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D-BAT Aggieland hosts grand opening in Bryan Midtown Park
Published: Jun. 7, 2022 at 9:51 PM CDT|Updated: 43 minutes ago
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) -D-BAT Aggieland is officially open beginning June 7. It’s the newest addition to Bryan Midtown Park.
The training complex is open for the public, as well as for local baseball or softball leagues. D-Bat features a state of the art pitching and batting cages.
They offer lessons, clubs and clinics for kids wanting to better their skills. The complex is complete with a pro shop where you can find all of the gear you need.
D-BAT is located at 2205 Bomber Drive, Bryan TX 77801.
To check out D-BAT, click here.
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Watch: Adorable baby elephant steals the limelight from young reporter
An adorable baby elephant stole the limelight from a young reporter as he tried to talk about human impacts on the environment at a wildlife rescue in Kenya.
Reporter Alvin Kaunda was surrounded by a few orphaned elephants at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Nairobi when one of the babies got up close and personal.
"At first I felt the elephant trunk’s contact on my back but decided to keep going because I was doing my almost 10th take of my piece to camera," Kaunda told Storyful. "I wasn’t gonna let anything stop me."
Or so he thought.
Video shows the curious elephant moving its trunk over Kaunda’s ear, then the top of Kaunda’s head. Kaunda had to stop his filming again when the baby elephant "stuck its trunk in my mouth."
READ MORE: Watch: Large shark leaps onto fishing boat: ‘It was crazy!’
"It was actually my first time at the trust," Kaunda said. "I knew I was going to see the elephants but didn’t know that they’d let me so close to them."
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, increasing threats of poaching and loss of habitat have made Africa’s elephant populations more endangered in recent years.
Credit: Alvin Kaunda via Storyful
The African forest elephant is critically endangered, and the African savanna elephant is endangered. The two species had previously been grouped together as a single species and were classified as vulnerable by the IUCN.
The number of African forest elephants has fallen by more than 86% over a 31-year period, while the population of savanna elephants dropped by more than 60% over a 50-year period, according to the IUCN, which rates the global extinction risks to the world’s animals.
As of March 2021, Africa had about 415,000 elephants, according to the IUCN.
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DAVIS, Calif., Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.® (Nasdaq: RKDA), a producer and marketer of innovative, plant-based health and wellness products, announced today that it has entered into securities purchase agreements with a single healthcare-focused institutional investor for the purchase and sale of 4,722,506 shares of its common stock (or common stock equivalents) at a purchase price of $1.05876 per share in a registered direct offering priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules. In addition, the company agreed to issue to the investor in the offerings unregistered preferred investment options to purchase up to an aggregate of 4,722,506 shares of common stock. The unregistered investment options will be exercisable immediately upon issuance at an exercise price of $0.93376 per share and will expire five years from the date of issuance.
H.C. Wainwright & Co. is acting as the exclusive placement agent for the offering.
The aggregate gross proceeds to Arcadia of both offerings are expected to be approximately $5 million before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses. The company intends to use the net proceeds from the offerings to support Project Greenfield, its three-year plan to unlock the company's potential and create a path to profitability. Project Greenfield aligns company resources around several key goals, including expanding retail for the company's GoodWheatTM high-fiber pasta, driving growth in its other core brands and partnerships and maintaining an agile organization to cultivate next-generation wellness products.
The registered direct offering is expected to close on or about August 16, 2022, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
The shares of common stock (or common stock equivalents), excluding the investment options and the shares of common stock underlying the investment options, are being offered by Arcadia pursuant to a "shelf" registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-264425) previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 21, 2022, and declared effective by the SEC on May 12, 2022. Such shares of common stock may be offered only by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus supplement, forming a part of the effective registration statement. A final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the registered direct offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, when available, electronic copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may be obtained from H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, 430 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022, by email at placements@hcwco.com or by phone at (646) 975-6996.
The unregistered investment options described above were offered in a private placement under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Act) and Regulation D promulgated thereunder and, along with the shares of common stock underlying the investment options, have not been registered under the Act or applicable state securities laws. Accordingly, the investment options and the shares of common stock underlying the investment options may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the SEC or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements. Arcadia has agreed to file a registration statement with the SEC covering the resale of the unregistered shares issuable upon exercise of the investment options.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.
Since 2002, Arcadia Biosciences (Nasdaq: RKDA) has been innovating crops to provide high-value, healthy ingredients to meet consumer demands for healthier choices. With its roots in agricultural innovation, Arcadia cultivates next-generation wellness products that make every body feel good, inside and out. The company's food, beverage and body care products include GoodWheat™, Zola® coconut water, ProVault™ topical pain relief and SoulSpring™ bath and body care. For more information, visit www.arcadiabio.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
"Safe Harbor" statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This press release contains forward-looking statements about the company, including statements relating to the company's expectations regarding the completion of the offering, satisfaction of closing conditions and use of proceeds therefrom. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, and reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, market and other conditions, the future capital requirements of the company are different than expected, the closing conditions related to the registered direct offering are not satisfied and other risks set forth in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time, including the section entitled "Risk Factors" and additional information that will be set forth in its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and other filings. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof, and Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. undertakes no duty to update this information.
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TOKYO, March 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS, INC. launched an "NX-GREEN Calculator," a tool for calculating CO2 emissions from international air, ocean, truck, and rail transport, on March 6.
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Service overview and features
The "NX-GREEN Calculator" is a service that calculates and visualizes CO2 emissions from origin to destination for international air, ocean (including river barge), truck, and rail transport when users simply enter the origin and destination of a shipment, the quantity and weight of goods being shipped, and the transport mode(s) involved.
Meticulous calculations of distances between airports, ports, and rail freight stations as well as between origins and destinations worldwide identified by city name or postal code allow for more precise estimates of CO2 emissions. The service also enables users to calculate emissions for each leg of a complex transport route by specifying transit points and total emissions for multiple shipments based on transport data for a given period. The calculator will be offered in three languages (Japanese, English, and simplified Chinese) for global use. It can be accessed on NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS' website.
English-version URL:
https://www.nipponexpress.com/service/transportation/solutions/it/nx-green.html
*Japanese, English, and Chinese are available by clicking the language switch button on the calculation input page.
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Background to service development
The Nippon Express Group has positioned "tackling climate change" as one of the material issues it must address in realizing its long-term vision of becoming a logistics company with a strong presence in the global market. The Group has also developed and released "One-Stop Navi" and "EcoTrans Navi," tools for visualizing CO2 emissions from domestic transport.
The Nippon Express Group is offering this latest tool to encourage greater ESG management among its customers, supporting their efforts to reduce CO2 emissions by visualizing CO2 emissions for international transport as well. The Nippon Express Group will continue reducing the environmental impact of logistics and working to achieve sustainable societies by helping build resource-saving and recycling-oriented communities.
Nippon Express website: https://www.nipponexpress.com/
Nippon Express Group's official LinkedIn account:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/nippon-express-group/
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China sanctions Reagan library, others over Tsai’s US trip
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China is imposing sanctions against the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and other U.S.- and Asian-based organizations in retaliation for the closely watched meeting this week between the U.S. House Speaker and Taiwan’s president.
The Reagan library was the site of the rare high-level, bipartisan meeting Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy hosted this week for talks with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.
The meeting came as U.S.-China relations have sunk to historic lows and as tensions between Taiwan and China have risen. China views any official exchanges between foreign governments and Taiwan as an attempt to raise Taipei’s global status, and thus an infringement on Beijing’s claims of sovereignty over the island.
China had vowed countermeasures against Taipei for its interactions with the U.S. “We will take resolute measures to punish the ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist forces and their actions, and resolutely safeguard our country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said in a statement Thursday, referring to Tsai and her political party as separatists.
In addition, the Prospect Foundation and the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats, both in Asia, were being sanctioned for their involvement in promoting Taiwan independence “under the guise of academic and research exchanges,” China’s Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson, Zhu Fenglian, said.
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the Hudson Institute think tank and the Reagan library were sanctioned for “providing a platform and convenience to Taiwan separatist activities.”
Four individuals in leadership roles with the organizations also were named: Sarah May Stern, chair of the board of directors of Hudson Institute; John P. Walters, director of the Hudson Institute; John Heubusch, former executive director of the Reagan Foundation; Joanne M. Drake, chief administrative officer of the Reagan Foundation. China said any property or financial assets belonging to them in China would be frozen.
Tsai had accepted a leadership award from the Hudson Institute as part of her trip to the U.S. and also given a speech about Taiwan’s challenges in regional security.
The sanctions effectively are a travel ban on the individuals in charge of the organizations. They’re also banned from working with Chinese organizations.
The Prospect Foundation is a Taiwanese think tank that works on dialogue and cooperation on issues related to Taiwan’s security, economy, and social development. The Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats is a regional organization established in Thailand that promotes exchanges among liberal and democratic political parties in Asia. Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party is a member.
Separately, the Taiwan Affairs Office also announced further sanctions on Hsiao Bi-Khim, Taiwan’s representative in the U.S. The ban on Hsiao does not appear to be substantively different from the ban enacted on her last August, when then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan. China then announced sanctions on a list of individuals from the DPP and ruling administration, including Hsiao.
Then it banned the individuals, their family members and related organizations from traveling or operating in China, including Hong Kong. Friday’s announcement said any financial sponsors of Hsiao are also included.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The outsider brought in to reform the ailing federal Bureau of Prisons pledged Monday to hold accountable any employees who sexually assault inmates, reform archaic hiring practices and bring new transparency to an agency that has long been a haven of secrecy and coverups.
Colette Peters detailed her vision in a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, her first since becoming director nearly three months ago.
She said she wants to reorient the agency’s recruiting and hiring practices to find candidates who want to “change hearts and minds” and end systemic abuse and corruption. She would not rule out closing problematic prisons, though there are no current plans to do so.
As Oregon’s prison director, Peters developed the “Oregon Way” of running prisons, which aims to transform “environments inside correctional facilities to be more normal and humane,” according to the state prisons’ website. She oversaw sharp drops in Oregon’s inmate population.
Skeptics within the federal prison system’s rank and file have derided her approach as “hug a thug.” Peters didn’t mind that but offered a different term: “chocolate hearts.”
Peters said her ideal prison worker is as interested in preparing inmates for returning to society after their sentences as they are in keeping order while those inmates are still locked within the prison walls.
“Our job, as you’ve heard me say before, is not to make good inmates. It’s to make good neighbors,” Peters said. “They’re coming back to our communities, and so we need to hire the right people on the front end with that kind of thinking to help us do that.”
It’s a departure from the agency’s previous recruiting model that stressed the law enforcement aspects of the job. Peters’ approach is similar to how prisons are run in Norway, where the focus behind bars is more on rehabilitation and promoting a humane approach.
But Peters acknowledges major hurdles to reforming the Justice Department’s largest agency, a behemoth of more than 30,000 employees, 158,000 inmates and an annual budget of about $8 billion.
Peters has visited three federal prisons so far as director.
Two have been sources of the agency’s biggest controversies: a federal women’s prison in Dublin, California, where the warden and several other employees have been charged with sexually abusing inmates, and the federal prison in Sheridan, Oregon, where inmates say they were denied showers during a hunger strike and roughed up by a special tactical team.
On Tuesday she’s scheduled to visit U.S. Penitentiary Atlanta with one of the agency’s most vocal critics in Congress, Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga. Ossoff’s committee has been investigating the agency and clashed with her predecessor, Michael Carvajal.
Peters in the interview pointedly acknowledged the agency is facing a massive staffing crisis that is at the center of its myriad issues, which Carvajal had refused to do.
Low staffing has hampered responses to emergencies and slowed the implementation of the First Step Act, a criminal justice overhaul championed by Democrats and Republicans in Congress.
“We are looking for people who want to change hearts and minds, who want to make good neighbors and safety and security is a top priority,” Peters said. “And so that is a paradigm shift, and I hope it’s one that recruits the right people.”
Peters said the staffing crisis, exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, has only worsened as the agency looks for new ways to recruit officers and retain its staff. A 2021 AP investigation found nearly one-third of federal correctional officer positions were vacant, forcing prisons to use cooks, teachers, nurses and other workers to guard inmates.
Now, the Bureau of Prisons finds itself not only competing with other law enforcement agencies and corporate employers, but with fast food restaurants offering signing bonuses. In some cities, the biggest hurdle has been huge cost of living burdens. And in rural communities, the agency has struggled to find many qualified applicants.
Peters also vowed to have zero tolerance for any employee who abuses their position or sexually abuses inmates in their care.
“We need to continue to hold people accountable, let people see and understand that if you engage in this type of egregious activity, you’re going to prison,” she said.
A year ago, the Justice Department took the bold step of closing one of its more troubled facilities: the crumbling Manhattan jail where financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in 2019.
Peters says the agency has yet to determine if the jail, the Metropolitan Correctional Center, will reopen — a task that would require a pricey structural overhaul. She also isn’t ruling out closing more prisons as repair bills pile up and inmate populations shift.
“We will always be analyzing the infrastructure,” Peters said. “We have billions of dollars in back-loaded infrastructure repairs that need to happen at all of our institutions. At some point there’s a return on investment where there’s just the cost of repairing them are too high.”
AP reporting has revealed rampant sexual abuse and other criminal conduct by staff, dozens of escapes, deaths and severe staffing shortages that have hampered responses to emergencies.
“I have said in this room I need to hear the good, the bad and the ugly,” Peters said. “We cannot have any surprises. We have to know what is happening inside our agency so we can help.”
The Bureau of Prisons has also started to “spot check” security cameras at prisons across the U.S. to ensure officers are conducting rounds to check on inmates held in segregated housing units, a major controversy after two officers who were supposed to be guarding Jeffrey Epstein falsified documents claiming to have checked on him while they were really sleeping and shopping online.
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Those who concern themselves with the Washington Wizards will have to exit the woulda-coulda-shoulda stage of processing Bradley Beal’s trade to the Phoenix Suns eventually, for their own health and well being. But this week sure makes it hard.
This draft class is widely viewed as having plenty of excellent talent worth building around — which makes the stakes that much higher for Winger, Dawkins and Schlenk given that team owner Ted Leonsis only recently decided the Wizards needed a change and blessed a rebuild in the past couple of months. He didn’t leave the new group much time to plan for a draft that could be their best opportunity over the next few years to select a young star.
When asked in an interview last week what on-court characteristics the new front office is looking for in players, Dawkins said, understandably, “I think we’re a little further from defining that.” Winger was hired May 24. Dawkins came aboard June 5. Whether he was playing coy with the team’s plans or not, the new group hasn’t had many chances to huddle and figure out exactly what they want their basketball identity to look like. Nor have they had ample time to comb through the current roster and decide which players have upside and who fits in going forward.
But Dawkins insists that playing from behind isn’t the same as making an uninformed decision. He led Oklahoma City’s pro and college evaluation teams for years and Schlenk led Atlanta’s basketball operations through six drafts. Both are seasoned, respected talent evaluators who have been studying this class for years.
“I’m very lucky, very fortunate that as I moved through the different positions in Oklahoma City, I was always rooted in basketball, in evaluation. I spent a lot of time with guys who were 15, 16 years old, at international tournaments, high school tournaments, I was just at a [youth tournament] last weekend when I got the phone call from Michael,” Dawkins said during his introductory news conference. “… The draft doesn’t start right now, the draft started two, three, four years ago, and that’s the mind-set we’ll have.”
Here are a few names to know heading into Thursday’s draft:
Anthony Black (Arkansas) — 6-foot-5 guard
Black is the name most often associated with the Wizards in this draft cycle. The Razorbacks’ freshman would make a smart pick for a foundational building block moving forward because he’s, well, so smart.
Black is raved about for his quick decision-making and high basketball IQ, court vision that’s only enhanced by his above-average size for a guard. His numbers weren’t outstanding in his lone collegiate season — he averaged 12.8 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 2.1 steals in 34.9 minute per game — but he has shown the ability to put a team on his back. In November’s Maui Invitational, Black’s best stretch of games all season, he averaged 22.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.3 assists in three games.
Bilal Coulibaly (Metropolitans 92) — 6-foot-8 forward
Heard of the Metropolitans 92, have you? Coulibaly garnered attention playing alongside Victor Wembanyama in France this season, where he had scouts salivating over a 7-foot-2 wingspan and flashes of splashy offense. The 18-year-old has deceptive strength and is an unselfish teammate with the type of exciting potential that could be perfect for a front office willing to take its time with a methodical rebuild. Coulibaly was a late addition to the draft cycle, and with all the promise he holds, a welcome one.
Ausar Thompson (Overtime Elite) — 6-foot-5 wing
Thompson has a legitimate claim to being the best athlete in this year’s draft class. At 20 years old, he’s had plenty of winning experience playing in Overtime Elite’s basketball league, where he’s twice been named Finals MVP and was league MVP while playing for the City Reapers in the 2022-23 season after averaging 16.3 points, 6.9 rebounds, 6.1 assists, 2.7 steals and 1.3 blocks in 27.6 minutes per game. His shooting ability has long been a point of concern among scouts, but Thompson has plenty of other tools. He’s known as a good defender, and a tough driver with a lithe touch at the basket.
Cason Wallace (Kentucky) — 6-foot-4 guard
If the Wizards wanted to lean into tough, fundamental defense as their new identity, Wallace would be a good option. The Kentucky freshman worked out in a pre-draft session open to reporters earlier this month and is a talented, hard-working defender on and off the ball. Spot-up shooting is a highlight of his offensive game, though he won’t be the driver of a high-octane team offense. He averaged 11.7 points, 4.3 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 2 steals in 32.2 minutes per game as a Wildcat in a season that earned him a spot on the SEC’s All-Freshman Team.
Other names to keep an eye on for Thursday include Jarace Walker, a 6-foot-6 forward out of Houston; Taylor Hendricks, a 6-foot-8 forward from Central Florida; Kobe Bufkin, a 6-foot-4 guard out of Michigan; and Cam Whitmore, a 6-foot-5 forward from Villanova. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/06/21/wizards-nba-draft-eighth-pick/ | 2023-06-21 19:19:07 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/06/21/wizards-nba-draft-eighth-pick/ |
Aggieland Humane Society Pet of the Week: Spearmint
Published: Mar. 31, 2023 at 6:33 PM CDT|Updated: 30 minutes ago
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Spearmint is the Aggieland Humane Society Pet of the Week for March 31.
This Terrier mix is about seven-months-old.
He may seem shy at first, but you’ll see Spearmint’s playful side once you get to know him.
According to Aggieland Humane Society, this pup will do best in a house that does not have small children.
Take Spearmint home now! Saturday, April 1 is the shelter’s last day of their March Madness adoption special. For this special, adoption fees are down to $12.
The shelter is located at 5359 Leonard Road in Bryan. They’re open Monday through Friday from noon to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 3:00 p.m. Take a look at the other adorable pets available for adoption here.
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(The Hill) — James Cameron, the director of the 1997 film “Titanic,” said on Thursday that he was “struck” by the similarities between the sinking of the actual ship in 1912 and the recent “catastrophic implosion” of the Titan submersible during a dive to see the wreck.
“I’m struck by the similarity of the Titanic disaster itself, where the captain was repeatedly warned about ice ahead of his ship and yet he steamed at full speed into an ice field on a moonless night and many people died as a result,” Cameron told ABC News.
“For a very similar tragedy, where warnings went unheeded, to take place at the same exact site with all the diving that’s going on all around the world, I think is just astonishing,” he added. “It’s really quite surreal.”
Cameron, who has himself made 33 dives to the wreck of the Titanic, noted that several people had previously expressed concerns about the Titan submersible’s tourist expeditions.
“A number of the top players in this deep-submergence engineering community even wrote letters to the company, saying that what they were doing was too experimental to carry passengers and that it needed to be certified,” he said.
The Titan went missing on Sunday during a visit to the wreck, spurring a frantic search and rescue effort. The U.S. Coast Guard said on Thursday that a remotely operated vehicle had found a debris field near the Titanic that was “consistent with catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber.”
The five passengers on board the submersible — OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, British adventurer Hamish Harding, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Sulaiman, and French explorer and Titanic expert Paul-Henry Nargeolet — are believed to be dead.
“These men were true explorers who shared a distinct spirit of adventure, and a deep passion for exploring and protecting the world’s oceans,” OceanGate said in a statement. “Our hearts are with these five souls and every member of their families during this tragic time.”
“We grieve the loss of life and joy they brought to everyone they knew,” the company added. | https://www.cenlanow.com/national/director-james-cameron-struck-by-similarities-between-titan-implosion-titanic-sinking/ | 2023-06-22 22:42:50 | 0 | https://www.cenlanow.com/national/director-james-cameron-struck-by-similarities-between-titan-implosion-titanic-sinking/ |
Global myasthenia gravis community taking action in June to spread awareness about rare disease and highlight debilitating challenges experienced by patients.
BOSTON, June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The MG Community around the world is turning Awareness into Action in June to educate everyone about the challenges of the rare neuromuscular disease myasthenia gravis (MG).
The Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America (MGFA™), the largest, leading patient advocacy organization solely dedicated to the myasthenia gravis community announced the official start of MG Awareness Month in June. Throughout the month, MG patients, caregivers, medical experts and researchers, companies, and MG Community members are participating in activity to drive new awareness of the disease as well as communicate methods of more effectively managing MG.
MG Community members from many countries are coming together as part of an international "collaboration" to creatively plan and conduct activities – everything from media relations, sign making, legislative advocacy, meetings and parties, social media sharing, athletic events, and more – that will make people aware of the effects of the disease and its consequences while outlining new treatments and research progress.
"MG Awareness Month in June is one of those times that bring community members together as one to reach out collectively with passion and commitment in helping everyone understand what MG is and how it profoundly impacts the daily lives of those diagnosed with MG," said Samantha Masterson, president and chief executive officer at the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America. "We ask our community to lean in and take action – and do something, no matter how small or large-scale – to make people more aware of MG. By getting involved and driving awareness, we hope patients will be diagnosed faster, we hope new and better treatments will continue to be developed, and we hope patients and caregivers will be able to live with an improved quality of life."
Approximately 70,000 to 90,000 are diagnosed and living with MG in the United States alone. MG patients suffer with debilitating physical symptoms such as extreme fatigue and muscle weakness that impact a person's ability to see, swallow, smile, walk or breathe.
MGFA focuses on funding promising research discoveries for better treatments while providing impactful programs, guidance, and education to support members of the MG Community. There has been extremely important progress in myasthenia research recently with two new FDA-approved treatments and many new disease management resources and educational materials.
MGFA provides toolkits, ideas, and methods of taking action and driving awareness. The organization also raises funds through its DARE to CARE program that supports MG research grant funding and educational materials or events creation. Check out this webpage to learn more about how you can get involved and take action. https://myasthenia.org/Make-an-Impact/Turn-Awareness-into-Action-MG-Awareness-Month-2023
MGFA Contact Information:
Michael Antonellis
Vice President, Global Marketing & Communications
mantonellis@myasthenia.org
+1-617-610-2411
Kate Stober
National Director, Digital and Content Marketing
kstober@myasthenia.org
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CHICAGO, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - CIBC is proud to announce its support for a unique, affordable housing community for blind or visually impaired residents and military veterans.
CIBC's Community Development team is providing a total of $27.9 million in construction financing for The Foglia Residences, a partnership between The Chicago Lighthouse and Brinshore Development LLC. In addition, the bank's $30.2 million equity investment will create 76 units of affordable permanent supportive housing for families that will serve low-income residents at 80%, 60%, and 30% area median income (AMI) levels, with one third of the units reserved for those with income at or below 30% AMI.
"CIBC's financial commitments to The Foglia Residences supports the needs of the visually impaired in terms of affordability and safety," said Michael G. Capatides, Senior Executive Vice President and Group Head, US Region. "We are passionate about this project because it's the first in the US to bring this level of security to our visually impaired and veteran communities."
The Foglia Residences is a new construction of a 76-unit apartment building in the Illinois Medical District on Chicago's west side and is the first project financed by the Low-Income Housing Tax Credits in the country specifically targeted to households experiencing blindness or vision impairment. Units will be equipped with a doorbell and strobe one-way communication speaker, hard-wired audio and visual alarms in each bedroom, bathroom, and living space, and smoke/heat sensors, one-way communication speakers, and low-frequency sounders in each bedroom. The building will also include a roof deck, a spacious community room, an exercise/fitness room on the main floor and 1,500 sq. ft. of ground-level retail space. A management office will be located on-site.
CIBC has been a supporter of The Chicago Lighthouse for more than a decade, donating nearly $140,000 to support their programs.
"With safety and independence comes peace of mind," said Capatides. "We strive to understand the unique needs and ambitions of community members, and take pride in helping them achieve success."
CIBC is a leading North American financial institution with 13 million personal banking, business, public sector and institutional clients. CIBC offers a full range of advice, solutions and services in the United States, across Canada and around the world. In the US, CIBC Bank USA provides commercial banking, private and personal banking and small business banking solutions and CIBC Private Wealth offers investment management, wealth strategies and legacy planning. Visit us at cibc.com/US.
Serving the blind, visually impaired, disabled, and Veteran communities through innovative education, rehabilitation, employment, assistive technology, and other programs, The Chicago Lighthouse is one of the nation's most comprehensive social service organizations. For additional information, visit www.chicagolighthouse.org.
Brinshore Development, LLC., is an experienced real estate development firm with twenty-eight years of expertise based in Evanston, Illinois. As an industry leader, Brinshore excels at creating diverse teams to transform the most complex development challenges into well-designed and vibrant communities. Brinshore's current portfolio includes 10,000 affordable rental housing units valued at more than $1.5 billion in fifteen states and the District of Columbia. For more information, visit www.brinshore.com.
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The funding, led by Primetime Partners, SJF Ventures, and CEOC's Aging Innovation Fund, will fuel the digital health company's continued expansion of its technology platform and engagement services for older adults and caregivers.
NEW YORK, June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- 3 – DUOS, a digital health company focused on empowering older adults to live independently, announced today an additional $10 million in funding led by Primetime Partners, SJF Ventures, and CEOC's Aging Innovation Fund managed by Castellan Group. This investment supports DUOS' rapid customer growth and, combined with DUOS' $15 million Series A round in April 2022, brings the company's total funding raised to date to more than $33 million.
DUOS generates shared value for health plans, providers, and employers by making operations more efficient and increasing utilization of existing benefit structures. DUOS' platform helps staff reduce the time it takes to find a member's coverage options, while AI-powered digital experiences capture and prioritize the most important aging needs for a member to increase the average number of needs resolved. Together, DUOS' products increase engagement with and adoption of Medicare Advantage benefits, leading to improvements in overall member satisfaction, retention, and completion of critical care initiatives like Annual Wellness Visits.
"DUOS operates at the critical juncture of a growing aging population, increased pressures on unpaid caregivers, and a rapidly evolving Medicare Advantage landscape. They have proven metrics demonstrating that effectively engaging older adults and their caregivers and connecting them with underutilized health plan benefits not only improves quality of life for individuals but also drives better outcomes for plans," said Abby Miller Levy, Managing Partner and co-founder of Primetime Partners. "We've watched the DUOS team since their launch and their track record of member engagement and impact is best in class."
Since its launch in 2020, DUOS has expanded its original human-powered service model for solving aging needs to provide a full suite of technology and engagement products for health plans, providers, and employers. Tapping into over 100,000 different MA plan benefits and more than $30 billion in unclaimed public benefits, the DUOS System of Aging identifies the right plan benefit, community resource or government program, at the right time, thereby driving increased member satisfaction in older adults, reducing stress and burden on caregivers, and addressing critical care gaps for health plans.
"The unique combination of data aggregation, technology and engagement services makes the DUOS approach particularly effective at delivering increased value for health plans, risk-bearing providers, and employer groups grappling with the growing aging crisis in America today." added Perry Clarkson from SJF Ventures. "Our support comes at a critical growth moment for both DUOS and the broader aging U.S. population with unmet medical and social determinants of health (SDoH) needs."
More than half of all adults over 65 have at least one unmet aging need. DUOS identifies these needs, prioritizes them in collaboration with the older adult or caregiver, and connects the need with an existing benefit or resource. 95% of the thousands of aging needs identified by DUOS have been solved with closed loop referrals, and DUOS has delivered an 80%+ care gap closure rate on Annual Wellness Visits and in HEDIS gaps with chronically ill, non-compliant MA members.
"Our north star remains, and has always been, to solve the needs of aging adults. The investments in technology and tooling that we'll make with this additional funding are all in the interest of supercharging those efforts: more needs identified and resolved, more individuals feeling both supported and independent," said Karl Ulfers, co-founder and CEO of DUOS. "The fact that staying laser focused on our mission also yields meaningful value for our health plan and employer partners makes the work even more compelling."
Resolving barriers to healthy living for older adults drives satisfaction: DUOS' rolling 30 day NPS is 82 (compared to a health plan high water mark of 43), and 88% of DUOS members report a willingness to stick with their current health insurance plan because of their access to DUOS (16% of MA enrollees switch plans after 1 year of enrollment).
DUOS is available in all fifty states, depending on health plan coverage.
About DUOS
DUOS is a digital health company focused on helping older adults stay connected and age independently. Founded in 2020, DUOS focuses on older adults' aging needs and maximizes their well-being by connecting them with untapped health plan benefits and building high trust relationships. The DUOS' System of Aging technology connects caregivers, health plans and healthcare providers to maximize benefits engagement and ensure holistic, personalized support. Listen to our soundtrack on Spotify, follow us on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn, and visit us at getduos.com.
About Primetime Partners
Primetime Partners is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in companies that can transform the quality of living for older adults through meaningful new products, services and experiences. The firm accelerates business growth through consumer marketing expertise, strategic distribution partners, synergies across portfolio companies and an engaged network of advisors. Also core to the mission, Primetime encourages the talent and expertise of experienced older adults as founders and business builders.
About SJF Ventures
SJF Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests in high-growth companies creating a healthier, smarter, and cleaner future. SJF's investment sectors include climate and clean energy, education and employment, supply chain and logistics, govtech, and health and wellness. Through its healthcare investing, SJF aims to address underserved populations and extend care outside of the walls of doctors' offices, into patients' homes and communities.
About CEOC's Aging Innovation Fund
CEOC was formed to leverage the strengths and assets of its 15 strategic healthcare members that collectively represent more than 550,000 employees and touch over 80 million lives annually. With its representation across the entire care continuum, CEOC capitalizes on its sector strength to identify healthcare gaps and connect innovators to capital and customers. CEOC's Aging Innovation Fund is managed by Castellan Group and invests in startups that provide digital healthcare solutions to the aging population.
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Telehealth Utilization Grew Nationally in April 2022 after Two Months of Decline, according to FAIR Health's Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker
NEW YORK, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In April 2022, COVID-19 returned to the top five telehealth diagnoses nationally for the first time since January, according to FAIR Health's Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker. COVID-19 also returned to the list of top five telehealth diagnoses in every US census region except the South; it had been off the list in all four regions (Midwest, Northeast, South and West) since January. The data represent the privately insured population, including Medicare Advantage and excluding Medicare Fee-for-Service and Medicaid. The reappearance of COVID-19 on the national and regional lists coincided with a rise in COVID-19 cases in April reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Also in April 2022, telehealth utilization, as measured by telehealth's share of all medical claim lines, grew nationally and in every region after two months of decline, according to the Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker.1 National telehealth utilization increased 6.5 percent, from 4.6 percent of medical claim lines in March to 4.9 percent in April. Regionally, the greatest increase was in the South, where telehealth utilization grew 11.8 percent in April. The rise in telehealth utilization may have been due to the growth in the reported number of COVID-19 cases, which may have led more patients to avoid in-person care.
Diagnoses
Various other diagnoses dropped off the lists as the share of COVID-19 diagnoses increased. Nationally, substance use disorders fell off the list; in the Midwest and Northeast, joint/soft tissue diseases and issues did so; and in the West, endocrine and metabolic disorders did so. In all regions and nationally, mental health conditions remained the top-ranking telehealth diagnosis.
Specialties
The rankings of the top five telehealth specialties did not change nationally or regionally in April 2022 when compared to March 2022, with social worker remaining the top-ranking telehealth specialty in all regions and nationally. But primary care physician increased its percentage share of telehealth claim lines by about one percent nationally and in the Northeast and South.
Procedure Codes
In April 2022, the rankings of the top five telehealth procedure codes did not change nationally or in any region when compared to the prior two months. The number one telehealth procedure code nationally and in every region remained CPT®2 90837, one-hour psychotherapy.
Costs
For April 2022, the Telehealth Cost Corner spotlighted the cost of CPT 90832, 30-minute psychotherapy. Nationally, the median charge amount for this service when rendered via telehealth was $115.40, and the median allowed amount was $64.84.3
About the Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker
Launched in May 2020 as a free service, the Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker uses FAIR Health data to track how telehealth is evolving from month to month. An interactive map of the four US census regions allows the user to view an infographic on telehealth in a specific month in the nation as a whole or in individual regions. Each infographic shows month-to-month changes in telehealth's percentage of medical claim lines, as well as that month's top five telehealth procedure codes, diagnoses and specialties. Additionally, in the Telehealth Cost Corner, a specific telehealth procedure code is featured, with its median charge amount and median allowed amount.
FAIR Health President Robin Gelburd stated: "We welcome sharing these varying windows into telehealth utilization as it continues to evolve. This is one of the many ways we pursue our healthcare transparency mission."
For the Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker, click here.
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About FAIR Health
FAIR Health is a national, independent nonprofit organization that qualifies as a public charity under section 501(c)(3) of the federal tax code. It is dedicated to bringing transparency to healthcare costs and health insurance information through data products, consumer resources and health systems research support. FAIR Health possesses the nation's largest collection of private healthcare claims data, which includes over 36 billion claim records and is growing at a rate of over 2 billion claim records a year. FAIR Health licenses its privately billed data and data products—including benchmark modules, data visualizations, custom analytics and market indices—to commercial insurers and self-insurers, employers, providers, hospitals and healthcare systems, government agencies, researchers and others. Certified by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as a national Qualified Entity, FAIR Health also receives data representing the experience of all individuals enrolled in traditional Medicare Parts A, B and D; FAIR Health includes among the private claims data in its database, data on Medicare Advantage enrollees. FAIR Health can produce insightful analytic reports and data products based on combined Medicare and commercial claims data for government, providers, payors and other authorized users. FAIR Health's systems for processing and storing protected health information have earned HITRUST CSF certification and achieved AICPA SOC 2 compliance by meeting the rigorous data security requirements of these standards. As a testament to the reliability and objectivity of FAIR Health data, the data have been incorporated in statutes and regulations around the country and designated as the official, neutral data source for a variety of state health programs, including workers' compensation and personal injury protection (PIP) programs. FAIR Health data serve as an official reference point in support of certain state balance billing laws that protect consumers against bills for surprise out-of-network and emergency services. FAIR Health also uses its database to power a free consumer website available in English and Spanish, which enables consumers to estimate and plan for their healthcare expenditures and offers a rich educational platform on health insurance. An English/Spanish mobile app offers the same educational platform in a concise format and links to the cost estimation tools. The website has been honored by the White House Summit on Smart Disclosure, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), URAC, the eHealthcare Leadership Awards, appPicker, Employee Benefit News and Kiplinger's Personal Finance. FAIR Health also is named a top resource for patients in Dr. Marty Makary's book The Price We Pay: What Broke American Health Care—and How to Fix It and Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal's book An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back. For more information on FAIR Health, visit fairhealth.org.
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1 A claim line is an individual service or procedure listed on an insurance claim.
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3 A charge amount is the provider's undiscounted fee, which a patient may have to pay when the patient is uninsured, or when the patient chooses to go to a provider who does not belong to the patient's plan's network. An allowed amount is the total fee paid to the provider under an insurance plan. It includes the amount that the health plan pays and the part the patient pays under the plan's in-network cost-sharing provisions (e.g., copay or coinsurance if the patient has met the deductible).
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2023 State of the Restaurant Industry Report highlights industry successes and challenges; forecasts sales of $997 billion
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the National Restaurant Association released its 2023 State of the Restaurant Industry report, which examines key factors impacting the industry including the current state of the economy, operations, workforce, and food and menu trends to forecast sales and market trends for the year ahead. The report is an authoritative look at the industry and its opportunities based on a range of national surveys of restaurant owners, operators, chefs, and consumers.
Key findings illustrating the industry's economic conditions include:
- Growth will continue: The foodservice industry is forecast to reach $997 billion in sales in 2023, driven in part by higher menu prices.
- Industry help wanted: The foodservice industry workforce is projected to grow by 500,000 jobs, for total industry employment of 15.5 million by the end of 2023.
- Building on a Solid Foundation: For 70% of operators, business conditions have settled into or are on the path to their new version of normal.
- Consumers want restaurant experiences: 84% of consumers say going out to a restaurant with family and friends is a better use of their leisure time than cooking and cleaning up.
- Rising costs create challenges: 92% of operators say the cost of food is a significant issue for their restaurant.
- Competition is heating up: In 2023, 47% of operators expect competition to be more intense than last year.
"The restaurant and foodservice industry is fueling the American economy. Our hiring rate and wage increases are outpacing the overall private sector, and this year our industry will contribute nearly $1 trillion to the economy," said Michelle Korsmo, president & CEO of the National Restaurant Association. "The 2023 State of the Restaurant Industry report offers an in-depth analysis of what's driving this growth and the tremendous opportunities for restaurant owners, operators, and team members who want to grow their businesses and expand their careers."
Pandemic Pivots become Permanent
The temporary "pivots" developed during the pandemic — expanded delivery services, outdoor dining options, to-go alcohol offerings, and investments in technology — are the foundation of the industry's "new normal." At least 4 in 10 operators in each of the three limited-service segments — quickservice, fast casual, and coffee and snack — believe the addition of drive-thru lanes will become more common in 2023. For others, outdoor dining and alcohol-to-go are becoming table stakes. Across all six major segments, more than 9 in 10 operators plan to continue offering outdoor seating and the same number of operators are also likely to continue offering alcohol-to-go, if their jurisdiction allows it.
Despite widespread investment in technology in the last few years, the restaurant industry is still far from becoming a tech-centric sector. Most operators still consider their use of technology as mainstream rather than leading edge.
In 2023, many operators want to keep moving toward the edge, with more than 4 in 10 planning investments in equipment or technology to increase front- and back-of-the-house productivity. These investments are anticipated mostly in the order and payment space, rather than automated systems or robots that prepare and serve food. Other operational takeaways include:
- Among fine-dining restaurants that offered delivery during the pandemic, 79% added it for the first time; 8 in 10 of those plan to continue.
- Two-thirds of adults say they're more likely to order takeout food from a restaurant than they were before the pandemic.
- Off-premises-only locations are expected to grow in popularity; more than 4 in 10 limited-service operators think they will be more common this year.
- 69% of adults say they like the option to dine outside.
An Industry of Opportunity
The restaurant and foodservice industry added 2.8 million jobs over the past 24 months, bringing the industry total to 15 million at the end of 2022; however, the foodservice industry remains 400,000 jobs below pre-pandemic levels.
Most restaurant operators will be actively looking to boost staffing levels in 2023, while carefully balancing staffing needs with business conditions. Eighty-seven percent of operators say they'll likely hire additional employees during the next 6–12 months if qualified applicants are available. Key figures on the restaurant workforce include:
- Between 2023 and 2030, the foodservice industry is projected to add an average of roughly 150,000 jobs a year, with total staffing levels projected to reach 16.5 million by 2030.
- Only 1 in 10 operators think recruiting and retaining employees will be easier in 2023 than it was in 2022.
- The restaurant industry has long been the primary training ground for new entrants to the workforce and in 2022, nearly a quarter of jobs were filled by first-time employees.
- 58% of operators say using tech and automation to alleviate labor shortages will become more common in their segment in 2023; however, technology is generally complementary to human labor and primarily intended to enhance rather than replace workers in the restaurant industry.
Flexibility to Accommodate Rising Food Costs and All-Hours Dining
Demand for restaurant experiences remains strong among consumers who are hungry to connect over shared meals. Operators are taking creative cost-saving approaches to temper elevated expenses, including food, labor, occupancy, and utilities, by streamlining their menus. With the rise of remote work blurring traditional meal times, operators are focusing on new opportunities to entice customers at all hours with engaging offerings, including off-hours or slow-day value deals, flexible pricing, multi-course meal bundles, meal kits and subscriptions, apparel, and more. Meanwhile, many operators plan to add to their menus more healthier and nutritious meal options, eco-friendly items, and dishes tailored to takeout in 2023. Key data points on food and beverage trends include:
- 93% of operators say their restaurant's total food costs are higher than they were in 2019.
- A majority of operators across all segments expect to keep their menus in 2023 similar in size to last year.
- 69% of adults say they are likely to purchase a meal kit (measured ingredients with cooking instructions), including more than 8 in 10 Gen Z adults and millennials.
- Eco-friendly business practices continue to draw consumers, especially millennials.
"As the restaurant industry adapts to a new normal, operators' ability to be flexible and diversify their operations is essential to thriving," said Hudson Riehle, senior vice president of Research for the National Restaurant Association. "With profitability under pressure, operators are launching new business models within the industry, re-engineering current concepts, and allocating more space to off-premises business in order to satisfy customers in 2023."
Click here to download the 2023 State of the Restaurant Industry Report, supported by SpotOn and Sage.
About the National Restaurant Association
Founded in 1919, the National Restaurant Association is the leading business association for the restaurant industry, which comprises nearly 1 million restaurant and foodservice outlets and a workforce of 15 million employees. Together with 52 State Associations, we are a network of professional organizations dedicated to serving every restaurant through advocacy, education, and food safety. We sponsor the industry's largest trade show (National Restaurant Association Show); leading food safety training and certification program (ServSafe); unique career-building high school program (the NRAEF's ProStart). For more information, visit Restaurant.org and find @WeRRestaurants on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- It's no mystery why Careismatic Brands wants to celebrate nurses. As the world's leader in medical apparel, they have been serving healthcare pros every day of the year for nearly three decades.
But Nurses Week is special, and in 2023, the company is rolling out a unique promotion. In the Mystery Scrub Giveaway, they're giving away $100,000 in Careismatic Brands medical apparel in the form of "mystery gift packages" sent to 250 winners once a month for the rest of the year.
The contest runs May 1 through May 26, 2023, and winners will be selected by June 2, 2023. Healthcare providers can sign up online (via https://www.careismatic.com/nurses-week-giveaway, Allheart.com, Healinghandssccrubs.com, cherokeeuniforms.com), or on social media (@allheart, @hhscrubs, @cherokeeuniforms) for a chance to win. Once notified, winners will be asked for their clothing and shoe sizes, as well as other information needed to customize their seven monthly gift packages.
"With this giveaway, we're excited to be able to bring a little joy into nurses' lives," says Milo Slattery, Chief Product Officer at Careismatic Brands. "And to be able to surprise them each month with a gift package on their doorstep."
The 2023 Nurses Week $100,000 Mystery Scrubs Giveaway is open to healthcare providers age 18 and over in the 50 United States.
ABOUT CAREISMATIC BRANDS
Careismatic Brands, Inc. is a trusted global leader in medical apparel, footwear, and accessories, with a distribution platform that spans 70 countries. Its extensive portfolio of trusted brands includes Cherokee Uniforms, Dickies Medical, heartsoul scrubs, Infinity, Scrubstar, Tooniforms, Anywear, Healing Hands, Med Couture, Medelita, Classroom Uniforms, Allheart, and Silverts adaptive apparel. Careismatic is proud to support a number of nonprofit organizations, including The DAISY Foundation, U-VOL Foundation, and Mercy Ships.
For more information on Careismatic Brands, visit www.careismatic.com and follow us on Facebook and Instagram.
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PITTSBURGH – Mike Tomlin will meet with the rest of the Pittsburgh Steelers' braintrust before announcing who will be the starting quarterback in Cincinnati in two weeks.
Mitch Trubisky presented a pretty compelling case to make sure the conversation is a short one.
Unharried behind an offensive line that remains very much a work in progress, Trubisky finished off a steady if not spectacular preseason with 80 seconds of precision, leading a crisp 92-yard touchdown drive to end the first half in a 19-9 victory over the Detroit Lions on Sunday.
Trubisky's final throw of a busy August was a 6-yard dart to Steven Sims that gave the Steelers a 16-point lead and likely erased any doubt as to who will run onto the field with the starting offense against the defending AFC North champion Bengals on Sept. 11. Trubisky finished the preseason 24 of 34 for 283 yards and two touchdowns against no interceptions.
“I feel confident with where I’m at,” Trubisky said.
He should, even with rookie Kenny Pickett doing his best to apply some pressure. Pickett went 10 for 14 for 90 yards while playing the majority of the second half and completed 80% (29 of 36) of his passes during the preseason, with three touchdowns and no picks.
“If it’s me (as the starter), I’m going to play as hard as I possibly can and be the best I can be,” Pickett said. “If it’s Mitch or Mason (Rudolph), whoever it is I’ll support them and be ready when my number is called and be the best QB on the sideline that I can be.”
Pickett remains very much a part of Pittsburgh's future. Trubisky, however, appears to be part of the present. Five months after signing a two-year deal with Pittsburgh in hopes of reviving his career, Trubisky's professionalism and play since training camp began has given Tomlin little reason to hand the keys to the franchise to the 20th overall pick in the draft so quickly.
Tomlin has grown tired of fielding questions about the quarterback position, maybe because it so rarely happened during his first 15 years on the job with Roethlisberger's name written in permanent marker atop the depth chart. Clarity will come at some point in the next few days, though Tomlin called the situation “a good problem” to have.
There are a handful of not-so good ones too.
The starting offensive line, excoriated following a shoddy half of work last week against Jacksonville, was again sloppy and at times disorganized. Twice the Steelers started a series inside the Detroit 30 in the first half. Twice they failed to record a single first down and were forced to settle for one of Chris Boswell's four field goals.
Tomlin played most of his starters on both sides of the ball in the first half, and it nearly cost the Steelers after All-Pro linebacker T.J. Watt and Pro Bowl wide receiver Diontae Johnson both left with injuries.
Watt, the reigning Defensive Player of the Year, injured his left knee after receiving a cut block from Detroit tight end T.J. Hockenson in the second quarter. Hockenson seemed to apologize to Watt immediately after the play, and Watt remained in the game briefly before being pulled.
Johnson, who signed a lucrative extension earlier this month, also left in the first half with a shoulder injury after landing awkwardly following a nice 38-yard reception down the sideline.
Tomlin said both injuries appeared to be minor and that they possibly could have returned if the game counted, shrugging off the risk involved with playing them in a meaningless game.
“You can't box without sparring," Tomlin said.
BACKUP PLAN?
The Lions (1-2), who have spent the last month taking a rare turn in the spotlight as part of the “Hard Knocks” docuseries, have a slightly lower-profile quarterback competition going. With starter Jared Goff taking the day off, Tim Boyle and David Blough tried to provide some clarity to the backup position.
Neither exactly distinguished himself. Boyle completed just 5 of 15 passes for 64 yards while working the first half. He also threw an interception directly to Pittsburgh cornerback Cam Sutton, who didn't even have to move as Boyle hit Sutton right between the 2 and the 0 on his jersey as he sat down in zone coverage.
Blough was a little more effective while working against players who are hoping they'll still have a job in the NFL after teams trim their rosters to 53 on Tuesday afternoon. Blough finished 17 of 32 for 160 yards, including a 5-yard touchdown flip to Quintez Cephus with 30 seconds to go.
“I think (the backup situation) became very clear,” Lions coach Dan Campbell said. “I think we got things answered and I would leave it at that.”
The Lions could be in the market for a backup quarterback this week. There could be one available in Pittsburgh, where Rudolph appears very much to be the third-man in the three-way race.
UP NEXT
Lions: Welcome Philadelphia to Ford Field on Sept. 11.
Steelers: Begin the season on the road for the eighth straight year when they head to Cincinnati. The Bengals swept the season series from Pittsburgh last fall.
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DENVER (AP) — As the focus on the electron microscope resolved, Richard Reynolds found himself feeling more resigned than surprised.
The slide before him was a snowpack sample collected from pristine Colorado high country. The sample revealed, at intense magnification, the snowpack’s expected sprinkling of rock fragments and spikey grains of sand.
It also revealed what shouldn’t have been there at all: long, straight, human-made fibers of plastic.
The sight confirmed what Reynolds, a retired U.S. Geological Survey researcher, and his colleagues had suspected after seeing snowpack studies from far away places: An invisible layer of microplastic blankets the Rocky Mountains, polluting our snowpack and our water in yet undefined ways.
“It seems to be everywhere,” said Reynolds, coauthor of a new study of the microplastics detected throughout the Upper Colorado River Basin.
“And there’s a lot of it.”
Fragments of shredded truck tires blown in from nearby highways. Pieces of plastic bottles lifted from a Utah landfill by siroccos and dropped onto Loveland Pass. Detritus from the Pacific garbage patch catapulted by El Nino into the San Juan mountains. The microplastics on the slides are too tiny to offer identities like brand names or shapes. But those distant sources are the initial suspicions of the research team as they plan followup studies on more samples.
A host of wildlife and water quality researchers are likely to descend on the study results to gauge impacts of invisible plastic fibers riding snowmelt into every crevice of the high country. They’ll also be looking for any dangers for the cities downhill that rely on that water.
“Microplastics are very persistent. So where are they going to end up?” said Steven Fassnacht, professor of snow hydrology and a senior research scientist at Colorado State University. Fassnacht was not involved in the USGS microplastics study, but is familiar with the team’s work.
“I think we’re going to start seeing more and more microplastics in fish, and in our drinking water,” he said.
For now, the immediate news is bad enough: Much like the dark red dust that blows onto the snowpack from Colorado Plateau and Great Basin storms and creates rust-colored layer cakes above treeline, the microplastics may absorb sunshine and speed up snowmelt.
The previously known impurities in Colorado snow had already piled on the current 22-year drought and long-term climate change to threaten state water resources and outdoor recreation that rely on deep winters. Darker dust layers are an “accelerant” to early snow loss, researchers say. Drought in turn worsens the dust storms by stripping the moisture that binds soil together across the West.
“Climate change is showing its ugly head now,” said Jeff Derry, a coauthor of the microplastics study and executive director for the Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies which has sensors across the San Juan Mountains. “This year in southern Colorado we saw the snow melt essentially a month early.”
— New study adds layer of bad news
Reynolds and USGS researchers Harland Goldstein and Raymond Kokaly had been working with Derry’s center for years to investigate the samples he brought back from high country sites.
Until recently, they focused on identifying where the dust in the snow layers blew in from, and analyzed mineral content and the physical properties that speed up snowmelt by absorbing more solar energy than pure white snow. This is the “albedo,” with a scale that starts at 0 for so dark it absorbs everything, up to 1, a perfect reflection of the energy.
But the whole crew was also seeing more and more disturbing journal articles about human-made impurities showing up in samples around the world. So much plastic is produced each year, for everything from water bottles to clothing to industrial goods to packaging, and so little is recycled, that it bumps and shreds and chips and blows and drifts everywhere.
Plastics are fragmented, but never degraded, at least not in a timespan relevant to life on this planet.
“The world produced 348 million metric tons of plastic in 2017, and this number grows every year by about 5%,” begins a study by Utah researchers published in the journal Science in 2020. “A large proportion of this production accumulates as waste in the environment, and progressive fragmentation” sends the microplastics abroad on the wind, the study said.
The abstract title of their report is “Here, there, and everywhere.”
“Eleven billion metric tons of plastic are projected to accumulate in the environment by 2025,” they add.
The Colorado report’s authors point out that before they retrained more powerful microscopes on their past samples, researchers had found airborne microplastics elsewhere in the western United States, on Arctic ice floes, and high in the Pyrenees and Alps.
“Recently, microplastics have been identified in human blood and lung tissue,” the Colorado study adds, in scientific deadpan.
Standing atop Loveland Pass in mid-July, Reynolds said he had noticed straight lines and unnatural filament shapes on some slides in his first pass through some of Derry’s dust samples, but had dismissed them as microbes that can assume similar shapes. After reading enough microplastics studies from other continents, he realized he and others had missed something.
Derry at first wondered if they had accidentally contaminated the samples. Maybe the straight lines were stray, infinitesimal threads from one of his countless shell jackets or skiing gaiters.
But as the Colorado researchers went back through with more powerful tools, the plastics were unmistakable. And yet still shocking, at least to Derry, who lives for work-related backcountry ski runs around Silverton.
“There’s no place that’s safe from our influence and contamination of the Earth,” Derry said.
Possible contributors to the microplastics seem endless once you start thinking about how they got to 11,000 feet, Derry said. The snow and avalanche center has a Colorado Dust-on-Snow Program with sampling sites that sit on passes like Berthoud, Rabbit Ears, Hoosier, McClure and Wolf Creek.
He suspects tires wearing away constantly on mountain highways, and even drifting clouds of industrial and consumer microplastics swept into the atmosphere from municipal wastewater biosolids spread on Eastern Plains farms.
The samples in the new Colorado study went through 2016, and the researchers are now seeking samples from more recent snow surveys and new regions. Perhaps the only really useful function of work conferences, Reynolds said, is that after presenting a new paper, everybody in the audience sends you samples.
The Colorado researchers said they saw samples over enough years to make them suspect the microplastics problem is getting worse, though they can’t be conclusive yet on this point.
Dozens of samples from water years 2015 and 2016 — water years begin in October to better track one winter’s snowpack and melt — found the frequency of microplastics at the 11 Upper Colorado River Basin sites were greater than in 2013 and 2014.
That doesn’t mean the researchers are ready to conclude the tiny plastic fragments are torching snow banks like a hot black battery pack. They know impurities are bad, but they need to study more about plastics’ absorption or reflection of light, they said.
“Whether or not our observations indicate an increasing influence of microplastics on snow-surface albedo remains an open question,” they conclude.
— After the deluge
But it all has to go somewhere, right? The snow melts. Faster than ever, according to the original research that led to the microplastics discoveries. So what happens to all those microscopic shreds of petroleum-based fibers?
And of course they’re not just getting deposited up high during winter snow and wind storms. Any spring or summer storm is dropping more microplastic straight onto the plants and dirt.
Scientists from any number of fields are now sorting through microplastics studies from the high country and plotting followup research, CSU’s Fassnacht said.
The microplastics wash downhill and end up in mountain streams for wildlife to drink, or swim and breed in. What happens inside animal bodies, if anything? Is more microplastic worse?
Upstream in the food chain, do tundra plants and streamside plants take up the microplastics through their roots? How does it impact their growth? What happens when animals eat them?
And then, of course, there’s the downstream questions. Front Range cities pride themselves on basing their drinking water supplies on snowmelt from the Colorado, Arkansas and South Platte river basins. How much of the microplastic ends up at the intake valves for a city water supply? And does water treatment take it all out?
“We rely on that water, and these are impurities that we don’t really know much about,” Fassnacht said. “We are just starting to evaluate and measure how much is there.”
There are likely to be a series of long-term studies coming out of the microplastics revelations, he said. A model could be the decadeslong measuring of atmospheric pollution at Loch Vale, in the heart of Rocky Mountain National Park, where researchers have measured excess nitrogen deposited from industrial, automobile and agricultural pollution on the Front Range.
“We need to look at this as a system, and how does it move through the system,” Fassnacht said. “Because we may be taking most of it out of the drinking water. But if we’re eating the fish in the rivers …”
Research on the potential toxicity of microplastics in water appears to be in its infancy. A 2019 World Health Organization metastudy found the tiny shards and fibers everywhere in water supplies and wastewater effluent. But the report also said “routine monitoring of microplastics in drinking-water is not recommended at this time, as there is no evidence to indicate a human health concern.” Water treatment agencies should never take their eye off the ball of the constant and quantifiable dangers of dangerous microbes, the WHO said.
Besides, the WHO concluded, “it is likely humans have ingested plastic particles for decades as a result of widespread contact with plastics in household objects including cutting boards, food packaging and direct contamination in air and food.” The WHO recommended far more research into both the quantity and the potential impacts of microplastics in the water supply.
“Even if you aren’t surprised to hear it, it’s still depressing,” Derry said, of reading through international reports.
California, as it is wont to do, is regulating first, and asking questions later.
High Country News detailed California’s 2021 moves to require drinking water measurements, but noted the microplastics field “is still in its infancy. No one knows how widespread microplastics in California’s drinking water really are. There isn’t even a standardized method to test for them. And no one knows what dose may be ‘safe’ to consume, since the human health effects are largely unknown.”
Count Aurora Water in the too-early-to-say category. Spokesman Greg Baker said Aurora is not testing for microplastics in its high country water sources around Leadville and in the Arkansas River basin.
Denver Water said it is closely following what it calls an “emerging issue” with microplastics in runoff. Agency officials said they would add monitoring, watershed management and treatment if needed to ensure “Denver’s tap water always meets or goes above and beyond” strict federal water quality standards.
— Try not to think about what’s underfoot
Geologists live to learn what they are stepping on.
On hikes and other outings, Reynolds brings a magnetic susceptibility meter the size of a wallet, to hover over snow dust layers or trailside rocks. With a click, Reynolds sees the level of iron oxide arrayed before him, and can make an educated guess on how deep into Utah a given dusty layer came from.
After Reynolds and Derry met on Loveland Pass in mid-July to talk microplastics, Reynolds put the meter in his pocket, slung on a backpack, and hiked straight up the ridge toward Mount Sniktau. He spent most of the hike thinking about oxygen, or lack thereof, at 11,990 feet. But the persistent microplastics questions returned when he was back in his car.
How much of the potentially toxic shred is out there? Will Derry find much more in the samples he’s taken since 2017?
Will scientists zero in on where all the plastic is coming from, and will that lead to ways to stop it?
How toxic might the fibers and shards prove to plants, to wildlife, to humans?
In microplastics, as in all of science, Reynolds said, “I am continuously humbled by what I don’t know.” | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Microplastics-increasingly-found-in-Colorado-s-17356410.php | 2022-08-06 16:31:43 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Microplastics-increasingly-found-in-Colorado-s-17356410.php |
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SCRANTON — A man from Berwick who recently pled guilty to escaping from the Luzerne County Correctional Facility when he fled to South Carolina with his girlfriend was indicted by a federal grand jury of threatening the U.S. president, a federal judge and a congressman.
Robert Maverick Vargo, 25, was charged in the indictment with threatening the President of the United States, interstate communications with a threat and influencing a federal official by threat, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Gerard M. Karam.
The indictment alleges the Washington, D.C., office of Congressman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss, received a letter on Oct. 11 from Vargo, containing threats to kill the congressman, his family, President Joseph Biden, and U.S. District court Judge Robert D. Mariani alluding to Anthrax and containing what appeared to be a white powder.
Thompson is serving his 15th term as congressman and is chairman of the Select Committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Karam in the news release says Vargo’s letter specifically referenced Thompson’s role with the Jan. 6 Select Committee and wrote, “Im going to kill you! I will make you feel the rest of our pain & suffering. There is nowhere or nobody who can keep you from me. I am going to kill you & those you love. I promise you that I will keep my promise until the day of my death.
“You & Joe Biden soon will face death for the wrongs you’ve done to US,” Vargo allegedly continued with his letter.
An investigation by the U.S. Capitol Police Hazardous Material Response Team determined the white power accompanying the threats did not pose an immediate public safety hazard. It was determined through the investigation that the letter and substance was sent by Vargo from the Luzerne County Correctional Facility, Karam stated in the news release.
The case is being investigated by the U.S. Capitol Police, Protective Service Bureau and the U.S. Secret Service.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jenny P. Roberts is prosecuting.
Vargo was charged by county detectives with escaping a work detail a the county correctional facility on July 17.
Vargo and his girlfriend, Amanda Saxer, 28, were captured by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in Barefoot Landing near Myrtle Beach, S.C., on July 20.
Court records say Vargo pled guilty to escape on Oct. 14 before Judge David W. Lupas. He is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 27.
Saxer, of Berwick, is facing a charge of hindering apprehension in county court. | https://www.timesleader.com/news/1580758/lccf-inmate-escapee-indicted-for-threatening-president-congressman | 2022-10-19 19:41:25 | 0 | https://www.timesleader.com/news/1580758/lccf-inmate-escapee-indicted-for-threatening-president-congressman |
Taulia Tagovailoa says he visited brother, Tua, over weekend
By NOAH TRISTER
AP Sports Writer
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Maryland quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa was able to visit his brother, Tua, last weekend after the Terrapins’ game against Michigan State. Taulia Tagovailoa spoke to reporters Tuesday for the first time since Tua left the Miami Dolphins’ game against Cincinnati last Thursday with a frightening head injury. Taulia played in Maryland’s win over Michigan State on Saturday but wasn’t made available to the media afterward. He said Tuesday he was able to go to Florida and spend some time with his brother. Tua Tagovailoa suffered a concussion four days after taking a hit in another game. | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/10/04/taulia-tagovailoa-says-he-visited-brother-tua-over-weekend/ | 2022-10-04 20:45:58 | 0 | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/10/04/taulia-tagovailoa-says-he-visited-brother-tua-over-weekend/ |
TODD MISSION, Texas, Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Frightful fun and ghoulish grins return to the Texas Renaissance Festival this weekend during All Hallows Eve! With the extension of SH 249 and the widening of FM 1774, it is now easier and faster to get to the Texas Renaissance Festival.
"The extension of SH 249 and the expansion of FM 1774, Texas Renaissance Festival is closer to Houston than ever before," says Carl Foy, Director of Marketing for Texas Renaissance Festival. "With normal traffic, you can get from Beltway 8 to the 16th century in about half an hour!"
All Hallows Eve is the fourth of eight themed weekends during the 48th season of the Texas Renaissance. In addition to the theme, visitors can take in a show at any of the 27 stages, shop and eat your way through the kingdoms of France, Germany, England, Spain, and more! Please come as you are or dress up and come as you aren't! Stores throughout the festival will be giving out candy for Trick or Treating and there is a Royal Costume Contest at 2:00 pm. Every night ends with his majesty's royal fireworks!
"Texas Renaissance Festival takes people away from the cares of the 21st century," says Foy. "All Hallows Eve is the Renaissance way to celebrate, with ghouls, ghosts, and a cast of characters unite for the weekend."
Texas Renaissance Festival is open from 9:00 am until 8:00 pm, Saturdays, Sunday, and Thanksgiving Friday through November 27th. Save $5 per person buy purchasing admission in advance at TexRenFest.com. Kids under the age of 12 are free on Sunday!
The Texas Renaissance Festival is the nation's largest and most acclaimed Renaissance themed event. Established in 1974, the event attracts over half a million visitors each year to its 55-acre New Market Village and Fields of New Market Campgrounds in Todd Mission, Texas. This immersive experience features world renowned live entertainment works by master artists and craftspeople, award winning food and drink, hand-powered rides, and games, and over 100 interactive characters during its eight themed weekends from October 8 through November 27, 2022.
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ST PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ 3M Co. (MMM) on Tuesday reported second-quarter profit of $78 million.
On a per-share basis, the St Paul, Minnesota-based company said it had profit of 14 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were $2.48 per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.41 per share.
The maker of Post-it notes, industrial coatings and ceramics posted revenue of $8.7 billion in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $8.56 billion.
3M expects full-year earnings in the range of $10.30 to $10.80 per share.
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1st ship carrying Ukrainian grain leaves the port of Odesa
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain set off from the port of Odesa on Monday under a deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey that is expected to release large stores of Ukrainian crops to foreign markets and ease a growing hunger crisis.
The Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni left Odesa for Lebanon, Turkey’s defense ministry said. A statement from the United Nations said the Razoni was carrying over 26,000 tons of corn.
Data from the Razoni’s Automatic Identification System, a safety tracker for ships at sea, showed the vessel slowly coming out from its berth at Odesa port Monday morning alongside a tug boat.
Ukraine’s Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov tweeted a video of the long cargo ship sounding its horn as its headed out to sea.
“The first grain ship since Russian aggression has left port,” Kubrakov said on Twitter. “Thanks to the support of all our partner countries and the U.N. we were able to full implement the Agreement signed in Istanbul. It’s important for us to be one of the guarantors of food security.”
The ship is expected to reach Istanbul on Tuesday, where it will be inspected, before being allowed to proceed, the ministry said.
The corn will then head to Lebanon, a tiny Mideast nation in the grips of what the World Bank has described as one of the world’s worst financial crises in more than 150 years. A 2020 explosion at its main port in Beirut shattered its capital city and destroyed grain silos there, a part of which collapsed following a weekslong fire just Sunday.
As the Razoni moved toward the open water of the Black Sea, it changed its destination from Istanbul to Tripoli, Lebanon.
The Turkish ministry statement said other ships would also depart Ukraine’s ports through the safe corridors in line with deals signed in Istanbul on July 22, but did not provide further details.
Russia and Ukraine signed separate agreements with Turkey and the U.N. clearing the way for Ukraine — one of the world’s key breadbaskets — to export 22 million tons of grain and other agricultural goods that have been stuck in Black Sea ports because of Russia’s invasion.
The deals also allow Russia to exports grain and fertilizers.
Ukraine’s infrastructure ministry said that 16 more ships, all blocked since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, were waiting their turn in the ports of Odesa.
Kubrakov said the shipments would also help Ukraine’s war-shattered economy.
“Unlocking ports will provide at least $1 billion in foreign exchange revenue to the economy and an opportunity for the agricultural sector to plan for next year,” Kubrakov said.
The United Nations welcomed the development, saying in a statement that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hopes it will be just the first of many commercial ships carry Ukrainian grain abroad and “bring much-needed stability and relief to global food security especially in the most fragile humanitarian contexts.”
The resumption of the grain shipments came as fighting raged elsewhere in Ukraine.
Ukraine’s presidential office said that at least three civilians were killed and another 16 wounded by Russian shelling in the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours.
Donetsk Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko repeated a strong call for all residents to evacuate. He particularly emphasized the need to evacuate about 52,000 children still left in the region.
In Kharkiv, two people were wounded by a Russian strike in the morning. One was wounded while waiting for a bus at a stop, and another was hurt when a Russian shell exploded near an apartment building.
The southern city of Mykolaiv also faced repeated shelling, which triggered fires near a medical facility, destroying a shipment of humanitarian aid containing medicines and food.
Analysts warned that the continuing fighting could threaten the grain deal, making clients nervous.
“The danger remains: The Odesa region has faced constant shelling and only regular supplies could prove the viability of the agreements signed,” said Volodymyr Sidenko, an expert with the Kyiv-based Razumkov Center think-tank.
“The departure of the first vessel doesn’t solve the food crisis, it’s just the first step that could also be the last if Russia decides to continue attacks in the south.”
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Jon Gambrell in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, contributed.
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(Motor Authority) – A 1974 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow owned by Queen frontman Freddie Mercury is heading to auction with RM Sotheby’s on November 5, with proceeds from the sale going to the Superhumans Center, a charity providing aid to Ukraine.
While the Silver Chalice-painted sedan was registered in the United Kingdom when it was new, it didn’t enter Mercury’s orbit until 1979, when it was purchased by the rock star’s production company, Goos Productions Ltd., the listing says. While Mercury was likely chauffered in the Rolls, he probably never drove it himself because he seemingly never got a license.
The car is accompanied by documents supporting its connection to Mercury, including workshop invoices in the singer’s name, other documents in the name of his former partner Mary Austin, and a letter from longtime Queen manager Jim Beach confirming Mercury’s ownership.
Produced from 1965 to 1980, the Silver Shadow was a big technological step forward for Rolls. The Shadow (and related Bentley T-Series) had unibody construction rather than the body-on-frame construction of previous models, along with a hydraulic self-leveling suspension system licensed from Citroën.
Power is provided by the ubiquitous Rolls-Royce/Bentley L-Series V-8, which started at 6.3 liters when the Silver Shadow launched, but was later enlarged to 6.8 liters (this car has the larger-displacement version). Iterations of this engine—with electronic fuel injection and turbocharging—continued in production until 2020.
After Mercury’s death in November 1991, the Silver Shadow was driven by the late rock star’s sister Kashmira Cooke, who bought the car from the Freddie Mercury Estate in 2003. It was then auctioned off in 2013, when it was bought by the current owner. The listing notes that the car has been stored for a while, and should be inspected before being driven.
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RM Sotheby’s expects the Silver Shadow to sell for between 20,000 and 30,000 British pounds, equivalent to $22,539 to $33,808 at current exchange rates. Even those relatively low estimates likely reflect this car’s celebrity connection. The Silver Shadow’s long production run makes it relatively common for a Rolls-Royce, so values have never been particularly high. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/reviews/br/automotive-br/freddie-mercurys-1974-rolls-royce-silver-shadow-heads-to-auction/ | 2022-10-21 17:38:46 | 1 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/reviews/br/automotive-br/freddie-mercurys-1974-rolls-royce-silver-shadow-heads-to-auction/ |
5-year-old missing after mother found dead in South Carolina
Published: Nov. 27, 2022 at 11:46 AM CST|Updated: 49 minutes ago
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WIS/Gray News) - Police in South Carolina are looking for a missing 5-year-old child, Aspen Jeter, WIS reported.
Officials say around noon on Thursday, deputies were sent to a residence to conduct a welfare check on Aspen’s mother after she had not been seen since Nov. 1.
They found the woman deceased at the home and Aspen was missing.
Authorities ask anyone with information on Aspen’s location or the deceased woman to contact the Orange County Sheriff’s Office at 803-534-3550 or Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIMESC.
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WASHINGTON, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With baby formula in short supply around the country, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) has a clear warning for caregivers: avoid watering down formula.
"Adding extra water to baby formula to try and make it last longer can put a child at risk of a seizure or another medical emergency," said Gillian Schmitz, MD, FACEP, president of ACEP. "Given the current formula shortage, it may be tempting to look for a workaround, but it is very important to always mix formula according to the manufacturer's instructions."
Infants under the age of six months should not drink water or other liquids besides infant formula or breast milk, unless advised by a physician. Adding too much water to formula reduces its nutrient levels and could slow a child's development. It could also cause an electrolyte imbalance that can lead to severe health problems, including seizures.
Baby formula should always be mixed as directed by the manufacturer, unless specifically guided by a physician or health care professional. Consistent with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommendations, emergency physicians advise against trying to make formula at home with store bought ingredients.
With all sorts of risky homemade formula recipes on the internet or circulating among friends, the best choice is to talk with a physician about the safest ways to feed a child.
Feeding an infant under six months of age cow's milk, or milk substitutes, is not a safe alternative to infant formula, emergency physicians said. Milk or similar dairy products can cause an infant severe illness at times of heat stress, fever or diarrhea.
Cow's milk cannot be digested by an infant as completely or easily as formula or breast milk. It lacks the proper amounts of iron and other nutrients that infants need, which can irritate the linings of a still developing digestive system and lead to a dangerous electrolyte imbalance, bloody stool, or iron deficiency. Whole milk or toddler formula could be a temporary option for several days for a child older than six months if infant formula is not available.
"Actions that may seem like a harmless way to stretch the supply of formula could end up being dangerous," said Dr. Schmitz. "An infant needs a careful balance of nutrients and even a brief disruption can cause health problems. Do not hesitate to bring a child to the closest emergency department for any concerns that they could be having a medical emergency."
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) is the national medical society representing emergency medicine. Through continuing education, research, public education, and advocacy, ACEP advances emergency care on behalf of its 40,000 emergency physician members, and the more than 150 million people they treat on an annual basis. For more information, visit www.acep.org and www.emergencyphysicians.org.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Publica, a leading Connected TV (CTV) ad server owned by Integral Ad Science (Nasdaq: IAS), today announced a partnership with ANTHYM Technologies, a coalition of free, ad-supported streaming TV platforms.
As a demand agnostic Connected TV Ad Server, Publica helps global publishers deliver a seamless ad experience via the introduction of Server-Side Ad Insertion (SSAI) while helping them maximize revenue by running a unified-auction between multiple SSPs and Ad Exchanges. Publica now powers header bidding, server-side ad insertion (SSAI), and ad-break decisioning for some of the biggest streaming publishers and smart TV manufacturers in the world.
ANTHYM leverages Publica's SSAI technology to power its advanced ad tech and manage the inventory of its robust coalition of CTV applications and FAST networks. This enables advertisers to seamlessly integrate with a high-quality portfolio of independent publishers and gain access to a broad, diversified audience while also bringing economies of scale to indie creators. The result is better performance and monetization for both advertisers and publishers. The coalition includes ANTHYM's flagship app, AnthymTV, which was recently featured on Pixalate's list of top CTV applications, and the 911 Network (now streaming on FuboTV, DistroTV, and AnthymTV) as well as dozens of other top independent publishers."
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"After working directly with just about every major CTV ad server in the market, I can safely say Publica has emerged as a market leader in advanced ad serving technology. ANTHYM prides itself on sitting on the forefront of advanced ad tech, and I'm thrilled with the results our streaming applications have experienced since joining forces with Publica," said Nick Cartier, Founder and CEO, ANTHYM.
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"We're thrilled to collaborate with the team at ANTHYM and help them to maximize their CTV ad revenues. Leveraging Publica's ad server technology allows ANTHYM to increase demand, provide programmatic advertisers with better access to inventory and provide a relevant viewing experience for consumers," said Ben Antier, Co-Founder and CEO, Publica.
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ANTHYM operates and represents a coalition of free ad-supported CTV applications, including its flagship platform – "AnthymTV (recently ranked in Pixaelate's Top 100 CTV applications) and several FAST channels (including the 911 Network)". ANTHYM prides itself on sitting on the forefront of programmatic ad tech, original content development, and R&D in the CTV sector. For more information, visit https://www.anthymtech.com.
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HONOLULU (AP)Nelly Junior Joseph scored 26 points as Iona beat Seattle University 83-72 on Friday night.
Joseph added seven rebounds for the Gaels (8-4). Daniss Jenkins scored 19 points and added eight assists. Osborn Shema shot 4 for 9, including 1 for 5 from beyond the arc to finish with 11 points, while adding seven rebounds and four blocks.
The Redhawks (8-4) were led by Cameron Tyson, who posted 27 points. Alex Schumacher added 17 points for Seattle U. Brandton Chatfield also had 10 points.
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HONG KONG, May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ZOTAC Technology, a global manufacturer of innovation, joins COMPUTEX 2022 with exclusive unveilings at our Virtual Booth for you to discover. From the Metaverse-ready wearable PC and professional mini workstation, to the smallest full-featured system and ultimate graphics cards, our strong line-up of innovative products invites all visitors to reimagine how we create, play and work in the new digital universe.
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Fuentes will define the company's digital and sales strategy in the US and Canadian markets and drive adoption of digital solutions in the financial industry
MIAMI, Feb. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Veritran, a leading global financial technology solutions provider, today announced the promotion of Greynier Fuentes to VP of Sales & Digital Strategies. In this role, Fuentes will continue to focus on furthering the adoption of digital solutions within the financial industry and pioneering Veritran's digital strategy and will be additionally responsible for identifying sales opportunities to generate revenue and overseeing the US and Canadian sales team. Additionally, Fuentes will support banking and credit union clients with the agile building of business applications for digital channels.
"Veritran's mission is to help financial institutions embrace digital transformation," said Marcelo Fondacaro, CCO at Veritran. "Greynier's deep industry expertise and passion for all things digital will allow him to help banks in the US and beyond adopt innovative new solutions, better serve their clients and tech-enable their businesses to become industry pioneers. We are thrilled that he has taken on this new role and look forward to seeing how his commitment to excellence and transformational leadership style takes our team to new heights."
Fuentes joined Veritran in 2019 as VP of Digital Solutions and has since served as a key player in Veritran's launch and growth in the U.S., the development of the company's Global Partner Program, and in acquiring and maintaining all US-based clients to-date.
His devotion for digital transformation and technology is deeply rooted in his more than two decades of experience in the information technology, software, banking and fintech industries. Prior to joining Veritran, Fuentes served as the Chief Technology Officer at Bit Platforms, where he worked closely with the CEO to identify the technology needs of the organization and develop a strategy to meet those needs. Prior to that, he was the Chief Technology Officer at The Pay Solutions, where he was responsible for identifying and implementing new technology that helped the company achieve its goals, as well as maintaining and upgrading existing technology.
Fuentes is also an ex-Homeland Security expert on digital security, emergency management technology and cybersecurity. Earlier in his career, he also worked for The National Center for Biodefense Communications, where he created agricultural software for the State of Mississippi.
"Veritran is a pioneering company with a global presence, and I look forward to defining the company's strategic vision as we empower financial institutions to adopt digital solutions and drive organization-wide transformation," said Fuentes. "As I take on this expanded role, my goal is to continue to evolve Veritran's solutions to solve industry concerns and expand our reach to credit unions and banks across the nation, arming these institutions with the tools to provide an elevated customer experience and innovate more quickly."
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Through our business solutions, we inspire financial institutions to take digitalization to the next level.
We are proud to be a key strategic partner for renowned clients across Latin America, North America, and Europe helping them become the banks their customers prefer.
By creating innovative customer-focused products, we empower over 50 million people to run their financial world.
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SAN ANGELO — In a 13-inning thriller against Angelo State, Texas Woman's fell 3-2 in Game 1 of their series on Tuesday.
Both teams riddled each other scoreless for nine innings after tying the ball game 1-1 in the second and fourth inning.
Although the results did not end in favor of the Pioneers, the unsung hero of the night was Alyssa LeBlanc. From the circle, LeBlanc pitched a total of 12 1/3 innings to break the TWU record for most innings pitched since 2009. The record was previously held by Carly Case with 10 pitched innings.
LeBlanc allowed seven hits, three runs and two errors on the night and limited the Rambelles to five walks. With a total of 223 pitches, LeBlanc ended the night holding the Lone Star Conference record for most strikeouts in a single game at 23 — trumping her previous record of 17 on Feb. 25 against Lubbock Christian.
In the first inning, the Pioneers had the opportunity to take the lead as LeBlanc advanced to third on a bunt from Tylar Lane.
The Rambelles opened the scoring after a home run to center field would put them ahead of the Pioneers.
Behind by one, the Pioneers never gave up swinging to open the top of the fourth. A double to right field from Delaney Boley, followed by a single from Lauren Trinh would put the Pioneers in prime scoring position.
Alexys Ginegaw recorded a much-needed RBI for the Pioneers to tie the ball game 1-1, as Delaney Boley added one run to the board.
For nine straight innings the Pioneers and the Rambelles were gridlocked. It wasn't until the top of the 13th inning when the Pioneers dug deep and scored their next run from Ciana Rodriguez, unearned after reaching first on an error from the Rambelles right fielder.
It was a game of endurance and the Pioneers stood firm, as this was the most innings the Pioneers have played in this season. To close Game 1, the Rambelles hit a single to the left side and scored due to a fielding error followed by an overhead double to the right field for ASU to score unearned.
As a team, the Pioneers were walked five times, registered six strikeouts and left 12 on base to cap the night.
The Pioneers will be back Wednesday against Angelo State to close the three-game series in doubleheader fashion. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — In a gritty industrial district of St. Petersburg, a 23-story glass office tower rises — the words "Wagner Center" emblazoned across its rooftop and entrance.
"Mostly we are interested in those who are patriotic," explains Anastasia Vasilevskaya, a spokesperson, during a tour of the space — still under renovation.
There will be a free 24-hour media lab, and snacks, for patriotic bloggers, she explains. Also, seed money to incubate Russian tech startups with potential military applications. On the upper floors, luxury board rooms with a sweeping view.
It's a symbol of Wagner's growing business empire and, perhaps, the rising political fortunes of its once-secretive owner.
For after years of operating in the shadows, Wagner's founder — 61-year-old Yevgeny Prigozhin — now very much wants to be seen.
The man known as "Putin's Chef" is taking new orders
Americans may know Prigozhin as the mastermind behind Russian troll farms during the 2016 U.S. presidential elections.
But inside Russia, Proghzin's notoriety is tied primarily to the Wagner Group — a private military contractor linked to various Kremlin covert operations over the past decade but now openly central to Russia's war effort in Ukraine.
Prigozhin has led efforts to recruit thousands of imprisoned Russian convicts to go fight in Wagner units deployed to Ukraine. The contract on offer: Survive six months and receive a full amnesty. Die in battle and get a hero's burial.
"Both God and Allah can take you out of here in a casket," says Prigozhin in a leaked video that showed him addressing convicts in a prison colony last September. "I can get you out of here alive. But I can't promise to bring you back that way."
Prigozhin has since emerged as a regular presence near the front lines, and often in the headlines: handing out medals to soldiers and crowing about Wagner's hard-fought victories when they come.
"They're probably the most experienced army in the entire world today," he boasted of Wagner soldiers following their seizure of the town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine last January.
He's pushing for influence
Longtime observers say Prigohzin's new public embrace of his past is — at its core — a fight for influence at a moment of political disarray.
"It's what we call a classic struggle for power," says Denis Korotkov, a Russian investigative journalist who broke several of the early stories on Wagner's activities, beginning in 2014.
Back then, Prigozhin was better known as "Putin's Chef" — a nickname he earned after building a restaurant and catering empire favored by the Kremlin from humble beginnings as an ex-con running a hot dog stand.
Yet Korotkov discovered Prigozhin was also quietly recruiting Russians to fight alongside separatists in the Donbas region — part of a Kremlin off-the-books effort to hide Russian meddling in the then-nascent proxy war in eastern Ukraine.
"Many of these people couldn't make anything close to that kind of money at home," Korotkov says of the Wagner recruits at the time.
"And Prigozhin could only do that with the permission of one man," he adds, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Fast forward to today and Korotkov has fled Russia amid a crackdown on independent media that threatens journalists with lengthy jail sentences for reporting "false information" about Russia's "special military operation" in Ukraine.
But he says Wagner's pay-for-play army — which has grown into a force of some 50,000 men, according to Prigozhin — is now key to efforts to salvage Russia's struggling military campaign.
"The Russian army doesn't appear to have much incentive to fight. The people who enter Wagner are more motivated," Korotkov says.
Though allies on the battlefield, Wagner and the Russian military are politically at odds
Prigozhin presents Wagner ranks — dubbed "the musicians" in homage to the 19th-century German composer, Richard Wagner, that is the group's namesake — as better-trained, equipped and paid than regular Russian military troops.
Prigozhin has even produced slick action films that mythologize Wagner heroics while acknowledging the cost of war.
"We have a contract. A contract with a company. A contract with the motherland and our conscience," concludes Better in Hell — a stiff action thriller that celebrates Wagner's role in the war in Ukraine.
Prigozhin's media holdings have also been deployed as a battering ram against the Defense Ministry's top brass — criticizing generals as incompetent and out of touch as Russian forces faced repeated setbacks against Ukrainian troops beginning last summer.
Indeed, the infighting grew to a crescendo last month as Prigozhin accused the defense minister and chief of Russia's general staff of "treason" — claiming they were intentionally starving his own Wagner forces of ammunition out of spite and jealousy.
He included a picture — unconfirmed — that shows scores of supposedly dead Wagner soldiers lying in the snow.
Viktor Litovkin, a military analyst with the state-run TASS news agency, says despite Wagner's now acknowledged role in the Kremlin war effort, the mercenary force is still — formally — an outlawed militia at home.
"If the government allows Wagner to work and doesn't get in their way, it means the government approves," Litovkin says in an interview with NPR.
"It approves but it bears no responsibility. Because the men serving in Wagner aren't soldiers. The law doesn't apply to them," he adds.
Like Russia's military, Wagner has faced — and denied — allegations of war crimes in Ukraine.
Undisputed is the group's practice of extrajudicial killings of its own fighters suspected of disloyalty.
In November, Wagner released video footage of the execution of one of its own members. The fighter — a convict recruited for the war — had surrendered to Ukrainian forces and was later returned in a prisoner swap.
Prighozhin has since embraced the executioner's tool — a sledgehammer — as a proud symbol of Wagner battlefield justice.
The U.S. government labeled Wagner a "transnational criminal organization" in January. And Prigozhin has long been wanted by the FBI over efforts to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Putin's role in Prigozhin's activities remains unclear
Prigozhin's public embrace of violence and infighting with top generals have launched a cottage industry of conspiracies of how this is happening on President Putin's watch.
One theory: Prigozhin's brutality and bravado are a prelude to a push for personal power.
Whether the Kremlin leader condones or can't control it is an ambiguity which some argue suits Prigozhin just fine.
"We don't know for sure what Putin thinks about Prigozhin. And Prigozhin knows that no one knows," says Alexandra Prokopenko, an independent analyst who writes frequently on Russian government policymaking.
Prokopenko says this ambiguity creates "quasi-influence" for Prigozhin — even if tenuously built around the patronage of one man: President Putin.
"When the war ends, and it will definitely end someday, I think he will become a liability," she tells NPR.
For now, Prigozhin insists he's a simple patriot — focused on the mission at hand and providing Russians with an unvarnished view of the conflict.
In a recent video interview with a pro-Kremlin military blogger, Prigozhin insisted he had "zero" political ambitions. He said he only hoped to retreat with his mercenaries to a warm climate once the war is won.
Yet Korotkov, the journalist, says Prigozhin's continued public role, perhaps even survival given the powerful enemies he has made, depends on his mercenaries constantly proving themselves on the battlefield — whatever the cost in lives.
"If Wagner doesn't make significant achievements in Ukraine, Prigozhin's star will of course fall," Korotkov says.
"And there will be plenty of people who would be happy to participate in burying him."
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Ukraine leader pushes for more arms; US officials to visit
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pressed the West for more powerful weapons as he prepared to meet with top U.S. officials in the war-torn country’s capital Sunday, while Russian forces concentrated their attacks on the east, including trying to dislodge the last Ukrainian troops in the battered port of Mariupol.
Zelenskyy announced the planned visit by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at a news conference Saturday night in a Kyiv subway station. The White House has not commented.
Zelenskyy said he was looking for the Americans to produce results, both in arms and security guarantees. “You can’t come to us empty-handed today, and we are expecting not just presents or some kind of cakes, we are expecting specific things and specific weapons,’’ he said.
The visit would be the first by senior U.S. officials since Russia invaded Ukraine 60 days ago. Blinken stepped briefly onto Ukrainian soil in March to meet with the country’s foreign minister during a visit to Poland. Zelenskyy’s last face-to-face meeting with a U.S. leader was Feb. 19 in Munich with Vice President Kamala Harris.
While the West has funneled military equipment to Ukraine, Zelenskyy has stressed repeatedly that the country needs more heavy weapons, including long-range air defense systems, as well as warplanes.
His meeting with Austin and Blinken was set to take place as Ukrainians and Russians observed Orthodox Easter, when the faithful celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. Speaking from Kyiv’s ancient St. Sophia Cathedral, Zelenskyy, who is Jewish, highlighted the significance of the occasion to a nation wracked by nearly two months of war.
“The great holiday today gives us great hope and unwavering faith that light will overcome darkness, good will overcome evil, life will overcome death, and therefore Ukraine will surely win!” he said.
Still, the war cast a shadow over celebrations. In the northern village of Ivanivka, where Russian tanks still littered the roads, Olena Koptyl said “the Easter holiday doesn’t bring any joy. I’m crying a lot. We cannot forget how we lived.”
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Victor Lobush of Kyiv said Ukraine needs more weapons and financial support, and for Western nations “not to buy even a drop of the Russian oil.”
“Actions, not words, are needed,” he said on Independence Square.
The Russian military reported hitting 423 Ukrainian targets overnight, including fortified positions and troop concentrations, while its warplanes destroyed 26 Ukrainian military sites, including an explosives factory and several artillery depots.
Most of Sunday’s fighting focused on the Donbas in the east, where Ukrainian forces are concentrated and where Moscow-backed separatists controlled some territory before the war. Since failing to capture Kyiv, the Russians are aiming to gain full control over the eastern industrial heartland.
Ukraine’s national police said two girls, aged 5 and 14, died in shelling in the town of Ocheretyne, part of the industrial region.
Russian forces launched fresh airstrikes on a Mariupol steel plant where an estimated 1,000 civilians are sheltering along with about 2,000 Ukrainian fighters. The Azovstal steel mill where the defenders are holed up is the last corner of resistance in the city, which the Russians have otherwise occupied.
Zelenskyy said he stressed the need to evacuate civilians from Mariupol, including from the steel plant, in a Sunday call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is scheduled to speak later with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Guterres is scheduled to travel to Turkey on Monday and then Moscow and Kyiv. Zelenskyy it was a mistake for Guterres to visit Russia before Ukraine.
“Why? To hand over signals from Russia? What should we look for?” Zelenskyy said Saturday. “There are no corpses scattered on the Kutuzovsky Prospect,” he said, referring to one of Moscow’s main avenues.
Mariupol has seen fierce fighting since the start of the war due to its location on the Sea of Azov. Its capture would deprive Ukraine of a vital port, free up Russian troops to fight elsewhere, and allow Moscow to establish a land corridor to the Crimean Peninsula, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014.
More than 100,000 people — down from a prewar population of about 430,000 — are believed to remain in Mariupol with scant food, water or heat. Ukrainian authorities estimate that over 20,000 civilians have been killed. Recent satellite images showed what appeared to be mass graves dug in towns to the west and east of Mariupol.
Mykhailo Podolyak, a Ukrainian presidential adviser, called for a localized Easter truce. He urged Russia to allow civilians to leave the steel plant and suggested talks to negotiate an exit for the Ukrainian soldiers.
Podolyak tweeted that the Russian military was attacking the plant with heavy bombs and artillery while accumulating forces and equipment for a direct assault.
During his nightly address to the nation, Zelenskyy accused Russians of committing war crimes by killing civilians, as well as of setting up “filtration camps” near Mariupol for people caught trying to leave the city.
From there, he said, Ukrainians are sent to areas under Russian occupation or to Russia itself, often as far as Siberia or the Far East. Many of them, he said, are children.
The claims could not be independently verified. But they were repeated by Yevheniya Kravchuk, a member of Ukraine’s parliament, on ABC’s “This Week.”
“They have pulled these people from Mariupol -- they are put to filtration camps ... it’s sort of something that can’t be happening in the 21st century,” Kravchuk said.
Zelenskyy claimed that intercepted communications recorded Russian troops discussing “how they conceal the traces of their crimes” in Mariupol. He also highlighted the death of a 3-month old girl in a Russian missile strike Saturday on the Black Sea port of Odesa.
In attacks on the eve of Orthodox Easter, Russian forces pounded cities and towns in southern and eastern Ukraine. The baby was among eight people killed when Russia fired cruise missiles at Odesa, Ukrainian officials said.
Ukrainian news agency UNIAN, citing social media posts, reported that the infant’s mother, Valeria Glodan, and grandmother also died when a missile hit a residential area. Zelenskyy promised to find and punish those responsible.
“The war started when this baby was 1 month old,’’ Zelenskyy said. Can you imagine what is happening? They are filthy scum, there are no other words for it.”
For the Donbas offensive, Russia has reassembled troops who fought around Kyiv and in northern Ukraine. The British Ministry of Defense said Ukrainian forces had repelled numerous assaults in the past week and “inflicted significant cost on Russian forces.”
“Poor Russian morale and limited time to reconstitute, re-equip and reorganize forces from prior offensives are likely hindering Russian combat effectiveness,” the ministry said in an intelligence update.
The spiritual leaders of the world’s Orthodox Christians and Roman Catholics appealed for relief for Ukraine’s suffering population.
From Istanbul, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I said a “human tragedy” was unfolding. Bartholomew, considered the first among his Eastern Orthodox patriarch equals, cited in particular “the thousands of people surrounded in Mariupol, civilians, among them the wounded, the elderly, women and many children.”
Pope Francis, speaking from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square, renewed his call for an Easter truce, calling it “a minimal and tangible sign of a desire for peace.”
“The attacks must be stopped, to respond to the suffering of the exhausted population,” Francis said without naming the aggressor.
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Associated Press journalists Yesica Fisch in Sloviansk, Ukraine, Mstyslav Chernov and Felipe Dana in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Yuras Karmanau in Lviv, Cara Anna, Inna Varenytsia and Oleksandr Stashevskyi in Kviv and AP staff around the world contributed.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — An increasing number of fake prescription pills that contain potentially deadly fentanyl are helping drive overdose death rates to record levels in the U.S., including some now manufactured in rainbow colors designed to look like candy, federal officials said Tuesday.
Drug Enforcement Administration agents are working to crack down on violent drug cartels in Mexico believed to be trafficking the drugs into the U.S., Attorney General Merrick Garland said. Between May and September, the DEA and local police around the country seized more than 10 million fentanyl pills and hundreds of pounds of powder, he said.
Vastly powerful synthetic drugs like fentanyl are behind record overdose deaths in the U.S. Law enforcement officials nationwide have been struggling to combat the surge of drugs in urban and rural communities. The global coronavirus pandemic has overshadowed the American opioid epidemic, but when overdose deaths surpassed 100,000 during the 12-month period ending in April 2021, it rocketed back into the public consciousness.
“I read too many reports on too many cases, including too many young people who ended up dying after taking just one pill laced with fentanyl, often disguised as something else,” Garland said.
First reported in February, the rainbow pills have been seized in 21 states now, DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said. While fentanyl is still more commonly disguised as oxycodone or another prescription drug, the rainbow pills are on the increase.
“We believe it is being marketed and aimed at young people,” Milgram said.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., also sounded the alarm this weekend about the rise of the drug in New York City and Long Island as he pushed for new funding to fight its spread.
Two Mexican drug cartels are responsible for the majority of fentanyl in the U.S., federal authorities said. The Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel buy precursor chemicals from China, then traffic them into the U.S., where they are sometimes sold on social media platforms.
Over the last four months, authorities have investigated nearly 400 cases, 51 of them linked to overdoses and 35 tied directly to the two cartels. In addition to being pressed into fake pills, fentanyl powder is also moved into other drugs like cocaine and heroin, Milgram said.
“Our top operational priority has been and will continue to be to defeat these two cartels,” she said.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that can be 50 times more potent than heroin, and even a tiny amount can be lethal. Fake prescription pills are especially dangerous because it’s difficult to tell how strong they are.
About two-thirds of overdose deaths in the U.S. have been linked to fentanyl or other powerful, illicitly made synthetic opioids.
Jonathan Caulkins, a professor of operations research and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University, said containing synthetics with law enforcement is a challenge because the drug can be made in labs anywhere rather than grown in fields like cocaine or heroin — and because it is so potent and is trafficked in smaller amounts.
“How the heck is law enforcement supposed to find a few metric tons in an economy that trades megatons of raw materials?” Caulkins asked.
Caulkins said the best ways to deal with the fentanyl crisis is to put money toward treatment and increasing the availability of naloxone, a drug that reverses overdoses — but added that using arrests to reduce the supply may be worth trying.
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What to Know
- Staff Sgt. Michael Uhrin was the radio operator of a B-17F Flying Fortress bomber that was flying a mission to Schweinfurt, Germany, when it was shot down by enemy fighters
- American Graves Registration Command investigations to find his body were unsuccessful, and he was declared nonrecoverable in April 1955
- DPAA historians who are focused on air losses over Germany later located a set of remains in 2021 and scientists confirmed it was him using dental analysis and DNA testing
The remains of an Army Air Force sergeant from New Jersey who died during World War II have been positively identified, Defense Department officials announced Tuesday.
Staff Sgt. Michael Uhrin, 21, of Metuchen, was assigned to the 369th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group, 40th Combat Wing, 8th Air Force in the European Theater, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, or DPAA.
On Oct. 14, 1943, Uhrin was the radio operator of a B-17F Flying Fortress bomber that was flying a mission to Schweinfurt, Germany, when it was shot down by enemy fighters near Rommelhausen and Langenbergheim, Hessen, Germany. The plane was among 60 lost during the mission. Surviving crew members said Uhrin was killed before the aircraft crashed and none of them saw him bail out.
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His death was confirmed shortly after the crash, but there was no record of his burial location.
After the war, the American Graves Registration Command investigated around Rommelhausen and Langenbergheim, but couldn’t find any concrete evidence linking recovered remains with Uhrin. He was declared nonrecoverable in April 1955.
DPAA historians who are focused on air losses over Germany later located a set of remains that they said had a strong chance of being Uhrin’s. The remains — which were buried in Ardennes American Cemetery, an American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery in Belgium — were disinterred in June 2021 and sent to the DPAA laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, for examination and identification.
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DPAA scientists used dental and anthropological analysis to identify Uhrin’s remains, as well as circumstantial evidence, while scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System performed DNA testing. He was accounted for in May, but his family only recently received their full briefing on the case.
Uhrin’s name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery, an American Battle Monuments Commission site in the United Kingdom, along with the others still missing from World War II. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for, officials said.
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As countries scrutinize mineral supply chains needed to fuel the clean energy transition, one potential source is hiding in junk drawers and trash cans all over the world.
An estimated 5.3 billion phones will fall out of use this year, according to data from the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) for the Global e-Waste Monitor - adding to what researchers call a largely untapped "urban mine" that could be used for new technology like solar panels, wind turbines and electric-vehicle batteries.
While return rates vary by country, globally just 17% of electronic waste is collected and recycled on average, according to Dr. Kees Baldé, a senior scientific specialist at UNITAR's Sustainable Cycles Programme and a lead researcher behind the Global e-Waste Monitor. Many devices end up in landfills, which is both a hazardous pollution problem and a waste of vast quantities of metals and minerals, such as copper and palladium, that could be recycled into new products. In a press conference, Baldé noted that the mining, refining and processing involved in producing a mobile phone accounts for 80% of the greenhouse gas emissions produced throughout its life. By repurposing old phones, users can cut those emissions significantly.
Boosting recycling will require cleaning out some closets, though. One survey by the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Forum of 8,755 households in Europe found that a single household contains 74 electronic devices on average - from phones to laptops to toasters - 13 of which are not in use but kept around for potential reuse, repair, resale or sentimental reasons. Mobile phones are particularly susceptible to what the UNITAR researchers describe as device "hoarding," along with headphones, remote controls, clocks, irons, external hard drives, routers, keyboards and mice.
"People tend not to realize that all these seemingly insignificant items have a lot of value, and together at a global level represent massive volumes," said Pascal Leroy, director general of the WEEE Forum, in a statement. "It is very easy for [small e-waste items] to accumulate unused and unnoticed in households, or to be tossed into the ordinary garbage bin."
Baldé says that the urban mine of e-waste - approximately 54 million metric tons today - is going to double in the next three decades.
The European Union's rate of e-waste recovery, at 55%, is significantly higher than in the rest of the world, due in part to decades of legislation. Member states have strict weight-based e-waste collection targets, which tend to skew toward heavier objects, contributing to the conundrum of hoarded phones.
"Having legislation is the first requisite," Baldé told Bloomberg. Legislation provides financial incentives for consumers and companies to develop collection systems, ensuring that recovered devices arrive at compliant channels. "For the first time in history, the growth in the collection of e-waste has been faster than the growth of the mountain of e-waste in the European Union," Baldé said.
In the U.S., there is no nationally regulated e-waste management system, but some states and companies have their own collection schemes. Apple, for example, routed 38,000 metric tons of electronic waste to recycling in its 2021 fiscal year, according to the company's environmental progress report, and was able to repurpose materials like copper and gold. Samsung recycles 100 million pounds of e-waste each year, said Mark Newton, the company's head of North America corporate sustainability, upcycling a portion of old Galaxy phones into childcare monitors and low-cost medical diagnosis cameras. Customers of both companies can also hand in their old phones for discounts, or buy refurbished phones at a discounted price.
"We want consumers to rethink that journey of their devices," Newton said. "Because even if they're ready for a new one, the old one still has plenty of life to give."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has determined that WNBA star Brittney Griner is being wrongfully detained in Russia, meaning the United States will more aggressively work to secure her release even as the legal case against her plays out, two U.S. officials said Tuesday.
Griner was detained at an airport in February after Russian authorities said a search of her bag revealed vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis. Since then, U.S. officials had stopped short of classifying the Phoenix Mercury player as wrongfully detained and said instead that their focus was on ensuring that she had access in jail to American consular affairs officials.
Now, though, U.S. officials have shifted supervision of her case to a State Department section — the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs — that is focused on negotiating for the release of hostages and other Americans deemed wrongfully detained.
“Brittney has been detained for 75 days and our expectation is that the White House do whatever is necessary to bring her home,” said Griner’s agent, Lindsay Kagawa Colas.
It was unclear what prompted the shift in Griner's case, though President Joe Biden's administration had been under pressure from members of Congress and others to make Griner's release a priority.
The U.S. last week secured the release of Marine veteran Trevor Reed as part of a prisoner swap that also resulted in a convicted Russian drug trafficker being freed from prison in the U.S.
Besides Griner, another American regarded as unjustly detained in Russia is Paul Whelan, a corporate security executive from Michigan who was arrested in December 2018 while visiting for a friend's wedding and was later sentenced to 16 years in prison on espionage-related charges his family says are bogus.
ESPN first reported the classification in Griner's case. Two U.S. officials confirmed it on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it by name.
Meanwhile, the WNBA announced Tuesday that it would honor Griner with a floor decal and allow the Mercury to pay her without it counting against the team’s cap. The decal will feature Griner’s initials, B.G., as well as her No. 42. All 12 teams will have the decal on their home courts starting with the season opener Friday night. The Mercury open their season at home that night against the Las Vegas Aces.
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A new study in the scientific journal Child Development shows that if you teach students that their intelligence can grow and increase, they do better in school.
All children develop a belief about their own intelligence, according to research psychologist Carol Dweck from Stanford University.
"Some students start thinking of their intelligence as something fixed, as carved in stone," Dweck says. "They worry about, 'Do I have enough? Don't I have enough?'"
Dweck calls this a "fixed mindset" of intelligence.
"Other children think intelligence is something you can develop your whole life," she says. "You can learn. You can stretch. You can keep mastering new things."
She calls this a "growth mindset" of intelligence.
Dweck wondered whether a child's belief about intelligence has anything to do with academic success. So, first, she looked at several hundred students going into seventh grade, and assessed which students believed their intelligence was unchangeable, and which children believed their intelligence could grow. Then she looked at their math grades over the next two years.
"We saw among those with the growth mindset steadily increasing math grades over the two years," she says. But that wasn't the case for those with the so-called "fixed mindset." They showed a decrease in their math grades.
This led Dweck and her colleague, Lisa Blackwell, from Columbia University to ask another question.
"If we gave students a growth mindset, if we taught them how to think about their intelligence, would that benefit their grades?" Dweck wondered.
So, about 100 seventh graders, all doing poorly in math, were randomly assigned to workshops on good study skills. One workshop gave lessons on how to study well. The other taught about the expanding nature of intelligence and the brain.
The students in the latter group "learned that the brain actually forms new connections every time you learn something new, and that over time, this makes you smarter."
Basically, the students were given a mini-neuroscience course on how the brain works. By the end of the semester, the group of kids who had been taught that the brain can grow smarter, had significantly better math grades than the other group.
"When they studied, they thought about those neurons forming new connections," Dweck says. "When they worked hard in school, they actually visualized how their brain was growing."
Dweck says this new mindset changed the kids' attitude toward learning and their willingness to put forth effort. Duke University psychologist, Steven Asher, agrees. Teaching children that they're in charge of their own intellectual growth motivates a child to work hard, he says.
"If you think about a child who's coping with an especially challenging task, I don't think there's anything better in the world than that child hearing from a parent or from a teacher the words, 'You'll get there.' And that, I think, is the spirit of what this is about."
Dweck's latest book, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, gives parents and teachers specific ways to teach the growth mindset of intelligence to children.
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — Ashley Judd encouraged people to seek help for their mental health and talked about her grieving process after the loss of her mother, country star Naomi Judd.
In an interview aired on “Good Morning America” on Thursday, the movie star said she wanted to address her mother’s struggle with depression. Judd said she was with her mother at her home in Tennessee on the day Naomi died on April 30.
Judd also encouraged anyone who was having thoughts of harming themselves to reach out to The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.
Naomi Judd died at the age of 76, a day before she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame with her duo partner and daughter Wynonna Judd. In a statement provided to The Associated Press, the family said they had lost her to “the disease of mental illness.”
“When we’re talking about mental illness, it’s very important, and to be clear and to make the distinction between our loved one and the disease,” Judd said in the interview. “It lies. It’s savage. And, you know, my mother, our mother, couldn’t hang on until she was inducted into the Hall of Fame by her peers. I mean, that is the level of catastrophe of what was going on inside of her because the barrier between — the regard in which they held her couldn’t penetrate into her heart. And the lie that the disease told her was so convincing.”
Ashley Judd said that her mother shot herself with a gun, but asked for privacy on other details of the death. Naomi Judd wrote openly about her depression and anxiety in her memoir “River of Time” and daughter Ashley said it was because of this that she cherished every moment she spent with her mother.
“I really accepted the love my mother was capable of giving me because I knew she was fragile,” Judd said. “So when I walked around the back of their house and came in the kitchen door and she said, ‘There’s my darling, there’s my baby.’ And she lit up. I savored those moments.”
Naomi and Wynonna Judd scored 14 No. 1 songs in a career that spanned nearly three decades. The red-headed duo combined the traditional Appalachian sounds of bluegrass with polished pop stylings, scoring hit after hit in the 1980s. Wynonna led the duo with her powerful vocals, while Naomi provided harmonies and stylish looks on stage.
The Judds released six studio albums and an EP between 1984 and 1991 and won nine Country Music Association Awards and seven from the Academy of Country Music. They earned a total of five Grammy Awards together on hits like “Why Not Me” and “Give A Little Love,” and Naomi earned a sixth Grammy for writing “Love Can Build a Bridge.” | https://www.cbs42.com/local/ashley-judd-talks-about-mental-health-after-mothers-death/ | 2022-05-13 01:00:20 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/local/ashley-judd-talks-about-mental-health-after-mothers-death/ |
Woman dies from injuries after being struck by police escort for UK royal
LONDON (AP) — The Duchess of Edinburgh expressed her condolences Wednesday after the death of an 81-year-old woman who was struck by a motorcycle that was part of the U.K. royal’s police escort.
Sophie, the wife of Prince Edward, expressed her sympathies for the death of Helen Holland, who was struck at a West London intersection on May 10.
“The Duchess of Edinburgh is deeply saddened to hear that Helen Holland has passed away,’’ Buckingham Palace said. “Her Royal Highness’s deepest condolences and sympathies go to all of Ms Holland’s family.”
Holland’s son, Martin, told the BBC that his mother died after sustaining “multiple broken bones and massive internal injuries.” Holland, who is from Essex, had reportedly been visiting her older sister in London.
Her son said she fought “for her life for nearly two weeks … but irreversible damage to her brain finally ended the battle today.”
The Independent Office for Police Conduct is investigating the crash.
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G7 pledges security deals with Ukraine as its NATO membership remains elusive
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed fresh commitments of weapons and ammunition to fight Russia’s invasion even as he expressed disappointment over the lack of a clear path for his country to join NATO as the alliance wrapped up its annual summit on Wednesday.
“The Ukrainian delegation is bringing home a significant security victory for the Ukraine, for our country, for our people, for our children,” he said while flanked by U.S. President Joe Biden and other leaders from the Group of Seven most powerful democratic nations.
A joint declaration issued by the G7 lays the groundwork for each nation to negotiate agreements to help Ukraine bolster its military over the long term. Zelenskyy described the initiative as a bridge toward eventual NATO membership and a deterrent against Russia.
“Our support will last long into the future,” Biden said. “We’re going to help Ukraine build a strong, capable defense.”
The announcement came as NATO leaders launched a new forum for deepening ties with Ukraine, known as the NATO-Ukraine Council. It’s intended to serve as a permanent body where the alliance’s 31 members and Ukraine can hold consultations and call for meetings in emergency situations.
The setting is part of NATO’s effort to bring Ukraine as close as possible to the military alliance without actually joining it. On Tuesday, the leaders said in their communique summarizing the summit’s conclusions that Ukraine can join “when allies agree and conditions are met.”
“Today we meet as equals,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday at a news conference with Zelenskyy. “I look forward to the day we meet as allies.”
The ambiguous plan for Ukraine’s future membership reflects the challenges of reaching consensus among the alliance’s current members while the war continues, and has frustrated Zelenskyy even as he expressed appreciation for military hardware being promised by Group of Seven industrial nations.
“The results of the summit are good, but if there were an invitation, that would be ideal,” Zelenskyy said, through a translator. He added that joining NATO would be “a serious motivating factor for Ukrainian society” at it resists Russia.
Despite his disappointment, the Ukrainian leader was more conciliatory on Wednesday than the previous day, when he harshly criticized the lack of a timeline for membership as “unprecedented and absurd.”
“NATO needs us just as we need NATO,” he said alongside Stoltenberg.
Ukraine’s future membership was the most divisive and emotionally charged issue at this year’s summit. In essence, Western countries are willing to keep sending weapons to help Ukraine do the job that NATO was designed to do — hold the line against a Russian invasion — but not allow Ukraine to join its ranks and benefit from its security during the war.
“We have to stay outside of this war but be able to support Ukraine. We managed that very delicate balancing act for the last 17 months. It’s to the benefit of everyone that we maintain that balancing act,” Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said Wednesday.
Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins, whose country lies on NATO’s eastern flank and has a long, troubled history with Russia, said he would have preferred more for Ukraine.
“There will always be a difference of flavor of how fast you would want to go,” he said. However, Karins added, “at the end of it, what everyone gets, including Ukraine, and what Moscow sees is we are all very united.”
Amanda Sloat, senior director of European affairs for the U.S. National Security Council, defended the summit’s decisions.
“I would agree that the communique is unprecedented, but I see that in a positive way,” she told reporters on Wednesday.
Sloat noted that Ukraine will not need to submit a “membership action plan” as it seeks to join NATO, although she said “there are still governance and security sector reforms that are going to be required.” The action plan is usually a key step in the process that involves advice and assistance for countries seeking to join.
Symbols of support for Ukraine are common around Vilnius, where the country’s blue-and-yellow flags hang from buildings and are pasted inside windows. One sign cursed Russian President Vladimir Putin. Another urged NATO leaders to “hurry up” their assistance for Ukraine.
However, there’s been more caution inside the summit itself, especially from Biden, who has explicitly said he doesn’t think Ukraine is ready to join NATO. There are concerns that the country’s democracy is unstable and its corruption remains too deeply rooted.
Under Article 5 of the NATO charter, members are obligated to defend each other from attack, which could swiftly draw the U.S. and other nations into direct fighting with Russia.
Defining an end to hostilities is no easy task. Officials have declined to define the goal, which could suggest a negotiated ceasefire or Ukraine reclaiming all occupied territory. Either way, Putin would essentially have veto power over Ukraine’s NATO membership by prolonging the conflict.
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace warned Wednesday of bubbling frustration over Zelenskyy’s demands, adding that “people want to see gratitude” for Western military support. Wallace also said he’s heard “grumbles” from some U.S. lawmakers that “we’re not Amazon.”
“I mean, that’s true,” Wallace said, according to multiple British media outlets. He recalled telling the Ukrainians the same thing when he visited the country last year and was presented with a list of weapon requests. “I’m not Amazon.”
At the same time, the new G7 framework would include long-term commitments to Ukraine’s security.
The British foreign ministry said the G7 would “set out how allies will support Ukraine over the coming years to end the war and deter and respond to any future attack.” The ministry added that the framework marks the first time that this many countries have agreed to a “comprehensive long-term security arrangement of this kind with another country.”
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said in a statement that supporting Ukraine “will send a strong signal to President Putin and return peace to Europe.”
Moscow reacted harshly to the G7 plan.
“We consider this extremely ill-judged and potentially very dangerous,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. He added that “by providing security guarantees to Ukraine, they’re infringing on Russia’s security.”
Ukraine has been let down by security guarantees in the past. In the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, Russia, the U.S. and U.K agreed that “none of their weapons will ever be used against Ukraine except in self-defense” in exchange for Kyiv transferring its Soviet-era nuclear weapons to Russia.
But in 2014, Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and seized swathes of territory in the south and east. In 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion in an attempt to topple Kyiv, leading to the current bloody conflict.
Zelenskyy told reporters that the Budapest Memorandum was no help without NATO membership and its mutual defense agreement.
“In fact, Ukraine was left with that document and defended itself alone,” he said.
Although international summits are often tightly scripted, this one in Vilnius has seesawed between conflict and compromise.
At first leaders appeared to be deadlocked over Sweden’s bid for membership in the alliance. However, Turkey unexpectedly agreed to drop its objections on Monday, the night before the summit formally began. The deal led to boasts of success from leaders who were eager for a display of solidarity in Vilnius.
“This summit is already historic before it has started,” Stoltenberg said.
Erdogan has not commented publicly on the deal, over Sweden’s membership, even during a Tuesday meeting with Biden where Biden referenced “the agreement you reached yesterday.”
However, Erdogan appeared eager to develop his relationship with Biden.
The Turkish president has been seeking advanced American fighter jets and a path toward membership in the European Union. The White House has expressed support for both, but publicly insisted that the issues were not related to Sweden’s membership in NATO.
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Associated Press writers Karl Ritter, Liudas Dapkus, Joanna Kozlowska and Jill Lawless contributed to this report.
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ROME (AP) — The Italian navy on Saturday began relocating the first 600 migrants from the Sicilian island of Lampedusa after its refugee identification center became overwhelmed with new arrivals and photos circulated of filthy conditions.
July has seen a sustained uptick in daily migrant arrivals in Italy compared to recent years, according to Interior Ministry statistics. Overall, migrant arrivals are up sharply this year, with 30,000 would-be refugees making landfall so far compared to 22,700 in the same period in 2021 and 7,500 in 2020.
Lampedusa, which is closer to North Africa than mainland Italy, is often the destination of choice for Libyan-based migrant smugglers, who charge desperate people hundreds of dollars apiece to cross the Mediterranean Sea on packed, dangerous dinghies and boats.
The Italian navy’s San Marco ship was taking an initial 600 migrants from Lampedusa to another center in Sicily and from there they were be distributed elsewhere in Italy. the ministry said the transfers would continue Sunday.
Lampedusa’s former mayor, Giusi Nicolini, posted what she said were photos and videos taken in the center in recent days, showing new arrivals sleeping on the floor on pieces of foam and bathrooms piled high with plastic bottles and garbage.
“There are 2,100 people packed in the Lampedusa welcome center,” which has beds for 200, she wrote on Facebook. “These could be photos from Libya, but no, it’s Italy. And these are the ones who survived.”
Right-wing lawmakers were quick to seize on the overcrowding, blaming the left-wing parties in Italy's government for being too soft on migration.
“And this would be the left's famous humanitarian model?” Georgia Meloni of the far-right Brothers of Italy party, tweeted along with the images. “Saying no to mass illegal immigration also means saying no to this.”
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WASHINGTON — (AP) — Just six days after the bipartisan deal on the debt limit became law, House Republicans proposed a slew of tax cuts, leading to charges of hypocrisy by Democrats in a squabble that shows two clashing visions for the U.S. economy.
GOP lawmakers are pushing deep tax cuts for companies and the affluent as the primary driver for sustaining economic growth, while President Joe Biden and fellow Democrats seek more targeted tax cuts to achieve social goals such as reducing child poverty and shifting to renewable energy that can help the economy in the long run.
The Republican tax cuts for businesses, coupled with an increase in the standard deduction for households, would be funded by wiping out $216 billion in tax breaks over 10 years that Biden signed into law last year to support the development of electric vehicles and renewable energy.
“They should look at this plan as more jobs, higher wages,” said Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. “We are undoing bad policy and replacing it with good.”
White House officials say Republicans' quick pivot to tax cuts reveals they were never sincere about shrinking deficits during the debt limit debate. Many — but not all — of the tax changes that Republicans last week passed out of the Ways and Means Committee would be temporary.
If the proposed changes related to corporate taxes were made permanent, the Biden administration says, it would undermine the spending cuts that were part of the agreement this month to raise the government's borrowing authority.
“No sooner did we get a balanced bipartisan agreement to reduce deficits than they came back and put $500 billion of tax cuts for businesses on the table,” said Lael Brainard, director of the White House National Economic Council. “It’s just inconsistent.”
The dispute sets the stage for the 2024 elections and the immediate economic challenges that the winners will face: Lawmakers will need to raise the debt limit again and key portions of the 2017 tax cuts passed under then-President Donald Trump will expire and cause taxes to rise for most households unless they are extended.
Democrats say the latest Republican plan would largely favor companies and better-off households. It would make certain tax breaks for businesses retroactive to 2022. The White House says that tax breaks for what companies did in the past would do little to create the jobs that Republicans are promising.
“Let’s really dig in and ask, ‘How will these business tax breaks affect things people care about?’ They care about good jobs in their communities,” Brainard said. “Is a retroactive tax windfall going to result in a single additional job?”
While Republicans are premising their tax cuts on the need to get tax relief flowing through the economy, Democrats are positioning their preferred tax breaks as investments that would occur over decades.
That difference matters as Republicans believe jobs are likely to come from lower effective rates and policies such as permanently making it easier for small businesses to fully expense the cost of new business equipment and changing the IRS requirements for companies using contractors. Democrats counter that tax breaks to help children and provide market signals for cleaner energy will deliver growth in the long run.
“The really fundamental part of key policies has to be around how do we make long-term investments that help our communities, help our families,” said Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., who chairs the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. “Republicans have been short-term thinkers and are really focused on the wealthy and well connected.”
One key difference between parties is how they would get money to families. The GOP bill would increase the standard deduction by $2,000 for individuals and $4,000 for families in 2024 and 2025. That might sound like a lot of money, but it's less than one might think because those totals apply to the amount of income that's taxable rather than savings.
By definition, lower earners would receive less money back from a more generous standard deduction. The bottom 40% of households would on average have tax cuts of less than $12 a month, according to an analysis by the Tax Policy Center. Households in the top 20% would have an average monthly tax cut of $46.
Smith defended his plan by saying it grew out of what voters told his committee at field hearings in West Virginia, Oklahoma and Georgia. He said that the three bills that are part of the tax plan grew out of the hearings that began in February and reflected what lawmakers heard from voters.
“Everything in the legislation that we passed out came from discussions or ideas at all of these hearings outside of Washington,” Smith said. “So this bill is for working class families.”
By contrast, Democrats would rather help families by renewing the expanded child tax credit, which became more accessible and increased in size because of Biden's 2021 coronavirus pandemic relief package. Families could get monthly payments of as much as $300 per child as part of the expansion, which lapsed after one year. The child poverty rate fell to a record low of 5.2% in 2021 because of the payments.
Another source of tension is how Republicans structure their costs. Many of their tax cuts would expire after 2025, even though they'd like to make their policies permanent. But the Biden tax breaks they want to eliminate extend over 10 years, leading to the charge that Republicans are hiding the full expense of their tax cuts. An estimate by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget indicates that the costs of making the entire GOP plan permanent would exceed $1 trillion, eliminating almost all of the savings from spending cuts that were part of the debt limit agreement.
“The most cynical part of this is the cost,” said Howard Gleckman, a senior fellow at the Tax Policy Center. “They’re taking 10 years of revenue and using it to pay for two years of tax cuts. They make the tax cuts temporary so it looks like it costs less than it actually costs.”
The Tax Foundation, a conservative-leaning policy organization, estimated that the GOP bills would slightly boost the size of the U.S. economy in 2024 and 2025. But the benefits are limited because the business tax cuts are mostly temporary and unlikely to change the investment and hiring choices of companies.
“When you’re thinking about how tax policy can improve the economy, all of that is long-term decision-making," said Erica York, senior economist at the Tax Foundation. “If you want this to be as meaningful as it can be, then it needs to be made permanently.”
While the House bill is unlikely to pass the Senate or get signed by Biden, it's part of a broader message on how each party thinks about the tax code. Just as Democrats are deeply skeptical that the GOP's cuts would produce growth, Republicans are wary about administering social policy through the IRS. Those differences point toward the risks in 2025, when the debt limit drama restarts and tax breaks for the middle class and wealthy alike are on the verge of lapsing.
“There’s a fundamental disconnect about the purpose of the tax code," York said. “That sets us up in 2025 for a whole bunch of uncertainty.”
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WA Spokane WA Zone Forecast for Saturday, August 27, 2022
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Zone Forecast Product for Eastern Washington and North Idaho
National Weather Service Spokane WA
206 AM PDT Sun Aug 28 2022
WAZ031-282300-
Northeast Blue Mountains-
Including the cities of Anatone and Peola
206 AM PDT Sun Aug 28 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s. Gusts up to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, warmer. Highs in the lower 80s to lower 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Hot, sunny. Highs in the upper 80s to upper 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
60s. Highs in the upper 80s to upper 90s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the 80s. Lows
in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
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WAZ034-035-282300-
Moses Lake Area-Upper Columbia Basin-
Including the cities of Moses Lake, Ephrata, Othello, Quincy,
Ritzville, Grand Coulee, Odessa, Wilbur, and Coulee City
206 AM PDT Sun Aug 28 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Areas of smoke. Highs in the upper 70s to lower
80s. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 50s. Southeast
wind 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in the evening.
.MONDAY...Sunny, warmer. Highs in the upper 80s to lower 90s.
East wind 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in the morning.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to lower 60s.
Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, warmer. Highs in the mid to upper 90s.
Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to
mid 60s. Highs 98 to 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the
upper 50s to mid 60s. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 80s to
lower 90s. Lows in the lower 50s to lower 60s.
$$
WAZ038-282300-
Okanogan Highlands-
Including the cities of Republic, Inchelium, and Wauconda
206 AM PDT Sun Aug 28 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid to upper 70s.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s to upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, warmer. Highs in the 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s to lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, warmer. Highs in the lower to mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 50s to mid 60s. Highs in the 90s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s
to lower 90s. Lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
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WAZ041-044-282300-
Wenatchee Area-Waterville Plateau-
Including the cities of Wenatchee, Chelan, Entiat, Cashmere,
Waterville, and Mansfield
206 AM PDT Sun Aug 28 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Areas of smoke. Highs in the upper 70s to lower
80s. Gusts up to 20 mph in the morning.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 50s. South wind
5 to 15 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
.MONDAY...Sunny, warmer. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, warmer. Highs in the 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to
upper 60s. Highs 94 to 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in
the lower to mid 60s. Highs in the lower to mid 90s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the 80s. Lows
in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
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WAZ043-282300-
Okanogan Valley-
Including the cities of Omak, Okanogan, Brewster, Bridgeport,
Oroville, and Nespelem
206 AM PDT Sun Aug 28 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Patchy smoke. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, warmer. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, warmer. Highs in the 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
60s. Highs 91 to 100.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s
to lower 90s. Lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
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WAZ047-282300-
Central Chelan County-
Including the cities of Leavenworth, Plain, and Lake Wenatchee
206 AM PDT Sun Aug 28 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s. Gusts up to
20 mph in the morning.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s to upper 50s.
Gusts up to 20 mph in the evening.
.MONDAY...Sunny, warmer. Highs in the mid to upper 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, warmer. Highs in the lower to mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in
the upper 50s to upper 60s. Highs in the 90s.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 80s
to lower 90s. Lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s
to upper 80s. Lows in the lower 50s to lower 60s.
$$
WAZ048-282300-
Western Chelan County-
Including the cities of Stevens Pass, Holden Village,
and Stehekin
206 AM PDT Sun Aug 28 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 70s. Gusts up to 20 mph
in the morning.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 50s. Gusts up
to 20 mph in the evening.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, becoming sunny. Warmer.
Highs in the 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, warmer. Highs in the 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in
the lower 60s to lower 70s. Highs in the upper 80s to lower 90s.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the 80s.
Lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s to
mid 80s. Lows in the lower 50s to lower 60s.
$$
WAZ049-282300-
Western Okanogan County-
Including the cities of Mazama, Winthrop, Twisp, Methow,
and Conconully
206 AM PDT Sun Aug 28 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Areas of smoke. Highs in the upper 70s to lower
80s.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, becoming sunny. Warmer.
Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, warmer. Highs in the 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s.
Highs in the upper 80s to upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
lower 50s to lower 60s. Highs in the 80s.
$$
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DALLAS — After Mary Brooks was found dead on the floor of her Dallas-area condo, grocery bags from a shopping trip still on her countertop, authorities decided the 87-year-old had died of natural causes.
Even after her family discovered jewelry was missing — including a coral necklace she loved and diamond rings — it took an attack on another woman weeks later for police to reconsider.
Note: The video above was uploaded in June 2022.
The next capital murder trial for Billy Chemirmir, 49, begins Monday in Dallas in the death of Brooks, one of 22 older women he is charged with killing. The charges against Chemirmir grew in the years following his 2018 arrest, as police across the Dallas area reexamined the deaths of older people that had been considered natural, even though families raised alarm bells about missing jewelry. Four indictments were added this summer.
Chemirmir, who maintains his innocence, was convicted in April of capital murder in the smothering death of 81-year-old Lu Thi Harris and sentenced to life in prison without parole. He will receive the same punishment if convicted in Brooks' death. His first trial in Harris' death ended in a mistrial last November when the jury deadlocked.
Loren Adair Smith, whose 91-year-old mother is among those Chemirmir is charged with killing, will be among the many relatives of victims attending the trial, which, she said, brings a “huge bag of mixed feelings.”
“At the same time of having that dread feeling, we are really glad to go back and bring this chapter to a close,” Smith said.
It was Mary Annis Bartel's survival of a March 2018 attack that set Chemirmir's arrest in motion. Bartel, 91 at the time, told police that a man had forced his way into her apartment at an independent living community for seniors, tried to smother her with a pillow and took her jewelry.
Before Bartel died in 2020, she described the attack in a taped interview that was played at Chemirmir's previous trials. She said the minute she opened her door and saw a man wearing green rubber gloves, she knew she was in “grave danger.”
Police said they found Chemirmir the next day in the parking lot of his apartment complex. He was holding jewelry and cash, and had just thrown away a large red jewelry box. Documents in the box led them to the home of Harris, who was found dead in her bedroom, lipstick smeared on her pillow.
At trial, prosecutors presented evidence that Harris and Chemirmir were checking out at the same time at a Walmart just hours before she was found dead.
In a video interview with police, Chemirmir told a detective that he made money by buying and selling jewelry, and that he had also worked as a caregiver and a security guard.
Most of Chemirmir's alleged victims lived in apartments at independent living communities for older people. The women he’s accused of killing in private homes include the widow of a man he had cared for while working as an at-home caregiver.
Brooks' grandson, David Cuddihee, testified that he found her body on Jan. 31, 2018. He said she had sometimes used a cane but was still healthy and active.
“She would walk to church, she would walk to the dentist down the street," Cuddihee said.
Police testified that grocery receipts showed Brooks was at Walmart the day before her body was found. Surveillance video from the store showed a vehicle matching the description of Chemirmir's leaving just after Brooks, going in the same direction.
Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot, a Democrat, decided to seek life sentences rather than the death penalty when he tried Chemirmir on two of his 13 capital murder cases in the county. His Republican opponent has criticized that decision as he seeks reelection in the nation's busiest death penalty state.
In an interview with The Dallas Morning News, Creuzot said he’s not against the death penalty, but among things he considers when deciding whether to pursue it are the time it takes before someone is executed, the costs of appeals and whether the person would still be a danger to society behind bars. Chemirmir, he added, is “going to die in the penitentiary."
Prosecutors in neighboring Collin County haven’t said if they will try any of their nine capital murder cases against Chemirmir.
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CHARLOTTE. N.C. (AP) — Carolina Panthers coach Frank Reich says he and general manager Scott Fitterer have agreed on which quarterback the team will select with the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft.
But Reich says the team won’t announce who that is until Thursday night, when the draft begins.
The Panthers are choosing between Alabama’s Bryce Young, Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud, Kentucky’s Will Levis and Florida’s Anthony Richardson in an effort to upgrade a quarterback position that has been in transition for the last five seasons.
Fitterer said last week he had waited to ask Reich who he preferred at No. 1 so that nothing would cloud either decision-maker’s judgement. But on Monday Fitterer finally walked into Reich’s office and popped the question on who he prefers — and both agreed on the same QB.
“It was kind of like a proposal — and I said yes,” Reich joked Tuesday. “But there is consensus and we are excited.”
Young remains the overwhelming favorite to be the first Panthers QB selected No. 1 overall since Cam Newton in 2011, according to FanDuel Sportsbook, although Levis has moved ahead of Stroud.
This is a hugely important pick for Carolina, which has not been to the playoffs since 2017 largely because of inconsistency at the QB position.
Reich praised Fitterer and the scouts for keeping an open mind through the entire process.
“We all went into the thing with ideas and inclinations, but there are ebbs and flows during the process,” Reich said. “Is there any change of mind? I wouldn’t say there is any drastic change of mind, but there are ebbs and flows on how much you like a guy. And that is why you have to resist the temptation to make your mind up too early.
"The coaches and the scouting staff did a good job of not falling into that trap and just take it for what it is, take it day by day, watch tape and go through the process.”
Reich said the team’s coaching staff’s convictions on who to take “built gradually” over time.
With the top pick decided, Reich said the team is now focusing its attention on its other five picks in the first five rounds of the draft, including the 39th overall selection.
“We are wrapping our minds around that 39th pick and the 93rd pick about all of the scenarios – (trade) up, (trade) down or stay there," Reich said. "What if (this guy) is there; what if he’s not. Hey, tell us how this guy fits into the scheme. They have been dynamic discussions and I think we are prepared for those scenarios.” ___
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DUBLIN, Calif., July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TriNet (NYSE: TNET), a leading provider of comprehensive human resources for small and medium-size businesses (SMBs), today announced the addition of three new speakers to its roster of thought leaders and influencers for TriNet PeopleForce 2022. The three-day, award-winning conference taking place September 13-15 will feature acclaimed leaders from the worlds of business, public policy, science, social justice, sports, entertainment, media and more. The live event will take place in New York City and virtually from anywhere.
The latest distinguished speakers include:
- Gloria Steinem – New York Times best-selling author and feminist activist
- José Andrés - Chef, restaurateur and humanitarian
- Iuliia Mendel - Former Press Secretary and Spokesperson for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian TV Anchor & Journalist and Author
Previously announced speakers include former Chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Company Bob Iger, Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder, the Jane Goodall Institute, UN Messenger of Peace, and former Duke University head basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski. Also featured will be PepsiCo Chairman and CEO (2006-2018) Indra Nooyi, global superstar and entertainer Lilly Singh, editor and author Tina Brown, and former NASA Astronaut Mike Massimino.
TriNet PeopleForce 2022 will provide entrepreneurs and SMB leaders with three days of outstanding speakers and dynamic sessions that will focus on this year's conference theme: passion, purpose and perseverance.
Early-bird registration for TriNet PeopleForce 2022 is open through July 31. Register to attend virtually or live in New York by visiting peopleforce.TriNet.com.
For a look at TriNet PeopleForce 2021, visit: PeopleForce 2021 | TriNet
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TriNet (NYSE: TNET) provides small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) with full-service HR solutions tailored by industry. To free SMBs from HR complexities, TriNet offers access to human capital expertise, benefits, risk mitigation and compliance, payroll, all enabled by industry leading technology capabilities. TriNet's suite of products also includes services and software-based solutions to help streamline workflows by connecting HR, Benefits, Employee Engagement, Payroll and Time & Attendance. From Main Street to Wall Street, TriNet empowers SMBs to focus on what matters most—growing their business and enabling their people. TriNet, incredible starts here. For more information, visit TriNet.com or follow us on Twitter.
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ABC reporter and anchor Peter Jennings died Sunday at age 67 after a four-month battle with lung cancer. The intrepid journalist had helmed ABC's World News Tonight since 1983.
Jennings was born and raised in Canada, began his broadcasting career there, and in 1964 moved to the United States where he began his long association with ABC News. He became a U.S. citizen in 2003. (This interview originally aired Nov. 17, 1998.)
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Akil Watson scored 20 points as Roselle Catholic, No. 1 in the NJ.com Top 20, defeated Calvary Christian (FL), 69-64, at the Metro Classic at Kean University in Union.
Simeon Wilcher had 19 points in the win as the North Carolina commit capped off a 15-0 first quarter run for Roselle Catholic (12-4) with an and-one that made it 19-7.
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Talent Insider features targeted news and advice, small business mentorship program, a virtual learning event, and valuable recruiting tools
NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Insider, the global news, business and lifestyle publisher, and Indeed, a leading global hiring platform, today announce the launch of Talent Insider, a new editorial destination for small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) looking to improve how they hire and support new and existing talent.
The interactive editorial hub includes the latest industry news and trends; a video series hosted by Gabrielle Reece, the renowned athlete, best-selling author, and entrepreneur; resources for small business owners and entrepreneurs; a virtual event led by hiring experts; and a hands-on mentorship program for a select group of small businesses chosen by Talent Insider.
Talent Insider features inspiring and informative stories for SMBs to improve how they do business and recruit in today's challenging marketplace. The new vertical combines the news expertise and powerful distribution capabilities of Insider with the industry knowledge, resources, and trusted tools of Indeed.
Emily Canal, senior editor of entrepreneurship and careers at Insider, is editor of Talent Insider. "Hiring has become one of the hardest challenges for most small businesses today," Canal said. "Talent Insider wants to be a one-stop-resource for small and mid-sized businesses seeking to improve and simplify how they discover, hire, recruit and retain top talent. It's a wonderful opportunity to work with a partner like Indeed, given its prominence in the jobs world."
"Our partnership with Insider strengthens our commitment to solve one of the most pressing pain points for small businesses today – hiring and retaining the talent they need to both operate and grow their business," said Judy Nam, VP of SMB Marketing at Indeed. "Together, we want to provide business owners with the tools and resources to help them hire faster, more efficiently and connect them with the right talent from the start so they can spend more time building their business."
Talent Insider's one-on-one mentorship program includes a group of experts who will choose from and mentor a select group of SMBs whose journeys will be documented on the site. The unique and shared challenges faced by these businesses will be used to inform the content of Talent Insider for the site's large audience.
Talent Insider will also feature a live virtual event in the fall that is focused on talent acquisition. HR leaders and small business entrepreneurs will share their advice on how to navigate hiring in today's rapidly-changing economic climate. In addition, the new section will feature an interactive quiz to steer SMBs to the Talent Insider content most relevant to them.
The video series, hosted by Reece, will spotlight one small business, exploring its hiring journey in real-time, and gleaning from it some of the challenges faced along the way and key insights into how to overcome them.
Insider is one of the world's most popular and influential news brands. Launched in 2007 as Business Insider, Insider covers the news and stories of interest to the digital generation, from travel and lifestyle to finance and technology, the subjects that first put Business Insider on the map.
Insider generates more than 220 million unique monthly visitors across the globe and has hundreds of millions of video views each month. Insider has 10 editions around the world in six languages. Insider is a subsidiary of Axel Springer SE.
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The State Board of Education is elected and answers to Nebraskans, ultimately, through the ballot box. Unhappy with the board, Sen. Joni Albrecht of Thurston, appears to want to punish the board by eliminating it. The ultimate victim, though, would be Nebraskans, who would lose their best tool to hold education officials accountable.
Albrecht has proposed LR24CA, a constitutional amendment that would eliminate the board and give the governor the power to appoint an education commissioner, if it is approved by senators, then voters in the 2024 election.
Albrecht’s amendment, she says, was triggered by the Nebraska Department of Education’s decision to develop health and sex education standards in a way that was both comprehensive in scope and inclusive of diverse genders and sexual orientation.
Following a public backlash,, the department suspended work on the standards. But was not enough for Albrecht, who is continuing to fight the culture war in attempting to wipe out the board.
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Passing the amendment would clearly be an overreaction to the standards issue that is both short-sighted and anti-democratic.
Setting standards -- some of which, including those covering health and areas like fine arts, are voluntary and not required to be implemented by schools -- is just one of the board’s responsibilities.
And eliminating the board would transfer those duties, including formulation of education policy and budgets, overseeing Education Service Units, administering federally-established education programs and distributing federal funds and commodities, to the education department that would operate under a commissioner appointed by the governor.
In fact, the board is now in the process of selecting a new commissioner, one of its most important duties.
It will do so from a range of viewpoints, which should provide more representative choice, both statewide and from the education community, than would occur with a gubernatorial appointment that would inject more partisanship into the education system, which, in the view of the Journal Star editorial board, should, for the benefit of students, be as free of politics as possbile
In transferring the authority to the governor and eliminating the elected board, the amendment is anti-democratic on its face as it would also take control of state education policy away from voters.
In fact, voters in last year’s election demonstrated that they are fully capable of addressing their concerns by electing candidates who support their positions. In three of four contested state board races, the conservative candidate supported by a political action committee formed to oppose the sex ed proposal won.
Regardless of one's views on individual issues the state board of education deals with, there is no reason to remove the power from the people in deciding who plays a role on a state level in education policy. | https://journalstar.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-1-29-dont-take-power-from-people-by-eliminating-board/article_dc83ac7f-a97f-5c17-93a0-c762e3a5eb27.html | 2023-01-29 05:53:37 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-1-29-dont-take-power-from-people-by-eliminating-board/article_dc83ac7f-a97f-5c17-93a0-c762e3a5eb27.html |
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Kimberly and Felix Rubio, who lost their daughter, Lexi, in the Robb Elementary shooting in Uvalde, Texas, about how they are coping with the loss.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Gustavo Bou scored a crucial goal in the New England Revolution’s 2-1 victory against Minnesota United on Sunday.
Bou scored the game-winning goal in the 69th minute to put the Revolution (6-5-5) up 2-1.
The Revolution also got one goal from Dylan Borrero.
Emanuel Reynoso scored for United (5-7-3).
United outshot the Revolution 12-9, with seven shots on goal to three for the Revolution.
Djordje Petrovic saved six of the seven shots he faced for the Revolution. Dayne St. Clair saved one of the three shots he faced for United.
Up next for the Revolution is a matchup Sunday against the Vancouver Whitecaps on the road, while United visits Inter Miami on Saturday.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. said Thursday it has worked with Turkey to impose sanctions on four people and two firms that it says provided financial support to the Islamic State group.
The announcement signaled counterterrorism cooperation between the two countries at a time of tensions over efforts to fight Islamic State. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has threatened an offensive into Syria against Kurdish militants he has blamed for a deadly Nov. 13 bombing in Istanbul. That has alarmed U.S. officials. Kurdish groups have been allied with the U.S. in the fight against Islamic State group and have warned that a Turkish escalation would threaten anti-IS efforts.
In its announcement Thursday, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said it was imposing sanctions on an Iraqi national living in Turkey, Abd Al Hamid Salim Ibrahim Ismail Brukan al-Khatuni, his sons and the Turkish money service firm where they all worked. They are accused of facilitating financial transfers to and from Iraq and Syria for the benefit of the Islamic State.
Another individual, Lu’ay Jasim Hammadi al-Juburi, an Islamic State financial administration official also living in Turkey, was accused of using the firm Sham Express, a company founded in 2020 by Brukan al-Khatuni, to transfer funds to ISIS.
Thursday’s sanctions actions freeze and block any potential transactions with U.S. entities and prevents Americans from doing business with them.
The State Department noted that Turkey is concurrently freezing the assets of those targeted by the U.S. sanctions.
Brian Nelson, Treasury’s Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence said Thursday's actions reaffirm “Treasury’s commitment to degrade ISIS’s ability to operate globally.”
The actions come after two November rounds of sanctions were imposed on people and firms in Africa who it says have provided financial or material support to Islamic State.
The Islamic State group is also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.
In November, Defense Department officials warned that they were “deeply concerned” about escalating IS activities in Iraq, Syria and Turkey. “This escalation threatens the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS’s years-long progress to degrade and defeat ISIS,” said Pentagon Press Secretary Brig Gen Patrick Ryder. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/US-Turkey-sanction-alleged-Islamic-State-Group-17696932.php | 2023-01-05 19:11:14 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/US-Turkey-sanction-alleged-Islamic-State-Group-17696932.php |
With Rudy Giuliani no longer challenging that he made false statements about Georgia election workers, there's a renewed focus on the role of the Trump insider in ongoing election interference probes.
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CT Albany NY Zone Forecast for Sunday, April 2, 2023
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chance of showers. Highs in the mid 60s. Lows in the mid 30s.
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winds 5 to 10 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
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around 60. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
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One of the things former President Donald Trump has had going for him in his confused immersion in the world of politics is that his opponents are infallibly worse than he is. Right now, bunches are hooting at him that no one is above the law as if he’s the one guilty of that attempted ascension instead of a blundering, confused, ideologically driven, inept, crime-assisting Manhattan district attorney.
His name is Alvin Bragg, and, with the aid of a grand jury, he got an indictment in a case he has been pursuing with a look of moral anger on his otherwise ambitious face every time he talked about Stormy Daniels. She is an actress in porn movies who allegedly had a sexual visit with Trump, thereby earning $130,000.
The encounter occurred in 2006 but it was in 2016 when Trump was running for president that she tried to sell her story to the National Enquirer and received the big bucks from Michael Cohen instead. A private lawyer for Trump, Cohen turned against him when he did not become a White House lawyer for Trump, or so it is reported.
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Helping her as Daniels went public was her attorney, Michael Avenatti, who hinted about running for president himself, appeared regularly on CNN and is now in prison for cheating clients and other misdeeds. The Federal Election Commission looked into whether this was misspent donation money to help Trump win the election and decided it wasn’t. The Justice Department investigated to no avail.
What we have here is a federal law, not a state law within the reach of state prosecutors. Nevertheless, Bragg, while seeing crime increase in New York as his efforts to stop it have been missing, found this motivating. He got deeply involved in the subject despite his predecessor backing up. Like his predecessor, he looked into such matters as Trump maybe making the payments secretly by illegally messing around with business records. Even if true, this activity would be a misdemeanor, not a felony, and legal time limits have run out on virtually the whole package, if not all of it.
Bragg is therefore left with pretty much nothing except a witness, Cohen, an established liar. Some lawyers, such as the well-known legal commentator Jonathan Turley, say It’s pretty hard to see how Bragg finds his way into sticking Trump into prison for felonious conduct in a federal case, but assuming he got there by means of tricks we haven’t learned about and judges willing to accept them, what do we have? The only criminal case in American history against a former president, and, by the way, it would be difficult to show he was paying Daniels to protect his election instead of his marriage.
Alright then, why not transform our ever-weaker democracy into a police state in which those in power are above the law they hardly notice anyway in going after those with less power? In the past, we have had something different, as in the likes of the honorable President Gerald Ford. A Republican like his resigned predecessor, Richard Nixon, he still knew he’d likely fail in the coming election if he stopped prosecution of the man. He did it anyway. And by the way, Trump’s sexual adventures are not all that unusual for presidents, such as Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Warren G. Harding, James Buchanan and Grover Cleveland.
Whether Trump criminally planned the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has not been convincingly demonstrated, but he encouraged and sat and watched some of it on TV while doing nothing. That’s horrendous, and we also have questions about attempted interference in the Georgia vote in 2016 and his possession of classified documents. But the two-year-long Mueller investigation was a farce, as was his House impeachment as a private citizen and now this? It appears at this stage to be as much an assault on America as on Trump.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – In 1999, a pregnant victim of a fatal stabbing attack gave birth to her daughter during emergency surgery. Twenty years later, her daughter died. Now, officials have ruled her death a homicide as well.
In 1999, Danielle Scott was eight months pregnant when police say she was stabbed in Oklahoma City.
“The victim from that incident was taken to an area hospital where sadly, she died,” said Sgt. Dillon Quirk, with the Oklahoma City Police Department. “Simultaneously, doctors had performed a cesarean section.”
That’s when baby Kasiah Scott was born. She suffered life-long medical problems and lived at Bethany Children’s Health Center for 20 years.
Sadly, she died there on Nov. 23, 2019.
It wasn’t until this summer, over two years later, that the Oklahoma State Medical Examiner ruled her death a homicide due to birth complications from when her mother was stabbed.
Quirk said the department’s investigators have taken over and will present the case to the district attorney’s office.
James Patrick Lesley and Ricardo Virgo Blonner, convicted of Danielle Scott’s murder in 1999, are currently in prison but could face new charges related to Kasiah’s death. | https://www.koin.com/news/23-years-after-pregnant-woman-fatally-stabbed-daughters-death-ruled-a-homicide/ | 2022-09-14 04:22:57 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/news/23-years-after-pregnant-woman-fatally-stabbed-daughters-death-ruled-a-homicide/ |
WINOOSKI, Vt., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, SOOS announced a new partnership with RKVST to simplify the creation and distribution of software bills of materials (SBOMs). Now developers using SOOS to generate their SBOMs can publish them directly to the RKVST platform, making it easier than ever to share the provenance of their software with business and compliance teams.
An SBOM is a powerful cybersecurity tool that provides an inventory of software components, creating essential visibility into the software supply chain. By using SOOS's SCA tool, developers can easily create and export an SPDX standard SBOM.
But it's not enough to simply create an SBOM, that information needs to be easily accessible to all security and compliance stakeholders. That's where RKVST comes in. RKVST serves as a repository for SBOMs, allowing tailored visibility, privacy control, and bringing the transparency needed for zero trust.
This announcement comes on the heels of two other partnerships for SOOS in recent weeks, including DigitalOcean and CircleCI.
"We see partnership as a critical path to expanding our reach and fulfilling our mission to make software safer for everyone," said Becca Newton, SOOS's V.P. of Business Development. "By integrating with RKVST, we are simplifying the security process for developers and improving transparency for security and compliance teams. Every step of the way, we are focused on breaking down more barriers."
"SOOS makes it easy for developers to set and forget SBOM creation and distribution," said Rob Brown, VP Business Development at RKVST. "The success of SBOMs rests on enabling software suppliers and consumers to each use their preferred tools and distribute SBOMs through APIs. RKVST delivers that capability."
To learn more about RKVST, visit: www.rkvst.com
To see SOOS's full suite of capabilities and learn more about our mission to make software safer for everyone, visit www.SOOS.io
SOOS is on a mission to democratize software security. Founded in 2020, SOOS makes it easy to identify and remediate open source vulnerabilities, with a straightforward pricing model and easy workflow integration. Peace of mind, without the hassle, means safer software for everyone.
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Stereo East Home Theater is selected as the winner of GoldenEar's 2021 Dealer of the Year award. Stereo East hosted a customer appreciation event to celebrate the honor.
FRISCO, Texas, April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Stereo East Home Theater is the proud recipient of GoldenEar's 2021 Dealer of the Year award. In April of 2022, GoldenEar's North America Director of Sales, Mr. David Penrod, presented the award to Mr. Dan Green, VP of Stereo East, during a customer appreciation event at their showroom. GoldenEar designs high-performance tower speakers, soundbars, subwoofers, and architectural speakers for surround sound, home theater, and two-channel audio applications.
A notable leader in the AV industry, GoldenEar first launched in 2010 and went on to establish itself as the most award-winning new speaker company in decades. By leveraging decades of speaker design experience, the company focused heavily on the engineering process. The resulting technological breakthroughs, such as GoldenEar's High-Velocity Folded Ribbon (HVFR™) tweeter and a patented 360-degree dual-plane, inertially-balanced driver, revolutionized speaker design. In turn, GoldenEar speakers consistently outperform higher-priced alternatives and deliver superb sonic performance at an affordable price. Over the years, the brand has earned countless awards and accolades.
"There's no denying GoldenEar is a dominate force within our industry, but the brand is a fan-favorite, too," says Mr. Green. "Customers can expect years of enjoyment from quality speakers, and GoldenEar consistently delivers unmatched value and performance."
Mr. Penrod continues, "Partners like Stereo East Home Theater are an integral part of our success story. Similar to the effort we devote to the engineering process, our dealers take the time to truly understand our products and provide insightful guidance to buyers. Stereo East has been a valuable partner for many years, and I'm happy to be able to present this award to them today."
Stereo East was one of GoldenEar's first authorized dealers and continues to be a destination for those looking for high-performance audio equipment. At Stereo East Home Theater's showroom in Frisco, Texas, customers can audition and purchase a variety of GoldenEar's audio speakers and subwoofers. Stereo East Home Theater has served the Dallas-Fort Worth area for nearly 40 years and offers custom home technology solutions, including home theater design and installation, home automation, networking, AV furniture and seating, and more.
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ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Protesters angered by allegations of corruption linked to Mongolia’s coal trade with China tried to force their way into the State Palace in the capital, demanding dismissals of officials involved in the scandal.
The U.S. Embassy in Ulaanbaatar issued an alert Monday saying that several hundred protesters had gathered in the freezing cold in the city’s Sukhbaatar Square during the weekend and marched to the presidential residence.
The demonstrators chanted and sang, stamping their feet to stay warm. They were demanding that the government hold officials accountable for the alleged theft of 385,000 tons of coal from stockpiles on Mongolia’s border with China.
Most of the demonstrators were college students and others in their 20s and 30s, a few bundled up in traditional thick robes, and some holding up placards.
“If you don’t love your country, why be a citizen?” said one. A black board held up by another said, “We want to live with dignity in our country.”
“If the citizens rise up, the feast is over!” said another.
The allegations center on coal from the Tavan Tolgoi region in the south Gobi desert that is being mined by state-owned Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi and two other companies. Local media reports said ETT, which is listed on Mongolia’s stock exchange, has been placed under state supervision as the government’s Independent Authority Against Corruption investigates.
Foreign sales of Mongolia’s vast mineral wealth, coal and other resources are a perennial source of conflict for the country, where nearly one in three people live in poverty. Adding to the frustrations, the pandemic has left many Mongolians struggling to make ends meet, with inflation topping 15%.
Mongolia transitioned to democracy in the early 1990s after six decades of communism. Peaceful protests are not uncommon in Ulanbaatar, where about half of Mongolia’s 3.2 million people live. In April, thousands of young protesters demonstrated in Sukhbaatar Square.
China is the destination of most of landlocked Mongolia’s exports of coal, cashmere, livestock and other resources.
In Beijing, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson who was asked about allegations that coal was stolen for sale inside China said she was unaware of that “specific situation.”
“China is a friendly neighbor of Mongolia, and we believe the Mongolian government will properly handle and investigate the matter. The competent Chinese authority will provide necessary assistance as requested by the Mongolian side in accordance with laws and regulations,” Mao said. | https://www.koin.com/news/international/ap-mongolians-protest-alleged-theft-of-coal-sold-to-china/ | 2022-12-07 04:45:14 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/news/international/ap-mongolians-protest-alleged-theft-of-coal-sold-to-china/ |
Waiver To Allow More Companies To Test UAS Flights in Grand Forks
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — More companies will now be able to test unmanned aerial system flights at the Northern Plains UAS Test Site in Grand Forks.
Sen. John Hoeven says he secured waivers from the FAA to expand the testing of aircraft that do not have a public designation.
Under current rules, a UAS must be designated as a public aircraft in order to fly, even when operating under the supervision of a UAS test site.
That restricts a companies’ ability to establish a safe operating record.
“This is a big step forward for our UAS test site because now companies can come from around the country, they can fly their unmanned aircraft at our test site and build up a safety record so that they can get their authorization from the FAA to fly unmanned aircraft in the national airspace,” said Hoeven.
A large number of companies will be able to obtain beyond visual line of sight waivers through the test site in the future. | https://www.kvrr.com/2023/03/27/waiver-to-allow-more-companies-to-test-uas-flights-in-grand-forks/ | 2023-03-28 02:20:49 | 0 | https://www.kvrr.com/2023/03/27/waiver-to-allow-more-companies-to-test-uas-flights-in-grand-forks/ |
(The Hill) – Pregnant people are being exposed through various household products to toxic compounds that can increase the risk of cancer and harm child development, a new study has found.
Scientists identified two such compounds — the industrial chemical melamine and its byproduct cyanuric acid — in the urine of almost all the pregnant subjects they tested, with the highest levels occurring in women of color and in those with greater exposure to tobacco.
Four types of chemicals used in dyes, called aromatic amines, were also present in the urine of nearly all pregnant participants, according to the study, published in Chemosphere on Tuesday.
“These chemicals are of serious concern due to their links to cancer and developmental toxicity, yet they are not routinely monitored in the United States,” co-senior author Tracey Woodruff, a professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, said in a statement.
Woodruff and her colleagues decided to investigate the presence of melamine, its derivative cyanuric acid and aromatic amines because they are all nitrogen-containing compounds with known toxicity and widespread commercial use.
People can be exposed to melamine and aromatic amines in a variety of way of ways: by breathing polluted air, consuming contaminated food or water, ingesting household dust and using products that contain plastic, dyes and pigments, the scientists explained.
The production of cyanuric acid and melamine exceeds 100 million pounds per year in the U.S. alone, according to the authors. Melamine is found in dishwater, plastics, flooring, kitchen counters and pesticides, while cyanuric acid is used as a disinfectant, plastic stabilizer and cleaning solvent in swimming pools, the scientists noted.
When exposure to melamine and cyanuric acid chemicals happens simultaneously, they can be more toxic than either one alone, the authors cautioned.
Aromatic amines, meanwhile, are present in hair dyes, mascara, tattoo ink, paint, tobacco smoke and diesel exhaust.
Despite the prevalence of these chemicals in household products, the authors stressed that biomonitoring of the chemicals is lacking, particularly during pregnancy.
Melamine was recognized as a kidney toxin after baby formula and pet food poisoning events in 2004, 2007 and 2008 left several individuals dead and caused kidney stones and urinary tract obstructions in others, according to the authors.
Additional research from animal experiments, they added, has suggested that melamine impedes brain function.
To draw their conclusions in the Chemosphere study, the researchers measured 45 chemicals linked to cancer and other health risks in urine samples from a small but diverse group of 171 pregnant people.
The subjects had participated in the National Institutes of Health’s Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Program between 2008 and 2020.
The 171 participants came from California, Georgia, Illinois, New Hampshire, New York and Puerto Rico, according to the study.
About 34 percent of them were white, 40 percent were Latina, 20 percent were Black, 4 percent were Asian and the remaining 3 percent were from other or multiple ethnicities.
Levels of one of the aromatic amines, 3,4-dichloroaniline, were more than 100-percent higher among Black and Hispanic women in comparison to white women, the study found.
“It’s disconcerting that we continue to find higher levels of many of these harmful chemicals in people of color,” study co-senior author Jessie Buckley, an associate professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said in a statement.
Giehae Choi, a postdoctoral fellow at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and first author of the study, stressed that their observations “raise concerns for the health of pregnant women and fetuses.”
“Some of these chemicals are known carcinogens and potential developmental toxicants,” Choi added. “Regulatory action is clearly needed to limit exposure.” | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/national-news/pregnant-people-exposed-to-cancer-linked-chemicals-in-household-items-dyes-study/ | 2022-08-30 15:54:48 | 0 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/national-news/pregnant-people-exposed-to-cancer-linked-chemicals-in-household-items-dyes-study/ |
ASCO Power Technologies and Consulting-Specifying Engineer are hosting a course on emerging source management trends featuring industry experts in critical power and applied safety science.
FLORHAM PARK, N.J., July 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Facilities are switching to a new way of power distribution for power resiliency and economic optimization. The new ASCO Power Technologies and CSE webcast titled "The Rise of Source Management and the New Underwriters Laboratories Provisional Standard" will describe the profound changes impacting electrical infrastructures today. The event will happen on July 12, 2023, at 1:00 PM CDT.
"We continue to see an acceleration in the adoption of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) to support the economic optimization of Photovoltaic systems (Solar). With this investment comes the opportunity to provide highly sustainable resiliency – but that resiliency cannot come at the detriment of safety and reliability. As more buildings look to "battery first" as their emergency power system, the new UL provisional standard paves the way for safer and more efficient deployment of these sources," said Russell Senesac, Expert Product Owner at Schneider Electric.
The online event will feature some of the industry's top experts and thought leaders, including Russell Senesac, UL Solutions Principal Engineer Bryan Tatum, and CFE Media and Technology Content Manager Gary Cohen. With decades of experience under their belts, these experts will provide invaluable insight into what electrical systems engineers, technicians, and facility managers need to know to stay on top of the game.
By attending the course, attendees can:
- Understand the major changes that electrical systems are undergoing
- Learn market drivers for massive Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) adoption and why isolation is required for BESS resilience
- Recognize the difference between isolation vs. transfer
- Hear why a need for new UL listing for Isolation Switches is needed
- Explore traditional use cases for an Isolation Switch
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In a bid to defend Maine's lobster industry against federal regulations that aim to protect endangered whales, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine on Wednesday prevented Senate action on a nominee to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
"NOAA is imposing onerous, possibly impossible new regulations that do not reflect the reality in the Gulf of Maine with regard to the right whale," she said.
NOAA is barring traditional trap-pot gear from some areas off New England during periods when it says North Atlantic right whales are at risk of deadly entanglements with buoy lines. Lobstermen are also required to install weak links in their gear that whales can break through.
Collins complained that NOAA denied requests to delay the rules by two months, even though, she says, models of the risk posed by Maine's lobster fleet are flawed.
Her objection to what's usually a pro-forma unanimous consent vote leaves in limbo Jainey Kumar Bavishi's confirmation to be a NOAA Assistant Secretary. | https://www.mainepublic.org/politics/2022-05-26/susan-collins-holds-up-noaa-nominee-over-lobstering-rules-intended-to-protect-right-whales | 2022-05-26 15:30:41 | 1 | https://www.mainepublic.org/politics/2022-05-26/susan-collins-holds-up-noaa-nominee-over-lobstering-rules-intended-to-protect-right-whales |
DETROIT (AP) — Elon Musk sold another $3.58 billion worth of Tesla stock this week, but it wasn't clear where the proceeds were being spent.
The Tesla CEO, and new owner of Twitter, sold the shares from Monday through Wednesday, according to a filing posted Wednesday night by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Musk has sold nearly $23 billion worth of Tesla stock since April, with much of the money likely going to help fund his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter.
The sale comes as shares of the electric vehicle and solar panel maker have collapsed, losing over half their value since Musk first disclosed in April that he was buying up Twitter stock.
The falling shares have bumped Musk from his status as the world's wealthiest person, with his net worth falling to $174 billion, according to Forbes. He was passed last week by French fashion and cosmetics magnate Bernard Arnault.
The takeover of Twitter has not been smooth, and some big companies have halted advertising on the social media platform. Musk has said that Twitter had “a massive drop in revenue" due to the advertiser losses.
Investors have been punishing Tesla stock of late as Musk has spent much of his time running Twitter, raising fears that he's distracted from the car company.
Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said Musk is now a villain in the eyes of Tesla investors. He said Tesla's fundamentals remain healthy but his behavior with Twitter is hurting the company's brand. “The Twitter overhang is a nightmare that is growing with no one but Musk to blame,” Ives wrote in an email.
A message was left with Tesla Wednesday night seeking comment on the stock sale. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Elon-Musk-sells-3-58B-worth-of-Tesla-stock-17655328.php | 2022-12-15 05:29:30 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Elon-Musk-sells-3-58B-worth-of-Tesla-stock-17655328.php |
Through April 16
- Coachella’s Friday night headlining show ends on a bad note
- Taxes are due Tuesday in only 3 of 58 California counties
- Thousands of unusual sea creatures wash up on Bay Area beaches
- Video shows security ejecting rapper E-40 from Warriors-Kings
- BLACKPINK's genius Coachella set turned me into a BLINK
- Coachella live stream missing headliner Frank Ocean
- The ruins of a 1910s sanitarium are hidden in the East Bay hills
- 4 found dead in hotel area of Mexico's Cancun beach resort
- Family mourns 5-year-old who drowned on vacation in Hawaii
- ‘It can work’: Plans for an SF-LA night train are underway
- The much-missed Disneyland restaurant that 'Star Wars' killed
- Coachella’s Saturday night surprise won the weekend | https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/nascar-xfinity-average-running-position-17902077.php | 2023-04-17 19:00:44 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/nascar-xfinity-average-running-position-17902077.php |
Exclusive: What it takes to be a CHP Air Rescue pilot
KCRA 3 was granted exclusive access to a "master class" for California Highway Patrol Air Rescue Operations officers.
KCRA 3 was granted exclusive access to a "master class" for California Highway Patrol Air Rescue Operations officers.
KCRA 3 was granted exclusive access to a "master class" for California Highway Patrol Air Rescue Operations officers.
They are the officers who fly in helicopters and save lives when people are stranded in remote locations. Although there are fewer than 200 people assigned to the California Air Rescue Division statewide, they cover all of California by performing rescues on all kinds of terrain — from mountains to water.
It's a dangerous job that takes fortitude and skill all for the service of others.
KCRA 3 was granted exclusive access to a "master class" for California Highway Patrol Air Rescue Operations officers.
What we observed
From on top of a mountain made of rocks, KCRA 3 got to see up close how the officers were lifted up into the helicopter and then strategically placed in other locations as part of this training.
The aircraft used for the training does not have the gear that it typically would because it was striped specifically for the training.
During a rescue, every movement matters.
In video of the training, one can notice the officer’s head nod, the way the officer's feet are positioned and even the bend in their legs.
"When you get on the scene whether it's a cliffside rescue or open field, the communication is key," CHP Air Operations Commander Captain Mike McClellin said. "There comes a point where that pilot loses visual of that victim because remember they've got to go right overhead."
What it takes to be a CHP pilot
McClellin told KCRA that pilots first become CHP officers. "Our folks have to be prepared for anything California has to offer," he said.
CHP pilots must also attend flight school, get a commercial pilot's license and have 300 hours of flight time.
"That's double the amount that the FAA requires just for licensing purposes," McClellin said.
"If they're a full-time CHP officer, it’s going to take them a better part of two years…probably another $80,000 to $100,000 of their own money," he added.
How to help the rescuers
KCRA 3’s Brandi Cummings asked McClellin, "What's the greatest challenge when it comes to rescue?"
"The greatest challenge is always risk mitigation," he said. "These external load operations, these dynamic hoists are some of the most dangerous things these crews will do."
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"If people are out and they have to be rescued what should they do?" Cummings asked.
"Getting out in the open and having the resources available to make yourself visible … when we get there listen to the instructions because we want to get you to help as much and as fast as possible," McClellin said.
Who took part in the training?
The training is only held once a year for CHP instructors from across the state.
There are eight CHP Air Operations units across the state.
The training KCRA 3 observed is conducted by Air Rescue Systems for CHP pilot instructors.
Where is the training location
The training took place in Auburn near the China Bar Cardiac Trail Peak by the North Fork of the American River. | https://www.kcra.com/article/chp-air-rescue-pilot-northern-california-kcra-behind-the-scenes/42037718 | 2022-11-23 08:03:46 | 1 | https://www.kcra.com/article/chp-air-rescue-pilot-northern-california-kcra-behind-the-scenes/42037718 |
Apple announced Monday that the company would place part of the production for its latest iPhone 14 in India as part of its goal to move a portion of the manufacturing operation away from China.
The company said, "The new iPhone 14 lineup introduces groundbreaking new technologies and important safety capabilities. We're excited to be manufacturing iPhone 14 in India."
J.P. Morgan analysts said Apple is expected to transition around 5 percent of its iPhone 14 production to India, starting in late 2022. India is the world's largest smartphone market after China.
At an event earlier in September, Apple focused on security and safety upgrades to its popular devices and less on new tech specifications and shiny promotions. | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/apple-to-manufacture-iphone-14-in-india-company-says | 2022-09-26 22:38:47 | 0 | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/apple-to-manufacture-iphone-14-in-india-company-says |
You probably don’t spend much time thinking about dirty toilet seats. But Kevin Tang has been at it since 2019.
It began when Tang, a business student at Boston University, was disgusted by the seats in a campus restroom. “We’re in this billion-dollar university where you’re paying through the nose to attend,” Tang said, “But for some reason when you go to the bathroom, all the toilets are dirty? ... There’s got to be a better way.”
And Tang says he has the answer. With a team that includes engineers from BU and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he’s launched Cleana, a company that makes a new kind of toilet seat that raises or lowers itself to avoid unwelcome splashes, or to prevent objects from falling accidentally into the bowl.
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Plumbing supply companies like Kohler and Toto have been making automatic toilet seats for years. But they cost hundreds of dollars and require electric motors and batteries, making them costly to maintain.
Cleana (pronounced like “cleaner” with a Boston accent) wanted something simple, reliable, and reasonably cheap. So the company’s engineers created a semi-automatic seat that must first be raised or lowered by the user. This action powers up a pneumatic system with a built-in timer that waits about 30 seconds and then raises or lowers the seat, depending on the application. It’s entirely mechanical, with no microchips or batteries involved.
“It took us four years,” said Tang. “A lot of trial and error, a lot of ingenious engineering.”
Along with Tang, the Cleana team includes Andy Chang, who holds BU degrees in finance and political science; Max Pounanov, a BU-trained mechanical engineer; and Richard Li, who is completing an MIT master’s degree in mechanical engineering.
Cleana seats come in two versions. The one for commercial venues such as office buildings and event spaces raises itself after each use to stay clean. The home version comes with a seat as well as a lid that completely covers the bowl; that version closes itself after each use.
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“They solve different problems for different users,” Tang said.
In a crowded convention hall or sports arena, toilet seats can become filthy with splashes left behind by careless users who’ve left the seat down while urinating. A seat that raises itself out of harm’s way can eliminate most of this splash damage, Tang said. A user who needs to sit down can lower the seat with a hand or foot. It’ll stay down until they can get comfortable. Once they stand up, the internal timer starts running, and 30 seconds later, the seat rises.
For home users, the big pain point is a toilet that’s been left open. “A lot of women want the seat always to be down at the home,” said Tang, to avoid the discomfort of sitting on a cold porcelain bowl. Besides, open toilets can easily become a nasty resting place for valuable items, from loose wedding rings to fumbled cellphones. (A survey commissioned by Cleana found that 68 percent of Americans have dropped something valuable into a toilet.)
So the home version of Cleana, with a seat and lid, avoids this humiliation by remaining upright for about 30 seconds after it’s lifted. Then the pneumatic system lowers both the seat and lid. If someone’s using the seat, Cleana waits until they’re finished, then drops the lid.
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John Barrett, executive director of ISSA, The Worldwide Cleaning Industry Association, signed on as an adviser to Cleana after the founders tracked him down on the social network LinkedIn.
“Once I heard what they were trying to do, of course it cracked me up,” Barrett said. But when he got a look at their product, Barrett decided they were onto something. “Who knew that a bunch of college students needed to disrupt the global toilet seat market?” he said, “And that’s exactly what they’re doing. ... They’re absolutely the most remarkable young people.”
Tang wouldn’t say how much funding the company has raised, but angel investor Robert Vail, head of innovation at Boston Beer Co., the maker of Sam Adams beer, has invested just under $100,000 of his own money in Cleana. Vail, who serves on the board of BU’s School of Hospitality Administration, said he likes to invest in simple, unglamorous products that solve commonplace problems. “This one solves a need dramatically,” he said.
Cleana also hopes to raise an initial round of venture capital. The company picked up $18,000 in seed money when it won BU’s 2020 New Venture Competition and a $15,000 second-place prize in the 2021 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge.
The company already has paying customers. Cleana expects to ship its first commercial-grade toilet seats by September to customers who’ve pre-ordered such as MIT, Rice University, and the Roche Bros. supermarket chain. The company hasn’t set a date for the release of its home model. But for now, the plan is to sell both at the same price of $95.
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It’s a stiff price for a toilet seat, though far less than most powered models. Besides, the Cleana is built to last. Tang’s team used 3-D printers in their dorm rooms to build prototypes, which were then raised and lowered by robotic arms to test for durability. The automatic hinge is designed for 100,000 raise-and-lower cycles, enough to last a lifetime.
It might seem odd to devote so much engineering prowess to such a lowly problem. But Tang figures it’s just common sense because the product could be so widely used.
“The toilet seat is one of those really unique things that unites everyone,” he said. “Everybody poops.”
Hiawatha Bray can be reached at hiawatha.bray@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @GlobeTechLab. | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/06/18/business/everybody-poops-bu-mit-engineers-better-toilet-seat/ | 2023-06-18 19:58:30 | 1 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/06/18/business/everybody-poops-bu-mit-engineers-better-toilet-seat/ |
WFO ALBANY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, July 28, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
438 PM EDT Thu Jul 28 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern
Saratoga, southern Washington and northeastern Rensselaer Counties
through 530 PM EDT...
At 438 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Ballston Spa, or near Saratoga Springs, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Saratoga Springs, Mechanicville, Hoosick Falls, Salem, Ballston Spa,
Cambridge, Greenwich, Round Lake, Burnt Hills, Rock City Falls,
Country Knolls, North Ballston Spa, Gates, Malta, Greenfield, Lee,
Northumberland, White Creek, Easton and Stillwater.
People attending Saratoga Race Course (Horses), and Saratoga
Performing Arts Center (SPAC) should seek safe shelter immediately!
This includes Interstate 87 between exits 10 and 15.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
east central New York.
LAT...LON 4291 7328 4289 7390 4291 7390 4291 7393
4309 7398 4323 7326
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 259DEG 39KT 4300 7385
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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Two Americans arrested on charges of selling tech to Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday arrested two Kansas men on allegations that the pair illegally exported aviation-related technology to Russia and provided repair services for the equipment.
Cyril Gregory Buyanovsky and Douglas Robertson are charged with conspiracy, exporting controlled goods without a license, falsifying and failing to file electronic export information, and smuggling goods in violation of U.S. law.
The charges come as the U.S. has drastically ramped up sanctions and financial penalties on Russia since its invasion of Ukraine began on Feb. 24, 2022. Along with thousands of sanctions on people and firms, export controls on the Kremlin are meant to limit access to computer chips and other products needed to equip a modern military.
The Justice Department says Buyanovsky and Robertson owned and operated KanRus Trading Co., which allegedly supplied aircraft electronics to Russian companies and provided repair services for equipment used in Russian-manufactured aircraft.
The indictment says that since 2020, they conspired to evade U.S. export laws by concealing and misstating the true end users and destinations of their exports and by shipping equipment through third-party countries.
They face up to 35 years in prison if convicted. Lawyers for Buyanovsky and Robertson couldn’t be identified from the provided documents, and the Justice Department didn’t immediately respond to a request for their information.
The FBI and the Commerce Department’s Office of Export Enforcement are investigating the case.
Matthew S. Axelrod, assistant secretary for export enforcement at the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security, said at an American Bar Association event in Miami Thursday that state actors like Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are trying to “take advantage of rapid advances in technology,” adding that sensitive technologies being sent to these countries are “top of our list from an enforcement perspective.”
Since the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, U.S. officials have said they would increase enforcement and sanctions on people and entities that assist Russia in the procurement of weaponry and technology that would bolster its military.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.1011now.com/2023/03/03/two-americans-arrested-charges-selling-tech-russia/ | 2023-03-03 03:12:26 | 0 | https://www.1011now.com/2023/03/03/two-americans-arrested-charges-selling-tech-russia/ |
A STATISTIC-collecting group, Statista (statista.com), conducted an online survey over a 14-year period (2006-20) about birdwatching. The survey had 18,000 respondents of people over 6 years old who traveled more than a quarter mile from home to watch birds (hopefully the 6-year-olds were with a birdwatching adult). In just one of those years — 2019 to 2020— the extrapolated statistic went from 12.82 million to 15.23 million, the most ever.
If you count those who just watch birds outside the windows of their home, the number is tens of millions higher than that. Birdwatching boomed during the pandemic lockdown period, which happened to coincide (spring 2020 in case you have forgotten!) with spring migration.
Audubon notes that their website traffic during this period spiked 23%. The American Birding Association says downloads of their podcast went from 5,000 per week in February 2020 to 8,000 per week in May 2020. People in every corner of the country seemed to suddenly realize that birdwatching can happen from almost any window almost anywhere.
An article on the AARP website makes the point that this newfound hobby/interest of millions of Americans was “once scorned as a nerdy pastime of list-keepers and early risers.” We longtime bird nerds knew we were on to something all along!
Facebook users likely saw it happening with their friends. If you can’t go anywhere and post pictures of your adventures, you post what is around you. And what is around you are birds.
What hopefully also comes of this is a greater appreciation and concern for the fact that a huge percentage of bird species have gone extinct in the past half century. Attributing factors are thought to include:
• Climate change, which seems to have also had a huge impact on migration changes including some birds coming farther north during breeding season and some birds staying farther north during non-breeding season.
• External factors such as outdoor cats, window strikes, and collisions with other structures. Tufts Wildlife Clinic says that “ornithologists estimate that up to 100 million birds are killed each year by collisions with windows.” See their site at wildlife.tufts.edu/bird-strikes-windows/ to learn how to help a bird that collides with a window at your home.
• Poisons such as secondary poisoning from rodenticides. If you follow local raptor/bird rehabilitators on Facebook or other social media, you will have read just in the past year about raptors and owls brought to them regularly who have been found ill and determined to have ingested rodents that were dead or dying from rodenticide poisoning. A snowy owl was brought in to On the Wing, rehabilitated and released as a success story, only to return having been re-poisoned. It miraculously recovered again thanks to On the Wing’s extraordinary efforts and, now late for the northern migration to breeding and feeding grounds, was given a lift farther north to get a leg up on its journey. We humans need to give up our addiction to poisons. Those bald eagles we now see almost daily? That is the result of banning DDT brought about by the alarm call in Rachel Carson’s 1962 book “Silent Spring.”
Birds at Hampton Beach
This bird nerd has started once again volunteering with the New Hampshire Fish and Game’s Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program’s piping plover monitoring initiative at Hampton Beach State Park. Last Sunday morning I was treated to seeing four new hatchlings from one of the nests on the beach this year. Plovers scratch up a little sand and lay their eggs out in the open. Fish and Game ropes off areas where the nests are to alert beachgoers to their presence since they would be easy to accidentally walk on.
Once the eggs hatch, the chicks are off and running within hours. The first couple of weeks of life is when they are most vulnerable on the busy beach — only about the size of a golf ball, at that young age they can’t get out of the way quickly. Their instinct instead is to hunker down, which leaves them vulnerable to being stomped on. And they need to be able to move around the beach to the most protein-rich areas such as seaweed and the water’s edge. The more they eat, the faster they grow, the better they can protect themselves.
Also nesting on Hampton Beach and also an endangered species in New Hampshire are least terns, whose nests have nearly doubled in number this year. They are great birds to nest along with the plovers since the terns are quite defensive and will dive-bomb potential intruders, which by default also protects the plover nests which are typically in the same areas.
The chicks of these beautiful birds do not hatch out of their shell and start scurrying around like the plover; least tern parents bring small fish to their young and feed them in the nest. It’s a privilege to be part of helping these endangered birds nest on our short New Hampshire coast.
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Cheryl Kimball is a freelance writer who lives north of Rochester. Email her at naturetalksck@gmail.com. | https://www.unionleader.com/nh/outdoors/cheryl-kimball-nature-talks-a-covid-19-silver-lining-birdwatching-goes-from-nerdy-to-cool/article_b2da54d7-3b98-569b-a9ef-3d0bc98d2c0c.html | 2022-06-19 21:50:32 | 1 | https://www.unionleader.com/nh/outdoors/cheryl-kimball-nature-talks-a-covid-19-silver-lining-birdwatching-goes-from-nerdy-to-cool/article_b2da54d7-3b98-569b-a9ef-3d0bc98d2c0c.html |
ST. PAUL — A bill that would create specific protections against discrimination based on ethnic hairstyles passed in the Minnesota Senate Thursday, Jan. 26, and is headed to the desk of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
The CROWN Act, sponsored by Sen. Bobby Joe Champion, DFL-Minneapolis, would add hairstyle protections to the state’s existing human rights statute. Natural hairstyles and textures would be specifically included in the Minnesota Human Rights Act, offering protections for “braids, locs and twists.”
Ahead of the Thursday vote, bill sponsor Sen. Bobby Joe Champion said Black women are more likely to be sent home from the workplace for their hairstyle, and that the bill would ensure long-overdue protections against discrimination.
"We want all individuals to go to work and feel included and welcome in the marketplace," said Champion, who earlier this year became the first Black president of the Minnesota Senate. "So we are asking that you join me in passing the CROWN Act as an important step toward eradicating racial prejudice and stigma regarding natural hair in Minnesota."
After debate, the Senate voted 45-19 to pass the bill. A House bill sponsored by Rep. Esther Agbaje, DFL-Minneapolis, passed by a vote of 111-19 on Jan. 11. Gov. Tim Walz plans to sign the bill, according to multiple reports.
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During the same floor session, senators also approved a bill to make Juneteenth, the celebration of the end of slavery in the United States, an official state holiday in Minnesota. A companion Juneteenth bill awaits a vote in the House.
During floor discussion Thursday, Sen. Nathan Wesenberg, R-Little Falls, attempted to introduce an amendment to the bill to include beards. It failed 30-35.
Minnesota’s ethnic hairstyle protection legislation is part of a national movement to put such protections in state and federal law. So far, nearly 20 other states have passed their own versions of the CROWN Act, the name of which is an acronym for “creating a respectful and open world for natural hair.” California was the first state to pass such a law in 2019, and the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a CROWN Act bill.
The House passed Agbaje’s CROWN Act bill during last year’s legislative session, but the Republican-controlled Senate never took up the bill. DFLers won a one-seat majority in the Senate in the last election.
At a House Judiciary and Civil Law Committee Hearing on the bill, some Republican members asked about the bill’s implications for workplace health and safety, such as long hair getting caught in machinery.
Minnesota Human Rights Commissioner Rebecca Lucero said workers already must prove that a hair policy is being applied for discriminatory reasons rather than safety or health reasons.
Rep. Harry Niska, R-Ramsey, questioned the need for added protections for hairstyles in state law, as the current human rights statute already bars hair discrimination when related to race.
Lucero, an appointee of DFL Gov. Tim Walz, said the CROWN Act would provide “necessary clarity” on an issue that has a gap in existing state law and sends a “powerful message” that hair discrimination can qualify as race discrimination.
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Follow Alex Derosier on Twitter @xanderosier or email aderosier@forumcomm.com . | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/minnesota/senate-sends-ban-on-race-based-hair-discrimination-to-walzs-desk-passes-juneteenth-holiday | 2023-01-26 23:51:54 | 0 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/minnesota/senate-sends-ban-on-race-based-hair-discrimination-to-walzs-desk-passes-juneteenth-holiday |
This Remote New Jersey Lake Will Make The Perfect Getaway This Summer
Summertime at the Jersey Shore means a lot of things to a lot of different people.
For some, they think of long hot days on the beach, topped off with a stop at Midway to get a sausage sandwich.
Others may think it means early mornings on the boat trying to catch the big one hiding in Barnegat Bay.
Personally, I think of tourists, traffic, and the population of the Jersey Shore basically tripling each and every weekend.
We get spoiled during local summer, the winter, and the spring; we have basically the entire shore to ourselves, and it's a wonderful time of year.
But every summer, the crowds come crashing back to Ocean County, and although I can't blame people for wanting to visit the Jersey Shore, I get tired of the crowds pretty fast.
Fortunately, there are a lot of really cool remote places for us locals to visit during the dog days of summer that are left pretty much unknown to tourists and visitors.
If you're just looking for a fun day trip, you can check out the cutest town in Jersey you've probably never heard of.
But let's say you want to spend a day out on the water, without having to deal with beach badges, seagulls, and of course tons of people.
This Remote NJ Lake Is The Perfect Spot To Get Away From It All This Summer.
You'll feel like you're in your own little world when you visit this lake.
Complete with hiking paths, kayaking, lots of wildlife, and fishing!
The lake is located in Warren County, near the New Jersey-Pennsylvania border.
Because of this, it's usually not as crowded as other popular destinations in New Jersey, but it is a great place for a day trip, especially if you don't like crowds.
Only In Your State claims that the White Lake Natural Resource Are in Hardwick is a must-visit this summer.
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TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays first base coach Mark Budzinski will be away from the team following the death of his eldest daughter. Julia Budzinski was 17.
“The Budzinskis have been part of our Blue Jays family over the last four seasons,” general manager Ross Atkins said in a statement Sunday. “This devastating loss is felt by our entire organization and we grieve alongside Bud and his family. I have known Bud for more than 25 years and have always admired his commitment as a dad and husband first. He is loved and well-respected by our entire clubhouse and holds a special place in all our hearts.”
The Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Rays lined up along the foul lines before first pitch Sunday for a moment of silence. Rays manager Kevin Cash said his team was “heartbroken.”
Tigers manager A.J. Hinch, who roomed with Budzinski during his minor league career, expressed support for his grieving friend before Detroit hosted Kansas City on Sunday.
Elsewhere, Red Sox manager Alex Cora offered a similar message from Chicago, where his team was facing the Cubs.
Bullpen catcher Luis Hurtado coached first base in Budzinski’s absence.
Budzinski and manager Charlie Montoyo left the dugout in the third inning of the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader against Tampa Bay. The Blue Jays’ clubhouse was closed after the 11-5 loss.
Budzinski played four games for Cincinnati in 2003 and retired in 2005. After managing in Cleveland’s minor league system, he joined the then-Indians big league staff in 2017. Toronto hired Budzinski in November 2018.
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A man in Iran who had been called "the world's dirtiest" by state media died at the age of 94 on Sunday after years of avoiding bathing because he feared it would make him sick.
He was known as Uncle Haji to locals, but "Amu Haji" died just months after taking his first bath in decades, according to Iran's state media.
Haji died in the southern Iranian village of Dezhgah, according to Iran's IRNA state news agency.
Locals who knew him once tried to bring him to a nearby river to bathe him, but he managed to escape the vehicle they were traveling in.
He feared that using soap and water would make him sick, and he also feared eating fresh foods, the BBC reported, citing translations from IRNA.
Muere a los 94 años de edad Amou Haji, el hombre más sucio del mundo.
— Janosik García (@Janosikgarciaz) October 25, 2022
No se bañó en 65 años y gozaba de una excelente salud.pic.twitter.com/Hz2cdcEsMU
The BBC cited state media claims that trying to bathe him or have him drink clean water would make him sad.
In 2014 he was interviewed by the Tehran Times, revealing that his favorite food was porcupine.
Haji said he lived in a hole in the ground and a brick structure that neighbors built after they became concerned about his safety and comfort.
IRNA reported that after years of living without bathing, his skin was covered in "soot and pus." He reportedly survived on a diet of old meat and drank unfiltered water from an old can.
He reportedly loved to smoke cigarettes and, at times, more than one simultaneously.
Haji's exact cause of death was not immediately clear.
It is uncertain if Haji held the record for the longest time without bathing, despite his nickname given by some news organizations. As the BBC reported, in 2009, reports surfaced of a man in India who had, at one point, claimed to have not bathed or brushed his teeth for 35 years.
'World's dirtiest man' dies aged 94, months after first wash in decades
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 25, 2022
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It took decades for the VA to begin updating it's electronic health records system. After breakdowns, the VA stopped all work on the $16 billion update with the Oracle-Cerner electronic health record.
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After a period of unregulated wind power development in Poland, the pendulum has swung in the opposite direction. Now, hardly any turbines are being built in the country.
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The melt-in-the-mouth cheesecake on sale at Cafe Manufaktura Ciasta and the gentle sea breeze blowing around the village of Cisowo on the Baltic coast leaves visitors in no doubt that they are in a particularly lovely part of Poland — were it not for the huge wind turbine towering over the cafe just 3 meters (10 feet) from the road.
Within a radius of just a few hundred meters, a dozen other wind turbines have been erected in a seemingly random manner across the coastal landscape. They belong to two wind farms that were completed in 2001 and 2013.
It seems as if no consideration was given to maintaining any kind of distance from roads and houses. The operators of these wind farms — the companies Energia Eco and Enerco — said they obtained all the necessary construction permits from the relevant authorities.
Restrictions placed on turbine construction
To put a stop to this kind of unregulated wind turbine development, Poland's government, which is led by the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, passed a law in 2016 that introduced the so-called "10H rule" for all new wind turbine projects.
This rule stipulates that the distance between a wind turbine and the nearest house or nature reserve must be at least 10 times the turbine's height. If, for example, a wind turbine is 200 meters (656 feet) high, it must be at least 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from the nearest house or nature reserve.
Law limits land available for turbines
People who don't like the look of wind turbines or consider them unhealthy or even damaging to the environment — whether in Poland or elsewhere around the world — have welcomed such restrictions.
But for the operators of wind turbines and supporters of renewable energy, the 10H rule pretty much means the end of onshorewind power development. Janusz Gajowiecki, president of the Polish Wind Energy Association, said that because of the law, only 0.28% of Poland's land area is now available for the construction of wind turbines.
"Current legislation rules out virtually all land for the construction of new wind turbines," said Aleksandra Dziadkiewicz of the interdisciplinary Polish think tank Forum Energii. She goes on to say that any new turbines currently under construction are being built on the basis of permits that were issued before the 10H law came into force, in other words before 2016.
"Yet Poland needs lots of new wind turbines for the energy transition," she said, "and as quickly as possible."
Compromise sought to allow for development
In late January, an amendment to the law was put to parliament. The hope was that a compromise could be reached that would help wind turbine operators. The amendment proposed cutting the legally required distance between turbines and houses or nature reserves to 500 meters.
According to the Polish Wind Energy Association, this would allow turbines to be erected on around 7% of the country's land area. But no agreement was reached in parliament. There are now plans to discuss an amendment that would fix the required distance at 700 meters.
Damian Babka of the renewable energy producer Qair Group confirmed that the failure to adopt the proposed 500-meter limit was a major setback for wind power producers. His company had pinned a lot of hope on the amendment. "While a distance of 700 meters would allow some projects to be implemented," said Babka, "it would keep the capacity to generate green energy at a very low level."
Residents of the picturesque village of Cisowo, which has a population of about 300, set up an association last fall that focuses on the impact of the unregulated development of wind power generation before 2016. Since 1998, 8.8% of residents have moved away from the village, and those who have stayed have little faith left in the authorities when it comes to enforcing laws.
Negative impact of liberal, flexible rules
There is huge support for the 10H rule in Cisowo, and the people of the village warmly welcomed its strict enforcement by the Polish authorities. The village has seen the downside of the market liberalization and the move to a system of more flexible rules.
For instance, several unauthorized camp sites and huts have been set up directly under the turbines. While they have a beautiful view of the sea, there is no wastewater treatment or refuse collections. The people in the village have no idea who built what and when. All they know is that the people camping there have not been moved on.
The house of the Bienert family, one of the founding members of the local association, is located just 450 meters from one of the wind turbines. The Bienerts are of the opinion that the noise and the change in the light caused by the turbine's rotors are having a negative impact on their well-being and health.
Maciej Bienert, the father of the family, is firmly in favor of the development of renewable energy in Poland. The Bienerts themselves have several solar panels on the roofs of their residential and commercial buildings, and sell a large amount of solar power.
"Clear rules are needed for it to work in the long run," said Bienert. "And you can't make those rules without the people who are directly affected by them." | https://www.dw.com/en/on-wind-power-poland-tries-to-find-happy-medium/a-64666398 | 2023-02-12 12:24:58 | 1 | https://www.dw.com/en/on-wind-power-poland-tries-to-find-happy-medium/a-64666398 |
- Conference Call to be Held at 6:00 AM ET -
NANJING, China, Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ever-Glory International Group, Inc. (the "Company" or "Ever-Glory") (NASDAQ: EVK), a retailer of branded fashion apparel and a leading global apparel supply chain solution provider, today announced that the Company will report its third quarter 2022 financial results on November 14, 2022 before the open of trading in the U.S.
The Company's management will host an earnings conference call at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time on November 14, 2022 (7:00 p.m. Beijing Time on November 14, 2022).
The dial-in details for the conference call are as follows:
- Toll-free dial-in number: +1-877-704-4453
- International dial-in number: 1-201-389-0920
- Conference ID:13734457
The live audio webcast of the call can also be accessed by visiting the investor relations section of Ever-Glory's website at http://www.everglorygroup.com. A replay of the call will be available from 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on November 14 through 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on November 21 by calling +1-844-512-2921 or +1-412-317-6671 with pin number 13734457.
About Ever-Glory International Group, Inc.
Based in Nanjing, China, Ever-Glory International Group, Inc. is a retailer of branded fashion apparel and a leading global apparel supply chain solution provider. Ever-Glory is the first Chinese apparel Company listed on the American Stock Exchange (now named as NYSE MKT) in July 2008 and then transferred to The NASDAQ Global Market on December 31, 2015. Ever-Glory offers apparel to woman in China under its own brands "La go go", "Velwin", "Ji Zhu" and "idole". Ever-Glory is also a leading global apparel supply chain solution provider with a focus on middle-to-high end casual wear, outerwear, and sportswear brands. Ever-Glory services a number of well-known brands and retail stores by providing a complete set of supply chain management services, including: fabric development and design, sampling, sourcing, quality control, manufacturing, logistics, customs clearance and distribution.
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Sweden’s government should “act differently” if it wants to clinch Turkish support for its bid to join NATO, Hungary’s foreign minister said Tuesday, adding that a recent Quran-burning protest outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm was “unacceptable.”
Peter Szijjarto made the remark at a news conference following talks with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Hungary’s capital Budapest. Both diplomats addressed the Jan. 21 anti-Turkish protest that increased tensions between Ankara and Stockholm as Sweden seeks Turkey’s approval to join the NATO military alliance.
“As a Christian and as a Catholic, I must say that burning of a holy book of another religion is an unacceptable act,” Szijjarto said, and criticized a statement by Sweden’s prime minister that while the burning of the Quran was inappropriate and “deeply disrespectful,” it fell under Swedish freedom of speech protections.
“Stating that the burning of a sacred book is part of freedom of speech is just plain stupidity,” Szijjarto said, adding that “perhaps they (Sweden) should act differently than that” if they want to secure Ankara’s backing.
The meeting in Budapest came as Turkey and Hungary remain the only two NATO members that haven’t approved bids by Sweden and Finland to join the military alliance. The northern European neighbors which share a border with Russia dropped their long-standing military neutrality and sought NATO membership in response to Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
A unanimous vote of all 30 NATO members is necessary for admitting new countries.
Cavusoglu said Turkey shares Hungary’s wish for NATO enlargement, but that it was now “impossible for us to confirm (Sweden’s) accession” into the alliance. He called the Quran-burning protest a “provocation which will take us nowhere, it can only lead to chaos.”
Ankara has also said it’s displeased with Sweden’s efforts to crack down on groups that it considers to be terrorist or pose a threat to the country, including Kurdish groups. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Sweden should not expect Turkey’s support in its membership bid.
Hungary’s government was expected to vote on accepting Sweden and Finland into NATO by the end of last year. The issue will be on the Hungarian parliament’s agenda during its first session of the year in February, Szijjarto said.
Szijjarto said Hungary has a “clear standpoint” on admitting Sweden and Finland into NATO, but would not attempt to influence Turkey either way.
“I never urge any other foreign governments to do things which are not of our concern,” Szijjarto said. | https://www.kron4.com/news/world/ap-international/ap-hungary-fm-sweden-should-act-differently-to-join-nato/ | 2023-01-31 23:46:49 | 0 | https://www.kron4.com/news/world/ap-international/ap-hungary-fm-sweden-should-act-differently-to-join-nato/ |
HOUSING
Sales of new homes nationwide unexpectedly rose last month
Sales of new US homes unexpectedly rose in February after a downward revision to the prior month, suggesting the housing market is beginning to stabilize after a tumultuous year. Purchases of new single-family homes increased 1.1 percent to an annualized 640,000 pace after a 633,000 rate in January, government data showed Thursday. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for a 650,000 pace. The latest data suggest the housing market may finally be gaining its footing after last year’s rapid rise in mortgage rates. That said, affordability remains a key concern for buyers, and the limited supply of homes on the market has also restrained sales. The outlook for the housing market remains unclear. The recent collapse of several banks has pushed down Treasury yields, and thus mortgage rates. But the turmoil is also expected to lead to tighter lending conditions and standards for those trying to buy a home. Sales rose in the West and South, the two largest regions by purchases. The number of homes sold in the Northeast plunged to the lowest since June. There were 436,000 new homes for sale as of the end of last month, the lowest since April. That represents 8.2 months of supply at the current sales rate. ― BLOOMBERG NEWS
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Quantgene opens location in Somerville
Quantgene, a biotech that provides early diagnostics through genomics-based medical testing and COVID-19 tests, has opened its first Massachusetts location at 53 Main St. in Somerville. The company plans to hire 20 Massachusetts residents for this 1,200-square-foot location, including a lab director, technicians, and a nursing staff. The Somerville office opened on March 1, and operations have already commenced to assist a “production for the entertainment industry” that’s being shot on the Cape, the company said. The Santa Monica, Calif.-based company now has five brick-and-mortar locations and eight mobile labs nationwide. Owner Jo Bhakdi started the company at UC Berkeley in 2015. — JON CHESTO
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RENEWABLE ENERGY
Growth of wind power industry at lowest level in three years
Wind power industry growth dropped to the lowest in three years in 2022, hit by rising costs and shifting government policies. That’s according to the latest analysis from clean energy researchers at BloombergNEF. While global governments are relying on a rapid scale-up of the wind industry to hit climate goals, shrinking profit margins and soaring costs have cooled development. By far the biggest market last year was China, which accounted for more than half of all global wind farms built in 2022 even after government subsidies expired at the end the previous year. China added 37.6 gigawatts of new wind capacity to the grid last year, according to the National Energy Administration, a decline from the previous two years when developers rushed to meet subsidy deadlines. The country is expected to install 61 gigawatts of wind capacity this year, according to BloombergNEF. In the United States, the declining value of production tax credits for wind projects sandbagged the industry. Onshore wind growth was the weakest in four years, dropping 37 percent compared with 2021, according to industry group American Clean Power. Meanwhile, the nascent US offshore industry has seen projects delayed and marked down due to inflationary pressures and supply chain struggles. ― BLOOMBERG NEWS
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
Polito joins board of Clean Harbors
Former lieutenant governor Karyn Polito has landed another corporate board seat following her return to the private sector in January. This one is at Clean Harbors Inc., the Norwell-based environmental and industrial services company. Polito is currently running her family’s real estate development firm, and was recently appointed to the board of Boston-based Berkshire Hills Bancorp as well. Clean Harbors chairman Alan McKim said Polito brings a wealth of experience in public and private sectors, and that the board looks forward to her input on key areas such as regulatory issues and public affairs. Polito’s appointment brings the Clean Harbors board to 13 members, 12 of whom are independent. Clean Harbors also announced that former ExxonMobil executive Edward Galante will become the company’s lead independent director as of its annual shareholders meeting on May 24. — JON CHESTO
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RETAIL
Walmart cuts jobs at some e-commerce warehouses
Walmart is cutting staffing levels at some e-commerce fulfillment centers in the United States as the nation’s largest private-sector employer steps up investment in automation. The retailer is working with the affected employees to find other positions at Walmart, according to a company statement Thursday. In a regulatory filing, Walmart provided advance notice of the cuts to 201 employees in Pedricktown, N.J. Reuters reported earlier that the potential impact extends to hundreds of other employees in California, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Texas. The Bentonville, Ark.-based company is paring jobs as it bolsters warehouse automation to reduce the cost of handling online purchases. Walmart said last month it would close three of its 11 US technology hubs and require affected workers to relocate. Employees who decide to quit will receive severance, the company said at the time. ― BLOOMBERG NEWS
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AVIATION
Boeing bests Airbus, wins $1 billion Japan Airlines order
Boeing secured a win in Japan with an order from the nation’s flag carrier for 21 of its 737 Max aircraft, getting in ahead of rival Airbus SE, which was initially seen as the front-runner. The single-aisle jets will be delivered to Japan Airlines and flying from 2026, the carrier and Boeing said in a joint statement Thursday. The order is worth about $1 billion. The planes will replace JAL’s Boeing 737-800s, which make up the largest proportion of its fleet, the carrier’s president Yuji Akasaka said in the statement. Bloomberg News reported earlier this month that JAL was leaning toward a deal with Boeing to replace its older fleet with newer models that have better fuel efficiency. Airbus’s A320neo had been considered. ― BLOOMBERG NEWS
LABOR
Amazon union wins ruling over access to warehouses
Federal labor regulators have concluded that Amazon’s policy of restricting the warehouse access of off-duty employees is illegal, backing a contention of the union that has represented workers at a Staten Island, N.Y., warehouse since winning an election there last year. In a written communication sent to the union Wednesday, a lawyer for the National Labor Relations Board’s Brooklyn region said the regional office had determined that the company broke the law by adopting the access rule last summer in response to union activity and that it had applied the rule in a discriminatory fashion against union supporters. The Amazon Labor Union contends that the access policy makes it difficult for workers to exercise their right to talk to co-workers about joining or supporting a union. An Amazon spokesperson said the company had adopted the rule to protect employee safety and building security and that it applied the rule fairly and in a way that “has nothing to do with whether an individual supports a particular cause or group.” Employees continue to have access to non-work areas outside company buildings, she said. ― NEW YORK TIMES
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(The Hill) — Police removed NFL star Odell Beckham Jr. from a commercial flight on Sunday, saying he failed to respond to requests to buckle his seatbelt.
Miami Dade Police Officer Luis Sierra in a statement said Beckham appeared to be coming in and out of consciousness as staff tried to wake him to fasten his seatbelt at Miami International Airport.
“Fearing that Mr. Beckham was seriously ill, and that his condition would worsen through the expected 5 hour flight, [flight crew members] called for police and fire rescue,” Sierra said.
Sierra added that Beckham was escorted to a nonsecure area of the terminal where he “made other arrangements.”
“Upon the officers arrival, the flight crew asked Mr. Beckham several times to exit the aircraft, which he refused. The aircraft was deplaned, at which time Mr. Beckham was asked by the officers to exit the plane, and did so without incident,” Sierra said.
American Airlines confirmed the incident took place on flight 1228, which was bound for Los Angeles, saying the plane returned to the gate before takeoff due to a customer failing to follow crew member instructions, The Associated Press reported.
Flight data shows the plane took off from Miami about two hours late on Sunday morning.
“Never in my life have I experienced what just happened to me… I’ve seen it alll..” Beckham tweeted on Sunday.
The Hill has reached out to the airline and Beckham’s attorney for further comment.
Beckham, a free agent, played for the Los Angeles Rams last season as they went on to win the Super Bowl against the Cincinnati Bengals.
He was taken out of that game for what was later revealed as a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).
Beckham is in demand from multiple teams and plans to visit the New York Giants, the Dallas Cowboys and the Buffalo Bills in the coming days, according to NFL Network. | https://www.wfla.com/nextstar-news-wire/nfl-free-agent-odell-beckham-jr-removed-from-plane-in-miami/ | 2022-11-28 15:07:59 | 1 | https://www.wfla.com/nextstar-news-wire/nfl-free-agent-odell-beckham-jr-removed-from-plane-in-miami/ |
- Johnson Controls believes empowering employees to bring their authentic selves to work each day adds value, fosters creativity and inspires change across the organization.
- Johnson Controls' Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion sponsors nine Business Resource Groups (BRGs) focused on personal/professional development and business impact.
- Newsweek recognition underscores Johnson Controls progress in its diversity and inclusion initiatives; growing BRGs more than 300% since 2020.
CORK, Ireland, Feb. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), the global leader for smart healthy, and sustainable buildings, today announced it has been recognized as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity by Newsweek. The magazine's annual list is based on interviews with HR professionals, the review of publicly available data, and an anonymous online survey. Newsweek, in cooperation with Plant-A Insights Group, gathered more than 350,000 completed company reviews to determine the results of the 2023 list.
"Johnson Controls has long understood the importance of diversity and inclusion in our workplace - it is the through-line to everything we embody as a company," said Marlon Sullivan, chief human resources officer, Johnson Controls. "At the center of this honor are the 100,000 employees Johnson Controls who make it their mission to take an active role in creating a culture that values uniqueness, celebrates creativity and drives innovation."
Since 2020, Johnson Controls has launched diversity initiatives such as:
- Including sustainability and diversity goals in senior leaders' performance assessments, which are linked to executive compensation to drive accountability,
- Hosting the Perspectives Listening Series, where thousands of employees engage in honest, courageous, and authentic conversations,
- Increasing diverse supplier spend at a rate exceeding revenue growth, through a focus on doing business with minority and women-owned businesses in urban markets and in specific procurement categories.
Johnson Controls' Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion sponsors nine Business Resource Groups focused on personal/professional development and business impact. In 2020, the company re-launched the Business Resource Group structure with active engagement from the executive team, achieving membership growth of more than 300% in fiscal year 2021 across 39 chapters around the globe. These groups include:
- APBRG: Strengthening the Johnson Controls diversity profile in the community and spreading its image as an employer of choice.
- Global Sustainability Network: engaging employees to serve as catalysts for advancing sustainable business practices across Johnson Controls.
- JC4e: Recognizing and supporting our LGBT employees, their families and their allies.
- ONYX: Striving to improve the competitiveness of Johnson Controls as the employer of choice for Black professionals.
- SYNERGY: Creating connections and promoting the development of our future leaders.
- UNIDOS: Providing a channel to share ideas, raise awareness, and build talent.
- Unlimited: Supporting people impacted by disabilities.
- VET: Making Johnson Controls the veteran's employer of choice, leveraging this tested, diverse talent pool to exceed business expectations.
- Women's Global Network: Harnessing the power, influence and intelligence of Johnson Controls women employees to establish community
Additionally, Johnson Controls EEO-1 data was included in its 2022 Sustainability report and provides information on the ethnicity and gender of employees across job groups. The Sustainability report provides detailed information on Johnson Controls' diversity and inclusion mission and vision and its commitment to equity and allyship, in addition to reporting its commitment and achievements in protecting the environment and tackling climate change. It also provides examples of employee-led global initiatives aimed at involving and empowering teams as well as supporting corporate social responsibility goals and initiatives.
To learn more about Johnson Controls' leadership in diversity, visit Diversity and Inclusion on johnsoncontrols.com.
About Johnson Controls:
At Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI), we transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play. As the global leader in smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, our mission is to reimagine the performance of buildings to serve people, places and the planet.
Building on a proud history of nearly 140 years of innovation, we deliver the blueprint of the future for industries such as healthcare, schools, data centers, airports, stadiums, manufacturing and beyond through OpenBlue, our comprehensive digital offering.
Today, with a global team of 100,000 experts in more than 150 countries, Johnson Controls offers the world`s largest portfolio of building technology and software as well as service solutions from some of the most trusted names in the industry.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Roadrunner Cash" game were:
02-09-13-14-20
(two, nine, thirteen, fourteen, twenty)
Estimated jackpot: $390,000
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Roadrunner Cash" game were:
02-09-13-14-20
(two, nine, thirteen, fourteen, twenty)
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PHOENIX — Arizona governors seem to have a habit of vacating office before their term is done.
Whether they leave voluntarily or are forced out through an impeachment, the Grand Canyon state's top elected official has had a rough time reaching the end of their eight-year tenure.
Since the 1970s, five Arizona governors have prematurely departed office, resulting in the state's secretary of state having to assume the executive position.
Gov. Doug Ducey even noted earlier this year at his State of the State address that he was the first Arizona governor in 36 years to deliver an eighth address.
But Arizona's line of succession may soon change if voters approve a proposition on the ballot this election year.
Proposition 131 would amend the Arizona Constitution by creating a "lieutenant governor" position, which would essentially replace the secretary of state as being first in line to succeed the governor.
Whomever is running for governor gets to pick their lieutenant during the election and the two would be elected together on the same ticket. The governor then decides whether the lieutenant would serve as their chief of staff, director of the Arizona Department of Administration, or another executive position.
Perhaps the biggest perk of Prop. 131 is ensuring consistency when the executive office must abruptly change hands. Since the governor picks the lieutenant, then their political party would get to hold onto the office until the next election.
For example, if Republican Doug Ducey had to suddenly resign before the end of this year, then Democrat Katie Hobbs would be sworn in to finish Ducey's term.
This scenario has played out twice in Arizona, resulting in the opposing party seizing control of the governor's office.
Arizona is currently one of only five U.S. states to not have a lieutenant governor. Several states elect the lieutenant separately from their governor, while others elect the two positions on the same ticket.
Why has Arizona resisted having a lieutenant governor?
Voters in Arizona have previously twice rejected the chance to create a lieutenant governor role.
In 1994, a proposition that would have created the position failed by 15 percentage points.
A similar proposition put on the ballot of the 2010 election was also defeated by voters. Opponents to the 2010 proposal felt the initiative's language prevented independents from running for governor or lieutenant governor, according to the Arizona Daily Star.
The 2010 election was the same year that Jan Brewer, who had been dubbed by some as an "accidental governor" after she succeeded Janet Napolitano in 2009, successfully won a second term in the governor's office. So it's possible Brewer's supporters didn't like the idea of eliminating the process that allowed Brewer to be governor in the first place.
Why are Arizonans voting on this again?
Prop. 131 was placed on the 2022 ballot after the Arizona Legislature passed a measure that gives voters another chance to change the state's line of succession.
According to the Legislature's website, 472 people were listed as being opposed to the measure and 44 people were listed as supporters.
Lawmakers who support Prop. 131 say this version of the proposal is simpler than previous propositions and more in line with how other states elect lieutenant governors.
"The 'ticket' model is familiar to people and employed by most states. It would create better continuity and predictability within our government, providing voters greater confidence when selecting an administration," state Senators J.D. Mesnard and Sean Bowie wrote in a joint statement of support for the ballot initiative.
If Prop. 131 passes this year, then its changes would not take effect until the 2026 election.
DECISION 2022
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What is the best Shark upright vacuum?
When the first Shark vacuum cleaner appeared on the market over 20 years ago, it had ample competition. Shark vacuums quickly ascended in consumer popularity with their innovative, easy-to-use design and became the top brand of upright vacuum cleaners in the country.
Shark vacuums have a wide range of capabilities. There is one for every size of household. For its power and versatility, the best option is the Shark Professional Lift-Away Upright Vacuum.
What to know before you buy a Shark upright vacuum
What’s the difference between an upright and a stick vacuum?
Upright vacuums are typically used in mid-size and larger homes because of their power and larger dust canister attached to the vacuum shaft. Most upright vacuums are corded, but Shark manufactures several cordless uprights, too. Stick vacuums are thinner and lighter — usually 10-12 pounds — and easily move around smaller houses and apartments.
What’s the difference between a full-size and compact vacuum?
Full-size vacuums have a larger dust canister, but are bulky and require considerable storage space. If your space is limited, a compact vacuum is easily stowed, but its canister is smaller and requires frequent emptying.
What are the differences between the Shark product lines of upright vacuums?
There are three main lines of Shark upright vacuums, each with its own features.
- The Navigator line is home to the biggest and most powerful Shark uprights. They have the biggest dust canisters but fewer accessories. Some Navigators include multiple brush speeds and the lift-away mode.
- The Rocket line features upright stick vacuums. They have less power but can still tackle a small house or apartment. Some people use them for touch-up cleaning in between sessions with a Navigator.
- Rotator upright vacuums have swivel steering for cleaning stairways, drapes and angled parts of your home. They have wider heads and LED lights. If you have a lot of spaces that are not at right angles, the Rotator style is the best.
What to look for in a quality Shark upright vacuum
Dual brush roll
Some Shark vacuums feature two brush rolls. One has dense soft bristles for picking up larger debris on hardwood floors, and the second brush has tighter bristles for carpet. They can work in tandem for greater efficiency.
Self-cleaning brush roll
Shark offers Zero-M self-cleaning technology designed to limit the amount of hair wrapped around the brushes. Too much hair can stress the motor and belts. The technology can’t eliminate all hair wrap so a manual hair removal tool is included.
HEPA filter
Some Shark upright vacuums include a high-efficiency particulate air filter. Used in a closed system, it keeps allergens from recirculating and improves air quality. HEPA filters need to be replaced on a regular basis. Check the owner’s manual for frequency of replacement.
Hand-vac mode
Both upright and stick vacuums feature a hand-vac mode. The dust canister can be removed and used as a hand-held vacuum for stairs and other tight spaces. On upright vacuums, this is called lift-away mode.
Brush roll light
When cleaning hardwood floors, some Shark uprights permit you to stop the brushes from spinning. An indicator light comes on to show that the brushes are disengaged. This light also comes on if the rollers are jammed or not working.
How much you can expect to spend on a Shark upright vacuum
The basic Shark uprights cost between $130-$250 and feature significant power and large canisters, but they lack accessories and lift-away mode. Uprights with lift-away mode and accessories like pet tools and extension wands are priced between $250-$325. The full-size Shark uprights cost $325-$425 and can also clean floors and upholstery.
Shark upright vacuum FAQ
What accessories come with upright vacuums?
A. The type of accessories vary by model, but some of the more popular accessories that accompany Shark upright vacuums are: an extension wand, upholstery tool, pet power brush, crevice tool, under-appliance tool and a carrying bag for multiple accessories.
Do Shark upright vacuums come with a warranty?
A. Most Shark vacuums have an extensive warranty of five to seven years. Make sure to register your vacuum in order to activate the warranty.
Will the powerful vacuum damage my delicate rugs and carpet?
A. Some Shark vacuums come with suction adjustment that dials down the power when vacuuming rugs and carpets that are thinner. If you have places in your home that need this feature, look for vacuums that incorporate suction adjustment.
What is the best Shark upright vacuum to buy?
Top Shark upright vacuum
Shark Professional Lift-Away Upright Vacuum
What you need to know: This is the vacuum used by professional cleaners and features easy maneuvering with an impressive accessory list.
What you’ll love: It features lift-away technology for cleaning hard-to-reach places. There is swivel steering, LED headlights and a HEPA filter for allergy protection. It comes with an upholstery tool, dusting brush and crevice tool.
What you should consider: This model is heavier than most others made by Shark and may not be best for smaller spaces.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon, Home Depot and Kohl’s
Top Shark upright vacuum for the money
Shark Navigator Lift-Away Professional Vacuum
What you need to know: This vacuum is lightweight and affordable but still packs plenty of power.
What you’ll love: Featuring a 2.2-quart dust cup and lift-away technology for cleaning tight spaces, it weighs under 14 pounds and is versatile on different surfaces. It comes with a HEPA filter and brush roll shutoff.
What you should consider: There were some reports of difficulty cleaning hardwood floors with the swivel head.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Shark Rocket Ultra-Light Corded Upright Vacuum
What you need to know: This lightweight vacuum weighs only eight pounds and converts to a hand vacuum with a touch of a button.
What you’ll love: Its lightweight design can be used from floor to ceiling while maintaining considerable power. It has swivel steering and hand-vac mode and cleans both floors and carpets with fingertip controls.
What you should consider: It has a small dust cup and needs to be emptied often for large spaces.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Valparaiso Beacons (4-6, 0-2 MVC) at Ole Miss Rebels (6-2)
The Beacons have gone 0-4 away from home. Valparaiso is 2-5 in games decided by 10 points or more.
TOP PERFORMERS: Matthew Murrell is scoring 14.0 points per game and averaging 3.6 rebounds for the Rebels. Amaree Abram is averaging 11.8 points and 2.5 rebounds while shooting 52.1% for Ole Miss.
Ben Krikke is averaging 20.5 points and 6.5 rebounds for the Beacons. Kobe King is averaging 17.0 points for Valparaiso.
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Queen guitarist Brian May was given a knighthood in the United Kingdom's New Year Honors list on Friday.
The founding member of the rock band Queen was recognized for his services to music and charity and was among the more than 1,100 people included in this year's list, the first to be issued by King Charles III.
He hoped the knighthood would give him "a little bit more clout.''
"Maybe a few more people will listen to me than would otherwise, you know, if it's Sir Brian on the phone,'' May told AP news agency.
The guitarist who famously played "God Save The Queen" on the roof of Buckingham Palace during the Golden Jubilee and again performed at the Platinum Jubilee earlier this year, has long campaigned against badger culling and fox hunting.
"I've felt for a long time that we had this false idea that humans are the only important species on the planet, and I don't think an alien visitor would view it that way. I think every species and every individual has the right to a decent life and a decent death. That's kind of where I come from,'' he said.
New Year Honors a tradition
The New Year's honors have been awarded since Queen Victoria's reign in the 19th century and are drawn up by independent committees before the prime minister and the monarch approves it.
Other noteworthy recipients this year include several English "Lionesses" who won the European women's soccer championship.
England captain Leah Williamson received an OBE, while teammates Lucy Bronze, Beth Mead, and Ellen White were all made MBEs.
Melinda Simmons and Deborah Bronnert, Britain's ambassadors to Kyiv and Moscow, received damehoods for their services to foreign policy, with other officials who worked on Britain's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine also honored.
The chair of the COP26 climate conference, Alok Sharma, was also awarded a knighthood.
Knights are addressed as "sir'' or "dame,'' followed by their name.
OBE is an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, the MBE a Member of the Order of the British Empire and the CBE a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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The Yenko name may be most commonly associated with classic Camaros, but in recent times it’s been slapped on modern Chevys, including Silverado pickup trucks.
That’s thanks to Specialty Vehicle Engineering (SVE) of Toms River, New Jersey, which owns the rights to the Yenko trademark and uses it for its own array of tuned vehicles. The latest is the 2023 Yenko/SC Tahoe and 2023 Yenko/SC Suburban.
The SUVs can be ordered with either the 5.3-liter V-8 or 6.2-liter V-8 offered from the factory, and with rear- or four-wheel drive. The Yenko/SC treatment sees the engines supercharged to the tune of 700 hp for the 5.3-liter V-8 and 800 hp for the 6.2-liter V-8. Both versions make more power than Cadillac’s new Escalade-V.
The supercharger is an in-house design, and is coupled with a blueprinted aluminum engine block, forged aluminum pistons, upgraded cylinder heads, and a high-flow stainless steel exhaust system.
SVE also adds an assortment of chassis upgrades to help ensure owners can make the most of the extra power. Yenko-badged Brembo 6-piston calipers with vented rotors feature at the front axle, housed within standard 22-inch wheels wrapped in Nitto tires. A new sway bar and bushings at the rear help to get the power to the ground during strong acceleration.
The price of the packages is $67,995 for the 700-hp version and $69,995 for the 800-hp version, plus the cost of the donor vehicle.
An available $4,495 sport suspension lowers the SUVs by 2.0 inches front and 3.0 inches rear and includes upgraded shocks. SUVs with adaptive suspension can be fitted with a separate $995 lowering kit that drops the front and rear by an equal 2.0 inches.
Both SUVs also feature a graphics package and a custom front grille and fascia.
SVE offers a range of additional options for buyers to further personalize their vehicles. These include a $2,995 leather seat trim package, $1,195 for a painted supercharger or painted brake calipers, $3,495 for retractable side steps, $495 for a custom color for the side stripes, a $4,495 body color paint package, and a $3,495 black-out trim package.
The SUVs are available to order at Chevy dealerships and only 50 examples of each will be built for the 2023 model year.
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Conference USA’s new media rights deal with ESPN and CBS steals a page from the Mid-American Conference’s playbook, with the new-look league agreeing to play midweek football games throughout October to try to increase visibility and build its brand.
“We obviously had an example to look at and ratings from how the MAC has done,” C-USA Commissioner Judy MacLeod told The Associated Press on Thursday. “Really, this is a membership decision. And if they’re not going to buy in and commit to it, then we would not have done it. I can’t give enough credit to the football coaches, who understood the importance of exposure.”
The five-year deal starts next season as Conference USA goes through extensive membership turnover.
Six current C-USA members are leaving after this season to join the American Athletic Conference. Liberty, Jacksonville State, New Mexico State and Sam Houston State are joining C-USA next year and Kennesaw State is scheduled to join in 2024.
C-USA will eventually be a 10-school conference, keeping UTEP, Florida International, Middle Tennessee, Louisiana Tech and Western Kentucky.
“It’s almost like a brand-new entity,” MacLeod said. “And that did absolutely play into the exposure piece. Plus, sometimes our programs are better than maybe the perception is out there because not enough people are seeing them.”
Financial terms were not announced.
The new deal keeps CBS Sports Network as the primary home for C-USA’s top football and men’s basketball games.
CBS Sports Network will also air the C-USA football championship, the men’s basketball tournament semifinals and championship game, the women’s basketball championship game and conference title games for baseball and softball.
The new agreement guarantees C-USA football games will be on ESPN cable networks, something the soon-to-be expiring contracts did not. C-USA’s last deal often sent fans scrambling to figure out where to watch their teams — including Facebook streams and the NFL Network.
“We listened to our fans, quite honestly,” MacLeod said.
All October conference games will be played midweek. ESPN networks will carry eight of those games a year.
The MAC began using a midweek-heavy football schedule about 10 years ago and now plays all of its games before Saturday throughout November. MACtion has become a popular brand, though playing Tuesday and Wednesday nights is not always easy for players and coaches and fans who want to attend the games.
“All of those concerns are legitimate,” MacLeod said. “It’s a little bit of a disruption to campus to have a midweek football game. So it was a lengthy process. But the group was together and ready to go.”
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Driver in HOV lane cited for inflatable Grinch passenger
AVONDALE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5/Gray News) - An Arizona driver was cited for traveling with a “Seuss-picious” driver down the interstate, according to police.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety says around 8 a.m. during busy morning traffic last week, a trooper spotted a driver in the HOV lane on Interstate 10 and saw a “grumpy green guy” in the passenger seat. After pulling over the driver, troopers say the passenger turned out to be an inflatable Grinch.
The department posted the encounter on Twitter, saying while they appreciate the festive flair just in time for the holiday season, it’s illegal to drive in the HOV with no other passengers. The driver received a citation for an HOV violation.
The department wants to send a message to all drivers: “don’t get caught with a Grinch this Christmas!”
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SAN ANTONIO — Melissa Rojas with Chasing Camilla shares her handmade Mexican-inspired goods and accessories.
Homemade Mexican goods perfect for Mother's Day | Great Day SA
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Cleveland Burger Week starts Monday with $7 deals
Published: Jul. 7, 2023 at 3:00 PM EDT|Updated: 35 minutes ago
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - What makes a good burger? Is it the toppings... the sauce... the bun?
With Cleveland Burger Week happening soon, you’ll have the chance to find the answer.
Cleveland Burger Week is returning from July 10 to July 16.
More than 50 restaurants are participating, offering delicious burger deals for just $7.
Click here to download your burger week passport.
If you collect at least five stamps, you’ll be eligible to enter a gift card raffle.
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Hamlin calls for NASCAR to suspend Elliott after crash at Coca-Cola 600
Denny Hamlin called for NASCAR to suspend Hendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott after a wreck involving both drivers on Monday at the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
After claiming on his radio channel that Hamlin bumped him twice during a four-lap span, Elliott appeared to hook the right rear bumper of Hamlin’s No. 11 Toyota on lap 186. That sent Hamlin into the wall, mangling the defending race champion's car and taking him out of the race.
Elliott's car also sustained significant damage and he exited the race, too.
Hamlin was left fuming.
“It’s a tantrum and he shouldn’t be racing next week,” Hamlin said of Elliott. “Right rear hooks are absolutely unacceptable. I don’t care.”
Elliott, the most popular driver on the NASCAR circuit, denied he deliberately wrecked Hamlin in retaliation.
“Once you hit the wall in these things, you can’t drive them anymore,” Elliott said. “So unfortunately not, no, just an unfortunate circumstance.”
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Hamlin immediately pointed to last year's race at Las Vegas when Bubba Wallace, who drives for Hamlin’s 23XI Racing team, was suspended for one race by NASCAR after it was determined he intentionally wrecked Elliott’s teammate Kyle Larson. Wallace also threw punches at Larson after the race.
“It’s the same thing Bubba Wallace did with Kyle Larson,” Hamlin said. “Exact same. He shouldn’t be racing. It’s a tantrum.”
Hamlin didn't let up there, posting a simulation of the accident on his Twitter account after the wreck.
Elliott missed several races this season following a snowboarding accident and is 28th in the Cup Series point standings, so he can ill afford to lose valuable points as he did on Monday.
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1929-2022
KENOSHA—Lucille M. Brenneman, 93, of Kenosha, passed away on Saturday, October 8, 2022, at Drumlin Reserve Memory Care in Cottage Grove, WI.
Born in Harrisburg, PA, on January 29, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Alma (Miller) Frampton.
On May 25, 1949, she married Robert E. Brenneman in Winchester, VA. He preceded her in death on February 27, 2016.
Lucille was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother who loved being a homemaker and caregiver. Her passions were her flowers and birds. She loved fishing, being a den mother for Boy Scouts and being a room mother while her children were in school. She was heavily involved at Trinity Lutheran Church where she visited nursing homes, served as a Sunday school teacher, Layette’s Program, Soup Kitchen, Lutherdale, BINGO parties at the Dayton Hotel, and their bible study groups.
Survivors include her three children: Raymond Brenneman, Sandra (Jerry) Wiles, and Denise (David) Feivor; 12 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren with one more due in January; a brother, Roy Frampton. She is further survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.
Aside from her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her daughter and son-in-law, Debra (Robert) Schmunck Spain; a son-in-law, James Schmunck; a daughter-in-law, Lin Brenneman; two grandsons-in-law; one grandson, Dale; a granddaughter, Jody; a great-granddaughter, Kelsey; five brothers, and four sisters.
Visitation will take place on Saturday, October 15, 2022, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 7104 39th Avenue, from 11:00 a.m. until the time of service at 12:00 noon. Entombment will take place privately at Sunset Ridge Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorials made to Trinity Lutheran Church or Operation Smile (www.operationsmile.org/donate) would be appreciated by the family.
Proko Funeral Home & Crematory
5111-60th Street Kenosha, WI 53144
Phone: (262) 654-3533
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Wells Fargo is closing 17 more bank branches in 12 states, according to a weekly bulletin from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
According to the bulletin, the states where the branches are expected shutter are in Arizona, Georgia, Washington, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Utah, Nevada, Connecticut, Virginia, Texas and New Jersey.
According to agency guidelines, banks are required to give at least 90 days notice before closing down a branch. Because the banks announced these branch closures at the end of April, the soonest they could close is late July.
Wells Fargo has announced about 100 branch closures nationwide since February. You can find them listed here.
Wells Fargo is not the only bank planning to close branches nationwide and in New Jersey. PNC Bank recently announced it would close two branches in Stop & Shop locations in New Jersey. | https://www.mlive.com/news/2023/05/wells-fargo-closing-17-more-branches-in-12-states.html | 2023-05-11 12:20:48 | 1 | https://www.mlive.com/news/2023/05/wells-fargo-closing-17-more-branches-in-12-states.html |
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