
Even though the Korean brands are owned by the same multinational company overseas, they operate independently in North America and are conducting this recall differently. Hyundai will recall every Palisade sold in the U.S. since the winning SUV’s launch for the 2020 model year, totaling 245,000 SUVs despite only 40,480 of them being equipped at dealers with the faulty tow hitch wiring harness.
Kia is recalling only 36,417 units of the 2020-2022 Kia Telluride equipped with a 4-pin harness supplied by Mobis Parts America. That particular harness assembly was swapped out for a 7-pin harness beginning with the 2021 Telluride. Both tow hitch harnesses were purchased as dealer installed options (DIO). The older, faulty harness could have been installed on later models, which is why Kia is recalling more than just the 2020 Telluride. But unlike Hyundai, Kia is also only recalling those models with the hitch installed in North America.
It is believed that moisture could trigger a short circuit, which then could spark a fire in the tow hitch harness. Hyundai says owners can continue driving the vehicles, but that they should be parked outside away from structures until the recall is completed. Hyundai reported 19 known cases of the harness module melting, including three instances of vehicle fires between January 2020 and July 15, 2022.
Owners should expect notification by mail as early as Oct. 14 and reimbursement as well as repair costs will be covered by Hyundai and Kia. Palisade owners can contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460 or visit their recall website. Telluride owners can contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542 or visit their recall website.
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Lockhart Chemical could face hefty fines after Flint River spill
FLINT, Mich. (WNEM) – The state is ordering Lockhart Chemical to stop using its faulty infrastructure that caused the Flint River spill or face fines as high as $25,000 per day.
Initially, the city of Flint ordered Lockhart Chemical to cease operations after the June leak of an oil-like substance.
Now, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy are taking it a step further.
“I will not allow a company to threaten the safety of residents and the health of our environment here or anywhere else,” Nessel said.
Nessel has since stated that Lockhart continues to threaten the surrounding environment.
“Lockhart was given multiple opportunities to correct these problems at their facility and they simply refused and now they must face the consequences,” Nessel said.
Since the order from the city of Flint in June, Lockhart has been operating under a modified order that prevents the company from discharging any liquid waste held in its tanks into the city’s sewer system.
The new order from EGLE takes that a step further.
“The order that was issued by the city was the necessary immediate action,” Polly Synk of the Michigan Attorney General’s office said. “And what the statutory action by EGLE does is it prohibits use of certain infrastructure that was determined to be faulty and causing the leaks and the discharges into the Flint River.”
Synk stated that it will remain in effect until plans are approved for fixing it, ceasing use or routing around it.
Under the order, EGLE could fine Lockhart up to $25,000 a day for violations. It also could pursue additional action for failure to comply.
“Through the work of EGLE and through the investigative branch of our sheriff’s department, we saw continued violations continue to happen and that’s when we put into action to get to where we’re at today,” 4th District Genesee County Commissioner Domonique Clemons said.
The Flint River remains under a no-contact order from Stepping Stone Falls to Leith Street.
Health department officials say any decision to reopen the waterway will depend on clean-up efforts and test results.
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WASHINGTON — Election Day 2022 is almost here. While tens of millions of Americans will vote early in-person or mail in their ballots, many are still expected to head to the polls and cast their midterm votes on Tuesday, Nov. 8.
While states will begin to report results after polls close on Election Day, it could take some time to know who won because of a variety of reasons, including how long it takes to certify mail-in votes.
Here are the poll closing times for all 50 states. Remember, as long as you're in line by the time polls close, you can still cast your ballot.
Note that the times are all adjusted in the list for Eastern Time. Some poll closing times may vary by location, be sure to check local guidelines. For states spanning multiple time zones, we've listed the state based on when the majority of locations close.
6:00 PM Eastern Closing
Indiana (Polls open at 6 AM and close at 6 PM local time, most of state in Eastern Time Zone, part in Central Time Zone)
Kentucky (Polls open at 6 AM and close at 6 PM local time, part of state in Eastern Time Zone, part in Central Time Zone)
7:00 PM Eastern Closing
Florida (Polls open at 7 AM and close at 7 PM local time, most of state in Eastern Time Zone, part in Central Time Zone)
Georgia (Polls open at 7 AM and close at 7 PM)
South Carolina (Polls open at 7 AM and close at 7 PM)
Virginia (Polls open at 6 AM and close at 7 PM)
7:30 PM Eastern Closing
North Carolina (Polls open at 6:30 AM and close at 7:30 PM)
West Virginia (Polls open at 6:30 AM and close at 7:30 PM)
8:00 PM Eastern Closing
Alabama (Polls open at 7 AM and close at 7 PM local time, a couple cities in Eastern Time Zone)
Connecticut (Polls open at 6 AM and close at 8 PM)
Delaware (Polls open at 7 AM and close at 8 PM)
Washington, D.C. (Polls open at 7 AM and close at 8 PM)
Maryland (Polls open at 7 AM and close 8 PM)
Massachusetts (Polls open at 7 AM and close at 8 PM)
Michigan (Polls open at 7 AM and close at 8 PM local time - Majority of state in Eastern, part in Central)
Mississippi (Polls open at 7 AM and close at 7 PM local time)
New Hampshire (Polls close at some polling places at 7 PM Eastern, others 8 PM Eastern, polls generally open between 6 AM and 11 AM.
New Jersey (Polls open at 6 AM and close at 8 PM )
Pennsylvania (Polls open at 7 AM and close at 8 PM)
Rhode Island (Polls open at 7 AM and close at 8 PM)
8:30 PM Eastern Closing
9:00 PM Eastern Closing
Colorado (Polls close 7 PM local time - All vote by mail)
Kansas (Polls close 7 PM local time, but counties can close at 8 PM local time, so some close at 8 PM Eastern, others close at 9 PM Eastern; polls open at 7 AM local time, but some open as early as 6 AM)
Louisiana (Polls open at 6 AM and close at 8 PM local time)
Nebraska (Polls open at 8 AM and close at 8 PM local for Central Time Zone & open at 7 AM and close at 7 PM in Mountain Time Zone)
New Mexico (Polls close 7 PM local time)
New York (Polls open at 6 AM and close at 9 PM)
North Dakota (Polls close 7 PM local time for Central & Mountain, 9 PM/10PM Eastern)
South Dakota (Polls open at 7 AM local time and close 7 PM local time for Central & Mountain, 9 PM/10PM Eastern)
Texas (Polls open at 7 AM and close at 7 PM local, most of state in Central Time Zone, part in Mountain Time Zone, 9 PM/10PM Eastern)
Wisconsin (Polls open at 7 AM and close at 8 PM local time)
10:00 PM Eastern Closing
11:00 PM Eastern Closing
California (Polls open at 7 AM and close at 8 PM local time)
Oregon (Polls close 8 PM local time – All vote by mail)
Washington (Polls close 8 PM local time - All vote by mail)
12:00 AM Eastern Closing
Hawaii (Polls close 7 PM local time, Midnight Eastern – All vote by mail) | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/nation-world/when-do-polls-close-on-election-day-2022-voting-times-all-50-states/507-42af34bb-8bfa-44e4-a803-34548a5195e5 | 2022-11-02 21:00:32 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/nation-world/when-do-polls-close-on-election-day-2022-voting-times-all-50-states/507-42af34bb-8bfa-44e4-a803-34548a5195e5 |
Whoever said orange is the new pink was seriously genius.
Ava Phillippe, the daughter of Reese Witherspoon, recently debuted a new wild hair color that is sure to set her apart from her look-alike mom. The 23-year old hit up the Celine fashion show at The Wiltern in Los Angeles on Dec. 8 with fiery orange locks, worn down, curled and parted at the center. She teamed the new 'do with a striped, unbuttoned, short sleeve jacket over a triangle bra and matching miniskirt.
Ava—whose dad is Ryan Phillippe—first showed off her pumpkin spice-inspired hair on Instagram on Nov. 25, sharing an adorable photo of herself posing alongside her grandmother with a slice of pie . A few days later, she posted a pic of her reflection in an antique-looking mirror. She captioned the snap, "Feels like…a renaissance."
Fans quickly took to the comments to gush over Ava's new tangerine tresses. "You caught a fire..No one can match that look!" one user wrote, while another wrote "Little mermaid vibes for sure!."
This isn't the first time Ava has changed up her look. Back in 2015, the style star walked the red carpet alongside Reese and her brother Deacon Phillippe, 19, at the 29th American Cinematheque Award wearing a shade of bubblegum pink hair color. In 2019, just before Coachella, she showed off fresh rainbow-colored highlights on Instagram that fans quickly became obsessed with. Ava has also showed off shades of purple, raspberry and blush in recent years.
But not matter what her hair color is at any given moment, Ava said the Legally Blonde actress taught her that it's what's on the inside the really counts when it comes to beauty.
"If you want to look and feel your best, my motto is always pretty is as pretty does," she told E! News exclusively in April. "It's a big ole Southern saying that my mom has always said to me. I really think it rings true and that's my biggest people of advice: if you treat other people with kindness and you treat yourself with kindness, you are going to glow from within."
Ava added, "I know it's cheesy but it's so real. I really believe it." | https://www.eonline.com/news/1357867/see-ava-phillippe-s-fiery-hair-transformation-at-celine-fashion-show | 2022-12-11 20:07:48 | 0 | https://www.eonline.com/news/1357867/see-ava-phillippe-s-fiery-hair-transformation-at-celine-fashion-show |
$35M advanced manufacturing center opens at Pima College
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Robotic arms sort disks as part of a demonstration of automation and robotics at a ceremony for the new Advanced Manufacturing Building at Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus, Tucson, Ariz., May 5, 2023. The three-story, 100,000 square foot facility will house Automated Industry Technology, Computer-Aided Design, Machining, Welding and Incubator Space.
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Guests take a look at the gantry crane overhead at a ceremony for the new Advanced Manufacturing Building at Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus, Tucson, Ariz., May 5, 2023. The crane runs the length of the facility above the third floor and serves as both a connector of the spaces and workhorse to move material through the entirety of the building.
Pima Community College’s investment in vocational education was on full display Friday at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new $35 million advanced manufacturing building on the downtown campus.
The new building is part of PCC Chancellor Lee Lambert’s signature initiative to invest in career and technical education called Centers of Excellence.
The 100,000-square-foot building will house numerous technical education programs, according to a news release. Those programs include mining, technology, manufacturing/advanced manufacturing, welding, robotics, machine technology, design and prototyping, mechatronics and optics.
The facility also includes a Flexible Industry Training Lab, where employers can send workers to get specialized upskilling on specific equipment.
Robotic arms sort disks as part of a demonstration of automation and robotics at a ceremony for the new Advanced Manufacturing Building at Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus, Tucson, Ariz., May 5, 2023. The three-story, 100,000 square foot facility will house Automated Industry Technology, Computer-Aided Design, Machining, Welding and Incubator Space.
Guests take a look at the gantry crane overhead at a ceremony for the new Advanced Manufacturing Building at Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus, Tucson, Ariz., May 5, 2023. The crane runs the length of the facility above the third floor and serves as both a connector of the spaces and workhorse to move material through the entirety of the building.
Guests head for a look at the Computer-Aided Design facilities at a ceremony for the new Advanced Manufacturing Building at Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus, Tucson, Ariz., May 5, 2023.
Guests get a look at demonstration of what will be taking place in the Computer-Aided Design facility at a ceremony for the new Advanced Manufacturing Building at Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus, Tucson, Ariz., May 5, 2023.
Chancellor Lee Lambert talks about the school’s latest facility, the Advanced Manufacturing Building, during a ceremony at Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus, Tucson, Ariz., May 5, 2023.
The space for the school’s Fit Lab, Flexible Industry Training, in the new Advanced Manufacturing Building at Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus, Tucson, Ariz., May 5, 2023.
The new welding facility on the ground floor of the Advanced Manufacturing Building at Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus, Tucson, Ariz., May 5, 2023.
The equipment is still in the crates at the Machining space in the new Advanced Manufacturing Building at Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus, Tucson, Ariz., May 5, 2023.
Photos: Ceremony for the new Advanced Manufacturing Building at Pima Community College
Pima Community College opened the doors on its latest facility, the Advanced Manufacturing Building, May 5, 2023, Tucson, Ariz. The 100,000 square foot building cost $35 million and significantly upgrades the school's space and technology.
Robotic arms sort disks as part of a demonstration of automation and robotics at a ceremony for the new Advanced Manufacturing Building at Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus, Tucson, Ariz., May 5, 2023. The three-story, 100,000 square foot facility will house Automated Industry Technology, Computer-Aided Design, Machining, Welding and Incubator Space.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Guests take a look at the gantry crane overhead at a ceremony for the new Advanced Manufacturing Building at Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus, Tucson, Ariz., May 5, 2023. The crane runs the length of the facility above the third floor and serves as both a connector of the spaces and workhorse to move material through the entirety of the building.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Guests head for a look at the Computer-Aided Design facilities at a ceremony for the new Advanced Manufacturing Building at Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus, Tucson, Ariz., May 5, 2023.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Guests get a look at demonstration of what will be taking place in the Computer-Aided Design facility at a ceremony for the new Advanced Manufacturing Building at Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus, Tucson, Ariz., May 5, 2023.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Tours walk along the second floor of the new Advanced Manufacturing Building at Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus, Tucson, Ariz., May 5, 2023.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Chancellor Lee Lambert talks about the school’s latest facility, the Advanced Manufacturing Building, during a ceremony at Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus, Tucson, Ariz., May 5, 2023.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
The west entrance of the new Advanced Manufacturing Building at Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus, Tucson, Ariz., May 5, 2023.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
The eastern entrance for the new Advanced Manufacturing Building at Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus, Tucson, Ariz., May 5, 2023.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
The space for the school’s Fit Lab, Flexible Industry Training, in the new Advanced Manufacturing Building at Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus, Tucson, Ariz., May 5, 2023.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
The new welding facility on the ground floor of the Advanced Manufacturing Building at Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus, Tucson, Ariz., May 5, 2023.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
The equipment is still in the crates at the Machining space in the new Advanced Manufacturing Building at Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus, Tucson, Ariz., May 5, 2023.
Robotic arms sort disks as part of a demonstration of automation and robotics at a ceremony for the new Advanced Manufacturing Building at Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus, Tucson, Ariz., May 5, 2023. The three-story, 100,000 square foot facility will house Automated Industry Technology, Computer-Aided Design, Machining, Welding and Incubator Space.
Guests take a look at the gantry crane overhead at a ceremony for the new Advanced Manufacturing Building at Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus, Tucson, Ariz., May 5, 2023. The crane runs the length of the facility above the third floor and serves as both a connector of the spaces and workhorse to move material through the entirety of the building. | https://tucson.com/news/local/education/college/35m-advanced-manufacturing-center-opens-at-pima-college/article_49694b76-e91c-11ed-80dc-779844fdbc07.html | 2023-05-05 20:31:38 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/education/college/35m-advanced-manufacturing-center-opens-at-pima-college/article_49694b76-e91c-11ed-80dc-779844fdbc07.html |
KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday expanding a fast-track procedure to receive Russian citizenship to all Ukrainians, in yet another effort to expand Moscow's influence in war-torn Ukraine.
Until recently, only residents of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as well as residents of the southern Zaporizhzhia and the Kherson regions, large parts of which are under Russian control, were eligible for the simplified procedure.
Ukrainian officials haven’t yet reacted to Putin’s announcement.
Between 2019, when the procedure was first introduced for the residents of Donetsk and Luhansk, and this year, more than 720,000 residents of the rebel-held areas in the two regions — about 18% of the population – have received Russian passports.
In late May, three months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the fast-track procedure was also offered to residents of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions. A month ago, the first Russian passports were reportedly handed out there.
The move by Putin came as Russian shelling of Ukraine's second-largest city killed at least three people on Monday and 31 others were injured, the local administrator said. Hours earlier, Russian troops launched three missile strikes on Kharkiv which the official described as “absolute terrorism.”
Kharkiv regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said on Telegram that the shelling came from multiple rocket launchers, and those hospitalized for injuries suffered in the attacks included children ages 4 and 16.
“Only civilian structures — a shopping center and houses of peaceful Kharkiv residents — came under the fire of the Russians. Several shells hit the yards of private houses. Garages and cars were also destroyed, several fires broke out,” Syniehubov wrote.
Earlier, he said that one of the missiles the Russian forces launched on Kharkiv overnight destroyed a school, another hit a residential building, while the third landed near warehouse facilities.
“All (three were launched) exclusively on civilian objects, this is absolute terrorism!” Syniehubov said.
Kharkiv resident Alexander Peresolin said the attacks came suddenly, without warning, causing him to lose consciousness.
“I was sitting and talking to my wife,” he said. “I didn’t understand what happened. There were two strikes, two or three.”
Peresolin said neighbors carried him to the basement where he later regained consciousness.
The strikes came just two days after a Russian rocket attack struck apartment buildings in eastern Ukraine, killing at least 24 people. A total of nine people have been rescued, emergency officials said.
The attack late Saturday destroyed three buildings in a residential quarter of the town of Chasiv Yar, inhabited mostly by people who work in nearby factories.
Russian attacks in the east also have continued, with Luhansk regional Gov. Serhiy Haidai saying on Monday that the shelling hit settlements on the administrative border with the Donetsk region.
Russian forces carried out five missile strikes and four rounds of shelling in the area, Haidai said.
The Luhansk and Donetsk regions together make up Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland known as Donbas, where separatist rebels have fought Ukrainian forces since 2014.
Earlier this month, Russia captured the last major stronghold of Ukrainian resistance in Luhansk, the city of Lysychansk.
After the seizure of Lysychansk, some analysts predicted Moscow’s troops likely would take some time to rearm and regroup, but Ukrainian officials said there has been no pause in attacks.
The British military assessed that Russian troops weren’t getting needed breaks.
The Defense Ministry tweeted Monday that online videos suggested at least one tank brigade in the war was “mentally and physically exhausted” as they had been on active combat duty since the start of the war on Feb. 24.
The British said: “The lack of scheduled breaks from intense combat conditions is highly likely one of the most damaging of the many personnel issues the Russian (Ministry of Defense) is struggling to rectify amongst the deployed force.”
Also on Monday, the main Russian gas pipeline to Germany began a 10-day closure for maintenance amid European fears that Moscow may not turn the flow back on after its completion. | https://www.lex18.com/news/putin-extends-fast-track-russian-citizenship-to-all-ukraine | 2022-07-11 14:26:11 | 0 | https://www.lex18.com/news/putin-extends-fast-track-russian-citizenship-to-all-ukraine |
WFO PHOENIX Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, October 23, 2022
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AIR QUALITY ALERT
Air Quality Alert Message
Relayed by National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
945 AM MST Fri Oct 21 2022
...AIR QUALITY ALERT DUE TO ELEVATED PARTICULATE MATTER LEVELS FROM
WINDBLOWN DUST...
The Imperial County APCD has extended an air quality alert due to
increased particulate matter from blowing dust. The air quality
alert is in effect until Sunday morning.
In areas directly impacted by high levels of windblown dust, limit
your exposure by remaining indoors with windows and doors closed and
avoiding vigorous physical activity. Run your air conditioner or an
air purifier. If temperatures allow, avoid using whole house fans or
swamp coolers that bring in outside air.
Exposure to high particle pollution levels can cause serious health
problems, including asthma attacks, heart and lung disease symptoms,
and increased risk of respiratory infections. People with heart or
lung diseases should follow their doctor's advice for dealing with
episodes of unhealthy air quality. Children, older adults, and
people with respiratory or heart disease should avoid prolonged
exposure and strenuous activities when particle pollution levels are
high.
To help minimize outdoor particulate levels:
• Carpool, telecommute, reduce trips, or take public transportation
• Slow down if driving on dirt roads
• Stabilize loose soils
Levels of particulate matter can vary hour by hour and by location
depending on wind conditions.
To view current and forecast air quality within Imperial County
visit the Imperial County Air Quality website at
http://www.imperialvalleyair.org/ or follow ICAPCD on Twitter,
facebook or Instagram (@county_air).
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talk with The Guardian's Jim Waterson about Prince Harry's testimony against Mirror Newspaper Group. Harry is one of many suing it for using illegal methods to get information.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talk with The Guardian's Jim Waterson about Prince Harry's testimony against Mirror Newspaper Group. Harry is one of many suing it for using illegal methods to get information.
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James Shipley, one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, laid to rest
HIGGINSVILLE, Mo. - James Lloyd Shipley, one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, was laid to rest Monday at the Veterans Cemetery in Higginsville, Missouri, with full military honors.
According to his obituary, Shipley passed away on July 21 at the age of 99.
Shipley was born on June 29, 1923, in Tipton, Missouri, and had a lifelong dream of becoming a mechanic.
When he was 19 years old, he voluntarily joined the Black Army Air Corps. He completed his basic training at the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama. He later enrolled in an aircraft mechanic school in Lincoln, Nebraska, where he learned how to rebuild and assemble various parts of an airplane. He furthered his education in Detroit, Michigan.
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He was later deployed to Italy as a crew chief and became Staff Sergeant. After World War II, he became an auto-mechanic and retired 29 years later.
He also worked as a farmer, sold fireworks and owned and operated a gas station along with his wife, Mildred. He also volunteered at his church.
In 2007, he received the Congressional Gold Medal from President George W. Bush which was given to the unit for their service. In 2013, he went on an honor flight for World War II veterans and toured war memorials in Washington, D.C.
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Shipley is survived by his wife, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild
The Tuskegee Airmen is the nickname of the first African American unit to fly combat airplanes in World War II. It comprised hundreds of black pilots, mechanics, and other servicemen who fought in World War II. The group was awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations.
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For one night only! Meet C/2022 E3 (her friends call her the green comet for short).
Who is she? A potentially unprecedented celestial happening. So trade in your typical evening blue light for some green light instead. It's a connection to history and the galaxy that won't try to sell you something.
Here’s my first effort at capturing the “Green Comet”, Comet c/2022 E3 (ZTF). This was a particular challenge due to humid conditions and clouds, but I’m thrilled I was able to capture it at all! pic.twitter.com/t2VGEnfKX8
— Andrew McCarthy (@AJamesMcCarthy) January 19, 2023
What's the big deal? We know very little about C/2022 E3, but it appears that its long orbit takes it from the outer expanses of the solar system and then in towards the sun, according to The Planetary Society.
What are people saying?
"If C/2022 E3 has ever passed through the solar system before, it would have last been seen in the sky more than 10,000 years ago."
— Jon Giorgini, a senior analyst at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, told NPR
"You can find the comet by looking south of the Big Dipper, near the constellation Camelopardalis. If you can find the North Star, you can then trace directly south of that to that."
— Bryce Bolin, one of the astronomers who discovered the comet, told the Washington Post
The green comet I captured last night. This is about 45 min pic.twitter.com/jzAqHucB7W
— Matt Graves (@GravesSpectrum) January 29, 2023
So, what now? Your best bet to see the comet will be between Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 1-2. The glow will be most visible against the night sky, but that might vary based on how overcast your region is.
Learn more
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AI presents political peril for 2024 with threat to mislead voters
WASHINGTON (AP) — Computer engineers and tech-inclined political scientists have warned for years that cheap, powerful artificial intelligence tools would soon allow anyone to create fake images, video and audio that was realistic enough to fool voters and perhaps sway an election.
The synthetic images that emerged were often crude, unconvincing and costly to produce, especially when other kinds of misinformation were so inexpensive and easy to spread on social media. The threat posed by AI and so-called deepfakes always seemed a year or two away.
No more.
Sophisticated generative AI tools can now create cloned human voices and hyper-realistic images, videos and audio in seconds, at minimal cost. When strapped to powerful social media algorithms, this fake and digitally created content can spread far and fast and target highly specific audiences, potentially taking campaign dirty tricks to a new low.
The implications for the 2024 campaigns and elections are as large as they are troubling: Generative AI can not only rapidly produce targeted campaign emails, texts or videos, it also could be used to mislead voters, impersonate candidates and undermine elections on a scale and at a speed not yet seen.
“We’re not prepared for this,” warned A.J. Nash, vice president of intelligence at the cybersecurity firm ZeroFox. “To me, the big leap forward is the audio and video capabilities that have emerged. When you can do that on a large scale, and distribute it on social platforms, well, it’s going to have a major impact.”
AI experts can quickly rattle off a number of alarming scenarios in which generative AI is used to create synthetic media for the purposes of confusing voters, slandering a candidate or even inciting violence.
Here are a few: Automated robocall messages, in a candidate’s voice, instructing voters to cast ballots on the wrong date; audio recordings of a candidate supposedly confessing to a crime or expressing racist views; video footage showing someone giving a speech or interview they never gave. Fake images designed to look like local news reports, falsely claiming a candidate dropped out of the race.
“What if Elon Musk personally calls you and tells you to vote for a certain candidate?” said Oren Etzioni, the founding CEO of the Allen Institute for AI, who stepped down last year to start the nonprofit AI2. “A lot of people would listen. But it’s not him.”
Former President Donald Trump, who is running in 2024, has shared AI-generated content with his followers on social media. A manipulated video of CNN host Anderson Cooper that Trump shared on his Truth Social platform on Friday, which distorted Cooper’s reaction to the CNN town hall this past week with Trump, was created using an AI voice-cloning tool.
A dystopian campaign ad released last month by the Republican National Committee offers another glimpse of this digitally manipulated future. The online ad, which came after President Joe Biden announced his reelection campaign, and starts with a strange, slightly warped image of Biden and the text “What if the weakest president we’ve ever had was re-elected?”
A series of AI-generated images follows: Taiwan under attack; boarded up storefronts in the United States as the economy crumbles; soldiers and armored military vehicles patrolling local streets as tattooed criminals and waves of immigrants create panic.
“An AI-generated look into the country’s possible future if Joe Biden is re-elected in 2024,” reads the ad’s description from the RNC.
The RNC acknowledged its use of AI, but others, including nefarious political campaigns and foreign adversaries, will not, said Petko Stoyanov, global chief technology officer at Forcepoint, a cybersecurity company based in Austin, Texas. Stoyanov predicted that groups looking to meddle with U.S. democracy will employ AI and synthetic media as a way to erode trust.
“What happens if an international entity — a cybercriminal or a nation state — impersonates someone. What is the impact? Do we have any recourse?” Stoyanov said. “We’re going to see a lot more misinformation from international sources.”
AI-generated political disinformation already has gone viral online ahead of the 2024 election, from a doctored video of Biden appearing to give a speech attacking transgender people to AI-generated images of children supposedly learning satanism in libraries.
AI images appearing to show Trump’s mug shot also fooled some social media users even though the former president didn’t take one when he was booked and arraigned in a Manhattan criminal court for falsifying business records. Other AI-generated images showed Trump resisting arrest, though their creator was quick to acknowledge their origin.
Legislation that would require candidates to label campaign advertisements created with AI has been introduced in the House by Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., who has also sponsored legislation that would require anyone creating synthetic images to add a watermark indicating the fact.
Some states have offered their own proposals for addressing concerns about deepfakes.
Clarke said her greatest fear is that generative AI could be used before the 2024 election to create a video or audio that incites violence and turns Americans against each other.
“It’s important that we keep up with the technology,” Clarke told The Associated Press. “We’ve got to set up some guardrails. People can be deceived, and it only takes a split second. People are busy with their lives and they don’t have the time to check every piece of information. AI being weaponized, in a political season, it could be extremely disruptive.”
Earlier this month, a trade association for political consultants in Washington condemned the use of deepfakes in political advertising, calling them “a deception” with “no place in legitimate, ethical campaigns.”
Other forms of artificial intelligence have for years been a feature of political campaigning, using data and algorithms to automate tasks such as targeting voters on social media or tracking down donors. Campaign strategists and tech entrepreneurs hope the most recent innovations will offer some positives in 2024, too.
Mike Nellis, CEO of the progressive digital agency Authentic, said he uses ChatGPT “every single day” and encourages his staff to use it, too, as long as any content drafted with the tool is reviewed by human eyes afterward.
Nellis’ newest project, in partnership with Higher Ground Labs, is an AI tool called Quiller. It will write, send and evaluate the effectiveness of fundraising emails –- all typically tedious tasks on campaigns.
“The idea is every Democratic strategist, every Democratic candidate will have a copilot in their pocket,” he said.
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- Yxintent will exclusively sell Lafullen® after conducting clinical trials and approval in China, with Samyang supplying products worth KRW 100 billion over the next five years
- Long-lasting biodegradable dermal filler with natural volume and long-lasting effects, proven safety and efficacy
- Obtained approval in Indonesia in April, expanding into global market including China and Latin America
SEOUL, South Korea, June 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- South Korean company Samyang Holdings Biopharm Group, led by representative Lee Young-joon, is set to expand into the global medical aesthetics market with its biodegradable polymer filler, Lafullen®.
Samyang Holdings signed a partnership agreement with Hangzhou Yxintent, a Chinese medical devices and aesthetics specialist company for the export of Lafullen® at Samyang Discovery Center in Pangyo. Through this contract, Yxintent will conduct clinical trials and obtain approval for Lafullen® in China, and once approved, will exclusively sell Lafullen® in China. Being the first Korean company entering the China's biodegradable polymer dermal filler market, Samyang Holdings plans to supply about KRW 100 billion worth of finished products over the next five years. With this export agreement with Yxintent, Samyang Holdings plans to take the lead in China's rapidly growing polymer filler market.
Lafullen® is a dermal filler developed by Samyang Holdings Biopharm Group. It is primarily composed of biodegradable polymer substance called polycaprolactone (PCL) that has a duration of over two years. In 2021, it obtained approval and was recognized for its excellent qualities with its long-term effects and safety being published in a Scientific Citation Index(SCI) international academic journal.
Samyang Holdings has recently been intensifying its global entry into the filler market. In April, Lafullen® obtained approval in Indonesia while discussing export contracts with many countries in Central and South America as well as Southeast Asia.
President Lee Young-joon of Samyang Holdings Biopharm Group stated, "Yxintent possesses a large number of experts in the field of large-scale approval, as well as sales networks, so we anticipate quickly obtainingproduct approval and increasing market share in China," and added that they intend to gradually strengthen partnerships in the medical aesthetics field, such as Lafullen® and lifting thread product, Croquis®.
Chairman Evan Wang of Yxintent stated, "Samyang Group has a long history and outstanding technology, so the expectation for Lafullen® is high," and added that they intend to form close partnerships with Samyang Holdings to ensure successful entry of Lafullen® into the Chinese market.
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SHENYANG, China, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Spanning a course of three days, the 2022 Northeast Asia Cultural Tourism Creation Expo kicked off in Shenyang on August 26th under the central theme of "joint participation in a cultural tourism gala, sharing of creativity and the future".
This year's exposition comprises five major exhibition zones: the Shenyang and Shenyang Modernized Metropolitan Area Exhibition Zone, Domestic Exhibition Zone, International Exhibition Zone, Creative Science and Technology Exhibition Zone, and Stage Performance Zone. 142 exhibitors from both China and abroad descended on Shenyang with a plethora of exhibitions, a diverse range of shows and performances, and a wide array of information to present to foreign and Chinese travelers a cultural tourism gala unlike any other, according to the Information Office of Shenyang People's Government.
This year's exposition fully showcased some of China's most popular cultural tourism cities (city clusters), and distinct culture and unique tourism resources of key tourist destination countries and cities in Northeast Asia and elsewhere around the globe. Of which, there were plenty of displays of tourism products, cultural creativity products, 5G applications, artificial intelligence and other products and technologies, enabling both citizens and tourists to get first-hand knowledge and experience on the immense possibilities when culture, tourism, science and technology meld, and to personally immerse into the novelty and joys of various exhibiting products.
The exposition specially set up the Shenyang Modernized Metropolitan Area "Seven Cities and One District" Exhibition Zone, which focused on contents such as unique local history and culture, tourist attractions, cultural creativity products, cultural performances, etc. During the span of the expo, the Shenyang Modernized Metropolitan Area "Seven Cities and One District" presented a joint declaration on integrated cultural tourism development with the aim of fully giving play to the region's complementary advantages stemming from cultural tourism resources and endowments, cultivating new business formats and new scenarios that complement each other, and concertedly forging a cultural tourism intellectual property system shared by members of the region.
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Texas state court throws out lawsuit against doctor who violated abortion law
Ruling does not overturn the 2021 law, which banned abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. I
(TEXAS TRIBUNE) - A judge in San Antonio has thrown out a lawsuit filed against a Texas abortion provider who intentionally violated a controversial state abortion law.
The law, known as Senate Bill 8, allows anyone to bring a lawsuit against someone who “aids or abets” in an abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy. On Thursday, state District Judge Aaron Haas in Bexar County said people who have no connection to the prohibited abortion and have not been harmed by it do not have standing to bring these lawsuits.
Thursday’s ruling sets an important precedent but does not overturn the law, said Marc Hearron, senior counsel for the Center for Reproductive Rights.
When SB 8 went into effect in September 2021, it was the most restrictive abortion law in the nation. The law banned abortions after the detection of fetal cardiac activity, usually around six weeks of pregnancy, a point at which many people don’t yet know they are pregnant.
Almost all of the clinics in the state immediately stopped providing abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. The law’s unique civil enforcement mechanism made it difficult to challenge in court without a test case. Dr. Alan Braid, a San Antonio doctor who had provided abortions in Texas since Roe v. Wade was handed down in 1973, decided to intentionally violate the law to attract one of these private lawsuits.
“I wanted to make sure that Texas didn’t get away with its bid to prevent this blatantly unconstitutional law from being tested,” Braid wrote in an op-ed in The Washington Post.
Three lawsuits were filed against Braid immediately. Two were never formally served, Hearron said, but one, filed by a Chicago resident named Felipe Gomez, proceeded through the courts. Thursday’s ruling in the Gomez case is the first and only SB 8 case to be resolved in court. Hearron said he anticipated that Gomez, who represented himself, would appeal the decision.
Gomez could not immediately be reached for comment.
In addition to the six-week ban, which is civilly enforced, Texas is also operating under several criminal abortion bans that went into effect after the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June. Doctors who provide abortions in Texas can face up to life in prison.
In the wake of those laws going into effect, Braid closed his clinic in San Antonio, as well as its sister facility in Tulsa.
“It is heartbreaking that Texans still can’t get essential health care in their home state and that providers are left afraid to do their jobs,” Braid said in a statement. “Though we were forced to close our Texas clinic, I will continue serving patients across the region with the care they deserve at new clinics in Illinois and New Mexico.”
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Kansas City Chiefs vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers picks, predictions: Who wins NFL Week 4 game?
The Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers play on Sunday in a game on the NFL Week 4 schedule.
Which team will get the victory?
Check out these NFL Week 4 picks and predictions for the game, which can be seen at 5:20 p.m. MST on NBC.
The Chiefs are a 2.5-point favorite in the game.
NFL Week 4 picks, predictions:
- Dolphins vs. Bengals | Vikings vs. Saints | Browns vs. Falcons
- Bills vs. Ravens | Commanders vs. Cowboys | Titans vs. Colts
- Seahawks vs. Lions | Chargers vs. Texans | Bears vs. Giants
- Jaguars vs. Eagles | Jets vs. Steelers | Cardinals vs. Panthers
- Patriots vs. Packers | Broncos vs. Raiders | Chiefs vs. Bucs
- Rams vs. 49ers | The Republic's Week 4 NFL predictions
The Arizona Republic: Chiefs 24, Buccaneers 20
Jeremy Cluff writes: "The winner of this game moves to 3-1. The loser falls to 2-2 and loses its second straight game. We'll take the road team getting revenge for its Super Bowl 55 loss in this one."
Draft Kings: Lean Chiefs in game against Buccaneers
It writes: "This line is a bit tough for taking the road Chiefs, but I just can’t justify betting on the Bucs right now. The injuries have piled up and with offensive line woes creating issues on top of the receiver depth chart, I suspect this offense will struggle until they get healthier. I’m curious if this line sees much movement, but as long as it remains under a field goal, I’d lean KC."
- Dolphins vs. Bengals | Vikings vs. Saints | Browns vs. Falcons
- Bills vs. Ravens | Commanders vs. Cowboys | Titans vs. Colts
- Seahawks vs. Lions | Chargers vs. Texans | Bears vs. Giants
- Jaguars vs. Eagles | Jets vs. Steelers | Cardinals vs. Panthers
- Patriots vs. Packers | Broncos vs. Raiders | Chiefs vs. Bucs
- Rams vs. 49ers | Spreads, lines, over/unders | Super Bowl
Bookies.com: Take the Buccaneers with the points vs. Chiefs
Bill Speros writes: "The Buccaneers defense shut out Rodgers and the Packers in the second half in Week 3. It will keep Tampa Bay in this game no matter which nameless receivers are on Brady's playsheet. Head coach Todd Bowles was the defensive coordinator who smothered Mahomes in Super Bowl 55. Mike Evans will be back after his suspension. Julio Jones and Chris Godwin could be back, as well, and Brady needs them. This line is reasonable and within a field goal, so a win and cover should go hand-in-hand here for your NFL Week 4 picks. This game could be moved depending on what happens with the weather on Florida's Gulf Coast this week."
Sports Betting Dime: Buccaneers 18.9, Chiefs 17.4
The site's formula predicts that the Buccaneers will beat the Chiefs in the NFL Week 4 game.
More:NFL Week 4 schedule, television information: How to watch Week 4 NFL games
Miami Herald: Go with the Chiefs on the moneyline vs. Buccaneers
Adam Walford writes: "The former Super Bowl opponents meet for the first time since that 2021 game in which the Buccaneers won comfortably. They are each coming off losses and are 2-1. Despite a mistake-filled game against the Colts, the Chiefs offense has proven to be as good as ever despite the loss of Tyreek Hill. Meanwhile, Buccaneers defense has helped them overcome a ravaged receiving corps. They held the Packers to just two scores in Sunday’s 14-12 loss to the Packers. This will be an intriguing matchup between the preseason second and third favorites in the Super Bowl odds, and we locked in the Chiefs to win straight up early at -115 in the first of our Week 4 predictions before the number went up."
Pro Football Network: Take the Buccaneers with the points vs. Chiefs
BJ Rudell writes: "A fascinating matchup made even more compelling by each team’s surprising Week 3 loss — the Bucs at home to the Packers, and the Chiefs versus the seemingly anemic Colts. On Sunday, much hinges on the health of Tom Brady’s elite company of receivers, although a returning Mike Evans obviously will pay huge dividends. Meanwhile, the Chiefs are headed toward an interesting crossroads if they lose this one, as it would significantly open up the AFC West. Patrick Mahomes and his backfield struggled against Indy. Tampa Bay’s defense won’t be any easier."
More:NFL power rankings Week 4: Philadelphia Eagles, Miami Dolphins, Jacksonville Jaguars rise
CBS Sports: Buccaneers have a history of bouncing back after losses
Tyler Sullivan writes: "In the lookahead, this line swung in favor of the Chiefs, who were a 1.5-point road favorite. That has continued to move up and is now -3 against Tampa Bay as of Monday morning. This could be for several reasons, including a banged-up Buccaneers receiving unit and the possibility that this game gets moved due to a hurricane set to hit the Tampa area. If this game moves to a neutral site, that could move this line even more. The Buccaneers -- who fell to the Packers in Week 3 -- have responded well to losses as they are 8-2 ATS in their last 10 games following a SU loss."
ESPN: Buccaneers have a 64.2% chance to win the game
The site's Football Power Index gives the Chiefs a 35.4% shot at picking up the victory.
More:NFL Week 4 odds: Point spreads, moneylines, over/under for every Week 4 NFL game
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CHICAGO (AP) — Rocky Wirtz, who won three Stanley Cup titles as owner of the Chicago Blackhawks and presided over the team during one of the NHL's biggest scandals, has died. He was 70.
The Blackhawks said in a release that Wirtz died on Tuesday, calling it a “sudden passing.” But no further details were provided.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said in a release that the league was “deeply saddened” by Wirtz's death.
“Devoted to family and the Chicago Blackhawks, Rocky was a native son of Chicago and an accomplished businessman," Bettman said. “Rocky took over control of the Blackhawks in 2007 and almost immediately restored the passion and following of this storied, Original Six franchise.”
Rocky Wirtz was 2 years old when his grandfather, Arthur Wirtz, purchased the Blackhawks in 1954. Rocky Wirtz took over the team after his father, William, died in September 2007.
William Wirtz was nicknamed “Dollar Bill” for his frugality when it came to acquiring the services of the game’s best players. And the team struggled while playing in front of small crowds in its early years at the United Center, making only one playoff appearance from 1998-2008.
Everything changed when Rocky Wirtz became the team chairman. He helped re-establish the franchise's connection to some of its best players from the past. He put the team's games back on local TV, and fans returned to the United Center during a lengthy sellout streak that ended in 2021.
With Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane leading the way, the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup in 2010, 2013 and 2015. The team also made it to the 2014 Western Conference Final, losing to the Los Angeles Kings in an epic seven-game series.
With the Blackhawks' success on and off the ice, Wirtz became a beloved figure in his native Chicago. He also was lauded by the league for his leadership.
But Wirtz's tenure as owner was forever tarnished when an outside law firm found that the organization badly mishandled allegations by a player who said he was sexually assaulted by an assistant coach during the team’s run to the 2010 Stanley Cup title.
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Boston hospitals were able to take swift action when hundreds of people were injured in the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013. But if a similar event were to happen now in a post-pandemic world, it’s likely Boston hospitals wouldn’t have the same capacity to handle it as they did a decade ago.
WBUR reporter Priyanka Dayal McCluskey has been covering this.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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STOCKHOLM, Dec. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Skanska has signed a contract to renovate a healthcare facility in New York, New York, USA. The contract is worth USD 60M, about SEK 610M, which will be included in the US order bookings for the fourth quarter of 2022.
The project scope is a multiphase renovation that includes early enabling work, new common spaces, offices, laboratories and associated MEP upgrades.
Construction is underway and is scheduled for completion October 2025.
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25% discount on select Arctic and Antarctic Voyages
SEATTLE, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Quark Expeditions, the global Leader in Polar Adventures, announces its Summer 2022 Promotion—a 25% discount on select Arctic and Antarctic voyages, valid until September 30, 2022. This special promotion represents significant savings for travelers who have always dreamed of exploring the Polar Regions.
"The time to visit the planet's most pristine environments is now. Witness penguins and polar bears in their natural habitats, kayak among icebergs of all shapes and colours, learn about polar explorers and Inuit cultures, and take a polar plunge in the Arctic or Antarctic ocean," says Thomas Lennartz, Vice-President of Sales for Quark Expeditions.
Quark Expeditions' Arctic and Antarctic 2022 season offers unique voyages designed to immerse travelers in the serene beauty of Greenland, the Canadian and the Norwegian Arctic and Antarctica.
The Arctic 2022 voyages feature Quark Expeditions' new polar ship, Ultramarine, innovative helicopter-supported adventure options, a unique Greenland Adventure Program, plus special itineraries that include the much anticipated return of the famous Northern Lights experience, and a voyage dedicated to photography in Spitsbergen. Two exceptional Arctic voyages to consider include Introduction to Spitsbergen: Fjords, Glaciers and Wildlife of Svalbard and Greenland Adventure: Explore by Sea, Land and Air.
"We're thrilled to have resumed polar travel," added Lennartz, "We've already completed numerous Arctic trips this season and have earned rave reviews—and high satisfaction scores from our guests. With the ever-diminishing impact of Covid-19, and the lessening—or outright termination—of travel restrictions around the globe, there has never been a better time to travel to the Arctic and Antarctic."
Quark Expeditions' Antarctic 2022 voyages are equally immersive. Travelers have been waiting as long as two years to visit these bucket list destinations. The 25% savings on Antarctic voyages sets the stage for an adventure of a lifetime. Antarctic voyages to consider include Antarctic Explorer: Discovering the 7th Continent and Antarctic Express: Fly the Drake —which is ideal for time-strapped travelers. Quark Expeditions also operates voyages to the Falkland Islands and South Georgia.
Quark Expeditions' summer offers end September 30, 2022.
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For specific information, please contact Quark Expeditions' Polar Travel Advisers
About Quark Expeditions: Specializing exclusively in expeditions to Antarctica and the Arctic, Quark Expeditions® has been the leading innovator of polar adventure since the company took the first group of consumer travelers to the North Pole in 1991. Quark Expeditions has been innovating ever since. With a diverse fleet of specially-equipped small expedition vessels and icebreakers—some of them equipped with helicopters—Quark Expeditions delivers deeply immersive polar experiences—and is able to take guests deeper into the Polar Regions than anyone else. Led by passionate and seasoned expedition teams, including scientists, wildlife experts and researchers, Quark Expeditions offers an onboard program that enriches the passenger experience.
About Ultramarine:
The technologically-advanced Ultramarine the newest addition to the Quark Expeditions fleet, is a game-changer in polar exploration. Equipped with two twin-engine Airbus 145 helicopters, 20 quick-launching Zodiacs and the largest portfolio of off-ship adventure options in the industry, Ultramarine changes the way guests explore the Polar Regions. Other features include a spa, sauna with floor-to-ceiling windows, fitness centre, yoga space, spacious rooms and two restaurants plus a lounge and presentation theatre. Ultramarine has been designed with advanced sustainability systems that help us preserve the pristine Polar Regions for the next generation of explorers.
About Travelopia: Travelopia is one of the world's leading specialist travel groups. A pioneer in the experiential travel sector with a portfolio consisting of more than 50 independently operated brands, most of which are leaders in their sector. From sailing adventures, safaris and sports tours, to Arctic expeditions, each brand is diverse and focused on creating unforgettable experiences for customers across the world.
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2-year-old in need of kidney donor: ‘He needs a kidney to have a healthy life’
APPLETON, Wis. (WBAY/Gray News) - A Wisconsin family says they are looking for a miracle in the form of a kidney donor for their 2-year-old son.
WBAY reports Arlo Lesatz spends eight hours a night hooked up to machines that help to keep him alive.
Arlo’s father Max Lesatz said his son is a happy guy who loves running around, but he is in end-stage renal failure.
According to the boy’s family, Arlo was born with chronic kidney disease. He has had 12 surgeries, multiple hospital stays, and has been receiving in-home dialysis for more than six months.
“Arlo needs a kidney. He needs a kidney to have a healthy life. He can’t be on dialysis forever,” Liz Lesatz, Ario’s mother said. “Because he’s so young we’re hoping to do a live kidney donation, meaning to have a living donor give their kidney.”
Unfortunately, Arlo’s parents said neither of them can donate.
The family said the team at Children’s Wisconsin and Froedtert hospitals have joined them in looking for a person willing to help with the kidney donation.
“It would be great to be able to set Arlo onto that next path forward,” Max Lesatz said. “Someone being able to provide that gift for him would be amazing.”
Arlo’s ideal kidney donor reportedly needs to be a healthy adult with either type A or type O blood.
The family said they are hoping to find a donor sooner than later.
“This is an illness for Arlo that is not going to go away, and there will still be struggles that come with it even when he gets a kidney,” Liz Lesatz said. “It would give us peace of mind that he can have a longer, happier life and get to be a normal kid.”
More information regarding being a possible kidney donor is available here.
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PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Why wait until you're dead to leave a legacy? Working 40 hours a week for 40 years to accumulate wealth to leave behind is an antiquated understanding of "leaving a legacy". What if there were ways to make a lasting impact that go beyond money or property?
"It's not enough to think about what we want to leave behind when we're gone," says Rebecca Cafiero, founder of The Pitch Cub. "Asking the question, 'how can I LIVE a legacy' changes everything."
In the best selling business book Living a Legacy, now available on Amazon, Rebecca Cafiero and the 18 women of The Pitch Club expand the concept of legacy to encapsulate values including generational wealth, family, individuality, and female empowerment. Upon release on October 18, the book became a bestseller in nine categories including Work Life Balance in Business and Women's Personal Spiritual Growth.
Each chapter — written by a different powerhouse female entrepreneur — explores the honest, moving stories that contribute thoughtful insights and tools into the responsibility and privilege of creating an impact greater than oneself. From stories of immigration, to tales of corporate burnout turned entrepreneurial success, Living a Legacy taps into the successes and failures of these female entrepreneurs who have seen and lived it all. Through their personal experiences in both life and business, they are building their legacies and moving the needle forward for their business partners, families, and for themselves.
"5.0 out of 5 stars. Beautiful, inspiring and direct." - Ashley (Amazon Review)
Book proceeds will be donated to Dress For Success, a global nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering women to achieve financial and economic independence.
Authors contributing are: Ati Grinspun, Allie Burch, Dr. Anjali Agrawal, Daisy Mack, Deanna Herrin, Emily Kim, Jennifer Gee, Kristen Day, Lindsey Paoli, Lisa Liu, Lisa Norman, Lisa Whalen, Marlene Ruttenberg, Melissa Henault, Pat Del Gavio, Steph Woods, Stevie Jones, and Zoi Jones.
Living a Legacy is published by Pitch Club Publishing, a boutique publishing house that has co-created 60 female best selling authors. Founder of the Pitch Club, Rebecca Cafiero is a business and visibility strategist, TEDx Speaker and 4x bestselling author featured in NBC News, ABC News, Forbes, US News & World Report. She's worked with hundreds of female entrepreneurs to increase their credibility, visibility and profitability in business.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrat Beto O'Rourke responded to a heckler at a campaign stop with an expletive after the Texas gubernatorial candidate heard a cackled laugh while criticizing the ease with which the Uvalde elementary school gunman legally purchased an AR-15-style rifle.
By Thursday, video of O'Rourke's exchange at a town hall in rural Mineral Wells had drawn millions of views on social media, becoming the latest instance in which O'Rourke has gotten attention for his calls for stricter gun laws following one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history.
O'Rourke on Wednesday was railing against how the 18-year-old gunman in Uvalde was able to legally purchase a weapon “originally designed for use on the battlefields" and take it into a classroom of fourth-graders. When a person in the crowd laughed, O'Rourke paused and pointed in their direction.
“It may be funny to you, (obscenity), but it’s not funny to me," O'Rourke said.
Supporters stood up and cheered. Video shows a small number of people in the crowd were holding signs for Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, O'Rourke's opponent in November, though it does not show who O'Rourke was specifically addressing.
Chris Evans, a campaign spokesman, said the town hall continued without any further encounters.
Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in the May massacre. O'Rourke, who has called for raising the age to legally purchase AR-style and other such high-powered guns in the U.S. to 21 years old, interrupted a news conference led by Abbott in Uvalde after the shooting and accused the two-term governor of not taking action.
Gun violence has been one of O'Rourke's most animated issues as a candidate, including during his run for president in 2019, when he said, “Hell yes, we’re gonna take your AR-15" on a debate stage. He has sought to give a more moderated message on firearms during his run for governor in gun-friendly Texas. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Beto-O-Rourke-responds-to-heckler-over-Uvalde-17367082.php | 2022-08-11 17:35:12 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Beto-O-Rourke-responds-to-heckler-over-Uvalde-17367082.php |
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Marriages
John Johnson, 42, and Kellie Nichols, 46, both of North Little Rock.
Ahmad Olwan, 23, and Xenia Castillo Contreras, 28, both of Forrest City.
William Taylor, 70, and Barbara Smith, 77, both of Little Rock.
Logan McCorkle, 25, and Aleksa Reeves, 22, both of North Little Rock.
Walter Smock, 39, of Lonoke and Brittney Wright, 37, of Little Rock.
Richard Byrd, 70, and Corina Roberts, 46, both of Jacksonville.
Elijah Riley, 26, and Breashia Deloch, 27, both of Little Rock.
Jose Aquino Guardado, 37, and Alma De Leon Gomez, 38, both of Little Rock.
Christopher Jackson, 30, and Kayla Mitchell, 28, both of Maumelle.
Divorces
FILED
23-2300. Kyle Harberson v. Tammy Hutchison-Harberson
23-2302. Nawaski Connors v. Deterius Jones Sr.
23-2304. Charles Henderson v. Cynthia Henderson.
23-2308. Tammy Curry v. Curtis Curry.
23-2309. Antonia Rodriguez v. Armando Rodriguez.
GRANTED
22-1664. Alisa Spann v. Richard Dudley.
23-329. Shannon Massa v. Marc Massa.
23-370. Daniel Malloy v. Carol Malloy.
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The members of the Writers Guild of America voted yesterday to authorize a strike, should they fail to reach an agreement with The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers by May 1. If the writers go on strike, it could shut down Hollywood.
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Which maternity belt is best?
Carrying a child isn’t easy for many reasons, but a big one is the immense strain it puts on the body. It only becomes more challenging as you grow. A maternity belt can’t eliminate all the pain and discomfort, but it can provide enough support to make a noticeable difference in your daily life.
The best maternity belt is the Belly Bandit Upsie Belly Pregnancy Support Band. It’s soft and provides support to the back, hips and abdomen.
What to know before you buy a maternity belt
Maternity belt types
Maternity belts come in three types.
- Single-strap belts are the most common. They’re just one band that wraps around the lower back and below the abdomen.
- Multi-strap belts offer more support than single-strap ones. They still wrap around the lower back and below the abdomen, but they have an extra strap that goes on top of the abdomen for said extra support.
- Prenatal cradle belts also have the same band that wraps around the lower body, but their extra support comes from suspenders that get your shoulders to take on some of the strain.
Size
Most maternity belts come in various sizes, so you can get one that fits you perfectly. Others are one-size-fits-all, though you likely won’t get the same quality of support from these options.
Color
Maternity belts usually come in black, white or tan, though other colors are possible. Black is the easiest to pair with your clothes and the easiest to clean, while white and tan are less noticeable, making them better for wearing underneath clothing.
What to look for in a quality maternity belt
Machine-washable
Maternity belts aren’t hard to wash by hand, but it’s always easier to toss them in your washing machine. However, not all belts are machine-washable. Double-check the product description before buying one to ensure you won’t need to wash it by hand.
Adjustability
Most maternity belts use one hook-and-loop strap so you can tweak the fit as your pregnancy progresses. The best belts use two or three straps in different areas, giving you a much wider range of adjustability.
Elastic
Most maternity belts use elastic so they can better conform to your body. Basic belts only have one elastic panel, while better belts have multiple.
Padding
If you want to wear your maternity belt against your skin, make sure the one you buy has padding. Padding is especially beneficial to those with sensitive skin.
Back brace
Some maternity belts have a built-in back brace to increase their back support. These are a must-buy for those who struggled with back pain before becoming pregnant.
How much you can expect to spend on a maternity belt
Basic maternity belts typically cost $20-$30, while most cost $40-$50. More complex belts can cost as much as $70 or more.
Maternity belt FAQ
Is there a difference between a maternity belt and a maternity band?
A. Yes, though the terms are often used interchangeably. Maternity belts are designed to provide as much support as possible and tend to be larger and bulkier. Maternity bands are thin and are mostly used to hide your belly if your clothes aren’t able to cover it fully, but some also offer a little support.
Are you supposed to wear a maternity belt below or on top of your clothes?
A. You can usually wear it either way. However, some belts are too bulky to be worn comfortably below your clothes.
Can I go to the bathroom with a maternity belt on?
A. That depends on the belt, but most should let you use the bathroom without issue. Belts that can’t be left on while using the bathroom are usually designed to be quick and easy to take off and put back on, so there’s no need to worry.
What’s the best maternity belt to buy?
Top maternity belt
Belly Bandit Upsie Belly Pregnancy Support Band
What you need to know: This premium belt will give you plenty of relief.
What you’ll love: It sits below the belly to support the abdomen while being as inconspicuous as possible. There’s a pouch in the back for gel packs so you can use temperature therapy for extra relief, and it even includes a pack.
What you should consider: A few consumers had issues with the hook-and-loop straps wearing out. Others felt it was too bulky to wear out of the house.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Buy Buy Baby
Top maternity belt for the money
NeoTech Care Pregnancy Support Maternity Belt
What you need to know: Raising children is expensive. You can save some money by choosing this affordable but no less effective belt.
What you’ll love: The fabric is breathable but still strong, thanks to multiple reinforced slits on the sides. It supports the pelvis, abdomen and back and includes an abdominal lift attachment for greater support. It comes in five sizes and in beige, black and white.
What you should consider: It’s meant for use while standing. If you want to sit, you need to remove or adjust it. Some customers found the hook-and-loop straps didn’t last for their full pregnancy.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Gabrialla Strong Back and Belly Support Belt for Twin Pregnancy
What you need to know: This belt supports those carrying two or more children.
What you’ll love: It’s built extra strong to ease back pain and reduce the stretch marks that carrying multiple children is prone to causing, plus it helps maintain balance and a good posture. It has a pouch in the back for gel packs and it’s made in the U.S.
What you should consider: Some purchasers struggled to sit down or bend while wearing it. Others found it too bulky to be comfortable.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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GM on Friday released range estimates for its 2023 GMC Hummer EV Pickup and 2024 GMC Hummer EV SUV, including for both body styles of the loaded 3X trim.
The company is now suggesting that one of the models of its so-called supertruck might go 355 miles on a charge. If anything, that’s a testament to how much impact tires can have on EV range.
With the 3X model’s 22-inch wheels and 35-inch All-Terrain tires, it’s a little more road-oriented and it’s the better pick for those who seldom if ever plan to take advantage of this model’s off-road prowess. That helps achieve GM’s estimated 355 miles on each charge of the gigantic 205-kwh battery pack, which weighs nearly 3,000 pounds alone.
Meanwhile, when fitted with the Extreme Off-Road Package—bringing back the Edition 1’s 18-inch wheels with 35-inch Mud-Terrain tires, both models retain the 329-mile estimate of the Edition 1.
GM notes that it’s continuing the launch edition version of the Hummer EV Pickup (formerly termed SUT), while the 3X will allow more customization.
The SUV, with its somewhat smaller 170-kwh battery pack, achieves 314 miles in its Edition 1 launch edition, or in 3X SUV form, both with standard 22-inch wheels. Both models are estimated at 298 miles with the Extreme Off-Road Package, riding on 18-inch wheels with 35-inch Mud-Terrain tires.
With a curb weight of more than 9,000 pounds, the Hummer EV Pickup is disqualified as a passenger vehicle or light truck, and thus the EPA test doesn’t apply on any official basis and results can’t be compared to other models with official EPA range ratings. It wasn’t conceived for vehicles of this weight—or for big HD pickups, for instance. The cutoff for EPA light-duty emissions (and range testing) to apply is a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 10,000 pounds, and the GMC Hummer EV Pickup hits that scale at 10,660 pounds.
GM has also said the Hummer EV isn’t a light-duty truck in its Edition 1 or 3X guise, but it will be one in subsequent guises that might now be pushed back to the 2025 model year or later. GM has submitted EPA test paperwork to California’s Air Resource Board (CARB) with that in mind.
With such a large, double-decker battery pack that can be connected in tandem for 800-volt fast charging, the battery capacity figure also gets a little tricky. GMC has clarified to Green Car Reports that the Hummer EV Pickup’s largest battery pack rates at 205 kwh based on IEC standards or 213 kwh based on ISO standards. For the EV SUV, the company has only given a capacity of 170 kwh based on the lower IEC standard.
The EV Pickup with that larger pack can gain 100 miles of range in just 10 minutes on a 350-kw CCS DC fast charger, and the EV SUV can gain 100 miles in 14 minutes. Both versions of the 2024 GMC Hummer EV gain vehicle-to-load power generation through GMC’s Power Station generator—allowing it to charge other EVs at 6 kw, or provide up to 25 amps of output at either 120 volts or 240 volts.
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FARMINGTON — The final two remaining Sears stores in Maine are closing for good. The store in Farmington at 632 Wilton Road and the other one in Caribou are in liquidation mode — selling off the remaining merchandise at discounted prices.
More than 100 dealer-run Sears Hometown stores are closing in 36 states and Puerto Rico, according to a statement from the three companies conducting the liquidation sales.
Hoffman Estates, Illinois-based Sears Authorized Hometown Stores and affiliated debtor Sears Hometown filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Dec. 12 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
The companies said $40 million worth of inventory is being sold with prices reduced as much as 40%. The sale includes appliances, tools, lawn and garden items and other inventory.
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DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Ahead of a widely expected presidential campaign, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis introduced himself to an eager audience of Iowa Republicans on Friday with a message that leaned into the antagonism toward the left that has made him a popular figure among conservatives.
“We will never surrender to the woke mob,” he said at the Rhythm City Casino Resort in the eastern Iowa city of Davenport. “Our state is where woke goes to die.”
With the Iowa caucuses less than a year away, Republicans in the state are taking a harder look at DeSantis, who is emerging as a leading rival to Donald Trump. The former president, who is mounting his third bid for the White House, will be in Davenport on Monday as early signs warn that some Republicans may be looking for someone else to lead the party into the future.
Trump mocked DeSantis’ trip on social media, asking “why would people show up?”
And White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre took issue with the Florida governor’s threatening language that criticized young transgender people and their parents.
“When … these MAGA Republicans don’t agree with an issue or with policy, they don’t bring forth something that’s either going to have a good faith conversation. They go to this conversation of ‘woke.’ … What that turns into is hate; what that turns into is despicable policy.”
DeSantis appeared alongside Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and was heading to the capital city of Des Moines later in the day to meet with a small contingent of GOP lawmakers and to promote his newly released book, “The Courage to be Free.”
The visit is an early test of DeSantis’ support in the state that will kick off the contest for the Republican nomination next year. Trump remains widely popular among Iowa Republicans, though positive views of the former president have slipped somewhat since he left the White House. Now, 80% say they have a favorable rating of him, down slightly from 91% in September 2021, according to a Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll released on Friday. Eighteen percent have unfavorable views of Trump.
The poll’s movement suggests Iowa Republicans are not singularly committed to Trump for 2024 and are open to considering other candidates. Though slightly behind the well-known Trump, DeSantis gets a rosy review from Iowa Republicans — 74% favorable rating. Notably, DeSantis has high name recognition in a state over 1,000 miles away from his own; just 20% say they aren’t sure how to rate him.
Sandy Bodine said she was impressed with DeSantis as the ballroom emptied out after Friday’s morning event.
“He’s very articulate, uses common sense it seems in governing,” the retired human resources worker for 3M Co. said.
Bodine would consider attending the 2024 caucuses and supporting DeSantis, though she is registered to neither major political party and has never caucuses before. Regardless, Trump is out of the running for Bodine, who is from nearby Clinton.
“I don’t like Trump,” she said. She “unfortunately” voted for Biden in 2020, she said. “He’s not a statesman and we need a statesman. I can see DeSantis as a statesman.”
But others in the crowd suggested they would stick with the former president. Retiree Al Greenfield, of Davenport, said he came out of curiosity but “I don’t particularly care for” the Florida governor. “He doesn’t have the experience,” said Greenfield, who’s 70. “He doesn’t know the swamp.”
Greenfield is ardently for Trump and plans to caucus for him next year.
Nearby stood Diana Otterman, of Bettendorf, who was still considering her options.
“Gov. DeSantis is a wonderful man. I’m for DeSantis, but I’m also for Trump. I haven’t decided yet,” the 70-year-old retiree said. “So we’ll see how God works it out and how the people vote.”
While DeSantis was making his presence known in Iowa, several prominent former Trump supporters called on him to take the next step and announce he’s running.
“More than ever our country needs strong leadership, someone that gets things done & isn’t afraid to stand up for what’s right,” tweeted former Pennsylvania Rep. and Republican gubernatorial candidate Lou Barletta. “Come on, Ron, your country needs you!”
Barletta had accused Trump of disloyalty after the former president endorsed a rival in his gubernatorial primary.
DeSantis’ visit coincided with a trip to the state by former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, who announced her 2024 candidacy last month. Trump’s stop on Monday will be his first visit to the state since launching his latest presidential bid.
In recent weeks, DeSantis’ team has begun holding conversations with a handful of prospective campaign staffers in key states. Late last month, he gathered privately with donors, elected officials and national conservative activists to discuss his views, which include limiting how race and sexuality are taught in schools.
DeSantis is expected to announce his candidacy in late spring or early summer, after the conclusion of the Florida legislative session in mid-May.
The anticipation is reminiscent, to an extent, of the support in Iowa for George W. Bush ahead of the 2000 election, though with significant differences, said veteran Iowa GOP activist David Oman.
DeSantis is seen, as Bush was, as a next-generation, big-state Republican governor who won reelection resoundingly, said Oman, who was among Iowa Republicans who helped recruit Bush to run.
Bush swooped into Iowa amid fanfare in June 1999 and sailed to victory in the Iowa caucuses the following year en route to the 2000 GOP nomination and the White House. Not insignificantly, Bush enjoyed the hands-on campaign outreach in Iowa of his father, former President George H. W. Bush, who had built lasting relationships during his 1980 and 1988 Iowa caucus campaigns.
“There’s another former president in this cycle. Only he is not interested in helping a first time candidate,” Oman said, referring to Trump. “W was the overwhelming favorite in Iowa. I believe there is not an overwhelming favorite this time.”
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AP writers Jill Colvin and Darlene Superville contributed from Washington.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana couple has run afoul of state law by keeping a 22-pound nutria -- a beady-eyed, orange-toothed, rat-tailed rodent commonly considered a wetlands-damaging pest -- as a pet that frolics with their dog, snuggles in their arms and swims in the family pool.
Denny and Myra Lacoste tell New Orleans news outlets they are devastated at the potential loss of “Neuty," a pet they say they raised from infancy when its siblings were killed in traffic. The move by state Wildlife and Fisheries officials, who say it's illegal to keep an orphaned or injured wild animal as a pet, has sparked a petition drive by those who want him to stay with the humans who raised him.
The state Wildlife Department says the plan is to house Neuty at the Baton Rouge Zoo. But it's unclear when that will happen. A statement from the department Friday said officials had gone to remove the pet from the Lacoste's New Orleans-area residence Thursday.
“The nutria was not at the residence when agents arrived,” the department said. “The matter is still ongoing.”
Nutria were introduced into North America more than a century ago, and they are considered a nuisance invasive species in Louisiana. Their appetite for wetlands vegetation and their burrowing into levees hinder flood control, harm agriculture and contribute to coastal wetlands loss. At various times public officials have put bounties on them and encouraged hunting of them for their pelts and even for food.
They are sometimes derided as “nutria rats.” Yet they have also become such a familiar part of Louisiana landscape and lore that a New Orleans minor league baseball team once employed actors in costume as larger-than life caricatures of the creatures as mascots — Boudreaux and Clotilde.
Neuty was tiny when Denny Lacoste, who runs a family seafood restaurant, rescued him from a road near a canal more than two years ago. Lacoste told New Orleans news outlets that the infant animal's siblings had been killed by traffic.
Now, the animal is a social media star, featured in TikTok videos and seen in a New Orleans Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate video being held lovingly by Denny Lacoste, scampering across a floor with a towel and chomping down on a raw crawfish. Lacoste told the newspaper that Neuty even likes to ride in the car with his head out the window.
The Baton Rouge Zoo said it was ready to give Neuty a home in an area with another male nutria. “In most cases the animal would have been placed back into the wild. However, LDWF biologists and Zoo officials said that since the animal has been habituated to humans, it would not be able to survive in the wild,” the wildlife department said. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/state-says-louisiana-family-must-give-up-beloved-17845811.php | 2023-03-17 19:55:40 | 1 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/state-says-louisiana-family-must-give-up-beloved-17845811.php |
Computer issue prompts Virginia Department of Elections to send another 149,000 voting-related transaction
Virginia Public Access Project, a tracker of elections and money in politics, first reported the issue in October
With a little over a week to go before Election Day, a previously identified computer problem has prompted the Virginia Department of Elections to send another 149,000 voting-related transactions to local registrars to process.
In early October, the department announced that intermittent computer network problems led to a backlog of voter registration applications. The network issue within the department led to a delay in processing about 107,000 voting-related transactions submitted through the Department of Motor Vehicles, including address updates, new registrations and other changes.
On Monday, elections officials said they have identified an additional 149,000 transactions that did not make it to the online voter registration system. The additional records have been sent to Virginia's 133 general registrars, "who are currently processing them as quickly as possible," the Department of Elections said in a news release.
"All affected voters have been able to vote," the department said. "Any voter with information that needs to be updated can register and vote up to and including Election Day under Virginia’s same day voter registration law."
The department identified the additional transactions by conducting a review after several voters came to vote early, but had not had their information updated. In each case, the voter’s information was updated onsite by the general registrar, and the voter proceeded to vote.
The Virginia Public Access Project, a nonprofit tracker of elections and money in politics, first reported the issue in early October. The organization said it sought an explanation after noticing a dip in new monthly voter registrations starting in June.
"I’m pleased that all affected voters are able to vote and that anyone with questions or concerns can reach out to us directly so that we may assist them as we near Election Day," Elections Commissioner Susan Beals said in the news release.
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Firefighters partially surround deadly California fire
KLAMATH RIVER, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters have gotten their first hold on California’s deadliest and most destructive fire of the year and expected that the blaze would remain stalled through the weekend.
The McKinney Fire near the Oregon border was 10% contained as of Wednesday night, and bulldozers and hand crews were making progress carving firebreaks around much of the rest of the blaze, fire officials said at a community meeting.
The southeastern corner of the blaze above the Siskyou County seat of Yreka, which has about 7,800 residents, was contained. Evacuation orders for sections of the town and Hawkinsville were downgraded to warnings, allowing people to return home but with a warning that the situation remained dangerous.
About 1,300 residents remained under evacuation orders, officials said.
The fire didn’t advance on Wednesday, following several days of brief but heavy rain from thunderstorms that provided cloudy, damper weather.
“This is a sleeping giant right now,” said Darryl Laws, a unified incident commander on the blaze.
In addition, firefighters expected Thursday to fully surround a 1,000-acre (404-hectare) spot fire on the northern edge of the McKinney Fire.
The fire broke out last Friday and has charred nearly 90 square miles of forestland, left tinder-dry by drought. More than 100 homes and other buildings have burned, and four bodies have been found, including two in a burned car in a driveway.
The blaze was driven at first by fierce winds ahead of a thunderstorm cell. More storms earlier this week proved a mixed blessing. A drenching rain Tuesday dumped up to 3 inches on some eastern sections of the blaze but most of the fire area got next to nothing, said Dennis Burns, a fire behavior analyst.
The latest storm also brought concerns about possible river flooding and mudslides. A private contractor in a pickup truck who was aiding the firefighting effort was hurt when a bridge gave out and washed away the vehicle, Kreider said. The contractor had non-life-threatening injuries, she said.
However, no weather events were forecast for the next three or four days that could give the fire “legs,” Burns said.
The good news came too late for many people in the scenic hamlet of Klamath River, which was home to about 200 people before the fire reduced many of the homes to ashes, along with the post office, community center and other buildings.
At an evacuation center Wednesday, Bill Simms said that three of the four victims were his neighbors. Two were a married couple who lived up the road.
“I don’t get emotional about stuff and material things,” Simms said. “But when you hear my next-door neighbors died ... that gets a little emotional.”
Their names haven’t been officially confirmed, which could take several days, said Courtney Kreider, a spokesperson with the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office.
Simms, a 65-year-old retiree, bought his property six years ago as a second home with access to hunting and fishing. He went back to check on his property Tuesday and found it was destroyed.
“The house, the guest house and the RV were gone. It’s just wasteland, devastation,” Simms said. He found the body of one of his two cats, which he buried. The other cat is still missing. He was able to take his two dogs with him to the shelter.
Harlene Schwander, 82, lost the home she had just moved into a month ago to be closer to her son and daughter-in-law. Their home survived but her house was torched.
Schwander, an artist, said she only managed to grab a few family photos and some jewelry before evacuating. Everything else — including her art collection — went up in flames.
“I’m sad. Everybody says it was just stuff, but it was all I had,” she said.
California and much of the rest of the West is in drought and wildfire danger is high, with the historically worst of the fire season still to come. Fires are burning in Montana, Idaho and Nebraska and have destroyed homes and threaten communities.
Scientists say climate change has made the West warmer and drier over the last three decades and will continue to make weather more extreme and wildfires more frequent and destructive. California has seen its largest, most destructive and deadliest wildfires in the last five years. In 2018, a massive blaze in the Sierra Nevada foothills destroyed much of the city of Paradise and killed 85 people, the most deaths from a U.S. wildfire in a century.
In northwestern Montana, a fire that has destroyed at least four homes and forced the evacuation of about 150 residences west of Flathead Lake continued to be pushed north by winds on Wednesday, fire officials said.
Crews had to be pulled off the lines on Wednesday afternoon due to increased fire activity, Sara Rouse, a public information officer, told NBC Montana.
There were concerns the fire could reach Lake Mary Ronan by Wednesday evening, officials said.
The fire, which started on July 29 in grass on the Flathead Indian Reservation, quickly moved into timber and charred nearly 29 square miles (76 square km).
The Moose Fire in Idaho has burned more than 85 square miles (220 square kilometers) in the Salmon-Challis National Forest while threatening homes, mining operations and fisheries near the town of Salmon.
And a wildfire in northwestern Nebraska led to evacuations and destroyed or damaged several homes near the small city of Gering. The Carter Canyon Fire began Saturday as two separate fires that merged.
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Weber reported from Los Angeles. Associated Press reporters Amy Hanson in Helena, Montana; Margery Beck in Omaha, Nebraska; and Keith Ridler in Boise, Idaho, contributed to this report.
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City Council member Richard Meginnis made a last appeal Monday to his colleagues to commit to not taking full advantage of an expected property tax windfall.
Had the council approved the non-binding resolution introduced by Meginnis, the council would have officially expressed its intention to ask for no more than $92.4 million in property tax revenue to fund their 2023-24 budget.
The council didn’t go for it, voting against the resolution on a 5-2 vote. Councilwoman Tammy Ward voted with Meginnis to approve it.
Several council members acknowledged the city -- like other governmental subdivisions -- will likely have access to substantially more property tax revenue than they planned for because of a spike in property valuations, but said those decisions should be made as part of the regular budget process.
“I just think it’s a little early in the process to say ‘let’s lock this number in,’” said Councilman Bennie Shobe.
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Meginnis said he’d like to see the resolution pass even though it’s nonbinding, because it signals the council’s intent not to take full advantage of any windfall.
The Lancaster County Assessor’s office has said property valuations have increased 10%-30% this year. The city’s budget is based on a 6% increase.
Cities and other taxing entities, such as Lincoln Public Schools and Lancaster County, set a tax levy to collect the property taxes needed to fund their budgets.
They estimate how much property valuations will increase and propose a tax rate based on that estimate to collect what they need.
Meginnis, who did not run for reelection and was at his last meeting Monday, has long advocated that the city -- or other taxing entities -- take only the amount needed to fund the budget. If property valuations come in higher, he maintains, the city should give property owners relief by lowering the levy.
“I think it still comes down to affordability,” he said. “It’s the people living paycheck to paycheck that are going to have to pay more and it's going to be harder for them to make these payments.”
Last week, about a half dozen people told the council why it's important for them to stick to the budget they approved last year.
Among those reasons was how it affects landlords, who will have to increase rents to cover the additional property taxes -- something they said is already happening in anticipation of rising property taxes.
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FARNBOROUGH, England, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In its new study "The Market for Fighter Aircraft," Forecast International projects manufacturers of fighter aircraft are forecast to build over 3,855 fighters from 2022 through 2031. The value of this production is estimated at over $281.4 billion in 2022 dollars. Production will top 400 aircraft by 2023 and then remain roughly at that level through 2027. Annual production will then decline each year through 2031.
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will account for the largest share of fighter production during the next decade, primarily due to demand from the Pentagon and U.S. allies in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has illustrated the need for a strike fighter that can operate in a high threat environment. Over the past 20 years, the overwhelming majority of air combat operations were conducted without much threat from local air defenses, but planners must now prepare to operate in more difficult environments.
The long-term outlook for the remaining U.S.-built fighters – the Boeing F-15 and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and Lockheed Martin's F-16 – continues to improve. The U.S. Air Force is procuring a new, upgraded version of the F-15E, and Congress is likely to continue to buy more F/A-18E/F Super Hornets for the U.S. Navy. Lockheed Martin has also secured new customers for the latest version of its F-16 fighter as a lower-cost alternative to the F-35.
"The outlook for European competitors, including the Dassault Rafale, Eurofighter Typhoon, and Saab Gripen, is more mixed," said Forecast International Senior Aerospace Analyst Douglas Royce. "Dassault has received a wave of new orders recently for the Rafale, and the Typhoon will rely on orders from Germany and Spain to keep the line running over the long term, but the Gripen will remain in production at only a low rate unless Saab can secure new customers."
Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) continues to provide fighters to nations outside the U.S. and European defense spheres, though over the long term China could begin to compete with Russia for these customers. The economic sanctions imposed upon Russia following its invasion of Ukraine will undoubtedly affect Russian fighter exports, but to what degree and for how long remains unclear.
Work is also underway on the next generation of stealth fighters. While still in the concept development phase in the U.S. and Europe, new fighter programs in Japan, South Korea, and Turkey are expanding the diversity of production beyond traditional manufacturers.
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LONDON (AP) — Two protesters from the Just Stop Oil group ran onto the field at Lords and briefly disrupted play about five minutes after the start of the second Ashes cricket test between England and Australia on Wednesday.
The environmental activists tried to spread orange powder on the field but the England and Australia players intervened.
England wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow tackled one protester and carried the person about 50 meters (yards) before leaving him in the hands of security over the boundary hoardings. England captain Ben Stokes and Australia batter David Warner corralled the other protester.
Some orange powder was released but only on the grass, away from the pitch.
“Police have arrested three people and taken them into custody,” London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement.
Bairstow went to the England changing room to clean himself of some powder, Lord’s staff quickly cleaned up what little orange fell on the grass, and play resumed about five minutes later.
Just Stop Oil protesters have disrupted other major sporting events in Britain this year. They held up the England team bus briefly during the test against Ireland in London this month, and have targeted Premier League soccer matches, the Premiership rugby final at Twickenham, and the world snooker championship in Sheffield.
“Their actions not only endanger themselves and those who work at the ground, but they have consistently shown complete disregard for the people who pay to attend events, not just here at Lord’s but around the country at other sporting venues,” Marylebone Cricket Club CEO Guy Lavender said in a statement.
The activists want the British government to stop new fuel licensing and production.
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GOP, Dem Senate bargainers divided over gun deal details
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic and Republican senators were at odds Thursday over how to keep firearms from dangerous people as bargainers struggled to finalize details of a gun violence compromise in time for their self-imposed deadline of holding votes in Congress next week.
Lawmakers said they remained divided over how to define abusive dating partners who would be legally barred from purchasing firearms. Disagreements were also unresolved over proposals to send money to states that have “red flag” laws that let authorities temporarily confiscate guns from people deemed dangerous by courts, and to other states for their own violence prevention programs.
The election-year talks have seemed headed toward agreement, with both parties fearing punishment by voters if Congress doesn’t react to the carnage of last month’s mass shootings. A total of 31 people were slain at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, and an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. An outline of a deal has been endorsed by President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, a lead GOP bargainer, seemed visibly unhappy as he left Thursday’s closed-door session after nearly two hours, saying he was flying home.
“This is the hardest part because at some point, you just got to make a decision. And when people don’t want to make a decision, you can’t accomplish the result. And that’s kind of where we are right now,” Cornyn said.
“I’m not frustrated, I’m done,” he added, though he said he was open to continued discussions.
Lawmakers have said a deal must be completed and written into legislative language by week’s end if Congress is to vote by next week. It begins a July 4 recess after that. Leaders want votes by then because Washington has a long record of talking about reacting to mass shootings, only to see lawmakers’ and voters’ interest fade quickly over time.
Other bargainers seemed more optimistic, saying much of the overall package has been agreed to and aides were drafting bill language.
“A deal like this is difficult,” Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said when the meeting ended. “It comes with a lot of emotions, it comes with political risk to both sides. But we’re close enough that we should be able to get there.”
The measure would impose just small-scale curbs on firearms. It lacks proposals by Biden and Democrats to prohibit assault-style weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines like the ones used in Buffalo and Uvalde, or to raise the legal age for purchasing assault rifles from 18 to 21.
Even so, it would be Congress’ most robust move against gun violence since 1993. A ban lawmakers enacted that year on assault weapons took effect in 1994 and expired after a decade. Scores of high-profile mass shootings since have yielded little from Washington but partisan deadlock, chiefly due to Republicans blocking virtually any new restrictions.
Federal law bars people convicted of domestic violence against a spouse from acquiring guns, but leaves a loophole for other romantic relationships. Everytown for Gun Safety, which advocates firearms curbs, says 31 states bar convicted domestic abusers from buying firearms, including 19 that cover violent dating partners.
Senators have disagreed over how to define such relationships, with Republicans working against a broad provision. Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, the other lead GOP negotiator, said bargainers would use some state statutes as their guide, though their laws vary.
“You need to make sure that you’re capturing everyone that actually beat” up their girlfriends, said Murphy, a Democrat.
In addition, 19 states and the District of Columbia have “red flag” laws. Cornyn and the other lead bargainer, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., represent states that do not, and it is unclear how money in the bill would be divided among them.
Senators have not said what the measure’s overall price tag will be, though people following the talks have said they expect it to range around $15 billion or $20 billion. Lawmakers are looking for budget cuts to pay for those costs.
Twenty senators, 10 from each party, agreed to the outlines of a compromise measure last weekend. Top bargainers have labored ever since to translate it into details.
The framework includes access to the juvenile records of gun buyers age 18 to 20. Both shooters in Buffalo and Uvalde were 18, and both used AR-15 style rifles, which can load high-capacity magazines.
The plan also includes added spending for mental health and school safety programs, tougher penalties for gun trafficking and requirements that slightly more gun dealers obtain federal firearms licenses.
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When John Podesta left his job as an adviser to President Barack Obama nearly a decade ago, he was confident that hundreds of miles of new power transmission lines were coming to the Southwest, expanding the reach of clean energy throughout the region.
So Podesta was shocked to learn last year, as he reentered the federal government to work on climate issues for President Joe Biden, that the lines had never been built. They still hadn't even received final regulatory approval.
“These things get stuck and they don’t get unstuck,” Podesta said in an interview with The Associated Press.
Podesta is now the point person for untangling one of Biden's most vexing challenges as he pursues ambitious reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. If the president cannot streamline the permitting process for power plants, transmission lines and other projects, the country is unlikely to have the infrastructure needed for a future powered by carbon-free electricity.
The issue has become an unlikely feature of high-stakes budget talks underway between the White House and House Republicans as they try to avoid a first-ever default on the country's debt by the end of the month.
Whether a deal on permitting can be reached in time is unclear, with Republicans looking for ways to boost oil drilling and Democrats focused on clean energy. But its mere presence on the negotiating table is a sign of how political battle lines are shifting. Although American industry and labor unions have long chafed at these kinds of regulations, some environmentalists have now grown exasperated by red tape as well.
That represents a stark change for a movement that has been more dedicated to slowing development than championing it, and it has caused unease among longtime allies even as it creates the potential for new partnerships. Still, this transformation is core to Biden's vision of hard-hat environmentalism, which promises that shifting away from fossil fuels will generate blue-collar jobs.
“We have to start building things again in America," Podesta said. "We got too good at stopping things, and not good enough at building things.”
What gets built, of course, is the question that's the central hurdle for any agreement.
The issue of permitting emerged last year during negotiations with Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat who was a key vote for the Inflation Reduction Act, far-reaching legislation that includes financial incentives for clean energy.
Manchin pushed a separate proposal that would make it easier to build infrastructure for renewable energy and fossil fuels. His focus has been the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which would carry natural gas through his home state.
Republicans called the legislation a “political payoff.” Liberal Democrats described it as a “dirty side deal." Manchin's idea stalled.
Nonetheless, Elizabeth Gore, senior vice president for political affairs at the Environmental Defense Fund, said the senator “gets a lot of credit for really elevating this.”
“It was his effort that really put this issue on the map," she said.
Since then, the Capitol has been awash in proposals to alleviate permitting bottlenecks. House Republicans passed their own as part of budget legislation last month, aiming to increase production of oil, natural gas and coal. Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., recently introduced another proposal geared toward clean energy.
“I think there is a path forward,” Gore said, describing all the ideas “as stepping stones.”
Neil Bradley, executive vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, was also optimistic.
“The hurdle isn’t whether people think it’s a good idea or not," he said. "The hurdle is getting the details worked out.”
Despite broad interest in permitting changes, reaching a deal will likely involve trade-offs that are difficult for Democrats and environmentalists to stomach.
Republicans want to see more fossil fuels and, now that they control the House, no proposal will advance without their consent. But too many concessions to Republicans in the House could jeopardize support in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
Biden has frustrated environmentalists by approving Willow, an oil drilling project in an untouched swath of Alaskan wilderness. After Podesta finished a speech on permitting at a Washington think tank this month, activists rushed to block his vehicle with a white banner that said “end fossil fuels” in bold black letters.
Podesta argues that it's impossible to immediately phase out oil and gas, and he said the status quo won't suffice when it comes to building clean energy infrastructure. He points to federal data analyzed by the Brookings Institution that found permitting transmission lines can take seven years, while natural gas pipelines take less than half that time.
He was circumspect when asked about where the negotiations may lead.
“There is bipartisan interest in the topic," Podesta said. “Where any of that ends, I can’t predict.”
A deal could bolster Biden's political coalition by easing tension between between environmentalists and labor unions, which have often been frustrated by objections to projects that would lead to jobs.
“They’ve unnecessarily taken food off the table of my members," said Sean McGarvey, president of the North America’s Building Trades Unions.
The relationship with environmentalists “could turn into an alliance depending on how this process ends,” he said, but "we’ve got to do some good business to see if we’re inviting each other for barbecues and crab picks.”
Other factions of the green movement have already expressed frustration.
Brett Hartl, government affairs director for the Center for Biological Diversity, said the administration made a mistake by allowing Manchin's proposal to be a starting point. The White House, he said, “negotiated away the game at the beginning and put the football on the 2-yard line.”
He also criticized Podesta's approach to permitting.
“He’s dogmatically saying that environmentalists are the problem here," he said. “It’s easy to caricature environmental legislation as the boogeyman.”
Historians trace the American regulatory system to a backlash against massive infrastructure initiatives in the middle of the 20th century, such as the interstate highway system and a series of dams. The projects raised concerns about environmental impacts and left local communities feeling steamrolled. More fears about ecological damage were sparked by an oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, and fires on the polluted Cuyahoga River in Ohio.
The result was the National Environmental Policy Act, signed by President Richard Nixon in 1970 to require federal agencies to consider the environmental ramifications of their decisions. State-level laws, such as the California Environmental Quality Act, proliferated at the same time.
“We have a system that works for what it was designed to do," said Christy Goldfuss, chief policy impact officer at the Natural Resource Defense Council. "What we’re looking at doing is optimizing that system for the future we need. And that’s a fundamentally different conversation than anything we’ve had before.”
“It’s an incredibly difficult shift to make for the environmental movement," she added. "And I don’t think everybody is going to make it. Some organizations are going to continue to stand in the way of development.”
And what about that transmission lines in the Southwest that Podesta was counting on?
The goal is to span about 520 miles, carrying electricity from a series of turbines in New Mexico that's being billed as the largest wind project in the hemisphere. The lines were rerouted to satisfy the Department of Defense, which tests weapons in the area, but local conservationists still say that natural habitats will be threatened by construction.
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Casual Dining Leader Continues Growth Trajectory with Development in High-Trafficked Venues
COSTA MESA, Calif., Oct. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- California Pizza Kitchen (CPK), the creator of California-style pizza, announced the opening of a new franchise location at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The opening marks the brand's second location within the airport as CPK continues to expand across U.S. markets. Located within Terminal 6 at LAX, the new restaurant is owned and operated by Greg Plummer, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner of Concord Collective, a minority-owned airport concession operator.
"We are thrilled to partner with Concord Collective to provide a fresh, healthy, alternative dining option for the most discerning travelers," said Giorgio Minardi, Executive Vice President of Global and Franchise Operations for CPK. "Greg Plummer and his stellar team have a strong background in creating rich hospitality experiences at LAX, and they share in our commitment to bring the brand's signature California-inspired cuisine to travelers who pass through Terminal 6 at LAX from all over the world."
CPK's new LAX location will provide guests with the full-service "California Casual" dining experience they have come to expect at all the brand's locations. The menu will feature a range of classic CPK dishes including hearth-baked pizzas - such as The Original BBQ Chicken, Thai Chicken, and California Club, - inventive salads, and crave-worthy pastas. The menu will also carry several new California-inspired breakfast items for travelers looking to fuel the start of their day.
The new CPK at LAX builds on an already strong year for the brand, which expanded into Canada for the first time in August with the opening of its new Edmonton location and opened in Santiago International Airport early last month. New operators continue to be drawn to its attractive franchise model as additional CPK locations in Costa Rica and India are scheduled to open later this year.
"California Pizza Kitchen's innovative business model, iconic cuisine, and hometown name recognition made it a perfect fit to add to our portfolio of brands at LAX," said Plummer. "We know CPK will be a welcomed and popular option for airport travelers in Los Angeles seeking a convenient choice when they fly."
Plummer began his career in restaurant management at LAX in 2005. He and his Los Angeles-based team at Concord Collective recently made history at LAX with the recent acquisition of SSP America's LAX businesses, making the company the first Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) business to take over the entire portfolio of a major food and beverage concession operator. Together, the joint venture partners currently operate eight food and beverage outlets for Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield Airports (URW), the prime commercial developer and manager at LAX.
"CPK with its fresh and healthy offerings is a perfect fit for our guests in Terminal 6," said Maral Matossian, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) General Manager, LAX. "We are excited to welcome another Concord Collective restaurant and are thrilled to see this ACDBE business continue to grow. It's a win for our guests and a win for our community."
California Pizza Kitchen provides franchisees flexibility with customizable menus, design layouts, and multiple daypart offerings so that each location can individually align with consumer needs and thrive within their market. These key differentiators, along with a very high average unit volume, have positioned the brand as an attractive investment by experienced multi-unit franchisees. California Pizza Kitchen prioritizes catering to franchisees' needs, providing them with the tools and resources required, including expanding technology and mobile capabilities for each location, best-in-class training, and development in all areas of the business.
To learn more about franchise development opportunities and available markets with California Pizza Kitchen, visit www.cpk.com/franchise.
In 1985, California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) opened its first restaurant in Beverly Hills and introduced diners to gourmet California inspired pizza. With a passion for combining fresh, seasonal ingredients with flavor inspirations from around the world, today CPK is a global brand serving creative California cuisine in more than 180 restaurants across 10 countries and U.S. territories. From its innovative, hearth-baked pizzas such as The Original BBQ Chicken, Thai Chicken, and California Club, to inventive salads, and unique pasta dishes that combine the old world with the new, CPK does everything with an imaginative California-inspired twist that guests love. For more information, visit cpk.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
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RCC graduation held this Friday
Published 6:24 pm Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Riverland Community College will be holding its spring commencement this Friday at the Austin location.
As with most years, graduation will take place in two sessions at 3 and 6 p.m. and will be held in the college’s gymnasium located in the East Building.
A ticket will be required to enter either session, however, graduating students received four tickets when purchasing their cap and gown. There will also be additional seating on campus where people will be able to watch a live stream without ticket.
Those who cannot attend in person will be able to view the two sessions live at www.riverland.edu/commencement. They will also be recorded and will be made available in December.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — As hopes faded of rescuing 10 men trapped in a flooded Mexican coal mine, evidence mounted that the current administration's populist policies have driven the revival of the dangerous, primitive mines that continue claiming lives.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador enacted a plan two years ago to revive coal-fired power plants in northern Mexico and give preference to buying coal from the smallest mines. The purchases were part of the president’s policies to give more income to the poorest Mexicans.
In doing so, the administration resuscitated a form of coal mining so dangerous that lawmakers in both houses of Mexico’s Congress had tried to ban it a decade ago.
Experts say that mines so narrow and primitive that only one miner at a time can be lowered into a narrow shaft — and only one bucket of coal extracted — are inherently unsafe. At some pits, known as “pocitos,” or “little wells,” air is pumped in and water pumped out through plastic hoses. Some don’t even have that. There are usually no safety exits or auxiliary shafts.
Fifteen men were working inside the Pinabete mine in Sabinas, Coahuila, about 70 miles (115 kilometers) southwest of Eagle Pass, Texas, on Aug. 3. A wall of water from an abandoned mine next door — and possibly wastewater pumped in from a nearby town — filled the single shaft about 40 meters (yards) deep. It blew out so many wooden supports that they have formed floating barriers to rescue crews.
Five workers managed to escape as the mine flooded, but there has been no contact with the rest.
Promoting coal is part of López Obrador’s effort to shore up the state-owned power utility, the Federal Electricity Commission, headed by old-guard politician Manuel Bartlett. Not only was the policy questioned by environmentalists; many also said it endangered miners.
“Manuel Bartlett’s brilliant idea of buying more coal from the smallest producers, and less from big producers, gave rise to a black market that wound up in the exploitation of mines that lack the safeguards needed to protect the lives of the workers,” Miguel Riquelme, the governor of Coahuila state and member of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party, said after the accident.
The government utility had defended its decision to buy about two-thirds of coal for power generation from small mines.
“We had to have the mindset of favoring the smallest (producers) because we had to make their economic conditions more equal,” Miguel Alejandro López, the subdirector of purchasing for the company, said in July, describing the orders he got under López Obrador. “Because as he (the president) has said, one of this country’s main failings is inequality.”
López said small mine owners were required to submit proof they complied with labor laws, which in Mexico govern mine safety.
But even the president acknowledged that the Pinabete mine had not complied with the few existing safety and labor standards.
Accidents at small coal mines have been depressingly frequent.
In June 2021, seven miners were killed at a similar small mine in Muzquiz township, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) southwest of Eagle Pass, Texas. The shaft at the Micarán mine also flooded and partially collapsed, and it took days to recover the miners' bodies.
The operations resemble wildcat mines from the U.S. Old West: Horizontal coal faces spread out from the bottom of the shaft and are shored up with wooden poles.
At some mines, the pit-head winches used to extract miners and coal are run off old car engines placed on blocks.
Lawmakers already knew the dangers of the narrow, unreinforced vertical shafts; explosive gas accumulations and flooding risks are common.
As far back as 2012, Mexican legislators tried to pass laws to do away with such primitive mines. The 2006 tragedy in the nearby Pasta de Conchos mine, where 65 miners died after a gas build-up caused a fire and explosion, was still fresh in their minds. That was a larger mine where gas monitoring proved to be insufficient.
A 2012 Senate bill proposed “the outright ban on vertical coal mines, also known as ‘pocitos,’ because that is where the greatest risks occur.”
In 2013, a bill in the lower house stated, “Coal mining activities have generalized risks, because their techniques are artisanal and rudimentary … Risky mining practices must be minimized or eliminated.”
It is unclear why those laws were never passed.
Mine safety activist Cristina Auerbach noted that coal is politically sensitive in Coahuila, especially among the impoverished communities that once made a living from it.
“Coal is a political issue in Coahuila, not an economic one,” said Auerbach.
She said that from 2006 through last year at least 80 miners had died in accidents in Coahuila. “The smallest businesses in the coal region are the most precarious, like Pinabete,” she said.
But small-scale coal mining appeared to be dying out in Coahuila until López Obrador directed the Federal Electricity Commission to ramp up purchases.
“The region was revived with the new purchase orders from the federal commission,” said Diego Martínez, a professor of applied earth sciences at the Autonomous University of Coahuila.
López Obrador wanted to eliminate subterfuge and corruption in coal purchases, but apparently failed at that; one man was arrested in connection with the Pinabete mine accident after it was found that the mine was apparently registered under different names or titles on purchase contracts and in labor department records.
No one has been sentenced for the 2006 deaths at the Pasta de Conchos mine.
It is not the first time that Coahuila coal mines have been accused of illegal practices; miners make as little as $200 per week, and even when the few government inspectors have found violations, it has been hard to shut them down.
López Obrador said that the Pinabete mine contract with the Electricity Commission said explicitly it could not be subcontracted, but apparently was anyway.
Auerbach, the mine safety activist, said that hundreds of “high risk” small mines continue operating.
“That's why we're asking that all of the coal concessions granted in high risk areas be cancelled, because (miners) are always going to die,” she said. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Mexico-s-president-revived-dangerous-form-of-coal-17403296.php | 2022-08-28 15:21:51 | 0 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Mexico-s-president-revived-dangerous-form-of-coal-17403296.php |
Elderly Couple Who Died in Bridgeport Township Fire Identified
November 3, 2022 7:00AM EDT
A fire that claimed the lives of two people in Bridgeport Township Tuesday night is under investigation.
Firefighters from the Bridgport Fire Department were on a call of a smell of smoke at an apartment complex, then went to put out a leaf fire before returning to the station when they checked a nearby subdivision and saw flames coming from a home in the 2700 block of Larry Tim Drive around 9:10 P.M. When firefighters were finally able to make it into the house, they discovered the remains of 83-year-old Michael Nagy and 81-year-old Judith Nagy. Officials say the fire began in the bedroom and may have burned for around an hour before the crew arrived on the scene.
Investigators say the fire doesn’t appear to be suspicious. | https://www.wsgw.com/elderly-couple-who-died-in-bridgeport-township-fire-identified/ | 2022-11-03 14:14:07 | 0 | https://www.wsgw.com/elderly-couple-who-died-in-bridgeport-township-fire-identified/ |
It's gotten tougher for Big Tech.
Facebook and Instagram's parent company Meta said revenue fell 4% in the three months from July through September compared to a year earlier, from $29 billion to $27.7 billion. The announcement caused shares to plunge on Wednesday.
The company said the losses reflected uncertainty in the broader economy as companies pull back on digital advertising and struggle with inflation.
Meta's financial struggles follow a trend among similar companies. Alphabet, which reported earnings Tuesday, said revenue from Google advertising was $54.5 billion, down from $56.3 billion the prior quarter. YouTube, which also sits under Alphabet, saw a drop in ad revenue to $7.1 billion, down from $7.3 billion.
"It's tough times out there," said Scott Kessler, an analyst at investment research company Third Bridge.
"Digital advertising is challenged at this point," said Kessler. "That's because of the economy combined with the changes that Apple made."
Last fall, Apple introduced a new privacy rule in the App Store. It now requires apps to ask users for permission before tracking their data. That has made it harder for companies like Meta to target people with personalized digital ads across their platforms.
Kessler estimates that Meta generates about two-thirds of revenue from small businesses — a kind of advertising known as performance advertising.
"That is designed to capitalize on people essentially looking for or being served ads for certain types of products and services." (For example, Facebook and Instagram users doing a lot of holiday shopping might start getting ads from companies on those platforms.)
Meta's losses are compounded by the fact that the company is pouring money into CEO Mark Zuckerberg's vision of creating an all-encompassing virtual reality world known as the metaverse. On a conference call with investors Wednesday, Zuckerberg said investments in the metaverse and artificial intelligence would continue.
"It would be a mistake for us to not focus on these areas which I think will be fundamentally important to the future," said Zuckerberg. "I think that our work here is going to be of historic importance and create the foundation for an entirely new way that we will interact with each other."
Despite the financial challenges, Zuckerberg said daily users of Meta's services, which also include WhatsApp, grew by 4% from a year earlier and now top 2.93 billion worldwide.
After reporting its first-ever decline in revenue three months ago, Zuckerberg said the company would slow hiring. That did not happen in this most recent quarter; Meta actually grew by nearly 4,000 employees, to a total of more than 87,000 as of Sept. 30.
But Zuckerberg signaled on Wednesday that layoffs would come.
While some hiring will happen in "high priority areas," most other teams will stay flat or shrink over the next year, he said.
"At least on some level, they've started the process of taking a more conservative approach to growth with an economic backdrop that at best is uncertain and at worst is recessionary," said Kessler.
Investors are still getting nervous.
On Monday, long-term Meta shareholder Brad Gerstner sent an open letter to Zuckerberg and Meta's board of directors "strongly encouraging Meta to streamline and focus its path forward."
Gerstner also recommended the company reduce its headcount by cutting 20% of its staff.
"Meta needs to re-build confidence with investors, employees and the tech community in order to attract, inspire, and retain the best people in the world," the letter said.
While Meta's financial health can reflect a downturn in the digital advertising industry, Kessler said it's not reflective of the wider tech industry or demand for technology services as a whole.
For example, Microsoft reported $50.1 billion in revenue from the fiscal quarter beginning in July and ending in September this year, up from $45.1 billion the same quarter last year.
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ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — Damaging winds and possible tornadoes toppled trees, damaged buildings and blew cars off a highway Wednesday as powerful storms crossed the South from Texas to Georgia.
The National Weather Service issued numerous tornado warnings, mainly in southeast Alabama and southwest Georgia, and cautioned that gusts of hurricane-force winds exceeding 90 mph (145 kph) were possible in parts of northeast Louisiana and central Mississippi. Some areas also were pelted with large hail.
Forecasters said severe storm threats could persist into Thursday, with the greatest risk across southern Alabama and Georgia into the Florida Panhandle as well as Oklahoma and parts of northern Texas and southern Kansas.
Felecia Bowser, meteorologist in charge for the National Weather Service in Tallahassee, Florida, called the far-reaching inland storm system unprecedented for this time of year.
“In June, we’re usually gearing up more for tropical weather,” Bowser said. “This type of widespread, aggressive precipitation that we’re seeing today usually occurs more so in the spring.”
Two people escaped unharmed from a home that was destroyed Wednesday as storms raked rural southwest Georgia, Calhoun County Sheriff Josh Hilton said. He told WALB-TV the home in Quail County Plantation, near the county line with neighboring Early County, was demolished.
Video posted on social media showed a large funnel cloud churning on the horizon near the rural city of Blakely, and officials in nearby communities reported downed trees and snapped power lines. Connie Hobbs, the elected commission chairman for neighboring Baker County, said hail stones up to golf-ball size rained down in her yard.
Tornado warnings were issued for southwest Georgia’s largest city, Albany, and surrounding Dougherty County on Wednesday afternoon. County government spokeswoman Wendy Howell said there had been no reports of significant damage or injuries.
“The big concern is flooding,” Howell said as rain hammered at windows Wednesday evening. “We’re such a flat area, and there’s already water standing” on and alongside the roads.
In Alabama, the Eufaula Police Department said confirmed tornado damage was reported in the city near the Georgia state line. Eufaula Mayor Jack Tibbs told WSFA-TV that no injuries were immediately reported, but the storm collapsed a wall of a building and downed 30 or 40 trees.
Local news outlets showed viewer-submitted video of a tornado rumbling through nearby Henry County, Alabama, and of roof damage in the area.
Sheriff Larry Rowe of Cass County in eastern Texas told KYTX-TV that some vehicles were blown off a highway Wednesday afternoon as the county was under a tornado warning. There were no immediate reports of injuries. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/punishing-winds-possible-tornadoes-inflict-damage-as-storms-cross-us-south/ | 2023-06-15 01:04:47 | 1 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/punishing-winds-possible-tornadoes-inflict-damage-as-storms-cross-us-south/ |
MEXICO CITY — When hundreds of birds were found dead along Mexico’s Pacific coast earlier this year, experts immediately suspected avian flu.
The department said that warming surface water in the Pacific caused by El Niño can drive fish into deeper, cooler water, making it harder for birds to find food.
Most of the dead birds were Sooty Shearwaters, seagulls and pelicans. They died in states ranging from Chiapas, on the border with Guatemala, all the way north and west to Baja California.
“According to autopsies carried out be veterinarians and specialized biologists, it was found that the animals died of starvation,” the department said. “The most probable cause of this epidemiological event is the warming of the waters of the Pacific due to the El Niño meteorological effect, which causes fish to seek deeper, colder waters, preventing sea birds from catching food.”
El Niño is a natural, temporary and occasional warming of part of the Pacific that shifts weather patterns across the globe.
In May, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration climate scientist Michelle L’Heureux said El Niño had formed this year a month or two earlier than usual, which “gives it room to grow,” and there’s a 56% chance it will be considered strong and a 25% chance it reaches supersized levels. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/15/mexico-el-nino-bird-deaths-avian-flu-environment/11be3dee-0bb8-11ee-8132-a84600f3bb9b_story.html | 2023-06-15 21:23:49 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/15/mexico-el-nino-bird-deaths-avian-flu-environment/11be3dee-0bb8-11ee-8132-a84600f3bb9b_story.html |
Two WWE Superstars alongside acclaimed food guru and restaurateur partner expand their donut brand via Kitchen Data Systems, offering their signature treats on Uber Eats in Los Angeles with more cities coming soon
LOS ANGELES, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WWE superstars Daria Berenato and Amanda Saccomanno announce the launch of their virtual donut brand DaMandyz Donutz on Uber Eats. Created in partnership with food guru Lawrence Longo, owner of Off the Menu and Prince St. Pizza, and Kitchen Data Systems (KDS), DaMandyz Donutz are available now in Los Angeles. With national distribution plans, the company will make their delicious treats available in more locations soon.
DaMandyz Donutz' unique and exclusive flavors will be prepared by KDS' KitchPartner restaurants. KitchPartners belong to a network managed by KDS' proprietary software, which matches member restaurants with brands to launch new Delivery-1st virtual dining experiences. The KDS model brings extra revenue streams for both brands and their restaurant KitchPartners.
"The wait is over!" said Damandyz Donutz co-founder Amanda Saccomanno. "Daria and I are extremely excited to have our very own Damandyz Donutz available via Uber Eats in Los Angeles. We always envisioned having our own donuts one day-- and here we are! We are huge believers in spreading positivity, inclusivity, and finding balance in life. Donuts bring everyone together."
After running hugely successful pop-ups across the country, Daria and Mandy decided it was time to make their brand available to everyone. The virtual restaurant opens with competitive advantages, bringing a reach of 10Million+ weekly from a combination of Daria and Mandy's worldwide appeal, massive social media following and diehard fans of the WWE and NXT.
Customers now can order from the DaMandyz Donutz menu via Uber Eats, starting in Los Angeles and available throughout the U.S. shortly thereafter. While only available for purchase via Uber Eats, the products bring a top-quality pedigree through KitchPartner Kettle Glazed, a classic doughnut shop with quality coffee and a retro vibe. Established in 2013, the family-owned shop is a community favorite and one of the top ranked pastry purveyors in Hollywood.
"We're delighted to welcome DaMandyz Donutz to our KitchData brands family," said Mike Jacobs, Kitchen Data Systems CEO. "Not only is DaMandyz glamorous and fun, its commitment to inclusion and diversity shines through. The exciting range of flavors developed for their donut line reflects their generous ethos. Daria and Amanda fans will go wild for these delicious treats, as will everyone else served by our KitchPartner Network."
DaMandyz Donutz jumps into the restaurant ring at an inflection point in the food industry, which has seen a marked rise of delivery during Covid-19. At least once a week 80M U.S. households order delivery or takeout meals, while UBS' Evidence Lab projects the market to hit $365B by 2030. The DaMandyz Donutz menu, developed by the WWE Superstars in conjunction with KDS' in-house chef, celebrates the sport's most colorful characters with dishes that match their personal brands.
"Mandy and I have been building this brand for over six years," noted Daria Berenato, Damandyz Donutz co-founder. "To see our baby evolve from an Instagram story to YouTube series, to pop-up shops and now finally its own product via virtual kitchen--in L.A. no less--is surreal. Damandyz is for everyone; it's fun, it's colorful, and it's all about balance. We couldn't be more grateful to our partner Lawrence Longo of Off the Menu and the team at KDS for seeing this through with us. Now let's eat some donuts!"
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Bush pilot Jim Tweto, known for his starring role in the Discovery Channel’s “Flying Wild Alaska” series, was killed along with a hunting and fishing guide from Idaho when their small plane crashed shortly after takeoff, Alaska State Troopers said.
Tweto’s family-run rural aviation business in Unalakleet was featured in three seasons of the television series a decade ago. He and passenger Shane Reynolds of Orofino, Idaho, died Friday near the coastal village of Shaktoolik, roughly 125 miles (200 kilometers) east of Nome, the statement said.
The plane “was witnessed taking off but not climbing and then crashing,” their report said. Troopers were notified of an SOS activation around 11:48 a.m. Friday, followed by a report that a Cessna 180 had crashed 35 miles northeast of Shaktoolik.
Troopers responding from Nome recovered both bodies. The National Transportation Safety Board said it is investigating.
The Anchorage Daily News reported that Tweto was a co-owner of Hageland Aviation Services and then Era Alaska, which would later become Ravn Air Group; Reynolds operated Northwest Fishing Expeditions, guiding clients in Alaska and across the Pacific Northwest for years.
Tweto, 68, died doing what he loved, his daughter Ariel posted on Instagram. She called Reynolds, 45, “a wonderful hunting guide and friend of our family.”
Born in Kansas and raised in Minnesota, Tweto came to Alaska to play hockey at the University of Alaska Anchorage, and settled in Unalakleet, where he met his wife Ferno. The couple and their three daughters were featured in the Discovery series, which aired in 2011-2012.
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Male victim taken to hospital after Riverwalk Apartment complex shooting
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The Columbia Police Department is investigating a shooting at the Reserve at Riverwalk Apartments.
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The victim was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
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PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- FS KKR Capital Corp. (NYSE: FSK), today announced its financial and operating results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2022, and that its board of directors has declared a first quarter 2023 distribution totaling $0.70 per share.
Financial and Operating Highlights for the Quarter Ended December 31, 2022(1)
- Net investment income of $0.80 per share, compared to $0.76 per share for the quarter ended September 30, 2022
- Net asset value of $24.89 per share, compared to $25.30 per share as of September 30, 2022
- Total net realized and unrealized loss of $0.56 per share, compared to a total net realized and unrealized loss of $1.21 per share for the quarter ended September 30, 2022
- Earnings per Share of $0.24, compared to Earnings per Share of $(0.45) for the quarter ended September 30, 2022
- Total purchases of $863 million versus $1,211 million of sales and repayments, including $127 million of sales to its joint venture Credit Opportunities Partners JV, LLC
- Net debt to equity ratio(3) as December 31, 2022 was 118%, compared to 119% as of September 30, 2022
- Paid cash distributions to stockholders totaling $0.68 per share(4)
Financial and Operating Highlights for the Year Ended December 31, 2022(1)
- Net investment income of $3.05 per share, compared to $2.76 per share for the year ended December 31, 2021
- Total net realized and unrealized loss of $2.73 per share, compared to a total net realized and unrealized gain of $4.40 per share for the year ended December 31, 2021
- Paid cash distributions to stockholders totaling $2.66 per share(4)
"We are pleased to report fourth quarter adjusted net investment income of $0.81 per share, representing an increase of approximately 11% quarter over quarter," said Michael C. Forman, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman. "Additionally, we are excited to announce a first quarter cash distribution totaling $0.70 per share, consisting of a base distribution of $0.64 per share and a supplemental distribution totaling $0.06 per share. Our quarterly base distribution of $0.64 per share represents an increase of approximately 5% over our previous quarter's base distribution of $0.61 per share, reflecting our positive outlook on the long-term earnings power of FSK. As we look forward, we believe we are well positioned to generate significant net investment income, which will underpin our dividend strategy of sharing excess levels of earnings with investors on a real time basis."
Declaration of Distribution for First Quarter 2023 and Expectations for Full Year 2023
FSK's board of directors has declared a total cash distribution for the first quarter of $0.70 per share, consisting of a base distribution of $0.64 per share and a supplemental distribution of $0.06 per share, which will be paid on or about April 3, 2023 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 15, 2023. Based on the overall strength of the company's earnings power, it is currently expected that FSK's quarterly supplemental distribution will equate to a minimum of $0.06 per share throughout 2023, and possibly longer.
Portfolio Highlights as of December 31, 2022
- Total fair value of investments was $15.4 billion of which 69% was invested in senior secured securities.
- Weighted average annual yield on accruing debt investments(5) was 12.0%, compared to 11.1% as of September 30, 2022. Excluding the impact of merger accounting, weighted average annual yield on accruing debt investments was 11.4%, compared to 10.4% as of September 30, 2022.
- Weighted average annual yield on all debt investments(5) was 11.2%, compared to 10.3% as of September 30, 2022. Excluding the impact of merger accounting, weighted average annual yield on all debt investments was 10.6%, compared to 9.7% as of September 30, 2022.
- Exposure to the top ten largest portfolio companies by fair value was 19% as of December 31, 2022, compared to 19% as of September 30, 2022.
- As of December 31, 2022, investments on non-accrual status represented 2.4% and 4.9% of the total investment portfolio at fair value and amortized cost, respectively, compared to 2.5% and 5.0% as of September 30, 2022.
Leverage and Liquidity as of December 31, 2022
- Net debt to equity ratio(3) of 118%, based on $8.7 billion in total debt outstanding, $251 million of cash and foreign currency and $198 million of net receivable for investments sold and repaid and stockholders' equity of $7.0 billion. FSK's weighted average effective interest rate (including the effect of non-usage fees) was 4.78%.
- Cash and foreign currency of $251 million and availability under its financing arrangements of $2,559 million, subject to borrowing base and other limitations.
- As of December 31, 2022, 54% of the Company's approximately $8,731 million of total debt outstanding was in unsecured debt and 46% in secured debt.
Conference Call Information
FSK will host a conference call at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, to discuss its fourth quarter and full year 2022 financial and operating results. All interested parties are welcome to participate and can access the live conference call by registering using the following URL: https://register.vevent.com/register/BI54be26668394498bb0ed71c0207ecca0. Participants are requested to register a day in advance or at a minimum 15 minutes before the start of the call. Once registered, they will receive the dial-in numbers and their unique PIN number. When they dial in, they will input their PIN and be placed into the call. The conference call will also be webcast, which can be accessed from the Investor Relations section of FSK's website at www.fskkradvisor.com under Events.
A replay of the call will be available shortly after the end of the call by visiting the Investor Relations section of FSK's website under Events or by using the following URL: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/mzpzszr6.
Supplemental Information
An investor presentation containing financial and operating information will be made available prior to the call in the Investor Relations section of FSK's website at www.fskkradvisor.com under Earnings presentations.
About FS KKR Capital Corp.
FSK is a leading publicly traded business development company (BDC) focused on providing customized credit solutions to private middle market U.S. companies. FSK seeks to invest primarily in the senior secured debt and, to a lesser extent, the subordinated debt of private middle market companies. FSK is advised by FS/KKR Advisor, LLC. For more information, please visit www.fskkradvisor.com.
About FS/KKR Advisor, LLC
FS/KKR Advisor, LLC (FS/KKR) is a partnership between FS Investments and KKR Credit that serves as the investment adviser to FSK.
FS Investments is a leading asset manager dedicated to helping individuals, financial professionals and institutions design better portfolios. The firm provides access to alternative sources of income and growth, and focuses on setting industry standards for investor protection, education and transparency. FS Investments is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA with offices in New York, NY, Orlando, FL and Leawood, KS. Visit www.fsinvestments.com to learn more.
KKR Credit is a subsidiary of KKR & Co. Inc., a leading global investment firm that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, credit and real assets, with strategic manager partnerships that manage hedge funds. KKR aims to generate attractive investment returns for its fund investors by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and driving growth and value creation with KKR portfolio companies. KKR invests its own capital alongside the capital it manages for fund investors and provides financing solutions and investment opportunities through its capital markets business. References to KKR's investments may include the activities of its sponsored funds. For additional information about KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR), please visit KKR's website at www.kkr.com and on Twitter @KKR_Co.
Forward-Looking Statements and Important Disclosure Notice
This announcement may contain certain forward-looking statements, including statements with regard to future events or future performance or operations of FSK. Words such as "believes," "expects," "projects," and "future" or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to the inherent uncertainties in predicting future results and conditions. Certain factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include changes in the economy, risks associated with possible disruption in FSK's operations or the economy generally due to terrorism, geo-political risks, natural disasters or pandemics such as COVID-19, future changes in laws or regulations and conditions in FSK's operating area and the price at which shares of FSK's common stock trade on the New York Stock Exchange. Some of these factors are enumerated in the filings FSK makes with the SEC. FSK undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
The press release above contains summaries of certain financial and statistical information about FSK. The information contained in this press release is summary information that is intended to be considered in the context of FSK's SEC filings and other public announcements that FSK may make, by press release or otherwise, from time to time. FSK undertakes no duty or obligation to update or revise the information contained in this press release. In addition, information related to past performance, while helpful as an evaluative tool, is not necessarily indicative of future results, the achievement of which cannot be assured. Investors should not view the past performance of FSK, or information about the market, as indicative of FSK's future results.
Other Information
The information in this press release is summary information only and should be read in conjunction with FSK's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, which FSK filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on February 27, 2023, as well as FSK's other reports filed with the SEC. A copy of FSK's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 and FSK's other reports filed with the SEC can be found on FSK's website at www.fskkradvisor.com and the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
Certain Information About Distributions
The determination of the tax attributes of FSK's distributions is made annually as of the end of its fiscal year based upon its taxable income and distributions paid, in each case, for the full year. Therefore, a determination as to the tax attributes of the distributions made on a quarterly basis may not be representative of the actual tax attributes for a full year. FSK intends to update stockholders quarterly with an estimated percentage of its distributions that resulted from taxable ordinary income. The actual tax characteristics of distributions to stockholders will be reported to stockholders annually on Form 1099-DIV.
The timing and amount of any future distributions on FSK's shares of common stock are subject to applicable legal restrictions and the sole discretion of its board of directors. There can be no assurance as to the amount or timing of any such future distributions.
FSK may fund its cash distributions to stockholders from any sources of funds legally available to it, including net investment income from operations, capital gains proceeds from the sale of assets, non-capital gains proceeds from the sale of assets, dividends or other distributions paid to it on account of preferred and common equity investments in portfolio companies, proceeds from the sale of shares of FSK's common stock and borrowings. FSK has not established limits on the amount of funds it may use from available sources to make distributions. There can be no assurance that FSK will be able to pay distributions at a specific rate or at all.
Contact Information:
Investor Relations Contact
Robert Paun
Robert.Paun@fsinvestments.com
FS Investments Media Team
Melanie Hemmert
Melanie.Hemmert@fsinvestments.com
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This press release contains certain financial measures that have not been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP). FSK uses these non-GAAP financial measures internally in analyzing financial results and believes that the use of these non-GAAP financial measures is useful to investors as an additional tool to evaluate ongoing results and trends and in comparing FSK's financial results with other BDCs.
Non-GAAP financial measures are not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable GAAP financial measures, and should be read only in conjunction with FSK's consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. A reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures has been provided in this press release, and investors are encouraged to review the reconciliation.
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NEWARK, NJ (AP) — Alex Nedeljkovic had 37 saves and Dylan Larkin had a goal and two assists, leading the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night.
Ben Chiarot and Jakub Vrana each had a goal and an assist in Detroit's second straight win to begin the season. David Perron and Dominik Kubalik also scored.
The Red Wings beat Montreal 3-0 on Friday night in their opener.
Dougie Hamilton had a goal and an assist for New Jersey. Miles Wood also scored.
Hamilton opened the scoring 4:45 into the first. He settled a pass from Jesper Bratt and ripped one from the blue line for his first goal of the season.
Detroit responded early in the second.
Goals by Chiarot and Vrana lifted the Red Wings to a 2-1 lead. Chiarot scored on a shot from the blue line off a pass from Larkin. Lucas Raymond and Chiarot assisted on Vrana's goal at 4:34.
After Wood scored 10 seconds later for New Jersey, Detroit went ahead to stay with two more second-period goals. Perron made it 3-2 at 17:02, and Larkin scored a short-handed goal in the final second after Devils goaltender Vitek Vancek lost his stick.
New Jersey was booed off the ice in its home opener after 40 minutes. The Devils also lost 5-2 at Philadelphia on Thursday night.
It was the second chorus of boos from Devils fans at a packed Prudential Center directed at its own team. The first were at third-year coach Lindy Ruff during introductions.
Kubalik made it 5-2 10:55 into the third.
Vanacek had 16 saves in his Devils debut. He spent the first part of his career with Washington, and then signed a three-year contract with New Jersey in the offseason.
Nedeljkovic is expected to split time with Ville Husso for Detroit this season, at least to start.
INJURIES
Devils captain Nico Hischier returned to the lineup after missing the last few weeks with an ankle injury. ... Detroit’s Tyler Bertuzzi left 4:05 into the second after blocking a shot and did not return.
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Red Wings: Host Los Angeles on Monday night.
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Time for spring cleaning: Tuscaloosa County cleanup set for Saturday
It’s spring cleaning time for county residents as government leaders have teamed up with private sanitation services this weekend to host drop-off locations for unwanted items.
In partnership with Waste Management Inc., the Tuscaloosa County Commission will hold the annual spring cleanup from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday in all four districts of the county.
There will be no charge for this service, officials said, but prohibited items will include household/kitchen garbage and hazardous waste.
The drop-off locations will be at:
Commission District 1:
• 13600 U.S. Highway 82 West (Camp Coker)
• 17504 Finnell Road (Camp Samantha)
• Alabama Highway 171/Montgomery Volunteer Fire Department/Ballfield Parking Lot
Commission District 2:
• Alabama Highway 216/Woodland Lake Road, near Rockhouse
• Alabama Highway 216/Keenes Mill Road/5826 Keenes Mill Road
• Coaling Volunteer Fire Department, 15150 U.S. Highway 11 North
Commission District 3:
• Big Sandy Elementary, 11950 Upper Hull Road
• Englewood Elementary, 10300 Old Greensboro Road
• Maxwell Elementary, 11370 Monticello Drive
Commission District 4:
• Foster’s Grocery Store, 13474 U.S. Highway 11 S.
• Buhl Elementary School, 11968 Buhl School Road
• Intersection of Pearson Circle and Unity Road
For questions about the spring cleanup, call the Tuscaloosa County Solid Waste Department at 205-464-8825. | https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/news/2022/04/27/tuscaloosa-county-clean-up-set-saturday/7451085001/ | 2022-04-27 03:03:19 | 0 | https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/news/2022/04/27/tuscaloosa-county-clean-up-set-saturday/7451085001/ |
Milwaukee police officer accused; abusing infant, faces 2 charges
MILWAUKEE - A 30-year-old Milwaukee man, who is a Milwaukee police officer, is accused of physically abusing his 2-month-old infant – and he now faces two counts of physical abuse of a child-recklessly cause great bodily harm. The accused is Martinese McDaniel.
According to the criminal complaint, a Milwaukee police detective responded to Children's Wisconsin on Saturday, Jan. 14 regarding a 2-month-old infant who had been admitted that morning. The child had "reportedly stopped breathing while in her father's care," the complaint says. After being admitted, "medical professionals diagnosed (the infant) with subdural bleeding on the brain, which is concerning for non-accidental trauma," the complaint says.
Martinese McDaniel
When the detective arrived at the hospital, he spoke with the father of the child, defendant Martinese McDaniel. The complaint says McDaniel lives on Milwaukee's northwest side with his girlfriend and his four children -- "the two youngest of which are twins." McDaniel told the detective around 7 a.m. on Jan. 14, he fed the twins a bottle. After feeding them, he stated he "used a bicycle technique on each of the twins to pump their legs in an effort to alleviate gas. The defendant then put each of the twins in a crib," the complaint says. A short time later, the complaint says the infant who was admitted to the hospital "became fussy." The defendant picked up the child, and repeated the bicycle technique. The defendant told the detective that during this process, (the infant) "took a sharp gasp of air. After taking a short gasp, (the infant) stopped breathing," the complaint says.
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According to the complaint, the defendant feared the infant was choking, so he placed the infant chest down and "patted (the infant's) upper back with two fingers in an attempt to clear any blockage." McDaniel also performed CPR, but the child "remained unresponsive," the complaint says.
The complaint goes on to say, "Panicking, the defendant shook (the infant) three to four times. (The infant) still did not respond." At that point, McDaniel told his girlfriend to call 911 -- and he started chest compressions. McDaniel told the detective he "continued to perform chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on (the infant) until (the infant) started to breathe on her own. A short time later, the Milwaukee Fire Department arrived on the scene -- and took the infant to Children's Wisconsin. The defendant "confirmed that (the infant) was in good health prior to the defendant caring for (the infant) during the morning hours of January 14, 2023," the complaint says.
Martinese McDaniel
Authorities questioned McDaniel's girlfriend. She indicated (the infant) "was in good health prior to being left in the sole care of the defendant" on that Saturday morning. She "confirmed that there have been no accidents or falls where (the infant) has been dropped," the complaint says.
On Sunday, Jan. 15, the complaint says a child abuse pediatrician performed a clinical consultation on the infant. She found the child had multiple bruises to her chest, left abdomen, and left leg. An examination of the child's eye "revealed bilateral, too numerous to count, retinal hemorrhages," the complaint says. The doctor also diagnosed the infant with "suffering a brain injury with an acute change in consciousness."
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According to the criminal complaint, investigators "discovered that the defendant had Blink security cameras on the outside of his residence, as well as one surveillance camera on the inside of the residence. The defendant provided surveillance video for the twelve-hour time frame that would have covered the events" involving the child. The complaint noted, "there is a one-hour time frame missing from the surveillance video from inside of the residence," from 7 a.m. until 8 a.m. on that Saturday.
McDaniel made his initial appearance in Milwaukee County court on Sunday, Jan. 22. Cash bond was set at $5,000. McDaniel is due back in court for a bail/bond hearing on Friday, Jan. 27.
Other investigations involving MPD
This is the third criminal investigation involving a member of the Milwaukee Police Department in recent days. Officials says they are all separate and unrelated investigations involving battery and sexual assault. The officers in those two previous incidents have yet to be charged or identified. On Monday, Jan. 23, MPD released the following statement:
"The Milwaukee Police Department holds our members to the highest level of integrity. If a member violates our code of conduct, they will be held accountable. These incidents are currently under review. MPD is committed to working with our community to help build sustainable neighborhoods, free of crime and maintained by positive relationships." | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/milwaukee-father-accused-abusing-infant | 2023-01-24 12:53:40 | 1 | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/milwaukee-father-accused-abusing-infant |
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Islamic militants have stormed a hotel in Somalia's capital, engaging in an hours-long exchange of fire with the security forces that left at least 20 people dead, according to police and witnesses.
In addition, at least 40 people were wounded in the late Friday night attack and security forces rescued many others, including children, from the scene at Mogadishu's popular Hayat Hotel, they said Saturday.
The attack started with explosions outside the hotel before the gunmen entered the building.
Somali forces were still trying to end the siege of the hotel almost 24 hours after the attack started. Gunfire could still be heard Saturday evening as security forces tried to contain the last gunmen thought to be holed up on the hotel’s top floor.
The Islamic extremist group al-Shabab, which has ties with al-Qaida, claimed responsibility for the attack, the latest of its frequent attempts to strike places visited by government officials. The attack on the hotel is the first major terror incident in Mogadishu since Somalia's new leader, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, took over in May.
In a Twitter post, the U.S. Embassy in Somalia said it “strongly condemns” the attack on the Hayat.
“We extend condolences to the families of loved ones killed, wish a full recovery to the injured, & pledge continued support for #Somalia to hold murderers accountable & build when others destroy,” it said.
There was no immediate word on the identities of the victims, but many are believed to be civilians.
Mohamed Abdirahman, director of Mogadishu’s Madina Hospital, told the AP that 40 people were admitted there with wounds or injuries from the attack. While nine were sent home after getting treatment, five are in critical condition in the ICU, he said.
“We were having tea near the hotel lobby when we heard the first blast, followed by gunfire. I immediately rushed toward hotel rooms on the ground floor and I locked the door,” witness Abdullahi Hussein said by phone. “The militants went straight upstairs and started shooting. I was inside the room until the security forces arrived and rescued me.”
He said on his way to safety he saw “several bodies lying on the ground outside hotel reception.”
Al-Shabab remains the most lethal Islamic extremist group in Africa.
The group has seized even more territory in recent years, taking advantage of rifts among Somali security personnel as well as disagreements between the government seat in Mogadishu and regional states. It remains the biggest threat to political stability in the volatile Horn of Africa nation.
Forced to retreat from Mogadishu in 2011, al-Shabab is slowly making a comeback from the rural areas to which it retreated, defying the presence of African Union peacekeepers as well as U.S. drone strikes targeting its fighters.
The militants in early May attacked a military base for AU peacekeepers outside Mogadishu, killing many Burundian troops. The attack came just days before the presidential vote that returned Mohamud to power five years after he had been voted out.
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A new generation of the Toyota Prius is at last ready for a debut this Wednesday, Nov. 16.
The 2023 Toyota Prius will mark the first full redesign for this efficiency icon since the arrival of the very energy-efficient Tesla Model 3. The last time the Prius was fully redesigned was for the 2016 model year. Then a much-improved plug-in Prius Prime rolled in for 2017, followed by all-wheel-drive Prius AWD-e versions for 2019.
The Prius has been overshadowed in recent years by the leap to fully electric vehicles as well as the shift to crossovers. Further, the outgoing generation of the Prius was never well-received for its design, with its heavily creased bodywork.
So far, Toyota has released only a few teaser pics. The profile suggests that the Prius will continue to have a very aerodynamic shape and be very much a passenger car, but the profile hints at a much cleaner look, with a rear LED light bar across the back and a more chiseled look enabled by the front lighting—bearing hints of the Avalon-replacing Crown hybrid soon due to arrive at dealerships.
Toyota has managed to keep all the new Prius specs and vitals under wraps, and while we’ve seen and heard plenty of speculation about where the Prius is headed, the only hint we’ve received from Toyota about the next Prius is that plug-in versions aren’t going away. The Prime may not be the entire lineup, but it will be a broadened focus of this high-efficiency model.
In recent years, Prius sales have tanked—perhaps partly because it’s not a crossover, but from some combination of styling, the shift to EVs for the environmentally aware, and various flavors of Toyota political pushback.
Toyota may be planning to revive the Prius as the hybrid trendsetter it once was. In styling, the look appears to be evolutionary rather than revolutionary. More news awaits this week from the 2022 Los Angeles Auto Show.
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Watching the Queen's Cartoonists perform live is a spectacle. There are cartoons, alongside jazz, a wide range of musical instruments, noise-making props and on-stage shenanigans. The band performs the soundtrack to old classic cartoons and contemporary animated films, while the audience watches the films.
Playing music to visual media is not a novel concept. In fact, whole symphony orchestras tour the world performing to blockbuster movies like "Harry Potter" and "Lord of the Rings." What the Queen's Cartoonists offer is a more unpredictable experience. The audience has no idea what music they will hear or even what cartoons they will watch, and what elements of comedy may be added. There are costumes, party whistles, clackers, tambourines, paper cups being tossed around, all adding to creating various sound effects.
"I get a lot of people that come up to me after shows and say, I didn't really know what to expect from this concert and now I saw it and I still don't know what to expect," says Joel Pierson, the composer and pianist of the band, "We really like that...the concert goer is engaged, because they don't really know what's coming up next."
In 2014, Pierson was looking for a new project. He had an idea - trying to find an intersection between the golden age of animation and the golden age of jazz. But he needed a band to make it all work. So, he started asking around, looking for jazz musicians with a sense of humor. "Then we had our first rehearsal, and it's the same exact people in the band today that were at the first rehearsal," Pierson explains.
The band consists of five permanent members and a rotating cast of three bass players. In addition to Pierson on piano, Rossen Nedelchev plays drums, Drew Pitcher on woodwinds, including tenor sax, bass clarinet and flute; Mark Phillips on clarinet, soprano sax, piccolo and flute, and Greg Hammontree on brass, including trumpet, trombone, and tuba. "I want it to look like there's 30 people that are going to come out and then there's only six," Pierson says. Just between Pitcher, Phillips, and Hammontree, he says, they play about 20 different instruments on stage.
Behind every arrangement are hours and hours of work. Adding instruments, sound effects, vocalization, writing new music. "It's sort of like a magician where they pull a trick off and it seems so natural, but maybe the magician worked on it for years, you know, to get there," Pierson says.
Right now the band is working on a new project that draws inspiration not from jazz, but classical music. The band is recomposing Mozart's Requiem for a jazz ensemble. "Mozart had a very interesting sense of humor," Pierson says, "So, we are sort of trying to use maybe some things that he would have thought were funny as a jumping off point to bringing his requiem into a jazz idiom." They are calling the project - "Mozart's Cartoon Requiem", out May 15th.
Pierson says the main goal of the band is to get people into the concert hall that wouldn't usually go. "A lot of people would hear the term jazz band or jazz concert and say, oh, that's not really for me. I don't like that music," Pierson explains, "But we're using the angle of cartoons and animated films to kind of bridge that gap...that's a way to get people in."
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How the dream of moving to Italy turned sour for one family
Silvia Marchetti, CNN
Making a move to Italy to start a new life in the sunshine, surrounded by beautiful scenery, incredible food and fascinating culture is a dream that many people have realized in recent years thanks to a sell-off of cheap homes.
But the dream for one family from Finland who moved to the Sicilian city of Syracuse has come to an abrupt end after just two months — and the reasons why have created a media outcry in Italy.
Elin and Benny Mattsson, a couple in their 40s with four children aged 15, 14, 6 and 3, have decided to abandon their new life after deciding that the local schools and education system experienced by their offspring were not up to their Finnish standards.
They packed their bags in October and moved to Spain.
Elin, a 42-year-old artist from the town of Borgä in Finland, also known as Porvoo, decided to vent out her frustration through an open letter published January 6 on local online paper Siracusa News that criticized school life and teaching strategy, accompanied by a photo of the family happily sightseeing.
She wrote that her kids complained of loud and undisciplined local pupils who “scream and beat on the table,” whistle in class, and spend all day at their desks with little physical activity or fresh air breaks to stimulate learning, and no food options. Teachers look “scornfully down at pupils” or yell, she said, and have low English language proficiency levels.
Even the kindergarten attended by her youngest was not up to standards, she said, with no toy cars, climbing objects or sandboxes for the children to play with.
‘The real life’
Elin said that she and Benny, a 46-year-old IT manager, were so alarmed by this, they’d decided to change their plans.
“We moved to Sicily in the beginning of September just to escape the dark winters in Finland, we live in the south and there is not always snow that makes the surroundings brighter,” Elin told CNN Travel via text messages.
The family rented a beautiful flat near the vibrant old district of Ortigia, a maze-like island citadel of baroque palazzos, sunny piazzas and old churches and a history dating from ancient Greek times.
“I really fell in love with Ortigia, the fresh food markets, the atmosphere there,” she said. “Ironically, I don’t like the surroundings when they are too ‘cleaned up’ and perfect. I’m an artist so I like to see things ‘behind the scenes,’ the real life. This is what I saw in Sicily and Syracuse.”
Had she known the school “was this poor” she would have chosen another place but would have missed the beauty of Ortigia, she says.
“Everyone learns as they live, so I’m sure my kids too learned and grew through this experience. I also met very helpful and nice people there, so about the Sicilian mentality I got nothing bad to say.”
The publication of Elin’s letter of complaint has triggered a national debate in Italy, with parents, teachers and scholars stepping into the conversation, mostly in defense of Italian schools.
The issue even landed in Italy’s lower house of parliament with Rossano Sasso, a former education secretary of state and representative of the nationalist League party, posting on Facebook in support of Italian teachers.
He said he refused “to take lessons from a Finnish painter” who suggested the government reform schools with outdoor breaks and fun playgrounds.
‘More angry’
Italy’s education minister, Giuseppe Valditara, issued a statement warning against “generalizing impromptu judgments” on Italy’s teachers, though he acknowledged the need to improve Italy’s educational system.
Elin says she is now trying to water down her published criticisms, arguing that the Italian translations of her letter written in Finnish that were published by Italian media were “more angry” than the original.
“I just wanted to point out very simple measures that could be done, as outside fresh air breaks,” she says.
“I don’t hate anything or anyone. I just realized that my kids did not enjoy going there, and that is the first school they reacted to like this.”
She added that she understands if pupils are supposed to sit still all day long, but had expected schools to be, if not similar to those in Finland, then close to those in Spain, where the family had lived previously.
Elin said the family wants to share what they’ve learned from their Sicilian sojourn as a cautious lesson to other foreign families longing to live the Italian dream, recommending they either seek out a quieter countryside school or look into homeschooling.
Chaotic traffic
In her original published letter, Erin also criticized the chaotic urban environment in Syracuse and the environmental impact of the traffic jams that build up as cars line up to enter Ortigia via a single bridge.
“How is it possible to think that the countless adults who rush to school every morning and every afternoon can be functional?” she wrote. “Is total traffic chaos (and what about the environment) practical for families?”
Elin believes Italian school authorities should spread awareness on the benefits of children traveling to and from school alone on foot to reduce car traffic and boost pedestrian city centers.
“In Finland, children go to school alone; they use a bicycle or walk and if they live more than five kilometers from the school they can go by taxi or school bus. They have lunch at school, then go home alone when the school day is over.
Elin says her doubts started the day she stepped into the middle school to enroll her two older boys.
“The noise of the classes was so loud that I wondered how the hell it was possible to concentrate,” she writes, saying pupils’ heads should not be filled “like sausages with too much learning for undeveloped brains.”
Her words have stirred a major uproar in Italy, leading to an online debate over whether the Mattssons are right or wrong — or a bit of both.
According to Giangiacomo Farina, director of Siracusa News which published Elin’s letter, her comments reflect “cultural differences that have triggered an unjustified media outcry.
“Simply, the Italian school system is very focused on teaching content and less on teaching structures and open-air playing spaces.”
However, he adds, Italian teaching could still learn something from Finnish methods.
Expanding knowledge
Farina says his online paper registered a spike in internet traffic with over a million readers in the days following Elin’s open letter.
Many Syracuse families posted comments to it, with some siding with the Mattssons in agreeing that Italian teaching needs an upgrade.
The mother of a girl attending the same class of Elin’s 14-year-old son wrote that the Finnish boy once asked where the shower was after physical education, and everyone laughed.
He would also frequently complain to her daughter how retrograde Italy was and that things in the country were really bad, she added.
Syracuse-based history and philosophy teacher Elio Cappuccio told CNN that Italy’s education is “much richer in contents, fields of study and general culture compared to that of other foreign systems.”
He said, “Our pupils start at a very early age to learn many things and then continue to expand their knowledge. This opens up their minds.”
Pierpaolo Coppa, a Syracuse education official, said it was “wrong to compare the Italian and Finnish teaching models which are completely different” and that “two months isn’t enough to judge an education system.”
“Some points raised by the letter could be further discussed, but the professional quality of our teachers is of the highest level,” Coppa told CNN.
Top image: The Mattsson family made their home in Ortigia on Sicily. (Travellaggio/Adobe Stock)
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Should my family coordinate outfits for photos?
Matching outfits can be a fun way to make your photos special and highlight the bond between family members. You can find outfits made from the same material or with the same silhouette. If you don’t want to match exactly, complementary colors and patterns look intentional while allowing for individual expression.
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Tommy Hilfiger Pullover Sweater, Dress Shirt and Pants Set
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Captivating Messaging Display Projects Strong Growth After Last Year's Revenue Grew Seven Times from 2020.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vestaboard, the premiere messaging display made to help people inspire each other at work and at home, is kicking off a new round of seed funding led by customers. The brand is known for their innovative design that modernizes a classic display – bridging the gap between technology and human connection. Vestaboard aims for significant growth in 2022 and 2023 after multiplying revenue seven times in 2021 from 2020. The funding round will help the brand move from a pre-order to an inventory-based model, meet marketing and sales plans and commence R&D for a second, more economical display.
"People are truly gravitating toward Vestaboard for its aesthetic value and the impact a Vestaboard message has on individuals and families at home, and people in the workplace," notes founder Dorrian Porter. "We foresee Vestaboard and our future products being a compelling part of modern-day lifestyles. We are excited about the innovation ahead and by the incredible backing and love from our customers."
"Vestaboard is a design and engineering triumph," said David Bohnett, founder and general partner of Baroda Ventures. "The team has delivered world class hardware and software during exceptionally challenging times. The company is growing substantially with its magical first product, robust software and has exciting plans for future displays. "
To date, Vestaboard has now raised $10M in seed capital, and over 70% of the brand's accredited investors are customers including professional investors, entrepreneurs, technology and design executives. The brands' investors include David Bohnett via Baroda Ventures, VP of Engineering at Shopify Farhan Thawar, venture capitalist and angel investor Hany Nada, LA social impact entrepreneur and designer Bridgid Coulter Cheatle, and financial commentator and investor in public and private companies Howard Lindzon. The company expects to add additional investment in the coming months.
Vestaboard was built on the notion that people are at their best when they feel connected and inspired by each other. Vestaboard's shared messaging experience brings people together and creates spaces that build joyful connections. The display's 132-fluttering bits make endless combinations of color, numbers, letters and punctuation for users to send just the right message at just the right time. Vestaboard+, the brand's optional paid software that enables owners to curate and automate content for their Vestaboard from a vast and growing library of channels, debuted in February with rapid adoption. Having recently announced the limited-edition Vestaboard White available for pre-order, displays are designed in flagship black or white to create an eye-catching canvas in any room.
Vestaboard is available at http://vestaboard.com for $2,995.
Vestaboard was made to help people inspire each other – a sleek design, users can send any message at any time from anywhere. Vestaboard's 8,448 flaps flutter to create a welcomed, mesmerizing sound and encourages people to look up. An experience that combines both the visual and auditory senses, Vestaboard's concept is unlike any other form of electronic communication as it offers focused, high-visibility messaging that brings people together and creates more inspiring environments. Vestaboard+, the brand's optional software subscription, enables owners to curate and automate content from a vast and growing library of channels. For more information about Vestaboard, please visit vestaboard.com or contact vestaboard@autumncommunications.com.
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Bees these days are big money.
And hive box rustling is at an all-time high.
Yes — dozens of beehives have recently been stolen in Middle Tennessee.
But, there's been a bee bust as a clever keeper used technology to track the thieves.
Beehive thefts often happen at night in rural areas, and the thieves make a clean getaway.
Bees are livestock, just like cattle.
You can't brand a bee, but you can track the hive.
"All the hives they took here from this location were mature hives. They survived through the winter," said Jon Jones.
He and his father, Jerry, count on their bees to harvest honey to sell annually.
Instead, Jerry is busy trying to catch a swarm of bees in a Murfreesboro field, bees likely from hives that were stolen in recent weeks but now are back.
"It was all of these and all the ones you can see here, basically," said Jon Jones, pointing to the recovered hives.
In all, 17 hives came back home but are now damaged and held together by duct tape.
WTVF has reported on several stolen hives in recent months.
Tom Hartley also lost his in Rutherford County late last year.
"That's a huge loss to lose five full hives for any hobbyist like you or me," said Hartley.
Jones agrees.
"We gotta do something because they are coming and getting them. And they're pretty valuable," he said.
Here's what Jones did: He guessed the brazen thieves might come back to the property for more hives.
This time he was ready. He embedded a tiny GPS device in the comb.
"We basically took these hives here and hid the tracker inside of them."
Sure enough, the thieves returned to steal more hives.
Jones tracked them to a home and called authorities, who served a warrant finding scores of what are believed to be stolen hives — all robbed of their honey.
Both Hartley and Jones have their hives back and hope this bust sends a message.
Beehive boxes are typically set up in more remote areas away from people, making them easy targets.
Rutherford County Sheriff's Office deputies, Murfreesboro police, and Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency agents are still investigating the case.
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TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automaker Nissan reported Thursday a seven-fold surge in January-March profit and forecast strong sales for this fiscal year riding on the popularity of its new model offerings.
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Nissan Motor Co.’s net profit for the fiscal fourth quarter totaled 106.9 billion yen ($798 million), up dramatically from 14.2 billion yen a year ago.
Quarterly sales jumped 36% to 3.097 trillion yen ($23 billion), amid an easing of the supply shortage of computer chips and other parts, which had been caused by social restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic.
Chief Executive Makoto Uchida told reporters the automaker was preparing all-solid-state batteries for its electric models, as the world makes a rapid shift toward green zero-emissions technology.
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He acknowledged serious challenges remained but promised to boost Nissan’s profitability, especially in key markets like China.
A midterm plan will be outlined later this year “to transform Nissan into a truly healthy and resilient company, aiming to achieve both sustainable growth and financial stability,” said Uchida.
For the fiscal year through March 2024, Nissan expects 315 billion yen ($2.4 billion) in profit on 12.4 trillion yen ($93 billion) in sales. The sales, if achieved, would be a record for Nissan.
That would also mark an improvement over 221.9 billion yen ($1.7 billion) in profit recorded for the fiscal year that just ended in March, which was up 3% from the previous fiscal year.
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Sales totaled nearly 10.6 trillion yen ($79 billion) for the fiscal year ended in March, up nearly 26% on year, according to Nissan, based in the port city of Yokohama.
A shutdown in China over COVID-19 hurt the global supply of auto parts, slamming the world’s automakers, including Nissan. That is gradually easing, while automakers also work to find alternative suppliers.
Uchida pointed to China as a market that is ahead in EVs where Nissan hoped to appeal to buyers. In the U.S. market, the Rogue and Pathfinder sport-utility vehicles were popular. In China, Nissan’s Sylphy is No. 1 in sedan sales.
Nissan is forecasting vehicle sales to grow this fiscal year across regions, including Japan, the U.S., China and Europe.
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Nissan has been in an alliance with Renault SA of France since 1999, when Carlos Ghosn was sent in by Renault to a then-struggling Nissan to lead a turnaround. Ghosn first served as chief executive and later chairman before he was arrested in late 2018 on various financial misconduct charges.
The French-Brazilian Ghosn, who says he is innocent, jumped bail in late 2019. He is now in Lebanon, the country of his ancestry, which has no extradition treaty with Japan.
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Las Vegas (AP) — The past year has been difficult for startups everywhere, but running a company in Ukraine during the Russian invasion comes with a whole different set of challenges.
Clinical psychologist Ivan Osadchyy brought his medical device, called Knopka, to this year’s CES show in Las Vegas in hopes of getting it into U.S. hospitals.
His is one of a dozen Ukrainian startups backed by a government fund that are at CES this year to show their technology to the world.
“Two of our hospitals we operated before are ruined already and one is still occupied. So this is the biggest challenge,” Osadchyy said.
“The second challenge is for production and our team because they are shelling our electricity system and people are hard to work without lights, without heating in their flats,” he said.
He came up with the device after spending a year with his own grandmother in the hospital and finding that he had to track down nurses when she needed something.
The system works by notifying nurses when a patient has an abnormal heart rate, is due for treatment or otherwise needs help. The nurse can’t turn off their button until they’ve dealt with the issue.
“We are still working and operating because hospitals are open and we need to support them and provide efficiency and safety for patients as well,” he said.
Karina Kudriavtseva of the government-backed Ukrainian Startup Fund, says that, like Knopka, all of the country’s startups have kept going since Russia’s invasion almost a year ago.
“The times have changed, their conditions have changed, but it can only make them stronger because all of the startups are working on the thing that to save the company, save the team, save the business, and save their lives, of course,” she said.
The invasion forced Valentyn Frechka to relocate to France, but he says his Releaf paper company has never stopped production.
When he was 16, Frechka decided to study alternative sources of cellulose in order to decrease deforestation. He’s now developed a technology that uses fallen leaves and recycled fibre to make paper.
The company’s main product is paper shopping bags, but they also make food packaging, egg trays and corrugated boxes.
Frechka says the conflict has forced the company to become more flexible and more open to opportunities.
“When this conflict happened and we located our company to France, we have found a lot of new partners and we have raised fundraising. We have raised the money for our needs,” he says. “So it really makes us more open for the world.”
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Sigmoid develops an end to end Google Cloud monitoring and optimization solution to reduce infrastructure cost by 2.1x while improving performance.
NEW YORK, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sigmoid, a leading data engineering and AI solutions firm, partnered with Reckitt a multinational consumer goods company, in successfully concluding a global cloud optimization initiative. This engagement helped Reckitt to improve their data infrastructure on the cloud and enable analytics solutions across marketing and supply chain.
With increasing data volumes and multiple business teams relying on access to high quality data, enhancing cloud performance was a strategic imperative for Reckitt. Unplanned spikes in cloud cost and the inability to predict monthly expenses necessitated the development of a solution that would provide 100% visibility of cloud usage at a granular level and ensure continued cost efficiency.
"To have a clear view on cloud usage and continuity of key analytics initiatives, we partnered with Sigmoid. Their expertise in optimizing data infrastructure on multiple cloud platforms helped us leverage the best practices in monitoring, guard railing and optimization which brought down our cloud costs by more than 50% for all BAU projects in GCP", said Thomson Iruthayaraj, Global Lead Data Strategy and Operations - IT at Reckitt.
Sigmoid's cloud optimization solutions and custom dashboards helped Reckitt gain visibility of estimated costs for planned projects and alerts for any fluctuations or anomalies in billing patterns. Reckitt also achieved improvement in query performance by 97% and cost saving by 54%.
"We are happy to work with Reckitt in their cloud enablement and optimization. Our association with leading cloud service providers combined with our experience in data management enabled us to develop a highly cost efficient solution with real time monitoring and notification system that drives business critical use cases for Reckitt", said Mayur Rustagi, Sigmoid's CTO and Co-Founder.
With Reckitt operating a multi-cloud infrastructure, the engagement with Sigmoid has paved the way to further optimize cloud costs, reduce time to insights and deploy enterprise wide best practices to derive the maximum benefit from data residing on the cloud.
Sigmoid combines data engineering and AI consulting to help enterprises gain competitive advantage through effective data-driven decision making. Some of the world's largest data producers are engaging with Sigmoid to solve complex business problems. Sigmoid brings deep expertise in data engineering, marketing analytics, artificial intelligence, and DataOps.
Contact:
Raghavendra Singh
raghavendra@sigmoid.com
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BOGOTÁ, Colombia, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC) informs that, effective as of August 18, 2022, Mónica Jiménez, Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Secretary General, has decided to resign from the Company, to take on a new professional challenge with another company.
María Paula Camacho, current Legal Manager of New Business & Corporate, who has 24 years of experience within the Ecopetrol Group, will become the interim Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Secretary General, effective as of August 18, 2022.
The Company hereby thanks Monica Jiménez for her work and the achievements made for the Ecopetrol Group.
Ecopetrol is the largest company in Colombia and one of the main integrated energy companies in the American continent, with more than 18,000 employees. In Colombia, it is responsible for more than 60% of the hydrocarbon production of most transportation, logistics, and hydrocarbon refining systems, and it holds leading positions in the petrochemicals and gas distribution segments. With the acquisition of 51.4% of ISA's shares, the company participates in energy transmission, the management of real-time systems (XM), and the Barranquilla - Cartagena coastal highway concession. At the international level, Ecopetrol has a stake in strategic basins in the American continent, with Drilling and Exploration operations in the United States (Permian basin and the Gulf of Mexico), Brazil, and Mexico, and, through ISA and its subsidiaries, Ecopetrol holds leading positions in the power transmission business in Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Bolivia, road concessions in Chile, and the telecommunications sector. This press release contains business prospect statements, operating and financial result estimates, and statements related to Ecopetrol's growth prospects. These are all projections and, as such, they are based solely on the expectations of the managers regarding the future of the company and their continued access to capital to finance the company's business plan. The realization of said estimates in the future depends on the behavior of market conditions, regulations, competition, the performance of the Colombian economy my and the industry, among other factors, and are consequently subject to change without prior notice.
This release contains statements that may be considered forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All forward-looking statements, whether made in this release or in future filings or press releases or orally, address matters that involve risks and uncertainties, including in respect of the Company's prospects for growth and its ongoing access to capital to fund the Company's business plan, among others. Consequently, changes in the following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those included in the forward -looking statements: market prices of oil & gas, our exploration, and production activities, market conditions, applicable regulations, the exchange rate, the Company's competitiveness and the performance of Colombia's economy and industry, to mention a few. We do not intend and do not assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
For more information, please contact:
Head of Capital Markets
Tatiana Uribe Benninghoff
Email: investors@ecopetrol.com.co
Head of Corporate Communications
Mauricio Téllez
Email: mauricio.tellez@ecopetrol.com.co
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Sept. 1 Lamar, 8 p.m.
Sept. 10 Prairie View, 8 p.m.
Sept. 17 at Missouri, Noon
Sept. 24 W. New Mexico, 8 p.m.
Oct. 1 at Utah Tech, 9 p.m.
Oct. 8 at Stephen F. Austin, 7 p.m.
Oct. 15 S. Utah, 4:25 p.m.
Oct. 29 at North Dakota, 4 p.m.
Nov. 5 at Tarleton St., 7 p.m.
Nov. 12 at Sam Houston St., 1 p.m.
Nov. 19 Stephen F. Austin, TBA
Sept. 3 N. Iowa, 1 p.m.
Sept. 10 Colorado, 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 16 at Wyoming, 8 p.m.
Sept. 23 Nevada, 8 p.m.
Oct. 1 Navy, Noon
Oct. 8 at Utah St., TBA
Oct. 15 at UNLV, 10:30 p.m.
Oct. 22 Boise St., 7 p.m.
Nov. 5 at Army, 11:30 a.m.
Nov. 12 New Mexico, 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 19 Colorado St., TBA
Nov. 26 at San Diego St., 9 p.m.
Sept. 1 St. Francis (Pa.), 6 p.m.
Sept. 10 at Michigan St., 4 p.m.
Sept. 17 at Tennessee, 7 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Liberty, TBA
Oct. 1 Bowling Green, 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 8 at Ohio, 2 p.m.
Oct. 15 Cent. Michigan, TBA
Oct. 22 at Kent St., TBA
Oct. 29 Miami (Ohio), TBA
Nov. 8 E. Michigan, TBA
Nov. 19 at Buffalo, 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 26 at N. Illinois, TBA
Sept. 3 Utah St., 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 10 at Texas, Noon
Sept. 17 Louisiana-Monroe, 4 p.m.
Sept. 24 Vanderbilt, TBA
Oct. 1 at Arkansas, TBA
Oct. 8 Texas A&M, TBA
Oct. 15 at Tennessee, TBA
Oct. 22 Mississippi St., TBA
Nov. 5 at LSU, TBA
Nov. 12 at Mississippi, TBA
Nov. 19 Austin Peay, Noon
Nov. 26 Auburn, TBA
Sept. 1 at UAB, 8 p.m.
Sept. 10 at Troy, 7 p.m.
Sept. 17 Austin Peay, 3 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Florida A&M, 6 p.m.
Oct. 1 Bethune-Cookman, 3 p.m.
Oct. 8 Grambling St., 2 p.m.
Oct. 16 at Ark.-Pine Bluff, 4 p.m.
Oct. 29 Alabama St., 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 3 at MVSU, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 12 at Jackson St., 5 p.m.
Nov. 19 Texas Southern, 2 p.m.
Sept. 3 Miles, 6 p.m.
Sept. 10 at UCLA, 5 p.m.
Sept. 24 Prairie View, 6 p.m.
Oct. 1 at Texas Southern, 6 p.m.
Oct. 8 Jackson St., 3 p.m.
Oct. 15 MVSU, 3 p.m.
Oct. 29 at Alabama A&M, 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 5 at Bethune-Cookman, 4 p.m.
Nov. 12 Florida A&M, 3 p.m.
Nov. 24 Ark.-Pine Bluff, 3 p.m.
Sept. 3 at Baylor, 7 p.m.
Sept. 10 New Hampshire, 7 p.m.
Sept. 17 at Fordham, 1 p.m.
Sept. 24 CCSU, 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 8 at Monmouth (NJ), 1 p.m.
Oct. 15 Hampton, 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 22 at Villanova, 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 29 Stony Brook, 1 p.m.
Nov. 5 at Elon, 2 p.m.
Nov. 12 Maine, Noon
Nov. 19 at Rhode Island, 1 p.m.
Sept. 3 Stephen F. Austin, 7 p.m.
Sept. 10 at Tulane, 7 p.m.
Sept. 17 at McNeese St., 8 p.m.
Sept. 24 Ark.-Pine Bluff, 7 p.m.
Oct. 8 at MVSU, 7 p.m.
Oct. 15 at Southern U., 7 p.m.
Oct. 22 Texas Southern, 3 p.m.
Oct. 29 at Grambling St., 3 p.m.
Nov. 4 at Prairie View, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 12 Bethune-Cookman, 3 p.m.
Nov. 19 Jackson St., 3 p.m.
Sept. 3 North Carolina, Noon
Sept. 10 at Texas A&M, 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 17 Troy, 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 24 James Madison, TBA
Oct. 1 The Citadel, TBA
Oct. 8 at Texas State, 7 p.m.
Oct. 19 Georgia St., 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 29 Robert Morris, TBA
Nov. 3 at Coastal Carolina, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 12 at Marshall, TBA
Nov. 19 Old Dominion, TBA
Nov. 26 at Georgia Southern, 6 p.m.
Sept. 3 at San Diego St., 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 10 Mississippi St., 11 p.m.
Sept. 17 N. Dakota St., 11 p.m.
Sept. 24 at California, TBA
Oct. 1 Colorado, TBA
Oct. 8 Oregon, TBA
Oct. 15 at Washington, TBA
Oct. 29 Southern Cal, TBA
Nov. 5 at Utah, TBA
Nov. 12 at UCLA, TBA
Nov. 19 Washington St., TBA
Nov. 25 Arizona St., 3 p.m.
Sept. 1 N. Arizona, 10 p.m.
Sept. 10 at Oklahoma St., 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 17 E. Michigan, 11 p.m.
Sept. 24 Utah, TBA
Oct. 1 at Southern Cal, TBA
Oct. 8 Washington, TBA
Oct. 22 at Stanford, TBA
Oct. 29 at Colorado, TBA
Nov. 5 UCLA, TBA
Nov. 12 at Washington St., TBA
Nov. 19 Oregon St., TBA
Nov. 25 at Arizona, 3 p.m.
Sept. 3 Lane, 7 p.m.
Sept. 10 North American University, 7 p.m.
Sept. 17 at Oklahoma St., 7 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Alcorn St., 7 p.m.
Oct. 1 at Southern U., 7 p.m.
Oct. 8 Texas Southern, 3 p.m.
Oct. 16 Alabama A&M, 4 p.m.
Oct. 29 at Florida A&M, 4 p.m.
Nov. 5 at Grambling St., 3 p.m.
Nov. 12 Prairie View, 3 p.m.
Nov. 24 at Alabama St., 3 p.m.
Sept. 3 Cincinnati, 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 10 South Carolina, Noon
Sept. 17 Missouri St., 7 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Texas A&M, TBA
Oct. 1 Alabama, TBA
Oct. 8 at Mississippi St., TBA
Oct. 15 at BYU, TBA
Oct. 29 at Auburn, TBA
Nov. 5 Liberty, TBA
Nov. 12 LSU, TBA
Nov. 19 Mississippi, TBA
Nov. 25 at Missouri, 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 3 Grambling St., 7 p.m.
Sept. 10 at Ohio St., Noon
Sept. 17 at Memphis, 7 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Old Dominion, TBA
Oct. 1 Louisiana-Monroe, 7 p.m.
Oct. 8 James Madison, 7 p.m.
Oct. 15 at Southern Miss., TBA
Oct. 22 at Louisiana-Lafayette, TBA
Oct. 29 South Alabama, 7 p.m.
Nov. 12 Umass, TBA
Nov. 19 at Texas State, 5 p.m.
Nov. 26 Troy, TBA
Sept. 3 at Coastal Carolina, 7 p.m.
Sept. 10 UTSA, Noon
Sept. 17 Villanova, Noon
Oct. 1 Georgia St., Noon
Oct. 8 at Wake Forest, TBA
Oct. 15 Colgate, Noon
Oct. 22 Louisiana-Monroe, Noon
Nov. 5 Air Force, 11:30 a.m.
Nov. 12 at Troy, 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 19 Uconn, Noon
Nov. 26 at Umass, Noon
Dec. 10 Navy, 3 p.m.
Sept. 3 Mercer, 7 p.m.
Sept. 10 San Jose St., 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 17 Penn St., 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 24 Missouri, TBA
Oct. 1 LSU, TBA
Oct. 8 at Georgia, TBA
Oct. 15 at Mississippi, TBA
Oct. 29 Arkansas, TBA
Nov. 5 at Mississippi St., TBA
Nov. 12 Texas A&M, TBA
Nov. 19 W. Kentucky, TBA
Nov. 26 at Alabama, TBA
Sept. 3 Presbyterian, 7 p.m.
Sept. 10 MVSU, 4 p.m.
Sept. 17 at Alabama A&M, 3 p.m.
Sept. 24 E. Kentucky, 4 p.m.
Oct. 1 at Cent. Arkansas, 5 p.m.
Oct. 15 Murray St., 4 p.m.
Oct. 29 Jacksonville St., 4 p.m.
Nov. 5 at North Alabama, 5 p.m.
Nov. 12 at Kennesaw St., 1 p.m.
Nov. 19 at Alabama, Noon
Sept. 3 at South Florida, 4 p.m.
Sept. 10 Baylor, 10:15 p.m.
Sept. 17 at Oregon, 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 24 Wyoming, TBA
Sept. 29 Utah St., 8 p.m.
Oct. 8 at Notre Dame, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 15 Arkansas, TBA
Oct. 22 at Liberty, TBA
Oct. 28 East Carolina, 8 p.m.
Nov. 5 at Boise St., TBA
Nov. 19 Utah Tech, 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 26 at Stanford, TBA
Sept. 1 at Tennessee, 7 p.m.
Sept. 10 W. Michigan, 2 p.m.
Sept. 17 Murray St., 2 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Georgia Southern, 6 p.m.
Oct. 1 N. Illinois, TBA
Oct. 8 at Cent. Michigan, 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 15 Uconn, TBA
Oct. 22 E. Michigan, 2 p.m.
Nov. 1 at Kent St., TBA
Nov. 8 at Toledo, TBA
Nov. 15 Ohio, 7 p.m.
Nov. 22 at Miami (Ohio), 7 p.m.
Sept. 3 Albany (NY), 7 p.m.
Sept. 10 at BYU, 10:15 p.m.
Sept. 17 Texas State, Noon
Sept. 24 at Iowa St., TBA
Oct. 1 Oklahoma St., TBA
Oct. 13 at West Virginia, 7 p.m.
Oct. 22 Kansas, TBA
Oct. 29 at Texas Tech, TBA
Nov. 5 at Oklahoma, TBA
Nov. 12 Kansas St., TBA
Nov. 19 TCU, TBA
Nov. 25 at Texas, TBA
Sept. 3 at Miami, 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 10 SC State, 4 p.m.
Sept. 24 Grambling St., 2 p.m.
Oct. 1 at Alabama A&M, 3 p.m.
Oct. 8 at Tennessee St., 6 p.m.
Oct. 15 Jackson St., 4 p.m.
Oct. 22 at MVSU, 4 p.m.
Oct. 29 at Prairie View, 3 p.m.
Nov. 5 Alabama St., 4 p.m.
Nov. 12 at Alcorn St., 3 p.m.
Nov. 19 Florida A&M, TBA
Sept. 3 at Oregon St., 10:30 p.m.
Sept. 9 at New Mexico, 9 p.m.
Sept. 17 UT Martin, 4 p.m.
Sept. 23 at UTEP, 9 p.m.
Sept. 30 San Diego St., 8 p.m.
Oct. 8 Fresno St., TBA
Oct. 22 at Air Force, 7 p.m.
Oct. 29 Colorado St., TBA
Nov. 5 BYU, TBA
Nov. 12 at Nevada, 10:30 p.m.
Nov. 19 at Wyoming, 7 p.m.
Nov. 25 Utah St., Noon
Sept. 3 Rutgers, Noon
Sept. 10 at Virginia Tech, 8 p.m.
Sept. 17 Maine, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Florida St., TBA
Oct. 1 Louisville, TBA
Oct. 8 Clemson, TBA
Oct. 22 at Wake Forest, TBA
Oct. 29 at Uconn, Noon
Nov. 4 Duke, 7 p.m.
Nov. 12 at NC State, TBA
Nov. 19 at Notre Dame, 2:30 p.m.
Nov. 26 Syracuse, TBA
Sept. 3 at UCLA, 2:30 p.m.
Sept. 10 E. Kentucky, 4 p.m.
Sept. 17 Marshall, 5 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Mississippi St., TBA
Oct. 1 at Akron, 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 8 Buffalo, TBA
Oct. 15 Miami (Ohio), TBA
Oct. 22 at Cent. Michigan, TBA
Nov. 2 W. Michigan, 7 p.m.
Nov. 9 Kent St., 7 p.m.
Nov. 15 at Toledo, 7 p.m.
Nov. 22 at Ohio, 7 p.m.
Sept. 17 Bryant, 12:30 p.m.
Sept. 24 Harvard, 12:30 p.m.
Oct. 1 at Rhode Island, 6 p.m.
Oct. 8 at CCSU, 1 p.m.
Oct. 14 at Princeton, 7 p.m.
Oct. 22 Cornell, 12:30 p.m.
Oct. 29 Penn, 12:30 p.m.
Nov. 5 at Yale, Noon
Nov. 12 Columbia, Noon
Nov. 19 at Dartmouth, 1:30 p.m.
Sept. 1 at FIU, 7 p.m.
Sept. 10 Rhode Island, 6 p.m.
Sept. 17 at Brown, 12:30 p.m.
Sept. 24 at LIU Brooklyn, 1 p.m.
Oct. 1 at NC A&T, 7 p.m.
Oct. 8 S. Connecticut, 1 p.m.
Oct. 15 Charleston Southern, 4 p.m.
Oct. 29 at Gardner-Webb, 1:30 p.m.
Nov. 5 Campbell, 2 p.m.
Nov. 12 at Holy Cross, Noon
Nov. 19 at Robert Morris, Noon
Sept. 3 Towson, 6 p.m.
Sept. 10 at VMI, 1:30 p.m.
Sept. 17 at Cent. Michigan, 1 p.m.
Oct. 1 Lafayette, 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 8 at Holy Cross, 4 p.m.
Oct. 15 at Yale, Noon
Oct. 22 at Lehigh, Noon
Oct. 29 Colgate, 1 p.m.
Nov. 5 Fordham, 1 p.m.
Nov. 12 at Georgetown, 12:30 p.m.
Nov. 19 Marist, 1 p.m.
Sept. 3 at Maryland, Noon
Sept. 10 Holy Cross, 6 p.m.
Sept. 17 at Coastal Carolina, 1 p.m.
Sept. 24 at E. Michigan, TBA
Oct. 1 Miami (Ohio), 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 8 at Bowling Green, TBA
Oct. 15 at Umass, 1 p.m.
Oct. 22 Toledo, TBA
Nov. 1 at Ohio, TBA
Nov. 9 at Cent. Michigan, 7 p.m.
Nov. 19 Akron, 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 26 Kent St., TBA
Sept. 3 St. Thomas (FL), 1 p.m.
Sept. 10 Taylor, 6 p.m.
Sept. 17 at S. Dakota St., 7 p.m.
Oct. 1 at Davidson, 1 p.m.
Oct. 8 Dayton, 1 p.m.
Oct. 15 at Valparaiso, 2 p.m.
Oct. 22 Marist, 1 p.m.
Oct. 29 Morehead St., Noon
Nov. 5 at San Diego, 4 p.m.
Nov. 12 at Drake, 2 p.m.
Nov. 19 St. Thomas (Minn.), Noon
Sept. 3 at Uconn, Noon
Sept. 10 Sacred Heart, 6 p.m.
Sept. 17 at SE Louisiana, 7 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Albany (NY), 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 1 at St. Francis (Pa.), Noon
Oct. 8 Brown, 1 p.m.
Oct. 22 Duquesne, Noon
Oct. 29 Wagner, Noon
Nov. 5 at LIU Brooklyn, 1 p.m.
Nov. 12 Merrimack, Noon
Nov. 19 at Stonehill, 1 p.m.
Sept. 1 at Fresno St., 10:30 p.m.
Sept. 10 San Diego, 5:02 p.m.
Sept. 17 at South Dakota, 2 p.m.
Oct. 1 Sacramento St., 8 p.m.
Oct. 8 at N. Arizona, 4 p.m.
Oct. 15 at Idaho St., 3 p.m.
Oct. 22 E. Washington, 8 p.m.
Oct. 29 at UC Davis, 7 p.m.
Nov. 5 at Montana, 8 p.m.
Nov. 12 Montana St., 8 p.m.
Nov. 19 Portland St., 8 p.m.
Sept. 3 UC Davis, 4 p.m.
Sept. 10 UNLV, 4 p.m.
Sept. 17 at Notre Dame, 2:30 p.m.
Sept. 24 Arizona, TBA
Oct. 1 at Washington St., TBA
Oct. 15 at Colorado, TBA
Oct. 22 Washington, TBA
Oct. 29 Oregon, TBA
Nov. 5 at Southern Cal, TBA
Nov. 12 at Oregon St., TBA
Nov. 19 Stanford, TBA
Nov. 25 UCLA, 4:30 p.m.
Sept. 1 The Citadel, 6 p.m.
Sept. 10 at William & Mary, 6 p.m.
Sept. 17 at East Carolina, 6 p.m.
Oct. 1 NC Central, 6 p.m.
Oct. 8 Charleston Southern, 4 p.m.
Oct. 15 Robert Morris, 1 p.m.
Oct. 22 at Jackson St., 3 p.m.
Oct. 29 at NC A&T, 1 p.m.
Nov. 5 at Bryant, 2 p.m.
Nov. 12 Gardner-Webb, 1 p.m.
Nov. 19 at Delaware St., 2 p.m.
Sept. 1 Missouri St., 8 p.m.
Sept. 10 at Mississippi, 7 p.m.
Sept. 17 at Idaho St., 3 p.m.
Sept. 24 at SE Missouri, 3 p.m.
Oct. 1 Austin Peay, 5 p.m.
Oct. 8 Lindenwood (Mo.), 5 p.m.
Oct. 15 at Kennesaw St., 1 p.m.
Oct. 29 North Alabama, 5 p.m.
Nov. 5 at E. Kentucky, 5 p.m.
Nov. 12 at Stephen F. Austin, 5 p.m.
Nov. 19 Jacksonville St., 5 p.m.
Sept. 1 at Oklahoma St., 7 p.m.
Sept. 10 South Alabama, 1 p.m.
Sept. 17 Bucknell, 1 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Penn St., TBA
Oct. 1 at Toledo, 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 8 Ball St., 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 15 at Akron, TBA
Oct. 22 Bowling Green, TBA
Nov. 2 at N. Illinois, 7 p.m.
Nov. 9 Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Nov. 16 W. Michigan, TBA
Nov. 25 at E. Michigan, Noon
Sept. 3 W. Carolina, Noon
Sept. 10 at NC State, 12:30 p.m.
Sept. 17 at E. Kentucky, 6 p.m.
Sept. 24 Furman, Noon
Oct. 8 at Campbell, 4 p.m.
Oct. 15 at Bryant, 4 p.m.
Oct. 22 Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m.
Oct. 29 at Kennesaw St., 1 p.m.
Nov. 5 Robert Morris, Noon
Nov. 12 at NC A&T, Noon
Sept. 2 William & Mary, 7 p.m.
Sept. 10 Maryland, 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 17 at Georgia St., 7 p.m.
Sept. 24 at South Carolina, TBA
Oct. 1 UTEP, 6 p.m.
Oct. 15 at UAB, 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 22 FIU, 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 29 at Rice, 2 p.m.
Nov. 5 W. Kentucky, Noon
Nov. 12 at Middle Tennessee, 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 19 Louisiana Tech, 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 3 Wofford, 6 p.m.
Sept. 10 at E. Illinois, 7 p.m.
Sept. 17 North Alabama, 6 p.m.
Sept. 22 at Illinois, 8:30 p.m.
Oct. 1 at ETSU, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 15 VMI, 1:30 p.m.
Oct. 22 Mercer, 1:30 p.m.
Oct. 29 at Furman, 2 p.m.
Nov. 5 at The Citadel, 2 p.m.
Nov. 12 Samford, 1:30 p.m.
Nov. 19 at W. Carolina, 1 p.m.
Sept. 3 at Arkansas, 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 10 Kennesaw St., 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 17 at Miami (Ohio), Noon
Sept. 24 Indiana, TBA
Oct. 1 at Tulsa, TBA
Oct. 8 South Florida, TBA
Oct. 22 at SMU, TBA
Oct. 29 at UCF, TBA
Nov. 5 Navy, TBA
Nov. 11 East Carolina, 8 p.m.
Nov. 19 at Temple, TBA
Nov. 26 Tulane, TBA
Sept. 5 at Georgia Tech, 8 p.m.
Sept. 10 Furman, 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 17 Louisiana Tech, 8 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Wake Forest, TBA
Oct. 1 NC State, TBA
Oct. 8 at Boston College, TBA
Oct. 15 at Florida St., TBA
Oct. 22 Syracuse, TBA
Nov. 5 at Notre Dame, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 12 Louisville, TBA
Nov. 19 Miami, TBA
Nov. 26 South Carolina, TBA
Sept. 3 Army, 7 p.m.
Sept. 10 Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m.
Sept. 17 Buffalo, 1 p.m.
Sept. 22 at Georgia St., 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 1 Georgia Southern, TBA
Oct. 8 at Louisiana-Monroe, 8 p.m.
Oct. 15 Old Dominion, TBA
Oct. 29 at Marshall, TBA
Nov. 3 Appalachian St., 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 12 Southern Miss., TBA
Nov. 19 at Virginia, TBA
Nov. 26 at James Madison, TBA
Sept. 3 at Stanford, 8 p.m.
Sept. 10 at Maine, 1 p.m.
Sept. 17 at Penn, 1 p.m.
Sept. 24 Holy Cross, 1 p.m.
Oct. 1 Cornell, 1 p.m.
Oct. 15 at Army, Noon
Oct. 22 Georgetown, Noon
Oct. 29 at Bucknell, 1 p.m.
Nov. 5 Lafayette, 1 p.m.
Nov. 12 at Lehigh, Noon
Nov. 19 at Fordham, 1 p.m.
Sept. 2 TCU, 10 p.m.
Sept. 10 at Air Force, 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 17 at Minnesota, 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 24 UCLA, TBA
Oct. 1 at Arizona, TBA
Oct. 15 California, TBA
Oct. 22 at Oregon St., TBA
Oct. 29 Arizona St., TBA
Nov. 5 Oregon, TBA
Nov. 11 at Southern Cal, 9:30 p.m.
Nov. 19 at Washington, TBA
Nov. 26 Utah, TBA
Sept. 3 at Michigan, Noon
Sept. 10 Middle Tennessee, 4 p.m.
Sept. 17 at Washington St., 5 p.m.
Sept. 24 Sacramento St., 4 p.m.
Oct. 7 at Nevada, 10:30 p.m.
Oct. 15 Utah St., 7 p.m.
Oct. 22 Hawaii, 4 p.m.
Oct. 29 at Boise St., TBA
Nov. 5 at San Jose St., TBA
Nov. 12 Wyoming, 7 p.m.
Nov. 19 at Air Force, TBA
Nov. 25 New Mexico, 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 17 at Marist, 6 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Georgetown, 12:30 p.m.
Oct. 1 Princeton, 1 p.m.
Oct. 8 Wagner, 1 p.m.
Oct. 15 at Penn, 1 p.m.
Oct. 22 Dartmouth, 1:30 p.m.
Oct. 28 Yale, 6:30 p.m.
Nov. 5 at Harvard, 1 p.m.
Nov. 12 at Brown, Noon
Nov. 19 Cornell, 1 p.m.
Sept. 17 at VMI, 1:30 p.m.
Sept. 24 Yale, 2 p.m.
Oct. 1 at Colgate, 1 p.m.
Oct. 7 Harvard, 7 p.m.
Oct. 15 Lehigh, 1 p.m.
Oct. 22 at Brown, 12:30 p.m.
Oct. 29 at Princeton, 1 p.m.
Nov. 5 Penn, 1 p.m.
Nov. 12 Dartmouth, 1 p.m.
Nov. 19 at Columbia, 1 p.m.
Sept. 17 Valparaiso, 1:30 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Sacred Heart, 2 p.m.
Sept. 30 Penn, 7 p.m.
Oct. 8 at Yale, Noon
Oct. 15 New Hampshire, 1:30 p.m.
Oct. 22 at Columbia, 1:30 p.m.
Oct. 29 Harvard, 1:30 p.m.
Nov. 5 at Princeton, 1 p.m.
Nov. 12 at Cornell, 1 p.m.
Nov. 19 Brown, 1:30 p.m.
Sept. 3 at Jacksonville St., 2 p.m.
Sept. 10 Barton, 7 p.m.
Sept. 17 St. Andrews, 7 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Presbyterian, 7 p.m.
Oct. 1 Butler, 1 p.m.
Oct. 8 at St. Thomas (Minn.), 2 p.m.
Oct. 15 Morehead St., 1 p.m.
Oct. 22 at Drake, 2 p.m.
Nov. 5 Stetson, 1 p.m.
Nov. 12 at San Diego, 5 p.m.
Nov. 19 Dayton, 1 p.m.
Sept. 3 at Robert Morris, Noon
Sept. 10 at Youngstown St., 2 p.m.
Sept. 17 Kentucky St., 1 p.m.
Oct. 1 Drake, 1 p.m.
Oct. 8 at Butler, 1 p.m.
Oct. 15 at Marist, Noon
Oct. 22 Stetson, 1 p.m.
Oct. 29 Valparaiso, 1 p.m.
Nov. 5 at Presbyterian, 1 p.m.
Nov. 12 Morehead St., 1 p.m.
Nov. 19 at Davidson, 1 p.m.
Sept. 3 at Navy, Noon
Sept. 10 Delaware St., 6 p.m.
Sept. 17 at Rhode Island, 1 p.m.
Sept. 24 Hampton, 6 p.m.
Oct. 1 Towson, 3 p.m.
Oct. 8 at William & Mary, 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 22 Morgan St., 3 p.m.
Oct. 29 at Elon, 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 5 Monmouth (NJ), 1 p.m.
Nov. 12 Richmond, 1 p.m.
Nov. 19 at Villanova, 1 p.m.
Sept. 3 Lincoln (Pa.), 2 p.m.
Sept. 10 at Delaware, 6 p.m.
Sept. 17 Va. Lynchburg, 2 p.m.
Sept. 24 Merrimack, 2 p.m.
Oct. 1 Robert Morris, 6 p.m.
Oct. 15 at Norfolk St., 2 p.m.
Oct. 22 at Howard, 1 p.m.
Oct. 29 NC Central, 2 p.m.
Nov. 5 at SC State, 1:30 p.m.
Nov. 12 Morgan St., 2 p.m.
Nov. 19 Campbell, 2 p.m.
Sept. 3 at N. Dakota St., 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 10 Missouri S&T, 2 p.m.
Sept. 17 at Idaho, 3 p.m.
Sept. 24 Marist, 2 p.m.
Oct. 1 at Dayton, 1 p.m.
Oct. 8 San Diego, 2 p.m.
Oct. 15 at St. Thomas (Minn.), 2 p.m.
Oct. 22 Davidson, 2 p.m.
Oct. 29 at Stetson, 1 p.m.
Nov. 12 Butler, 2 p.m.
Nov. 19 at Valparaiso, 1 p.m.
Sept. 2 Temple, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 10 at Northwestern, Noon
Sept. 17 NC A&T, 6 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Kansas, TBA
Oct. 1 Virginia, TBA
Oct. 8 at Georgia Tech, TBA
Oct. 15 North Carolina, TBA
Oct. 22 at Miami, TBA
Nov. 4 at Boston College, 7 p.m.
Nov. 12 Virginia Tech, TBA
Nov. 19 at Pittsburgh, TBA
Nov. 26 Wake Forest, TBA
Sept. 3 at Youngstown St., 2 p.m.
Sept. 10 Thomas More, Noon
Sept. 18 at Hawaii, 12 a.m.
Oct. 1 at Stonehill, Noon
Oct. 8 Merrimack, 1 p.m.
Oct. 22 at CCSU, Noon
Oct. 29 LIU Brooklyn, Noon
Nov. 5 Sacred Heart, Noon
Nov. 12 at St. Francis (Pa.), Noon
Nov. 19 Wagner, Noon
Sept. 1 at N. Illinois, 8 p.m.
Sept. 10 Chattanooga, 7 p.m.
Sept. 17 at Illinois St., 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Murray St., 5 p.m.
Oct. 8 Northwestern St., 3 p.m.
Oct. 15 Lindenwood (Mo.), 3 p.m.
Oct. 22 at Tennessee St., 3 p.m.
Oct. 29 Tennessee Tech, 3 p.m.
Nov. 5 at McNeese St., 8 p.m.
Nov. 12 SE Missouri, 3 p.m.
Nov. 19 at UT Martin, 3 p.m.
Sept. 2 at E. Michigan, 7 p.m.
Sept. 10 at Bowling Green, 4 p.m.
Sept. 17 Charleston Southern, 6 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Austin Peay, 4 p.m.
Oct. 1 S. Utah, 6 p.m.
Oct. 15 Sam Houston St., 6 p.m.
Oct. 22 North Alabama, 3 p.m.
Oct. 29 at SE Missouri, 2 p.m.
Nov. 5 Cent. Arkansas, 5 p.m.
Nov. 12 at Jacksonville St., 2 p.m.
Nov. 19 Kennesaw St., 3 p.m.
Sept. 2 E. Kentucky, 7 p.m.
Sept. 10 at Louisiana-Lafayette, 7 p.m.
Sept. 17 at Arizona St., 11 p.m.
Sept. 24 Buffalo, TBA
Oct. 1 Umass, 2 p.m.
Oct. 8 at W. Michigan, TBA
Oct. 15 N. Illinois, TBA
Oct. 22 at Ball St., 2 p.m.
Oct. 29 Toledo, TBA
Nov. 8 at Akron, TBA
Nov. 16 at Kent St., TBA
Nov. 25 Cent. Michigan, Noon
Sept. 3 Tennessee St., 4 p.m.
Sept. 10 at Oregon, 8:30 p.m.
Sept. 24 Montana St., 4 p.m.
Oct. 1 at Florida, Noon
Oct. 8 at Weber St., 8 p.m.
Oct. 15 Sacramento St., 7 p.m.
Oct. 22 at Cal Poly, 8 p.m.
Oct. 29 Portland St., 4 p.m.
Nov. 5 at Idaho, 3 p.m.
Nov. 12 at Montana, 3 p.m.
Nov. 19 N. Colorado, 4 p.m.
Sept. 1 Mars Hill, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 10 at The Citadel, 4 p.m.
Sept. 17 Furman, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Robert Morris, Noon
Oct. 1 Chattanooga, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 8 at VMI, 1:30 p.m.
Oct. 15 at Mercer, 4 p.m.
Oct. 22 Samford, 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 29 at Wofford, 1:30 p.m.
Nov. 12 W. Carolina, 1 p.m.
Nov. 19 at Mississippi St., TBA
Sept. 3 NC State, Noon
Sept. 10 Old Dominion, 6 p.m.
Sept. 17 Campbell, 6 p.m.
Sept. 24 Navy, TBA
Oct. 1 at South Florida, TBA
Oct. 8 at Tulane, TBA
Oct. 15 Memphis, TBA
Oct. 22 UCF, TBA
Oct. 28 at BYU, 8 p.m.
Nov. 11 at Cincinnati, 8 p.m.
Nov. 19 Houston, TBA
Nov. 26 at Temple, TBA
Sept. 3 at Vanderbilt, 7 p.m.
Sept. 10 at Wofford, 6 p.m.
Sept. 17 Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m.
Sept. 24 at William & Mary, 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 1 Richmond, 2 p.m.
Oct. 8 Towson, 2 p.m.
Oct. 15 at Rhode Island, 1 p.m.
Oct. 22 at New Hampshire, 1 p.m.
Oct. 29 Delaware, 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 5 Albany (NY), 2 p.m.
Nov. 12 at Hampton, 1 p.m.
Sept. 3 at Ohio, 6 p.m.
Sept. 10 SE Louisiana, 6 p.m.
Sept. 17 UCF, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Purdue, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 1 at North Texas, 4 p.m.
Oct. 15 Rice, 6 p.m.
Oct. 22 at UTEP, 4 p.m.
Oct. 29 UAB, 7 p.m.
Nov. 12 at FIU, 7 p.m.
Nov. 19 at Middle Tennessee, 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 26 W. Kentucky, Noon
Sept. 1 Bryant, 7 p.m.
Sept. 10 at Texas State, 7 p.m.
Sept. 24 at W. Kentucky, 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 1 at New Mexico St., 8 p.m.
Oct. 8 Uconn, 7 p.m.
Oct. 14 UTSA, 8 p.m.
Oct. 22 at Charlotte, 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 28 Louisiana Tech, 8 p.m.
Nov. 5 at North Texas, 4 p.m.
Nov. 12 FAU, 7 p.m.
Nov. 19 at UTEP, 4 p.m.
Nov. 26 Middle Tennessee, 6 p.m.
Sept. 3 Utah, 7 p.m.
Sept. 10 Kentucky, 7 p.m.
Sept. 17 South Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Tennessee, TBA
Oct. 1 E. Washington, Noon
Oct. 8 Missouri, TBA
Oct. 15 LSU, TBA
Oct. 29 at Georgia, 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 5 at Texas A&M, TBA
Nov. 12 South Carolina, TBA
Nov. 19 at Vanderbilt, TBA
Nov. 25 at Florida St., 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 4 at Jackson St., 3 p.m.
Sept. 10 Albany St. (Ga.), 6 p.m.
Sept. 24 Alabama A&M, 6 p.m.
Oct. 1 MVSU, 6 p.m.
Oct. 8 at SC State, 2 p.m.
Oct. 15 at Grambling St., 3 p.m.
Oct. 29 Ark.-Pine Bluff, 4 p.m.
Nov. 5 Southern U., 6:30 p.m.
Nov. 12 at Alabama St., 3 p.m.
Nov. 19 at Bethune-Cookman, TBA
Sept. 4 at LSU, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 16 at Louisville, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 24 Boston College, TBA
Oct. 1 Wake Forest, TBA
Oct. 8 at NC State, TBA
Oct. 15 Clemson, TBA
Oct. 29 Georgia Tech, TBA
Nov. 5 at Miami, TBA
Nov. 12 at Syracuse, TBA
Nov. 19 Louisiana-Lafayette, TBA
Nov. 25 Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 1 at Wagner, 6 p.m.
Sept. 10 at Monmouth (NJ), 1 p.m.
Sept. 17 Albany (NY), 1 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Ohio, TBA
Oct. 1 Georgetown, 1 p.m.
Oct. 8 at Lehigh, Noon
Oct. 15 Stony Brook, 6 p.m.
Oct. 29 at Holy Cross, 1 p.m.
Nov. 5 at Bucknell, 1 p.m.
Nov. 12 Lafayette, 1 p.m.
Nov. 19 Colgate, 1 p.m.
Sept. 1 Cal Poly, 10:30 p.m.
Sept. 10 Oregon St., 10:30 p.m.
Sept. 17 at Southern Cal, 10:30 p.m.
Oct. 1 at Uconn, 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 8 at Boise St., TBA
Oct. 15 San Jose St., TBA
Oct. 22 at New Mexico, TBA
Oct. 29 San Diego St., TBA
Nov. 5 Hawaii, TBA
Nov. 11 at UNLV, 10:30 p.m.
Nov. 19 at Nevada, 10:30 p.m.
Nov. 25 Wyoming, 10 p.m.
Sept. 1 North Greenville, 7 p.m.
Sept. 10 at Clemson, 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 17 at ETSU, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Charleston Southern, Noon
Oct. 1 Samford, 2 p.m.
Oct. 8 at The Citadel, 2 p.m.
Oct. 15 W. Carolina, 2 p.m.
Oct. 22 at VMI, 1:30 p.m.
Oct. 29 Chattanooga, 2 p.m.
Nov. 12 at Mercer, 3 p.m.
Nov. 19 Wofford, 1 p.m.
Sept. 1 Limestone, 7 p.m.
Sept. 10 at Coastal Carolina, 6 p.m.
Sept. 17 at Elon, 6 p.m.
Sept. 24 Mercer, 6 p.m.
Oct. 1 at Marshall, TBA
Oct. 8 at Robert Morris, 3 p.m.
Oct. 15 at Liberty, TBA
Oct. 22 at Charleston Southern, 6 p.m.
Oct. 29 Bryant, 1:30 p.m.
Nov. 12 at Campbell, 1 p.m.
Nov. 19 NC A&T, 1:30 p.m.
Sept. 3 at Marist, Noon
Sept. 10 Lehigh, 5 p.m.
Sept. 17 at Monmouth (NJ), 1 p.m.
Sept. 24 Columbia, 12:30 p.m.
Oct. 1 at Fordham, 1 p.m.
Oct. 8 Penn, 2 p.m.
Oct. 22 at Colgate, Noon
Oct. 29 at Lafayette, 12:30 p.m.
Nov. 5 St. Francis (Pa.), 12:30 p.m.
Nov. 12 Bucknell, 12:30 p.m.
Nov. 19 Holy Cross, 12:30 p.m.
Sept. 3 Oregon, 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 10 Samford, 4 p.m.
Sept. 17 at South Carolina, Noon
Sept. 24 Kent St., Noon
Oct. 1 at Missouri, TBA
Oct. 8 Auburn, TBA
Oct. 15 Vanderbilt, TBA
Oct. 29 Florida, 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 5 Tennessee, TBA
Nov. 12 at Mississippi St., TBA
Nov. 19 at Kentucky, TBA
Nov. 26 Georgia Tech, TBA
Sept. 3 Morgan St., 6 p.m.
Sept. 10 at Nebraska, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 17 at UAB, 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 24 Ball St., 6 p.m.
Oct. 1 at Coastal Carolina, TBA
Oct. 8 at Georgia St., TBA
Oct. 15 James Madison, 4 p.m.
Oct. 22 at Old Dominion, TBA
Nov. 5 South Alabama, 4 p.m.
Nov. 10 at Louisiana-Lafayette, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 19 Marshall, 6 p.m.
Nov. 26 Appalachian St., 6 p.m.
Sept. 3 at South Carolina, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 10 North Carolina, Noon
Sept. 17 Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Sept. 22 Coastal Carolina, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 1 at Army, Noon
Oct. 8 Georgia Southern, TBA
Oct. 19 at Appalachian St., 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 29 Old Dominion, TBA
Nov. 5 at Southern Miss., TBA
Nov. 12 Louisiana-Monroe, TBA
Nov. 19 at James Madison, TBA
Nov. 26 at Marshall, TBA
Sept. 5 Clemson, 8 p.m.
Sept. 10 W. Carolina, 7 p.m.
Sept. 17 Mississippi, 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 24 at UCF, TBA
Oct. 1 at Pittsburgh, TBA
Oct. 8 Duke, TBA
Oct. 20 Virginia, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 29 at Florida St., TBA
Nov. 5 at Virginia Tech, TBA
Nov. 12 Miami, TBA
Nov. 19 at North Carolina, TBA
Nov. 26 at Georgia, TBA
Sept. 3 at Arkansas St., 7 p.m.
Sept. 10 Northwestern St., 7 p.m.
Sept. 17 at Jackson St., 2 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Bethune-Cookman, 2 p.m.
Oct. 1 Prairie View, 7 p.m.
Oct. 8 at Alabama A&M, 2 p.m.
Oct. 15 Florida A&M, 3 p.m.
Oct. 29 Alcorn St., 3 p.m.
Nov. 5 Ark.-Pine Bluff, 3 p.m.
Nov. 12 at Texas Southern, 7 p.m.
Nov. 26 at Southern U., 2 p.m.
Sept. 3 Howard, 6 p.m.
Sept. 10 Tuskegee, 6 p.m.
Sept. 17 at Norfolk St., 2 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Delaware, 6 p.m.
Oct. 8 Maine, 2 p.m.
Oct. 15 at Albany (NY), 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 22 Richmond, 2 p.m.
Oct. 29 at Villanova, 1 p.m.
Nov. 5 William & Mary, 1 p.m.
Nov. 12 Elon, 1 p.m.
Nov. 19 at Towson, 1 p.m.
Sept. 16 Merrimack, 7 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Brown, 12:30 p.m.
Oct. 1 Holy Cross, 1 p.m.
Oct. 7 at Cornell, 7 p.m.
Oct. 15 at Howard, 4 p.m.
Oct. 21 Princeton, 7 p.m.
Oct. 29 at Dartmouth, 1:30 p.m.
Nov. 5 Columbia, 1 p.m.
Nov. 12 at Penn, 1 p.m.
Nov. 19 Yale, TBA
Sept. 4 W. Kentucky, 12 a.m.
Sept. 10 at Michigan, 8 p.m.
Sept. 18 Duquesne, 12 a.m.
Sept. 24 at New Mexico St., 8 p.m.
Oct. 8 at San Diego St., 10:30 p.m.
Oct. 16 Nevada, 12 a.m.
Oct. 22 at Colorado St., 4 p.m.
Oct. 30 Wyoming, 12 a.m.
Nov. 5 at Fresno St., TBA
Nov. 12 Utah St., 11 p.m.
Nov. 19 UNLV, 11 p.m.
Nov. 26 at San Jose St., 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 2 at Merrimack, 7 p.m.
Sept. 10 at Buffalo, 6 p.m.
Sept. 17 Yale, 2 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Colgate, 1 p.m.
Oct. 1 at Harvard, 1 p.m.
Oct. 8 Bucknell, 4 p.m.
Oct. 22 at Lafayette, 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 29 Fordham, 1 p.m.
Nov. 5 Lehigh, Noon
Nov. 12 Bryant, Noon
Nov. 19 at Georgetown, 12:30 p.m.
Sept. 3 at UTSA, 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 10 at Texas Tech, 4 p.m.
Sept. 17 Kansas, 4 p.m.
Sept. 24 Rice, TBA
Sept. 30 Tulane, 7 p.m.
Oct. 7 at Memphis, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 22 at Navy, Noon
Oct. 29 South Florida, TBA
Nov. 5 at SMU, TBA
Nov. 12 Temple, TBA
Nov. 19 at East Carolina, TBA
Nov. 26 Tulsa, TBA
Sept. 3 at N. Colorado, 4 p.m.
Sept. 10 Lindenwood (Mo.), 7 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Texas State, 7 p.m.
Oct. 1 at Lamar, 4 p.m.
Oct. 8 Nicholls, 7 p.m.
Oct. 15 Northwestern St., 7 p.m.
Oct. 22 at Texas A&M Commerce, 3 p.m.
Oct. 29 UT Martin, 3 p.m.
Nov. 5 at Incarnate Word, 3 p.m.
Nov. 12 McNeese St., 3 p.m.
Nov. 19 at Tarleton St., 3 p.m.
Sept. 3 at Hampton, 6 p.m.
Sept. 10 at South Florida, 7 p.m.
Sept. 17 Morehouse, 3 p.m.
Oct. 1 at Yale, Noon
Oct. 15 Harvard, 4 p.m.
Oct. 22 Delaware St., 1 p.m.
Oct. 29 at Norfolk St., 2 p.m.
Nov. 5 at NC Central, 2 p.m.
Nov. 12 SC State, 1 p.m.
Nov. 19 at Morgan St., Noon
Sept. 3 at Washington St., 9:30 p.m.
Sept. 10 at Indiana, 8 p.m.
Sept. 17 Drake, 3 p.m.
Sept. 24 at N. Arizona, 4 p.m.
Oct. 1 N. Colorado, 9 p.m.
Oct. 15 at Montana, 3 p.m.
Oct. 22 Portland St., 3 p.m.
Oct. 29 at Sacramento St., 9 p.m.
Nov. 5 E. Washington, 3 p.m.
Nov. 12 UC Davis, 7 p.m.
Nov. 19 at Idaho St., 3 p.m.
Sept. 10 at San Diego St., 8 p.m.
Sept. 17 Cent. Arkansas, 3 p.m.
Sept. 24 at N. Colorado, 3 p.m.
Oct. 1 Montana, 3 p.m.
Oct. 8 at Montana St., 4 p.m.
Oct. 15 Cal Poly, 3 p.m.
Oct. 22 N. Arizona, 3 p.m.
Nov. 5 at UC Davis, 7 p.m.
Nov. 12 at Weber St., 3 p.m.
Nov. 19 Idaho, 3 p.m.
Sept. 2 at Indiana, 8 p.m.
Sept. 10 Virginia, 4 p.m.
Sept. 22 Chattanooga, 8:30 p.m.
Oct. 1 at Wisconsin, TBA
Oct. 8 Iowa, TBA
Oct. 15 Minnesota, Noon
Oct. 29 at Nebraska, TBA
Nov. 5 Michigan St., TBA
Nov. 12 Purdue, TBA
Nov. 19 at Michigan, TBA
Nov. 26 at Northwestern, TBA
Sept. 3 at Wisconsin, 7 p.m.
Sept. 10 Valparaiso, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 17 E. Illinois, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 1 S. Illinois, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 8 at N. Iowa, 5 p.m.
Oct. 15 South Dakota, 3 p.m.
Oct. 22 at Indiana St., 1 p.m.
Oct. 29 at N. Dakota St., 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 5 Youngstown St., 3 p.m.
Nov. 12 at S. Dakota St., 3 p.m.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Dozens of people were injured in a massive traffic pileup amid snowy conditions in southern Wisconsin on Friday, which blocked Interstate 39/90 for hours, authorities said.
Beloit Memorial Hospital said at least 27 people were treated for injuries sustained in the crash, WIFR-TV reported. The extent of their injuries was not immediately clear, the station said.
State Patrol officials said snow, ice and whiteout conditions were factors in the crash.
Most of southern Wisconsin remained under a winter weather advisory Friday afternoon with more snow expected Saturday.
The crash occurred at around 12:30 p.m. in Rock County between Janesville and Beloit, the State Patrol said in a statement posted on its Facebook page. Troopers arrived to find the interstate blocked in both directions.
Troopers diverted traffic onto side roads. The southbound lanes reopened just after 8 p.m., the State Patrol said on Twitter late Friday.
WIFR-TV posted live video of the scene just before 4 p.m. showing semitrailers backed up as emergency workers assisted motorists.
As of 6 a.m. Friday, the Beloit area had seen 2.2 inches of snow over the last 24 hours, according to the National Weather Service.
The State Patrol said in a separate statement that another multi-vehicle crash around 1:30 p.m. Friday blocked northbound Interstate 41 in Kenosha County near the Wisconsin-Illinois border. Those lanes reopened by 7:35 p.m. Snow, ice and whiteout conditions factored into that crash as well, according to the State Patrol. | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-snow-leads-to-massive-pileup-in-wisconsin-dozens-injured/ | 2023-01-28 17:41:34 | 0 | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-snow-leads-to-massive-pileup-in-wisconsin-dozens-injured/ |
Yusaku Maezawa Announces Eight Crewmembers aboard Starship Lunar Mission
NEW YORK, Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yusaku Maezawa (CEO, Start Today, Inc.) announced that 8 crew members and 2 backup crew members have been selected for "dearMoon," the first all-civilian project to fly around the Moon aboard Starship, a rocket being developed by SpaceX.
In March 2021, Maezawa, put out a call on the official dearMoon website for the opportunity of going to space to more diverse talents, and received more than 1 million applications from 249 countries and regions.
The 8 crew members will fly around the Moon for approximately 7 days with Maezawa and return to Earth.
The primary crew is:
- Steve Aoki: 2x-GRAMMY nominated music producer, artist, fashion designer and entrepreneur
- Rhiannon Adam: Photographic artist
- Tim Dodd: Content creator, photographer, videographer, and musician. Host of YouTube Channel "Everyday Astronaut"
- Yemi A.D.: Multi-disciplinary creative force, social innovator, and choreographer
- Brendan Hall: Documentary filmmaker
- Karim Iliya: Photographer and filmmaker
- TOP / Choi Seung Hyun: Musician, award winning film actor, and avid art collector
- Dev D. Joshi: Professional actor and social media influencer
There are two backup crew members, US Olympic gold medal snowboarder Kaitlyn Farrington and Japanese dancer and choreographer Miyu.
Maezawa fulfilled his dream of going to space by staying on the International Space Station (ISS) in December 2021. His next challenge is this first all-civilian trip around the Moon in the history of mankind.
"We received applications from about one million people from all around the world… [The crew] are all fantastic people," shared Maezawa. "There isn't a set task for each of them, but I hope each crewmember will recognize the responsibility that comes with leaving the Earth... They will gain a lot from this experience, and I hope they will use that to contribute to the planet, to humanity."
"The entire SpaceX team is excited for these extraordinary people to join the dearMoon mission," said Jessica Jensen, SpaceX Vice President of Customer Operations & Integration. "We look forward to flying this crew of artists, content creators, and athletes from all around the world who will travel within 200 km of the lunar surface as they complete a full journey around the Moon before safely returning to Earth."
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Zhizhen Zhang 2023 Viking International Eastbourne Odds
A quarterfinal is next up for Zhizhen Zhang in the Viking International Eastbourne, and he will meet Francisco Cerundolo. Zhang currently has +800 odds to win this tournament at Devonshire Park International Tennis Centre.
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Zhang at the 2023 Viking International Eastbourne
- Next Round: Quarterfinals
- Tournament Dates: June 23 - July 1
- Venue: Devonshire Park International Tennis Centre
- Location: Eastbourne, United Kingdom
- Court Surface: Grass
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Zhang's Next Match
Zhang will play Cerundolo in the quarterfinals on Thursday, June 29 at 6:00 AM ET, after getting past Maxime Cressy in the previous round 3-6, 7-5, 6-4.
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Zhang Stats
- Zhang beat Cressy 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 on Wednesday in the Round of 16.
- The 26-year-old Zhang is 22-19 over the past year and is still seeking his first tournament title.
- Zhang has not won any of his two tournaments on grass over the past year, with a record of 0-2 on that surface.
- In his 41 matches over the past 12 months, across all court surfaces, Zhang has averaged 25.2 games.
- In his two matches on a grass surface over the past 12 months, Zhang has averaged 17.5 games.
- Zhang, over the past year, has won 80.1% of his service games and 18.8% of his return games.
- Zhang has claimed 50.0% of his service games on grass over the past year and 11.1% of his return games.
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The U.S. Department of Justice has issued the Garden State’s first Child Abduction Response Team certification to the team operated by the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office.
To earn certification, CARTs must demonstrate the ability to quickly organize and use best practices when searching for a missing child, while also coordinating participation from various agencies and documenting all aspects of the operation, according to an announcement from the GCPO. | https://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/2022/11/nj-countys-child-abduction-response-team-earns-states-1st-federal-certification.html | 2022-11-16 13:24:59 | 0 | https://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/2022/11/nj-countys-child-abduction-response-team-earns-states-1st-federal-certification.html |
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Danny Masterson, former star of the long-running sitcom “That ’70s Show,” is about to face three women in court who say he raped them two decades ago at a trial whose key figures are all current or former members of the Church of Scientology.
Opening statements could begin as early as Tuesday in the Los Angeles trial of the 46-year-old Masterson, and while a judge has expressed her determination not to have the church become the center of the proceedings, it will inevitably loom large.
Masterson is charged with raping the women between 2001 and 2003 in his home, which functioned as a social hub when he was at the height of his fame. Masterson has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
One of the women had been Masterson's longtime girlfriend. Another was a longtime friend, and the third a newer acquaintance.
All three were members of the Church of Scientology, as Masterson still is. All three accusers have since left, and they said the church's insistence that it deal internally with problems between members made them hesitant at first to go to authorities.
“This is not going to become a trial on Scientology,” Superior Court Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo asserted at a pre-trial hearing. But she said she would allow its discussion as a reason why the women delayed reporting to authorities.
Testimony at a preliminary hearing last year to determine whether Masterson should go to trial last year included frequent use of Scientology jargon that lawyers had to ask the witnesses to explain. And the trial's witness list is full of members and former members of the church, which has a strong presence in Los Angeles and has counted many famous figures among its members. The list includes former member Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of Elvis Presley and former wife of Michael Jackson.
Masterson's initial attorney in the case, Thomas Mesereau, emphasized his client's Scientology connections, saying his arrest was the result of anti-religious bias from police and prosecutors. The lawyer attempted unsuccessfully to subpoena alleged communications between the accusers and actor Leah Remini, a former Scientologist who has become on of the church’s foremost detractors, authoring a book and hosting a documentary series.
Masterson's lead attorney for the trial, Phillip Cohen, appears to be taking the opposite approach, seeking in a pretrial motion to minimize mentions of the institution, which has garnered much negative publicity in recent years because of prominent dissidents like Remini. Some potential jurors have been dismissed based on their opinions of the church.
“I think leaving the Church of Scientology out of it is a good plan,” said Emily D. Baker, a former Los Angeles County prosecutor who now works as a legal analyst and podcaster. “I don’t think the general public has an overwhelmingly positive view, I think there is a lot of skepticism.”
Deputy District Attorney Reinhold Mueller, the lead prosecutor, may want to tread carefully on the subject too.
“It can feel heavy handed when you have the government bringing someone’s religion into a prosecution,” said Baker, who is not involved in the case. “I think there is a careful line to be considered. The church is not on trial, you don’t want to give jurors a sense that you’re going after it.”
Masterson is charged with three counts of rape by force or fear, which could mean up to 45 years in prison if if he's convicted.
At last year's preliminary hearing, one woman testified that they were five years into a relationship when she woke to Masterson raping her one night in 2001.
Another, a onetime friend of Masterson’s who had been born into Scientology, testified that, in 2003, he had taken her upstairs from the hot tub at his Los Angeles home and raped her in his bedroom.
The third woman said Masterson raped her on a night in 2003 after texting her to come to his house. She testified she had set boundaries and was clear there was to be no sex.
One of the women, Masterson's friend, unhappy with the way the Scientology ethics board handled her complaint about him, filed a police report in 2004 that didn’t result in charges. In 2016, she connected and shared stories with the woman who says she was raped while in a relationship with Masterson. Each would file a police report that year. Masterson's former girlfriend said she did so after telling her story to her husband, who helped her understand that she had been raped. The third woman went to police in 2017.
Masterson's then-attorneys suggested in their cross-examination of the women that all had retroactively reframed consensual sex as rape, and said the age of the incidents made accurate memories impossible.
The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they were victims of sexual abuse unless they come forward publicly.
Masterson was one of the first Hollywood figures to be prosecuted in the #MeToo era. His is one of several high-profile sexual assault cases that have gone to trial around the fifth anniversary of the reporting of accusations against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, which transformed the #MeToo movement into an international reckoning.
Weinstein's second rape and sexual assault trial — he's already been convicted in New York — is happening simultaneously, just down the hall from Masterson's. In New York, civil trials have begun for actor Kevin Spacey and for screenwriter and director Paul Haggis, who are both being sued for sexual assault.
Haggis is himself a Scientology dissident, and the judge in that case is allowing him to argue that the church is behind the allegations against him.
From 1998 until 2006, Masterson starred as Steven Hyde on Fox's “That ’70s Show,” which made stars of Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis and Topher Grace and is getting an upcoming Netflix reboot with “That '90s Show.”
Masterson had reunited with Kutcher on the Netflix comedy “The Ranch” but was written off the show when an LAPD investigation was revealed in December 2017.
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(The Hill) – The legal challenges facing the Biden administration over its student loan forgiveness program is leaving borrowers in limbo as the White House is now forced to halt administering the program until the Supreme Court rules on the matter.
Spirits among advocates were high when the program was announced in August, when Biden promised $10,000 in federal loan forgiveness for those making less than $125,000 and $20,000 for those making that same amount who received Pell Grants.
While the administration recently notified certain borrowers who are eligible for forgiveness, it also indicated that it cannot execute the program while the Justice Department fights legal challenges in court, leaving borrowers confused over the status of their promised debt relief. The administration has also stopped accepting applications for the program as a result.
Here are five things you need to know about where student loan forgiveness stands.
Court cases hold up program
The Biden administration has faced at least six court challenges since announcing the student debt relief program, but only two so far have seen success in their efforts.
A Texas-based, Trump-appointed federal judge earlier this month invalidated the program, saying Biden has overstepped his power in the executive branch and that it was up to Congress to make such laws.
“In this country, we are not ruled by an all-powerful executive with a pen and a phone. Instead, we are ruled by a Constitution that provides for three distinct and independent branches of government,” the judge wrote. The administration has asked the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to halt that ruling until it files an appeal in that case.
A second successful challenge came from six conservative-led states, Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas and South Carolina, in the St. Louis-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit back in October.
The states argued that they were harmed by the freeze in student loan payments. A three-judge panel unanimously decided the program should be paused until further notice from that court or the Supreme Court.
Biden administration fights back
The Biden administration has taken action against both of those cases, most recently asking the Supreme Court to intervene.
“We’re not going to back down though on our fight to give families breathing room,” Biden said on Tuesday when he announced another extension to the pause on federal student loan payments. “That’s why the Department of Justice is asking the Supreme Court of the United States to rule on the case.”
In the Texas case, the Justice Department submitted a legal filing to the New Orleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit asking for it to pause the order from that judge.
The department’s filing to the 5th Circuit came only a day before it filed a petition to the Supreme Court, asking the high court to overturn the 8th Circuit’s decision so the Biden administration could administer its debt relief program.
“The [8th Circuit’s] injunction thus frustrates the government’s ability to respond to the harmful economic consequences of a devastating pandemic with the policies it has determined are necessary,” U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar told the justices.
Along with hurting the government’s program, the Justice Department argued the 8th Circuit’s ruling regarding the program leaves “vulnerable borrowers in untenable limbo.”
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said this week that the administration is confident the program will hold, adding that all options are on the table when asked if the White House is putting contingency plans in place.
“We took it to the highest court of the land, as you know — the Supreme Court — because we wanted to get a clarification on this quickly. And so, we’re confident in that process,” she said on Monday.
Loan payment pause extended to next year
After pressure from activist groups, the Biden administration announced on Tuesday they would be extending the pause of student loan payments into next year.
The pause, which was set to expire on Dec. 31, was extended up to June 30, with Biden saying the extension allows the Supreme Court time to hear the case in its current term.
The payment pause will end “no later than June 30, 2023,” Biden said, because payments will resume 60 days after the Education Department is permitted to implement the program or the litigation is resolved, which should come before the end of June, when the Supreme Court term typically concludes.
The announcement comes after the administration fell under pressure from student loan advocacy groups, which argued borrowers should not have to pay monthly student loans bills until the courts reach a decision on the legality of student debt forgiveness.
The pause on student loan payments began at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic under former President Trump to give relief to struggling Americans. It has been extended under the Trump and Biden administrations at least six times.
With the legal barricades that have popped up against the debt relief program, Biden said he is “never going to apologize for helping working class and middle class families.”
Forgiveness timeline unknown
Despite the payment pause deadline being extended to June, a firmer deadline on any court decisions remains unknown.
Borrowers could be waiting anywhere from weeks to months before they know if Biden’s program will be executed and any actual debt be forgiven.
In the meantime, the Biden administration has encouraged borrowers to sign up for updates from the Department of Education regarding the program so borrowers can know when any updates are available.
Robert Moran, a former senior policy adviser in the Education Department under President George W. Bush predicted the legal challenges could be resolved in the next few months.
“I do think the Supreme Court will resolve in February or March, which means folks will start repaying in April or May,” he said.
Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond, predicted that it could take longer.
“Much currently remains unclear,” he said. “The justices could be waiting to weigh in for more than preliminary rulings and district court opinions before the high court seriously considers any appeal … if that happens, it may consume much time before the issue is resolved.”
Education Department is ready to provide relief
More than 23 million people applied for student loan relief before the legal limbo halted the program.
Although the Education Department has had to pull loan forgiveness applications off its website, it still has the information for the millions who moved to apply so far.
Over the weekend, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona announced borrowers were getting updates on their applications despite the legal fight in which borrowers are being informed about whether their federal student loans would eventually qualify for debt forgiveness.
“Your application is complete and approved, and we will discharge your approved debt if and when we prevail in court,” an email to an approved borrower says.
Even if an application is approved, however, no debt relief can be applied to a borrower’s account until the legal challenges that have stopped the program from being administered are ruled upon. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/what-to-know-about-the-pause-on-student-debt-relief/ | 2022-11-27 16:34:17 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/what-to-know-about-the-pause-on-student-debt-relief/ |
Russell to help bolster hiring and management practices during a period of unprecedented growth
TEL AVIV, Israel, March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Wiz, the leading cloud security platform that rapidly enables customers to find and remove critical cloud risks, today announced Kelly Russell as the company's Chief Human Resources Officer. Boasting over 15 years of human resources expertise in the technology sector, Russell will guide hiring and management practices for Wiz as it looks to build upon its reputation as the fastest-growing software company in the world.
Russell brings multi-varied HR expertise to Wiz, with experience in the banking, manufacturing, automotive, and tech industries. Prior to joining Wiz, she served as Global HR Leader at Amazon and SVP of Talent for Twilio. Serving as CHRO with Wiz, Russell will work to facilitate similar growth and empower employees as they build innovative, world-class products for the company's customers.
"Wiz is a perfect fit for me– a rapidly growing company where I can help to develop the HR function alongside a leadership team that values people above all else," said Kelly Russell, Wiz Chief Human Resources Officer. "Wiz recognizes that our employees, aka Wizards, are the most important resource and strives to create an environment where each person feels engaged, connected, and respected. An amazing foundation has been created for HR so far and this is our opportunity to build upon that foundation to further hire, develop, and keep our amazing Wizards."
"Given Wiz's unprecedented growth since March 2020, Kelly Russell's role is critical to ensuring the company continues to attract and retain our top-tier talent in order to exceed the market needs," said Assaf Rappaport, Wiz Co-Founder and CEO. "Kelly is a proven executive with a talent for bringing together people and processes to help workers to succeed at all levels. We couldn't be more excited to have her join our team and for the pivotal role she'll play in Wiz's success, now and in the long term."
About Wiz
Wiz secures everything organizations build and run in the cloud. Founded in 2020, Wiz is the fastest-growing software company in the world, scaling from $1M to $100M ARR in 18 months. Wiz enables hundreds of organizations worldwide, including 30 percent of the Fortune 100, to rapidly identify and remove critical risks in cloud environments. Its customers include Salesforce, Slack, Mars, BMW, Avery Dennison, Priceline, Cushman & Wakefield, DocuSign, and Agoda, among others. Wiz is backed by Sequoia, Index Ventures, Insight Partners, Salesforce, Blackstone, Advent, Greenoaks and Aglaé. Visit https://www.wiz.io/ for more information.
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The United States intends to send another $2 billion in military support to Ukraine and 18 nearby countries at risk of Russian attack, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Thursday during a visit to Kyiv.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also on Thursday announced another package of weapons to Ukraine worth up to $675 million, a pledge made as he met with allies working to keep Ukraine equipped “over the long haul” amid the Russian invasion.
“Yesterday, President Biden approved the latest tranche of U.S. assistance to Ukraine. It’s valued at up to $675 million,” Austin told reporters following a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.
A list later released by the Pentagon detailed the contents of the package, which includes four 105mm Howitzers and 36,000 accompanying artillery rounds, ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), additional High-speed Anti-radiation missiles (HARM), 100 Humvees, 50 armored ambulances, anti-tank systems, small arms and more.
Blinken notified Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of the latest U.S. lethal aid when the two met Thursday in Ukraine’s capital. It was Blinken’s second visit to Ukraine since Russia first attacked the country on Feb. 24.
In a statement, Blinken said he informed Zelensky of the $675 million presidential drawdown, noting that President Biden “has been clear we will support the people of Ukraine for as long as it takes. I reiterated this message to President Zelenskyy and his team today in Kyiv, which remains — and will remain — the capital of a sovereign, independent Ukraine.”
The new aid would push the U.S. security assistance commitment to Ukraine past the $15 billion mark since August 2021, and more than $14.5 billion since the Russia invasion began.
Both the Pentagon and State Department also announced that the Biden administration has informed Congress of its “intent to make a further $2.2 billion available in long-term investments under Foreign Military Financing to bolster the security of Ukraine and 18 of its neighbors; including many of our NATO Allies, as well as other regional security partners potentially at risk of future Russian aggression.”
Roughly half of that money will go toward Ukrainian security and the other half split between Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia.
As Blinken visited Kyiv, Austin met with representatives from around 50 countries at the fifth gathering of the Ukraine Contact Group, a group that first met in April to coordinate the flow of military assistance to Ukraine. Those in attendance included NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov.
“Ukrainian forces have begun their counteroffensive in the south of their country. And they are integrating the capabilities that we all have provided to help themselves to fight and reclaim their sovereign territory,” Austin said earlier on Thursday as he sat down with the group.
“Today, this Contact Group needs to position itself to sustain Ukraine’s brave defenders for the long haul. And that means a continued and determined flow of capability now,” he continued. “And it means renewing and deepening our resolve to stand by Ukraine — with support and strength that doesn’t hinge on any one particular battle.”
Austin added that NATO and the United States are working to host a special session in the next few weeks that will bring together senior national armaments directors from the 50 countries in the contact group.
“They will discuss how our defense industrial bases can best equip Ukraine’s future forces with the capabilities that they need,” he said.
Ukrainian forces are working to push Russian troops from the northeast part of the country around Kharkiv and in the south near Kherson, with Zelensky on Wednesday highlighting “good news” about recapturing unnamed settlements from the Kharkiv region.
But Russia is showing no sign of backing down, with President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday defiantly claiming his country has “not lost a thing” from the war in Ukraine and the tight sanctions it has triggered.
U.S. officials, meanwhile, estimated in August that Russia has suffered around 70,000 to 80,000 casualties in under six months.
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New Mexico judge disqualifies Cowboys for Trump founder from public office
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico state district court judge has disqualified county commissioner and Cowboys for Trump cofounder Couy Griffin from holding public office for engaging in insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
State District Court Judge Francis Mathew issued a ruling Tuesday that permanently prohibits Griffin from holding or seeking local or federal office.
Griffin was previously convicted in federal court of a misdemeanor for entering Capitol grounds on Jan. 6. He was sentenced to 14 days and given credit for time served.
The new ruling immediately removes Griffin from his position as a commissioner in Otero County in southern New Mexico.
“Mr. Griffin aided the insurrection even though he did not personally engage in violence,” Mathew wrote. “By joining the mob and trespassing on restricted Capitol grounds, Mr. Griffin contributed to delaying Congress’s election-certification proceedings.”
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This story has been corrected to show that Mathew is a New Mexico state district judge, not a U.S. federal judge.
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PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jeff McNeil thinks he’ll adapt quickly to baseball’s big shift — really, an anti-shift.
“I’m playing a normal second base now instead of in short right field. I’ve been playing second base my whole life so it shouldn’t be too hard to adjust to,” the New York Mets All-Star infielder and big league batting champion said.
Spring training opens Monday in Florida and Arizona for players reporting early ahead of the World Baseball Classic, and the rest of pitchers and catchers will start workouts two days later.
Following an offseason of record spending in which the New York Mets approached a $370 million payroll, opening day on March 30 will feature three of the biggest changes since the pitcher’s mound was lowered for the 1969 season:
— Two infielders will be required on either side of second base and all infielders must be within the outer boundary of the infield when the pitcher is on the rubber.
— Base size will increase to 18-inch squares from 15 inches, causing a decreased distance of 4 1/2 inches.
— A pitch clock will be used, set at 15 seconds with no runners on base and 20 seconds with runners.
“This has been an eight-year effort for us,” MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday, thinking back to when the first experiments were formulated. “I hope we get what our fans want — faster, more action, more athleticism.”
Spring training started a month late last year because of the lockout, and many players scrambled for deals as camps opened. This offseason has proceeded more normally and some of the focus will be on stars with new homes: Jacob deGrom (Texas), Justin Verlander (New York Mets), Trea Turner (Philadelphia) and Xander Bogaerts (San Diego).
Some teams also have new bosses in Bruce Bochy (Texas), Matt Quatraro (Kansas City), Pedro Grifol (Chicago White Sox) and Skip Schumaker (Miami). What they face is far different from the challenges thrown at John McGraw and Connie Mack, or even Earl Weaver and Billy Martin.
Baseball’s timelessness spanned a century and a half in a sport obsessed with its sepia-toned history of flannel-clad pioneers.
“In baseball, there’s no clock,” Richard Greenberg wrote in his Tony Award-winning play “Take Me Out.” “What could be more generous than to give everyone all these opportunities and the time to seize them in, as well?”
Turns out, all those dead minutes became an annoyance in an age of decreased attention spans and increased entertainment competition.
The average time of a nine-inning game stretched from 2 hours, 30 minutes in the mid-1950s to 2:46 in 1989 and 3:10 in 2021before dropping to 3:04 last year following the introduction of the PitchCom electronic device to signal pitches.
“Pitch clock, I’m thrilled about,” Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said. “Speed the game up. They get too long. If we’re playing the Red Sox or playing the Yankees, they turn into four-hour ballgames.”
Use of a slightly stricter clock in the minors (14/19 at Triple-A and 14/18 at lower levels) cut the average game time from 3:03 in 2021 to 2:38 last year.
“My guess is in April you’re going to probably see some incidents. It’s inevitable,” Cleveland manager Terry Francona said. “Hitters are going to step out or somebody’s going to get a ball.”
With the rise in shifts and higher velocity pitches, the batting average dropped from .269 in 2006 to .243 last year, its lowest since the record of .239 in 1968. Batting average for left-handed hitters was .236 last year, down from .254 in 2016, when lefties were one point below the big league average.
Defensive shifts on balls in play totaled 70,853 last season, according to revised totals from Sports Info Solutions. That’s up from 59,063 in 2021 and 2,349 in 2011.
“I think for left-handed hitters, we’re trying to put the game back where it was historically,” Manfred.
McNeil, a lefty batter, is the big league batting champion and likely to benefit from infielders repositioned back to where they were before the Analytics Era.
“When they do shift me, I just hit against the shift. And when they don’t shift me, I just hit,” he said. “When they do give me a giant hole somewhere, then I’m going to pad to get the ball through there and try to get my single.”
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Mike Dunleavy outlined proposed legislation Thursday for Alaska to capitalize on carbon markets, seeking to diversify state revenues long heavily reliant on proceeds from oil.
Dunleavy plans to introduce his so-called a carbon management bill package during the legislative session that begins next week.
The Republican governor and members of his administration outlined the proposal at a news conference in Anchorage. Dunleavy said in a statement that he wants lawmakers to seriously consider it as a “cornerstone of a long-term fiscal solution" that would complement revenue from oil and gas and Alaska's nest-egg investment fund, the Alaska Permanent Fund. The state has relied heavily on oil revenue and earnings from the permanent fund to help pay for state government.
Dunleavy has suggested a range of rough estimates for what carbon projects might yield. Last month, in raising the carbon concept while releasing his budget plan, he said the “amount of money you can derive from this carbon process, that's difficult to put a finger on, but I would say this, we haven't even begun to calculate the sequestration concept in terms of monetization.” He said experts would help with that process.
The Congressional Research Service said in a report on carbon capture and sequestration in October that congressional interest in addressing climate change has increased interest in carbon capture and sequestration. But it added, that “debate continues as to what role, if any, CCS should play in greenhouse gas emissions reductions.”
While some policymakers and other interested parties see carbon capture and sequestration as an option to mitigate carbon dioxide emissions, others worry it “may encourage continued fossil fuel use” or that carbon dioxide could leak from underground reservoirs, the report stated.
Dunleavy's office said the new legislation would set out rules for potential storage of carbon dioxide in underground geologic formations and for a carbon offsets program.
Dunleavy said he sees a carbon initiative as standing alongside existing industries such as oil and gas, mining and timber.
“This is not a displacer of industry,” he said Thursday. “This is just a brand-new opportunity that will enhance and work hand-in-glove with the industries that we currently have.” | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Alaska-governor-pitches-plan-to-capitalize-on-17714640.php | 2023-01-13 00:55:04 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Alaska-governor-pitches-plan-to-capitalize-on-17714640.php |
Woman attacked by bear saved when her dog barks, lures it away from her, officials say
STRAFFORD, Vt. (WCAX/Gray News) - A Vermont woman who was attacked by a bear on her property was saved by one of her dogs when it lured the animal away from her, according to wildlife officials.
Game wardens said 61-year-old Susan Lee was walking on Saturday with her two dogs when she heard a loud noise and realized a bear was charging her.
Lee tripped and fell and felt pain in her upper left leg, and realized the bear was on top of her and had bitten her, WCAX reported.
That’s when her Jack Russell terrier intervened by barking at the bear and drawing its attention away from Lee. Officials said the bear got off her and focused on the dog instead.
Lee was able to return home with her dogs without seeing the bear again.
She was treated at the hospital for a bite wound on her upper left leg and multiple scratches between 2- and 9-inches long on both her sides. Her wounds were not life-threatening.
Fish and Wildlife biologists investigated the attack site but did not find the bear. They believe the bear was a female with cubs, and the attack was likely provoked when Lee and her dogs surprised them.
Jaclyn Conmeau, a bear biologist with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, said in a statement there are records of only three prior bear attacks in the state.
“Bear attacks are extremely rare in Vermont,” she said. “However, at this time of year black bears are moving in family units and mothers will be protective of their cubs. If confronted by a bear it is essential to remain calm and back away slowly, and to fight back immediately if attacked.”
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Woman attends New Brunswick, NJ High as student for 4 days
NEW BRUNSWICK – It could be a remake of the 80s teen comedy "Hiding Out" gone bad.
In the 1987 movie, Jon Cryer plays a stockbroker-turned-government witness who enrolls as a student in a Delaware high school to escape hitmen trying to permanently silence him from testifying in a court case. He takes on the identity of "Maxwell Hauser" when he first shows up at the school to register for classes.
In the real life version, a woman enrolled at New Brunswick High School and attended classes for nearly a week before school officials realized the ruse, Superintendent Aubrey Johnson said during Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting.
"She attended a few classes but most times she was in our guidance suite as we tried to get more information from her," Johnson said. "She was here for four days before being found out and barred from entering district property. All appropriate authorities were immediately notified and the individual in question was arrested for providing false documentation."
Johnson did not disclose the identity or age of the woman.
How did this happen?
Parents of the students who attended classes with her were notified. Students were instructed not to have any contact with her either in person or remotely.
Johnson said that the school is required to enroll anyone who wants to attend classes but would look at its registration processes to better spot fake documents.
The district website does not list documents that must be provided for a new student.
The Montclair school district, for example, requires an original birth certificate with a raised seal, proof of identity and residency.
Charlie Kratovil of New Brunswick Today was first to report on the student, posting video of Johnson at the meeting. The district does not post video of its meetings.
New Brunswick police on Wednesday morning did not respond to New Jersey 101.5's request for more information.
Dan Alexander is a reporter for New Jersey 101.5. You can reach him at dan.alexander@townsquaremedia.com
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(Our Auto Expert) — I first drove the BMW i4 in Germany just about a year ago, and I can tell you. This is the first electric car I really, really wanted to own. It was designed not to look like an electric car but to look like every other BMW. It just happened to be electric. If you weren’t quite sure because you thought electric cars were beaten with the ugly stick. This might be the electric car you should have in your driveway.
Let’s be honest. BMW has created quite a few problems with categories of cars. The i4 is not a sedan. It’s not a coupe because it doesn’t have two doors. Although some would argue that you can have a four-door coupe, and it’s not a hatch bag because it doesn’t have a parcel shelf that lifts out. However you classify this car, it is very sexy.
There are a couple of things that are a giveaway on this vehicle. That tells you that it’s an electric BMW. First of all, it doesn’t need cooling because it doesn’t have an ice engine, so the grill is sealed. Second of all, there is blue around the BMW logo. It comes with two or three different options. This vehicle ranges between 250-ish and 300 miles, depending on your configurations. Apart from that, this vehicle is pretty straightforward for ordering. The bad news is, it’s so popular you might be waiting well, over a year.
BMW thought of everything. One of the other things I like is having a driveway with multiple cars in it. I can drive into the driveway, and then, when I’m into the driveway, I can actually Park the vehicle. If I wish, I can hit back up assistant here and take my hands off the wheel, and the vehicle will back out exactly the same way that I came in, and it will do all the turning.
So it’s using the wheel to back out the same way that I came in, and it will back out onto the street exactly how I came into the vehicle. All the way out, the way I came in, and all I’m doing is controlling the break. So I did nothing, and I’m exactly back where I started on the street, and that’s an absolute piece of brilliance. | https://www.wdtn.com/automotive/what-kind-of-car-is-the-bmw-i4/ | 2022-08-01 21:09:14 | 1 | https://www.wdtn.com/automotive/what-kind-of-car-is-the-bmw-i4/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — The United Nations will be judged by how it addresses China’s persecution of ethnic minorities, diplomats and human rights advocates charged Monday on the sidelines of the body’s General Assembly, calling for forceful action after a report raised the specter of “crimes against humanity.”
For years, rights watchdogs and journalists have exposed brutal treatment of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the far western region of Xinjiang, where China is accused of a ruthless campaign of torture, sexual assault and ethnic cleansing. Those accusations have been widely accepted in the West, but were given a new imprimatur with the landmark report released last month by the U.N. human rights office.
“Inaction is no longer possible,” Fernand de Varennes, the United Nations’ special rapporteur on minority rights said at a forum sponsored by the Atlantic Council and Human Rights Watch as world leaders descend on New York. “If we allow this to go unpunished, what kind of message is being propagated?”
Jeffrey Prescott, a deputy U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, suggested the integrity of the institution was at stake in its response to China.
“How these atrocities are addressed goes ultimately to the credibility of that system, to the credibility of our international system itself,” he said. “It’s deeply disheartening to see a country that has been so central to the creation of the modern U.N. system, and enjoys its status as a permanent member of the Security Council, so profoundly violating its commitments.”
The U.N. report on China’s alleged abuses was released in the final minutes of the last day in office of Michele Bachelet, now the former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights. Its release was believed to have been long delayed. Bachelet never explained the timing.
China responded to its release with fury, calling it “a patchwork of false information” and portraying it as a fabrication cooked up by Western nations. It issued a lengthy rebuttal and vowed to stop cooperating with the U.N.’s human rights office, and Chinese diplomats are now lobbying others to thwart the possibility of further scrutiny of its campaign in Xinjiang.
Rob Roe, Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, called China’s reaction unsurprising and said new action was merited.
“We need to deal with this question. We need to deal with the question of what further sanctions will be required. We need to deal with the question of what further steps could be taken to respond to the extent of this crisis,” he said.
The U.N.’s report was drawn, in part, from interviews from more than two dozen former detainees and others familiar with conditions at eight detention centers who described being beaten, prevented from praying and forced to perform sex acts on guards. It said the evidence could constitute “crimes against humanity” but made no mention of genocide, which the United States and other countries have accused China of committing.
Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the immediate predecessor to Bachelet as U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, said his successor deserved credit for publishing the report, but said it was a “shortcoming” not to refer to the abuses as genocide. Likewise, he criticized it for not calling for the establishment of a formal U.N. commission of inquiry.
“To be silent is to be an accomplice,” he said.
Rayhan Asat, a Uyghur lawyer who works for the Atlantic Council and whose brother is imprisoned in Xinjiang, urged the world to insist that action be taken, not just against China, but companies who profit off its abuses.
“We should not let the Chinese government off the hook by normalizing what the state did,” she said, “because at the end of the day, this is state violence.”
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Former Chicago White Sox shortstop Alexei Ramirez in August took a loss on his five-bedroom, 2,400-square-foot contemporary-style town home in east Lincoln Park, selling it for $725,000, or more than $100,000 less than he had paid for it in 2011.
The Cuban-born Ramirez, 41, played for the Sox from 2008 until 2015. He played his final major league game the following year, and he later played in the Mexican Baseball League.
In Lincoln Park, Ramirez paid $835,000 in 2011 for the eight-room town home, which was built in 1988 and has 3-1/2 bathrooms and a private patio. The three-story town home also has a living room with a fireplace, an eat-in kitchen, a second-floor family room and a large primary bedroom suite with two walk-in closets and a whirlpool.
Ramirez, who now lives in Florida, first listed the town home in 2020 for $950,000. He cut his asking price later that year to $799,000 and then to just below $750,000 before increasing his asking price in October 2021 to $779,000. He then cut his price in June back to $749,900 before finding a buyer.
Listing agent Sergio Aguirre of Northlake Realtors declined to comment on the sale.
The town home had a $21,081 property tax bill in the 2021 tax year.
Goldsborough is a freelance reporter.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, August 28, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
602 PM CDT Sun Aug 28 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN COLLINGSWORTH AND DONLEY COUNTIES...
At 602 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Clarendon,
moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Clarendon, Howardwick, Hedley, Lelia Lake and Greenbelt Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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 Carson,
south central Hutchinson, west central Gray and east central Potter
Counties through 700 PM CDT...
At 606 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12
miles northwest of Panhandle, moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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.
Borger, Panhandle, Fritch, White Deer, Skellytown and Kingsmill.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 3530 10154 3554 10169 3579 10133 3541 10099
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 236DEG 12KT 3546 10154
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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DULUTH, Minn., Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Maurices is partnering with national nonprofit organization Living Beyond Breast Cancer to help fund trusted information and a community of support through the sale of a limited-edition graphic tee and select bralette styles. This partnership aligns with Maurices' greater purpose to make a positive difference in the lives of women who are the heart of their hometowns.
"As a company with the interests of women at heart, Maurices is proud to partner with Living Beyond Breast Cancer to further their mission to support those impacted by this devastating disease which, despite many advances, still claims the lives of more than 43,000 women each year. We are dedicated to making a difference for women and providing support for them in challenging times," said Laura Sieger, Chief Marketing Officer of Maurices.
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Welcome to the Ravens’ free-agency tracker, which will be updated throughout the offseason.
With the NFL’s new league year beginning Wednesday at 4 p.m., teams can officially announce signings and trades. Here’s a rundown of who the Ravens have agreed to sign, who they’ve lost and who’s still on the open market:
Free agent additions
Cornerback Trayvon Mullen: The 25-year-old cornerback — who was claimed off waivers from the Dallas Cowboys in January and is a cousin of quarterback Lamar Jackson’s — has agreed to a one-year deal, his agent Kevin Conner confirmed to The Baltimore Sun on Tuesday. No other terms were disclosed.
Mullen, a 6-foot-2, 200-pound corner who was the Defensive Most Valuable Player of the 2019 College Football Playoff national championship game, had 134 tackles, four interceptions and 28 passes defended in 37 games for the Raiders.
Free agent losses
Tight end Josh Oliver: The 25-year-old who spent the last two seasons in Baltimore and was one of team’s most improved players last season agreed to a three-year, $21 million deal with the Vikings on Monday, a source confirmed to The Baltimore Sun.
A third-round pick by the Jaguars in 2019 who was traded to the Ravens in March 2021, Oliver played in all 17 games last season, starting nine of them. In addition to being one of the league’s better blockers, he also caught 14 passes for 149 yards and two touchdowns.
In return, the Ravens are in line to get a compensatory sixth-round draft pick in 2024, per a formula that takes into account a player’s average salary per year, playing time and awards. Compensatory picks won’t become official until next March.
With three-time Pro Bowl tight end Mark Andrews and 2022 fourth-round picks Isaiah Likely and Charlie Kolar expected to feature more next season, Oliver became expendable for the Ravens given their lack of cap space.
Left guard Ben Powers: After surprisingly winning the starting job last season and grading out as one of the NFL’s best blocking guards, the 2019 fourth-round pick out of Oklahoma cashed in, agreeing to a four-year, $52 million deal with the Broncos, according to multiple reports.
The deal makes Powers one of the league’s highest paid players at the position for a Broncos team that is looking to rebound from a dismal 5-12 campaign last season.
It also became evident that the Ravens would be unlikely to afford the 26-year-old, with general manager Eric DeCosta admitting as much in January.
Baltimore is set up to get a compensatory fourth-round draft pick in 2024 after losing Powers. It also means their starting left guard job could be up for grabs this summer, with 2021 third-third pick Ben Cleveland having struggled with injuries and conditioning and restricted free agent Trystan Colon more natural at center.
Notable moves
- The Ravens applied the nonexclusive franchise tag to Lamar Jackson last week, keeping their star quarterback off the free agent market but giving him an opportunity to pursue a contract with another team. Baltimore will have five days to match any offer sheet Jackson signs, or they could let him walk and receive two first-round draft picks in exchange. The nonexclusive tag is about $32.4 million, and the move does not preclude the Ravens from signing Jackson, 26, to an extension before a July 17 deadline. It seems to indicate they are confident they could match any offer he receives from another team. Jackson is the eighth player in Ravens history to be franchise-tagged, and several of his predecessors, most recently outside linebacker Matthew Judon in 2020, have played full seasons under the tag. But the Ravens have never been in this position with a quarterback.
- The Ravens cut veteran defensive lineman Calais Campbell on Monday, creating $7 million in cap savings. Though the 36-year-old defensive lineman announced last month that he would return for a 16th season in the league, the move was not a surprising one. Campbell, who was under contract for one more season, had a $9.4 million cap hit in 2023 and was scheduled to earn a $2 million roster bonus and $4.5 million in salary. He was one of the league’s most consistent defensive linemen last season and has long been a respected voice in the locker room.
Unrestricted free agents
Quarterback: Lamar Jackson
Running back: Kenyan Drake, Justice Hill
Wide receiver: Sammy Watkins, Demarcus Robinson
Offensive line: Ja’Wuan James
Outside linebacker: Justin Houston, Jason Pierre-Paul, Steven Means, Vince Biegel
Cornerback: Marcus Peters, Kyle Fuller, Kevon Seymour, Daryl Worley
Restricted free agents
Quarterback: Tyler Huntley
Offensive line: Trystan Colon
Inside linebacker: Kristian Welch
Outside linebacker: Del’Shawn Phillips
Safety: Geno Stone
Long snapper: Nick Moore
Exclusive rights free agents
Safety: Ar’Darius Washington
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed for the sixth consecutive month in July, deepening the housing market’s slide under the weight of sharply higher mortgage rates, surging inflation and slower, but still solidly rising home prices.
The National Association of Realtors said Thursday that existing home sales fell 5.9% last month from June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.81 million. That’s lower than what economists were expecting, according to FactSet.
Sales fell 20.2% from July last year. Sales have now fallen to the slowest pace since May 2020, near the start of the pandemic.
The last time there was a six-month losing streak for home sales was between August 2013 and January 2014.
The slowdown in sales was most pronounced in the Western part of the country, home to some of the nation's most expensive housing markets. Sales in the region slumped 30% last month from a year ago, NAR said.
Even as the housing market is losing steam, home prices have continued to rise sharply. The national median home price jumped 10.8% in July from a year earlier to $403,800. That's a slower rate of growth than earlier this year, when prices were climbing annually by around 20%.
The July sales report is the late evidence that the housing market, a key driver of economic growth, is slowing from its torrid pace in recent years as homebuyers grapple with sharply higher mortgage rates than a year ago.
Average weekly interest rates for a benchmark 30-year home loan have been easing since climbing to 5.81% in June. The rate fell this week to 5.13%, according to mortgage buyer Freddie Mac. That's well above where it was a year ago when it averaged 2.86.
House hunters had a wider selection of properties to choose from in July, as the number of properties for sale rose 4.8% from June to 1.31 million homes. That was unchanged from July last year.
Still, on average, homes sold in just 14 days of hitting the market last month, matching a record pace from June. Before the pandemic, homes typically sold more than 30 days after being listed for sale.
At the current sales pace, the level of for-sale properties amounts to a 3.3-month supply, the NAR said. That’s up from 2.9 months in June, and 2.6 months in July 2021. That’s still short of the 5- to 6-month supply that reflects a more balanced market between buyers and sellers. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/US-home-sales-fell-again-in-July-as-housing-17381728.php | 2022-08-18 15:47:09 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/US-home-sales-fell-again-in-July-as-housing-17381728.php |
VALLEJO, Calif. — The Vallejo Police Department is investigating a deadly shooting that left one dead, Thursday.
Officers were called to the 1600 block of Tennessee St. just before 6 a.m., Thursday morning. A man was found with at least one gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel, according to officials.
The Vallejo Police Department Detective Division has taken over the investigation and anyone with information on this case is asked to contact Detective Phillips (707) 648-4514 or Detective McDonough (707) 648-5425.
The identity of the victim is pending notifying the next of kin.
This fatal shooting marks the 24 homicide in Vallejo this year.
No additional information is available at this time.
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Which will reign supreme? We're leaving it up to our fans to try limited-edition Reese's Creamy and Crunchy Cups and make the call
HERSHEY, Pa., April 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Are you Team Creamy or Team Crunchy? Well, we're settling the great peanut butter debate the best way possible, with the release of the new, limited-edition Reese's Creamy and Crunchy Peanut Butter Cups. As the authority on all things peanut butter, we want our fans to sound off and declare which peanut butter is truly supreme.
All in for Team Creamy? Or are you Team Crunchy? Sure, but can you truly be certain until you've tried both in their most esteemed form - wrapped in the smooth milk chocolate of a Reese's Cup? So, before you make any big decisions, you better do your research – the delicious, delicious research.
Reese's Creamy and Crunchy Peanut Butter Cups both feature the iconic peanut butter and chocolate combination of a Reese's Cup, but with two distinctly different textures. Creamy fans can enjoy a Reese's Creamy Peanut Butter Cup, which has a noticeably smoother texture while Crunchy lovers can treat themselves to a Reese's Crunchy Peanut Butter Cup, which contains chunks of peanuts for that perfect crunchy bite. Which Cup is the best? That may be the hardest decision you've ever had to make (at least when it comes to candy, but also, maybe ever). Just know, we support you no matter what team you're on.
Starting today through May 17 we are calling on the ultimate peanut butter lovers to enter the nationwide debate. First you gotta try both limited-edition Reese's Creamy and Crunchy Peanut Butter Cups, then head over to https://www.hersheyland.com/creamy-vs-crunchy and cast your vote. Fans will be able to track the head-to-head showdown in real time and see if Team Creamy or Team Crunchy steals America's hearts, minds... and stomachs.
"While you might think you know your peanut butter preference, you need to try them both in a Reese's Cup – the best way to enjoy peanut butter," said Chris Fenton, Reese's brand manager. "With these new Cups, peanut butter lovers will have a delicious way to sound off on one of the most contested disputes. Let the debate begin!"
Will Team Creamy or Team Crunchy come out on top? Reese's will announce America's favorite peanut butter in the most fitting way possible – on National I Love Reese's Day on May 18 of course. Keep an eye on Reese's social channels to see if Team Creamy or Team Crunchy takes home the crown. It's crunch time, America. Or maybe it's not.
About The Hershey Company
The Hershey Company is headquartered in Hershey, Pa., and is an industry-leading snacks company known for bringing goodness to the world through its iconic brands, remarkable people and enduring commitment to help children succeed. Hershey has approximately 19,000 employees around the world who work every day to deliver delicious, quality products. The company has more than 100 brand names in approximately 80 countries around the world that drive more than $8.9 billion in annual revenues, including such iconic brand names as Hershey's, Reese's, Kit Kat®, Jolly Rancher and Ice Breakers, and fast-growing salty snacks including SkinnyPop, Pirate's Booty and Dot's Pretzels. The Hershey Company sells Cadbury products under license from Cadbury UK Ltd.
For more than 125 years, Hershey has been committed to operating fairly, ethically and sustainably. Hershey founder, Milton Hershey, created the Milton Hershey School in 1909 and since then the company has focused on helping children succeed.
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Which Wacom drawing tablet is best?
Drawing tablets replicate the physical aspects of drawing using special equipment and are an invaluable tool for creating digital works of art. It doesn’t matter if you doodle in your free time or you’re a high-grade professional, Wacom offers drawing tablets at price points and with features to fit most needs.
The best Wacom drawing tablet is the Wacom Cintiq 16 Drawing Tablet. It has its own screen so you can create anything, anywhere, and it has adjustable legs so you can draw comfortably.
What to know before you buy a Wacom drawing tablet
Wacom drawing tablet types
Wacom has seven lines of tablets to choose from.
- One by Wacom is Wacom’s introductory drawing tablet. It’s perfect for students and anyone looking to try drawing tablets out.
- Intuos is Wacom’s mid-range tablet. It has more features and settings without breaking the bank.
- Intuos Pro is Wacom’s low-end professional tablet. It has most of what you need or want except a built-in screen.
- The One is Wacom’s budget tablet with a built-in screen. Think of it like an Intuos Pro, just with said screen.
- Cintiq is Wacom’s midrange screened tablet. It has full HD resolution, or 1080p.
- Cintiq Pro is Wacom’s high-end screened tablet. It has 4K resolution, or 2160p, and one model offers a touchscreen display.
- MobileStudio Pro is Wacom’s full-blown mobile computer, so you never need to connect to one to send projects or pull up Photoshop.
Size
Screenless tablets’ sizing goes by the entire unit, while screened tablets go by screen size.
- One by Wacoms come in two sizes: 5.7 by 8.3 and 7.4 by 10.9 inches.
- Intuos come in two sizes: 6.3 by 7.9 and 7.8 by 10.4 inches.
- Intuos Pros come in three sizes: 6.7 by 10.6, 8.5 by 13.2 and 11.2 by 16.8 inches.
- The One has a screen size of 13.3 inches.
- Cintiqs come with screen sizes of 15.6 or 21.5 inches.
- Cintiq Pros come with screen sizes of 15.6 or 23.6 inches.
- MobileStudio Pros come with screen sizes of 13.3 or 15.6 inches.
What to look for in a quality Wacom drawing tablet
Pressure sensitivity
The pressure sensitivity determines how much control you have over your inputs. High sensitivities let you put a barely-there line or a thick brush stroke without having to access any settings or menus. The best Wacom tablets have 8,192 levels of pressure sensitivity while the average has 2,048 levels.
Shortcuts
Juggling through your settings every time you need to change something can add countless hours to your work week. As such, the best Wacom tablets have up to eight buttons you can customize to make shortcuts.
How much you can expect to spend on a Wacom drawing tablet
Depending on the brand, there are different price ranges:
- One by Wacom: $50-$130
- Intuos: $70-$200
- Intuos Pro: $250-$500
- The One: $350
- Cintiq: $650-$1,100
- Cintiq Pro: $1,500-$2,500
- MobileStudio Pro: $2,600-$3,500
Wacom drawing tablet FAQ
What operating systems are Wacom drawing tablets compatible with?
A. Wacom drawing tablets should all be compatible with any operating system, so long as it’s modern. This includes the past several years of macOS and Windows operating systems. They should also be compatible with Chromebooks.
That said, it’s always a good idea to double-check the compatibility before purchasing, especially if you’re using an older operating system.
What is parallax in Wacom drawing tablets?
A. To simplify, parallax is the distance between the tip of your stylus and where the tablet registers your contact on a screen. It’s important when using a screened Wacom drawing tablet, as having a large parallax can make drawing more difficult. Screenless tablets don’t need to worry as a fraction-of-an-inch change in the distance from your tablet to your computer screen won’t be noticeable.
What’s the best Wacom drawing tablet to buy?
Top Wacom drawing tablet
Wacom Cintiq 16 Drawing Tablet
What you need to know: This has a screen so you’re only limited to your imagination.
What you’ll love: The screen is 15.6 inches with full HD resolution and 16.7 million colors. It also has anti-glare and scratch-resistant coatings as well as reduced parallax to mimic that pen-on-paper feeling. The stylus is battery-free and takes its power wirelessly from the tablet.
What you should consider: The included cables are short, making it hard to connect to your computer and be able to draw comfortably at the same time.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Wacom drawing tablet for the money
Wacom One By Wacom Drawing Tablet
What you need to know: This is perfect for students, hobbyists and those looking to try out drawing tablets.
What you’ll love: It’s compatible with macOS, Windows and Google Chromebook operating systems. The small 8.3-by-5.7-inch size is perfect for traveling and for working in limited spaces. The stylus is battery-free and has 2,048 levels of pressure sensitivity.
What you should consider: The stylus’ nibs wear down quickly but you can buy more from Wacom’s website. A few customers were unhappy with the short length of the cable.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon, Dell and Staples
Worth checking out
Wacom Intuos Pro Drawing Tablet
What you need to know: This is a great choice for professionals on a budget.
What you’ll love: It has eight programable shortcut keys and the tablet’s surface is multi-touch, meaning you can zoom, scroll and otherwise navigate like you do on your smartphone or standard tablet. The battery-free stylus has 8,192 levels of pressure sensitivity and natural tilt support.
What you should consider: It has Bluetooth connectivity but some purchasers reported it to be inconsistent, especially at lower battery levels. Others reported the stylus nibs to wear down quickly.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Dell
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It was 34 degrees when the game started. It was 27 degrees when it ended.
Razorback fans, however, managed to relish every moment of their team’s win in Fayetteville on Saturday night over Ole Miss.
The final score was 42-27, though it really wasn’t that close. Arkansas led 42-6 at one point. KJ Jefferson was back, throwing touchdown passes on three consecutive possessions in the first half. Meanwhile, Raheim Sanders had 232 rushing yards and three touchdowns.
At 6-5 overall and 3-4 in Southeastern Conference play, Arkansas is bowl eligible. A win over Missouri on Friday afternoon might just put the Hogs in the Liberty Bowl, which is like another home game for Arkansas.
Ole Miss fell to 8-3 overall and 4-3 in the SEC with the Egg Bowl on tap for Thanksgiving night.
It was the fifth consecutive time for an Arkansas team to beat an Ole Miss team in Fayetteville. Ole Miss’ 703 yards of offense — much of which came after the outcome was no longer in doubt — was the most ever allowed in an Arkansas win.
Jefferson is now 15-7 as a starter the past two seasons. He finished the game 17 of 22 passing for 168 yards. The 35 points Arkansas scored in the first half were the most for a Razorback team in the first half of an SEC game since 2016.
We were 2-2 on the picks last week, making the record 73-22 for the season. Here are the picks for this week’s games involving Arkansas teams:
Arkansas 37, Missouri 28 — Missouri — which has had good luck against the Hogs in Columbia through the years — comes into the contest with a 5-6 record. The Tigers are 2-5 in conference play. The five wins were over Louisiana Tech, Abilene Christian, Vanderbilt, South Carolina and New Mexico State. The six losses were to Kansas State, Auburn, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky and Tennessee.
Alabama State 42, UAPB 19 — A long season for the Golden Lions, who have failed to win a SWAC game this year, comes to an end Thursday in the Turkey Day Classic at Montgomery, Ala. Alabama State is the host school. It has a 6-4 record with wins over Howard, Miles, Texas Southern, Mississippi Valley State, Alabama A&M and Bethune-Cookman. The losses were to UCLA, Prairie View A&M, Jackson State and Florida A&M.
Troy 30, Arkansas State 20 — It has also been a long season for the Red Wolves, who fell to 3-8 overall and 1-6 in Sun Belt Conference play last Saturday with a 16-13 loss at Texas State. The home team kicked the 29-yard winning field goal with two seconds remaining. ASU had tied the score with a field goal just 29 seconds earlier, but Texas State quarterback Layne Hatcher out of Pulaski Academy in Little Rock hit a couple of 21-yard passes to go along with a roughing-the-passer penalty. Troy rolls into Jonesboro on Saturday with a 9-2 record. The only losses were to Ole Miss and Appalachian State. The wins have come against Alabama A&M, Marshall, Western Kentucky, Southern Mississippi, Texas State, South Alabama, Louisiana-Lafayette, Army and Louisiana-Monroe. | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/nov/21/college-football-in-arkansas-rex-nelsons-predictions-for-week-13/ | 2022-11-21 22:52:34 | 1 | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/nov/21/college-football-in-arkansas-rex-nelsons-predictions-for-week-13/ |
Parent Company, Radio Systems Corporation®, acquires Invisible Fence of Carroll County, Invisible Fence of Delmarva, Invisible Fence of Baltimore, and Invisible Fence of Maryland, all are authorized independent dealerships, in an expansion effort to support more pet owners.
BALTIMORE, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Invisible Fence® Brand, a pioneer in the pet containment industry, announce they are expanding their service area in Maryland, effective July 14th, 2022.
Invisible Fence of Carroll County, Invisible Fence of Delmarva, Invisible Fence of Baltimore, and Invisible Fence of Maryland have been authorized, full-service dealerships of genuine Invisible Fence products and services since 1990 with collectively more than 19,000 satisfied human customers, as well as the endorsement of neighborhood veterinarians.
Invisible Fence of Delmarva will be rolling into Invisible Fence of Bay Area while Invisible Fence of Carroll County, Invisible Fence of Baltimore, and Invisible Fence of Maryland will be merging under Invisible Fence of Maryland.
"Our mission is to keep dogs and cats safe at home, and the Maryland team is passionate about working hard to ensure pet safety. We're excited to join forces with them and change the way people live with their pets." Said Ed Hoyt, Senior Director of Invisible Fence.
Acquiring Invisible Fence of Carroll County, Invisible Fence of Delmarva, Invisible Fence of Baltimore, and Invisible Fence of Maryland is Radio System Corporation's 27th acquisition in 21 months. The company recently acquired Invisible Fence of Chattanooga and Invisible Fence of Middle Tennessee now having a footprint that covers over 240 communities across the U.S. and Canada.
"We're eager to expand our direct services in Maryland. We'll be able to extend our customer service hours and offer new and innovative solutions while providing the same high-level attention the customers of Maryland have come to expect." Said Hoyt.
Invisible Fence offers the premier dog fence on the market including professional installation, Perfect Start™ Plus Training, and exclusive Boundary Plus® Technology. Highly recommended by veterinarians, dog trainers, animal behaviorists, and other pet experts, Invisible Fence offers pet fences that can be customized for clients' unique needs.
Invisible Fence of Bay Area and Invisible Fence of Maryland will continue to champion pet welfare in the local community through local animal shelter donations, adoption events, and the Project Breathe™ Program.
For additional information or questions, customers can call 1-800-578-3647 or visit InvisibleFence.com, and follow Invisible Fence of Bay Area and Invisible Fence of Maryland on Facebook.
Invisible Fence pioneered the pet containment industry in 1973, making it their mission to provide safe boundaries inside and outside of the home. The Radio Systems Corporation® owned company predominantly sells pet containment, avoidance and access solutions across the U.S. and Canada. In addition to offering award-winning products like Boundary Plus® Technology, Authorized Dealers provide professional installation, Perfect Start™ Plus Training and integrated solutions that have protected more than three million pets to date. Invisible Fence also founded the Project Breathe™ Program in 2006, donating more than 32,000 pet oxygen masks to fire departments and first responders. For more information on Invisible Fence or to find a local dealer, visit InvisibleFence.com or follow the company on Facebook.
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XIAMEN, China, Dec. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 29th China International Advertising Festival (29th CIAF), which is sponsored by China Advertising Association (CAA) and supported by Xiamen People's Government, launched in Xiamen on December 21, 2022.
The opening of the 29th CIAF also attracts close attention of the advertising and media industry worldwide. To express the support of the international advertising industry for China's advertising and media industry and his warm congratulations to this Festival, Mr. Sasan Saeidi, Chairman and Global President of the International Advertising Association (IAA), recorded a video to wish the 29th CIAF a complete success and shown his expectation of presenting at the 30th CIAF next year. He said the close relationship between CAA and IAA is crucial and significant, and he is looking forward to expand the fields of cooperation and update the content of cooperation in order to create a greater interaction.
With the opening of the 29th CIAF, CAA Chairman Zhang Guohua announced two influential and favorable projects about the advertising industry, i.e., the advertising alliance chain and the Metaverse Circle, a "national green consumption brand metaverse" platform.
Ten summit forums, five launch events and five professional exhibitions will be held during the Festival. Also, there will be free exhibitions for all the visitors. Welcome all the advertisers to enjoy the exclusive carnival and witness the prosperity of the Chinese advertising industry.
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