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New school, same Steve Smith: What a multi-time state champion brings to Westbrook Christian
RAINBOW CITY — What changes when a five-time state champion moves schools?
Well, for new Westbrook Christian football coach Steve Smith, the main thing that has changed is where he goes to work these days. He still lives in Piedmont, a town and school where he won all five of his state championships, the most recent coming in 2021. He led the Bulldogs to a state final appearance and a 12-3 record in 2022. In his 17 years leading the Bulldogs, Smith went 198-36.
Smith was hired and announced in January but still had to finish the year in Piedmont to reach his 30th year of teaching in the public school system in Alabama. After the school year he retired and started his job at Westbrook in June.
Same team-first mentality
Smith knows it will take time to build the program at Westbrook up to the level he accomplished at Piedmont beyond the five state titles: 10 region championships, a 108-11 region record and a 52-12 playoff record. There's one major thing that stands out though:
"Consistency, that's what I think made the time at Piedmont special was each year that was the expectation. That's what the kids expected, the coaches, the community everybody expected to be in the running for a championship," Smith said. "That just comes with time and consistency."
For Smith, that will come in due time, thanks to the same team-first mentality that leads the foundation that he has kept since beginning his career at Cedar Bluff almost 30 years ago. Beyond the team mentality, he wants his players to never quit and represent Westbrook Christian athletics and school with class.
"Our number one concern is not an individuals recruitment. We are more about winning games than we a personal recruiting page," Smith said.
Big changes to start new era
The timing of Smith's move to Westbrook comes as a new era, with the school entering Class 3A last season and seeing its enrollment numbers rise. There are plenty of new athletic projects around the campus, that go beyond football. The highlight is a new multipurpose gym that will ease the schedule constraints of the seven basketball teams at the school, along with volleyball.
On the football side, the crown jewel is an expansion of the field house that will see it triple in size. it adds a new locker room, film room, coaches office and an expanded weight room. All in all the commitment to athletics from the school and booster program is one the reasons that Smith came to Westbrook in the first place.
"One of the things that was intriguing to me was the commitment the school, the W Club (the athletic booster club) had made to try better the athletic program at Westbrook Christian. Their vision along with the school to try and beef up the athletic part of the educational process." | https://www.gadsdentimes.com/story/sports/high-school/2023/07/03/steve-smith-westbrook-christian-football-brings-state-championships/70351109007/ | 2023-07-03 11:27:52 | 0 | https://www.gadsdentimes.com/story/sports/high-school/2023/07/03/steve-smith-westbrook-christian-football-brings-state-championships/70351109007/ |
PROVO, Utah (AP) — PROVO, Utah (AP) — Qualtrics International Inc. (XM) on Thursday reported a loss of $259 million in its first quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Provo, Utah-based company said it had a loss of 43 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 2 cents per share.
The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 1 cent per share.
The developer of application software posted revenue of $409.8 million in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Eight analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $392.9 million.
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The British Open is scheduled for Royal Liverpool, Royal Troon and Royal Portrush over the next three years. The Old Course at St. Andrews typically is used every five years.
That adds to the perspective of Tiger Woods playing this year.
When he said Tuesday that “this is a pretty historic Open,” Woods just as well could have been talking about himself as the 150th anniversary of golf’s oldest championship.
“I’m lucky enough to be part of the past champions that have won there, and want to play there again, and I don’t know when they are ever going to go back while I’m still able to play at a high level,” Woods said at the J.P. McManus Pro-Am in Ireland. “I want to be able to give it at least one more run at a high level.”
Woods won in 2000 by eight shots to complete the career Grand Slam at age 24. He won again in 2005 to complete a different kind of slam. Each time Jack Nicklaus played a major for the last time, Woods won.
He is 46 and still walking gingerly at times from his right leg and ankle being pieced back together following his February 2021 car crash outside of Los Angeles.
Woods returned to play the Masters and PGA Championship, both times making the cut, though he withdrew after the third round at Southern Hills. He skipped the U.S. Open, though not necessarily by choice.
“The plan was to play the U.S. Open, but physically I was not able to do that,” Woods said at Adare Manor. “There’s no way physically I could have done that. I had some issues with my leg and it would have put this tournament in jeopardy, and so there’s no reason to do that.”
That he is even playing is remarkable considering the nature of his injuries, particularly the threat of having part of his leg amputated, which doctors were able to avoid.
He has no idea how much longer he can play, or at least compete. Woods is unlikely to tee it up after the British Open until December, either at his Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas or what has become his fifth major, the PNC Championship with son Charlie.
“If you asked me last year whether I would play golf again, all of my surgeons would have said, ‘No,’” Woods said. “Now if you say, ‘Play at a championship level,’ well, that window is definitely not as long as I would like it to be.”
PAIRINGS PARTY
Branden Grace of South Africa, coming off a $4 million prize from winning the LIV Golf event in Oregon, was among those with LIV contracts who were added to the Scottish Open field. He joins Ian Poulter, Adrian Otaegui and Justin Harding, who won a temporary stay from European tour suspensions.
Will that lead to awkward moments? Not really. The European tour put Harding and Otaegui as a twosome in the first tee time of the tournament, which starts Thursday. Poulter and Grace play as a twosome in the first group out Thursday afternoon.
As for awkward, that might be found in the group of Collin Morikawa, Matt Fitzpatrick and Will Zalatoris. It was only a few weeks ago when Zalatoris played with Fitzpatrick in the final group at Brookline and missed a 15-foot putt on the last hole to finish one behind.
OPEN RAILING
The grand celebration of the 150th anniversary of the British Open coincides with a dispute between ScotRail and ASLEF, the union for train drivers.
As a result, the R&A has contacted ticket holders to advise they travel to the Old Course by road or alternative public transport. Nearly 300,000 spectators are expect for the British Open next week.
ScotRail has limited service because of the dispute. It said trains between Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen to Leuchars — the closest station to St. Andrews — would run every hour on tournament days.
The R&A said it will increase capacity at park-and-ride facilities to cope with more cars. Travel time to the Old Course is likely to take a lot longer.
“Due to circumstances out of our control, we have no choice but to urge fans to not travel by rail to The Open and to use alternative means of transport to get to and from St. Andrews next week,” said Johnnie Cole-Hamilton, executive director of championship at the R&A. “There is a risk that fans who travel by train may find there are no services to get them home.”
RYDER CUP RAMIFICATIONS
Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson illustrated why it will be difficult for Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau — yes, even Talor Gooch — to be on the U.S. team a year from September in Italy.
Johnson said last week at the John Deere Classic that to be one of six qualifiers or be considered for a captain’s pick, players must earn Ryder Cup points through the PGA of America, which requires being a PGA member.
“The way that we’re members of the PGA of America is through the PGA Tour. I’ll let you connect the dots from there,” Johnson said.
There’s another way to look at it. One of the genius moves of Paul Azinger — the real “Captain America” when it comes to the Ryder Cup — was for the PGA of America to change its points system for 2008 so it was based on PGA Tour earnings. Players can’t get official PGA Tour money if the tour has suspended them for joining LIV Golf.
As for captain’s picks, the Ryder Cup is now a competition between the PGA Tour and European tour. It’s hard to fathom why a captain would want someone who is part of neither.
CASEY’S U-TURN
Brooks Koepka isn’t the only player to change his opinion, just the quickest.
Paul Casey stood his moral ground in 2019 when he turned down the Saudi International. He was a UNICEF ambassador at the time, and Casey told the U.K.-based Independent he would be a hypocrite to sign a deal and get paid to play.
“Anybody who says sport isn’t political, that’s rubbish. Sport is very political,” he said in March 2019. “I’m glad I took a stance, more so if it highlights the issues within the region.”
Two years later, he was part of the Saudi International field, saying he was “open-minded and willing to learn,” that sport can lead to change and he had listened to the event’s commitment to change and its vision for the future.
And now he is the latest to sign up for Saudi-funded LIV Golf league. His first LIV event will be at Trump National in Bedminster, New Jersey, at the end of the month.
That gives LIV Golf another player in his mid-40s.
DIVOTS
Nelly and Jessica Korda are among those playing in the Aramco Team Series-Sotogrande next month on the Ladies European Tour. It will be their first time playing in Spain. Both played in the Aramco series in New York last year. … J.T. Poston was the first wire-to-wire winner of the John Deere Classic since David Frost in 1992. … The final four spots in the British Open are up for grabs this week — three from the Scottish Open, one from the Barbasol Championship. That would bring the field to 154 players. The top two from the alternate list — this week’s world ranking — are Sahith Theegala and Alex Noren.
STAT OF THE WEEK
J.T. Poston was No. 99 in the world when he won the John Deere Classic, ending a stretch of six consecutive PGA Tour winners from the top 20.
FINAL WORD
“If you don’t want to be a part of this tour, which has given you so many opportunities to make a name and build a financial stability for your family and everything, then that’s fine. Just stay away and we’ll be fine without you guys.” — Billy Horschel, on players signing up for LIV Golf.
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Ferrari on Tuesday revealed the latest creation developed via the Special Projects program, the KC23.
The one-off car is strictly for track use, as it is based on the platform of Ferrari’s 488 GT3 Evo race car. However, it was designed to have a timeless shape free of any homologation constraints. The resulting design shares nothing with the donor car, glass surfaces and lights included.
Naturally, performance was also a must for the customer. Ferrari’s solution was to rely on active aerodynamics to keep the car free of the various aerodynamic attachments normally found on track-focused cars. For example, panels behind the front wheel arches extend when the car’s engine is switched on, helping to create downforce. A panel at the rear meanwhile provides the correct amount of intake air to the intercoolers and other components in the engine bay, as well as to the engine itself.
For extreme track driving, front vents are opened, while a fixed wing is manually attached at the rear. A set of 18-inch wheels are also used for track driving instead of the more polished set the car has been designed with for display at concours-style events, which measure 21 inches at the front and 22 at the rear.
Other interesting elements of the design include the butterfly doors, similar to what Ferrari used on the LaFerrari, as well as glass surfaces that are seamlessly integrated with the body, with no visible pillars, frames or seals. It’s also hard to notice the paint job, a four-layer aluminum finish called Gold Mercury.
As is common with Ferrari’s one-off cars, the mechanical bits have been left untouched. It means you’ll find a twin-turbocharged 3.9-liter V-8 mounted behind the cabin. It delivers a peak 591 hp to the rear wheels via a sequential transmission.
Ferrari will present the KC23 to the public for the first time at the 2023 Goodwood Festival of Speed, which gets underway in the U.K. on Thursday.
Ferrari’s Special Projects program results in one-off cars for loyal customers, as well as low-volume offerings such as the Icona Series’ Daytona SP3 supercar and Monza speedsters. For the one-off cars, the process takes around two years on average, during which time the customer, who needs to be invited to take part, is closely involved throughout.
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI — The nonprofit group SpringGR is accepting applications for a program designed to help entrepreneurs of color attract new customers and grow their business revenue by 30% or $250,000 over three years.
The program, known as The 250 Project, is a six-month program that was created with the goal of strengthening businesses owned by people of color in the region. The upcoming cohort is set to launch in July.
“We’re looking at entrepreneurs who are grossing annual sales of at least $100,000, have an additional employee besides themselves, and have been in business for two years,” Jermale Eddie, director of business growth at SpringGR, said in a statement.
The cost of participating in the program is $250. Spring GR says the program costs represents “only a portion” of the program’s tuition cost. The rest is subsidized by Spring GR and the DeVos Family Foundation. Members of the DeVos family founded Spring GR.
The application for the program says scholarships “will be made available on a limited basis,” and that questions about The 250 Project can be directed to Eddie at jermale@springgr.com.
Spring GR is hosting a virtual information session Thursday, June 8 from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. To register for the event, click here. Applications for the program are available here.
The name of The 250 Project is a nod to a study showing people of color own less than 1% of businesses generating $250,000 or more annually in Grand Rapids, according to a news release from the program.
“If it weren’t for SpringGR, I would not have left my nine-to-five job as quickly and efficiently as I did,” Brian Chandler, CEO of Chandler Inspections and a 250 Project graduate, said in a news release. “SpringGR gave me the blueprint for what I could do with my business ideas. The 250 Project allowed me to surround myself with business owners at my level or an advanced level. It challenged me to grow my business.”
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Man dies from injuries after being punched by Wendy’s employee in Arizona, police say
PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. (3TV/CBS5/Gray News) – A man who was punched by a Wendy’s employee in Arizona last month has died from his injuries, according to police.
Now, the Wendy’s employee accused of assaulting the 67-year-old man, Antoine Kendrick, 35, faces second-degree murder charges.
Kendrick was working the register on July 26 and took the man’s order. Police say the man complained about his order and things turned violent.
Surveillance video obtained by AZ Family shows the man hunched over, licking his Frosty when Kendrick comes out from behind the counter.
Kendrick comes up next to the unsuspecting man and immediately throws a punch, hitting the customer in the head, police said.
The man fell and hit his head on the floor.
Officers said he was knocked unconscious and flown to the hospital with critical injuries.
The man died Aug. 5, a little more than a week after the assault, according to police.
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Brian Blevins, Clinal Program Director at Valley Hope of Norton joined us to share advice for those who are ready to start their pathway to recovery. The steps are critical and of course, the most important one is simply getting started. The initial call is the only way the recovery process can begin, Brian encourages a simple call to get started changing a life.
Valley Hope cares deeply for those in need of recovery and treatment all year long and acknowledges this month in particular as September is National Recovery Awareness Month. The team is passionate about spreading awareness and knowledge and advice as to how to support those in need. If someone you know is in need please call Valley Hope and speak with Brian and the trained team of professionals to start the path to recovery. (785) 877-5101 in Norton and (316) 264-7369 in Wichita | https://www.ksn.com/gooddaykansas/valley-hope-recover-month/ | 2022-09-19 17:17:39 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/gooddaykansas/valley-hope-recover-month/ |
Two juveniles are still being sought after escaping from the Acadiana Center for Youth in St. Martin Parish.
According to the Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice, the escape occurred at around 1 p.m. Monday from the facility at 1815 Terrace Highway in St. Martinville.
The escapees are a 19-year-old male from Pointe Coupee Parish and a 19-year-old male from Calcasieu Parish.
OJJ says that following the incident, they immediately ceased all movement at the facility and made official notifications to law enforcement.
The facility, which opened in 2021 has been in the spotlight after OJJ signed a contract in July and began moving teens into building owned by the St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office without having state mandated educational programs in place.
A story published by The Marshall Project, ProPublica, and NBC News described teens were reportedly held in solitary confinement, shackled with leg irons, and deprived of educational support. | https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/crime_police/article_1d2dd2b6-e125-11ec-b8fd-0bafd753f86f.html | 2022-05-31 22:48:35 | 1 | https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/crime_police/article_1d2dd2b6-e125-11ec-b8fd-0bafd753f86f.html |
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku will miss his nation's World Cup opener against Canada on Wednesday night and also could be sidelined for the second match against Morocco.
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Lukaku, 29, hasn't appeared in a match since Oct. 29 because of a left thigh injury and hasn't played 90 minutes since Inter Milan's Serie A opener against Lecce on Aug. 13.
“We’re very happy the way that he is progressing. He had a very good session yesterday, not with a group, but is progressing in a steady way," Belgium coach Roberto Martínez said Tuesday. "We haven’t got a timeline.
“I wouldn't be able to tell if he's going to be the second game or the third game,” he said. "If I follow the medical advice, at this point it would be the third game. If I follow how the player feels, probably we’ve got a chance for the second game.”
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Captain Eden Hazard will start despite seeing diminished playing time at Real Madrid this season. The 31-year-old has made just two starts — in La Liga on Sept. 11 and in the Champions League on Oct. 11.
“It’s been a tough situation in terms of the playing minutes," Martínez said. “We are a better team when Eden Hazard is in our dressing room, that’s for sure.”
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Florida death row: Here are the women awaiting execution at Florida State Prison
Nearly 300 people – 295 – have been sentenced to death and executed in Florida since the first in 1924, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. Of those, two have been women.
In total, 19 women have received death sentences. However, 12 were re-sentenced to life in prison or died in prison waiting for their sentence, which was then vacated, according to FDOC, and two had their sentences carried out in 1998 and 2022.
As of February 2023, there are three women on Florida's death row awaiting their execution.
Photo credit: Florida Department of Corrections
Tiffany Cole
Tiffany Cole was sentenced to death on March 6, 2008, in Duval County after being convicted in the July 2005 kidnappings and murders of James and Carol Sumner in Jacksonville, Florida.
Margaret Allen.Photo credit: Florida Department of Corrections
Margaret Allen
Margaret A. Allen was sentenced to death on May 19, 2011, after being convicted in the kidnappings and death of her housekeeper, friend, and neighbor, Wenda Wright, in Brevard County in 2005. Allen and
Tina BrownPhoto credit: Florida Department of Corrections
Tina Brown
Tina Brown was sentenced to death on September 28, 2012, and began serving her sentence on October 3, 2012. She was convicted in the brutal killing of Audreanna Zimmerman, who was shocked with a stun gun, beaten, and set on fire. Zimmerman then walked a third of a mile to get help, and ultimately died at the hospital days later. | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/florida-death-row-here-are-the-women-awaiting-execution-at-florida-state-prison | 2023-02-21 00:46:03 | 1 | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/florida-death-row-here-are-the-women-awaiting-execution-at-florida-state-prison |
(NEXSTAR) – With a jackpot close to $1 billion, thousands of Americans are now vying to be the first big Mega Millions winner of 2023. But are your chances of landing the top prize getting progressively worse as more and more tickets are sold ahead of Friday’s drawing?
The short answer is no. To explain, we have to use a little bit of mathematical thinking.
Your chances of winning the Mega Millions jackpot is 1 in 302,575,350, according to game officials. Those odds are the same regardless if you are one of the millions playing or the only person with a ticket.
It’s because you’re playing for certain numbers and not against other Mega Millions ticket holders, Rong Chen, a distinguished professor of statistics at the Rutgers University School of Arts and Sciences, explained to Nexstar’s WPIX amid the Powerball jackpot craze last fall.
If Mega Millions entailed putting every player’s name in a hat to determine who would win the jackpot, your odds would be dependent on how many people are playing. If it’s just you and another person, you would have a 1 in 2 chance of winning. If it’s you and 1,593,201 players, then your odds would be 1 in 1,593,202.
But that isn’t the case. Instead, Mega Millions players are trying to match the six numbers drawn every Tuesday and Friday. All combinations of those numbers have the same chance of landing the jackpot – roughly 1 in 302.6 million – according to Chen. If you have an extra $600 million laying around, you could purchase nearly every possible number combination and increase your own odds of winning the jackpot.
However, as more people play Mega Millions, your odds of splitting the jackpot increase. That can, in turn, lower your jackpot payout. For example, a $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot was won by three separate tickets in 2016. Instead of having a chance at a cash payout of $745.9 million, the three winners were given prizes of roughly $533 million each, which equates to a lump sum payout of about $327.8 million.
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You can find health advice almost anywhere these days. But finding reliable information and figuring out how to apply it can be overwhelming.
So to help sort things out, American Heart Association News is launching "The Experts Say" as a new series where specialists tell us how they apply what they've learned to their own lives.
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Today's expert is Naima Moustaid-Moussa, Horn Distinguished Professor of Nutritional Sciences and director of the Obesity Research Institute at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. She talked about how her eating habits are shaped both by the flavorful foods she ate growing up and what she's learned as a scientist. Here are highlights from the conversation.
Is there a guiding principle behind what you eat?
There are two. One is culturally guided, and one is science-based.
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I grew up in Morocco. We mostly ate fresh meats, fruits and vegetables. We'd go to the market and buy the fish. We always cooked with olive oil or argan oil. So I grew up eating what we call the Mediterranean diet. We didn't know it was called a Mediterranean diet at that time. It was just what we ate.
As I grew up, went to grad school in France and came to the U.S., I got more into science. And what we see is that if you're eating your fiber, your fruits, your vegetables, it will provide much of the vitamins and minerals that help promote a healthy lifestyle.
For example, I've always liked fish, even at a younger age, but knowing data on fish oil, I eat even more, and I made sure when my children were at home to provide diets containing fish and other nutrient-dense foods.
Especially prior to the pandemic, my husband and I have had parties for our lab and cook things we study. I do actually eat the foods we study. For example, I didn't eat tart cherries specifically when I was in Morocco, but I've been eating them more and looking for them when I shop since we've been doing research on them.
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Tell us more about how where you grew up influences your food choices.
My parents did not have any education at all, but they have always insisted not only on us getting education, but also eating healthy. It was important to them that we ate fresh fruits and vegetables, and to not overeat. My father is 100 years old now. While he may have inherited some great genes, he was also physically active most of his life and was eating balanced diets.
The only canned food I had growing up was tomato paste. I'm not saying that all canned food is bad; as some canned veggies or fruits are great alternative for someone who cannot access readily fresh produce. But that's the only thing that was canned.
In most of our cooking we use ginger, coriander, parsley and saffron. In some, we use cumin as well. When you use this mixture, you don't need a lot of salt because you really have flavor and good taste.
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Walk us through what you might eat in a typical day.
I'm a very-early-morning person. I wake up at 5 o'clock, sometimes earlier, and may have coffee and get a workout done before breakfast. Sometimes, I have breakfast first.
Breakfast is often a mix of Moroccan and Syrian foods (my husband is Syrian.) We use a spice mix called za'atar. It's basically a mix of thyme and some other herbs and roasted sesame seeds. We use that with olive oil and also fat-free Greek yogurt (we call it labneh) as a dip. We eat it with whole-wheat pita bread. And I would have on the side some olives – not too many, because they can be very salty. And then we have some cucumbers, some tomatoes and sometimes arugula or lettuce with it. Sometimes we would add a couple of eggs as well, cooked plain or scrambled in olive oil and spices.
I usually have a light lunch, like a salad. I bring snacks with me. I like dried mangoes, dried figs, or fresh fruits, or dried vegetables. Sometimes, I take a walk around campus and grab a light lunch close by if I did not bring it from home.
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My children are grown now and in college or working, but we used to have a family dinner with the kids. We would always have protein – fish is a common one, or lean beef or chicken. We would have rice or bread, and a salad and other cooked veggies on the side.
My husband is an exceptional cook and would do most of the cooking. As an example of a side dish, he would brush okra with olive oil and put it in an air fryer, then make fresh tomato sauce and mix it together with spices to add flavor. He also makes Syrian salads such as tabbouleh.
Or we would have couscous, especially for parties. It is called "seven vegetable dish," made with eggplant, turnip, Brussel sprouts, carrots, tomatoes, squash and yellow and green zucchini, mixed with chickpeas. It's made in a double boiler. You have the vegetables in the bottom part, with the spices mentioned above plus fresh parsley and coriander, and tomato sauce. Then at the top, you steam the couscous over the vegetables. Sometimes we cook it with lamb or beef in addition to the veggies.
One dish I love is roasted saffron chicken. We use a lot of saffron, and saffron has a lot of health benefits.
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I like desserts too, but mostly for the weekend or special occasions. We make or buy baklava filled with pistachios, walnuts or dates.
If someone wants to change their eating habits, what do you recommend?
Sometimes it's just portion size. That is a good place to start. Because even if you're eating healthy, but eating too much of everything, that's not good either.
Reduce a little at a time. Maybe rather than using big plates that we all use in the U.S., start with smaller plates. Then you can fit less food. One can also substitute cooking methods. Like instead of frying, you can bake or use an air fryer with small amounts of olive oil. This significantly reduces the fat calories.
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A person has to really be convinced they want to make changes and understand why this is good for their own health. If they're not ready for it, no matter what you tell them, it's not going to happen. Family and friends' support is also important.
Once you are convinced that you want to change the way you eat, then it is important to set realistic goals and do it in small steps, while seeking both medical and dietitian advice, as every person may have different needs.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Leaders representing Native American communities around New Mexico hosted a number of political candidates Friday, peppering them with questions about how they would ensure voting access for tribal members, respect sovereignty and protect water rights as the West grapples with historic drought.
The forum in Albuquerque follows last year’s efforts by tribes to stand their ground in the fight over legislative redistricting. The goal has been to keep the Native vote from being diluted and bring more light to issues that many tribal communities have been dealing with for decades — from the lack of adequate health care and educational opportunities to jurisdictional challenges that have hampered law enforcement efforts.
Mark Mitchell, the chairman of the All Pueblo Council of Governors and the former governor of Tesuque Pueblo, told the crowd that the forum was critical given the disproportionate effect that the coronavirus pandemic had on tribes, 2020 census data and the redrawing of the state’s political boundaries.
“We are at the cusp of knowing how our advocacy will shape the governance of our state,” he said, urging Native Americans to exercise their right to vote as early voting gets underway throughout New Mexico.
The political weight of Native Americans has been building, particularly over the last year as New Mexico’s political boundaries were redrawn. Native Americans make up more than 12% of New Mexico’s population as the state is home to nearly two dozen pueblos and other tribal nations.
Some tribal leaders said Friday there still is a long way to go when it comes to Native Americans making up a more significant percentage of the state’s top office holders. Boosting that number would help to shift the priorities of policymakers, they said.
Questions for the candidates ranged from how they would address the ongoing crisis of missing and slain Native Americans to the systemic education shortfalls that are at the heart of a legal battle that state education officials have yet to remedy.
Congressional incumbents and nearly all of their challengers were on hand, while Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Ronchetti made an appearance before the forum. Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham was invited, but she was traveling in southern New Mexico on Friday.
Democrats touted the recent approval of billions of dollars in federal spending aimed at broadband, water and infrastructure projects, some of which will benefit tribes. Republicans talked about rising prices for food and other commodities and the link to spending at tribal-run casinos and hospitality venues, saying inflation needs to be addressed.
Joseph Ray, a disability advocate from Laguna Pueblo, was hopeful the forum would help raise interest in the upcoming general election among Native Americans. His priorities include health care funding, noting that Congress over the years has included language aimed at providing services for people like himself, but those measures have resulted in unfunded mandates and the status quo.
Ray said it’s possible some voters will cross the aisle during the midterm elections.
“Tribal communities have been made promises by candidates for so long,” he said.
Casey Duma, a past member of the All Pueblo Council of Governors, said it wasn’t long ago that the voices of Native people were ignored and policies were created on behalf of Native Americans but without their input.
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Kentucky racing officials have approved a rollout for sports betting, which will take effect when the NFL season begins in September.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission approved pari-mutuel wagering to begin Sept. 7 for retail at in-person locations such as tracks, its extension facilities and simulcast venues. Regulations for mobile operations will start on Sept. 28.
The KHRC’s vote Monday during a special meeting at Red Mile Gaming and Racing in Lexington, Kentucky, comes just over three months after the Republican-controlled Senate approved sports betting by a 25-12 vote. Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear quickly signed the bill into law, which took effect on June 29 with KHRC oversight.
Beshear also signed the regulations at the track and looked forward to sports betting’s financial benefits.
“Bringing sports wagering to the state not only gives Kentuckians a much-anticipated new form of entertainment,” he said in a statement, “but also brings money to the state to support pensions, freeing up money that can be used to build a better Kentucky through the funding of education, economic development, disaster recovery and other necessary projects, like providing cleaner water, building roads and high-speed internet.”
Sports betting is legal in nearly three dozen states.
It is expected to generate $23 million annually in tax revenue and licensing fees in Kentucky — and perhaps stoke interest in horse racing among bettors at the track.
The commission’s approval followed Beshear’s desire to have sports betting up and running by the start of NFL season and falls on the date when the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs host the Detroit Lions.
Sports betting will be available at many of the state’s horse racing tracks, including Turfway Park in northern Kentucky and Ellis Park in Henderson. Both are owned by Churchill Downs Inc., which will also offer sports betting at its nearby Derby City Gaming facility and a venue under construction in downtown Louisville.
Keeneland in Lexington plans to provide sports betting at its nearby Red Mile venue, which features slots-like historical horse racing machines like other gaming venues in the state. HHR machines resemble slots but offer wagering on past horse race results.
CDI currently features TwinSpires.com for online thoroughbred wagers and has contracted with FanDuel.com for sports wagering. Keeneland has partnered with Caesars Sportsbook to operate at Red Mile along with the historic track.
KHRC regulations will grant licenses for up to nine operator facilities and three providers. They also provide for hiring 14 officials, with the leeway to add more as specified.
Regulations cover licensing and technical operations. Licensing includes operators, service providers and employees such as IT support and sportsbook workers. Technical regulations cover gaming and responsible gaming provisions.
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Program toasts the achievements of Latinas revolutionizing the tech industry and uplifting their communities in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Latinas in Tech, a non-profit organization with the aim to connect, support, and empower Hispanic women working in technology, is entering the metaverse in partnership with Korbel® California Champagne to present Luminarias, a virtual art exhibition spotlighting 30 Latina changemakers in the STEM industries. Ranging from corporate executives to digital creators, the honorees will be represented as individual NFT portraits and featured in a fully-immersive VR gallery. For more information, visit here.
Designed by award-winning illustrator and digital artist Lucia Diaz, each Luminarias portrait may be purchased as a charity NFT, with all proceeds donated to Latinas in Tech. Bidding will begin at 0.030 Ethereum (ETH) or $50 USD on OpenSea. Launching September 15 and open throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, the metaverse exhibition will be accessible via VR headset, computer, tablet, or smartphone.
While women represent 28.8% of the U.S. tech workforce, Hispanic women only make up 2%, according to a recent study. This notable disparity, as well as the highly-publicized Latina wage gap, have prompted community and professional leaders to advocate for more Latinas building careers in STEM. Empowering and connecting Hispanic women since 2014, Latinas in Tech works hand in hand with top technology companies to create safe spaces for learning, mentorship, and recruitment.
"Luminarias shines a light on some of the extraordinary Hispanic women who are illuminating career paths for Latinas in STEM," said Rocío van Nierop, Co-Founder and CEO of Latinas in Tech." Latinas in Tech is incredibly proud to partner with Korbel to raise a toast to these pioneers and role models who are making tremendous contributions to their industries and our community as a whole."
The first class of Luminarias, presented by Latinas in Tech x Korbel, are:
- Beatriz Acevedo, CEO and Co-Founder at SUMA Wealth
- Julie Acosta, Senior Web Analytics Manager at AutoZone
- Cecilia Ambros, Director of Research, Data Sciences at Compass
- Deborah Berebichez, Lead Scientist in Microelectronics and Quantum Computing at VTT
- Luz Bratcher, Founder at Golden Repair
- Ana Bretschneider, Director of Sponsorship and Program Operations at Latinas in Tech
- Diana Centeno-Gomez, Chief, Smart Sensing and Electronics Systems Branch at NASA Glenn Research Center
- Melissa Cintrón-Muñoz, Events Producer at Meta
- Priscila Cordero, Principle Product Marketing Manager at Amazon Luna
- Cecilia Corral, Co-Founder and Vice President of Product at CareMessage
- Claudia Cruz, Director, Internships and Experiential Learning at University of Nevada, Reno
- Sarahi Espinoza Salamanca, CEO and Founder at DREAMers Roadmap
- Adriana Gil Miner, Chief Marketing Officer at Iterable
- Veronica Gilliard, Deputy Director of Platform Services at the California Department of Technology
- Michelle Heng, CEO and Co-Founder at Everlaunch
- Catalina Laverde, Engineering Manager at Spotify
- Michelle LeClerc, Creative Director at LeClerc
- Heather Martinez, Senior Counsel at Uber
- Mariana Matus, CEO and Co-founder at Biobot Analytics
- Cynthia Maxwell, Director of Engineering, Animation Studio Technology at Netflix
- Hady Mendez, Director of Equality at Slack
- Alejandra Meza, Head of Product Design at Huckleberry Labs
- Lynette Midy, Senior Director Of Engineering at SpotHero
- Elaine Montilla, Chief Technology Officer for US School Assessment at Pearson
- Shannon Morales, CEO and Founder at Tribaja
- Sandra Mosquera, Vice President and Product Manager at JP Morgan Chase
- Maria Rubio, UX Lead at Keybank
- Monica SanMiguel, Head of Business at Enova International
- Diana Toscas, Director of Engineering, Developer Experience at PayPal
- Daniela Veloz, Senior Software Engineer at Expedia
Hosted on the Spatial metaverse platform, the Luminarias exhibition was inspired by the career journeys of its honorees. Visitors are invited to navigate a short maze to access their ultimate destination: the Luminarias Gallery. A sprawling two-level venue, the custom-built space features the NFT collection on its ground floor and a sun-drenched gathering lounge on its rooftop. Visitors can enjoy the scenic view from the top, along with a closing remark from the Luminarias spanning the sky. To celebrate its grand opening, Latinas in Tech and Korbel will host an exclusive launch event at the gallery on September 15. Click here for more details.
"Luminarias is a celebration of legacy, excellence, and innovation," said Gary Heck, Korbel President and Owner. "For this year's Hispanic Heritage Month, we not only wanted to recognize the historic contributions of the community but also showcase how they are also helping to shape our future. Korbel is honored to partner with Latinas in Tech for our very first entry into the metaverse that's both culturally-led and purpose-driven."
"I'm thrilled to be part of such a timely and important conversation happening within the Hispanic community," said Lucia Diaz, who has previously collaborated with global luxury fashion and beauty brands. "For this NFT collection, my intention was to portray each of the Luminarias as relatable iconoclasts that were both inspirational and aspirational. I want guests coming out of this exhibition to feel like anything is possible, especially in the age of the Web3 and the metaverse."
About Latinas in Tech
Latinas in Tech is a non-profit with humble origins. What started as two friends in need of career support is now a global community of almost 20,000 Latinx women. Our group began in Silicon Valley in 2014 and has since then expanded to 20 additional cities with a local footprint around the world. Our mission is ambitious, just like our members: we seek to reshape the tech industry so that Latinx women are not only well-represented but also thriving in the technology ecosystem. For more information or to donate to our non-profit, please visit www.latinasintech.org.
About Korbel® California Champagne
Established in 1882 in Sonoma County's Russian River Valley, Korbel Champagne Cellars produces the United States' most popular méthode champenoise champagne. But the true measure of Korbel's success during its 140 years can be seen in the impact it's had on American consumers and its presence at various celebrations throughout the years. Owned and managed by the Heck family since 1954, Korbel currently makes eleven California champagnes and a limited amount of still wine. In a separate facility, Korbel also produces one of the country's most respected brandies.
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BAGHDAD (AP) — At least nine rockets targeted Iraq’s parliament inside the heavily fortified Green Zone on Thursday ahead of a much-anticipated session to resolve a political crisis, Iraq’s military said.
The rocket attack delayed but did not postpone the parliament session scheduled to take place to elect a president, a key step toward resolving Iraq’s stalled government formation one year since federal elections were held. Quorum was reached to hold the session in the afternoon with at least 269 lawmakers of the 329 attending the session.
At least five people were wounded in the attack — three were civilians and two were military personnel — the officials said without giving more details. The culprits were not immediately known.
The attacks, which appeared to be an attempt to derail the scheduled session, struck after the Coordination Framework, an alliance made up of mostly Iran-backed Shiite parties, submitted a formal letter claiming to be the largest bloc in Parliament. The alliance named Mohammed Shia al-Sudani as their nominee for the premiership, a key legal step before the next government can be formed.
Many feared protests by the followers of influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, a political opponent of the Framework, ahead of the session. His supporters stormed the parliament on June 30 and stalled the government formation process when al-Sudani was first named nominee by the Framework.
Al-Sadr’s party won the largest number of seats in the October 2021 federal election, but he ordered his lawmakers to resign after failing to secure a quorum to vote in a government that would exclude his Iran-backed allies.
Mark Bryson-Richardson, Britain’s ambassador to Iraq, called the attack, “completely unacceptable.”
“Violence has no part in the political process and state institutions must be allowed to operate,” he tweeted.
Under Iraqi law, before lawmakers can vote on the nominee for the premiership, they must elect a president.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media.
It was not the first time rocket attacks have targeted the parliament building as lawmakers prepared to attend a session.
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Which digital microscopes are best?
Whether an academic researcher or a casual hobbyist, the microscope is an essential part of nearly every scientist’s toolkit. While all microscopes let you examine small samples with incredible detail, digital models make the process even more convenient by offering high-tech features and USB connectivity.
Although it is their primary function, there is more to these devices than simple magnification. The Plugable USB 2.0 Digital Microscope is the top pick as it has a flexible arm and adjustable brightness settings.
What to know before you buy a digital microscope
Magnification levels
When shopping for a digital microscope, perhaps the most crucial detail to consider is the device’s magnification power. Most microscopes have at least 40x magnification, but you can find certain high-end models with 1,000x magnification or higher. This means that you are viewing samples 1,000 times closer than you would be able to with the naked eye.
Digital microscopes with that much power can discern fine details on the cellular level, but this won’t matter much if your device doesn’t have sufficient resolution.
Resolution
The resolution determines how well-defined your sample will be under the microscope. This is typically measured in megapixels and directly corresponds with the size of your computer’s monitor. Devices on the low end usually have a resolution of around 0.4 to 1 megapixels, which will appear normal on a 640 by 480 screen but may look blurry on anything larger. Other digital microscopes may boast a resolution of 2 or more megapixels, providing an image that’s large and detailed.
Light
Nearly every digital microscope will have some kind of light source built into its design. Most devices use light-emitting diodes to illuminate your sample and make it easier to inspect. Look for a device that offers adjustable brightness levels so you can have complete control over the lighting.
Compatibility
Look at the product details closely to make sure that the microscope you choose will be compatible with your laptop or device. Keep in mind that most digital microscopes connect via USB cable. If you use a newer computer that lacks a USB port, opt for a microscope with wireless or Bluetooth capabilities. Similarly, if your microscope uses specific software, make sure that you have all of the proper system requirements to run it.
What to look for in a quality digital microscope
Wireless
Some high-end digital microscopes have Wi-Fi or other wireless capabilities. This makes the device much more portable and gives you a better reach without the clutter of wires.
Software
Make sure that your microscope comes with a free software download. These programs will allow you to display the image on your computer screen and may come with essential tools like image capture, video recording and even effects like sharpening or color correction.
Display screen
If you buy a digital microscope for portability, look for a model with a built-in display screen. These screens are much smaller than computer monitors, but they let you take your digital microscope anywhere without the need for additional devices.
Flexible arm
Depending on the objects that you intend to examine, a microscope with an adjustable stand can be extremely helpful. In addition to vertical height adjustments, many of these devices have a flexible arm that can be bent to any position imaginable. Other digital microscopes are completely handheld, eliminating the need for an arm altogether.
How much you can expect to spend on a digital microscope
The cost of a digital microscope can vary widely depending on its power and any included features. A simple device can usually be purchased for around $40-$100, while a microscope designed for professional labs can cost $1,000 or more.
Digital microscope FAQ
How much magnification do I need?
A. While you can find microscopes that offer 1,000x magnification or more, a device with 400x magnification is more than enough for most purposes.
Can kids use a digital microscope?
A. Digital microscopes can provide a great educational opportunity for curious kids, but make sure that you choose a durable, handheld device that’s not overly complicated.
What are the best digital microscopes to buy?
Top digital microscope
Plugable USB 2.0 Digital Microscope
What you need to know: This popular digital microscope is extremely versatile and easy to install.
What you’ll love: Simply plug this microscope into your USB port, and you’ll be ready to examine your samples. This device provides up to 250x magnification with 2 megapixels for crystal clear images. The brightness is adjustable, and you can move the arm in any direction.
What you should consider: This microscope can be challenging to focus, depending on the object you’re inspecting.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top digital microscope for the money
Jiusion Endoscope and Digital Microscope
What you need to know: This compact digital microscope is budget-friendly with solid metal construction.
What you’ll love: This affordable device can connect to your personal computer, Mac or smartphone and is powerful enough for 1,000x magnification. The microscope includes eight LEDs and a knob to adjust brightness and image focus.
What you should consider: While this microscope is compatible with Android phones, iPhone users will need to look elsewhere.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Carson zOrb USB Digital Microscope
What you need to know: Perfect for students and aspiring academics, this simple microscope features a unique look and durable construction.
What you’ll love: This digital microscope has an ergonomic, handheld design, making it extremely portable. It can magnify up to 65x and can capture images and record video. It’s also compatible with both PC and Mac operating systems.
What you should consider: The included USB cable isn’t very long, and the magnification power is only suitable for casual users.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Portion of US-23 closed
Published: Apr. 1, 2023 at 2:52 PM EDT|Updated: 4 hours ago
BOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WSAZ) - A portion of US-23 is closed at this time due to downed power lines, according to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
KYTC announced Saturday that several downed power poles have all lanes of US 23 closed between I-64 and KY 3294 on Cannonsburg Road.
KYTC Officials expect the road to be closed for several hours.
Drivers should seek alternate routes.
This is a developing story.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a host of actions by the Trump administration to roll back protections for endangered or threatened species, a year after the Biden administration said it was moving to strengthen such species protections.
U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar in Northern California eliminated the Trump-era rules even as two wildlife agencies under President Joe Biden are reviewing or rescinding the regulations. The decision restores a range of protections under the Endangered Species Act — including some that date to the 1970s — while the reviews are completed. Environmental groups hailed the decision, which they said sped up needed protections and critical habitat designations for threatened species, including salmon in the Pacific Northwest.
Tigar’s ruling “spoke for species desperately in need of comprehensive federal protections without compromise,” said Kristen Boyles, an attorney for the environmental group Earthjustice. “Threatened and endangered species do not have the luxury of waiting under rules that do not protect them.”
The court ruling comes as two federal agencies — the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service — review five Endangered Species Act regulations finalized by President Donald Trump’s administration, including critical habitat designations and rules requiring federal agencies to consult with the wildlife or fisheries services before taking actions that could affect threatened or endangered species.
Fish and Wildlife also said it will reinstate the decades-old “blanket rule,” which mandates additional protections for species that are newly classified as threatened. Those protections were removed under Trump.
Critical habitat designations for threatened or endangered species can result in limitations on energy development such as mining or oil drilling that could disturb a vulnerable species, while the consultation rule and a separate rule on the scope of proposed federal actions help determine how far the government may go to protect imperiled species.
Under Trump, officials rolled back protections for the northern spotted owl, gray wolves and other species, actions that Biden has vowed to review. The Biden administration previously moved to reverse Trump’s decision to weaken enforcement of the century-old Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which made it harder to prosecute bird deaths caused by the energy industry.
The bird law reversal was among more than 150 business-friendly actions on the environment that Trump took and Biden wants to reconsider, revise or scrap, including withdrawal last month of a 2020 rule that limited which lands and waters could be designated as places where imperiled animals and plants could receive federal protection.
A spokesman for the Interior Department, which oversees the Fish and Wildlife Service, said Tuesday the agency is reviewing the court ruling.
Fish and Wildlife, along with the marine fisheries service, announced in June 2021 that it was reviewing the Trump-era actions on endangered species. The reviews could take months or years to complete, officials said.
Industry groups and Republicans in Congress have long viewed the Endangered Species Act as an impediment to economic development, and under Trump they successfully lobbied to weaken the law’s regulations. Environmental groups and Democratic-controlled states battled the moves in court, but many of those cases remained unresolved.
Ryan Shannon, a lawyer with the Center for Biological Diversity, another environmental group, said he was “incredibly relieved” that “terrible” Trump-era rules on endangered species were thrown out by the Oakland, California-based Tigar, who was appointed to the federal bench by former President Barack Obama.
“I hope the Biden administration takes this opportunity to strengthen this crucial law, rather than weaken it, in the face of the ongoing extinction crisis,” Shannon said Tuesday.
Rebecca Riley of the Natural Resources Defense Council said the court ruling “ensures that the previous administration’s ‘extinction package’ will be rolled back.”
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WICHITA, Kan., Feb. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Envision, one of the nation's largest employers of and service providers for people who are blind or visually impaired (BVI), has announced a partnership with BRAVO VICTOR, an international research organization headquartered in London and Washington, D.C. BRAVO VICTOR's mission is to accelerate research and explore innovations to prevent, reduce or reverse visual impairment and related conditions and disabilities in order to help veterans and other people to live well with these impairments. The Envision Research Institute, a division of Envision, also believes that through applied research, removing functional barriers for people with blindness or low vision is possible.
"We are very excited about this new partnership with BRAVO VICTOR. Their track record on research and innovation, as well as the work they have done to help veterans, is a great fit with the work we have been doing at the Gigi & Carl Allen Envision Research Institute," said Michael Monteferrante, President and CEO of Envision.
The Envision Research Institute and BRAVO VICTOR are positioned to further the understanding of vision loss and rehabilitation and conduct meaningful research that can positively impact lives. Visual impairment can have a profound impact on a person's ability to function in daily life, with impairment ranging from mild to severe, including total blindness. Age-related diseases can cause vision loss later in life, leading to decreased independence, isolation and depression.
"The partnership between BRAVO VICTOR and Envision is important," stated Prof. Renata Gomes, Chief Scientific Officer of BRAVO VICTOR, "It is clear to me that the combined strengths, knowledge and expertise of the two teams gives us the opportunity to augment and amplify our combined research work internationally and to make great strides in our mission to seek better outcomes for those living with sight loss."
About Envision: Envision promotes advocacy and independence for those who are blind or low vision. Founded in 1933, Envision is one of the largest employers of individuals with vision loss in the nation. Headquartered in Wichita, Kan., Envision's mission is to improve the quality of life and provide inspiration and opportunity for people who are blind or visually impaired through employment, outreach, rehabilitation, education and research. For more information, visit www.envisionus.com.
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Medicare, Social Security could fall short over next decade
WASHINGTON (AP) — The financial safety nets millions of older Americans rely on and millions of young people are counting on will run short of money to pay full benefits within the next decade, the annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report released Friday warns.
Medicare, the government-sponsored health insurance that covers 65 million older and disabled people, will be unable to pay full benefits for inpatient hospital visits and nursing home stays by 2031, the report forecast. And just two years later, Social Security won’t have enough cash on hand to pay out full benefits to its 66 million retirees.
The report is another prod for politicians to address the fragile financial state of the social programs, which are only expected to get more expensive in the coming years as more Americans age into eligibility for them.
“The Trustees continue to recommend that Congress address the projected trust fund shortfalls in a timely fashion to phase in necessary changes gradually,” said Kilolo Kijakazi, acting commissioner of Social Security.
Friday’s report is a mix of good and bad news: The forecasted go-broke date for Medicare was moved back three years — last year’s report predicted the government wouldn’t have enough money to start paying those benefits in 2028. But the date for Social Security’s trust was moved up one year earlier.
On its current track, Medicare would be able to cover only 89% of costs for patients’ hospital visits, nursing home stays and home health care starting in 2031. Social Security, meanwhile, will be able to cover only 77% of benefits starting in 2033.
Social Security’s disability trust fund is in much better shape — it’s not expected to be depleted within the next 75 years.
The future of Social Security and Medicare has become a top political talking point as President Joe Biden heads into his expected 2024 reelection campaign. Biden, a Democrat, has vowed to rebuff any Republican-led efforts to cut Medicare or Social Security benefits to brace for the shortfall. Instead, he’s pitched raising taxes on some of the country’s wealthiest people, those making $400,000 or more a year, to shore up Medicare.
Republican leaders, meanwhile, say they don’t intend to ax benefits either, but they’ve yet to coalesce behind a plan to keep the programs solvent. Last year, however, members of the House Republican Study Committee proposed raising the age at which someone could qualify for Social Security and Medicare.
Peterson Foundation CEO Michael Peterson said ahead of the report’s release that “if lawmakers do nothing, in less than a decade more than 70 million beneficiaries would face an automatic 23% cut, reducing the average benefit by several thousand dollars per year. We simply can’t let that happen.”
“The sooner we act, the easier it will be to ensure the future of Social Security,” he said. “Lawmakers shouldn’t take anything off the table, and the good news is there are plenty of reasonable options on both the revenue and spending side of the ledger to implement fair, gradual and common sense reforms.”
Lawmakers have for years kicked Social Security and Medicare’s troubling math to the next generation. Social Security benefits were last reformed 40 years ago, when the federal government raised the eligibility age for the program to 67. The eligibility age has never changed for Medicare, with people accessing the medical coverage when they turn 65.
The funds’ future should be a top priority for Congressional leaders, AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins said in a statement, calling on elected officials to hammer out a plan.
“Today’s Social Security and Medicare Trustees reports reinforce that while they are financially strong today, both programs face long-term funding needs, and Congress must act to find solutions to ensure Social Security and Medicare will be there for the next generation and into the future,” Jenkins said.
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Christmas is on the horizon, but the weather outside Friday was frightful across the state.
Forecasters urged people to hunker down for a few more nights of frigid temperatures, saying the bitter temperatures that the Baton Rouge region saw overnight could continue through the holiday weekend.
A massive arctic cold front from Alaska and regions of Canada swept down through the Gulf Coast late Thursday night, causing temperatures to plummet nearly 30 degrees overnight and fall into the teens in some parts of Louisiana. Pre-dawn lows dipped as far as 21 degrees in Baton Rouge early Friday morning and the wind chills made it feel in the single digits across a large portion of the Greater Baton Rouge area, according to the National Weather Service.
While the overnight lows in Gonzales and Donaldsonville were 26 and 22 degrees respectively, St. Francisville registered a biting 17 degrees early Friday.
NWS meteorologist Phil Grigsby said Friday that winds from the north were still gusting into the area at 15 to 20 mph, and will be through Saturday night. The weather service issued a wind chill advisory midnight Friday that remains in effect, likely through Saturday morning in metro Baton Rouge. A hard freeze warning was expected to last at least the next 36 hours , into Christmas morning.
“It’s still very cold outside,” Grigsby said. “People definitely need to continue to take their precautions. Make sure that their pipes are still in good shape, keep their pets indoors, maintain space heater safety by keeping them away from the walls, away from furniture or any drapes so they don’t catch on fire.”
A slight warmup could occur during the daylight hours Saturday, possibly reaching the upper 30s, NWS said. But Santa will likely be riding through below-freezing temperatures when he rings in the sleighbells overnight on Christmas Eve.
Despite a brisk start to Christmas Day, temperatures could rise into the low to mid-40s on Sunday. The cold air’s expected to leave the Baton Rouge area Monday and forecasted highs are slated to eclipse 50 degrees again.
At least 1,500 customers in East Baton Rouge Parish lost power Friday morning, most of them in neighborhoods along Highland Road near Interstate 10, according to Entergy's outage map.
The cold snap had staff workers at St. Vincent de Paul Charities scrambling to make room in their shelter facilities for people on the streets to escape the cold this weekend.
Michael Acaldo, president and CEO, said more than 150 people visited the homeless shelter overnight Thursday. He expected more guests Friday.
St. Vincent de Paul is equipped to accommodate more than 200 overnight guests through beds at its main shelter, overflow facilities and men’s and women’s dormatories.
“It’s different for us. Although we’ve been providing shelter for decades, in my 30-plus years, there’s never been a Christmas weekend where we’ve had these kinds of temperatures,” Acaldo said.
St. Vincent de Paul was in the midst of handing out presents from its annual toy drive. But staffers and volunteers have spent the past several days moving toys and other gifts off the cots to make room for residents in its main shelter at 1623 Convention Street.
“We’ve had to kind of move from Christmas mode to cold-weather mode,” Acaldo said. “In the last 30 years, we haven’t had to do that because typically we see these temperatures in Baton Rouge in January and February.
“So for us internally, the dynamic is trying to keep that Christmas spirit alive while also doing the most important work that we do,” he added.
Plumbers warn of problems
Jacob Howze, owner of Jake’s Plumbing in Denham Springs, said his call volume typically doubles or triples during cold weather storms like this. Most of that increase Friday was from residents with frozen pipes that had yet to burst.
“You need to run hot side of the water at a steady stream so that it circulates both the hot and the cold-water systems in your home,” Howze said.
Howze advised residents to check for any exposed pipes in their attic, and recommended people use newspaper and duct tape to wrap them if no insulation is available. He also explained that outdoor, tankless water heaters often have no cold-weather devices to protect the system during power outages, so homes with those water heaters should take extra precautions because they are greater risk for a hard freeze.
Howze suggested people whose pipes have already frozen turn on all the water in their house while they’re home to give their pipeline the best opportunity to clear out once the frozen water defrosts. Howze cautioned that many pipes could be frozen and residents don’t even realize. Those lines could burst after temperatures rise above the freezing point again, allowing the ice to melt. Howze said that’s when many homeowners who don’t defrost the frozen pipelines could be dealing busted water ducts that could flood their homes.
“The more the line freezes, once you get that initial plug, if you don’t open the system, then that plug is just going to keep freezing more and more water,” he said. “And as it does, it’s causing more and more expansion. That expansion is what causes the line to burst.” | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/courts/baton-rouge-cold-snap-could-last-through-christmas/article_26f9d9ea-82db-11ed-94ee-ffb1db847f2b.html | 2022-12-23 22:30:54 | 0 | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/courts/baton-rouge-cold-snap-could-last-through-christmas/article_26f9d9ea-82db-11ed-94ee-ffb1db847f2b.html |
MAX's Idol debuted this week. The show was the subject of an expose about bad behavior by some of its creators. The first episode is stylish but oddly inert.
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MAX's Idol debuted this week. The show was the subject of an expose about bad behavior by some of its creators. The first episode is stylish but oddly inert.
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Georgia moved up to No. 2 in the first Associated Press college football poll of the regular season, passing Ohio State, after the defending national champions dominated their opener.
Alabama remained No. 1 in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank released Tuesday, receiving 44 of 63 first-place votes from the media panel and 1,552 points.
The Bulldogs narrowed the gap on the Crimson Tide after beating Oregon 49-3 on Saturday. Georgia received 17 first-place votes.
Ohio State slipped to No. 3 and received two first-place votes. Michigan moved up four spots to No. 4.
Clemson dropped a spot to No. 5.
Florida debuted at No. 12 after its thrilling victory at home against Utah on Saturday night. The Utes slipped six spots to No. 13 after the loss.
The rest of the top 10 was Texas A&M at No. 6, followed by Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Baylor and Southern California.
USC is in the top 10 for the first time since the final regular-season poll of 2017, when the Trojans were eighth.
The eighth-ranked Fighting Irish dropped three spots out of the top five after losing 21-10 at Ohio State.
POLL POINTS
Georgia has been ranked No. 1 or 2 in 15 of the last 17 polls, with the other two weeks at No. 3.
Since 2017, Georgia has been ranked No. 2 in the country 13 times and No. 1 nine times, all last season.
From 1981 — the season after Georgia won the national title — to 2016, the Bulldogs were ranked in the top two a total of 10 times.
IN
— Florida’s jump from unranked to No. 12 is the biggest for an unranked team since the first regular-season poll of 2016, when Texas landed at No. 11 and Wisconsin at No. 10 after Week 1 victories.
— No. 24 Tennessee is ranked for the first time under second-year coach Josh Heupel.
OUT
— Oregon’s humbling loss to Georgia sent the Ducks all the way out of the rankings. It’s the first time Oregon has been unranked in a poll for which it was eligible since the last regular-season AP Top 25 of 2020.
— Cincinnati dropped out after losing at Arkansas by a touchdown, its first regular-season loss since late in the 2019 season.
For the Bearcats, who made the College Football Playoff last year, it snapped a run of 45 consecutive poll appearances, which was the fifth-longest active streak in the country.
CONFERENCE CALL
Florida and Tennessee moving into the rankings gives the SEC eight ranked teams, the most for a conference since the SEC had eight three times in 2020.
The record for ranked teams from one conference is 10 by the SEC early in the 2018 season. From 2011-18, the SEC had eight teams ranked in a AP Top 25 a total of 14 times.
SEC — 8 (Nos. 1, 2, 6, 12, 16, 20, 22, 24).
ACC — 5 (Nos. 5, 15, 17, 18, 23).
Big Ten — 4 (Nos. 3, 4, 14, 19).
Big 12 — 3 (Nos. 7, 9, 11).
Pac-12 — 2 (Nos. 10, 13).
Independents — 2 (Nos. 8, 21).
American — 1 (No. 25).
RANKED vs. RANKED
No. 9 Baylor at No. 21 BYU. Future Big 12 matchup.
No. 20 Kentucky at No. 12 Florida. The first time both will be ranked when they play since 2007.
No. 24 Tennessee at No. 17 Pitt. First SEC/ACC ranked nonconference matchup of the season.
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Test scores show American students slipping further behind despite recovery efforts
(AP) - Students across the U.S. fell further behind academically last school year despite extensive efforts to help them recover from pandemic learning setbacks, according to an analysis of test scores released Tuesday.
The research by NWEA, a nonprofit group that administers standardized tests, lands as the 2024 deadline approaches quickly for schools to spend the last of the $190 billion in federal pandemic relief money.
There are ways schools can take better advantage of their limited resources and time to boost learning, said Chase Nordengren, the group’s lead researcher for instructional strategies. He said schools could group students based on their needs and provide targeted instruction, for example, adjusting groups as individuals progress.
“We’ve been trying to send the message that this is a multi-year, if not decades-long recovery period and is going to require some fundamental rethinking of the ways that not only we educate students but we think about how students are grouped and how we think about their learning,” he said.
The study used data from about 6.5 million students who took the MAP Growth assessment in reading and math since the onset of the pandemic. Those numbers were compared with data on academic growth from three years before the pandemic.
The results this year — the third full school year since the COVID-19 pandemic hit — are in some ways worse than last year, when the NWEA analysis showed students largely made academic gains that paralleled their growth pre-pandemic, said Karyn Lewis, director of the Center for School and Student Progress at NWEA, and the study’s co-author.
“And because kids are making gains at rates below pre-COVID trends, that means we’re not shrinking those achievement gaps. We’re actually widening them,” Lewis said.
With historic sums of money sent by the federal government, schools have expanded tutoring, summer learning programs and other recovery efforts.
But the analysis found that the average student still would need the equivalent of 4.1 additional months of schooling to catch up in reading and 4.5 months for math. Black and Hispanic students, meanwhile, would need even more time to catch up — about a month or more. And “that really only brings them back to the pre-pandemic levels of inequality that we already saw,” Lewis said.
The study echoes the findings of federal test results released last month that found math and reading scores among America’s 13-year-olds had fallen to their lowest levels in decades.
Lewis could only speculate on why it was so bad.
“I think that perhaps we’ve neglected filling in the holes of the last two years in a rush to get back to grade-level content and we’re seeing the impact of that, that kids are not able to keep up because they’re still missing some foundational pieces.”
One of the few positive findings was in the class that just finished third grade. Those students were in kindergarten when the pandemic started, an age that made virtual learning a challenge, and their slow recovery raised alarms in a NWEA study released in December. It found that those soon-to-be fourth graders were suffering the largest pandemic-related learning losses in reading.
But now the group’s latest analysis of end-of-year test scores shows they made above-average gains. Lewis described it as “a little bit of a head-scratcher.”
Lewis wonders whether families know how bad the situation is, and if there is an appetite for schools to be innovative enough to tackle the problem.
“Schools are doing the right things,” she said. “They’re just not doing enough of the right things. And I think that’s because we’ve underestimated how persistent the effects of COVID will be on kids.”
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A critical report into the protection of three murder victims, including a celebrated Dutch journalist gunned down in central Amsterdam, said Wednesday that security services in a “fragmented” protection system didn’t always act on tips about possible threats.
The conclusions highlighted flaws in a network involving police and prosecutors that is intended to offer protection to people facing threats ranging from stalkers to possible attacks by criminals and terrorists.
The report came following an 18-month government-commissioned investigation by the Dutch Safety Board into the slayings of crime reporter Peter R. de Vries, lawyer Derk Wiersum and the brother of a key witness in the trial of an alleged Dutch crime gang.
De Vries, who was shot on an Amsterdam street on July 21, 2021, and died nine days later acted as a confidential advisor to the witness. Wiersum, the witness’ lawyer, was gunned down on Sept. 18, 2019, outside his home in Amsterdam. The witness’ brother, identified only Reduan, was shot and killed March 29, 2018.
The witness played a key role in the prosecution of Ridouan Taghi, who is accused by prosecutors of multiple murders in the violent Dutch criminal underworld. Judges are expected to deliver verdicts later this year in the trial of Taghi and several alleged accomplices.
The report said that “command of the surveillance and protection of the persons under threat was fragmented across national and regional organisations” and the protection service “did not receive all the information about the threat that was available to the investigation.”
It added that “signals” of possible threats from the victims “were not regarded as concrete threat information and therefore did not fit into the usual system.”
Both Wiersum and De Vries had police surveillance at their homes. De Vries “was not willing to share his schedule to make it possible to organize surveillance for his arrivals and departures. He also made no use of the option to personally notify any high-risk moments,” the report said.
The brother of the witness “insisted on protection for members of his family. When the attack on his life took place, no specific security measures had yet been taken for him,” it added.
Justice Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius said in a reaction to the report that the government has made investments to beef up the security apparatus in recent years.
“The increased threat, specifically from organized crime, means that the number of people and objects that are intensively monitored and secured for a long period of time — sometimes even many years — has increased considerably,” she said in a statement.
Yeşilgöz-Zegerius said that “the person to be protected is now more central, and tailor-made security measures are being developed.” | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-report-criticizes-dutch-protection-system-after-3-slayings/ | 2023-03-02 00:41:28 | 0 | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-report-criticizes-dutch-protection-system-after-3-slayings/ |
A 43-year-old Lincoln man has been sentenced to more than 18 years in federal prison for drug distribution after being caught with more than 11 pounds of pure methamphetamine.
Tommy Meyer faced a mandatory 15-year minimum because of a prior conviction for drug delivery. He had been on parole at the time of his arrest.
Acting U.S. Attorney Steven Russell said on May 19, 2021, the Lincoln Metro Fugitive Task Force was trying to find Meyer to arrest him on a warrant when an officer saw his car pull into an alley and Meyer get out and start running.
Officers arrested him soon after, finding $900 cash on him. In the car, they found $17,000 more and 1.7 pounds of meth between the console and a backpack in the back seat.
Behind a subwoofer in the trunk, a hidden compartment held nine more bricks of suspected meth, which weighed 9.4 pounds.
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U.S. District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Meyer to 18 years and 8 months for possession with intent to distribute 500 grams of methamphetamine with a prior serious drug felony.
Meyer pleaded guilty and will have to serve 10 years on supervised release when he gets out. He also was ordered to forfeit $18,451.
Lancaster County's biggest drug seizures
I-80 bust turned up $100K, led to 1,830 pounds of drugs, sheriff’s captain says
The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office says it found $103,194 in suspected drug money and arrested a 25-year-old North Carolina man in a traffic stop on Interstate 80 west of Lincoln shortly before 10 a.m. Friday.
Capt. Ben Houchin said Brandon Montoya, of Charlotte, was stopped in a westbound Toyota Tundra for following too closely and driving on the shoulder. During the stop, Houchin said, the deputy developed suspicions Montoya was involved in illegal activity. A search turned up the money, which was sealed and in a suitcase, and a ledger.
Houchin said deputies reached out to law enforcement in Charlotte, where Montoya lives and rents a storage unit, believing that there was a strong possibility they would find a large amount of narcotics there.
He said the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department took the information, got search warrants and found 1,290 pounds of marijuana and THC edibles in Montoya's storage unit and at his home, tens of thousands of empty and loaded bottles of THC oil, marijuana cigar tubes and THC vape cartridges, 10 pounds of THC wax, 40 pounds of marijuana, packing materials, a 9mm Glock handgun and $90,000 in cash.
Houchin said the drugs added up to 1,831 pounds.
Pair accused of hauling 645 pounds of pot on I-80 through Lincoln area
Two men remained at the Lancaster County jail Thursday, a day after prosecutors charged them in connection with 645 pounds of marijuana found in their rental truck.
Brandon Arrington, 30, of McDonough, Georgia, and Edward Babb of Houston both are facing four felonies: two counts of possession with intent to deliver and two counts of no drug tax stamp.
In an affidavit for their arrests, a Lancaster County Sheriff's deputy said he stopped a GMC Penske rental truck with Virginia plates Tuesday after seeing its passenger side tires cross onto the shoulder of Interstate 80 near the Lincoln Airport exit.
During the traffic stop, the deputy became suspicious the men were involved in criminal activity.
They both denied a request to search the truck, but the deputy deployed his police dog around it after seeing what he believed to be marijuana residue on the floorboard.
The search turned up 645 pounds of marijuana and 4.74 pounds of THC vapor pens in the truck's cargo area inside cardboard boxes wrapped in plastic wrap, according to court records.
On Wednesday, at their first court appearances on the charges, Lancaster County Judge Matt Acton set their bonds at $250,000.
515 pounds of marijuana
$1 million in vacuum-sealed bags
$500K of meth
300 pounds of marijuana
55 pounds of cocaine
$235K in cake mix cans
250 pounds of marijuana in fake compartment
218 pounds of marijuana
214 pounds of marijuana
145 pounds of marijuana
116 pounds of marijuana
110 pounds of marijuana, shatter
Lancaster County deputies find 109 lbs of pot in I-80 traffic stop
A California woman was arrested Friday morning after Lancaster County sheriff's deputies found more 100 pounds of marijuana in her vehicle during a traffic stop.
At about 9:30 a.m., Pakou J. Yang, 37, of Oroville, was pulled over on Interstate 80 about three miles east of the Pleasant Dale interchange for following another vehicle too closely.
During the stop, a deputy determined the 2018 Nissan that Yang was driving was a one-way rental, which the deputy described in court records as a common sign of drug trafficking. She also became "extremely nervous" while being questioned by the deputy.
Deputies searched the vehicle after a drug-sniffing dog indicated the presence of drugs. They found 109.5 pounds of vacuum-sealed marijuana in the trunk, according to court records.
Yang was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana with intent to deliver and no drug tax stamp. She remained in jail Friday on $50,000 bail.
Lincoln drug bust nets an estimated $125K in pills, pot, LSD and mushrooms
Investigators with the Lincoln/Lancaster Narcotics Task Force carried a search warrant into a home on the 2800 block of North Third Street on Friday, and they carried out a lot more.
They found more than 4 pounds of marijuana, nearly 3 pounds of psilocybin mushrooms, 3,604 oxycodone pills, 1,281 Alprazolam pills, 855 hits of LSD, 209 THC syringes, nearly $2,300 in cash and four firearms.
The drugs had an estimated street value of about $125,000, Lincoln Police Officer Erin Spilker said Tuesday.
The seizure started just before 9 a.m., when investigators visited the home on a tip that someone was selling drugs out of it, she said.
They contacted three men: 22-year-old Gustav Rockey, his roommate and a 20-year-old visitor.
The visitor had an outstanding warrant — and THC wax in his wallet — and was arrested. Rockey and his roommate each turned over a glass pipe and bags of marijuana and were allowed to leave.
Investigators then applied for the search warrant and found the drugs, guns and cash in the home.
They found Rockey three days later near First Street and Cornhusker Highway and arrested him on three counts of suspicion of possession of drugs with intent to deliver, possession of money while violating a drug law and possession of a firearm with a drug law violation.
They’re still searching for others who live in the house, Spilker said.
$118,000 in suspected drug money
100 pounds of marijuana
100 pounds of marijuana
Father and son arrested in cocaine bust, Lincoln police say
A father and son were arrested Thursday by the Lancaster County Narcotics Unit after investigators found 6.8 pounds of cocaine, a pound of marijuana and almost $4,000 in cash at an apartment complex near Capitol Beach.
Police arrested Russell Rucks Sr., 50, and Russell Rucks Jr., 28, on suspicion of possession of cocaine with intent to deliver and money during a drug violation.
Officer Erin Spilker said the Lincoln/Lancaster County Narcotics Task Force served a search warrant at the apartment where both live at 500 Surfside Drive as part of an ongoing drug investigation.
Investigators had been looking for the elder Rucks and ended up arresting both men prior to the warrant being served. Spilker said Rucks Sr. had 8.9 grams of cocaine and over $1,600 cash in his pocket.
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Dodger Stadium game-day workers protest, threaten to go on strike
Hundreds of Dodger Stadium game-day workers could go on strike as early as next month if the Dodgers do not meet their contract demands by the end of June, the union representing the employees said after more than 80 people gathered to protest outside the ballpark Saturday.
The workers, according to SEIU USWW officials, are asking for a wage raise of 43% to 45% over five years and an increase in the employer’s healthcare contribution from the Dodgers. The union said it is representing approximately 500 ushers, groundskeepers, security officers, and other stadium workers in the negotiations. The two sides are scheduled to return to the bargaining table Friday.
“In my 27 years working with the SEIU, representing these workers, we have never had to go on strike,” SEIU USWW President David Huerta said. “But the circumstances we’re looking at — when you look at inflation, you look at the profitability of this organization, the cost of living — the wages that are being negotiated now, these workers understand that this is a moment for them, to be able to negotiate what they consider what they need to be able to survive in this city.
The Dodgers are scoring more runs than last season and are a better team despite losing talented Trea Turner, Cody Bellinger and Justin Turner.
“And I think this organization that represents the Dodgers, that represents the city of Los Angeles needs to be cognizant of the fact that they’re just not a ballclub. They’re an employer that employs a lot of people and those folks have to be able to have livable wages.”
Union officials said they have been negotiating with the Dodgers since November. Their last deal, a five-year arrangement that included an 18% raise over its lifespan, expired Jan. 31. They have since been working on the expired contract.
Union spokesman Sebastian Silva said the lowest-paid ushers and janitors earn $17.28 per hour with differentials for length of service. Part-time groundskeepers make $19.80 per hour and full-time groundskeepers receive $31.72 per hour. Silva said most union members are seasonal employees.
“We are in active negotiations with the Union and we fully expect that the parties will reach an agreement soon,” the Dodgers said in a statement.
Frank Torres, one of Dodger Stadium’s two full-time groundskeepers, began working at Dodger Stadium as a part-time security guard in 1988. He became a full-time employee in 1994 and moved to the grounds crew the next year. He said contract negotiations have never been this contentious.
“The Dodgers aren’t the Dodgers anymore,” Torres said. “This is corporate America.”
Clayton Kershaw, pitching for the first time since criticizing the Dodgers’ decision to honor the Sister of Indulgence, is solid in 8-4 win over Yankees.
The protests on Vin Scully Avenue began at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, several hours before the Dodgers hosted the New York Yankees for the second of the coastal powers’ three games this weekend. The protestors wore purple T-shirts and banged cowbells. They chanted in English and Spanish. Some drivers honked their horns in solidarity as they drove by.
Irene Aguilar, the chief union steward for the workers and a Dodger Stadium usher, said the union chose to protest Saturday knowing the game will be a nationally televised sellout while making sure to conclude the demonstration early enough for employees to report for work on time.
“We feel like they’re not listening to our voices,” Aguilar said. “And we just want our voices to be heard.”
Aguilar, who has worked at Dodger Stadium since 1997, said the workers are seeking wages “comparable” to what other Dodger Stadium employees have received.
In October, concession workers reached an agreement on a contract that included at least a $10 raise over two years after threatening to strike the All-Star Game three months earlier. Those workers, however, are employed by Levy Restaurants, a company based in Chicago that operates the concessions at Dodger Stadium. The 500 workers now seeking a contract, meanwhile, are direct employees of the Dodgers.
The Dodgers are in the bottom third in batting average in the majors, yet they lead the National League in runs scored.
“We want the Dodgers to start treating us again like family,” Aguilar said. “Start treating us workers like family. It just seems like, you know, they’re in charge and we’re their workers.
“And before — I’ve been here long enough to know the O’Malleys — we were a family. We used to have a lot of things given to us. You know, the Dodgers in first place, they would pass out ice cream. And we no longer get that. Our front office still does, [but] we no longer get that. Little things like that make us feel like family. So since they’re not doing that anymore, well then, you know what, let’s get the wages.”
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VANCOUVER, BC, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - International Battery Metals Ltd. (the "Company" or "IBAT") (CSE: IBAT) (OTC: IBATF) is pleased to confirm that further to its news release dated June 1, 2022 and June 10, 2022, the Company has filed on SEDAR its audited financial statements, accompanying management discussion and analysis and related CEO and CFO certifications for the year ended January 31, 2022 (the "Annual Filings").
As a consequence of the Annual Filings, the Company expects that the management cease trade order formerly granted on June 1, 2022, by applicable securities regulatory authorities, will be revoked and that directors and officers of the Company will be permitted to trade securities of the Company.
The Company wants to thank all of those who worked diligently in assisting with the finalization of the Annual Filings.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
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Dr. John Burba, CEO & Director
Tel: (778) 939-4228
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This news release may contain assumptions, estimates, and other forward-looking statements regarding future events. Such forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties and are subject to factors, many of which are beyond the Company's control that may cause actual results or performance to differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements.
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Indhira Udofia, a student in the joint program of social work at UNC Greensboro and North Carolina A&T, opens the show with her experience of embracing her queerness after participating in True Love Waits. Reverend Solomon Missouri, senior pastor at Invitation AME Zion Church, shares how purity culture presents a double standard when it comes to the Christian mandate to care for the sick. Writer and speaker Angie Hong expands on an essay she wrote for The Atlantic about the connection between purity culture and the March 2021 spa shootings in Atlanta.
In the second half of the show, poet and educator Ashley Lumpkin tells a story about “the talk” she didn’t have with her parents, and Ryan Clark of “Touch Podcast” shares what it’s been like to work through the harms of purity culture in the context of his marriage.
Special thanks to Jeff Polish of The Monti, who coached each of the guests through the process of developing their story for the stage. Thanks also to Rylee Ennis of The Monti and Nathan Novero of Touch Media for their work to film the event, and to Jenni Lawson, Al Wodarski and Sean Roux from WUNC for all their work to make this event possible.
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Reverend Solomon Missouri, senior pastor at Invitation AME Zion Church, shares his story on stage.
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Poet and educator Ashley Lumpkin was our first storyteller after intermission at the Purified Live event on October 8th.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for DKNG, WBD, TMBR, GOVX, and AMC.
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ELMAU, Germany (AP) — The Latest on the G-7 summit, the annual meeting of the leading democratic economies, which this year is being held in Germany’s Bavarian Alps:
The head of the European Union’s council of governments says the 27-nation bloc maintains “unwavering unity” in backing Ukraine amid Russia’s invasion.
European Council President Charles Michel says the EU is providing Kyiv with money and political support, adding that “Ukraine needs more and we are committed to providing more.”
The EU has slapped six packages of sanctions on Russia, the latest one being a ban on 90% of Russian crude oil imports by the end of the year. The measure is aimed at Russia’s oil and gas revenues, which are a pillar of the Kremlin’s finances.
Michel said at the annual Group of Seven summit Sunday that U.S. proposals for a price cap on Russian oil imports was under discussion.
But he cautioned that “we want to go into the details, we want to fine-tune … to make sure we have a clear understanding of what are the direct effects” if such a step were taken.
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS:
— U.S. President Joe Biden has arrived in Germany’s Bavarian alps for the annual G-7 meeting.
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OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s wife is hosting a reduced gathering of Group of Seven leaders’ spouses in her first major appearance as first lady.
The German government said Sunday that Britta Ernst will be joined by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s wife, Carrie Johnson; France’s first lady, Brigitte Macron; and the wife of European Council President Charles Michel, Amélie Derbaudrenghien.
Ernst — a politician in her own right who is the education minister of the eastern German state of Brandenburg, where she and her husband live —- plans to take her guests on a Nordic walk with former professional skiers Christian Neureuther and Miriam Neureuther.
Sessions with researchers on climate change and with a master craftswoman in violin-making from nearby Mittenwald also are planned.
U.S. first lady Jill Biden plans to join President Joe Biden in Madrid, where he will attend a NATO summit that starts on Tuesday.
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U.S. President Joe Biden says Russian President Vladimir Putin hoped the West would “splinter” as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drags on.
But Biden praised the allies who have stuck together and stood up to the Kremlin during the four months of war, applying sanctions on Russia while sending weaponry to Ukraine.
Greeting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday, Biden praised his counterpart for helping to sustain the pressure on Russia and exhorted him to keep at it — a central message of Biden’s five-day trip to meet allies at summits in Germany and Spain.
“We have to stay together, because Putin has been counting on from the beginning that somehow NATO and the G7 would splinter,” Biden said. “But we haven’t and we’re not going to.”
Biden added: “We can’t let this aggression take the form it has and get away with it.”
Scholz, who is hosting the annual Group of Seven summit in the Bavarian alps, greeted Biden on a balcony overlooking what the U.S. leader called a “magnificent” view of lush greenery and towering peaks.
Biden credited Scholz for helping to lead the European in standing up to Russia, saying his tough response “had a great impact on the rest of Europe to move.”
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is urging fellow Group of Seven leaders not to give in to “fatigue” over the war in Ukraine.
Johnson has expressed concern that divisions may emerge in the pro-Ukraine alliance as the four-month-old war grinds on. He says allies should not pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to concede territory in exchange for a cease fire.
The British leader said at a G-7 summit in Germany on Sunday that it was a principle that “a free, independent sovereign country like Ukraine should not be violently invaded and should not have its boundaries changed by force.”
Asked whether he thought France and Germany were doing enough, Johnson praised the “huge strides” made by Germany to arm Ukraine and cut imports of Russian gas.
He did not mention France.
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U.S. President Joe Biden says that the United States and other Group of Seven leading economies intend to announce a ban on imports of gold from Russia.
They hope that measure will further isolate Russia economically over its invasion of Ukraine.
Biden announced the step Sunday at the start of the G-7 annual summit, which this year is being held in Germany.
Senior Biden administration officials said gold is Moscow’s second largest export after energy, and that banning imports would make it more difficult for Russia to participate in global markets.
Biden’s Twitter feed said Russia “rakes in tens of billions of dollars” from the sale of its gold, its second largest export after energy.
Britain says gold exports were worth about $15.5 billion to the Russian economy in 2021 and that gold’s value for the Russian elite has increased since the war began, as wealthy Russians seek to skirt Western sanctions.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says a ban by G-7 countries on Russian gold will “directly hit Russian oligarchs and strike at the heart of Putin’s war machine.”
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Germany wants countries to join together in a ‘climate club’ to tackle global warming.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will push his plan at this year’s G-7 summit, which he is hosting from Sunday.
The ‘climate club’ idea was first floated by Yale economist William Nordhaus, who said the voluntary nature of existing climate agreements hasn’t brought sufficient progress.
Members of the club would agree on ambitious emissions targets and exempt each other from climate-related trade tariffs.
Experts say success depends on getting a critical mass of countries to join that would include major economies from Europe, North America and Asia.
That could put pressure on major polluters in the developing world, such as China and India, to step up their efforts or see their exports slapped with tariffs.
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U.S. President Joe Biden has arrived in Germany’s Bavarian alps for the annual meeting of the leading democratic economies, with the war in Ukraine and its consequences taking center stage.
Biden and his Group of Seven allies plan discussions on how to ensure energy supplies and tackle inflation against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion.
The G-7 summit also aims to make sure that the global coalition working to punish the Kremlin for the four-month-old war holds firm.
Biden was to begin his visit Sunday with a bilateral meeting with the summit’s host, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
In the afternoon Biden was to meet in both formal and informal settings with the leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the European Union.
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ISTANBUL (AP) — The first of the ships to leave Ukraine under a deal to unblock grain supplies amid the threat of a global food crisis arrived at its destination in Turkey on Monday.
The Turkey-flagged Polarnet docked at Derince port in the Gulf of Izmit after setting off from Chornomorsk on Aug. 5 laden with 12,000 tons of corn.
“This sends a message of hope to every family in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia: Ukraine won’t abandon you," Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tweeted. "If Russia sticks to its obligations, the 'grain corridor' will keep maintaining global food security.”
A total of 10 ships have now been authorized to sail under the grain deal between Ukraine and Russia, which was brokered by Turkey and the United Nations — eight outbound and two headed for Ukraine.
The first ship to depart Ukraine, the Sierra Leone-flagged Razoni, which left on Aug. 1, still hasn't reached its destination in Lebanon and was anchored off Turkey’s southern coast on Sunday evening, according to the Marine Traffic website.
Meanwhile, two more ships, carrying corn and soybeans, departed Ukraine’s Black Sea ports on Monday, the Turkish Defense Ministry said.
The Sacura left Yuzhny carrying 11,000 tonnes of soybeans to Italy and the Arizona left Chornomorsk with 48,458 tonnes of corn bound for Iskenderun in southern Turkey.
Four ships that left Ukraine on Sunday are expected to anchor near Istanbul on Monday evening, the Defense Ministry said. They are due to be inspected on Tuesday.
Under the arrangement, ships leaving Ukraine are checked by officials from the three countries and the U.N. to make sure they carry only grain, fertilizer or food and not any other commodities. Inbound vessels are checked to ensure they are not carrying weapons.
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Robert Sarver, managing partner of the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury, today issued the following statement.
PHOENIX, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Words that I deeply regret now overshadow nearly two decades of building organizations that brought people together – and strengthened the Phoenix area – through the unifying power of professional men's and women's basketball.
As a man of faith, I believe in atonement and the path to forgiveness. I expected that the commissioner's one-year suspension would provide the time for me to focus, make amends and remove my personal controversy from the teams that I and so many fans love.
But in our current unforgiving climate, it has become painfully clear that that is no longer possible – that whatever good I have done, or could still do, is outweighed by things I have said in the past. For those reasons, I am beginning the process of seeking buyers for the Suns and Mercury.
I do not want to be a distraction to these two teams and the fine people who work so hard to bring the joy and excitement of basketball to fans around the world. I want what's best for these two organizations, the players, the employees, the fans, the community, my fellow owners, the NBA and the WNBA. This is the best course of action for everyone.
In the meantime, I will continue to work on becoming a better person, and continuing to support the community in meaningful ways. Thank you for continuing to root for the Suns and the Mercury, embracing the power that sports has to bring us together.
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — French phenom Victor Wembanyama has made the rounds of national television talk shows after being selected as the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft.
The 7-foot-3 1/2 center has conducted more press conferences than he can count. He has attended numerous public appearances and he even squeezed in a dinner with a group of Hall of Famers.
It comes with being perhaps one of the most hyped prospects the NBA has ever seen. A charismatic 19-year-old who has the agility and the skills of a guard while standing taller than almost everyone, it’s little wonder Wembanyama’s time has been stretched more than his 8-foot wingspan.
“I think I’ve spent more time with the media than on the court,” Wembanyama said Friday as he met the media for the first time since starting work with the team.
After being tasked with so many commitments off the court, Wembanyama finally took to the court Wednesday to practice with the Spurs for the first time as they prepare for upcoming summer leagues.
“It felt really good, felt really good,” Wembanyama said. “Also, I had a warm welcome with the guys. Yeah, I just can’t wait. I was told beforehand that there was a good dynamic with the team on and off the court and I started to feel it already. It just makes me even more certain that this is a good environment.”
Wembanyama is home, even if he still hasn’t had time to find a house in San Antonio.
Wembanyama will not play in the California Classic Summer League that opens July 3 in Sacramento. He will compete in the NBA 2K24 Summer League on July 7-17 in Las Vegas.
“I don’t know how it works yet (as far as) how many minutes I’m going to play,” he said. “I know I’m going to have a big role and it’s going to be intense. I can’t wait to wear that Spurs jersey for the first time.”
His excitement has only grown since he was drafted by the Spurs on June 22.
Shortly after arriving in San Antonio, Wembanyama had dinner with Hall of Famers David Robinson, Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili, along with fellow former Spurs star Sean Elliott.
“He asked us, ‘How can you get enough sleep on the road,’” Elliott said of the dinner. “What kind of young person asks that question? Most guys are like ‘Hey, what’s the best club to go to in (Philadelphia) or (New York).’”
It’s all part of Wembanyama’s desire to win an NBA title with the Spurs, just like his fellow Frenchmen Tony Parker and Boris Diaw.
In addition to asking the right questions, Wembanyama worked with a personal trainer to add weight safely to his long frame this year leading up to the draft.
“To be able to play through 82 games a season, I’ve got to go through a lot of conditioning and level up on the energy level,” Wembanyama said.
He has already impressed his teammates and coaches in San Antonio with his work ethic, as well as his skills on the court during his first two days of practice.
“He’s a unique player and it’s on us as coaches to find some good spots for him to develop in those areas,” said Matt Nielsen, Spurs assistant coach and Summer League coach. “In saying that, he’s got a lot to learn about NBA basketball and the Spurs. There’s a lot going on for him, it’s just exciting to watch him out there.”
Part of preparing for his upcoming rookie season also included making a “really hard” decision not to play for France in the FIBA Basketball Cup, which opens Aug. 25.
“I had a long season with the Mets 92, and I’ll have a long season with the Spurs and there’s the Olympics after that,” Wembanyama said about his team in France last season. “I just think more than two years without rest is too big of a risk. There are really big events coming up, like the Olympics, that I really, really don’t want to miss. So, to be able to be available for the national team for the next I don’t know how many years, I feel like I have to miss this one.”
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DUNMORE, W.Va. (WBOY) — Did you know that there is a fire tower that you can rent for overnight stays in West Virginia? And National Geographic says it’s one of the best places to stay to be close to nature.
The Thorny Mountain Fire Tower in Seneca State Forest near Dunmore in Pocahontas County, West Virginia was included on National Geographic‘s list of the “10 places to embrace the wild without pitching a tent.” It is the only reservable fire tower east of the Mississippi, according to Dyrt. The tower was built in 1930 as lodging for rangers who scanned the surrounding Greenbrier Valley for fires but was renovated into tourist lodging in 2015.
At 65-feet tall at the top of its 69 steps, the tower offers 360 degree views of the forest and unobstructed views of the sky, according to West Virginia State Parks. It has been refurbished, and with two cots, it can accommodate up to four guests. The cabin is powered by a solar battery storage system, and the bathrooms are a toilet pit at the bottom of the stairs.
If you want to stay in the Thorny Mountain Fire Tower, WV State Parks recommends booking a year in advance. It is already fully booked up for 2023.
A WV State Parks representative told 12 News that the price of a stay varies, but in the past two years, a stay in the fire tower has ranged between $112 and $168 per night. The representative said that those prices could increase next year depending on demand. Keep in mind that the cabins at Seneca State Forest are only available to book from April to October each year.
Although a stay in the tower is hard to get, it’s not necessarily new. Back in 2015, right after it was renovated, WV State Parks gave away a one-night stay in the tower as part of a contest, and it has been available to rent each summer since. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/national-geographic-says-fire-tower-in-west-virginia-is-top-glamping-destination/ | 2023-05-31 15:06:25 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/national-geographic-says-fire-tower-in-west-virginia-is-top-glamping-destination/ |
By THOMAS PEIPERT
Associated Press
DENVER (AP) — When Kevin Erickson fires up his 1972 Plymouth Satellite, a faint hum replaces what is normally the sound of pistons pumping, gas coursing through the carburetor and the low thrum of the exhaust.
Even though it’s nearly silent, the classic American muscle car isn’t broken. It’s electric.
Erickson is among a small but expanding group of tinkerers, racers, engineers and entrepreneurs across the country who are converting vintage cars and trucks into greener, and often much faster, electric vehicles.
Despite derision from some purists about the converted cars resembling golf carts or remote-controlled cars, electric powertrain conversions are becoming more mainstream as battery technology advances and the world turns toward cleaner energy to combat climate change.
“RC cars are fast, so that’s kind of a compliment really,” said Erickson, whose renamed ”Electrollite” accelerates to 0-60 mph (0-97 kph) in three seconds and tops out at about 155 mph (249 kph). It also invites curious stares at public charging stations, which are becoming increasingly common across the country.
At the end of 2019, Erickson, a cargo pilot who lives in suburban Denver, bought the car for $6,500. He then embarked on a year-and-a-half-long project to convert the car into a 636-horsepower electric vehicle (475 kW), using battery packs, a motor and the entire rear subframe from a crashed Tesla Model S.
“This was my way of taking the car that I like — my favorite body — and then taking the modern technology and performance, and mixing them together,” said Erickson, who has put about $60,000 into the project.
Jonathan Klinger, vice president of car culture for Hagerty, an insurance company and automotive lifestyle brand that specializes in collector vehicles, said converting classic cars into EVs is “definitely a trend,” although research on the practice is limited.
In May, the Michigan-based company conducted a web-based survey of about 25,000 self-identified automobile enthusiasts in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. About 1% had either partially or fully converted their classic to run on some sort of electrified drivetrain.
The respondents’ top three reasons for converting their vehicles were for faster acceleration and improved performance, for a fun and challenging project, and because of environmental and emissions concerns. About 25% of respondents said they approve of classic vehicles being partially or fully converted to EVs.
“Electric vehicles deliver some pretty astonishing performance just by the nature of the mechanics of how they work,” Klinger said. So it’s not surprising to him that a small percentage of people converting classic cars to EVs are interested in improving performance. He compared the current trend to the hot-rod movement of the 1950s.
But Klinger, who owns several vintage vehicles, said he doesn’t think electric motors will replace all internal combustion engines — especially when considering historically significant vehicles.
“There’s something satisfying about having a vintage car that has a carburetor,” he said, because it’s the same as when the car was new. Some enthusiasts want to preserve the sound and rumble of older cars’ original engines.
Other barriers to converting cars include the knowledge it takes to delve into such a complicated project, as well as safety concerns about tinkering with high-voltage components, the availability of parts, and the time it takes to realize a positive, environmental impact. Because classic vehicles are driven for fewer than 1,500 miles (2,414 kilometers) a year on average, it takes longer to offset the initial carbon footprint of manufacturing the batteries, Klinger said.
And then there’s the price.
Sean Moudry, who co-owns Inspire EV, a small conversion business in suburban Denver, recently modified a 1965 Ford Mustang that was destined for the landfill. The year-and-a-half-long project cost more than $100,000 and revealed several other obstacles that underscore why conversions are not “plug-and-play” endeavors.
Trying to pack enough power into the pony car to “smoke the tires off of it” at a drag strip, Moudry and his partners replaced the underpowered six-cylinder gas engine with a motor from a crashed Tesla Model S. They also installed 16 Tesla battery packs weighing a total of about 800 pounds (363 kilograms).
Most classic vehicles, including the Mustang, weren’t designed to handle that much weight — or the increased performance that comes with a powerful electric motor. So the team had to beef up the car’s suspension, steering, driveshaft and brakes.
The result is a Frankenstein-like vehicle that includes a rear axle from a Ford F-150 pickup and rotors from a Dodge Durango SUV, as well as disc brakes and sturdier coil-over shocks in the front and rear.
Although Ford and General Motors have or are planning to produce standalone electric “crate” motors that are marketed to classic vehicle owners, Moudry says it’s still not realistic for a casual car tinkerer to have the resources to take on such a complicated project. Because of this, he thinks it will take a while for EV conversions to become mainstream.
“I think it’s going to be 20 years,” he said. “It’s going to be a 20-year run before you go to a car show and 50 to 60% of the cars are running some variant of an electric motor in it.”
But that reality could be coming sooner than expected, according to Mike Spagnola, president and CEO of the Specialty Equipment Market Association, a trade group that focuses on aftermarket vehicle parts.
He said that during SEMA’s annual show in Las Vegas this fall, some 21,000 square feet (1,951 square meters) of convention space was dedicated to electric vehicles and their parts. That was up from only 2,500 square feet (232 square meters) at the 2021 show.
Companies are developing universal parts, as well as lighter, smaller and more powerful battery packs. They’re also creating wiring components that are easier to install and myriad other innovations. Some are even building vehicle frames with the electric motor, batteries and components already installed. Buyers can just install the body of a classic vehicle on top of the platform.
“The early adopters of this would take a crashed Tesla and pull the motor and harnesses and batteries and all that out of the vehicle and find a way to shoehorn it into whatever vehicle they wanted to build,” Spagnola said. “But today there are many manufacturers now starting to make components. … We’re really excited about it.”
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HEBRON, N.Y. (AP) — A woman looking for a friend’s house in upstate New York was shot to death after the car she was riding in mistakenly went to the wrong address and was met with gunfire in the driveway, authorities said Monday.
Kaylin Gillis, 20, was traveling through the rural town of Hebron with three other people Saturday night when the group made a wrong turn onto the property.
They were trying to turn the car around when the homeowner, Kevin Monahan, 65, came out onto his porch and fired two shots, according to Washington County Sheriff Jeffrey Murphy.
One round hit Gillis.
The group drove to the neighboring town of Salem, northeast of Albany near the Vermont state line, and called 911, said Murphy, who noted the shooting took place in an area with limited cell phone service. Emergency crews arrived and performed CPR on Gillis but couldn’t save her.
When officers arrived at Monahan’s house to investigate the shooting, he refused to come out, Murphy said. Authorities spoke with him through a 911 dispatcher and in person for about an hour before he was taken into custody, according to the sheriff.
Monahan was booked into the Warren County jail on a charge of second-degree murder. It wasn’t clear whether he had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Murphy said at a news conference Monday that Gillis, who lived in Schuylerville, “was an innocent young girl who was out with friends looking for another friend’s house,” according to the Times Union of Albany. He said there was ”no reason for Mr. Monahan to feel threatened.”
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Idaho may soon use firing squads to execute death-row inmates if no lethal injection drugs are available, under a new law signed last week.
On Friday, Republican Gov. Brad Little signed House Bill 186, which permits state prison officials to carry out executions using a method that hasn't been employed in the U.S. in more than a decade.
"For the people on death row, a jury convicted them of their crimes, and they were lawfully sentenced to death," Little said in a letter after signing the bill.
"It is the responsibility of the State of Idaho to follow the law and ensure that lawful criminal sentences are carried out," he added.
The ACLU of Idaho called Little's signing of the law "extremely disappointing" and said that though it opposed all forms of capital punishment, firing squad are "especially gruesome."
The law takes effect on July 1.
In recent years, more and more states have hit snags obtaining the chemicals necessary for lethal injection executions, particularly because some pharmaceutical companies have stopped selling the drugs for that purpose.
Idaho will become the fifth state to currently allow firing squads for executions, according to the nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center.
Mississippi, Oklahoma, Utah and South Carolina also permit the method as an alternative to lethal injection.
The last person to be executed by a firing squad was convicted killer Ronnie Lee Gardner, according to the group, who was shot to death by a firing squad in a Utah prison in 2010.
South Carolina was preparing to carry out its first-ever execution by firing squad last year when a judge issued a temporary stay blocking the killing.
Little, who has said he supports the death penalty, added that he hadn't given up on Idaho's ability to acquire the drugs necessary to perform lethal injections.
But the Idaho Capital Sun reported that the state hasn't been able to carry out the scheduled execution of inmate Gerald Pizzuto Jr. because it was unable to obtain the drug pentobarbital.
The state currently has eight inmates on death row, according to the Idaho Department of Correction.
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With seven locations in NYC, Life Time dramatically changing health and wellness landscape with unparalleled places, performers and programs, ultimate boutique experiences for all ages
NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Time (NYSE: LTH), the nation's premier healthy lifestyle brand, today announced the opening of Life Time One Wall Street, the first of three athletic club destinations planned to open in New York City by the end of 2022. Located in the iconic One Wall Street Development in the Financial District, the 74,000-square-foot destination covers four floors and features something for everyone from 90 days old to 90 years old.
The opening brings Life Time's owned and operated athletic country clubs to more than 160 in the United States and Canada. The additions of Life Time One Wall Street and the forthcoming Life Time DUMBO, Life Time Midtown, Life Time Brooklyn Tower and Life Time Park Avenue locations demonstrate the Company's focus on growth in New York City in high-profile developments and neighborhoods.
Life Time One Wall Street was designed with healthy living top-of-mind for the entire family and is the first Life Time in the City to offer Life Time Kids Academy, with nearly 10,000-square-feet of space focused on all things kids. Kids can spend up to 2.5 hours daily in the academy with yoga and fitness studios for their own classes, a kids-size basketball court, spaces for arts, crafts, music and more, along with a variety of events for families. This addition in the Financial District is a unique offering for those aiming to pursue healthy way of life for themselves and their families.
"We could not be more excited to expand our Life Time presence in New York City at a time when our personal health has never been more important, and strong communities are so needed," said Jeff Zwiefel, Life Time President and Chief Operating Officer. "Our Life Time One Wall Street destination adds a stunning element to our portfolio in the City and is illustrative of how we'll continue growing here and beyond."
Designed by Life Time's Architecture and Design group, the club magnificently captures the history of One Wall Street and the former Irving Trust Bank and Bank of New York. The development carefully preserved the building's history, including multiple bank vaults, which serve as focal points throughout the club's lower levels as entrances to yoga studios, recovery spaces, training areas and more. Additional highlights at Life Time One Wall Street include:
- Ultimate boutique destination with seven dedicated studios for more than 100 large group classes weekly, including barre, cardio and strength, indoor cycling, Pilates and yoga.
- Hundreds of pieces of best-in-class equipment for cardio, strength and functional training.
- Designated spaces for personal and signature group training programs, including GTX, Alpha and Ultra Fit.
- ARORA programming designed for active agers with classes, social events and seminars.
- LifeSpa, offering full-service salon and spa services, including hair, nail, esthetician and massage.
- LifeCafe, offering wholesome, real-food, fast-casual restaurant with a chef-curated menu, to-go meals and beverages.
- LT Recovery featuring compression, massage and chiropractic services.
- Luxurious dressing rooms with multiple rejuvenation areas, including whirlpool suites, saunas, steam rooms and high-end, complimentary personal care products.
Life Time One Wall Street joins the Company's existing destinations, including: Life Time Sky in Hell's Kitchen, 23rd Street, NoHo, and Battery Park. Later this fall, Life Time Dumbo will debut as the company's first Brooklyn destination in the newly developed Front & York building and Life Time Midtown will open by the end of 2022. Preview Centers for both are now open for prospective members. Information can be found at lifetime.life/nyc.
Life Time One Wall Street will be open Monday through Friday, 5am to 11pm and Saturday and Sunday from 6am to 10pm. For more information on features and amenities, visit the club at 29 New Street or call 212.671.7100. Additionally, follow along at LifeTime.Life on Facebook and on Instagram at LifeTime.Life and LifeTime.NYC.
Life Time (NYSE: LTH) empowers people to live healthy, happy lives through its portfolio of nearly 160 athletic country clubs across the United States and Canada. The company's healthy way of life communities and ecosystem address all aspects of healthy living, healthy aging and healthy entertainment for people 90 days to 90+ years old. Supported by a team of more than 30,000 dedicated professionals, Life Time is committed to providing the best programs and experiences through its clubs, iconic athletic events and comprehensive digital platform.
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CHICAGO (WGN) — At least one person was killed and 11 others were injured in overnight shootings in Chicago.
A man, 29, was inside a home at the 6600 block of South Evans St. around 11:15 p.m. Saturday night when he got into a verbal fight with another man who then fired shots and fled. According to police, officers entered and discovered the first man on the floor with a gunshot wound to his right neck and arm area. He was pronounced dead on the scene. No one is currently in custody and police are investigating.
In another shooting, two men were walking near the 200 block of South Wabash St. in the Loop around 12:05 a.m. Saturday night when they got into an argument with another man who was accompanied by a woman wearing all pink. According to police the man shot both men and fled the scene with the woman. Both men are in critical condition and police are investigating.
Officers also responded to a shots fired call near the 6000 block of South Ada St. in Englewood around 12:20 a.m., where a 22 -year-old man was running on the sidewalk. He said he had just been shot. According to police, the man sustained a gunshot wound to the lower abdomen and was transported to the hospital in critical condition. The man refused to answer questions, police said. No one is in custody and police are investigating.
Officers responding to a shots fired call near the 5700 block of West Grand Ave. around 4:43 a.m. noticed a man running towards their squad car. The man had a gunshot wound to his left thigh and was transported to the hospital in critical condition. There is no other information provided and police are investigating.
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LONDON (AP) — People who visit London’s Westminster Abbey after the coronation of King Charles III will be allowed to stand on the exact spot where he was crowned, but they will need to make sure they don’t have holes in their socks for the shoeless tour, designed to protect the abbey’s medieval mosaic floor.
Abbey officials said Friday that the section of the church’s floor known as the Cosmati pavement, where the chair in which Britain’s monarchs are crowned has been placed for some 700 years, will be on display during Charles’ May 6 coronation after being hidden away under carpets for decades because of disrepair.
The pavement area, normally roped off to the public, will be open to small guided “barefoot tours” after the crowning ceremony. Visitors will be asked to remove their shoes to avoid wear and tear to the floor, which was restored to its former glory after a two-year conservation project was completed in 2010.
“Standing on the pavement and feeling that sense of awe of being in the central part of the abbey is a really amazing experience,” Scott Craddock, the head of visitor experience at the famous church. “It will give people the opportunity to feel what it’s like being at that center stage of the coronation.”
King Henry III commissioned the intricate mosaic of marble, stone, glass and metal, located in front of the abbey’s high altar, in the 1200s. Italian craftsmen and English masons made it.
It is where English — and, later, British — coronations have taken place ever since, but the area was covered by carpet at many previous coronations, including those of Elizabeth II in 1953 and her father, George VI, in 1937.
The mosaic is said to be the best surviving example outside Italy of a rare type of stonework known as “Cosmati,” after the Italian family which created it.
“It’s a unique piece of art to Westminster Abbey but also to Britain itself — there are no other mosaic pavements like this in the U.K.,” Vanessa Simeoni, the abbey’s head conservator, said.
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MADRID (AP) — Martin Braithwaite didn’t have to go far to start showing his worth again in Spain.
Making his debut with Espanyol after leaving city rival Barcelona, the Denmark forward came through with his team’s winning goal in a 1-0 victory against Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish league on Sunday.
It was Espanyol’s first victory of the season, and Braithwaite’s first goal in more than a year, since a league game with Barcelona against Real Sociedad in August 2021. He had appeared in only four matches with the Catalan club since then, the last in March.
Braithwaite was among the players Barcelona let go from its squad in the transfer window to make more salary cap room for its new signings, including Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha.
The 31-year-old forward scored with a low shot from inside the area after getting past two defenders in a breakaway in the 83rd minute at Athletic’s San Mamés Stadium.
Braithwaite’s move to Espanyol should help him secure a spot in Denmark’s squad for the World Cup in Qatar.
Espanyol was coming off consecutive home losses to Real Madrid and Rayo Vallecano after opening with a draw at Celta Vigo.
Athletic was unbeaten and seeking a third consecutive victory. The Basque Country team was yet to concede while scoring five times.
Athletic striker Iñaki Williams, who was born in Spain but is set to play the World Cup for Ghana, recovered from a leg injury to make his league-record 237 consecutive appearance.
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Osasuna recovered from a loss at Real Betis by defeating Rayo Vallecano 2-1 at home for its third victory in four matches.
Aimar Oroz and Rubén García scored second-half goals for the hosts, while Rayo got on the board with Florian Lejeune with his team already trailing by two goals.
It was the second loss in a row for Rayo after it won at Espanyol and drew against Barcelona at the Camp Nou in its opener.
Also Sunday, Villarreal hosts Elche and Valencia hosts Getafe.
Defending champion Madrid beat Betis 2-1 at home on Saturday to become the only team with four victories to start the season. Betis was the only other team with three wins from three matches.
Also Saturday, Barcelona defeated Sevilla 3-0 in Seville for its third victory in a row, while Atlético Madrid was held to a 1-1 draw at Sociedad.
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Oklahoma death row inmate says his father killed OU student
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma death row inmate convicted of raping and killing a University of Oklahoma dance student in 1996 is seeking to have his death sentence thrown out, alleging in a court filing that his late father is the actual killer.
Attorneys for Anthony Sanchez, 44, asked the Court of Criminal Appeals for an evidentiary hearing, and say his convictions and sentences should be vacated. In their filing, attorneys allege that Sanchez’s father, Thomas Glen Sanchez, is the actual killer. Thomas Sanchez died last year. A former girlfriend of Thomas Sanchez claims he confessed more than once to killing 21-year-old Juli Busken, but that she was afraid to come forward until after he died.
Busken, from Benton, Arkansas, had just completed her last semester at OU when she was abducted on Dec. 20, 1996, from her Norman apartment complex. Her body was found that evening in southeast Oklahoma City. She had been raped and shot in the head.
The slaying went unsolved for years until DNA recovered from her clothes linked Anthony Sanchez to the crime. He was convicted of rape and murder — and sentenced to die in 2006.
Former Cleveland County District Attorney Tim Kuykendall said that while the DNA evidence was perhaps the most compelling, there was other evidence that linked Anthony Sanchez to the killing, including ballistic evidence and a shoe print found at the crime scene.
“I know from spending a lot of time on that case, there is not one piece of evidence that pointed to anyone other than Anthony Sanchez,” Kuykendall said. “I don’t care if a hundred people or a thousand people confess to killing Juli Busken.
“I think this is just a ploy by his family and defense team to detract from his guilt.”
Anthony Sanchez is currently housed at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. He is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection on Sept. 21.
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Eight minors from the United States were rescued by the Tijuana Municipal Police and sent to a shelter in the city for care.
According to Tijuana police, the agency received a 911 report about a family living inside a car where the parents allegedly did not feed the children.
Police spotted the car near Ferrocarril Avenue and Cuauhtémoc Norte Boulevard in the Libertad neighborhood. They found the family which was made up of a father, mother, and their eight children.
Police said 35-year-old Beatriz "N," originally from Los Angeles, and 40-year-old Jesus "N," born in Tijuana, were arrested.
The children rescued were, a 15-year-old boy, an 11-year-old boy, a 7-year-old girl, a 6-year-old girl, a 5-year-old girl, a 4-year-old girl, a 2-month-old girl, and a 7-month-old baby, all from the United States.
According to the authorities, when inspecting the vehicle in question, the officers found that the family lived there in unsanitary conditions because there was spoiled food, and insects and it was dirty.
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HAZARD, Ky. – Bluegrass musician Bobby Osborne, who helped popularize the song “Rocky Top," died early Tuesday, according to a statement from the college where he worked. He was 91.
Osborne and his brother Sonny made up “The Osborne Brothers,” and their version of the song “Rocky Top” in 1967 became an official state song of Tennessee, his website said. Osborne was a member of the Grand Ole Opry and the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame.
“To say he was a legend falls short of the impact he had on all of us,” said Paul Schiminger, interim executive director at the International Bluegrass Music Association. “An innovative musical pioneer, Bobby set and held the gold standard for bluegrass vocals.”
While Osborne and his brother will be remembered by many for the song “Rocky Top,” Schiminger said that barely scratches the surface of the many songs they recorded and performed.
A native of Hyden, Kentucky, Osborne taught at the Hazard Community and Technical College's Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music in Leslie County for several years.
In January, he received the Governor’s Awards in the Arts for his dedication to sharing Kentucky’s rich history in the arts around the world.
Osborne was still performing and teaching last year when he told WYMT-TV that “as long as I can open my mouth and sing, I ain't going to quit.”
Hazard Community and Technical College President Jennifer Lindon said the school was deeply saddened to learn about Osborne's death.
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New Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has issued her first Supreme Court opinion, a short dissent Monday in support of a death row inmate from Ohio.
Jackson wrote that she would have thrown out lower court rulings in the case of inmate Davel Chinn, whose lawyers argued that the state suppressed evidence that might have altered the outcome of his trial.
Jackson, in a two-page opinion, wrote that she would have ordered a new look at Chinn's case “because his life is on the line and given the substantial likelihood that the suppressed records would have changed the outcome at trial.”
The evidence at issue indicated that a key witness against Chinn has an intellectual disability that might have affected his memory and ability to testify accurately, she wrote.
Prosecutors are required to turn over potentially exculpatory evidence to the defense. In this case, lower courts determined that the outcome would not have been affected if the witness' records had been provided to Chinn's lawyers.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor was the only other member of the court to join Jackson's opinion. The two justices also were allies in dissent Monday in Sotomayor's opinion that there was serious prosecutorial misconduct in the trial of a Louisiana man who was convicted of sex trafficking.
Jackson joined the high court on June 30, following the retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer, her onetime boss.
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We take a tour through Antakya, Turkey, a city that played an important role in Jewish, Christian and Muslim history. It was devastated by the recent earthquake.
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We take a tour through Antakya, Turkey, a city that played an important role in Jewish, Christian and Muslim history. It was devastated by the recent earthquake.
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3 killed, 1 wounded in Philadelphia shooting; 2 in custody
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Three people were killed and one was wounded in a shooting at a home in northeast Philadelphia, authorities said.
Lt. John Stanford told reporters that officers called to the residence in the Lawncrest neighborhood shortly after 3:30 p.m. Friday and found one person shot on the sidewalk, another on the porch and a third victim inside the home. All three were pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said another 16-year-old male victim arrived in a car at Jefferson Frankford Hospital. Stanford said at least two people were taken into custody and a gun was recovered from the vehicle.
Police said the victims were all between 15 and 20 years old. WPVI-TV reported that officials from the School District of Philadelphia confirmed that at least two of the deceased victims were students in the school district, one in the eighth grade and the other in the 11th grade. No identities were immediately released.
Two weeks ago, more than two dozen shots were fired during a gun battle outside the Lawncrest Recreation Center, one bullet entering the window of a day care, WPVI-TV reported.
Stanford acknowledged frustration at the ongoing violence in the city, but said “we can’t lose hope, because if we lose hope then everybody in this city will lose hope.”
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Leading marketing and print solutions provider ranked on Franchise Times Top 500
DENVER, Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AlphaGraphics, a leading franchisor of printing and marketing solutions, has been recognized as one of the biggest franchise systems in the nation after earning placement on the Franchise Times Top 500. Receiving a ranking of 226, AlphaGraphics saw sales of approximately $260.9 million in 2021.
"At AlphaGraphics, we continue to develop strategies that allow our brand to grow across the United States," said Bill McPherson, vice president of franchise development. "While many industries were fighting an uphill battle during the COVID-19 pandemic, our leadership team and franchisees thrived by pivoting and creating new systems that allowed us to be successful.
"Looking at 2022, we have been able to re-establish a more normal business environment that allows us to have in-person discovery days in addition to live conferences. With new opportunities to connect and share strategies with our franchisees, we expect even more growth in the coming years."
The Franchise Times Top 500 is a comprehensive annual ranking of the 500 largest U.S. franchise systems by global systemwide sales based on the previous year's performance. To qualify, a company must be a legal U.S. franchise, and franchisees must own at least 10% of the company's total units.
The project is the result of a five-month research and reporting effort that leads to the most credible and objective franchise ranking available. The collection of systemwide sales data also provides useful insight into the franchise industry's performance.
"Being named to the Franchise Times Top 500 is a testament to our team's dedication to the growth of our brand," McPherson said. "We have no plans on slowing down as we continue to target different markets across the nation that could benefit from our franchise's services."
AlphaGraphics was founded in 1970, and the company began offering franchise opportunities in 1979. For more information, visit http://www/alphagraphics.com.
AlphaGraphics, Inc., with more than 285 locations in 6 countries, is one of the largest U.S.-based networks of locally-owned and operated Business Centers offering a complete range of print, visual communications, and marketing products. Solutions include: full-service digital, offset, and large format printing; design services; mailing; one-to-one marketing solutions; promotional products; and web to print solutions. For more information about AlphaGraphics services, visit www.alphagraphics.com. To learn about franchise opportunities, visit www.alphagraphicsfranchise.com.
MBE Worldwide S.p.A. ("MBE"), a privately-owned company with its headquarters in Italy, is a Global Commerce enabler for SMBs and consumers thanks to its platform providing e-commerce, fulfillment, shipping, marketing and print solutions via multi-brand operations: PrestaShop, Mail Boxes Etc. (except the US and Canada), PostNet, PACK & SEND, Spedingo.com, AlphaGraphics, Multicopy and Print Speak. The combination of our retail platform - that currently counts 2,900+ Service Centers in 53 Countries with more than 12.000 associates - with our PrestaShop ecommerce platform served almost one million business customers in FY 2021 generating €1.01 billion (US $1.2 billion) of System Wide Sales and €24 billion (US $28.5 billion) of e-commerce Gross Merchandise Value.
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Christophe Schilling recognized as chemical industry leader for scaling sustainable materials, launching $120M+ palm oil replacement initiative with Unilever and Kao, leading biotech policy conversations
SAN DIEGO and LONDON, Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Christophe Schilling, co-founder and CEO at Geno, a sustainable materials leader, was included on the 2023 ICIS Top 40 Power Players, a global ranking of the leading CEOs and senior executives driving positive impact in their companies and the chemical industry. This year's recognition is the second consecutive year Schilling has won this award, and the third time he's earned the honor in the past five rankings. Geno is the only biotech company to make this year's list as it continues to scale sustainable materials to improve the sustainability profile of some of the most popular chemicals on the market—including BDO and nylon-6.
This award win caps a year of significant momentum for Geno. In 2022, Geno launched a $120M+ venture with Unilever and Kao that will use Geno's technology to develop plant-based palm oil alternatives which help diversify supply chains and reduce carbon emissions up to 50%. Geno also completed the first demonstration scale production runs for its plant-based nylon-6 with longtime partner Aquafil while breaking ground on a $300M bio-BDO production facility in Iowa alongside partners Cargill and HELM. Additionally, Schilling cemented his role as a leading advocate for the biotech industry, joining the White House Summit on Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing for the American Bioeconomy and testifying in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry to outline how the federal government can advance domestic biomanufacturing.
"Geno's team has led the way taking bio-based chemical alternatives from an exciting idea to large-scale reality," said Schilling. "Our technology and partnerships with leading brands are accelerating the global materials transition and combating climate change by manufacturing sustainable versions of some of the world's most popular chemicals. It's an honor to be recognized alongside industry leaders I admire who are working in parallel to transform the chemical industry."
The ICIS Top 40 Power Players are selected by the global ICIS editorial news team for demonstrating excellence and vision in one or more of the following areas: ESG, innovation, mergers and acquisitions/portfolio management, profitability/shareholder value and projects.
Geno recently won the ICIS Innovation Award for the third straight year, winning the award for Best Product Innovation from a SME for advances in developing plant-based nylon-6 to slash greenhouse gas emissions from textiles, films and plastics.
The ICIS Top 40 Power Players ranking in the January 13 issue of ICIS Chemical Business is available for download here.
Geno is harnessing biology to remake everyday products and materials built by and for the planet. In response to the urgent climate crisis, Geno is developing and scaling sustainable materials derived from plant- or waste-based feedstocks instead of fossil fuels. Geno's technology is used to create sustainable materials and ingredients in a range of everyday products, including apparel, cosmetics, carpets, food and beverage, home cleaners, cars and much more.
To learn more, visit genomatica.com.
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By MAURICIO SAVARESE
AP Sports Writer
SAO PAULO (AP) — Family members of Brazilian soccer great Pelé are gathering at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo where the 82-year-old global icon has been since the end of November.
Doctors said earlier this week that Pelé’s cancer had advanced, adding the three-time World Cup winner is under “elevated care” related to “kidney and cardiac dysfunctions.” No other hospital statements have been published since.
Edson Cholbi Nascimento, one of Pelé’s sons and known as Edinho, arrived on Saturday after he gave a news conference to deny he would visit his father in hospital. Edinho, who works for a soccer club in southern Brazil, had said then that only doctors could help his father.
“He (Edson) is here,” Kely Nascimento, one of Pelé’s daughters, said in a posting on Instagram with a picture showing her sitting next to Edinho and two of his children at the hospital. “I am not leaving, no one will take me out of here.”
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, who is globally known as Pelé, had a colon tumor removed in September 2021. Neither his family nor the hospital have said whether it had spread to other organs.
Kely Nascimento and her sister Flavia Arantes do Nascimento used their social media channels Friday night to post an undated picture of Pelé apparently holding Kely with one hand as he lay on his hospital bed and Flavia slept on a couch.
“We continue to be here, in this fight and with faith. Another night together,” Kely Nascimento wrote.
The hospital has not mentioned any signs of Pelé’s recent respiratory infection, which was aggravated by COVID-19
Newspaper Folha de S.Paulo reported last weekend that Pelé’s chemotherapy was not working and that doctors had decided to put him on palliative care. Pelé’s family denied that report.
Pelé led Brazil to victory in the 1958, 1962 and 1970 World Cups and remains one of the team’s all-time leading scorers with 77 goals. Neymar tied Pelé’s record during the latest World Cup.
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The white woman, whose accusations lead to the killing of Emmett Till in 1955 has died. Carolyn Bryant Donham, had always insisted on her innocence in Till's murder.
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The white woman, whose accusations lead to the killing of Emmett Till in 1955 has died. Carolyn Bryant Donham, had always insisted on her innocence in Till's murder.
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Which Power Ranger costume for adults is best?
“Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” was a TV show that was released in the 1990s. It featured a group of ninja superheroes who also happened to be teenagers. It was an instant success and has been a mainstay in popular culture for decades. Those who grew up watching the show are now looking back on the beloved series and searching for new ways to relive their childhood. Power Ranger Halloween costumes are the perfect way to do so.
The best Power Ranger costume for adults is the Pink Ranger costume from Disguise. It features the design for the female Ranger with a body suit with a belt and detachable buckle, pair of gloves and glasses.
What to know before you buy a Power Ranger costume for adults
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was the original name for the series. It featured five teenagers whose superhero alter egos were different colored Power Rangers. As an evil sorceress and her alien army invaded Earth, the all-knowing entity named Zordon gathered a group of teenagers to protect it. He gave them superhuman abilities and powerful weapons, including the ability to transform into a giant mech made of all their powers combined (hence the “Morphin” in the show’s title).
Power Rangers suits
Each character had their own suits that helped protect them as they fought off the evil alien horde. Every ranger’s suit has a bright base color, diamond designs and white accents. Their helmets were similarly colored and each represented a different animal that the Rangers could transform into. For example, the Red Ranger was a Tyrannosaurus while the Black Ranger was a Mastodon. Their belts contained a special buckle that allowed them to transform into their Ranger form. Each belt featured a carving of their animal as well.
Characters
While there were plenty of other characters in the series, the most common adult Power Rangers costumes are the original Rangers: Zack, Trini, Jason, Kimberly and Billy, who are the Black Ranger, Yellow Ranger, Red Ranger, Pink Ranger and Blue Ranger. Later, a sixth Ranger was added: Tommy the Green Power Ranger. He was represented by the Jungle Elephant.
What to look for in a quality Power Ranger costume for adults
Belts
The belts were the sources of power for the Rangers and as you can imagine they’re a crucial part of any Power Ranger costume. The adult Pink Power Ranger costume has a belt featuring a Pterodactyl. The Red Power Ranger costume shows the Tyrannosaurus on its belt. Each belt is mostly white with an elaborate belt buckle, lights and a gold medallion of each Ranger’s animal.
Masks
Like virtually every other superhero throughout history (except Superman), the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers wore masks to protect their identity. Remember, they were just teenagers who were plucked from their ordinary lives to save the planet. Not unlike their belts, each mask represents their spirit animal as well as their color. You see subtle hints like a carve-out of the eyes, nose and mouth of a Saber Tooth Tiger in Trini’s Yellow Ranger mask. Every high-quality Power Rangers costume will feature this small detail in their masks.
Padding for muscles
Unless you’re built like the original Power Rangers, you may need a little extra help to appear like them on Halloween. For this, look for costumes with sewn-in muscles. These costumes use foam padding to add bulk to the suit. The padding is mostly featured in the chest, arms and torso area. There’s also special shading and lines on the suit to add to the illusion of muscles.
How much you can expect to spend on a Power Ranger costume for adults
Power Ranger costumes for adults cost between $65 and $116.
Power Ranger costume for adults FAQ
Do all Power Ranger costumes come with masks?
A. Most adult Power Ranger costumes come with masks. They were a crucial part of the characters’ suits so it wouldn’t make sense to sell the costume without it. Most masks are considered half-masks because they only cover the front half of your head and use a thin piece of elastic to keep it in place. You can find full masks on some higher-quality costumes.
Are Power Rangers costumes always form-fitting?
A. The original series’ outfits were quite form-fitting because they were made with elastic and spandex. However, you can find some Power Rangers costumes that are looser in fit. You can also order a size up to allow for more room.
What’s the best Power Ranger costume for adults to buy?
Top Power Ranger costume for adults
Sabans Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Pink Ranger Sassy Bodysuit Costume
What you need to know: This Pink Power Ranger costume comes from the original Mighty Morphin Power Ranger series.
What you’ll love: The full body suit is bright pink and is perfect in combination with white boots or bright pink sneakers. It is 88% polyester and 12% spandex with a belt with detachable buckle. It comes with a pair of white gloves and pink glasses.
What you should consider: The costume does not include skirt that the original character wears.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Power Ranger costume for adults for the money
Morphsuits Power Ranger costume
What you need to know: Because of their stretchy head-to-toe coverage, Morphsuits are unlike any other Power Ranger costume.
What you’ll love: These suits are made of durable four-way stretch material and consist of a complete onesie from top to bottom. You can choose to be the Black, Blue or Pink Power Ranger. You can even drink straight through the hood that covers your face.
What you should consider: This suit is form-fitting.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Green Ranger costume with muscles
What you need to know: Power Rangers were known for their might which is well represented in this muscle-bound Green Ranger costume.
What you’ll love: This breathable polyester suit comes from the original series and includes sewn-in padded muscles for added effect. Some features of the costume are a full mask that fits completely over your head and an attached white belt.
What you should consider: This is an expensive Power Ranger costume, so you might want to wear it more than one time if you choose to invest.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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WASHINGTON (WHNT) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning the public of a significant rise in one tick-related disease, which could lead those affected to become allergic to meat and dairy products.
Health officials say that between 2010 and 2022, there were more than 110,000 suspected cases of the tick-bite disease known as alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), which can cause an allergic reaction after eating red meat, dairy products or even some ingredients in certain vaccines or medications.
Health officials said they are not aware of any confirmed deaths, but people with the allergy have described it as bewildering and terrifying.
“I never connected it with any food because it was hours after eating,” said one patient, Bernadine Heller-Greenman.
This specific tick-bite disease causes a reaction in the body to the alpha-gal sugar molecule found in meat, products made from animals – and tick spit. Mild symptoms range from rashes or digestive issues, while severe symptoms could lead to anaphylaxis.
However, the CDC says that because the diagnosis of AGS requires a positive test and a clinical exam, and some people with AGS may not get tested, it is now estimated that as many as 450,000 people might have been affected by the disease in the U.S., according to two reports from the CDC in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
The CDC states that onset symptoms typically occur between two to six hours after exposure to alpha-gal. Healthcare providers still know little about AGS and no treatment or cure is currently available.
In a study, 1,500 family and general practitioners, internists, pediatricians, nurse practitioners and physical assistants across the country were surveyed about AGS. Results show that 78 percent of the respondents had not heard about AGS, around one-third reported that they were not “too confident” in their ability to diagnose or manage patients with AGS and five percent felt “very confident” in their ability to diagnose patients with the disease.
“Alpha-gal syndrome is an important emerging public health problem, with potentially severe health impacts that can last a lifetime for some patients,” said Dr. Ann Carpenter. “It’s critical for clinicians to be aware of AGS so they can properly evaluate, diagnose, and manage their patients and also educate them on tick-bite prevention to protect patients from developing this allergic condition.”
Alpha-gal is a sugar molecule found in meat from mammals (pork, beef, rabbit, lamb, venison, etc.) and products made from them (gelatin, cow’s milk, milk products, and some pharmaceuticals). It is a serious allergic condition some people may experience after they consume food or products containing the sugar molecule.
So far, evidence shows that reactions most associated with AGS come from the ‘Lone-Star’ tick. Yet, other kinds of ticks have not been ruled out. Localities in the southern, Midwest, and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States identified more people who tested positive.
Symptoms to look out for include, but are not limited to:
- hives or itchy rashes
- nausea or vomiting
- heartburn or indigestion
- diarrhea
- cough
- shortness of breath or difficulty breaking
- drop in blood pressure
- swelling of the lips, throat, tongue or eyelids
- dizziness or faintness
- severe stomach pains
AGS is diagnosed by an allergist or other healthcare provider and requires a thorough history with compatible symptoms and diagnostic testing for antibodies specific to the alpha-gal sugar molecule.
The CDC recommends wearing bug repellant and checking the body and clothes to avoid being bitten. To learn more about AGS from the CDC, visit their website here. If you think you have experienced symptoms compatible with AGS, visit your local allergist or other healthcare provider today.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom called for an overhaul of Democrats’ political strategy on Saturday, saying the party is “getting crushed” by Republicans in part because they are too timid, often forced to play defense while Republicans “dominate with illusion.”
Speaking at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin, Texas — the territory of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, one of Newsom’s chief political foils — Newsom was careful to praise current party leaders like President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
But he said that mantras that may have worked for the party in the past — like Michele Obama’s famous quip “when they go low, we go high,” — simply don’t work today because “that’s not the moment we’re living in right now.”
“These guys are ruthless on the other side,” Newsom said. “Where are we? Where are we organizing, bottom up, a compelling alternative narrative? Where are we going on the offense every single day? They’re winning right now.”
Newsom said that’s why — even though he is running for reelection as governor of California — he has been spending some of the millions of dollars in his campaign account on TV ads in Florida urging people to move to California, newspaper ads in Texas decrying the state’s gun laws, and putting up billboards in seven states urging women to come to California if they need an abortion.
“There’s nothing worse than someone pointing fingers. What are you going to do about it?” Newsom said. “The reason we’re doing those ads is because … the Democratic Party needs to be doing more of it.”
Of course, the main reason Newsom can do those things is because he faces little pressure at home. Newsom is likely to cruise to a second term as governor of California in November, facing a little-known and underfunded Republican challenger one year after defeating a recall attempt.
Newsom’s actions have increased speculation he might be running for president, an idea he has repeatedly denied — doing so again on Saturday in Texas. Asked if he was considering running for president in 2024 or 2028, Newsom said: “No, not happening.”
“I cannot say it enough,” he said. “I never trust politicians, so I get why you keep asking.”
Newsom said that President Joe Biden’s first two years in office have been “a master class … on substance and policy.” But later, he said good governance, by itself, is not enough to win elections — adding that “otherwise Biden would be at 75% approval.” In reality, about 53% of U.S. adults disapprove of Biden, according to the most recent poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
The problem for Democrats, Newsom said, is that they “fall in love so easily” with “the guy or gal on the white horse to come save the day.”
“We missed a more important paradigm that leadership is not defined by that person in formal authority, it’s defined by people with moral authority every single day,” he said.
Newsom’s aggressiveness could end up helping Abbott, who is locked in a more competitive race with former Congressman Beto O’Rourke. Kenneth Grasso, a political science professor at Texas State University, said there has been concern among some in the Republican Party that Abbott is “not conservative enough.” Newsom’s attacks against Abbott “only helps him with those people,” Grasso said.
“If you stress that they’re right-wingers, you call them extremists, using that kind of language, all you are going to do is enhance their popularity in their own base,” he said.
Despite that risk, Texas Democrats seem to be welcoming Newsom’s attention.
“I like this guy,” Texas Democratic Party chair Gilberto Hinojosa said of Newsom. “I like the way he’s showing the contrast between what y’all do in California and what the narrow-minded, extremist positions that occur here in the state of Texas.”
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WASHINGTON — As part of his continued efforts to secure America’s borders and combat the flow of fentanyl to Montana, U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.) announced his support for bipartisan legislation that will allow the Department of Homeland Security to maintain a similar authority to that used under Title 42 to immediately expel certain migrants who attempt to enter the U.S. or illegally cross the border.
Title 42, which was set to expire at 10:59 p.m. CDT Thursday, allowed U.S. officials to turn away migrants who came to the U.S.-Mexico border on the grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19. Title 42 was a holdover from the Trump administration. It began in March 2020.
Tester’s bipartisan legislation is in direct response to the Biden Administration’s decision to allow Title 42 to expire, a decision Tester has consistently opposed. This legislation would create a new temporary expulsion authority and give DHS more time to put a proper plan in place to deal with the crisis at the southern border. It also provides protections to ensure that migrants are not returned to a place where they would face threats to their life, freedom, or torture; allows for case-by-case exemptions for humanitarian concerns; and includes new provisions to encourage other countries in the region to accept expelled migrants.
“My top priority is defending Montana and keeping our nation safe, plain and simple. That means standing up to anyone, including President Biden, to secure the southern border and to stop the deadly flow of fentanyl into our communities,” said Tester. “I oppose the Biden Administration’s plan to end Title 42 without a real plan in place, which is why I am teaming up with Republicans and Democrats to give DHS the tools they need to get a better handle on the southern border.”
Tester has consistently led the charge to combat fentanyl trafficking in Montana and secure our nation’s borders. Speaking at a Senate Homeland Security hearing last week, Tester pressed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials for answers on the Administration’s plans to send troops to the southern border and expressed concern over the Administration’s lack of preparation ahead of the expiration of Title 42. He also previously introduced the Public Health and Border Security Act to require DHS to implement a proper plan before lifting Title 42.
Last month, Tester joined a bipartisan group of colleagues to introduce his Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act—legislation that would impose economic sanctions on those engaged in the international trafficking of illicit fentanyl, precursor chemicals used to make fentanyl, or other related opioids, and declare international trafficking of fentanyl as a national emergency.
During a recent Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, Tester pressed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on combatting Mexican drug cartels and providing law enforcement with additional resources to stop the flow of fentanyl.
In March, Tester continued his push to secure the southern border and stop fentanyl trafficking by calling on the Biden Administration to make additional investments in technology to assist law enforcement in nonintrusive inspections at points of entry.
As the Chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, Tester passed critical provisions in the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act and the 2023 government funding bill to fund law enforcement and stop fentanyl trafficking along the southern border. | https://www.willistonherald.com/news/tester-backs-bill-that-would-mimic-title-42/article_6fa52730-f01d-11ed-a445-bb16bc9ad211.html | 2023-05-12 01:29:04 | 1 | https://www.willistonherald.com/news/tester-backs-bill-that-would-mimic-title-42/article_6fa52730-f01d-11ed-a445-bb16bc9ad211.html |
NEW YORK, Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Premium Guard Inc., the first-to-market leader and pioneer in aftermarket filtration solutions has launched an all-new premium engine air filter solution for light duty vehicles. HIGHFLOW® Premium Air Filters by Premium Guard® delivers an enhanced product offering to the rapidly expanding market for premium air filtration products.
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Goodbye airplane mode? Some countries could allow phone calls during flights
European Commission said 5G use on planes would be provided using special network equipment
Airline passengers flying in the European Union will soon bid adieu to airplane mode and could even be able to make phone calls from the sky.
The European Commission ruled in late November to allow airlines to provide the latest 5G technology on planes, alongside previous mobile technology generations.
"Since 2008, the Commission's implementing decision has reserved certain frequencies for mobile communications on planes, allowing airlines to provide messaging, phone calls and data services to passengers flying in the EU. This update of the commission implementing decision on mobile communications on-board aircraft paves the way for the widespread deployment of 5G services," it said in a release.
The executive of the European Union said mobile phones could be used to the "maximum of their capacity and features."
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"5G will enable innovative services for people and growth opportunities for European companies. The sky is no longer a limit when it comes to possibilities offered by super-fast, high-capacity connectivity," Thierry Breton, commissioner for the Internal Market, said.
The release said the deployment of 5G services would be provided within the cabin of an equipped aircraft using special network equipment – the so-called "pico-cell" – to connect the users and route calls, texts and data, typically via a satellite network, between the airplane and the ground-based mobile network.
The deadline for member states to make 5G technology available on aircraft is June 30, 2023.
The details of how this would be implemented remain unclear.
While the previous service has been reportedly slow, according to the BBC, the new system would take advantage of faster download speeds provided by 5G.
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Dai Whittingham, chief executive of the U.K. Flight Safety Committee, told the outlet that steps would be taken to ensure that whatever is done will be done safely.
"There is much less prospect of interference," he said, "We have a different set of frequencies for 5G, and there are lower power settings than those that have been allowed in the U.S."
In addition, the European Commission also amended an implementing decision on 5G frequency bands, which makes the bands available for Wi-Fi in road transport,
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In the U.S., the Federal Aviation Administration will reportedly continue to regulate the use of airplane mode for passengers, the agency told USA Today.
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SEATTLE, Oct. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- evo, the outdoor retail and experiences brand, announces today that Rebecca Heard, vice president of brand, marketing, and e-commerce, has been promoted to the company's leadership team as its first chief marketing officer (CMO). In her new role, Heard will oversee evo's brand, marketing, creative, and merchandising functions.
"Since joining evo three years ago, Rebecca has led the work of elevating our brand, refining our marketing and e-commerce strategies, and driving our focus on the consumer. I'm excited for Rebecca and the team, and proud to have a strong woman representing evo at the highest level," said Bryce Phillips, founder, and CEO of evo.
As CMO, Heard will lead brand development and modernization growth marketing across the company and evo's various programs, as the brand evolves from an online and brick-and-mortar retailer to including travel, retail, recreation, and hospitality businesses. She will continue to focus efforts on organization-wide plans for customer acquisition, retention, and loyalty, as well as connecting evo's family brands with existing business units.
Heard comes into the position with high aspirations around launching the brand's newest North American loyalty programs, awareness of the brand's philanthropic efforts, and ultimately growth in sport-specific categories. With Heard at the reins, customers can expect a rollout of a new loyalty program covering the entire evo ecosystem, including purchases on evo.com, evo branded retail stores, adventure travel with evoTrip, visits, stays, services, and rentals. In addition, new invigorated energy to connect the brand to their philanthropic DNA, following their recent commitment to invest over $10 million in community organizations over the next ten years. And finally, a laser focus on becoming the go-to retailer for all things mountain bike through investments in product assortment on evo.com, community efforts dedicated to non-profits who are focused on getting kids outdoors on bikes, and grass root initiatives with trail builders and communities.
"evo is a special company, loved by our 1m+ customers and the communities that we serve," said Heard. "I'm incredibly humbled and excited to charter a path forward as an experience-led brand that touches every aspect of the sports that we all love."
Heard has been with evo since 2019. She brings more than a decade of global marketing experience to the newly formed role from Lululemon, where she served as the Vice President of marketing and customer relationship management (CRM), and time spent prior at Apple Inc. and iTunes in international marketing.
In addition, evo also announces another female leader is stepping into a role at the company as Katie Little joins evo as director of evo stores U.S. Little comes to the company from Lululemon and brings nearly ten years of incredible experience in retail operations and front-line team building.
evo has been working to increase female representation internally and has made great strides during the last few years. Between Heard's promotion and Little's addition, evo has grown female representation with 41 percent of evo workforce and 34 percent of senior leadership identifying as female.
This past June, in partnership with a group of complementary businesses, evo recently opened a 100,000-square-foot campus in Salt Lake City, Utah. Campus Salt Lake includes an evo store, All Together Skatepark, Salt Lake Bouldering Project, Level 9 Sports, and evo's first evo Hotel. Coming 2023, the second campus in Tahoe City, California will provide a place to gather and be bonded by a shared love of the outdoors.
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evo is an outdoor company whose purpose is to make life better by building community and igniting the adventurous spirit that lives within us all. evo is focused on providing unique experiences across its network of stores, evo.com, two All Together Skateparks, lodging and travel businesses, which are centered on sport, culture, the outdoors, and human connection.
evo uses its success in these areas to support non-profit organizations dedicated to getting underserved kids outdoors.
There are 11 stores in the U.S. and Canada. In January 2022, Rhythm Japan the leading retail, rental, and experience company with seven stores located in Japan's mountain resorts became part of evo.
In partnership with a group of complementary businesses, evo just opened a 100,000-square-foot campus in Salt Lake City, Utah. Campus Salt Lake includes an evo store, All Together Skatepark, Salt Lake Bouldering Project, Level 9 Sports, and evo's first evo Hotel.
evo now offers lodging at The Journeyman Lodge in Whistler, and evo Hotel in Salt Lake as well evo also runs an indoor skatepark, called All Together Skatepark, in Salt Lake and Seattle.
To learn more about evo, please visit evo.com. Press and media assets are available here.
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Slain MSU student Arielle Anderson dreamed of becoming a surgeon. But ‘her future was robbed,’ Gov. Whitmer says at funeral
Posted/updated on: February 21, 2023 at 12:56 pm(DETROIT, MI) -- Arielle Anderson, a 19-year-old Michigan State University student gunned down on campus, dreamed of becoming a surgeon.
She even planned to graduate early to get a head start on her career, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said at her funeral Tuesday.
But "her future was robbed from her by a senseless act of violence," the governor said at the service at Zion Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Detroit.
Anderson was one of three students shot and killed on Feb. 13. Five others were injured. The suspected gunman was later found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
"While her life was cut short in the cruelest of ways, her impact is undeniable as I look around this church, as I listen to stories," Whitmer said.
The teenager who loved photography and her family had "wisdom beyond her years," the governor said.
Whitmer said Anderson had a "quiet confidence" and was known for her "loud compassion."
In middle school, Anderson "led by example" and "was an advocate of making sure everyone belonged," Roy Bishop Jr., deputy superintendent of Educational Services for Grosse Pointe Public Schools, said at the service. Two of the three victims of the shooting, including Anderson, were from Grosse Point.
Bishop called her drive and compassion inspirational.
In eighth grade mock elections, Anderson was voted most likely to succeed, and Bishop said "she would go on to do just that."
When Anderson headed to high school, she announced she'd become a doctor, Bishop said.
In a college recommendation letter, Bishop said one of Anderson's teachers described her as "hard-working, dedicated, talented and driven," as well as "compassionate, thoughtful and mature."
"She embraced her middle name, Diamond," Bishop said. "She shined so bright for everyone to see."
"Arielle's life, her impact, her mere presence, has changed the world for the better," Bishop said.
The 19-year-old is survived by her mother, father, grandparents, siblings and a great-grandmother.
Anderson was very close with her mom and had a special bond with her aunt, who has special needs and is nonverbal, her family said.
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Latto is heating up her Instagram feed in a sheer, black dress that accents her curves fabulously!
Latto is serving “Big Energy” on the ‘Gram, and we are all over it. The rapper hopped on her social media to wow us in a form fitting, sheer black dress that left little to the imagination. In her hot picture, Latto is bent over posing while giving major face. Her lace/sheer frock reveals some of her tattoos, stomach, thighs, and derriere. Latto paired her garb with black, knee-length patent leather boots and wore her hair in full spiral curls that cascaded down her shoulders. She captioned her sassy post with, “Rip me out the plastic I been acting brand new ,” which is a line from her latest rap song.
Her followers took to her comments with tons of praise for the “Lottery” emcee. Both Storm Reid and Summer Walker posted heart-eye emojis under her picture while another follower wrote, “FACE & BODY CARD NEVA DECLINE .”
According to Latto’s Instagram, she is gearing up to drop a radio podcast titled 777 Radio. The multihyphenate star announced the news a day ago, adding that her first guest will be Chloe Bailey. Congratulations are in order for the Ohio native! We can’t wait to see what this podcast will be all about!
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(The Hill) — The 15-minute city is either an urban-planning epiphany or a totalitarian nightmare, depending on whom you ask.
The concept, credited to a Sorbonne University professor, promotes self-contained communities where residents live, work, shop and play within a radius of 15-minute travel by foot or bicycle.
A new iteration of old demographic ideas drew attention in 2020 as a pillar in the campaign platform of Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris.
Not until this year, though, did the 15-minute city reap its 15 minutes of global fame. In early 2023, the concept became swept up in a swirl of conspiracy theories. Social media posts warned of citizens being imprisoned in their neighborhoods and separated from their cars, a distinctly un-American prospect.
The societal conversation about 15-minute cities “emerged as part of the COVID experience,” said Lisa Benton-Short, a professor of geography at George Washington University.
During the pandemic lockdown, many Americans abandoned daily commutes and re-centered their lives around their homes. People rediscovered the simple joys of sidewalks and parks.
Three years later, remote work endures, and the 15-minute city feels within reach.
“People want to have all the things they need relatively close by,” said Andrew Rumbach, senior fellow at the Urban Institute. “You should have access to the place you work. You should have access to the place you live. You should have access to parks.”
Long ago, pretty much everyone lived in a 15-minute city because no one had the means to travel farther than a horse or rail car could carry them. Then came the automobile, which liberated people to travel long distances in short order.
“We started to design cities around the needs of cars, rather than the needs of people,” Rumbach said.
Postwar suburbanization in the 1940s and 1950s put people ever father from their jobs. Newer American cities were shaped by car culture, an ethos that presumed citizens would drive nearly everywhere. Sidewalks fell from favor. Bike lanes hadn’t really been invented.
In the 1980s and 1990s, sensibilities changed. Urban planners realized “there were some real consequences to the ways we were designing and laying out our cities and creating problems with urban sprawl,” Benton-Short said.
The goal then became, “Let’s get people out of their cars, end automobile dependency,” she said.
A New Urbanism movement, launched in the 1980s, proposed redesigning walkable urban neighborhoods with enough homes, offices and shops to sustain them.
Downtown revitalization projects, urban bike lanes, suburban sidewalks and mixed-use developments near public transit hubs all predate the 15-minute city, and all manifest the same goals.
Melbourne, Australia, has adopted “20-minute neighborhoods,” a planning strategy to place all daily needs within a 20-minute trip by foot, bicycle or public transit.
Britain expanded a “low-traffic neighborhoods” push during the pandemic, using planters and other traffic filters to block cars and encourage walking and cycling.
But low-traffic neighborhoods have sparked bitter debate. As it turns out, British constituents love the idea of favoring bicycles and pedestrians over cars and congestion, except when it affects their driving plans.
“Everybody wants everybody else out of their cars, but they want to be able to use their own,” Benton-Short said.
This year, the protests gained global steam and took a dark turn. Conservative commentators and conspiracy theorists became convinced the 15-minute city was “the latest nefarious plot to curtail individual freedoms,” The Associated Press reported in one of several accounts that attempted to fact-check the conspiracy theories.
Protesters envisioned a “climate change lockdown,” with governments barring citizens from driving their cars or leaving their neighborhoods without permission.
“Urban incarceration,” one commenter tweeted, while another warned of a coming “15-minute dystopia.”
As with many conspiracy theories, this one leveraged a grain of truth. The low-traffic neighborhood push in Britain did restrict vehicle travel and inconvenience locals. Drivers faced fines for steering into low-traffic zones.
American cities did much the same thing during COVID with a network of “streeteries,” closing roads to traffic and repurposing the pavement for diners and drinkers. Those street closures sparked some protests, but not nearly to the extent reported in Britain.
The pushback against 15-minute cities in America seems rooted in the sanctity of the automobile, “about as close to a secular god as we have in this country,” joked Thomas Campanella, a historian of city planning at Cornell University.
While the 15-minute city has become a loaded term, most Americans seem to like the ideas behind it.
“People are overwhelmingly in support of 15-minute cities if you define it for them,” said Rachel Kirsch, a senior creative strategist at the consumer site eBikes.org.
The e-bike group surveyed 1,000 Americans and found 3 in 4 people would live in a 15-minute city.
Another recent survey, by the Rosslyn Business Improvement District in Northern Virginia, found 21 percent of respondents moved to a 15-minute city during the pandemic, and another 43 percent said they were likely to move to one in the next few years.
Conspiracy theories aside, there are potential downsides to the 15-minute city. One is the danger of runaway gentrification. The more attractive and self-sufficient an urban or suburban neighborhood becomes, the higher property values are likely to climb. A community could succeed at transforming into a 15-minute city and fail at retaining affordable housing for lower-income residents.
“The 15-minute city isn’t necessarily an equitable or just city,” Benton-Short said.
Even if a 15-minute city is a desirable goal, it isn’t always practical.
Many American cities lack sufficient public transportation and infrastructure to support a 15-minute city, Benton-Short said.
“There are vast swaths of this country where the whole idea of a 15-minute city is absurd,” Campanella said.
Some modern cities have an incurable case of urban sprawl: shops, restaurants and parks so far-flung and remote that no number of sidewalks and bike lanes will ever connect them.
“It’s like saying, ‘Why not cornfields in the middle of Manhattan?’” Campanella said. “It’s not gonna happen.” | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/what-is-the-15-minute-city/ | 2023-06-14 13:56:22 | 1 | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/what-is-the-15-minute-city/ |
Brewer’s Jordin Williams never expected to have the opportunity to play on an all-girls high school ice hockey team in the Bangor area.
Rather than play on the Brewer High School boys team her freshman year last season, she joined the closest varsity girls cooperative team, including teammates from Winslow, Cony, Gardiner, Messalonskee, Lawrence, Erskine Academy, Maranacook and Mt. Blue high schools.
She and her parents, Jarrod and Jodie, traveled to the Camden National Bank Ice Vault in Hallowell on a regular basis for practices and games.
But the Penobscot Pioneers came into existence this season, and Williams has been a big reason for the team’s success. The first varsity girls team comprised of players from seven Bangor-area schools has shocked everyone by going 6-3-1 and sitting in second place in the Class A North Heal points standings.
The team earned a 4-4 overtime tie with the only team ahead of it in the standings — Yarmouth-Freeport, which is 9-1-1 — last Saturday. The Penobscot Pioneers lost to them earlier in the season, 2-1.
Williams, a sophomore center, is second on the team to captain Emma McNeil in goals with 14 and points with 24. McNeil has 16 goals and 25 points.
Williams had four goals and two assists in a 7-1 win over Lewiston, the defending state champion.
“She has skill, she can control the puck and her hockey sense is off the charts,” said Lewiston assistant coach Scott Cloutier.
Penobscot head coach Michael Keim agreed.
“She is always in the right spot at the right time. Her play without the puck is great,” Keim added.
Williams faced a tough decision when she began her freshman season: compete on the Brewer boys ice hockey team, or join a girls team.
“For them to bring me in and let me be part of their team last year was really nice,” said Williams, who noted that playing for the co-op team last season was important to her development.
“I liked how different it was. I felt more comfortable playing on a girls team. I feel like I know the game better and I wasn’t constantly looking to get hit,” Williams said. “At the same time, it’s nice to hit and that’s why I still played [boys] midget hockey last year.”
Players aren’t allowed to body check opponents in girls or women’s college hockey, although incidental contact is allowed.
One of the things that stands out about her game is her skating ability.
“She is very fast. And she has deceiving bursts of speed,” Keim said.
“I love the feeling that goes with skating. That’s why I’m good at it,” said Williams, who followed the path set by her older sister Jaiden, who also played hockey. Jaiden graduated from Brewer last year and played field hockey at Husson University last fall.
Jordin played in the Maine Inferno girls program. When she played for the Junior Black Bears and her sister played on Brewer’s youth teams, they played against each other.
Williams began this season on the wing but was moved to center.
“I like center a lot better. I feel more comfortable and I’m able to go everywhere,” said Williams, who plays in all situations including the power play and penalty kill.
“She means a lot to our team,” McNeil said. “She has a lot of goals and assists and has really helped our forwards and our whole team out. She is a really good passer and since she is super fast, she is able to go get the puck anywhere.”
She also leads the team in faceoff wins, according to Keim.
Williams said she usually takes the pass option over the shot, although she knows there are times shooting the puck is the better choice.
She continues to work on her shot in order to develop more accuracy and she also wants to better recognize where her teammates are so she can get them the puck.
She has played a lot of hockey with her teammates as they came up together through the various youth hockey levels, and Williams said it shows in their success.
“You can tell we’ve all played together before. We were ready for this,” Williams said.
She feels her team can compete for the state championship.
“It has lived up to expectations. I just love playing. And we all get along,” said Williams, who is also an all-state field hockey midfielder and a softball player for the Brewer High Witches.
The 15-year-old Williams would like to continue her career in college, either in ice hockey or field hockey.
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GILROY, Calif. (KRON) — Police are trying to figure out who hung a noose from a tree outside Kaiser Permanente office in Gilroy. This discovery is something that Kaiser officials say is not only startling and offensive, but painful and triggering.
Officials said a hangman’s noose was found hanging from a tree in the back parking of its Gilroy office located off of Arroyo Circle. An exact date to when it was found has not been given, but hospital officials say it is being seen as a hate crime.
Not only is there an open investigation with police, but it also initiated a private third-party investigation. The company said in a statement Tuesday:
“This alarming discovery caused shock, disgust, pain, and anguish for our staff and physicians in Gilroy and throughout Northern California. A hangman’s noose is a painful and triggering symbol of the history of violence against African Americans in the United States. Its sight stirs outrage due to bigotry and continues to be a threatening symbol of hatred meant to inflict pain. Investigations are still underway, but we are not waiting for the conclusion of these reviews to acknowledge the trauma this incident has caused.”
Hospital officials said they are providing emotional support for employees and are continuing robust security process with advanced technology to maintain safety and help with the investigation. | https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/noose-found-in-tree-outside-kaiser-permanente/ | 2023-03-08 14:15:24 | 0 | https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/noose-found-in-tree-outside-kaiser-permanente/ |
Montana celebrates educational options and quality schools during annual School Choice Week
HELENA, Mont., Jan. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Schools, organizations, and individuals are planning 58 celebrations of educational opportunity this month as traditional public schools, private schools, and home educators highlight their unique choices.
During the last two years, families and educators in Montana have faced the academic consequences of the pandemic. A survey this month by the National School Choice Awareness Foundation showed that 53.7 percent of parents have recently explored or are currently considering new options for their child's education. During School Choice Week 2023, parents can learn about school choice and attend local events as they consider their K-12 options for the next school year.
Across the country, parents can choose between traditional public schools, public charter schools, public magnet schools, online learning, private schools, homeschooling, and newer options like learning pods or microschooling.
But education policies vary from state to state. In Montana, districts set their own open enrollment policies, so availability varies for families. Montana is one of just a handful of states in the country that does not offer public charter schools, and no public magnet schools are open at this time. The state does not have a full-time online public school available to all students, but some districts offer an online option. Montana does offer a tax credit scholarship program for private school expenses with universal eligibility for students.
Across the state, events that are positive, supportive of a wide variety of school options, and family-friendly are planned, from in-school activities to large celebrations. Among the notable celebrations in Montana will be a capitol event in Helena on January 27.
"Supporting school choice and generating awareness about education options is particularly important this month," said Shelby Doyle, vice president of public awareness at the National School Choice Awareness Foundation. "This is a key time of year for parents to begin the school search process for the fall, and the information and activities available this week will help kickstart that journey."
To download a guide to Montana school choice, use the school finder tool to search schools in your area or see celebration photos visit schoolchoiceweek.com/montana.
Local celebrants are available to discuss their plans with reporters upon request. For more information, contact our team at pressoffice@schoolchoiceweek.com.
National School Choice Week (NSCW) informs, inspires, and empowers parents to discover the K-12 education options available for their children, including traditional public, public charter, public magnet, online, private, and homeschooling. Every January, tens of thousands of schools, organizations, and individuals plan unique events and activities to shine a positive spotlight on effective education options in their communities. The Week is a project of the nonpartisan, nonpolitical National School Choice Awareness Foundation.
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Annapolis City Council members said Thursday that the city will issue summons for two property management companies accused of grossly neglecting their apartment communities.
Representatives from Fairstead Management Inc. and Enterprise Residential LLC, the property managers of Woodside Gardens and Admiral Oaks, respectively, failed to show at the council’s Housing and Human Welfare committee meeting as requested on Thursday.
“I want the record to state clearly that Fairstead, representing Woodside Gardens, refused communications until the last minute,” Ward 6 Alderman DaJuan Gay said, before invoking his subpoena authority as the committee’s chair. “I haven’t heard a single thing from Admiral Oaks or their property management company.”
Gay read off a list of city codes both companies are accused of violating, including building and construction regulations, building services and sanitation issues and owner-operator rules.
The summons procedures follow a Sept. 20 committee meeting where residents of both properties described extensive issues with mold, rodents, crime, alleged unlawful evictions and unresponsive property managers.
“We have tried repeatedly to communicate with both,” Gay said. “We will move forward with the summons.”
Gay also asked the city’s Office of Law “to move forward with fines and removal of residential licenses for properties for those two properties.”
A spokesperson for Fairstead, which is based in New York, said on Friday that the company only learned on Wednesday that it was asked to attend the committee meeting. In a letter addressed to Gay and his fellow committee members, Fairstead vice president Chris Manning said, “We appreciate your interest and commitment to our shared goal of improving housing conditions for all Annapolis residents and look forward to future discussions on the topic.”
The company plans to attend the committee’s next meeting, which is scheduled for Oct. 20, the spokesperson said.
Admiral Oaks is managed by Enterprise Residential, a subsidiary of the Baltimore-based nonprofit Enterprise Community Development, Inc., one of the nation’s largest affordable housing management and development firms. According to the company’s website, Enterprise has invested $54 billion and created 873,000 homes across all 50 states. On Tuesday, the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development announced that Enterprise would be receiving nearly $3 million in tax credits for two more rental communities in Baltimore and Howard counties.
Enterprise did not respond to a request for comment.
Two other management companies, Pennrose and the Housing Authority of Annapolis, did send representatives to the committee meeting as requested. Both pledged to improve communication with residents and described efforts to mitigate mold and mice at their properties. Gay thanked both Pennrose vice president Marsha Blunt and Cheri Hall, a HACA property manager, for attending.
“I really appreciate you all being before us today because I think it sets a good tone for the residents,” Gay said. “It shows that you really, really care.”
Blunt described her company’s response to a mold situation at Obery Court in detail and acknowledged the high turnover rate of onsite property managers. “If someone is not doing their job, we have to replace them. And that’s just the honest truth there,” Blunt said. Obery Court also has hired a new, more reliable trash hauler, she said.
Pennrose also manages Wilbourn Estates, a rebuilt public/private partnership community that opened in June. At last week’s meeting, a tenant complained about leaks and plumbing issues. Ward 1 Alderwoman Elly Tierney said she’d found that account, “very disappointing.”
“It’s newly built and it’s supposed to be our prototype for the future,” Tierney said.
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Blunt defended that issue as a “one-off” resulting from something on the roof. “Nothing is perfect, right?” she said. “We do try to make sure that we stay on top of things.”
Alderman Brooks Schandelmeier, who represents Ward 5, grilled HACA’s representative about rodent issues at the Robinwood and Bloomsbury Square communities. Hall agreed that current efforts by Terminix, the current pest control contractor, “are not working.” She blamed the properties’ wooded surroundings but pledged to do more.
Toni Strong Pratt, a former City Council candidate and a housing advocate who helped organize tenant testimony at least week’s meeting, was impressed that Gay, Tierney and Schandelmeier moved so quickly to get an audience with the property management firms.
“It is awesome that they are holding landlords accountable,” Pratt said. “This is long overdue.”
Pratt said mold issues continue to plague Admiral Oaks, where she knows of at least one resident who has been in a hotel for six weeks. At Woodside Gardens, Pratt said renovations have been running behind schedule and residents have been unable to access their belongings in storage. Crime also has been an issue at the community, and at least one resident was “targeted for eviction” after she complained to management about safety, Pratt said.
Her hope now is that the city will move forward with the summons for Fairstead and Enterprise while continuing to push all landlords to abide by city housing codes.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque High boys soccer team is off to an undefeated start and coming of a win in the Albuquerque Metro Championship. Coach Orlando Ramirez joined the sports desk to talk about the Bulldogs success, an outlook on the rest of the season and the current state of New Mexican soccer.
“The reoccurring compliment that I have to give this set of boys is the effort,” Ramirez said. “It’s a luxury to not have to coach the effort part when you have boys that have the right mindset and are willing to work hard. There’s that fight, that chip on the shoulder. All these boys are hungry every single time… and know what they want to do in every single game.”
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Authorities: Dog found carrying human arm, head still missing
Published: Nov. 7, 2022 at 1:17 PM EST|Updated: 5 minutes ago
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT/Gray News) – Police were called to respond to a scene in Mississippi on Saturday after receiving reports of a dog carrying a person’s severed arm.
Decapitated human remains were found in a south Jackson neighborhood, but not all parts of the person were found, according to the Hinds County Coroner.
Authorities are still searching for the victim’s missing head.
Officers with the Jackson Police Department found a charred arm on the road and more of the body later in a wooded area behind a nearby abandoned home.
WLBT reports it’s unclear if the body was found the same day or the following day, or if the parts were removed prior to the victim’s death.
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A steady rain in the morning. Showers continuing in the afternoon. High 66F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 90%. Rainfall near a quarter of an inch..
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Cloudy skies early then becoming foggy and damp later at night. Low 56F. Winds light and variable.
WINTERBORO — Just in case anybody was watching — and they were — the B.B. Comer boys decided to play some sticky fourth-quarter defense.
It made all the difference in the basketball game, too. The Tigers got down and physical to the utmost degree in their 67-63 verdict over Winterboro High’s boys on Monday night in the first round of the Talladega County small schools boys basketball tournament.
“We played with a lot of effort and a sound defense. We made our free throws,” said Marcus Herbert, the head coach of the B.B. Comer boys (10-4).
The Tigers led by as many as 13 points in the second quarter. But Comer had to hold on against a determined Winterboro team.
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Fayetteville's Zeke Deloach launches a jumper over Talladega County Central's Patrick Dosius.
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Scenes from Fayetteville vs. Talladega County Central boy's basketball action in the Talladega County Basketball Tournament hosted by Winterboro High School.
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Fayetteville's Zeke Deloach launches a jumper over Talladega County Central's Patrick Dosius.
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Fayetteville's Lawson Green releases a three over Talladega County Central's Javari Mckenzie.
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Fayetteville's Atticus Jacks drives the baseline against Talladega County Central's Jamier Duncan.
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Fayetteville's Coy Hightower drives to the basket.
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Fayetteville's Marlon Cook releases a three pointer.
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Fayetteville's Marlon Cook drives inside then floats a shot.
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Talladega County Central's Patrick Dosius splits the Fayetteville defense.
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Talladega County Central's Jamier Duncan shoots a layup.
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Talladega County Central's Sammy Cannon aims a three pointer.
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Talladega County Central's Jhovi Cole drives the baseline inside.
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Talladega County Central's Javari Mckenzie looks for an open teammate.
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Talladega County Central's Thomas Gooden looks for room on the court.
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Fayetteville's Marlon Cook drives inside then floats a shot.
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Fayetteville's Zeke Deloach breaks down the court and puts in a layup.
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Coach Blake Hanson’s Bulldogs got off the deck and rallied behind a 3-pointer from junior guard Brandon Hunter and a barrage of field goals from senior guard Kaleb Merritt. He dropped in 15 points in the tournament contest.
But junior forward Chris Wilson of B.B. Comer barged through for a layup with 59 seconds left in the third period to give the Tigers a 55-41 advantage. The game then got close and harrowing in the fourth period.
The Tigers needed some layups from senior strongman Zach Carpenter in the final 3:32 to wrap up the county tournament win. Carpenter scored his final bucket with 44 seconds remaining, but he also bagged a free throw with 16.1 seconds left.
Carpenter finished with eight points, while Tiger teammates Kamore Harris and Chris Wilson knocked down 20 and 15 points. Junior guard Brandon Hunter of Winterboro led the Bulldogs with 23 points.
Talladega County Central 61, Fayetteville 53: In another small schools boys matchup in the county basketball tournament, Talladega County Central protected an eight-point lead for a win over the Fayetteville Wolves on Monday night.
“We got some key rebounds, and we made some shots. This was the best that we’ve ever shot free throws,” Talladega County Central head coach Acardia Garrett said.
The Tigers (7-10) also got some nifty hoops in the final 2:39 from Jhovi Cole, Patrick Dosius and freshman guard Thomas Gooden.
Three players from TCC chalked up double-figure games with 15 points from Dosius, 14 points from Cole and 10 points from 6-foot-2 junior forward Jamier Duncan.
The Fayetteville Wolves (8-10) took the game down to the wire with some sterling play from Coy Hightower, senior forward Lawson Green and senior guard Zeke Deloach.
Tournament scores, schedule
Jan. 16, Monday
Small schools girls
Talladega County Central 69, Fayetteville 32
Winterboro 69, B.B. Comer 32
Small school boys
Talladega County Central 61, Fayetteville 53
B.B. Comer 67, Winterboro 63
Jan. 17, Tuesday
Small school girls
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MELBOURNE, Fla, Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tomahawk Robotics, a leading innovator of common control solutions, is pleased to share we have successfully hosted Microsoft Azure SDK on our KxM edge device, a body-worn Kinesis Ecosystem extension to provide processing and network management at the edge.
Through this integration, Tomahawk Robotics' Kinesis common control software tracked the movement of users and the connected unmanned systems (UxVs) and provided relevant real-time telemetry data into the Azure Cloud.
In the coming months, the Azure SDK will be further integrated onto the KxM edge processor to allow video data collection and distribution through Azure from connected UxVs, and to enable distribution of AI/ML models from Azure to end users operating in austere environments at the tactical edge. Tomahawk Robotics plans to continue integrating KxM and the Azure SDK to secure Microsoft IoT Device Certification for KxM and extend the Azure ecosystem.
"Hosting the Microsoft Azure SDK at the tactical edge is a perfect use case for KxM," said Matt Summer, CTO of Tomahawk Robotics. "KxM's edge compute power and advanced networking capabilities make it an ideal IoT connection device to provide both real-time and post mission data from unmanned systems and users to the Azure Cloud, as well as insights from the cloud back to those users and unmanned systems."
Microsoft Azure includes more than 200 products and cloud services designed to help bring new solutions to life—to solve today's challenges and create the future. Azure enables users to build, run, and manage applications across multiple clouds, on-premises, and at the edge, with the tools and frameworks of their choice.
Tomahawk Robotics is proud to be an extension of Azure Edge and looks forward to the benefit this technology offers our commercial and DoD end users.
Tomahawk Robotics is the leading innovator of common control solutions that transform how humans and unmanned systems work together to make the world more safe and secure. Our products and technology safeguard users working under the most extreme and stressful conditions. Designed from the ground up with the user in mind, Kinesis is the only multi-domain, cross-architecture, AI-enabled control system that unlocks intuitive interaction with remote environments from across the room or around the world.
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It was as if the Sacramento Kings purchased an E-ZPass for the first half of Saturday’s game against the Miami Heat at Golden1 Center.
It wasn’t just the previously-winless Kings scoring 71 points over those 24 minutes, it was 36 of them coming in the paint.
Ultimately, that exacted too much of a toll on the Heat, who fell to 2-5 with a 119-113 loss at Golden1 Center at the end of their three-game western swing.
“They came in with desperation,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “Obviously they wanted their first win.”
For the Heat? It was desperation that was too late, and, ultimately, too little.
“The pain of losing will get us to change,” Spoelstra said.
While there was far more resistance in the second half, including trimming a 22-point halftime deficit to one in the fourth quarter, it ultimately wasn’t enough.
“We’ll figure this out,” guard Jimmy Butler said, “just like we figure everything else.”
The Kings’ early power play reached the point where 42-year-old Heat captain Udonis Haslem was called upon for first- and third-quarter minutes, with Heat big men Dewayne Dedmon (illness) and Omer Yurtseven (ankle) sidelined and center Bam Adebayo in early foul trouble.
“We need to figure out our identity again,” Adebayo said.
Tyler Herro led the Heat with a season-high 34 points, with Adebayo scoring 23, Kyle Lowry 15 and Butler 13.
Offseason acquisition Kevin Huerter led the Kings with 27 points, with first-round pick Keegan Murray adding 22.
While there now is a two-day break to readjust to Eastern time, there also are a pair of exact challenges up next following these consecutive losses to the Golden State Warriors and Kings, with the Heat hosting the Warriors on Tuesday night and then facing the Kings on Wednesday night at FTX Arena.
Five Degrees of Heat from Saturday’s game:
1. Closing time: The Heat trailed 71-49 at halftime, but then moved within seven late in the third period on a Lowry 3-pointer, before going into the fourth down 90-82.
The Heat then survived a Kings four-point possession when Max Strus was called for a flagrant foul on Harrison Barnes, to eventually move within 101-100 on a Butler 3-point play with 6:15 to play.
A Murray 3-pointer followed to push the Kings to a four-point lead. But on the ensuing sequence, Kings center Damontas Sabonis fouled out with 5:52 to play, closing with 18 points.
Still, the Kings pushed their lead back to eight with 4:12 to play and held on from there.
The Heat’s best chance from there was what proved to be a wayward Strus 3-point attempt with 26 seconds left.
“You’ve got to use so much energy to get back in the game,” Lowry said.
2. Herro from deep: In a game when the Heat were unable to meet their preferred quota of 3-point attempts, it stood early as Herro off the dribble or bust.
Herro shot 3 of 3 on 3-pointers in the first half, with the rest of the team 3 of 8 from beyond the arc at that stage, not nearly the volume to fuel a team that plays small ball by choice.
One difference between Herro and the Heat’s other 3-point shooter is that he can create his own 3-point space, unlike the relocating and running off of screens by Strus and Duncan Robinson.
Herro’s offense is what allowed the Heat to remain within striking distance until his teammates came around, with the guard converting an emphatic windmill dunk in the fourth quarter.
The Heat closed 11 of 28 on 3-pointers.
“Teams are definitely running us off and making it hard,” Herro said of Heat 3-point attempts being down this season. “I think you have to make a conscious effort to get those threes up.”
3. Locating Lowry: It has been an up-and-down start of the season for Lowry, with this starting off as another down game, with two points, one assist and no baskets in the first half.
Lowry did not score until converting two free throws with 16.7 seconds remaining in the first half and did not convert his first basket until stealing a Kings inbounds pass for a layup with 8:31 left in the third quarter.
But Lowry then came around in the second half when needed, up to 13 points going into the fourth quarter.
“There’s always concern when you’re not winning basketball games,” Lowry said of where the team stands.
4. Twist of fate: The Kings challenged what would have been the second foul on Sabonis with 6:24 left in the opening period. Not only did they win that challenge, but it instead became an offensive foul on Adebayo, forcing him to the bench after a 3-for-3 start from the field.
Adebayo at that point was replaced by . . . Haslem, his first minutes this season beyond a garbage-time stint at the end of Wednesday night’s victory in Portland.
Spoelstra said he called on Haslem to “give a little more of an experienced defender.”
Haslem said he was told pregame to expect the minutes.
“Obviously you can’t help but get winded,” Haslem said of such sporadic game action. “My baseline jumper was flat as hell.”
5. Bench woes: The ongoing issue with the Heat second unit is that Herro no longer is on it and Victor Oladipo has yet to suit up this season due to ongoing pain.
That left the Heat with a nominal bench contribution, with Robinson benched for the second half and Nikola Jovic seeing only 50 seconds of action.
While Strus closed with 11 points, it came on 4-of-15 shooting. The rest of the Heat reserves combined for eight points on 2-for-8 shooting.
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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen opened fire on worshippers and detonated explosives at a Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria on Sunday, leaving dozens feared dead, state lawmakers said.
The attackers targeted the St. Francis Catholic Church in Ondo state just as the worshippers gathered on Pentecost Sunday, legislator Ogunmolasuyi Oluwole said. Among the dead were many children, he said.
The presiding priest was abducted as well, said Adelegbe Timileyin, who represents the Owo area in Nigeria’s lower legislative chamber.
“Our hearts are heavy,” Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu tweeted Sunday. “Our peace and tranquility have been attacked by the enemies of the people.”
Authorities did not immediately release an official death toll. Timileyin said at least 50 people had been killed, though others put the figure higher. Videos appearing to be from the scene of the attack showed church worshippers lying in pools of blood while people around them wailed.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said “only fiends from the nether region could have conceived and carried out such dastardly act,” according to a statement from his spokesman.
“No matter what, this country shall never give in to evil and wicked people, and darkness will never overcome light. Nigeria will eventually win,” said Buhari, who was elected after vowing to end Nigeria’s prolonged security crisis.
In Rome, Pope Francis responded to news of the attack.
“The pope has learned of the attack on the church in Ondo, Nigeria and the deaths of dozens of worshippers, many children, during the celebration of Pentecost. While the details are being clarified, Pope Francis prays for the victims and the country, painfully affected at a time of celebration, and entrusts them both to the Lord so that he may send his spirit to console them,” the pope said in a statement issued by the Vatican press office.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack on the church. While much of Nigeria has struggled with security issues, Ondo is widely known as one of Nigeria’s most peaceful states. The state, though, has been caught up in a rising violent conflict between farmers and herders.
Nigeria’s security forces did not immediately respond to questions about how the attack occurred or if there are any leads about suspects. Owo is about 345 kilometers (215 miles) east of Lagos.
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Company recognized as a "Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion" for the second year in a row
BLUE BELL, Pa., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) today announced that its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion received a top score for the second consecutive year in the 2022 Disability Equality Index®. For this year's index, Unisys scored a 100, signifying the company as a "Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion."
The Disability Equality Index (DEI) is a joint initiative of Disability:IN and the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD). The index is a comprehensive benchmarking tool to measure disability workplace inclusion and is designed to help companies build a roadmap of measurable, tangible actions to help reinforce their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. Each company receives a score on a scale of zero to 100 based on a review of key performance indicators, including: culture and leadership, enterprise-wide access, employment practices, community engagement, supplier diversity and non-U.S. operations.
"There is no single best way to practice disability inclusion, however, the companies taking the DEI share the desire to create a workplace that fosters the concept of bringing your whole self to the office," said Maria Town, president and CEO of AAPD. "We look forward to working with all of the participants to help identify meaningful ways to build upon their current practices as we continue on the disability inclusion journey together."
"At Unisys, we prioritize breaking down the barriers individuals face and fostering an inclusive culture that cultivates respect, positivity and equal opportunity for all," said Katie Ebrahimi, senior vice president and chief human resources officer, Unisys. "We are humbled by this recognition for the second year in a row and are inspired to continue nurturing an environment in which all of our people, partners and suppliers are valued."
Unisys releases an annual Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Report, highlighting the company's initiatives to champion a culture that welcomes all perspectives and people. For more information about Unisys' diversity, equity and inclusion program, click here.
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You’ll want to relax in your backyard with these 12 summer daybeds
Summer is a season for beach trips, family vacations and relaxing in the beautiful weather. With the school year so busy, many choose to unwind at home during the summer. However, if you don’t have outdoor patio furniture, you’ll probably find yourself indoors, even when the sun is shining.
To create a backyard oasis and build a designated space to take a break during the summer, an outdoor daybed is the perfect piece of furniture. So, if you’re looking for a summer daybed that fits your needs and space, here are 12 summer daybeds that will help you relax in your backyard.
What to consider when choosing a daybed
Size and seating
Before choosing a daybed, it’s essential to determine where it will sit. If you only have a small area, a daybed is ideal. However, if you have ample space and want a daybed that’s inviting to a ton of guests, consider a daybed that seats several people at once and has sectional seating to accommodate a large number of people.
Durability
When testing durability, consider several factors, including the frame and exterior material. Steel is the toughest material for the frame and will help your daybed last for years. However, since the exterior is exposed to environmental elements, such as sun and rain, the exterior material is just as important. Also, check to see how well the exterior resists the elements. For instance, is it water-resistant, fade-resistant or UV-resistant?
Daybed features
While a basic daybed might be ideal in many situations, here are some extra features to consider.
- Cushions: The thickness of the cushions may indicate how comfortable they are and how fast they will wear down. However, the material also plays a vital role in softness and durability. For example, some material is water-resistant, fade-resistant and spill-resistant. It’s also a great idea to check to see if the upholstery covers are removable for easing cleaning and maintenance.
- Canopy: Unless you plan on being in the hot summer sun all day long, consider a daybed with a canopy. An adjustable canopy is convenient, so you can switch back and forth between sun and shade. Also, it’s essential to determine how easy it is to raise or lower the canopy.
- Reclining: While some daybeds lay completely flat, many options have a reclining feature. If you’re considering a reclining daybed, you’ll want to check how many reclining stations it has and if each side operates together or independently.
- Table: When you’re relaxing in the heat, a cold beverage is a must-have. Many daybeds have built-in tables, raising out of the middle or folding up from the side.
Best summer daybeds
M&W Round Outdoor Daybed With Retractable Canopy
Not only is this outdoor daybed large enough to seat several comfortable loungers, but the seats are also reconfigurable to suit more people sitting. It features a lift top centerpiece that you can use as a coffee table or ottoman, waterproof covers for the soft four-inch cushions and a large, retractable canopy.
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Beachcrest Home Bousquet 72” Wide Outdoor Wicker Patio Daybed
Relax in luxury on this 72-inch-wide wicker daybed with a giant cube-shaped silhouette. The powder-coated steel inner frame keeps the entire bed sturdy and durable, and the exterior is made of resin wicker rattan, which is rust and fade-resistant. If you’re hoping for privacy, it’s also lined with tall curtains made of water-resistant polyester.
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Hampton Bay 2-Person Wicker Outdoor Patio Daybed
Beautiful and spacious, this two-person daybed is the ideal addition to any patio. It’s made with hand-woven wicker and a sturdy steel frame, which is resistant to rust and scratching. As a bonus, the included outdoor cushion is water-resistant, so you just have to lightly wipe away water droplets if it gets wet.
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Safavieh Outdoor Collection Cadeo Cushion Daybed
Bring the beach-front resort to your home with this stylish and comfortable daybed. Included are two expansive cushions for relaxing, two large pillows to rest your head and two small throw pillows. The finished dimensions are over 52 inches wide, 62 inches deep and 27 inches high.
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Homall Outdoor Daybed With Sectional Seating
This daybed combines the versatility of a sectional sofa and a durable patio sofa in one ultra-comfortable outdoor bed. The adjustable canopy operates effortlessly with a telescopic pull rod so that you can switch from shade to sun with ease. One of the best features is the cushions, which come with machine-washable covers and stay put using a fastening buckle.
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KidKraft Wooden Outdoor Double Chaise Lounge
Let kids feel like they’re one of the adults with their own child-sized double chaise daybed. It features a canopy on three sides to keep the sun out, with tie-back window-style curtains and two cup holders to keep their drinks steady. Plus, it has a storage compartment to stow toys or towels.
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OVE Decors Sandra Gray Wicker Reclining Daybed
With adjustable backrests, lumbar pillows and two fold-down side tables, you’ll never want to leave this 360-degree swivel patio daybed. It’s made with a UV-resistant, rust-proof aluminum frame wrapped with hand-woven, all-weather wicker. As a bonus, the plush, four-inch cushions are comfortable and come with upholstery covers that are resistant to stains, mildew and fading.
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Dimar Garden Rattan Outdoor Reclining Daybed
Whether you’re low on space or just looking for a single-person daybed, this reclining option is ideal. The exterior is made using PE rattan that is UV-, heat- and water-resistant. You can adjust the backrest to lay completely flat or choose one of the four other angles for relaxing.
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Tangkula Patio Daybed With Adjustable Coffee Table
This round daybed is perfect for any outdoor space and features an adjustable table that can lay flat or elevated to hold drinks or electronics. It also features a retractable canopy that is easily adjustable. Both the canopy and the pillow are made with non-woven, weather-resistant fabric that removes for convenient cleaning.
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Arlmont & Co. Gatun 66” Wide Outdoor Wicker Patio Daybed
This daybed is 66 inches wide and can hold up to 600 pounds on the solid steel frame. The canopy is easily adjustable using an automatic pneumatic rod and is made using waterproof and windproof canvas. Plus, the connecting buckle design keeps pieces from sliding apart.
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Great Deal Furniture Samantha Double Chaise Daybed
With quick-drying, water-resistant cushions, you can relax on this daybed without drying off from a quick dip in the pool or lake. It fits two people, and both seats adjust independently so each person can find their perfect preference. It’s also made of acacia wood with a gorgeous teak finish.
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Beachcrest Home Onika Outdoor Wicker Patio Daybed
This outdoor daybed comes with cushions that are resistant to water, fading, spills and stains. It features a collapsible canopy to relax in the shade or sun. As a bonus, the seating pieces separate to provide more seating for guests.
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In Executive Order 07.01.22.02, Gov. Brian Kemp extended the temporary suspension of the state’s excise tax on motor fuel sales through the remainder of the summer.
ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp signed two executive orders Friday to alleviate the financial burden placed on Georgians due to inflation and to renew efforts to address supply-chain issues.
In Executive Order 07.01.22.02, Kemp extended the temporary suspension of the state’s excise tax on motor fuel sales through the remainder of the summer. Additionally, this order suspends collection of the state sales tax on locomotive fuel. He also renewed the State of Emergency for Supply Chain Disruptions via Executive Order 07.01.22.01. Both orders will be effective through Aug. 13.
"I am committed to fighting to ease the economic burden hard-working Georgians are facing," Kemp said. "In March, I took decisive action to help those impacted by high prices at the pump. Unfortunately, President Biden and Democratic leaders have not done their part to tackle this issue, instead calling on Americans facing record-high inflation to live more frugally. To provide actual relief to Georgians, I am once again extending the supply-chain state of emergency and suspending our state motor fuel tax. In addition to these actions, I am suspending the locomotive fuel tax to help fight rising costs that are being passed on to consumers."
"We are again taking action to keep our people and our economy moving,” House Speaker David Ralston said of the executive orders. “Thanks to Gov. Kemp’s leadership and the proactive efforts of our General Assembly, Georgians enjoy some of the lowest fuel prices in the nation, benefitting both families and businesses. We will continue to work together to serve those who call Georgia home."
“Thanks to Gov. Kemp’s bold leadership, we’re doing everything in our power on the state level to ensure Georgians have some form of relief at the gas pump with the latest renewal of the gas tax exemption," Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan said.
Because of state leaders' fiscally conservative approach to budgeting, Georgia can confidently extend the state motor fuel tax suspension to help curb sky-high gas prices, Kemp said in a news release. Since the temporary suspension was implemented, Georgia’s average gas price has often been the lowest in the nation and is currently roughly 50 cents below the national average for a gallon of regular gas, according to AAA.
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WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Inspirato Incorporated (NASDAQ: ISPO) between May 11, 2022 and December 15, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period") of the important April 17, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Inspirato securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
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As he lay in his own blood, with dead and dying students around him, Arnie Reyes knew help was just outside the classroom door.
Twice he heard law enforcement officers in the hallway of Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, call out to the gunman who was in the room with him. And twice they went away.
"I was thinking, you know, come on, come in, come in. Like he's in here. Just come in here, come save us," he told CNN.
"And they weren't. I didn't find that out until after the fact when I saw other videos where they're standing in the hallways and that even makes me more upset, just knowing you're a few feet away from me and you're not helping me. You're not helping anybody."
Lying there, for over an hour, doubting that he would survive, Reyes said he could only think one thing of those sent to help: "That they forgot us. They saved everybody else except us. I mean, they probably thought that we were all dead or something, but if they would have gone in before, some of 'em probably would have made it."
The response to the shooting has been largely condemned. While officers from multiple agencies, including school and city police, state and federal law enforcement, soon arrived on the scene with weapons and safety equipment, no attempt was made to engage the gunman for more than an hour. Official accounts of what happened that day have also changed significantly and the local mayor told CNN he fears the truth may never come out.
Reyes has already made up his mind about the massacre that killed 19 children and two adults.
"A lot of the law enforcement failed, cos they take that oath to protect," he said.
"Everybody needs to get their fair share of the blame because they all did just stand there."
Shooting in silence
Reyes initially discounted the noise of the attack on May 24 as just someone hitting something hard.
But as the shots came closer and students started asking about what they were, he became concerned.
When the Sheetrock began flying off the wall from the bullets being fired from the high-powered rifle in the next-door classroom, he told all the students to get under their desks and pretend to be asleep.
"And then it dawned on me that it was a gun, it was a gun," he said in an interview. "I just felt like all the badness that was gonna happen ... was gonna happen."
Even before the gunman came to his room, and came through a door where Reyes had repeatedly reported a broken lock, the teacher did not think he would live through that day. And all around him was quiet.
"When the gunshots were going on, no crying, no nothing. It was just complete silence," he said. "And so I thought, well, he had hurt everybody on that other side. And then he came to our side and did that to us."
Reyes remembers seeing two flashes come from the gun as he was hit. Then he thinks the children were shot.
And then there was the waiting.
The gunman stayed in the room with Reyes. The teacher said his breathing was so shallow he may have appeared dead but it seemed the killer wanted to check.
"He did a lot of things to make me flinch or react in some way," he said, remembering how blood was splashed on his face by the attacker tapping or splashing on the floor near him.
He was shot again, in his back, as he lay on the ground, and still he had to play dead.
Finally, after 74 minutes, the door opened, and the gunman was challenged and killed.
"After they shot him, the Border Patrol said, 'Anybody get up, let's go, let's go,' try to get the kids out," Reyes said, his voice shaking at the memory.
"Nobody moved but me."
His funny, ambitious students
A total of 19 nine-, 10- and 11-year-old children and two teachers were killed that day.
Hours earlier, Reyes had been celebrating Awards Day with his students, and then putting on a movie in Classroom 111 for those children who stayed after the ceremony to chill with friends. Eleven students were with Reyes when the attack began. None survived.
Reyes, who was shot in the arm and back, spent 31 days in the hospital and has undergone 10 surgeries so far.
He said he first felt guilty that he had survived, but now embraces the love and concern of community members who told him there is a reason for him to be here.
"That's why I'm being as strong as I can, because ... I would not let them die in vain. I would try to do anything that I can, so we don't forget them," he said of the massacred students.
He said he tries not to think too much about the students though he will often find himself reminded of one or other of the youngsters he calls "my children."
And talking about them helps, he said.
"They were good kids, funny. A lot of them were ambitious," he said.
"I had all kinds of kids in there, so, you know, from one extreme to the other, it was just like, oh my God. But they all got along together so great. They just, they had a bond, they had a real bond," he added.
Reyes, the proud teacher, wiped his eyes. "I love those kids."
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- Mindful that its thriving internet gambling market is one of the brightest spots in New Jersey’s uneven gambling landscape, the state’s lawmakers are moving to extend authorization for online bets for another 10 years.
- A state Assembly committee held a hearing Thursday to consider extending the law authorizing internet gambling through 2033.
- Don Guardian, a former Atlantic City mayor, says online betting has become an integral part of the state's gambling industry. And Assemblyman Ralph Caputo says it helped keep casinos afloat during the coronavirus pandemic as gamblers could bet online while the physical casinos were closed for months.
Mindful that its thriving internet gambling market is one of the brightest spots in New Jersey's uneven gambling landscape, the state's lawmakers are moving to extend authorization for online bets for another 10 years.
A state Assembly committee held a hearing Thursday to consider extending the law authorizing internet gambling through 2033, and advanced the measure to the next step in the legislative process. It still requires additional rounds of approval before going to Gov. Phil Murphy for his signature.
“Internet gaming has proven to be an integral part of gaming in New Jersey,” said Assemblyman Don Guardian, a former mayor of Atlantic City. “It's one of the reasons we still have casinos in New Jersey.”
Assemblyman Ralph Caputo, a former Atlantic City casino executive, noted that online gambling provided a crucial revenue stream for the casinos while they were closed for 3 1/2 months in 2020 during the early days of the pandemic. Even when the casinos reopened later that year, some customers were wary of coming to a casino in person and opted to gamble online.
Internet gambling “kept those casinos (afloat) through a very difficult time,” Caputo said.
Most of the major online gambling companies, including FanDuel, DraftKings, BetMGM and Bally's support the bill.
New Jersey launched internet casino games in Nov. 2013, and since then its casinos have won $4.79 billion from gamblers online. That's nearly twice the $2.47 billion Pennsylvania casinos have won online since July 2019.
Other states with online gambling include Michigan ($2 billion since Jan. 2021); Connecticut ($199.7 million since Oct. 2021); West Virginia ($137.4 million since July 2020); and Delaware ($42.2 million since Dec. 2013). Nevada offers online poker but does not break out that revenue separately from the in-person revenue casinos report to the state.
Those figures are for online casino games only, and do not include sports betting revenue, which is reported separately.
New Jersey had led the nation in terms of sports betting revenue from 2018 through the beginning of this year. That's when New York began taking online sports bets and instantly seized the nationwide lead in the fast-growing industry.
While the internet gambling numbers look impressive on paper, Atlantic City casino executives caution that they are not all they seem. Internet gambling money, much like money won through sports betting, is shared with third-parties like tech platforms. Not all the money reported by the state to have been won by the casinos online is actually kept by the casinos; as much as 70% of it goes to outside parties, casino executives say.
But even the money that remains is a help to a gambling resort whose nine casinos are struggling to return to the level of business they did before the pandemic struck.
The Assembly committee also advanced another bill that would require casinos conducting internet gambling in New Jersey to prominently advertise the name of their Atlantic City brick-and-mortar casino on all their online betting web sites.
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Upcoming film Spider-Man™: Across the Spider-Verse themed packaging will be on select Tastykake items in conjunction with a National "Swing into Tastykake" Sweepstakes
PHILADELPHIA, May 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In anticipation of Sony Pictures' Spider-Man™: Across the Spider-Verse, the follow up to the Academy Award winning animated film, releasing exclusively in theaters June 2, Tastykake® is ramping up the hype with new product packaging inspired by the movie. Available in select retailers nationwide, the theatrical-themed packaging is featured on several fan favorite snacks including Tastykake single serve Mini Donuts (Frosted, Powdered and Crunch) and multipack Mini Muffins (Confetti Cake, Blueberry and Chocolate Chip), Pecan Swirls and Glazed Honey Buns.
Fans of Tastykake products and the Spider-Verse saga alike will be delighted to find each Tastykake product features a character from Spider-Man™: Across the Spider-Verse rendered in the film's groundbreaking art style.
"With so much excitement and momentum behind the Spider-Verse saga, we were thrilled for the opportunity for Tastykake to collaborate with the upcoming film, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse," said Ashley Hornsby, Tastykake brand manager. "This collaboration was created with a great amount of attention and detail - and I'm confident fans will be even more excited by the bonus of the included trading cards featuring the beloved characters from the Spider-Verse films."
In addition to the special packaging on select products, Tastykake is running a live sweepstakes that is free to enter on SwingIntoTastykake.com. Launched on May 1 at 12:00 pm EST, the sweepstakes permit one entry per day, per person until June 16 at 11:59 am EST. Starting May 5, winners will be randomly selected to win one grand prize ($1,000 cash, one year of Tastykake products, two Fandango movie tickets for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and an official film poster from Sony Pictures) or one of six runner-up prizes ($100 cash, $20 worth of Tastykake products and two Fandango movie tickets of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse). The prizes will be determined on a weekly basis throughout the duration of the sweepstakes.
To learn more, please visit www.Tastykake.com or follow along on Instagram and Facebook. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse releases exclusively in theaters nationwide on June 2.
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About Spider-Man™: Across the Spider-Verse
Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar®-winning Spider-Verse saga, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn's full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must redefine what it means to be a hero so he can save the people he loves most.
Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson. Screenplay by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller and David Callaham. Based on the MARVEL Comic Books. Produced by Avi Arad, Amy Pascal, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Christina Steinberg. Executive Producers are Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Aditya Sood and Brian Bendis. The films features the voices of Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson, Issa Rae, Daniel Kaluuya, Karan Soni, Jason Schwartzman, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Velez, Greta Lee, Rachel Dratch, Jorma Taccone, Shea Whigham and Oscar Isaac.
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The greatest player in the first half century of basketball has died. George Mikan won that title from the Associated Press. In nine pro seasons, he led his teams to seven titles. He helped establish the NBA's first dynasty, the Minneapolis Lakers in the early 1950s. To some, Mikan was the team, as he told Bob Edwards on NPR's "Morning Edition" in 1996.
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Mr. GEORGE MIKAN: I went to New York one year, and up on the marquee, it said `George Mikan vs. the Knickerbockers.' Then I had to go to the locker room, and the guys were on my back. I was getting dressed, and no one was dressing, so I say, `What's going on, fellas?' and they said, `Well, you're advertised, you're the star and everything else. Go out and play them.'
BLOCK: At 6'10", George Mikan was basketball's first dominant big man. Another big man, Hall-of-Famer Tom Heinsohn, joined the NBA the year that Mikan retired. And he says George Mikan was a towering figure when basketball was not a game of giants.
Mr. TOM HEINSOHN: Big guys weren't really that athletic. And not that George was the greatest athlete, but he knew how to control his body, and he knew how to use his body to best advantage. The way the game was played then, you could post up very close to the basket, and they took good advantage of that by him and his wide body being able to position himself so nobody could interrupt the pass getting to him close to the basket.
BLOCK: I've read that when he was playing in college at DePaul, the NCAA had to change the rules. He was so good at guarding the basket, they had to adopt the goaltending rule.
Mr. HEINSOHN: Yes, and I don't know if he was the guy that was the forerunner of blocking shots, but he was an offensive powerhouse. And he had a little hook shot that he mastered, and there have been precious few exponents of that shot, but he was the first guy that really utilized keeping his body between the defender and the ball and then scoring with this hook shot, mainly by bouncing it off the backboard, through the net.
BLOCK: For all of his size, 6'10", 245 pounds, was he graceful on the court?
Mr. HEINSOHN: He wasn't what you would think of now as athletic, and George was very athletic for his time in the game. I would say right now, George Mikan would be compared to a guy 7'7" in this era of basketball. He had that type of quickness and that type of speed that you might expect from that size of player in the current era.
BLOCK: And an aggressive player. He racked up a lot of personal fouls. He, himself, had 10 broken bones, I think, in the course of his career.
Mr. HEINSOHN: Yeah, he was the original wide body, and George had sharp elbows. And whenever he turned to take his shot, he would make sure that that was sticking out there so nobody could really get out and bother the ball. And people went after him, and he went after people. He established a physical presence, and there was more of an idea of physical intimidation in that era of the game than there is now in which anybody who raises a fist, they get thrown out of the game, and it costs them $10,000. George Mikan was not, you know, adverse to getting involved in altercations with other players, and he was a tough guy.
BLOCK: He started out, though, I think, as a theology student. It sounds like a funny combination of characteristics here.
Mr. HEINSOHN: You know, when you play the game of basketball, you must achieve a certain emotional level to play. You got to be hepped up, and your adrenalin starts pumping, and all of a sudden, theology goes out the window. And it becomes more pragmatic about how you're going to survive, and George was a great survivor.
BLOCK: Well, Mr. Heinsohn, thanks so much for talking with us.
Mr. HEINSOHN: You got it.
BLOCK: Tom Heinsohn, formerly of the Boston Celtics, now a commentator for Celtics broadcasts on Fox Sports Net New England, talking about fellow NBA star George Mikan. Mikan died last night. He was 80 years old. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | https://www.ijpr.org/npr-news/2005-06-01/pioneer-nba-big-man-george-mikan-dies-at-80 | 2022-06-01 16:16:00 | 1 | https://www.ijpr.org/npr-news/2005-06-01/pioneer-nba-big-man-george-mikan-dies-at-80 |
WhatsApp's first smartwatch app is also coming to Wear OS, bringing texting and voice calls without needing a phone.
Google's Wear OS 3 will be getting new features and -- later this year -- a major update to Wear OS 4. Announced Wednesday during Google I/O, the watch operating system will be getting more integrations with Google services like Gmail, Calendar and Google Home. Many of these improvements, which include battery life improvements, will arrive to Wear OS 3 watches like Google's own Pixel Watch and the Samsung Galaxy Watch series.
Google's updated Home app will allow for remotely unlocking your door and checking Nest doorbell notifications. Gmail and Calendar's Watch OS updates will add quick replies to emails along with access to schedules, event RSVPs and the ability to update a task status from a watch.
Third-party apps are also part of Google's Wear OS announcements, with chat service WhatsApp planning to launch its first native watch app on the operating system. WhatsApp's Wear OS app -- currently in beta -- plans to include texting alongside voice calls directly from a Wear OS watch. Google also announced that Spotify and Peloton will be including watch tiles in their Wear OS apps, both of which will provide faster access to music playlists and workout details respectively.
When Wear OS 4 becomes available later this year, Google says the software will bring battery life improvements, a faster text-to-speech experience and backup support. That latter feature will make it easier to transfer data and settings from an old watch to a new one, much like Google's current Android phone setup process.
The Wear OS announcements come as Google's I/O keynote takes a big focus on AI announcements. These include the PaLM 2 language model, an AI-powered version of Google's search engine and the public release of the Bard AI chatbot. | https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/google-confirms-wear-os-4-along-with-gmail-calendar-and-backup-support/ | 2023-05-10 19:16:46 | 1 | https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/google-confirms-wear-os-4-along-with-gmail-calendar-and-backup-support/ |
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lauri Markkanen scored 28 points and blocked Franz Wagner’s 3-pointer in the closing moments to power the Utah Jazz past the Orlando Magic, 112-108 on Friday night.
Jordan Clarkson, who had 23 points, scored the go-ahead layup, and rookie Walker Kessler made two free throws after rebounding Collin Sexton’s second of two missed free throws with 11.8 seconds to play.
Markkanen switched onto Wagner beyond the 3-point line and blocked the attempt to tie just as the shot left Wagner’s hand.
Wagner, who scored 26 points, matched a career best of five 3-pointers, including an off-balance 28-foot runner to beat the third-quarter buzzer.
The Magic erased a 12-point fourth quarter lead with a 19-6 run that was capped by Markelle Fultz’s layup with 42.1 seconds to play that made it 108-107 for Orlando.
Remarkably, Markkanen led the game in scoring despite not having a single field goal after the first quarter.
Facing strong closeouts, Markkanen often took the ball to the basket and the Magic — without much rim protection — were forced to foul. The 7-foot Finnish star set career highs on both free throws made (17) and attempted (21).
Before this season, Markkanen only had five games where he shot more than 10 free throws. The aggressive Markkanen has shot double-digit free throws five times in his last seven games.
Paolo Banchero and Wendell Carter, Jr. each had 19 points for the Magic. They are gone 2-2 on a five-game Western trip.
Sexton returned to the Utah lineup after missing the past five games with a hamstring strain to score 18 points, while Kessler had 13 points, nine rebounds and a career-high seven blocked shots.
The Jazz won back-to-back games for the first time in ten starts.
TIP-INS
Magic: Gary Harris left with a right hand injury. … The Magic went 10 for 16 from the line, lower numbers than Markkanen by himself. … Fultz had six assists and has 34 over his last five games.
Jazz: Regular starters Kelly Olynyk (ankle) and Mike Conley (rest) sat out. … The Jazz missed 14 straight 3-point attempts from the first to third quarter. … Clarkson has drawn flagrant fouls in consecutive games on fourth-quarter 3-point jumpers.
UP NEXT
Magic: At Denver on Sunday night.
Jazz: Host Philadelphia on Saturday night.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Detectives found three men dead following a report of a shooting in Southeast Portland’s Centennial neighborhood Sunday evening, according to the Portland Police Bureau (PPB). Police are now calling the incident a murder-suicide.
Dozens of officers responded to the shooting on Dec. 11 at 6:45 p.m. near Southeast Main Street and Southeast 167th Avenue. A woman injured during the incident was treated at a nearby hospital, PPB said.
In a news release Monday morning, PPB said they are now investigating the incident as homicide and there are “no outstanding suspects.”
The incident took place at a home. KGW spoke to a neighbor who wanted to remain anonymous.
“There was a man barricaded in the house. He had shot someone. Officers said we had to move back because it was an active scene and there was an active shooter,” said the neighbor.
They also stated, “I just wish that we all get together and get this area to be much better, you know. It’s not good for anyone and to see all of these police officers, dogs and swat team. This is really serious. There have been issues. Always something here on this side of Main Street where officers are always down there.”
The Portland Police Crisis Negotiation Team and its version of a SWAT team initially searched the neighborhood for suspects.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Detective Rico Beniga at [email protected] or 503-823-0457, or Detective Sean Macomber at [email protected] or 503-823-0404.
Portland has seen a documented rise in homicides since 2019, particularly deadly shootings. The city’s homicide rate rose 207% from 2019 through the end of 2021.
This year has been a continuation of that trend. By the end of November, PPB had recorded 1,185 confirmed shootings in the city, with 355 people injured. Of the 91 total homicides thus far this year, at least 74 have been shootings, as of last week’s count.
The homicide numbers provided by PPB do not include people killed in police shootings. There have been nine shootings involving Portland police this year, the most since the agency began posting this data in 2010. Four of them were fatal. | https://kobi5.com/news/police-find-3-men-dead-in-shooting-in-portland-200595/ | 2022-12-12 20:54:18 | 0 | https://kobi5.com/news/police-find-3-men-dead-in-shooting-in-portland-200595/ |
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani has allowed four homers in a game for the first time in the two-way superstar’s major league career with the Los Angeles Angels.
Rookie Henry Davis hit two of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ four homers off Ohtani on Friday night, connecting for solo shots in the fourth and sixth innings. Davis, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 draft, became the first major league player ever to hit two homers in the same game off Ohtani, and he also had an early single for a three-hit night.
Ji Man Choi and Jack Suwinski also connected off Ohtani, who had allowed three homers in only three of his 81 previous major league starts.
Ohtani pitched through his struggles and didn’t leave the game until the seventh inning. He got a standing ovation amid chants of “M-V-P! M-V-P!” from Angels fans in his final mound start at home before the major league trade deadline Aug. 1.
The Angels have said they’re unlikely to trade Ohtani if they’re in the postseason race at the deadline. Los Angeles had a 1-10 swoon around the All-Star break, but has won four of five since to keep their fans’ hopes alive.
All four of the Pirates’ homers off Ohtani left the yard from the fourth to the sixth inning, but the Angels also hit four homers of their own in that stretch to take an 8-5 lead.
Ohtani allowed five runs on six hits with nine strikeouts while pitching 6 1/3 innings for Los Angeles. Despite his struggles, he was in line for his eighth victory of the season.
Ohtani had five strikeouts in the first three innings, but Choi drilled a belt-high cutter into the elevated right field stands for the game’s first run in the fourth. Davis followed three pitches later with his third career homer, blasting an even worse breaking ball to deep left.
After the Angels scored five runs in the bottom half of the fourth, Suwinski trimmed the Pirates’ deficit to 5-4 with his 20th homer in the fifth. Los Angeles then added three more runs in the bottom of the fifth, but Davis homered again on Ohtani’s first pitch of the sixth.
Ohtani also scored two early runs for the Angels, drawing two walks and reaching base again on a strikeout with a wild pitch. He drew a third walk in the seventh when Pirates reliever Angel Perdomo received a pitch timer violation on a full count.
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LOS ANGELES and AMSTERDAM, Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Green Boy Group, a global supplier of plant-based, NON-GMO, and Organic Food Ingredients, has appointed Thomas Smit as head of their new office in Chicago.
"We couldn't have hoped for a better way to start the new year than being finally able to announce the opening of our Chicago office," says Peter van Dijken, Green Boy Co-Founder and Owner. "Especially, since Chicago is a city so dear to our hearts and a major natural food hub in the US. Since a lot of our customers are located in the Midwest it was a logical next step. Now we'll be able to even better serve their needs"
"It took about three years to get this office ready to go" Frederik Otten, Green Boy Co-Founder and Owner, elaborates. "Mostly because we wanted the right person to lead the Green Boy Chicago office. Our eyes were set on Thomas Smit for a while, a food industry veteran with more than a decade of experience in supplying plant-based food ingredients. Thomas is a burst of positive energy and has a proven track record of successfully building up and managing a new office in Chicago.
Thomas Smit's career started at Nidera in 2013 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands where he focused on supplying plant-based food ingredients globally. In 2016 Thomas joined Royal Ingredients and moved over to Chicago to start their new office in the role of managing director. BayWa acquired Royal Ingredients in 2018 due to the growth of its sales in the US market.
"I am grateful for my time at Royal where I gained a lot of experience on how to start, run and expand an office in a market that is constantly evolving," says Thomas Smit "but when Green Boy approached me to head their new office in Chicago, I was getting very excited. Green Boy's vision to reform the food industry via their functional plant-based proteins, such as Plant-Meat Protein™ and Plant-Dairy Protein™, really resonated with me. Their approach to the market is unique, Green Boy has a B2B as well as a B2C business, houses an extensive food research lab in Los Angeles, and works with interesting collaborators such as universities and industry-relevant organizations. The company also has big plans for the future, and I wanted to play a substantive role in their ongoing expansion in the US".
Green Boy, founded in 2016 by Frederik Otten and Peter van Dijken, is a worldwide supplier of plant-based NON-GMO and Organic Food Ingredients with a specialization in supplying functional plant-based proteins. Green Boy has offices in Los Angeles, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Sydney, and Chicago. Find out more about us at www.greenboy.com.
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RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wealthcare Capital Management LLC ("Wealthcare"), a technology-enabled, full-service RIA that supports independent financial advisors and a NewSpring Holdings platform company, today announced their partnerships with industry-leading platforms Tifin Clout, Healthpilot, RetireOne, and OneTrust to provide their advisors with the most robust service offering in the wealth management space.
As investors' demand for more holistic financial services grows, so does the need for advisors to offer solutions that elevate the client experience. Wealthcare provides leading investment, planning, and back-office solutions for over 170 advisors, and as part of the overall service offering, Wealthcare partners with best-in-class platforms that offer value and efficiency to advisors' practices.
Wealthcare's president, Matt Regan, states, "we are constantly reviewing innovative and differentiated providers that augment our core technology and service offering, ensuring our advisors have access to the tools that they need to exceed client expectations."
Wealthcare advisors can access a fintech marketing platform that utilizes artificial intelligence to drive prospect and client engagement. Clout allows advisors to distribute content easily and effectively through email and social media. From DIY to turnkey service, Clout supports advisors at any stage of their digital marketing strategy. "At TIFIN Wealth, we believe personalization-led growth, typically seen today in consumer/e-commerce environments, will accelerate growth for wealth firms. We are delighted to work with a forward-thinking firm like Wealthcare that has deployed TIFIN Clout to activate highly personalized digital and content marketing to acquire new clients and deepen relationships with existing clients", said Niharika Shah EVP and General Manager with TIFIN Clout.
With Healthpilot
Healthpilot's free digital platform helps Wealthcare advisors streamline Medicare enrollment conversations with their clients. With a simple referral from the advisor to their clients, Healthpilot provides an unbiased Medicare plan recommendation based on healthcare needs and allows the client to enroll online in a few minutes. Wealthcare advisors can now better protect their client's financial plan by using vital cost estimation data and helping eliminate the risk of unforeseen medical costs that could significantly impact retirement goals. "This partnership empowers Wealthcare advisors to better assist with each client's specific financial needs," said Dave Francis, CEO and co-founder of Healthpilot. "We know having access to next-level technology is critical to advisors who are navigating an increasingly complex financial landscape with their clients. We are excited to partner with Wealthcare to make it seamless for their advisors to integrate Medicare planning into their business."
RetireOne's joint Wealthcare Portfolio Income Insurance program, powered by a Contingent Deferred Annuity (CDA), offers Wealthcare advisors a lifetime income solution1 for their clients. The CDA unbundles insurance protections from underlying investments to remove many of the constraints and costs of a traditional annuity with living benefits. Best of all, the underlying investments are implemented with Wealthcare models. "Over the next two years, the largest cohort of workers in American history will age into retirement," said RetireOne co-founder and CEO David Stone. "It is imperative for advisors to support them with innovative solutions to protect their spending in retirement, so they don't have to face their greatest fear: outliving their assets. We're pleased to support Wealthcare advisors with this joint Portfolio Income Insurance program via a CDA that's backed by a leading insurer."
With over 70% of retiree net worth trapped in home equity, the strategic use of housing wealth could be one the most misunderstood and underutilized tools in retirement planning today. In partnership with the OneTrust Home Loans Equity Wealth Strategies Team, a group assembled by advisors, for advisors, Wealthcare advisors will gain access to Home Equity Conversion Mortgages, the 55+ Specialty Reverse Mortgage, and other resources specifically designed to improve retirement outcomes for mass affluent and high net worth families. "With their fiduciary mindset and thought leadership in optimizing retirement outcomes, Wealthcare advisors are an ideal fit to help us fulfill our mission to serve families where innovative lending meets retirement planning," says Ryan Ponsford, SVP at One Trust.
These new partnerships, along with Wealthcare's existing relationships, offer a wide array of industry-leading services and play an integral role in supporting affiliated advisors in offering the most extensive client services in the industry.
1Income guarantees are subject to the claims paying ability of the issuing insurance company.
Wealthcare, architected its original goals-based planning and investing methodology more than 20 years ago and holds 12 patents on its established goals management process. Powered by its patented Comfort Zone®, Wealthcare's approach features innovative, personalized experiences and step-by-step tools that create deeper relationships between advisors and investors. Wealthcare empowers firms and advisors to go independent and grow their advisory businesses by providing GDX360® – Wealthcare's proven fiduciary process that seamlessly integrates planning, investing, and trading – and a full-suite of practice-management services. Wealthcare comprises two RIAs, Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC and Wealthcare Capital Management LLC. Learn more at www.wealthcaregdx.com.
NewSpring Holdings, NewSpring's dedicated holding company with a strategy focused on control buyouts and platform builds, brings a wealth of knowledge, experience, and resources to take profitable, growing companies to the next level through acquisitions and proven organic methodologies. Founded in 1999, NewSpring partners with the innovators, makers, and operators of high-performing companies in dynamic industries to catalyze new growth and seize compelling opportunities. The firm manages over $2.5 billion across five distinct strategies covering the spectrum from growth equity and control buyouts to mezzanine debt. Partnering with management teams to help develop their businesses into market leaders, NewSpring identifies opportunities and builds relationships using its network of industry leaders and influencers across a wide array of operational areas and industries. Visit NewSpring at www.newspringcapital.com.
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SEATTLE (AP) — SEATTLE (AP) — Expeditors International of Washington Inc. (EXPD) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter profit of $219.3 million.
The Seattle-based company said it had profit of $1.38 per share.
The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.09 per share.
The logistics services provider posted revenue of $3.44 billion in the period.
For the year, the company reported profit of $1.36 billion, or $8.26 per share. Revenue was reported as $17.07 billion.
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SAN DIEGO (KSWB) — A San Diego-based slow jams radio DJ has spent his life visiting every country in the world. Now, Randy “R Dub!” Williams is the “sultan” of his own “country,” tucked away right here in the United States.
Over the course of about a decade, Williams visited every single UN-recognized nation, from the regular tourist favorites to some of the world’s most elusive destinations, like North Korea and Venezuela, to South Sudan and Somalia.
Ahead of crossing off the 193th country on his list, the radio personality was looking for a new frontier to explore. That’s when he visited a “micronation,” or a self-declared territory, in Nevada known as the “Republic of Molossia.”
That visit cemented his next mission: to found his own country.
“It has been an absolute dream and a mission to see every country in the world,” Williams said to Nexstar’s FOX5SanDiego.com. “I’ve seen some incredible places that many people do not get the chance to travel to … What’s next for me, it’s to make a country of my own.”
In the fall of 2021, Williams purchased a 11-acre plot of empty, desert land deep in the arid landscape of Southern California’s Imperial County to establish his new nation on.
A few months later, on Dec. 1, he officially declared independence from the United States, signing the secession document from “Dublândia,” the capital of the new “Republic of Slowjamastan.”
The name of the new country located about 100 miles from San Diego, Williams said, is a reference to his career moonlighting as a late night slow jams broadcast DJ on Southern California radio station Magic 92.5.
“The sultan is the sultan of slow jams,” Williams said of his sovereign persona. “He loves the Boys II Men, and the Usher, and the Alicia Keys, Luther Vandross and Anita Baker.
“That’s just kind of the tie-in we wanted – the land of slow jams where people could come and just vibe out and relax,” he continued, “enjoy good music and good people.”
Micronations like Slowjamastan — small entities that claim to be independent, but are not formally acknowledged as such by any recognized sovereign state — are more widespread than one might think, with an estimate of more than 70 across the world.
Most of them have all the paraphernalia of recognized nation-states, from their own flags and national anthems to systems of “government,” currency and, in some cases, passports.
Slowjamastan has all of these trappings: It has a national anthem called “Slowjamastan (I think It’s Gonna Be an Awesome Place),” a “parliament,” an established national animal (the ringtail raccoon), and its own currency called the “duble” – a play on the Russian Ruble.
The nation’s “government,” as Williams described, is a dictatorship that’s occasionally a democracy – a sort of commentary on contradictions embodied by countries like the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea.
“We are a republic on some days, but on (other) days we have a dictatorship,” Williams said. “I am the great leader that makes the rules, although sometimes … we let the community chime in on issues that are important to the Slowjamastani.”
It doesn’t take much to be a citizen of the nation, or “Slowjamastani” – there are only a handful of eccentric laws that citizens have to abide by to avoid “banishment.”
Slowjamastan statutes prohibit the wearing of Crocs, eating string cheese by biting directly into it, the playing of “mumble rap” music and driving in the left passing lane unless you’re actually passing another car, among other things.
While no citizens of the micronation actually live on its proclaimed territory, Williams says there are nearly 5,000 Slowjamastani, between those who are officially registered and those who are still waiting in line for citizenship.
Learn more about how to visit Slowjamastan or apply for “citizenship” here.
“We have citizens from all over six continents,” Williams said. “We are very proud citizens … These people are proud to be a part of something new and fresh.”
Despite having no infrastructure in the barren desert state, Williams has grand plans for the future development of the micronation, including building solar power facilities, a lazy river, an armadillo farm and an all-you-can-eat Mongolian BBQ restaurant.
He also hopes to gain diplomatic recognition from the United States, although that will likely be a difficult task for the sultan. A glimmer of hope for Williams: He says his Slowjamastan passport has been stamped by 16 different countries during his recent travels.
For now, tourists are able to visit the country inside California by procuring a “visa” to cross the nation’s borders, Williams said. Any travelers who do not have a guide or a visa are encouraged to take selfies in front of the border signs. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/welcome-to-slowjamastan-a-micronation-hidden-in-california/ | 2023-06-11 18:06:00 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/welcome-to-slowjamastan-a-micronation-hidden-in-california/ |
SANTA CRUZ XOCHITEPEC (AP) — Dozens of men strained and struggled as they hefted a huge cross adorned with colorful ribbons and trudged down a steep hill in a yearly ceremony of the Day of the Cross celebrated in the Mexico City neighborhood of Santa Cruz Xochitepec.
The ceremony on the Cerro de Xochitepec came a day before the formal day on the church calendar, Tuesday, when the cross is the centerpiece of a Mass and a new one is adorned for a return trek up the hill in a week.
The cross has stood sentinel over the city’s south side even as what was once a village was swallowed by metropolis’ urban sprawl. The importance of the huge, fabric-draped cross to locals is reflected in the town’s very name, which means ’Holy Cross of the Flowered Hill.”
In a babel of voices, and after three failed attempts, dozens of local volunteers known as “cargadores,” or carriers, managed to lower the 23-foot (7-meter) tall cross from its perch and carry it all the way down to the local church.
It is a cycle that has been going on for decades and perhaps centuries.
Each year, people across the country carry or adorn crosses along roadsides and on hilltops with fabrics and flowers representing offerings.
But for the devotees in Santa Cruz Xochitepec, theirs is not just another cross. According to one local legend, a convict fleeing pursuers in 1890 found a cross on the hill and believed it spared him from getting caught.
But accounts of a cross being placed here — on a spot where pre-Hispanic deities were once apparently worshipped — date back to the time of the Spanish conquerors.
Many townspeople have carried the 1,100-pound (500-kilogram) cross at one time or another. As the carriers made brief pauses, they sang traditional “ranchera” songs, and a group of mariachis accompanied them down the hill, followed by many of the townsfolk.
While only some bear the weight of the cross, the feat is regarded as a group effort of the entire town.
“I have been carrying the cross for 30 years and I am very proud of carrying the Holy Cross with the whole town.” said René Rosas, a local carrier. “We are tired but this is all about the faith we have in the cross.” | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/in-mexico-an-entire-town-has-its-cross-to-bear/ | 2022-05-04 10:37:21 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/in-mexico-an-entire-town-has-its-cross-to-bear/ |
Top Player Prop Bets for Lakers vs. Warriors Western Conference Semifinals Game 3 on May 6, 2023
Bookmakers have set player props for Anthony Davis, Stephen Curry and others when the Los Angeles Lakers host the Golden State Warriors at Crypto.com Arena on Saturday at 8:30 PM ET.
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Lakers vs. Warriors Game Info
- Date: Saturday, May 6, 2023
- Time: 8:30 PM ET
- How to Watch on TV: ABC
- Location: Los Angeles, California
- Venue: Crypto.com Arena
NBA Props Today: Los Angeles Lakers
Anthony Davis Props
- The 24.5-point total set for Davis on Saturday is 1.4 fewer points than his per-game scoring average.
- Davis' per-game rebound average -- 12.5 -- is 2.0 fewer than his prop bet over/under in Saturday's game (14.5).
- Davis has averaged 2.6 assists per game, 0.1 more than Saturday's assist over/under (2.5).
- Davis has averaged 0.3 made three-pointers per game, 0.2 fewer than his over/under in Saturday's game (0.5).
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LeBron James Props
- Saturday's over/under for LeBron James is 26.5. That's 2.4 less than his season average.
- He averages 1.2 fewer rebounds than his prop bet Saturday of 9.5.
- James has averaged 6.8 assists this season, 1.3 more than his prop bet on Saturday.
- He makes 2.2 three-pointers per game, 0.3 less than his over/under on Saturday (2.5).
D'Angelo Russell Props
- The 17.8 points D'Angelo Russell scores per game are 2.3 more than his over/under on Saturday.
- Russell's rebounding average of 3.0 is lower than his over/under on Saturday (2.5).
- Russell has connected on 2.7 three-pointers per game, which is more than his over/under on Saturday (2.5).
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NBA Props Today: Golden State Warriors
Stephen Curry Props
- The 29.4 points Curry scores per game are 1.1 less than his prop total on Saturday.
- Curry's rebounding average of 6.1 is lower than his over/under on Saturday (5.5).
- Curry's assist average -- 6.3 -- is higher than Saturday's assist prop bet (5.5).
- Curry has hit 4.9 three-pointers per game, which is more than his over/under on Saturday (4.5).
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Nigerians vote in their presidential election on Saturday. With the current president stepping down, it’s a rare moment where the field of successors is wide open.
The election also comes amidst high inflation and economic instability, as well as security concerns around terrorism across Africa’s most populous country.
NPR’s Emmanuel Akinwotu joins Here & Now‘s Scott Tong from Lagos to explain more.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., Feb. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSO), a leader in the treatment of life-threatening conditions in the intensive care unit and cardiac surgery using blood purification, will report fiscal 2022 financial results on Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 4:30PM EST.
CytoSorbents' management will host a live conference call and presentation webcast that will recount both operational and financial progress during Q4 2022 and fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 followed by a question and answer session.
Conference Call Details:
Date: Thursday, March 9, 2023
Time: 4:30 PM Eastern
Participant Dial-In: 201-389-0879
Conference ID: 13736064
Live Presentation Webcast: https://viavid.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1596520&tp_key=3635996201
It is recommended that participants dial in approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. There will also be a simultaneous live webcast of the conference call that can be accessed through the following audio feed link:
An archived recording and written transcript of the conference call will be available under the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at http://cytosorbents.com/investor-relations/financial-results/
About CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSO)
CytoSorbents Corporation is a leader in the treatment of life-threatening conditions in the intensive care unit and in cardiac surgery through blood purification. Its lead product, CytoSorb®, is approved in the European Union and distributed in 75 countries worldwide. It is an extracorporeal cytokine adsorber that reduces "cytokine storm" or "cytokine release syndrome" in common critical illnesses that can lead to massive inflammation, organ failure and patient death. In these diseases, the risk of death can be extremely high, and there are few, if any, effective treatments. CytoSorb is also used during and after cardiothoracic surgery to remove antithrombotic drugs and inflammatory mediators that can lead to postoperative complications, including severe bleeding and multiple organ failure. At the end of 2022, more than 195,000 CytoSorb devices have been used cumulatively. CytoSorb was originally launched in the European Union under CE mark as the first cytokine adsorber. Additional CE mark extensions were granted for bilirubin and myoglobin removal in clinical conditions such as liver disease and trauma, respectively, and for ticagrelor and rivaroxaban removal in cardiothoracic surgery procedures. CytoSorb has also received FDA Emergency Use Authorization in the United States for use in adult critically ill COVID-19 patients with impending or confirmed respiratory failure. The DrugSorb™-ATR antithrombotic removal system, based on the same polymer technology as CytoSorb, also received two FDA Breakthrough Device Designations, one for the removal of ticagrelor and another for the removal of the direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) apixaban and rivaroxaban in a cardiopulmonary bypass circuit during urgent cardiothoracic procedures. The Company is currently conducting the FDA-approved, randomized, controlled STAR-T (Safe and Timely Antithrombotic Removal-Ticagrelor) study of 120 patients at approximately 30 centers in U.S. and Canada to evaluate whether intraoperative use of DrugSorb-ATR can reduce the perioperative risk of bleeding in patients receiving ticagrelor and undergoing cardiothoracic surgery. This pivotal study is intended to support U.S. FDA and Health Canada marketing approval for DrugSorb-ATR in this application.
CytoSorbents' purification technologies are based on biocompatible, highly porous polymer beads that can actively remove toxic substances from blood and other bodily fluids by pore capture and surface adsorption. Its technologies have received non-dilutive grant, contract, and other funding of approximately $48 million from DARPA, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), Air Force Material Command (USAF/AFMC), and others. The Company has numerous marketed products and products under development based upon this unique blood purification technology protected by many issued U.S. and international patents and registered trademarks, and multiple patent applications pending, including ECOS-300CY®, CytoSorb-XL™, HemoDefend-RBC™, HemoDefend-BGA™, VetResQ®, K+ontrol™, DrugSorb™, DrugSorb™-ATR, ContrastSorb, and others. For more information, please visit the Company's websites at www.cytosorbents.com and www.cytosorb.com or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about our plans, objectives, future targets and outlooks for our business, including our future sales goals and targets, expectations regarding the future impacts of COVID-19 or the ongoing conflict between Russia and the Ukraine, statements about our growth opportunities, statements regarding the expected impacts of our cost cutting measures, statements about the anticipated timing for completion of our STAR-T clinical trial and regulatory submissions, representations and contentions, and are not historical facts and typically are identified by use of terms such as "may," "should," "could," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "potential," "continue" and similar words, although some forward-looking statements are expressed differently. You should be aware that the forward-looking statements in this press release represent management's current judgment and expectations, but our actual results, events and performance could differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors which could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the risks discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 10, 2022, as updated by the risks reported in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and in the press releases and other communications to shareholders issued by us from time to time which attempt to advise interested parties of the risks and factors which may affect our business. We caution you not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, other than as required under the Federal securities laws.
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Italian singer Raffaella Carrà honored with square in Madrid
MADRID (AP) — Italian singer Raffaella Carrà has had a square in Spain’s capital named in her honor a year after she died. Madrid’s town hall held a ceremony on Wednesday to inaugurate the square with a plaque for the musical artist who died last July at age 78. She became a staple of Italian television while also conquering fans in Spain and Latin American in the mid-1970s. She won over legions of gay fans both in Italy and the Spanish-speaking world. Her new square coincides with the celebration of Madrid Pride week. | https://kion546.com/news/2022/07/06/italian-singer-raffaella-carra-honored-with-square-in-madrid/ | 2022-07-06 12:31:58 | 1 | https://kion546.com/news/2022/07/06/italian-singer-raffaella-carra-honored-with-square-in-madrid/ |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed for the sixth consecutive month in July, deepening the housing market’s slide under the weight of sharply higher mortgage rates, surging inflation and slower, but still solidly rising home prices.
The National Association of Realtors said Thursday that existing home sales fell 5.9% last month from June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.81 million. That’s lower than what economists were expecting, according to FactSet.
Sales fell 20.2% from July last year. Sales have now fallen to the slowest pace since May 2020, near the start of the pandemic.
The last time there was a six-month losing streak for home sales was between August 2013 and January 2014.
The slowdown in sales was most pronounced in the Western part of the country, home to some of the nation's most expensive housing markets. Sales in the region slumped 30% last month from a year ago, NAR said.
Even as the housing market is losing steam, home prices have continued to rise sharply. The national median home price jumped 10.8% in July from a year earlier to $403,800. That's a slower rate of growth than earlier this year, when prices were climbing annually by around 20%.
The July sales report is the late evidence that the housing market, a key driver of economic growth, is slowing from its torrid pace in recent years as homebuyers grapple with sharply higher mortgage rates than a year ago.
Average weekly interest rates for a benchmark 30-year home loan have been easing since climbing to 5.81% in June. The rate fell this week to 5.13%, according to mortgage buyer Freddie Mac. That's well above where it was a year ago when it averaged 2.86.
House hunters had a wider selection of properties to choose from in July, as the number of properties for sale rose 4.8% from June to 1.31 million homes. That was unchanged from July last year.
Still, on average, homes sold in just 14 days of hitting the market last month, matching a record pace from June. Before the pandemic, homes typically sold more than 30 days after being listed for sale.
At the current sales pace, the level of for-sale properties amounts to a 3.3-month supply, the NAR said. That’s up from 2.9 months in June, and 2.6 months in July 2021. That’s still short of the 5- to 6-month supply that reflects a more balanced market between buyers and sellers. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/US-home-sales-fell-again-in-July-as-housing-17381728.php | 2022-08-18 15:45:16 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/US-home-sales-fell-again-in-July-as-housing-17381728.php |
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