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SAN FRANCISCO, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Idemitsu Renewables, the U.S.-based renewable energy business of Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd., announced today it has completed funding of tax equity and debt financing for its 73 megawatt Luciana Solar Project in Tulare County, California.
Morgan Stanley Renewables Inc. provided the tax equity. Rabobank provided the debt financing.
The 73 megawatt Luciana project began commercial operation in May 2022, and is owned and operated by Idemitsu Renewables. This project adds to the company's operating assets within California and Colorado regions and complements the extensive development pipeline spanning WECC, PJM, MISO, and CAISO service areas.
"This project continues our team's legacy of execution from greenfield, financing, construction to operations of utility scale solar projects. Given the dynamics of the last few years, this project is a testament to the expertise and dedication of the team. Securing financing from top-tier financial partners, Morgan Stanley and Rabobank was critical to the success of this project," said Cary Vandenberg, CEO of Idemitsu Renewables Americas.
"We are delighted to partner again with Idemitsu on the Luciana project, and to continue supporting the transition of the U.S. energy industry with more renewable solar electricity generation," said Jorge Iragorri, Head of the Alternative Financing Group at Morgan Stanley.
"We are pleased to have supported Idemitsu Renewables on this milestone transaction that will provide clean energy to Northern California and look forward to partnering further with Idemitsu as they expand their portfolio," said Greg Hutton, Managing Director and Regional Head of Project Finance, Americas at Rabobank.
The renewable power generated by Luciana will serve Northern California generating clean and affordable power equivalent to the needs of over 20,000 homes, furthering its commitment to being a leader in the U.S. renewable energy space.
About Idemitsu Renewables
Idemitsu Renewables, the U.S. based renewable energy subsidiary of Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd., is a leading solar and energy storage developer and independent power producer. The company acquires, develops, owns, and operates utility-scale solar power generation plants throughout North America and has offices in California and Nevada. Learn more at www.idemitsurenewables.com.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The attorney for a California teenager who has accused a Buffalo Bills rookie and two of his former college teammates of gang rape last fall said Friday the NFL team has not contacted him for details despite saying it had conducted a “thorough investigation.”
The Bills selected Matt Araiza out of San Diego State in the sixth round of the NFL draft in April, and named him their starting punter this week. A person familiar with the case told the AP the Bills were not aware of the allegations against Araiza in April. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team had not commented publicly about the allegations.
Executives from two different teams told the AP they became aware of Araiza’s involvement in an incident during the draft process, but neither person knew the extent of the allegations.
Dan Gilleon, who represents the California teenager, said he has not heard from team officials since first informing them of the allegations against Araiza in late July, when he says he had a phone conversation with team counsel Kathryn D’Angelo.
“She seemed like she was concerned. She says she’ll get back to me, and then she never did,” said Gilleon, who posted and then deleted a screenshot on social media of the email he says he sent to D’Angelo. “I even followed up and said, `Hey, you guys haven’t talked to me and called me back like you said you would.′ And they just ignored that, too.”
After the Bills declined multiple requests for comment on Friday, coach Sean McDermott was clearly shaken when he addressed the situation following a 21-0 preseason loss at Carolina.
“It’s a situation that’s extremely serious. Just hard to go through. It’s not a situation that I or we take lightly whatsoever,” he said. “I can tell you this my heart, my thoughts and prayers go out to the people involved. And that includes Matt. It includes both sides here. The victim and everyone involved.”
McDermott said he was surprised and shocked by some of the revelations that have come out over the past day, and repeatedly stressed the team has work to do. Asked what work needed to be done, he answered by saying: “It’s just a matter of trying to find the truth at the end of the day.”
McDermott said it was his decision to not have Araiza play, saying he felt it was not the right thing to do. While he said Araiza would travel back with the team, McDermott declined to answer a question on Araiza’s status on the roster.
Previously, the Bills’ only comment on the lawsuit came a day earlier in saying they were aware of the allegations and had conducted their own investigation.
“The facts of the incident are not what they are portrayed in the lawsuit or in the press,” Araiza said in a statement released through his agent, Joe Linta. “I look forward to quickly setting the record straight.”
Quarterback Matt Barkley handled the team’s punting duties against Carolina.
It was unclear if the Bills investigation was finished before they named him to their opening-day roster and the team statement provided no details, a familiar lack of transparency that raises fresh scrutiny on how NFL teams conduct internal reviews into allegations of misconduct.
It also comes as the NFL and the Cleveland Browns are reeling from a scandal involving quarterback Deshaun Watson. Cleveland acquired Watson in a trade with Houston and signed him to a league-record $230 million contract while he faced civil lawsuits alleging sexual misconduct against two dozen women. Watson this season will serve an 11-game unpaid suspension, pay a $5 million fine and undergo professional evaluation. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell also has been sharply criticized by members of Congress for not releasing details of an investigation into the Washington Commanders following allegations of workplace misconduct.
The Bills informed the NFL of the incident once they were made aware of it, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The person, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the matter, wasn’t certain of the timeline.
The executives who had limited knowledge of the accusations against Araiza during the draft process said it didn’t impact his status on their draft board because they weren’t interested in selecting a punter. Executives from three other teams said they had no knowledge of the allegations against Araiza before the draft and only learned of the incident Thursday. All the people spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.
Gilleon filed a lawsuit in San Diego County Superior Court this week accusing Araiza and two other San Diego State football players of raping a then-17-year-old girl at a Halloween party at an off-campus home where Araiza had been living. A San Diego police investigation has been turned over to the district attorney’s office to determine whether to pursue charges. DA spokeswoman Tanya Sierra said Friday there was no timeline as to how long a decision will take.
Araiza’s lawyer, Kerry Armstrong, said the player knew he could be the target of allegations since October. It was unclear if he informed the NFL of the allegations before the draft. Armstrong cited his own investigation’s findings in denying the allegations, saying: “I 100% do not believe that he ever forcibly raped this girl or had sex with her while she was passed out or drunk or anything like that.”
Armstrong said he has shared the findings of his investigation with the Bills over the past month, well before the team awarded Araiza, known as the “Punt God” for his booming kicks in college, the starting job on Monday. He also said he told Araiza six weeks ago, when he was retained, to tell Bills officials about the allegations.
“I told him, obviously, that any time you try to keep something secret like this, they’re going to find it anyway, so be very honest with them,” he said. “He has been. And I think that’s why he’s on the team right now.”
The NFL declined to comment except to say it was aware of the matter.
At San Diego State, one of the two remaining accused players remains on the roster but the other is not listed. The school said it did not investigate at the request of San Diego police in October.
“After careful consideration, SDSU determined that cooperating with the criminal investigation was the appropriate action to help ensure the highest likelihood of real consequences for anyone found responsible,” the university said. A Title IX investigation launched in July is ongoing.
The Bills appear to be following the same approach they took four years ago when running back LeSean McCoy was accused of having his former girlfriend beaten during a break-in at a home he owned outside Atlanta. Despite calls to cut ties with the player, the Bills stood behind McCoy, who was never charged in the matter and eventually reached an undisclosed settlement in a lawsuit filed against him.
Chances of a settlement of the case against Araiza were unclear as Gilleon and Armstrong swapped public accusations.
Armstrong said Araiza was against reaching a settlement, but the lawyer said he was asked by the player’s parents to contact Gilleon regarding the possibility. Armstrong said Gilleon never responded, though Gilleon has posted on his Twitter account several text exchanges he said he had with Armstrong in late July.
He told the AP he did so in response to Armstrong alleging his client was “committing a cash grab because he’s a Buffalo Bill.”
“My client refused to entertain the idea of a monetary settlement,” Gilleon wrote in a text to the AP. “It would have taken an apology, psychological counseling, donation to charity, etc., but once Kerry A. began his clown show, I realized it was useless to try to reason with him and withdrew the offer to speak with a civil defense attorney before filing the lawsuit.”
Gilleon said the decision to file the lawsuit three days after Araiza was awarded the punting job was the result of his growing frustration over the lack of feedback he was receiving from police on the progress of their investigation.
“They’re just blowing us off,” Gilleon said. “By filing a lawsuit, we have the power of subpoena and so I can force them to do what they’re supposed to do.”
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Associated Press writer Julie Watson, AP Pro Football Writer Rob Maaddi and AP Sports Writer Steve Reed contributed to this report.
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LONDON (AP) — U.K. government ministers met trade union leaders on Monday but fell short of ending a wave of strikes that has hobbled the rail network and strained the overburdened health system.
There were small signs of progress but no breakthrough after a meeting between Health Secretary Steve Barclay and health care unions. Other ministers met with railway unions that have staged months of strikes, and teaching unions considering classroom walkouts.
Barclay said the talks had made progress and the government wanted “to work constructively with the trade unions.”
“There was definitely a change of tone today,” said Sarah Gorton of UNISON, which represents some health workers. However Onay Kasab, negotiator for the Unite union, said the talks had been a “missed opportunity.”
Unions said strikes by nurses and ambulance staff planned for this month would go ahead. Nurses are due to walk out on Wednesday, and ambulance workers next week, while junior doctors are voting on whether to strike later this year.
Joanne Galbraith-Marten, of nurses’ union the Royal College of Nursing, said that “there is no resolution to our dispute yet in sight.”
Rachel Harrison of the GMB union said the talks “fell well short of anything substantial that could stop this week’s strikes.”
Britain is going through its biggest strike wave for decades, with airport baggage handlers, border staff, driving instructors, bus drivers and postal workers among those who have walked off their jobs to demand higher pay.
Nurses and ambulance workers are locked in a dispute with the state-funded National Health Service as they seek raises to keep pace with the soaring cost of living. Inflation in the U.K. hit a 41-year high of 11.1% late last year, driven by sharply rising energy and food costs.
The government says double-digit raises would drive inflation even higher.
Pat Cullen, head of the Royal College of Nursing union, said she saw a “chink of optimism” in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s statement on Sunday that he was willing to discuss “affordable and responsible” salary demands. The Conservative government has so far insisted it will only discuss pay rates for the 2023-24 financial year that starts in April, rather than the current year.
Sunak’s spokesman, Max Blain, said the government knew that “global economic headwinds are putting household budgets under pressure“ and that the prime minister “has said we are happy to listen to those concerns.”
But the government has angered unions with plans to make it harder for key workers to strike by setting ”minimum safety levels” for firefighters, ambulance services and railways that must be maintained during a strike.
The strikes have added to strains on a health system already facing multiple pressures, including rising demand for care after pandemic restrictions were eased; a surge in flu and other winter viruses after two lockdown years; and staff shortages from pandemic burnout and a post-Brexit lack of European workers in the U.K.
Thousands of hospital beds are occupied by people who are fit to be discharged but have nowhere to go because of a dearth of places for long-term care. That has led to ambulances stuck outside hospitals with patients who can’t be admitted, and in turn to people with health emergencies waiting hours for ambulances to arrive. Health leaders say the delays have likely led to hundreds of deaths. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/life-health/health/ap-uk-government-meeting-unions-in-bid-to-end-wave-of-strikes/ | 2023-01-09 21:11:27 | 0 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/life-health/health/ap-uk-government-meeting-unions-in-bid-to-end-wave-of-strikes/ |
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Three more arrests made in connection with body found on Morningside Road in Brownsville
Authorities have made three more arrests in connection to a body that was found along Morningside Road in Brownsville.
Hector Borrego, Eddie Esparza and Jessica Guardiana were arrested on Wednesday and all three have been charged with tampering with physical evidence and engaging in organized criminal activity.
All three received a $15,000 for each charge.
The body was identified as 41-year-old Jose Alfredo Ramirez. He was found Saturday, May 20 with several wounds all over his body.
One person has already been arrested and charged. Miguel Alfonso Ruiz was arrested in May for murder along with other charges.
Related story: Suspect charged with murder in connection with body found in Brownsville
Police believe Ramirez was run over by a car driven by Ruiz, but they are still waiting on autopsy results to confirm. The car used to run over Ramirez was found in Mexico.
Brownsville police spokesperson Martin Sandoval says Borrego, Esparza and Guardiana facilitated taking the vehicle across the border. | https://www.krgv.com/news/three-more-arrests-made-in-connection-with-body-found-on-morningside-road-in-brownsville | 2023-06-02 03:19:02 | 0 | https://www.krgv.com/news/three-more-arrests-made-in-connection-with-body-found-on-morningside-road-in-brownsville |
Lawyer: Brad Pitt will keep responses to abuse account in court
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brad Pitt’s lawyer said Thursday that he will continue to respond in court to allegations from ex-wife Angelina Jolie that he abused her and choked one of their children on a flight in 2016, saying he has taken responsibility for his actual actions but not aspects of her story that are not true.
“Brad has owned everything he’s responsible for from day one — unlike the other side — but he’s not going to own anything he didn’t do,” Pitt’s lawyer, Anne Kiley, said in a statement. “He has been on the receiving end of every type of personal attack and misrepresentation.”
The statement came in response to a public court filing from Jolie on Tuesday that said he grabbed her by the head and shook her, then choked one of their six children and struck another when they tried to defend her. The filing came in a legal fight over a French winery the two co-owned.
Kiley’s did not specify which parts of Jolie’s account Pitt denies, and which he takes responsibility for, and representatives had no further comment when asked.
The FBI and the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services investigated the allegations, but decided to take no action against Pitt. They were also aired in testimony at the couple’s divorce trial, after which a judge found Jolie and Pitt should have 50-50 custody, though that result was nullified when the judge was disqualified by an appeals court.
“Thankfully, the various public authorities the other side has tried to use against him over the past six years have made their own independent decisions,” Kiley’s statement said. “Brad will continue to respond in court as he has consistently done.”
Jolie representatives had no immediate on-the-record comment.
Neither Pitt nor Jolie has spoken publicly about what happened on the flight, though she has publicly advocated for strengthening domestic laws and has revisited the abuse allegations through legal moves such as Tuesday’s cross-complaint to a lawsuit Pitt filed over the home and winery in France, which they were leaving for Los Angeles on a private flight when the incidents occurred.
“Pitt lunged at his own child and Jolie grabbed him from behind to stop him. To get Jolie off his back, Pitt threw himself backwards into the airplane’s seats injuring Jolie’s back and elbow,” Jolie’s court filing said. “The children rushed in and all bravely tried to protect each other. Before it was over, Pitt choked one of the children and struck another in the face.”
The FBI investigation began in the days that followed, and a report that included many of the same details as Jolie’s latest court filing was made public in heavily redacted form earlier this year.
The FBI said at the time that it had reviewed the circumstances and would not investigate further, and federal prosecutors said they opted not to pursue criminal charges.
The 58-year-old Oscar-winning actor Pitt and the 47-year-old Oscar-winning actor and director Jolie were among Hollywood’s most prominent couples for 12 years.
They had been romantic partners for a decade when they married in 2014. Jolie filed for divorce soon after the 2016 flight, and a judge declared the two single in 2019, but the divorce case has not been finalized with custody and financial issues still in dispute.
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STERLING, Va., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, REI Systems announced Wagish Bhartiya, an experienced executive with a diverse and rich career history, as the company's Chief Growth Officer (CGO). REI Systems serves agencies across the federal government. Bhartiya has been tasked with bolstering REI's growth engine, deepening its market presence, and expanding its customer portfolio.
He will oversee REI Systems' business development, capture, and marketing functions and enable the go-to-market strategy aligned to organic and new growth initiatives. Before stepping into his role as CGO, Bhartiya was the Vice President of Software as a Service (SaaS) for ten years at REI Systems, where he led the development of technology strategy and oversaw the delivery of innovative digital transformation solutions to numerous clients across markets and domains.
"Asking Wagish to lead our growth organization after his demonstrated successes running and growing a business unit within REI makes a lot of sense for our organization," said Shyam Salona, REI Systems CEO. "With a proven track record of building teams and aligning our go-to-market approach with customer missions, he offers us the expertise needed as we continue to scale the company."
"Our ability to engage with and support our customers and their missions is foundational to who we are as a company," said Bhartiya. "I am tremendously excited by the opportunity to showcase what makes REI Systems such an incredible technology partner with an even greater number of government customers moving forward."
Bhartiya brings more than 15 years of experience supporting companies providing cutting-edge and high-tech solutions. Prior to joining REI Systems, Bhartiya honed his skills at tech companies like Amazon, where he served as Product Manager for its e-commerce products, and LivingSocial where he was Director of Strategy and ran direct sales. He also spent time at McKinsey & Company in their high-tech practice, focusing on sales and marketing-related issues.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Duke University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.
REI Systems provides reliable, effective, and innovative technology solutions that advance federal, state, local, and nonprofit missions. Our technologists and consultants are passionate about solving complex challenges that impact millions of lives. We take a Mindful Modernization® approach in delivering our application modernization, grants management systems, government data analytics, and advisory services. Mindful Modernization is the REI Way of delivering mission impact by aligning our government customers' strategic objectives to measurable outcomes through people, processes, and technology. For more information, visit REIsystems.com.
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Texas man who went missing as teen found alive 8 years later
HOUSTON (Gray News) - A Texas man who went missing as a 17-year-old is recovering in the hospital with his family eight years after he disappeared.
Authorities say Rudolph “Rudy” Farias IV went missing from Houston in March 2015 when he was 17 years old. He had been walking his dogs, who reportedly returned home without him. His family then reported him missing, telling officials he was diagnosed with depression and anxiety.
Authorities searched for Farias over the next several days but didn’t find him.
Eight years later, the now-25-year-old Farias is recovering in a Houston hospital after his mother says someone called 911 upon finding him unresponsive outside a church, KTRK reports.
Farias’ mother says he was found with cuts and bruises on his body and blood in his hair, and she believes he was badly abused and beaten. She told KTRK that family members have tried talking to Farias, but he will only say a few words.
She says it will take a long time for her son to heal, but she is thankful he is alive.
“Please continue to keep his family in your prayers as Rudy recovers in the hospital,” the Texas Center for the Missing tweeted.
The nonprofit said on Twitter that Farias was found Saturday. Authorities confirmed Sunday he had been located and was safe, according to KTRK.
Tim Miller, the director for Texas EquuSearch, helped search for Farias after he went missing in 2015. He told KPRC he never would have imagined Farias would still be alive.
“We believe in miracles, and this certainly was a miracle,” Miller said. “I can’t even tell you how many times we searched and how many leads and tips came in, and they just kind of faded away. Now, all of a sudden, this.”
Police have not said what led to Farias’ disappearance or where he may have been for the past eight years. At the time of his disappearance, investigators said they did not suspect foul play, KPRC reports.
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Netflix, United Airlines rise; Lennar, Olaplex fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday:
Netflix Inc., up $31.52 to $272.38.
The streaming entertainment giant handily beat Wall Street’s third-quarter earnings forecasts.
United Airlines Holdings Inc., up $1.85 to $39.10.
The airline’s third-quarter profit and revenue beat analysts’ forecasts.
Intuitive Surgical Inc., up $17.41 to $211.14.
The robotic surgical systems maker reported strong third-quarter financial results.
ASML Holding NV, up $25.03 to $424.02.
The Dutch supplier of semiconductor chip-making equipment beat Wall Street’s third-quarter financial forecasts.
Olaplex Holdings Inc., down $5.55 to $4.24.
The haircare company cut its sales forecast for the year.
Spirit Airlines Inc., up 31 cents to $19.80.
The airline’s shareholders voted to accept a $3.8 billion buyout from JetBlue Airways.
Elevance Health Inc., up $9.54 to $487.81.
The health insurer raised its profit forecast for the year.
Lennar Corp., down $4.58 to $72.29.
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AYER — Maria Rodriguez leaves home early because she can’t afford to be late.
Like many janitors who clean biotech labs in Cambridge, Rodriguez works only part-time starting at 5 p.m., when the scientists start heading home.
Her day begins long before, when she walks from her home in Ayer to the commuter rail stop on Main Street and catches the 2:53 pm train into Porter Square. She then takes the Red Line to Central Square, where it is a seven-minute walk down Massachusetts Avenue to the campus of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis.
There, for four hours, Rodriguez dusts, mops, vacuums, and scrubs toilets, for $21.30 an hour. Her shift ends at 9 p.m., but the next commuter rail train from Porter to Ayer isn’t until 11:05 p.m.
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By the time Rodriguez steps off the commuter rail train at midnight, she will have spent more time getting to and from her job than actually working. For six years, she has been making this commute. The 52-year-old is one of a growing number of service workers pushed to live further out of Boston as the price of housing soars, and every time there is a problem with the MBTA, their long commutes get even longer.
These workers must go where the jobs are, and that’s not where they can afford to live.
A Globe photographer and I followed Rodriguez last week to see what it was like to rely on public transit when you live 30-plus miles from Boston and your job cannot be done from home. Indeed, some 160,000 people in Greater Boston spend 90 minutes or more each way to get to work, one of the country’s highest concentrations of so-called super commuters in the United States, according to an analysis of 2019 Census data by Apartment List. That figure has surged in the last decade. Public transit riders are five times more likely to be super commuters compared to those who drive.
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Rodriguez’s chief complaint is how much she pays for commuter rail. A monthly pass from Ayer costs $388, slightly more than she earns in a week after taxes. Commuter rail fares climb quickly the farther you get from Boston, meaning the well-heeled riders who get off in Belmont, Lincoln, and Concord pay less than those riding to Ayer, Fitchburg, and Wachusett.
“For the price we are paying, we need better service,” she said.
For hourly workers like Rodriguez, being late is more than just an inconvenience. About three weeks ago, when there was a problem on her commuter rail line, she didn’t get to her lab until 5:30 pm. And so, her pay was reduced by her employer, SBM, one of the various janitorial contractors the big life science companies hire to clean their facilities.
“When the train is broken, we sit here waiting and waiting,” said Rodriguez.
On the day we rode the commuter rail together, there were no issues. Still it felt like a minor miracle when the train pulled into Porter Square on schedule just before 4 p.m. “The ride went well, thank God,” she said.
In recent weeks, as MBTA delays have mounted, other janitors also lost wages because they were late to work. Sometimes part of their shifts were given away to someone else, according to Frank Soults, a spokesperson for 32BJ SEIU, which represents about 20,000 janitors in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including about 1,000 who clean labs in Cambridge.
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These jobs, held mostly by Latino immigrants, pay about $21 an hour.
“People really do suffer with problems with commuting,” said Soults. “These workers live paycheck to paycheck.”
Rodriguez settled in Ayer because she fell in love with the tranquility of a small New England town. She had previously lived in Chelsea, Somerville, and Waltham, but after her son David was born, she moved to this town of 8,000 between Route 495 and Fitchburg. David is now 17, a rising senior and honor-roll student at Ayer-Shirley Regional High School.
Ayer has been an affordable place to live and raise a family, but here, too, housing prices are rising. Rodriguez’s rent has nearly doubled over time. Today her two-bedroom apartment costs $1,385 a month; still, that’s a bargain compared to places closer in to Boston and Cambridge.
“I like it here,” said Rodriguez as we walk to the commuter rail stop on Main Street. “It’s very nice.”
Rodriguez, who immigrated from El Salvador about two decades ago, worked as an accountant in her native country. She said she would need to go back to school do accounting in the United States. Some day, she wants to do that. She liked having a desk job.
Even as a janitor, Rodriguez would prefer to work full time. But the companies that employ janitors typically only offer part-time work, to save money on benefits. Rodriguez gets paid holidays and eight sick days, but no health insurance. Novartis, in a statement, said custodial services are managed by outside contractors, CBRE and SBM. They determine hours based on the needs of the facility and use a mix of full and part-time custodial staff.
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Rodriguez has thought about finding a job closer to Ayer, but it would pay far less than what she makes now. There’s dignity in making more than minimum wage.
“I like to take a good salary,” she said.
Rodriguez depends on the MBTA, unable to drive because of an eye condition. In a pinch, her daughter or partner give her a lift. During the spring of 2020, when not much was known about COVID-19, Rodriguez was too scared to take public transit. Her daughter would drive her 30 miles into the city to work every day.
By May 2020, Rodriguez was back on the commuter rail. Like other janitors who cleaned labs, Rodriguez worked throughout the pandemic and even picked up extra hours. That’s because labs stayed opened as essential businesses and extra disinfection was needed to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
At first, Rodriguez was concerned about using the MBTA, but when she saw how few riders there were she felt safe. Among the transit lines, ridership on the commuter rail plummeted the most, but it is rebounding as more people return to the office. Still, daily weekday ridership is only about half of what it was before the pandemic, according to MBTA figures.
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If the MBTA were a business, executives would be on overdrive figuring out how to lure riders back. They would add service, bolster safety, and ensure reliability. And for a limited period, there would be discounted fares and free parking.
But right now it feels like there’s little sense of urgency that public transit matters. The recent spate of woes — from derailments to reduced service — feel like a system tipping into failure in the waning months of Charlie Baker’s two-term governorship.
And the consequences of that fall hardest on people like Maria Rodriguez, who can least afford the disruption.
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When Rodriguez’s shift ends at Novartis, she changes out of her royal blue uniform and waits it out for the next commuter train home. She often hangs out in an employee kitchen, eating rice and beans or pupusas she brought from home. Scientists working late at night will pop by and say hello, while security guards making the rounds let her be.
“They know me,” said Rodriguez.
She aims to leave the building by 10:15 pm, and if the commuter rail is running smoothly, it’s a 55-minute ride home. She rarely falls asleep, but just in case she sets her iPhone alarm for 11:54 pm. She doesn’t want to wake up and find herself in Fitchburg.
The drizzle stopped as Tuesday turned into Wednesday and the commuter rail train pulled into Ayer.
Rodriguez stepped off, as two men boarded onto the Wachusett-bound train. Even though it’s a five-minute walk home, Rodriguez’s 28-year-old daughter, Alejandra, greets her at the station. Sometimes Rodriguez’s son, up late playing video games, drives to pick her up.
At that hour, with the side streets dimly lit, her kids don’t want their mother walking home alone.
“It’s insane,” Alejandra said of her mother’s commute. “I know like a lot of people who do the same travel from here. It’s intense. It’s a long journey.”
Shirley Leung is a Business columnist. She can be reached at shirley.leung@globe.com. | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/11/business/four-hours-commuting-four-hours-job/ | 2022-07-11 22:21:05 | 1 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/11/business/four-hours-commuting-four-hours-job/ |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Morning" game were:
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Bryan C. Kohberger, 28, agreed Tuesday to return to Idaho and await legal processing on accusations he killed four University of Idaho students.
During a brief court hearing at the Monroe County Courthouse, Kohberger, who was arrested Friday in his parents’ Chestnuthill Township home, acknowledged he understood his rights and was making the decision to be moved to Idaho “knowingly and voluntarily.”
Kohberger appeared before Monroe County President Judge Margherita P. Worthington in a historic courtroom that was packed with media, his family members and law enforcement. The proceeding took less than 10 minutes.
His decision not to oppose the effort to return to Idaho to face four counts of murder was expected, as it was previously stated by his Monroe County public defender, Jason LaBar. Kohberger has also expressed eagerness to be exonerated once he is returned to Idaho, LaBar has said.
Worthington said Kohberger must be extradited to Idaho within 10 days. During the proceeding, she asked multiple questions, and Kohberger responded “yes” or “no” to each question. One question was regarding his mental health, including whether he was undergoing treatment for mental health or on any prescriptions; Kohberger replied no.
A Poconos native who earned a master’s degree in criminal justice from DeSales University in Center Valley, Kohberger faces four counts of first-degree murder in the slayings of Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Kernodle’s boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, 20.
The four were stabbed to death Nov. 13 in their house in Moscow, Idaho — a short drive across the state line from Washington State University, where Kohberger is a doctoral student and teaching assistant in the school’s department of criminal justice and criminology. Idaho authorities have said Kohberger broke into a home near the university campus intending to commit murder.
Kohberger is also a graduate of Pleasant Valley High School and Northampton Community College, where he earned an associate’s degree in psychology in 2018. He received a bachelor’s degree in 2020 and completed graduate studies last June, both from DeSales.
Law enforcement continued asking the public to report any information about Kohberger. Here is how Information can be submitted.
• Tip Line: 208-883-7180
• Email: tipline@ci.moscow.id.us
• Online: fbi.gov/moscowidaho
Morning Call journalist Anthony Salamone can be reached at asalamone@mcall.com. | https://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-nws-kohberger-extradition-hearing-20230103-bjfyfjmnfreedm6bcal6vz4mt4-story.html | 2023-01-03 21:23:04 | 1 | https://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-nws-kohberger-extradition-hearing-20230103-bjfyfjmnfreedm6bcal6vz4mt4-story.html |
Nikki Haley's tiny hometown – Bamberg, South Carolina – played a starring role in the launch of her presidential campaign.
A video released online Tuesday announcing her run for president began with images including a set of railroad tracks.
"The railroad divided the town by race," Haley narrated. "I was the proud daughter of Indian immigrants - not Black, not white. I was different."
The next day, during a speech in Charleston kicking off her bid for the 2024 Republican nomination, the former South Carolina governor and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations under President Trump said her parents taught Haley and her siblings that "even on our worst day, we are blessed to live in America."
Haley paints a picture of Bamberg – and the country – as a place where race is a reality, but not a limitation.
As the only Indian family, "our little town came to love us, but it wasn't always easy," she said. "Nobody knew who we were, what we were, or why we were there."
Haley was born in 1972, just a few years after her parents moved the family to Bamberg, a town with a current population around 3,000. Her father took a position as a biology professor at a local college and her mother taught school before opening a successful clothing store.
A visit to Bamberg
"No, nobody knew who they were," said Harriet Coker, a retired teacher, on a recent sunny afternoon in Bamberg.
Coker has known the family - the Randhawas - since before Nikki was born. She had Nikki in her seventh-grade social studies class and remembers her as quiet, but smart.
There were challenges. A spokeswoman for Haley's campaign says when they first moved to the area, her parents struggled to find anyone who'd rent to them. Her modest childhood home was featured prominently in Haley's campaign video.
But soon, Coker says, they were just part of the community.
"It didn't take long for people to really get to know them and to realize what wonderful people they are," she says.
As she launched her campaign, Haley pointed to her political resume as a living example of the idea that America is – at its core – a land of opportunity. She pushed back on what she described as a rising "self-loathing," which she said views America as "flawed, rotten, and full of hate" – particularly on the political left.
"Take it from me, the first minority female governor in history, America is not a racist country," Haley said, drawing robust applause from the mostly white crowd.
'It still exists'
Tony Duncan, a local Black business owner, is a few years older than Haley and remembers being in school with her older siblings.
"She comes from good people, and she's good people," Duncan said.
But, growing up in South Carolina in the 1960s and '70s, Duncan says race was always there.
"I think all of us know what this country was built on. And [racism] still exists," he said. "It exists. As people here in America, we have to deal with these things."
Lisa B. Stokes grew up in Bamberg and spent her career as a teacher. She started elementary school right around the time local schools were integrating and spent her first year of grade school in an all-Black class. Stokes has mixed feelings about Haley's comments.
"Yes, there are so many opportunities and we can all make it," Stokes says. "It's a lot easier for some than others."
Slights and racist insults
In her life and her political career, Haley has at times been targeted for her race.
At age 5, Haley was asked, mid-competition, to bow out of the Little Miss Bamberg beauty pageant – which had separate awards for Black children and white children – because they had no category for her, she told the New York Times Magazine in a 2011 interview. After that, the town integrated its pageants and many other social activities.
"I mean, that kind of thing would [make her] say, 'Well, now it's crystal clear. I'm different; I don't fit in," said Sharon Carter, the Bamberg County Republican Party chairwoman.
Carter grew up in Bamberg around the same time as Haley. She says Haley's race was never a significant issue, and the family was well-regarded: "You know, by the time you're in school as elementary-age kids, everybody just all gets along."
In 2010, when Haley was running for governor of South Carolina, a Republican state senator who was an ally of one her primary opponents used a racist slur to refer to Haley, alluding to her parents' Sikh faith.
Coker says despite that "really insulting" incident, Haley pressed forward.
"I don't write many letters to the editor but I had to respond to that, and I said, 'Well you obviously don't know them,'" she said of how she responded to that hate incident. "She ended up winning, and she hasn't slowed down."
Both sides of the tracks
As Haley's star has risen, her hometown – like many other rural small towns, has declined, losing jobs and many of its young people. The interstate bypassed the community, and a textile factory left town. Older residents can remember when the town's main street was bustling and lined with traffic; today, most of the old brick storefronts are empty or covered in plywood.
And there are still racial divisions.
Stokes, who lives a few blocks from the much larger home that Haley's parents eventually moved into, says when she moved into the overwhelmingly white neighborhood around 1990, many of the neighbors actively avoided her.
"It was obvious some were not really pleased we'd moved here," Stokes said. "And even to this day, you know, we're the only African-American couple on the street."
Stokes says she appreciated Haley's work to remove the Confederate battle flag from the state capitol after a white supremacist shot and killed nine people at a historically Black church in Charleston in 2015. But she was disappointed to see Haley – after first criticizing Trump – align herself with him just a few years later.
"It's like, 'Who are you, Nikki Haley?'" she questioned. "Really and truly, who are you?"
Stokes says she is proud of the recognition that Haley has brought to their hometown. But she hopes that Haley will remember the people back home – on both sides of town.
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WASHINGTON (Nexstar) – After lawmakers reached a deal to increase the debt ceiling to prevent the U.S. from defaulting, Republican senators are unhappy with the deal that was spearheaded by their colleagues in the House.
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham says he and other Republican senators are unhappy with the cap on defense spending imposed by the deal. Graham worries the defense spending cap will stop the U.S. from continuing to help Ukraine fight for its independence.
“What the House did was wrong,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said. “It’s right to want to control spending and there’s some good things in this bill but it was wrong to give a defense a number inconsistent with the threats we face.”
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says Republican senators came to him to figure out how to ensure the U.S. doesn’t abandon Ukraine.
“When they came to me and asked me to do this, I said ‘Yeah, that’s a good idea,’” Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said.
Schumer says he’s been working with Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell and that together they’ve come to an agreement to figure out how to pass additional legislation to keep funding Ukraine’s war effort “through emergency and other ways, but also through the regular appropriations process which was always going to go forward.”
Graham says ongoing support for Ukraine is pivotal, adding, “Putin’s invasion is a defining moment of the 21st century, that if he gets away with it there goes Taiwan and the world will begin to crumble.” | https://www.wowktv.com/news/lawmakers-decry-defense-spending-cap-amid-war-in-ukraine/ | 2023-06-02 21:01:10 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/lawmakers-decry-defense-spending-cap-amid-war-in-ukraine/ |
The purple M&M is making its debut, but not to all bags
Published: Sep. 28, 2022 at 9:24 AM EDT|Updated: 48 minutes ago
(CNN) – The purple M&M is here, but not in the way you may think.
The purple peanut M&M is a new “spokes-candy” character, which is the first new one in a decade.
She sings and has a quirky, confident and slightly awkward personality.
Her debut comes with a song, “I’m Just Gonna Be Me,” which can be seen online and streamed on various platforms.
This doesn’t mean a purple M&M is coming to bags of peanut M&Ms though. The new character will appear in stores, on M&M’s website and on some limited-edition packaging.
Customers can specifically buy purple M&Ms online, however, which was an option that was already available.
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BOSTON (AP) — Bruins President Cam Neely said Monday the team “dropped the ball” with its internal vetting of Mitchell Miller, ultimately leading to the decision to rescind its contract offer to the defenseman.
The 20-year-old Miller was selected by Arizona in the fourth round of the 2020 draft, but the Coyotes relinquished his draft rights for bullying a Black classmate with developmental disabilities in middle school.
Boston signed Miller to an entry-level contract on Friday, leading to sweeping criticism from Bruins players from captain Patrice Bergeron on down, as well as Boston’s fanbase. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman also weighed in, saying Miller would not currently be eligible to play in the league without major changes.
“I’m extremely upset that we have made a lot of people unhappy with our decision,” Neely said. “I take pride in the Bruins organization and what we stand for. And we failed there.”
The offer to Miller was rescinded late Sunday, with Neely saying in a statement the Bruins thought Miller’s conduct was an isolated incident and that the team reversed course based on new information — particularly that the team hadn’t spoken to victim Isaiah Meyer-Crothers or his family.
“We didn’t have enough information,” Neely said. “We could have dug deeper.”
Neely met with Miller, agent Eustace King and Miller’s mother prior to signing him. Neely said he shouldn’t have assumed the vetting process also included a meeting with Meyer-Crothers’ family. Asked why that didn’t happen, Neely said: “It’s a great question. Something I need to find out.”
Neely reiterated that in his meeting with Miller he felt he was remorseful and worthy of an opportunity to play in the NHL.
“I was under the impression it was a 14-year-old kid that made a really bad decision and did some horrible things,” Neely said. “He’s 20 years old now. So I was under the impression that in the last six years he’s done a lot of work on himself. … I believe in second chances and maybe some don’t deserve it.”
Miller pleaded guilty at age 14 to one count of assault and one count of violation of the Ohio Safe Schools Act. He and another teenager were accused of making Meyer-Crothers eat a candy push pop after wiping it in a bathroom urinal, and surveillance video showed them kicking and punching him.
Meyer-Crothers’ mother Joni told The Arizona Republic that Miller started bullying her son in second grade and used racial epithets.
The Coyotes drafted Miller despite knowing of his 2016 assault conviction. The team parted ways with Miller amid criticism after learning more about the bullying.
Miller sent a letter to all 31 NHL teams acknowledging what happened and apologizing for his behavior. Joni Meyer-Crothers said Miller never personally apologized to Isaiah or their family other than a court-mandated letter.
“When I was in eighth grade, I made an extremely poor decision and acted very immaturely,” Miller said in a statement. “I bullied one of my classmates. I deeply regret the incident and have apologized to the individual. Since the incident, I have come to better understand the far-reaching consequences of my actions that I failed to recognize and understand nearly seven years ago.”
Miller sat out the 2020-21 season before scoring 39 goals with 44 assists for Tri-City of the USHL in 2021-22. He was named the USHL’s player and defenseman of the year after setting league records for goals and points by a defenseman.
Neely apologized again to Meyer-Crothers’ family and said he planned to reach out to them.
“It’s something they shouldn’t have to continue to go through,” he said. “We could have done a better job, we should have done a better job.”
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#ChiefsKingdom is taking over Wichita in celebration of the Kansas City Chiefs playing this Sunday Night against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. You can head out to Chicken N Pickle and watch the game with the pros!
Join former Chiefs players Gehrig Dieter, Anthony Sherman, and Dustin Colquitt for a special watch party and night of family fun! Support their charities through the Giveback Night initiatives that Chicken N Pickle hosts weekly. The Deiter Family Foundation, E3 Rand Foundation, and Team Smile will be the charities benefitting from this fun event. Head out in your red and gold for photos with the pros and some competitive pickleball with the pros! Don’t want to play, no worries you can watch, enjoy fun halftime entertainment, and take advantage of the food and drink specials during the game!
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HISTORY
The Kentucky Oaks is the third most attended day of racing in the United States and the premier race for three-year-old fillies.
The first running of the Oaks was on May 19, 1875 when Churchill Downs was known as the Louisville Jockey Club.
Kentucky Oaks and Derby are two of the oldest contested sporting events in history, including being held at their original site.
The Oaks has become a celebration of ladies, featuring the Pink Out, the Survivors Parade, and the Longines Kentucky Oaks Fashion Contest.
SURVIVORS PARADE
The Survivors parade has been tradition for about 15 years, which involves a march for breast and ovarian cancer survivors that takes place on the historic track prior to the Longines Kentucky Oaks.
This years race will host about 149 survivors.
The initiative has raised more than $1,000,000 for women's health advocacy. Churchill Downs has partnered with Breast Health Program at Norton Cancer Institute and Horses & Hope.
FASHION
If you are attending in person, the Kentucky Oaks encourages visitors to incorporate the color pink within your outfit.
The color pink honors the Oaks official flower, the stargazer lily and celebrates Churchill Downs fundraising efforts for women's health.
PARKING
Officials have listed the following information regarding parking for the Kentucky Oaks on May 5:
- On site parking for the Oaks is no longer available for purchase.
- Certain tickets were sold with parking included.
- Ticket should come in mail if already already purchase, no mobile delivery.
- Every lot has specific directions to enter.
- Lots will open at 8:00 a.m.
- Limited bus and limo parking are available for pre-purchase on-site.
- Limited party bus parking is available for purchase in the Green Lot.
- Buses and cars can pre-purchase a Derby Drive drop off pass. The pass will be surrendered at the time of drop-off.
- If you do not have on site parking, but have reserved seating with front side access, there is parking included with ticket at the Kentucky Exposition Center.
- Shuttles begin running at 7:30 a.m. There are ADA-accessible parking and shuttles available.
- Infield general admission and infield final turn general admission tickets do not include parking.
- Taxi and rideshare pick-up and drop-off will take place in the Bronze Lot at L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium.
- Paid parking is available at L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium, which guests will have to walk to Churchill Downs. Pricing is as follows- $40 for a car or truck, $150 for an RV, and $200 for a bus.
Visit Kentucky Derby parking online for more information at: Travel & Parking | 2023 Kentucky Derby & Oaks | May 5 and May 6, 2023.
RACES
Kentucky Oaks will feature several races, including the 149 Longines Kentucky Oaks, with the first post beginning at 10:30 a.m.
Races begin at the following times:
- Race 1- 10:30 a.m.
- Race 2- 11:00 a.m.
- Race 3- 11:30 a.m.
- Race 4- 12:05 p.m.
- Race 5- 12:43 p.m.
- Race 6- 1:26 p.m.
- Race 7- 2:09 p.m.
- Race 8- 3:03 p.m.
- Race 9- 4:04 p.m.
- Race 10- 4:51 p.m.
- Race 11- 5:51 p.m.
- Race 12- 6:25 p.m.
- Race 13- 7:00 p.m. | https://www.lex18.com/sports/race-to-the-derby/things-to-know-about-the-kentucky-oaks | 2023-05-05 14:59:02 | 0 | https://www.lex18.com/sports/race-to-the-derby/things-to-know-about-the-kentucky-oaks |
Epson's Most Advanced Retail and POS Solutions on Display
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Epson today announced it will be demonstrating retail point of sales and back office solutions at NRF 2023: Retail's Big Show from Jan. 15-17, 2023. Epson will showcase its latest innovative products designed for retail businesses that offer outstanding value, results and a better bottom line in booth #4457. Epson will also announce a new line of mobile POS thermal receipt printers designed to fit the needs of any retail or hospitality environment.
"In the past few years many assumed that most retail activity would move online. However, as the world opened up, consumers were quick to go back to brick-and-mortar stores, proving there is still a strong demand for physical retail," said Mauricio Chacon, group product manager, Business Systems Division, Epson America, Inc. "Businesses are looking to solutions that can support the customers' full path to purchase whether that be online, BOPIS, in-store, curbside pickup, or delivery. Our in-store solution demos and café setup will offer visitors a glimpse of the full end-to-end experience that Epson retail solutions provide."
Demonstrations in Epson's booth at NRF include:
- New mSeries Product Line – Epson will be unveiling new compact receipt printers that offer a sleek and modern design with enhanced connectivity and engineered for reliable performance for the needs of today and the future.
- POS Receipt Printers – As the fastest POS receipt printer in the industry1, the OmniLink® TM-T88VII offers flexible connectivity between multiple devices to help merchants deliver the best customer experience in virtually every environment. The OmniLink TM-H6000V multifunction receipt printer with slip/endorsement printing helps businesses leverage printing from web-based apps including online ordering services, so they're ready for the ever-changing world of retail.
- Kiosk-Friendly Receipt Printer – The EU-m30 is a sleek, compact kiosk thermal receipt printer with an easy mounting kit for effortless integration and serviceability, ideal for busy retail environments.
- Newest Liner-Free Thermal Label Printer – The OmniLink TM-L100 offers our broadest media support. Whether utilizing buy-online-pickup-in-store (BOPIS), curbside pickup, delivery, where item or order labeling is necessary, the TM-L100 helps retailers improve efficiency in the way they serve customers and meet ever-growing demand for digital orders or item labeling in-store.
- Mobile POS Solutions – The OmniLink TM-m30II-SL with a built-in tablet mount offers a total mobile POS solution in a modern, compact, flexible, industrial design. The Mobilink™ TM-P20II, Mobilink TM-P80II and Mobilink TM-P80II Plus portable receipt printers offer a sleek and modern enclosure, improved rugged design and enhanced wireless connectivity for untethering operators from a POS terminal.
- On-Demand Color Labeling – The ColorWorks® C4000 and C6000P desktop color label printers offer retail environments an easy solution for adding color to labeling and eliminating the cost, hassle and lead time of pre-printed color labels.
- Wide-Format Printing: The SureColor® T3170 wide-format wireless printer offers fast, precise and reliable printing solutions with a compact, clean desktop design.
- Back Office Printing: Epson's business printers, engineered with PrecisionCore Heat-Free® inkjet technology, are ideal for everyday store printing needs. Two compact Supertank business models – the WorkForce® ST-M1000 monochrome printer and WorkForce ST-C4100 color printer – are designed for high-volume jobs and include up to 2 years of ink in the box.2 Epson will also showcase a new WorkForce Pro business printer offering fast first page out for quick and seamless printing and built for reliability and powerful productivity.
- Digital Signage: LightScene® is a cutting-edge digital signage solution that allows retailers to create stunning visual displays and captivate audiences by simultaneously illuminating and projecting on virtually any surface or material to unleash dynamic, experiential content for commercial signage and décor applications.
- Document Scanner: The DS-530 II color duplex document scanner offers fast, efficient performance for business document management.
NRF 2023: Retail's Big Show expo will be open Sunday, Jan. 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday, Jan. 16 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday, Jan. 17 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For over 30 years, Epson's advanced technology has been at work in millions of POS systems around the world. For more information on Epson's full line of retail solutions, visit www.epson.com/retail.
Epson is a global technology leader whose philosophy of efficient, compact and precise innovation enriches lives and helps create a better world. The company is focused on solving societal issues through innovations in home and office printing, commercial and industrial printing, manufacturing, visual and lifestyle. Epson's goal is to become carbon negative and eliminate use of exhaustible underground resources such as oil and metal by 2050.
Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the worldwide Epson Group generates annual sales of more than JPY 1 trillion. global.epson.com/
Epson America, Inc., based in Los Alamitos, Calif., is Epson's regional headquarters for the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. To learn more about Epson, please visit: epson.com. You may also connect with Epson America on Facebook (facebook.com/Epson), Twitter (twitter.com/EpsonAmerica), YouTube (youtube.com/epsonamerica), and Instagram (instagram.com/EpsonAmerica).
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2 Included and replacement ink bottle yields based on the ISO/IEC 24712 pattern with Epson's methodology. Actual ink yields will vary considerably for reasons including images printed, print settings, temperature and humidity. Yields may be lower when printing infrequently or predominantly with one ink color. All ink colors are used for printing and printer maintenance, all colors must be available for printing. For more information, visit www.epson.com/inkinfo
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Former President Donald Trump is in Florida, preparing to surrender to federal authorities and appear in court at 3 p.m. ET on Tuesday.
In an unprecedented indictment of a former president, Trump faces 37 federal charges, including unlawfully retaining government secrets and conspiring to obstruct justice.
The indictment alleges that Trump was personally involved in packing the documents as he left the White House in 2021, that he bragged about having secret materials and caused his own lawyer to mislead the FBI about what kind of papers he had stored at Mar-a-Lago.
His aide Walt Nauta has also been indicted for concealing documents and for making false statements.
Trump says he is innocent and that he's being unfairly targeted by prosecutors because he's running for president again. His Republican allies in Congress are echoing these claims of bias in the Justice Department.
Special counsel Jack Smith, who was appointed by the Justice Department to oversee an independent investigation of Trump, defended the work of his team and the FBI in remarks last week.
"We have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone," he said.
What is happening in court
Trump is appearing in court Tuesday for processing, a step that usually includes fingerprints, a mug shot and other administrative steps. There could be exceptions for Trump given his high profile.
It is not clear whether Trump will be handcuffed, either. He was not when he appeared in court in April in a New York state case about hush money payments made before the 2016 election.
Tuesday's hearing is expected to be short. Trump and Nauta may hear the charges read aloud and may enter a plea of guilty or not guilty.
The judge could set certain restrictions as the case proceeds, potentially asking them to turn over passports, limit travel or check in with court supervision.
Outside the courtroom, law enforcement have been preparing to ensure events like the assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 do not happen again.
The Secret Service, which protects Trump, have been involved in conversations with the U.S. Marshals, who protect the federal courthouse. Local police have also been planning, with additional first responders on standby.
Unlike the leadup to the Capitol riot, though, extremism researchers say they are not seeing signs of large-scale and detailed planning around the courthouse appearance.
What happens next
Smith said Friday he is seeking a speedy trial. Under the law, that could mean within 70 days, which would be well ahead of the presidential primary season next year.
But there are a few factors that could push the date much further than that.
Given the case involves many classified documents, one question before the court may be whether Trump's lawyers are even authorized to see the material, and whether Trump would want to use the documents in the courtroom.
Trump could also make other pretrial motions contesting various aspects of the case that could add up to months of delays. The legal team could even try to postpone the trial until after the presidential election.
In the meantime, Trump is making the federal indictment a part of his campaign for the White House. He's even planning to talk Tuesday night at a fundraiser at his golf club in New Jersey.
He's said that if he wins in 2024, he would appoint a special prosecutor to investigate President Biden and Biden's family.
A special counsel is currently looking into how Biden himself came to have classified documents in his private office and residence. But in that case, there's no hint Biden is resisting turning over any of the papers, like Trump allegedly did for about a year.
Trump's legal peril does not end with the classified documents case. Special counsel Smith is continuing to investigate Trump's actions around the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, and the Fulton County District Attorney's Office in Georgia is looking into attempts to pressure state officials in the weeks after the 2020 election. It remains to be seen whether Trump will also be charged in those investigations.
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Elon Musk is proceeding with a deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion, the original purchase price agreed upon in April, amid an intense legal battle between the two sides.
The billionaire businessman is reversing course from his previous attempts to back out of the deal, where he argued that Twitter wasn’t truthful about the number of bot accounts on the platform. Twitter denied those claims and sued Musk to force the sale to go through.
Here’s what we know about Musk’s renewed effort to buy Twitter.
Musk wants to avoid a highly publicized trial
As part of his proposed deal to buy Twitter for $54.20 per share, Musk demanded that Twitter drop its lawsuit against him.
A trial before a Delaware court is scheduled to take place in just two weeks. Musk’s demand comes after the court released a trove of his private text messages and just before Musk was set to be questioned under oath by Twitter lawyers on Thursday.
At Twitter’s request, the court last week released a 40-page document of texts between Musk and other well-known figures, including former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, that appeared to portray his Twitter takeover bid as rushed and disorganized.
Texts between Musk and Bret Taylor, the chairman of Twitter’s board of directors, revealed that Musk was well aware of the bot account issue, potentially worsening his legal position.
“This is hard to do as a public company, as purging fake users will make the numbers look terrible, so restructuring should be done as a private company,” Musk wrote in a text.
Musk’s most recent proposal is contingent on adjourning the upcoming trial and all other legal proceedings related to the buyout. That would prevent the court from releasing more of Musk’s texts, including his communications with a Twitter whistleblower who alleged that the social media company lied about the number of bots on its platform.
Twitter’s politics could shift under Musk
Musk has said he’s buying Twitter to boost “free speech” and has signaled he’ll overhaul Twitter’s policy of removing posts it considers dangerous and adding disclaimers to posts that are deemed misinformation.
He’s pushed back on permanent bans of Twitter users, including former President Trump, who was banned from the platform following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
“Would be great to unwind permanent bans, except for spam accounts and those that explicitly advocate violence,” Musk texted Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal earlier this year.
Musk tweeted earlier this year that he will vote Republican in November, citing Democrats’ criticism of him and “a very cold shoulder” toward his companies Tesla and SpaceX. Musk later tweeted that he is leaning toward supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for president in 2024.
Musk’s takeover would fundamentally change Twitter’s user base. When he initially agreed to buy Twitter in April, hundreds of thousands of users deactivated their accounts, while leading GOP figures gained tens of thousands of new followers.
Republican lawmakers and right-leaning commentators have praised Musk’s bid to buy Twitter, arguing that the app is currently biased against conservatives. Left-leaning groups and Twitter employees have expressed concern that he will turn the platform into an unregulated “swamp.”
“In effect, Musk will turn Twitter into a fever swamp of dangerous conspiracy theories, partisan chicanery, and operationalized harassment,” Angelo Carusone, president of the liberal media watchdog group Media Matters for America, said in a statement.
Musk would overhaul Twitter’s business model
Musk wants to expand Twitter into an all-purpose app that users rely on for messaging, shopping, video gaming and web browsing, like China’s hugely popular WeChat app. Under his proposed plan, Twitter could take a cut of digital payments made on the app to boost revenue.
“Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app,” Musk tweeted Wednesday.
Musk has expressed envy toward TikTok’s algorithm that keeps users hooked on the app and wants to transform Twitter into a creator-friendly platform that relies more on video. He’s also said that users should be able to choose their preferred algorithm.
Musk has pledged to rid Twitter of spam and bot activity by authenticating real users. Twitter has admitted to overcounting its number of real users but estimated that less than 5 percent of daily users are bots.
Former Twitter security chief Peiter Zatko alleged in August that the platform inflated the number of real users, stating that executives received multimillion-dollar bonuses for boosting daily users. Zatko said he was fired for warning about security vulnerabilities that pose a threat to user data, while Twitter said he was fired for poor performance.
Musk has openly criticized top Twitter executives, including Agrawal, throughout the legal battle. Analysts expect Musk to shake up the company’s leadership if the deal goes through, but it’s unclear who he would bring on to replace them. | https://www.cbs42.com/hill-politics/everything-we-know-about-musks-shifting-plans-to-buy-twitter/ | 2022-10-05 20:59:38 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/hill-politics/everything-we-know-about-musks-shifting-plans-to-buy-twitter/ |
TX Austin/San Antonio TX Zone Forecast for Tuesday, October 11, 2022
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Zone Forecast Product for South Central Texas
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
TXZ192-122015-
Travis-
Including the city of Austin
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then sunny with a slight
chance of showers this afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Less humid with lows in the lower 60s.
North winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Northeast winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
upper 60s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the upper 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ205-122015-
Bexar-
Including the city of San Antonio
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then sunny with a slight
chance of showers this afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph,
becoming northeast after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
upper 60s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 90. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the upper 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ183-122015-
Val Verde-
Including the city of Del Rio
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northwest this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows around 60. Northeast winds around 5 mph.
Gusts up to 20 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. East
winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers and
thunderstorms likely. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the lower
70s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper
60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ220-122015-
Atascosa-
Including the city of Pleasanton
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then clearing. Highs in the
lower 90s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds around
5 mph, becoming northeast after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Less humid with highs in the lower 90s.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
Highs in the lower 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
upper 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly
in the morning. Cooler with highs in the lower 80s. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Lows around 60. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers. Cooler with highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
$$
TXZ187-122015-
Bandera-
Including the city of Bandera
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then clearing. Highs in the
lower 90s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Less humid with lows in the lower 60s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 60. East winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
mid 60s. Highs around 90.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then cloudy with showers and
thunderstorms likely after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s.
Chance of rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Cooler with highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ193-122015-
Bastrop-
Including the city of Bastrop
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then sunny with a slight
chance of showers this afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the evening. Lows in the lower 60s. North winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid
90s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs around 80. Chance
of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ190-122015-
Blanco-
Including the city of Blanco
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming west this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Less humid with lows around 60. North
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs around 90. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
mid 60s. Highs around 90.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 70. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ172-122015-
Burnet-
Including the city of Burnet
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming west this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Less humid with lows in the upper 50s. North
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 90. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
mid 60s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ208-122015-
Caldwell-
Including the city of Lockhart
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then mostly sunny with a
slight chance of showers this afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds
around 5 mph, becoming north after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
mid 60s. Highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 90. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the upper 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the
mid 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ206-122015-
Comal-
Including the city of New Braunfels
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then sunny with a slight
chance of showers this afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Less humid with lows in the lower 60s. North
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 60. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
mid 60s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the upper 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers. Highs around 70. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ224-122015-
De Witt-
Including the city of Cuero
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then sunny with a slight
chance of showers this afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
around 5 mph, becoming north after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Less humid with highs in the lower 90s.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
Highs in the lower 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s.
Temperature falling into the mid 80s in the afternoon. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs around 80. Chance
of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers. Cooler with highs around 70. Chance of rain
40 percent.
$$
TXZ228-122015-
Dimmit-
Including the city of Carrizo Springs
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then becoming sunny. Highs
in the lower 90s. South winds around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds around
5 mph, becoming northeast after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 60s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
upper 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with thunderstorms likely. Showers
likely. Cooler with highs around 80. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the
lower 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
$$
TXZ184-122015-
Edwards-
Including the city of Rocksprings
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. South winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northwest this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Less humid with lows in the upper 50s.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. East
winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
mid 60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers and
thunderstorms likely. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the lower
70s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper
60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ209-122015-
Fayette-
Including the city of La Grange
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then sunny with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the
mid 90s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph,
becoming north after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. East winds around
5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid
90s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the lower 80s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A slight chance
of showers. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ219-122015-
Frio-
Including the city of Pearsall
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then clearing. Highs in the
lower 90s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds around
5 mph, becoming northeast after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
Highs in the lower 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
upper 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely.
Cooler with highs in the upper 70s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers. Highs in
the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ188-122015-
Gillespie-
Including the city of Fredericksburg
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming west 5 to 10 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Less humid with lows in the upper 50s. North
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
mid 60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the lower 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers. Highs in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ223-122015-
Gonzales-
Including the city of Gonzales
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then sunny with a slight
chance of showers this afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds around 5 mph,
becoming north after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Less humid with highs in the mid 90s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. East winds around
5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
Highs in the mid 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 90. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the lower 80s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers. Cooler with highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
$$
TXZ207-122015-
Guadalupe-
Including the city of Seguin
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then sunny with a slight
chance of showers this afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph,
becoming north after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. East winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
upper 60s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 90.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs around 80. Chance
of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ191-122015-
Hays-
Including the city of San Marcos
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then mostly sunny with a
slight chance of showers this afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Less humid with lows in the lower 60s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph
with gusts up to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
mid 60s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the upper 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 70. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ222-122015-
Karnes-
Including the city of Karnes City
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then sunny with a slight
chance of showers this afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. A slight chance of showers in the evening. Lows
in the upper 60s. South winds around 5 mph, becoming north around
5 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Less humid with highs in the mid 90s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
Highs in the lower 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs around 90. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs around 80. Chance
of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers. Cooler with highs around 70. Chance of rain
40 percent.
$$
TXZ189-122015-
Kendall-
Including the city of Boerne
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then clearing. Highs in the
lower 90s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Less humid with lows around 60. North winds
around 5 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
mid 60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers. Highs in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ186-122015-
Kerr-
Including the city of Kerrville
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then becoming sunny. Warmer
with highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming west this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Less humid with lows in the upper 50s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
mid 60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the lower 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ202-122015-
Kinney-
Including the city of Brackettville
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds around
5 mph, becoming west this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. More humid with highs in the upper 80s.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
Highs in the lower 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers and
thunderstorms likely. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the upper
70s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers. Highs
around 70. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ225-122015-
Lavaca-
Including the city of Hallettsville
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then sunny with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the
mid 90s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
around 5 mph, becoming north after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
Highs in the lower 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the lower 80s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers. Cooler with highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
$$
TXZ194-122015-
Lee-
Including the city of Giddings
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then sunny with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the
mid 90s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the evening. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds around 5 mph,
becoming north around 5 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds around
5 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower
90s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the upper 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ171-122015-
Llano-
Including the city of Llano
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, warmer with highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming northwest this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Less humid with lows in the upper 50s. North
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 90. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
mid 60s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 70. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ217-122015-
Maverick-
Including the city of Eagle Pass
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds around
5 mph, becoming southwest this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds around
5 mph, becoming northeast after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 90. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 60s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers and
thunderstorms likely. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the upper
70s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely,
mainly in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers. Highs around 70. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ204-122015-
Medina-
Including the city of Hondo
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then sunny with a slight
chance of showers this afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph,
becoming northeast after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
upper 60s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 90. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers and
thunderstorms likely. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the upper
70s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers. Highs in
the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ185-122015-
Real-
Including the city of Leakey
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then clearing. Highs around
90. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming west this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Less humid with lows in the lower 60s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. East winds 10 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 60. East winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
mid 60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers and
thunderstorms likely. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the mid
70s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ203-122015-
Uvalde-
Including the city of Uvalde
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then clearing. Highs in the
lower 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Less humid with lows in the mid 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph, becoming northeast after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. More humid with highs in the lower 90s.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
mid 60s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers and
thunderstorms likely. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the upper
70s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers. Highs
around 70. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ173-122015-
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202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then sunny with a slight
chance of showers this afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming west this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Less humid with lows in the lower 60s. North
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
upper 60s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
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Including the city of Floresville
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then sunny with a slight
chance of showers this afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds around 5 mph,
becoming north after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Less humid with highs in the mid 90s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
Highs in the lower 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the lower 80s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers. Cooler with highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
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Including the city of Crystal City
202 AM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then becoming sunny. Highs
in the lower 90s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds around
5 mph, becoming northeast after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 60s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers and
thunderstorms likely. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the upper
70s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Lows around 60. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers. Highs
around 70. Chance of rain 40 percent.
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Nov. 15, 1952—July 6, 2023
WENDELL — Christine Sue (Hughes) Jackson, 70, a resident of Wendell, passed away on Thursday, July 6, 2023 at Ashley Manor in Jerome after a courageous battle with Lewey Body Dementia.
Chris was born on November 15, 1952 in Twin Falls to Preston and Bubbles Hughes of Buhl. She joined two brothers – Jim Hughes and Bob Hughes in the family.
Chris and her family moved to Wendell in 1963 when Preston went to work for Montana Express.
Chris graduated from Wendell High School in 1971 and married her long-time friend – James Jackson.
They have two sons – Jim Jackson and Alan Jackson. We moved to Blackfoot in 1975 when I took a job with the City of Blackfoot. After the kids started school, Chris worked at the Morning News for many years. Alan also worked at the Morning News with his mother as a photographer while going to high school.
We have many fond memories of living in Blackfoot. Chris was a faithful member of the Lutheran Church where we taught Sunday School and the Youth Group. Now we are members of the Emanual Lutheran Church in Twin Falls.
In 1998 we moved to Rupert where Chris worked for the Renaissance Art Center for 15 years while they restored the Wilson Theater. It was challenging and exciting working with Earl Corless and Kris An Hardcastle researching the history of the theater and watching the theater come to life.
After the theater was completed, we moved to Wendell so Chris could take care of her aging parents.
Chris is survived by her husband of 51 years – James Jackson of Wendell; sons – Jim (Kim) Jackson and their children – Carter and Kate of Ammon, Idaho and Alan (Sarah) Jackson and their daughter – Ella Jackson of Chubbuck; and her brother – Jim Hughes of Wendell.
Chris was preceded in death by her parents – Preston and Bubbles Hughes; and her brother – Bob Hughes.
Special thank you to Joan Moonen of Jerome and Chris’ life time friends – Karen Hulm, Kathy Neville and Linda Flaherty of Montana and the staff of Ashley Manor of Jerome and Enhabit Health and Hospice for all the help.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions memorial donations may be made to the Humane Society.
A graveside Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, July 14, 2023 at 2:00 pm at the Wendell Cemetery in Wendell.
Cremation arrangements are under the care and direction of Demaray Funeral Service – Wendell Chapel.
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- Single Stock Futures (SSFs) is the second in a series of Derivatives products to be introduced in the Saudi Exchange
- 10 underlying stocks were selected for SSFs contracts based on certain criteria to ensure market interest and liquidity
- The launch of Single Stock Futures will enable the expansion of the Saudi Exchange's Derivatives Market to include additional derivatives products.
- SSFs contracts will be cleared and settled by Muqassa in line with international best practices.
- SSFs contracts will be live on the 4th of July 2022
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, June 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Saudi Exchange today announced its intention to launch Single Stock Futures (SSFs) contracts, the second derivatives product to be introduced in the Saudi Exchange. From the 4th of July 2022, the new contracts will be available to trade, that will commence on enabling local and international investors to hedge and manage portfolio risks more effectively as well as diversify products available for trading in the market.
SSFs contracts are standard futures contracts with an individual stock as its underlying asset. The underlying stocks have been selected from the largest and most liquid companies listed on the Saudi Exchange. SSFs are traded on the Exchange, similar to other cash market products. SSFs contracts will be cleared and settled by Securities Clearing Center Company "Muqassa" in line with international best practices.
Speaking on the occasion, Mohammed Al Rumaih, CEO of Saudi Exchange, said: "We are excited to introduce the second derivatives product to the Saudi Exchange, as we continue to deliver on our commitment to providing a sophisticated and innovative range of products and services to local and international investors. The launch of SSFs contracts further supports the advancement of the Saudi Capital Market by creating diversified offerings, complemented by hedging tools to manage risk and limit losses in adverse market conditions."
All investors can trade SSFs through a registered Derivatives member. The 10 underlying assets of the SSFs contracts include: Al Rajhi Bank, Saudi Aramco, Saudi National Bank, Alinma Bank, SABIC, stc, Saudi Kayan, Saudi Electricity, Almarai and Ma'aden. The stocks are selected based on a list of criteria that aims to ensure liquidity to meet market demand, maintain market integrity, and enable effective portfolio management, trading, and hedging opportunities.
The Saudi Exchange launched the Derivatives Market in 2020 and seeks to introduce additional derivatives products such as Single Stock Options.
Learn more about trading Single Stock Futures on the Saudi Exchange here: https://www.saudiexchange.sa/wps/portal/tadawul/knowledge-center/about/derivatives?locale=en
About Saudi Exchange
The Saudi Exchange is the authorized entity in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to act as the Kingdom's securities exchange (the Exchange), listing and trading in securities. The Saudi stock market is the 9th largest stock market among the 67 members of the World Federation of Exchanges and is the dominant market in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The Exchange is the 3rd largest stock market amongst its emerging market peers. For more information see: www.saudiexchange.sa
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Sales Execution Platform recognized with highest possible score in 23 out of the 30 evaluation criteria
SEATTLE, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Outreach, the sales execution platform helping revenue organizations deliver efficient, predictable growth, today announced it was named as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Sales Engagement Platforms, Q3 2022. Outreach received the highest possible scores across 23 of the 30 evaluation criteria.
This follows Outreach's placement as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Revenue Operations and Intelligence, Q1 2022. Of the three vendors evaluated in both reports, Outreach is the only vendor named as a Leader in both.
"Outreach is proud to be named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Sales Engagement Platforms, Q3 2022 report," said Manny Medina, co-founder and CEO of Outreach. "Sales engagement is critical for sales teams who want to improve their rep efficiency, and help companies build more pipeline with fewer resources – which is essential in this period of economic turbulence."
The full Outreach Sales Execution Platform combines world class sales engagement technology with revenue intelligence and operations – empowering our customers to accelerate pipeline generation, manage deals more effectively, and forecast more accurately.
In the Forrester report, Outreach received the highest possible 5 out of 5 score in 23 criteria including Conversation Intelligence/Webconferencing, Workflows, Guided Selling, Sales Enablement Automation, User Experience -- interface, and 18 more.
In its vendor profile Forrester wrote, "Outreach continues to execute on its superior product vision to be the AI-based sales execution engine instrumenting seller execution workflows. It uses real-time natural language processing and machine learning across the deal cycle to generate insights and guide users to take proactive actions, reduce risk, and maximize upside."
- The Forrester Wave™: Sales Engagement Platforms, Q3 2022 is available here.
- To learn more about the Outreach platform including Guide, Commit and Engage, please visit our site.
About Outreach
Outreach is the sales execution platform helping revenue organizations deliver efficient, predictable growth. We are helping organizations achieve their growth potential by delivering sales execution workflows that leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning to close execution gaps across the entire sales cycle, from prospecting to deal management to forecasting. Outreach is the only company to offer sales engagement, revenue intelligence, and revenue operations together in one platform. More than 5,500 companies, including Zoom, Adobe, Okta, DocuSign, and SAP, depend on Outreach to power their revenue organizations. Outreach is a privately held company based in Seattle, Washington, with offices worldwide. To learn more, please visit www.outreach.io.
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A politician is up for reelection, holding firm to their moral convictions — however politically unpopular — in the pursuit of preserving an endangered democracy. Sound familiar?
A new biography by historian Jon Meacham examines the oft-discussed life and legacy of former President Abraham Lincoln through a very specific lens. American presidents continue to lionize Lincoln as a role model, Meacham says — and he would know, as a biographer of George H.W. Bush and occasional speechwriter for President Biden.
In And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle, Meacham wasn't just interested in looking at what Lincoln did — he wanted to know why he did it. He focused especially on the president's pivotal decision to prioritize emancipation measures above his own political future in the lead-up to the 1864 election.
Lincoln couldn't have known that summer that he — or the Union — would emerge victorious, as Meacham tells Morning Edition co-host Steve Inskeep. In fact, his party had done badly in the midterm elections, and he had even written a private note forecasting his own defeat. But he followed his anti-slavery convictions nonetheless.
"Lincoln was a politician, but he was a politician who ultimately was driven by conscience," Meacham says. "This is my entire argument in the book. If he had solely been a cynical political creature, he would have made radically different decisions at critical points."
For example, Lincoln could have decided not to vocally oppose a compromise in the winter of 1860 that would have preserved slavery, arguably for decades, Meacham says. He could have chosen not to fortify and fight over Fort Sumter.
And, as the 1864 election loomed, he could have given in to demands to withdraw emancipation as a precondition for peace talks with the Confederacy. Henry Raymond, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, came to the White House in August to urge Lincoln to change his stance to improve his odds of reelection. (The only emancipatory measure in the country at the time was the Emancipation Proclamation, a wartime measure that had not yet been codified in the Constitution).
"He was under immense political pressure to say, 'We'll settle all that in due course,'" Meacham explains. "Well, guess what that meant: If the Confederacy came back, it would all be set and settled and slavery likely would have endured again. And Lincoln said no, that he had made his position clear. Ultimately, we would get the 13th Amendment a few months later, but he was willing to go down politically for that principle."
Meacham adds that the lesson of Lincoln "is that if you send someone to the pinnacle of American power who has no conscience, who has no moral compass, then American democracy and the cause of liberty will suffer and possibly die."
Lincoln went on to win a second term (in an election that Meacham also notes included the first widespread use of absentee ballots). The Union soldiers stood with him, and the military tide turned. The following year saw the 13th Amendment — abolishing slavery — and, months later, Lincoln's assassination.
In an interview with Morning Edition, Meacham offers insights from the book and their relevance to readers today, more than a century after Lincoln's lifetime.
This conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.
Interview highlights
On how Lincoln approached the summer of 1864:
He believed that slavery was wrong. He believed that he was right. He fundamentally understood that politics could not simply be about the amassing and keeping of power: It was about the amassing, keeping and utilization of power ... And I think the utility of it for us is not that he's perfect, but that here's a frail human being who didn't always get everything right, who in that critical hour transcended his limitations, transcended his ambitions, transcended his appetites, to do the right thing. And fortunately, it was rewarded by events. But he didn't know that.
On how people mixed religion and politics then:
The religious imagery and points of reference suffused the American experience then in a way that was so striking that in the second inaugural [address] ... one of the great pieces of writing ever in the history of the English language, what does Lincoln say? Lincoln says that the Civil War came because of slavery and because slavery was a sin, and that God himself seemed to be adjudicating the weight of that sin in real time. It's a remarkable thing for an American president to say.
So religion was both a rallying cry — it provided a predicate for the north, for the anti-slavery forces — and let us be very clear, and this is resonant today: It also provided an intellectual prop to slave owners who wanted to believe that slavery was divinely ordained.
On how that compares with the role of religion in American politics now:
What is perennially frightening is that in American politics, in American culture ... people do claim divine sanction for what they want to do. And if you claim divine sanction for what you want to do, that makes compromise very difficult. If you believe you are doing God's work ... unless you do it with an immense amount of humility, that becomes a stumbling block within a democratic context in a way that is very, very troubling. At the same time, religion has been one of the great forces for reform and liberty in the country.
My view of this, which I think is also the way Lincoln articulated, was that religion is going to be part of the human experience, in the same way economics are always a part, or geography. And so the question is how do you manage and marshal religious feeling, not try to remove it.
It requires this, this interesting balance. ... And that's why I think it's so important to follow that Lincoln example of a humble recognition that no human being has a monopoly on truth, but that there is a moral intuition, there is a conscience and you want to do everything you can to be in accord with this universal law of treating others as you would be treated. And that may sound simplistic, but I firmly believe and I argue this, that that was Lincoln's moral vision. And it also has the virtue of being a durable political vision.
On whether Meacham thinks another U.S. civil war is imminent:
Tragically, I think we will see more of civil chaos. I think we are going to see it with violence. I do not believe we're going to see the massing of great armies in the way we did in the 19th century. But we are at greater risk of that kind of civil conflict far more, I believe, than we were even in the early 1930s during the Depression, when there was such a lack of confidence in our institutions.
And part of it is that there is a passionate minority that is putting its own interests ahead of those of the nation. ... And without the capacity to both vote perhaps against your short-term interest, without the capacity to recognize that there is a larger force that requires your support of the Constitution over your narrow partisan interests, without that, then we will continue to descend into ever greater chaos.
But I'm fundamentally hopeful in this sense: We have stared into the abyss before, and just enough of us have decided to do the right thing. That doesn't mean that's going to happen again. And as Lincoln said about our better angels, those better angels won't prevail unless we enlist ourselves in the cause, too.
This interview was conducted by Steve Inskeep, produced by Lilly Quiroz and edited by Jacob Conrad.
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Harris negative for COVID-19 after taking antiviral pill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris tested negative on Monday for COVID-19, six days after she tested positive for the virus, and has been cleared to return to the White House on Tuesday.
Harris press secretary Kirsten Allen said Harris, who was prescribed the antiviral treatment Paxlovid last week, was negative on a rapid antigen test. Allen said Harris would continue to wear a “well-fitting mask while around others” in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines until through her tenth day after her positive test.
CDC guidance allows people to leave isolation on the sixth day after they tested positive, as long as they wear a mask around others. The White House exceeds those guidelines, requiring a negative rapid test before people who have been infected are allowed to return to the complex.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Florida put itself in difficult positions all season, none more dire than its deep hole against Florida State in the national semifinals.
The experienced Gators consistently found ways to dig their way out and it helped them when things got tight Wednesday in the championship match.
Individual NCAA champion Fred Biondi beat Hiroshi Tai 1 up with a par on the 18th hole and Florida won its fifth men's national golf title with a 3-1 victory over Georgia Tech at Grayhawk Golf Club.
“These guys are extremely tough and that’s what champions are,” Florida coach J.C. Deacon said. “They find a way to stay positive and to stay in the moment and keep doing the right things.”
Florida appeared to headed toward defeat against Florida State on Tuesday in the semifinals, only to rally for a 3-2 victory.
Florida’s Yuxin Lin won the championship opener 4 and 3 over Christo Lamprecht, but the remaining matches went down to the wire in the strongest wind of the week.
John DuBois closed out Connor Howe 1 up to put Florida up 2-0. Georgia Tech’s Bartley Forrester then beat Matthew Kress on the second extra hole after blowing a 2-up lead with two holes left.
Biondi had a 1-up lead after a conceded birdie on the par-4 17th, then Tai's second shot from the left rough on 18 plugged in the greenside bunker. He hit to about 10 feet, but Biondi two-putted from 35 feet to become the first player to win individual and team championships in the same season since Oregon's Aaron Wise in 2016.
“This means way more,” Biondi said. “I promised you when I first got to school that I would work as hard as I could and try to bring a ring or two, and we did it.”
Florida's Ricky Castillo led Ross Steelman 1 up on 18 when Biondi secured the Gators' first national title since 2001. Georgia Tech's bid for a first national championship fell just short, leading to a fifth national runner-up finish — first in match play.
“There’s not a better group of student-athletes in college, I know that for sure,” Georgia Tech coach Bruce Heppler said. “They did a lot of good stuff and will keep coming back again.”
After losing an early 2-up lead, DuBois won his match on 18 with a par after Howe hit his second shot well left of the green and pitched off the green.
Forrester appeared to be in control of his match, going 2 up after his tee shot on 16 hit the flagstick and dropped to 2 feet for a conceded birdie. Kress stayed alive when Forrester three-putted from 25 feet on 17, then sent the match to extra holes by hitting it to a foot on the long par-4 18th.
After matching pars on No. 10, Kress hit his tee shot on 18 left into the desert and was forced to take a drop. He took a double bogey and Forrester won it with a two-putt bogey.
Lin took advantage of Lamprecht’s wild drives and made the turn 4 up after a birdie on No. 8. A couple of bogeys by Lin allowed Lamprecht to cut the lead to 2 up, but Lin curled in a birdie putt to win the 14th after hitting his tee shot into the left rough.
Lin closed it out by getting up and down for par from a tough spot right of the 15th green after Lamprecht’s three-putt bogey.
Steelman struggled early, but erased a 2-down deficit with pars on Nos. 9 and 11. He then took his first lead of the match with a birdie on No. 12.
Castillo had a chance to win the 15th, but his putt slid by the hole and the fiery senior kicked his ball into the desert. He tied it on 16 when Steelman hit well short of the par-3 and took a bogey.
Steelman hit his tee shot way right into the desert on No. 17 and ended up taking a drop on the 14th tee, leading to a bogey that put Castillo 1 up before the championship was decided ahead of them.
“Matches were tight all the way through the end and they made some birdies on 17 and we didn’t,” Heppler said. “That was really the difference.”
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal jury on Friday convicted a former star of the St. Louis-based reality TV show “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s” of arranging the shooting death of his nephew.
The jury deliberated about 17 hours over three days before reaching its verdict in the murder-for-hire case against James “Tim” Norman, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. He was charged with conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.
Norman and his nephew, Andre Montgomery, both starred in the long-running OWN reality show about a popular soul-food business founded in the St. Louis area by Robbie Montgomery — Norman’s mother and Andre’s grandmother.
Prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty but Norman could be sentenced to up to life in prison. Sentencing is set for Dec. 15.
Federal prosecutors said Norman, 43, hired two people to kill the 21-year-old Montgomery on March 14, 2016, then tried to cash a $450,000 life insurance policy taken out on his nephew months earlier.
Defense attorney Michael Leonard said after the verdict that he and Norman were “extremely surprised and disappointed in the outcome” of the case. He said they plan to appeal and that Norman continues to be optimistic that he will eventually prevail.
Leonard said the testimony during the trial of two co-conspirators was shown to be “extremely non-credible.” And he said Norman testified well during the trial, noting he was not cross-examined.
U.S. Attorney Sayler Fleming said she was “very, very pleased” with the verdict but that her office would make no further statements until after the sentencing.
During closing arguments, Assistant U.S. Attorney Angie Danis said Norman was the architect of the plan to kill Montgomery.
“This plan doesn’t exist but for Tim Norman’s greed,” Danis said.
Leonard argued in his closing argument that the murder plot presented by prosecutors was a “made up theory.”
Prosecutors said Norman paid $10,000 to an exotic dancer, Terica Ellis, to lure his nephew to the site where he was shot and paid $5,000 to Travell Anthony Hill to shoot Montgomery.
Ellis and Hill both testified for the prosecution in the case. They have both pleaded guilty to participating in the scheme.
In testimony during the trial, Norman said he helped his nephew move to St. Louis about 18 months before he was killed and supported him financially because he was trying to watch out for Montgomery. He said he sought to be a “father figure” to his brother’s son.
Former Sweetie Pie’s employees and other character witnesses testified that Norman and his nephew had a close relationship.
Danis said all the testimony from the scheme’s co-conspirators was backed up in trial by texts, call records and location data.
She said Norman created “an image of being a mentor and a father figure to all these people, but it’s fiction.”
Leonard said during his closing argument that Ellis testified to get a shorter sentence and said Hill admitted he was a heavy drug user and that he was “hopped up on drugs that day.”
Norman testified Tuesday that he took out the life insurance policy on his nephew to give a longtime customer of the family restaurants, Waiel Rebhi Yaghnam, some business.
Yaghnam pleaded guilty in July to conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and wire fraud in the case.
Montgomery left St. Louis after at least $220,000 in cash, jewelry and other items were stolen in a June 2015 burglary at Robbie Montgomery’s home.
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Top Celtics vs. Hawks Players to Watch - NBA Playoffs Game 1
The Boston Celtics (57-25) and the Atlanta Hawks (41-41) are scheduled to meet on Saturday at TD Garden, with a tip-off time of 3:30 PM ET. When these two squads hit the hardwood, Jaylen Brown and Trae Young are two players to watch.
In the article below, we'll give you all the info you need to know about who to keep your eye on in this matchup, which you can watch on ESPN with a seven-day free trial to Fubo!
How to Watch Celtics vs. Hawks
- Game Day: Saturday, April 15
- Game Time: 3:30 PM ET
- Arena: TD Garden
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
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Celtics' Last Game
In their previous game, the Celtics topped the Hawks on Sunday, 120-114. Payton Pritchard scored a team-high 30 points (and contributed 11 assists and 14 rebounds).
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Hawks' Last Game
In their most recent game, the Hawks defeated the Heat on Tuesday, 116-105. Their top scorer was Young with 25 points.
Celtics Players to Watch
- Tatum paces his team in both points (30.1) and rebounds (8.8) per contest, and also posts 4.6 assists. At the other end, he averages 1.1 steals and 0.7 blocked shots.
- Brown is putting up 26.6 points, 3.5 assists and 6.9 rebounds per game.
- Derrick White posts 12.4 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game. Defensively, he averages 0.7 steals and 0.9 blocked shots.
- Malcolm Brogdon averages 14.9 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists per contest. Defensively, he averages 0.7 steals and 0.3 blocked shots.
- Marcus Smart averages a team-best 6.3 assists per contest. He is also averaging 11.5 points and 3.1 rebounds, shooting 41.5% from the floor and 33.6% from downtown with 1.9 made 3-pointers per contest.
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Hawks Players to Watch
- Young is putting up team highs in points (26.2 per game) and assists (10.2). And he is delivering 3 rebounds, making 42.9% of his shots from the floor and 33.4% from 3-point range, with 2.1 triples per game.
- The Hawks get 20.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game from Dejounte Murray.
- Clint Capela is putting up a team-high 11 rebounds per game. And he is producing 12 points and 0.9 assists, making 65.3% of his shots from the field (fourth in NBA).
- Onyeka Okongwu is putting up 9.9 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1 assists per contest, making 63.8% of his shots from the floor (sixth in NBA).
- Saddiq Bey gets the Hawks 13.8 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.5 assists per contest. He also averages 0.9 steals and 0.2 blocked shots.
Top Performers (Last 10 Games)
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PHOENIX (AP) — The Republican Party’s embrace of Donald Trump’s election lies will be tested on Tuesday as voters in Arizona choose between candidates who say they wouldn’t have certified the results of the 2020 campaign and those who argue it’s time to move on.
The former president has endorsed and campaigned for a slate of contenders who support his falsehoods, most prominently former television news anchor Kari Lake in the race for governor. Lake, who says she would have refused to certify President Joe Biden’s narrow Arizona victory, faces Karrin Taylor Robson, a lawyer and businesswoman who says the GOP should focus on the future despite an election she has called “unfair.”
And in the race to oversee elections as secretary of state, Trump is also backing a state lawmaker who was at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and claims the former president was cheated out of victory.
As the midterm primary season enters its final stretch this month, the Arizona races are poised to provide important clues about the GOP’s direction. Victories by Trump-backed candidates could provide the former president with allies who hold sway over the administration of elections as he considers another bid for the White House in 2024. Defeats, however, might suggest openness in the party to a different path forward.
“I think the majority of the people, and a lot of people that are supporters of Trump, they want to move on,” said former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who is backing Robson. “I mean, that was two years ago. Let’s go. Let’s move.”
Other closely watched races on Tuesday include the Republican contests for Michigan governor and Missouri senator. Voters in Kansas will be the first to weigh in on abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court revoked a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion. And two Republican House members from Washington state who voted to impeach Trump are facing primary challengers.
But the contests are especially salient in Arizona, a longtime Republican stronghold that has become more favorable to Democrats in recent years because of explosive growth in and around Phoenix. The primary and the fall election will provide insight into whether Biden’s success here in 2020 was a onetime event or the onset of a long-term shift away from the GOP.
With such high stakes, Arizona has been central to efforts by Trump and his allies to cast doubt on Biden’s victory with false claims of fraud.
Federal and state election officials and Trump’s own attorney general have said there is no credible evidence the election was tainted. The former president’s allegations of fraud were also roundly rejected by courts, including by judges Trump appointed. A hand recount led by Trump supporters in Arizona’s largest county found no proof of a stolen election and concluded Biden’s margin of victory was larger than the official count.
Though Trump is still the most popular figure inside the GOP, his efforts to influence primary elections this year have yielded mixed results. His preferred candidates in states such as Ohio and Pennsylvania prevailed in their primaries.
But in Georgia, another state that is central to Trump’s election lies, his handpicked candidate for governor was defeated by more than 50 percentage points. Georgia’s Republican secretary of state was also renominated over a Trump-backed primary rival.
The former president is hoping he’ll have more success in Arizona, where the incumbent governor, Doug Ducey, can’t run for reelection. That could give Trump a better opportunity than in Georgia to influence the winner.
Lake is well known in much of the state after anchoring the evening news in Phoenix for more than two decades. She’s now running as a fierce critic of the mainstream media, which she says is unfair to Republicans, and other enemies of Trump’s Make America Great Again Movement, including the McCain family.
A vocal supporter of Trump’s election lies, Lake says her campaign is “already detecting some stealing going on” in her own race, but she has repeatedly refused to provide any evidence for the claim.
Robson, whose housing developer husband is one of the state’s richest men, is largely self-financing her campaign. The GOP establishment, growing increasingly comfortable creating distance from Trump, has rallied around her over the past month with a series of endorsements from Ducey, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Vice President Mike Pence.
The groundswell of establishment support for Robson has drawn national scrutiny to a race for what it says about the GOP base ahead of the crucial presidential primary in two years.
“Everyone wants to try to make this some kind of proxy for 2024,” said Christie, who ran for president in 2016. “Believe me, I’ve been through enough of these to know that 2024 will be decided by the people who step up to the plate and ’24 and how they perform or don’t perform at that time.”
Robson is running a largely old-school Republican campaign focused on cutting taxes and regulations, securing the border and advancing school choice.
On the Democratic side, Secretary of State Katie Hobbs is the front-runner against Marco Lopez, a former mayor of Nogales and border enforcement official during President Barack Obama’s administration.
As Arizona’s top elections official, Hobbs endeared herself to Democrats with an impassioned defense of the integrity of the 2020 election, a stance that has drawn death threats. However, she’s been weighed down by a discrimination case won by a Black policy adviser from Hobbs’ time in the Legislature.
In the Senate race, Trump is backing Blake Masters, a 35-year-old first-time candidate who has spent most of his career working for billionaire Peter Thiel, who is bankrolling his campaign. Masters is emphasizing cultural grievances that animate the right, including critical race theory and allegations of big tech censorship.
Until Trump’s endorsement, the race had no clear front-runner between Masters, businessman Jim Lamon and Attorney General Mark Brnovich, all of whom jockeyed for his support.
Lamon says Trump made a mistake in endorsing Masters and is digging into his own fortune to highlight Masters’ ties to technology firms and his writings as a college student supporting open borders. Lamon signed a certificate falsely stating that Trump had won Arizona in 2020 and that he was one of the state’s “duly elected and qualified” electors.
Trump soured on Brnovich and may have torpedoed his campaign when the attorney general’s election fraud investigation failed to produce criminal charges against election officials.
The eventual winner in the primary will take on incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly in the fall.
The Republican race for secretary of state includes Mark Finchem, a Trump-backed candidate who was at the Capitol on Jan. 6, and Shawnna Bolick, a state lawmaker who has pushed for legislation allowing the Legislature to overturn the will of the voters and decide which candidate gets the state’s 11 electoral votes for president. The GOP establishment has rallied around advertising executive Beau Lane, who says there were no widespread problems with the 2020 election.
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The Boston Celtics are decided to stay their season alive, and they’re going to shuttle to Miami to take at the Heat in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals on Tuesday night time. After shedding 3 video games in a row to the Miami Heat, the Celtics are desperate to steer clear of a four-game shedding streak, which they have not skilled in two years. The Celtics have a 4-1 report in opposition to the unfold within the final 5 conferences in Miami. However, the Heat had been in spectacular shape, profitable 10 in their final 12 video games total. Unfortunately, guards Victor Oladipo (knee) and Tyler Herro (hand) are out for the Miami Heat. The recreation at Kaseya Center in Miami will start at 8:30 p.m. ET. The newest Celtics vs. Heat odds from Caesars Sportsbook record Miami as a 1.5-point favourite, whilst the over/underneath for the full issues scored is ready at 216.5.
To be sure to make the suitable Celtics vs. Heat choices, it’s worthwhile to to take a look at what the confirmed SportsLine NBA expert, Matthew Severance, has to mention. As a well-connected creator and handicapper who has been operating within the business since 2005, Matthew briefly established himself as a top expert in more than one sports activities after becoming a member of SportsLine. Over his previous 159 NBA choices, he has been a success in 104 of them, returning greater than $3,500 for $100 avid gamers. Anyone who is been following him has noticed important returns. Now, Severance has grew to become his points of interest to the Celtics vs. Heat recreation and has locked in his choices and NBA playoff predictions. You can head over to SportsLine to peer his predictions.
Several NBA having a bet strains and traits for Heat vs. Celtics are to be had, they usually come with: Heat vs. Celtics: Heat -1.5; Heat vs. Celtics over/underneath: 216.5 issues; Heat vs. Celtics cash line: Heat -120, Celtics +100. It’s price noting that Miami is 8-1 ATS of their final 9 video games following an ATS win. On the opposite hand, the Celtics are 4-1 ATS of their final 5 street video games.
If you might be questioning why the Celtics can quilt, here is why. Forward Jayson Tatum is a skilled scorer, in a position to scoring from all 3 ranges at the surface. He additionally secures forums persistently and is first at the workforce in issues (27.8) and rebounds (10.5) throughout the 2023 NBA playoffs. During Game 2, Tatum completed with 34 issues, 13 rebounds, and 8 assists. (*4*), Marcus Smart, the feisty, two-way pressure within the backcourt, has remarkable instincts and fast ft to create havoc defensively. During the playoffs, he averages 14.6 issues and 1.1 steals with a team-high 5.5 assists according to recreation. During Game 1, he had 13 issues and 11 assists.
If you might be taking into account why the Heat can quilt, here is why. Guard Gabe Vincent has been a floor-spacing scorer at the perimeter, and Caleb Martin has performed exceptionally nicely off the bench. Vincent is 3rd at the workforce in scoring (12.6) and shoots 38% from 3-point land within the 2023 NBA playoffs. Vincent accumulated a playoff-high 29 issues and went 6-of-9 from 3 in his final day trip. Martin makes use of his clean taking pictures stroke to be an asset at the outdoor and is not afraid to position the ball at the deck, thriving in transition. In the postseason, Martin logs 12.6 issues and 4.9 rebounds according to recreation, losing a minimum of 15 issues in 3 immediately matchups, together with in Game 3, the place Martin had 18 issues, 4 assists, and made 4 3-pointers.
Severance is leaning Over at the level overall, and he has recognized a important X-factor that makes one facet of the unfold a must-back. You can in finding out what it’s and notice which facet of the Heat vs. Celtics unfold to again at SportsLine.
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PHOENIX, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RYNO Strategic Solutions, the leading digital marketing agency for the home services industry, announces a new partnership with Just Share Media.
RYNO Strategic Solutions and Just Share Media are both passionate about helping roofing contractors grow and get to the next level. With the partnership, RYNO can recommend an incredible, yet affordable video production platform from a trusted organization.
"We know that video is a compelling and powerful way to reach new customers and to help convert prospects. But producing new, timely, and professional videos has historically been very costly. RYNO is excited to partner with Just Share Media to elevate the sales and promotion experience in the roofing industry, like we have done the past 14 years in digital marketing for HVAC, Plumbing & Electrical," said RYNO CEO Chris Yano. "The team at Just Share Media is well known and well respected in the roofing industry. They know how to make amazing, professional videos for recruiting or promotion that allow the contractor to customize the creative with their own logo and branding. We believe this could be a game-changer for roofing contractors who are ready to elevate the customer experience, whether that's on the website, social media, e-mail, or during a sales presentation."
Just Share Media was founded in 2020 with deep roots in the roofing space. Founder Allen Mick, is a third-generation roofer, has worked in the industry for years. Founder Rayn Landis, has been creating high quality videos for over 15 years and says, "High quality marketing content, generally in the form of professionally filmed and edited videos, is what many roofing companies are lacking. Partnering with a leader in the digital marketing space for home services will help connect us to more contractors to deliver amazing services and solutions for the roofing industry."
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Putin blames West for food supply issues in 80-minute call with France, German leaders
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine - As Russia asserted progress in its goal of seizing the entirety of contested eastern Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin tried to shake European resolve Saturday to punish his country with sanctions and to keep supplying weapons that have supported Ukraine's defense.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Lyman, the second small city to fall to Russia this week, had been "completely liberated" by a joint force of Russian soldiers and Kremlin-backed separatists, who have waged war for eight years in the industrial Donbas region bordering Russia. It was
Ukraine’s train system has ferried arms and evacuated citizens through Lyman, a key railway hub in the country's east. Control of it also would give Russia's military another foothold in the region; it has bridges for troops and equipment to cross the Siverskiy Donets river, which has so far impeded the Russian advance into the Donbas.
The Kremlin said Putin held an 80-minute telephone call Saturday with the leaders of France and Germany in which he warned against the continued transfers of Western weapons to Ukraine and blamed the conflict’s disruption to global food supplies on Western sanctions.
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - MAY,16 (RUSSIA OUT) Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the Summit of Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) at the Grand Kremlin Palace, May,16,2022, in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron urged an immediate cease-fire and a withdrawal of Russian troops, according to the chancellor’s spokesperson. Both urged Putin to engage in serious direct negotiations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to end the fighting, the spokesperson said.
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A Kremlin readout of the call between Macron, Putin and Scholz phone call said the Russian leader affirmed "the openness of the Russian side to the resumption of dialogue." The three leaders agreed to stay in contact, according to the readout.
But Russia’s recent progress in Donetsk and Luhansk, the two provinces that make up the Donbas, could further embolden Putin. Since failing to occupy Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, Russia has set out to seize the last parts of the region not controlled by the separatists.
"If Russia did succeed in taking over these areas, it would highly likely be seen by the Kremlin as a substantive political achievement and be portrayed to the Russian people as justifying the invasion," the British Ministry of Defense said in a Saturday assessment.
Russia has intensified efforts to capture the larger cities of Sievierodonetsk and nearby Lysychansk, which are the last major areas under Ukrainian control in Luhansk province. Zelenskyy called the situation in the east "difficult" but expressed confidence his country would prevail with help from Western weapons and sanctions.
A man walks in front of a destroyed school in the city of Bakhmut, in the eastern Ukranian region of Donbas on May 28, 2022, on the 94th day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images)
"If the occupiers think that Lyman or Sievierodonetsk will be theirs, they are wrong. Donbas will be Ukrainian," he said.
The governor of Luhansk reported that Ukrainian fighters repelled an assault on Sievierodonetsk but Russian troops still pushed to encircle them. Speaking on Ukrainian TV later Saturday, Gov. Gov. Serhii Haidai said the Russians had seized a hotel on the outskirts of Sievierodonetsk.
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Sievierodonetsk Mayor Oleksandr Striuk said Friday that some 1,500 civilians in the city with a prewar population of around 100,000 have died there during the war, including from a lack of medicine or because of diseases that could not be treated.
The advance of Russian forces raised fears that residents would experience the same horrors as people in the southeastern port city Mariupol in the weeks before it fell. Residents who had not yet fled faced the choice of risking it now or staying behind.
Just south of Sievierodonetsk, AP reporters saw elderly and ill civilians bundled into soft stretchers and slowly carried down apartment building stairs Friday in Bakhmut, a city in northeast Donetsk province.
Svetlana Lvova, the manager of two buildings in Bakhmut, tried to convince reluctant residents to leave but said she and her husband would not evacuate until their son, who was in Sieverodonetsk, returned home.
"I have to know he is alive. That’s why I’m staying here," Lvova, 66, said.
On Saturday, people who managed to flee Lysychansk described intensified shelling, especially over the past week, that left them unable to leave basement bomb shelters at all.
LVIV, UKRAINE - MAY 28: An evacuated train with people from the Donetsk region arrives at the railway station in Lviv, Ukraine on May 28, 2022. (Photo by Adri Salido/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Yanna Skakova said she left the city on Friday with her 18-month-old and 4-year-old sons. She cried as she sat on a train bound for western Ukraine. She said her husband stayed behind to take care of their house and animals.
"It’s too dangerous to stay there now," she said, wiping away tears.
A nearly three-month siege of Mariupol ended last week when Russia claimed complete control of the city. Mariupol became a symbol of mass destruction and human suffering, as well as of Ukrainian determination to defend the country.
Mariupol’s port has reportedly resumed operations after Russian forces finished clearing mines in the Azov Sea off the once-vibrant city. Russian state news agency Tass reported that a vessel bound for the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don entered Mariupol’s seaport early Saturday.
The Kremlin said that Putin had emphasized to Macron and Scholz that Russia was working to "establish a peaceful life in Mariupol and other liberated cities in the Donbas."
Ukrainian authorities have reported that Kremlin-installed officials in seized cities have started airing Russian news broadcasts, introduced Russian area codes, imported Russian school curriculum and taken other steps to annex the areas.
Russian-held areas of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region have switched to Moscow time and "will no longer switch to daylight-saving time, as is customary in Ukraine," Russia’s state RIA Novosti agency quoted Krill Stremousov, a Russian-installed local official, as saying Saturday.
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The war in Ukraine has caused global food shortages because the country is a major exporter of grain and other commodities. Moscow and Kyiv have traded accusations over which side was responsible for keeping shipments tied up in ports, with Russia saying Ukrainian sea mines prevented safe passage and Ukraine citing a Russian naval blockade.
The press service of the Ukrainian Naval Forces said two Russian missile carriers "capable of carrying up to 16 missiles" were ready for action in the Black Sea. It said that only shipping routes which had been established through multilateral treaties could be considered safe.
As Ukraine attempts to fend off the Russian invasion, the country’s officials have pressed Western nations for more sophisticated and powerful weapons. The U.S. Defense Department would not confirm a Friday CNN report saying the Biden administration was preparing to send long-range rocket systems to Ukraine.
Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Anatoliy Antonov, on Saturday branded such a move as "unacceptable" and called on the Biden administration to "abandon statements about the military victory of Ukraine."
A picture taken on May 28, 2022, shows a destroyed school in the city of Bakhmut, in the eastern Ukranian region of Donbas, on the 94th day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images)
A Telegram post published on the Russian embassy’s official channel cited Moscow’s top diplomat in Washington as saying "the unprecedented pumping of weapons into Ukraine significantly increases the risks of an escalation of the conflict."
Moscow is also trying to spook Sweden and Finland’s determination to join NATO. Russia’s Defense Ministry said its navy successfully launched a new hypersonic missile from the Barents Sea. The ministry said the recently developed Zircon hypersonic cruise missile had struck its target about 1,000 kilometers away.
If confirmed, the launch could spell trouble for NATO voyages in the Arctic and North Atlantic. Zircon, described as the world’s fastest non-ballistic missile, can be armed with either a conventional or a nuclear warhead, and is said to be impossible to stop with current anti-missile defense systems.
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- The companies have customized an innovative end-to-end 5G Private Network solution with the potential of transforming industrial automation systems.
- Through highly advanced virtual connectivity, the system has the ability to be deployed across diverse industrial and logistics sites.
BOSTON, Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- At MWC Barcelona 2023, Schneider Electric, Capgemini, and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. announced their collaboration on a first-of-its-kind 5G-enabled automated hoisting solution. The companies have joined efforts on design and installation of the solution at Schneider Electric's hoisting lab in Grenoble, France. Replacing wired connections with wireless and unifying existing wireless connections from Schneider Electric's industrial automation system, the 5G Private Network solution demonstrates how it can simplify and optimize digital technology deployment at scale across industrial sites—from steel plants to ports.
From avionics and automotive to steel manufacturing and shipping, hoisting applications play a critical role in supply chain and manufacturing operations, where heavy materials and goods are transported over what can be hundreds of meters. These crane applications are designed to operate in challenging industrial environments, for example, under extreme temperatures and over large distances.
"Digital transformation is helping Schneider Electric customers generate step-change advancements in productivity, efficiency, and sustainability, but not one company can do it alone," said Marc Lafont, Vice President, Innovation and Upstream Marketing, Schneider Electric. "Schneider Electric has always been a proponent of collaboration and the innovation that comes with it. This breakthrough end-to-end 5G private network hoisting solution is a perfect example of the power of working together as we pilot it at end user sites this year. In addition, in the short-term, we will validate more industrial 5G use cases in various discrete manufacturing, hybrid automation, and process automation applications. In the mid-term, we will experiment with deeper integration of 5G technology inside our automation equipment."
Wireless, automated hoisting
Automated hoisting systems increase productivity, safety, and operational performance but require fast reaction times, high precision and reliability, 24/7 availability, and both manual and autonomous capabilities. Furthermore, several systems need to coexist on the same network with video cameras for monitoring and remote operation, and PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers) for various control functions, including automation, remote control, and safety functions. 5G's native low latency characteristics allow the system to replace fiber cables in remote-control operations, addressing the need to simplify network complexity, reduce wires, and provide long-term reliable connectivity.
"This collaboration with Schneider Electric demonstrates Capgemini's unique ability to partner with clients to take advantage of technologies to innovate and create new use cases for their industry. The 5G end-to-end solution customized for Schneider Electric's hoisting system is a good example of the added value of 5G for industrial communication and really illustrates its potential to transform an industry segment," said Fotis Karonis, Group Leader of 5G and Edge Computing at Capgemini. "Advanced connectivity, 5G, and edge computing technologies are strong enablers and accelerators for this move towards a digital economy and innovative use cases. They allow industrial clients to redesign systems and processes and make them more efficient, agile, and intelligent."
"The opportunity to utilize 5G to propel enterprise connectivity forward is tremendous, thus we are investing in this emerging ecosystem by providing practical innovations for 5G Private Networks," said Enrico Salvatori, Senior Vice President, Qualcomm Europe, Inc. and President, Qualcomm Europe/MEA. "Our latest technologies are accelerating the numerous benefits modern 5G Private Networks offer to partners like Schneider Electric and Capgemini. By enabling a pre-integrated solution with multi-vendor choice along with Open RAN automation and management technology to streamline deployment, management, and customizability of private networks, we're helping reduce complexities and accelerate time to market globally."
Capgemini has worked closely with Schneider Electric to design an optimized end-to-end 5G solution and identify business outcomes on Schneider Electric's industrial use case. It has also provided the systems integration support based on Qualcomm Technologies latest innovations and assisted Schneider Electric to integrate the 5G network with their use cases, to characterize and optimize the system. Schneider Electric's expertise in industrial automation combined with Qualcomm Technologies' heritage in wireless technologies, compute and AI innovations, plus Capgemini's hands-on experience of network deployment and systems integration intersect to improve performance while eliminating complexities, resulting in faster time to market and improved KPIs for automated hoisting customers.
The 5G private network hoisting solution:
- Replaces wired and other wireless connections for several critical PLC control flows and time sensitive video flows powering numerous use cases
- Operates in 3.8GHz radio frequency band, with an enterprise-grade Athonet core network and Airspan Small Cells using the Qualcomm® FSM™100 5G RAN Platform, significantly improving connectivity performance and enabling new use cases
Beyond its core industrial functions, the Private 5G automated hoisting system can now be leveraged to deliver additional digital use cases, such as augmented operators enabled by XR (eXtended Reality) and wearable devices.
Additional Resources
- Transforming industrial crane system automation at Schneider Electric with 5G
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CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — México acusa a exprocurador por desaparicion forzada, tortura y obstrucción a la justicia en caso de Ayotzinapa.
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(Bloomberg)—Ken Griffin’s Citadel and Citadel Securities are snapping up extra office space in Hong Kong to accommodate expanding teams, a vote of confidence in a city that’s seen an exodus of professionals frustrated by its Covid restrictions and Beijing’s tightening grip.
Hedge fund Citadel leased the 59th floor in premium office tower Two IFC, adding 22,000 square feet, while market maker Citadel Securities took up a similarly sized 42nd floor, according to people familiar with the matter. That’s in addition to a third floor they already occupy in the building. | https://www.chicagobusiness.com/finance-banking/citadel-adds-office-space-growing-hong-kong-teams | 2022-07-27 14:37:42 | 1 | https://www.chicagobusiness.com/finance-banking/citadel-adds-office-space-growing-hong-kong-teams |
Although health leaders believe West Nile Virus is present across the region, the most recent positive samples were found on the southwest side of Springfield, according to the Clark County Combined Health District.
Mosquito samples taken by sanitarians from the Clark County Combined Health District have tested positive for the virus, the health district said in a press release Friday. Current treatment and control efforts are focused within the Springfield area.
Mosquitos trapped throughout the county are submitted to the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) as part of the Vector-Borne Disease Program.
Last week, the health district announced that samples taken from the South Charleston area and Springfield were among the first West Nile-positive ones taken in the county this year.
In response to the continued confirmed presence of the virus, the health district is inspecting the affected areas and working with property owners to reduce breeding sources by draining stagnant water or treating it with products containing Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti.) Bti is safe for humans and pets.
The health district is also distributing flyers in the affected areas, misting with mosquito adulticide (also safe for people and pets) when weather permits and continuing to monitor for West Nile.
West Nile Virus is most commonly spread by infected mosquitoes and can lead to severe fever, encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) or meningitis (inflammation of the lining of the brain and spinal cord).
The primary vector in Ohio is the northern house mosquito. Mosquitoes become infected when they feed on infected birds. Infected mosquitoes can then spread the virus to humans and other animals when they bite, according to a health district press release.
Last August, two women – one in Springfield, the other from the Enon area – tested positive for West Nile. Both recovered, according to the health district.
Approximately 80% of those infected with WNV will not show symptoms, but there is no way to know in advance if you will develop an illness. Those who do develop symptoms usually do so between three to 14 days after they are bitten by the infected mosquito. There is no specific treatment for WNV infection, and care is based on symptoms.
About one in 150 people infected with WNV will develop severe illness. The severe symptoms can include high fever, headache, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, vision loss, numbness and paralysis. These symptoms may last several weeks, and neurological effects may be permanent.
Up to 20% of those who become infected will have symptoms that can include fever, headache, body aches, nausea, vomiting and sometimes swollen lymph glands or a skin rash on the chest, stomach and back. Symptoms can last for a few days or up to several weeks.
The best way to avoid the West Nile virus infection is to prevent mosquito bites, and the best way to avoid being bitten by a mosquito is to eliminate habitats where mosquitoes can survive and reproduce, CCCHD said.
Residents’ cooperation in getting rid of standing water is the most effective means of reducing mosquitos. Even small amounts of standing water can be a breeding site for mosquitos, according to the health district.
Other methods of preventing bites include applying repellents on exposed skin, wearing long sleeves and pants or staying indoors. If traveling, check for travel advisories, have repellent and long clothes readily available, do outside activities when mosquito activity is less prevalent, make sure screens on windows and doors are free of holes or rips, and use air conditioning instead of opening windows.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Far fewer U.S. police officers died while on the job in 2022 than a year earlier, due mostly to a drop in COVID-19 deaths, though the number killed by gunfire remained relatively high, according to a report released Wednesday.
Sixty-four of the 226 officers who died in the line of duty last year were fatally shot, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund said. That matched the death-by-gunfire tally from 2021, with the shooting death figures from both years reflecting an increase in the average annual fatality toll over the past decade and an indication of a disturbing trend, said Bill Alexander, executive director of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington.
“We really do have some concerns about these numbers specific to firearms fatalities,” Alexander said. From 2010 to 2020, by comparison, 53 officers on average were killed by gunfire each year.
The country has seen an overall rise in violent crime in recent years, especially from gun violence. The exact causes are hard to pinpoint, but experts say potential factors include the pandemic, which has killed more than 1 million people in the U.S., as well as civil unrest and fears about the economy.
The overall number of police deaths dropped in 2022 by 61% from an all-time high of 586 a year earlier, as reduced coronavirus infection rates and widespread availability of vaccines meant fewer officers died from COVID.
The organization tallies COVID-19 deaths from officers infected with the virus in the line of duty. The virus remained the No. 1 killer of police last year.
There was also an increase in fatalities related to vehicle crashes. Forty officers died in traffic crashes last year, an increase of nearly 30% from 2021.
Texas had the overall largest number of deaths in the line of duty with 33, followed by New York with 12. California and Georgia each had 11.
The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund is a private nonprofit in Washington that built and maintains the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial monument, as well as a database of officer deaths dating to 1786. The data in its yearend reports come from federal, state, tribal and local law enforcement agencies. | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/national/ap-64-police-officers-fatally-shot-while-on-the-job-in-2022/ | 2023-01-11 23:01:20 | 1 | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/national/ap-64-police-officers-fatally-shot-while-on-the-job-in-2022/ |
Suspect in custody after Washington Monument vandalized
A man was taken into custody after the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., was vandalized, authorities said. U.S. Park Police reported Tuesday evening that the area around the base of the monument had been “temporarily closed” as a result.
Footage from CBS affiliate WUSA-TV showed the monument’s base splattered with red paint.
The name of the suspect was not immediately released. No further details were confirmed.
Park police added that National Park Service “conservators would work on the restoration process.”
The NPS also tweeted that its “expert team” was “aware of the issue and will get to work first thing in the morning.”
The Washington Monument is located on the National Mall, which is a national park. It was closed intermittently for several months during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. | https://www.wsgw.com/suspect-in-custody-after-washington-monument-vandalized/ | 2022-09-21 03:40:43 | 1 | https://www.wsgw.com/suspect-in-custody-after-washington-monument-vandalized/ |
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP)Anthony Nelson had 24 points and Manhattan eked out a 73-72 victory over Fairfield on Sunday.
Nelson added five assists and three steals for the Jaspers (10-15, 8-8 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference). Marques Watson added 12 points and Adam Cisse scored nine.
TJ Long led the Stags (12-15, 8-9) in scoring with 23 points. Supreme Cook added 17 points and 17 rebounds. Allan Jeanne-Rose finished with 10 points, nine rebounds and four assists. Cook missed the second of two free throws with one second left and a chance to force overtime.
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Baseball
Indiana
Sectionals
Class 4A
AT MUNSTER
Wednesday, May 24
G1: Lake Central 20, EC Central 0
G2: Munster 7, West Side 0 (FFT.)
Thursday, May 25
G3: Hobart 14, Merrillville 3
G4: Hammond Central 9, Morton 7 (10 inn.)
Saturday, May 27
G5: Lake Central vs. Munster, 10 a.m.
G6: Hobart vs. Hammond Central, 12:45 p.m.
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Monday, May 27
Championship: Winner G5 vs. Winner G6, noon
AT CHESTERTON
Wednesday, May 24
G1: Crown Point 4, Portage 2
G2: Lowell 6, Kankakee Valley 3
Friday, May 26
G3: Crown Point vs. Lowell, 5 p.m.
G4: Chesterton vs. Valparaiso, 7 p.m.
Monday, May 29
Championship: Winner G3 vs. Winner G4, 11 a.m.
AT PLYMOUTH
Wednesday, May 24
G1: LaPorte 2, South Bend Adams 0
Saturday, May 27
G2: Mishawaka vs. Michigan City, 10 a.m.
G3: Plymouth vs. LaPorte, 12:30 p.m.
Monday, May 29
Championship: Winner G2 vs. Winner G3, 5 p.m.
Class 3A
AT GRIFFITH
Wednesday, May 24
G1: Hanover Central 7, Griffith 0
G2: Andrean 12, Rensselaer 2 (6 inn.)
Thursday, May 25
G3: River Forest 14, Calumet 6
G4: Boone Grove vs. Highland, late
Saturday, May 27
G5: Hanover Central vs. Andrean, 11 a.m.
G6: River Forest vs. Winner G4, 1:30 p.m.
Monday, May 29
Championship: Winner G5 vs. Winner G6, 11 a.m.
Class 2A
AT WHITING
Wednesday, May 24
G1: Illiana Christian 16, North Newton 0 (5 inn.)
G2: Whiting 16, Lake Station 0 (5 inn.)
Saturday, May 27
G3: Illiana Christian vs. Whiting, noon
G4: Bishop Noll vs. 21st Century, 2 .m.
Monday, May 29
Championship: Winner G3 vs. Winner G4, 11 a.m.
AT SOUTH CENTRAL
Wednesday, May 24
G1: North Judson 13, Winamac 6
Thursday, May 25
G2: Wheeler 28, South Bend Career 0 (5 inn.)
Saturday, May 27
G3: North Judson vs. Wheeler, 10 a.m.
G4: Hebron vs. South Central, 12:30 p.m.
Monday, May 29
Championship: Winner G3 vs. Winner G4, 3 p.m.
Class A
AT HAMMOND ACADEMY
Wednesday, May 24
G1: Washington Twp. vs. Hammond Academy, late
Thursday, May 25
G2: Morgan Twp. 5, Kouts 3
Friday, May 26
G3: Winner G1 vs. Morgan Twp., 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 27
G4: Bowman vs. DeMotte Christian, 11 a.m.
Monday, May 29
Championship: Winner G3 vs. Winner G4, 5:30 p.m.
AT TRI-TOWNSHIP
Wednesday, May 24
G1: Culver Community 7, Oregon-Davis 6
Thursday, May 25
G2: Tri-Township 14, Argos 1 (5 inn.)
Friday, May 26
G3: Marquette vs. Westville, 5 p.m.
Saturday, May 27
G4: Triton vs. Culver Community, 10 a.m.
G5: Tri-Township vs. Winner G3, noon
Monday, May 29
Championship: Winner G4 vs. Winner G5, 11 a.m.
Illinois
Regionals
Class 4A
AT JOLIET WEST
Wednesday, May 24
G1: Lincoln-Way East 10, Bloom 0
Thursday, May 25
G2: Joliet West 5, TF South 3
Saturday, May 27
Championship: Lincoln-Way East vs. Joliet West, 11 a.m.
Class 3A
AT MARIAN CATHOLIC
Monday, May 22
G1: Chicago Ag 19, Thornton 6
Wednesday, May 24
G2: Marist 15, Chicago Ag 0
Thursday, May 25
G3: Marian Catholic 11, Kennedy 1
Saturday, May 27
Championship: Marist vs. Marian Catholic, 10 a.m.
AT ST. LAURENCE
Monday, May 22
G1: TF North 9, Thornridge 8
Wednesday, May 24
G2: St. Laurence 19, TF North 0
Thursday, May 25
G3: Tinley Park 9, Morgan Park 1
Saturday, May 27
Championship: St. Laurence vs. Morgan Park, 11 a.m.
Softball
Sectionals
Class 4A
AT MERRILLVILLE
Thursday, May 25
Championship: Lake Central 4, Munster 3
AT VALPARAISO
Thursday, May 25
Game 3: Crown Point 1, Lowell 0
Game 4: Hobart vs. Valparaiso, late
Friday, May 26
Championship: Crown Point vs. Winner Game 4, 6 p.m., (video), IHSAAtv.org, rrsn.com
AT MISHAWAKA
Friday, May 26
Championship: South Bend St. Joseph vs. LaPorte, 6 p.m.
Class 3A
AT HIGHLAND
Thursday, May 25
Championship: Hanover Central 6, Boone Grove 0
AT KANKAKEE VALLEY
Thursday, May 25
Game 3: Rensselaer 6, Knox 5
Game 4: Tippecanoe Valley vs. Kankakee Valley, late
Saturday, May 27
Championship: Rensselaer vs. Winner Game 4, 10 a.m.
Class 2A
AT ILLIANA CHRISTIAN
Thursday, May 25
Game 4: Andrean 13, Bishop Noll 0 (5 innings)
Friday, May 26
Championship: Illiana Christian vs. Andrean, 5 p.m.
AT SOUTH CENTRAL
Thursday, May 25
Game 4: Hebron 13, South Central 5
Saturday, May 27
Championship: Wheeler vs. Hebron, noon
Class A
AT KOUTS
Thursday, May 25
Game 4: Tri-Township vs. Washington Twp., late
Friday, May 26
Championship: Kouts vs. Winner Game 4, 4:45 p.m.
AT WESTVILLE
Thursday, May 25
Game 4: Triton 20, Marquette 3 (5 innings)
Friday, May 26
Championship: Westville vs. Triton, 4:30 p.m.
Girls Tennis
Semistate
Saturday, May 27
AT CULVER ACADEMIES
Championship 1: Crown Point vs. South Bend St. Joseph, 11 a.m.
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. (WSPA) — Summertime is here and two peachy menu items are returning to Chick-fil-A’s menu.
The Peach Milkshake will make its return to menus from June 12 through Aug. 26.
“Its arrival signifies the beginning of summer at Chick-fil-A, and this year, the excitement from our fans has inspired us to expand our peach offerings,” said Leslie Neslage, director of menu and packaging at Chick-fil-A.
Along with the milkshake, the White Peach Sunjoy, first introduced in 2018, is also returning.
“Introducing the White Peach Sunjoy and several other refreshing variations, we are excited to witness the peachy choices our guests will make all summer long,” said Neslage. The White Peach Sunjoy is a combination of Chick-fil-A’s Sunjoy® beverage that blends the chain’s Lemonade and Sweetened Iced Tea with white peach flavors. The white peach flavor can also be tried with Lemonade, Frosted Lemonade and Iced Tea.
The limited-time seasonal offerings will be available for pickup or delivery at participating restaurants while supplies last.
The chain is also introducing and expanding some food items, including testing a new Maple Pepper Bacon Sandwich in Indianapolis and Lexington, Kentucky. The sandwich is made with a lemon herb marinated breast of chicken and topped with pepper jack cheese, green leaf lettuce and bacon hand-tossed in a brown sugar and pepper blend.
The company also announced the Spicy Chicken Biscuit will now become a permanent menu item at all Chick-fil-A restaurants after serving it as an optional offering over the past several years. The biscuit is made with boneless chicken breast, seasoned with a spicy blend of peppers, and served on a freshly baked buttermilk biscuit. | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/when-will-chick-fil-as-peach-milkshake-return/ | 2023-06-09 14:37:25 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/when-will-chick-fil-as-peach-milkshake-return/ |
By MARY CLARE JALONICK
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 panel says it is calling a surprise hearing to present “recently obtained evidence.”
The hearing scheduled for 1 p.m. on Tuesday comes after Congress left Washington for a two-week recess. Lawmakers on the panel investigating the 2021 insurrection said last week that there would be no more hearings until July.
The subject of the hearings is so far unclear. A spokesman for the panel declined to comment on its substance.
The committee’s investigation has been ongoing during the hearings that started three weeks ago, and the nine-member panel has continued to compile evidence. Among other investigative evidence, the committee recently obtained new footage of then-President Donald Trump and his inner circle taken both before and after Jan. 6, 2021 from British filmmaker Alex Holder.
Holder said last week that he had complied with a congressional subpoena to turn over all of the footage he shot in the final weeks of Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign.
The filmmaker said the footage includes exclusive interviews with Trump, his children and then-Vice President Mike Pence while on the campaign trail as well as before and after the insurrection on the Capitol.
The panel has held five hearings so far, and at least two more hearings were planned for July. Lawmakers said the future hearings would focus on domestic extremists who breached the Capitol that day and on what then-President Donald Trump was doing as the violence unfolded.
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RICHMOND, Va. -- Todd Delany, Executive Director with Avery Point Senior Living shared more about the new community and the many services they have to offer. Avery Point Senior Living is located at 1000 Avery Point Way in Richmond. For more information, give them a call at 800-260-3100 or visit the website. For more information, connect with Avery Point on social media at @AveryPointCommunity.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — For some Afghans who were evacuated as their country fell to the Taliban last summer, the journey to the United States has stalled, and perhaps ended, at a sun-baked cluster of tents and temporary housing on an American base in the Balkans.
While more than 78,000 Afghans have arrived in the U.S. for resettlement since August, the future for those who have been flagged for additional security vetting and diverted to Camp Bondsteel, in the small nation of Kosovo, remains up in the air. The U.S. won’t force the dozens there to return to Afghanistan, where they could face reprisals.
Their frustration is growing. Some Afghans at the base, which has been shrouded in secrecy, took the unusual step this week of staging a protest, holding up signs with messages such as “we want justice,” according to photos sent to The Associated Press.
“They just keep repeating the same things, that it takes time and we must be patient,” one of the Afghans, Muhammad Arif Sarwari, said in a text message from the base.
Their complaints open a window into an aspect of the evacuation and resettlement of Afghans that has gotten little attention because U.S. authorities, and the government of Kosovo, have been reluctant to say much about the people sent to Bondsteel.
The base houses a mix of adults and children, because some of the people who have so far failed to get a visa to the U.S. are traveling with family. Sarwari, a former senior intelligence official with the Afghan government, said there are about 45 people there, representing about 20 or so individual visa cases, after a flight to the U.S. left with 27 of the refugees on Wednesday.
The Biden administration won’t provide details, but acknowledges that some of the evacuees did not make it through what it calls a “a multi-layered, rigorous screening and vetting process” and won’t be permitted to enter the U.S.
“While the vast majority of Afghan evacuees have been cleared through this process, the small number of individuals who have been denied are examples of the system working exactly as it should,” said Sean Savett, a spokesman for the National Security Council.
In all, about 600 Afghans have passed through Bondsteel, according to the government of Kosovo, which initially authorized use of the base for evacuees for a year but recently agreed to extend that until August 2023.
Kosovo, which gained independence from Serbia in 2008 with U.S. support, has also provided little information about the Afghans at Bondsteel, citing the privacy of the refugees. Prime Minister Albin Kurti said in a statement that the government is proud of its role providing temporary shelter to them.
Afghans are housed in a section of Bondsteel called Camp Liya, named for an Afghan child handed to the U.S. Marines over a fence at the Hamid Karzai International Airport during the evacuation, according to a U.S. military publication.
It was the chaotic nature of that evacuation that led to the need for an overseas facility in the first place. As the Afghan government collapsed, thousands of people made it onto military transport planes with minimal screening before they arrived at one of several overseas transit points.
The people sent to Bondsteel were stopped and diverted for a host of reasons, including missing or flawed documents or security concerns that emerged during overseas vetting by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, officials have said.
At the same time, some in Congress have criticized the administration for what they say has been inadequate vetting of Afghan refugees.
Sarwari made it to Kuwait from Afghanistan in early September with his wife and two of his daughters and says he doesn’t know why he’s been held up. He was a prominent figure in Afghanistan, serving as the former director of intelligence after the U.S. invasion in 2001. Before that, he was a top official with the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance.
Both positions would make him a target of the Taliban if he were to return.
“The vetting team keeps telling us sorry, Washington is just deciding some political issues,” he said.
Sarwari has applied for a special immigrant visa, which is issued to people who worked for the U.S. government or its allies during the war. He has not received a response, according to his lawyer, Julie Sirrs.
“In theory, he is free to leave but it’s not clear where he could go,” Sirrs said. “He obviously cannot return to Afghanistan. He’s clearly in danger if he returns.”
He and others live a circumscribed existence on Bondsteel. Although technically not detained, they cannot leave the arid, rocky base and have spent months in tents, which were adorned with handwritten signs during this week’s protest. One said “unfair decision,” while another said “children are suffering.”
The Biden administration says authorities have determined that some — it won’t say how many — simply cannot be allowed to enter the U.S. It is working to find other countries that don’t harbor the same security concerns and are willing to accept them for resettlement. No one will be forcibly returned to Afghanistan, the NSC spokesperson said.
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Associated Press writer Llazar Semini contributed from Tirana, Albania. | https://www.wane.com/news/security-concerns-leave-afghan-evacuees-stuck-in-balkan-camp/ | 2022-06-03 12:23:02 | 0 | https://www.wane.com/news/security-concerns-leave-afghan-evacuees-stuck-in-balkan-camp/ |
Biden slammed for anticipated Strategic Petroleum Reserve release: not ‘a long-term solution’
President Biden in March authorized the release of 180 million barrels
Critics slammed President Biden on Wednesday for his anticipated decision to release more oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) as part of his administration’s efforts to keep fuel prices low following the recent production cuts announced by OPEC+ nations.
The president is expected to announce the release of 15 million barrels of oil from the SPR and say that more drawdowns are possible this winter. That would complete the release of 180 million barrels authorized by Biden in March that was originally supposed to occur over six months. Consequently, the reserve now contains roughly 400 million barrels of oil, its lowest level in nearly 40 years.
Anne Bradbury, CEO of the American Exploration and Production Council, criticized Biden’s moves as short-sighted, saying that the American people need better solutions to address rising energy prices.
"Pulling more crude from the strategic petroleum reserve will only artificially lower prices for the short term and should not be a substitute for long-term policies to increase domestic crude supplies," she said in a statement. "The SPR was established to reduce the impacts of short-term market disruptions, not serve as a long-term solution or tool to manipulate energy markets."
BIDEN TAKEN ABACK BY MULTIPLE REPORTERS SUGGESTING OIL RESERVE RELEASE IS MEANT TO HELP DEMOCRATS
Bradbury called on the Biden administration to take a more collaborative approach that focuses on supporting domestic production and oil and natural gas.
American Petroleum Institute (API) President and CEO Mike Sommers argued that increasing energy demand and constrained supply coupled with geopolitical instability and faulty policy decisions have driven fuel prices higher.
"At a time when American energy can be a stabilizing force at home and abroad, we urge caution in continuing to rely on short-term efforts that are no substitute for sound long-term policies that enable American energy leadership," Sommers said in a statement.
Sommers called on the Biden administration to focus instead on addressing "fundamental economic and security challenges (the U.S. faces) by spurring more investment in American energy, infrastructure and markets that enable U.S. consumers to benefit from America’s reliable energy resources."
Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, meanwhile, accused Biden of resorting to "gimmicks" after his "anti-U.S. energy agenda has resulted in soaring gas prices."
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"Democrats are to blame for the pain at the pump, the record high utility bills, and soaring energy costs," she said in a statement. "Voters know Republicans are ready to get our economy back on track and that starts with unleashing American energy."
Fox News has reached out to the Department of Energy and the White House for comment.
Biden is expected to say that the U.S. government will restock the SPR when oil prices are at or lower than $67 to $72 a barrel, an offer that administration officials argue will support domestic production by guaranteeing a baseline level of demand. Yet the president is also expected to renew his criticism of the profits reaped by oil companies.
It marks the continuation of an about-face by Biden, who has tried to move the U.S. past fossil fuels to identify additional sources of energy to satisfy U.S. and global supply as a result of disruptions from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and production cuts announced by the Saudi Arabia-led oil cartel.
The prospective loss of 2 million barrels a day — 2% of global supply — has had the White House saying Saudi Arabia sided with Russian President Vladimir Putin and pledging there will be consequences for supply cuts that could prop up energy prices. The 15 million-barrel release would not cover even one full day's use of oil in the U.S., according to the Energy Information Administration.
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Biden has resisted the policies favored by U.S. oil producers. Instead, he's sought to reduce prices by releasing oil from the SPR, shaming oil companies for their profits and calling on greater production from countries in OPEC+ that have different geopolitical interests, said Frank Macchiarola, senior vice president of policy, economics and regulatory affairs at the American Petroleum Institute.
"If they continue to offer the same old so-called solutions, they'll continue to get the same old results," Macchiarola said.
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Jarred Kelenic Player Prop Bets: Mariners vs. Twins - July 20
Published: Jul. 20, 2023 at 8:29 AM MDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
After going 1-for-4 in his most recent game, Jarred Kelenic and the Seattle Mariners take on the Minnesota Twins (who will start Pablo Lopez) at 3:40 PM ET on Thursday.
He had a one-hit showing in his most recent game (1-for-4) against the Twins.
Jarred Kelenic Game Info & Props vs. the Twins
- Game Day: Thursday, July 20, 2023
- Game Time: 3:40 PM ET
- Stadium: T-Mobile Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Twins Starter: Pablo Lopez
- TV Channel: ROOT Sports NW
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -167)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +400)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +190)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +145)
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Jarred Kelenic At The Plate
- Kelenic has 82 hits, which is tops among Seattle hitters this season, while batting .252 with 37 extra-base hits.
- Kelenic enters this game on a seven-game hitting streak. In his last outings, he's hitting .316.
- Kelenic has gotten a hit in 63 of 90 games this year (70.0%), with more than one hit on 16 occasions (17.8%).
- He has hit a home run in 12.2% of his games this year, and 3% of his chances at the plate.
- Kelenic has picked up an RBI in 35 games this season (38.9%), with more than one RBI in eight of those contests (8.9%).
- He has scored in 34 games this year (37.8%), including multiple runs in eight games.
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Twins Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Twins has a collective 9.7 K/9 to lead the league.
- The Twins have a 3.73 team ERA that ranks second across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Twins pitchers combine to give up the fifth-fewest home runs in baseball (102 total, 1.1 per game).
- Lopez makes the start for the Twins, his 20th of the season. He is 5-5 with a 4.24 ERA and 145 strikeouts in 116 2/3 innings pitched.
- In his last time out on Saturday, the righty went 5 2/3 innings against the Oakland Athletics, allowing seven earned runs while surrendering eight hits.
- Among qualifying pitchers in MLB play this season, the 27-year-old's 4.24 ERA ranks 41st, 1.131 WHIP ranks 23rd, and 11.2 K/9 ranks sixth.
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Jenna Braun of Mason City swims the 100 fly Tuesday at John Adams Middle School in a meet with Marshalltown.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
Mason City's Bailey Nasstrom swims the backstroke leg as part of the 200 Medley Relay Tuesday at John Adams Middle School in a meet against Marshalltown.
MASON CITY – For more than two months Mason City girls’ swimmer Taylor Halverson was on the sidelines and out of the pool this summer.
That put a ton of stress because the knee injury was keeping her away from getting better at her best event, the breaststroke, where the Riverhawk senior was a state qualifier in 2021.
Eventually, the knee healed enough for Halverson to get back to work on that stroke and Tuesday night at the John Adams Middle School pool against Marshalltown, Halverson posted a season-best in that event.
Halverson won in 1:11.60, two seconds off her all-time best, but with a month of the season left, she knows she can go faster.
“I feel really good,” Halverson said. “That is actually is the best time I’ve ever swam in the 100 breast in a regular-season meet. “So I’m happy with that…it is pretty relieving because I didn’t know if I was going to be able to do the breaststroke because of the knee injury. I was a little scared for a while. So, it is great to see that I’m back where I was and even a little better than before.”
The Riverhawks, who beat Marshalltown easily, haven’t even began to taper down for next month’s regional and state competitions.
That is where Halverson will focus on being her fastest. In the postseason, she has hit 1:09 in the 100 breaststroke, and she believes she can hit the state qualifying automatic qualifying mark of 1:08.51.
“I’ve kind of been stuck on 1:09 for the last two years, so the plan is to go 1:08.”
Halverson’s last home meet included a win in the 200 free, where she cut seven seconds off her PR, and she swam winning legs on the 200 free relay (lead off) and 400 relay (anchor).
Riverhawk head coach Steve Hugo said it was a banner night for his team and a great night to send out Halverson and her fellow seniors – Jenna Braun, Mari Fox, Marie Manternach, Rosa Monarch, Bailey Nasstrom and Analeah Swegle.
“I kind of scouted Marshalltown and figured we could move some girls around to some events they hadn’t swam before and have some success,” Hugo said. “With it senior night it was a very spirited meet and a lot of best times were put up on the board…it looks like about 40 season best.
“It was great. We had some really great races.”
Mason City posted event wins in the 200 medley relay (Annemarie Hansen, Lauryn Halverson, Manternach and Braun), Monarch in 1-meter diving, Braun in the 100 fly, Aspen Cole in the 100 free, Manternach in the 500 free, and in the 400 free relay (Grace Hehr, Manternach, Cole and Halverson).
The Riverhawks return to action Saturday at the Dick Marcussen Invitational in Cedar Falls.
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200 MEDLEY RELAY – 1. Mason City (Annemarie Hansen, Lauryn Halverson, Marie Manternach, Jenna Braun), 2:03.45, 2. Mason City B, 2:13.93, 3. Marshalltown, 2:15.75.
Mason City freshman Kayla Eide swims the backstroke leg as part of the 200 individual medley Tuesday at John Adams Middle School in a meet with Marshalltown.
Mason City's Bailey Nasstrom swims the backstroke leg as part of the 200 Medley Relay Tuesday at John Adams Middle School in a meet against Marshalltown. | https://globegazette.com/sports/high-school/swimming/halverson-riverhawk-seniors-produce-multiple-season-bests/article_7ef0a7cd-f26c-5653-864f-ec8b74f31acc.html | 2022-09-28 05:07:46 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/sports/high-school/swimming/halverson-riverhawk-seniors-produce-multiple-season-bests/article_7ef0a7cd-f26c-5653-864f-ec8b74f31acc.html |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Family and friends of Evelyn Dieckhaus, one of three children who were killed in a school shooting in Nashville this week, remembered her Friday as a “shining light” and said farewell to a girl who loved art, music, animals and snuggling with her older sister on the couch.
The funeral at the Woodmont Christian Church in Nashville’s Green Hills neighborhood was closed to the media. Before the service, the church’s senior minister, the Rev. Clay Stauffer, echoed what Evelyn’s family has shared about her.
“She was a shining light. She was radiant,” Stauffer told The Associated Press. “I think our challenge is to take her light and keep spreading it to a world that has so much darkness and pain.”
Evelyn’s was the first funeral held for the victims of Monday’s mass shooting at The Covenant School, where authorities say a 28-year-old former student killed six people before being shot and killed by police.
The church is a couple of miles from the school and is across the street from the Woodmont Baptist Church, which served as the reunification point for surviving children and their parents after the attack.
Dozens of people poured into the Woodmont Christian Church’s main sanctuary for the service. Many of the women and girls wore pink dresses to honor the grieving family’s request to dress in pink and green “in tribute to Evelyn’s light and love of color.”
With the pinkish-purple flowers of redbud trees blooming and mourners donning pastel colors, it looked as much like an Easter service as a funeral for a 9-year-old girl who brought joy and comfort to her loved ones.
The other two children killed in the attack, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney, were also 9. The three adults who were killed were the 60-year-old head of the school, Katherine Koonce, a 61-year-old custodian, Mike Hill, and Cynthia Peak, a 61-year-old substitute teacher.
In an obituary given to The Associated Press by a family friend, Evelyn was described as “a constant beacon of joy” who loved crafting and drawing, playing with her two dogs Mable and Birdie, singing along to tunes by Taylor Swift and from the Broadway show “Hamilton,” and hanging out with her beloved big sister, Eleanor.
Stauffer, the minister, said he has been trying to impress upon Evelyn’s family, whom he described as “incredible people,” that they’re not going through this alone.
“We’ll celebrate her life this afternoon, and then we’ll continue to show up and to be there to love and support the family,” he said.
That work started as soon as the ambulances, fire trucks and police cars went past his church on the day of the shooting. He went across the street to Woodmont Baptist to help reunite the frightened children and parents.
“It’s been surreal and a nightmare that we are waiting to wake up from,” said Stauffer. “It’s been one of the hardest weeks you could imagine.”
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PARSIPPANY, N.J., May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CherryRoad Technologies Inc., a leading integrator of public sector software and digital technology solutions who is committed to building community engagement, has today announced, it's honorable mention recognition by Gartner in the Magic Quadrant: for Oracle Cloud Applications, Worldwide.
Gartner defines Oracle Cloud Application (OCA) services as only those services associated with the products under Oracle Cloud Applications, also known as SaaS. This means consultancy, migration, implementation, ongoing services, post-implementation evolution, and optimization services.
Gartner cited: "CherryRoad is a good fit for public-sector clients in North America for single and/or multiple pillar cloud implementations." CherryRoad's focus on providing OCA services in North America – as opposed to globally – largely factored into the company's honorable mention status as the intent of the awards was to recognize globally-focused services. As explained by Gartner: "Despite having significant projects related to OCA, it (CherryRoad) did not satisfy the minimum annual worldwide revenue criterion, yet it is important enough to receive an honorable mention."
Key findings by Gartner include:
- By year-end 2024, 75% of Oracle application services revenue will be cloud-related as enterprises accelerate their move to the cloud in response to the massive disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- By 2024, 70% of large ERP deployments will be executed by predominantly remote rather than on-site implementation teams.
- By 2024, 60% of organizations will select integrated financial management capabilities as their preferred approach to process automation.
"We are honored to receive recognition in the Gartner Magic Quadrant: for Oracle Cloud Applications (OCA), Worldwide. While Gartner's intent was to focus on global-delivery, the award of honorable mention to an organization who focuses on North America speaks volumes to our standing and credibility in the market to successfully deliver on OCA to our clients." stated Tom Heldt, Executive Vice President, CherryRoad.
About CherryRoad:
At CherryRoad, our clients entrust us with the success of their IT solutions, whether we're delivering on-premise ERP, cloud-based application management, business intelligence, process optimization, change management consulting, or strategic staffing solutions. Throughout our 30-year history, we've successfully partnered with hundreds of public sector and commercial clients to modernize, optimize, and manage their back-office functions. Headquartered in Parsippany, N.J. with offices across the U.S., we've earned a solid reputation for combining technology, organizational, functional, and vertical market expertise into practical solutions that deliver results – on-time and on-budget. For more information, visit www.cherryroad.com.
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Gun violence has New Orleans on track to become one of nation’s deadliest cities per capita, MCC says
Nine more people shot in the city in 24-hour span
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Metropolitan Crime Commission reports the number of shootings in New Orleans is up 104 percent through seven months this year compared to all of 2019. Homicide totals are up 139 percent.
“Violent crime in this city continues to outpace the nation on a per capita basis,” said Rafael Goyeneche, president of the MCC. “It is really at a point that I haven’t seen in nearly 40 years that I’ve been here.”
Within a 24-hour span Sunday into Monday, nine more people became victims of gun violence. No arrests were announced in connection to any of the shootings, which Goyeneche said could lead to more retaliatory gun violence in the days and weeks ahead.
“I don’t think that’s a coincidence between the violent crime surge that we’ve seen,” he said, “because there’s about 30,000 calls for service per month that the police department is asked to respond to with the lowest police staffing that we’ve seen in at least 50 years.”
He said New Orleans averaged one homicide a day during the month of June. So far in July, that shocking pace has slowed a bit, with 11 homicides in the month, so far.
“So, it runs in cycles, and in many instances there are no rhymes or reasons to it,” he said.
More shootings means more gunshot wound patients. Hospitals and emergency room doctors are staying busy treating more than 5,000 trauma patients in New Orleans each year.
“Seventy percent is blunt trauma, so that includes car wrecks, falls, people who have injuries that are not necessarily from violent intervention,” said Dr. Alison Smith, trauma surgeon for LSU Health at University Medical Center. “As far as penetrating trauma, that’s about 30 percent, but that does include gunshots, stabbings. So when you break down those numbers, I think we had about 660 gunshot wounds in the past year.”
Dr. Smith said that number already is on the rise in 2022. She’s also seeing more young people coming in with gunshot wounds.
“We’ve had cases in the past weeks of much younger children that have been in some negligent firearm discharges,” she said. “But, in terms of pediatric trauma, unfortunately that’s been an issue and something that they’re trying to work with both here and at Children’s (Hospital).”
She said the number of patients with gunshot wounds varies daily, but the physicians, nurses and resources at the hospital are prepared to handle it.
“I know the news can be scary, when you hear what’s going on out there,” Smith said. “But in terms of what we have as a resource in this community, I think our trauma center is very well-prepared and we’re lucky that we’re one of the older trauma centers in the country and we’re prepared for this.”
She said having New Orleans EMS personnel so skilled and experienced providing blood and tourniquets to shooting victims before they arrive to the ER has helped save many lives.
And while the homicide rate has slowed, those following the data said it’s still way too high.
“Last month, there was a 53 percent increase over June of last year,” Goyeneche said. “It’s down a little bit under 50 percent (in July), but that’s still way too high. I mean, there’s no question unless something remarkable happens, we’ll be among the nation’s most deadliest cities on a per capita basis.”
According to the MCC data, there have been 276 shootings so far this year, with 130 of them fatal.
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Aaron Appelhans is among a rare few in Wyoming: A Democrat who won in Tuesday’s midterm election in this ever-redder state.
After being appointed as Wyoming’s first Black sheriff almost a year ago, he is now the state’s first elected Black sheriff. He beat a 20-year Republican police veteran with 52% of the vote.
"Albany County's kind of purple politically, so I was able to run on my record, the things that I've done," Appelhans said Thursday.
Yet across Wyoming, Democrats suffered another dismal election even as their party defied expectations and did reasonably well nationwide.
Democrats didn't even field candidates for three of Wyoming's six statewide races, those for secretary of state, state treasurer and state auditor. They got just 25%, 17% and 23% in the other three, the contests for U.S. House, governor and superintendent of public instruction, respectively.
The party will keep its two seats in the 31-member state Senate. But Democrats lost two of their seven seats in the 62-member state House, pushing their share of the Legislature under 8%.
Wyoming had a centrist Democratic governor, Dave Freudenthal, from 2003-2011. But in a state that cherishes gun ownership, is often suspicious of LGBTQ+ advocacy and stands up for its all-important coal mining industry amid efforts to limit climate change, the party has been on the decline here since the 1990s.
“We’ve had election cycle after election cycle now, dating back to 1994, when Republicans have been very effective at characterizing any Wyoming Democrat as representing the national party," University of Wyoming political science professor Jim King said. “Whether they do doesn’t really matter. In these low-information races, the charge sticks, and Democrats then find themselves at a disadvantage on election night.”
But even in the state that gave Donald Trump 70% of the vote in 2020, some Democrats insist they can still win by talking to as many voters, one-on-one, as possible.
Appelhans credits on-the-ground campaigning, good organization and hard work by volunteers — along with policing reforms he has implemented in the Sheriff's Office — for his win in southeastern Wyoming's Albany County, home to the University of Wyoming.
“It took a lot of time. I worked two jobs,” Appelhans said of his campaign. "We had a good crew, a large, large group of volunteers, people that, you know, are believers in my abilities, believers in the campaign, to go out there and help as well. It really was kind of a community effort.”
Another Democratic winner was Pete Gosar, a former state party chairman who was reelected to the Albany County County Commission. Gosar got the most votes in a four-way race for two commission seats up for grabs.
A brother of Republican U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona, Gosar rejected any notion that most Albany County voters, at least, are hyper-partisan, once you get to know them personally.
“It's not just luck. There's a real strategy to get out and meet people,” Gosar said. “You hear about hyper partisanship, and you'd expect that in the state that voted for the former president by the widest margin. But that's not what I found, whether it was Republican, Democratic or independent doors. They might not vote for you, but there was kindness and cordiality.”
Decades ago, Democrats used to be able to rely on Albany County and the rest of southern Wyoming, with its many union railroad and coal mining jobs, as reliable turf.
But not for a long time now. Along with Albany County, only Teton County at the doorstep of Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks has an electorate not overwhelmingly Republican.
Wyoming's losing Democrats this year included the chairman of the state party, Joe Barbuto, who with 31% of the vote failed to win re-election as Sweetwater County treasurer. Barbuto didn't immediately return phone and social media messages Thursday seeking comment.
Another was Chad Banks, whose state House district nestles within southwestern Wyoming's Sweetwater County. A gay former Rock Springs City Council member who was first elected to the state House in 2020, Banks got 39% of the vote in losing to a local Republican businessman.
Banks voted with Republicans 90% or more of the time in the Legislature, he said, but getting associated with issues pushed by Democrats nationally cost him and other Democrats in the state.
“I still support our coal communities in Wyoming. I hope that coal remains a strong industry in Wyoming. It's important to my community and it's important to my state — and that's of course different than what you're hearing from the D.C. crowd,” Banks said.
For Gosar at least, the key for Wyoming Democrats to counter the party's perspective nationally is to bring a Wyoming-focused message to as many people as possible locally.
“”It's easy to, you know, sing the death song for the Wyoming Democratic Party, and things are difficult," Gosar said. "But I think there's real opportunity, and I think it all starts with some of the stuff that's been done in Albany County. You have to get out and talk to people and give them a different perspective.” | https://www.phillytrib.com/news/across_america/wyoming-democrats-get-drubbed--again---but-not-giving-up/article_fa56926a-4c21-5a5a-ad2a-f16b70593a4b.html | 2022-11-11 19:50:59 | 0 | https://www.phillytrib.com/news/across_america/wyoming-democrats-get-drubbed--again---but-not-giving-up/article_fa56926a-4c21-5a5a-ad2a-f16b70593a4b.html |
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BEIJING (AP) — The company that assembles Apple Inc.'s iPhones apologized Thursday for what it said was a technical error that led to protests by employees over payment of wages offered to attract them to a factory that is under anti-virus restrictions.
Protests erupted Tuesday in the central city of Zhengzhou after employees complained Foxconn Technology Group required they do extra work to receive the higher pay promised by recruiters. Foxconn is trying to rebuild its workforce after thousands of employees walked out last month over complaints about unsafe conditions.
Videos on social media showed police in white protective suits kicking and clubbing protesting workers.
Foxconn, the biggest contract assembler of smartphones and other electronics for Apple and other global brands, blamed the dispute on a “technical error” in the process of adding new employees. It promised they would receive the wages they were promised.
"We apologize for an input error in the computer system and guarantee that the actual pay is the same as agreed and the official recruitment posters," said a company statement. It promised to “try its best to actively solve the concerns and reasonable demands of employees.”
The dispute comes as the ruling Communist Party tries to contain a surge in coronavirus cases without shutting down factories, as it did in 2020 at the start of the pandemic. Its tactics include “closed-loop management,” or having employees live at their workplaces without outside contact.
Authorities promised last month to reduce economic disruptions by cutting quarantine times and making other changes to China's “zero-COVID” strategy, which aims to isolate every case. Despite that, the infection surge has prompted authorities to suspend access to neighborhoods and factories and to close office buildings, shops and restaurants in parts of many cities.
On Thursday, people in eight districts of Zhengzhou with a total of 6.6 million residents were told to stay home for five days. Daily mass testing was ordered in what the city government called a “war of annihilation” against the virus.
Apple earlier warned iPhone 14 deliveries would be delayed after employees walked out of the Zhengzhou factory and access to the industrial zone around the facility was suspended following outbreaks.
To attract new workers, Foxconn offered 25,000 yuan ($3,500) for two months of work, according to employees, or almost 50% more than news reports say its highest wages usually are.
Employees complained that after they arrived, they were told they had to work an additional two months at lower pay to received the higher wage, according to an employee, Li Sanshan.
Foxconn offered up to 10,000 yuan ($1,400) to new hires who choose to leave, the finance news outlet Cailianshe reported, citing unidentified recruiting agents.
Foxconn's statement Thursday said employees who leave will receive unspecified “care subsidies” but gave no details. It promised “comprehensive support” for those who stay.
The protests in Zhengzhou come amid public frustration over restrictions that have confined millions of people to their homes. Videos on social media show residents in some areas tearing down barricades set up to enforce neighborhood closures.
Foxconn, headquartered in New Taipei City, Taiwan, earlier denied what it said were comments online that employees with the virus lived in factory dormitories. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Foxconn-apologizes-for-pay-dispute-at-China-17608315.php | 2022-11-24 09:16:44 | 1 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Foxconn-apologizes-for-pay-dispute-at-China-17608315.php |
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Zach Hrbacek rushed for 131 yards and a touchdown, backup quarterback Keegan Shoemaker led a second-half comeback and Sam Houston beat Texas A&M-Commerce 27-17 on Saturday night.
Sam Houston starting quarterback Jordan Yates threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown as Texas A&M-Commerce pulled within 10-7 in the third quarter. Sam Houston opted for Shoemaker on the next drive and he responded by leading three scoring drives.
Cody Chrest made a one-handed catch in the corner of the end zone to stretch the Sam Houston lead to 17-7. After TAMUC trimmed it to 17-10, Chris Hicks returned the ensuing kickoff 46 yards and Hrbacek scored five plays later.
Hrbacek set up the final score with 41 more yards on the ground, leading to a 46-yard field goal by Seth Morgan for Sam Houston (1-2).
Texas A&M-Commerce (1-2) managed just 84 yards of total offense in the first half and got its first offensive touchdown with 31 seconds left in the game.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — If the fight with Congress over raising the government’s debt limit is such a dire threat, why doesn’t President Joe Biden just raise the borrowing ceiling himself? It’s theoretically possible, but he’s skeptical.
The administration has been searching for possible ways to allow the U.S. to keep borrowing if Congress can’t come to an agreemen t. One potential option Biden and his advisers have been looking at: Would he have the power to go around lawmakers by relying on the Constitution’s 14th Amendment in a last-ditch move to avert default?
Maybe. Biden hasn’t ruled it out, but he sees it as a problematic, untested legal theory to ensure the country can meet its financial obligations. Meanwhile, the Treasury Department says the U.S. may not be able to borrow the money it needs to pay its bills and bondholders as soon as June 1 without congressional action — and that failure could kick the country into a painful recession.
With the White House and Republican legislators at loggerheads over whether Congress should simply allow the government to incur more debt to allow the country to pay its bills — as Biden wants — or insist on pairing it with deep spending cuts — as demanded by the GOP — it’s no surprise that the president might be looking at emergency alternatives.
Here’s what to know:
WHAT DOES THE 14th AMENDMENT SAY?
The amendment, ratified in the aftermath of the Civil War, is better known for its provisions addressing citizenship and equal protection under the law. It has been used by the Supreme Court to mandate racial integration in schools in Brown v. Board of Education and same-sex marriage recognition in Obergefell v. Hodges.
It also includes this clause, which some legal scholars see as relevant to today’s showdown: “The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.”
Default, they argue, is therefore unconstitutional and Biden would have a duty to effectively nullify the debt limit if Congress won’t raise it, so that the validity of the country’s debt isn’t questioned.
WHY IS IT BEING TALKED ABOUT NOW?
Congress establishes the limit on borrowing, and it’s up to Congress to adjust it. But the president faces pressure to act on his own because some leading Republicans are seeing default, a likely result before long, as an acceptable bargaining tool. That has stoked concerns within the White House that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy might be unable to deliver votes for an agreement to lift the debt limit or could be ousted from his position for even attempting to doing so.
Those concerns were underscored Wednesday night during a CNN town hall with former President Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner in 2024. “If they don’t give you massive cuts, you’re going to have to do a default,” Trump said.
The former president said he believes Democrats will “absolutely cave” and a default will be avoided. But he said a default is preferable to allowing the federal government to keep spending money like “drunken sailors.”
WHAT DOES BIDEN SAY?
Biden has said his administration is studying the idea of invoking the 14th Amendment. He said he’s skeptical that it is a viable option but the “one thing I’m ruling out is default.”
“The problem is it would have to be litigated,” he said of the constitutional reasoning on Tuesday. If the matter got tied up in court, the government could default anyway.
If and when the current impasse is resolved, he says, he is thinking about looking into whether the 14th Amendment route could be a solution to avert similar showdowns in the future.
“When we get by this, I’m thinking about taking a look at — months down the road — to see whether — what the court would say about whether or not it does work,” Biden says.
His Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, has been more blunt, saying it could provoke a “constitutional crisis.”
HAS THIS BEEN STUDIED BEFORE?
Yes. During past debt limit showdowns, including talks in 2011 between then-President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans, White House and Department of Justice lawyers also flirted with using the 14th Amendment as an emergency solution. They were deeply skeptical that it was a viable alternative to Congress raising the debt limit, and it was never invoked. | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/why-biden-doesnt-just-use-the-14th-amendment-to-address-the-debt-limit-crisis-what-to-know/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | 2023-05-11 16:11:42 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/why-biden-doesnt-just-use-the-14th-amendment-to-address-the-debt-limit-crisis-what-to-know/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Thursday intended to make it harder for future presidents to interfere with the once-a-decade census that determines political power and federal funding, a move that comes in response to the Trump’s administration’s failed effort to make a citizenship question part of the 2020 headcount.
The legislation was approved 220-208 with only Democratic lawmakers voting for it. The bill requires the Commerce secretary to certify to Congress that any new question sought on a future census be adequately studied and tested, and that the Government Accountability Office conduct a review of the certification.
It also seeks to limit political influence by mandating that a U.S. Census Bureau director can be fired only in cases of neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. It vests the director with all technical, operational and statistical decisions and says a deputy director has to be a career staffer with experience in demographics, statistics or related fields.
“Partisan manipulation of the census is simply wrong,” said Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., who chairs the Committee on Oversight and Reform, which investigated the Trump administration’s efforts to add the citizenship question. “My bill would protect the census and ensure this cannot happen again regardless of which party is in power.”
Republicans unanimously opposed the bill, saying it places more power in the hands of unelected bureaucrats, reducing accountability.
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., said that the changes are designed to make it easier for future census results to favor Democratic-leaning states over Republican-leaning states by making it harder to overrule the director even when the president or Congress is concerned about decisions they believe will yield an unfair or inaccurate count.
The bill faces an uphill climb in the evenly divided Senate given the party-line vote in the House. But Sen. Gary Peters, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said “clearly we will take a very serious look at it.”
The census determines how many congressional seats each state gets and the distribution of $1.5 trillion in federal spending each year. Its results are used for redrawing political districts. The 2020 census was one of the most challenging in recent memory because of the attempts at political interference, the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters.
In the years leading up to the 2020 census, the Trump administration unsuccessfully tried to add a citizenship question to the census questionnaire, a move that advocates feared would scare off Hispanics and immigrants from participating, whether they were in the country legally or not. The Supreme Court blocked the question.
The Trump administration also unsuccessfully tried to get the Census Bureau to exclude people in the country illegally from population figures used for divvying up congressional seats among the states, also called the apportionment numbers. The Trump administration tried to end data collection and processing earlier than the revised schedule put out by the Census Bureau in response to the pandemic, a move critics saw as an attempt by the administration to release the apportionment numbers while President Donald Trump was still in office.
The apportionment numbers were released in April 2021, four months after President Joe Biden took office and Trump left.
Critics claimed the citizenship question was inspired by a Republican redistricting expert who believed using citizen voting-age population instead of the total population for the purpose of redrawing of congressional and legislative districts could be advantageous to Republicans and non-Hispanic whites.
Even though many of the Trump administration’s political efforts failed, some advocates believe they did have an impact, with significantly larger undercounts of most racial and ethnic minorities in the 2020 census compared to the 2010 census.
The Black population in the 2020 census had a net undercount of 3.3%, while it was almost 5% for Hispanics and 5.6% for American Indians and Native Alaskans living on reservations. Those identifying as some other race had a net undercount of 4.3%.
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Enjoy unlimited gameplay with over hundred games in the library
TOKYO, Nov. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ubitus K.K. (hereinafter Ubitus) collaborates with Homeplus to launch 'Homeplus x GameNow' cloud gaming service on Home+ tv 4k smart set-top box, on 21st November. This service will be debuted with 100 games including 3A titles, Taiwan Indie games and family friendly gaming content, providing a new choice of home entertainment.
Homeplus STB and Ubitus GameNow turns TV into game entertainment center
Ubitus has been providing technology to top-tier game companies, and licensing famous and popular titles from game companies. Cloud gaming is able to provide high-quality gameplay to gamers by eliminating the capacity and computing power limitations of the end devices. Moreover, Homeplus subscribers can enjoy cloud gaming service with low latency - powered by Ubitus streaming technology and Homeplus high speed and stable network. They can enjoy the same gameplay as with a console or PC, without high-end gaming devices.
100 quality games for starter, with more regular updates
'Homeplus x GameNow' provides many categories of games, such as RPG, racing, sports, fighting, shooting, and puzzle, to fulfill various gamers' needs. Some highly sought-after titles are:
- 3A and award-winning titles: Control Ultimate Edition, The Forgotten City, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
- Exclusive Taiwan indie games: Myth of Mist: Legacy, Sunny Cafe
- Classic titles: BlazBlue, Double Dragon, Raiden
- Games for kids: Bee Simulator, BOMBFEST, Hoa
Affordable subscription fee to access games worth thousands
Traditionally, gamers need to purchase game disc or binary online for each game, then download the content to the end device. Not so troublesome anymore. Subscribers of 'Homeplus x GameNow' can have instant access to any game on the platform. Furthermore, it is a great bargain to pay just 10 USD per month to play games worth thousands of dollars if purchased separately. To share the fun with all family members, there will be a family plan, with up to 4 profiles in one account – allowing each member to create personalized experience and history. More attractive features, such as multiplayer, a mobile phone as a gaming controller, and scoreboard are expected in the future.
About Ubitus
Ubitus operates the world's best cloud gaming platform with its patented GPU virtualization technology, and is dedicated to providing a superior user experience. Users can enjoy AAA gaming experience across various devices, such as smartphones, tablets, game consoles, smart TVs, and personal computers with either a mobile or a land based broadband network.
With innovative GameCloud technology, Ubitus is able to stream interactive media content with immersive experience on multi-devices for platform operators and digital content developers, to accelerate metaverse popularization with broad applications.
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Survey Reveals Opinions on Education, Engagement and Emotional Wellbeing
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuous listening by employers, consistent learning opportunities and frequent check-ins with supervisors are even more important than some organizations may realize, particularly for employees plagued with self-doubt or anxiety. In isolved's second-annual "Voice of the Workforce" survey, 50 percent of respondents admitted to getting the "Sunday Scaries" before returning to work after time off while another 40 percent indicated they struggle with "Imposter Syndrome".
isolved's survey of over 1,000 employees in the United States found several ways to help employees with balancing career and confidence. Fifty-two percent of the full-time employees surveyed, for example, said the top way their employer can help reduce symptoms of Imposter Syndrome is by meeting with their supervisors regularly while 38 percent said their employers can improve their wellbeing with resources to minimize burnout.
"Unchecked, Imposter Syndrome and work-induced anxiety can lead to greater employee disengagement, productivity and profit loss and turnover," said Amy Mosher, Chief People Officer at isolved. "Inner conflict – does my employer care about me, am I making the right career decisions, can I balance life and work– is a top reason for workforce-changing trends like quiet quitting. Employees need support through continuous listening, for example via pulse surveys, constant learning opportunities and meaningful connections with their managers including regular check-ins, to be committed and confident. With our own nearly 2,000 employees, isolved wholly supports surveys as well as 'engagement check-ins' to simply listen, while our constant learning programs uncover the best education paths for individuals and bring out the best in leaders."
The survey further uncovered that learning opportunities is what keeps employees most engaged, followed by team meetings. Unfortunately for many companies, there's a learning gap which could impact employee retention and ultimately revenue. Over a third (36 percent) of respondents feel not having a learning management system, for example, for self-paced learning and career development is holding them back.
These survey results are released as hundreds of isolved customers and partners join the company at isolved Connect where the learning content has been doubled since last year. Keynote speakers Luvvie Ajayi Jones (New York Times Bestselling author) and Jonathan Roberts (Senior Analyst at Forrester) are both set to speak to the importance of community and change.
At Connect, isolved will reveal a brand-new immersive continual learning experience in People Heroes University – an individual and collaborative learning journey for in-demand and resume-worthy skills, credentials, isolved certifications and career learning paths.
"Transformations of ourselves, our businesses, our employees and our leadership comes from education, enablement and empowerment," said Kelli Rico, VP of Product Management and Training at isolved. "The new isolved People Heroes University is built to help ensure HR leaders have timely training to handle today's challenges by providing leadership training, career pathways and certification options. isolved People Heroes University will soon be merged with isolved People Heroes Community to complement courses and certifications in a social, seamless way while creating lifelong learning and networking opportunities for the People Heroes we support."
Access the People Heroes University experience, here. To download isolved's second-annual Voice of the Workforce report, click here.
About isolved
isolved is an employee experience leader, providing intuitive, people-first HCM technology. Our solutions are delivered directly or through our HRO partner network to more than five million employees and 145,000 employers across all 50 States — who use them every day to boost performance, increase productivity, and accelerate results while reducing risk. Our HCM platform, isolved People Cloud, intelligently connects and manages the employee journey across talent acquisition, HR, payroll & benefits, workforce management and talent management functions. No matter the industry, we help high-growth organizations employ, enable and empower their workforce by transforming employee experience for a better today and a better tomorrow.
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- Ocean Academy brings the importance of protecting the ocean and tackling plastic waste to young people.
- New programme partners including Sea Trust Wales aiming to help reach more children outside of the classroom.
LONDON, April 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SC Johnson, maker of household consumer brands such as Mr Muscle®, Glade® and Duck®, is broadening its partnership with UK charity Ocean Generation to increase engagement among young people across the UK and provide education about the ocean and environmental sustainability.
The partnership is working to identify ways to engage with more children, both in and out of the classroom through Ocean Academy, an open-source digital learning hub for teachers, educators and parents. With resources and funding from SC Johnson, Ocean Generation will launch residencies with new partners such as museums, aquariums and other non-formal education settings to engage with children beyond the classroom and increase opportunities for access to informal environmental education.
SC Johnson first partnered with Ocean Generation in 2022 as both organisations share a passion for addressing the ocean plastic crisis. In the partnership's first year, Ocean Academy reached 20,000 students and introduced more than 250 newly registered educators to deliver resources. SC Johnson has also helped bring Ocean Academy to 400 children in Merseyside, as part of its community engagement and sustainability work with Liverpool Football Club. The collaboration will continue this year through teacher training workshops with the club.
Sea Trust Wales, the marine conservation charity is the first to partner with and provide materials for the Ocean Academy programme. Based in Pembrokeshire, Sea Trust's mission is to raise awareness surrounding local marine wildlife and deepen the community's relationship with the ocean. The charity's catch-and-release aquarium along with its natural educational space are used to engage and educate visitors about marine life.
"We are thrilled to be expanding our partnership with SC Johnson to take Ocean Academy further outside of the classroom. We share a passion for educating on the ocean plastics crisis, and we are looking forward to what 2023 holds with partners like Sea Trust coming onboard," said Richard Hill, CEO Ocean Generation.
Alongside the push for extracurricular resources, Ocean Generation will continue to deliver in person lessons and digital outreach for schools and educators to bring the ocean to the classroom. Access will continue to be provided to all online resources.
More information on Ocean Academy can be found at bit.ly/myoceanacademy. Information on SC Johnson's sustainability efforts can be found at www.scjohnson.com/en/a-more-sustainable-world.
About Ocean Generation
Ocean Generation is an inclusive global movement that exists to restore a healthy relationship between humanity and the Ocean.
Established in 2009 by film producer Jo Ruxton, Ocean Generation have galvanised a growing wave of change by exposing the threat of plastic pollution to our health and the health of our Ocean. Their award-winning documentary 'A Plastic Ocean', was named by Sir David Attenborough as "one of the most important films of our time" and ignited mass public awareness about the impact of plastic on our Ocean. Today they address the full range of human actions threatening the Ocean with a particular focus on engaging young people.
No ordinary NGO, Ocean Generation combines the disruptive energy of a youth collective with a decade of on-the-ground experience in promoting Ocean action through science, storytelling, and film. Visit www.oceangeneration.org
About SC Johnson
Founded in 1886 and headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin USA, SC Johnson believes that a more sustainable, healthier and transparent world that inspires people and creates opportunities isn't just possible – it's our responsibility.
A heritage of innovation and bold, transparent decisions is why our high-quality products and iconic brands – including OFF!® Raid®, Glade®, Windex®, Scrubbing Bubbles®, Ziploc®, Mrs. Meyers Clean Day®, method®, Autan®, Baygon®, Mr Muscle®, Duck®, Lysoform® and more – are in homes, schools and businesses in virtually every country worldwide.
As a global, purpose-led company, we are committed to making the world a better place today and for future generations. That means relentlessly bringing our expertise in science, innovation and partnerships to bear on some of the world's most pressing environmental and health issues like reducing plastic waste and eradicating malaria. Around the world, we use our resources to unlock greater economic and educational opportunities for people and communities where access may be limited, but curiosity and potential are limitless.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Interested in the business and networking side of cannabis? NJ Cannabis Insider is hosting a cannabis business networking event on July 20 . Tickets are limited.
The state’s largest cannabis union, UFCW Local 360, announced an application process for its apprenticeship program that’s meant to provide hands-on training for those who want to start a career in New Jersey legal weed industry as a retail employee.
Individuals can apply for the program from Friday, June 23 to July 7. The program is slated to start in the mid-August to September time period.
Much of the cannabis industry’s laws have revolved around the state licensing process, but those stores will still require retail workers and adherence to state law that requires those employers to collectively bargain in good faith with union organizations.
“Today’s cannabis workers are skilled, intelligent and ready for a long-term career,” said UFCW Local 360 Director of Organizing Hugh Giordano. “The UFCW Apprenticeship program will create new pathways for working class people, in allowing education and a paycheck, while working with an employer who believes in economic and social justice.”
The 12-week program will cover multiple aspects of functioning in a retail environment, said UFCW Local 360 Cannabis Apprentice Coordinator Freddy Herrera.
“A retail cannabis apprenticeship program is crucial in providing individuals with the necessary skills and experience to succeed in this rapidly growing industry,”he said. “It not only benefits the apprentices but also helps ensure a highly skilled and trained workforce for the future of the cannabis retail sector.”
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and candidates will be notified of acceptance after completing a skills assessment exam involving reading comprehension and arithmetic.
“The NJ Cannabis Apprentice Program is a unique partnership between UFCW Local 360, the NJ Department of Labor, the cannabis industry and higher education leaders,” said Joe Cardona, vice president for University Relations, Rowan University. “Workers will get the training needed to make NJ’s cannabis industry become a model for growth and training.”
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NEW YORK, June 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces an investigation of potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of BeiGene, Ltd. (NASDAQ: BGNE) resulting from allegations that BeiGene may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public.
SO WHAT: If you purchased BeiGene securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. The Rosen Law Firm is preparing a class action seeking recovery of investor losses.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the prospective class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=17184 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
WHAT IS THIS ABOUT: On June 15, 2023, before the market opened, Morningstar released an article entitled "BeiGene shares drop after AbbVie unit files patent infringement lawsuit over cancer drug." The article stated, in pertinent part, "AbbVie's (ABBV) Pharmacyclics unit filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against the biotech company. BeiGene's manufacture and sale of Brukinsa for treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma infringe on Pharmacyclics' patent for Imbruvica, which treats the same conditions, Pharmacyclics alleged in the complaint filed Tuesday in federal court in Delaware. Brukinsa in January received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma."
On this news, the price of BeiGene American Depositary Shares ("ADS" or "ADSs") declined by $7.08, or 3.4%, to close at $201.04. The next day, BeiGene ADS' declined by as much as $5.3, or 2.65%, in intraday trading.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources, or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually litigate securities class actions. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
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Danelle and Chris Brennan went to Florida recently to celebrate their 26th wedding anniversary. They spent some time at Cocoa Beach and Daytona Beach. They also visited Kennedy Space Center and watched a rocket launch. Then they spent some time at an alligator farm (Jungle Adventures), climbed to the top of a lighthouse (Ponce Inlet Light Station), and walked around historic St. Augustine and the fort, Castillio de San Marcos National Monument. On the way back they stopped at Laurel.
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Does your employer still not offer a retirement plan? They may be running out of time
Every employer with five or more workers in California is required either to sponsor a retirement plan or to sign their workers up for CalSavers, the system of Individual Retirement Accounts set up by the state. And hundreds of employers that haven’t complied will soon get one last chance to avoid being penalized by the state’s tax collectors.
The state has been imposing penalties against noncompliant employers in waves, starting early this year with those that have 101 or more workers in the state. Katie Selenski, executive director of CalSavers, said the next wave will focus on noncompliant employers with 51 to 100 workers in California, which were supposed to have launched retirement savings plans or signed up for CalSavers by June 30, 2021.
As of the end of October, there were about 1,770 businesses and nonprofits in that group, including about 450 in Los Angeles County, Selenski said. They face a penalty of $250 per eligible employee, and if they don’t come into compliance within 90 days, they’ll have to pay an additional $500 per employee.
By the middle of November, these employers will receive their third and final notice of a potential penalty from CalSavers, Selenski said. They’ll then have 30 days before CalSavers turns them over to the Franchise Tax Board to impose the penalty. Employers that have not yet complied can register or seek an exemption on the CalSavers website.
The state enacted the CalSavers Trust Retirement Savings Act in 2016 to try to reduce the alarming number of Californians with far too little money saved for retirement. The problem is particularly acute among workers whose employers do not offer a pension, 401(k) or other retirement savings plan.
Lower-wage workers at smaller businesses and non-profits are most often left without retirement benefits, but the same issue can confront workers at all levels of pay and education, a 2015 study found. The study estimated that 7.5 million Californians, or more than half of the workers in the state between the ages of 18 and 64, worked for an employer that did not provide retirement benefits.
Small employers that do not offer a qualified retirement plan — which most do not — have to sign up for the state’s CalSavers IRA plan by June 30.
Workers whose employers do not offer a retirement plan can set up their own IRAs through a bank or financial services company (e.g., Vanguard or Fidelity), or they can sign up for CalSavers directly at the program’s website. To be eligible for CalSavers, employees have to be at least 18 years old, work in California and have a Social Security or taxpayer identification number.
If your employer registers with CalSavers, it will enroll you automatically in a CalSavers IRA unless you opt out. It will then deduct your IRA contributions from your paycheck and deposit the money into your retirement savings account.
By default, the contributions start at 5% of your gross pay and rise annually until they reach 8%, although you can choose to contribute less or more, up to the federal limit on IRA contributions. CalSavers offers five types of IRAs with different investment strategies, with the default being a “target date” fund that shifts your holdings into less risky investments as you near retirement age.
California law requires all but the smallest employers to offer workers some kind of retirement savings plan. Here are the requirements and options.
The CalSavers IRAs are Roth IRAs, which means that you pay taxes on the contributions initially, but not on any dividends or capital gains they earn. Roth IRAs also allow you to take out money that you contributed, but if you withdraw money the account earned before the account is 5 years old and you’ve turned 59½, you may have to pay taxes on it and a 10% penalty.
State law phased in the deadlines for employers to launch qualified retirement savings plans or sign up for CalSavers, starting with employers with at least 101 workers in California, then employers with 51 to 100 workers in the state, and finally those with five to 50 California employees. A qualified retirement plan could be a pension, a 401(k) or certain IRA-based plans.
In August, the state extended the mandate to employers with as few as one worker in California, excluding self-employed people and sole proprietors. These businesses have until the end of 2025 to comply.
The vast majority of employers with five or more California employees have at least responded to the mandate — more than 97% of those with 101 or more eligible workers, more than 92% of those with 51 to 100 workers, and 87% of those with five to 50 workers, Selenski said.
That third group of employers has responded far faster to the mandate than the previous groups, she said, in part because CalSavers and the companies offering competing retirement savings plans to employers have stepped up their outreach and marketing efforts. In recent years there has been a surge in web-based financial services catering to small businesses, and they’ve made 401(k)s and other retirement plans far less daunting for small employers.
The percentage of employers that have actually started collecting workers’ IRA contributions is a bit lower: 94% for the biggest employers, 80% for the next largest and about 57% for the smallest. The compliance rate for the middle group will probably jump above 90% when the Franchise Tax Board’s penalty notices go out, Selenski said.
More than 7 million Californians have had no access to a workplace retirement program. Can the CalSavers program help?
Despite the high response rate, awareness of CalSavers remains an issue, according to a survey cited by Guideline, a company that helps small businesses establish 401(k) plans. Almost three-quarters of the small-business owners surveyed in the state hadn’t heard of the program or the mandate to offer a retirement savings plan, the company said.
Nearly 30,000 employers with five to 50 workers in California haven’t done anything yet to comply. “We’re sending polite follow-ups this fall, and will commence our series of three required due-process penalty notices in January, followed by the FTB notices later in the spring,” she said.
In the two groups of larger employers, about a third of the noncompliant ones haven’t even registered with CalSavers, Selenski said. Another third haven’t sent in their roster of employees, and the remainder haven’t started deducting their workers’ IRA contributions from their pay.
The potential tax penalties led to a jump in sign-ups this year among employers with five to 50 workers, and will probably do so again next year when the notices of noncompliance go out, said Jeff Rosenberger, Guideline‘s chief operating officer. His company urges employers to consider 401(k) plans because they can build wealth faster than a CalSavers IRA — they allow employers to contribute to their workers’ retirement accounts and let employees set aside significantly more per year.
CalSavers isn’t releasing the names of noncompliant employers, Selenski said, because that information is protected by state confidentiality laws.
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Over 3 tons of cocaine seized from semi-submersible in Pacific Ocean
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(CNN) - The secretary of the Navy of Mexico says they intercepted a semi-submersible carrying over 3.5 tons of presumed cocaine in the Pacific Ocean.
The Mexican Navy intercepted the semi-submersible on June 27, the institution announced on Thursday. Five individuals of different nationalities were detained.
Authorities explained in a statement that the vessel is 85 feet with two internal engines, an average speed of eight knots and an autonomy of 20 days.
According to authorities, the seizure is the most significant bust in 2023 in Mexico during the current administration.
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MUSKOGEE, Okla. — Police in Muskogee, Oklahoma, confirmed Tuesday they are investigating the shooting deaths of three relatives of seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson.
The bodies of Jack Janway, 69; his wife Terry Janway, 68; and their grandson Dalton Janway, 11, were discovered Monday at a home in Muskogee, located about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of Tulsa, Muskogee police spokesperson Lynn Hamlin said. Hamlin said investigators believe Terry Janway shot and killed her husband and grandson before shooting herself.
Police responded to the home after a woman called 911 to report a disturbance with a gun before hanging up, Hamlin said.
When police arrived on the scene, they found one person near the front door of the home and then heard a gunshot from further inside, where officers later found two other people dead, Hamlin said. Hamlin confirmed the three are the parents and nephew of Johnson's wife, Chandra Janway.
Johnson's race team, Legacy Motor Club, announced on Twitter it was withdrawing his No. 84 Carvana Chevrolet from this weekend's NASCAR Cup Series event in Chicago. The team added: "The Johnson family has asked for privacy at this time and no further statements will be made."
"We are saddened by the tragic deaths of members of Chandra Johnson's family," NASCAR said in a statement. "The entire NASCAR family extends its deepest support and condolences during this difficult time to Chandra, Jimmie and the entire Johnson & Janway families."
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BANGKOK (AP) — A custom wristwatch from Cambodian leader Hun Sen at the ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh, a foot-long dagger at the G-20 meetings in Bali, and cricket ice cream and Thai noodles with worm sauce at the APEC talks in Bangkok.
World leaders have a surfeit of swag and surprises awaiting them as they attend back-to-back-to-back summits in Asia starting this week.
Hun Sen raised eyebrows a few weeks ago when he announced that he would be having special-edition watches made for U.S. President Joe Biden and other leaders attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit, which runs through the weekend. Many speculated the former mid-level Khmer Rouge commander would feature his own mug on the timepiece in the narcissistic vein of autocratic leaders in the past, like Iraq's Saddam Hussein or Libya's Muammar Gaddafi.
But the final product, which Hun Sen said was designed and made in Cambodia, is a sleek silver timepiece with coppery-gold hands and a leather strap, with “ASEAN Cambodia 2022” imprinted on its face.
Hun Sen did not say what the gift was worth as he unveiled it this week on his Facebook page, but did say he'd be wearing it himself at all three summits — foregoing one of the rare, designer wristwatches in his collection whose $1 million-plus price tags have been a source of grumbling in impoverished Cambodia.
In addition to Biden, many other world leaders who will be receiving the Cambodian watch, including Australia’s Anthony Albanese, Canada’s Justin Trudeau and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, will travel from Phnom Penh next to the Indonesian island of Bali where there are some traditional trinkets in store for them at the Group of 20 summit.
G-20 organizers this year say the leaders, also expected to include China's Xi Jinping, will be asked to wear colorful shirts made of the traditional Balinese woven fabric endek, similar to those that Indonesia gave out at the 2013 APEC meetings they hosted in which the country revived the on-again, off-again summit tradition of a group photo in what some have dubbed “silly shirts.”
The tradition was started in 1993 by then-President Bill Clinton, who gave out leather bomber jackets as a memento to leaders in attendance as a way to lighten the mood of the serious economic talks.
In Indonesia, all 120 member and non-member states' representatives attending will also be given shawls made from another Balinese fabric known as gringsing, typically red, off-white and black woven in a geometric pattern.
Leaders will also receive a traditional kris dagger, a distinctive asymmetrical knife usually between 11 and 14 inches long with a wavy blade.
According to organizers, each dagger takes between one and six months to make, and while used as combat weapons in the past they are today typically worn at special ceremonies.
There were no “silly shirts” last year at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings, held virtually due to the pandemic, with host New Zealand instead providing merino wool scarves for the men and capes for the women.
It looks like Thailand doesn't plan on reviving the shirts this year at the upcoming APEC summit in Bangkok. Instead, organizers say they will be giving leaders silk neckties and shawls, as well as handkerchiefs and face masks.
There is culinary excitement, however, as the country, renowned for its cuisine, brings in Thai food startups selected from a competition to highlight sustainability under a concept dubbed “plate to planet.”
Biden isn't expected to be on hand for the APEC meetings, but Vice President Kamala Harris, Xi and others will be given the opportunity to try out dishes like carb-free ramen noodles made from egg white protein, milk-free ice cream with kale and passion fruit, low-sodium Thai noodles with a sauce made from sandworms, and ice cream made from the protein from crickets, government spokesman Anucha Buraphachaisri said.
Celebrity chef Chumpol Chaengprai is preparing the gala dinner to cap the event, under the concept of “sustainable Thai gastronomy.” Its menu has not yet been announced.
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Chalida Ekvitthayavechnukul in Bangkok, Niniek Karmini in Jakarta and Sopheng Cheang in Phnom Penh contributed to this story.
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KYIV – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday is set to host a group of African leaders who have traveled to Russia on a self-styled “peace mission” the day after they went to Ukraine.
Seven African leaders — presidents of Comoros, Senegal, South Africa and Zambia, as well as Egypt’s prime minister and top envoys from the Republic of Congo and Uganda — visited Ukraine on Friday to try to help end the nearly 16-month-old war.
The African leaders then traveled to St. Petersburg Saturday to meet with Putin who is attending a business forum in Russia's second-largest city.
Speaking at the forum on Friday, Putin declared that the first Russian tactical nuclear weapons have been deployed to Belarus, describing the move as a deterrent against Western efforts to defeat Russia in Ukraine. He previously said that the deployment would begin in July.
Asked if he could order the use of battlefield nuclear weapons in Ukraine, Putin said that there was no need for that but noted that Moscow could use its nuclear arsenals in case of a “threat to the Russian statehood.”
“In that case, we will certainly use all the means that the Russian state has. There should be no doubt about that," he said.
The mission to Ukraine, the first of its kind by African leaders, comes in the wake of other peace initiatives — such as one by China — and carries particular importance for Africa, which relies on food and fertilizer deliveries from Russia and Ukraine. The war has impeded exports from one of the world’s most important breadbaskets.
“This conflict is affecting Africa negatively,” South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said at a news conference alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and four other African leaders after their closed-door talks on Friday.
Ramaphosa and others acknowledged the intensity of the hostilities but insisted all wars must come to an end and emphasized their willingness to help expedite that.
“I do believe that Ukrainians feel that they must fight and not give up. The road to peace is very hard,” he said, adding that “there is a need to bring this conflict to an end sooner rather than later.”
The delegation, including Senegal’s President Macky Sall and Presidents Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia, represent a cross-section of African views on the war.
South Africa, Senegal and Uganda have avoided censuring Moscow over the conflict, while Egypt, Zambia and Comoros voted against Russia last year in a U.N. General Assembly resolution condemning Moscow’s invasion.
Many African nations have long had close ties with Moscow, dating back to the Cold War when the Soviet Union supported their anti-colonial struggles.
Speaking during Friday's news conference, Comoros President Azali Assoumani floated the idea of a “road map” to peace, prompting questions from Zelenskyy who sought a clarification and insisted he didn’t want “any surprises” from their visit with Putin.
Chances for peace talks look dim as Ukraine and Russia take sharply different stands. Ukraine demands that Russia withdraws its troops from all its occupied territories as a condition for peace talks. The Kremlin, in turn, wants Ukraine to recognize Crimea, which Moscow illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014, as part of Russia and acknowledge other land gains it has made.
China presented its own peace proposal at the end of February. Ukraine and its allies largely dismissed the plan, as the warring sides look no closer to a cease-fire.
The African peace mission comes as Ukraine launches a counteroffensive to dislodge the Kremlin’s forces from occupied areas, using Western-supplied advanced weapons in attacks in several sections of more than the 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line.
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OUACHITA PARISH, La. (KTVE/KARD) — Today, the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office honored fallen Sheriff’s Deputy Justin L. Beard. On April 30, 2017, Deputy Beard lost his life in the line of duty.
Beard suffered a fatal injury in a traffic accident while responding to a burglar alarm during a severe thunderstorm. Deputy Beard was respected by his peers during his three-and-a-half years at the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office. Friends dedicated a portion of Highway 557 in West Monroe in his honor to commemorate his service to his community. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/ouachita-parish/ouachita-parish-sheriffs-office-remembers-fallen-deputy-justin-l-beard/ | 2023-04-30 20:35:11 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/ouachita-parish/ouachita-parish-sheriffs-office-remembers-fallen-deputy-justin-l-beard/ |
Legendary singer Madonna was criticized on social media for her new look after an appearance at the Grammys. Novelist Jennifer Weiner defends the artist's "new face" as a beautiful provocation.
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Mike Pence says Trump 'endangered my family' on Jan. 6
WASHINGTON - Former Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday harshly criticized former President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, widening the rift between the two men as they prepare to battle over the Republican nomination in next year's election.
"President Trump was wrong," Pence said during remarks at the annual white-tie Gridiron Dinner attended by politicians and journalists. "I had no right to overturn the election. And his reckless words endangered my family and everyone at the Capitol that day, and I know history will hold Donald Trump accountable."
Pence's remarks were the sharpest condemnation yet from the once-loyal lieutenant who has often shied away from confronting his former boss. Trump has already declared his candidacy. Pence has not, but he's been laying the groundwork to run.
READ MORE: DOJ: Trump can be sued by those injured during Jan. 6 Capitol riot
In the days leading up to Jan. 6, 2021, Trump pressured Pence to overturn President Joe Biden's election victory as he presided over the ceremonial certification of the results. Pence refused, and when rioters stormed the Capitol, some chanted that they wanted to "hang Mike Pence."
Former Vice President Mike Pence gives remarks at the Calvin Coolidge Foundation’s conference at the Library of Congress on February 16, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The House committee that investigated the attack said in its final report that "the President of the United States had riled up a mob that hunted his own Vice President."
With his remarks, Pence solidified his place in a broader debate within the Republican Party over how to view the attack. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, for example, recently provided Tucker Carlson with an archive of security camera footage from Jan. 6, which the Fox News host has used to downplay the day's events and promote conspiracy theories.
READ MORE: New York prosecutors signal Trump may face criminal charges
"Make no mistake about it, what happened that day was a disgrace," Pence said in his Gridiron Dinner remarks. "And it mocks decency to portray it any other way."
Trump, meanwhile, has continued to spread lies about his election loss. He's even spoken in support of the rioters and said he would consider pardoning them if he was reelected.
Speeches at the Gridiron Dinner are usually humorous affairs, where politicians poke fun at each other, and Pence did plenty of that as well.
He joked that Trump's ego was so fragile, he wanted his vice president to sing "Wind Beneath My Wings" — one of the lines is "did you ever know that you’re my hero?" — during their weekly lunches.
READ MORE: Mike Pence subpoenaed by special counsel investigating Trump, AP source says
He took another shot at Trump over classified documents.
"I read that some of those classified documents they found at Mar-a-Lago were actually stuck in the president's Bible," Pence said. "Which proves he had absolutely no idea they were there."
Even before the dinner was over, Pence was facing criticism for his jokes about Transportation Secretary Buttigieg, the first openly gay Cabinet member in U.S. history.
Pence mentioned that, despite travel problems that were plaguing Americans, Buttigieg took "maternity leave" after he and his husband adopted newborn twins.
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Pair of wildfires prompt evacuation orders in San Mateo County as heat wave bakes Bay Area
A pair of wildfires broke out Tuesday afternoon in Sam Mateo County, prompting evacuations, officials said.
The blazes were reported just before 2:30 p.m., both near Redwood City.
One fire was contained by 4 p.m. The other was still burning, the San Mateo-Santa Cruz unit of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said on Twitter, and has been named the Edgewood fire.
Evacuation orders for the area were issued around 2:45 p.m. and remained in place as of 4 p.m.
Video and photos posted on social media by Cal Fire showed helicopters hovering over the area, with brown smoke rising. Users posted videos of aircraft dropping flame retardant.
The fires came as a heat wave made its way through the Bay Area on Tuesday, the first day of summer, with San Francisco recording temperatures in the 90s.
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Two found shot to death in Lawrence cemetery
LAWRENCE, Kan. (WIBW) - Two people were found shot to death in a Lawrence cemetery on Wednesday morning.
The Lawrence Police Department says that it can confirm that two people were pronounced dead on Wednesday morning, Nov. 16, after they were found with gunshot wounds in a local cemetery.
Around 8:45 a.m. on Wednesday, LPD indicated that officials were called to Oak Hill Cemetery at 1605 Oak Hill Ave. with reports of a disturbance with weapons.
When officials, arrived, they found a man and a woman who had both suffered from gunshot wounds. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
LPD noted that there is no risk to the public as its CSI Team works to collect evidence from the scene.
LPD also indicated that officials are attempting to notify family members and will provide relevant updates when possible.
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NORTHBROOK, Ill., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stepan Company (NYSE: SCL) today reported:
Second Quarter Highlights
- Reported net income was a record $52.1 million, or $2.26 per diluted share, versus $43.3 million, or $1.85 per diluted share, in the prior year. Adjusted net income* was a record $53.0 million, or $2.30 per diluted share, versus $42.2 million, or $1.81 per diluted share, in the prior year. Total Company sales volume declined 1% versus the prior year.
- Surfactant operating income was $48.2 million versus $45.9 million in the prior year. This increase was primarily driven by improved product and customer mix that was partially offset by a 3% decline in global sales volume. The lower sales volume was driven by global commodity laundry products due to raw material and logistics constraints in North American and lower demand in Latin America. Higher demand in the Functional Products, Personal Care and Institutional Cleaning end markets partially offset the above.
- Polymer operating income was a record $33.9 million versus $23.0 million in the prior year. This increase was primarily attributable to margin recovery, improved mix and a 2% increase in global sales volume. Global Rigid Polyol volume was up 5% versus the prior year driven by North American volume growth of 8%, partially offset by lower demand within the Phthalic Anhydride and Specialty Polyols businesses.
- Specialty Product operating income was a record $9.9 million versus $7.0 million in the prior year. This increase was primarily attributable to improved margins and customer mix within the medium chain triglycerides (MCTs) product line, partially offset by order timing differences within the food and flavor business.
- The effect of foreign currency translation negatively impacted net income by $1.9 million, or $0.08 per diluted share, versus the prior year.
First Half Highlights
- Reported net income was a record $96.9 million, or $4.19 per diluted share, versus $83.9 million, or $3.59 per diluted share, in the prior year. Adjusted net income* was a record $93.7 million, or $4.05 per diluted share, versus $84.6 million, or $3.62 per diluted share, in the prior year. Total Company sales volume was down 1% compared to the first six months of 2021. A 2% decrease in global Surfactant sales volume was partially offset by a 2% increase in global Polymer sales volume.
"The Company had a strong first half performance and delivered record results despite ongoing supply chain challenges. Reported net income was up 16% versus the first half of 2021 while adjusted net income was up 11%," said Scott Behrens, President and Chief Executive Officer. "For the quarter, Surfactant operating income was up 5% largely due to improved product and customer mix. This improvement was driven by growth in our Functional Products business as a result of elevated crop and energy prices and continued growth in the construction industry, which offset a 3% decline in sales volume. Our Polymer operating income was up 47% due to margin recovery, improved mix and 2% sales volume growth. Our Specialty Product results improved primarily due to to margin improvement and favorable customer mix."
Summary of Second Quarter Adjusted Net Income Items
Adjusted net income excludes non-operational deferred compensation income/expense, cash-settled SARs income/expense, certain environmental remediation costs and other significant and infrequent or non-recurring items.
- Deferred Compensation: The current year second quarter reported net income includes $0.5 million of after-tax expense versus $1.1 million of after-tax income in the prior year.
- Cash-Settled SARs: These management incentive instruments provide cash to participants equal to the appreciation on the price of specified shares of Company stock over a specified period of time. Because income or expense is recognized merely on the movement in the price of Company stock it has been excluded, similar to deferred compensation, to arrive at adjusted net income. The current year second quarter includes $0.1 million of after-tax expense versus $0.1 million of after-tax income in the prior year.
- Business Restructuring: Both the current and prior year second quarters include $0.1 million of after-tax decommissioning expense related to the Company's Canadian plant closure.
- Environmental Remediation – The second quarter 2022 adjusted net income excludes $0.2 million of after-tax expense versus no environmental remediation expense excluded from adjusted net income in the prior year.
Percentage Change in Net Sales
Net sales in the second quarter of 2022 increased 26% year-over-year primarily due to higher selling prices that were mainly attributable to the pass-through of higher raw material and logistics costs and improved product and customer mix. These higher average selling prices were partially offset by a 1% decrease in global sales volume and the unfavorable impact of foreign currency translation.
Total segment operating income for the second quarter of 2022 increased $16.1 million, or 21%, versus the prior year quarter. Total segment operating income in the first half of 2022 was up $13.9 million, or 9%, versus the prior year.
- Surfactant net sales were $485.1 million for the quarter, a 26% increase versus the prior year. Selling prices were up 32% primarily due to the pass-through of higher raw material and logistics costs as well as improved product and customer mix. The unfavorable impact of foreign currency translation negatively impacted net sales by 3%. Sales volume decreased 3% year-over-year primarily due to a decline in commodity laundry products sold within the Consumer Products business, mostly attributable to raw material and logistics constraints in North America and lower demand in Latin America. Higher global demand for products sold into the Functional Products, Personal Care and Institutional Cleaning end markets largely offset the above. Surfactant operating income for the quarter increased $2.4 million, or 5%, versus the prior year primarily due to improved product and customer mix that was partially offset by supply chain challenges and a 3% decline in sales volume.
- Polymer net sales were $238.9 million for the quarter, a 25% increase versus the prior year. Selling prices increased 30% primarily due to the pass through of higher raw material and logistics costs. Sales volume increased 2% in the quarter primarily due to Rigid Polyol growth of 5% that was partially offset by lower demand within the Phthalic Anhydride and Specialty Polyols businesses. The translation impact of a stronger U.S. dollar negatively impacted net sales by 7%. Polymer operating income increased $10.9 million, or 47%, primarily due to margin recovery and the 2% sales volume growth.
- Specialty Product net sales were $27.7 million for the quarter, a 32% increase versus the prior year. Sales volume was down 7% between years while operating income improved $2.9 million, or 41%. The operating income improvement was primarily attributable to improved margins within the MCTs product line and more favorable customer mix, partially offset by order timing differences within the food and flavor business.
- Corporate expenses, excluding deferred compensation and business restructuring costs, decreased $0.5 million, or 3%, versus the prior year quarter. This decrease was primarily due to lower acquisition-related expenses that were partially offset by higher incentive-based compensation expenses.
The Company's effective tax rate was 24.8% in the first half of 2022 versus 24.4% in the first half of 2021. This year-over-year increase was primarily attributable to a less favorable geographical mix of income and less favorable tax benefits derived from stock-based compensation awards in the first half of 2022 versus the first half of 2021.
The Company paid $7.5 million of dividends to shareholders and repurchased $7.0 million of Company stock in the second quarter of 2022. During the first six months of 2022 the Company paid $15.0 million of dividends and repurchased $17.0 million of Company stock. The Company has $133.0 million remaining under the share repurchase program authorized by its Board of Directors. The Company has increased its dividend on the Company's common stock for 54 consecutive years.
The Company's total debt decreased by $11.1 million and cash decreased by $41.4 million versus March 31, 2022. The decrease in debt primarily reflects scheduled debt repayments in June 2022. The decrease in cash primarily reflects the scheduled debt repayments plus higher working capital requirements and capital expenditures. The Company's net debt level increased $30.3 million versus March 31, 2022 and the net debt ratio increased from 21% to 23% in the quarter (Net Debt and Net Debt Ratio are non-GAAP measures).
The major working capital components were:
Capital spending was $69.2 million during the quarter and $129.5 million during the first half of 2022. This compares to $37.3 million and $74.9 million, respectively, in the prior year. The year-over-year increase is primarily due to increased expenditures in the U.S. for the advancement of the Company's new alkoxylation facility in Pasadena, TX, which is expected provide flexible capacity of 75,000 metric tons per year, and new capability and capacity to produce ether sulfates that will meet upcoming regulatory limits on 1,4 dioxane. For the full year, capital expenditures are expected to be in the range of $350 million to $375 million.
"The Company delivered record earnings for the second quarter and the first half of 2022," said Scott Behrens, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Looking forward, we believe demand across our business should remain healthy but the Company will continue to be challenged by inflation, raw material and logistics constraints. From a segment perspective, we believe that Surfactant volumes within the Functional Products end markets will show full year growth over 2021 supported by continued elevated crop and energy prices. We believe Polymers will deliver growth versus the prior year as energy conservation efforts and more stringent building codes should have a continued positive impact on demand for our Rigid polyols. Specialty Product results should show year over year improvement as well. We remain cautiously optimistic about the remainder of the year despite the current inflationary environment and ongoing supply chain challenges."
Stepan Company will host a conference call to discuss the second quarter results at 10:00 a.m. ET (9:00 a.m. CT) on July 27, 2022. The call can be accessed by phone and webcast. Telephone access will be available by dialing 800-954-0624, and the webcast can be accessed through the Investors/Conference Calls page at www.stepan.com. A webcast replay of the conference call will be available at the same location shortly after the call.
Slides supporting this press release will be made available at www.stepan.com through the Investors/Presentations page at approximately the same time as this press release is issued.
Stepan Company is a major manufacturer of specialty and intermediate chemicals used in a broad range of industries. Stepan is a leading merchant producer of surfactants, which are the key ingredients in consumer and industrial cleaning and disinfection compounds and in agricultural and oilfield solutions. The Company is also a leading supplier of polyurethane polyols used in the expanding thermal insulation market, and CASE (Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants, and Elastomers) industries.
Headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois, Stepan utilizes a network of modern production facilities located in North and South America, Europe and Asia.
The Company's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol SCL. For more information about Stepan Company please visit the Company online at www.stepan.com
More information about Stepan's sustainability program can be found on the Sustainability page at www.stepan.com
Contact: Luis E. Rojo 847-446-7500
Certain information in this news release consists of forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements include statements about Stepan Company's plans, objectives, strategies, financial performance and outlook, trends, the amount and timing of future cash distributions, prospects or future events and involve known and unknown risks that are difficult to predict. As a result, Stepan Company's actual financial results, performance, achievements or prospects may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the use of words such as "may," "could," "expect," "intend," "plan," "seek," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "guidance," "predict," "potential," "continue," "likely," "will," "would," "should," "illustrative" and variations of these terms and similar expressions, or the negative of these terms or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by Stepan Company and its management based on their knowledge and understanding of the business and industry, are inherently uncertain. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, and stockholders should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
There are a number of risks, uncertainties and other important factors, many of which are beyond Stepan Company's control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained in this news release. Such risks, uncertainties and other important factors include, among other factors, the risks, uncertainties and factors described in Stepan Company's Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and Form 8-K reports and exhibits to those reports, and include (but are not limited to) risks and uncertainties related to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; accidents, unplanned production shutdowns or disruptions in manufacturing facilities; reduced demand due to customer product reformulations or new technologies; our inability to successfully develop or introduce new products; compliance with laws; our ability to identify suitable acquisition candidates and successfully complete and integrate acquisitions; global competition; volatility of raw material and energy costs and supply; disruptions in transportation or significant changes in transportation costs; downturns in certain industries and general economic downturns; international business risks, including currency exchange rate fluctuations, legal restrictions and taxes; unfavorable resolution of litigation against us; maintaining and protecting intellectual property rights; our ability to access capital markets; global political, military, security or other instability; costs related to expansion or other capital projects; interruption or breaches of information technology systems; our ability to retain executive management and key personnel; and our debt covenants.
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ILION, N.Y. - Jaylon O'Neal, senior guard from the Central Valley Academy boys basketball team, has been on the varsity team since ninth grade and is saving his best for last.
Jaylon O'Neal, senior guard for the CVA boys basketball team became the first player in Thunder boys basketball history to reach the 1,000 career points mark earlier this season.
Now the school's all-time leading scorer, O'Neal also set the program's single-game scoring record last week, putting in 44 points against VVS.
However, his offensive abilities may not even be the most impressive part of his game.
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The birds weren’t supposed to be there. A length of rope strung along the island’s rocky ground clearly demarcated a pathway, the boundary separating tens of thousands of gannets from my group of eight humans. If anyone had explained this to the gannets, though, they weren’t letting on. Four sat stubbornly on the pathway I wanted to move along, their icy-blue eyes pitiless and their long, white necks stretched toward me, threatening with their scissor-like bills. I remembered the advice from our guide, Maggie, not to linger, lest they fixate on our legs. Too late. I stepped onto the path and a bill spiked my calf.
I was on Bass Rock, the tiny Scottish island from which the northern gannet gets its scientific name, Morus bassanus. While I winced at the stab of pain in my leg as I rushed across the path, I tried to focus on a greater sense of humility. I was an outsider in a world belonging utterly to gannets, and it was astonishing that the birds tolerated, to a degree, my presence.
“The Bass,” as it is known locally, stands sheer in the Firth of Forth about three miles off the sea-scoured coast of North Berwick, about 30 minutes by train from Edinburgh. More than 150,000 northern gannets (large seabirds with about six-foot wingspans) nest on the island at the peak of breeding season. The few humans allowed to visit are either wildlife researchers or tourists on the only tour boat with landing rights. But while this lump of volcanic basalt carpeted with birds feels entirely inhospitable to people, it’s seen more than its share of Scotland’s complex human history.
The island’s first named occupant is believed to be the Christian hermit Saint Baldred, who died in his humble cell in 606; in the 15th century, a chapel was built on its site. Sometime after 1058, a castle was built, which, in 1406, sheltered the future James I, son of Robert III, from his enemies. By the 17th century, the Bass had become a jail for religious and political prisoners, particularly the Scottish Presbyterians known as Covenanters and, later, Jacobites, four of whom managed to lock their jailers out and hold the island from 1691 to 1694 in the name of the exiled King James VII. Bought by Hew Dalrymple in 1706, the Bass remains in possession of his descendants, who have surrendered it to the birds’ protection.
Throughout much of the dramas that have played out on the Bass, the gannets have been there, in varying numbers. The birds had long been hunted for their meat, eggs and oil, but it was the Victorian-era shooting parties that, for sport, decimated the colony. Over the past century, as wildlife protection laws have compelled a shift from killing the birds to observing them, the colony recovered, so much so that a 2014 census revealed it to be the largest gannet colony in the world.
North Berwick is an elegant little seaside town that has long served as a retreat from Edinburgh. Since 2000, visitors have also been able to visit the Scottish Seabird Center, where they can control live cameras to zoom in on gannets, as well as puffins, guillemots and razorbills, on the Bass and its neighboring islands of Fidra, Craigleith and the Isle of May. The center also runs popular boat tours around Bass Rock, as well as smaller and less-frequent tours that allow landing from late April to early September.
I had long been curious about the trip but was stingy about the cost (about $169). But, in the final days of April, as I was idly looking around the center’s website, I noticed that every tour for the next few months was fully booked — except one, two days away. It felt like a sign. I read through the center’s disclaimers that, because of weather, trips are often canceled with short notice and that landing on the steep-sided Bass is only for the agile and sure-footed. The forecast looked promising, and I consider myself fairly fit, so I booked the last spot.
It was cold but clear and calm when I met Maggie at the harbor at 5:45 a.m. “You’re going to the most amazing place,” she said, raising excitement in even the most bleary-eyed of our group. “It really is overwhelming,” so much so, she said, that she’d better give us her talk right there before we landed on the island and were too overcome to pay attention. She told us not to disturb or inadvertently threaten the birds, to just sit quietly and observe. Looking at everyone clutching their cameras, she added: “Use your ears. Listen.”
On the trip over to the Bass, the skipper, Alan, told us that, last year, only half of the scheduled tours were able to land. I didn’t want to count my luck until I’d set foot on the island — the waves that pummel its unyielding rock reach so high that landing is often impossible — but within minutes, we were there.
From land, the Bass appears to be frosted with white icing. But as we approached, the white started to move, and my perception shifted to comprehend that I was looking at tens of thousands of dazzling white birds bonding, mating, fighting, lifting off, landing. The short journey was scarcely enough to prepare for the sting of the senses being thoroughly slapped on arrival: the relentless screeching, the smell of ammonia, the rock heaving with life.
It was overwhelming. It was beautiful — if you find beauty in a nature that is untamed rather than neatly framed. It felt chaotic, lawless and as though violence could erupt at the slightest provocation. I saw gannets fight over territory so aggressively that wings and beaks were stained with blood. I watched one furiously bully another off a cliff. My ill-fated pathway crossing tinged my sense of wonder with dread whenever they came close. But I also witnessed the affection of pairs (gannets mate for life) “fencing” as they were reunited. “It’s like giving each other a hug,” said Maggie, who encouraged me to focus on individual birds, to see what they were doing and understand why. She told me to watch for birds “skypointing” with their bills, a signal that they are about to head out to sea, so their partner must remain on the nest.
We know this detail thanks to the late ornithologist Bryan Nelson, who, with his wife, spent three years living in a shed among the chapel ruins on the Bass. It seems so obvious — of course they need a signal to ensure that the nest is not left unattended — but it took Nelson many long hours of thoughtful observation of the gannets’ behavior to reach this conclusion.
Was it important for me, just a tourist, to understand this? I’m a very amateur birdwatcher; I just like them and enjoy the life-or-death intensity of a seabird colony. But as I watched, focusing on individual pairs and tuning out the clamor, I had a sensation that felt familiar but almost forgotten. For a moment, the world was small and comprehensible. I watched a gannet point its beak to the sky and knew what would happen next. I had come to the Bass seeking spectacle, but I was already overwhelmed. My world had been overwhelming for two years. I needed what looked like the predictability of theirs.
I watched birds skypoint, then fly away, return and greet their mates. By October, their chicks will have fledged, and they’ll all follow, back out to sea. But they’ll return next spring, and the years after that. I considered this consistency, and it felt calming. I continued to watch them until my three hours in their world were up, and I returned to the chaos of my own.
Gardiner is a writer based in Baltimore. Her website is karengardiner.com. Find her on Twitter and Instagram: @karendesuyo.
If You Go
Where to stay
No. 12 Hotel and Bistro
12 Quality St., North Berwick
011-44-1620-892529
A three-minute walk from the harbor, this cozy boutique hotel features recently refurbished rooms, some of which have views of Bass Rock. Breakfast is included and served in the bistro, while the beer garden is a great spot for evening drinks. Rates from about $87 per night.
Where to eat
Drift
Quarrel Sands, North Berwick
011-44-1620-892817
Dramatically set on a cliff top and housed in upcycled shipping containers, this cafe offers seasonal, produce-focused meals and excellent views of Bass Rock. Open daily for breakfast and lunch July to September, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; other months until 4 p.m.
Herringbone
1-3 Westgate, North Berwick
011-44-1620-890501
For dinner and cocktails, visit Herringbone, where food and drinks take inspiration from the surroundings. Try the East Lothian seafood chowder and NB sea dog cocktail, made with gin. Reservations recommended. Open Wednesday to Sunday, noon to 11 p.m.; Thursday until midnight; and Friday and Saturday until 1 a.m. Entrees from about $15.
What to do
Scottish Seabird Center
The Harbour, North Berwick
011-44-1620-890202
Interactive exhibits include live cameras that visitors can use to zoom in on birds on the Firth of Forth islands. The center also runs boat trips around the Bass and to the Isle of May, as well as Bass Rock landing tours. Open daily April through August, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; November through January until 4 p.m.; and 5 p.m. February, March, September and October. Admission about $15 for ages 16 and older; ages 3 to 15 about $10; younger than 3 free. Bass Rock landing experience about $169 per person; ages 16 and older only.
Coastal Communities Museum
School Road, North Berwick
011-44-1620-894313
This volunteer-run museum covers North Berwick’s geological, environmental, cultural and social history. Exhibits shed light on the Bass Rock, the Covenanters and the 16th-century witch trials. Open Wednesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission but donations appreciated.
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PHILADELPHIA — As Sheila Armstrong grew emotional in recounting how her brother and nephew were killed in Philadelphia, Dr. Mehmet Oz — sitting next to her inside a Black church, their chairs arranged a bit like his former daytime TV show set — placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.
Later, he gave her a hug, and said, “How do you cope?”
Two days later, on a stage 4 miles away, Oz’s Democratic rival for Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate seat, John Fetterman, stood with Lee and Dennis Horton and spoke of his efforts as lieutenant governor to free the two Black men from life sentences.
“Almost 30 years in prison, condemned to die in prison as innocent men, and I fought to make sure they come out to their families,” Fetterman told the crowd.
Black voters are at the center of an increasingly competitive battle in a race that could tilt control of the Senate, as Democrats try to harness outrage over the Supreme Court’s abortion decision and Republicans tap the national playbook to focus on crime in cities.
They are perhaps the Democratic Party’s most loyal supporters. About 9 in 10 Black voters nationally went for Joe Biden in 2020, according to AP VoteCast, an expansive survey of more than 110,000 voters nationwide. In Pennsylvania, the support was similar, at 94%.
There’s no evidence of a looming mass defection to Republicans like Oz. But if he can peel off even a small share — or a critical mass of Black voters choose not to vote — it might prove consequential in a race that polls show as close.
In Philadelphia, where Black voters are the largest bloc in the swing state’s biggest Democratic bastion, some activists question Democrats’ outreach and fret about turnout.
Charles Ellison, the executive producer and host of Reality Check, a daily public affairs program on Philadelphia’s prominent Black-themed WURD radio, said Democrats lack a unified message tailored for the Black community and didn’t undertake a long-term investment in Black voter outreach.
“There’s just not this realization that’s occurring that Pennsylvania is a national battleground and Philadelphia is the cornerstone in that,” Ellison said. “And the only way you’re going to get Philadelphia and the only way you’re going to get Pennsylvania is through maximum Black voter turnout.”
Fetterman may benefit from this year’s governor’s race.
In it, Democrat Josh Shapiro’s campaign said it is investing $3 million in Black voter outreach while his opponent, Republican Doug Mastriano, has drawn criticism from members of his own party for focusing almost exclusively on his right-wing base.
Shapiro is also making regular visits to Black churches and businesses, has rolled out a platform to expand pathways to jobs and create wealth in Black communities, and endorsed a Black man, Austin Davis, for lieutenant governor.
In the Senate race, millions of dollars in Republican attack ads aired on TV in Philadelphia before Fetterman — who spent much of the summer off the campaign trail recovering from a stroke — held his first public political event there in late September.
For Oz, crime is a primary thrust. He has held two public safety-themed town halls in Black communities, suggesting that Democrats have failed to protect them from violence and drugs.
Republicans frequently point to gun violence in Philadelphia and have sought to undercut one of Fetterman’s avenues of appeal to Black voters: his efforts as lieutenant governor to free the over-incarcerated, rehabilitated or innocent. Republicans cast it as freeing dangerous criminals to roam the streets.
Fetterman and Democrats call that a lie and fearmongering that underestimates support among Black voters for giving second chances. And they say Black voters know they can trust Fetterman to support the things they care about, like voting rights legislation in Congress.
Plus, Oz is former President Donald Trump’s endorsed candidate.
“I think most Black people would say he was one of the worst presidents for Black people in our lifetime,” said Sharif Street, the state Democratic Party chair and the first Black person to hold the position. “I don’t think a TV commercial can override what people know to already be true.”
At Fetterman’s rally at a recreation center in northeast Philadelphia, at least a half-dozen Black supporters introduced Fetterman.
One of the speakers, the Rev. Mark Tyler, said Fetterman supports things that Black voters care about, such as bringing jobs to “America’s poorest big city,” ending environmental racism and supporting stronger funding for city schools. Fetterman also supports criminal justice reform and ending gun violence, Tyler said.
“He did it as a mayor in Braddock and understands what it is to have to sit and stand with grieving Black families after such a tragic incident,” Tyler said.
As Fetterman stood onstage with the Hortons — brothers who had their life sentences commuted after nearly 30 years in prison, and now work for Fetterman’s campaign — he took aim at Oz’s attacks for his work to free the men. Oz’s campaign has called the Hortons “convicted murderers” and Fetterman “the most pro-murderer candidate for the Senate in the entire country.”
The Hortons were convicted of second-degree murder in a fatal shooting during a robbery in a Philadelphia bar — crimes they maintained they didn’t commit. Despite opposition from the victim’s brother, Gov. Tom Wolf freed the men in late 2020, noting they had served 27 years after turning down plea deals for 5 to 10 years.
“What does it say about a person’s character if they will fight to make sure innocent men will die in prison versus a man that will fight to make sure that they’re able to get back with their families?” Fetterman asked the crowd. “That’s the choice.”
Oz-allied groups have also aired TV ads reviving a 2013 incident in which Fetterman — as Braddock’s mayor — grabbed his shotgun and pursued a jogging Black man whom he suspected had been involved in gunfire nearby. No one was charged in the incident and Fetterman has said he didn’t know the man’s race before he confronted him.
“He didn’t even apologize and now he wants our vote?” says a Black woman speaking on camera in an ad by the Republican Jewish Coalition. “Not a chance.”
Oz’s town halls take a softer tone, where the heart surgeon-turned-TV talk show host says he is there to listen and find solutions to problems that Democrats have let fester.
Last Call
“The best thing a doctor does is listen. You can’t fix a problem you don’t hear. So I’ve spent a career heeding that and trying to understand what people are trying to say because then you can really get to the answers,” Oz said. He’s also touted his work to raise money for scholarships for Black medical students.
Love Williams, a 25-year-old registered Democrat who came to Oz’s event at the invitation of a friend, said he wasn’t sure he’ll vote this fall after feeling like Biden has underdelivered for Black people.
Asked by Williams what he’d do to help his community, Oz said he’d push for more tax dollars for private schools and to open liquefied natural gas export stations in the city to bring wealth into the community.
Williams said afterward that he wasn’t sold on Oz — or Oz’s ideas, either.
The event, he said, came off as “just a political stop for one politician.”
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Investigators probing a fatal 2021 Amtrak derailment in Montana disclosed Tuesday that the railroad track was bent along a curve near the accident site, and the problem got worse as freight trains traveled over the area before the crash.
Details on the bent track were included in hundreds of pages of investigative documents released by the National Transportation Safety Board. The three passengers who died and two who were seriously injured were in, or had just been in, an observation car that ended up on its side, the investigation found.
Railroad safety practices are facing renewed scrutiny after a fiery freight train derailment released toxic chemicals in Ohio. The Feb. 3 crash of a Norfolk Southern train forced evacuations and raised public health concerns.
Investigators identified the problem with the track based on video footage, including from two BNSF freight trains that went around the accident curve within 90 minutes before the Amtrak derailment.
After each of the freight trains had passed, the bend in the track appeared to get worse, investigators reported. Neither of the freight train crews saw the problem.
“The Amtrak engineer also did not see the track misalignment before traveling over that portion of track. Investigators, who watched the videos and were focused primarily on detecting the track deviation, were able to first see the misalignment only a couple seconds before the trains had traveled over it,” the investigators said.
They did not determine the final cause of the accident.
Amtrak’s Empire Builder derailed Sept. 25, 2021, in northern Montana while en route from Chicago to Seattle and Portland, Oregon, with 154 people on board. The track is owned by BNSF Railway.
The train was traveling just below the speed limit of 79 mph (127 kph) when its emergency brakes were activated, the NTSB said.
Amtrak spokesperson Marc Magliari declined comment on the track issues raised in the report. A spokesperson with BNSF Railway did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
Survivors described horrific scenes of people maimed and killed as four cars toppled and skidded down the tracks. Forty-four passengers and crew were taken to area hospitals with injuries.
First responders and residents of the rural plains near the crash site banded together to transport injured passengers to Chester, Montana, where they were given food and other assistance.
Killed in the accident were Margie and Don Vardahoe, a Georgia couple on a cross-country trip to mark their 50th wedding anniversary, and Zachariah Schneider, 28, a software developer from Illinois.
Rail safety expert David Clarke at the University of Tennessee said a track misalignment as described in the NTSB report could “certainly” cause a derailment.
Former NTSB investigator Robert Chipkevich, who had not reviewed the findings in the 2021 crash, said track problems can be caused by issues including the quality of maintenance and repairs, the integrity of the ballast material that underlies the rails and excessive summer heat.
“These conditions can change certainly after a heavy freight train passes over it,” Chipkevich said. “If it wasn't noticed by a crew member, then you have several tons of train crossing over that so it could change.”
The Vardahoes were reportedly in the vestibule — the space between the observation car and a coach car behind it — when the derailment happened and were thrown from the train, investigators found. Don Vardahoe, 74, ended up under the observation car while Margie Vardahoe, 72, suffered a fatal head injury when she struck equipment along the track, a report said.
All but two of the windows on the observation car fell out during the derailment and the other fatality, Schneider, 28, and three other people were ejected from the car, investigators found.
Attorneys for the estates of the Vardahoes and Schneider did not immediately respond to a call seeking comment on Tuesday.
Schneider was dragged or rolled on the ground. Another man in the observation car suffered serious injuries and ended up with his prosthetic legs pinned under the car, the report stated. A husband and wife in the observation car fell out a window and into a gap between the side of the car and the ground as the train came to a stop. The man suffered serious injuries.
Rail accidents including derailments have been trending down in the U.S. as the number of miles traveled by trains drops.
However, the rate of accidents per mile has been going up, according to the Federal Railroad Administration. Railway unions contend rail transportation has become riskier in recent years following widespread job cuts. Most rail accidents involve freight trains, and fatalities involving passenger trains are rare. | https://www.ourmidland.com/business/article/investigators-looking-at-bent-track-in-fatal-17797473.php | 2023-02-22 01:50:35 | 0 | https://www.ourmidland.com/business/article/investigators-looking-at-bent-track-in-fatal-17797473.php |
MULLICA HILL, New Jersey (WPVI) -- Within 48 hours, the Eachus family experienced some of the worst and best this world has to offer.
A devastating tornado ripped through southern New Jersey, leaving homes in tatters and businesses destroyed. One of them was Wellacrest Farms, considered the state's largest dairy farm with more than 600 cows to milk each day.
"It's a good life but it's a hard life, you know. We eat drink, sleep, the farm," said Marianne Eachus, who is an owner of the farm alongside her husband. "And then when the tornado hit and everything that you know is, like, destroyed, it's like a death in the family."
Eachus remembers that night clearly. Family and neighbors emerged from the tornado's wake to find toppled silos and hundreds of scared animals running wild. A handful did not survive. But still, they were back to milking cows at 1:00am.
"Just devastation was overwhelming," said Eachus. "But then, the outpour of people that have come in and supported us and helped us, that was overwhelming, too."
Members of the Amish community spent roughly 8 weeks helping to rebuild, while other agricultural organizations and food trucks stopped by to provide relief. A Go Fund Me page was created that netted the farm more than $120,000 to build a heifer barn.
"A lot of people who live in this community didn't even know that we were here, you know," said Eachus. "And now they know and the friendships that we've made through all this devastation is just amazing."
From a wasteland to a wonderland, Wellacrest Farms is now dripping with gorgeous blue paint on its freshly-built barns. With a makeover of the electrical system to boot, Eachus is hoping the farm will be able to weather many more years of business.
"I'm hoping my grandsons, you know, will be interested, you know, down the road because now they have new buildings," she said. "For the future generations, it should be sustainable for a long time."
To learn more about Wellacrest Farms, visit their website.
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Selena Gomez almost headed to Camp Rock.
David DeLuise, who played the Rare Beauty founder's father in Wizards of Waverly Place, revealed that the character Mitchie Torres was originally offered to Selena, but she turned it down to let Demi Lovato take the lead.
"I've never really said this story but they offered Camp Rock to Selena," David said in a resurfaced 2020 podcast interview with Wildchat Sports. "And she knew that if she passed on it, Demi would get the part."
He continued, "So, she passed on it, which was very nice to do. And they were friends. They were on the show Barney together."
The 2008 Disney Channel original movie, which followed a group of teens heading to summer camp to work on their music, also starred the Jonas Brothers and received a sequel two years later called Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam.
A year before the follow up film was released, Demi secured her own Disney Channel show, Sonny With A Chance in 2009. As for Selena, she starred as Alex Russo in Wizards of Waverly Place from 2007-2012.
Although Demi and Selena were childhood friends, they've drifted apart over the years, with Demi revealing that she no longer spoke to the "My Mind and Me" singer.
"When you grow up with somebody, you're always going to have love for them," she told Harper's Bazaar. "But I'm not friends with her."
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TUPELO, Miss. and HOUSTON, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- At its meeting today, the board of directors of Cadence Bank (NYSE: CADE) (Cadence) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.235 per share of common stock. The common stock dividend is payable on October 2, 2023, to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 15, 2023.
The board of directors also declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.34375 per share of Series A Preferred Stock. The preferred stock dividend is payable on August 21, 2023, to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 4, 2023.
Cadence earlier reported financial results for the second quarter of 2023. Net income available to common shareholders was $111.7 million, or $0.61 per diluted share, and adjusted net income available to common shareholders was $116.9 million, or $0.64 per diluted share.
About Cadence Bank
Cadence Bank (NYSE: CADE) is a leading regional banking franchise with approximately $50 billion in assets and over 350 branch locations across the South and Texas. Cadence provides consumers, businesses and corporations with a full range of innovative banking and financial solutions. Services and products include consumer banking, consumer loans, mortgages, home equity lines and loans, credit cards, commercial and business banking, treasury management, specialized lending, asset-based lending, commercial real estate, equipment financing, correspondent banking, SBA lending, foreign exchange, wealth management, investment and trust services, financial planning, retirement plan management, and personal and business insurance. Cadence is committed to a culture of respect, diversity and inclusion in both its workplace and communities. Cadence Bank, Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender.
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WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Ethan Roberts' 16 points helped Army defeat Holy Cross 66-55 on Saturday.
Roberts also contributed three steals for the Black Knights (12-11, 6-4 Patriot League). Jalen Rucker scored 13 points and added nine rebounds. Coleton Benson shot 3 for 9 (2 for 7 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the free throw line to finish with 11 points.
Joseph Octave finished with 17 points for the Crusaders (7-16, 4-6). Holy Cross also got 14 points, 11 rebounds and two steals from Gerrale Gates. Caleb Kenney also had 11 points.
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WASHINGTON — With the same composure and courage that saved her life, 11-year-old Miah Cerillo calmly told members of Congress about the horrors she witnessed during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde
Wearing a sunflower tank top and her hair pulled back into a ponytail, Miah spoke softly as she answered questions on video about what she endured.
“He shot my teacher and told my teacher good night and shot her in the head,” she said in the prerecorded video shown at a hearing before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform. “And then he shot some of my classmates and the white board.”
Miah was the youngest of a small group of Uvalde survivors and family members who testified at a U.S. House hearing Wednesday about the devastation wrought by gun violence in their communities.
WATCH LIVE: Survivors, families of victims in Uvalde and Buffalo mass shootings testify before Congress
Miah said she and her classmates were watching a movie. Her teacher received an email and then got up to lock the door — and that’s when the teacher made eye contact with the gunman in the hallway.
At that point, the teacher told the students to “go hide.” Miah said she hid behind her teacher’s desk among the backpacks. The shooter then shot “the little window,” presumably part of the door to the hallway. She said the gunman entered a neighboring classroom and was able to access her classroom through an adjoining door. That’s when he started shooting.
One of the students who was shot, a friend of hers, was next to her among the backpacks.
“I thought [the gunman] was going to come back to the room, so I grabbed the blood and I put it all over me,” Miah said.
She “stayed quiet” and then she grabbed her teacher’s phone and called 911.
“I told [the operator] that we need help and to send the police [to my] classroom,” she said.
Miah added that she did not feel safe in school and did not “want it to happen again.” An off-camera questioner asked if she thought a shooting like this will happen again and she nodded.
The little girl didn’t cry during her testimony. But some of the adults from Uvalde who testified wept before the committee, including her father, Miguel Cerrillo, who traveled to Washington to testify in person.
“I come because I could have lost my baby girl, but she’s not the same baby girl I used to play with,” he said, adding that “schools are not safe anymore.” | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/special-reports/uvalde-school-shooting/miah-cerillo-testimony-house-committee/285-6338dcc7-5e04-43aa-9bf0-634abe68fb2a | 2022-06-08 20:48:05 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/special-reports/uvalde-school-shooting/miah-cerillo-testimony-house-committee/285-6338dcc7-5e04-43aa-9bf0-634abe68fb2a |
SAN MATEO, Calif., March 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Selonterra, Inc. (www.selonterra.com), a biotechnology company developing transformative therapies for neurodegenerative disorders announces a grant award of US$2,500,000 from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF).
Selonterra focuses on neurodegenerative disorders with strong genetic links. Selonterra's team discovered that DNA changes associated with key genetic determinants in Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease control the expression of genes in their chromosomal vicinity. The latter genes are the true mediators of these diseases and offer novel, unexploited targets for therapy development. Shared common pathways in these neurodegenerative disorders allow us to develop small molecules with the potential to profoundly change Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease therapies.
Funding from The Michael J. Fox Foundation enables Selonterra to link novel targets to clinical dysfunctions in Parkinson's disease and to optimize our small molecules towards clinical candidates.
"We are immensely grateful to receive this funding from The Michael J. Fox Foundation to support these completely unexploited approaches with the potential of a meaningful impact on patients with Parkinson's disease," said Roman Urfer, PhD, Founder and CEO of Selonterra.
"The contribution of genetics to Parkinson's disease is undisputed," said Anne Urfer-Buchwalder, PhD, Founder and President of Selonterra. "In contrast to an involvement of the proteins encoded by these genetic variants, our focus on the DNA sequence and the genes that these DNA variants control offers fundamentally different therapeutic opportunities."
"MJFF greatly values research that takes fresh looks at the biological underpinnings of Parkinson's disease and leverages that insight for new treatment ideas. We are proud to support the work of researchers like the team at Selonterra as they investigate new ways to fulfill the unmet needs of people with Parkinson's," said Brian Fiske, PhD, Co-Chief Scientific Officer, MJFF.
About Selonterra, Inc.
Selonterra, Inc. (www.selonterra.com) pursues transformative approaches to the development of therapies of neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. We harness human genetics, molecular pathway analysis and gene regulatory networks to identify proprietary disease-causing mechanisms and molecular targets, and exploit these to discover effective therapeutics. Selonterra's founders and advisors are scientists and executives with decades of biotech and pharma experience complemented by a global network of collaborator companies.
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GARRETT, Ky. (AP) — This tiny sliver of a town off a state highway in eastern Kentucky has been home to Brenda Francis and her husband, Paul, for decades.
Paul Francis was born 73 years ago in this house, a yellow and brown one-story, which like many dwellings in Garrett is nestled in a valley between tall, forested hills. The retired school teacher loves it here, and the couple was gifted the house by his parents about 40 years ago.
But after another flood — this one maybe the worst they’ve seen — Brenda Francis said she is done. She joins many others in this corner of Appalachia who see this latest disaster as a devastating blow to their lifestyle. Some say they're considering moving away, despite their deep roots.
Francis, 66, said her husband wants to stay: “But not me. I don’t want to live here no more, and he knows it. So we’re going to be getting out of here.”
Kentucky’s Appalachian region has known hardship. The coal economy withered away and took the good-paying jobs with it. The opioid crisis flooded towns with millions of pain pills. Prospects were so bleak that many people left, cutting the population in many counties by double digit percentages in the past two decades. In the Francis' home county of Floyd, the population has declined by 15% since 2000. And household annual income in many of the counties hit hardest by last week's flooding is a little more than half the national average of about $65,000.
But many stayed, held by ties to their communities, families and their history here. The flooding that hit the area last week is making even some of those stalwarts reconsider, especially in and around Garrett, a community of about 1,300 people that was founded by a coal company in the early 1900s.
The region's strong social fabric and familial connections give pause to people considering moving away from home, said Ann Kingsolver, an Appalachian Studies professor at the University of Kentucky.
“Social capital is really important,” Kingsolver said in an email message. “Those are the resources that people have through investing in social networks of kin and neighbors over many years— a kind of wealth beyond monetary value.”
When the 2008 financial crisis hit, she said, many young people moved back to rural communities in Appalachia because they had a place to live and child care options.
Kingsolver said there is little available rental or motel space in those rural areas, but flooding victims often get help and shelter from relatives and neighbors nearby.
Pam Caudill lives on the same street as her son, who's been a big help since the floodwaters reached 4 feet (1.2 meters) high in her home in Wayland, just a few minutes from Garrett.
Her husband died of a heart attack in May, and the flooding has tested her resolve to remain in her small town.
“I have thought about it, but here’s the thing: It took everything that me and my husband could do to buy a house,” she said, weeping. “It’s hard to let go of something that you worked so hard for.”
So she and her son will instead see what can be salvaged in her home and hope the foundation remains solid.
“It was my husband’s home; it’s my children’s home,” said Caudill, who temporarily relocated to a state park shelter over the weekend. “Wayland the town has always been their home.”
Two miles outside Garrett, 104-year-old Annis Clark rode out the storm on her own as she lost electricity and her basement flooded. She and her husband built their house in the ’50s, and she’s stayed long after he died in the 1980s, her son, Michael Clark said.
“She’s a survivor. I don’t know of any other way to put it,” said Clark, who attended Garrett High School and then moved away to Lexington, where he worked in television production and operations. “I have no doubt she will stay here until she’s done.”
Clark was buying supplies for her Monday in nearby Prestonsburg. He graduated from high school in 1964, and said many of his classmates moved away like he did to seek jobs. In many parts of eastern Kentucky, he said, “unless you wanted to be a (coal) miner, your options would typically be teacher.”
In Garrett, Brenda Francis despaired at the inches of mud that had flowed into the area under their home, which was raised after a flood in the 1950s, when her husband’s parents lived there.
“When you get older, you’re not able to clean all this up. We’re just totally exhausted,” Francis said. “How are we going to get this mud out of here?”
Despite his wife’s frustrations, Paul Francis was cheerfully cleaning up the family homestead, stacking toys in a ’70s pickup truck his father bought brand new. Sloshing around in rubber boots, he smiled as he prepared to hook up a pressure washer to clean mud from his grandchildren’s toys.
Their grandchildren are one of the reasons Brenda Francis wants to move away, to higher ground in Prestonsburg, where the children live. She said they, like many in town, have no flood insurance on their house — but they do have a possible buyer. She's hoping the fact that the house's living spaces stayed dry will make it a desirable property.
Her adult sons love the town of Garrett, but “they’re all grown and got their own families now. They don’t want to come back here,” she said as her husband's pressure washer hummed in the background.
“Who would want to come?" she said. “It still floods here.” | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Despite-dangers-deep-roots-make-Appalachia-hard-17344610.php | 2022-08-02 05:54:31 | 1 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Despite-dangers-deep-roots-make-Appalachia-hard-17344610.php |
NY New York NY Zone Forecast for Friday, November 11, 2022
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National Weather Service New York NY
245 AM EST Sat Nov 12 2022
NYZ072-121500-
New York (Manhattan)-
245 AM EST Sat Nov 12 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Showers likely with isolated thunderstorms. Some
thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Near
steady temperature in the upper 60s. South winds around 15 mph
with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers with isolated
thunderstorms in the morning. Some thunderstorms may produce
gusty winds and heavy rainfall in the morning. Highs around 70.
West winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph in the morning.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in
the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Cooler with
lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning, then
mostly sunny in the afternoon. Cooler with highs in the lower
50s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Rain. Near steady temperature in the mid 40s.
Chance of rain 80 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain likely, mainly in the morning. Highs in the
lower 50s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
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NYZ073-121500-
Bronx-
245 AM EST Sat Nov 12 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Showers likely with isolated thunderstorms. Some
thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Near
steady temperature in the upper 60s. South winds around 15 mph
with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers with isolated
thunderstorms in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall in the
morning. Highs around 70. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to
35 mph in the morning. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in
the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Cooler.
Less humid with lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning, then
mostly sunny in the afternoon. Cooler with highs in the lower
50s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Rain. Near steady temperature in the lower 40s.
Chance of rain 80 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain likely, mainly in the morning. Highs in the
lower 50s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
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NYZ176-121500-
Northern Queens-
245 AM EST Sat Nov 12 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Showers likely with isolated thunderstorms. Some
thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Near
steady temperature in the upper 60s. South winds around 15 mph
with gusts up to 40 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers with isolated
thunderstorms in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall in the
morning. Highs around 70. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to
35 mph in the morning. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers after
midnight. Cooler with lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning, then
mostly sunny in the afternoon. Cooler with highs in the mid 50s.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Rain. Near steady temperature in the mid 40s.
Chance of rain 80 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain likely, mainly in the morning. Highs in the
lower 50s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
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NYZ178-121500-
Southern Queens-
245 AM EST Sat Nov 12 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Showers likely with isolated thunderstorms. Some
thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Breezy.
Near steady temperature in the upper 60s. South winds 20 to
25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers with isolated
thunderstorms in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall in the
morning. Breezy with highs around 70. Southwest winds 15 to
25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph, becoming west 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers after
midnight. Cooler. Less humid with lows in the upper 40s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning, then
mostly sunny in the afternoon. Cooler with highs in the mid 50s.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the lower 40s. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain likely, mainly in the morning. Highs in the mid
50s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
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NYZ075-121500-
Kings (Brooklyn)-
245 AM EST Sat Nov 12 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Showers likely with isolated thunderstorms. Some
thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Near
steady temperature in the upper 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 40 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers with isolated
thunderstorms in the morning. Some thunderstorms may produce
gusty winds and heavy rainfall in the morning. Highs around 70.
West winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph, decreasing to 25 mph
in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers after
midnight. Cooler with lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning, then
mostly sunny in the afternoon. Cooler with highs in the mid 50s.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the lower 40s. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain likely, mainly in the morning. Highs in the
lower 50s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
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NYZ074-121500-
Richmond (Staten Island)-
245 AM EST Sat Nov 12 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Some
thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Near
steady temperature in the upper 60s. South winds around 15 mph
with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers with isolated
thunderstorms in the morning. Some thunderstorms may produce
gusty winds and heavy rainfall in the morning. Highs around 70.
West winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the morning.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in
the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Much cooler
with lows in the mid 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the morning,
then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Cooler with highs in the
lower 50s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the lower 40s. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain likely, mainly in the morning. Highs in the
lower 50s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
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NYZ177-121500-
Northern Nassau-
245 AM EST Sat Nov 12 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING...
.OVERNIGHT...Showers likely with isolated thunderstorms. Some
thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Near
steady temperature in the upper 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 40 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers with isolated
thunderstorms in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall in the
morning. Highs in the upper 60s. West winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts
up to 40 mph, decreasing to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly
cloudy with a chance of showers after midnight. Cooler. Less
humid with lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning, then
mostly sunny in the afternoon. Cooler with highs in the lower
50s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening, then
rain after midnight. Near steady temperature in the lower 40s.
Chance of rain 80 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain likely, mainly in the morning. Highs in the
lower 50s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
$$
NYZ179-121500-
Southern Nassau-
245 AM EST Sat Nov 12 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING...
.OVERNIGHT...Showers likely with isolated thunderstorms. Some
thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Breezy.
Near steady temperature in the upper 60s. South winds 20 to
25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers with isolated
thunderstorms in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall in the
morning. Breezy with highs in the lower 70s. Southwest winds
15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph, becoming west 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly
cloudy with a chance of showers after midnight. Cooler with lows
in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning, then
mostly sunny in the afternoon. Cooler with highs in the mid 50s.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs around 50.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs around 50.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Rain. Near steady temperature in the mid 40s.
Chance of rain 80 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain likely, mainly in the morning. Highs in the mid
50s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
$$
NYZ078-121500-
Northwest Suffolk-
245 AM EST Sat Nov 12 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING...
.OVERNIGHT...Showers likely with isolated thunderstorms. Some
thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Near
steady temperature in the upper 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 45 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers with isolated
thunderstorms in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall in the
morning. Highs around 70. West winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to
45 mph, decreasing to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly
cloudy with a chance of showers after midnight. Much cooler. Less
humid with lows in the mid 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming north after midnight. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning, then
partly sunny in the afternoon. Cooler with highs in the mid 50s.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening, then
rain after midnight. Near steady temperature in the lower 40s.
Chance of rain 80 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain likely, mainly in the morning. Highs in the mid
50s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
$$
NYZ080-121500-
Southwest Suffolk-
245 AM EST Sat Nov 12 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING...
.OVERNIGHT...Showers likely with isolated thunderstorms. Some
thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Breezy.
Near steady temperature in the upper 60s. South winds 15 to
25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers with isolated
thunderstorms in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall in the
morning. Breezy with highs in the lower 70s. Southwest winds
15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph, becoming west 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly
cloudy with a chance of showers after midnight. Cooler. Less
humid with lows in the mid 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning, then
mostly sunny in the afternoon. Cooler with highs in the mid 50s.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs around 50.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening, then
rain after midnight. Lows around 40. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain likely, mainly in the morning. Highs in the mid
50s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
$$
NYZ079-121500-
Northeast Suffolk-
245 AM EST Sat Nov 12 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING...
.OVERNIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of showers with isolated
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and
heavy rainfall. Near steady temperature in the upper 60s. South
winds around 20 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely with isolated
thunderstorms in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall in the
morning. Breezy with highs in the upper 60s. Southwest winds
15 to 25 mph. Gusts up to 45 mph, decreasing to 30 mph in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly
cloudy with a chance of showers after midnight. Much cooler. Less
humid with lows in the mid 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming north 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning, then
partly sunny with a slight chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 50s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Northwest
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening, then
rain likely after midnight. Lows around 40. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain, mainly in the morning. Highs in the mid 50s.
Chance of rain 80 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
$$
NYZ081-121500-
Southeast Suffolk-
245 AM EST Sat Nov 12 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING...
.OVERNIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of showers with isolated
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and
heavy rainfall. Breezy. Near steady temperature in the upper 60s.
South winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely with isolated
thunderstorms in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall in the
morning. Breezy with highs in the upper 60s. Southwest winds
15 to 25 mph. Gusts up to 45 mph, decreasing to 30 mph in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly
cloudy with a chance of showers after midnight. Cooler. Less
humid with lows in the upper 40s. West winds 5 to 10 mph with
gusts up to 20 mph, becoming north after midnight. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning, then
partly sunny with a slight chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 50s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 50.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening, then
rain likely after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain, mainly in the morning. Highs in the upper 50s.
Chance of rain 80 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
$$
NYZ071-121500-
Southern Westchester-
245 AM EST Sat Nov 12 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Showers likely with isolated thunderstorms. Some
thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Near
steady temperature in the upper 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely with isolated
thunderstorms in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall in the
morning. Highs around 70. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to
35 mph, decreasing to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in
the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Much
cooler. Less humid with lows in the mid 40s. Northwest winds
around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning, then
mostly sunny in the afternoon. Cooler with highs in the lower
50s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening, then
rain after midnight. Lows in the upper 30s. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain likely, mainly in the morning. Highs around 50.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
$$
NYZ070-121500-
Northern Westchester-
245 AM EST Sat Nov 12 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Showers likely with isolated thunderstorms. Some
thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Warmer.
Near steady temperature in the upper 60s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely with isolated
thunderstorms in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall in the
morning. Highs in the upper 60s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts
up to 35 mph, decreasing to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in
the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Much cooler
with lows in the mid 40s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning, then
mostly sunny in the afternoon. Cooler with highs in the lower
50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 30s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow in the
evening, then rain after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s. Chance of
precipitation 80 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain likely, mainly in the morning. Highs in the
upper 40s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
$$
NYZ069-121500-
Rockland-
245 AM EST Sat Nov 12 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Showers likely with isolated thunderstorms. Some
thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Warmer.
Near steady temperature in the upper 60s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Showers likely with isolated
thunderstorms in the morning. Some thunderstorms may produce
gusty winds and heavy rainfall in the morning. Highs in the upper
60s. West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in
the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Much cooler
with lows in the mid 40s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning,
then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Cooler with highs around 50.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 30s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow in the
evening, then rain after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s. Chance of
precipitation 80 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain likely in the morning, then partly sunny with a
chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
$$
NYZ068-121500-
Putnam-
245 AM EST Sat Nov 12 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Showers likely with isolated thunderstorms. Some
thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Warmer.
Near steady temperature in the upper 60s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely with isolated
thunderstorms in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall in the
morning. Highs in the upper 60s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts
up to 35 mph in the morning. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly
cloudy with a chance of showers after midnight. Much cooler with
lows in the lower 40s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning, then
mostly sunny in the afternoon. Cooler with highs around 50.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow in the
evening, then rain after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s. Chance of
precipitation 80 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain likely, mainly in the morning. Highs in the mid
40s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
$$
NYZ067-121500-
Orange-
245 AM EST Sat Nov 12 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Some
thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Warmer.
Near steady temperature in the upper 60s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Showers likely with isolated
thunderstorms in the morning. Some thunderstorms may produce
gusty winds and heavy rainfall in the morning. Highs in the upper
60s. West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in
the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Much cooler
with lows in the lower 40s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. Chance
of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning,
then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Cooler with highs around 50.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow in the
evening, then rain and snow after midnight. Lows in the lower
30s. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain and snow likely in the morning, then a chance
of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
$$
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Users acheive 80% faster Salesforce releases with Opsera's open and flexible no-code platform
SAN FRANCISCO, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Opsera, the Continuous Orchestration platform for DevOps, announces it is on the Salesforce AppExchange to help enterprise customers shorten software delivery cycles, improve pipeline quality and security, lower operations costs and better align software delivery to business outcomes. With Opsera's no code Salesforce DevOps platform, enterprises are able to accelerate their Salesforce deployments by 80%.
Opsera is currently available on the AppExchange at: https://appexchange.salesforce.com/appxListingDetail?listingId=a0N3u00000PGa51EAD
Opsera offers native Salesforce CI/CD release automation, which offers fast, flexible and safe continuous delivery with no coding and minimal upskilling required. Opsera takes the pain out of branch merges and synchronizing Salesforce organizations while ensuring security, quality and compliance are improved in the process. User-specific dashboards give IT teams clear deployment reports, comprehensive logs, and metrics from a single pane of glass, allowing everyone across the organization to monitor everything from troubleshooting to release velocity tracking. Enterprises can tap into the power of Salesforce without spending cycles on endless deployments – Opsera increases developer productivity by 25%.
"With Opsera, customers can keep pace with modern SaaS DevOps practices," said Patrick Boyle, Vice President of Global Sales at Opsera. "Software delivery teams need tools to automate and improve the quality and security of their Salesforce deployments. With Opsera, there's no more vendor lock-in or limited tool choices. Our open, no-code platform breaks down silos and simplifies pipelines across the organization to get unmatched Salesforce release management and scale for all business apps."
Schedule a demo to see the Opsera platform in action: https://www.opsera.io/schedule-a-demo
Opsera is the first Continuous Orchestration platform for next-gen DevOps that enables choice, automation, and intelligence across the entire software life cycle. It offers simple, self-service toolchain integrations, drag-and-drop pipelines, and unified insights. With Continuous Orchestration, development teams can use the tools they want, operations teams gain improved efficiency, and business leaders have unparalleled visibility. Opsera believes DevOps has transformed from an aspiration to a practical science, and Continuous Orchestration is the future to help organizations accelerate DevOps adoption and reach peak innovation velocity.
Contact:
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Catapult PR
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303-521-5049
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By BERNIE WILSON
AP Sports Writer
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres are close to acquiring All-Star closer Josh Hader from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for recently benched closer Taylor Rogers and three other players, a person with knowledge of the blockbuster deal said Monday.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal between NL playoff contenders hasn’t been announced.
The NL Central-leading Brewers are sending one of the game’s top relievers west in exchange for Rogers, right-hander Dinelson Lamet, outfielder Esteury Ruiz and pitching prospect Robert Gasser.
The trade features the two big league saves leaders. Hader has 29 saves while Rogers has 28, though the Padres recently removed Rogers from the closer role after he blew consecutive saves in a series at Detroit. The Padres obtained Rogers from Minnesota on opening day.
The Brewers have a three-game lead over St. Louis in the NL Central, and the Padres have a 1 1/2-game lead over Philadelphia for the second NL wild card.
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AP Sports Writer Steve Megargee in Milwaukee contributed to this report.
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3-8 years old is the golden period for children's linguistic development.
Recently, WuKong Chinese, a world-leading online Chinese learning brand under WuKong Education, has announced that its new Pre-K Chinese program can now covers students from the original 4-6 to 3-6 years of age.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The New Zealand-headquartered international K12 online education group WuKong Education has recently announced the upgrading of its Pre-K Chinese program under the group's popular brand WuKong Chinese, which extends its young student age group from age 4 to age 3.
Following the IB 6-theme based framework and the YCT (Youth Chinese Test) 1-2 assessment requirements, the upgraded Pre-K Chinese program is divided into K1 and K2 levels. The new program adopts the effective situational language teaching methodology to put the young learners in familiar contexts to build up their Chinese language fundamentals from letters, words to sentences. Throughout the learning process, children are encouraged to explore more about themselves, their whereabouts and the bigger world. In addition to language learning outcomes, the program is also designed to cultivate core competencies such as critical thinking, communication and cultural inclusion.
Another major feature of the upgraded Pre-K Chinese program is the game-like interactive homework functions. Students can enter the interactive homework portal through the WuKong Class App to interact with the WuKong Monkey to complete the after-class review and exercise with more fun while reinforcing learning by doing. At present, WuKong Chinese's Pre-K Chinese program has more than 60,000 registered students globally.
Since 2021, WuKong Chinese had already formed and followed a Chinese curriculum framework with four core programs, namely Pre-K Chinese, International Chinese, Advanced Chinese and Basic Chinese, with specialized sessions covering Chinese pinyin, characters and idioms. As a new milestone for the brand and the global Chinese learning community, this upgrade extends the online Chinese learning to 3 years old, allowing this young age group to learn Chinese in their golden periods for language learning and development.
WuKong Education is an online EdTech headquartered in New Zealand and has grown from a humble startup aiming at making the Chinese language learning simple, easy and fun, to a global online learning platform with about 300,000 students aged 3-18 and 3,000 highly trained and selected teachers working across 4 continents and 118 countries including its core markets i.e. US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
In March 2021, WuKong started its pilot Math program taught by native English-speaking teachers who graduated from Ivy League schools and have an average teaching experience of over 5 years. Aligned with the popular Singapore national core math curriculum and methodology, WuKong Math strives to be the online math education solutions provider for students aged 7-14 years old.
After achieving its market leadership in online Chinese learning through aggressive global expansion, WuKong Education strives to be the one-stop online learning platform for global K12 students.
To learn more about WuKong Education Group visit their official website at https://www.wukongsch.com/en.
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New company offers unmatched van customization options for every need and trade
LEBANON, Ind., Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Festool, a leading manufacturer of innovative, precision-engineered and durable power tool solutions recently partnered with Systainer Systems – a game changer in tool storage and transportation. The new line of innovative, state-of-the art products will dramatically enhance any tradesperson's ability to organize their van. Designed to save time and money, Systainers are now integrated into sturdy, stylish bott Smartvan van racking solutions – professional van storage systems to keep tools organized, safe and accessible – ensuring tradespeople arrive prepared at every job site.
"This partnership is a natural step for Festool to further help the professional tradespeople we serve with our high-quality tools," said Clint Chapman, CEO, Festool USA. "The seamless integration of Festool tools – delivered in Systainers – attaching perfectly into a Systainer-specific van allows for more efficient and better organized mobile workshops."
Systainer Systems are built precisely for the dimensions of work vehicles and allow for unmatched customization to fit any tradesperson's specific trade and workflow. The affordable, modular solutions ensure equipment remains secure and in perfect order – and will help tradespeople save time, cargo space and fuel costs.
Systainer Systems are designed for seamless compatibility with the standard fixing points in the most popular makes and models of work vans including Chevrolet, Ford, GMC, Mercedes-Benz, RAM and more. Systainer Systems require no complex measuring and don't leave any wasted space. The installation is simple and only requires tradespeople to affix the brackets to the frame and bolt them for a perfect fit.
To see if your van is compatible with Systainer Systems check out the online configurator. To learn more about Systainer Systems and its myriad of layout combinations, visit www.systainersystems.com.
Festool USA is based in Lebanon, Indiana. For more information, visit www.festoolusa.com or www.festoolcanada.com.
Festool has been developing innovative, precision-engineered and durable power tool solutions for nearly a century. Founded in Germany in 1925, Festool is a leading manufacturer known for its systems-based approach to power tools that are designed for efficiency and high performance. Festool's mission, "Built Better To Build Better," focuses on creating products that empower professional tradespeople to elevate their skills and deliver outstanding work by helping them build cleaner, faster, smarter…better.
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(WPRI) — Abbott is voluntarily recalling several brands of ready-to-feed baby formula because some of the bottles may not have been sealed properly.
The company reassured parents Friday that the recall only affects a “small percentage” of its ready-to-feed liquid formulas.
The recalled formula brands include Similac, Pro-Total Comfort, Similac 360 Total Care, Similac 360 Total Care Sensitive, Similac Special Care 24, Similac Stage 1, Similac NeoSure, Similac Water (Sterilized) and Pedialyte Electrolyte Solution.
Abbott said the recall is limited to bottles that hold 2 fluid ounces/59 milliliters.
Improperly sealed formula bottles could result in spoilage, according to the company, which in turn could cause gastrointestinal problems such as vomiting or diarrhea.
“Ensuring the quality of our products and the safety of our consumers is our top priority, and a responsibility we take very seriously, including taking action when a product doesn’t meet our quality standards,” Abbott said in a statement.
The recalled formula was manufactured at the company’s facility in Columbus, Ohio. Abbott said none of its other powder or liquid formulas have been impacted.
The announcement comes as the nation continues to grapple with a baby formula shortage, prompted by an expansive recall issued by the company earlier this year. | https://www.wdtn.com/news/recalled-baby-formula-may-be-improperly-sealed/ | 2022-10-15 02:35:39 | 0 | https://www.wdtn.com/news/recalled-baby-formula-may-be-improperly-sealed/ |
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Pick 10" game were:
02-04-06-11-18-19-20-22-25-28-30-33-35-36-46-47-56-65-69-76
(two, four, six, eleven, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-two, twenty-five, twenty-eight, thirty, thirty-three, thirty-five, thirty-six, forty-six, forty-seven, fifty-six, sixty-five, sixty-nine, seventy-six) | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-10-game-17220222.php | 2022-06-05 02:10:06 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-10-game-17220222.php |
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo is out after 15 seasons at the helm.
The academy announced Sunday that Niumatalolo would not return — a day after the Midshipmen lost to Army in overtime and finished 4-8 for the second straight year. Niumatalolo is the winningest coach in school history at 109-83, but after going 11-2 in 2019, Navy hasn’t finished above .500 since.
“Our sincerest gratitude to Coach Ken for what has been a distinguished and impactful legacy at the Naval Academy,” athletic director Chet Gladchuk said in a statement. “Navy football flourished for many years under his leadership. He will forever be remembered for the influence he has had on the lives of those who played for him.”
Defensive coordinator Brian Newberry was named interim coach. Gladchuk is expected to speak to reporters Monday.
Niumatalolo was hired by Navy in 2008. In the Midshipmen’s first two years in the American Athletic Conference, Niumatalolo led the team to a share of an AAC West Division title in 2015 and won the AAC West title outright in 2016. Navy also shared the West Division title in 2019.
The Midshipmen have gone just 11-23 over the last three seasons and have had one winning season over the last five years. Navy is a combined 4-10 against the other two service academies over the last seven years.
“The Naval Academy will now move forward with continued high ambitions and embrace a new era of reaffirmed expectations for Navy football and our midshipmen,” Gladchuk said.
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The Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan on Sunday unilaterally cancelled joint military drills between the six nations comprising the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), less than a day before they were due to start on its territory.
The Kyrgyz defense ministry did not specify the reason for cancelling the “Indestructible Brotherhood-2022” command and staff exercises, which were set to be held in the country's windswept eastern highlands Monday to Friday.
According to earlier reports, the exercises were set to involve army personnel from CSTO members Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, and focus on securing ceasefires. Observers from five further states, including Serbia, Syria and Uzbekistan, had also been invited.
The move by Bishkek is the latest indication that tensions may be simmering within the alliance, formed in the early 1990s after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Last month, Armenia skipped a two-week drill held by the collective in Kazakhstan, after criticizing the bloc for failing to openly side with it after large-scale fighting erupted on its border with non-member Azerbaijan in September.
Russia and other CSTO countries effectively turned down Yerevan's request for military aid, issued hours after hostilities began, and limited their response to sending fact-finding missions to the border. Armenian authorities had accused the Azerbaijani government in Baku of using heavy artillery and combat drones to strike Armenian army positions.
Despite its apparent ambitions to provide a counterpart to NATO, the CSTO has at times struggled to define its exact purpose. Failure to engage in numerous security crises among its members over the years has prompted analysts to question its viability.
Last spring, the bloc looked on impassively as two members, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, were engaged in a bloody border dispute.
The CSTO's focus has instead been aimed more intensely on enhancing readiness for potential spillover from Afghanistan, which shares a long border with Tajikistan. As of last month, Russia had around 5,000 troops stationed in that country, down from 7,000 in January as the Kremlin has drawn down its military presence to replenish its ranks in Ukraine amid the eight-month war. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Kyrgyzstan-cancels-Russian-led-military-drill-on-17497307.php | 2022-10-09 12:39:01 | 0 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Kyrgyzstan-cancels-Russian-led-military-drill-on-17497307.php |
New frozen seafood products join line-up of existing retail biscuit offerings to create Red Lobster at Home
ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Red Lobster® is bringing the heat, and seafood, to the frozen aisle with the launch of its first-ever line of seafood products available at retail. Inspired by craveable guest favorites, the NEW retail entrées include Cheddar Bay Biscuit® Shrimp, which combines the Cheddar Bay Biscuit with sweet, succulent shrimp, and Coconut Shrimp Bites, both making it easier than ever to enjoy delicious seafood whenever the craving hits.
A quick and convenient dinner, the perfect party appetizer or a reliable late-night shrimpy snack, the lineup of new seafood products builds on the existing retail line of Cheddar Bay Biscuit offerings and features:
- Cheddar Bay Biscuit® Shrimp – What happens when warm, buttery Cheddar Bay Biscuits® and tender, crispy shrimp collide? You get NEW Cheddar Bay Biscuit® Shrimp. It's impossible to eat just one!
- Coconut Shrimp Bites – These bite-sized goodies are slightly sweet, perfectly crunchy and dangerously delicious. The Coconut Shrimp Bites are tossed in real shredded coconut and paired with the Sweet Chili Sauce.
- Cheddar Bay Biscuit® Cod – Wild-caught cod breaded with legendary Cheddar Bay Biscuit® seasoning makes this like no other fish you'll ever get from the sea. It's so easy to make you'll want it on the weekly dinner rotation.
- Parmesan Crusted Garlic & Herb Stuffed Shrimp – Sweet shrimp stuffed with garlic, herbs and cream cheese coated with a parmesan-crusted breading, it's the perfect bite of shrimp every time. It's second to yum at every meal.
The new frozen seafood offerings join a lineup of popular biscuit retail products including Red Lobster's award-winning frozen, ready-to-bake Cheddar Bay Biscuits, Gluten-Free Cheddar Bay Biscuit Mix, Traditional Mix, and Honey Butter Biscuit Mix. Visit Red Lobster at Home for recipes and meal inspiration and to find where to catch Red Lobster at Home creations in your local retailer.
Guests are always invited to enjoy menu favorites by visiting their local Red Lobster restaurant or ordering To Go. To find a restaurant location, visit Red Lobster's Website. Guests can earn points for dining, including through To Go and delivery orders, and redeem tasty rewards, by signing up for Red Lobster's free loyalty program, My Red Lobster Rewards℠.
About Red Lobster Seafood Co.
Red Lobster is the world's largest and most-loved seafood restaurant company, headquartered in Orlando, Fla. With a proud heritage and an even brighter future, Red Lobster is focused on serving the highest quality, freshly prepared seafood that is traceable, sustainable and responsibly-sourced. To learn more about Red Lobster's sourcing standards and where the seafood we serve comes from, please visit www.redlobster.com/seafoodwithstandards. Red Lobster is also proud to be an employer of choice, including being named to Forbes magazine's 2022 lists of America's Best Large Employers and Best Employers for Diversity. To learn more about Red Lobster, including locations and menu options, please visit http://www.redlobster.com or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or TikTok.
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- Whilst fifteen of the leading beauty brands are sourcing products from the same three manufacturers[1], post-manufacturing markups are leading to wildly varying retail pricing
- As the economic downturn puts continued pressure on household spending, consumers are turning to brands that provide fairness around efficacy, pricing and create communities
- Beauty Pie lay bare what products really cost to make versus what customers eventually paid for them
- A generation of hyper-knowledgeable consumers are demanding more openness around supply chain ethics, carbon footprint and financial inclusivity in the growing cost of living and climate crises
- We are experiencing the rise of 'Beautility', where product efficacy and meaningful engagement are favoured by consumers seeking to derive value and personal transformation from every touchpoint
- The beauty industry is embracing radical fairness across everything from price points to product efficacy
NEW YORK, Oct. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The beauty industry will undergo a fundamental shift throughout the cost-of-living crisis as consumers demand fairer pricing, greater product efficacy and more open and honest business models than ever before, reveals a new report by beauty buyers club Beauty Pie.
The Beauty Futures 2025: Beauty, Beautility and the Rise of the 'Question Everything' Economy report, released today in partnership with The Future Laboratory, argues that a period of financial uncertainty, increased free time during the pandemic and greater access to information has created a generation of hyper-knowledgeable consumers expecting brands to provide more honesty about their products - from efficacy to supply chain.
The cost-of-living crisis is driving a demand for radical fairness and financial inclusion in the beauty industry
Whilst fifteen of the leading beauty brands source products from the same three manufacturers, hyper inflated markups are causing many to pay higher prices for products with the same base ingredients. As people continue to re-evaluate their spending habits and become more knowledgeable about these varying cost structures, there will be new demand for radical fairness in the industry across everything from price point to product efficacy as people become more aware of these markups. This shift will fundamentally change associations of higher price being linked to quality, placing more pressure on brands to prioritise shared values and demonstrate fairness and functionality.
Marcia Kilgore, founder, Beauty Pie, says "Why is it still an industry that does things the 'traditional' way? Why perpetuate the myth that people want to buy into the mystique of beauty; the smoke and mirrors, rather than the glorious revelations of the ingredients, technology and artistry? Why is it okay still to be paying crazy retailer markups, and not even know that the stuff you're actually paying for – might only cost a tenth of the price to make and manufacture?"
A new generation of hyper-knowledgeable consumers expect greater clarity on ingredients and product efficacy
Now armed with a wealth of information, consumers are no longer looking to be 'sold' a product, but are instead demanding the facts – namely ingredients and proof of product effectiveness – speak for themselves. As consumers become better educated, they are approaching products with the same eye that they bring to their nutritional choices by focusing on base ingredients, their scientific benefits and where they are sourced. As a result, searches for ingredients climbed by around 229%[2] in 2021.
Customers are more likely to listen to their community than a CEO
The combined impact of influencer saturation and the growth of digital communities through the pandemic has led to an increased focus on community-led beauty, seeing people turn to their peers for recommendations on products. Whilst just 49% of people currently report a high level of trust in CEOs, more than 62% look to people in their community[3], forcing brands to consider how they can build more meaningful connections with their customers and provide more value. Where direct to consumer (DTC) models are already building longer term connections with customers, many will be turning to memberships to build highly interactive digital communities and create valuable interactions. As a result, it is expected that 75% of DTC brands will have a membership-based offering by 2023[4].
"We commissioned this report to explore the evolving attitudes to luxury and fairness, and the growing consumer instinct to be part of something bigger – and to see if our instinct that overpaying is officially over is correct" says Marcia Kilgore, founder of Beauty Pie. "The Beauty Futures 2025: Beauty, Beautility and the Rise of the 'Question Everything' Economy report shows how this will create new challenges for future facing brands, but also exciting opportunities to create a more honest, open and fair industry.
The Future Laboratory's co-founder Chris Sanderson says: "Across generations and across the world, people are now looking for experiences, services and products that help them become better versions of themselves. This mission to be healthier, wealthier and happier is leading to the rise of the transformation economy, putting new demands on brands to deliver more meaning to their customers."
You can view the full report, here: https://www.beautypie.com/blog/posts/beauty-futures-2025
ABOUT BEAUTY PIE
Beauty Pie is a game-changing premium beauty and wellness company that works directly with the world's best beauty labs to create exceptional, award-winning skincare, makeup, hair and body care, fragrance, candles, supplements and more. It's also a club you can join, so that you can buy each deluxe, high-performance product at up to 70% what you'd expect to pay at typical beauty retail. Founder, beauty expert and serial entrepreneur, Marcia Kilgore, launched Beauty Pie in 2016 with the twin purpose of both making exceptional beauty products, and also opening up a wider conversation around whether the beauty industry – one that professes to want to empower (especially) women – was really taking advantage of them. Which is why at Beauty Pie we have a saying: the old beauty industry cuts you out. We cut you in."
@BEAUTYPIE
[1] Jungle Scout and Fashion Edits
[2] The Hut Group
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(The Hill) – King Charles III said that he was “deeply aware” of the inheritance and duties of becoming Britain’s sovereign in Saturday during a speech at St. James’s Palace.
The king was officially proclaimed the sovereign of Britain on Saturday by the Accession Council following the death of of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. The council convenes following the death of a monarch to officially proclaim the successor to the throne.
“I am deeply aware of this great inheritance and of the duties and heavy responsibilities of Sovereignty which have now passed to me,” he said to his audience at St. James’s Palace in London.
The king continued: “In taking up these responsibilities, I shall strive to follow the inspiring example I have been set in upholding constitutional government and to seek the peace, harmony and prosperity of the peoples of these Islands and of the Commonwealth Realms and Territories throughout the world.”
Charles thanked the Accession Council, the nation and the world for the sympathy given to him and his siblings during their time of mourning following Elizabeth’s death. The queen was 96 at the time of her passing. She is the longest-reigning monarch in Britain’s history, serving seven decades on the throne.
“My Mother’s reign was unequalled in its duration, its dedication and its devotion,” he said. “Even as we grieve, we give thanks for this most faithful life.”
The king added that his mother “gave an example of lifelong love and of selfless service” to her children as well as the world at large.
“And in carrying out the heavy task that has been laid upon me, and to which I now dedicate what remains to me of my life, I pray for the guidance and help of Almighty God,” he concluded.
Charles gave his first address to the nation as king on Friday, the day following the queen’s death, where he expressed his love and devotion to his mother. He also expressed his love for the Royal Family, including Prince Harry and his wife Meghan.
“May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest,” Charles said of his mother in his Friday speech. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/king-charles-iii-formally-declared-monarch-i-am-deeply-aware-of-this-great-inheritance-and-of-the-duties/ | 2022-09-10 14:52:15 | 0 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/king-charles-iii-formally-declared-monarch-i-am-deeply-aware-of-this-great-inheritance-and-of-the-duties/ |
NEW YORK, Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Enviva Inc. (NYSE: EVA), and certain officers. The class action, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, and docketed under 22-cv-02844, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than Defendants that purchased or otherwise acquired Enviva securities between February 21, 2019 and October 11, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), seeking to recover damages caused by Defendants' violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.
If you are a shareholder who purchase or otherwise acquired Enviva securities, you have until January 2, 2023 to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class. A copy of the Complaint can be obtained at www.pomerantzlaw.com. To discuss this action, contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888.476.6529 (or 888.4-POMLAW), toll-free, Ext. 7980. Those who inquire by e-mail are encouraged to include their mailing address, telephone number, and the number of shares purchased.
Enviva, formerly known as Enviva Partners, LP, develops, constructs, acquires, and owns and operates, fully contracted wood pellet production plants. The Company's products are used as a substitute for coal in power generation, and combined heat and power plants. Significantly, Enviva touts itself as a "growth-oriented" environmental, social, and governance ("ESG") company with a "platform to generate stable and growing cash flows."
The complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operations, and compliance policies. Specifically, Defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Enviva had misrepresented the environmental sustainability of its wood pellet production and procurement; (ii) Enviva had similarly overstated the true measure of cash flow generated by the Company's platform; (iii) accordingly, Enviva had misrepresented its business model and the Company's ability to achieve the level of growth that Defendants had represented to investors; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
On October 12, 2022, during pre-market hours, Blue Orca Capital ("Blue Orca") published a report on Enviva (the "Blue Orca Report"). Among other allegations, the Blue Orca Report stated that "new discovered data suggests . . . the company is flagrantly greenwashing its wood procurement" and characterized Enviva's claim to be a "pure play ESG Company with a healthy, self-funded dividend and cash flows to provide a platform for future growth" as "nonsense on all counts." Moreover, the Blue Orca Report alleged that "Enviva is a dangerously levered serial capital raiser whose deteriorating cash conversion and unprofitability will drain it of cash next year" and is "a product of deranged European climate subsidies which incentivize the destruction of American forests so that European power companies can check a bureaucratic box."
On this news, Enviva's stock price fell $7.74 per share, or 13.13%, to close at $51.23 per share on October 12, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, London, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
CONTACT:
Robert S. Willoughby
Pomerantz LLP
rswilloughby@pomlaw.com
888-476-6529 ext. 7980
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